ONTARIO BORDER COLLIE CLUB

By Kim McClure

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." - Eleanor Roosevelt

My 4:30 a.m. alarm played quietly in…

By Daniel Turcotte

*Photos by Daniel Turcotte

Fall was showing its colours and the days were getting shorter.  The sheep seemed interested in finding comfort in the barn, away from the wind and rain.  As for my dogs, they looked…

Congratulations to our 2023 Open Champion and Reserve Champion!

by Tracy Hinton

*Pictures by Michelle Lawrence

Open Champion: Tracy Hinton and Lad

Lad came to me at a year old from Anne Marie Holland shortly after Virgil had passed.  He…

Congratulations to our 2023 Pro Novice Champion and Reserve Champion!

Pro Novice Champion: Rain and Mary Thompson

by Mary Thompson

I can’t count the number of times I’ve witnessed a handler come off the trial field shaking their head, scuffing…

Congratulations to our 2023 Novice/Novice Champion and Reserve Champion!

Novice Novice Champion: Fleetwood and Lynn Inia

by Lynn Inia

I imported Fleetwood as a pup from Italy in 2019. He is ISDS and FCI registered by Astra Maverick out of…

By Hilary Flower

*Photo credit also to Hilary

Living in beautiful Nova Scotia has its challenges if you want to sheepdog trial! While we are not at the end of the earth, it sometimes feels like it when we look…

By Lisa McPherson

*Photo credit to Anne Knegt

As I was checking Facebook one day, I noticed Tracy Hinton and Kevan Gretton posted a Fall Fun Day on the OBCC FB page.  It looked like it was going to be…

By Rebecca Lawrence

*Photo credits to Rebecca Lawrence and Michelle Lawrence

The pen has closed on another successful fall trial at Shepherd’s Crook.

Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes at a dog trial?  This…

By Anne Wheatley  

*photo credits to Anne Wheatley and Helen Knibb

I expect most of us were holding our breath for better weather after the wind and rain and chill of Shepherds Crook, and fortunately we got it. We actually…

Recently Jenny Glen gave a moving tribute to Scott Glen’s dog Alice when she was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame. Scott has won numerous Canadian and American Championships and is a long time Ontario clinician. That tribute is…

By Anne Wheatley (*Photo Credit to Anne Wheatley and Christine Jobe)

Cath I have always wanted to go to Ireland and what better excuse than the Internationals and the World Sheepdog Trials being scheduled there within days of each other…

by Werner Reitboeck

I did not make it to the first few Kingston Sheepdog Trials, at that time called the Pittsburgh Township Sheepdog Trials. My first entry was 4 years later. I drove up, quite nervous, on a Friday morning…