Category: Pic of the day
Is it OK to buy more than one puppy?
In short, it’s usually a bad idea to buy two or more puppies. Read about what can happen if you buy more than one puppy. The importance of bonding with a new puppy When you buy a puppy or even a trained sheepdog, it’s important that the new dog ‘bonds‘ with you, as quickly as possible. Bonding doesn’t mean the youngster wags its tail when… Read more.
Jet Joins the Dean Farm Set!
Jet’s right on the ball with her first gather at Dean Farm With her mother Kay being out of action because she’s “in season” at the moment (Kay’s one of those females who’s work is sometimes affected by her seasons) it seemed like a good time to let young Jet try her paw at some ‘proper’ sheep gathering today. We thought it would be a… Read more.
Molly earns her “wings”
Despite having little training our Kelpie, Molly, reaches basic Sheepdog Status! Training a Kelpie still feels experimental for us, but we’re learning together – and enjoying it. Sheepdog training sessions have been few and far between here recently. This is because we’ve been busy updating the sheepdog training tutorials as well as working on the website. But after a really good session with Scylla today,… Read more.
Big Fella in the Rain!
Ezra looking the part as he shelters from the rain Out with the dogs a few days ago, Gill and I took shelter under our big oak tree as the light rain became heavy. The dogs joined us under there, and as I had the camera with me, I used the opportunity to take some photos. Pick of the pics for both Gill and myself… Read more.
Farewell to Bronwen (her talent was wasted here)!
Bronwen’s gone to a new home in Gloucestershire where she’ll have a much larger flock of sheep to look after Training and selling sheepdogs is all very well, but, when it comes to selling a dog that you’re very fond of, it can be an extremely difficult decision. For a long time we felt that Bronwen’s sheep herding skills were wasted here. During the summer… Read more.
Wow! Kelpie Molly gets our ‘Man of the Match’ Award!
Trainee Kelpie sheepdog Molly is making progress If you’ve read our Kelpie vs Collie blog, you’ll know that we’ve had our ups and downs with Kelpies over the years. I’ve personally been on the receiving end of some bitter comments from enthusiasts for what I wrote about Kelpies. That’s a pity. The people who directed their vitriol and untrue accusations in my direction clearly hadn’t… Read more.
A Surprise Turnout to Move a Few Sheep!
Scylla and Ezra join Kay’s fun! We only have five acres of land here (about two hectares) and at the moment there are just twelve sheep on it. (More sheep coming soon). Because the land is where we exercise the dogs twice a day for their recreation, we need to be careful that the dogs don’t chase the sheep. Normally they don’t. They learn that… Read more.
Border Collie Sheepdogs Come in Assorted Colours!
We love coloured dogs and we’ve trained a few A post about so-called mis-marked puppies sparked a lot of response, mostly on Facebook and Twitter/X. One of the questions we were asked was whether we train merle or red and white dogs. Yes, we’ve trained quite a number over the years, but (and this may not go down too well in some quarters) we honestly… Read more.
How do you feel about mis-marked puppies?
We love coloured dogs and we’ve had a few over the years! Yesterday’s post about so-called mis-marked puppies sparked a lot of response, mostly on Facebook and Twitter. There’s nothing unusual about this. We’ve noticed over the years that some people strongly dislike unusual markings on dogs. I can remember once when we had a really promising young sheepdog for sale which happened to have… Read more.