12-09-10

Acton

MO
She went first and it worked out much better. As shown in the video . . . A lot of her particular style showed, picking out one sheep for special attention, chasing it down at all costs and chewing on its leg for a few minutes, then letting go and start the cycle over. All we ask of her is to stay somewhat focused on the sheep instead of getting distracted by everything going on around and today she did a better job than usual. She did take a poo break (one current theory is her diarrhea is exercise induced) but she ignored bleating lambs in the pen, people outside the fence with videophone cameras, Stevie barking and all the usual stuff. So we’re going to chalk today up as a win for the team.

Stevie
She got into something that took her out from Wednesday afternoon through Saturday, she’d been lethargic and somewhat diarrhea-ic on Thursday/Friday – this household seems to excel in loose stools  - and then she pooped liquid and barfed while waiting for her turn at the ranch. Anyhow, we worked more on fixing her cross-overs on the outruns (didn’t go great) and because there was one sheep that consistently drifted off back to the pen we tried to get her doing look-backs (also didn’t go great).

What did go great is she took a stand as long as I put my body into the command, she stayed wide on the outruns as long as I put my body into it, she took three sheep through a chute without breaking them up completely, she did nice drives and walk-ups and came off the sheep well.