Great PHOTO!!

Lisa sent this great photo of Smoke taken on his birthday!! I LOVE IT!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIE x KANE kids!!

TWO years ago today ... here was the scene.
Ellie was a relaxed mom in labor ... even taking LONG naps in between pups.

The pups used Mom as a heat pad.

She took it all in stride!!

HERE ARE THE KIDS!!

Zeke is in training to work sheep.

It's pretty hard to find CueB without a BALL near her!!

Dora is keen to work stock ... but just hasn't found a home that will work her regularly. She is so easy to live with ... I have never been in a huge rush to sell her.

Hanna is working sheep over the pond in Poland.

Smoke is in a Agility home on the west coast.

Raine is in a loving companion home!!

Silly Siblings

CueB and Zeke (Imp. Ellie x WTCH Kane pups)

Having a Ball

Size doesn't seem to matter to her!!

Kane and his kids in the snow

Kane and his kids were having a blast in the snow this week!!

These pups are from the Ellie litter. They just turned a year old on the 25th of this month!
We are very excited for what the future holds for them!!

Dora



Kane with Zeke laying in the background


CueB waiting for me to kick the ball


Zeke showing his 'style'


Kane with Dora. (I love this shot! The look so alike!)

Happy Birthday Raine!!!

Raine is from the Ellie x Kane litter of last Jan. I got these photos of her on the litter's birthday (the 25th).


Love the hat (even it it was photoshop!!)


After all she is the sister to our fetch driven "CueB"....


Happy with her kids


too cute!!

She sure looks happy!!

Thanks guys for the great photos!!!

News from Poland!

Got a great note from Ewa of NNL Kennels in Poland. She is the proud owner of PlumRidge "Hanna". Hanna is the black tri pup from our breeding of Imported Nell ("Ellie") and Kane. She is a littermate to Zeke & CueB who still reside with me. They are just now 10 mos old.

The note said: "And today was a great day as Hanna finally 'switched' on sheep ;-)
She was keen, interested and had some moments of being 'in balance'. Looked promising ;-)"

Hanna was my 'doll baby' I worried about greatly making the long trip to Poland. She handled it better than expected really and has flourished with Ewa's love.

Thanks guys for giving our girl such a great home!!

Training day on sheep!!

Sunday was spent working some of the dogs on sheep. The weather was wonderful, bright sunny very little wind and well above freezing (high of 48).

Kane was the helper dog for the day. His job was to either keep the sheep together if the pups got too wild and chasing ... or to get the sheep moving to encourage some interest from the pups. He loves his job!! As many times while I am paying more attention to what a pup is doing, he can get away with being a little overly pushy to the stock, not to mention the ability to 'stir things up' in order to get a pup interested is certainly right up his alley!!

Overall we had a great day. My main hope was to get the Ellie x Kane pups who are now almost 10 mos old keen to work stock. They have been exposed in the past but the situation has been a bit big overwhelming to them, and they all seemed just on the 'edge' of turning on. My hopes/wishes were granted on Sunday. All three pups (Dora, CueB and Zeke) have turned onto stock!! They certainly showed they know how to 'catch the eye' of a sheep as each of them found great fun in chasing the sheep into a corner and holding them there with their eyes. Very natural about shifting their bodies to keep the sheep from leaving even when the sheep clearly wanted to.
Zeke with the help of his father was able to face up to three sheep and back them up one of the fencelines. It was such a proud moment for me to see my beloved Kane showing his son how to be quiet, calm and not back down (but not rush in and bite) from three sheep stamping their feet at them.

Sadly with all the action going on, there was no way I could take photographs at the same time. I did try to set my video camera up in a corner of one small working field and hit record but with my attention to toward the young pups and the upcoming holiday, I have not stopped to even look to see what I got. IF there is anything usable, it will be added to my channel on YouTube.

Another wonderful day working dogs!! Certainly something to be thankful for!!