CLEARFIELD

STOCKDOGS

Welcome to The Clearfield Stockdogs website home of working Border Collies.

We are currently located in SE Indiana.  My love of animals began as a child and I have been hooked since.  I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio but always felt I should have lived in the west.  I moved to South Dakota in 1998 and for 8 years lived on the on the edge of the beautiful sand hills.  I have always had horses and a dog or two but in ranch country my “livestock” quickly expanded to include other critters.  I bought 4 bottle lambs one spring and by the next spring I had 20 ewes and was buying 30 to 40 bottle lambs to raise.  My ewe flock grew quickly and soon I found myself in need of good – willing help.  I bought a Border Collie pup and although I didn’t really know much about herding we figured things out together.  Luke has been a wonderful companion and although his commands are “Go get the sheep” and “Watch the gate” we got the job done.  The National Sheep Dog Finals were in South Dakota and I went out to watch and was intrigued after I saw those wonderful dogs move the sheep around the course.  The following year I went to the finals on a mission to find someone to teach me how to teach a dog to herd.  I met Laura Hicks, who quickly became an incredible friend.   She soon found me an older open dog to teach me the ropes – enter “my main man” LAD.  Teach me he has, although there is always more to learn.  In the following years my sheep flock has expanded and decreased and my “Border Collie family” has grown.  I now enjoy training the dogs the most of all.  There is nothing better than seeing the natural talent in these dogs, the light come on and a young dog finally figuring out what you are asking him to do.

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