tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78940420277056187582024-03-05T12:56:10.607+00:00A Sheepdog DiaryTales about living with and training Border Colliesa sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-27357357593978449812014-07-27T13:54:00.001+01:002014-07-27T13:59:11.748+01:00July in pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow, can't believe it's just over seven months since our last post and we're well into summer. The year seems to have gone so quickly, with so much going on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the best place to start? Well, I reckon this month with a selection of pictures to cover what's been going on with the 'A Sheepdog Diary' collies.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summer shows and a chance to catch up with doggy relatives ... here's one of last year's May pups I raised. Eager to get going with his agility career.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Oh, look who else we found at agility ... Autumni Puppy Spot at agility for measuring. She's got a little while before she can compete though.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The weather throughout July has been glorious and very hot. Perfect weather for washing. Here's Arctic Fox proudly showing off a small selection of the contents of one of the 'puppy gear' boxes. All washed ready for packing away for the next litter.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The final weekend in July saw an outing to Kirkstone Pass summit to watch the search and rescue dogs train. Here's Cafe Latte Girl and her Jubilee Search girl, after she'd completed a very impressive search sequence.</span></span></td></tr>
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a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-67792282997190285112013-12-25T15:17:00.001+00:002013-12-25T15:19:47.658+00:00Christmas morning at Collie Rock ... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>... and a first outing of the Magnificent Seven!</i></span></div>
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a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-1939476444390197962013-11-18T16:33:00.001+00:002013-11-29T21:44:28.082+00:00Remembering Pocket Rocket<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A year ago yesterday my world came crashing down around me. That was the day that Pocket Rocket died. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She was never, ever ‘just’ a dog, she was my dog of a lifetime. Beautiful, kind and gentle, yet strong and powerful, she had an enormous personality, was immensely stylish and hugely talented. She had the ability to look through my eyes and straight into my soul with those amazingly soft golden eyes of hers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>So a year has gone and things move on,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>As you walk through the gate a little time to contemplate,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>A treasured friend she'd want your wounds to mend,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Special memories time can never erase,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>as she shares your life's journey as it takes it's next phase,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Because she filled your heart you'll never be apart,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>So be filled with happiness as you reminisce,</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>About Pocket Rocket who'll be forever missed.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not long after Pocket Rocket died, I heard these words spoken, they’ve not left me:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>"A short life can be a good life, a happy life and a full life."</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sorely missed - always remembered</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last of the litter of puppies I've spent the last 5 weeks rearing went to his new home this week.</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or off in the caravan for a girl who loved to explore,</span></span></i></div>
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<br />a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-73788307127363362862012-11-18T12:49:00.001+00:002012-11-18T12:49:36.633+00:00Pocket Rocket goes ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... on her next big adventure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never in my wildest of dreams could I have envisaged last Sunday, when I took this photograph of my very Sensational Six</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her eventual greatness can only now be imagined, she was truly great. She left an impression on everyone she met, quite often a bruise too! I am so priviledged to have lived with this girl for the far too brief a time she had, and I would not have missed a single second of it. A very special girl. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-73544639525755707122012-11-11T21:38:00.003+00:002012-11-11T21:38:44.904+00:00Beautiful Baking Day<br />
