2018 May June

Aussie Times 

May-June 2018 

The Official Publication of the Australian Shepherd Club of America

AUSSIE TIMES May-June 2018 1

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OFFICERS 

• President: Ann DeChant (2018); 13950 S 

Shaftsburg Rd., Perry, MI 48872; (517) 675- 

5538; anndechant.asca@gmail.com 

• 1st Vice President: Liz Busquets (2020); 

2335 Airport Dr., Athens, GA 30605; (574) 

349-5284; aussiesLB@msn.com 

• 2nd Vice President: Cindy King (2019); 18 

Riverview Dr. Canterbury, CT 06331; (860); 

546-6367; cindyking.asca@gmail.com 

• Secretary: Linda Gray (2018); 68 Bourne 

Ave; Tiverton, RI 02878; (401) 413-0491; 

Lmgray1@cox.net 

• Treasurer: Jean Roberts (2019); 217 

Rainbow Dr. #11742, Livingston, TX 77399; 

(208) 243-5242; jeanroberts.asca@gmail. 

com 

• Executive Secretary: Kalla Jaco; 9617 Great 

Hills Trail #624; Austin, TX 78759; (737) 

704-1685; Executive.secretary@asca.org 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

• Denise Creelman (2020); 684 W. Elster, 

Tulare, CA 93274; (559) 686-5109; 

love4aussies@aol.com 

• Laura Gibson (2018); 249 Gallagher Dr. 

Canyon Lake, TX 78133; (940) 733-1914; 

Chaseaussies@aol.com 

• Ken Silveira (2019); 42793 Valley View 

Dr., Scio, OR 97374; (503) 779-4652; 

kensilveira.asca@gmail.com 

• Rachel Vest (2020); 1494 Hog Mountain 

Rd. Jefferson, GA 30549; (401) 634-5582; 

Rachelv.asca@gmail.com 

EXECUTIVE & STANDING COMMITTEES 

• Agility Committee: (Liaison: Jean Roberts); 

Committee Chair: Judy Boone (OH); (801) 

361-9354; 55 Dorland Ave, Berea, OH; 

daydreamaussies@msn.com 

• Aussie Rescue and Placement 

Hotline: (Liaison: Ann DeChant) 

• Aussie Times Committee: Laura Gibson, Ann 

DeChant, Cindy King, and Linda Gray 

• Conformation Committee: (Liaison: Ann 

DeChant); Committee Chair: Liz Gibson; 

17415 Ben Smith Creek Rd., Tillamook, OR 

97141; coastalrange@embarqmail.com 

• DNA Committee: (Liaison: Jean Roberts); 

Committee Chair: Gina Larson; 22771 

Middle Rd., Greenleaf, ID 83636: (831) 

206-0078; WINDMILLAUSSIES@OUTLOOK. 

COM 

• Dock Jumping Committee: (Liaison: Rachel 

Vest); Committee Chair: Heidi Mobley; 9081 

Australian Shepherd 

Club of America (ASCA)® 

Established 1957 

Parent Club of the Australian Shepherd 

Culp Branch Rd., Sanger, TX 76266; (940) 

458-5710; WHAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM 

• Education Committee: Committee Chair: 

Christine Reedy; (517) 669-5345; 9160 

Williams Rd., DeWitt, MI 48820; walkate@aol. 

com 

• European Advisory Committee: (Liaison: Ann 

DeChant); Committee Chair: Luc Goossens; 

Kiefhoekstraat 199, 3940 Hechtel-Eksel, 

Belguim; 0320315425100; LUCANDME@ 

YAHOO.COM 

• Hall of Fame Committee: (Liaison: Ann 

DeChant); Committee Chair: Dorothy Montano 

(NM); (505) 977-6523; 1837 Peyton Rd SW, 

Los Lunas, NM 87031; los-suenos@att.net 

• History Committee: (Liaison: Ann DeChant); 

Committee Chair: Sunday Miles (MI); (989) 

465-9057; 10515 Pere Marquette, Clare, MI 

48617; countrywoods@voyager.net 

• Junior Committee: (Liaison: Cindy King); 

Committee Chair: Andrea (Armstrong) Bair; 

juncasjimpop@yahoo.com 

• Legislative Committee: (Liaison: Rachel 

Vest); Committee Chair: Susan Beals; New 

York; (607) 423-5576; bealsie2@gmail.com 

• Merle Allele Investigative Committee: 

(Liaison: Linda Gray); Committee Chair: 

Shelly Hollen-Wood; 609 Bayou Bend Dr., 

Deer Park, TX 77536; (713) 444-8002; 

SHALAKOAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM 

• Most Versatile Aussie Committee: (Liaison: 

Ken Silveira); Committee Chair: Renee 

Watson; (770) 931-4270; 5793 Rollingwood 

Dr., Stone Mountain, GA 30087; renresch@ 

comcast.net 

• Obedience Committee: (Liaison: TBD); 

Committee Chair: Laurie Rubin; P.O. Box 967, 

Sebastopol, CA 95473; earthlaurie@sonic.net 

• Rally Committee: (Liaison: TBD; Committee 

Chair: Corinne Shanks; (417) 425-4869; 

Blanchard, OK 73010; gckennel.aol.com 

• Sponsorship Committee: (Liaison: Rachel 

Vest): Committee Chair: Ray Fryar; Texas; 

(979) 778-1082; rayfryar@gmail.com 

• Stockdog Committee: (Liaison: Jean Roberts) 

Committee Chair: Rick Harden; 1086 

Simmons Road, Social Circle, GA 30025: 

(404) 353-4424; RHRDNTN@GMAIL.COM 

• Tracking Committee: (Liaison: TBD); Chair: 

Beth MacLehose; 777 Township Rd. 208; 

Marengo, OH 43334: (419) 253-9958; 

BMACLEHOSE@GMAIL.COM 

• Webmaster: (Bd Liaison: Rachel Vest); Heidi 

Mobley; (940) 458-5710; 9081 Culp Branch 

Rd, Sanger, TX 76266; webmaster@asca.org 

ASCA Business Office 

6091 E. State Hwy 21 

Bryan, TX 77808 

Phone (979) 778-1082 

Fax (979) 778-1898 

Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST, M-F 

www.asca.org 

ASCA Business Office Manager 

Ray Fryar (ext. 101) 

Email: manager@asca.org 

• ASCA Registry – Sarah Jackson: registrar@asca. 

org 

– For Individual Registrations, Litters, Transfers, 

Certified Pedigrees, Kennel name registration 

and renewal, Leases and corrections 

– For Foreign Registration or LEP’s contact Ray 

Fryar: manager@asca.org 

• ASCA Membership – Susan Byrne: 

membership@asca.org 

– Sends all membership applications, 

membership renewal, change of address, and 

membership inquires 

– For Affiliate Club questions contact Sarah 

Jackson registrar@asca.org 

• ASCA DNA Kits – Susan Byrne: membership@ 

asca.org 

– DNA kit ordering and DNA certificates 

– Therion point of contact and DNA results, 

contact Ray Fryar: manager@asca.org 

• ASCA Conformation & Obedience – Misty 

Ryan: activities@asca.org 

– All Conformation shows, Conformation judges, 

Obedience shows and Obedience judges 

– All forms and show results associated with the 

Conformation & Obedience 

– Show sanctioning for Conformation and 

Obedience 

• ASCA Agility & Show Insurance - Adrianne 

Karli: agility@asca.org 

– All forms, show results, certificates, 

sanctioning, judge information for Agility trials 

– Certificates of Insurance and Show and Trial 

Newsletter 

• Stockdog, Tracking and Rally – Sherilan 

Young: stockdog@asca.org 

– All forms, show results, certificates and 

sanctioning for Stockdog Trials, Ranch Trials, 

Farm Trials, Tracking Tests and Rally trials Judges 

Information on Stockdog, Tracking, and Rally 

programs. 

• Junior Showmanship – Misty Ryan: activities@ 

asca.org 

• Hall of Fame – Sarah Jackson: registrar@asca. 

org 

• Affiliate Clubs – Misty Ryan: activities@asca. 

org 

- All Affiliate Club questions 

rev 9/17 


The Aussie Times is the official publication of the Australian Shepherd Club of America 

Parent Club of the Australian Shepherd 

Established 1957 

May-June • Volume 51, No. 4 • Circulation 4,000 

In this Issue 

ASCA Election Calendar 76 

ASCA Election Section 

Election Inquiry 

Candidate Responses 31-35 

Candidate Resumes 36-43 

Paid Candidate Endorsements 44-46 

ASCA 2017-18 Conformation 

Point Schedule 47-48 

ASCA Breed Standard (Revised) 27 

Working Description 

of the Australian Shepherd 26 

Affiliate Clubs & 

Licensed Agility Clubs 52-67 

Affiliate Club Guidelines 52-58 

Affiliate Club Reports 

ASC of British Columbia 59 

ASC of Michigan 59 

AS Versatility Association 59 

Colorado ASA 59 

Central Ontario ASC 60 

Dutch Working AS 60 

Southern Colorado ASC 60 

Western Europe Working ASC 61 

Aussie Rescue & 

Placement Helpline (ARPH) 77 

ARPH Donation Form 79 

Aussie Times Info 96-97 

Bulletin Board 28-29 

Business Office Information 

Basic Information 9 

Agility Reports 

Certificates Issued 62 

Conformation Reports 

Champion (Altered) 


Champion (Intact) 


Donor News 68 

Hall of Fame 68 

Judges News 69 

Kennel News 69 

Obedience Reports 


Obedience Honor Dog 70 

Rally Reports 

Rally Certificates Issued 70 

Stockdog Reports 

Farm Trial Certificates 72 

Stockdog Certificates 72 

Tracking Reports 

Tracking Certificates 73 

Vendor News 73 

Change of Address 92 

Club Officers and Committees 9 

Committee Reports 

Conformation 49 

DNA 49 

History 49 

Obedience 50 

Rally 50 

Tracking 51 

Director’s Half-Page 30 

Do These Genes Fit? 73 

Finally, Finals! 80 

How & How Much? 95 

In Other Words . . . 

A (Former) Junior’s View 90 

Just So: 

Bunny Come Home 88 

Jake and Blue . . . 91 

50 Shades of Shea 93 

How Will I Know When 

I’ve Owned My Last Aussie? 94 

Membership Form 61 

Office Report 12 

Officer Reports 

President’s Report 11 

Secretaries’ Reports 12 

On the Cover 51 

Stockdog Corner 86 

Upcoming Events 30 

Advertisers Index 

(Cunningham/Androff) 3-4 

(Davis) – 

Novice Obedience Finals Winner 8 

(Gatz) – Open CDX 

Obedience Finals Winner 2 

(Johnson) – 

Utility Obedience Finals Winner 116 

(Miller) – Open/ODX 

Obedience Finals Winner 

IBC 

(St. Jacques) – 

2017 Rally Finals Winner 87, Back Cover 

Toby’s Foundation 103 

In Memoriam 

Hearthside Leave A Message 111 

Hearthside Master Of Disguise 110 

Imagineer’s Genuine Risk 106-107 

Izod 1 

Loyal Spirit Be My Glory 6-7 

Old West’s Cowboy Magic 

IFC 

PSR Rockin Red Rex 112-113 

Rainyday’s Remember When 114-115 

Slydrocks Offshore Accounts 108-109 

Sonryz 

Chariot Of Noah’s Glory 104-105 

Club Events 

ASC of Arizona Pre-T rial 99-102 

Tennessee ASC 98 

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This includes the advertisement and sale of ASCA-registered dogs through wholesale and retail outlets.

Getting Down to Business 

From the President 

Hello Members, This was in the latest AusENews, but I think 

it’s so important that it needs to be here, too. 

Many times, I am contacted by Members about a situation 

that goes on at an ASCA event, because people seem to expect me 

to do something right then over the phone, all I can do is try to 

provide information. I want everyone to be aware of the tool that 

is available to solve these problems during the event. 

In the recent past, ASCA replaced the ASCA Dispute Rules 

with a friendlier process which is the ASCA Conflict Resolution 

Protocol. What I want to focus on here is the portion of this which 

deals with situations at ASCA events and the responsibility of the 

Affiliate Clubs. 

This is the introduction to the process which is printed in the 

back of each ASCA Program Rulebook. 

ASCA Conflict Resolution Protocol 

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2016 

This ASCA Conflict Resolution Protocol replaces the ASCA 

Dispute Rules, which are no longer in effect. The purpose of 

ASCA’s rules is to protect and advance the interests of the Australian 

Shepherd as a purebred dog and to encourage sportsmanlike conduct 

at dog shows, working, agility, rally, tracking and obedience trials 

and at any other event where Australian Shepherds participate. 

The purpose of our rules is to ensure fair participation in our 

program events, civil conduct among our members and integrity 

in our registry. Sometimes conflicts and disputes will arise, and, in 

those cases, the following protocol has been established to resolve 

such conflicts and disputes. Membership in ASCA is a privilege, 

not a right. Members may be disciplined or membership may be 

suspended by the Board of Directors for cause detrimental to the 

interest of ASCA or to its programs, policies, objectives or the 

harmonious relationship of its members, as determined by the 

Board of Directors. Questions not answered by this document 

should be referred to the ASCA Executive Secretary. The ASCA 

Conflict Resolution Form is included with each sanctioning packet 

sent to Affiliate Clubs. Copies of the ASCA Conflict Resolution 

Protocol and ASCA Conflict Resolution Form must be available 

at all ASCAsanctioned events. 

FIRST DECIDE WHO SHOULD RECEIVE YOUR 

REQUEST FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION 

Affiliate Club 

It is the duty of the Affiliate to deal initially with conflicts which 

occur during or in connection with its events. The Affiliate Club 

should receive these requests for conflict resolution: 

• Conflicts, complaints or disputes arising from violation(s) of 

rules at ASCA-sanctioned events sponsored by an affiliate, 

including violations of ASCA Bylaws, ASCA program rule 

books, ASCA Policy, or ASCA codes of conduct 

• Conflicts, complaints or disputes arising from affiliate bylaws 

or rules 

• Conflicts arising from the misconduct of improper actions by 

a judge which are correctable at the time of the event (not the 

decision of the judge) 

The next section has to do with Conflicts that are the jurisdiction 

of the ASCA Board. I urge you all to familiarize yourselves with 

this whole process. 

I want to let Members know that this process is here for you to 

use if you have a complaint at a show. I urge you to use this when 

things need to be addressed at a show. Ask for the form and fill it out 

completely, following the process. Take it to the Club President or 

the Member that is heading up the show (Show Secretary or Show 

Chair). There is a process that the Affiliate Club must follow. It is 

too long to be outlined here, so please use the link here to familiarize 

yourself with the procedures: http://www.asca.org/wp-content/ 

uploads/2016/04/Conflict-Resolution-Protocol-Form.pdf. 

I want the Affiliate Clubs to know that if an attendee asks for the 

form, the Club must provide it and cooperate fully with providing 

access to what the Member needs to fill it out. Provide your copy 

of the ASCA Program Rule book for help in their research. Giving 

them the opportunity to use this process and then following it to 

the letter will help protect the Affiliate and will allow the Club to 

reach a decision that will hopefully end up being satisfactory. Many 

of the steps are time sensitive, so being aware ahead of time may 

help. 

What if the complainant isn’t happy with the decision? This 

is the last step in the process which both the Club and the Member 

with the complaint need to understand: 

11. The decision of the hearing body shall be final and binding 

unless a written notice of the member’s intention to appeal the 

decision is received by ASCA’s Executive Secretary within 

7 days of the date of the letter notifying said member of the 

disciplinary action taken against him/her. 

