The Perpetual Motion Machine

Novice Aussie and Handler's Training Diary

Adventures in Herding

Ron | June 19, 2009

Today was a beauty. I had some previous students over that owns some Mini Aussie’s and they sure made a impression on me. Before they had some show quality type mini’s that wasn’t very impressed about working stock. Slap me down if you want, but for that reason I wasn’t expecting much out of today’s [...]

Update May 5, 2009

Ron | May 11, 2009

We made it fine to Nebraska. I had a great time at the handler’s introduction and meeting. Trial starts at 7 am tomorrow morning & Kane will be the 12th to the post. Looks like a short outrun lift. The whole thing looks to be only a couple hundred yards. Outrun lift then down and around [...]

Update April 29th

Ron | April 30, 2009

This evening we are back at Hopes place. I want to do some more look back practice and long distance listening skills. This will also be the theme for the next four nights. Kane knows his commands; he knows what “LOOK” means, now we need to fine tune his and my understanding of what we [...]

Update April 28th

Ron | April 30, 2009

This morning I called the USBCHA and pulled Tait from the finals. I’m sorry I got a wee bit emotional!  I really thought Tait was going to win it all this year, or maybe it was because my buddy is injured that made that call so hard to make. I’m sure everyone else thinks their [...]

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