Piper, Truman and Henry

Just taking a few moments to update a photo of Piper, along with her training buddies, Henry and Truman. Of course, everyone knows Truman. Henry is Wendy's new puppy. He is a Belgian dog and such a wonderful dog. Not that Quincy and Wendy's other Belgians weren't great, but we have all learned the value of temperment now. Piper and Truman are very much shelties in temperment and Henry seems more sheltie than Belgian. In fact, he is more like a Golden, but don't tell Wendy. He is very friendly and out going.sheepd

The three dogs are working hard on their tracking skills. Wendy has convinced Holly and I that our dogs will be ready to enter a tracking competition next spring. That is , of course, if we are out there working hard on tracking. It is a very fun sport and a great choice for the shy little Piper. No one has to touch her and she can be as antisocial as she wants. Truman also seems to enjoy it but his focus is still that of a puppy.

Holly and I have our harnesses and our little flags and we are working seriously on this skill. Both dogs love it. But really, I think they would spend the afternoon sitting in a phone booth as long as we were with them.

I'll try to get a photo of Pipers tracking soon. We'll be working on this activity all winter. Even in snow. Yikes.