Owner: 1 Girl And Her Sheepdogs URL:http://peejy.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:44:49 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: The Dramas, Dilemas & Day to Day Discoveries of a Novice Sheepdog Trialler/Photographer. Site statistics:Click here
Graduation 2008-12-05 02:11:00 After being taught to chain up for the past couple of weeks, Brynn has 'graduated' to the dog pens with all the big girls. She was so well behaved during her training on the chain, I did not think it necessary for her to be tied up any longer. She was far easier to train for the chain than the koolies I have taught, she's been nice and calm and quiet (most of the time anyways ^-^).Did I hear right
A Dilemma 2008-11-30 13:58:00 All my life i have lived on farms, Dairy farms and dryland farms.. I have never known any different.Ever since i was little all i wanted t do when i grew up was something in agriculture, something with animals and outdoors where i can enjoy the true beauty of this wide land. My mum grew up on the land as did my Dad, he was a dairy farmer, so thats probably where my love of the land comes from.And
Sunset.. 2008-11-22 03:02:00 I love taking photos of sunsets. When we lived in gippsland, we got some absolutely spectacular sunsets. Haven't had any really good ones down here in Tassie yet. Hoping we'll get some worth photographing in summer.. In the meantime I have discovered how awesome it is to take photos of dogs into the setting sun, so they are nothing more than canine shaped silhouettes, even though i sometimes have Read more:Sunset
Evies Training Woes 2008-11-21 03:10:00 Evie got sick of waiting for me to post an update on her, but i promised i would do it today. Just for her. :)Bout Time!Well Evie has had a very big break from the sheep.. We thought it might calm her down a bit because she was so fast when working them, she wore the sheep out too quick and herself as well. It is very hard to get her to steady up. I mean, I can tell her to 'steady' and she respond Read more:Training
New Look 2008-11-20 03:28:00 I was sick of the colour of the template i was using so i gave it a bit of customization :) I also changed the top banner. Thought it needed an update. I've featured Brynn, Evie and Dixie as they're the ones I am concentrating on the most with sheepdog training..Hope youse like it! :D
Dixie Dramas 2008-11-17 03:56:00 Last time i posted about Dixie
's training was late september and she was doing very well working on the wiltshire horns.. Well since then we have had a few of issues....Shortly after my last update on her, we decided to give the wiltshires we were using her on a break and we sent them up to my grandparents place to fatten them up some more. That only left me with the weaned lambs for training the
Miss Brynn 2008-11-16 03:16:00 Got some new pics of Miss Brynn uploaded at last! She is now a big 4 MONTHS and is still growing dramatically, she is loosing her baby toothes and has now passed Evie in height and isn't far behind Nancy and Dixie! I think she is going to be between the size of Skeeter (the biggest of our girls) and Darcy (2nd biggest). The man who bred Brynn, James Ryan was out at our place a couple of weeks ago
Champion of Champions 2008-11-10 03:36:00 OMG I havent done any blogging here for ages! Everytime I go to post I end up side-tracked, editing photos, surfing the net, reading etc..Dogs are all doing well, went to the TWSDA Champion of Champions
(round 2) sheepdog trials at the Deloraine Craft fair last saturday. We took Brynn and Darcy for the ride, except for a little spew accident Brynn had in the car, they were both great and I think t
Brynn Update 2008-10-20 03:13:00 Brynn is now 13 weeks. She is growing sooo quick! I had her at the Vet in Sheffield last Thursday for her vaccinations and she weighed in at 9.5kg! Almost as heavy as miss Evie who is nearly 18 months older! HahaBrynn has a beautiful personality, can be a real sonk of a dog but at times. She just loves getting a pat, climbing all over me, licking and just sitting quietly with me. She is just so de Read more:Update
News and Photos Continued 2008-10-19 03:42:00 The results for Trans-Tasman (Australia vs. NZ)Interstate Challenge1. Grant Cooke Grassvalley Brooke (WA) 224.001. Ivan Solomon Perangery Jill (WA) 260.752. Bernard McGlashan McGlashans Murph (TAS) 257.502. Malcolm Taylor Somerville Floss (TAS) 226.25Aust vs. NZ Test 1Malcolm Taylor Somerville Floss (AUS) 93
News and Photos 2008-10-18 03:50:00 You don't know how sick I am of editing and processing photos, have been in my spare time for the last couple of weeks since the Australian Sheepdog Supremes/Trans Tasman... and yet I keep on taking photos.. got a couple of thousand which still need going through, You think I'd learn, I should ban myself from the camera!!Had a fantastic time at the Aussie Supremes and Trans-Tasman, we were there f
OMG Brynn!! 2008-10-03 04:38:00 Brynn In ActionOriginally uploaded by Madeleine BianconHere she is! :DI have other photos but am too busy at the moment to post em..Brynn is absolutely amazing, after a week she has settled in really well, her temperament is so much calmer to that of a Koolie (well any of the koolies i have had anything to do with). She is very attentive and already very loyal, will just sit quietly with me, when
