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The Rye Way: A whole year later
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Sunday, February 10, 2013. A whole year later. Well here we are. A year has passed, I graduated from college and am off and running with new projects. Perhaps I'll find more time to post about Rye this year. Rye is doing well in agility. He enjoys running with me. We are doing running contacts on the DW and AF and I am enjoying that. My winter project is to get him weaving - bought him a new set of weave poles. Life is good :). Lucy X Don 12/14/2010.
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The Rye Way: Some lesser known sheepdog skills...
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Saturday, July 16, 2011. Some lesser known sheepdog skills. Skill #1: Watch "Sheep TV". Skill #2: "Learn by osmosis". Skill #3: "Be good on your tie-out". Skill #4: "Be cute so they let you off eventually" :). In more serious news, he is enjoying his foundation agility training and is learning a few more tricks. Obedience is coming more slowly but we continue to practice on a regular basis. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lucy X Don 12/14/2010.
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The Rye Way: January 2012
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Sunday, January 8, 2012. Rye got to hear his first whistles on sheep yesterday. He has been stopping pretty well and liking the stop (not fighting me on it but for the very odd occasion). I don't normally stop him this often but decided to take advantage of having lambs at Fido's and introduce him to the stop whistle for a short training session. I was pleased with the result! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lucy X Don 12/14/2010. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing.
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The Rye Way: Happy 1st Birthday, Rye!
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Happy 1st Birthday, Rye! Photo by Look Back Photography. Editing that ruins Look Back's work by Monique. Today is Rye's (and Sagan's and Ben's and Reba's) first birthday. I love my Rye. He is a neat blend of both his parents, athletic and affectionate, intense and calm, fun and serious. I am enjoying our journey together. Thanks Diane Pagel and Scott and Jenny Glen for helping me bring such a neat pup into the world.
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The Rye Way: May 2011
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Monday, May 30, 2011. Rye's first time doing a narrow plank that moves. Plate monkey version 2.0: Object permanence. Saturday, May 14, 2011. Why my house is a mess? Premack Principle at work. performance is much better when I am not watching through my phone camera but you get the idea. Sunday, May 1, 2011. How Rye stays busy while I am at work. Doing some of our homework from Andrea. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Lucy X Don 12/14/2010.
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The Rye Way: Starting off on the right paw
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Saturday, September 24, 2011. Starting off on the right paw. Starting a dog feels like a huge responsibility to me. Will I take too much out? Will I let the dog walk over me and learn bad habits? Will I be able to see the dog objectively since he belongs to me? Overthinkers like myself wallow in such internal diatribe. Here are the things I was hoping for before really starting Rye:. Q: Does the dog acknowledge the handler when sheep are nearby? A: Yes....
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The Rye Way: Playing with photos
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Sunday, July 24, 2011. So today I finished my finals. My reward: playing with a little photo editing :). Here is my first try using Picnik for anything non-utilitarian (ie just for fun). Addendum. Here is an additional image just for Michael. Focal point edited as above, but with focal fade to B/W. So the color of the dog is unchanged but the background fades. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lucy X Don 12/14/2010. A Wolf in Sheep's clothing.
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The Rye Way: June 2011
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. I have sheepdogs but no sheep. And I have a young sheepdog - I've not put him on sheep yet. I'm waiting and biding my time, as I don't see a lot of purpose in turning him on before he is mature enough to take training. I find it unlikely I could add a lot to him right now at his young age, so we are working on other things for now. It will be interesting to see what happens here. In other news, Rye is now 35lbs and looking handsom...
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The Rye Way: February 2011
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Rye's adventures learning to be a Border collie. Sunday, February 20, 2011. 9 weeks - Trips and training. Overexposed in afternoon sun, but still cute! 9 weeks 4 days old. Rye had a fun week. Reorienting points: Going through doorways, having your leash removed and coming out of the crate are all reorienting points. Name recognition: Lots of tug and verbal praise for name recognition. Coming along very nicely. Nose-touch on my hand reintroduced after 2 week break. Going well. Meet about 20 strangers.
