Hi! its me Cait, again. i met you last time. i wanted to tell you about the first trial i ever competed in.
i was about 1 1/2 years old then and i was still learning about how to be a good sheep dog. (my person was just learning about sheepdog stuff too and i had to help her sometimes. shes kinda slow. but she tries hard so i have to have alot of patience) we had worked and practiced to get ready for the trial and we were both excited about going.
when we got there she told me that Zeke was going to go first in the big dog class. then my class would be later in the day... i didnt like it too much i was ready to go!! i was not very nervous but my mom was... alot! so i got a good nap in so i could be all ready to go.
i watched Zeke and he did great... as always. he is a very cool dude!
it was my turn and my person was so nervous her legs were shaking and she was about to throw up!
EEWWWW! good thing she didnt tell me all this til later.
i dont remember much about the run cause i was so excited. she sent me on my outrun. i ran down to get the sheep quick as i could!!
GO GO GO GO!!! SHEEP! SHEEP! SHEEP!! YAY!!! YIPPEEEEEE!!!! SHHEEEEEPPPP!!!!!!!!
i brought the sheep to her fast i could, it wasn't very straight cause the sheep were going soooo fast and i forgot to lie down when she told me and i wouldnt take the flank to get them straight. im sorry, but it was all so very crazy!! the sheep were running fast and i had to keep up. we went through the panels and i was in a hurry cause i was so excited.... i think it was cause my person was too. the sheep kept going around and around her... and i had to lay down alot. then we took the sheep to the pen, a little quick footwork and in they went. YAY!!!! WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!
it was over so fast! my mom picked me up in front of everybody and gave me a big hug!! I think she was crying too. it was a little silly but i put up with it cause i love her.
she was very proud of me and i was proud of her too cause she didnt throw up and embarrass us both.
that nice lady, Sally, gave my person a big compliment and told her that i was a good dog and i was going places. the judge, Bill, told my person some things we should work on for next time. then we got to do it again!!! WOW this is FUN!
and you know what? we got FIRST PLACE!!!! now i dont really care about that but it i was happy cause my person was proud of me and everyone told her what a good dog i was and that made her very very happy.
we got to come back the next day and do it again. two times! and you know what?!?!? we got first again!!
i think i like this trial thing! and you know the very best thing about it?..... i get to get sheep!!!!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Hi! my name is Cait and i am a border collie. My person says that we are just starting a blog and maybe i should introduce myself and tell you a little about my past.
Well, I was born in Nevada. My mom is Susy the Border Collie and my dad is Misty Oak's Keper. My dad is a cow dog (cows are alot bigger than sheep and they are kinda scary). My mom, Susy, is a pet border collie, she likes to get chickens and i was told that she gets in trouble for that. When I was about 3 or 4 weeks old we moved to Placerville, Ca. Then when i was 5 weeks old we traveled to Oregon to visit family.... i really didn't know anyone but i didn't care....my mom went so i was happy. My name was Shasta then. Susy's person is named Joyce and she is friends with my person, Carie
When i was about 9 weeks old my mom's person, Joyce, went to visit Carie. Joyce told Carie that she wanted me to live with her and I did!!
my new person said i was to be a sheep dog when i got older... what ever that is.
and i grew up... i played with the other dogs and i did all kinds of fun stuff thats puppies do (my person says i was a good puppy.. i never chewed stuff up and i didnt dig in the yard and i always listened to her like any respectable border collie should do) and i got to ride in the truck and we went to sheep dog trials with my Uncle Zeke... hes a pretty good sheep dog too. i met alot of nice people and i watched Zeke alot cause he got to go work sheep and i thought it was pretty interesting.
When i was about 10 months old my person decided that we should go out to see the sheep. Up close and personal. i had watched Zeke and i knew what i was supposed to do! i ran around those sheep and showed them what a good border collie i was...
WOW!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!!! OMG!!
i guess i did good cause when we went to the house my person was smiling and she told me i was a really good girl.
So after that we went out to visit the sheep about once a week. i really liked it.
Then one day we went to my person's friend's house, her name is Shelly, to work sheep. She thought i was a good dog too and this made my person very happy. i like it when my person is happy, it makes me happy.
