Tuesday, April 30, 2013

EWE-ta here we come

Heading north to Tremonton Utah! A 900 mile jont one way! I'm not running I'm judging.. But I can run nursery 1 day! Ron is entered with Jesse; he had to scratch sly due to pregnancy that we just confirmed(yay)! Our fist day is short just to get north of traffic, first stop Calico ghost town! Old silver mining town with a huge empty campground, we will catch a ride on the train, a cold beer and cruise amongst the museums and shops!!

This will be us shortly



To be continued....



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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Don't forget sometimes Ewe need to take a step back!

Just a quick training message...

This is a baby picture of Plaid

I know very hard to resist...

anyway onto the training...this is Plaid now

He grew up into quite the dog. He will be 2 in October...so where am I going with this? He's my topic for this week. I am training a lot of young dogs right now...(not all mine) but this is I think MY FAVORITE!

Sometimes though when he's working he doesn't change sides with the heads of the sheep on a fetch..and sometimes he likes to slice behind the sheep on a flank...Flaws?? Noooooo...He loves to drive...but also he's a good outrunner..(best of both worlds!)

So that said..the outrun (Outline) has been established ...this is how you do it...and it's good...going a nice distance independently from me..I'm happy (for now) The drive (outline) has been established (Ok you were born knowing how to drive and inside flank) Good that's done!! When I say done..I don't mean finished...I mean for now it's all in place....okay..so..where were those baby flaws??

Let me take a step back and "fix" those things..one those few items are "fixed" all the rest will fall into place.

I just want to remind people DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A STEP BACK...there is no problem and it's not a big deal to do this!! Everyone wants to get it bigger, instead of getting better...just a reminder ..

Sometimes we need to review the alphabet before spelling a word!!

That's all..Happy Herding!