Bleh. Too much stuff.

So: taught a client ( Humbug Farm ) to work clicker with her goats - hoof trimming, getting on the milking stand, stacking and walking on lead for showing, distraction and attention work. After two lessons with me, she was able to teach her older doe that she never puts on the stand jumping up on command, and teach the 3 yearlings the stuff they needed to go to the state fair. I hear they did great, even when showing late at night when the fireworks were going off - didn't bat a goaty eyelash. I think they got 4th,5th and 7th in their classes. She's now a firm believer in clicker for goats, and I think if she imprints all her babies, she'll have a great easy milking season.

I'm also working on dog breaking her flock of Border Leicester sheep - their flight zone right now is HUGE (75-100ft) so I'm using Nari, Joy and Pow mostly since they work very quiet and wide. I think my other client's comment was "wow, I've never seen them all grouped together before, unless there's grain out!"

We had good sucess at the PBCA trial at the Whorton Farm in Durham, NC. Yoshi finished his started A sheep title, the Kerry blues finished their PT titles, and Kestrel got 2nd and 1st in Advanced A ducks - I missed a champ point by 1 or 2 pts on our score. My fault, not hers!

I've got Frost started tracking, finally after taking a long break from obedience stuff, I was able to get him less obedient and able to follow his nose. So that'll come along quick now that he's got the idea that tracks are continuuous and go out ahead of him in a line. Started him on 10 ft on concrete with treats every step, now on different surfaces and about 15-20ft, still a straight line. Not aged - the one I tried to age, Pow got through the fence and started eating his track treats. Sigh.