Meet Epic – 15 Week Old Disc Dog Baussie
This is Epic, a 15 week old disc dog Baussie (Border Collie x Aussie) rescue out of Minnesota. He is freeshaping a down stay with his handler, Ron Watson. This is Epic’s first freeshaping lesson.
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