by Kris Hazelbaker I was so excited to be taking Fae to a Lynn Leach herding clinic in April when she was just a year old. It was perfect timing to really start her training as a herding dog. I had worked with Lynn in the past (two of my other dogs have been to […]
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Rare Breed Spotlight
Dog World, September 2009, ARBA “In 1937, Leon F. Whitney of Orange, Conn., a veterinarian and dog-book author, wrote that the English Shepherd “is probably the most numerous dog in America. It is the ordinary shepherd one sees on farm after farm throughout the country” (How to Breed Dogs, 1937). Historians have speculated […]
Working Dogs…
Submitted by Jeanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor “ABOVE: Stodghill’s Warrior, ESCOA Number 54 709 loading a Brahma calf. The English Shepherd has to be fast and heel low to keep from being kicked. Please notice how Warrior dodges the calf […]
Life on a Goat Farm (with an English Shepherd)
by Janet Shlanta @2015 Our adventure with goats began in 1998 with the purchase of two adorable Nigerian Dwarf does. It was the modest beginnings of what would become a goat “addiction”. Over the years, the herd has grown with the addition of Nubians, Mini Nubians and Miniature Silky Fainting goats. I love each breed […]
Learning Never Ends
@2015 Mary Peaslee Leon Whitney described English Shepherds as “the most popular breed in America… seen on farm after farm throughout the country” in his book, How To Breed Dogs, published in 1937. Tom Stodghill, founder of the first independent English Shepherd registry, and Ed Emanuel, founder of the second English Shepherd breed registry, both […]
Herding: Then and Now
My English Shepherds need a purpose. by Cheryl Johnson In December, I was able to assist two of my English Shepherd boys earn their AHBA HTAD 1-s titles. These two three year old litter brothers, Miles and Red, are grandsons of Woods Connor (Wilson lines), Woods Ciara (Beebe lines), Blacksheep Rowdy Yates and Blacksheep Gift […]