Decisions

Oh, it was another really early Saturday morning again. I can’t wait until it cools off some and herding won’t have to start at 7 AM on my weekend.

Today was Lyla’s turn to go to class. She did a really good job. She is still a little spotty in her interest sometimes. She’ll work the stock for 60 seconds, roll in poo for 30 seconds, come back and work, leave and go pee… it usually goes like this the whole run. The thing is though, when she is focusing on the stock, she’s really good. She has a pretty natural sense of balance and has nice focus on me and my commands.

Our instructor suggested that we do at least one run at the trial coming up in October. The only thing is, it is the same weekend as an AKC show I was going to go to, and I’m not altogether convinced that her interest is going to be sustainable enough to trial her in a little over a month. On the other hand, I have several reasons to go to the herding trial. I have three dogs that could benefit in some way from it, and AKC shows happen all the time, but herding trials don’t happen as often. So, we’ll see.

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Tired

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)

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