Herding on a Cold Sunday

Lowri - Once again, I was left out!  No herding for me.  TM said I was clean and she was a little short on time.  I think that is a lousy excuse!  I am the herding dog, I should get to herd.

Chase - I got to go herd the big mamas first.  TM had me walk them around the field.  I had to do a lot of stops again.  I hate that.  TM makes me just stand there while she walks around with the sheep.  When they start to leave her, she allows me  (ALLOWS me!) to go stop them.  I did like that Cocoa was gone <G>  No one butted me!

Then I got to go work the three crazy lambs and the ram.  It was quite a workout.  The ram wanted to stay and eat and the three crazy lambs wanted to run.  TM said she was very happy with how I worked.  Even with the wild lambs, I stopped and waited when I was told to.  She said that is a big improvement over how I was working just a month ago.  I was very good.  Now I am going home with MC and I get a hot oil massage!  That will feel very good after an afternoon out in the cold.

I had to pursue the crazy lambs a couple of times.

Kearney - TM let me work the crazy lambs first.  I had to work them without the stabilizing influence of the ram.  It took me three tries to get the lambs up to TM.  I paid a lot of attention to how they were moving and how they were trying to double back.  I took them through the advanced course - it was a bit shaky, but TM was really pleased with how I worked.

Then MC came out and tried to mess with my head.  I did a pretty good job of not letting her bother me.  I lifted the lambs off MC and worked them.  TM said I was Excellent!