Hi All, Just 2 days left before BeaCon's first auction closes. Now's the time to go see the exciting items donated to the auction and to make your bid in...
The Northern California Bearded Collie Fanciers REGIONAL SPECIALTY 2006 Where ALL The Action Is Wed-Fri, April 19-21 Premium lists (both herding and...
Hi Pertti Very funny, my little daughter told me many years, Hey Papa why you don't practice agility with sheep, may be you will be better. Finally we could ...
Hey! Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks, been busy! Oh, I know its no excuse, but I have been pretty busy. Two weeks ago we went to a puppy mill auction in...
Hi all, Week before last, was the first AKC trial here in Missouri at Purina Farms. While HIT went to a dog from the cattle runs, Blade, My BC, had the...
Way to go Jim, Blade and Star. I'm looking forward to watching you and Hank in Wichita next month. What a fun weekend it's going to be. I'm sure you'll be...
Huge congratulations to Jim, Star, and Blade!! What a great weekend you all had. And Lakotah! says to send a "high five" to half-bro' Star :-))) By the...
... "For years, at Trials, Star has done beautiful outruns, good work in the first and middle parts of the course, only to blow me off near the end. He knows...
Great to hear about your success with Blaze and Star. Congratulations to all! Diana and Penny, Jill, and Finn [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Well, last weekend, I finally realized that I'd better train the quite light sheep before I could effectively work on training the girls to better competence....
Mary, We almost were......I lost my old red barn which was built in 1928 and has been in my family since the late 1930's. Luckily all the sheep survived with...
Terry, I'm sure Hank already has reservations for Strouds, for the best fried chicken anywhere! And, yes, it will be a fun weekend. It's worth going to the...
Marilynn, Yes, but unfortunately Star won't be there.....as I have to judge. You should have been down here last weekend. The Iowa herders were well...
Carl, Sorry, been there and done that. The same suggestion came from others a couple of years back. So I made a point of being absolutely calm during two...
Just catching up.... Excellent Jim! (even for that 'other' B Collie) those break through moments are wonderful. Your on a roll! Deb Debra Thomas Pentangle...
Hi, I am going no mail today...too busy with the move and of course Brigands Herding camp through Thursday of next week. The timing is awful but I have my...
Hi! Just finished another must-read for anybody who trains dogs and/or dog owners: "The Other End Of The Leash". Patricia McConnell has loads of experience...
Yes, Yes! A very good book! I didn't know that she owned sheep. Yes, and Animals in Translation is quite good too. They are both at the top of my "animal...
Yup, Carl . . . . GREAT book! It's been on my bookshelf ever since it came out (right next to *my* bible, "The Nature of Animal Healing" by Dr. Martin...
Man oh man. Herding camp at Brigands Hideout was Wow wee wonderful. We only went for 3.5 days. We sure wanted to stay the whole five daqs but... The...
A+ :-) Jim N. ... From: Hank Price To: aherdingbeardies Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: [herdingbeardies] test test [Non-text portions of...
By now you've probably guessed that I didn't do very well in Texas! I was pretty proud of Samson, he did good. Handler problem. The sheep were light, but...