Now let’s go back to the start of this report. If people call me 

about a complaint at a show, what I will tell either party is to follow 

this process. That is all I can do to help! If this is not followed, it 

may mean that ASCA really can’t help you! It is your responsibility 

to use this process at the event, and it is the Affiliate’s responsibility 

to follow the process professionally in order to relieve the situation. 

Be prepared by reading the whole process before your next show. 

Thank you to all the Affiliate Clubs who host ASCA events! 

This is where we go to compete and achieve titles and reach our 

goals as part of our enjoyment with our dogs. It is up to all of us to 

follow the rules and respect ASCA and our hosts to the best of our 

ability. We need to strive to treat each other with respect and good 

sportsmanship at these events. Just be aware, should something 

go wrong, this process exists to help deal with these situations. 

A Committee of ASCA Members created this procedure to help 

ASCA events be the best they can be. Everything is there to help 

you and your club ensure that situations can be handled. 

I love ASCA and Aussies, 

~ Ann 


Erratum 

In the results section of the January-February Aussie Times, a photo for 

the #7 Started Trial Dog – Ducks (STDd) was inadvertently left out. The 

submitted photo of Irn Bru Black Foest Scout STDds DNA-VP is shown 

below. Sincerest apologies to Beatrice Frei for the omission! 

AFFILIATE APPROVALS 

Casa De Canine Agility (Kansas) 

President: Ann Koenig (skoenig45@aol.com) 

Affiliate Rep: Karen Nenow (klnenow@flyinblues.com) 

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS 

Tracking Committee, region 5: Jacqueline Tinker 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOTIONS 

BD.18.03 Change to Policy Book 8.1.2 Emergency Issue 

Deadline 

Approve: Unanimous 

Motion carries. 

Motion by Roberts; second by Busquets: I move to delete 8.1.2 

c, renumber the section and change 8.1.2 f (new 8.1.2 e) to read, 

Emergency issues* may be added to board meetings at any time. 

Office Report 

Current number of full members: 5677 

Current number of service members: 4190 

Number of litters registered from 

1/15/2018 till 3/15/2018: 483 

Number of dogs registered from 

1/15/2018 till 3/15/2018: 818 

Secretaries’ Reports 

These reports detail the day to day activities of the ASCA Board of 

Directors. It includes issues brought before the Board of Directors 

and mail, fax, e-mail and/or telephone communications. This 

report is respectfully submitted by Kalla Jaco, Executive Secretary. 

January 2018 Executive Secretary’s Report 

JUDGE APPROVALS 

Senior Rally Judge Ronnie Bates (Georgia) 

Provisional Breeder Judge Brandy Esch (Colorado) 

Approved Breeder Judge Susan Winters (Massachusetts) 

Senior Breeder Judge Canby Scott (Utah) 

Stockdog Judge Sandra Zilch (Germany) 

Officer Reports* 

Current wording: 

8.1.2 Deadlines 

The President or a designated Director shall issue meeting agendas 

using the following deadlines: 

a. Regularly scheduled face to face meeting (spring and National 

Specialty) – no later than thirty days prior to the meeting start 

date; 

b. Issues with a current nature may be added to face-to-face 

meetings no later than five days prior to the meeting start date; 

c. Emergency issues* may be added at face-to-face meetings at 

any time; 

d. Monthly teleconferences – no later than one week prior to the 

scheduled meeting date; 

e. Issues with a current nature may be added to teleconference 

meetings no later than two days prior to the meeting start date; 

f. Emergency issues* may be added to teleconference meetings 

at any time. 

*Adding emergency issues to agendas will be defined by the 

majority of the Board of Directors. 

Proposed wording: 




a. Regularly scheduled face to face meeting (spring and National 


date; 




any time; 

c. Monthly teleconferences – no later than one week prior to the 


d. Issues with a current nature may be added to teleconference 


e. Emergency issues* may be added to Board meetings at any 

time. 




Comments/rationale: Only one policy on emergency issues is 

necessary. 




Who is affected: ASCA Board of Directors, Executive Secretary 

Effective date: Immediately upon approval by the Board of 

Directors 

BD.18.04 Changes to Policy Book 8.1.2 Limiting 

Teleconference Agenda Items 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Gray, King, Roberts, Silveira 

Oppose: Creelman, Gibson, Vest 

Abstain: 0 


Dissent from Creelman: If more issues than 10 need to be addressed 

at our meeting then we need to do so and not be limited. 

Dissent from Gibson: Directors are elected to serve ASCA, and one 

of the main ways we serve is through participation in the monthly 

Board meetings. At times the meetings are lengthy, but that is part of 

the job we agreed to do. If there are more than items that need to be 

discussed, then the Board should be free to discuss them. Especially 

now that we are posting the recordings from the meetings, it is 

beneficial for the membership to hear the Board’s discussion on 

issues rather than having discussions via email where they are 

hidden from the membership. I support transparency and open 

discussion of ASCA business, so I am voting against this motion. 

Dissent from Vest: Cannot see how this would be of benefit since 

open discussion can reveal details that are sometimes missed in an 

email post. And since the BOD discussion is also provided to the 

Membership, it also helps to better inform of a BOD member’s 

thoughts on a topic. 

Motion by Roberts; second by Gray: I move to add the following 

policy under 8.1.2 d Monthly Teleconferences 

“Teleconference agendas will be limited to 10 items, including 

re-occurring items.” 





a. Regularly scheduled face-to-face meeting (spring and National 


date; 




any time; 

d. Monthly teleconferences – no later than one week prior to the 





at any time. 





a. Regularly scheduled face-to-face meetings (spring, National 

Specialty or any other face-to-face meeting): no later than 

thirty days prior to the meeting start date; 


meetings: no later than five days prior to the meeting start date; 

c. Emergency issues* may be added to face-to-face meetings at 

any time; 

d. Monthly teleconferences: no later than one week prior to 

the scheduled meeting date. Teleconference agendas will be 

limited to 10 items, including re-occurring items; 


meetings: no later than two days prior to the meeting start date; 


at any time. 



Comments/rationale: Teleconference meetings should be reserved 

for those items that need a more in-depth discussion, so it is logical 

to keep the agenda items limited to 10. Routine business should be 

handled via email as Policy dictates. 

Who is affected: ASCA Board of Directors, Executive Secretary 


Directors 

BD.18.05 Changes to Policy Book 13.1 Bonuses 



Motion by Roberts: second by Busquets: I move to make the 

following changes to policy 13.1 Bonuses: 

Add Executive Secretary to a 

Change d to $100 

Delete e and f 


13.1 Bonuses 

The following will be the Christmas bonuses given to the staff and 

part-time ASCA employees each year: 

a. Office Manager – $750.00. 

b. Full-time office employees who have been employed for more 

than five (5) Years – $500.00. 

c. Full-time office employees who have been employed from one 

(1) to five (5) years – $250.00. 

d. Part-time office employees – $25.00. 

e. Part-time employees who have been employed for over five 

(5) years – One month’s salary. 

f. Part-time employees who have been employed from one (1) 

to five (5) years – $100.00. 



13.1 Bonuses 

The following will be the Christmas bonuses given to the staff and 

part-time ASCA employees each year: 

a. Executive Secretary and Office Manager – $750.00. 

b. Full-time office employees who have been employed for more 

than five (5) Years – $500.00. 

c. Full-time office employees who have been employed from one 

(1) to five (5) years – $250.00. 

d. Part-time office employees – $100.00 

e. Part-time employees who have been employed for over five 

(5) years – One month’s salary. 

f. Part-time employees who have been employed from one (1) 

to five (5) years – $100.00. 

Comments/rationale: To clarify and amend bonus payments to be 

in accordance with current pay scales. 

Who is affected: ASCA Employees 


Directors 

EMERGENCY MOTIONS 

BD.18.13 Emergency Motion to approve 2018 Nationals 

Intact Bitch Judge 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gray, King, Vest 

Oppose: Silveira 

Abstain: Gibson 

Non-Voting: Roberts 


Motion by King; second by DeChant: I make a motion to approve 

Kym Base as the intact bitch judge at the 2018 ASCA Nationals. 

Comments/rationale: This is considered an emergency motion 

because of the pending deadline for the premium to be published 

in the Aussie Times with the correct judges. 


Directors 

BD.18.14 Emergency Motion to Modify Member in Good 

Standing Rule 



Motion by Silveira; second by Busquets: I do move the Attorneys 

recommended fix. 


Affiliates and conduct himself or herself in such manner as to 

advance the interests of ASCA and the breed. A person is not in good 

standing with ASCA, and is thus not entitled to utilize its programs, 

obtain its benefits, or represent it in any capacity, if such person: 

a. Is currently under discipline imposed by ASCA or by any of 

its Affiliates; 

b. Is not in compliance with the Dishonored Funds Policy set 

forth in Section 19.4 below; or 

c. Is currently suspended from privileges for any reason by 

the American Kennel Club (USA), the Canadian Kennel 

Club (Canada), the United Kennel Club (USA), the Kennel 

Club (United Kingdom) or the Federation Cynologique 

Internationale (FCI). A person not in good standing with 

ASCA because of this subsection (c) may request the Board 

of Directors to reinstate such person to good standing and the 

Board’s determination shall be final. 

A person not in good standing with ASCA remains not in good 

standing until the reason therefor has been rectified or removed. 


14 Member in Good Standing 

A person must be in good standing with ASCA and its Affiliates 

in order to utilize any of ASCA’s programs, including the registry, 

obtain any of its benefits, or represent ASCA in any manner, 

including acting as a judge. A person who is not in good standing 

may not act as a handler of a dog at any ASCA event. To remain 

in good standing, a person must comply with all the rules and 

regulations of ASCA and its Affiliates and conduct himself or 

herself in such manner as to advance the interests of ASCA and 

the breed. A person is not in good standing with ASCA, and is thus 

not entitled to utilize its programs, obtain its benefits, or represent 

it in any capacity, if such person: 

a. Is currently under discipline imposed by ASCA or by any of 

its Affiliates; 

b. Is not in compliance with the Dishonored Funds Policy set 

forth in Section 19.4 below; or 

c. Is currently suspended from privileges for any reason by 

the American Kennel Club (USA), the Canadian Kennel 

Club (Canada), the United Kennel Club (USA), the Kennel 

Club (United Kingdom) or the Federation Cynologique 

Internationale (FCI). A person not in good standing with 

ASCA because of this subsection (c) may request the Board 

of Directors to reinstate such person to good standing and the 

Board’s determination shall be final. 

A person not in good standing with ASCA remains not in good 

standing until the reason therefor has been rectified or removed. 

Effective date: March 1, 2018 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 


14 Member in Good Standing 

A person must be in good standing with ASCA and its Affiliates 

in order to utilize any of ASCA’s programs, including the registry, 

obtain any of its benefits, or represent ASCA in any manner, 

including acting as a judge. To remain in good standing, a person 

must comply with all the rules and regulations of ASCA and its 

Dock Jumping 

DJ.18.01 Change to Fetch It Divisions 3.3.1 Novice Level 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, Gray, Silveira, 

Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: King, Roberts 



Motion by Vest: I move to approve this motion from the Dock 

Jumping Committee. 

Committee recommendation: 

Motion by Heidi Mobley; second by Emily Glass: I move to approve 

the following change of wording in the rulebook to the Fetch it 

titling. 


3.3.1 Novice Level 

To earn this title a dog must jump in the same division five times 

at an ASCA licensed dock jumping events. 


Effective date: June 1, 2018 

Results of committee vote: 


DJ.18.03 Change to Fetch It Divisions 3.3.3-5 Excellent, 

Master, & Championship Levels 


Vest 

Oppose: 0 






at an ASCA licensed dock jumping events. No points will be 

calculated during the Novice title achievement. 

Comments/rationale: We have had exhibitors ask if the points 

during the novice jumps counted towards their advanced titles. 

This will clear this part up. 




DJ.18.02 Change to Launch Divisions 3.2.1 Novice Level 


Vest 

Oppose: 0 






Motion by Heidi Mobley: second by Emily Glass: I move to 

approve the following change of wording in the rulebook to the 

Launch titling. 




at an ASCA licensed dock jumping events. 




at an ASCA licensed dock jumping events. No points will be 

calculated during the Novice title achievement. 

Comments/rationale: We have had exhibitors ask if the points 

during the novice jumps counted towards their advanced titles. 

This will clear this part up. 




Motion by Heidi Mobley: second by Emily Glass: I move to approve 

the following change of wording in the rulebook to the Fetch it 

titling. 


3.3.3 Excellent Level 

A dog must earn an Advanced level title before it is eligible to earn 

points towards an Excellent title. For an Excellent title, the dog 

must earn 35 total points in the same division as the Advanced title. 

3.3.4 Master Level 

A dog must earn an Excellent level title before it is eligible to earn 

points towards a Master title. For a Master title, the dog must earn 

60 total points in the same division as the Excellent title. 

3.3.5 Championship Level 

A dog must earn a Master level title before it is eligible to earn points 

towards a Championship title. For a Championship title, the dog 

must earn 75 total points in the same division as the Master title. 



A dog must earn an Advanced level title before it is eligible to 

earn points towards an Excellent title in the same division. For an 

Excellent title, the dog must earn an additional 20 points in the 

same division as the Advanced title. This is a total of 35 points. 



points towards a Master title in the same division. For a Master 

title, the dog must earn an additional 25 points in the same division 

as the Excellent title. This is a total of 60 points. 


A dog must earn a Master level title before it is eligible to earn 

points towards a Championship title in the same division. For a 

Championship title, the dog must earn an additional 15 points in 

the same division as the Master title. This is a total of 75 points. 

Comments/rationale: This will stop the confusion if it was 

additional points or if the team has to start from 0 for a new title. 





DJ.18.04 Change to Launch Divisions 3.2.3-5 Excellent, Master, 

& Championship Levels 


Vest 

Oppose: 0 






Motion by Heidi Mobley; second by Emily Glass: I move to approve 

the following change of wording in the rulebook to the Launch 

titling. 


Obedience 

OB.18.01 Continuing Education Requirements for all ASCA 

Obedience Judges 

Approve: Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, King, Roberts, Silveira, 

Vest 

Oppose: DeChant, Gray 

Abstain: 0 


Dissent from DeChant: We have tried requiring our Judges from 

AKC to take tests previously and that ended with them no longer 

want to Judge for ASCA. I regret not discussing this with Board 

and asking the Committee about it. I think if we wanted to make 

these requirements of our ASCA approved Judges that would be 

fine, but I think we will lose AKC Judges. 



A dog must earn an Advanced level title before it is eligible to earn 

points towards an Excellent title. For an Excellent title, the dog 

must earn 50 total points in the same division as the Advanced title. 



points towards a Master title. For a Master title, the dog must earn 

75 total points in the same division as the Excellent title. 


A dog must earn a Master level title before it is eligible to earn points 

towards a Championship title. For a Championship title, the dog 

must earn 100 total points in the same division as the Master title. 



A dog must earn an Advanced level title before it is eligible to 

earn points towards an Excellent title in the same division. For an 

Excellent title, the dog must earn an additional 25 points in the 

same division as the Advanced title. This is a total of 50 points. 



points towards a Master title in the same division. For a Master 

title, the dog must earn an additional 25 points in the same division 

as the Excellent title. This is a total of 75 points. 


A dog must earn a Master level title before it is eligible to earn 

points towards a Championship title in the same division. For a 

Championship title, the dog must earn an additional 25 points in 

the same division as the Master title. This is a total of 100 points. 

Comments/rationale: This will stop the confusion if it was 

additional points or if the team has to start from 0 for a new title. 



