Saturday, February 7, 2009

Training the puppies...




What an exciting morning. My friend Helene is visiting Peterborough and brought 2 or her dogs and her foster dog. I also was training a local bred dog named Mabs. Mabs is really coming along from a dog that would only away to me circle, she's almost comfortable going both ways now.

After running Mabs for the first session I took Helene's foster pup Kess (about 7 months old) into the arena with my really dog broke sheep. She was a little unruley and the picture wasn't right for her but we made progress and she made it to the other side of the sheep!

John brought the new, yet to be named puppy...how does everyone like Rye...or Brooke...or Brin, into the arena. She wasn't interested in the sheep...but the poop, yahoo! I got Dixie out (the red & white dog pictured to the right) to move the sheep and puppy Rye, or Brook or Brin, turned right onto them, tail nicely tucked under her, looking very stylish. Definately wanted to head them; She was even lying down (not on cue of course) John stopped after about 1 minute for fear of having sheep turn on her at this impressionable age. We'll probably try her about once per month over the next few months until she is ready to work a little more.




We let the sheep rest a bit and I brought out Tate. She is out of my bitch Pam and Amanda Milliken's Bart. She was a very late bloomer but is coming along very well now. At first she would run to the gate and not want to work. We started her on the large flock with another dog until she gained more confidence. We didn't work at all in the arena which made her uncomfortable until recently. After all the snow we haven't been able to be in the field. She is showing nice balance, stops well and covers the sheep and is doing a short 20-30 yard outrun (that's all the room we have!). We are thrilled with her progress.




This afternoon we have to do chores, move hay bales and we'll probably train some of the dogs again. It is above freezing, we get to work dogs and live on a sheep farm..does it get better than that?



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