tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82526192424552389342024-03-04T21:56:54.827-08:00Alta-Pete TrialsJenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-41506627424870841512015-03-30T17:27:00.001-07:002015-03-30T17:27:53.512-07:00Imp. Kinloch SallyDiane Pagel's Sally is the next nursery dog Scott is running this year. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Diane Pagel's Imp. Kinloch Sally</i></span></td></tr>
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Sally was bred by Angie Driscoll in Wales and was imported by Diane Pagel before she was a year old. She is a daughter of Angie's home bred, Penny who has won multiple open trials and placed at several double lift trials. Penny is a daughter of Angie's Meg who was the 2012 Reserve Welsh Champion and Bobby Dalziel's Joe, a two time Scottish champion and the 2006 ISDS champion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Sally moving sheep at Alta-Pete Farm</span></i></td></tr>
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Sally's father is Pennant Williams' Sweep. Sweep has represented Wales in two International trials and again at the 2013 World trial. He has numerous impressive dogs in his pedigree, including Paul Turnbull's Nap, Fortune's Glen, Price's Davy, J.R. Thomas' Don, and Bobby Dalziel's Wisp.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Sally</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i> </i></span></td></tr>
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Sally's littermates have started out with impressive careers. <span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".8z.$mid=11427749575706=25e4e0c8cb1a0b99362.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".8z.$mid=11427749575706=25e4e0c8cb1a0b99362.2:0.0.0.0.0.0"><span data-reactid=".8z.$mid=11427749575706=25e4e0c8cb1a0b99362.2:0.0.0.0.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Her
litter sisters, Chloe and Mia were 4th and 5th respectively in the 2013 Welsh Nursery final at 15 months of age, and brother Levi was 1st
overall in qualifying at the 2014 European Nursery </span></span></span><br />
Scott will be trialing Sally this year in the Nursery classes. Her first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres Trial at the end of April.<br />
<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-43624146719845639192015-03-13T13:27:00.000-07:002015-03-13T13:31:59.781-07:00Alta-Pete GrassyThis Spring, Scott will be trialing a couple of home bred littermates. The first of these two is Chris Soderstrom's Grassy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Chris Soderstrom's Alta-Pete Grassy</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Grassy was born on January 13, 2013 at our farm and is a son of Scott's Alta-Pete June (now owned by Frank Smith).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Grassy at 4 weeks old</i></span></td></tr>
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Grassy's mother, June, is a tiny bitch with alot of heart and comes down from a long line of Alta-Pete bitches with grit and forward. Her mother, Kelly Murningham's Megan, is a littermate to my Hemp and is a daughter of Alta-Pete Megan a full sibling to Scott's National Champion, Pleat and Reserve National Champion, Tala. June's father is Scott's 2013 National Champion, Don - a son of 3 time National Champion, Star. June was bred raised and trained by Scott and was the Reserve Champion at Meeker in 2013.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Alta-Pete June, dam of Grassy</i></span></td></tr>
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Grassy's father is Diane Pagel's Ben, a dog that Scott trialed in nursery last year. Ben's father is Bobby Dalziel's International Champion, Joe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Diane Pagel's Ben, father to Grassy</i></span></td></tr>
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We have been very happy with this litter that includes, Scott's Dave (who will be profiled later), Ernesta Ballard's Bach, Diane Pagel's Fleece, and Erin O'Brien's Mosby.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Fleece, Joe, Dave, Bach and Grassy this Winter</i></span></td></tr>
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Scott will be trialing Grassy in the nursery classes this spring. His first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in Cold Stream, BC at the end of April.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Grassy</i></span></td></tr>
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-8903417175151304822014-04-28T21:53:00.001-07:002014-04-28T21:53:37.453-07:00Stirling Acres Trial 2014<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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For the second year in a row we attended Lee Lumb’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spring Stirling Acres Trial in
Coldstream, BC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although this trial is
in the opposite direction from the majority of our destinations on this trip,
it is the perfect place to dust off the cobwebs and introduce the young dogs to
trialing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also helps us see where
they are lacking, and we always schedule a week of just training after this
trial to fix the problems we noticed on their first time to the post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The field is flat green grass with katahdin-x,
farm flock sheep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lee’s sheep are rare
for a home flock in that they are not knee knockers, and not only are they not
dead to humans, they also do not regroup behind your back while you try to call
your dog in on the shed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lavon
Calzacorta from Idaho was our judge and was very aware and considerate of this
being most of Western Canada’s first field trial of the season. He often allowed
handlers in the under classes to help their dogs find the sheep on the first
day if they got lost on the outrun.</div>
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Setout was outstanding, because as we all know, setting a
dog broke farm flock is never easy when they are ready to run away as soon as
the dog is sent from the handler’s feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jorgen Person set for all 3 days and was spelled out by Pam Boring and
Chris Hanson during the Nursery classes. Many thanks to all of them.</div>
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Friday started with the first class of Pro Novice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott and Alice ran well in this class, but were topped by relative new comer, Gord Lazzaroto
and his dog Oakley who should be proud!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The outrun on this field was deceptively hard and the sheep were hard to
see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than one dog didn’t find their
sheep or had difficulties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cy Peterson’s
Erin, handled by Scott was one of the dogs that needed some handler help with
redirects, but once she saw them she did fine and ended up in 13<sup>th</sup>
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I walked to the post with
Ford, he had spotted his sheep, but he had also spotted the geese in the
standing water on the right hand side of the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was proper to send left, but I knew if I
did that, Ford would cross over so I figured, “What the hey!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to fetch in the geese, be my
guest.” And I sent him right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He ran out
well and as he approached the geese and tried to lift them towards me, he
figured out that it wasn’t quite right and was much more agreeable to taking my
redirect after that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His run was fair- a
giant improvement on how he was running last year, and he did a nice pen
placing 16<sup>th</sup>. This was the first trial my Mikey had ever gone to the
post at and he had only outrun off the farm once before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t seem to realize what he was there
for let alone scoping the field for hard to see sheep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sent him and never got him out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather than bully him out for too long, I retired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, Lavon told me we had enough time
if I wanted to walk out and help him find and exhaust his sheep so I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once Mike found them, he stopped and flanked
well as he fetched them in and it made me itch to try him again for real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the second Pro Novice of the day, Mikey
had a perfect outrun and lift and did me proud by winning the class!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott and Erin also improved on their run and
moved up to 6<sup>th</sup> place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alice
had an odd sheep that wasn’t going to cooperate enough to get her another high
score so Scott retired and Ford, although he had a much better run and ran out
nicely to the left like I asked, gave me some trouble at the pen a la last
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, he improved his score and
moved up to 15<sup>th</sup> place.</div>
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The next morning it was damp and had a light rain for most
of the morning, but dried up by the late afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ran Open first and even a few of those dogs had
trouble finding sheep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott ran Don and
surged to an early lead but was again topped by a newcomer, Jennifer MacDonnell
and her dog, Diesel .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jennifer is a
great addition to this sport because of her cheery attitude (with good runs and
bad) and this is the second year she has kicked butt and taken names at this
trial in the open. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laddie gave me a very
good run but I just couldn’t see the crossdrive panels well enough to make them
and it hurt us points wise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He ended up
in 8<sup>th</sup> place for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Scott actually had a nice run going with Bliss but decided to make sure
she had a good attitude for the start of the season and trained on her and
retired in the shedding ring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(you’ll
see, it paid off later)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hemp was giving
me a fair run but it wasn’t up to the standards he had been giving me last year
and when he didn’t take a flank in front of that difficult cross drive panel,
we missed them and I decided to retire.</div>
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The next class was nursery and it’s always entertaining as
the babies go to the post for their first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Scott had most of the class in his stable of dogs and traded off with
others every couple of dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won it
with Alice who was certainly the most experienced of the dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second place was her littermate, Flint, also
handled by Scott, and owned by Jeanne Boudrieau.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flint has been a challenge for Scott but he
likes him very much so he was very happy to have him listening and trying to
figure out what Scott wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His outrun
wasn’t perfect but he took a redirect and then saw the sheep and opened right
up. By placing second, Flint earned his first leg towards the nursery
nationals! Scott also handled Scott Kelso’s Joe to 8<sup>th</sup> place and
Scott Johnson’s Tap to 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both of those dogs had difficulties on the outrun but looked really good
once they got behind their sheep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
also ran Diane Pagel’s Ben who wasn’t too bad on the outrun, but stopped short
and then didn’t want to take his flanks on the fetch so Scott retired him to
make a point to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though he was
nowhere near ready for this class, I ran Try to get him the feel of new
fields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no lower class offered
at this trial (like Pro Novice in the east with a smaller outrun and one leg
drive) so I just decided to enter him and stop when he struggled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needed 4 redirects to get to the sheep as
he had never been that far in his life, (250yrds) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but he had spotted them and did take my
commands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The set out dog got a little
antsy and the sheep started to run before he got there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called him off, knowing it would only turn
into a grip and Lavon gave me a rerun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On his second outrun, he only needed two redirects and stopped at the
top. He didn’t do very well with his flanks on the fetch and drive so I called
him off before he got to the first drive panel.</div>
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Sunday’s open had a change of leaders, this time, Scott won
it with Bliss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His training on her the day <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>before paid off and she moved the sheep
quietly around the course, dropping only 4 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Laddie ran very well for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only difficulty
he had was in the shedding ring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
had started to rerun the sheep right before his run and there was only one set
waiting in the exhaust pen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They started
calling to my sheep in the shedding ring and I had a very difficult time
keeping them in the ring and it hurt my score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Still we ended up in 3rd place and we were second place overall!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don was running well for Scott but it just
didn’t come together so he only placed in 10th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hemp ran very well, and felt like the dog he was last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, I had one sheep that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kept lagging behind and preventing him from
getting a very high score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the post
the lead two sheep surprised me and took off for the exhaust and the lagger and
a pal hung back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sent Hemp to catch
the sheep running and they came around the post to join the two laggers who
never turned the post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This caused me to
have to take the whole group around again because if you don’t take all the
sheep around the post, you are at the judges mercy and they might disqualify
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a very good and quick shed,
pen, and single and finished with a 7<sup>th</sup> place.</div>
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In the second nursery class, Scott and Alice again placed
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time, Flint was feeling his
freedom a little too much so Scott called him off before Flint thought it was
acceptable. Scott added Erin to this go round and she ran well enough to take 5<sup>th</sup>
place. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe nailed the outrun and looked
great around the course but missed both drive panels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joe is very young and Scott didn’t want to
put too much pressure on him too soon so when the sheep ducked around them,
Scott just let it go for Joe’s sake. He placed 6<sup>th</sup> this time around.
