Lee reports that Owen's balance seems quite nice, he is reading the draw and wanting to head the sheep from running which is good. He is going both ways off my body and seems to be bending off on his flanks quite nicely. Yesterday he was getting the tail up and tending to buzz a bit when he felt like he might not be able to head them but today he was more relaxed about it and was keeping a nice distance off his sheep as he flanked around. Lie downs are good close up of course so we'll see what happens when we increase the distance and the sheep are running!
He gathered the whole flock today; at first he was quite bewildered but quickly re grouped, brought them to me, then circled a couple of times around them, keeping a nice distance and came in right on balance. He is being a good boy; looks like he has some nice natural talent and is trying to please so can't ask for more than that! He loves the runs in the big field of course and has made good friends with a female who just came on Sunday. They play and play in the run as she is only 14 months old, so he is getting lots of exercise. He is eating well and all in all is doing fine.
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