Sheepdog trials, results, news and views
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World Trial 08
Relive the drama of the World Trial in the picture galleries.
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Irish National 09
View all the action from the 2009 Irish National in the picture galleries
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Welsh National 09
All the action caught on camera in the Welsh National galleries
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Aberglasne 09
Who won the Champion of Champions challenge? Visit the gallery
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2009 International
The 2009 International was a royal occasion - see more of the shots in the picture galleries
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Top price chimes again for BellSkipton dog sale report... John Bell, of Selby, took the top price at last month's Skipton sale for the 13th time in eight years.The well-known handler from Parks Farm, Howden, sold ... READ MORE |
Brian's cups overflow Pembrokeshire sheepdog trials dinner... Pembrokeshire's adopted Irishman, Brian McConnell, swept the board at the county's nursery presentation night and dinner.Brian has dominated the nursery season with his dog Joe and won ... READ MORE |
Sad death of trials stalwart Sheepdog world mourns loss... The death of renowned trials enthusiast Aza Pinney has saddened the sheepdog world today.Aza, of Llanddewi Brefi, Tregaron, Ceredigion, died last night (January 5th) after a lengthy ... READ MORE |
Tune in for sheepdogs TV series returns... The popular sheepdog trials TV series Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach returns to our screens for the new year.The 12-part series covers both the big, high pressure trials including the 2009 Scottish ... READ MORE |
Join k9tales on Twitter Get the latest updates… k9tales has joined another online flock – Twitter - and will be adding regular updates from the sheepdog world and life in the k9tales office. So if you ... READ MORE |
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Latest Blog
The white stuff Well, the festivities are well and truly over. The decorations are packed away and the turkey carcass has been thrown out. The new year has kicked off with a blanket of ... READ MORE |
Trials make a game of itYou've seen the Extreme Shepherds on YouTube, now you can preview a new extreme sheepdog trials game. If you can't get enough of sheepdog trials and are feeling competition withdrawal symptoms ... READ MORE |
The future may not be brightThe young competitors who took part in the eighth young handlers' sheepdog trial should be praised for their efforts, but I can't help feeling a little disappointed that there wasn't ... READ MORE |
Power of puppy persuasion Oh dear. It seems I now have a favourite in the litter of pups. Things are not looking good in the resisting temptation stakes. And should I really be preoccupied thinking about sheepdog ... READ MORE |
No, the plane wasn't for me...Right, let's clear one thing up: No, the plane wasn't for me! For anyone who wasn't at the International and hasn't got a clue what I'm talking about, let me explain. On ... READ MORE |
The patter of tiny paws There are six new arrivals in the k9tales kennel and mother and babies are doing well. Mum's red and white bitch Ruby whelped three weeks ago, producing five black and white ... READ MORE |
Banking the holidays Things seem to be conspiring against me competing at sheepdog trials at the moment. And this isn't doing me, or my dog, any good. I think we may both be going ... READ MORE |
Across the waterAugust, one of the busiest sheepdog trialling months, already seems to be flying by. The 2009 Irish National is over and I've returned home after a tiring and busy, but ... READ MORE |
Ding-dong, the bells will ring... Many of the sheepdog trials fields on the South Wales circuit are held in quiet, rural locations, where the decibels rarely rise above that of the surrounding birdsong or a ... READ MORE |
Magical mystery tourA grand day out in north Wales... This year I've joined the North Wales Sheepdog Society for the first time. Having thought about it and calculated that the distance we travel to ... READ MORE |
Trials in full swingIt doesn't seem a minute since the start of the 2009 trialling season in Wales and already plans are being made for this year's South Wales nursery final in December. Before ... READ MORE |
The devil did it!Many excuses can be heard being muttered on the trials field after a bad run, so I thought I'd add a new one to the mix.Having got up even earlier ... READ MORE |
Cover girl It may sound a little self-indulgent, but seeing the photograph of my working sheepdog Corrie on the cover of the latest edition of Pembrokeshire County Living magazine gives me great ... READ MORE |
Lambing over for another year This year, for the first time ever, I've had very little involvement in the lambing of mum's Willowbrook flock of Kerry Hill sheep. This is mainly because I now live in ... READ MORE |
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