The dog I am currently running is Le'A WW Keepin My Eye on Ewe HSAsd,HIAsd,HXAs,HSBds,HTADIIIs

Some of the dogs I have trained titled and/or owned in events: Winterwood Splash N Dash HSAsd, HIAs; O'brae Lyric CDX, TD, HSAs; Ch WW Keep N Bizzie HSAs,HIAds, HXAd, HSBsd, HTDIs,HRDIs; Ch Winterwood's Chill Chaser HSAs; HTCH, WTCH, DC Dooly HTDIIIsc, HRDIIIsc, HTADIIIs, HXAsdc, HXBsd, PATDsc, RTDsc,TT

Dooly's AKC titles include HSAsd, HIAs, HXAsdc, HSBs, HXBd. He obtained his HC with 31pts, including 5 majors. Dooly has his WTCH from ASCA, which requires advanced titles on all three stocks (sheep/goats, cattle, and ducks). He also has his HTCH from AHBA and trials at the Open Ranch level in USBCHA. I have had Border Collies for almost 30 years now. I titled Dash before BCs had full recognition so she is listed with her ILP number and her AKC registration number.

I have also trained and titled Pembroke Welsh Corgis and German Shepherds. I have had several instinct certification clinics over the past years for the Atlanta Pembroke Welsh Corgi club as well as the Atlanta German Shepherd club. I have handled Australian Cattle Dogs to legs towards their titles. I regularly have people coming to my farm to work various breeds from the herding group on my livestock. I encourage these people to pursue herding and work to the level their dogs are capable of achieving. Some of the breeds that have come here to work and train are: Belgian Sheepdogs, Belgian Tervurens, Border Collies, Corgis, Shetland Sheepdogs, Rottweilers, Australian Shepherds, German Shepherds, Rough Collies, and Briards.

I maintain a closed, breeder flock of mixed hair sheep. I also maintain a flock of 25 to 40 wethers to use for training dogs. I now have a flock of ducks to work with and have different stock to train various dogs on.

Since obtaining my license to judge, I have already been hired to judge many trials, and have even judged at KTBCC’s Regional Border Collie Specialty trials. I have been a past herding chair for BCSA's National Specialty and a course director several times. I have worked in the set out pens at trials on A and B courses numerous times. I have also used Dooly to set sheep on B courses.

I feel that my love and joy of working with the herding dogs encompasses the whole range of jobs that it requires. From taking care of the stock using good stockmanship, training a good dog and developing that relationship and combining all aspects of herding to the benefit of the stock and the dog. I have built courses, put up fence, put stock out, exhausted stock, chaired an event, been course director several times, and have scribed/timed in AKC, AHBA, ASCA and USBCHA. I believe I can bring a fair and experienced opinion to competitors at herding trials regardless of the breed they have chosen. I would feel especially honored and experienced to judge my own breed at the Border Collie Society of America's National Specialty in 2010 at Purina Farms.

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