Oh my goodness did we ever luck out with the best warm sunny weather to kick off spring and work dogs at Brookswood today. Here are some of the girls that allowed us to enjoy the day.
I realized that I don't have many close up shots of Jayne so I concentrated on her today. I took pix of her in action after sheep were to my feet and asking her to walk up or flank. She worked really really well today in all respects. I left her on her own at the top and first part of the fetch in some big(for us - 250yd.) outruns.
Enzo would dearly love to chase those sheep! He was out later when we finished and ran free with the other two dozen or so dogs......bad boy would not come back to me when called. Good thing his '2nd fav.person(Lynda) was there and he came when called to her. Little shit failed on his first time running free...won't happen again.
Getting a shot of Jayne walking up.
Wanted to show how big an outrun we were doing....Jayne on a big come by outrun.
Same session: Jayne fetching and holding them off the pressure to the left...she did this with no commands from me. Sweet natural feel with this girl....just need to get a hold of her.
trying to get a close up flank shot
end of the fetch and asking for a flank to get a good pic.
Jayne
Lynda working Try
Try driving
still more of Try working
Pam and her pack
Once we are done & sheep loaded up, all the dogs get to run and play.
This doesn't capture all of them....LOL
Margaret took some nice shots of Owen and Jayne working at McLeods' last Thurs. I finally got them uploaded.
Owen is super biddable and has nice feel.
My freckle face boy.
Jayne
Jayne had a very short session as she dove in & gripped when I was trying to set up a shed. She hasn't done that in a long time. Not sure what I am doing wrong that is creating this tension in her.
Oh my goodness did we ever luck out with the best warm sunny weather to kick off spring and work dogs at Brookswood today. Here are some of the girls that allowed us to enjoy the day. 
I realized that I don't have many close up shots of Jayne so I concentrated on her today. I took pix of her in action after sheep were to my feet and asking her to walk up or flank. She worked really really well today in all respects. I left her on her own at the top and first part of the fetch in some big(for us - 250yd.) outruns.
Enzo would dearly love to chase those sheep! He was out later when we finished and ran free with the other two dozen or so dogs......bad boy would not come back to me when called. Good thing his '2nd fav.person(Lynda) was there and he came when called to her. Little shit failed on his first time running free...won't happen again.
Getting a shot of Jayne walking up.
Wanted to show how big an outrun we were doing....Jayne on a big come by outrun.
Same session: Jayne fetching and holding them off the pressure to the left...she did this with no commands from me. Sweet natural feel with this girl....just need to get a hold of her.
trying to get a close up flank shot
end of the fetch and asking for a flank to get a good pic.
Jayne
Lynda working Try
Try driving
still more of Try working
Pam and her pack
Once we are done & sheep loaded up, all the dogs get to run and play.
This doesn't capture all of them....LOL
My pal, Pat from Francois Lk, BC stayed over an extra day en route to pick up Rhaq from Martha in Metchosin. We spent the afternoon working dogs at McLeods' as usual on a Tuesday. Since Kim couldn't come today, Pat got to have some fun working Dusty.
He loved it and so did she I think. We planned to go out for dinner but when we got home we found out that they are predicting a huge wind storm tomo. which will cancel ferry sailings to the Island. So she had to pack up and rush to catch a ferry while they are still sailing tonite. So we shall postpone my bday dinner until next Monday when she heads back home and stops over on the way. She lives about 12-13 hours north from here on 100 acres with a dozen or so sheep so far(and a very nice hubby, 3 geriatric dogs & 1 not-so dependable BC) Thus the need to buy a well trained BC - Rhaq.