Tap wanted to outrun on the sheep in the exhaust which is not unusual when young dogs start trialing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott tried to redirect him but he was
confused so he walked with him out to get his sheep and then he looked very
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His score however was a retire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ben was better this time around and Scott
said he was still having trouble with his fetch flanks but he made his panel and
looked good to us spectators. He placed 7<sup>th</sup>. Try was a little more
cocky on his second time to the post and wasn’t listening as well so when he
busted the sheep on the drive away, I retired.</div>
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We’d like to thank everyone who was involved in this trial
but especially Lee and Brian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a
beautiful, well kept farm with great sheep and we plan to be back next year!</div>
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<u>Pro Novice I (27 dogs)</u></div>
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1 Gord Lazzarotto Oakley 83 </div>
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2 Scott Glen Alice 83 </div>
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3 Lee Lumb Rando 81 </div>
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4 Wayne Hadley-RobeDrtisck 81 </div>
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5 Kathy Williams Pepe 80 </div>
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6 Pam Boring Bob 79 </div>
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7 Charmaine Henderson Fling 79 </div>
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8 Julie Carter Hailey 78 </div>
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9 Sue Wessels Skid 78 </div>
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10 Charmaine Henderson Dan 77 </div>
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<u>Pro Novice II (27 dogs)</u></div>
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1 Jennifer Glen Mike 83 </div>
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2 Sue Wessels Skid 82 </div>
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3 Carol Nelson Mo 81 </div>
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4 Gord Lazzarotto Oakley 81 </div>
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5 Lee Lumb Rando 80 </div>
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6 Scott Glen Erin 80 </div>
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7 Pam Boring Sophie 79 </div>
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8 Julie Carter Roy 78 </div>
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9 Charmaine Henderson Fling 78 </div>
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10 Carol Nelson Tiki 77 </div>
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<u>Open I (49 dogs</u>)</div>
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1 Jennifer Macdonnell Diesel 92 </div>
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2 Scott Glen Don 92 </div>
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3 Thad Buckler Nic 92 </div>
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4 Brian Nelson Pleat Jr. 92 </div>
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5 Lynne Schweb Dex 88 </div>
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6 Pam Boring Mirk 88 </div>
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7 Lynne Schweb Toss 87 </div>
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8 Jennifer Glen Lad 87 </div>
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9 Carol Nelson Kale 87 </div>
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10 Lee Lumb Cass 87</div>
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<u>Open II (47 dogs)</u></div>
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1. Scott Glen and Bliss 106</div>
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2. Lee Lumb Nan 101 </div>
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3. Jennifer Glen Lad 99 </div>
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4. Thad Buckler Nic 99 </div>
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5. Louanne Twa Craig 97 </div>
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6. Jennifer Macdonnell Boomer 97 </div>
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7. Jennifer Glen Hemp 96 </div>
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8. Jennifer L'Arrivee Tweed 94 </div>
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9. Jennifer Macdonnell Diesel <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>94 </div>
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10. Scott Glen Don 93</div>
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<u>Nursery I (14 dogs)</u></div>
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1 Scott Glen Alice 87 </div>
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2 Scott Glen Flint 79 </div>
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3 Lee Lumb (Bill Crawford) Bella 78 </div>
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4 Lee Lumb (Daphne Tomblin) Sweep 78 </div>
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5 Jennifer Macdonnell Harold 77 </div>
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6 Nancy Barker Gwen 74 </div>
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7 Louanne Twa Drift 72 </div>
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8 Scott Glen Joe 63 </div>
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9 Scott Glen Tap 57 </div>
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10 Gayle Cochlan Tess <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>51</div>
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<u>Nursery II (15 dogs)</u></div>
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1 Scott Glen Alice 86 </div>
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2 Lee Lumb (Bill Crawford) Bella <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>85 </div>
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3 Lee Lumb (Daphne Tomblin) Sweep 77 </div>
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10 Nancy Barker Gwen 55</div>
Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-73566403744407643052014-04-15T14:44:00.000-07:002014-04-15T14:56:07.104-07:00TryMy youngest dog this year is Try.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">My Try</span></i></td></tr>
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Try is part of my continuing obsession with the Don X Gin line. Try's Father, Wendy Schmaltz's Ky, is another one from that cross. As I have mentioned before, Ky is the same way bred as my Mikey, Louanne Twa's Gus (2013 Western Canadian Nursery Champion) and Scott's Alice- the 2013 USBCHA Nursery Champion. Their mother, Gin was the 2010 All Around Stockdog and their father, Don is the 2013 USBCHA National Champion and a son of 3 time USBCHA National Champion, Star.<br />
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Try's mother is a bitch named Gem who goes back to Dave Claypool's Calgary Stampede winner, Glen - a son of Norm Close's CV Joe, the 2005 Canadian Champion. She also goes back to Lola Chaffin's Import, Queen and Jim Chaffin's Import, Roy, who passed his ears down to Try and, it's hoped, what's between them too. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Jim Chaffin's Imp. Roy, Try's great grandfather</span></i> <i><span style="color: #274e13;">who gifted Try with his ear genes!</span></i>- photo by Michelle Prescott Guderian</td></tr>
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Scott and I have an agreement that since I don't sell any of the dogs that become mine, I have to wait until they are 2 years old before I pick them so we can be sure they are good workers. It doesn't seem to be happening that way though. My plan had been for us to get Try as a pup and then, if he turned out, keep him for myself when he was two. Without any prompting, (I swear!) Scott gifted Try to me when he was just 8 weeks old. Not long after, knowing that what a pup does on sheep at that age means nothing, I took Try to them to see what would happen. He never hesitated and went right to work!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Try's first time on sheep at 3 months old</i></span></td></tr>
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This Winter, I started Try's training. He's immature in mind (off stock he's a dork!) and body and although he's a large dog, he's still very round and squishy like a pup. Nonetheless, I've taken his training slowly and didn't put alot of pressure on him at the first. I've been rewarded for that by his confidence really coming along and he's pushing back on me now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Try working this Spring</i></span></td></tr>
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I'm going to run him this year but I have needed to continuously remind myself that he doesn't need to be good enough to win yet. He's only 18 months old and has another nursery year next year. It is important that I take his first trialing year as easy on him as his first Winter training has been. That means I will need to walk away from the post alot (sometimes RUN) and I am fully expecting to not finish a course for a while. My original plan was to only run him in the Eastern Pro-Novice classes (150yrd outrun, fetch, one short leg drive and pen) but there seems to be a lack of those classes this year so I am going to run him in Nursery but take it easy on him and just make sure he stops, open flanks and doesn't grip! However, on the more difficult Bluegrass field, I will only be running him in Pro-Novice. He won't be ready mentally to go to the Nursery finals this year in Colorado so it doesn't matter if he gets any legs in his trials.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Try</i></span></td></tr>
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Try has been alot of fun to train this year and I hope his season of "intro to trialing" will be just as fun so that he can be a competitive nursery dog next year. He is a hesitant outrunner, but a nice open flanking dog with a good amount of forward (that can sometimes break into chasing on the fetch! bad dog) and a good driving dog. When he gives his sheep some space, he reads them very well- a trait I often see on the Don x Gin side of his lines and I believe when he is broke he will do a good job babysitting me in a trial. He seems to have gotten his gripping tendencies under control but they can crop back up if he is uncertain how to react in a new situation. Keeping him calm and his flanks open and his stops controlled will be the plan for this year.<br />
His first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres, on her flat field with broke katahdins, in the nursery class. It should be the perfect place to introduce him to trialing - in 10 days!Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-50404729079378542732014-04-11T20:42:00.001-07:002014-04-11T20:42:31.702-07:00CWS MikeMy Open Ranch (Pro Novice in the West) dog this year is 3 year old Mike.<br />
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Mikey is a son of Scott's Don (2013 USBCHA National Champion) who is a son of three time USBCHA National Champion, Star. Mikey's greyhound like body type and speed are attributes clearly passed on from Grandmother Star, and not from his shorter legged father, Don.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Mikey's grandmother, Star</i></span> <i><span style="color: #274e13;">at the Plumb Lucky Trial in MO</span></i></td></tr>
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Mike's mother is Wendy Schmaltz's Gin (2010 All Around Stockdog), a granddaughter of Scott's Dan. Mike is out of the first breeding of Don and Gin and his full sister from the second cross is Scott's Alice, who won the 2013 USBCHA Nursery Championships before she was two years old. Other notable dogs in that same cross are Wendy's Kye, Louanne Twa's Gus and Jeanne Boudrieau's Flint who is being run by Scott in the nursery classes this year - and, of course, our 4 month old Anne is the last to be born of those two dogs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Magic Mike working this Spring at Alta-Pete Farm</i></span></td></tr>
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Mike is 4 months too old for this year's nurseries and missed his nursery year last year due to injury. When he was one year old, Mike was running in a field while we were traveling, and hit a stake in the ground, rupturing his cruciate ligament (knee). Because Scott had seen Mike work enough as a youngster, and x-rays showed his hips to be good, we thought it was worth the time and money to fix his knee. Unfortunately, the first surgery didn't work because every time he was taken off the antibiotics, he developed a high fever. It was determined that he was having an allergic reaction to the bands holding his knee together and a second surgery was done two months after the first. This one worked and Mikey spent last Winter rehabilitating and couldn't get enough training in to run in a trial. He was originally Scott's dog, but I did all his nursing and rehab. Scott was concerned that Mike might not hold up to his rigorous training schedule, but felt he was a good enough dog that he didn't want to let him go out of our kennel, so he gave him to me. (and very grateful I am!) This past Summer, Mikey battled a groin injury - (common after this type of surgery) to further slow his training, but it seems to be under control right now. He often rocks the weight off that leg when standing, especially when he is tired, but when he's working sheep, you wouldn't know he'd been injured and he's the fastest dog in our kennel. How well he will hold up to the larger open courses will be determined next year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">My Mikey</span></i></td></tr>
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Mikey is a very talented dog who is way above my pay grade and I hope I can do him justice this year. I'm a slower trainer than Scott so my new dogs will be going to their first trials very green broke but Mike is an honest and stylish dog with alot of talent and I'm sure we will improve as we get our trial experience. Mike's first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres in 2 weeks in the Pro Novice (Open Ranch in the East) class.Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-35354168012484970822014-04-07T15:04:00.001-07:002014-04-07T15:04:44.300-07:00TapScott Johnson's Tap is Scott's next nursery dog<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Scott Johnson's Tap</i></span></td></tr>