Approve: 9 

Non-voting: 1 

Motion by Busquets: I move to add the following requirements for 

Obedience Judge Education. 


Motion by Laurie Rubin; second by Katie van de Sandt: I move 

that we require continuing education for obedience judges, at 

least every three years, beginning in 2018. Under 3 Obedience 

Judge Requirements, add a new section 3.4 Continuing Education 

Requirements for all ASCA Obedience Judges. The new language 

will follow subsection 3.3 Provisional Status and precede the 

current subsection 3.4 Privileges. 


No current wording. 


3 Obedience Judge Requirements 

… 

3.4 Continuing Education Requirements for all ASCA Obedience 

Judges 

3.4.1 Staying Up to Date on Rules 

It is the responsibility of all ASCA Obedience judges to stay up 

to date on the current rules and regulations affecting the ASCA 

Obedience program. Lists of rule changes for the most recent 

rulebooks can be found on the ASCA website. Only those program 

rules contained in the latest version of each rulebook shall be 

enforceable. 

3.4.2 ASCA Obedience Judges Education 

Starting July 1, 2018, all ASCA Obedience judges will be required 

to certify at least every three years that they have completed one 

of the required options for continuing judge education. Newly 

approved judges will be required to certify within 12 months 

of first approval. The list of judge education options for each 

year will be delineated in the ASCA Obedience Judge Education 

Certification Form to be posted on the ASCA website. In addition, 

upon request, the Business Office will send the Obedience Judge 

Education Certification Form for the current year to judges who 

can’t utilize the online version. 

All current ASCA Obedience judges must certify between July 1, 

2018 and December 31, 2018 that they have completed the initial 

continuing judges’ education. Starting in 2021, certifications for 

judges whose last names begin with the letters A-M will be due 


etween January 1 and June 30. Certifications for judges whose 

last names begin with the letters N-Z will be due between July 1 

and December 31. 

3.4.3 Certification of Continuing Education 

In order to maintain judging eligibility in the ASCA obedience 

program, it is the responsibility of each ASCA Obedience judge to 

complete and submit the Obedience Judge Education Certification 

Form at least every three years. Judges are welcome to certify 

more often, according to a schedule that is more convenient for 

them. For example, those who also judge ASCA Rally might 

choose to re-certify every two years (i.e. 2018, 2020, etc.). The 

ASCA Business Office will keep a record of which judges are up 

to date on certification and thus eligible to judge. 

The Obedience Judge Education Certification Form can be 

submitted online or by downloading and sending a copy to the 

Business Office. Starting January 1, 2019, judges who are not up 

to date with certification will not be eligible to judge until they 

complete and submit the Obedience Judge Education Certification 

Form. After 2 years of lapsed certification, a judge’s name will be 

removed from the ASCA Obedience Judge list. 

Comments/rationale: To improve the judging in the ASCA 

obedience program and to follow a directive from the Board of 

Directors. 

Who is affected: Obedience judges and the ASCA Business Office. 

The Business Office was contacted for input before the rule 

language was drafted. After reading the first draft of this rule, staff 

emailed Oct. 27, 2017, that the language sounds good. 

Effective date: The Effective Date of the motion will be the date 

that the next Rule Book is printed following approval by the Board 

of Directors and subsequent publication in the Aussie Times. 


Approve: 10 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: 0 

Non-voting: 2 


Future Option 1 

1. Completed the ASCA Obedience Judging online seminar, and 

2. Reviewed rule changes for June 2019 or most recent ASCA 

Obedience Rulebook. 

Comments/rationale: This form is referred to within the Judge 

Education Certification Motion. 

Who is affected: ASCA Obedience judges, the ASCA webmaster 

and the ASCA Business Office. The Business Office approved the 

draft language for the Judge Education Certification Motion, which 

this form accompanies. 

Effective date: The Effective Date of the motion will be the date 

that the next Rule Book is printed following approval by the Board 

of Directors and subsequent publication in the Aussie Times. 


Approve: 11 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: 0 

Non-voting: 1 

Rally 

RA.18.01 Correction of ASCA Rally Judges Worksheet by 

Deductions and by Station 



Motion by Busquets: I move to accept the Corrections to Rally 

Judges Worksheet by Deduction and Station. 


Title of Motion: RC 17.43: Correction of ASCA Rally Judges 

Worksheet by Deductions and by Station 

Motion by Corinne Shanks; second by Leah Swatco: I move that the 

wording be corrected on the Rally Judge’s Worksheet by Deduction 

and by Station to reflect 20 points off if it is a Star station. 

OB.18.02 Obedience Judge Education Certification Form 



Motion by Busquets: I move to approve the Obedience Judge 

Education Certification Form. 


Motion by Laurie Rubin; second by Katie van de Sandt: I move 

we send the attached Judge Education Certification Form to the 

Business Office to post on the ASCA website. The text is also 

copied below. 




See form at the back of this report [page 20, this issue AT]. 

Note: Option 1 on the form will be replaced by “Future Option 1” 

as soon as the online seminar is available. 


ASCA Rally Judges Worksheet by Deduction, 20 points section: 

IP of a 20-pt valued station (star station) 

Physical guidance (placing dog) except #101 

Straightening dog with knees or feet on star station 

20pt Jump stn not left at initial height/length 

20pt Jump station not at initial height/length when approached 

Handler error large enough to interfere with completion of star 

exercise 

IP of 20-pt. Sit/Dow n Stay on 1st attempt, no retries 

ASCA Rally Judge’s Worksheet by Station, 20 points section: 

20 Points: IP of a 20 pt station (star) / 20 pt jump not left at initial 

h/l / 20-point jump not at initial h/l when approached / Placing dog 

(except #101) / Straightening dog w / knees/feet on star stn /HE 

interfering w / completion of star stn Total points deducted Failure 

to complete Sit/Dow n Stay w / star, no retries 


ASCA Rally Judges Worksheet by Deduction, 20 points section: 

IP of a 20-pt valued station (star station) 


Physical guidance (placing dog) except #101 on star station 

Straightening dog with knees or feet on star station 

20pt Jump stn not left at initial height/length 

20pt Jump station not at initial height/length when approached 

Handler error large enough to interfere with completion of star 

exercise 

IP of 20-pt. Sit/Dow n Stay on 1st attempt, no retries 

ASCA Rally Judge’s Worksheet by Station, 20 points section: 

20 Points: IP of a 20 pt station (star) / 20 pt jump not left at initial 

h/l / 20-point jump not at initial h/l when approached / Placing dog 

(except #101) on star stn / Straightening dog w / knees/feet on star 

stn /HE interfering w / completion of star stn Total points deducted 

Failure to complete Sit/Dow n Stay w / star, no retries 

Comments/rationale: The current wording indicates 20 points off 

for physical guidance, or placing the dog in a stand. The words 

“on star station” needs to be added on both worksheets. 

Who is affected: This clarification will help judges when scoring a 

contestant. Contestants will be affected as scoring will be clarified. 

Effective date: Upon approval by the Board of Directors 


Approve: 13 

Disapprove: 0 

Abstain: 0 

Non-voting: 1 


4.11.1 

No competing dogs will be allowed in the trial arena on the day 

of the trial except during their run. A non-competing dog may be 

used to work the stock only at the discretion of the Course Director 

and the Judge. The trial arena includes all areas where the dogs 

are competing and all areas used for handling the trial livestock. 


4.11 Section 11: Dogs in Arena 

4.11.1 

No competing dogs will be allowed in the trial arena during a 

trial day except during their run(s). The trial arena includes all 

areas where dogs are competing, and all areas used for handling, 

moving, or gathering trial livestock. A trial begins on the day of 

the scheduled sanction date and ends when awards and score sheets 

have been handed out. At any time, a non-competing dog may be 

used to set or move stock in the trial arena at the discretion of the 

Course Director and Judge. When the trial ends, there will be no 

limitations or restrictions on any dogs or handlers. 

Comments/rationale: These rules need clarification as there has 

been confusion at several locations during trials. 

Effective date: Upon approval by the Board of Directors 


Approve: 7 

Oppose: 3 

Non-voting: 4 

Stockdog 

SD.18.01 Dogs in Arena 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, Gray, Roberts, 

Silveira 

Oppose: King, Vest 

Abstain: 0 


Dissent from King: I understand the reasoning for this motion but 

I’d like to see the start of trial as handler’s meeting rather than 

midnight of the trial day. I never want to make it easier to travel 

eight or ten hours to a trial than to have a member run a trial at their 

place. There are still areas where trial numbers need to grow and 

I don’t think the safe and efficient moving of the stock should be 

restricted before the trial. Stock should not need to remain penned 

for a whole weekend or be transported the day before to allow the 

stock owner to trial. 

Dissent from Vest: This rule will not serve the purpose as intended, 

which was to allow the livestock owner to use their dog to move 

stock when the dog had completed trialing for the day. 

Motion by Roberts: I move to approve the following motion from 

the SD Committee. 


Motion by Jim McKay; second by Trish Alexander: I move that the 

stock dog committee change the wording of 4.11.1 in section 11. 


4.11 Section 11: Dogs in Arena 

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 

Thursday, January 11, 2018 

Present: President Ann DeChant, 1st Vice President Liz Busquets, 

2nd Vice President Cindy King, Treasurer Jean Roberts, Director 

Ken Silveira, Director Rachel Vest, Counsel Chuck Carnese, and 

Executive Secretary Kalla Jaco 

Absent: Secretary Linda Gray, Director Denise Creelman, Director 

Laura Gibson 

There is a quorum with 6 voting members of the Board present. 

DeChant called the meeting to order in Executive Session at 6:05 

p.m. Central Time. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 

The Board started their meeting in Executive Session to discuss 

four topics. Only notice of a violation and any penalties assessed 

are published below. 

APPEAL OF BOARD DECISION 

Laura Liebenow has been fined $200 and suspended from all ASCA 

privileges beginning March 1, 2018, and ending August 31, 2018, 

for violations of ASCA’s registry. 

Gray joined the meeting at 6:07 p.m. 

Creelman joined the meeting at 6:29 p.m. 

Gibson joined the meeting at 7:10 p.m. 

System Liaison Allison Bryant joined the meeting at 7:25 p.m. 


SYSTEM UPGRADE REPORT 

ASCA has completed the system migration work with FrogSlayer 

and will be moving forward in the near future with plans to complete 

the ASCA System Upgrade. 


problematic situation of having a Sponsorship Committee when 

the auditor has advised us against seeking sponsorships due to our 

tax status. Silveira volunteered to research ASCA’s options for 

sponsorships and report back at the Spring Meeting. 

Carnese and Bryant left the meeting at 7:50 p.m. 

DECEMBER TREASURER’S REPORT 

The Board approved the Treasurer’s Report for December 2017, as 

presented by Roberts. Ending balance is $145,274.08. 

COUNSEL’S RETAINER 

The Board approved a $16,000.00 retainer for Counsel. This covers 

the cost of services throughout the year, as well as attendance at 

the Spring Board Meeting. 

OPEN SESSION 

The remainder of the meeting was conducted in open session. 

The recording can be listened to on YouTube (https://youtu.be/ 

jOba1Wcnk6o) or downloaded from the ASCA Website (http:// 

www.asca.org/home/news/bod-meetings-audio/). 

DECEMBER EMAIL BUSINESS 

The Board voted to ratify all business conducted over email in 

December 2017. 

BD.18.10 December Email Business 

Motion by Vest to ratify the December email business. Second by 

DeChant. 



NEW JUDGES & SOLICITATION OF JUDGING 

ASSIGNMENTS 

The Board followed up on a discussion from Nationals regarding 

a new page on the ASCA Website which lists new judges for one 

year, to help them get the necessary assignments to move through 

the process. That discussion centered on whether judges should 

be listed once – when they are first admitted into the program, or 

multiple times – as they are approved for each level. The intent 

of the motion maker was to have the judges published for a year 

from when they are approved or until they move to the next level, 

whichever comes first, but that was not fully understood by all at the 

time. There was also some question on whether all program judges 

should be included on this New Judge page, or to just list Non- 

Regular Breeder Judges. DeChant and Roberts will work on this. 

Some feel that the prohibition against soliciting judging assignments 

should be clarified, so that judges going through the process may 

issue a one-time notification to clubs that they are available to 

judge a show. 

ASCA REGIONS 

This proposal was sent out for member feedback following 

Nationals. A majority of those who responded preferred fixing the 

regions that currently have issues – 5 and 7, and to leave the rest as 

is. Silveira and Vest will work on this and have a recommendation 

for the Spring Meeting. 

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE 

During their meeting at the 2017 Nationals, the Board noted the 

MODERATION OF ASCMEMBERS GROUP 

At the last Board meeting, Gibson inquired as to the moderation 

policy for the ASCMembers group. 

Roberts shared that the rules for the group are not on the home 

page yet but are provided in the welcome message when a member 

applies to join the list. Membership of subscribers has been verified 

for all but 122, and they have been sent emails asking to clarify 

or be removed. Those who do not have a name associated with 

their email have also been asked to update. Roberts stated that 

the rules for ASCMembers are the same as the rules were for the 

ASCA-L, which were adopted as the rules for ASCADiscussion. 

When the rules came out for ASCADiscussion there was a lot of 

negative pushback on phrasing, so Roberts shared those rules with 

ASCA members and suggestions were made as to how to phrase 

things to be more welcoming. Roberts and DeChant will work on 

revising the rules. 

The plan is to begin moderation in the next two weeks. General 

policy will be: 1st post, always moderated; 1st rule violation, put 

on moderation until posts are positive; 2nd rule violation, put on 

moderation. 

ASCADISCUSSION GROUP 

As requested, DeChant asked the membership if anyone is 

interested in taking over ownership of the ASCADiscussion group 

from ASCA. She has not received any responses. 

BD.18.11 Shut Down ASCADiscussion Group 

Motion by Silveira to shut down the unofficial ASCADiscussion 

group. Second by Gray. 

Approve: Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, Gray, King, Roberts, 

Silveira, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: DeChant 


DeChant will send a closing letter to the ASCDiscussion list, 

thanking the members for joining and inviting them to join the 

ASCMembers list to continue discussion. 

JUDGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 

The consensus of the Board is that the framework for Judge 

Education should be developed by the Board, or by a professional. 

The content remains something to be decided on by the program 

committees. 

BD.18.12 Disband Judge Education Committee 

Motion by Creelman to disband the current Judges Education 

Committee with our sincere thanks for all their thoughts and efforts 

put into it so far. Second by Gray. 



DeChant adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m. 



AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD CLUB OF AMERICA 

6091 E State Hwy 21 P: (979) 778-1082 

Bryan, TX 77801 F: (979) 778-1898 

www.asca.org asca.execsec@gmail.com manager@asca.org 

Obedience Judge Education Certification Form 

June 2018 

Name: 

ASCA Judge #: 

Address Line 1: 

Address Line 2: 

Email address: 

Date: 

Year first certified to judge ASCA Obedience: 

Telephone: 

I have completed one of the following Obedience Judge Education options: 

(Check one applicable option) 

_____ Option 1 

1. Viewed video of or attended 2014 Nationals Obedience Seminar https://youtu.be/AageBQp9hQw, and 

2. Viewed video of or attended 2016 Nationals Obedience Seminar https://youtu.be/PbBIa3mjZEY, and 

3. Reviewed rule changes for June 2016 ASCA Obedience Rulebook, and 


5. Reviewed rule changes for June 2018 ASCA Obedience Rulebook. 


1. Attended another organization’s Obedience Judging Seminar since January 2015, and 

a. Name of organization presenting seminar: 

b. Date of seminar: 

c. Location of seminar: 

2. Reviewed the most recent version of the ASCA/AKC Rule Difference document. 


1. Attended another organization’s Obedience Judging Seminar since January 2015, and 

a. Name of organization presenting seminar: 

b. Date of seminar: 

c. Location of seminar: 



4. Reviewed rule changes for June 2018 ASCA Obedience Rulebook. 



February 2018 Executive Secretary’s Report Effective date: Immediately upon approval by the Board of 

Directors 

JUDGE APPROVALS 

Senior Rally Judge Deborah Donahue (Missouri) 

Junior Judge Maci Hass (Colorado) 

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS 

Conformation Committee - Gail Karamalegos (region 5) & Joyce 

Charron (region 4) 

Junior Committee - Bayley Williams (region 5) 

BD.18.20 Publishing Names of New ASCA Non-Regular 

Breeder Judges (Conformation) (Revised) 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, Gray, King, 

Roberts, Vest 

Oppose: Silveira 

Abstain: 0 


REINSTATEMENT 

E185929 Some King of Magic Miss Money Penny 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOTIONS 

BD.18.18 ASCA System Upgrade Committee 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gibson, Gray, King, 

Roberts, Silveira, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: Gray 


Comment from King: This motion forms a committee for the 

completion of the system upgrade. I’d like to see this committee 

become a permanent committee giving advice to ASCA on 

computer changes and upgrades. The expertise we can find in our 

members could help with reviewing rule changes effecting our 

programming and any purchases involving our computer system. 

Motion by Vest; second by Gibson: I move to approve the creation of 

a BOD ad-hoc Committee to provide guidance and support to ASCA 

during the completion of the system upgrade. The Committee will 

consist of: BOD President, BOD Vice President, BOD appointed 

System Liaison, BOD System Liaison, two BOD chosen individuals 

that possess the skillsets necessary to provide guidance for future 

system development/upgrades. 

Skillsets may include but are not limited to the following: 

AWS: 

ec2 instances (windows) 

RDS 

VPN configuration 

IAM 

S3 

.NET Core 

Node.js 

npm & gulp 

Visual Studio 

Github 

Microsoft.sql 

The ASCA System Upgrade Committee will remain seated until 

completion of the ASCA System Upgrade. 

Who is affected: ASCA Business Office and all ASCA Members 

Motion by DeChant; second by Roberts: I move that ASCA provide 

space in the Aussie Times and the ASCA Website and to publish 

a list of new Conformation Non-Regular Breeder Judges. Their 

names will be published in every issue and remain on the Website 

and be noted in the ASCA Judges list for 1 year from the time 

they are approved by the Board of Directors. The ASCA Office 

will add judges at time of their approval and remove them after 

their year is up. 

This will replace the following motion approved in January 2017: 

BD.17.04 Publishing Names of New ASCA Judges 



Motion by DeChant; second by Roberts: I move that ASCA provide 

space in the Aussie Times and the ASCA Website to publish a list 

of new judges for all programs. Their names will be published in 

every issue and remain on the Website for 1 year from the time they 

are approved by the Board of Directors. The ASCA Office will add 

judges at time of their approval and remove them after their year is 

up. Sections will be created so that it is clear what level and what 

program they are qualified to judge. 

Effective Date: Upon approval of the ASCA Board of Directors. 

Rationale: Publishing the names of new ASCA judges for one year 

will bring to the attention of the Membership and the Affiliate Clubs 

the names of new Judges who are beginning their journey through 

the process to becoming seasoned and experienced judges. This is 

being done to help new judges to obtain assignments in a manner 

that is approved by ASCA. Solicitation for assignments is not 

allowed in ASCA’s Rules for any judge of all ASCA Programs. The 

ASCA Board would like to see these Judges get off on the right foot. 

Comments/rationale: These Judges are the only ones in ASCA 

Programs that don’t grant points or legs. They would benefit from 

ASCA’s help to make members aware of them as they need to judge 

at the Non-Regular level in order to move up to the next level where 

they grant point toward titles. 

Who is affected: ASCA Non-Regular Breeder Judges 


Directors 


BD.18.25 Policy Book, New Section 20.3 ASCA Breed 

Standard and Working Description 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Creelman, Gray, King, Roberts, 

Silveira 

Oppose: Gibson, Vest 

Abstain: 0 


Dissent from Gibson: I do not support the motion maker’s statement 

that “Both the Breed Standard and the Working Description are 

of equal importance and both should be published.” The two are 

not of equal importance. Without the Breed Standard, you have 

no breed – you have no Australian Shepherd. This motion is not 

needed, as the Working Description is already published, both in 

the Aussie Times and on the ASCA website. 



6.14 Breed Standard and Working Description 

The ASCA Breed Standard shall be published in every other issue 

of the Aussie Times within the first 50 pages of the publication. 

The ASCA Working Description shall be published in the Aussie 

Times in alternate issues. 

A prominent icon which links to the ASCA Standard shall be 

presented on the home page of ASCA.org 

Comment: Both the Breed Standard and the Working Description 

are of equal importance and both should be published. 

Parties affected: AT Editor 

Effective date: When passed 

Dissent from Vest: The working description is not of equal 

importance as the Breed Standard. The working description was 

written to try and eliminate dogs that did not work in the style 

that the authors of the document believed the Australian Shepherd 

should work. The working standard was highly contested when it 

was developed back in 2003/04 and remains so today with a portion 

of the Membership. 

Motion by Roberts;second by DeChant: I move to add section 20.3 

ASCA Breed Standard and Working Description. 




20.3 ASCA Breed Standard and Working Description 

Prominent icons that link to the ASCA Breed Standard and the 

ASCA Working Description shall be presented on the homepage 

of the ASCA Website. 

Comments/rationale: When the motion BD.17.191 Changes to 6.14 

Breed Standard was made, I removed the reference to the website 

icon as it didn’t belong in the section that addressed posting in the 

AT. Now, I would like to move to add both the BS and WD to the 

website section of the policy book. Trying to document items and 

clean things up. Below, you will see the Board motion from 2006 

that addresses the posting of the working description. The policy 

was not added to the policy book, as it should have been. 

Motion from November 2017: 

BD.17.191 Changes to 6.14 Breed Standard 

Motion by Roberts; second by Gray: I move to add the Working 

Description to the policy for the publication of the Breed Standard 

in the Aussie Times. 


6.14 Breed Standard 


of the Aussie Times within the first 50 pages of the publication. 


presented on the home page of ASCA.org. 


From an old Policy Book: 


of the AUSSIE TIMES within the first 50 pages of the publication. 


presented on the home page of ASCA.org. 

Motion from 2006: 

94:01 STOCK DOG COMMITTEE – Motion by Davenport. I 

move to approve the following recommendation from the Stock 

Dog Committee: 

I move the following document be adopted by ASCA as the Working 

Description (see attached) of the Australian Shepherd as an official 

ASCA document and shall be placed: 

1. In the AUSSIE TIMES with the same frequency as the ASCA 

Breed Standard. 

2. On the ASCA web site. 

Further, the Stock Dog Committee recommends that before the 

document appears in any places other than items 1 and 2 above, 

the ASCA Board of Directors should first conduct a poll of the 

ASCA members. 

Approve: Walter, Berryessa, Davenport, Gray, DeChant and Bryant. 

Disapprove: Stevens, Hellmeister and Aufox. Motion is approved. 

Who is affected: Webmaster 


Directors 

BD.18.26 2019 Stockdog Finals Judges 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Gibson, Gray, King, Roberts, 


Oppose: 0 

Abstain: Creelman 


Motion by Roberts; second by DeChant: I move to approve Joan 

Carrillo, David Clayton, Russ Ford, Marie Murphy, Robert Myrick, 

Rachel Vest as the slate of judges for the 2019 Stockdog Finals. 

Who is affected: Stockdog Finals competitors 


Directors

BD.18.27 2019 Obedience Finals Judges 

Approve: DeChant, Busquets, Gibson, Gray, King, Roberts, 


Oppose: 0 

Abstain: Creelman 


Motion by Roberts; second by DeChant: I move to approve Hillary 

Hines and Ken Blanchard as the slate of judges for the 2019 

Obedience Finals. 

Who is affected: Obedience Finals competitors 


Directors 

FOUNDATION MOTIONS 

FD.18.01 Rescue Grant Amount 




Abstain: 0 

Motion fails. 

Comment from Busquets: The type of warning intended in this 

motion does not apply for clubs in the US. Also, the incidence 

of this type of situation is low and the ineligibility of dogs with 

chemical implants is already well stated in the rules. 

Comment from DeChant: I do not think this needs to be added to 

all fliers. The Clubs who want to add it can and it needs to only 

be in the Rules. 

Comment from Gibson: I do not feel this belongs in the premium. 

Comment from Vest: This is information is not necessary on a show 

flier. It is in the rules and as such should be treated as all other 

rules. The burden to read and understand the show rules rests on 

the handler/owner. 

Motion by Busquets: I move to add a bullet point to Section 3.2 of 

the Show Rules regarding dogs with chemical implants. 

Motion by Roberts;second by DeChant: I move to change policy 6 

Rescue Grants of the ASCA Foundation Policy Book. 


6 Rescue Grants 

Thanks to a generous donation to the ASCA Foundation with funds 

marked for rescue, from the estate of Susan Youngblood, grants 

are now available to eligible rescue organizations. The funds will 

be granted in $5000.00 increments, to 501(c)3 organizations that 

rescue primarily Australian Shepherds. Each organization can 

receive one grant per calendar year. Applications are available 

from the ASCA Business Office, the Executive Secretary, and on 

the ASCA website. 


Thanks to a generous donation to the ASCA Foundation with funds 

marked for rescue, from the estate of Susan Youngblood, grants 

are now available to eligible rescue organizations. The funds will 

be granted in increments of up to $3000 to 501(c)3 organizations 

that rescue primarily Australian Shepherds. Each organization can 

receive one grant per calendar year. Applications are available 

from the ASCA Business Office, the Executive Secretary, and on 

the ASCA website. 

Who is affected: Animal rescues 


Directors 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 

Conformation Committee 

CO.18.01 Addition to Show Premium/Flyer Required 

Information 

Approve: 0 

Oppose: Busquets, Creelman, DeChant, Gibson, Gray, King, 

Roberts, Silveira, Vest 


Motion by Mary Hellmeister; second by Ray Schafer: I, Mary 

Hellmeister, move to add the following bullet point to the list 

under Show Premium/Flyer Required Information in Section 3.2 

of the Show Rules: 

• A dog that is using a chip or chemical implant to lower 

hormone levels is not eligible to be shown in either 

Regular Altered or Intact classes (Sections 4.15.1 and 

9.6 Show Rules). 


3.2 Sanctioning Application 

… 

Show Premium/Flyer Required Information 

• Name of affiliate club hosting the event 

• Sanctioning status (pending or approved) 

• A statement that the trial will be held under the current 

rules and regulations of ASCA 

• Date and Location of show(s) including physical address 

• Number of conformation shows and other events 

• Pre-Entry opening and closing times 

• Show/trial secretary and show/trial chairperson’s name 

and contact information. Other trial officials may also 

be listed 

• Judges names, accompanied by their affiliation, including 

their judge’s assignments 

• A listing of all classes offered for each day 

• Judging start times and order of classes 

• Fee amounts for pre-entry and day of show entries for 

classes offered (Non-regular, regular, junior showmanship 

and additional classes) 

• A statement that no entry shall be accepted from a dog 

or handler disqualified from the ASCA Conformation 

program; a dog or handler disqualified from all ASCA 

programs; or a person not in good standing with ASCA 

• A description of prizes and awards 


• Description of the show/trial’s setting (indoor/out, electric 

or none, etc.) and the ring surfacing (grass, grass/dirt, 

sand, matting over concrete, carpet, sod, shavings, etc.) 

• Time the entrance or show grounds will be open 

• Late or early arrival contact information (list a contact 

number and person) 

• Local veterinarians for emergency contact 

• Rules of the club (including waivers to be signed) 

• Listing of any applicable local laws or show site 

regulations pertaining to the exhibition of dogs. (including 

waivers to be signed) 

• Grooming area information (Electricity, tent, inside/ 

outside, etc.) 

• Local hotel(s) and pet accommodation information 

• RV hook up amenities and availability (RV Park Guide) 

(if applicable) 

• Food Vendor information 

• Show photographer information (if applicable) 

The most current ASCA approved entry form must be included, or 

a link to the entry forms on the ASCA website should be included. 


3.2 Sanctioning Application 

… 

Show Premium/Flyer Required Information 

… 

• Show photographer information (if applicable) 

• A dog that is using a chip or chemical implant to lower 

hormone levels is not eligible to be shown in either 

Regular Altered or Intact classes (Sections 4.15.1 and 

9.6 Show Rules) 

Comments/rationale: Due to improvements in the medical field and 

the rising popularity of such chips or implants and in an effort to 

clarify the rules and make them transparent for exhibitors, clubs 

should be required to make exhibitors aware of these rules. This 

is nothing more than a clarification. 


Directors 



Motion by Corinne Shanks; second by Karen Black: I move to 

correct the bold & underlined portion of sign # 10, Right Turn, as 

printed in 18 Signs and Descriptions. 


Right turn (limit one in E, M): 

Team makes a 90-degree turn to the right in heel position. 


Right turn (limit one in E, M): 

Team makes a 90-degree turn to the right in heel position. 

Comments/rationale: The purpose of this motion is to correct the 

terminology associated with this sign. The proposed wording will 

make sign #10 Right Turn match that of #13 Left Turn. 

Who is affected: Contestants will understand where points can be 

lost. Judges will be better able to score this station. 


Directors 


Approve: 13 

Disapprove: 0 

Abstain: 0 

Non-voting: 1 

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 

Thursday, February 8, 2018 

Present: President Ann DeChant, 1st Vice President Liz Busquets, 

2nd Vice President Cindy King, Treasurer Jean Roberts, Secretary 

Linda Gray, Director Denise Creelman, Director Laura Gibson, 

Director Rachel Vest, Executive Secretary Kalla Jaco 

Absent: Director Ken Silveira 

There is a quorum with 8 voting members of the Board present. 


Approve: 11 

Oppose: 1 

Dissent from Dorothy Montano: Show flyers are crowded enough 

without adding additional verbiage. 

Rally Committee 

RA.18.02 Correction to Sign #10, Right Turn 



Motion by Busquets: I move that we ratify the corrections made 

by the Rally Committee to the bold and underlined portion of sign 

#10, Right Turn. 

DeChant called the meeting to order in Executive Session at 6:03 

p.m. Central Time. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 

The Board started their meeting in Executive Session to discuss 

two topics. 

JANUARY TREASURER’S REPORT 

Roberts gave the Treasurer’s Report for January 2018. Ending 

balance is $155,994.85. 

BD.18.21 January Treasurer’s Report 

Motion by Creelman to approve the January Treasurer’s Report as 

presented. Second by Gray. 

Approve: Busquets, Creelman, DeChant, Gibson, Gray, King, 

Roberts, Vest 


Oppose: 0 

Abstain: 0 

Absent: Silveira 


2019 CONFORMATION FINALS JUDGES 

The Board approved the slate of judges for the 2019 Conformation 

Finals. 

BD.18.22 2019 Conformation Finals Judges 

Motion by Vest to approve Gail Karamalegos, Janet Kelly, 

and Susan Landry-Whiticar as the slate of judges for the 2019 

Conformation Finals. Second by Roberts. 

Approve: Busquets, DeChant, Gray, King, Roberts, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: Creelman, Gibson 



OPEN SESSION 

The remainder of the meeting was conducted in open session. The 

recording can be listened to on YouTube (https://www.youtube. 

com/watch?v=vyxmOXQSvGw) or downloaded from the ASCA 

Website (http://www.asca.org/home/news/bod-meetings-audio/). 

