Silver Dollar otsc

12/10/2023

calendar time!

Custom Photo Calendars for Sale 2024 Old-Time Scotch Collies Calendar

11/21/2023

Calendar time!!

Please select which photo you'd like for each month.

12/17/2022

Want to meet the new crew?
Puppy open house tomorrow, Sunday at 2 pm!
Message for address

11/30/2022

TONIGHT IS THE DEADLINE TO GET YOUR CALENDAR PHOTOS IN... SEND PHOTOS! [email protected] *ALSO BUY OTSC 2023 CALENDARS FROM ME - PAYPAL AT THAT EMAIL OR CHECKS TO THE ASSOCIATION ADDRESS.*

Get your photos to me by tonight, I'll be posting them all for Voting on Friday and you can vote and comment until Dec 9th when I send in the order. Please send your large (high resolution) - should be in the mid to high MB size. Come on folks! Christmas is coming, and everyone needs a new calendar!

11/08/2022

River and Scotty’s October 29th, 2022 litter.
9 little chunks!

10/24/2021

5 week old River Song x Misha litter is having fun.

10/03/2021

Our September 19th litter got to pose today to show everyone their pirate names! They were born on national “Talk Like a Pirate” day! Their dam is River Song and their dad is Misha!

03/15/2021

One of these things is not like the others!

11/19/2020

Vote now!

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11/18/2020

Yay! Scotch Collie gear is here!
Click on a logo for what’s available.

Welcome!Thanks for visiting my online shop! Find what you're looking for yourself or great gifts for your friends. You'll find unique merchandise with my art on t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers, and more.

10/31/2020

7 years!

From newborn to fully trained can take maybe 6-8 years, and by "fully trained" I don't mean higher levels of competition, so probably I mean "mostly trained to a more than basic level."

So, say that we just grab 7 years as that time when we have brought along the horse to a well developed stage.

Seven years, in days, is 7 times 365, which equals 2,555 days of development and training from birth to age seven.

2,555 is a lot of days, and we can then think----"How much of what this horse now knows and is trained to do was accomplished on any one of those 2,555 days?"

Well, I guess one answer might be 1/2,555th of what he knows.

The point being that on no given day is a horse going to make great leaps forward in its education. The truth is that the horse got to where he is today by hundreds and hundreds of tiny increments, stacked like playing cards, one upon another.

But I can DESTROY a horse forever in ONE DAY.

Literally. I have known of horses killed by having them flip over on tight side reins, horses run to death, horses spun in circles until their hocks broke down, horses flipped in rotational falls----

And I am not talking about true accidents here. What I am referring to is what can happen when a trainer loses his temper, or when a competitor gets too hungry, or when a rider gets too caught up in emotion to think about what the horse is feeling.

And even if a temper tantrum in a training session, or pushing too hard in some competition does not cause permanent damage, it can set training back by days, weeks, or even months.

So think this through---"On no given day can my horse make big progress, but on any given day, my horse can see big deterioration."

And then, if you feel yourself slipping into the red zone, stop right away. Don't go there. Just don't. It is not going to get any better, not today it isn't, but it can get a whole lot worse.

Hard to have emotional control sometimes? You bet. But having that regret afterwards is lots harder.