I haven't posted since he was 13 weeks. So, here are a few photos of him between 7-8 mo. He looks, acts and moves just like all his relatives. I'm excited to see what he will do on stock. I love the strictly working bred dogs. I am so sad to see the direction of this breed where many breeders do not care about preserving stock instinct. :-(


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Meet Drew.


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Jeb and I are having fun on our herding journey. Today we had a lesson with Patrick Shannahan. I was pretty nervous being a newbie and having a non bc. But, no worries, he was SO nice, patient, calm and quiet. He has a wonderful sense of humor and was a joy to be around. We worked mostly on driving and he gave me lots of good tips - building on ( Read more... )

Thought I'd post this series of photos because they make me giggle. Jeb met bummer lambs today and they are very used to dogs...so, they tried to make friends. He was bedfuddled!!


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We are still complete newbies at this, but are having fun. It's interesting to see the keen, pushy dog that Jeb is when working stock. He is not pushy anywhere else in his life! I've kept my agreement with him of: "if you do agility with me,  I will take you to work stock!" We have worked turkeys, ducks, cows and sheep ( Read more... )

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We've been having fun learning NW and have been to a few trials now. It is a really fun sport and there is more to it then I realized! I like it as much as tracking, maybe more!   I have taken a few classes in Eugene, but now take classes online. Many of the NW instructors and judges are real life detection dog trainers and handlers - so it makes ( Read more... )

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