Okay here goes nothing--
My first blog --I have to write about the Bob Vest clinic last week --It was great and Dare did some really nice things. He did and outurn that made my jaw drop. It was about 175 by 350 ft field and I feel strongly that he could have done a bigger one had he been asked. His lift was stupendous,but then he couldnt bring them to me straight. He kept breaking out to catch the heads and nothing I said was going to change his mind. Oh well... Something to work on next week with Bob.
Dually was a cutie pie but he needs more basics. We worked on him taking pressure by walking the sheep into a corner and also cover when we pressed to hard and squirted them out. He was great at cover but the pressure was hard for him. I have worked it a couple of time since then and he seems to be getting better. I just didn't feel like doing anything Sunday so all I did was let the sheep out next to their pen and held Dually on line there to keep them from eating stuff they weren't supposed to. Dually was very relaxed until I asked him to walk up and move them. He only dove in once though and then thought better of it. He walks up readily but slowly and with a great deal of eye. Nice..
Oh ya--I was giving an instinct test on Sat and I brought Dare into the pen to work the sheep a little so the new dogs could see the sheep move from the outside and hopefully get interested. They were but that's their blog. So I am in the center of the 35 by 40 and talking and ignoring Dare because he was moving them by himself quietly. I remember thinking I probably shouldn't be letting him do this by himself but then out of the corner of my eye I could see he was trying to move them to me and get them to stop . Usually he would hold them against the fence so I dared not breathe in case he changed his mind. He pushed himself up against the fence and started to barely move and the sheep slowed and came 1/2 way to me and then he turned his head and moved them all the way to me and then just held them there. It was a thing of beauty. It was a beautiful moment for us.