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Mikatura's Saddle Ridge DNA-CP STDs x Mikatura's Tuff E Nuff DNA-VP
DOB 11 April 2006
(please click on any photo for a larger view)
May 2009...Billie received the "Pepsi" award for best stockmanship at the CKC
trial - a prize is awarded each day, we won the first day.
It is awarded by a committee made up of the the Judge (Steve Waltenburg) and the
Stockhandlers!
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May 2009 |
Saturday:
HIT in arena sheep, arena cattle and stock dog sheep (Intermediate);
therefore High combined for the day, earning her HI (herding Intermediate title)
Judge Steve Waltenburg
Sunday:
HIT for stockdog sheep Intermediate; NQ'd on arena sheep advanced;
(we never ran cattle)
Monday:
HIT stockdog sheep Intermediate (earning her SDI);
2nd place arena sheep advanced - so she has 1 leg out of 3 on her advanced!!
Overall there were about 57 dogs entered, so I am pretty happy with my little
red merle!
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July 12 - 13, 2008 |
ASCA trials held in Laidlaw, BC,
July 2008...Billie had a great weekend, finishing all three of her
ASCA started titles and winning MOST PROMISING STARTED AUSSIE!
Billie's great weekend included all but one first place wins...and
even her other run was a second place!! What an awesome pair Nancy &
Billie are!
Billie also too Altered Reserved Winners Bitch
under Judge Marteen Walters!
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May 18 - 20, 2008 |
Lovely Billie had a "little" brag to
share today or so her owner Nancy said...at the CKC trials held in
Laidlaw BC, she had a rather wonderful day...
Arena cattle - score of 91 and HIGH
IN TRIAL! Judge Linda Bell
Ranch dog - score of 92.5 and another HIGH IN TRIAL!
Judge Linda Bell
Arena sheep - score of 89 and RESERVE HIGH IN TRIAL!
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And May 19th was a repeat...
Arena Cattle 86.5 - 1st in class.
Judge Linda Bell
Ranch dog started - 90 HIGH IN TRIAL! Judge Linda
Bell
Arena sheep started - 91.5 RESERVE HIGH IN TRIAL!
Judge Ron Fisher
What an amazing two days...good runs, good scores
and THREE
High Combined awards!!!!
High Combined Cattle
High Combined SDS
High Combined Arena Sheep
May 20th...back we were again for some more fun!
:-)
Ranch dog started - 90.5 HIGH IN TRIAL!
Judge Ron Fisher
Arena Sheep intermediate 75...Judge Ron Fisher
What a FANTASTIC weekend for a "pup"
barely 2 years old and her wonderful owner/trainer/handler Nancy!!!!
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Photos by JS Photography - Jeanine Stannard
Billie & Nancy recently hosted a Trudy Viklund clinic in Laidlaw,
BC...seems like typical spring weather with Billie trying to watch & hide from
the wind & rain at the same time!
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Billie is now happy in Chilliwack, BC where she joined Nancy & Ian, & her
new best buddy Raleigh (a Shilo
Shepherd)...she's having a great time going herding & all sorts of other
wonderful things with Nancy & Raleigh! Billie is now working sheep and
going to trials...and in-between manages to keep the whole gang laughing at her antics! |
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I'm a little Aussie-Possum hiding in the grass!
In May 2008, Billie got a new little buddy...his name is
Striker
Updates:
September 2007 - At just over a year old
Billie, along with her wonderful handler Nancy, finished the requirements for
her AHBA HRDIs herding title! ...not only that, Billie also got a leg on her HTDIs as well!
HUGE congratulations to this great pair!
September 2006 update ~ Growing rapidly….both mentally
and physically, had her on sheep in the round pen yesterday – tons of natural
instinct – no surprise there, (I got in trouble – mis-directed her when she was
doing the right thing – I sent her the wrong way – she looked at me like I was
an idiot, but did what she was told and when things went arye she gave me the I
told you so look), however, …..and best of all! she stops when asked Yippeeee!
July 2006 update ~ Nancy is such a cool "Mom"...for Billie's 3 month birthday,
Nancy and Lynn Leach (Downriver Farms) let
Billie have a little fun with Lynn's sheep...
Nancy said: "just a quick note to let you know we put Billie
on Sheep (lambs) on Saturday for the first time..Lynn was great – she had a big
old ewe in her arms for Billie to check out – I ran around like a goober
tickling sheep and Billie chased me. It was all good. Then this afternoon just
as the clinic was shutting down, Billie, me and Lizie (Lynn’s ACD) and a bunch
of lambs had some fun…then Lizie left and I pulled a lamb into the middle of the
round pen by it’s back leg a couple of times and sure enough Little Miss Bill
came into give me hand just as Lynn said she would, after that I sure didn’t
need to tickle sheep anymore – she was off and running – a few got away, she
went got them brought them back and then away she went again! She had a
blast…and it’s all on video! (Gotta work on that recall!)"
August 2006 - "... I had her in her x-pen near Lynn’s house
while Lynn and I were working Raleigh for the first time in her big field with
all her sheep….just as we are finishing up here comes the little red BEAST
streaking across the field as fast as her legs could go, ears pinned
back…totally determined to get to us – she was trying to cram her body through
the 4 x 4 page wire! She must have climbed out of that X Pen like a monkey –
it’s the same one I use for the big guy"
More photos of Billie are below her pedigree!
Billie & her sister
Spur
Raleigh, Spur & Billie showing off their obedience skills!
What do you mean "no couch"? But I'm sooooooo
comfortable & it needed decorating some more!
Even British Columbia can be a winter wonderland
Billie, Raleigh & Ian sharing a beautiful BC fall day
(2006)
Baby Billie sharing with her favorite "Grandma"
(Nancy's Mom Helen 1926–2007)
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after both dogs had a very long, fun and patient day at the Hospital with me,
they are of course everybody's favorite. Raleigh lay on the floor in front of
Mum's chair and Billie climbed all over him, Raleigh gumming her to death - they
were great, both playing quite quietly on the floor." |
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"Mum of course loved it. Later when
we went out for a ride, Billie as usual rode on Mum's lap on the chair, but she
is almost getting to big for Mum to hang on to."
Billie & Raleigh, as you can see, are best
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Billie & Raleigh, playing a
great tug-o-war, despite the huge difference in their size, little Billie
doesn't quit easily! :-) And Raleigh, well he's just a gentle giant, what
a wonderful playmate he is for this little minx! |
Click here to see photos of
Billie and her siblings as pups!
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