Fred's first puppy show
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You both did a nice job for never having done this before! It was nice meeting you & "Fred"!  |
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Looks like you both had fun. Carley's Mom |
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| Awww, you guys looked great! I judged Herding and Non-Sporting groups at our kennel club's match over Memorial Day weekend....I wish you would have been in my classes! Are you going to be going to classes? It's lots of fun (at least ours are  ) and you learn lots. I still stop in at ours to get my puppy fixes Somtimes I still run Bond thru (he's 20 months old yesterday), as it tires him out before rally class that runs after conformation class. Good for his brain too - doing both venues back-to-back. |
got sheep wrote: Awww, you guys looked great! I judged Herding and Non-Sporting groups at our kennel club's match over Memorial Day weekend....I wish you would have been in my classes! Are you going to be going to classes? It's lots of fun (at least ours are ) and you learn lots. I still stop in at ours to get my puppy fixes Sometimes I still run Bond thru (he's 20 months old yesterday), as it tires him out before rally class that runs after conformation class. Good for his brain too - doing both venues back-to-back. I'm having a hard time finding conformation classes around here although I did get some leads about that at the show. We are currently in obedience and agility and I want to do rally.. I have a great school for those. I also got a good lead on a herding class less than an hour away!!! At what age would you suggest taking the instinct test? Honestly, I would probably take a conformation class and do some more puppy matches just to learn more about it, but it's not my favorite.. |
| Sounds like you and Fred are off to a really good start. Finding a place to do herding classes so close is a bonus too. As far as age - that really depends on several factors. Have you met the herding person, seen the stock yet? Some things I would consider - how confident is Fred? If she is a real go getter pup, and not easily frightened by things, you could go on the younger side. What you don't want is for some bossy sheep to scare her...then you have a possibly lasting bad experience to overcome. Even confident pups go through some fear stages, so you want to make sure that things are set up for it to be a good experience for her. Also - the herding style of the trainer is part of it, as well as the nature of the stock. My 1st OES was raised around our sheep, but never did classes until he was several yrs old....all went really well. Chewie was literally T-boned as a pup by an over-zealous ewe...so we made light of it, and then held off on working the sheep until he was older. I can't recall what age we re-introduced stock, but I know he was just about a year when he did his 1st test. He had no bad memories, and we love herding. We didn't herd for many years, but resumed it last summer. He's 7 now. Bond was around our sheep on a casual basis all along, but we started training when he was 7-8 months old. He is totally hooked on sheep...he's called the "dog on crack" at classes, because he is so intense, it's like they are a drug for him! It is taking us longer to get ground rules down, but his intensity is quite fun...the others in class and instructors really like him. Bond just turned 20 months old. |
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