A case for basic trianing
It seems like every time a stranger approaches me while I'm out training my dogs, they make some comment along the lines of "yeah, well my mutt is just a pet, he doesn't need all that fancy stuff." ...
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Our trial season is over. There is one more big weekend at the beginning of June that is semi-local (2 hours from here). They are having AHBA trials on Thurs/Fri, AKC A and B course on Sat/Sun, and the following week a USBCHA Novice trial. But, with temperatures rising into the upper 90s here, it's time to hang up the crook for the summer and focus on our other dog activities. Plenty of obedience and agility training to keep us busy.
We will start herding again around Labor Day, probably skip the Fall season to keep training, and bring Buddy out in Intermediate next winter or spring. Trials around here run Oct-Nov, then Feb-May.
Moving up to Intermediate will involve a longer outrun (which we can do), a drive away from the handler's post into a chute, which we are working on but don't quite have, a Hold in a pen (which we can do), and a crossdrive though the center line gates ...that's going to be our biggest struggle.
We will start herding again around Labor Day, probably skip the Fall season to keep training, and bring Buddy out in Intermediate next winter or spring. Trials around here run Oct-Nov, then Feb-May.
Moving up to Intermediate will involve a longer outrun (which we can do), a drive away from the handler's post into a chute, which we are working on but don't quite have, a Hold in a pen (which we can do), and a crossdrive though the center line gates ...that's going to be our biggest struggle.
