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Border Collie Training III-Hikes
Hiking Big Deer Mountain This past weekend, we took Kai for a hike in Groton State Park. An important part of Kai’s training involves exposing him to different settings, sights, and sounds. On our 6 mile walk he greeted many other hikers, encountered thousands of new smells, even met a few other dogs. Through all of this, he develops trust … Read More
Farmer’s Market, Dinner Parties and Puppies-Border Collie Training II
A friend invites Kai to sit on her lap. So what do farmer’s markets and dinner parties have to do with border collie puppies? By exposing Kai to a variety of settings and a variety of people, he learns much about his world and his place in it. This early training will carry over into his adult life providing him … Read More
Sit, Stay, Lie Down-Border Collie Training
“Kai, sit.” “Kai, lie down.” Kai sleeps at my feet as I write. He takes a morning nap each day after our long walk in the woods. Kai will be 12 weeks old in just a few days. At this point in a border collie’s life, lots of play time is important, but basic obedience training takes a priority. We … Read More
Soule Mama Sponsor
We are excited to be a sponsor at Soule Mama the past two months! Amanda shares with her readers, the joys of being a mom and homesteading through her blog. VT Grand View Farm is the featured sponsor today. Stop by Soule Mama to read about us and to enter to win a FREE night’s stay in our B&B as her … Read More
Cell Phones, Barns, and Lambs…
April 2014There are always lessons to learn. New Ram Lamb Standing in the barn, the cell phone set to speaker phone, we talk to the vet. I hold the ewe and my husband works to try to figure out how to put her back together. We tell the vet what has unfolded, the first time ewe lambed that morning, two … Read More