Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Working dog shots & thoughts of winter


Tweed waiting for his turn at the Kathy Knox clinic

 
"Lie down" this is NOT Zeke

My little Tweedy growing up, he is working in the field

Zeke waiting for the next command

Tweedy working my Shetlands and BFL

Zeke's not Tweed and Tweed's not Zeke.  No kiddin'......This past weekend that couldn't have been more clear to me than when I worked the boys at a Kathy Knox clinic.  Phew!  What a brainful!!!  Both boys showed what we needed work on and displayed improvement from last time.  For me, that is proof we are moving in the right direction.  I got homework to work on and am looking forward to putting it to work.  It gets more and more challenging for me to work/train and handle the two of them as I don't think they could be more different.  I look forward to the winter training season.  It's fascinating for me to watch how each of them handles new situations, while challenging  myself to see situations for what they are & what can I do to gain better understanding for the three of us.  Our short list of to do's is below
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  Zeke and I will be practicing whistles close at hand so I can make sure we get understanding before stretching it out.  I am hoping to get to a few trials with Zeke this winter. 

Tweed and I will work on proper shape of our flanks and be a little more "spicy" as I like to call it on our fetches.