Hey! It’s time for my monthly blog update:
I spent Monday and Tuesday last week at an excellent Herbel clinic hosted by Mary Lou Hayden. I worked Mesa at the clinic proper. Really nice people to hang out with, some really good larnin’, and a lot of confidence gained. The really amazing part was the private lessons I had with Mesa & Joe. Major, major leaps in understanding and execution on my part. WOW it was a good day.
Next on the ticket was the obedience trial which we did not practice for at all. Yah, the dogs knew this stuff cold, but that was last year. I’ve been spending all my time raising puppies, taking care of business, and traveling all over creation to work sheep wherever I can—practice heeling? LOL! Joe earned his CD and Mesa was entered in Wild Card Open. Mesa was a trip. I entered her in wild card just for practice. She got really confused with her figure eights. I’m not really sure what’s going on there. All four trips around the posts over both days, she popped up on my right side when we did the right turn around the post. She was just absolutely sure that’s what I wanted her to do. All I can figure was it was a body cue she was reading. A long time ago she used to do that on about turns and that was the problem. I changed how I executed about turns and she cut it out. I’ll have to study the situation.
I’m getting up nutty early (for this family) to beat the heat. I’m taking the Aussies and Tess out for an off-leash run. Everyone is a lot happier for the more frequent, longer, more energetic outings. Tess’s recall is improving. Elli is learning to track on pavement. That’s all I got time for.
Go watch a World Cup game!
p.s. I’m working on getting some fresh pictures and top bars up. Gotta remember how I did that!
