Posted in Amelia on August 3, 2010| 6 Comments »
The BonaDea Aussies blog had its busiest day ever today! We got 90 views from 7pm last night to 7pm tonight. WordPress is on a different timezone, so they are already into tomorrow, and we’re still getting hits! I am flattered that so many of you read my blog. Amelia says, “Thanks!”
Posted in Amelia, Herding on July 31, 2010| 3 Comments »
Today was a good dog day. Got up early and went herding with Miss Amelia. I really love having the opportunity to work with her in any capacity. She truly is the epitome of a good dog.
There were some interesting conversations going on between runs on breeding for working traits v breeding for physical traits. Three out of the five of us there were Aussie people, and needless to say there were some differences of opinion. I’ll post some thought on it tomorrow after I’ve had more than 4 hours of sleep. Until then, enjoy beautiful Bree as she watches the sheep.
(Bree is my herding instructor’s Border Collie)
Posted in Amelia, Brando, Lyla, Photography, Sky on July 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Been playing around with different ways to put actions together. I keep coming up with quite a wide range of finished products. The most recent are these…
Sky is constantly running toward me to “check in,” so I get a lot of really cute pictures of him looking like this. Sweet!
This one captures the quietness that is Amelia. She is such a gentle, unassuming soul. I just want to hug her all day long!
This is my favorite picture action-wise, although I couldn’t quite get it were I wanted it in editing. I think that’s mainly due to the fact that it was an iffy picture to begin with in terms of light, clarity, etc, but it shows this moment so well I had to post it anyway. Lyla has this funny habit of stalking Brando and then attacking. It reminds me of how a Border Collie works stock, or maybe how a lion takes down gazelle. The funniest part of it is she only plays like this with Brando, none of the other dogs. She’s such a character!
Posted in Amelia, Brando, Lyla, Photography, Sky on July 6, 2010| 2 Comments »
I’ve been playing around with Photoshop Actions all day and having way too much fun. Sadly, I only downloaded the 30 day trial of Photoshop because, seriously, that much money for some picture software? All that means is I’m just going to be doing nothing but snapping pictures and editing for the next month. Hooray! Anyway, what I ended up with after today is a bunch of this:
Posted in Amelia, Brando, Photography on July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Amelia, Sky on June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Amelia is a beautiful, sweet Blue Merle bitch who is spending the summer with us. She is owned by Jessica Westleigh of Katahdin Australian Shepherds. She really is stunningly gorgeous, and Sky agrees with me. The two of them are attached at the hip. Where there is one, there is always the other. They even lay on the dog bed together and share ice cubes. I haven’t had the heart to tell Sky yet that she’s going to be leaving come October…
Bona Dea Australian Shepherds 