JANUARY EMAIL BUSINESS 

The Board voted to ratify all business conducted over email in 

January 2018. 

BD.18.23 January Email Business 

Motion by Busquets to ratify all January email business. Second 

by Gray. 


Roberts, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: 0 



System Liaison Allison Bryant joined the meeting at 6:22 p.m. 


Abstain: 0 


ASCA Website Maintenance/Development - Request for Quote 

Summary: Consultant will provide development and IT services 

to maintain and improve the ASCA website as Client directs on a 

time and materials basis. 

Hours: Consultant will provide the services required to maintain 

the ASCA system, consult as needed, and provide development 

support services, not to exceed 10 hours per month unless approved 

by ASCA. 

System Maintenance Requirements: 

• Ensure functionality of nightly backups of data and VM 

images across all EC2 cloud servers 

• Server performance, usage, and health monitoring on all 

EC2 cloud servers 

• Monitoring of real-time bot and attack on all EC2 cloud 

servers 

• Management of the source code repository, associated 

databases, web services, staging sites and any other key 

software components 

• Miscellaneous infrastructure tasks like: port handling, SSL 

setup, firewall management, server sandboxing, logging 

and reporting, security testing, etc. 

Protocol Requirements: Consultant must have functional ability in 

the following protocols: 

AWS: 

ec2 instances (windows) 

RDS 

VPN configuration 

IAM 

S3 

.NET Core 

Node.js 

npm & gulp 

Visual Studio 

Github 

Microsoft.sql 

SYSTEM UPGRADE REPORT 

Vest reported on the ongoing status of the ASCA computer system 

upgrade. Motion BD.18.18 ASCA System Upgrade Committee 

is currently before the Board for discussion and vote over email. 

It would create an ad-hoc committee to provide guidance and 

support to ASCA during the completion of the system upgrade. The 

committee would primarily be responsible for helping to secure a 

new vendor. They will also help coordinate system testing. 

BD.18.19 ASCA Website Maintenance/Development RFQ 

Motion by Vest to approve the System Maintenance/Development 

Request for Quote document. The specific requirements for this 

role/service are listed in the document. Second by Gibson. 


Roberts, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

System Development and Bug Fixes: Development services for 

new features and bug fixes will be quoted by Consultant as per 

incident and compensated on an hourly basis. 

Compensation Terms for System Development and Bug Fixes: 

Consultant will provide an hourly estimate as per incident/ 

job to ASCA for approval before beginning work on software 

development and/or bug fixes. Consultant will be compensated 

with a partial payment as per the estimate, with final billing upon 

completion of the work effort on the incident/job and upon ASCA’s 

approval. 

Ownership, System Development: ASCA retains ownership of any 

and all work products developed for the ASCA system upgrade 

project, as well as any proprietary material, system notes, and 

confidential information related the project. 



Who is affected: ASCA Business Office and the ASCA System 


Directors 

Bryant left the meeting at 6:37 p.m. 

DIRECTOR’S HANDBOOK 

The Board has been working to update the Director’s Handbook. 

There was some discussion as to whether Dock Jumping should be 

included in the list of events to be held at the National Specialty. 

It was decided to remove the entire listing of events and change 

the wording to be all inclusive. The topic of Dock Jumping at the 

Nationals will be revisited. 

2017 FINALS FINANCIAL REPORT 

DeChant presented the 2017 Finals Financial Report. The 2017 

ASCA Consortium is not requesting any additional funds for the 

Finals. They spent more on judges and receptions than was budgeted 

but are not requesting reimbursement. 

BD.18.24 2017 Finals Financial Report 

Motion by King to accept the 2017 Finals Financial Report as 

presented. Second by Vest. 

Approve: Busquets, Creelman, DeChant, Gray, King, Roberts, Vest 

Oppose: 0 

Abstain: Gibson 



JUDGES’ EDUCATION 

Gibson has been researching tools for the Board to use in 

implementing judges’ education. She has found that Google 

Classroom would serve our purpose, and at no cost. There is 

remaining research to be done, however. 

DeChant adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m. 


Working Description of the Australian Shepherd 

INTRODUCTION 

The Australian Shepherd was developed in the 19th and 20th centuries as a general-purpose ranch and farm dog in the American West, where a tough, enduring, 

versatile stockdog with an honest work ethic was required. His usual work included moving very large herds of sheep and cattle from summer to winter grazing 

grounds and back, flushing range cattle out of heavy brush, and moving livestock in tight quarters such as chutes and alleys. These kinds of jobs are still where 

Australian Shepherds excel and are most valued. 

The Australian Shepherd is categorized as one of the Loose-Eyed breeds of stockdogs. He is a confident, authoritative worker with a unique style that differs from 

Strong-Eyed breeds. He is agile, upright and close-working, and exhibits these distinctive traits while maintaining the ability and versatility to control all types of 

livestock in an efficient and deliberate manner. 

The Australian Shepherd excels at controlling large and/or slow-moving flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and is highly regarded for his superior ability to effectively 

manage livestock in tightly confined spaces. The Australian Shepherd is powerful and intense by nature easily learning the appropriate force and distance needed 

for the type of livestock being worked. Utilizing a loose-eyed approach to stock, a working Australian Shepherd will often display wear, grip, and/or an authoritative 

bark, as well as eye when necessary, to handle their stock. 

WEAR 

The Australian Shepherd’s wear is smooth, balanced, and ground covering as the dog moves easily from side to side at the back of the stock, keeping his herd or 

flock together and moving forward. This is a very natural movement for an Australian Shepherd, and one that he can continue doing for hours at a time. 

GRIP 

The Australian Shepherd will only use grip to move reluctant or challenging stock. The ideal Australian Shepherd naturally grips at both the head and heel, coming 

in low and hard on the heels to move cattle, or going to the head and gripping the nose or poll to turn an animal back to the herd. 

BARK 

The Australian Shepherd may bark to move stock or to face a challenge. His bark is conservative and should be authoritative when used. While the Australian 

Shepherd’s grip typically affects a single animal, his bark can influence a whole herd, and is most effective when stock has come to a standstill such as in crowded 

alleyways. The Australian Shepherd’s bark is particularly useful when gathering cattle from thick brush. 

EYE 

Since the Australian Shepherd is a loose-eyed working dog, he prefers to use his authority and presence to move livestock. However, if challenged, he may use eye 

in a direct and deliberate way until the challenge is over.

Australian Shepherd Breed Standard (Revised) 

Effective June 1, 2013 

INTRODUCTION 

First and foremost, the Australian Shepherd is a true working stockdog, and 

anything that detracts from his usefulness as such is undesirable. The most 

important breed characteristics are overall moderation in size and bone, balance 

with correct proportions, and sound movement. 

GENERAL APPEARANCE 

The Australian Shepherd is a well-balanced dog of medium size and bone. 

He is attentive and animated, showing strength and stamina combined with 

unusual agility. Slightly longer than tall, he has a coat of moderate length and 

coarseness with coloring that offers variety and individuality in each specimen. An 

identifying characteristic is his natural or docked bobtail. In each sex, masculinity 

or femininity is well defined. 

CHARACTER 

The Australian Shepherd is primarily a working dog of strong herding and guardian 

instincts. He is an intelligent, exceptional companion. He is versatile and easily 

trained: performing his assigned tasks with great style and enthusiasm. He is 

reserved with strangers but does not exhibit shyness. This unusually versatile 

stockdog works with the power and quickness to control difficult cattle as well as 

the ability to move sheep without unnecessary roughness. Although an aggressive, 

authoritative worker, viciousness toward people or animals is intolerable. 

HEAD 

The head is clean-cut, strong, dry, and in proportion to the body. The topskull 

is flat to slightly rounded; its length and width each equal to the length of the 

muzzle. The muzzle is of medium width and depth and tapers gradually to a 

rounded tip, without appearing heavy or snipey. Lips are close fitting, meeting at 

the mouthline. The toplines of the muzzle and topskull appear close to parallel. 

The stop is moderate but well defined. 

(A) TEETH 

A full complement of strong white tooth meet in a scissors bite. A level bite 

is a fault. Teeth broken or missing by accident are not penalized. All other 

missing teeth should be faulted to the degree that they deviate from a full 

complement of 42 teeth. 

Disqualifications: Undershot bite, Overshot bite, Wry Mouth 

(B) EYES 

The eyes are very expressive, showing attentiveness and intelligence. They 

are clear, almond-shaped, of moderate size, and set a little obliquely, neither 

prominent nor sunken. The pupils are dark, well defined, and perfectly positioned. 

Eye color is brown, blue, amber; or any variation or combination, including flecks 

and marbling. All eye colors are acceptable in combination with all coat colors. 

Faults: Any deviation from almond-shaped eyes. 

(C) EARS 

The ears are set high on the side of the head, are triangular, of moderate size 

and slightly rounded at the tip. The tip of the ear reaches to, but not further 

than, the inside corner of the nearest eye. At full attention, the ears should lift 

from one-quarter (1/4) to one-half (1/2) above the base and break forward 

or slightly to the side. 

Severe Faults: Prick ears; overly large ears; low set ears with no lift from 

the base. 

NECK AND BODY 

The neck is firm, clean, and in proportion to the body. It is of medium length 

and slightly arched at the crest, setting well into the shoulders. The body is firm 

and muscular. The topline appears level at a natural four-square stance. The 

bottom line carries well back with a moderate tuck-up. The chest is deep and 

strong with ribs well sprung. The loin is strong and broad when viewed from the 

top. The croup is moderately sloping. The Tail is straight, not to exceed four (4) 

inches, natural bobtail or docked. 

FOREQUARTERS 

The shoulder blades (scapula) are well laid back, with the upper arm (humerus) 

slightly longer than the shoulder blade. Both the upper arm and shoulder blade 

are well muscled. The forelegs are straight and strong, perpendicular to the 

ground, with moderate bone. The point of the elbow is set under the withers 

and is equidistant from the withers to the ground. Pasterns are short, thick, and 

strong, but still flexible, showing a slight angle when viewed from the side. Feet 

are oval shaped, compact, with close knit, well-arched toes. Pads are thick and 

resilient; nails short and strong. Dewclaws may be removed. 

HINDQUARTERS 

Width of hindquarters is approximately equal to the width of the forequarters at 

the shoulder. The angulation of the pelvis and upper thigh (femur) corresponds 

to the angulation of the shoulder blade and upper arm. The upper and lower 

thigh are well muscled. Stifles are clearly defined; hock joints moderately bent. 

The metatarsi are short, perpendicular to the ground, and parallel to each 

other when viewed from the rear. Feet are oval shaped, compact, with closeknit, 

well-arched toes. Pads are thick and resilient; nails short and strong. Rear 

dewclaws are removed. 

COAT 

The coat is of medium length and texture, straight to slightly wavy, and weather 

resistant. The undercoat varies in quantity with climate. Hair is short and smooth 

on the head, outside of ears, front of forelegs, and below the hocks. Backs of 

forelegs are moderately feathered and breeches are moderately full. There is a 

moderate mane, more pronounced in dogs than bitches. The Australian Shepherd 

is a working dog and is to be shown with a natural coat. 

Severe Faults: Non-typical coats such as excessively long; overabundant/ 

profuse; wiry; or curly. 

COLOR 

All colors are strong, clear and rich. The recognized colors are blue merle, red 

(liver) merle, solid black, and solid red (liver) all with or without white markings 

and/or tan (copper) points with no order of preference. The blue merle and 

black have black pigmentation on nose, lips and eye-rims. Reds and red merles 

have liver pigmentation on nose, lips and eye rims. Butterfly nose should not 

be faulted under one year of age. On all colors the areas surrounding the ears 

and eyes are dominated by color other than white. The hairline of a white collar 

does not exceed the point at the withers. 

Disqualifications: Other than recognized colors. White body splashes. Dudley 

nose. 

GAIT 

Smooth, free, and easy, exhibiting agility of movement with a well-balanced 

natural stride. As speed increases, both front and rear feet converge equally 

toward the centerline of gravity beneath the body. The top line remains firm 

and level. When viewed from the side the trot is effortless, exhibiting facility of 

movement rather than a hard driving action. Exaggerated reach and drive at the 

trot are not desirable. Gait faults shall be penalized according to the degree of 

deviation from the ideal. 

SIZE 

Preferred height at the withers for males is 20 to 23 inches; that for females is 

18 to 21 inches, however, quality is not to be sacrificed in favor of size. 

OTHER DISQUALIFICATIONS: Monorchidism and cryptorchidism. 

For more information on the Breed Standard please see: http://www.asca. 

org/aboutaussies/standardannotations 


Bulletin Board 


Bulletin Board compiled by Linda Gray 


e Are you receiving your monthly AussEnews from ASCA? There have 

been some great articles and glimpses back into ASCA history! If you are 

not receiving your email, please contact the ASCA office and update your 

email address. 

e A reminder to all Affiliate clubs, please remember the sanction 

deadline for your events. An affiliate’s show coordinator can now sanction 

events online. Please make sure the office has the correct listings for your 

show coordinators. Only the show coordinators listed with the office can 

access online sanctioning requests. Any questions please contact the office. 

Also remember to get your results to the office in a timely manner. Please 

have all judges listed when paperwork is sent in so we can have your 

premium up on the official event calendar as soon as possible. Remember 

to utilize our website your membership must be current. You also need to 

create a new online account. If you have any questions, please contact the 

office. 

If an Affiliate club changes officers, affiliate representatives, or show 

coordinators once its renewal has been sent in, please contact the office 

with the new information. 

Aussie Times 

Old issues of the Aussie Times are available from the office. Please contact 

the office for available issues and cost of mailing. 

Paw Print Genetics 

Contact ASCA’s partner Paw Print Genetics for your genetic testing and 

a discount. 

Purina Pro Club Partnership Program 

Thank you to all the ASCA Purina Pro Club members who submitted 

weight circles and signed up for the Parent Club Partnership Program. 

Purina had 423 members sign up and 99 submitted weight circles from 

Jan - Dec 2016. We earned 2,448.61 last year 

For those of you who feed Purina and are members of the Pro Club, 

don’t forget to enroll in the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program. Purina 

will donate 10 percent of the value of the Weight Circle points you submit. 

Half will go to ASCA and half to the Canine Health Foundation. Your earned 

points are not touched. (This will in no way impact your personal rewards 

as these are matching funds.) The donation is used to conduct health and 

wellness studies, education campaigns and rescue efforts for your chosen 

breed. Apply at PurinaProClub.com or call 1-877-776-2582 We have been 

renewed through Dec. 2018 

La Quinta Inns and Suites Discount for ASCA Members 

ASCA has a national discount with all La Quinta Inns & Suites in the 

United States, Mexico and Canada. 

In additional to discounted room rates at over 850 hotels, we will 

receive aggressive group rate and reservation assistance, free breakfast 

and free high-speed internet. Other benefits include membership points, 

centralized reporting, one point of contact for all needs, and a direct 

billing account, if the need arises. 

Individual reservations can be made by: 

• Calling 1-800-SLEEPLQ or the hotel directly and asking for the 

ASCA rate 

• Walking into a hotel and asking for the ASCA rate 

• Booking on their website (www.lq.com) using the discount 

code AUST12 

Note that reservations made on other sites (Expedia, Travelocity, 

etc.) will not be tracked, counted into our annual production, nor will 

guests receive points on those stays. 

If you have any other questions regarding this program, please 

feel free to contact Ray Fryar, ASCA Business Office Manager, 979-778- 

1082. 

