October 2023

Meeting C-D-Litter 23 and
Summerimpressions D-Litter 23 and
Winterimpressions D-Litter 23

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years Gallery

2023     Meeting C-D-Litter 23 Summerimpressions 23 Winterimpressions 23
2022     vacination Holland 2022 Holyday expressions 2022 D-Litter three weeks sleeping Wedding Jade and Dali
2021     Playing Games with Jade, Frida and Darwin Summerfestival Lütgendortmund I Sister-Brother Meeting Chewie Frieda Darwin Jade Impressions
2020     Bangos has visitors Visiting Charal RO Championchip Westfalia 2020 Chiwano Ciwana dog training Chiwano and Chanta
        Young Dog Meeting June 2020 Visit at Cuni and Colina Jade and Tinos Two Sisters – very different El Fuego del Viento going for a walk
        C-litter last four weeks        
2019     C-Litter first four weeks Jade and Jordi Working weekend in Holland Visit at Heiderudel  
2018     Jade and Rudi Ringo and Jade in Holland      
2017     Jade and Baika in Holland Jade and Aurelia in Holland Biego to visit 1.Ro Turnier Tiesto to visit
2016     Guide dogs exam of Jade Carlota and Jade Baika and Jade in Holland Aurelia and Jade in Holland Bangos and Jade in Mönchengladbach
        Ringo and Jade in the garden garden impressions      
2015     vacation in Holland Baika’s new hobby Amy and Jade Belana to visit Jade’s first snow Baika and Ringo
2014     Jade’s first track Jade’s puppies hours Growth to the pack PPC- summer party Paule and Baika
        Benga’s last pictures pack walk at Phoenix West      
2013     Branka’s puppies Dog Dancing Holland trip spring mating Ringo and Gina  
2012     visit at Dad Benga in Netherland Visit at Paule Herding sheep Max at home again
        short vacation Campanula        
2011     visit at Tiesto Ringo and Baika woman tour snow in der Boemke and in the garden  
2010     2.nd puppies meeting first experiences on the dog place Impressions of B-litter A-litter 2 years old Ringo gets the title European Winner
        visit at Aurelia spring 2010        
2009     play and romp at the field many exhibitions tour A-litter vacation Denmark Benga and Maja
        first birthday A-litter play and romp at the field / Glörtal dam at almost the entire A-litter    
2008     visit at Carlos and Alvaro Impressions A-Litter Part 2 Impressions A-Litter Part 1 early summer 2008 mating Benga and Chewie
        various from 2008

Summer 2012
Working with Sheep
It is said that the Gossis have sheep herding / driving in their blood. Determining this in Germany is not that easy.
First of all, you have to find a shepherd who both knows how Gossis work and is willing to let Gossis work on his sheep.
Border Collies work very different to Gossis and most flocks of sheep are guarded by Borders.
Furthermore, the sheep must be trained in such a way that even a complete beginner together with the shepherd and dog handler is no problem for the sheep.
We wanted to see whether the above proverb also applies to our “Spaniards”.
Our interest was great; maybe there is another work opportunity for our dogs here. After we saw great impressions from Baika's sister Josie, with what fun and joy a Gossi goes to the sheep, the kennel "El Fuego del Viento" wanted to take on this challenge too ask once.
Several calls to the shepherd and explanations and encouragement helped us to put the plan into practice. So three dogs (Benga, Ringo and Baika) packed into the car and drove to the Rhineland.
First of all, we observed how the shepherd works with the different breeds; a border, an Aussi and a cattle dog showed us how work is done.
For absolute beginners like us, a small pen was fenced off so that the animals could not be chased.
The flock of sheep consisted of seven sheep that were very experienced in training. The shepherd explained to us what to look out for and how we should react if “bloody beginners” like ours make mistakes in the flock.
Our little reserved lady Baika started the game.
She had barely put in the sheep's fence go as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Circling sheep, driving escaped sheep back in the direction of the shepherd.
Baika had a lot of fun and was full of enthusiasm. For the shepherd it was important that the Gossi stays behind and that he pulls the sheep forward as a guide.
Keeping sheep in check for ten minutes at a first encounter is hard work for the dog; The shepherd and we agreed that this was a natural talent.
Baika didn't bump her legs like some Gossis did at the beginning. She also mastered setting the herd very well.
Benga approached it very differently. Everything else was interesting for the first few minutes, but the sheep weren't.
The shepherd had to do a lot of motivational work. Only when the sheep "got going a little" did they drive once or twice.
She did not show the zeal of Baika. The shepherd said that some dogs first have to watch two or three times.
He definitely sees potential.
Finally, it was Ringo's turn. He was a "mediator" between Benga and Baika.
The first few minutes reserved and first of all to see what was going on.
After the sheep started moving, there was no stopping him either and he was already drifting and showing enthusiasm at work.
After that, the small flock of sheep was given a longer break.
We used this together with the shepherd and Josie's mistress to “talk shop” and make suggestions on how to proceed.
The shepherd made it clear that you shouldn't just let a gossi with a herd without professional supervision,
mistakes would creep in even with natural talents, which have to be eliminated afterwards in weeks of detailed work.
The work on Sheep should be done regularly if one is aiming for dog skills.
So you have to give some dogs the time to just watch and only start with the "real" work after several visits.
At the end, Baika's sister Josie showed what skills you can already do after eight to ten sometimes "on the sheep".
Our conclusion is: Working on the sheep is a meaningful occupation for Gossis, but it should only be done under technically competent guidance
and where you can be sure that the sheep are up to the training units .