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Tap was bred by Stewart Harvard of Alabama. Although Stewart does not trial anymore, he breeds dogs that are currently competing successfully in high levels in both sheep and cattle trials. Tap's father, Rye and several other dogs in his pedigree go back to Stewart's dogs and Tap's Mother, Finn does too. Finn is a full sister to Debbie Bailey's Huck and Camp who were sired by her Ben. Tap is actually double bred back to Ben, who was a top producer, and was a descendant of Dale Montgomery's Huck and Tim and Dodie Green's ABCA hall of fame bitch, Soot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Debbie Bailey's Ben, grandfather and great-grandfather of Tap</i></span> - photo by Christine Koval</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Tap has a great birth date in July of 2012 which makes him aged just right for next year's nurseries too. Scott will be running him through May and will be returning him to Scott Johnson after Dr. Ben's trial in North Carolina. <br />
Off stock Tap is an easy going, polite dog but on stock he is all about confidence. He has the right amount of eye that makes him stylish and precise and alot of fun to work. He also has the honesty to gear down to a handler that is not quite ready for his forward. (I worked him to take pictures today and Scott better hold on tight to him so I don't steal him!)<br />
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Tap's first trial will be in the Nursery class at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres Trial at the end of April.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Tap</i></span></td></tr>
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Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-47324444749103801902014-04-02T16:41:00.001-07:002014-04-02T16:58:25.357-07:00JoeScott's next nursery dog is Scott Kelso's Joe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Scott Kelso's Joe</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Scott will be running Joe through May and he will return to Scott Kelso after Dr. Ben's trial in North Carolina.<br />
Joe was bred by Bev Lambert and is out of her Awel (Nell). Nell was imported from Wales and goes back twice to Aled Owen's first Roy (1999 ISDS Champion). On the other side, Joe's lines are so strong to Western Canadian dogs that one would think he'd finally come home when he came to Alberta for training this Winter. His father is Bev's Joe, who's mother is Dennis Gellings's Jan the 2009 Canadian Champion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Dennis Gellings and Jan (Joe's grandmother) winning the 2009 Canadian Championships</i></span></td></tr>
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Jan was bred by Pam Boring and is from Pink Mountain, BC (that's WAY up there). Joe also goes back to Norm Sommer's Gyp and JoAnne Zoerb's Mik.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">JoAnne Zoerb's Mik at Meeker -<span style="color: black;">photo by TK inc</span></span></i></td></tr>
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Joe K. is only 16 months old so most of his classes will be in the Pro-Novice with a few Nursery classes thrown in on the easier fields. The idea is to build his confidence this year so that when Scott Kelso has him back, he can be ready for next year's nursery classes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Joe Kelso working sheep this Winter</i></span></td></tr>
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Joe is a biddable and keen worker with a great stop and nice open flanks. His first trial will be at the end of April at the Stirling Acres Trial in BC.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Joe</span></i></td></tr>
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-83611035704739180632014-03-26T15:48:00.002-07:002014-04-07T21:43:47.541-07:00ErinScott's fourth nursery dog is Cy Peterson's Erin.<br />
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Erin is a bitch that Scott started and ran a little bit last year. He got a leg on her in nursery at the Bluegrass trial and she ran a 89 out of 90 in the pro-novice. During the Summer, Erin went home for Cy to work and was sent back this year for some polishing and to introduce her to turn backs and shedding.<br />
Erin was bred by Cy and is out of her Emma. Cy runs Emma in open and last year, at their first National Finals, they were in the top 50. She goes back to Debbie Bailey's Jose and Bill Berhow's ABCA Hall Of Fame dogs, Nick and Jen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Emma, Erin's mother</i></span> - photo by Maureen Robinson</td></tr>
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Erin's father is Matt Cook's Gunner, out of Jennifer Ewers' Sweep and Jesse. Sweep and his line are the dogs I saw when I was first introduced to trialing in California. His steady parents, Wilda Bahr's Val and Mirk are who I studied on the trial field as I was learning. Mirk was a son of Terry Parrish's Rhys and Val was a daughter of Tommy Wilson's Roy. Jesse was a granddaughter of Ken Willard's Imp Ben (Alasdair MacRae's USBCHA National Champion).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Erin working this Winter at Alta-Pete Farm</span></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Erin is both biddable and independent at the same time. She understands her job and we are hoping she and Cy will make a perfect team when she goes home this Summer.<br />
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-46660366133875848232014-03-22T13:42:00.000-07:002014-03-22T13:51:13.884-07:00CWS FlintScott's third nursery dog is Jeanne Boudrieau's Flint.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Jeanne Boudrieau's CWS Flint</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Flint's breeding is one I am very familiar with because it is one of my favorites. I wish we could take credit for it but actually it goes to Wendy Schmaltz, who's bitch, Gin is the mother. Gin's pedigree reads like a who's who of the old Alberta lines. She is a daughter of Denis Nagel's Finn and Ian Zoerb's Gyp and is granddaughter of Scott's Dan. She also goes back to Scott's Old Sweep, Milton Scott's Sue and Jack Regier's Tweed. Gin was 4th in the 2010 USBCHA National finals and was the 2010 All Around Stockdog - that was the only year the All Around was won by a dog who made the double lift in both the sheepdog finals and the cattledog finals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Wendy Schmaltz's Gin - mother to Flint</span></i></td></tr>
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Flint's father is Scott's Don who is a son of three time USBCHA National Champion, Star. Don was the Canadian and US Nursery Champion, the Canadian Champion, and in 2013, the Bluegrass Champion and the USBCHA National Finals Champion.<br />
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This cross of Gin and Don has been done three times. The first litter produced Wendy's Ky and my Mike (who I will blog on later), the second cross produced Louanne Twa's Gus, Scott's Alice (2013 USBCHA Nursery Champion) and Jeanne's Flint. The final cross gave us only one puppy, Anne, who is only 4 months old right now.<br />
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Flint got his start a little later than his littermates but is making up for it now. He's a little more pushy than the others and although he wants to be a teammate,(and is a big squishy-softy off sheep) he keeps you on your toes when he's working.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Flint working this Winter</i></span></td></tr>
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Flint's first trial will be at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in BC at the end of April.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Flint</span></i></td></tr>
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-62046011085149314972014-03-17T19:47:00.002-07:002014-03-18T20:40:32.850-07:00Heppner Results - 2014Open 1 - 52 dogs <br />
1. Patrick Shannahan and Andi 68<br />
2. Shauna Gourley and Keli 67<br />
3. Donna Eliason and Ben 66<br />
4. Scott Glen and Bliss 63<br />
5. Shauna Gourley and Spy 62 <br />
6. Don Helsley and Tag 59<br />
7. Jeanie Helsley and Taite 59<br />
8. Sue Wessels and Gyp 56<br />
9. Vickie Close and Gale 55<br />
10. Jeanne Boudrieau and Moses 55<br />
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Open 2 - 52 dogs<br />
1. Francis Chi and Chime 76<br />
2. Scott Glen and Bliss 76<br />
3. Laura Vishoot and Doc 75<br />
4. Patrick Shannahan and Andi 72<br />
5. Scott Glen and Don 71<br />
6. Lora Withnell and Bella 71<br />
7. Patrick Shannahan and Vangie 69<br />
8. Karen Stanley and Clare 69<br />
9. Shauna Gourley and Keli 69<br />
10. Lynn Jonhston and Jesse 67<br />
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Overall : Patrick Shannahan and AndiJenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-15477996211614692972014-03-17T15:11:00.000-07:002014-03-17T15:11:03.043-07:00Imp. BenOne of Scott's main nursery dogs this year is Diane Pagel's Imp. Ben.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Diane Pagel's Imp. Ben</i></span></td></tr>
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Ben is an import from England (through Angie Driscoll in Wales) who's father is Bobby Dalziel's Joe.<br />
Joe was the 2009 and 20011 Scottish National Champion and the 2006 International Supreme Champion.<br />
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Ben was bred by Mrs. G. Bharakhda of Stowmarket England and is out of her Pippa.<br />
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Scott had Ben in for training last Winter and trialed him a little bit in Nursery. He got one leg towards the nursery finals but his first year of training was mostly for experience and this year will be his main year. However, Scott liked him enough to put his June bitch to him and we kept two of the pups. We will be eager to see how they take to training, next season.<br />
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Ben is a stylish dog with good pace and Scott is looking forward to trialing him. <br />
Ben's first competition will be at the end of April at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres Trial in BC.Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-36432371799373630942014-03-14T22:09:00.001-07:002014-03-14T22:16:33.109-07:00A New Season - 2014I guess it's time for me to stop being lazy and get started on our 2014 Trial Blog! Our trial season has passed from "rapidly approaching" to "here" and I haven't even mentioned our plans or any of the new dogs we are running this season.<br />
Last year was an amazing year and I don't know how we could top it. Early on, some of the dogs started to show promise. Young <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2013/04/cws-alice.html" target="_blank">Alice</a> qualified quickly in her first trial at Lee Lumb's Coldstream trial. After that, Scott didn't worry too much about finishing his courses with her and spent more time using the trials as training sessions. It all paid off when Alice ran well in both rounds of the Nursery National finals and won it before she had even turned 2 years old. We are pretty proud of this young daughter of Scott's Don and Wendy Schmaltz's Gin, and we are glad we have a couple more of them in our kennel. Alice will again be running in the nursery classes in 2014 but might start running some open classes towards the end of the Summer.<br />
Scott's <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2011/03/alta-pete-june.html" target="_blank">June</a> was another one of Don's daughters that did well last season. Her biggest achievements were taking 4th place at Soldier Hollow, and the reserve champion (by a half point) at Meeker. I think Meeker was our biggest surprise! After the Nationals, June was sold to Frank Smith of Georgia. They are starting to get each other figured out and we are expecting a great partnership there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Scott and June in the awards ceremony at Meeker</i></span></td></tr>
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Young <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2013/03/skip.html" target="_blank">Skip</a> was also a big boon to Scott's nursery successes last year. Skip was a started dog that we bought off of Bobby Ford and consistently performed well in his nursery classes. We were so pleased when he and Scott took the Nursery Reserve Championship at the National finals. After the Nationals, we had a very special spot for Skippy to go and we are happy to say that Cheryl Necochea, of Idaho and sometimes, California, is his new owner. I would expect we'll be seeing them in trials pretty soon.<br />
<a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2009/02/don.html" target="_blank">Don</a>, of course, topped them all. He not only won the Bluegrass Championship, but he also won the National Finals in 2013 and we are so pleased that we have him representing our kennel. He is a one in a million dog.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Scott at the National Finals with Skip-the reserve champion nursery, Don- the National Champion and Alice the Nursery Champion</span></i></td></tr>
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So with June sold, you might wonder who her replacement is? Scott decided on another Don daughter (I know, we're not very original here), <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2012/04/bliss.html" target="_blank">Bliss</a>. Bliss has shown to have a steady head when working and trialing. She won the overall Open Ranch class at the Bluegrass last year and in her first open trial at the Wild Rose Classic in Alberta, she won the overall open in a runoff. Bliss is a granddaughter of Scott's 2004 National Champion, Pleat, and after losing him this year at age 15, we are hoping Bliss will keep his success alive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">We were sorry to lose Pleat this past Fall at 15 years old</span></i></td></tr>
