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A couple posts ago I show a video of Scot and I practicing for this run. This is from the trial. The earlier post describes the course. We did ok, We got a score of 86 out of a 100 and qualified so this was the first of three legs in getting his title in [...]
Shedding is when you and your dog ‘break’ a group of livestock into smaller groups. It is against the instinct of the herd and the dog to do this. Instinct is for the herd to stay together and even if they split, they will rejoin if not stopped. The dog’s instinct, particularly border collies, is [...]
At Eagle Rock Park this week. Dinky the English Sheepdog Totally goofy sweet. And yes, that’s what I said. It’s true -urbanherder
So my instructor told me I should enter an upcoming AHBA trial in advanced in both HTD and HTAD. Now keep in mind I have done one run in HTAD II and have had one run in HTD II plus two 2 runs in AKC’s B Course, which is basically the same as HTD III. [...]
I had intended to hike the Lower Sam Merrill trail up to the Old Echo Mountain Hotel site, but there were so many people there I swung over to the Millard Campground hoping to hike up towards Millard Falls, but apparently it’s closed. I am pretty sure it was opened since the fire, so I [...]
This past Sunday (12/18/2011) I went to an American Herding Breed Association trial held by my club and at my instructor’s place, Action K9 Sports Now to be fair to Scot we have had very little practice in the last few months due to several things including me looking for and starting a new job. [...]
I really meant taking the dogs on a hike, but it certainly could refer to how often I have been adding posts to this blog. For some reason I can’t seem to stay on top of it. Sunday afternoon I took the dogs on a shortish hike on the Gabrielino Trail near JPL in Pasadena. [...]
Hey, not like that! This past weekend I participated in my first trial with cows rather than sheep. I have never had as much fun herding I as I did on this run. I had 12 minutes to move 4 cows from one holding pen through a couple of gates, sort one off and put [...]
We had a GREAT weekend, Scot and I. We had 2 runs in Ranch (beginning) class on Friday, in Poway, CA. This was a USBCHA sanctioned trial and was a 3 day event. Ranch and Pro Novice each had 2 runs on Friday with Open and Nursery dogs with one run each on Saturday and [...]
Again, this is shot from a distance and the noises you here are the folks setting sheep for the next run. Camera is attached to the sheep trailer. After finishing Started the day before today was my first leg of the Intermediate class. Again I was more than happy with the result as I finished [...]
