Puppy Clinic

[sclmarm]

I took Beckit to a herding puppy clinic. It was great fun with people I know and meeting some new ones.  7 month old puppies was the theme although there were some over a year.  I don't think there was any puppies under 6 months.  From what I saw there was only one who wasn't at all interested in working.  That was a Border/Kelpie that belonged to

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[talesofmyboys]

I think working Beckit every now and then sounds like a good idea. She doesn't look mentally ready for much training yet, she is pretty young still and I think the sensitive ones take longer to mature. And you need some well dog broke sheep to get a good start. Had the person you got her from started to work her already? If they like harder dogs and put more pressure on her, it might take Beckit a while to get that out of her head. What you were talking about in your comment to Dawn, about ripping holes and breaking legs, that can be from people putting too much pressure on a dog. I cringe at how some of the cow dog people start their dogs on sheep, and no, not all cow dog people, but for some of them I have been amazed how they treat their sheep as being disposable for training their cow dogs. And then there are just some crazy cow dogs! LOL One of Steam's grandfathers was an infamous cow dog that eventually got banned from trialing because he was too aggressive to cattle. I imagine that dog was pushed too much plus wasn't right in the head. Once I heard that, I knew where Steam got some of his mental issues from. :-)