How can it have been 4 months since our last post????!!!!

I guess the summer and fall were just too busy. So here is a quick summary along with some pictures and videos of what we have been up to.

We starting doing some mantrailing training with Emmi. I was contacted by Kim who has Lila the Black and Tan Coonhound so we  finally have a coonie partner to work with. Both Em and Lila are amazing. Lila and Emmi are the same age.

Emmi, LIla and the Notahound Davie

Pretty Lila

Emmi learned how to swim this summer, she loves the water. Davie will swim but prefers to heard the swimmers.

Emmi went to a couple of agility camps this summer to try to help me improve my skills, especially handling! She is somewhat patient with me although I do get told off. Emmi also entered her first agility trial in August, she had a good Jumpers round, a "It's too friggin hot to do this" standard run and a "I'm a crazy Hound" Gamblers run. However she had a fantastic trial in November, the improvement was amazing. My criteria for the trial was to get her to do six runs with minimal sniffing. She surpassed the criteria by a mile. So proud of her!
This is her Standard run.

So what did Davie do? Well Davie got to go to a herding clinic put on by Alberta Herding Dog Rescue in Okotoks on our way back from Saskatchewan. Louanne was the instructor and she is amazing. I learned so much and Davie was so good. Here are some pictures thanks to Amanda. It was great to see Amanda. She is whom I was lucky enough to get Davie from when he was rehomed. If you want to read the story you will have to go back to the very beginning of this blog.

The best news is that we have found a place to herd in Prince George! After many years of searching I finally tracked someone down!. We are trying to go out every weekend as long as the snow doesn't get too deep. We are sooooo happy. Here are the sheep.

The sheep

A happy Davie!

So life is good, we can herd with the BC and mantrail with the BT until there is too much snow or it is too cold. And we can continue to work on agility skills with Emmi and Davie gets to learn tricks and play at agility. Oh and we can not forget Nosework for both the BT and the BC.Almost forgot about Nosework! I am sooo lucky to be retired and have time to enjoy all these great adventures with the BC and the BT.

Puppies, puppies, puppies!!!

We seem to have a plethora of puppies to meet! Davie is such a great puppy trainer and to my delight Emmi has also turned out to be awesome with the pups too. Davie plays and teaches them manners. Emmi is more into playing and lets them get away with a lot more than the Master puppy trainer.

First puppy on the list is Penny the Duck Toller. She is Rune's half sister and a going concern as are most Tollers. She was 9 weeks old in these pictures.

Emmi explaining the finer points of scenting

Pond, Toller yep!

Zoooooom !

Next up is Chester. Chester came to spend the weekend with us while his mom went to a wedding in Alberta. Chester is from the SPCA, his mom was found under an old trailer with 5 new born puppies. The family was fostered and all the pups and mom have been adopted. Chester is a real sweetheart. He is a very laid back old soul who absolutely adores Emmi.He is 10 weeks old in these pictures.

My duck.

Like this Chester, it is really fun!

So gorgeous

While Chester was at the agility trial with us he got to play with Sovi, Penny's sister

Then we have Champ, he is Catja's new brother. Champ is a Moyen Poodle. He is a very nice puppy who has no fear. He is 12 weeks in these pictures.

Champ

Catja and Champ, she is pretending he is invisible

Playing with the BT and BC

And last in the puppy parade is Rollo a brindle boxer. He is an awesome pup and a real character. He is 12 weeks old. He had a lot of fun with my two and they loved him.

I'm invisible can't you tell

I can really run!

Hey Davie, what cha doin?

You have really big lips Emmi

A lot of crazy earzzz!

It must be nice out we have been absent too long!

We have been busy, weeding, building gardens, planting and now slapping mosquitoes! Here are some pictures of the fun we have been having in the last two months!

A very old cow bone

Can we share?

Yummeh

Ginger!

Amber and Emmi

Finding things in the Field of Fun

The sun is in my eyes!

Pond

Cool off time

What???

The yard nemises

Emmi and her little Duck Toller buddy, Penny

The big pool in the field of fun

Apparently somebuddies are happy spring is finally here.

Smells Gooood!

Mr. Big Tongue

Happy Dance

Leave me alone, I'm relaxing

Scootering

We took the Pawtrekker out to a snow clear road yesterday to do some practicing. The hound can definitely pull. Davie just got to run, he gets a turn next time. I think with me on a bike out in front he might pull and not circle the scooter. A big thank you to Cassie and Sheldon and their three for being a part of this craziness. Here are some pictures.

Davie and I being the bait.

Tula and Emmi in Tandem

Apparently Davie had an opinion about  my scootering

Cooling off

BC shake

BT shake

Rune

Davie and Rune

GoPro of Emmi