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There is a woman I know who breeds and trains Border Collies. I’m not going to tell you her name because it isn’t important. We got along well, in fact, I bought a dog from her, Gel. Due to miscommunication via e-mail
I finished most of Top Trainers Talk About Starting a Sheepdog; it’s okay. I enjoyed reading all the different views on starting a young dog. One question that was asked that was given essentially the same answer by all of the handlers
I head to another ASCA trial this weekend. As has been the case in the past, I’m very excited about going. I enjoy ASCA trials. We are ready for the cattle this time around. Unless something goes horribly wrong, we should finish
I just got off the phone with my homeopath because my finger is still giving me trouble. We are going to switch remedies in order to get through the finger injury and then go back to my original remedy in a higher
The Good: Fern is going to work cattle! I took her down with me when we brought the sheep and cattle up from the lower pasture. Once I got the calves into the fenced-in area, I let Fern loose. She immediately went
I wrote a while back about my exchange with a woman about the “want” to work in Border Collies. I thought that what she was looking for in a dog was more machine-like than a living, breathing, feeling animal. I wrote her this
You know those moments when you see progress? When you see that there is light at the end of the tunnel? That the dog that so many people have put down over the years may turn into a really good dog, one
I took these photographs today. I’m using a new ultra-compact point and shoot camera that so far, I like very much. Most ultra-compact point and shoot cameras do not have view finders, which I cannot deal with. I can’t use an LCD screen
I wrote on Thursday about my swollen finger and using homeopathy to cure it. On Wednesday night I took at 30c (relatively low potency) of Silicea and I should have left it at that, but stupidly (yes, stupidly) I took a 1M
Because I was sore from falling down the stairs on Saturday and then with the swollen finger, I haven’t done a whole lot of training this week. I’ve used Gel to move sheep and calves around but that’s been about it. Of