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To a lesser extent, I also had a good year. Well, the start was good. Ok, really just one month but it was a big month for me. <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2009/03/lacys-lad.html" target="_blank">Lad</a> and <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2009/04/xe-hemp.html" target="_blank">Hemp</a> had been injured most of last Winter and went to the post in May, terribly out of shape. Although sound, Lad did not really get any better trialing until late June and seemed to be missing a step. Fortunately, towards the end of the Summer he started to improve. This month he has turned 9 and I find myself wondering if this will be his last year trialing. Right now, other than some stiffness in his wrists that we are working on, he seems to be back to his old self. He is sharp and keen to work so I will continue to run him in open this year, and I'll let him make his own decision next year as to whether he wants to keep trialing as a 10 year old. <br />
Hemp was the dog I really didn't expect last year. I had neutered him the previous Fall after his disastrous and humiliating (for me- he had no problem with it!) attempt to breed the set out dog at the previous Bluegrass. Shortly after his neuter he broke his second foot of the year and pulled both groin muscles. Needless to say, he didn't get that much activity until right before our Spring trials. However, the new and improved Hemp with the calmer more focused mind, didn't need to be in as good of shape. He got points in his first couple trials and by the time he was at the Bluegrass, on his first fetch, I had the urge to turn around at the post, find Scott in the crowd and ask him who in the world this good dog was! He was 10th in the first round and 5th overall going into the double lift where he struggled moving the 20 sheep in the heat and ended up gripping off. He also won the "Top End Award" voted on by the set out people who pick the dog they felt was the best at the top. I guess there was no question that a neuter was needed to improve his performance! In his next trial at the North Carolina State Championships (otherwise known as Dr. Ben's) he continued to work well and made it in the top 3, which put him in the double lift. He ended up the 2013 North Carolina State Reserve Champion! After that, Hemp broke another foot (he has had one too many arguments with my picket fence) and although sound by the time the Fall trials rolled around, he wasn't at his best and didn't do much after that. He's still working on getting back in shape after his lay off last year (they don't come back at 8 like they did at 3), but his feet don't seem to be bothering him, his groin isn't affecting him too badly, and he's currently my right arm in lambing, which should keep him tuned up in his real job and thinking practically.<br />
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My young<a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2012/04/t-n-ford.html" target="_blank"> Ford</a> did not have a very good nursery year. In fact, it was a horrible nursery year, but by the time Fall came around, he was improving daily. He still has a long way to go but I am looking forward to using his new tools in a trial and I will keep him running in Open Ranch/Pro Novice this year.<br />
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This year's young dogs? Well, I will start profiling them this week. Scott has a nice bunch of youngsters that he's going to school through their first few trials before returning them to their owners. Scott Johnson's Tap and Scott Kelso's Joe, will be around for the first few trials, as well as Cy Peterson's Erin, who Scott trialed a little bit in Nursery last year. His main nursery dogs, other than Alice will be Diane Pagel's Ben, who he also trialed a little bit last year, and a littermate to Alice, Jeanne Boudrieau's Flint. Towards the end of the season, he might also throw his own Queen in for a few runs.<br />
My two newbies are Mike and Try. Mikey, another Don/Gin, missed out on his nursery year by 4 months because of a knee injury last year, but I am excited to run him in Open Ranch/Pro Novice this year. Mikey is totally above my pay grade and I hope to just keep up with him so he can show off his talent. Try (aka Try-Baby or The Sweet-Baby), who's father is a Don/Gin (I said we weren't original!) is the dog I find the most fun to train. His main nursery year will be next year so we will take it easy this season and do only a few of the easier Nursery classes and mostly stick to the Eastern Pro-Novice classes. I will let him dictate how much I can expect from him this year based on how confident he is. If I bring him along right, and don't rush him, he should make me a very nice dog that really suits my style and takes care of me.<br />
The trials we are hoping to make it to this year are mostly the same as last year. Scott has Don and Bliss down at Heppner, Oregon as we speak, but since it is an open only trial, I don't really think of it as our first trial. Our first one, starting on April 25th, will be the WRONG WAY as Scott repeatedly calls it. When we are planning most of our trip to be in the East, it seems silly to go 10 hours the opposite direction to start, but we enjoyed ourselves so much at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in BC, last year that we decided to repeat our back track. This trial has farm flock Katahdins and is the perfect place for our babies to be introduced to trialing. After Lee's we will head out to Leeton, Missouri where we will get a week of training on the dogs and watch a little bit of the Cattle Dog Nationals. Hopefully there will be no surprise snow storms like last year!<br />
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We will then head off to Dave Fetterman's trial in Pennsylvania and then down to Kentucky for the Bluegrass. We don't like to miss Dr. Ben's so we'll go down to North Carolina, before heading to NY State for a the start of our month of clinics and a small nursery trial at Fetch Gate Farm. We'll get home in late June and we'll have some fun local trials at Louanne Twa's, Chris Jobe's and Wendy Schmaltz's before we head down to Soldier Hollow over Labor Day. We have entered Meeker and we'll see how we fare in that draw and then we'll jump over to Carbondale, Colorado for the Nationals.<br />
And that, Folks, is it!<br />
Whew!<br />
<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-14533006501703516582013-05-28T11:27:00.003-07:002013-05-28T19:58:53.842-07:002013 North Carolina State ChampionshipsThe North Carolina State Championships, also known as Dr. Ben's is one of our favorite trials every year. It's a place of good people, good food and, good runs. This year is the 29th year of the trial and you bet we'll be there for the 30th. It's a family trial put on by Dr. Ben and Emily Ousley in Lawndale, North Carolina. Normally we fear the weather at this trial. It's usually hot and humid but this year, it was a pleasant surprise to have the humidity blown away with a nice breeze and it topped out at 82F. We got there thursday afternoon and parked on the hill under the tree and plugged in to the outlets provided for the campers. We didn't need our air conditioning but it was still nice to have electricity and water for the whole weekend. Parked next to RC Tomlinson we, along with Debbie and Harold Bailey and Bobby Ford enjoyed the benefit of RC's breakfasts and deserts of berry dumplings with ice cream and strawberry shortcake. Saturday and Sunday night we had suppers made by the local church and the Ousley family and neighbors along with a bonfire. Good country home cooking and desserts. Yum!<br />
Friday night we started with a nursery class and Scott used it as an opportunity to train on Skip and Alice. Skip was having some trouble with his flanks and didn't bend out on his outrun and crossed so Scott retired him to make him take it but Alice did a nice job. Scott wasn't happy that her stops weren't looking as good, but she still managed to win the class. Ford had been working on his outrun this past week and I had plans to retire as soon as his run went bad but he was the only nursery dog to get out to the sheep nicely and without any help from me. He started his lift well and although he missed his fetch gates he was under control on the fetch so I decided to go on in case we could get a leg. The drive on this course is difficult (the nursery runs the same course - outrun and drive as the open) but Ford is getting the hang of it and made both his panels. When we got to the pen, he pulled his old games and everytime I tried to shut the gate he ran around the back to push the sheep back out. Eventually we got the gate closed and were happy to learn we got his first nursery leg but I was still peeved about the pen.<br />
Saturday morning we all had to be up early to get going on the open class because we had more entries than usual. Hemp ran in a good spot in the morning. He continued his streak of good runs and other than a rough start to the fetch, his run was pretty good. These sheep are hard to shed and the judge (Peter Gonnett) wanted the last two on the head. Hemp did it spectacularly, and we received complements from the judge after the run. He got a 90 and placed 3rd for the day. Scott ran June shortly after and she laid one down and other than a rough shed, there wasn't much off her run and she got a 96 to win the class.<br />
Donnie was also at the top of his game but had a missed attempt on his shed and one sheep popped out of the pen before she was repenned. So Donnie had to give the win to his daughter but was right behind her with a 92 to place second in the class.<br />
Laddie ran in the afternoon and he had a good hang of how to bring the sheep down the steep, terraced hill but when I tried to help him with some sweet whistles, he wouldn't take them. I gave him hard whistles but it was too late and too much and he overflanked to miss the fetch panels. His drive started nicely again but the same thing happened. As soon as he needed my help the little whistles didn't take and the big ones were too much and he missed the drive away panels. There was no way that was going to place so I retired his run to save time for the rest of the runs. I wasn't sure if Laddie was not working well or if the sound had changed as it warmed up. In years past, with the extreme heat, the sound had been a factor and it appeared that at that time of day, that was what was going on since the next few runs following us had similar problems.<br />
The next morning it was Lad who had the better time to run and we pushed and pulled each other around the course. We just haven't been able to get together this season to get a good score but we got around the course and finished, but with a non competitive score.<br />
This day the trial was ending with a shed pen single and Donnie had trouble with his single and never got it. Fortunately, around the course he was very good and he managed a 91 which hung in there to get him into the top 3 overall and let him run in the double lift the next morning.<br />
Hemp ran in the late afternoon and it was a similar run to the day before. Not so good at the start of the fetch but then he settled in and finished nicely with a 94 and was 6th for the day. I had to work a little harder to keep him in line but these nice dog broke Katahdins aren't really his kind of sheep. His overall score put him tied for first with Linda Fogt and her nice little, Jill bitch and earned him a spot in the double lift the next day.<br />
Scott ended the day with June and we were all hoping she'd win again, and her fetch was making it look like they could but Scott said he forgot that the sound dropped off down in the hollow before the drive gates. It only seems to happen when it warms up and most of the runs that day hadn't had the problem but as it warmed, it started to cause missed gates. The sheep got a little off line and Scott needed a flank to the comebye. June didn't hear it right and not only took an away, she couldn't hear his stop whistle. June is a fast little dog and before you knew it, she had headed the sheep and was bringing them back to Scott. Knowing there was no way of saving that run, he retired.<br />
So the next morning we had a double lift of Linda Fogt and Jill, Scott and Don and Me and Hemp.<br />
Linda ran first and made it look easy. Perfect turn back, nice lines with all panels made and finished her shed and pen. Scott started nice and Don was great on his turnback but the sheep were low and running on the crossdrive and 3 of them missed it. In the shed, Scott said he couldn't get any flow and never got going much on it so rather than continue to struggle and frustrate Don, he retired.<br />
Hemp and I ran last. I didn't expect much because like I said at the Bluegrass double lift, he has been injured since last August and other than the turn back in Kentucky, he hasn't heard it in a year, let alone had a chance to practice the international shed. (which he doesn't really "get" anyway, and unfortunately he had a broken foot during our shedding clinic). His first outrun was good but he was pushing hard and it was difficult controlling his aim. We missed the first fetch panels but fortunately, we missed them high so it put him in a good position to make a turn back and he went on the first command nicely. As he got higher up the terrace hill, I gave him a bend that he didn't take because he couldn't see the sheep and didn't believe me so he was too tight on his lift. He straightened out though to make his fetch panels. He was pretty much running them around the course but made his drive panels and then we attempted the shed. We got about halfway done before time was called but Hemp needs work on the concept of the shed so I was pretty much on my own. Since Scott retired, and it was obvious that Linda had won, it made Hemp the North Carolina State Reserve Champion. I was very proud of him.<br />
We moved on to the nursery class after that and Scott retired Skip on the crossdrive when he missed a couple of flanks. He was making sure he knew that he had done wrong so that Skip would be ready for the Open Ranch class that was following. Alice ran out on her first outurn and had the sheep run off before she got there. She regathered them up but the judge gave her a rerun. Her second run was better but she was wasn't stopping and Scott wasn't happy with her so he retired her. He's hoping he'll have a chance to work on her before the next trial so that she remembers what it means to stop. Ford stopped on his outrun and I decided to help him once and then he stopped short at the top. However, after that, he was alot better around the course and even opened up around the pen, but my timing was a little off and we had the sheep circle the pen anyway. We finally got them in, and he let me close the gate so I was much happier with him but it wasn't good enough to get a leg.<br />
