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I started herding a bit less than a year after I got Beag as a puppy. I had already tried obedience and agility to work with her and to make sure we had a relationship I could use to make sure I could control her under all circumstances. Building a bond where we could trust [...]
Yeah, I know I ended not only a sentence with a preposition but a headline, but it’s appropriate to this story . . . It’s a tale of getting in a bit over your head and having trust in your dog that you probably haven’t earned. A few weeks ago I went to do some [...]
I really have no good answer for this question other than ‘right here.’ But I have been totally uninterested in updating this blog or my other one over at bike-guy.com. There has been stuff going on, but I’ve been too lazy to write about it. Until now . . . BCCGLA Trial, Jan 30, 2010 Because [...]
Terry held a AKC prep trial at here place this weekend and I fired off a few frames, and Tony Spiker shot a few of me. Thanks Tony! You can see them on my gallery here: Trial Prep photos -bike-guy
On Thursday after much prodding of my instructor I headed down to Valley Center to do some work with Scot in a large open field. After much thought I realize this was probably not the best idea. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great workout. You can get an idea of what we did [...]
Terry has a new post up on her new blog She discusses issues with having a great herding dog and still having a good pet. This, I feel, is an important thread for us ‘UrbanHerders.” Go check it out. “The question is: can this dog be your pet AND your tool/partner in the field of [...]
Sunday Scot and I finally got some herding done. My instructor took some time out on her mini-vacation to work a couple of lessons in for us urban herders up here in the LA area. It had been about a month since I have done any work, not since the Highland Games trial. In the [...]
On June 27 and 28 there will Highland Games in Vista, CA. The trials there are sponsored by my instructor, ActionK9Sports / Terry Parris, and I hope to run my first trial with Scotty. It’s a bit of a drive from Los Angeles, but I think well worth the drive. Even just for the trial. [...]
I was lucky with Beag. I didn’t get her until after 12 weeks so she had all the important lessons that come from being with the litter between 8 to 12 weeks. I have no idea if this works, but I feel that for folks that get their dogs too early this can be an [...]
In my opinion of course . . . First Time at the Post From bordercollie.org Excerpt: “In 1982, Pip, my first Border Collie, and I ran our first novice/novice trial at the Virginia State Fair. Pip was a young farm dog, and I’d seen one sheepdog trial. We did not cover ourselves with glory. I’d [...]