Another Program for ASCA and its Members – 

AmazonSmile 

What is AmazonSmile? AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon 

that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low 

prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The 

difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon. 

com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of 

eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. 

How does AmazonSmile work? When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers 

are prompted to select a charitable organization from almost one million 

eligible organizations. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, 

customers must first select a charitable organization. For eligible 

purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% 

of the purchase price to the customer’s selected charitable organization. 

Is there any cost to charitable organizations or to customers? No. There 

is no cost to charitable organizations or to AmazonSmile customers. 

The shopping experience is identical to Amazon.com with the added 

benefit that the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate to the charitable 

organizations selected by customers. 

Here is how to get started 

• Go to smile.amazon.com or use this link: http://smile.amazon.com/ 

ch/20-0496079 

• Select “Change your Charity” 

• Key in ASCA Foundation, then press “Select” 

• You know you have been successful when you look at the upper left 

hand corner of the screen and see: ASCA Foundation 

Rescue Funds 

Grants for rescue groups from the ASCA Foundation are available. 

Contact the business office for an application. 

ASCA National Specialties 

e The 2018 National Specialty will be hosted by the 2018 Consortium: 

Colorado ASA, Hill Country ASC, and ASC of Texas on September 21 – 

September 29, 2018, at Island Grove Regional Park, Greeley, CO. There 

is a Facebook page and a Facebook group. No website yet. 

e The 2019 National Specialty will be hosted by Central Valley 

Australian Shepherd Club in Bakersfield, California. Please contact 

Denise Creelman for information. 

Please contact the executive.secretary@asca.org for the materials your 

Club needs if they are interested in hosting the National Specialty or as 

part of a consortium. 


Bulletin Board 

Committee input: As members the committees welcome your input, 

concerns, ideas and even your criticism but they don’t read minds and they 

don’t follow every social media. The correct way to contribute is executive. 

secretary@asca.org or the committee liaison or committee chair. 

ASCA Committees 

Agility Committee 

All ASCA agility competitors are invited to join the ASCA Agility Enthusiasts 

list at ASCAAgilityEnthusiasts@yahoogroups.com. The list is available for 

questions from competitors, rule discussions, ideas for trials and a place 

for the Agility Committee to ask opinions of the agility community. Anyone 

having questions or comments may do so on the list or by contacting any 

Agility Committee member. Their email addresses are on the ASCA website 


The Conformation Committee has a newsletter (free to join) where we 

post motions that are under discussion. The CC looks for member input 

on motions. Go to ASCA_CC_Newsletter@yahoogroups.com to join. 

History Committee 

The History Committee needs members interested in helping to preserve 

our ASCA past and or just learn more about it and possibly share it with 

their local Affiliates and the general public. You can send your resume’s to 

Kalla at executive.secretary@asca.org. 

Call for Additional Members for the ASCA Legislative Committee 

The Legislative Committee is in need of members. These members should 

be 

• Familiar with the animal rights agenda that threatens the right to own 

animals, including pets, service animals and domestic livestock. 

• Willing to keep up to date on the progress of problematic legislation 

at the federal level and in their respective states. 

• Immediately available when critical legislative initiatives surface and 

be able to respond and work with the other committee members so 

the committee is able to meet time-sensitive deadlines. 

ASCA Legislative Committee Mission Statement 

The Legislative Committee will serve the membership of ASCA by providing 

education, up to date information regarding legislation affecting pet 

ownership, and foster communication with the public as well 

as global, national, state, and local decision makers in such matters. The 

Committee advocates responsible animal ownership and will inform the 

membership of any threat to our animal ownership rights. 

The Process 

Typically the committee will become informed of some legislative threat, 

usually backed by animal rights groups. Committee members need to read 

the proposed legislation, often onerous with vague definitions, and respond 

by a certain deadline, usually with very little time. Members then need to 

draft ASCA’s comments or position statements. Since we only communicate 

by e-mail, this can be a fast and furious process of data gathering, 

researching the comments of fellow organizations, possible communication 

with the legislative or deciding body and drafting our response – all with 

constant re-writes and editing. Once we feel we have the final draft, it must 

be vetted by the BOD and legal counsel, which can entail more time and 

editing. Meeting the comment deadlines for pending legislation and getting 

information to our membership so they can also comment is critical. 

If you are willing to serve the very valuable work of this ASCA 

committee, please respond to Susan Beals, Committee Chair at susan@ 

cailleachaussies.com 

Obedience Committee 

ODX is still a relatively new class and it hasn’t become second nature 

to many judges. When putting on an obedience trial, please direct your 

judges to the ODX education page (updated in August 2017) at http:// 

www.asca.org/programs/obedience/odx/. 

Stockdog Committee 

The stock dog exchange is still up and running. This is a great place for 

active members to discuss problems and changes within the Stock Dog 

Program. To join this group, email; thestockdogexchange-subscribe@ 

yahoogroups.com. 

About Committee Work 

Anyone wishing to serve on an ASCA Committee, prepare your resume 

(include your ASCA Region) and submit to executive.secretary@asca. 

org. 

Committee work can be fun but is also intense at times. The 

Program Committees are the back-bone of ASCA as subject-matter 

experts. 

Committees Looking for New Members 

If you enjoy working together with others to serve as the program 

experts to assist the ASCA Board with program rules and regulations 

or working on legislative issues or ASCA history, consider applying 

to serve on an ASCA Committee. Most committees have vacancies. 

Resumes can be sent in at any time to the executive secretary. ASCA’s 

volunteers are essential to the continuation of ASCA’s programs. 

Send resumes to executive.secretary@asca.org. 

Committee Regions 

REGION 1: WA, OR, ID, MT, AK 

REGION 2: CA, NV, AZ, UT 

REGION 3: CO, WY, NE, KS, ND, SD, MB, SK, AB, BC, YT, NT 

REGION 4: MI, IA, IL, OH, WI, MN, IN, MO, KY 

REGION 5: AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, NC, SC, GA, FL, TX, NM, OK 

REGION 6: ME, NH, VT, NY, RI, MA, CT, PA, NJ, WV, VA, MD, DE, DC, ON, 

QC, NS, NB, PE, NF 

REGION 7: Europe. 

Judge Addresses 

Judges who have moved must send a change of address to the Business 

Office. Additionally, all judges should submit current email addresses 

so updated contact information can be added to the judges’ list. With 

so many people hiring judges using email, the e-mail addresses need to 

be current. 

Sires, Dams and DNA 

Sires and Dams must be DNA profiled prior to the registration of their 

first litter. Please send a copy of your registration or litter registration 

to Therion with the DNA samples. This will help Therion decipher 

handwritten applications without having to contact the Business 

Office. Only Australian Shepherds who are going to be bred need 

to have a DNA test. 

Affiliate Clubs Have Free Space 

What do you mean free space? Affiliate Clubs have space in the Aussie 

Times once a year for a club report to be included in Affiliate News. This 

update for the membership is the responsibility of the Affiliate 

Representative for each Affiliate. Send your submission to, Aussie Times 

editor: cynthia@parchmentfarm.com. 


DIRECTOR'S HALF-PAGE 

THANK YOU, PURINA PRO CLUB MEMBERS 

ASCA receives checks from the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program. Purina had 423 members sign up and 99 submitted 

weight circles through Jan - Dec 2016. We earned 2,448.61 that year with the same amount going to the Canine Health 

Foundation! Keep up the good work. 

There is no cost to you for this. When you choose to participate, Purina will donate 10 percent of the value of the Weight Circle 

points you submit – half to ASCA and half to the Canine Health Foundation. 

This means for every $100 in Weight Circle points you submit, Purina will donate $10. Your earned points are not touched. The 

donation is used to conduct health and wellness studies, education campaigns and rescue efforts for your chosen breed. 

To join: Apply at PurinaProClub.com or 1-877-776-2582. Declare ASCA for the PCPP, save your weight circles from eligible 

Purina dog food and submit to Purina Pro Club. Learn more at Purina Pro Club website. 

Thank you for your continued support for the well-being of our breed. 

Director Gray 

Miller’s Arena, Frenchtown, MT 

ASC of Montana Spring Turnout – May 11-13 

• 6 Stock Trials (AM and PM: Cattle, Sheep & Ducks) 

• Judges: Deb Conroy and Kim Torson-Schneider 

• Pre-entries open April 13, 2017; Close May 1, 2017 

• Course Director: Jim McKay (406-546-4069) 

• Silver Buckle and other prizes for awards 

For more information on all events go to: www.ascofmt. 

org 

JUNE 

Miller’s Arena, Frenchtown, MT 

ASC of Montana Frenchtown Fling – June 8-10 

• 2 Farm Trials (AM and PM: Cattle & Sheep) 

• 4 Stock Trials (AM and PM: Cattle, Sheep & Ducks) 

• Judges: John Knepper and Roy Sage 

• Pre-entries open May 4, 2018 and close May 25, 2018 


• Silver Buckle and other prizes for awards 


org 

UPCOMINGtMAY 

JULY 

Miller’s Arena, Frenchtown, MT • 6 Stock Trials (AM and 

PM: Cattle, Sheep & Ducks) 

•Judges: Larry Teaff and Jim Hartnagle 


• Pre-entries open June 7, 2018 and close June 30, 2018 

• 4 Silver Buckles and other prizes for award 


org 

AUGUST 

W Lazy J Ranch, Lewistown, MT 

ASC of Montana Summer Roundup – August 17-20 

•• 4 Stock Trials (AM and PM: Cattle, Sheep & Ducks) 

• 1 Ranch Trial-2 Post Advanced Trials (Sheep and Cattle) 

• Judges: Dana Mackenzie and Tony Padgett 

• Course Director: Betty Williams (406-535-7342) 

• Pre-entries open July 12, 2018 and close August 4, 2018 

• 3 Silver Buckles and other prizes for awards 

For more information on all events go to: www.ascofmt.org 

SEPTEMBER 

ASCA Specialty, Greely, CO 

ASC of Montana ASCA Nationals Pre-Trial – September 25 


• Judges: Dana Mackenzie (cattle), Deb Conroy (Sheep) and John 

Knepper (Ducks) 

• 3 Silver Buckles and other prizes for awards 

For more information on all events go to: www.ascofmt.org 

2018 National Specialty 

Hosted by the 2018 Consortium: Colorado ASA, Hill Country ASC, and ASC 

of Texas on September 21 – September 29, 2018, at Island Grove Regional 

Park, Greeley, CO. There is a Facebook page and a Facebook group. No 

website yet. 


QUESTIONS 6 

2018 ASCA Election Inquiry Candidate Responses 

Judy Boone 

My answers are pretty much the same as last year. : ) 

1. Why would you consider yourself an asset to the ASCA Board 

of Directors? 

I would consider myself an asset to the ASCA Board of 

Directors because I would bring a fresh perspective. I have 

also worked closely with the Business Office and understand 

some of the challenges they face in supporting the programs 

and registry. I have participated in almost all the programs 

ASCA has to offer, giving me a very broad perspective of our 

programs. 

2. What do you hope to achieve in your term on the Board? 

My goals for my term on the Board are to promote ASCA 

programs and expand their appeal to competitors new to that 

program – basically getting people to try and remain ASCA 

competitors. A healthy competitor base translates to increased 

revenue, allowing ASCA to better serve its members. As an 

agility judge, competitor and agility committee member, I hope 

to help the other directors more fully understand the agility 

program. As a Rally, Conformation and Stock participant, I 

hope to bring a competitor’s view to the BOD. 

3. ASCA is a 501(c)-7 not-for-profit business classified as a 

social club. What qualities, abilities, and experiences do 

you possess that will aid in running ASCA and potentially 

improve it? 

I have been a business owner and have dealt with employees 

and all that goes with them – taxes, benefits, etc. I have also 

worked for large corporations in the medical field; working 

within the system in smaller groups to accomplish goals. 

Working with this diverse background will allow me to offer 

different perspectives to help solve issues and problems within 

ASCA. 

4. Briefly outline the direction you would like to see ASCA take. 

I would like to see ASCA honor its working dog heritage while 

embracing the modern diversity of our breed. 

5. Briefly outline applicable leadership experience (including 

committee work) you may have with ASCA at the national 

level. 

I have served on the Agility committee for the last 7 years 

and have been the Chair for the last 4 years. As an ASCA 

Supervising Agility judge and Course Reviewer for 10 years, 

I have helped judges hone their skills to make them better 

judges. 

6. Briefly outline applicable leadership experience (offices and 

positions) you have held in ASCA affiliate clubs. 

In affiliate clubs, I have served in all positions – President, Vice 

President, Secretary, Treasurer, Board of Director, Affiliate Rep 

and Show Coordinator in 5 different affiliates in California, 

Utah, Arizona and Ohio. I am currently a member of Prescott 

ASC in Arizona and Buckeye ASC in Ohio. 

Susan Byrne 


of Directors? 

I believe I would be an asset to the ASCA Board because I 

bring a unique perspective being a recently retired ASCA office 

employee as well as a competitor in every ASCA program 

except the Tracking program. In a relatively short period of 

time, I have accomplished titles in all programs I compete with 

my dogs including SVCH (#59), VCH (#64), WTCH, ATCH 

(multiples on 2 dogs) all elite Agility titles on a third dog, 

Altered Champions (3), RE (2) and CD. Being a competitor 

in these areas, I am interacting with other competitors and 

members voicing their concerns. Being an ASCA employee 

for 4 1⁄2 years with the primary responsibility of answering 

incoming phone calls, I have first-hand knowledge of what the 

day to day interaction with our members brings. 

2. What do you hope to achieve in your term on the Board? 

If elected, it is my desire to listen to and serve our membership 

in hopes of growing the number of members within the 

organization and making our programs inviting to many 

competitors. I will contribute honesty, integrity, respect and 

accountability to a diverse group of individuals responsible 

for the success of this organization. 




improve it? 

In my many years of volunteerism, a great majority of my 

experiences are with not-for-profit organizations including 


multiple Officers’ Wives Clubs and the Federation of Texas 

A&M Mothers’ Clubs. I have served in the capacities of 

treasurer, Vice Presidents, President and Parliamentarian. I 

believe these experiences will lend themselves to me being a 

contributing member of the ASCA Board and offering ideas 

through a fresh set of eyes. 


I would like to see ASCA continue to honor and showcase 

the versatility of the Australian Shepherd while encouraging 

the health of the breed. I would also like to see continued 

enhancements of the online portal system rolled out in 2016. 



level. 

I have served on the Nationals Consortium for 2014 and 

2017. In 2014, I stepped in at the 11th hour to head up the 

sponsorships for both Nationals and Finals donations. In 2017, 

I served as the Local Liaison where I had responsibilities of 

dealing with local vendors to supply items for the event. 


positions) you have held in ASCA affiliate clubs. 

I currently am serving in my second year as Secretary for 

Central Texas Working ASA. I am also a willing volunteer at 

any event I attend whether it is stock handling or contributing 

in whatever needs to be done to help agility trials run smoothly. 

Pete Dolan 


ELECTION SECTION 


of Directors? 

I have extensive leadership experience in the military, in 

business and in volunteer positions. I am accustomed to 

multi-tasking and managing a variety of complex projects 

simultaneously. I have also been heavily involved in fiscal 

management and budgeting in both my military and civilian 

careers. 


I hope to encourage an atmosphere of respect and civility 

in member/board/committee interactions and to provide the 

membership with honest, timely, accurate information and 

service. Additionally, I want to contribute to the continuing 

improvement in Business Office services to the membership 

and document office operational methods and procedures to 

make new employee transitions easier for both the employee 

and the membership. 

