We had another GREAT weekend! The weather was absolutely perfect - lows in the 50's and highs in the low 70's. The sheep were a lot lighter than normal but hey, they had a bunch of strange dogs herding them so you can't blame 'em. The Q rate for our class was really low (the Herding Test class) - 10 entries and only three Q's, and two of them were Pinch and Moto! Neither run was pretty but I think the fact they had stops and were able to keep the sheep from escaping let our judge qualify us. Moto titled on Saturday so I moved him up to the PT class (Pretrial Test). The PT class went first on Sunday and instead of 3 head they changed it to five head per run and this upped the Q level significantly. Yesterday NO ONE from the PT class qualified; on Sunday we had three, and Moto was one of them! His Sunday run was particularly nice and stock were under control the entire time. I was absolutely thrilled with him. Pinch needed one more qualfier to title and he too was not as silly and went right to work. He still needs a bit more instruction/maturity so our run wasn't as smooth as Moto's but he did hold the stock together for the most part (had one ewe that kept trying to escape). So now it's on to the PT level for Mr. Pinch and Moto will finish his PT title hopefully at the November trial.
Unfortunately for me I now have my husband's case of the flu. Both he and I are home from work today, sick as dogs, too sick to help each other and doing the minimum chores possible. Right now he's on the couch watching an old movie and I think I'll retire to bed and play a game of Angry Birds.
The dogs are confused with all this lying around but for the most part are just being lazy with us.
Onward and upward, with a cup of tea in hand, I shall retire now. So nice to have a happy weekend to reflect on!
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