2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

I just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!! May 2009 be a prosperous year for you and may you enjoy the year.

We are bringing in the new year right here at home. We'll probably both be sound asleep way before midnight comes. It looks like I'll be able to go out and work dogs tomorrow, unless it is snowing like crazy. Unfortunately Steve hurt his back at work on Monday and is pretty couch bound. He is taking drugs and we hope that his back will be better soon.

Take care.

The dogs of Sogn Valley Farm - taken 12/22/08

This first shot is of Jag. He is our oldest dog at 9 years of age. He is my open dog and he is one big goof ball.




Here is Phire. Or Princess Phire or Princess Pain in the Butt as we call her. She will be 9 in the beginning of January.


This is Bett who just turned 7 in October. She is our sweetie that we got from a friend in Florida. This friend still wonders how a Floridian dog can survive up here.


This is Steve's dog, Stryker. He turned 6 on November 1st. His daddy is Jag, who is pictured above. His mom is Ripley whom we just lost in August. He is a very sweet and special boy. Part of why he is special to us is that he was born with a hole in his heart and had a procedure done when he was 1 year old by the University of Minnesota and that is why he is still here with us today. Without this procedure we would have lost him. He always reminds us that life is worth living and that it is great being here.


Ah Cash, another one of our goof balls. Cash will be 5 in February. Where does the time go? He is a big, loveable boy. He is coming along on sheep and I plan on trialing him in 2009 in Pro-novice. He is a half brother to Stryker as Ripley is his mom too.


This is Corbie whose mom is Bett. She is another sweetie with us, but no push over for the sheep. I also plan on trialing her in Pro-novice in 2009.

Snow shots

I took some pictures today of the snow drifts that we got over the weekend. It snowed like crazy on Saturday. I am not sure how many inches that we got as it blew so much all weekend that everything drifted.




This shot I had to take as it always amazes me as how much of drift can be caused by a small tuff of grass.



It is also amazing to see all of the shadows caused by the snow drifts.

Steve's Stryker on sheep on Saturday.

Steve also worked Stryker on Saturday.


Here Stryker is fetching the sheep to Steve. I was squatting behind Steve to get these pictures.


Here Stryker is driving the sheep away to set them up for another outrun.

Working the dogs

I posted earlier about how warm it was on Saturday. Here are some pictures from us working the dogs that day.

This is Jag driving some lambs over the creek bed area. He is maintaining a nice distance.


This is Cash. He was fetching the sheep to me and was holding them to me in this shot.



Here you can see that he is fetching the sheep to me.


Here Corbie is fetching the sheep to me after doing a short outrun.