Sheepdog trial for Beardies General Chat

The other shepherd on the estate is holding a sheepdog trial tomorrow specifically for Beardies, so I am looking forward to the differences in working between them and the collies.

I will have to charge my camera up for all your beardie fans

ooh that's interesting and has reminded me that I wanted to see if you knew much about them...I read the other day that they make really good hill dogs. Meant to see whether your OH has ever considered one, especially as I know you've been struggling a bit recently to find a really good dog for that purpose.

Ive seen some cracking working beardies, have to admit they havnt looked like the show dogs, and some really nice border/beardie crosses.Would love to see this trial

Hubby has had a couple of working beardies over the years, as well as a huntaway - and even though he liked them, they don't *do* it for him like a good working collie.

He is thrilled with the way the three pups we kept back from the last litter are doing, and I am just about to put some pics up of them.

It is a shame you aren't a bit nearer Rookie, as it would be lovely to meet you, and this trial is being held opposite my house

Awwww sounds lovely look forward to the pics!!!!

Beardies are really driving dogs, but they can obviously as well. I used to have beardies from show lines, but mine were only a couple of generations from the working beardies.

A friend of mine does some hobby sheep work with her show bred beardies & they absolutely love it.

A retired shepherd(no longer with us sadly)used to have a beardie that he used to take sheep to market(pre WWI)& also to drive the sheep though the sheep dip with when all the border collies failed.

Oops it is tomorrow, not today ... so you will have to wait a wee while longer for the pics ;-)

shame i have plans, that sounds like fun. i love beardies and hardly ever see working ones

Can't wait to see pics.

For those who cannot wait

Herding Beardies little something to keep you going Some brill photos of Beardies & some more unusual breeds herding !

Thanks for the link Dyane - interestingly they are mainly show beardies. Nice to see owners still interested in retaining their working capabilities to some degree.

I wonder whether they will be mainly working or show beardies tomorrow. We will wait to see.

I should think they'll be working Beardies Looking forward to hearing about it.

Wonder if you might do a bit of detective work for me? Can you PM me your email so I can send you an attachment pretty please;-)

No worries - PM sent.

Great cant wait for pics, My show boy beardies brother works sheep in Canada and my girl is off the Sallen lines, the difference in her speed to his is incredible, her sister works at a farm too....From all the farmers I know who work there Beardies they are brill

Whereabouts in Scotland are you? You could always come and watch

Ayrshire but its our last British Ute show tomorrow in Livingston so I cant make it , would love to have gone tho, my Flynn herds the big dogs for me hahhaa, but she let one go last night and I had to run around the wood road with ma slippers on

Hope you have a great day..

Thanks - I will try and get some decent piccies.

Dr Lynne Sharpe(Nee Evans) has gone back to the working lines that her first dogs came from & has established a lovely line of 0% COI dogs. I met her over 40 years ago when I was showing my first Beardie & have loved her Brambledales ever since, she made a model of my Champion Bitch, well before she was made up & gave it to me after she was made up & told me she always knew she would get made up, because of her superb movement !

My mum has a Brambledale - Megan, the second Brambledale she has had. Wonderful dogs, fantastic temprements, healthy and a lot bigger than the show dogs. Can't wait to see the pics.

Sarah