Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Coop is coming home
On Sunday I am going to go pick Coop up. I am looking forward to it. I have missed my boy.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Coop videos
Here are some new (old) videos of Coop's training progress. I have not been very good about getting them posted.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Coop Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADPJlvPmpHU
I need to learn how to turn off the microphone on my video camera.
I need to learn how to turn off the microphone on my video camera.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
July Update
Over the 4th, Tess and I ran at the Sheep Thrillz SDT in Scio, OR. We finished 9th both days and made it to our 1st double lift finals. However, I could not get Tess to look back for the second set of sheep so, we had to retire. Darn it.
Brie went to her new home at Scio. I hope all is well on that front.
I have a new puppy coming from Scotland. I think she should be here next week but, I am not sure yet.
In August, we will be going up to Camas, WA to the Lacamas trial. So far 79 dogs are entered. It should be fun.
Stay cool and have a great rest of the summer.
Brie went to her new home at Scio. I hope all is well on that front.
I have a new puppy coming from Scotland. I think she should be here next week but, I am not sure yet.
In August, we will be going up to Camas, WA to the Lacamas trial. So far 79 dogs are entered. It should be fun.
Stay cool and have a great rest of the summer.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Hauling out
The adequan came on Tues. Tess got her first shot that day. She'll get her second shot tomorrow. I worked Tess in the arena a couple times this week. So far all is good.
This morning, I hauled out early. It was nice. A couple of people were out target shooting but it wasn't bad. It is kind of beneficial to trialing because I know my dogs don't care about it. I only worked Tess once but she was tired and hot. We had a big thunderstorm yesterday with a lot of rain. It made it kind of muggy this morning. I think it was worse at dog level than at my level. I was happy with Tess and it sure felt good to get out. I am sure it did felt good to her too.
I worked Brie twice. I wanted to see how close she is to trialing. I started out like I was at a trial. She has an awesome outrun. She took her stop whistle on the fetch and then I had her bring the sheep around me and do a drive away. She handled that well and took her lie downs. We did a flank and a cross drive. Brie did well. It was small cross drive but she did it and it was under control.
On our second work, I walked with Brie driving. I don't think she liked me being that close. It seemed to push her more and I had a harder time keeping her walking straight into the sheep, she kept wanting to flank away from me. Next time, I'll try walking with her but farther away. She did a huge outrun. I want to enter her in some Nursery classes in July. I think she'll be ready if we get out more often that is. If I can haul out twice a week, I'll be happy. It would sure be nice to have my own field. Someday...
This morning, I hauled out early. It was nice. A couple of people were out target shooting but it wasn't bad. It is kind of beneficial to trialing because I know my dogs don't care about it. I only worked Tess once but she was tired and hot. We had a big thunderstorm yesterday with a lot of rain. It made it kind of muggy this morning. I think it was worse at dog level than at my level. I was happy with Tess and it sure felt good to get out. I am sure it did felt good to her too.
I worked Brie twice. I wanted to see how close she is to trialing. I started out like I was at a trial. She has an awesome outrun. She took her stop whistle on the fetch and then I had her bring the sheep around me and do a drive away. She handled that well and took her lie downs. We did a flank and a cross drive. Brie did well. It was small cross drive but she did it and it was under control.
On our second work, I walked with Brie driving. I don't think she liked me being that close. It seemed to push her more and I had a harder time keeping her walking straight into the sheep, she kept wanting to flank away from me. Next time, I'll try walking with her but farther away. She did a huge outrun. I want to enter her in some Nursery classes in July. I think she'll be ready if we get out more often that is. If I can haul out twice a week, I'll be happy. It would sure be nice to have my own field. Someday...
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