Okay, i'm finally joining up on this tell me thursday thing Laura started. No promises i'll manage to stick with it since i'll be on the road soon though!
1. In sheepdog training, how do you keep from taking yourself, your dog, your lack of progress too seriously?
Oh that's easy. I hang myself out to dry for judges to smack down at dog trials! Seriously, if you take it too seriously, you'll go nuts. As for lack of progress, well, i just remember the whole tortoise and the hare story and keep on trucking. I've been at this long enough now to realize there are plateaus and sometimes it just takes a long time to jump off them.
2. How many crates do you have? For reals.
Uhh, way too many? I really don't even know but it's got to be 25 or better. To be fair, at one time i had a lot more dogs, with a set of crates in the house, in the van i had at the time, in the dog building outside, and a couple at the farm in the barn. And i've gone back and forth on plastic vs wire too so that added a few. Not gonna go count them, that's for sure, ack!
3. How do you keep your dogs in shape?
I work them and i run them with the ATV, but really they're not as fit as i'd like.
4. Who is your favorite movie/tv star eye candy at the moment?
Oh geez, there are so many!
5. What is your livestock situation? Have your own? Borrow? Herd the cats?
No cats. Have my own though at the moment i have more borrowed sheep at the farm than my own! I try to get out and borrow sheep at other farms and fields when i can too.
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And the borrowed sheep are very happy to be where their best Auntie Peggy feeds them yummies....
LOL! Great answer on the not taking yourself too seriously thing. I should actually print that out and tape it to my whistle. :) Thanks for playing (when you can)!
That's part of why I have so many crates - going back and forth on the wire vs. plastic and so on.
Robin, Not sure why I haven't come across your blog before, but enjoyed reading everything and especially loved the video of Joe. I've been around stock and stock dogs all my life, but have just started trialing border collies and I love to watch training videos. I always learn at least one little thing that I try to implement in my training. I have several very good mentors that I go and work with, but like to learn all I can. Looking forward to hearing about your successes on your fall trials.
Blessings
Glad you like the blog! For more videos, go to youtube and search shooflyfarm. I have several on there too.
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