Bruce
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Sounds perfect Mike! You have one "long range" dog and one "short range". Just have to teach Lance to hand off to Sassy once he has them in.
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Mike CHS
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Bruce - I've seen other handlers do that with two dogs. Our problem is that I have the flock so conditioned to home in on me, it doesn't matter where or how the dog goes, the sheep come to wherever I am. Our next batch of lambs aren't going to be handled any more than absolutely necessary so they stay skittish.
I posted these pictures before but I can send Lance around to bring them in but they are already coming to me before the dog is anywhere near.
I posted these pictures before but I can send Lance around to bring them in but they are already coming to me before the dog is anywhere near.
Bruce
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Obviously you need to send Lance out from behind cover so the sheep don't know you are there. Gives him more purpose 
Looks like Maisy is playing "herd dog" in those pictures, I see no black on the dog. Of course she's just following the flock in.
Looks like Maisy is playing "herd dog" in those pictures, I see no black on the dog. Of course she's just following the flock in.
CntryBoy777
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What would happen if ya stood in the middle and had him push them passed you?.....just a thought.
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Mike CHS
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I just went down to close the gates on the two temp fences and Maisy came down to see what she could do. I'm amazed by her now in spit of the small problems (now that we see what she saw). I moved the netting to an area that is behind the shop and I can't see the critters but when it started to get dark I saw the flock moving back into the main paddock. I went down to close the gate and the painted ewe and her black lambs are at the extreme end of the area and it's obvious they don't want to join the flock. I'm seeing serious issues with segregation with sheep.
I went up to move them down to the gate and Maisy followed along. The lambs started to run back the other direction and she went toward then and turned them back. I am still not sure she knows what I was wanting but she sure acted like it. Either way, the sheep got back in the pen and I didn't have to chase them.
I went up to move them down to the gate and Maisy followed along. The lambs started to run back the other direction and she went toward then and turned them back. I am still not sure she knows what I was wanting but she sure acted like it. Either way, the sheep got back in the pen and I didn't have to chase them.
CntryBoy777
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Good Girl!!....Maisy....
Baymule
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Awww..... Maisy is sure coming along! These dogs are amazing, don't know what we'd do without ours. I love the pictures of your flock running to you. You are The Sheep Daddy!
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Mike CHS
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Fred - it doesn't matter where I stand, they will come to me if one of the dogs are in the pasture.
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Mike CHS
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We are starting on a training pen this week but Lance has been getting some time in the big pen and a lot of 'walk up' training on the boys since he can't get to them. It makes it easier for him to respond to the hold command because he walked into the electric netting the first time I told him to back off and he decided he could get to them instead. It only took once for him to figure out it hurts.
I can't work a camera when I'm in the field with him but the static work makes for some decent pictures and because the fence is there I don't have to be prepared to stop him from lunging at the sheep when they don't do what he wants. Since they had such a long time off of the sheep while the lambs were growing I have to use a long lunge line but he hasn't made me use it.
We had daughter and her fiance arrive yesterday for a short visit so we just did basic chores and had some good visiting time. They are enroute to a new job with Tessla outside of Reno, Nevada. They both worked at Boeing but with airplane sales slowing down it was pretty evident that layoffs were in the near future so they started looking for a change for the fiance who is an Industrial Engineer.
I can't work a camera when I'm in the field with him but the static work makes for some decent pictures and because the fence is there I don't have to be prepared to stop him from lunging at the sheep when they don't do what he wants. Since they had such a long time off of the sheep while the lambs were growing I have to use a long lunge line but he hasn't made me use it.
We had daughter and her fiance arrive yesterday for a short visit so we just did basic chores and had some good visiting time. They are enroute to a new job with Tessla outside of Reno, Nevada. They both worked at Boeing but with airplane sales slowing down it was pretty evident that layoffs were in the near future so they started looking for a change for the fiance who is an Industrial Engineer.
Bruce
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Good to be aware and proactive. Back in '96 half of my wife's dept was laid off (her included). I worked with a lady who was married to a guy in my wife's dept. They read the writing on the wall (something I was NEVER good at) sold their house and rented. Then they both found jobs in another state about 9 months later. Easy to do because they didn't have a house to sell. And yep, the other half of the department was laid off a year after the first half. Best of luck to your daughter and her fiance.
