Shoofly Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Denise Wall took a little video of my Bill this weekend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNz4lKaYPY0 He'll be 7 months old wednesday. I was putting just a little pressure on him to see if he'd pull up a bit behind the sheep but he wasn't really wanting to do it, so didn't make a big deal of it. For comparison, here he is at 5 months and at 4 months I've maybe let him on the sheep two or 3 quick times between 5 months and 7 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 He's only getting better - and that's saying a lot as he had a lot to begin with! Looks like you had a purty day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesney's Girl Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 He's looking pretty good Robin! You were getting a few steps here and there behind his sheep directly walking up to them. I think he will be a fine boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia P Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hey Robin, He's looking good. We've been working the dogs in a stall in the barn because we either have 2 feet of snow or there is a thaw and there is ice everywhere. So in the stall: Tate is going confidently around sheep in the away direction...biting and jumping back to the heads in the come by...(at least in the stall...not so much in the open field) We tried the new puppy Spec, she just turned 5 months old and we've had to catch her off of the ewe flock and the ewe lamb flock at least 3 times (over 150 animals)...bad owners Anyway, she spent the first 3 or 4 minutes with her tail up in the air....and I thought...maybe a little too early, just than she lowered her tail and looked like a proper young dog. We'll be putting her on once or twice a month in the next little while to see how keen she is...trying to keep her off the big flock (and not letting her talk to Tate....it is completely unreasonable to start at 14 months) Might come down for a VA trial in March....looking forward to seeing you and your crew soon. Been working Libby in the stall as well, trying not to let her flip off of the heads...i get a stick across the nose if I allow it. She's gaining confidence at walking in on the heads...not easy with such a pressure sensitive dog...but we'll see how it translates into the open field! cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoofly Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 That sounds great on the stall work, i do tons of that with a lot of different dogs. I bet it's good for Tate. If she's popping back to the heads, you can try putting her on leash and keep her close to your leg as you squeeze around the sheep and she'll get more confident and stop flipping so much. Which trial are you coming to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia P Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 That sounds great on the stall work, i do tons of that with a lot of different dogs. I bet it's good for Tate. If she's popping back to the heads, you can try putting her on leash and keep her close to your leg as you squeeze around the sheep and she'll get more confident and stop flipping so much. Which trial are you coming to? March 22 at Bordersprings I think. Coming with some other folks from Canada....if we can convince all to come. should be about 5-6 of us. cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hey Robin, Mr. Billy is looking good. Not so keen to stop working, though! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoofly Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Mr. Billy is looking good. Not so keen to stop working, though! Ain't that the truth! I guess a call off will be the first order of business when i start him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 To my very inexperienced eye, he looks wonderful! Lucky you, you're gonna have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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