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Fall Trial A Big Success
The Club held its second Annual Fall Sheepdog Trial the weekend of October 25 - 26, 2008. The Fall Trial was a big success.
Here Robin Penland Elliott displays her High in Trial and Reserve High in Trial Awards from "B" Course from Saturday with Judge Steve Waltenburg.
Full results are available here.
A more complete story on the Fall Trial is available here.
The results and article can also be accessed by clinking on the tabs above.
Karen Moureaux took a number of photos on Saturday which can be viewed by clicking here.
Yoko Submits Her Job Application
Stockdog Ranch to Host Novice/Novice Trial
in Valley Center on November 22
Anna Guthrie and Stockdog Ranch have decided to host a USBCHA style Novice/Novice Trial at Stockdog Ranch in Valley Center, near San Diego. Novice/Novice trials don't come around very often in Southern California (Terri Pelkey is also having one on Friday January 9) so this is a great opportunity to work your Novice dog in a trial setting. The trial will be a "Fun Trial" so if things go wrong - and they often do in a Novice trial - you can use your time to work. There will be two separate one run trials under judging for $20 per run. Time permitting there will be fun runs at $10 per run - not judged - for all level dogs after the competition.
As an added incentive and to make the Novice dogs (well really there handlers) feel like Open there will be a smallpay back for the first two places in each trial.
As a favor to Anna we are hosting the entry form on our web site. It can be accessed by clicking the link here for MS Word format, here for Word Perfect Format, and here for Adobe PDF format. Or if you prefer you can email Anna by clicking here or email me by clicking here.
Sheep TV Now Available
We are very happy to announce that - with an assist from an embedded video player -- Sheep TV - is now playing on the Sheep TV Page. Sheep TV features video of Antelope Valley Stockdog Club Members and their dogs as well as random videos which--in the eclectic opinion of the webmaster may be of interest to club members. Sheep TV can be accessed by clicking on the menu at the top or by clicking NOW PLAYING ON SHEEP TV.
We are very happy to announce that - with an assist from an embedded video player -- Sheep TV - is now playing on the Sheep TV Page. Sheep TV features video of Antelope Valley Stockdog Club Members and their dogs as well as random videos which--in the eclectic opinion of the webmaster may be of interest to club members. Sheep TV can be accessed by clicking on the menu at the top or by clicking NOW PLAYING ON SHEEP TV.
Spring Trial A Success
The 2008 Antelope Valley Spring Classic Herding Trial was held at the Lucky Ewe Ranch May 31 and June 1. The Second Trial under the AVSC name was actually four official trials over the two days - one "A" course and one "B" course each day.
The trial was an AKC sanctioned all breed herding trial offering both Course "A" and Course "B" along with HT and PT Test classes.
Eleven different breeds were represented. Dogs came from as far as Alabama and Minnesota and as nearby as the Lucky Ewe itself.
Robin Penland Elliott and her Border Collie Lass were the big winners over the weekend taking High in Trial Awards in three of the four trial. Belgian Sheepdog Phoebe - owned by Gordon Armstrong and handled by Ted Ondrak - took the other High in Trial on "A" Course on Saturday. Reserve High in Trial Awards went to Border Collie Buster and his person Dorothy Dunlap for Saturday "A" course, Border Collie Merle with Sally Douglas for Saturday "B" course, Border Collie Cameo (from Minnesota) owned by Debra De Gidio and handled by Terry Kinney for Saturday "A" course, and Border Collie Winee owned by Suzanne Leroy and handled by Molly Wisecarver for Sunday "B" course.
While an event like the Spring Classic takes hard work from a large number of people special thanks go to club members Michael Burks for an amazing amount of general work and supervison, Ted Ondrak for course direction and stock handling, Erin Swanson and Jean Singer for stock set out, Kathy Roberts for our wonderful art work and lunch, and of course Sally Douglas for putting up with all of us and hosting the event. Special thanks also to Robert Schooley for on site veterinary services. We were also fortunate to enjoy the judicial opinions of Ed Faulk on Saturday, Joel Levinson on Sunday, and Peggy Richter and Suzanne Anaya for the test classes (as well as Suzanne Anaya's apprenticeship on "B" course on Sunday).