In the open ranch, he stopped twice on the outrun and he needs to know we aren't playing that lazy game so I called him off. Scott substituted Bliss for Alice so that she wouldn't get to take advantage of Scott again. She ran very well and got second place in the class. Skippy had obviously learned his lesson from the nursery and ran well enough to win the class!<br />
We had one last dog to run, and that was Diane Pagel's Ben. Ben has been trialing a little bit to get experience this year so that when he has his main nursery year next year, he'll be ready. So we were very happy when Ben won his first trial in the Pro Novice!<br />
Next year is the 30th anniversary of the NC State Championship and they are already looking forward to it, and so are we!<br />
<u><b>Open 1</b></u> (66 dogs) <br />
1. Scott Glen and June 96<br />
2. Scott Glen and Don 92<br />
3. Jennifer Glen and Hemp 90<br />
4. Anita Young and Mitch 87<br />
5. Ken Arrendale and Mairi 87<br />
6. Tricia MacRae and Jim 87<br />
7. Vicky Wilcox and Pat 84<br />
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<u><b>Open 2</b></u> (70 dogs)<br />
1. Linda Fogt and Jill 102<br />
2. Dwight Parker and Craig 96<br />
3. Alasdair MacRae and Sweep 96<br />
4. Emily Falk and Spain 95<br />
5. Bruce Fogt and Wyn 95<br />
6. Jennifer Glen and Hemp 94<br />
7. Bob Washer and Clare 93<br />
8. Robin French and Bill 92<br />
9. Scott Glen and Don 91<br />
10. Bob Washer and Brigs 91<br />
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<u><b>Nursery 1</b></u> (8 dogs)<br />
1. Scott Glen and Alice<br />
2. Jennifer Glen and Ford<br />
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<u><b>Nursery 2</b></u> (13 dogs)<br />
1. Dee Penatzer and Floss 62<br />
2. Bruce Fogt and Kate 56<br />
3. Barry Zimmerman and Jip 52<br />
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<u><b>Open Ranch</b></u> (17 dogs)<br />
1. Scott Glen and Skip 79<br />
2. Scott Glen and Bliss 77<br />
3. Lauren Seabolt and Ben 66<br />
4. Charlie Hurt and Shep 63 <br />
5. Marianna Schreeder and Jane 58<br />
6. Dee Penazter and Floss 59<br />
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-77948268427536139792013-05-20T12:41:00.002-07:002013-05-20T12:41:55.347-07:00Bluegrass Classic 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again the Bluegrass and it's volunteers demonstrated why it is one of the premier trials of the country. We never miss this trial and I was so happy to hear announced at the handlers dinner that for the first time all the helpers were making plans for next year instead of thinking about not having it again. Top dogs and handlers come from all around, and this year, we even had a Welsh competitor, Nigel Watkins, a former judge of the Bluegrass, compete in addition to the usual handlers who come from as far as Oregon and us, of course, from Western Canada.<br />
The Bluegrass is great for seeing what our young dogs have under the hood. The underclass' field is quite a test and weeds out the men from the boys because of it's hill, small course and difficult sheep. Ford showed me he wasn't ready. He brought me sheep each time, which was oh, so brave for a dog who is afraid of them, but he wasn't competitive and the wheels started to fall off after 4 runs so I didn't run him his last two times. He was listening better but was starting his "not calling off" game after the pen when his sheep were to be exhausted. I decided this wasn't doing us any good so I didn't run him anymore and we will work a little while we are visiting friends this week before our next trial and we'll see if we can make any improvements.<br />
The other young dogs got better and better. Scott was a little peeved with Alice and her no stop but she actually did quite nice, making it into the top 10 in the nursery more than once. Skippy was very nice and over the 4 days of nursery, he put himself into contention for the overall nursery dog, but Scott didn't realize this and on the last day, he thought it would be easier not to run him so he could concentrate on June's run, so that took him out of the race. Erin improved every day and even got a leg in the nursery one day. Her top score in Pro Novice was pretty impressive when she got an 89 out of 90! Bliss won the first day of Open Ranch and then placed second the next day (to Jimmy Walker's nice dog) and won the overall!<br />
The open dogs pleased us too. June started everything off by getting a good score on the first day and late on the last day, we all held our breath hoping her second run would be good enough to get into the double lift on Sunday. She had a dramatic crossdrive panel and an audible cry was heard from the audience when she flanked and almost missed, then corrected and flew on the other flank to save the other side and finally a happy sigh when she pushed them through and finished with a good score.<br />
Don ran at a very difficult time on his first run. The sheep had tuned sour and runs around him weren't getting getting sheep around. When he lifted them, Scott tried to help him by whistling some commands but he realized that Don knew better what was happening up there and by following Scott's flanks, it was getting harder. Scott finally just gave him some walk up whistles and let Don bring them down the difficult fetch by himself and he did a great job and when he got them to Scott's feet they had a nice drive and finished the course nicely. It wasn't a a great score so his second run needed to have very few mistakes and it didn't. We were very excited when Don hung in there to get in the double lift on Sunday.<br />
Laddie didn't have a very good Bluegrass which is unusual for him. I found out when he finished his run on the first day, that he had picked up a little virus that a couple of our dogs had, and had very bad stomach cramps and diarrhea. It probably explained his multiple stops on the outrun, but he bravely did the rest of the course. I had a couple of handler's errors that unfortunately made things alot harder for Lad. Had I known he wasn't feeling well, I wouldn't have run him but it was only a 24 hour problem and he was good to run the second day. However, his handler's errors continued and when he drew tough sheep I tried to correct his line too soon and Laddie being the biddable boy he is, did what he was told and the sheep got back to the set out. He got them off the set out 4 more times, but the sheep had a taste for it now and got him beat. I had to call poor Laddie off and we both made the walk of shame down to the exhaust.<br />
Hemp blew me away this trial. Neutering him was obviously the best idea and he is now working like a charm. I've never had him work so nice but he's been getting better every trial and it was nice to walk to the post with some confidence. He ran early the first day and just trotted his sheep nicely down the fetch and around the drive. I wanted to turn around to Scott in the audience to say, "Are you seeing this?" It was like I was working some other magical dog and when I finished the shed I knew we had something special going - unfortunately, when we got to the pen, I think, as I started to get nervous about how well it was going, it translated to Hemp who was was pretty tired (remember he has been injured since August and is very out of shape) and he slid through his stop and missed 3 flanks so we didn't get a pen. It was no matter, and he finished the round in 7th place. His second run wasn't as perfect around the course but was still quite good and he had a dynamite shed and this time we penned and qualified for the double lift in 5th place overall! That night, at the handler's dinner, we found out he had won the "Top End" award which is given by the set out crew to the dog they think handled the top end the best. They said he walked on the most confident and courteous of all the dogs. I was so honored. Especially since this was the trial that caused me to neuter him after last year's lift when he left the sheep to try and breed the set out dog. It's a different solid minded dog that I walked to the post with this year and I am so excited to take him to the finals this year. He hasn't qualified since his nursery year because we usually get a few points at the start of the year and then when the bitches come in heat, he would fall apart. Not this year. Our fun ended there though. I knew the double lift would be difficult for him because with his injuries, he hasn't heard a turn back in over a year, let alone tried an International shed. He wasn't sure when I asked him to turn back and crossed over and I had to ask him a few times before he finally went back but I think it was good practice for him. It was very hot and his sheep were heavy and Hemp is out of shape so getting around the course was like pulling teeth but he had decent lines and made all his panels but at about 20 yrds from the shedding ring, Hemp had enough and gripped. I thought it might help us and the judge let it go but it didn't do much for motivating the sheep into moving, so Hemp tried again and this time, when he grabbed the sheep's hock, he was called off. It was ok though, I was so happy to get that far.<br />
June was nice around the course. She did need a second turnback whistle but then she took off and had nice lines. In the shedding ring, it was just starting to heat up and the sheep only wanted to graze. They got down to one sheep who just wouldn't leave, and one collared ewe, who was willing to take her place. Scott fought with them to the very end but didn't get the uncollared one dug out so no shed.<br />
Don was a star! Usually, the Bluegrass is won by someone who draws in the morning in the first second or third spot. Alasdair MacRae had drawn the coveted 3rd spot this time and he didn't waste it. He had to use two turn back whistles but the rest of the run was beautiful and his dog did a spectacular save in the shed. Scott and Don had their work cut out for them to run in the heat in the 9th spot and beat such a nice run, but they did it. Don did his best turnback ever and only needed his first whistle when he went back with confidence. They also had no points off their shed and no points off their pen to win the trial! Scott has won this trial twice before, once with Dan and once with Pleat but it meant alot for him to win it with Don because twice before he had almost won it with him but lost out to Don's mother Star, when Scott made a handler's error. This year, there was no handler's error and he was proud to win.<br />
Many thanks to everyone involved in the Bluegrass Classic. We appreciate you all and are so glad you will be back next year!<br />
Thank you to Alice Urquhart for the pictures! <br />
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-11292177507278640872013-05-12T11:18:00.000-07:002013-05-12T11:18:30.606-07:00Borders On Paradise 2013We are in Turbotville, Pennsylvania in the heart of Amish country and pre-civil war main streets, at a great trial put on by Dave Fetterman every year. The weather has been pleasant, not too hot and not too cold with only a few runs to be done in the rain. Unfortunately, I didn't get very many pictures as I have been battling an upper respiratory infection that just won't go away. When talk of pneumonia was brought up, Scott pretty much confined me to the camper and told me to sleep. I was feeling better on Saturday so I got some pictures on that day but today has a colder wind blowing so I didn't get to see much. Linda Tesdahl was our judge and the sheep were hair-ish crosses who never stop moving. They were mostly easy to pen, except for a few sets and were very difficult to shed, so we saw all kinds of desperate sheds and it made the clean sharp sheds all that more impressive.<br />
Scott ran Don early on Friday and things just didn't come together. He was never able to get his running sheep to settle so he only ended up with a score of 76.<br />
Laddie ran midday but just isn't himself. He's acting ok and it's likely just the fact that he's out of shape, but he just didn't try very hard to be right this weekend. In his first run, he pulled up very short, which many of the dogs were doing, but at his age, he should know better and I was unprepared for how very short he was going to be. He ended up pushing the sheep off the wrong way and really didn't try very hard to fix it. I finally got him to flank over to try to get onto the fetch line, but when he missed the panels, we retired. If he is still off when we get home, I'll run a blood panel on him, but like I said, he's acting well and he's never had a ton of motivation anyway so perhaps the fact that he was laid up for the winter with a shoulder injury and isn't in shape, is the reason he's not really performing.<br />
Hemp was wonderful. If his winter injuries and lack of fitness are bothering him, I can't see it. I have been very happy with him these past two trials and he is proving that the decision to neuter him was the right one. He even had a bitch in heat run right before him and he never cared at all. That is not the same Hemp who tried to breed the set out dog at the Bluegrass last year! He had one of the rare, deep outruns for the weekend and although a little fast on his fetch I settled him down and we had a nice drive but missed the hard to hit crossdrive panels. One missed attempt on the shed and we got an 80 and were in 8th place. <br />
Amanda Milliken with Monty and Bev Lambert with her young Joe surged to the lead with a tie score of 87 and it looked like there was going to be a run off, until June smoothed her way through her run (she did have one missed attempt on the shed) and beat them by one point with an 88!<br />
On Saturday we had some rain but even the real serious deluges didn't seem to affect the runs. Vicki Kidd had a horrible down pour while she was trying to hit the crossdrive panels and we were worried that her dog wasn't going to hear her but she pushed through and made them anyway.<br />
June ran in the morning and the sheep were challenging the dogs a little more on the top early in the day. They wanted back to set out and were willing to run over the dog to get there. Scott saw this and figured he'd be in trouble with June as long as they were running like that and sure enough, they tried to get around her and she gripped one and was DQ'd.<br />
Laddie ran midday again and he was a little better this time. I was ready for him to pull up short and gave him a couple of blow overs at the top. He felt ok around the course, but we missed the crossdrive panel and had a missed attempt at the shed, before we got it (I would like to say, when he did come in on the single, he was very committed to holding it and we've been working on that so I was pleased) and we only got a 70.<br />
