Not sure where you are finding these but get a kick out of getting them sister Janet.

A good day all round, worked Fly and Quade on seperate chores...Quade gets to move cattle off the feed bunk so I can

walk in to dump grain...I got tired of getting squished and ran over by cows as they boss each other for their parking spot at the trough. With Quade it's like parting the red sea...pretty cool with all that power.

Fly is moving the pens to water and stands up the yrly bulls wanting to challenge.

Mike and Loro down for a visit with Grand daughter Jade...growing like crazy...also 'almost walking' on her own.

Got lots of pictures for them.

Wind down...

Winding down on my 6 wk stretch of night shifts, cant wait until March

arrives for a different work load/pace. Using up old vacation time as well have

a number of photo sessions booked which makes for a different kind of ...'busy'.

Down to 2 cows to calve and one ewe to lamb out....we dont have big herds, just enought to make 'work' and around the clock vigilence. Certainly ties one down to the farm. The weather has be incredibly kind.

Just need the moisture to come before spring arrives.

Since I put off Fly's litter until later this year have been using her for cattle chores and getting her to 'steady' up,
move stock out of the pens etc. Good practial chore work until I can work the sheep later on.
The cross I have in mind for Fly will be Working, MVA/Performance prospects..and most likely an all red litter.

Dark reds too boot.

Thanks sister Janet for sending me the cute cartoon strip, dog humour is priceless.

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!

3 leave this wkend....

Waaay behind on posting everyone's achievements and trying to catch up.
Dare and Sting left this am to Europe, Tide a couple of days ago to his new owner in B.C
....the place is certainly quieter with the feeling that 'someone' is missing.
Know each one has gone to a great home suitable for them...but always sad to say 'goodbye'

Hanna Banna

Hanna ( Ethan x Jinx daughter ) and Dianne
Overall High In Trial with a duck score of 113.
Believe this was at Harvest Moon ( like a mini Nationals for events ! )
Not bad for a youngster :):)
Know she did well in agility too... !

Having a Hey Day...

aka the little red engine that could.

Amber lost 'Whoopie' this summer and I had asked her to write down all her accomplishments.
She had many.

What is truely incredible is that Whoopie was involved in a horrific poisoning
where her 2 litter mates, Caly and Jake were lost ..with Whoopie some how surviving the ordeal.

She had to literally learn how to eat and walk again all thanks to Amber's diligent care. A huge
task and committment.

Whoopie went on to enjoying many years at Amber's side training in all
venues available to them.

"Caitland's Having A Heyday" did have a hey day each and every day.
Thank you Amber for that and more.

CKC:

CDX
Companion Dog Excellent (Open)
TD
Tracking Dog
HI
Herding Intermediate (Two runs short of Herding Advanced)
AGN
Agility Novice - Regular
CGN
Canine Good Neighbour
AGNJ
Agility Novice Jumpers - Regular
AGNS
Agility Novice - Selected
AGNSJ
Agility Novice Jumpers - Selected
RA
Rally Advanced
AGIV
Agility Intermediate - Veteran (One run short of Agility Excellent)
AGIVJ
Agility Intermediate Jumpers - Veteran (One run short of Agility Excellent)
PCh
Performance Champion - CNASA

NADAC:

ECS
Elite Chances Skilled
OJC
Open Jumpers (One run short Elite)
EAS
Elite Agility Skilled (Regular)
TG-N
Novice TouchNGo (One run short of Open)
TNS-E
Elite Tunnelers Skilled
WV-N
Novice Weavers
HP-N
Novice Hoopers (One run short Open)


ASCA:

OTDs
Open Trial Dog sheep
ATDd
Advanced Trial Dog ducks

AAC:

ATChC
Agility Trial Champion of Canada
Bronze
Bronze Award of Merit (1 standard run away from achieving her Silver Award of Merit)
ExSt
Excellent Standard Bronze (10 Masters Qualifying runs) (one short of Silver)
EXJ
Excellent Jumpers Bronze (10 Masters Qualifying runs)
EXJ Silver
Excellent Jumpers Silver (25 Masters Qualifying runs)
EXJ Gold
Excellent Jumpers Gold (50 Masters Qualifying runs)
EXG Bronze
Excellent Gamblers Bronze (10 Masters Qualifying runs)
EXS Bronze
Excellent Snookers Bronze (10 Masters Qualifying runs)
EXS Silver
Excellent Snookers Silver (25 Masters Qualifying runs)
VBA
Versaatility Bronze Award (3 Bronze Awards) (2 runs short of Versatility Silver Award)

Whoopie ranked nicely in her major years of playing, however, 2009 was her banner year. In Standard runs, she ranked #60 in over 1500 dogs playing in Canada. And she was #2 in Canada in Masters Jumpers.

AHBA:

JHD
Junior Herding Dog

Bacchus

Thank you Mary Lou for sending such a lovely photo of
CH CAITLAND'S LEGEND OF THE FALL HT CGN RN ADC ANJ

a Quade x True son.

love it of course :)

Congrats on a great year.

Derby on front cover DIC magazine

http://www.dogsincanada.com/blog/?p=3893

Will be away for awhile...

Being away for a 2 day workshop in the city and having an ill family member will keep me
busy catching up to emails / phone calls for a length of time. Chipping away at them.

Quiet house...

On the road yesterday and then back on the road tomorrow for a few days.
Dot and Dixie left yesterday for the long flights to their new homes.
House is certainly quiet with only 2 pups.
Tide leaves in a few wks when his folks get back from vacation.
In the process of getting a 'mountain' of paperwork / health checks etc for 2 adults and
their international trek overseas. Know the girls are going to good homes and will be contributingto a smaller gene pool than we have here...but still get teary about parting with them.

Decisions, decisions...

Struggling with making a decision on my keeper pup.

Gracie or Tide...

Partly because this is Dare's last litter here.

... as well , there wont be any Derby litters again for a few years

born here at Caitland. ( Both Fly and Reba are merles )

A few ramblings....

Garden is overdue in processing with the corn and all the tomato plants my husband brought home are heavy with fruit...I'm the only one that eats tomatos so will be giving what I can away. Weather changing with good hints fall is here. Covering some plants at night just incase. Tree's turning colors.
Have several family photo sessions to do before it turns cold. As well a Grad fall request.
Calves get weaned tomorrow and general yard catch up. Then back to work for another long stretch.
Today will be packing up & setting up 2 display booths 'after' I finish unpacking my truck to make room...for tonights EEOC evening ( community night )
at the Hall.
Two puppies booked for flights out on the 20th and then back to the city a couple days later for a
Maternity & Newborn Photo Workshop in Edmonton area.
Fall Dog Classes start the wk after.
Still have sheep fencing to put away and grass to cut in the bale yard. Havent had a chance to do any training on sheep. The calves will give
Quade chore work from here on until spring and they are back out to pasture.

Edmonton Trip

Still havent unpacked and cleaned the trailer from Sheep Camp.
Another road trip to the city for 4 adult dogs and eye exams.
All clear.

2010 Herding Standings - CKC

Congrats to Carly Smith with the Quade offspring and their CKC standings for 2010
Caitland Leap Before Ewe Look HS, DNA-CP ~ Impulse "Number 1 Started Herding dog in Canada 2010"Caitland A True Pirate HS ~ Turner "Number 7 Started Herding dog in Canada 2010"
SWEET !