This weekend kicks off the fall trialing season for us with the Grady County Fair Sheepdog Trial. This will be our 2nd year in Chickasha with the trial. Josh will be taking Pete to run in the Ranch class. I will have Tess in the Open Ranch class, Blaze in the Ranch class, and 2 newcomers Oaktree Josie and Oaktree Curly Bill also in Ranch. This will be Josie's and Curly's first trial. Josie is owned by Jim and Pam Hicks. Curly is owned by Tom and Ruth Hines of Oaktree Border Collies. Both of these young dogs are a little over a year old and have come to me this summer to be started on sheep. Hope we do their owners proud this weekend. :)
September 12th and 13th is the North of the River Trial in Baum, OK. We are still uncertain at this point if we will be able to make this nice field trial, but we are going to give it an honest effort to make it out there.
The Duckhead Ranch Cattledog Trial is Sept. 19th in South Coffeyville, OK. Josh will be competing with Pete in this 3rd trial for the OSDA Series Championship.
Next on the fall schedule is the Oklahoma State Fair Sheepdog Trial on Sept. 23rd. This trial is now being run by the OSDA.
The Tulsa State Fair is Oct. 6th and 7th. Josh and Pete will be competing in the Tulsa Derby class at the cattle trial. There will be 2 go rounds one on each day. The 6th is the sheepdog trial, it is 2 trials in one day. Josh will be competing with Pete in the Ranch class, I will be competing with Blaze in the Ranch class, and Tess in the Open Ranch.
Then up to Bartlesville for the Oaktree Fall Classic sheepdog trial on Oct. 10th and 11th. This will be the 4th and 5th trial for our OSDA Series Championship.
There are 2 more cattle trials that are pending sanctioning for Oct. 3rd and Oct. 25th so watch for more info on them at the OSDA website... www.okstockdog.com
That's all for now, watch for the update after the Grady Co. Fair to see how the dogs did.
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