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<br />a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-33683968357414565322012-11-04T18:44:00.001+00:002012-11-04T18:44:14.125+00:00Handsome Lad's Magnificent Fetch<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a little while since I blogged. It's been even longer since I blogged about sheep work training. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Training isn't a daily occurrence, no matter how much I'd like it to be. All manner of things get in the way and it's not exactly something you can do anywhere other than in the field with the sheep! But overall, I'm really happy with the progress the dogs are making.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the training I do is a bit of guess work, lessons aren't possible on a regular basis, but I am lucky that when I do need to move on a bit then I have my friend Alan Bradley to go to. He has a very quiet style of training and it's suited Handsome Lad and I very nicely. We went through a difficult patch during the summer. Alan moved us on in our training ... a lot! Gone were the days of Handsome Lad making the decisions as to which direction he was taking (he always made the decisions so well!), now I was the one giving the directions, and they had to be taken. Yikes. That was hard going for a bit. There were times when I didn't seem to do anything other than say 'Oi'. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a fabulous day in the Lakes today, with a frost overnight and the ground seems to have dried out a little. Time to go to work! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so pleased with Handsome Lad's outrun, as shown in this short video:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sheep were at the top of the field, over the brow. He couldn't see them at all but he had confidence they were there. Why wouldn't they be when I asked him to do an 'away' (taking the right hand command). So important in our training that if I ask him to go and fetch sheep that there are always sheep there for him to fetch.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'd had a couple of false starts on the 'comebye' command (left hand side), so rather than push that with the sheep being out of sight I put him onto his preferred side (for today at any rate!). Also due to the couple of false starts I didn't put a stop on him when he lifted the sheep. It was his free time to do whatever he wanted as a reward for such a brilliant job on his outrun. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very proud of him. He's such a very clever lad!</span><br />
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<br />a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-30298973286860501542012-08-13T23:39:00.001+01:002012-08-14T19:16:54.237+01:00And then there were three ...We’re well behind on blogs, again. Raising a litter of puppies really is a full-time job, and then some! <br />
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Two Jubilee Puppies left for their new homes at the weekend, same family, different households. Little Miss Tan Cheeks and brother Ol’ Blue Eyes were able to travel on their 350 mile journey to new homes together. Then there were just three remaining.<br />
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As pups leave there’s a short period of ‘quiet’ from the other pups as they re-adjust. It didn’t take long for this little group to re-form and start causing havoc again!<br />
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Now down to three puppies I’m able to bring them all into my bedroom to start them off with overnight crate training, an important part of preparing pups to leave for their new homes. Overnight crate training can be a little stressful, to human and to pup, if not done correctly ... if there are going to be any objections I want them to take place with me so that I can get the puppies through it. I also want to be able to tell new owners when they may expect to have to get up in the night, if in fact they do, in order to take pup out for wees - an overnight crate = bed = no toiletting in this area! Two pups in one crate, the next pup to leave home now starts solo time.<br />
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As you can see, Little Spot is quite settled. A minute or so after going into her crate she is totally zonked out. They are being brilliant overnight, sleeping a good six or seven hours before needing to toilet. Wont take much time before they’re going right through the night.<br />
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Today we woke to a fantastic morning, but to a loud roaring sound ... on further investigation we found an early morning balloonist taking advantage of the good weather.<br />
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Pocket Rocket managed to go missing whilst photographing the balloon, I found her having a chat with my Herdwick Boys down the field.<br />
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So, an early morning sheep training session ensued at 6.30am - me still in jim jams and slippers!! She did work very well, really pleased with her, just wish she’d waited until I was dressed and fully awake!<br />
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On returning to the ‘yard’ the pups were plotting their activities for the day, and enjoyed catching the early morning sun whilst they did so. <br />
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A jolly jaunt out in the Collie Mobile in the morning was followed by paddling pool fun in the afternoon. I’m making the most of the three remaining pups. Not be long until they’ve all left for their new lives.<br />
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Do they get the rest of the day with rest and relaxation? Noooooo. Much work to be done this evening and more puppy visitors ... there’s no resting on yer laurels if you’re an ‘A Sheepdog Diary’ puppy :)<br />
