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Sonoma Wine Country Sheepdog Trial

2012-01-18T15:39:00.000-08:00

Looking forward to the 2012 Sonoma Wine Country Sheepdog Trial at Sandra Milberg's Oak Springs Ranch March 16-18, 2012. Click on the picture to go to the trial website.

On Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T10:19:00.000-08:00

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Saturday 11-12 at the 2011 Hopland, California Sheepdog Trial

2011-11-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

A foggy morning greeted the big hats and big hat wannabes at the 2011 Hopland, California Sheepdog Trial.

Penning in the fog.

Handlers prepare to run after the fog had lifted.

Billy Trent sends Coal on the outrun.

Sandy Milberg & Quill take sheep around the post.

Ellen Skillings & Emmer complete the shed.

Modern War Dogs

2011-11-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

These dogs are incredible!

Click on Picture to see

The Dog Who Cornered Osama Bin Laden

New RESDA Novice Day

2011-10-06T10:46:00.000-07:00

Sorry, due to conflicting events, the RESDA novice day with Ellen Skillings has been canceled.

Put November 6, 2011 in your calendar because Karen Kollgaard and George Powell are planning a RESDA Novice Training day with Ellen Skillings at 7 Oaks Ranch in Santa Rosa.

More information will follow soon at. www.RESDAnovice.com

RESDA Novice Day With Colleen Duncan 9-24-11

2011-09-25T12:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks Colleen & Karen for an interesting discussion on RESDA trial judging.

Next RESDA Novice Practice Day

2011-09-02T15:45:00.000-07:00

RESDA Novice Practice Day
September 11, 2011 11:00AM-4:00PM @ Karen Kollgaard's Shoestring Ranch Santa Rosa, CA

You Have Sheep! I Have Video!

2011-07-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, I've never operated on a for-profit level. I just enjoy providing RESDA members a service at below cost (75% off of market value). I plan to continue that tradition. So... with being retired and on a fixed income and the economy the way it is, I am looking to trade my video skills for work on your sheep.
The value of video of your training and trialing runs is, as you know, indisputable. Trainers and handlers world wide use video to improve performance for students and themselves.
If you would like to receive my videos in exchange for work on your sheep I'd be happy to work with you. For examples of my work please go to http://www.youtube.com/user/pk9p

George
pk9productions@gmail.com

A Sheepdog Clinic Series with Ellen Skillings

2011-06-24T11:16:00.000-07:00

Building and Re-building Foundations for Effective Stock Work.
Three One-Day Clinics - 8:00am to 4:00pm each day Saturday/July 9th, Saturday/July 23rd & Saturday/July 30th, 2011 Clinics to be held at: 7 Oaks Ranch, 3440 Phillips Ave, Santa Rosa CA 95407.
This clinic series, hosted by George Powell & Maureen Lyons, will focus on enhancing the handler’s interspecies communication skills in order to achieve better control of livestock. Ellen will use talks, "games" and individual work sessions to demonstrate fundamental principles of using Border Collies to work sheep.

I. Saturday, July 9, 2011 - The Importance of ‘Talking Dog’ (or the wolf in child’s clothing) Morning Session - The Biological Basis of Mammalian Communication: Tone, Posture and Position (and the special gifts of Border Collies). Afternoon Session - The Sheep Have Eyes Too: Reading sheep as the key to success.

II. Saturday, July 23, 2011 - ‘Good Moves’ Morning Session - The Freedom to Make Mistakes (and how and when to correct them). Afternoon Session - I Said, "Lie Down!": Why the ‘Stop’ is the first command we want and the last one we get.

III. Saturday, July 30, 2011 - Command and Control Morning Session - Saying What You Mean, and Meaning What You Say: Introducing (or re-introducing) the commands. Afternoon Session - Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Using what you know to get what you want.

Go to http://agilityacres.net/ or http://www.powellsk9productions.com/index.htm for registration & information.

RESDA Work-Day Photos by Billy Trent

2010-08-03T13:25:00.000-07:00

Gracie starts her outrun at the RESDA Work-day at Karen Kollgaard's Shoestring Ranch August 1, 2010. Novice and more experienced handlers worked a course that was part RESDA and part AHBA style.
Click below to see more of Billy's pictures. http://picasaweb.google.com/oneforthebook/RESDAWorkday080110#

LYNNE & CEILIDH'S 1ST AGILITY TRIAL RUN

2010-07-21T13:17:00.000-07:00

Agility Acres NADAC Fun Run 7-17-10

George & Gracie Make Ink

2010-06-29T17:02:00.000-07:00

That'll Do, and article in the current edition of the Sonoma West Times & News' Discoveries Section

featured a photo of Gracie and yours truly in it's four page article about sheep dogs in Sonoma County. Quotes by a number of RESDA members and pictures of dogs are included in the story. To read the entire article click on the title link above and scroll down to pages 30 through 33.

