My Junior Handler In Training

    I am painfully behind in my blog posts so this is falling a little out of order. There isn't a whole lot to say really but I did want to share some pictures from the day. Taylor is making progress with her understanding of the commands and because of this I felt it was time to give her a chance to go in the arena with Diva and the sheep on her own. This is a challenge because Diva still very much looks to me see if she should actually listen to Taylor and therefore Taylor has to not only remember what her commands are but she has to continue to keep Diva engaged. What I noticed is that once she gets Diva to go out and gather the sheep they do very nice walk abouts together. It's the convincing Diva that she is in charge and that she means for her to go get the sheep that needs improvement. Rae had met us at Hog Dog on this day and was generous enough to also let Taylor have a go handling Rhythm on the sheep. Rhythm did a great job once she realized she was supposed to work for Taylor but like Diva she was happy to fetch but not so sure about the initial outrun. I think the pictures speak for themselves though...smiles abound!