The first week of the new year got started off with a bang! Fiddle: Finished her Started B Course Duck Title with a High in Trial (92), and tying for High in Trial (92, and 89), with an advanced level dog, which breaks the tie and wound up with Reserve High in Trial yesterday, and … More Blue Ridge January Herding Trial
December 2025 December 4-7th: Rally/Obedience/Conformation in Oaks, PA December 10-14th: Rally/Obedience/Conformation in Allentown, PA December 19th: Herding in Berryville, VA December 20-27th: Christmas in Raleigh, NC December 23rd: Herding at Claires in Pittsboro, NC December 28th: Herding in Berryville, VA
This cluster was… well… chaos! However, Miss Chunky (Kuper x Fiddle) turned it out, finishing her Companion Dog title Wednesday, with a Bonus Beginner Novice leg from today and a second place finish, and then finishing her Rally Excellent title with two handler impaired qualifying runs! (Apparently, when I get tired, I don’t know my … More Star of Bethlehem Cluster – Allentown, PA
We finally finished that silver grand championship! 37 Major wins, and points gotten under 65 different judges with 62 Champion defeats! We are now phasing out of conformation showing to focus on our performance career! Saturday 11/24/25 Judge: Mr. Kirkland Mazikeen – Best Opposite – 5 Points (NEW SILVER GRAND CHAMPION) Sunday 11/23/25 Judge: Mr. … More West Friendship November Show
Well Gang! We did it! Fiddle managed to walk away with her ASCA Working Trial Championship by finishing her last leg in Advanced Sheep and Ducks. She really gave me everything she could, and I was so proud of her! Fiddle: *WTCH* GCH CH Clarjos Twisted Golden Fiddle RL CD BN GN RE HSAsdc HIAsdc … More Working Aussies of Virginia ASCA Trial
So yes, I am aware that the blog is like, months behind schedule because I sort of fail in the upkeep department. However, I need to get this post with the 2025 goals archived so the 2026 goals can be moved onto the overall goals page! If 2024 was the year of Mazikeen… then 2025 … More Review of 2025 Goals
Fiddle won High Combined Non Australian Shepherd! She took 4th place in Started Cows (behind her 3 Daughters), and then won the afternoon session to finish her started cattle title on Friday. She won the open cattle class and took a 3rd place to finish her Open Cattle Title on Saturday. Sunday, she took 3rd … More ASCA Trial in Maine – Fiddle
Mazikeen finished the ASCA trial with High Combined Started Dog! She won Started Ducks in the afternoon and took 3rd in the morning. She also won started sheep and started goats for her title, and took 3rd in started cows for her first leg, and won started cows for her second leg on Saturday. She … More ASCA Trial in Maine – Mazikeen
So… this trial, I learned something about Chunky… Despite working geese, runner ducks, pekins, and swedish blues… Call ducks were a total mystery. Like, she could get behind them and move them… but she didn’t hold pressure behind them, and wanted to keep stopping their movement. It was so very weird. So, there was an … More ASCA Trial – Chunky
Little Miss Rory really impressed me at her very first trial. She was lights out working cattle for me, finishing her Started Cattle Title with two second place finishes (tied for first with a 95 with Chunky, but lost the tie breaker), but what really surprised me… was her looking like the most effortless duck … More ASCA Trial Maine – Aurora
Clarjo Farms 