RESDA 2010 Novice Program

2010-06-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

Gracie on the Lamb

Photo by Billy Trent

Redwood Empire Sheepdog Assn. top notch handler Billy Trent, has focused her lens on the Novice Program. Click here and here to view her work.

Thanks - Billy!

In Memory of George A Powell Sr

2010-06-08T11:56:00.000-07:00

May 26, 1921

June 5, 2010

Father & Friend

RESDA Owens Trial 5-1-10, Yorkville, CA. George & Gracie with Kevin Owens.

2010-05-02T10:35:00.000-07:00

RESDA's May Day Owens Trial in the beautiful hills of Mendocino County above Yorkville, California, saw 24 open and two pro-novice runs.

After a rough start, Gracie and I managed to complete the course unlike our runs at the previous two RESDA trials. (photo by Billy Trent)

Click on the above picture to view the winning Open run.

RESDA Slaven Trial 4-18-10

2010-04-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

Slaven Trial Action

(Photo by Mureen Lyons)
Click on image to see trial videos.

RESDA Spring Trial @ Johnson Ranch, Yorkville, CA

2010-04-04T18:08:00.000-07:00

Gracie and I (center) get instructions for our first sheepherding run ever. We started with a good outrun only to crash & burn minutes later on what most of the Open handlers would call very tough sheep. (photo by Maureen Lyons)

Sonoma Wine Country SDT - Santa Rosa, California

2010-03-07T16:05:00.000-08:00

PK9P will once again have the honor of providing video services

to the Sonoma Wine Country SDT at Oak Springs Ranch

in Santa Rosa California March 19-21.

RESDA Novice Program Update

2009-10-18T16:30:00.001-07:00

Teri Tucker & Jewel

October 18, 2009 - Santa Rosa

Once again Shoestring Ranch was the host of a Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association Novice Program pactice day to a handful of novice and pro/novice handlers and dogs. The RESDA Sunday 10/18 event fielded Sue Gustafson & Ted, Joellen Burton & Rudy, Maureen Lyons & Piper, Karen Kollgaard & Cali, Teri Tucker & Jewel, and yours truly with Ceilidh and Gracie.

The program will continue throughout the winter as weather permits. For more information about the program and upcoming events call Karen Kollgaard @ 707-584-5762, or email her at karen95407@yahoo.

Enthusiasm High for RESDA Novice Program

2009-10-14T10:58:00.000-07:00

October 15, 2009 - Santa Rosa
With the closing of the Redwood Empire Sheep Dog Association's 2009 trialing season, novice and pro/novice handlers alike have been gathering at Karen Kollgaard's Shoestring Ranch to prepare for next year.
The Columbus Day practice saw handlers and dogs working two courses. One was a short RESDA style course with two sets of panels, a y-chute and a pen. The other was a drive away course consisting of two panels and pen on the newly leveled Back 40.
Lorin Dewees & Indy, Nancy Bovee & Gus, Tom Radelfinger & Luke, Bob Fleming with Peaches & Lynne, Karen Kollgaard & Meg, Maureen Lyons with Karen's Piper, and George Powell & Gracie enjoyed the work and camaraderie of the day. The program will continue throughout the winter as weather permits.
The next Novice Practice is tentatively scheduled for Sunday Oct. 18 from 10-2.
Call Karen Kollgaard to RSVP and get details @ 707-584-5762, or email her at karen95407@yahoo.

On The Lamb

2009-05-11T16:33:00.001-07:00

Speck and the Mister

2009-05-06T12:33:00.000-07:00

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." - George Bird Evans, "Troubles with Bird Dogs

Eavesdropping

2009-05-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

In The Meadow

2009-04-30T10:25:00.001-07:00

The dogs were on a down-stay for more than five minutes while being observed by this unabashed Mule Deer.

Leapin' Lizards

2009-04-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

Garden variety lizard.

Wild Turkey

2009-04-27T17:27:00.001-07:00

On Parade

Twins

2009-04-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

There's that dog again!

All Grown Up

2009-04-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

Not so mellow yellow.

