Rule of 10 - for stockdogs

Fly and I had a great herding session today, again!  Her stop is getting better and better. Laurie says she saw some indicators today that Fly is learning the meaning of 'come bye' and 'away'! We worked on a wider flank and partial flanks. Partial flanks means I only let Fly go about 2-3 hours on the clock , then ask her to 'lie down'. I'm still amazed by the amount of control i'm getting with her! See rule number 1 below.

I found this wonderful list at workingaussiesource.com.  I think I've heard all ten of them! Number 1 in just the last two weeks.

THE RULE OF TEN

by Jay Homan, Rose McCleod, & Darlene Lasko
1. TRUST YOUR DOG!
2. LEARN TO WALK BACKWARDS
3. KEEP MOVING
4. WATCH YOUR SHEEP!
5. KEEP YOUR DOG OFF THE SHEEP
6. DON'T WALK STRAIGHT ONTO YOUR SHEEP
7. PUT A GOOD STOP ON YOUR DOG
8. BE AWARE OF WHERE YOUR DOG IS
9. DON'T FOLLOW YOUR DOG
10. ALWAYS BRING THE LARGER NUMBER TO THE SMALLER NUMBER— DO NOT CHASE A SINGLE
THAT'LL DO!