“Working” Canaans Just Wanna Have Fun Too!

After the big Tracking event last weekend, "The Crew" has been enjoying some downtime on their land. Today was the first day in a long while that their kingdom has absolutely no snow! They enjoyed a day just being dogs - running to their heart's content, playing tag, and of course, always stopping to be on alert for predators on their land. Their new herd of free-ranging cattle will be arriving soon so now is the time for them to just have some fun before their ranch chores begin again.

Here are some pics I snapped on my lunch break of my awesome crew “Hey!“Working” Canaans just wanna have fun too!” 

Mr Happypants - "Rook" enjoying a day on the field

Miss Ash "calm and poised" before some serious tag time with Master Rook

Miss Cybelle "Bibs"- who will turn seven this year is the fastest Canaan I know! It is always hard to get her in slow motion:-) Who would of believed that this gal could "stand still" in a show ring:-) As a former show girl who garnered the very first group placements in Canada for her breed in the working group - she still moves with agility and grace, and is packed full of attitude - how I love her zest for life in everything she does - she is also my awesome cattle dog! 

Ash gets ready to surprise Master Rook!

Tag time with the dynamic duo - Rook and Ash - it is hard to get pics of these guys at top speed! 

Ash says " look, I am trying out my "bear" stance! 

Rook finds my hat that I left out this morning when I was picking up some pylons from the tracking event - thanks Rook!  I suppose a tracking career is also in the future for him! 

Ash finds some missing treats leftover from the weekend.

Rook takes in the beautiful spring day! 

Rook protects my hat while keeping watch over his land

“The Crew” Helps Host April “Tracking” Seminar (Part Two With Mock Trial!)

This weekend was chock-full of on-going activity for the Crew. Today was day-2 for the Tracking seminar for the new beginners ( Click Here to view that post) and the Mock Trial for Ash and her comrades in her tracking class. 

The seminar students laid the tracks at the end of the day for the mock trial for the following day so we could practise our blind tracks laid by a stranger in a trial setting.

Ash and her classmates had a lot of fun and all worked hard and were motivated at finding the article as their end goal on their tracks. 

Below are some pics of the day! What an awesome weekend of working our dogs, as we continue to enjoy and love the passion for tracking!

Me and Miss Ash working her blind track - thanks to Sera for the pics!

Ash working hard to pick up the scent of the stranger and snaps the right corner - yay! Beautiful corner transition!

Ash finds the article (a leather glove) at the end of her track - good girl!

Our fabulous instructor Donna captured more of the event, so for more pics of Miss Ash during her Mock Trial with her comrades "Quila" the Golden Retriever, "Shimar" the Afghan, "Zevah" the German Shepherd and "Ohla" the Belgian Shepherd, and the seminar students who laid our blind tracks CLICK HERE!