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<i>NB: posted late (now there's a change), so now down to two pups :(</i>a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-27375524983076012052012-07-28T12:02:00.000+01:002012-07-28T12:02:29.400+01:00High Jinx at Bedtime ...<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
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The video shows very clearly the reason why I will never EVER let my pups leave home at six weeks of age or even under eight weeks. Cafe Latte Girl isn't playing, she's disciplining and teaching manners, an extremely important role of being a Mum. Quite frankly, as a teacher, I wish there were more parents who would take a leaf out of Cafe Latte Girl's book. If they did a bit more disciplining and teaching of manners at home there would be a whole load more educating going on in classrooms up and down the country. I digress ...</div>
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Cafe Latte Girl may pick on one puppy per day, some days she might have a couple in her sights. Just shortly after filming this video showing Puppy No 3, she did the same with Puppy No 5, to a greater extent. Puppy No 3 here shows quite a strong side to her, had she said "OK Mum, wont do it again, I submit" then CLG would have left her alone. I started filming this a good few minutes after it had started. I wish I'd filmed Puppy No 5, a very strong headed little bitch who was quite willing to answer back on numerous occasions!! Fortunately CLG is such a good Mum and there was no interference from 2-legged folk, she sorted both her girls out. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" />Cafe Latte Girl has a lovely, comfortable whelping box, I have a blow up mattress to sleep on beside it, I don’t leave my girl when whelping is imminent. It’s exhausting work for Mum, it’s also tiring for me - sleepless nights, change of eating habits and any routines just go to pot. The big dogs get little look in for a few days, but they’re cool, they cope very well. <br />
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CLG, despite her lovely whelping box, took rather a shine to my bed ... it took some persuasion that she’d be better whelping in her box where she had room to move around as she needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Contractions started late evening, but she had quite a while and a bit of hard work to put in before her first pup arrived, not long before midnight. Whelping continued into the early hours of Sunday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As soon as the first puppy is born the ‘watching’ begins. Puppy watching is work, it can take a great deal of time up during the course of the puppy’s development, but it is absolutely vital in order to determine the temperament and characteristics of each pup. <br />
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It always amazes me how quickly a new born pup will head towards the milk bar, this is what nose work is all about. It doesn’t take long for the pups to realise that the easiest milk comes from the back teats, there’s sometimes a bit of a scrum to get there with a large litter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, the puppies are finally all here. Five girls and one boy. Cafe Latte Girl was large, much bigger than with her first litter. I was sure there would be seven or eight pups, others thought 10 or 11. As it turns out it was just the six, maybe the way she was carrying them this time, or more fluid, who knows. The pups are all fit and healthy, as is their lovely Mum, although she’s very, very tired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">After eating six placenta’s, food isn’t high on CLG’s wish list, but fluids are vital ... she’s a lot of milk to produce. After mum is refreshed and the puppies are fed, it’s time for CLG to have a nap and enjoy her babies ...</span><br />
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</span>a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-56258898584115651492012-06-02T18:10:00.001+01:002012-06-02T18:14:17.129+01:00The Waiting Game ...<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It seems to have been a long time coming, this Jubilee weekend. Much for us to look forward to ... none of which to do with the Jubilee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Cafe Latte Girl and New Boy’s puppies. It isn’t the greatest of timing, having a projected whelping on the Golden Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, but I can’t change the forces of nature. As a result though, I have taken the big decision to upsticks and leave home for the whelping. Living on the edge of a small town isn’t the ideal location for such an event when such a big National event is taking place at the same time. Noise. I don’t like noise, I get quite stressed by it ... CLG is fine, but she wouldn’t be fine if I was stressed. So we have moved to a friend’s place. Much quieter with few neighbours. Much better for me, therefore much better for CLG and the rest of The Sensational Six. We will return home after the weekend, when everything has quietened down ... excellent experience for the pups - an early vehicle outing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There was confirmation of a pregnancy back in May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By end of May the Mum to be had definitely filled out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">CLG has been wormed on a daily basis since day 40 of her pregnancy. In the last two weeks her daily food ration has been gradually increased, mainly increasing the levels of proteins, with the aim of raising feeding volume by something like 50% by