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Mesa & I have started working the ducks again. As I probably pointed out sometime before, my yard is not appropriate for dog-breaking ducks or duck-breaking a dog. The open part -not garden, patio, or side yard is roughly 42′ x 20′- too small for an inexperienced dog to stay far enough off them and just [...] I had a wonderful Saturday. Mesa, Joe, Elli & I were out at Dogwood for hours yesterday. Mesa and I got so much done at Larry’s a couple of weeks ago. This was the first time we could practice on sheep since we got back. We were able to reproduce and reinforce the great big outruns. [...] This morning I only have 3 dogs following me room to room. Because late last night Mesa, Elli, & I got back from a week at Larry Painter’s Cowcamp. Elli was experiencing travel, meeting people and stock, hanging out: Mesa was there to work: There weren’t many people at this first Cowcamp of the year. In fact, this [...] I realized in class yesterday that the hardest exercise in open obedience is the broad jump. It has the fewest elements to learn, but it’s been by far the hardest exercise for my dogs to understand and generalize. Even when I think they’ve got it, they don’t. The other, seemingly more complicated, exercises take longer to tweak [...] I had an exciting breakthough in obedience training yesterday. Joe’s Figure 8 in practice is a marvel (to me!) of precision, attitude, and attention. His Figure 8 in the ring is another thing entirely. Obviously we don’t proof it right? Well we figure 8 around people, people with dogs, all manner of upright inanimate objects in [...] Mesa, Joe, and I went back to TCKC on Sunday for a Show N Go. It’s such a great training opportunity to attend an informal match. There is no better way to find the holes in your training. We’ve got plenty to work on still and then proofing for new places. *sigh* More than anything we [...] Joe and I went to a Larry Painter Clinic this weekend. I’ve been having a LOT of trouble with Joe on stock. We were coming along nicely up until about mid-September. Then everything fell apart and I’ve been trying to get it back together since. It seems like nothing (or no one) we’ve tried has helped [...] Long time, no see! We’ve been pretty busy around here…two herding clinics, a 15th birthday, Turkey Day, local obedience trial and this weekend I’m laying 2 tracks for our local fall test. *whew* Joe, Mesa & I have been trying to do a lot of tracking… Mesa’s bugaboo has been adding length. She could do a track as [...] I found a new game. So, yah, everybody else found it first… I haven’t gone tracking since a little after Joe got his AKC TD. It’s a one off deal…pass/fail…no points for good work. First you have to get into a test, then travel & motel expenses. One little bobble in your performance can blow the whole thing. I’m not the best at dealing with that kind of [...] |
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