Bobby Dalziel's Joe- second one

Here is another video of Joe. I like his method of work. Honest, fearless and lots of go forward.

Kinloch Wynn and Kinloch Kiwi's dam, Meg

Sometimes you come across a great bitch and go "Ah, I love this dog"...I did so when I visited Angie and Kelvin a few years ago. She worked Meg and I was impressed by the "fire in her belly"....and it has been a true fire, I might add.

Meg is a Welsh Team Member, 2011 World Trial  as well having won numerous Open trials and placing in the top 6 in 36 other trials. She is a solid, keen minded bitch with gumption. She will walk straight into a stroppy ewe and not give ground.   She has a trial record that is outstanding and she will continue to be unstoppable.

Photos: Angie Driscoll

This photo is like Kiwi handles her stock! This is Meg back in wales.

So when I had a chance to buy two pups  from her "Joe" litter, I quickly snagged them up. Wynn is a keen tri male and Kiwi is my heart and soul, keen as heck future trial dog. Both are outstanding dogs with tremendous work ethics from Meg and Joe.

Meg is a top outstanding bitch that is not only a top Open dog but her pups have proven themselves in Nursery and Open. You want a bitch that can throw that work ethic and prove it. Meg has done it time and time again.

I really want to thank Angie for sending me Wynn and Kiwi. They are part of  the cornerstone of my foundation as well as my future trial dogs.

For more info on Meg's winnings go to Trial Results.

For info on Meg go to Meg

And if you need to get a outstanding dog or pup from the UK, go to Kinloch Sheepdogs

And Angie has two books available: BOOKS

And if you fancy a place to stay, they offer  Accommodations.

Angie and Kelvin are the nicest people and I love them dearly. I think I need to go to the UK to see them again!

Photography available

People have approached me for my photos that I have taken. Up to a certain point, I have been giving select photos to people for their website (examples such  Sue Wessel, Janet Thorpe or Monique Feyrecilde) who asked and got permission and put acknowledgement on their site but now if you want any photos, I will be charging for my service as it takes time to take the photos, do the editing which can take up to 15 minutes per photos and so forth. Some runs I have taken over a hundred shots.

I can shoot a CD of your dog's run at a trial, stock work or even posed photos. You get to review the jpegs and if you like them, then purchase a CD or even singles. You can use the purchased copyrighted photos on your website. You cannot lift from my blog or anywhere else, beg, borrow or steal any photos that I have taken as they belong to me.

This policy is effective immediately for all photos, regardless of any agreements, implied or otherwise, or if you think you want free photos just because you are special.

I have found that one of my photos was used without my permission for a greeting card. Some have been used on websites without my permission. I work hard to purchase my camera equipment and it takes time to process the photos so this does not mean you get free photos. I won't be charging an arm or leg but enough for my time.

Roo tending the sheep on my front lawn.

True Love...A Swallow's Tale

WHEN A SWALLOW FALLS.....

Here a female mate is injured and the condition is soon fatal. She was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road.

Here he brought her food  and attended to her  with love and  compassion.

 He brought her  food again,   but was shocked to find her  dead.

He tried to move  her ... a rarely-seen effort for  swallows!

Aware that his sweetheart is dead and will never come back to him again, He cries with adoring love.

He stood beside her, saddened of her death. Finally aware she would never return to him, he stayed beside her body chirping out his sadness and sorrow.

Millions of people cried after seeing these photos in America , Europe, Australia , and even India.  The photographer sold these pictures for a nominal fee to the most famous newspaper in France.  All copies of that edition were sold out on the day these pictures were published.

Ewefull Acres Trial- Day Three of PN - May 30

The last day of the trial was the ProNovice, Ranch and Nursery. Sava and Taff were the only dogs that I was running. Sava was first up and the course had a blind drive again. I set her up to go wide but she flipped and ran up the middle and flared out at the last minute. Nice lift then an very offline fetch and even thought I tried to flank her, she was on the muscle. Out drive was not pretty but at least this time, she was listening, abet a bit slow and we timed out at the pen. She was on the muscle and slow to stop so that will be my homework. We almost had the pen and as the sheep were entering the last foot, the timer went off. She did have nice wide flanks but ran through her downs.

Taff, sigh……he had a nice outrun, lift and hard lift but didn’t loose that many point. However on the drive she blew through my down and was very slicey so I ran up the field at him and that was a retire.

So then I watched the rest of the PN runs. Janet ran Roo and had a rerun since the sheep bolted before he got to the top. She took the rerun right away and he had a nice outrun. She managed to give him an away and come bye whistled all at once and got to choose the flank he wanted. It was the wrong choice and he drove the sheep up the field. She pulled it together for a tidy pen and placed around 12 or 14th out of about 40 dogs. I bet Roo was so happy when she blew the two flanks whistles in one command and he got to chose. Janet handled him with finesse at the pen to recoup from the drive.

Scott was slow to cover and it didn’t help his sheep bolted down the field. The drive was a bit off and he sliced at the pen. For some reason, probably old age, Scott felt like he had to cut corners to cover the sheep. But he handled the sheep quite well and still has a lot of power for a dog that is almost 12.

Janet also took Rainey to run in PN. For some reason, Rainey was spooky and she refused to go very far up the field. She finally did cast out wide on her outrun and lifted the sheep, stopped to say hello to the setout crew and then had a nice fetch. Her first line was dead on and the she got upset. We couldn’t figure out why but Janet retired. Rainey is very biddable but very sensitive and something that day spooked her so running was not in the cards for her. (Janet has been working with her since then and it looks like it is fixed now)

Getty showed up so we grabbed the dogs and went back to the trailer. We quickly broke down camp and headed out so we could miss the holiday traffic. We did manage to hit a wee bit of traffic on I-5 but most of the drive was easy. We got home n plenty of time for Getty to unpack the trailer and then I let the dogs who did go as well as the ones who did go, for a extended playtime in the pond pasture. I did take Rainey out to see about her spookiness but she was quite good at home. Go figure.

It was a nice weekend being off the grid for a while and just hanging out with Getty and the dogs. Getty got lots of Disc Golf playing time in so he was happy. I managed to see what holes that I have in my dogs as well as what areas they shone in at the trial. I will be doing some serious homework before the next trial.