Quincy, a 2-year-old Dutch Shepard, leaps into a pool as part of a "speed retrieval" competition at the Rural Hill Sheepdog Trials and Dog Festival on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. A fierce competition took ...

A sheepdog trial champion says the skills needed to train the herding dogs are in danger of being lost. Shepherd Philip Walton and his border collie Scott, from Hethersgill, Cumbria, hope to defend ...

Sheepdog herding competition at the 33rd Annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials begin Friday with preliminary runs at 7 a.m. and continues all day. There are 44 dogs competing for the ...

Logan B. Anderson [email protected] Jul 14, 2017 Jul 14, 2017 Updated Jul 17, 2017 From the back of his horse, Nipomo cattleman David Gheno can control his herd of cattle with a few ...

SCIO, Ore. — Ian Caldicott built Wolston Farm on his twin passions: teaching and dogs. Caldicott, who became interested in dogs while earning a Ph.D. in biology, has amassed 30 years of experience ...

Step into the fascinating world of the working class dog during the 26th annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials happening Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 5–9, in Meeker. Handler and dog ...

For affordable family fun, think sheep. Although sheep aren’t particularly noted for their smarts, each year at the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials the feisty critters provide a challenge of wits for ...

By KATRINA BRANDON OFFICIALLY calling the Boolarra Recreation Reserve home, the Berryden Working Sheepdog Trials celebrated ...

No fences. No electric prods. No ropes. Just dogs. Doing what they were born to do: herd, gather, sort, move, fetch, drive and hold livestock. For centuries, dogs have kept watch over the herd for us.