This past weekend
NCWSA held a sheepdog trial at the
Caledonian Club's Scottish Games in Pleasanton, CA. It is a huge gathering of all kinds of folks interested in anything Scottish! I think anyone with even a drop of Scottish blood had to feel the excitement in the air from the music and festivities. The bands and costumes were great - what little I got to see of them. It seemed like there was no time away from the trial, for me at least, to go wander around all of the venues.
Our sheepdog trial was held in a fairly small covered arena. The trial draws a huge number of spectators during the middle of the day and in the afternoon. It's a hotly contested trial with good prize money and a lovely buckle each for the all-around champion and the reserve. Thanks once again to Teri for taking photos. I had no time to get my camera out of its bag once again -- since I was busy helping with scoring and tabulating all those runs. Each handler had the potential of running 4 runs per day per dog. Many handlers had two dogs. There was a drive course and an obstacle course - and we ran each course twice per day over the weekend.
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| The sheep completing one of the obstacles |
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| Rime awaiting one of his runs in the arena |
More in another post about the details and the winners! (and more photos)
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