Rory, Fiddle, Mazikeen and myself returned to the Winter Blast Cluster in Oaks, PA, and we had an absolutely wonderful week of showing! Little miss Rory was a star, with a Best of Breed and Best Opposite and Mazikeen wasn’t far behind with one Best of Breed, and TWO owner Handled Group 2’s Mazikeen 12/6 … More Winter Blast Cluster – Oaks, PA
We brought Mazikeen, Rory, and Brie out to the Chesepeke Kennel Club the first weekend of December, and had a lot of fun! Mazikeen 12/2 – SEL/BOBOH = 1 Point 12/3 – Mrs Ann Yuhasz – SEL – 1 Point Rory 12/2 – BOB/WB – 1 Point 12/3 – Mrs Ann Yuhasz = WB – … More West Friendship – Week 2
Dec 2-3rd – West Friendship Dec 6-10th – Winter Blast Cluster – Oaks, PA Dec 13-17th – Bethlehem Cluster – Allentown, PA Dec 27th – Claire’s House – Pittsboro, NC Dec 29th – Obedience Trial Dec 30-31st – Blue Ridge Herding Trial – Berryville, VA
After the November Herding Trial, we discovered that I was struggling to put together a full trial run, as I haven’t been training for that particular skill. We need to get the cows to fetch up the middle, then drive them down to the fence to the y chute, around the back of the course, … More November Cattle Lessons in Berryville
Mazikeen came with me to the West Friendship show right after Thanksgiving, and finished her Owner Handled Bronze Title, which requires getting a total of 250 points. You win 5 for OHBOB, and more points for OH Group placements. We had no competition, so we took BOB/BOBOH both days under Ms. Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine and Mrs. … More West Friendship – Week 1
Rory and Mazikeen took a trip to their very first benched dog show! The national dog show, which airs on the television on Thanksgiving. Mazikeen got nothing this weekend, but Rory went on to glory! Mazikeen 11/16 – Ms. Vicki Allenbrand – Nothing 11/17 – Mrs. Linda Hurlebaus – Nothing 11/18 – Mrs. Terry DePietro … More The National Dog Show – Oaks, PA
This weekend, Mazikeen finished her started Sheep Title, Ukulele had a wonderful started cattle Q, and Fiddle got her very first intermediate cattle Q after running out of time twice! We had a wonderful time with our friend Zoe, and was able watch several friends do really amazing things!
This was Rory’s last show in BPUP! And she closed out her baby career by going BPUP Group 4. Mazikeen Nov 1 – Ms. Sharol Candace Way – BOB/BOBOH – 1 Point Nov 2 – Mrs. Pat Trotter – BOB/BOBOH/OHG3 – 2 Points Nov 3 – Mrs. Cheryl Redmer – OS/BOBOH Nov 4 – Mr. … More The November Doswell Cluster
We did a lot in November, but it was mostly Local Nov 1-Nov 5 – Doswell, VA Cluster Nov 11- Nov 12 – Berryville, VA, Herding Trial Nov 16 – Nov 19 – National Dog Show in Oaks, PA Nov 25 – Nov 26 – West Friendship, MD Show
I worked Chunky, Mazikeen, and Fiddle on the cattle, including some nice little weanling calves. Warren arrived Wednesday and worked Brie. The weather was terrible though, rainy, cold, and miserable. We actually worked most of the days in the barn because of it. Well worth the trip
Clarjo Farms 