working lambs

Seth is such a good boy. Yesterday we worked the new lambs. This was their second time being worked ever as they'd never been worked by a dog before. Seth again separated them from the goats and chickens that they are penned with. Ignoring all the barking dogs behind the fence.

This time I took them out of this pen and worked them in the open.

They are very nice to work as they stay together and move off the dog very nicely. I'm sure that will change as they get more dogwise, but for now they are really fun.

Later in the day we went to tractor supply. The manager there raises registered Katahdins and wants me to come show him how to work them with a dog. They're undogged sheep also. I took my camera and showed him some pics of Seth working. I took Seth with me too.

Seth really wanted to see the baby chicks in the tubs and was really stubborn about staying away. Seth loves to work chickens and he can and will try working baby chicks. These were my chickens a year ago when they were chicks in my shop.

So I picked up some feed at TSC to feed my guineas, which I took home yesterday. We partitioned off a small pen to keep them in till they get bigger and feel this is home so they won't fly away. Guineas are notorious for packing up and leaving home.

After we went to TSC we went back to my friend's house and let the sheep and goats out to graze around. Seth of course kept everyone in line and was great and holding the boundary so the sheep didn't take off while we were talking and not paying attention to them. The goats pretty much stay with us, but the sheep get a bug up their butts and will take off, but Seth was always there watching. Poor old man must have been hot and tired, but he never stopped working all day. He'd go cool off in the seasonal spring that runs through the property, then he'd be back on duty. It's going to be hard when I lose Seth, he and I are such a team. He really makes up for all my shortcomings.