Slingshot outruns and biting sheep

Video! We have video!

But first, a specific take home lesson Kathy gave that I cut out of the videos. As we said, I was going to try to take Rippa somewhere else to get some miles on her, so Kathy wanted to tell me something – if Rippa goes in to bite a sheep, I should not come down on her too harshly.

“Prevention, not correction,” Kathy says, “You think she’s not supposed to bite sheep but one day she might have to. They’re bred to grip and you can’t beat it out of them, nor should you.”

So there you go. Though, historically, it’s looked down upon in trial situations, there are, of course, situations when a bite’s okay. Especially if the sheep is challenging you. Having been head-butted, I can tell you, a weak dog that just gets run over is in for some headaches. Ah ahahahha.

To the video! I think you’ll be impressed that she’s only been on sheep twice (I think) since the last posting. Rippa is real interesting in that she really seems to digest what she’s learned or else mature into it as time goes on. She’s already way more under control than I ever really had Fury at.

Yeah, poor quality again, but you’d be driven nuts by the fence.

The interesting thing here is that the slingshot makes Rippa’s brain hurt a little. She would make a fabulous ranch dog because she likes knowing what’s coming. When you throw something new at her, she starts moving very slowly because the rules are changing and she doesn’t want to be wrong. Fury offers stuff quickly because she wants to please, she doesn’t mind being wrong. Very different, but I think it will be fun trialing her when she learns what the game is.