Dinah does DUCKS!

 Dinah has been in Tennessee a whole day, so we decided to test her on ducks!  She took to duck herding IMMEDIATELY!  She is an AWESOME duck dog!

Ummm, who does this remind you of?

Look at her focus!

Yeah, she has the family POUNCE!

Uncle Kear says, "stick with me, kid.  I'll teach you all you need to know!

This is SUCH FUN, says Dinah!

 

Treasure's Herding Lesson

Ms. Treasure is getting so much great instruction!  She's entered at a herding trial in two weeks and is coming along nicely, according to her instructor/handler Susan!

First she has to gather the sheepies!

Get them all together and to Susan!

The idea is to SMOOTHLY move the sheep.

At the end, she got to move the mama and lambies out into the big field.

And did so nicely! Good job, Treasure!

Today's herding! Big mamas and lambs!

Well, Treasure got to work the big mamas today as the other field was under water.  She wasn't sure at first what to do with NINE sheep!  But Susan helped her figure out quickly she needed to stay out wider in order to control the flock.  She's coming along wonderfully!

Mud and Speed Herding

Phesant Ron is raising to train his Vizla

Yeah, that's right!  I'm TOUGH!  RUN you sheepies!

Speed herding--not for the out of shape!

Just to show I CAN move them where I want!

Herding Fun

Whoo-hoo!  Treasure made 'em MOVE!

Chase tried to ask the nice ladies to step aside.

Chase held a brief conference with Thor--the herd protector!

Treasure was moving the sheep all around the field. Well done!

Treasure loves to "hold 'em" while BARKING!!!

Now that I'm over the stomach virus I had last week (UGLY), I got to bring Treasure up to Susan and Ron's for more herding lessons and pick up the Chaseman after his weekend of training.  Here are some photos from this week and last for your enjoyment.

Whiskey--she's a keeper!

See how sweet Whiskey looks sitting on her Daddy's lap!

See how sweet I am?

Just hangin'

Christmas with friends and family!

Pregnant Treasure

Okay, I've set up a blog (hopefully correctly) and am posting my first message.  I'm going to try to add a couple photos of Ms. Treasure.  She's VERY pregnant and is due next week.  Feel free to make guesses on how many--sexes--colors--(can only be brindle or red, tho).