Herding
Wednesday, March 15th
IMPORTANT NOTICE! THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ALL-BREED, MALINOIS PREFERRED TRIAL, ON TUESDAY MARCH 14!
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Entry Form: 14th All-Breed
Entry Form: 15th All-Breed
Entry Form: 15th Mal Only
Join us for a surprise bonus day of herding at 2nd Wind Farms! Earn several qualifying legs and perhaps even finish a title at our National. Entries for the Tuesday trial will be limited to 50 dogs. Mark your calendars now and plan to enter on our opening date: January 2, 2006. The Judge for Tuesday will be Sharon Anderson. We are very fortunate to have Sue Haase judging the All Breed portion of our trial on Wednesday, March 15. A big thanks to Sue for sharing her expertise!
We'll conduct our Herding Trial at a brand new facility known as Second Wind Farm.
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This site was recently constructed on the beautiful acreage of Karen and Thomas Poplawski. This site is located in Valley Falls, KS, just 45 miles from Lawrence. This is an open air livestock facility with 2 arenas on 82 acres.
Jane Rothert is our very knowledgable, hard working Herding Chair. We are so lucky to have someone with Jane's level of expertise!
We'll start with a Malinois-preferred All-Breed Herding Trial in the morning. Following 1/2 hour after last run in All-Breed Trial, there will be a Malinois-only herding trial, Judge: Cappy Pruett. Both trials will be A course, sheep. Classes offered at both trials will be HT, PT, HS, HI, HX.
There will be no Instinct Test offered at either trial. Following the Malinois-only trial, we have tentatively scheduled an Introduction to Stock/Herding Seminar. Details to be worked out.
Sharon Anderson writes:
"I started in Belgians in 1987 and got into herding around 1995. Originally I had just 7 sheep but now have around 60 and a 37 acre farm where I have hosted herding trials and clinics. About 5 years ago I was elected the President of the American Herding Breed Association (AHBA) and last year was appointed the chairperson of the American Belgian Tervuren Herding Committee. Herding is a wonderful sport and, in my opinion, the dogs that do the best are those that are allowed to work. We do our dogs a disservice when we make them mechanical, and it's a disservice to the herding community when mechanical performances are rewarded with high scores. Let the dogs work!"
Cappy Pruett grew up around cattle and horses. In 1986 he purchased his first registered Australian Cattle Dog which went on to earn his AKC Dual Championship. For the past 20 years, Cappy has been trialling at most herding venues, judging AKC and AHBA, and giving all-breed herding clinics. He currently owns or co-owns ACDs, Kelpies, border collies, an Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog, and a Belgian Tervuren.
