Smalahundur Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 As the fall gather is almost done, and we have (most of) our sheep back home I have selected a group of my "training sheep". On the one hand to polish up on Gláma´s obedience, we haven´t trained last two months, only worked , and there has crept a bit too much independence in Gláma´s working style.... On the other hand a farmer I know would like to try her dog on a couple of well dogged sheep. I am going to lend her a hand, and invited them to come over. From what I hear of her it is a promising dog, but with no "formal" stockdog training, one of those that only heads because she was never taught anything else. Today I tried out the group, they flocked well, were a bit heavy to start with (Gláma is a bit soft, has usually a difficult time lifting heavier sheep), but became more free flowing after a while. It has snowed a bit last week, and it is freezing slightly, makes for a wintery landscape, here are some pictures. My wife always complained it is hard to snap photo´s when the dog and the sheep are too far away so i almost drove the sheep over her a couple of times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 glama looks good send me your sheep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 I like the sheep too! You need to enlist your wife more often as photographer! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Festerling Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 if you "drive" your poor wife away we don't get pics!!! Be nice to her. Love the snow already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Glama has some nice sheep! Jovi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalahundur Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Last wednesday said farmer came to visit with her dog Tyra. It was a complete succes. I used gláma to get the sheep near us, and fetch them when necessary. This group was used by me last summer and pretty dogged (I would have given a lot for this kind of help when I started out...). Her dog performed very good in my opinion. She had a reliable stop, and was nice to my sheep. She kept a good distance heading, balanced on the handler, and we could even get her to wear the sheep to the handler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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