The ‘L’ plates are on the Land rover, but maybe Sweep doesn’t need them anymore! As with all of my sheepdog’s Sweep’s training has been full of ups and downs. He’s always been keen on his work although not...
Having finished the last show of the season last Sunday it seems like a good time for a team photo, and an update on how the dogs are doing. Jake is in the back right the photo, at 11...
Zola’s pups are now 3 months old, and I’m pleased to say they are all very fit and healthy. The first pup ( we called him Smithy) went to his new home a couple of weeks ago. He is...
We never like to tempt fate by mentioning our new arrivals too soon, but I think we can now say that Zola has 4 healthy pups, two dogs and two bitches. They arrived last Monday night without any problems...
The weeks before Christmas weren’t good ones for Jake, as he spent 3 nights in the vets! Jake is now over ten years old and at that age dogs tend to start feeling their age, but it was still...
Zola is now nearly three years old, and has become a fine sheepdog. She’s still obsessively keen on her work, and although there are moments when her instinct takes over from my commands, she’s doing pretty well. In fact...
If you came to our displays over the summer months you may have met my new young sheepdog ‘Sweep.’ He’s one of Fly’s pup’s, born a year ago, and for the past six months he’s been undergoing his first...
The summer months are busy for us at Borough Farm, and competing at Sheepdog trials had to take second place to all of the commitments on the farm, but last Saturday I made it to the Brentor trial on...
If you’ve read some of my blogs over the past 18 months, you might have gathered that I’m hoping for great things from Zola. She’s now just over 2 years old and has been a constant companion for me...
For the past 2 months Fly has been suffering with occasional lameness. In the first place she was severely lame, with a hard lump obvious on the side of her foot. A trip to the vets was inconclusive, we...
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