3. ASCA is a 501(c)7 not-for-profit business classified as a social 

club. What qualities, abilities, and experiences do you possess 

that will aid in running ASCA and potentially improve it? 

My ability to budget, plan, and execute, plus my extensive 

ASCA committee experience and service as ASCA Secretary, 

ASCA President, ASCA Treasurer, and Executive Secretary 

will allow me to serve ASCA successfully. 


As a 501c7 social club, ASCA is somewhat restricted in terms 

of its operation. I believe ASCA must be operated according 

to the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation as a memberowned 

business. As a member-owned business I would like 

to see emphasis placed on fiscal responsibility, factual realtime 

communication between the Board of Directors and 

membership, and a professional, leadership atmosphere. 



level. 

I spent 8 years on the Agility Committee including one year 

as committee chair during termination of NADAC dual 

sanctioning. I also served for two years on the MVA committee. 

In 2007 I rejoined the Agility Committee and became a charter 

member of the Nationals Committee. I served as the National 

Specialty Chair for the ASCA 2007 Golden Jubilee National 

Specialty. I served for two years as ASCA Secretary, one year as 

ASCA President, two years as ASCA Treasurer, and six months 

as Executive Secretary. I served on the DNA Committee. Also, 

I served a short stint on the Stockdog Committee. 



I served as Vice-president of the Australian Shepherd Club 

of New England (ASCNE) for six years. ASCNE has a 

membership of ~225. I served six years as ASCNE Treasurer 

and several years as ASCNE’s Stockdog Trial Coordinator. 

After serving four and a half years as editor of the New 

England Aussie, ASCNE’s bi-monthly newsletter I stepped 

down and turned over the newsletter to a new editor. I served 

as the club’s alternate web master. I have various show/trial 

positions including trial chair and secretary, steward, agility 

course builder, and stock handler. In 2008, Sheila and I received 

a Lifetime Honorary ASCNE Membership for our service to 

the Club. Since I relocated to the beautiful Bitterroot Valley 

in Montana I no longer participate in ASCNE activities. 

Rick Gann 


of Directors? 

I feel I’m fair, honest, and not biased toward any one ASCA 

program. I’m consistent in my decisionsmaking skills, which 

showed in my past ASCA board experience. I have the ability 

to keep ASCA members' best interest since this is an ASCA 

member-driven organization. I will listen to the subject matter 

experts in each program to make educated decisions regarding 

that particular program and ASCA. I’m not interested in 

making huge changes to ASCA and its programs. I feel we 

sometimes make too many changes which tends to keep the 

organization in turmoil. I would do my best to bring ASCA 

members together, consider everyone’s views, and make the 

right decision for ASCA and its members. During the past 

year, I’d like to address a couple of board decisions I would 

have done differently: (1) I would not have vote to disband 

the Aussie-L and (2) I would not have voted to create an 

Introduction to Stock program without allowing the Stockdog 

Committee ample time to create this program. The Stockdog 

community and judges should have been involved making sure 

new exhibitors understand current rules, stock knowledge, 

and the purpose of this new program. Current/Past Stockdog 

community has worked hard getting the ASCA Stockdog 

program where it is today.


Consistency. In the past few years the ASCA board has been 

their own worst enemy. The board has been running exactly 

like our US Government. The board has been divided and 

no one from the other side is willing to work together. This 

must stop in order to get ASCA back on track and to gain the 

membership's trust. 




improve it? 

This is a club where the membership voices have a right to be 

heard and an avenue in which to communicate their concerns to 

the ASCA board. The ASCA Board of Directors has a fiduciary 

responsibility to oversee ASCA’s financial outcome. I feel I 

have the ability to listen to our members, give them an avenue 

to address their concerns, and make fair and unbiased decisions 

regarding ASCA’s fiduciary responsibility to our membership. 

ASCA’s bottom line continues to improve but communication 

with our members still needs improvement by our directors. 


I would like to see the ASCA membership and the ASCA 

Board of Directors communicate more effectively. The ASCA 

board needs to have a better working relationship with the 

program committees. The board needs to quit micro managing 

the committees work and quit telling the committees how 

many topics they are allowed to work on at any given time. 

The only committee work the board should be involved in is 

board directives. All committees should be given ample time 

to work on board directive before the board gets involved in 

committee work. 



level. 

I have served as an ASCA Board of Director for 6 years in the 

past. Positions I have held include President (briefly), 1st Vice- 

President, 2nd Vice-President, Secretary, and director. I have 

been an active member of the Conformation Committee in the 

past and I’m currently on the Judges Education Committee. 

ASCA Nationals Co-Chair 2010 and 2017. 



I have been a member of Heart of Texas ASC for 20 years. 

Positions held include President, Vice-President, Secretary, 

and board member/show coordinator. 

Linda M. Gray 


of Directors? 

I’ve spent 20 years on the ASCA BoD and 4 months working 

at the ASCA Business Office in 2005. Gained a wealth of 

knowledge both working as a Director and at the Business 

Office. 


I hope to work to continue to preserve ASCA as the premier 

registry for the Australia Shepherd. ASCA is an innovator in 


the dog world, in my opinion, and I’d like to work to continue 

with that preservation. 


social club. What qualities, abilities, and experiences do you 

posses that will aid in running ASCA and potentially improve 

it? 

Having spent 20 years on the Board I have experience with 

ASCA’s 501(c)7 social cub classification. Washington is where 

ASCA is incorporated and is bound by Washington state laws, 

which I’ve worked with for 20 years. 


I would like to see ASCA continue to be a leader in the world 

of dog registries, as it has been in the past. We were the first 

to have an Altered Conformation program and a DNA parentverified 

registry as the membership wanted. 



level. 

ASCA 1st VP, 2nd VP, Director and Secretary. Committee 

membership: DNA and Tracking. Board Liaison to the 

following committees: Conformation, Obedience, Tracking, 

History, Bylaw and DNA. ASCA Lifetime Achievement 

recipient for 2015. 



Australian Shepherd Club of New England Inc.: President 

5 years, Vice President 4 years, Newsletter editor 10 years. 

Also: Director, Membership Chair, Sanctioning person, Show 

Results person, Stock Timer, Obedience and Conformation 

Steward, Trophy and Ribbon Chair, grounds crew. Honorary 

Lifetime Member of ASCNE since 1998. 

Susan Harris 


of Directors? 

I bring to the board 12 years of Non-Profit Board of Director 

experience in addition to over 30 years of business experience. 

I believe that I work well in a team environment. I bring a 

level-headed, fair and honest approach to business matters. 

I understand how and when marketing and technology are 

important. 


I would like to be part of ASCA’s growth and development in 

encouraging member involvement, new uses for technology 

and focusing on financial stability. I would like to see new 

titling opportunities for our dogs while still supporting and 

encouraging support for our existing programs. I would like 

to open discussions on a Breeder of Merit program where 

individual registering of all puppies in a litter and mandatory 

health testing are a part of the program. 




improve it? 

With 12 years of non-profit noard experience this is what I 

learned that I will bring to the Board. Non-profits are usually 

run by volunteers and working with them is much different 


than working with paid employees. It is important to listen to 

your members, let them know you hear and understand their 

needs. Vital to Non-Profits are budgets, fund raising, grant 

writing, marketing and exceptional recordkeeping. I hold a 

bookkeeping degree and have over seven years of marketing 

and advertising experience. I think when you become a member 

of a Board like ASCA you must be able to dedicate yourself to 

the betterment of the organization and I look forward to doing 

that. 


I would like to see ASCA as an organization strengthen and 

grow our programs for our members, increase our use of 

technology and keep an open mind to new ways of doing 

business. Preserving our breed should be our key focus, our 

breed’s original purpose, its unique characteristics and its 

versatility. 



level. 

I currently am on the Junior Committee, which is near and dear 

to my heart. I believe that our young people are the future of 

ASCA. I have also served on the Conformation Committee. 

I was on the Show Committee for the 2012 Nationals held in 

Bakersfield. I am on the 2019 Nationals Show Committee. 



I have been involved with ASCA on a local level for 14 years, 

12 years as the club secretary and 2 years as President for Delta 

ASF. I have also held the office of affiliate rep. I serve as show 

secretary and ring steward for many of our shows and help 

arrange our education events. I am also a Central Valley ASC 

club member. 

Leah Swatko 


of Directors? 

I have a diverse background in the working world, have owned 

and operated several successful businesses. Small mixed farm, 

registered dairy goat herd, horse training, vintage clothing 

store; all breed brooming shop, professional dog gandling, and 

private dog behaviour modification I have worked principally 

in heavy industry, union and non-union work places. Often 

I was the first and only woman to enter these workplaces. I 

have a good understanding of contract language, and conflict 

resolution. I am a facilitator; I help people not only express 

themselves but help organizations and groups reach common 

ground and goals. The constant in my life has been animals and 

family. Now my life is focused on dogs; training, behaviour, 

judging, and competing. The breed that has my heart is the 

Australian Shepherd. 


Maintain and continue to open clear lines of communication 

between members of the ASCA Board of Directors, the 

Committees in all ASCA Programs, and the Membership 

of ASCA. Move towards the goals and future of ASCA as a 

dedicated single breed registry. Increase participation of ASCA 


Affiliates and welcome new breeders into the fold. Help to 

develop strong educational and mentoring programs for all 

ASCA competitive programs. Work to develop and implement 

the breeding of ASCA registered Australian Shepherds and the 

increase of individual registrations. Address the handling of 

serious infractions and work towards strong Bylaws, and rules 

all of which are enforceable; which are fair and representative 

of the offence. Facilitate through clear-sighted guidance the 

development of a stronger future for ASCA and the Australian 

Shepherd breed on a global scale. 




it? 

I have a long history of volunteering. I started at the age of 11 

volunteering in a home for the aged, then focused on farming, 

therapeutic riding, and now in numerous pure bred dog groups 

and associations. I am a life member of my local CKC All 

Breed Club, 5 more years and will be a Life Member of CKC. 

I am a Life Member of ASCA and have encouraged many to 

do the same. I worked with a group of like minded competitive 

dog sport people to build a well-funded section in the All Breed 

Club, went from in the red to over $130,000 a year in gross 

income, all through volunteerism at its finest. I have over 30 

years of volunteer teaching a variety of dog classes including 

household, obedience, clicker tricks, behaviour modification 

in the dogs behaving badly class. Many hours of school bite 

prevention presentations, a two-year pilot project working 

with a school for disadvantaged juvenile teens. We matched a 

dog and student and taught them that they could accomplish 

so much with positive clicker training when they had come 

from a life of mental and physical abuse. 


ASCA and the world of purebred preservation breeders are 

facing serious attacks from well-funded animal rights groups. 

We must build a unified front to deal with these attacks or 

everything we do for this breed will be gone. We do need to 

respect change and differing opinions, but have clear, accurate 

proof that our dogs and the many activities we promote are 

still of value today and are fun for all involved. I strive to 

give the dogs, the stock a voice, our voice; dogs love to work! 

Unfortunately, daily we face groups that think it is cruel to 

train a dog to track a lost child, give assistance to people, 

or work sheep in a calm and safe way; educate these people 

and groups that our dogs actually reduce the stressors more 

so than humans do when moving sheep. We also must look 

within ASCA and our breeders. Are they good people do they 

earn respect be they a judge or an exhibitor. Do they follow 

good rational animal care practices, are they honest in their 

dealings with the public and within ASCA. ASCA, the BOD? 

The membership must be above reproach. 



level. 

I started in ASCA in 1992; I joined TASC in Ontario and soon 

was the newsletter editor. I progressed and learned more; 

I joined the Bylaw committee and we founded the foreign 

registry to welcome back ASCA dogs who had fallen off 


pedigrees due to only being registered in AKC or CKC. The 

Obedience Committee where I helped in the development 

and participated in the first Obedience Finals. Joined the 

Conformation Committee and was active in all aspects of 

the committee. Currently I am on the Rally Committee and 

the tracking Committee. Now I am a Regular Rally Judge, 

Obedience Judge All Classes, and Conformation Provisional 

Breeder Judge. I have had the joy of judging all of my rings 

in Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the USA. I simply love to 

judge. I am involved in writing about my own experiences, 

photography, and painting. 



My volunteerism with ASCA Affiliates VASE President, VP 

and Affiliate rep, ASC of MI active member and worker du 

jour, COASC Affiliate Rep, President and keeping the ASCA 

Aussie alive in Ontario, Canada. In CKC was also involved 

with CNASA, the CKC Aussie parent club as the Ontario 

Director. I was Vice President for 10 years, and President for 2 

years, section Chair for 15 years in my local all breed Sudbury 

& District Kennel Club. Thank you for the consideration, I 

would be proud to serve. 

Jan Wesen 


of Directors? 

I have a well rounded background in the programs of ASCA. 

I believe in the versatile Aussie and making sure that all parts 

of the ASCA program can be the best that they can be. Work to 

communicate with other board members and ASCA members 

to develop solutions that will promote the Australian Shepherd. 


I will continue the work positivity with the other board 

members and ASCA members to reach a stronger ASCA 

program financially and structurally. 





it? 

As a dairy farmer, working in a family operation, we have 

to make hard decisions, as a family to make things work 

financially. I will make the tough decisions to make ASCA 

financial strong for the benefit of the Australian Shepherd 

working as a team. 


Board of directors set the policy as a group, as a member of 

the board of directors, I will work to set directives to make 

the breed better. I do believe that better communication with 

membership is important for the long-term benefit of the breed. 



level. 

I have attended nationals since 1998. I am Past ASCA Treasurer, 

Chairperson of the Stockdog Committee 2014, Chairperson of 

the MVA committee 2010 to 2013. Currently member of ASCA 

Tracking Committee, ASCA DNA Committee Member, ASCA 

Stockdog Committee, and ASCA Obedience Committee. I am 

a Judge in Obedience, Tracking, Stockdog, Apprentice Rally 

and Agility judge. Chaired National Tracking in 1998, 2017 

and 2018. 



I have been member of ASC of WA since 1986, current 

President. Member of Treasure Valley ASA, ASC of Maine, 

Three Rivers ASCA have served on many positions in the 

club. President, Vice President, Secretary, Board Member at 

Large, Course Director, Show Secretary, Newsletter editor, 

Chairperson of Stockdog Trial, Chairperson of Tracking, 

Obedience and Conformation Show and education events. 

Nominations are now open for the 

ASCA Junior Service Award (“Above and Beyond Award”) 

Purpose: The purpose of the award is to recognize Juniors who exhibit good sportsmanship and who provide selfless service 

to the Australian Shepherd, their local/national club and their own community. 

Eligibility: Nominees must be an ASCA member but need not be an active competitor. Letters regarding the accomplishments and 

service of the Junior must come from someone other than the Junior and/or his/her family. Letters must describe how the Junior 

has contributed to the dog community and cite specific examples of individual sportsmanship. 

Awards: The ASCA Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Board shall collect and review all letters. 

One Junior will be chosen, based on the criteria set forth, to receive this award at the ASCA National Specialty banquet. 

The chosen letter will be read at the banquet in honor of the recipient. Additional awards may be given 

in the case of exceptional service by more than one Junior. 

All letters of nomination for the year’s award must be submitted NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 2018 to the Executive Secretary. 

e-mail: executive.secretary@asca.org, 



CANDIDATE RESUME 



















Leah Swatko 

771 Hwy. 17 West, 

Massey, Ontario Canada POP 1 PO 

P: 705-677-5628 

E: ministik@xplornet.com 

I am running for a position on the ASCA Board of Director. I am semi retired and have put myself forward to run in 

the 2018 election. Some may know me from the decades I have been involved with Australian Shepherd and ASCA, 

others from competing in my rings either in obedience, rally, or conformation; still others may know me from my 

electronic persona on ASCA-L, Facebook, and in my short stories in the Aussie Times. l have had Aussies since 

1983, am now a life member of ASCA joining in I 992. Yes there will be more stories to tell to my extended family 

which is how I feel about ASCA. 

