This weekend I took Buddy and Diva up to Turlock, CA for an ASCA obedience and rally trial. Saturday evening we drove out to Oakdale to visit a good friend for dinner. Since our friend has a litter of newborn puppies, my guys couldn't go in the house (they had just come from a fairgrounds where there had been hundreds of strange dogs...too much risk of exposure to Parvo for little ones)...so they hung out in the barn while we visited and had dinner.
As it was getting dark I was ready to leave, and we decided, since Buddy was already down at the barn, to use him to put her stock away for the evening, instead of one of her dogs.
Buddy was of course more than willing to offer his services!
Two properties over, and these are not small properties, mind you, some neighbors were having a party with very loud music. It had annoyed us all during dinner, and, I learned, the sheep and goats didn't like it either. We found all of the stock (6 dwarf goats and about 12 sheep) huddled in the corner of the pasture farthest from the noise. My friend said they are never there at dusk, they are almost always waiting near the gate! It became very clear that they wanted nothing to do with going in the barn, which was closer to the noise. It took several attempts to push them into the barn. Normally you open that gate, put the dog out behind them, and in they go! At any rate, during one of their escape attempts, I had to pick up my pace into a run, and my car keys fell out of my pocket in the middle of the pasture. Nothing says fun like searching for your keys with a flashlight in a dark pasture, with loud music blaring and mosquitoes feasting on you. I found my keys and got us back to our hotel before 10pm, thankfully.
In the trial, we had moderate success. Buddy won his class both days and was High in Trial in Rally on Saturday. He was in a runoff for it, which he won handily because working in 100+ degree heat does not phase him. The other dog melted and shut down. Diva got 2nd place in Open obedience Saturday. Sunday she was a little naughty on her Down-Stay, though. She is still young and green at this.
Samantha (the poster)
Tim, DH and driver of the CorgiMobile
Dexter and Dora - Pembroke Welsh Corgis
Gone but never forgotten -
Beth 1/11/94-6/3/09
Pippin 3/16/05-11/4/15
Buddy 11/7/05-10/24/16
Diva 1/9/09 - 8/20/20
