By Farrah Federau
*Photo credits to Susan Moore and Anne Wheatley
The day dawned bright with no rain, for which I was thankful since it's over two hours for me to make it to Shepherd's Crook farm. I had eagerly…
Read moreMay 13 2024
By Farrah Federau
*Photo credits to Susan Moore and Anne Wheatley
The day dawned bright with no rain, for which I was thankful since it's over two hours for me to make it to Shepherd's Crook farm. I had eagerly…
Read moreFeb 2 2024
By Corey Perry
I’d like to thank Lynn Johnston for asking me to submit an OBCC blog article regarding arena trials and my Involvement in arena trials, which have become very popular with the sheepdog trialing scene in the west.
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Read moreNov 21 2023
By the Indian River Pen Crew
*photo credit to Helen Knibb
A handler stands at the post, nervous and excited, waiting for his or her moment. Magically, the packet of sheep calmly trots onto the field to the set-out person…
Read moreMar 24 2023
By Farrah Federau
When I first saw the advert on Facebook for the sheep clinic with Viki I knew right away I was going to attend along with a family member I could convince to come.
Although all of my…
Mar 19 2023
By Patrick Gosselin
Looking back, I believe I learned the most about training, trialing and dogs during conversations with Open Handlers. I still remember trialing in NN and taking notes while handlers like John Palmer, Tracy Hinton, Kevan Gretton, Dave…
Read moreSep 7 2022
By Carol Guy – OBCC Newsletter 2018
Hi Boggy, thank you for taking time to speak to us. Our club has members that trial and some who do not, so I am going to be asking questions with all of…
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