It's been a long time

It's been a long time since I've posted and a WHOLE lot has changed since then.

Since the last time I posted, I was working at a wood shop in Redmond.
I applied at Boeing in Feb. of '07 and was hired in April '07

I'm a mechanic on the 777 and I currenly working on the aft bulk cargo door

I really love what I do and am very proud of that airplane.

As probably most of you have heard, the union I belong

to is on strike against Boeing.

So this has become my GOLDEN opportunity to get

some training in on Mig.

I worked her some on Friday and today we had

and AWESOME session!!

I use Scotty at first as a sorting/back up dog and he

worked great for me..he really respects me and listens

very well. I used him to put all of the stock into the round pen

and used him to "cut out" 5 at a time.

Mig was working like a dream dog (a little pushy at first)

but she quickly calmed down. She was covering like a dream too.

Boy she can cover well. If she pushed to stock in front of me, I just walk

away from the stock and she would go wide and bring them back to me.

I love it when I see her doing her "Kelpie crawl" stalking like a cheetah

We did three 5 sheep sessions with Scotty and then Tess decided

it was time for her to work too!! So away Scotty went and Tess

stepped up to the plate. In the next session..one ewe broke loose and

Mig looked at me to see If I wanted her to go get her. I said "lie down"

and Tess knew it was her time to work. Mig covered the four and Tess

very calmly brought the one ewe back to us...What a good girl!!

I was trying to let Mig figure out what way to move the stock and stop

relying on me so much for flanks... so I would hide behind the big stumps

and let Mig decide what way to bring the stock to me based on what position

they were in. She did this great!! She has reduced her "looking at me time"

and starting to show more confidence in herself.

Boy folks, I sure have on TIRED Kelpie at my feet now as I type this

to you, She worked hard and I'm very, very proud of her.

Jeff-Buck-Mig

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