Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Photos from the farm trial!
Thanks to my friend Mary for taking these photos of Hana and me working the ducks in the duck farm trial in Prospect Maine. This really was a blast and Hana looks like she really enjoyed it too!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Maine Madness Stock trial
Hana and headed up to Maine July 19 for a stock trial that ran three days. July 20th was the Farm trial and the 21st and 22nd were the arena trails.
Pauli and Crook came along, we stayed at the beautiful Belfast Harbor In:
http://www.belfastharborinn.com/ - what a great place to stay with dogs! Huge field that went right down to the water! Hana thought she was in heaven!!
The farm trial was awesome! Hana Q'd in both mixed stock and ducks and I learned a lot about loading ducks into a trailer and up a ramp.. that's the only part of both farm trials that could have gone better and it was not Hana's fault. She did her part. I need to learn to stop moving that stock stick!
Below is a link to the courses we did:
http://www.ascne.org/2012Files/Farm_Show_layout.pdf
Hana finished the weekend with her OTDs title and one ATDd leg. She worked perfectly and I could not be more proud of her.
The weather was perfect, the hikes were awesome and the sights were beautiful. The trials ran well and we were done early on Sunday so the long drive home didn't get started too late. Hated to see the weekend end that's for sure.
Pauli and Crook came along, we stayed at the beautiful Belfast Harbor In:
http://www.belfastharborinn.com/ - what a great place to stay with dogs! Huge field that went right down to the water! Hana thought she was in heaven!!
The farm trial was awesome! Hana Q'd in both mixed stock and ducks and I learned a lot about loading ducks into a trailer and up a ramp.. that's the only part of both farm trials that could have gone better and it was not Hana's fault. She did her part. I need to learn to stop moving that stock stick!
Below is a link to the courses we did:
http://www.ascne.org/2012Files/Farm_Show_layout.pdf
Hana finished the weekend with her OTDs title and one ATDd leg. She worked perfectly and I could not be more proud of her.
The weather was perfect, the hikes were awesome and the sights were beautiful. The trials ran well and we were done early on Sunday so the long drive home didn't get started too late. Hated to see the weekend end that's for sure.
New England Regionals!!
July 13 - 15, Greenfield Mass
It was HOT! But boy it was fun! The big dog's team, Lunar Eclipse with Anne Derby and Arwen and Sheila Crepeau and Luna came in SECOND!! We actually got a medal and have our picture on the USDAA web site: http://www.usdaa.com/article.cfm?newsID=2138 How cool is that!!!
Rumor had a wonderful weekend.. despite it being HOT. He won team Snooker and place second in snooker on Sat. I blew our GP finals run on live feed, of course.. by not watching him, he missed the broad jump and rather than fix it, I went on. No big deal, he was wonderful and we had a great time. Even though it was HOT!
New Hampshire Vacation!
Ok, so I am a little behind again! July 4th we took off for New Hampshire to stay at our favorite campground on Newfound Lake. It was Don's last vacation as his new job started July 9th.
We had a blast, hiking swimming and just hanging out. It was great to get away and great to know that he was returning to a job after 7 months.
We had a blast, hiking swimming and just hanging out. It was great to get away and great to know that he was returning to a job after 7 months.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Von Trapp Lodge and NOMAD
Wow - what a weekend, gorgeous weather and a gorgeous spot!!
We were at the von Trapp family lodge in Stowe VT for NOMAD's annual agility trial. http://www.trappfamily.com/
Camping in "the wedding meadow" and looking out on all the mountains.. what better way to spend a weekend?
Dogs did well too, Sunday June 17th was Rumor's 5th birthday and for his birthday he got he Standard Platinum title!
Hana did well also, she ran great, with no hit of the weave issues she had suffered a few weeks ago. I think my girl is back.
We were at the von Trapp family lodge in Stowe VT for NOMAD's annual agility trial. http://www.trappfamily.com/
Camping in "the wedding meadow" and looking out on all the mountains.. what better way to spend a weekend?
Dogs did well too, Sunday June 17th was Rumor's 5th birthday and for his birthday he got he Standard Platinum title!
Hana did well also, she ran great, with no hit of the weave issues she had suffered a few weeks ago. I think my girl is back.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Hana's sheep training
I have entered Hana at a stock trial in July, so we have been doing our best to get to work the sheep once if not twice a week.
