The Perpetual Motion Machine

Novice Aussie and Handler's Training Diary

A Tale of Two Voices

| December 22, 2010

Sunday was the first time Molly and I competed in the winter mock AHBA Ranch Dog Trial series. We showed up after most folks had already done their first run and i was informed that we had chosen an interesting trial to start with as this was by far the hardest course yet. Yay. For [...]

I didn’t freak out

| August 11, 2010

The big win from this weekend is that it went wrong and i didn’t freak out.  Which I have to say is pretty awesome. Click brownie (actually recently discovered truffles from Amore Chocolates) for the handler.  I laughed pretty much through our entire takepen debacle and it wasn’t that ‘i have to laugh or i’m [...]

We did a bad bad thing

| June 2, 2010

i’m sure someone told me at some point that we were not supposed to work the footbath.  I just don’t remember it.  whoops. On  a whim, i entered the Ranch Trial that is this coming Friday.  A Ranch Trial is what it sounds like, a  trial that is supposed to mimic ranch work.  So the [...]

Upcoming Trials

| November 16, 2009

Many of the NW clubs are starting to plan their 2010 stock season and if last year is any indicator, we will all be very very busy. AHBA – These trials are a Barb Davenport and Elsie Rhodes production unless otherwise indicated. Oct. 30 – 31 & Nov. 1, 2009 AHBA Herding Ranch Trial (HRD) [...]

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