Hemp was a little harder to hold on the second day but perhaps this was my fault. He's starting to accumulate points and it's looking like qualifying for the finals is within our reach (for the first time) so I'm probably tensing up. I've been running him for the joy of it and just working like we were at home but now it's starting to matter so I would guess I was just not treating him like the reliable work dog he is. I will try to relax more at the Bluegrass this week. We had another missed crossdrive but a great shed and got an 83 for 7th place.<br />
Scott and Don ran at the end of the day and did it as smooth as June did the day before.<br />
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He had a ewe challenge him around the post and when she wouldn't back down, he gave her a perfect nose hit and she behaved herself the rest of the time with only a little grouch in the shedding ring. It was going to take a pretty decent score to beat Amanda Milliken's 92 set in the early morning, and then Bev got a 93 with Joe but Donnie topped them with a 95 to win.<br />
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We ran the underclasses today and Scott and I are not feeling very good about our youngsters right now. Ford was the first dog to go to the post and was terrible. He stopped several times on his outrun and still came in flat on the top. I don't know where that stop went on his fetch because after his lift I never saw it again until he got the sheep to my feet. Oddly, even with no stop or square flanks, he was lucky to have a straight line and made his panels. He always settles down on his drive and listened well there. He did think about not flanking after making the drive away, but decided to go with it. His crossdrive was a little low and he was good about taking some flip floppy flanks in front of the panels and oddly, he was the only dog I had that made the crossdrive panels all weekend. He brought the sheep to the pen without taking a stop and they didn't go right in so some flanking was required. He was a little tight but we managed to put them in the mouth but on the gate. I had to move around to try and get them in and that excited Ford who pushed them out, singled one off and tried to grip it on the head (I know you are saying, Jenny, in the past you haven't been able to get him to grip and now you are complaining that he wants to grip) we got them back together, put them again in the mouth but at that point, I knew it was only going to be a one point pen so I wasn't worried when the timer went off as I was shutting the gate. I'm hoping the several runs at the Bluegrass will settle him down. Ford gets nervous and gets stupid, and in turn, this gets me nervous and mad.<br />
Scott ran Skippy but had to use it as a training exercise when he wasn't listening and wouldn't stop or bend so they retired.<br />
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Alice really wasn't that bad although she was a little fired up by the running sheep but she was unable to make her fetch panels and then couldn't get the sheep to line out on the drive. They ran back and forth too much when her excitement was making them touchy. So Scott retired her too.<br />
I missed Erin and Ben in the Pro-Novice but Scott said that Ben crossed over and then wouldn't take a comebye so he retired him. Ben is very young and is going to need another year to mature. He's a nice dog so Scott is making sure that when he messes up on the field, that he knows and understands it. It was important not to try to continue the run since the main thing is to build a dog for next year. He might even pull him from a couple of trials if he thinks it would be better for the dog. We'll see how he goes at the Bluegrass but we have high hopes for him next year and need to give him good experiences this year.<br />
The same goes for Erin - she did get out better on the uphill outrun, and only lost a couple on her lift but Scott was more concerned about her learning to take her flanks properly and stopping when she was told to worry about her lines at this point. He retired her at the pen when it wasn't going well but she did fine.<br />
Many thanks to Dave Fetterman for having us all to this fun trial and Jim and Joanne Murphy for doing all the clerical work and doing a little bit of everything, and a big thank you to the boys in the set out who did a great job holding difficult to stand sheep. <br />
Tomorrow we will head down to the Bluegrass in Lexington, Kentucky. I hear the weather is supposed to be in the low 80s all week, that could be very nice to run the dogs in and beat my cold!<br />
<u><b>OPEN 1 (79 dogs)</b></u><br />
1. Scott Glen and June 88<br />
2. Amanda Milliken and Monty 87<br />
3. Bev Lambert and Joe 87<br />
4. Amanda Milliken and Dorey 81<br />
5. Joyce Geier and Jim 81<br />
6. Lori Cunningham and Matt 81<br />
7. Ivan Weir and Jim 81<br />
8. Jennifer Glen and Hemp 80<br />
9. Carol Guy and Will 80<br />
10. Polly Matzinger and James 79<br />
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<u><b>OPEN 2 (78 dogs)</b></u><br />
1. Scott Glen and Don 95<br />
2. Bev Lambert and Joe 93<br />
3. Amanda Milliken and Monty 92<br />
4. Viki Kid and Macy 88<br />
5. Jeanine VanDerMerwe and Sam 88<br />
6. Barb Klein and Crista 85<br />
7. Jennifer Glen and Hemp 83<br />
8. Tommy Wilson and Roy 83<br />
9. Joe Evans and Mist 82<br />
10. Bev Lambert and Nan 82<br />
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Ranch and Nursery were the same run but not all dogs were entered in both classes so the placings are different.<br />
<u><b>Nursery (14 dogs) </b></u><br />
1. Bev Lambert and Rose 78<br />
2. Amanda Milliken and Howell 70<br />
3. Amanda Milliken and Feist 65<br />
4. Viki Kidd and Reed 55<br />
5. Barb Klein and Craig 55<br />
6. Lori Cunningham and Anna 52<br />
7. Jennifer Glen and Ford 49<br />
8. Joanne Murphy and Gil 42<br />
9. Sue Schoen and Rue 37<br />
10. Tom Hoeber and Quinn 30<br />
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<u><b>OPEN RANCH (15 dogs)</b></u><br />
1. Pam Davies and Jet 74<br />
2. Fran Sharon and Liz 71<br />
3. Mary Thompson and Paris 66<br />
4. Amanda Milliken and Feist 65<br />
5. Jim Murphy and Hemp 54<br />
6. Jennifer Glen and Ford 49<br />
7. Sandra Meilhan and Troy 46<br />
8. Nancy Liptak and Rusty 44<br />
9. Joanne Murphy and Gil 42<br />
10. Linda Fossetta and Murk 39<br />
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<u><b>PRO NOVICE (24 dogs)</b></u><br />
1. Gene Sheniger and Ket 63<br />
2. Barb Leverett and Bob 60<br />
3. Renee Billadeau and Tally 58<br />
4. Joyce Geier and Jack 56<br />
5. Lori Cunningham and Anna 55<br />
6. Jim Murphy and Speed 50<br />
7. Linda Clark and Lyn 44<br />
8. Pam Davies and Ben 44<br />
9. Linda Clark and Meg 41<br />
10. Megan Quigley and Dot 40<br />
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Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-26628000315859448262013-04-28T18:47:00.000-07:002013-04-28T18:47:36.238-07:00Stirling Acres Trial - Open and Nursery Day TwoDay Two was overcast, and cool with the same heavy winds that remind us of home.<br />
June ran first in the open and really did well. She smoothed out today and other than Scott turning the drive away panel just a little short, she had a wonderful run. Despite that, she scored a 90 and placed 5th.<br />
Hemp was also nice today. His fetch improved and he held a nice line until his crossdrive. I expected he would do his normal line once I placed him on it so I looked over to the panels to assess our position on the line and when I looked back, he was wandering around off the line. It hurt us with the loss of the points and we ended up in 7th place with an 88.<br />
Donnie looked wonderful. There wasn't anything that needed changing with his run, EXCEPT, Scott misjudged the crossdrive panel and missed it high. The rest of the run was very nice and they scored a 92 and placed 3rd.<br />
Laddie was also good today and had a fetch that was dead on with almost no help from me. However, on his drive away, I assumed he'd take his usual short flank after we made the panels and I blew him around to start the crossdrive, but I was wrong and he took a big fast one that put them back through the panels. This hurt very badly and we lost 12 points on the drive, dropping us to 14th place and got an 82.<br />
George Stambulic and Kate (Pleat daughter - Bliss' mother) handily won the class with the high score of 94!<br />
The wind really picked up for the nursery class but it didn't really affect their hearing. Skippy ran well and placed 3rd, getting his first nursery leg.<br />
Louanne Twa's Gus<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Louanne Twa's Gus, a son of Scott's Don was second in the nursery class</span></i></span></td></tr>
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(Don son, Alice littermate) got his first leg with second place and Alice won the class getting her qualifying leg for the Nationals.<br />
Erin had a much better run today and placed 4th, just out of the points, and Scott used the run to help Ben learn how to lift off a stranger and walked up the field to help him.<br />
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Ford was antsy in the blind and charged hard on the fetch, not backing off when I told him. He had to be told to stop walk, stop flank and had no smoothness. <br />
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His drive away and crossdrive were fine but after he made his crossdrive panels, he wouldn't take his comebye flank to bring them back to me. Some people felt the wind caused him not to hear me but if that was so, he was the only dog of 13 dogs that had that problem. Because yesterday, he had taken the wrong flank on both drive panels after making them, I believe that he felt an uncomfortable pressure and didn't want to take it. I finally got him to start the flank but then he pulled out and drove them up the field so I walked off and made him behave.<br />
Many thanks to Lee Lumb and Brian Revel (and Carly) for a great and beautiful trial!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Our host, Lee Lumb and her 14 1/2 year old Shay keep an eye on the trial</span></i></span></td></tr>
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We loved it!<br />
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<u><b>Open II</b></u> (44 dogs) <br />
1. George Stambulic and Kate 94<br />
2. Thad Buckler and Nic 93<br />
3. Scott Glen and Don 92<br />
4. Carol Nelson and Zip 92<br />
5. Scott Glen and June 90<br />
6. Lee Lumb and Cass 89<br />
7. Jennifer Glen and Hemp 88<br />
8. George Stambulic and Nan 87<br />
9. Bob Stephens and Pete 84<br />
10. Charmane Henderson and Reo 83<br />
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Overall Open: Scott Glen and Don <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Don's overall Open buckle and ribbon donated by the Schweb family.</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<u><b>Nursery II</b></u> (13 dogs)<br />
1. Scott Glen and Alice<br />
2. Louanne Twa and Gus<br />
3. Scott Glen and Skip<br />
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Overall Nursery: Carol Nelson and TikiJenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-69624597467960505042013-04-27T22:01:00.001-07:002013-04-27T22:01:25.542-07:00Stirling Acres Trial - Open and NurseryOK, now that I actually have the name of the trial right (it's IN Coldstream, but AT Stirling Acres), we can talk about the open trial! Scott and I both decided to send our dogs to the right today into the water. Donnie was the first of ours to go and charged out well to the right, when he hit the water, his little legs pumped through it and shooed off the geese bathing there. Not bothered at all, he went to the top, had a good lift and a good fetch. His drive away was was good but on the crossdrive, even though he was direct and moving them nicely, they split into two and two. Donnie did an incredible job of working the front two to get through the panel and then getting the back two. Back and forth, back and forth and only lost 7 on his drive. Obviously, the shed was easy (although it was one of the few) and then a good pen. Even with the difficult drive, Donnie placed 4th today.<br />
Because of Donnie's nice geese clearing, Laddie had it easier but he went right into the water and pretty much had to swim/slog through it so that when he got to the top he was exhausted (remember he's out of shape because he was injured all winter). He felt like an old dog moving around the course. He needed one blow over the top to get a little deeper - he was a little lost in the water, and he took it nicely and had a good fetch. A little bobble on the drive away and one of the few really good crossdrives (most people were very low). Unfortunately, I guessed too low on the 3rd leg and lost some points there. In the shedding ring, the tricky sheep got the best of me and I didn't set it up right, getting two missed attempts before getting it and then doing an easy pen. He was 13th place.<br />
June went out to the right and didn't really get bogged down in the moat, but I don't think those nice lesson sheep had ever seen anything with her energy before and they took off like a shot! <br />
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Her fetch and drive were good despite them but she was hesitant to come in on Scott's running shed and had two missed attempts before getting it done and then putting them in the pen. Still, she finished in 7th place.<br />
I decided to send Hemp left since I didn't need to aggravate his winter injury in the water, and I needed him to save energy since he is in worse shape than Laddie. He did well on the outrun and lift but surprised me on the fetch by not being straight on his own. I was hoping he would fix it on his own, since asking him to flank on these touchy sheep was dangerous. I waited too long for him to fix it and we missed the fetch panels. Shortly after, we got it nicely under control and had a nice drive with another really good crossdrive. I had the sheep a little better figured out in the shed,<br />
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and of course, Hemp is better at coming in anyway, and he had nothing off with a perfect pen. He placed 16th.<br />
Next was the nursery. They brought the outrun back in to the pro novice set out and moved in the crossdrive panels but left the long drive away.<br />
Skippy had a great outrun and lift but on the fetch it was becoming obvious that his sheep were going to try to split up like they did with Don. It got bad on the crossdrive and Skippy didn't understand how to fix it so Scott retired so he could help him.<br />
