No news on the stockdog front, really, but my roommate moved out and the backyard is a lot more clear to use as actual training stuff. I tried making an actual pen, but the chickens were surprised to run into the expen barrier I set up and flew up instead of moving off it. Oh well, just got to teach them it’s there. Definitely learning a lot of stock management with just the chickens.
So I let Fury out while I was putting laundry out to dry just to mess with the chickens and decided to let Rippa do it.
The game is just letting her move them around the yard and me saying “yes” when she balances herself and “no” when she gets too excited. It was pretty fun.
I know I did this kind of stuff with sheep when I was taking lessons but it feels different when it’s your dog and your stock and no one is going to get hurt, even when a certain dog tackles a chicken who then goes into submission, because I know that causes certain dog to back off.
Rips got them stuck up on that table, though – and for some reason it never occurred to her to jump up on the table to get them off. Oh well.
