duck herding

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A great weekend at the Calapooia Classic

Posted by kenleighacres on July 29, 2010
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Towards the end of July, in a little town called Sweet Home, is a great herding event called the Calapooia Classic.  This is an Australian Shepherd Club of America trial and it was packed full of…

sheep herding…

duck herding…

cattle herding…

photo by Kristine Gunter

conformation showing…

photo by Kristine Gunter

obedience…

and good friends!

Ken and Debbie Lyle, along with their daughter Amy, are wonderful hosts.  I know their hard work is truly appreciated. 

This is my son’s favorite new friend – Shirley.

Here he is with Shirley and her owner, Stacey.  He was Stacey’s little shadow most of the weekend.  Everyone was so good with him and it was so nice not having to worry about where he was. 

We couldn’t ask for a nicer camping spot – down in the trees and next to the river.  It was a hot weekend and we took several dips in the river.

Good times and fun memories!

To see all of the photos that Kristine and I took, you can see them here – That’ll Do Photography

Puppies and Duckies

Posted by kenleighacres on January 21, 2010
Posted in: Call Ducks, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Farm Life, Herding. Tagged: , . 4 Comments

Remember the puppies from this post?  They came for a visit yesterday!!! 

The breeder and our friends, Jim and Debbie, wanted to see how much herding instinct they had.  My ducks were perfect for this task.  I originally got my ducks for herding with my dogs, but they haven’t been worked in awhile.  They were very good for the puppies and the puppies did great.

My son was a great helper and encouraged the puppies, while I took pictures.  This is Buster, the lone boy.

He showed them all how it was done.

Little Trixie is staying with Jim and Debbie and will have a lot of herding opportunities in her future!

They are going to have their hands full.  She is a little pistol…

but very sweet.  Mmmmm – duck poo kisses 🙂

This girl is my favorite and it is a good thing she has a home.  She is so sweet and wanted to get loves and hugs from the people instead of playing with the ducks.  I love that face 🙂