Gathering

Pictured is Maya near the end of a long fetch after gathering the
sheep from a distant hill. It was incredible to watch Maya and Finn
work all those hills and valleys as they ran out to find the sheep and
then negotiate the fetch...out of site quite a bit of the time.
Nick, Sue and Luc are each learning so much about handling large
groups of sheep on the hills and have been taking turns getting sheep
out of their overnight paddock and sorting smaller working groups to
take out to work.
Nick is learning how to keep focused and calm in tight places and at
long distance, Luc is getting more comfortable doing long gathers with
a spotter and shedding and Sue is doing a great job gathering and
driving quite far over several hills.
The weather has been cloudy, foggy and a cool low 50's with a chance
of rain in the next few days. We are wearing our winter coats the last
couple days but it's comfortable. The dogs are behaving well with
motel living...and really having a great time.
We are now part of the regular morning coffee crowd at mcdonalds and
the dinner crew at applebees. Can't go wrong with the familiar, right?