We took Gail to the sheep in the arena today - this is her first time officially 'on' sheep. She did great :)
Here she is holding them in the corner - far enough away that they aren't in a panic. I'm patting my leg saying "That'll Do" so that she comes back to me. No sense letting her get in trouble.
Here she is moving them along the fenceline from that corner. She's got great self control and calls off easily.
And finally, she's continuing to move them - she held them here for about a minute and we called it a day. Plenty for a pup's first time. Unfortunately for us, I took down our round pen this summer! We can get a lot of work done away from the sheep - stop, down, wait...and will work on those exercises now.
Here she is holding them in the corner - far enough away that they aren't in a panic. I'm patting my leg saying "That'll Do" so that she comes back to me. No sense letting her get in trouble.
Here she is moving them along the fenceline from that corner. She's got great self control and calls off easily.
And finally, she's continuing to move them - she held them here for about a minute and we called it a day. Plenty for a pup's first time. Unfortunately for us, I took down our round pen this summer! We can get a lot of work done away from the sheep - stop, down, wait...and will work on those exercises now.