Re: Herding in The Netherlands
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:49 pm
Merlin tends to herd my son Thomas and practice bite work on him! The other day we were outside playing and Thomas is running full speed away from Merlin. Merlin circles around to Thomas' left to try to bring him into the corner of the yard. As Thomas starts to make his move to the right Merlin lunges through the air...... he clasps on to Thomas, by the arm, and takes him to the ground!!!! Awesomely enough, Thomas (who is 5) gives him the command "off" as Im running toward them and Merlin backs up and sits. Thomas gets up and starts hugging Merlin, ripped up shirt and all, and Merlin begins licking him in the face. They go back to playing like nothing even happened. We of course, are working on this not happening to Thomas, but I was proud of both of them for treating the situation like they did.