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Ben was next and had a nice outrun but was a little worried about the set out person so Scott retired to help him, but he had a very nice fetch after that. He'll get some more training with a set out person next week so hopefully his next few trials will go better.<br />
Erin was good at the top but in trying to be good, she was often far off her sheep and concerned about them. Scott retired with her to help her build her confidence.<br />
Ford and I were next. All in all, he wasn't bad but he had some mistakes that need work. He had a good outrun to the left, and came in on a nice lift, but as expected, he was charging them a little too fast so I chewed him out to settle him down and flanked him too late to make the panels. Once he was at my feet, he had a good drive away with a little bobble in front of the panels but still made them and had a nice turn and start on the crossdrive. I tried to open his inside flank by asking him to that'll do towards me, but I was in the wrong position, and it caused him to spin instead and after making the crossdrive panels, he took a wrong flank and had to make a very big turn once I set him straight. He did a nice job with his pen. I ran him a little scared today and I vow to settle down and run him bravely tomorrow.<br />
Alice was the star of our kennel and even though the first leg was so obviously already won by Carol Nelson and Tiki, Alice was second best and got second place, getting her first leg towards the nationals!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Alice on the fetch</span></i></span></td></tr>
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Her littermate, Louanne's Gus also looked very good and it's just a matter of time before his confidence is up enough to get his own final's legs.<br />
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<u><b>Open I</b></u> (44 dogs)<br />
1. Jennifer Macdonell and Deisel 93 (won in a run off)<br />
2. Lee Lumb and Nan 93<br />
3. Carol Nelson and Taff 91<br />
4. Scott Glen and Don 89<br />
5. Chris Hanson and Teak 87<br />
6. Carol Nelson and Zip 87<br />
7. Scott Glen and June 86<br />
8. Lynne Schweb and Dex 86<br />
9. Lee Lumb and Cass 86<br />
10. Thad Buckler and Nick 82<br />
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<u><b>Nursery I</b></u> (13 dogs)<br />
1. Carol Nelson and Tiki<br />
2. Scott Glen and AliceJenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-8035932068251242872013-04-26T20:42:00.000-07:002013-04-26T20:42:48.651-07:00Coldstream Trial - Pro NoviceAfter a long cold winter, Western Canadians wake up from their hibernation to see what their dogs are doing at the Coldstream trial at Lee Lumb's beautiful farm in BC. It's warm and green and we run on farm flock, hair sheep on a flat field. The left hand outrun has a draw for the sheep near the top, which caused a few dogs to pull up short, and the right hand outrun has alot of water - ALOT of water that several geese were bathing in and it slogged the dogs down on their path. Today's judging was done by Chris Hanson, and assuming her flight finally gets in tonight (it was canceled at first), tomorrow's runs of Open and Nursery, will be Vicki Kidd.<br />
Because of the large entry (a good problem to have in Western Canada where we rarely fill trials) you could run Pro Novice or Nursery but not both. Today's Pro Novice had 34 dogs. The sheep were hard to settle at the top so there were alot of free bees on the lifts but after that, the sheep were great. Both of Bliss' runs were nice and Scott was happy with her and she placed 5th in her first run and 7th in her second run. <br />
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The first round was won by Bliss' littermate, Penny Ohanjanian's Druid, a son of Scott's Don and George Stambulic's Kate (a daughter of Scott's Pleat).<br />
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<u>Pro Novice</u> I (34 dogs)<br />
1. Penny Ohanjanian and Druid 83<br />
2. Pam Boring and Bob 83<br />
3. Gord Lazzarotto and Oakley 81<br />
4. Lee Lumb and Rando<br />
5. Scott Glen and Bliss 77<br />
6. Jennifer MacDonnell and Boomer 75<br />
7. , 8. Lee Lumb and Gus 74<br />
Wayne Roberts and Rex 74<br />
9. Louanne Twa and Craig 71<br />
10., 11. Gord Lazzaroto and Chica 70<br />
Lynne Schweb and Toss 70<br />
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<u>Pro Novice II</u> (34 dogs)<br />
1. Lee Lumb and Gus 86<br />
2. Lynne Schweb and Toss 79<br />
3. Doe Shires and Dottie 78<br />
4. Sue Wessles and Skid 77<br />
5. Louanne Twa and Craig 76<br />
6. Wayne Roberts and Rex 75<br />
7. Scott Glen and Bliss 75<br />
8. Gord Lazzaroto and Oakley 72<br />
9., 10. Doe Shires and Hawk 71<br />
Pam Boring and Bob 71Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-81010838395546689142013-04-11T16:13:00.000-07:002013-04-11T16:13:41.535-07:00CWS AliceScott's second nursery dog this year is, Alice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>CWS Alice owned by Alta-Pete Stockdogs</i></span></span></td></tr>
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Alice was born in November of 2011 so she will actually be nursery next year too. This year will be a practice year, but she has shown a maturity that might make her competitive.<br />
Her mother is Wendy Schmaltz's Gin (2010 All Around Stockdog) who is a daughter of Ian Zoerb's tough bitch, Gyp and Denis Nagel's Finn. Finn was a son of Milton Scott's Sue and Scott's Alta-Pete Dan going back to Scott's original Sweep.<br />
Alice's father is Scott's Don (2011 Canadian Champion, 2010 USBCHA Nursery Champion) who is a son of the three time USBCHA National champion, Star.<br />
We were very excited about this breeding and the first time this cross was done, we got Mikey who we were impressed with enough to get Alice out of the second breeding.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Alice working this Spring at Alta-Pete Farm</i></span></span></td></tr>
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There are a few other dogs in this cross from both litters, Wendy's, Kelly and Kye,(the father to my 7 month old pup, Try), Brian Nelson's, Jake, and Louanne Twa's, Gus, who are also looking good and will be starting in nursery this year.<br />
A dog with an early interest in working is no guarantee of greatness, but it was nice to see that at the mere age of 8 weeks, Alice was not only interested in working sheep, she was balancing them to a handler. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Alice eying up sheep at 8 weeks old</span></i></span></td></tr>
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Her interest only grew and as she started to mature, Scott put more and more time on to her and she absorbed the training like a sponge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Alice</span></i></span></td></tr>
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We are looking forward to watching her develop in her first nursery year and her first trial will be Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in BC, in just a few weeks.Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-25292062842898706642013-03-24T15:23:00.000-07:002013-03-24T19:53:37.167-07:00SkipScott's main nursery dog for this year is Skip.<br />
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Skip was born in January of 2011 and is a smooth coated male. He was bred by Doug Brewer and is out of his Imp. Taff and Imp Tess. Taff came from Wales and goes back to Ceri Rundle's Bwlch Hemp, Aled Owen's Welsh National Champion, Ben and Paul Turnbull's English National Champion Nap.<br />
Skippy's mother is also from Wales and goes back to Jim Croppers's English National Champion, Cap, Butchers's Mac and Bobby Dalziel's International Champion, Wisp and his Scottish National Champion, Dot.<br />
Skip was well started in Tennessee by Bob Ford and trialed once in a pro-novice class when he was 16 months. We were happy to get the chance to buy him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Skip working at Alta-Pete Farm</span></i></span></td></tr>
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Skippy's first nursery trial will be at the end of April in British Colombia at Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Skippy</span></span></i></td></tr>
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Scott plans on running Skip on the difficult sheep at the Canadian Nurseries this year, and if he can get qualified, he'll take him to the USBCHA Nursery Nationals. Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-38748681942344752282013-03-20T21:57:00.000-07:002013-03-20T22:03:28.902-07:00Heppner 2013Scott took June and Don down to the St. Patrick's day trial at Heppner, OR last weekend. This year the trial was so popular that they had to do a draw for each day. Don drew up for both days, but June only ran on Saturday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Photo of Scott and June by Diane Pagel</i></span></td></tr>
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The judge was Anne Mock.<br />
They were on a new field and June was wide on her outrun (apparently several dogs did that) so once Scott got her pulled in, he fetched his sheep down and did one leg of the drive and then retired her to save the trial some time.<br />
Don's run was taped on Saturday by Dave Imas (many thanks, Dave) and you can watch it <a href="http://vimeo.com/62276875" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
Sunday, they did much better and although Don still needed two whistles to help him find his sheep, he did well enough after that to win the day and have a combined score that won the overall!<br />
I'm afraid I don't have very many scores for you from this year. I know that Lora Withnell and Bella won the day on Saturday, but I don't have any other final scores for that day - I do have Sunday (with thanks to Karen Mahoney)<br />
<u>Open Sunday</u> (52 dogs)<br />
1. Glen and Don 88<br />
2. Williams and Lad 82<br />
3. Ruben and Vangie 81<br />
4. Haynes and Keally 78<br />
5. Clawson and Tell 78<br />
6. Imas and Tip 78<br />
7. Johnston and Anna 76<br />
8. Lumb and Jeb 74<br />
9. Clawson and Estie 68<br />
10. Shannahan and Riggs 68Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-11657587882057720792013-03-06T21:49:00.002-08:002013-03-07T07:01:54.821-08:00Plans...2013 is here and with it, we set our sights on our next trial season. However, before we can look forward, we need to look backward. Don was a strong number one dog for Scott last year and will continue to be his main dog this year.<br />
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Don won several trials last year including the Happy Hollow Trial in Missouri, the Wild Rose Trial in Alberta and the double lift of the Hilltop Trial in Saskatchewan. In addition, he won a day at Soldier Hollow, took home the silver medal in the double lift, and won the Alberta Finals. Although, Don has won several double lift trials, he often struggles with his turn back. This winter, Scott has been concentrating on teaching Don to enjoy it and has seen some positive changes in his attitude about it.<br />
June had a great first year in open in 2012. In her first open, at Heppner, Oregon, she won the overall, and went on to make the double lifts at the Kentucky Bluegrass and the North Carolina Championships.<br />
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She finished her year by winning the semi finals at the USBCHA Nationals, beating her father by a half of a point. This winter, June hasn't been working much because she had a litter of pups. She just started back a couple of weeks ago and seems to be picking up where she left off. Getting her fit will be Scott's biggest challenge before he heads down south to Heppner again for their St. Patrick's day trial in a couple of weeks.<br />
Scott has a few nursery dogs that I will profile in the next few weeks with our Skip likely being one of the main ones for this year. The other three, our Alice, Diane Pagel's Ben and Cy Peterson's Erin are all two year nursery dogs, with this being their first year. At this point, Alice is probably in second spot but that can change as we get closer to trial time.<br />
Lad and I had a decent year last year, but our sheds hurt us the most. He had a winning run going in the second round of the Bluegrass and was poised to make the double lift when I called him in and he took a little too long to lock onto his single, which in turn allowed us to get in a bad situation that ended up with sheep in the spectators laps and no score. It happened again at Soldier Hollow, with another huge run, although this time, it was my fault for putting too much pressure on the sheep in the shed and ending up losing them again over the fence. He managed to be 4th in the Hilltop Classic Double lift but with an incomplete international shed. At the nationals, he had a nice first round and made it into the semi's but we were prevented in advancing by Laddie getting lost on the outrun and his refusal to hold a single.<br />
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So you say, obviously, our homework for this winter would be to work on our shedding. I agree with you but we have been battling a shoulder lameness for the last month, that seems to be aggravated by shedding. With only about 6 weeks left before his first trial, it is hard to not only practice his sheds, but keep him in shape. Slight panic is setting in as he is now 8 yrs old and it is more important than ever to have him in top shape before competing.<br />
Hemp had a great year last year whenever we didn't have bitches in heat. He started the season strong by getting a perfect outrun, lift and fetch at the Happy Hollow trial but things went down hill from there as the girls started to cycle. By the time we got to the Bluegrass, he was just horrible and I retired his runs both days. Towards the end of the summer, he again settled down and was 5th in the double lift of the Hilltop classic.<br />
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He was invited to compete at Soldier Hollow, but unfortunately, broke one of his front feet, chipping off 3 pieces of bone. Shortly after that had healed, I neutered him in the hopes of having a better season in 2013, and things were looking really good when he again broke a foot, this time in the rear and again had to be laid up. After almost 6 months of bed rest with both feet being broken and a neuter recovery, Hemp was horribly out of shape. BUT, just as things were looking up, they started to go bad again with a lameness in his rear leg, that seems to be a tightening of a muscle after work. He is not on total bed rest as he doesn't see it to be a problem and walks it out within a few minutes. Strength building and short runs are the plan and continuing to help with lambing is keeping his working skills sharp.<br />
