Vintage update

​My pretty girl Vintage for the first post of 2023.

Rightly so, as this dog holds my heart in a special way! She’s everything I hoped for out of Abigail and the amazing @marley_workingsheepdog. She has drive coming out of her ears, she’s friendly with every person she’s met, she’s very dog savvy and social. She loves herding, disc, tug, toys and play of all kinds, loves training for food, tricks, heel work, her agility foundations class was super. I don’t know if I’ll pursue agility with her as I want to focus more on herding and there’s only so much time. She’s a wonderful demo dog for our training business. She would happily work for any handler! She’s a truly high drive dog and bless her heart she’s also low arousal. She’s literally perfect and I could go on and on!

She’s been going through the typical 1.5 year old fear period, suddenly spooked by very random things (like the toaster 😂) which is odd for her since she’s never really shown any fear or concern about anything. She’s rock solid and I live for it! I’m sure she will come out of the fear period with grace, as I am quite good at navigating them appropriately and setting the dogs up for success.

This year my goals with Vintage are get more into herding, ideally going at least once a month. And to get her some other titles, as I don’t quite expect us to be trial ready for herding soon, but you never know!