BevLive: happy camper

So, I’m walking on air. Yesterday didn’t go too well for me. Ran Joe during a really hot part of the day and he ran great. Unfortunately the sheep were hot and reluctant to move which ate up our time so we never got penned. I thought Nel ran well but she had a crazed sheep who wouldn’t stay with the others. When it became apparent I couldn’t get enough score to make the cut I walked. Today the sheep were mostly little darlings. It stayed coolish all day with periods of overcast and rain. Joe and I ran late in the day after a series of good runs and he ran great.

I got Joe here as a puppy three years ago hoping, since his mom was such a great bitch on western sheep, that he would have the ‘right stuff’. He proved to my satisfaction today that he does. What fun it was to see that he had figured out the sheep from yesterday and handled them so well.



I saw Tom Wilson and Sly run and it was, as always, very pretty. One of the Brazilian handlers ran a lovely young red dog that looked great on the sheep. I missed Lavon’s run alas but I saw Mich and Clive go. Clive handled the sheep very well and Mich did a great job with him. They had trouble shedding and so didn’t have time to pen. I think a clean finish might have had her on the leader board. Amanda and Monty tied for first yesterday.

We had to stop for a big thunderstorm so the day has been very long. Tomorrow we are staring earlier as we have the handler dinner in the evening so need to get finished. That’s the latest news from the happiest handler in Utah
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