In The Meadow

2009-04-18T18:12:00.000-07:00

Wild Iris

Baby Blues

2009-04-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

Be Still My Heart

Egg Hunt

2009-04-12T11:05:00.001-07:00

I'd like to meet that bunny!

New Beginnings

2009-04-11T22:16:00.000-07:00

Puppy Love

2009-04-09T16:42:00.000-07:00

Will work for hugs.

Sonoma County Misty Morn

2009-04-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

A most welcomed rain has returned to Mark West Meadows. The mist and sun play on the hills to the east.

Major Life Force

2009-04-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

Cleo - Companion & Protector of her pack.

Life Force

2009-04-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

I was told that if you close your eyes and imagine the color of leaves and grass while the sun shines through, that it has the power to heal.

Bone Tired

2009-04-01T12:33:00.001-07:00

A tired dog is a good dog.

Lichen on Manzanita

2009-03-30T16:00:00.001-07:00

Mail Run

2009-03-28T21:38:00.000-07:00

Grace (L) & Ceilidh rush to greet the mail carrier. Gracie has her security ball and Ceilidh's language is unprintable.

Oh My!

2009-03-26T14:01:00.001-07:00

Ceilidh turns 4.

Shifting Sheep

2009-03-25T10:10:00.001-07:00

Moving Sheep at the Sonoma Wine Country Sheepdog Trial are Emma (guard dog in front center) and a Border Collie (rear right). Congratulations to all participants and thanks to the Press Democrat for great coverage.

My What Big Ears...

2009-03-13T21:48:00.000-07:00

You Want Me To Do What?

2009-03-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.-- John Steinbeck

In Memory of Hal

2009-03-09T16:58:00.000-07:00

Hal Keating, friend and mentor. 1926 - 2009

Watch - 'em

2009-03-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

This is Gracie, our newest rescue. She was released from a cattle ranch in Lake Country. She likes to gather so she would run ahead of the stock and turn them back on the heelers and rancher. She does well on sheep and Karen Kollgaard and I are helping her to work through some of the keep 'em on the fence stuff that she learned on cattle. Don't know when we'll be ready to trial, but meanwhile she teaches me something new every day.

Black Oak in Winter Sun

2009-03-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

“When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze”

Thomas Carlyle

New Born

2009-03-01T10:39:00.000-08:00

Rendering of new born lamb (2-28-09) from "On A Shoestring Ranch".

Walking Miss Cleo

2009-02-28T10:59:00.001-08:00

Cleo, aka the Duchess, on our morning walk.

I Can See Clearly

2009-02-26T22:16:00.000-08:00

"I can see clearly now the rain has gone."

Ewe&Lamb

2009-02-25T11:15:00.000-08:00

Computer rendering of ewe & lamb.

“The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.”

The rain has stopped so Ceilidh and Grace will be working sheep today at Shoestring Ranch.

Mark West Creek

2009-02-23T12:13:00.000-08:00

Rain continues to fall on Sonoma County, engorging tributaries such as Mark West Creek. Meadows and pastures are also flooded making for wet, muddy dogs and livestock. We really need this moisture so the smell of "wet dog" is a small price to pay.

Dreaming of Summer

2009-02-21T10:48:00.000-08:00

With more rain on the way (much needed) my mind

yearns for summer with early morning mist across the valley.

After the Rain

2009-02-19T10:21:00.000-08:00

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."- Colette

Let The Sun Shine

2009-02-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

Cleo, Ceilidh & Grace enjoying a break in the weather.

"Where are the sheep?""

Sky Across The Valley

2009-02-17T11:49:00.000-08:00

Still raining, although the storm is moving out. The girls haven't been on sheep for four days now. We are all getting cabin fever. A new storm is in the forecast to move on-shore later this week. Will head to "On A Shoestring Ranch" to work sheep during the lull.

Cloud Break

2009-02-16T14:26:00.000-08:00

The barking of the dogs will not disturb the clouds.~ Berber Proverb

Hard Rain

2009-02-15T13:32:00.000-08:00

Rained all night and no let-up today so far. The dogs have cabin fever. All three playing Border Collie games and sleeping. Then more games.

View from front window. Clouds and mist hugging hills to the east. Will post another of the same view when sun returns.

Between Storms

2009-02-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

Between Storms

Still Raining

2009-02-13T21:42:00.001-08:00

Still Raining

Signs of Spring

2009-02-12T14:51:00.000-08:00

Signs of spring in February. Plum trees in bloom. There is a hummingbird nest in the tree on the right.

Ceilidh, Cleo and Grace hoping the rain stops soon so they are allowed in the back 40.