"Building The Team"

I love to train my dogs and I love to teach people to train their dogs. I hope my students find as much joy being with their dogs as I find in being with mine!

"Before you teach skills & fundamentals, make people feel good about their abilities. Make them believe they can perform." Rick Pitino

Thursday, January 15, 2009

finally a little blog

Well it has been a very busy, bone chilling last month. Hope that kind of cold is gone for this winter. We lived up at Norman Wells NWT for 4 1/2 yrs and that kinda of cold you except there but not here and not for so long.
Luc was tougher with the cold then the long haired heavy coated Belgians. They were going "ooh its cold" and trying to walk on three legs or two. Luc would run out to the middle of our field and " who's playing? hey hey someone join me!" and he would finally get Cavall to join him and off they go a million miles an hour. Luc would be sloppy wet with drool and have to dry off in the house.
Luc is such a polite, easy going dog.Don't get me wrong Luc is not soft, he is very confident. I have and have had dogs that focus on me when we are working/playing together but with Luc its different, he is so there with you, intense and always ready. He seems to problem solve and put things together so quickly and willing to go the distance with you.
The one and only time I took him out on sheep he was wonderful and to see him do what he was meant to do, that was goosebumpy. Sometimes I think I am doing him an injustice not having him on sheep more often. I am planning on it just got to get it together and do it!
On another note the ranchers, Burradoo Ranch in Montana, I bought Luc from have started to put together their website. It is not completed yet, but they do have some stuff on it and one is a video of Luc's mom, Wrangler Lily, working in Australia. In fact they have 3 video clips on their site. Check it out at : http://www.burradooranch.com/ContactBurradoo/contact_burradoo.htm
make sure you have the sound on. They are amazing dogs!
I hope to add more pictures to the blog as soon as I find my cable for my camera.... though I think my son took it with him overseas.
take care all

2 comments:

manymuddypaws said...

luc is a fabulous dog- you can really see the connection he has with you. he is unlike any other kelpie I've met in that he is friendly, and a work-a-holic! It has been really neat to see him grow!

Lynda said...

Thanks Amanda!!
I so enjoy him. He makes us smile and laugh with the joy that he does everything with. Cavall thinks he is the best ever. He even goes to Luc to start the play.
I really hope he stays happy.
Going to Randy Dye's on Thursday to try sheep for our second time.