Here's Gail again - she is great in the house, can sleep in or out of her crate, gets along well with the other dogs in the house and is, in general, a good puppy.

Gail and I went out to the sheep both yesterday and today to continue imprinting and obedience. I have her on a long line just in case I think she need help but hardly have been using it. She is learning to 'stop' - to 'down' - and to 'that'll do' - which means to come to me. I also am having her walk up to the sheep to hold them to the fence; which means she walks up to about 15 feet or so then I have her stop. She is so much more relaxed than Trouble that it makes it possible to accomplish more - and more quickly - than I'd expected. I set up the session so that she will be successful of course, always keeping in mind that she's young and we don't want her to be frightened or hurt by the sheep.

Gail's report

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.

Happy Birthday!

Creed sends Happy Birthday wishes to all his littermates!