We're back to it!:=)
Sally worked on outruns and driving flanks. Still trying to find consistent balance of control and idependent work. Some of the work was great other not so much but the good work was better, so I guess thats good! The weather was pretty warm today 76, so the dogs didn't work as long as I have been with the heat.
Evy had moments of brilliance and terrible too. Outruns needed some dusting off! Breaking off her stock on the fetch wasn't crisp enough either... bit sluggish. Driving went really well though good flanks and control on reactive sheep, though sloppy Way flanks. So good stuff to work on.
Rosy was last and did really well again. She started out a little pushy but quickly gave on flanks. Her outruns were really pretty nice across the board. She does not like to break on running sheep yet, that could take a while too. She goes out nicely with just body pressure ok distance just tightens up at the same distance each time. We'll see how that goes. I also penned the light whethers with her, penning and unpenning them several times. It was great fun for her to push and then get back off of them also working on her unpenning flanks on the corner of the pen, which she does not understand or care to do. (Haven't figured out which it is yet) All in all she was again the star of the day!
76deg Lucky you--It's going below 0 this weekend here. And I will be in Maine where it will probably be colder.
ReplyDeleteUnpenning flanks ? Like taking out of a pen? Boy o Boy can I relate to that. They just don't want to give up control. Love to work that exercise though. I can always see improvement by the end of the session. It may not hold up to the next time but it's still fun.
It was warm all right! You know the little pen on the fenceline... She doesn't want to properly flank into the fence to get them out. I don't think she understands that thats what brings them out...
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