By Patrick Gosselin
(Photos by Norma de Rose)

Jenovic farm hosted their second event of 2026 this first weekend of October.  Ludovic, Jennifer, several family members and friends were dedicated to making this fall trial a special time for…

By Sheila MacMillan
(All photos Norma de Rose, except picture of Farrah by Carol Guy)

Kevan and Kim Gretton hosted, along with Viki Kidd as Trial Manager, the Shepherd’s Crook Farm 2026 Fall SDT from September 25th to the…

by Emily Layng
(photo credit to Emily Layng and John Straube)

The day of the September Handy Dog Sheepdog Trial 2026 dawned bright and beautiful after an unsettling week filled with Tornado warnings and actual tornadoes that tore down trees…

by Carol Guy

Victoria Lamont and John Straube, again, opened their lovely farm to handlers, and Viki Kidd offered her sheep for this annual event. It is so fortunate to have trials at both ends of the province giving so…

By Farrah Federau
(photo credit to Farrah Federau & Victoria Lamont)

A trial doesn’t just run itself, and the crew behind Jenovic proved that. Everyone was working hard. You had the kids running around, Grandma keeping an eye on the…

By Lisa McPherson
(Photo credit to Lisa for the landscape, all others to Norma de Rose)

We left Kitley and headed off to Jenovic in the late afternoon.  The 2 hour drive gave time to reflect on the past 3…

By Lisa McPherson
(Photo credits to Lisa McPherson and Norma de Rose)

Road trips are always fun.  The open road, heading out to something you’re looking forward to, invigorates the soul. This year there were many opportunities to attend herding…

by Norma de Rose
(photo credit to Norma also)

The recipe for a great sheep dog trial - sharp sheep, classy competitors, wonderful weather and jovial joking (mostly stemming from the team challenge at Handy Dog) - Shepherd's Crook Trial…

By Lorna Savage
Photo credit also to Lorna

What a great weekend and what a great trial, with great weather! And what a wonderful open challenge for dogs and handlers.

The Open field was actually two large fields separated by…

By Fiona Robertson

After a hot, dusty summer, the cooler temperatures and beautiful, green fields were very welcome to the handlers at the September version of the Handy Dog Trial in St. Agatha, Ontario.  Mother Nature even cooperated so much…

By Mary Dedominicis
(photo credit Norma de Rose)

I've been asked to write a few words on my experience at the  "Handy Dog trial" Sept. 5th, novice day. Handy Dog was only my second  trial in Pro Novice, and…

By Pam Mueller

Tuesday August 5: A balmy 68 degrees (sorry, Canadians, you will have to translate that yourselves or maybe you are old enough to remember nonsensical Fahrenheit) with slight haze at 8 AM.  Twenty-nine Nursery dogs lined up…

By Lori Ledingham (with input from Patrick Gosselin)

The annual summer Handy Dog Sheepdog Trial held July 12 and 13, 2025, dawned, as usual, hot and sunny. Undeterred by the threat of heat and humidity, the large group of handlers…

By the Jenovic Sheep (anthropomorphized by Brian Epp)

It had been a cold and rainy Spring and we were so happy to be out on pasture again after the long and snowy winter. There is nothing like fresh grass to…

By Louise Hadley
(photo credits to Anne Wheatley)

Sunday March 2nd started out as a rather crisp -22'C morning but we were blessed with clear roads and bright sun. It made for easy travel to OBCC's first event of the…

By Hilary Flower

Photo credit to Celeste Lacroix except where noted otherwise.

Thank you to Celeste and Brian for opening up their farm and hosting a wonderful Fall trial. A three day OBCC/ NEBCA/ USBCHA sanctioned trial. Offering NN/ProNovice/Ranch/Nursery and…

By Carol Guy
Pictures also by Carol Guy

Kevan and Kim Gretton’s trial has become an annual favourite – and we never know what dastardly plan Kevan has to challenge us.  Kim and Kevan are both so welcoming and accommodating…

by Catherine Rae
Photo credits to Catherine Rae and Anne Wheatley

After a very wet summer in Ontario and the forecasted heavy rain, it was no surprise that Trial Manager, Victoria Lamont put out an APB for rain tents for…

By Celeste Lacroix

This year marks the 36th year of the Kingston Sheep Dog Trial at Grass Creek Park in Kingston Ontario. This is the most attended trial in Canada both in participants and in spectators. It is the jewel…

80 Acres Sheepdog Trial started off the new USBCHA points year for Canadian trials.  Scheduled for 3 to 5, August 2024, the trial offered 2 open trials over 3 days. There were approximately 75 people entered per…

by Kelly Morrow
all photos credit Kelly Morrow

After a week of heavy rains the sun showed up for the weekend of the Handy Dog Summer Trial. The sheep were fit and ready to go. The judge for the trial…

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…

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…