Independence Rhyme!

I continued to put out feelers for a trained dog...actually was looking for a retired dog at first, when Maria Amodei's Rhyme popped up on the radar.

http://www.northfacefarm.com/WorkingBCs/Rhyme/Rhyme.html

After many corresponding emails between Maria, Sarah, Nancy, and myself, it was decided that Maria would drive Rhyme down from Massachusetts on June 20th and we would meet at Nancy's field to meet Rhyme, tape her whistles, etc.

It was a match!

Rhyme has brought so much joy to my life already - she gives me the independence I was looking for so that I can train on my own. I am learning things that I wouldn't have learned for a couple of years with Binx.

I am learning more about balance and pressure.

I have learned that I cannot drive . LOL! - Honestly, keeping a line is much harder than I ever imagined...practice, practice, practice I guess.

I have learned that "handling" is much, much different than "training".