After the live auction ended on Face Book for Laree I realized I had not put my sheep up. It was 10:30 PM Dark and cold. Not a problem we have put sheep up many times in the dark this time of year… Drover and I headed to the gate at the end of the …
Category: English Shepherds
Dec 16
BOO and Drover! Headed to a AHBA Trial this weekend!
BOO is going with Drover Les and I to a AHBA Trial in Pittsboro NC this weekend for a 2 day herding trial! BOO’s first trial…She is entered in HTAD level I sheep… We have been working on gathering! She is a driver naturally! Drover is entered in level III HTAD and will be working …
Dec 16
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
This evening Kay and I went to get the sheep up before dark! All afternoon we had worked sheep. First penning, then sorting at the gates, then putting the sheep in different lots to work. We practiced our HTAD course and BOO practiced too! We have a trial this weekend! In Pittsboro NC! Closer home …
Dec 14
My Dog Amazes Me…
With it getting dark early …we have been gathering our flock of sheep up around 8:30 PM…(Before the coyotes come calling) So the sheep have a nice long grazing time in the far fields. Tonight Drover and I walked across the dam. I was dressed for cold weather. Interestingly the air would be really cold …
Dec 10
When I am Old…
I have seen this many times…But thought it was a good share! I have to say you do not have to wait to do what your heart desires! When I Am An Old Horse Woman When I Am An Old Horsewoman I shall wear turquoise and diamonds, And a straw hat that doesn’t suit …
Dec 10
Drover’s Stock Dog Journal…
Today we did a lesson with Dan and Buddy…Buddy is a rescue Black and Tan English Shepherd. They did great! Off leash for the first time for the whole lesson. This included large field large flock work, pen work, away and come bye and driving! Dan and Buddy are fast becoming a good team! I …
Nov 27
Loaded Up…
All Most! Can’t load the tooth brush and paste or comb and such or Tylenol just yet! 🙂 Nor my pillows and quilt. But pretty much everything else is loaded in the car except the cooler! (Tent, chairs and coats clothes and such are loaded)! Not Drover but he is sitting ready! Where are we …
Nov 25
Abilene/Drover Puppy Update!
Abilene is the best Mother EVER!!!! She has finally got the bedding to her liking! Does not suit me, but I am not sleeping in it! (grin) Puppies are nursing and growing, gaining weight! Strong and such crawlers! What a lively bunch! And boy do they have voices if they are hungry! I have 3 …
Nov 25
Today…One of Those Days…When you Know…
Today was 70 degrees, the sun shown the wind was out of the south and it felt like the wind at the beach. Smelled heavenly. Yesterday we had rain and I never checked the rain gauge but we had water standing in the terraces! Drover and I turned the sheep out this morning. Even though …
Nov 21
Life…an Amazing Miracle
Early in the morning 11-20-14….Abilene started giving birth to her Drover puppies. There is an old hymn “I stand Amazed in the Presence” and then a country song by George Strait “I saw God Today”…Well those two songs have been in my mind and on my heart all day as I attended the birth of …
