Heartful Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 It's been some time since I've visited the boards but really am excited to get my young dog introduced to sheep. Who knows where this will go. I would love to have time to see him develop into a nice working dog that I could perhaps trial with but I also do agility and it is a struggle to know which direction to take. I'm not sure if doing one will affect the other negatively should I want to try to do both LOL. This is his second official lesson, but he had been introduced to sheep twice when he was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryfoster Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Nice. Thanks for sharing. Looks like that will be a good dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartful Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 After a long, long, long winter with much snow, we have been able to get back to working some sheep. After talking with my instructor, we have decided to progress a bit more slowly to allow Titan to mature. Very short work sessions to give his brain some time to recover - LOL. I don't do too much of the work with him, given my extreme lack of experience - best to let the instructor guide him rather than me getting out there and making a mess of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartful Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Sadly, we won't be able to go back for lessons for a couple of weeks - he is growing up and I am learning by getting out there with the instructor and sheep...trying to stay out of her way and not fall over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maja Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 He is maturing nicely. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartful Posted April 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 He is maturing nicely. Have fun! Thanks! He is definitely slow to mature, but I do enjoy that puppy aspect - always happy and always wanting to engage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maja Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I didn't mean it that he is slow maturing, only that I can see his mind is working better in the later video in comparison with the first, without any qualifiers. If my math is right he does about two lessons a month on average, and the working maturity is a resultant of [training mileage] x [the actual age] x [handler experience], so to me he is doing fine - a very nice responsive dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartful Posted April 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I know I didn't take offense to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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