I havent hibernated...

Calving season is here.
Weird weather for January , not much of anything for snow or cold temps until today.
Calving going ok, going on little sleep since I came off of night shift from work to night checks at home
...once a person is outside at night, just too hard to fall back asleep if a person does at all.
Not getting much else done , nor feel any great burning desire to do so. Will be glad when there is a break and
a person can re-energize...have lots to do and catch up on.
Bonus, spring is a couple months away. Part of the winter has breezed by. Looking forward to a couple of
herding clinics and trials. Which also means catching up with old friends since winter calving ties a person
down to the farm.
New evestroughing now up on the building and have ordered windows for the south side. Still need to
get some painting done on both inside and outside , may just need to hire those jobs to ensure it just gets
done this year. ( I hate painting :)
Next set of dog classes filled up and looks like I may need to add another evening for the overflow. Have a few
private lessons booked during the day....so things are pretty steady in that dept.

a little herding humour...

Thanks sis for sending.

Moose

Picture taken during rutting season.
On the way to the pasture we happened to come across what we thought was a cow / calf.
Turned out to be a bull hanging around a cow and her twins , had a camera with me but not the
lens I wish I had with me. Only had a few seconds to get this one.

Colors of Dawn...

Time change coming up making it even darker for chores.
Missed getting a really cool shot of two horned owls sitting on the fence line with those
gorgeous dawn colors to silhouette them. A family of them live across the road in the old barn.
I never seem to have a camera in hand to capture them...they hang out all year round.
Did get a chance to 'shoot' a couple of golden eagles sitting up in the trees along the lake here...should
of grabbed the tripod but was in too much of a hurry....a little camera shake when lens zoomed out. Once
the last goose is gone, they'll leave.
Snowed yesterday and still here today....days are getting noticeably 'shorter'

Congrats new legs and titles...

Congrats to Jackie & Meg...after not competing for the past 2 years Meg came out this weekend and
Qualified in 5 out of 6 runs. Way to go girls!
2 - Open Touch n Go for her Open Title
2 - Novice Hoopers for her Novice Hoopers Titleand 1 Elite tunneler run for her Elite Tunnelers title.
Meg is litter sister to Sting ( Quade x Jinx daughters )

Congrats to Larry & Denver ( Walker x Faith ) on new advanced standard title.
Good luck with the advanced games !

Congrats to Jerrie and the girls!
Bizzee ( Derby x Desi ) picked up her 1st leg in Excellent Rally (1st place) & 1st leg in Novice Obedience (2nd place) a few weeks ago. Desi ( Dare litter sister / Walker x Jinx ) picking up her Elite Jumpers title awhile back.

Congrats to Anne with (Derby x Sting daughter)
Dazzle aka Caitland From Out of the Blue STDd NJ
Good to hear she is maturing nicely for you.

this and that...

Productive days catching up on farm stuff.
Calves in the yard processed through the chute with Quade helping with moving things along
the runway into the head gate of the squeeze chute. A good job for him to learn to chill abit
inbetween loading jobs....made things go alot smoother with his help. Actually cut the job in half.
Macey ( Dare x Derby daughter here ) freezing her tongue to metal first thing am as she was licking
the frosted metal....weather certainly has gotten colder here.
Geese loading up on calories in nearby fields , getting ready for their annual trek south.
DH helping me build a low grooming table for large / overweight dogs I have difficulty getting
up on my present grooming table...esp hard on a person's back when they have no desire to be co-operative.
Cant wait to put it to good use. Need to order a stand dryer to free up hands as well.
Visit to Lloyd recently to watch Grand - daughter Jade in swimming lessons as well to visit with Jackie for a few minutes to talk about the Grooming trade and any gems from a recent Grooming Seminar.
Putting together a semi private Studio lighting day with photog peers in November. Finishing up with Oct shoots and have a few booked into November....still outdoors shoots.
Have another group renting my building once a month over the winter months , which helps offset the building expenses.
Still waiting on electrical for changing lights upstairs.

Draft Dog Zack

Jack is the first from this kennel to acquire his DD title. Amber pretty cool to watch the video clip.

Thanks for sending! Appreciated. Sister Jinx gives a high 5 on all that precsion carting training!