January 17th Today’s Participants: Fiddle and Uke It’s been a process for the poor little Blue Booper. She’s a dog that is a lot of fun to operate…. and she hasn’t been worked in an eternity. Our obedience trainer, Donna, was ready for the nervous ball of energy! Uke did some distance work, driving to … More Day 10 – 100 Days of Dog Training – Distance Foundations
Sometimes, it is nice to have a breakthrough… I have been lucky to have some amazing instructors and mentors who are always willing to talk to me about herding. My current instructor, Cathy Hartley at Bear Run Farm, has been working with me, sometimes dragging me through the same thing over and over again. I … More Day 8 and 9: Larry Painter Clinic – January 8th-9th
Date: December 19, 2019 Bear Run Farm Participants: Fiddle and Ukulele It has been awhile since I did a herding lesson, or a lesson of any sort. It has been a painful few weeks for me, with Black Friday and the end of the semester. The overall objective today was to get the entire … More Day 7 – 100 Days of Dog Training – Sheep Worming and Round Pen
11/26/2019 Today’s Lessons went to Fiddle and Uke After last weeks obedience disaster, I decided to reboot. One of the issues that my dogs happen to have in herding is that they “break contact” with the stock to look back at me. Part of this has to do with uncertainty toward the task at hand, … More Day 6 – 100 Days of Dog Training – Distance Foundations
So, I had previously mentioned that I was training for a herding trial at the Bear Run Farm (which took place from the 22-24 of November). I was originally entered in the Arena runs with cattle and goats, but if you have read any of my previous herding posts, our practice runs were kind of … More Fiddle’s First Herding Title
11/19/2019 Todays Victims: Ukulele and Fiddle First things first… Today was a difficult day as a trainer for me. I am trying to work and meld all of the different skills and schools of thought that I have been learning across multiple venues, from multiple instructors and people I respect, to try and find my … More Day 5 – 100 Days of Dog Training – Obedience: Trying to Find a Voice
November 14, 2019 Today, I worked Fiddle in the JHD/Duck arena. Started with a group of 12, then bumped it down to 6. Things were… tight, but calm and under control, for the most part. We worked a lot of the basic skills needed for the JHD (going through 3 panels, and putting the … More Day 4 – 100 Days of Dog Training
November 7, 2019 Worked Fiddle today Today, we tried an arena run again. It went much better than the clinic sessions… However, I decided we weren’t quite ready for the trial at the end of the month, and I dropped my arena runs in favor of the AHBA JHD in goats. This isn’t … More Day 3 – 100 Days of Dog Training
yes, I am behind about documenting progress and pictures of my dog… it just happens to be this way sometimes. Work is busy, and living off grid, without electricity the priorities just drop. I have notes that I wrote, so it is merely about updating them. Today, I just worked Fiddle. She had her first … More Day 2 – 100 Days of Dog Training – Cathy Hartley Clinic Day 2
I participated in a clinic at Bear Run Farm with Cathy Hartley on November 2-3. Today (November 2)’s participants are Fiddle and Ukulele. Uke kicked off the day in the round pen. Showing some pretty good instinct and work ethic. Then, on her second run of the day, we put her into a mixed flock … More Day 1- 100 Days of Dog Training
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