October 2025 October 1-6th: Morris/Essex/Hatboro/Devon/Montgomery October 13-23rd: ACDCA Nationals in Grey Summit Missouri October 24-26th: Doswell, VA Conformation October 29-Nov 2nd: Doswell VA Conformation
I can’t tell you how precious it is to have a marvelous, talented, and wonderful girl at the end of my leash! At the end of the year, the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America puts together a list of dogs, girl dogs, and breeders of most titles. And for the 2024 Calendar Year, I … More Australian Cattle Dog – Year End Awards
Like her mother and sister, Rory (Cordell x Fiddle) did a wonderful job at nationals! She also participated in the versatility, finishing 7th in Conformation, 3rd in her rally novice debut with a wonderful score of a 97, and finished 3rd on started cattle. Her and Fiddle were within 10 points from each other, and … More ACDCA Nationals – Rory
Aside from being the most titled Top 20 herding dog, Mazikeen also competed in the Versatility Competition, and finished in second place! She took 9th in Versatility conformation, 3rd in Advanced Rally, and 4th in Advanced Sheep! I am super excited for the future with her!
This was Fiddles first national, as she was on maternity leave last year! We decided to enter versatility, which required a Qualifying score in herding, another sport (nosework, tracking, agility, obedience, or rally), and participate in versatility conformation. She wound up qualifying in Advanced Rally (and her stupid handler didn’t bring her feet together and … More ACDCA Nationals – Fiddle
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
After we went to the herding trial, we made a pit stop in Brooksville, FL to do some rally, conformation, and so Sue could make his debut in the Beginner Puppy (BPUP) competition. Rally Fiddle managed to finish her Rally Excellent title, with a 2nd place, a 3rd place, and a qualifying ribbon in our … More Brooksville, FL
This year, we decided to dip our toes into Rally. And at the end of the year, the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America put together a ranking of stats on each dog. And I am proud to say that every one of my dogs that competed wound up in the top 20. Fiddle finished … More Year End Rally Stats
Right after the holidays, Fiddle and I went to the Mount Vernon Kennel club to try and finish our Rally Advanced title and Beginner Novice title! She was super awesome in Beginner Novice, winning her class, with a score of 197! And she was slightly distracted to finish her title, but we did it! Fiddle … More Mount Vernon Obedience Trial
This was not our weekend for conformation, which is ok! We again decided to compete in obedience, rally, and conformation in Allentown, PA, and also did 5 days worth of Conformation. Rally Mazikeen finished her RE in Oaks, and we were unsuccessful in Masters (mostly me), but, this judge was really tough… Chunky finished her … More Star of Bethlehem Cluster
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