News from Concord, NC Shows:
CH Deep River’s Bow and Arrow (Scout) was BOV smooth all 3 days in Concord and was awarded a Herding Group 4 on Sat. and a Herding Group 3 on Sunday! Our blue rough boy Bright was WD two days. Joy was entered one day in Advanced Rally Obedience and got [...]
Proud owner Kathy Weare our dear friend from Maine, sends word that Joy’s daughter, CH Deep River’s Bad to the Bone (Astrid) is now also a Canadian champion, finishing at Fredericton Kennel Club on Saturday, July 26 with a Group 2. Astrid was presented in Canada and to some of her American wins by Jill [...]
Joy bringing the sheep around the handlers cone after the outrun, lift & fetch in HTD 1 to begin running the course.
Joy putting the sheep in the free-standing pen at the end of the HTD 1 course.
Joy in HRD 3. She’s sorted 10 sheep and taken the first 5 through the foot bathe. She’s bringing [...]
CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy RN, HXAsd, RFL1, HTD 1, HTAD 3, HRD 3 on Friday
Bringing the flock up after the outrun (the fetch)
Taking them to the gate in pasture 1
Taking the flock to the far pasture to do a sort and some driving through obstacles
Bring the stock up from the middle enclosure after [...]
This past weekend, June 28 & 29, my friend Claire Apple & I went to Scarlet Mills Farm in Birdsboro, PA to herding trials sponsored by the Australian Cattle Dog Club of America. Claire’s little bi-blue sheltie, Brick, showed the cattle dogs how cattle herding is done earning two Q’s to [...]
BOO (Deep River’s Haunting Ewe) at the Kem Memorial Sweepstakes
Age: 6 mos.
By Aaron X Joy
Breeders/Owners: Kathy Moll, Gary Newsham & Dee Penatzer
Mixed results for our Herding weekend in Berryville, VA (May 24-26). Joy was a good girl on Sun. at the AKC trial and got her first Advanced A duck Q with 3rd place. On Monday at the AHBA trial on her first try on Level 3 Ranch Course she did well and [...]
AKC Herding Trial News from Sat. & Sun., April 12 @ Way-to-Me Farm, Sanford:
CH Joy, RN, HIAs HSAd, HRD II, RLF I finished her first duck Course A title with 1st place.We were disappointed that Joy lost one too many points on her center panels to get her last Advanced Q on Course A sheep [...]
The Aaron/Joy puppies are 12 weeks old this week. Buster, is a beautiful show quality, tri-factored, rough-factored, sable smooth boy and is available. He shows excellent performance potential as well. We have started Buster’s show training and are giving him periodic livestock experience.
The sable merle puppy is in his [...]
Sable boy is available – Happy New Year!
(pictured at 9 weeks)
Sable Merle Boy is available – Happy New Year!
(pictured at 9 weeks)
Tri boy is ready for 2008!
Tri boy (I call him Boo). He may stay here and become Deep River’s Haunting Ewe or Scaring Ewe Silly!
DOB 10/31/2007
Touch sensitivity test
Retrieval of the paper ball – A lot of interest from this one!
Whoa! What are those?
Okay, I got it! I move…and they move…
Driving the ducks!
First of the Aaron/Joy puppy herding photos – taken 12/21/2007
Rough Boy – Get along Duckies – and stay together
Don’t try to run – back back with your friends!
That’s more like it!
Duck herding from, Sun., Dec.9 PBCA Herding Trial (Stewart Event Images)
Wiggy when she was a good girl!
Joy enjoying her Sun., Dec. 9 duck run.
Claire hooked “Uncle Frost” up to his cart and we took photos of his little nephews from his sister, Joy – CH Deep River’s Comfort and Joy HIAs, RLF1, HRDII. Appropriately, Frost is Deep River’s Let It Snow CGC, RL1; he and Joy were born on Christmas Day 2003. Joy’s puppies were born on Halloween.