So with no open dogs this year (to speak of) one would think that Ford, my nursery dog, would be the man, but Ford and I have had many battles this winter. It's been a long time since I have had a nursery dog and I forget that the struggles that seem to be impossible to overcome, end up as distant memories when the dog reaches the ripe old age of 4. For right now though, they are ever present.<br />
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Scott has helped me alot this winter and the mantra he has repeated to me often seems to be the phrase I need to remember. He has told me, "Ford may not be your best nursery dog, but he is your best dog." I feel so not ready going into this nursery year with a dog that isn't as broke as Lad and Hemp were at that age. However, I see a light at the end of the tunnel, and I feel we are just around the corner from getting it right.<br />
So, where are we going this year?<br />
First, Scott will be off to the Heppner, St. Patrick's day trial while I hold down the fort and finish lambing. This is a tough little trial in Oregon with challenging sheep and usually challenging Spring weather. This year they will be on a different field so even the newcomers will have it even. Scott has only a few points right now, and I have none. With the finals in the East this year, it is expected that we will need to do well at every trial in order to make it in. With my open dog's lamnesses holding them back from preparation, I'm going to try and trial for the fun of it. A novel idea for me. Lets see if I can keep my chin up. If I can get Ford qualified for the nurseries, we can concentrate on training and preparing him for his first finals.<br />
Next, we hope to get into Lee Lumb's Stirling Acres trial in BC the last weekend of April. This is a little trial (distance wise) with a 300 yrd outrun in open, but the competition should be difficult since it is a popular trial with a farm flock of hair sheep. Scores should be high and we will have to be on our toes to get points. This will be an important trial for us to see where the nursery dog's heads are at. It will be a first trial for most of them and we will be able to see their holes that need repairing.<br />
We were thinking of rushing off to a trial in Utah next but we have decided to stick with what worked for us last year. We will instead high tail it off to Thad Flemming's in Missouri to clean up any mistakes the dogs, especially the nursery dogs, are doing after their first trial. We'll spend about 5 days there on a private field getting the dogs re ready for the next trial. Conveniently, we will be there at the same time as the Cattle Dog Nationals are being held at the Flemming's family farm and we will get to see some of that competition for the first time.<br />
After Missouri, we will head down to Pennsylvania and hopefully, catch a day of training with Lori Cunningham, before heading to Dave Fetterman's trial a half hour away. This trial is alot of fun and Dave is planning on accepting more entries this year so it will be an important place to pick up some more points.<br />
Immediately after Pennsylvania we will hit the Bluegrass. This is the place to showcase the nursery dogs and really get points on the open dogs. (Scott get points - I'm just having fun, right?) I'm a little nervous about Ford since I had to pull him last year after the sheep were too much for him. I'm hoping his new found confidence continues through the trial. We both have to learn to trust each other.<br />
We will move on to Dr. Ben Ousley's trial after that and have some fun on a smaller field. This is a good family trial with lots of entries, but it is often very hot and presents challenges because.<br />
After, we continue on the road, Scott will be mostly teaching clinic's for the next month with the exception of a 3 day nursery trial in NY at Fetch Gate Farm.<br />
On our way home, we will be attending the Jim Bridger trial in Wyoming before landing at the Wild Rose Trial in Alberta, about 4 hours from home in July. We haven't decided if we are going to go point hunting at any other trials in July yet. It will depend on how many we (Scott) have. <br />
August starts the points for next year, but there is no pause for us so it still feels like a continuation. We plan to hit Jamie VanRhyn's trial in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan and the Canadians at Wendy Schmaltz's a few hours from there. Then we make a quick trip down to Soldier Hollow, before returning home to prepare for the finals.<br />
So that is the plan. Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-10107548959690932262012-11-20T20:48:00.001-08:002012-11-20T20:48:41.596-08:00Away To Me - Trailer and DVDIt's almost ready!<br />
Away To Me, the documentary about sheepdog trialing is about 10 days away from being ready to purchase.<br />
I saw this movie at a screening in August and really enjoyed it - read my review <a href="http://altapetestockdogs2.blogspot.ca/2012/08/away-to-me-film.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">HERE</span></a>.<br />
The DVD's are going to be only $19.95 USD plus shipping and handling.<br />
They have included bonus material of Bill Berhow's full winning run with commentary by Bill and the judge, Bob Washer.<br />
The website is in the middle of a makeover for the next two days but check it out at<br />
<a href="http://www.sheepdogmovie.com/"><span style="color: #274e13;">www.sheepdogmovie.com</span></a> and drop in at their facebook page for more information.<br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/52766111?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&badge=0" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/52766111">Trailer.mov</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6191053">Andrew Hadra</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-5712382235387741582012-11-06T19:31:00.000-08:002012-11-06T20:13:30.167-08:00Why You Need To Buy The 2012 National Finals DVD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The DVDs of the 2012 National Finals are now for sale. This year they have a few different choices. You can order your individual runs, just the semis, just the finals or the whole thing. The prelim runs were taped by Geri Byrne and the semis and finals are the same as the web cast, minus the interviews. <br />
We just put our order in. I've said before that I think broadcasting and, in turn, producing dvds of the Nationals is a very important thing. First off, it is a way to preserve our breed. The finals always used to be video taped by Rural Route Video's, Martin Penfold, who also went across the pond and video taped the Internationals. After I got Laddie, I was able to buy the 1994 International and see his grandfather take reserve champion. I also saw Johnny Wilson's Spot win it and was able to see the striking resemblance to several of his great grandpups that Scott had trained. He is also my Hemp's great, great grandfather. I wish someone had taped back when Tommy Wilson's Roy was running so I could see Ford's great great grandfather. Not only is it a neat experience to see these great dogs and compare them to their descendants but I also think it is an invaluable part of preserving the history of our breed.<br />
Rural Route quit filming the year that Scott won the Nationals with Pleat (2004) and I have no visual record of that victory - not even any photographs but I love the fact that I will have a copy of June's semi finals win this year at 3 years old.<br />
The other thing I like about the taping of the finals is so that I (ie Scott) can critique my run. Usually, when someone offers to tape my runs it is a curse. The run ends up being so bad that there is nothing to learn from it. A crossover, a grip or just plain old never getting to the sheep. People ask if I want to see what they taped and I say, "NO. Why do I want to relive that 30 seconds of torture?" This year, my semi finals wasn't good, but had things I could learn from and I really want to see it again. I thought it was Laddie's fault. Scott had a different opinion. It's important for my growth as a handler to find out exactly what happened. I learned so much by Scott going over my Carbondale run last year. I think it made a huge difference in how I handle the Western sheep now.<br />
I am lucky to get to go to the finals every year. I get to see the other handlers and dogs and have my own opinion on what I like. If I was at home, I would consider the webcast a great way to help me choose a dog I might breed to or buy a pup out of, and help me choose a clinician based on how they handle their dogs and how their dogs respond. <br />
The general consensus with the webcast was that people wanted it to be free. The USBCHA helped fund this year's "free" webcast so we could all enjoy it. Part of how they are going to recoup that money will be based on how many dvds they sell. It will also be a major factor in their decision to film it again next year. I urge you to support them and buy a dvd of this year's finals. (a good Christmas gift!) Put it on your shelf. You never know when you might want to see those dogs again.<br />
To order, go <a href="http://www.bcollies.com/videos.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;">HERE</span></span></a>!<br />
<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8252619242455238934.post-75290124763066225202012-09-30T16:42:00.001-07:002012-09-30T16:42:32.104-07:002012 USBCHA National FinalsWhew! Well I'm glad that's over. We had a wonderful time and the local trial hosts were great! But that is no surprise to anyone who has been to a finals at Klamath Falls. The biggest thanks go to the woman at the top, Geri Byrne, who picks good people to help, and her right hand gal, Lana Rowley who never stops working and her whole family - right down to her young son James who sorted sheep at the top all week (really, James? <u>That's</u> the set you gave Scott this afternoon? Remember we talked about putting the collars on the lazy sheep? What did I pay you for?)<br />
The double lift this year was broadcast on a live streaming so I hoped you watched. I always think it is important that everyone have a chance to see what is happening at a finals and how the dogs perform even if you are too far to go. Just looking at stats on a page doesn't always tell you the real story.<br />
In the double lift, it was very important to draw up early. It was so dramatically cooler in the morning and that affected everything - how the sheep behaved, how the sound traveled and how much you could ask your dog to do. I'd like to say that since June drew one of those coveted spots, that she won the trial but she didn't. It was a little over her 3 year old head, but she behaved admirably. June's sheep (and a few other runs had the same problem) drifted so far away while she was busy picking up her second set of sheep, that when she was ready to pick them up again, she had another 300 yard outrun to do so. While she was regathering her first set, (on her third outrun) her second set found the water by the judges tent. June got them all together and slid into the water, right under their noses to get a dip.<br />
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Several sheep tried to join her and I have to say I am proud of her for not gripping them and getting called off. When Scott asked her to get out of the water and move the sheep along, she did with no fear or temper grips. <br />
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Unfortunately, that restraint wasn't rewarded when she was called off in the shedding ring for defending herself when a grumpy ewe tried to hit her. One judge felt it was good dog work and did leave her on but the other three judges quit scoring her so the points were only a lowly 93. That's why the live streaming video was so good to have. Without it, you only see a 93. With it, you saw heart and drive that you can't see in her score. We are proud of her and she can certainly chalk this trial up to a learning experience.<br />
If only... If only... Donnie had drawn up in the morning. But that's dog trialing. Donnie's experience would have really helped him do well if he hadn't had to run in the heat. It wasn't that Don got overly hot. Quite the opposite actually, his stamina was far better than I ever knew. <br />
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It was that the hearing on the field with the second set of sheep just went to pot in the afternoon. More than one dog was lost and straining to hear their handler's commands to no avail. This happened to Don also. Scott set him up for a wonderful swallow tail turnback that he took like a good thing, and he bent hard to the left the way he should. But going back blind, he needed just one directional bend and when it was time to get it, he was already too far into the no sound zone for him to hear it. Scott spent alot of time and points trying to communicate to him where they were. He finally found them but when they pulled hard to the handler's left (they were very determined to get to the nursery exhaust which was in the same field and where alot of them had already been - knowing it was a place of water, shade and no dogs) he couldn't hear Scott well enough to get where he needed to be to make that dog leg fetch. The line was terrible but he did his job and got them to Scott anyway. The drive was amazing. Donnie never took a break to go to water during the entire run, even after all of that but never looked too winded on the drive. It was smooth and they were quiet and calm sheep that walked into the shedding ring, with less than 3 minutes to get the shed. That's just not enough time and so that was all she wrote. I have to say, I'm Donnie's biggest fan and with the obvious exception of Scott, I know him better than anyone, and he impressed me even more by how deep he dug within himself to do his job today.<br />
I hope Klamath Falls invites us all back in a few years when they have recovered from this one and we'll now be setting our sights on Virginia for the 2013 Nationals!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">See ya next year!</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<br />Jenny Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com5