Posted on 11/20/2024
Susan is a 16 ½ year old Border Collie. She was a champion herding dog when she was young, but I didn’t meet her until she had been “retired” from herding. My involvement in sheep herding came as just the byproduct of us getting a rescue Border Collie (Cooper). I will explain Cooper’s story elsewhere. However, after Cooper got older and started to slow down, we got Gordy. Gordy turned out to be way above my skill level, so I looked for additional training opportunities. Our friend Glen has sheep at his small ranch in Prunedale and we started practicing there. And that’s where I first met Susan. Susan was owned by our friend Mimi, who had run her in competition while Susan could compete. Some of the time, Mimi and I trained our sheep dogs together; sometimes we practiced together; often we encouraged each other through training problems, and sometimes we even competed against each ot ... read more