This is Kadi (Wildflowers) doing a duck herding clinic. What I love about this photo is what it reflects — that this intelligent working dog is having an interesting life that involves fun activities that use her brain. Thank you, Eden!
This is a photo of Zeus and Buttercup, Kadi’s littermates.
Looks like Zimmer has some competition in the Freckle Contest! Thanks for the photo, Penny.
Those two get to see each other regularly because Team Zeus takes classes from one of Buttercup’s humans. I am so grateful to Georgia and Patty (Team Buttercup) for welcoming and supporting Penny and the rest of Zeus’s family into this fun world of Berners.
Pozy Clarkia has mastered retrieving.
She will find things to bring to me, presenting them with hope that I will throw whatever it is.
I love that she understands her agency, and chooses to engage. That is the foundation of a successful working dog.
Her training is in micro-sessions spread throughout the day — sometimes those sessions are two minutes and sometimes they are ten seconds. It is amazing what one can accomplish in a very short amount of time.
The breeding update is that Claire will be bred today and tomorrow. Let’s cover all bases, shall we?
Mayan fertility goddess, ixchel (source: Wikipedia)
And of course…
The world famous Lucky Green Socks!
Have a Super Saturday!