New Arrival... Almost 2008-09-25 03:27:00 Despite STILL having the flu (which i think is getting worse), I am soo excited! Tomorrow morning I finally get to meet Brynn!!! YAY ^-^We have to be at the Ferry Terminal in Devonport before 7am to pick her and her sister Whisky up. And then drop Whisky off at her new owners place on the way home. :D :D I can't wait!I just finished making a puppy pen for her today with the help of mum. I am hopin Read more:Almost
No title 2008-09-17 05:51:00 How did Bernard, Maccas and Slate go in the world trials you may ask..Well Slate was withdrawn as she pulled a muscle badly the Sunday before while working.But Brynn's daddy, Maccas went really well, Mum and I were checking the results page of the world trials website like every hour during the weekend, it was exciting stuff!! even though we weren't actually there!Anyways back to Maccas, he came 1
No title 2008-09-17 05:49:00 I am getting the Flu, everyone else has had it and now its my turn, last as usual.. HahahaThis flu bug getting around is real bad, lasts for weeks and is really contagious (so don't get too close).I still only have the early stages of it but its gradually getting worse :(((I have only been sick once in the last 3 years Dang it...Despite being sick, I have had the 2 girls out with the sheep almost
World Trials 2008-09-11 04:58:00 The World
Sheepdog Trials
started today at Dinefwr Park and Castle, Llandeilo in Wales.There is 242 competitor's from 22 countries.. and out of these 242 competitors there is only 1 Australian, Bernard Arends and his 2 dogs 'Slate' and my little Brynn's father 'Maccas'..I'm so excited, I tthink Mum is just as excited! She's at the World Trials website like every hour checking to see if the results
Video of Dixie 2008-09-05 04:28:00 I know its only short but if make the clips any longer, they don't seem to upload properly..She turns of the sheep once during this clip but she did it increasingly more later in the lesson..I have advised to try her in a larger paddock, so i'll do that tomorrow and see how she goes.. Read more:Dixie
Dixie's Update 2008-09-03 04:46:00 Gave the 2 girls a rest today from their lessons. .Dixie
is still coming along great EXCEPT that she has started turning away from the sheep when she goes to change direction, instead of keeping her eyes on them all the time.. It is weird, it's like she loses concentration or something. I have tried calling her back as soon as i see her starting to turn but it hasn't really helped. I have been adv Read more:Update
Flickr 2008-09-03 03:37:00 This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. Read more:Flickr
Training updates 2008-09-02 04:52:00 Dixie, Evie and I have been quite busy lately. Evie has had 6 lessons on the sheep since saturday, Dixie's had 4.Evie is steadied herself quite dramatically and now paces with the sheep (still has to be told at times though), she is getting better at the stop. We still need to work on her stop at the top of the cast. I took her out in the top paddocks on the weekend and just let her continually br Read more:Training
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'Brynn' 2008-08-31 03:47:00 That is the name I have decided for my little pup.. 'Ryan's Brynn' I was sent some new shots of her today from her breeder, and thats when the name just stuck.. The name 'Brynn' is welsh, it means "hill".. Just thought you'd like to know that ^-^She is the most gorgeous puppy, lovely markings and strong colouring..Her breeder said that she is a very social and outgoing puppy, he also said that she
Friday At Last 2008-08-29 04:19:00 Oh My doG! Friday
... Yay!!!! Mum wants me to give Miss Dixie 3 lessons on the sheep this weekend, she making major progress.. I think I'm gonna start giving her lessons during the week like I do with Evie. Had Evie out in the top paddocks during the week, working on her square flanking by making her cast out round the dam, she is doing so well. But I still have a bit of trouble with her trying to
The Search Ends 2008-08-28 04:10:00 I have been on the hunt for that 'perfect' sheepdog puppy for quite some time now, a pup that will grow to be my trial dog, farm helper and of course, my best friend.. And well, It looks like my search has finally ended!Meet my new little trial prospect ..... (I haven't decided on a name yet), she is currently only 6 weeks old and still in Victoria, but she and her sister will be coming down next Read more:Search
Aaannnddd a few more photos.. 2008-08-27 04:55:00 Close-up of darling Sister Jessica! "Oh, Right there, keep scratching riiight there" says Nancy PantsThat ferocious lioness lizzy, stalking her prey (Me and the hand-towel)'That hand-towel you're waving at me is about to be a hand towel no longer.." Lizzy the burrmese lioness is getting a little annoyed me thinks..Oh, I got my 500mm telephoto lens, camera bad and lens filters in the mail today, I Read more:photos
40D Pics 2008-08-23 04:25:00 This is one awesome camera! I took it out this morning after brekkie when I took the dogs for a walk around the paddocks. I was a little worried with it earlier, after I took a few shots and reviewed them in the playback and they all seemed to be slightly blurred. I didn't know whether it was the lens or whether I needed to adjust the settings on it.. But this afternoon after I had given Evie and
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