Tazimodo: My Taz fix

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Taz fix

Jenny Glen sent me some amazing photos of Taz a few days ago. Working shots, no less! And they're terrific! She said, "He listens really well, but when I'm by myself it's hard to get pictures of the dog AND the sheep so most of these are just him walking up on the sheep who are behind me." I am impressed that she got such great working shots on her own!

Doesn't he look good?

All photos taken by Jennifer Glen.

11 comments:

Dancing shepherdess said...: Awww, Taz looks all grown up.; 7:04 AM
Kathy said...: He looks like a thinking, working sheepdog.; 8:01 AM
Laura said...: Thanks Julie and Kathy! I agree, he looks like a real stockdog in these photos. Julie, Taz is four, so he's definitely all grown up . . . in calendar years anyway ;-); 8:08 AM
Darci said...: Looking good! Your going to have so much fun with him! Will Scott take you out and work with you and Taz and give ya a few handling pointers for him before you take him home?; 10:08 AM
Laura said...: Oh yes, he'll take me out once on the day I pick him up, and then I'll probably take another lesson on the following morning, if he has time. He is also sending Taz home with a DVD that shows the two of them training and working, so I imagine I'll be referring to that pretty often!; 10:33 AM
BCxFour said...: Beeee-U-Teee-FUL! He is gorgeous! Just think, soon you get to give him snuggles and hugs - and the best part - work him yourself! What an awesome time that will be!; 11:16 AM
Mia said...: He looks stunning!!; 11:19 AM
Loretta Mueller said...: Oh you are going to have so much fun!!!; 7:47 PM
Tansy said...: Handsome boy, looks very capable!

Susan; 11:00 AM
Samantha ~ Holly and Zac ~ said...: Taz looks great Laura. I bet you are getting so excited now to get him home again and see what he has learnt.; 5:30 PM
Laura Carson said...: Wow, Laura, he looks great. I hadn't realized how REALLY handsome he is - and I'm really excited for all of the new horizons ready for you when you pick him up!; 3:31 PM

About Me & the Dogs...

I live in Erie, Colorado, and—despite the clear lack of sheep in my suburban backyard—I spend much of my free time working my border collies on stock. Sophie is the dog I started this journey with—she is a border collie x aussie (x maybe chihuahua, at least according to the canine genetics folks) who, as a misbehaving adolescent brought me to my first glimpse of the stockdog world. I didn't learn very much with her, but our experience piqued my curiosity about working stockdogs. I then got Taz to learn how to work with dogs and stock for real. I started Taz myself and have learned a lot about what not to do along the way! Taz spent a few months in Canada last winter with Scott Glen, who fixed some of the mistakes I made training him—I am really enjoying working Taz again and seeing what we can do together. Craig is my oldest border collie, given to me a few years ago to help me improve my handling skills and now retired. Meg is my newest prospect; she's just a pup now, but she's a firecracker and I can't wait to start her. Right now, I trial Taz in pro-novice/open ranch. I am hoping that keeping an online journal of my trials and tribulations will help me work through my training challenges and keep me on track. I am very fortunate to have a few skilled and accomplished folks helping me, and I have no doubt that this blog will be a source of great amusement for them. It's also a fun way to share the pain with others also suffering the anguish and humiliation of trying to figure out how to guide another species to effectively interact with a third species to a standard of skill developed by people living in another country hundreds of years ago . . .