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Wednesday 21 November 2007

An update on my sheepdog training.

Nov 21

This is a continuation of my journal on my website, where anyone who has been following it will know that Dyfi [pronounced Dovey like the River Dyfi] is a very beautiful but impetuous collie dog wished on me by a local farmer, who probably decided that competing with Dyfi's excitement and passion about sheep was too much like hard work.

Earlier episodes can be found here http://www.meirionnydd.f9.co.uk/daf.blog/blog.htm

Dyfi has been with me over a year now and he has at last learnt enough to be trusted off the lead with the sheep. Now that the grass has stopped growing, the sheep get hay and sheep musesli every morning. Dyfi waits impatiently at the gate

Then we go into the pig sty and he guards the entrance while I dish up breakfast.

The sheep wait outside behaving themsleves until we leave. Felix is a bit naughty and sometimes thumps Dyfi on his nose so it is a sort of stand off but Dyfi behaves perfectly. I'm very proud of him and he loves getting his praise eacg morning after the operation is complete.

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