Another Demo. Day

Mark & Buddy

We have been doing a Demo. for several years now at the LMQHA annual Bazaar & Country Fair at Thunerdbird Equestrian Park;   http://www.tbird.ca/

Maureen and Aro

Lynda and Lark

Aro again

Karen and Ember

Lani & Owen

Ember again

Owen

Tim & Nell

Lynda and Lark waiting a turn.  Tim doing announcer duty in the background.

Tim & Nell

Lani & Jayne

We worked the whole group at the end.

Mark & young Buddy.  Very new to this.

Ember waiting and keen to go again.    They scheduled us quite early so there weren't a lot of spectators yet.  But we had fun working all our dogs in a different venue for a change.    Mark, Maureen, Lynda and I went for Dim Sum after. 

Demo Day at A Rocha

Gorgeous warm spring day spent doing Demo at Brookswood Heritage Farm now managed by A Rocha.

Pam's Nell watching sheep in holding pens.

Beautiful long winding driveway entrance to the farm.

Dusty ready and waiting for sheep to be brought into the field.

Pam getting all her dogs chained up to fenceline.

Dusty holding sheep off the gate.

Pam's old Tally pushes sheep off the fence.

Bill working young Flash.

McCallion's dogs waiting to work.  Flash on the right.

View of the parking lot and housing in background. 

This was 'Day at a Farm' for groups of inner city kids.  They moved in small groups to each of the various demos.

Blaze and 2 buddies waiting at the gate to go back to holding pen.

Wood chopping demo.

Brave spectators get to try their hand at it.

Tally holding next group off the dogs on the fence.

Pam's pack would love to get a turn.

My Jayne fetching.  They had mowed some of the field which is why it is so green.  The brown didn't get cut last year.

Jayne has brought them to my feet.

Lynda's Lark turns the 'post'.

My Owen.

Owen bringing sheep to me.

Then he drives them off.

Rafe another Blair son.  Littermate to Owen.

Keen to work.

Lynda's Lark fetching.

Owen doing a nice long drive down the field.

Loaded sheep ready for ride home.

Pam's sheep seem to like going for a ride. They make me laugh when I follow behind her going down the road.

Demo done.  ALL the collies get to have a run & play out in the field.  What a great day!

Spring lambs

Why can't I go to my Auntie Rose? Please...look she is right over there! Mom! Let me go!

Look Uncle Owen says "OMG what are these? They don't act right! I think I should bite a leg or something!"
"See....they are just wrong in so many ways!"

They heel like obedient doggies. Follow any human anywhere.
And try to suck up hanging around in the Family Room. Ignoring the 3 or 4 collies circling and hanging about.
Blair would really like to work them but they seem to want to go into the house with Rose. Somehow that is wrong too.
Yes....Flower & Billy are waiting at the back door for Rose to come back outside.
Enzo jealously licks at Billy to warn him away from Auntie Rose.
Enzo on alert. "Don't know what you are, but stay away from MY Rose!"
But miserably fails his HIC showing no interest in herding the lambs, just sniffing and marking all the trees. I guess there is no point spending any time/money on his herding career....sigh. ;~D
Most photos by Rose or me, if she is in them.