Eleven different breeds were represented. Dogs came from as far as Alabama and Minnesota and as nearby as the Lucky Ewe itself.
Robin Penland Elliott and her Border Collie Lass were the big winners over the weekend taking High in Trial Awards in three of the four trial. Belgian Sheepdog Phoebe - owned by Gordon Armstrong and handled by Ted Ondrak - took the other High in Trial on "A" Course on Saturday. Reserve High in Trial Awards went to Border Collie Buster and his person Dorothy Dunlap for Saturday "A" course, Border Collie Merle with Sally Douglas for Saturday "B" course, Border Collie Cameo (from Minnesota) owned by Debra De Gidio and handled by Terry Kinney for Saturday "A" course, and Border Collie Winee owned by Suzanne Leroy and handled by Molly Wisecarver for Sunday "B" course.
While an event like the Spring Classic takes hard work from a large number of people special thanks go to club members Michael Burks for an amazing amount of general work and supervison, Ted Ondrak for course direction and stock handling, Erin Swanson and Jean Singer for stock set out, Kathy Roberts for our wonderful art work and lunch, and of course Sally Douglas for putting up with all of us and hosting the event. Special thanks also to Robert Schooley for on site veterinary services. We were also fortunate to enjoy the judicial opinions of Ed Faulk on Saturday, Joel Levinson on Sunday, and Peggy Richter and Suzanne Anaya for the test classes (as well as Suzanne Anaya's apprenticeship on "B" course on Sunday).
Watch this space and the Spring Classic page for complete results and more details on the trial. There is a slideshow page available with selected photos by clicking on the tab at the top of the page. Almost seven hundred (695 to be exact) photos can be viewed at www.magrammedia.com by clicking on the AVSC Spring 2008 gallery. Be patient looking through as there are 699 photos. The photos are in the order in which they were taken so if you are looking for one particular dog the photos will most likely be grouped together for that run (A and B runs separate).
Derek Fisher Clinic A Success.
The Lucky Ewe was transformed to a large outdoor classroom over Easter Weekend as we were privileged to have a clinic conducted by Derek Fisher.
The Lucky Ewe was transformed to a large outdoor classroom over Easter Weekend as we were privileged to have a clinic conducted by Derek Fisher.
Derek and the Clinic participants both enjoyed the hospitality of Sally Douglas at the Lucky Ewe and the universal reaction form attendees was that the weekend was a very valuable learning experience.
More photos available on the clinic page.
More photos available on the clinic page.
Merle Earns 2007 Novice Top Dog Award from SJVBCA
Although only a small contingent of Antelope Valley Members trekked North for the February SJVBCA Fun Trials in Porterville it was a productive trip.
Sally Douglas took first place on Saturday and Sunday in Pro-Novice with Babe. She followed that up with a Saturday First and Sunday Second with Merle in Novice. Pat Grannan and Maggie took third in Novice on Saturday and Fourth on Sunday in a small field. Maggie is still planning that advertisement in Working Border Collie looking for a qualified handler.
The big news came at lunch on Saturday with the SJVBCA annual awards. Sally Douglas and Merle took Novice Top Dog for 2007 following in the footsteps of Erin Swanson and Keeler from 2006. In a new and special award Pat Grannan and Maggie were awarded Most Improved.
Membership Information Available.
Membership applications are now available on the Membership Info Page. Click Here for membership Information and Application.
Click Here to go straight to the Application. Membership Application form is a fillable PDF form.
Click Here for a downloadable Brochure in PDF Format. Be patient it is a large file.
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Photos and Videos courtesy of MagRam Media, LLC. and Kathy Roberts
Photos and Videos courtesy of MagRam Media, LLC. and Kathy Roberts
