June Skies
I've been lucky enough to be absorbed by a sheepdog trial and training clinic for 4 of the last 5 days, so forgive me if all I post are some photos of the awesome skies and light we've had this past week. (Quick update on the trial: Maggie ran in ProNovice in the Cedar Stone Farm trial last week. I was very pleased with her first run--no high placements, but we accomplished my goal for the day. She sped up and moved the sheep much faster and we finally (!) finished the drive. She is so cautious that she goes too slowly and we have been running out of time on the course. Our run was as messy as a Sloppy Joe, but damn if she didn't respond to what we'd been working on and move the sheep Read More
Name That Ewe 6-12-17
There are six new members of Redstart Farm: Two momma ewes and their twin lambs. It's such a joy to have lambs back on the farm--we had to skip lambing season this year because of a bacterial disease that prevented our co-owned ram from coming over in fall and breeding the ewes. But now we have two new ewes from him (Little Big Man), thanks to friend and co-owner Donna, who sold us two of her older ewes and the lambs a few weeks ago. All are settling in well, but I need some help. All the ewes at Redstart have names, but I'm struggling with a name for the ewe in the photos below. Right now I call her "scraggly ewe," for obvious reasons, but that doesn't have much of a ring to it. So I'm Read More
What Would You Like to Talk About?
I'm back in the office, refreshed and recharged and ready to go. And curious--what would YOU like to talk about? Canine-related book reviews? Other book reviews? (Have you read Leaving Time? Wow!) Case studies? Research? Training Ideas? Dog-Human relationships? Flowers? Recipes? Novels about dogs that incorporate flowers? I'm all ears. Be as specific as you can, because that makes it easier for me to know where you'd like our conversations to go. One note: I won't be posting as often as I have before. The conversations we have in the blog are special to me--illuminating, inspiring, and amusing, often all at the same time. I've cherished this forum, and I still do. But I promised Jim that Read More