Pam May & John Carter have been doing a stockdog demo. with ducks at the Lower Mainland QH Club's annual Bazaar for the last 3 years. This time Pam hauled her sheep there and asked for some of us to volunteer to help with the demo. John did the announcing and Pam did most of the stock handling.
Pam and Tally do some duck herding.
A few of Pam's dogs do a 'soccer' demo. in between setting sheep.
Lynda shows how young dogs are started with Lark.
Pam and Tally work some sheep.
Rose's Jana doing the 'barrel race' course.
Jana keeps an eye on the sheep in the holding pen in between goes.
My Blair started off the demo. I was very proud of how he handled the sheep considering they were quite skitzy at first and heavy to the back fence where the other group of sheep were held.
We did an outrun & fetch, then attempted to 'pole bend' the white posts down the center line. (with not a lot of success) lol
The sheep wanted to bolt to me or to the holding pen.
At the second demo, John asked us to try shedding with the whole group of 10 sheep. I was able to get a split a couple times but no way to hold them apart for long in this small indoor arena. All of the above photos were by Rose & Lynda.
Earlier on the weekend, I spent a couple days down at Joe & Heather's in Arlington working my dogs on their awesome sheep in their big field. These are their ewes and new lambs.
Another pic of the flock. These are the sheep we'll see at their trial this August. It was awesome weather; shirtsleeves. Perfect for working dogs and sheep. Martha & Susan had also come by to work dogs so it was nice to visit with them too.
Pam May & John Carter have been doing a stockdog demo. with ducks at the Lower Mainland QH Club's annual Bazaar for the last 3 years. This time Pam hauled her sheep there and asked for some of us to volunteer to help with the demo. John did the announcing and Pam did most of the stock handling.
Pam and Tally do some duck herding.
A few of Pam's dogs do a 'soccer' demo. in between setting sheep.
Lynda shows how young dogs are started with Lark.
Pam and Tally work some sheep.
Rose's Jana doing the 'barrel race' course.
Jana keeps an eye on the sheep in the holding pen in between goes.
My Blair started off the demo. I was very proud of how he handled the sheep considering they were quite skitzy at first and heavy to the back fence where the other group of sheep were held.
We did an outrun & fetch, then attempted to 'pole bend' the white posts down the center line. (with not a lot of success) lol
The sheep wanted to bolt to me or to the holding pen.
At the second demo, John asked us to try shedding with the whole group of 10 sheep. I was able to get a split a couple times but no way to hold them apart for long in this small indoor arena. All of the above photos were by Rose & Lynda.
Earlier on the weekend, I spent a couple days down at Joe & Heather's in Arlington working my dogs on their awesome sheep in their big field. These are their ewes and new lambs.
Another pic of the flock. These are the sheep we'll see at their trial this August. It was awesome weather; shirtsleeves. Perfect for working dogs and sheep. Martha & Susan had also come by to work dogs so it was nice to visit with them too.
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