[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: A day in the sheep pens.......
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:54:03 -0400
There's a picture of the Sheepwrecked shirt here:
http://activedogwear.com/Shirt_-_Sheepwrecked_WM.jpg
Peggy
tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>The North Georgia All Breed Herding Dog Association held its quarterly fun day
>today. And what a hoot it was...... fun and games with sheep and
>dogs...exercises on specific obsticles, etc. Our long time stock handler had
>his pick of young dogs and for the first time, Gilli spent the morning in the
>pens putting out stock for the others. Working in a tight pen with LOTS of
>sheep is nothing like working in an arena. It takes an expecially strong dog
>to face down sheep in a small area and move 'em! WOW! I can't begin to tell
>you how proud I am of this little Spit Fire!!! She did GREAT!
>Then Yancy, who hasn't really worked stock in over a year, came out. Now,
>those of you who are into 'sheepies' and/or doggie t-shirts must be familiar
>with "Sheepwrecked", right?? For those of you who aren't ....it is a
>characiture of a person riding backwards AND UPSIDE DOWN on the back of a
>fleeing sheep - staff waiving and obviously making noises. Its usually caused
>when a dog decises to push the sheep either over, or through, the shepherd.
>Well, today I became the poster child for that t-shirt... AGAIN. I can tell
>you with all honesty that whatever the words were coming from the first person
>to do this...probably could melt concrete. Mine could have today. Yancy
>proceeded to 'help' me by driving one sheep right back between my legs for a
>ride across the arena. The other four decided to get in on the act by
>tapdancing on me after I hit the ground. OOF!
>
>So today, Gilli and I both spent time in the sheep pens getting up close and
>personal with sheep and their end product. Hot water and ALEVE........ I
>need a leve..... I need a leave.....
>
>
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