Then my person told me we were going to go to a clinic with a famous sheep dog trainer and that i should work very hard and listen to what the famous guy tells me. So i did. He told me i was a nice dog. i liked him.... his name is Jack Knox. we have been to a couple of clinics with him since then. i like it... its hard work but its fun cause i learn lots of new things and best of all.... i get to work sheep.
Thats pretty much it... the start to my sheep dog career.
So now i am a sheep dog and i work sheep. sometimes at home and sometimes at the river were i have to run a long long ways to get the sheep to bring them to my person and sometimes at those really nice people's place , the Oxford's, and all over california... i dont know much about that... i always get sleepy in the truck and when we get to the new place i wake up and we get to work sheep.
i am a happy dog... my person loves me and she tells me i am her best girl. i get to run around and act like a crazy dog (so my mom says) i live in a great place and i get to take naps on the bed, i have a big dog family and i get good food and special stuff on my food that makes it taste really good, mom says its good for me but i dont care much about that, i have my own fluffy soft bed and my special blanket... its pink and says PRINCESS on it... and, oh yea, i get sheep!
Well thats about it... i can tell you more stuff later on. i will tell you about what i do every day and what my person and i learn when we go work sheep and about when we go to trials and about the other dogs i live with and all kinds of things. sometimes my mom wants to write stuff.. thats ok with me, cause most of the time im too busy doing important sheepdog stuff!
Well, I was born in Nevada. My mom is Susy the Border Collie and my dad is Misty Oak's Keper. My dad is a cow dog (cows are alot bigger than sheep and they are kinda scary). My mom, Susy, is a pet border collie, she likes to get chickens and i was told that she gets in trouble for that. When I was about 3 or 4 weeks old we moved to Placerville, Ca. Then when i was 5 weeks old we traveled to Oregon to visit family.... i really didn't know anyone but i didn't care....my mom went so i was happy. My name was Shasta then. Susy's person is named Joyce and she is friends with my person, Carie
When i was about 9 weeks old my mom's person, Joyce, went to visit Carie. Joyce told Carie that she wanted me to live with her and I did!!
my new person said i was to be a sheep dog when i got older... what ever that is.
and i grew up... i played with the other dogs and i did all kinds of fun stuff thats puppies do (my person says i was a good puppy.. i never chewed stuff up and i didnt dig in the yard and i always listened to her like any respectable border collie should do) and i got to ride in the truck and we went to sheep dog trials with my Uncle Zeke... hes a pretty good sheep dog too. i met alot of nice people and i watched Zeke alot cause he got to go work sheep and i thought it was pretty interesting.
When i was about 10 months old my person decided that we should go out to see the sheep. Up close and personal. i had watched Zeke and i knew what i was supposed to do! i ran around those sheep and showed them what a good border collie i was...
WOW!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!!! OMG!!
i guess i did good cause when we went to the house my person was smiling and she told me i was a really good girl.
So after that we went out to visit the sheep about once a week. i really liked it.
Then one day we went to my person's friend's house, her name is Shelly, to work sheep. She thought i was a good dog too and this made my person very happy. i like it when my person is happy, it makes me happy.
Then my person told me we were going to go to a clinic with a famous sheep dog trainer and that i should work very hard and listen to what the famous guy tells me. So i did. He told me i was a nice dog. i liked him.... his name is Jack Knox. we have been to a couple of clinics with him since then. i like it... its hard work but its fun cause i learn lots of new things and best of all.... i get to work sheep.
Thats pretty much it... the start to my sheep dog career.
So now i am a sheep dog and i work sheep. sometimes at home and sometimes at the river were i have to run a long long ways to get the sheep to bring them to my person and sometimes at those really nice people's place , the Oxford's, and all over california... i dont know much about that... i always get sleepy in the truck and when we get to the new place i wake up and we get to work sheep.
i am a happy dog... my person loves me and she tells me i am her best girl. i get to run around and act like a crazy dog (so my mom says) i live in a great place and i get to take naps on the bed, i have a big dog family and i get good food and special stuff on my food that makes it taste really good, mom says its good for me but i dont care much about that, i have my own fluffy soft bed and my special blanket... its pink and says PRINCESS on it... and, oh yea, i get sheep!
Well thats about it... i can tell you more stuff later on. i will tell you about what i do every day and what my person and i learn when we go work sheep and about when we go to trials and about the other dogs i live with and all kinds of things. sometimes my mom wants to write stuff.. thats ok with me, cause most of the time im too busy doing important sheepdog stuff!
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