Windsong's The Ever Redi
Kid STDc OTDds DNA-VP
"Kya"
(pronounced with a hard “i”)
(WTCH Twin Oaks Billy The Kid RTDs PATDs DNA-VP 'Billy' x WTCH 45 Ranch Redi Fredi DNA-VP 'Eddie')
|
Color: Blue Merle c/w DOB: 08/27/2002 Eyes: Cleared yearly Hips: OFA-Good Bite: Mild undershot bite |
|
Kya has taken over from Ellie as my number one chore dog, and the more I give her to do the more she continues to impress me with her dedication and work ethic. I believe she would work for me until she dropped. Kya has become an excellent pen dog. I use her to sort my sheep into smaller groups for training, and she is equally adept at sorting in a small sort pen, or in a large area, moving and holding sheep to me as I gate sort into another field, or catch one for trimming or doctoring. We also use her to gather the cows and calves and pen them for processing. She is steady and dependable, everything you want in a good working partner. Trialing is something we do for fun, but Kya’s true worth is on the ranch.
Feb 25/06...I have to say I was very pleased with my little blue dog tonight!
Just before 5pm we happened to look out our kitchen window which looks directly east across our hay fields towards our neighbors Craig and Lori's place. We noticed their cows all heading with great purpose towards the north boundary and the road that runs along our north side. Larry went out to the road and looked down it to see that some of the neighbors cows were out, he came in and phoned them, but there wasn't any answer, so we decided we'd better drive down there and see what was what…turns out it was the calves, (last years ones that Craig and Lori are back-grounding) not the cows that were out, and they had gotten out of the corrals up by their house and were trying to get in with the cows. It was getting on towards dark, so we phoned our other neighbor Doug to the south of Craig and Lori's to let him know. Doug said he'd be right up and would we go and start the calves back down the road (east) and he'd go to the corner to turn them south towards home, and would we bring a dog? :o)…did I have to be asked twice....I think not! :o)
Anyway, Larry and Kya and I jumped in the van and headed down the road…Kya and I got out a little ways from the group (about 50 yearlings) I sent her out in front of me and she went right to work, gathered them up and started them east down the road. There is a section of canola stubble that butts up to this road and there isn't any fencing for part of it, so I was concerned that they might get out into 640 acres of stubble field, but Kya kept them moving, wearing back and forth behind them. I was jogging quite a ways behind them, (Larry was driving behind me) so when they turned the corner and started south Doug said to jump in his truck and we'd follow behind. Kya didn't like it when she couldn't check in with me, so I ended up jumping in the back of Doug's truck and leaning over the cab :) Once she knew I was still there she settled right in, and kept them moving even when they wanted to go to the cows, which were all following us on the other side of the fence, all 85 of them. Once they got almost to their driveway into the corrals, they knew where they were so they turned in. When they made the turn, I jumped out of Doug's truck and he tore up the road and turned in the south drive and got in ahead of the herd and opened up a corral for them. Kya just kept them moving and put them right into the corral. All told we moved them about 2 miles, so Kya really earned her dinner tonight! :o)
Uhmmm, did I mention that it was almost -20c (about 0 degrees fahrenheit) and it was dark by the time we got them into the corrals. I wasn't really planning on jogging at that temp, but it was way cool fun!! :o))
J.
| WTCH Twin Oaks Billy The
Kid PATDs RTDs DNA-VP Black C/W RF AS-14765E40M M E90492 3/7/1997 |
WTCH 45 Ranch Bull Tuff
RTDs DNA-VP (HOF) Blue W RF AS-7547G41M E50507 DL48508103 10/13/1990 |
WTCH The Bull of Twin Oaks
CD RTDcs RDX DNA-VP (HOF) Blue C/W RF AS-3736E25M E27663 DL45688501 6/15/1986 |
WTCH The Bear of Twin Oaks CD DNA-CP
(HOF) E5890 |
| Twin Oaks Poky Cody STDs OTDcd DNA-CP
(HOF) E8555 |
|||
| WTCH Windsongs Rip Rap
DNA-CP (HOF) Blue W AS-4688G24F E34792 DL45879601 4/16/1988 |
WTCH Little Spots Speckled Image
(HOF) E26892 |
||
| WTCH Windsongs City Rhythm
(HOF) E5079 |
|||
| Twin Oaks TV Audio DNA-VP Black W RF AS-10221E35F E65025 12/4/1993 |
Twin Oaks Twin Tornado
OTDcds DNA-CP Blue RF AS-8674G35M E57818 6/25/1992 |
WTCH Windsongs Falcon RTDcs DNA-CP
(HOF) E29416 DL47746101 |
|
| Twin Oaks Duchess (HOF) E17491 |
|||
| Twin Oaks Cicada Bee STDds
DNA-VP Red Merle AS-3701G25F E27590 6/15/1986 |
WTCH The Bear of Twin Oaks CD DNA-CP
(HOF) E5890 |
||
| Twin Oaks Poky Cody STDs OTDcd DNA-CP
(HOF) E8555 |
|||
| WTCH 45 Ranch Redi Fredi
DNA-VP Blue C/W AS-10159E25F F E71305 DL55898005 9/11/1994 |
WTCH Windsongs Falcon
RTDcs DNA-CP (HOF) Blue C/W RF AS-4099F26M E29416 DL47746101 1/27/1987 |
WTCH Windsongs Hurrah Cain
CD DNA-CP (HOF) Blue C/W RF AS-1897 E7860 2/23/1981 |
WTCH Ch Windsongs Raisin Cain CD
(HOF) E1537 |
| WTCH Windsongs Shenanigan CD
(HOF) C297 A4087-71166 |
|||
| Deharos Mijha OTDds ATDc Black C/W E23559 1/8/1985 |
WTCH Las Rocosa Charlie Glass CD RDx E3973 |
||
| WTCH Windsongs Seasoned Salt RDX E10444 |
|||
| WTCH The Sting of Twin
Oaks DNA-VP (HOF) Black C/W RF AS-4737G28F E35666 2/6/1988 |
Twin Oaks Brandy PII CD
DNA-CP Red Merle C/W AS-1610 E5962 9/12/1979 |
Twin Oaks Wimpy PI C1183 |
|
| Twin Oaks Soga C1184 C1184 |
|||
| Twin Oaks Jubalee STDcds
DNA-CP (HOF) Blue RF AS-4210G74F E17863 5/18/1983 |
Las Rocosa Rogue OTDc E8358 |
||
| Ch Twin Oaks Spinner STDd
(HOF) C322 IASA0851 |
