Working Australian Shepherd Club of Alberta
The Working Australian Shepherd Club of Alberta held their annual "Summer Classic" stockdog trials at Gimlet Rodeo Grounds near Leslieville, Alberta in July.
A clinic preceded the trials with Shannon Oxford (Oxford Ranch, Lodi, California) as clinician. Click here to see some photos!
Also preceding the ASCA trials, were four AHBA trials! Shannon & Gayle Oxford were the judges.
We're pleased to present our winners, and photos from the trials are further down the page!
Rachel Vest of Georgia & Shannon Oxford of California were the ASCA Stockdog judges for the trials...our appreciation & thanks to them both for joining us in Alberta!
There were 26 Aussies, 1 Cardigan Welsh Corgi, 1 Kelpie, 2 Border Collies & 3 Rottweilers entered in the four trials held over three days and a great time was had by everyone.
Shawndal's Got Nothin' To Lose, "Gracin"
Owner/Handler ~ Theresa Casselman
Theresa & Gracin were the first recipients of the new annual
Gin Cummings Memorial Award for Most Promising Started Aussie
a beautiful herding Aussie bronze presented in honour of club member Gin
Cummings who passed away in 2007.
Windsong's The Ever Redi Kid DNA-VP STDcsd
Owner/Handler ~ Joan Holmes
Farnham's Gwen
Owner/Handler ~ Coleen Hawker (Utah)
Caelidh Johanson & Mikatura's
In their first trials together, Caelidh (11 years old) & Máel Dúin (3 years old and trained by Caelidh with just a little help) achieved a score of 116!
Our heartfelt congratulations to
Tami Butterwick & her awesome boy "Huck"
(Hangin Tree Huck Finn ATDdc OTDs RD) on attaining Huck's WTCH...he
is now
Lyndsay Hindbo & South Ram Soggy Bottom Boy, “Keifer”
The Heart Award was donated by Theresa Casselman in loving memory of "CH Casselcreek's Whiskey Girl RN CL STDsd HIC"
Click here to read more about this award and it's winners.
All of us on the executive would like to say
CONGRATULATIONS
Thank you for your support, your help, and most of all for your friendship!
We look forward to seeing you next year!
Qualifying runs were as follows:
| Judge: Shannon Oxford | |||||||||||||
| TRIAL #1 | |||||||||||||
| Class | Div | Score | Place | Class | Div | Score | Place | Class | Div | Score | Place | Dog's Registered Name | Handler's Name |
| S | O | 96 | 2 | TuckerCreek Ballad'O SallyRose DNA-VP STDcs OTDd | Foss Gallichan | ||||||||
| D | S | 71 | 2 | Arcoiris HiredGun DNA-VP | Cathy Bishop | ||||||||
| D | A | 98 | 3 | Eldorado's Gold Rush | Coleen Hawker | ||||||||
| C | S | 73 | 3 | S | S | 78 | 4 | Shawndal's Got Nothin' To Lose | Theresa Casselman | ||||
| S | A | 93 | 1 | D | A | 110 | 1 | Windsong's The Ever Redi Kid DNA-VP STDcsd | Joan Holmes | ||||
| S | O | 102 | 1 | Temptations 2 Hot 2 Handle | Robyn Garrett | ||||||||
| D | O | 88 | 2 | SRO Micah Nicetameetya | Sharmane Hindbo | ||||||||
| C | S | 76 | 2 | S | S | 77 | South Ram Soggy Bottom Boy | Lyndsay Hindbo | |||||
| C | S | 78 | 1 | S | S | 81 | 3 | D | S | 81 | 1 | Windsor's Bear Necessity | Kelly Farquhar |
| C | S | 71 | D | S | 70 | 3 | Malpaso Chasing Los Suenos DNA-VP | Lisa Wright | |||||
| S | S | 74 | Mikatura's Calamity Jen | Amy Hindbo | |||||||||
| C | S | 72 | 4 | D | O | 100 | 1 | Am/Can CH Vonbaker's Landmark of Evrmor | Gwen Haynes | ||||
| D | A | 110 | 2 | Farnham's Gwen | Coleen Hawker | ||||||||
| S | S | 69 | Ashemburgs Annie Get Yer Gun | Marina Skoreiko | |||||||||
| S | S | 84 | 2 | Corrie Dhu Isla | Louann Twa | ||||||||
| S | S | 85 | 1 | Kipp | Louanne Twa | ||||||||
| Judge: Rachel Vest | |||||||||||||
| TRIAL #2 | |||||||||||||
| Class | Div | Score | Place | Class | Div | Score | Place | Class | Div | Score | Place | Dog's Registered Name | Handler's Name |