Starting Lorelei

This weekend we started Lorelei on sheep for the first time! At six months, she is still fairly young to be working sheep - but we had a feeling she would be ready!
We set up some ewes in a small pen next to the barn.
Todd encouraged Lorelei to walk around the sheep, while he walked towards her to pressure her to run around them. As they went, he spoke the command for the direction she was going.
"Come by"

"Away to me"

Lorelei's instincts are incredible, and in no time she had learned the commands, and worked the sheep like she's done it her whole life.

Take a break.

She has a wonderful balancing instinct, she always wants to be in a position that will keep the sheep still.

She's tough too - she didn't back down even when the ewes were being stubborn.

Keep your eyes on Lorelei folks, she's gonna make a big wave!