A calmer and gentler period with Fate. She is seven months old now, growing up a bit, still explosive and mischievous and joyful, still so full of instinct and drive that I sometimes think her head will explode. I have  really slowed her down and she has slowed herself down, and she approaches the sheep, circles them and then walks up and begins practicing the border collie eye.

A great trainer once told me that you can only teach them so much, you have to let them learn by themselves when it is safe and they are ready. She is  ready, as this video shows.

I am fascinated to see the way she tests one sheep, then another. She backs up quickly when challenged, but more and more, is standing her ground, finding her way. Lessons here for me, for anyone who wants to learn. Sometimes you teach best by doing little or nothing. Fate and I are communicating almost seamlessly now, for me, that it is the ultimate goal of animal training. Come and see.

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