Let the games begin!

We are settled in at the USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals. We were lucky to get here yesterday, as today many of the truck and trailer combos made grand entrances sliding sideways into the camping area through slogging mud as a result of torrential downpours earlier this morning.

The sheepdog community is a small one, and there were many familiar faces to meet and greet. The sun poked out later in the day to create a fabulous scene of 650 wiley ewes grazing contentedly on the spectacular Belle Grove field.








The handlers meeting, consisting of 150 of the top dog/handler teams in North America, was straight forward. 4 sheep set about (guessing) 450 yards away (will confirm that tomorrow), left hand drive, split the four sheep into two groups of two, regather and then pop them into the pen, then bring them out and single one sheep off, all in the workmanlike time of 14 minutes.

Then a nice handler gathering complete with cake...




...and a ton of work by the wonderful volunteers who have worked so hard to put on this event.

The evening sunset was a beautiful final touch to the exciting upcoming days ahead! Stay posted!



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