April 2008 Herding Trial - Linden Hollow Sheep Farm

#221 Luaces Abby'Riginal, Australian Cattle Dog. Abby moves the sheep behind one of the panels on the center-line gates.

#221 Luaces Abby'Riginal, Australian Cattle Dog. Abby drives the sheep through the Z-chute while Pamela heads towards the free-standing pen.

#221 Luaces Abby'Riginal, an Australian Cattle Dog, is shown with her owner Pamela Johnson and judge Sandra Limndenmugh. Abby took 1st place in Started Course with sheep.

#221 Luaces Abby'Riginal, an Australian Cattle Dog, is shown with her owner Pamela Johnson and judge Sandra Limndenmugh. Abby took 1st place in Started Course with sheep.

A mother bluebird kept a watchful eye on her chicks, in the birdhouse hanging on the sheep barn.

Twin newborn lambs with their mother, resting peacefully at Linden Hollow Sheep Farm

#300 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac and owner Nancy Olimpo work the Started - A Course with sheep. Mac pushes the sheep into the chute but doesn't enter himself.

#300 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac drives the sheep towards the cross panels.

#300 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac and Nancy get the sheep successfully through the cross panels, not an easy job.

#300 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Once the sheep are through the cross panels, Mac and Nancy turn them towards the exhaust pen.

#300 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac holds the sheep at the exhaust pen while Nancy opens the gate.

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Bear is owned by Sanny Olilmpo and handled on the Started A course with sheep by Nancy Olimpo

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Bear has fetched the sheep and rounded the cone. Now he drives the sheep towards the right side of the chute.

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Bear and Nancy work together to get all three sheep through the chute.

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Once out of the shoot, Bear drives the sheep towards the Z-chute.

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Bear and Nancy move the sheep up the field, towards the cross panels.

#301 Prince Bear, HT, Shetland Sheepdog. Bear and Nancy show great teamwork with Nancy walking towards the exhaust pen. Bear keeps the sheep together at a relaxed pace.

#301 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac and Nancy Olimpo move the sheep through the Started A course on Sunday. The first obstacle is the Y chute.

#301 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac gets the sheep through the Z chute.

#301 Mighty Mac Linden,, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac and Nancy Olimpo position the sheep to enter the panel runway on the Started A course.

#301 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac and the sheep leave the panel runway and move toward the center gates.

#301 Mighty Mac Linden, Shetland Sheepdog. Mac turns the sheep so that they will pass through the center gates.

#302 Shadow Hills Daisy Duke, Shetland Sheepdog. Daisy and her owner/handler, Joanne Kern, work the started A course by moving the sheep through the Z-chute.

#302 Shadow Hills Daisy Duke, Shetland Sheepdog. Daisy and Joanne position the sheep for passage through the centerline gates.

#302 Shadow Hills Daisy Duke, Shetland Sheepdog. Joanne walks with the sheep through the centerline gates while Daisy drives them from behind.

#302 Shadow Hills Daisy Duke, Shetland Sheepdog. Almost done, Joanne signals for a stop from Daisy so that she can show the pause.

#303 Xtiva Outbk Ot Vitosha, a Belgian Malinois. Tiva and owner Conni Borwick work the sheep on the Started A course.

#303 Xtiva Outbk Ot Vitosha, a Belgian Malinois. Tiva moves the sheep near the panel runway.

#303 Xtiva Outbk Ot Vitosha, a Belgian Malinois. Conni and Tiva have gotten the sheep through the cross panels and are heading towards the exhaust pen.

#304 Duo, Border Collie. Dew and her owner, Carol Tague, work the sheep on the Started A course.

#305 Goin' Round One More Time, Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Gromit and his owner Esther Marantz, work the sheep on the Started Course A.

#305 Goin' Round One More Time, Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Gromit drives the sheep through the center-line gates.

#305 Goin' Round One More Time, Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Gromit moves the sheep into the Y-chute, then walks on the outside of it.

#305 Goin' Round One More Time, Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Gromit and Esther get the sheep through the free-standing panels.

#305 Goin' Round One More Time, Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Gromit drives the sheep from behind.

#306 Prince Bear, Shetland Sheepdog, owned by Sanny Olimpo and handled by Nancy Olimpo. Bear moves the sheep through the Started A course.

#306 Prince Bear, Shetland Sheepdog, owned by Sanny Olimpo and handled by Nancy Olimpo. Bear sends the sheep through the Y chute.

#306 Prince Bear, Shetland Sheepdog, owned by Sanny Olimpo and handled by Nancy Olimpo. Bear drives the sheep through the Z chute.

#306 Prince Bear, Shetland Sheepdog, owned by Sanny Olimpo and handled by Nancy Olimpo. Bear gathers the sheep to send them through the center gates.

#320 Sandhill's Truly Unruly, Australian Cattle Dog. Truly and owner/handler, Pat Leach, work the sheep on the Started Course A.

#320 Sandhill's Truly Unruly, Australian Cattle Dog. Truly turns the sheep by circling them.

#320 Sandhill's Truly Unruly, Australian Cattle Dog. Truly begins to move the sheep away from the pick-up pan.

#320 Sandhill's Truly Unruly, Australian Cattle Dog. Truly works to get the sheep away from the fence.

#320 Sandhill's Truly Unruly, Australian Cattle Dog. Pat puts Truly into a down to relieve some pressure from the sheep.

#320 Solo, Border Collie. Solo moves the sheep on the Started Course B. Solo listens to commands from her owner, Carol Tague.

#321 Ch Taylryder Tuffernewe PT, Australian Cattle Dog. Elvie moves the sheep through the Z-chute.

#321 Ch Taylryder Tuffernewe PT, Australian Cattle Dog. Elvie moves the sheep through the Z-chute.

#321 Ch Taylryder Tuffernewe PT, Australian Cattle Dog. Elvie drives the sheep towards the free-standing pen.