Well, words can't describe how thrilled I am with the way my girl works. She has so many skills that I never taught the boys. I don't know if that is because she has more instinct or if I just know better, but I have never had the pleasure of working a dog like her.
I love to watch her, she will move the slow ones by turning her head or her shoulder, all the while keeping her eye on the fast ones. Her drive is lovely.. and I never thought she would figure out driving... cross drive is amazing and she can be so quiet. Sure there are times when she likes to mix it up, but for the most part, she is nice and calm and business like.
Last night she worked the new set of lambs. I was worried we would have lamp chops, but she read them beautifully and was able to contain them without them running.
We even penned them! Paulie got her boy to get them in the pen first, then we tried and succeeded!
We are working on getting her to quietly pick them up and bring them in to me after a cross drive. I have her hold them in front and want her to circle on the fence and bring them to me in the center, sometimes she cuts in too fast and splits, so I set up that exercise a lot. She will lay down at the top of her outrun and come under the panels at the center pen to take the sheep out. If I need her to get back from the center pen, she will turn, walk away, turn back to the sheep, square up and lay down. Pretty cool stuff. Not sure how I taught her all this, but it is a total blast and it is amazing the options you have when you have a dog working like this.
I hope that we have a good showing in July, my only goal is not a Q, but to have a run that makes me go WOW...
Well, words can't describe how thrilled I am with the way my girl works. She has so many skills that I never taught the boys. I don't know if that is because she has more instinct or if I just know better, but I have never had the pleasure of working a dog like her.
I love to watch her, she will move the slow ones by turning her head or her shoulder, all the while keeping her eye on the fast ones. Her drive is lovely.. and I never thought she would figure out driving... cross drive is amazing and she can be so quiet. Sure there are times when she likes to mix it up, but for the most part, she is nice and calm and business like.
Last night she worked the new set of lambs. I was worried we would have lamp chops, but she read them beautifully and was able to contain them without them running.
We even penned them! Paulie got her boy to get them in the pen first, then we tried and succeeded!
We are working on getting her to quietly pick them up and bring them in to me after a cross drive. I have her hold them in front and want her to circle on the fence and bring them to me in the center, sometimes she cuts in too fast and splits, so I set up that exercise a lot. She will lay down at the top of her outrun and come under the panels at the center pen to take the sheep out. If I need her to get back from the center pen, she will turn, walk away, turn back to the sheep, square up and lay down. Pretty cool stuff. Not sure how I taught her all this, but it is a total blast and it is amazing the options you have when you have a dog working like this.
I hope that we have a good showing in July, my only goal is not a Q, but to have a run that makes me go WOW...
How could I forget?
About this blog that is?! This morning I was getting stuff ready for the trip to Vermont for the NOMAD trial when I remembered that I hadn't updated this blog in a very long time!
Actually things have been pretty quiet. We have only attended three USDAA trials, two only one day, ASCNE's Memorial weekend ASCA trial and one day at Colors of Summer
Hana has had a bit of a break, the weekend she got her ADCH, she decided that weave poles no longer existed. Turns out both she and Rumor were positive for two tick diseases. She's now done with her course of doxy and is feeling much better.
I have slowly been re-introducing the weaves at trials and she has been awesome! She finished up all her ASCA Elite titles and seems very happy again.
Rooie of course is Rooie and doing perfect! He is closing in on ADCH-platinum and LAA Gold very proud of the big guy!
Now that I remembered I have this, maybe I will remember to update it more often!
Actually things have been pretty quiet. We have only attended three USDAA trials, two only one day, ASCNE's Memorial weekend ASCA trial and one day at Colors of Summer
Hana has had a bit of a break, the weekend she got her ADCH, she decided that weave poles no longer existed. Turns out both she and Rumor were positive for two tick diseases. She's now done with her course of doxy and is feeling much better.
I have slowly been re-introducing the weaves at trials and she has been awesome! She finished up all her ASCA Elite titles and seems very happy again.
Rooie of course is Rooie and doing perfect! He is closing in on ADCH-platinum and LAA Gold very proud of the big guy!
Now that I remembered I have this, maybe I will remember to update it more often!
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