the day of whelping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Her temperature has been monitored twice daily for the last week ... I’ve been waiting for a drop below 37ºC. This is a good indicator that whelping will occur within 12-24 hours. Not fool-proof granted and the method doesn’t work for everyone, but certainly in my line of dogs it’s a pretty good indicator. So, the waiting game begins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At 3.30am CLGs temperature dropped to 36.7ºC. Food last night was refused. There’s been some ‘nesting’ activity going on in her very lovely whelping box ... she’s made a right mess in there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She, nor I, have slept well for some nights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She has eaten two small meals today, she’s been for a walk to check on her sheep and she’s been wanting to play football. Whelping doesn’t seem to be too high in her list of priorities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, when will Cafe Latte Girl deliver her puppies? You’ll just have to be patient and wait and see, just like me ... </span><br />
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Spring, or was it s<span style="font-size: small;">ummer</span>, arrived in Lakeland at the end of March in the form of a heatwave! The clocks were put forward and we enjoyed some lovely, warm and sunny days ...<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sheep haven't been worked by dogs before so they aren't what we call 'dogged'. This has led to incredible frustration on my part. Whilst the sheep are ideal for Pocket Rocket, they're calm and there's much we can do with a bunch of calm sheep, Handsome Lad has struggled to move them. He had started to drive and I need him to be able to move them, but they just wont budge. Nor will they budge for my friend's Trials Girl and she's supposed to be a professional. It's been suggested I'm doing something wrong ... that may well be the case, but it's yet to be suggested what I'm doing wrong and I haven't got the fogiest what it might be I'm doing wrong, if I am!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-32694809156653438202011-12-14T22:20:00.003+00:002011-12-14T22:34:22.899+00:00Pocket Rocket Goes ... to work sheepLast week was the week. I'd been waiting a long time for this ... the time to introduce Pocket Rocket to sheep to see what she did!<br />
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She has been 'working' the other dogs for some time now, and a couple of weeks ago developed the most amazing outrun when they all went through a gate, going out wide and dropping at the 12 o'clock position to me. Nothing close to being the same as working sheep, but ... what she was showing me was she had some very lovely, natural moves.<br />
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At 7 months old, it was time to see what she was made of. She has seen sheep in the distance, she has seen them in my friend's yard when they've been penned to worm, etc. However, I haven't walked her close to sheep and never through sheep. Until I decided what I wanted to do with her I didn't want to put her in a position where she showed interests only for me to flatten it, or not to have interest at all only for me to worry about it!<br />
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So, off we went, the Collie Mobile loaded with doggies and accompanied by my friend Sue to Thomas Longton, a very experienced handler, trialist and trainer and very importantly, the owner of Pocket Rocket's father!<br />
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The first 5 minutes' of Pocket Rocket's work is not included. She started off loose outside the round pen, just left to her own devices to see what she'd do. Well, she just had a general mooch around to start with, until ... a sheep in the pen moved. Then. Well, 1 circuit of the round pen running around fast and with tail held high. Then, magic, a slower pace and tail dropped to a beautifully relaxed manner - watching a dog's tail whilst working sheep is a big indicator of whether the dog is relaxed or not.<br />
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The first words uttered by Thomas were ... "she's stylish". Result! <br />
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Thomas took her into the round pen for a couple of minutes then it was my turn. That was a surprise, I hadn't expected to handle her - in my inexperienced hands I had concerns over wrecking what might be there. Needn't have worried!<br />
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Things to look out for in the clip - she starts off working on a long line. This enables a stop if needed ... that is, if she wont stop when requested you leap on the long line! Not always easy in a rocky, slippy, muddy round pen.<br />
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<li>The stick is used to create 'space' and the bag on the end is for a bit of noise - good to get attention when otherwise adrenalin takes over</li>
<li>I move to create a change of direction of the sheep and in Pocket Rocket</li>
<li>She's keeping well out from the sheep, nicely balancing</li>
<li>I call her in (she understandably doesn't want to come to start with) to remove the line - things go a bit hectic here for a moment or two. That's absolutely fine, remember she's 7 months old and this is her very first time, ever, with sheep.</li>
<li>Towards the end of this first clip she's encouraged to work closer in</li>
<li>After this the sheep start to stand up to her ... she moves in to them. That's very impressive, believe me it is :)</li>
