A busy time

The display season has really started in earnest but i have still managed to fit in a couple of workshops. The last was a very busy day as i had a morning workshop, afternoon workshop plus a cabaret evening, so by the time i got home at 12.30am i was ready for my bed. Pogo was a little weird on the cabaret evening and not her self at all but it wasn't till after the evening had finished that i had been told there was thunderstorms outside. Now i don't know if this was the reason but the day before and the day after she was totally fine so perhaps just the noise upset her.

The duck herding has been coming along well and i am looking forward to my "Ferrari" ducklings ie Indian runners which i hope will be arriving soon. I spent an interesting few hours at a local sheep association event recently where there was lots of different breeds of sheep. Its not until you attend an event like this that you realise how many breeds there are and i came away quite liking the Zwartbles ! fingers crossed a piece of land comes up for sale around here soon as i could do with my own area to practise.
There also was a sheepdog auction at the event which was one of the reasons i had decided to attend as i have not been to one before. Basically each dog is run on the sheep and then sold to the highest bidder if the bid is high enough. The sheep they were using were not easy at all and were running straight at the fences and then either going smack bang into it or over the top. There was one bitch who i could have easily bid on as she had been well trained and looked of a nice biddable temperament. Although i like the really up for it dogs i know the confident but a little sensitive type of dog suits me better.

More displays over the next few weeks plus another couple of sheepdog lessons so i hope to update the blog as things happen.