The Perpetual Motion Machine

Novice Aussie and Handler's Training Diary

Road to the CowDog Finals

| February 8, 2011

(admin note: yes, i’m behind.  will do better. ~ amy) 1/22/11 I’m just sitting here looking outside at all the ice this year. Holy smokes the drive into town yesterday was quite the adventure. Ice rain is so different than snow, it’s like water with glue in it. The stuff will stick to anything at [...]

Not Crazy, We’re Hardcore

| December 1, 2010

What do below freezing temperatures, snow and a USBCHA trial somewhere else equal?  An empty Farm where i can do whatever i want. I honestly believe that because we can only do lessons one time a month… the video is the second most impotant teacher.  In all of these… my mouth is open entirely too much.  [...]

Pen to Pen

| November 19, 2010

Goals I discussed my goals with Elsie.  She explained alot about AHBA and it sounds interesting. She suggested starting the test phase, not because we’re unsure about her, but because it’s good ring experience for me. Elsie also had an interesting expansion on the goal of handling sheep at Fido’s. Make a list of local [...]

Happy Accidents

| October 18, 2010

It seems like the successes i enjoy the most are the ones that I don’t do on purpose. The thought process is like this: oh, well this location is sorta different… what can i try here? Oh, there she goes. Lets see what she does. No joke. Now don’t think that she just takes off [...]

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