<li>This move is very much encourage to build confidence - not something she was lacking particularly.</li>
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In this second video clip Thomas takes Pocket Rocket into a big field with sheep, again on the long line to start with. Not something that would normally be done at this stage of training, however, I am in the process of deciding whether to get some sheep. I have the offer of some fields for 6 months, maybe more, so it was a case of seeing what she was going to be like in the situation I may be working in a month's time.<br />
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I think given the space and the speed of the sheep she ... well, I'll let you make your mind up about how that was going to end!<br />
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So, the Pocket Rocket ... attitude, enthusiasm for life, intelligence by the bucket load and looks like workability. I wonder if there is anything she wouldn't do well ... am thinking she probably wouldn't be suitable as a pets for therapy dog - not yet awhile anyways!a sheepdog diaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730872669327964379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894042027705618758.post-85061500714371214562011-10-14T06:25:00.004+01:002011-10-14T18:23:59.340+01:00Pocket Rocket Goes ... caravanning!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>In September, Pocket Rocket and the rest of her family went on holiday ... </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Good morning, welcome to my caravan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYLwuP9qcM4/TpfCyBtjAXI/AAAAAAAAAdM/Elx3j5phfa4/s1600/welcome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYLwuP9qcM4/TpfCyBtjAXI/AAAAAAAAAdM/Elx3j5phfa4/s320/welcome.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Would you care to come in for a guided tour?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_CC97cwVDCw/TpfC4-7s6CI/AAAAAAAAAdU/jj793ahWw14/s1600/Do+come+in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_CC97cwVDCw/TpfC4-7s6CI/AAAAAAAAAdU/jj793ahWw14/s320/Do+come+in.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Are you ready for me yet? ...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I9AY-Qk9pyM/TpfDM55iFyI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ZCKZXVP59V4/s1600/are+you+ready+yet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I9AY-Qk9pyM/TpfDM55iFyI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ZCKZXVP59V4/s320/are+you+ready+yet.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is where we keep our bedding</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IPUMWndRtMM/TpfDPAcMraI/AAAAAAAAAdk/J-5DYOLKhy4/s1600/oops+spotted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IPUMWndRtMM/TpfDPAcMraI/AAAAAAAAAdk/J-5DYOLKhy4/s320/oops+spotted.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is where I have my breakfast, service is a little slow this morning</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-42mQWOI8pVQ/TpfDWnsqtvI/AAAAAAAAAd0/X_zwpXR8x3o/s1600/slow+service.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-42mQWOI8pVQ/TpfDWnsqtvI/AAAAAAAAAd0/X_zwpXR8x3o/s320/slow+service.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahh, that's lovely</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is where the big dogs have their breakfast, out in the van</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrzLpxoJV-HtZOst4eKpiFG0_PCTfFlRG5KTRUugP3FZx4EMTGL7jOF3_3WwKoEZ2Smouj34-yy3kyUcqJu3M4PH1ChH1K8Kf6lMeYG0qce0sG4iPc_4mH_smEiuqkSjQGE2bAq10AbLq/s1600/Big+dogs+breakfast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrzLpxoJV-HtZOst4eKpiFG0_PCTfFlRG5KTRUugP3FZx4EMTGL7jOF3_3WwKoEZ2Smouj34-yy3kyUcqJu3M4PH1ChH1K8Kf6lMeYG0qce0sG4iPc_4mH_smEiuqkSjQGE2bAq10AbLq/s320/Big+dogs+breakfast.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and this is where the big dog's training kit is kept.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Doesn't everyone have a chest of drawers in their car?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mwnuFX1rAr4/TpfEFNLTMAI/AAAAAAAAAek/H2Wbd--w8Pw/s1600/big+dogs+kit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mwnuFX1rAr4/TpfEFNLTMAI/AAAAAAAAAek/H2Wbd--w8Pw/s320/big+dogs+kit.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hang on a minute, I think that tuggy's mine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StAHaD1CFTo/TpfEI2imguI/AAAAAAAAAes/g6yGEf0xlTI/s1600/Mine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-StAHaD1CFTo/TpfEI2imguI/AAAAAAAAAes/g6yGEf0xlTI/s320/Mine.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hands off, it's definitely mine, let go</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf-2_8AFk44wpzH9BtwIwr5QyjzvXZZl6H-SJSBQCS4aEPGSMDrdtspXkQdUpDLFy2FqWBidVz1SsHRY3BvdilJ1cLElPqt8s24oOj07YigfkDaX11NE5nHP3O2T7_-sxpX7gKecW3F_q/s1600/its+mine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf-2_8AFk44wpzH9BtwIwr5QyjzvXZZl6H-SJSBQCS4aEPGSMDrdtspXkQdUpDLFy2FqWBidVz1SsHRY3BvdilJ1cLElPqt8s24oOj07YigfkDaX11NE5nHP3O2T7_-sxpX7gKecW3F_q/s320/its+mine.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahh, sunshine, time to relax. Who's going for the ice cream?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XRITsBEjmKY/TpfEaZsNzDI/AAAAAAAAAe8/703BZ6VgKrk/s1600/nice+to+chill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XRITsBEjmKY/TpfEaZsNzDI/AAAAAAAAAe8/703BZ6VgKrk/s320/nice+to+chill.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /></span><br />
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