Monthly Archives: November 2019

Gordon Watt April, 2020 Clinic Moved

Posted on November 6, 2019 by John

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Gordon Watt clinic, scheduled for Heatherhope for April 23 to 26, has been cancelled for here. But Gordon and Kerry Watt invite people to contact them for a possible clinic at their farm for … Continue reading →

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Say It With Your Body

Posted on November 6, 2019 by John

“Lean on him!” That’s what Gordon Watt used to say when I was working my young, excitable dog, Zac. It has taken me years to understand all that was bound up with that tiny bit of advice. We just completed one … Continue reading →

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Another Snowy, Character-building Gordon Watt Clinic

Posted on November 6, 2019 by John

It happened late last April. It happened again this Halloween. Our semi-annual Gordon Watt clinic here at Heatherhope Farm is getting to be the kind of thing that builds real character. It was in 1895 that we last had an … Continue reading →

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