The Perpetual Motion Machine

Novice Aussie and Handler's Training Diary

Reactive Rover, Barnyard Work and a few moments of success

| March 8, 2010

This, will probably be long.  Consider yourself forewarned. My work Molly these last two months has been intermittent, but she has really done everything i asked her to. So here is a map of the setup: When i got to the farm one weekend… my fields were empty. Meaning that my yearling sheep were still [...]

Beginnings of a Duck Dog

| December 31, 2009

Simon with the ducks was *highly* entertaining. For the first half of the lesson I moved the ducks around the duck arena and happened to have a 65lbs dog on a lead. I, by the way was a great duck dog. I got all the obstacles in the AKC arena and put my group back [...]

Surviving the NW Winter – Outdoor Gear

| November 25, 2009

Fall, Winter and Spring in the Pacific Northwest present a number of challenges for dog owners.  I received an email from a friend not long ago that simply read “it’s dark when i leave for work, it’s dark when i get home and my dog is driving me insane.”  We’ve all thought this at least [...]

Lemonaide out of lemons

| November 9, 2009

Despite my efforts, this weekend was not a stock weekend.  There was thunder and hail and a power outage… oh mi.  Besides, we had ground work to do as per previous post. So first Molly and i started on leash with the clicker doing moving downs.  We walk, i tell her easy…. down, she downs [...]

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