Sunny again; this was really helping me to feel better. I would just sit outside and watch everyone work dogs, and soak up the sun on myself. Ahhhh...and of course, training tips:
Have the dog hold sheep to you on the fence, and call the dog to your hand, regardless of what the sheep do.
If you have a dog who tends to run too wide, then do not set them up to begin their outrun behind you and wide from you.
If you ask the dog to take sheep off the fence, have the dog lie down and not slash through quickly. If it lies down at the fence, the sheep will walk off and dog can get up and walk the sheep up to you.
Derek worked his Lyn again. She is lovely. He has worked her a lot on just walking forward. She is really a listener.
Ludi worked some of the young dogs that we had now seen 2-3 times during the week. They all made progress, from one day to the next. Their training sessions were not long, but they were effective and clear.
Gloria worked Foss again (which means "waterfall" in Scandinavian countries). Foss was getting more comfortable with Gloria so she was faster and tighter...but this gave Gloria something work with. She got a bit tougher with her, and Foss straightened right up...Foss is a cute and responsive little dog.
After lunch, we went to visit Keswick, with Helen. Her art group has a store front downtown and she had to take a turn in monitoring it, which gave us all an excuse to go and shop. I bought a bunch of note cards from the various artists, to take home. Keswick is very cute, old, and a tourist trap, sort of. :-) Old buildings, a market downtown, and lots of shops. We bought lots of souvenirs, for friends, family, pet sitters and the like. We went to a tea place for refreshments, which was very quaint.
When the afternoon was nearly over, Helen came and picked us up and we drove out past their former farm, Lonscale, and Ben Cathra (sp). We went on to Winter Crag, Rachel and Jack's new place. Lake Ullswater (sp) is there. Rachel and her friend Elin from Sweden showed us a lot of dogs and puppies on the sheep. The sheep were both Herdwicks and Swaledales on Winter Crag. The hills around there are amazing with lots of old stone walls. Certainly, a different world for me.
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