I have held so many jobs over my working life, raised two daughters as a single Mother for much of their early 

years, cook, to farmer, breeding dairy goats, training horses, installing furnaces, welding, operating heavy 

equipment, weather observer and part time airport manager, home renovations, plumbing and electrical, security 

guard at a uranium mine. Held many licenses too Oil Burner Mech. III, Gas Fitter II, Trade certificates in welding 

(gas, arc, mig) Licensed Lumber grader, Certified Heavy Equipment Operator, Shop Steward, Strike Captain, Joint 

Health and Safety Chair, Chief Steward, many safety courses about accident prevention. I hold a college Diploma in 

Graphic Design 2005 plus 6 University of Guelph general agriculture credits, Let me just say l can do most things 

that need doing. 

I am always willing to face new challenges. This past year I overcame my fear and picked up a chain saw, felled big 

trees and cut to stove length. I am not a political animal; I take people at face value, but never forget a transgression 

or unfair treatment of anyone. No I don’t hold grudges; life is too valuable to waste time on personal agendas. I 

prefer to facilitate learning and educating people about the options and engage others in open dialogue. Goal setting 

that is realistic and for the betterment of those involved. For example I took on the Chair of the All Breed CKC club 

Obedience section. It had been traditionally in the red for over a decade. The first goal was to break even, next year 

to also pay the sections share of the administrative costs. Then we rented a space to hold classes. When I retired from 

the position the Obedience section was holding 6 Obedience, 6 Agility, and 4 Rally trials pre year. The bottom line 

when I retired from the Chair position, the Obedience section was grossing over $130,000 per year had over $60,000 

in the bank for the purchase of a club owned facility. No I didn't do this alone; there were 8 founding people who 

worked as a harmonious group. 

I have watched for and spoken out against changes to animal bylaws, animal rights agendas, and see this as one of 

the biggest challenges faced by dog breeders, livestock farmers and ranchers, trappers, hunter, and traditional use of 

the lands. Animal Rights has invaded my own remote part of the world under the guise of Animal Welfare. ASCA 

needs to take this assault seriously. There is a choice to be made by ASCA to help our breeder members in all parts 

of the world. To find ways to allow inclusion of those in countries and regions with docking bans, establish open 

communication with these breeders who may face charges for docking their puppies. Our bylaws clearly state that a 

person found guilty of animal cruelty will be barred from ASCA, how will the next quality breeder who has their 

veterinarian turn them in to the SPCA be helped. What will happen if they are found guilty of the vague “causing 

distress to an animal” this is happening right now in several provinces in Canada; most notably a quality breeder of 

CKC boxers in Nova Scotia? 

In closing I hope I have given the members of ASCA some important issues to think about. I don't have the answers, 

but I hope to be able to work within the ASCA Board of Directors to continue to build the future of the versatile 

Australian Shepherd. 

Yours in Dogs 

Leah Swatko 






ELECTION SECTION – PAID ENDORSEMENT

ELECTION SECTION – PAID ENDORSEMENT 

Vote for 

Rick Gann 

for 

ASCA Board of Directors 

Proven Leadership – The membership has elected Rick for 

two previous terms to the ASCA Board of Directors; he has 

served as President, 1 st Vice President, 2 nd Vice President and 

Secretary. 

Dedicated Worker for ASCA – Rick has been an active 

member of ASCA for over 20 years, serving as co-chairman of 

two National Specialties, serving on the ASCA Conformation 

Committee, and serving as an officer and a show coordinator 

for his local affiliate. 

Dedicated to the Australian Shepherd – Rick is an 

ASCA Senior Breeder Judge who has judged all over the 

country, as well as in Europe, which gives him insight into 

the needs of our diverse ASCA community. 

Paid for by Supporters of Rick Gann for the ASCA Board of Directors 



ELECTION SECTION – PAID ENDORSEMENT

Australian Shepherd Club of America, Inc. 

Conformation Point Schedule 

Effective for all shows that occur from 6/1/2018 thru 5/31/2019 

Club ID# Club Name Number of Avg. Schedule Avg. Schedule 

Shows Dogs for Dogs Bitches for Bitches 

1003 ASA OF NEW MEXICO 15 8 1 12 1 

1073 ASC DEUTSCHLAND E.V. 10 47 5 44 5 

1005 ASC OF ARIZONA 14 13 1 13 1 

1198 ASC OF FRANCE 3 23 4 26 5 

1008 ASC OF MICHIGAN 17 7 1 9 1 

1009 ASC OF MID-AMERICA, INC 4 5 1 12 1 

1010 ASC OF NEW ENGLAND 12 11 1 16 2 

1014 ASC OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 8 8 1 12 1 

1015 ASC OF SOUTHERN CAL 8 8 1 8 1 

1017 ASC OF UTAH 15 8 1 13 1 

1018 ASC OF WASHINGTON 9 13 1 16 2 

1206 AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD COMPETITION 4 47 5 49 5 

CLUB GERMANY 

1207 AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD VERSATILITY 3 39 5 51 5 

ASSN. 

1225 BELGUIM ASC 9 44 5 39 5 

1020 BLUE RIDGE ASC 12 9 1 19 3 

1074 BOISE ASC 1 8 1 7 1 

1021 CAROLINA ASC 12 8 1 12 1 

1066 CASCADE ASC 13 13 1 17 2 

1208 CENTRAL ONTARIO ASC 3 7 1 4 1 

1025 CENTRAL VALLEY ASC 19 6 1 13 1 

1026 COLORADO ASA 5 8 1 10 1 

1227 CROSSROADS ASC 5 5 1 10 1 

1086 DELTA ASF 17 10 1 15 2 

1095 EASTEX ASC 15 10 1 10 1 

1134 FL PAN-HANDLERS ASC 8 6 1 12 1 

1028 FLORIDA ASA 10 10 1 13 1 

1089 GATEWAY ASC 13 12 1 16 2 

1224 GOLD COUNTRY ASC 5 8 1 18 3 

1031 GREATER ATLANTA ASC 16 12 1 11 1 

1138 GREATER OHIO ASC 4 11 1 23 4 

1120 HEART OF NEW YORK ASC (HONY) 12 12 1 19 3 

SCHEDULE NO. 1 SCHEDULE NO. 2 SCHEDULE NO. 3 SCHEDULE NO. 4 SCHEDULE NO. 5 

1-14 DOGS 15-17 DOGS 18-20 DOGS 21-25 DOGS 26-300 DOGS 

2 1 POINT 3 1 POINT 4 1 POINT 5 5 1 POINT 6 1 POINT 

4 2 POINTS 6 2 POINTS 8 2 POINTS 10 2 POINTS 12 2 POINTS 





Australian Shepherd Club of America, Inc. 

Conformation Point Schedule 

Effective for all shows that occur from 6/1/2018 thru 5/31/2019 

Club ID# Club Name Number of Avg. Schedule Avg. Schedule 

Shows Dogs for Dogs Bitches for Bitches 

1082 HEART OF TEXAS ASC 10 11 1 16 2 

1034 HIGH PLAINS ASC 5 12 1 13 1 

1174 HILL COUNTRY ASC 8 6 1 13 1 

1171 LOWLANDS AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 6 29 5 36 5 

CLUB 

1136 MANITOBA ASC 3 8 1 7 1 

1219 MICHIANA ASA 23 8 1 11 1 

1116 MINNESOTA ASC 6 6 1 10 1 

1085 NEW HOPE ASC 8 14 1 15 2 

1040 NEW YORK ASA 10 6 1 7 1 

1042 NORTHERN ARIZONA ASA 6 8 1 12 1 

1148 NORTHWEST ASC 11 14 1 16 2 

1113 OCEAN VIEW ASC 20 9 1 16 2 

1200 OLYMPIC AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 13 13 1 15 2 

ASSOCIATION 

1047 OUTBACK ASC 10 10 1 11 1 

1131 OZ ASC 7 7 1 15 2 

1180 PENNSYLVANIA-NEW YORK ASC 6 7 1 14 1 

1093 PRAIRIE ASE 6 8 1 8 1 

1050 ROCK RIVER VALLEY ASC 14 10 1 12 1 

1190 SHOW ME STATE ASC 10 4 1 10 1 

1193 SOUTHERN ARIZONA ASA 8 12 1 9 1 

1055 SOUTHERN COLORADO ASC 8 13 1 16 2 

1127 SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ASC 2 5 1 10 1 

1055 SOUTHWEST COLORADO ASC 8 8 1 9 1 

1059 TENNESSEE ASC 9 9 1 10 1 

1062 UPPER MIDWEST ASC 17 9 1 11 1 

1065 WASCUNY 4 13 1 10 1 

1140 WESTERN EUROPE WORKING ASC 1 28 5 28 5 

1165 WILLAMETTE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 11 10 1 10 1 

CLUB 

1179 WORKING ASC OF OKLAOMA 5 8 1 14 1 

SCHEDULE NO. 1 SCHEDULE NO. 2 SCHEDULE NO. 3 SCHEDULE NO. 4 SCHEDULE NO. 5 

1-14 DOGS 15-17 DOGS 18-20 DOGS 21-25 DOGS 26-300 DOGS 

2 1 POINT 3 1 POINT 4 1 POINT 5 5 1 POINT 6 1 POINT 







The following Committee Reports are published as received (bold indicates receipt) and approved: 

Agility, Conformation, DNA, Dock Jumping, Education, Hall of Fame, History, 

Juniors, Legislative, Most Versatile Aussie, Obedience, Rally, Stockdog, Strategic Planning, and Tracking 


Liz Gibson, Committee Chair, coastalrange@embarqmail.com 

After a long discussion and a lot of feedback from the 

membership, we presented a motion that passed the CC to deal with 

the wording on the judge test procedure.This motion is currently 

before the board for vote and by the time you read this it will have 

been voted on. 

We also listened to the membership about the test and that is 

currently under review by a sub-committee. The sub-committee 

will present the new tests to the board for review. 

Yes, I said new tests! We will have 2 different tests. The test 

will not have as many questions, but will have new and updated 

questions. 

The CC will continue to work on judge education along 

with the judge requirements. We hope to have a source for online 

education in the near future. 

The CC has several more projects in the works. One member 

took on the task of possible ways to update the judge books to work 

better. By the time you read this the CC will be discussing these 

changes. Another subject is the possibility of some sort of Grand 

Championship program. 

The CC would like to welcome Gail Karamalegos and Joyce 

Charron. We also say goodbye to Holly Clifton and thank her for 

her contributions to the CC. 

The CC gets many questions about judge and exhibitor ethics. 

For a judge, it can be tough to tell your friends not to show under 

you. ASCA is a tight-knit community and we all know one another. 

There are some simple rules to keep in mind when you accept 

an assignment. These are covered in Chapter 7, section 7.6. For 

exhibitors the rules are mirrored in Chapter 9, section 9.10. 

One situation that comes up is hiring a judge for a show (a 

business arrangement) and then said judge showing to the person 

that hired him/her before the accepted assignment. Now, there is not 

a rule that specifically covers this, except the business or contractual 

agreement the 2 people made when one hired the other. Ethically 

it does not look good and first and foremost we, as judges, must 

avoid any perceived improprieties. 

We ask that all exhibitors and judges read the rules, 7.6 and 

9.10 along with Appendix 3; ASCA Conformation Judge Education 

and the ASCA Judges Code of Ethics for a better understanding. 

A handy statement to remember is that there will always be “gray 

areas” that perplex judges. When faced with such a dilemma, ask 

yourself whether the situation, however innocent, maintains an 

outward appearance of propriety. A good rule of thumb is; if you 

have concerns about whether something is inappropriate, you 

probably should avoid the situation. 

As always, we ask you the membership, for ideas or comments 

on the conformation program. 

DNA Committee 

Peter Hellmeister, Committee Chair, peter.hellmeister@gmail. 

com 

National Specialty 2018 in Colorado: 

The Nationals are fast approaching and the DNA committee 

is planning a blood draw like in years past. The blood draw will 

take place on Tuesday, September 25 th 2018. We are currently 

exploring available options and will keep you updated as soon as 

more information becomes available. We are looking for volunteers 

to help us make this a successful event. If you are available please 

contact the committee chair at peter.hellmeister@gmail.com. 

For our European members: 

The ASCA approved DNA lab in Europe, Certagen, is offering 

a combination test package for 13 different traits. The description 

of the test package can be found on the website at www.certagen. 

de under Genome Scan No. H321. The price is €154.70. 

Für unsere europäischen Mitglieder: 

Das ASCA-anerkannte DNA Labor in Europa, Certagen, 

bietet einen Kombinationstest für 13 verschiedene Untersuchungen 

an. Die Beschreibung des Testpakets findet ihr auf der Webseite 

auf www.certagen.de unter Genom Scan H321. Der Preis beträgt 

€154,70. 

History Committee 

Sunday Miles, Committee Chair, countrywoods@voyager.net 

Time sure can sneak up on you ... Before you know it, it 

becomes “History.” 

Our Committee is making our final choices for the recipient of 

this years Lifetime Achievement Award. I wish we had more input 

from the membership ... I love it when we have names sent in of 

people you respect enough to have us consider them. Whether we 

end up selecting that nomination I feel it is an honor that they have 

made such an impression on people. 

There is quite a bit going on in ASCA these days, new 

programs, some updates to existing ones, rules being updated for 

others. Buy the time you’ll be reading this it will be almost time 

for Nationals entries to open, another year becomes history ... I 

look forward to seeing many of you in Colorado and wish all those 

who make the trip wonderful safe travel. 

Also we the members of the committee would like to invite 

you to join us if you have interest or info to share. 


Obedience Committee 

Marilyn Cherry, Committee Co-Chair, kamikaussie@yahoo.com 

The Board recently approved a motion to require all obedience 

judges to comply with the ASCA Obedience Judges Education 

certification program, beginning July 1, 2018. ASCA Obedience 

judges are responsible for keeping up to date on the current rules and 

regulations affecting the ASCA Obedience program; materials are 

located on the ASCA website. Only rules contained in the current 

rulebook are enforceable. Obedience judges will be required to 

certify at least every three years that they have completed one of the 

required options for continuing judge education. Newly approved 

judges will be required to certify within 12 months of first being 

approved. All current ASCA Obedience judges must certify between 

July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 that they have completed the 

initial continuing judges education. Starting in 2021, a certification 

schedule will be followed so that not all judges renew at the same 

time. Judges will need to complete and submit the Obedience Judge 

Education Certification Form to the ASCA Business Office, which 

will track judging eligibility for all obedience judges. Judges that 

do not comply will be removed from the ASCA Obedience Judge 

list after two years. 

The following is intended to assist clubs in determining how 

to set entry limits for obedience trials. Premiums must state entry 

limits; these may be given as either maximum hours / trial / day, or 

as maximum entries / trial / day. Obedience judges may only judge 

for 8 hours per day, based on run estimates per class per hour (see 

below), unless they agree to judge longer. Estimates per class are 

as follows: Utility: 6; Open: 7; Novice: 8; and Beginner Novice: 

9 runs/hour. Note that the same dog entered in 2 classes (e.g. both 

Open and Utility) counts as 2 entries. These estimates include the 

extra time needed to judge the group exercises in a class. In large 

trials (such as National pre-trials), where a judge is assigned a single 

class for the day, they may judge the following maximum number 

of runs: Utility: 48; Open: 56; or Novice or Beginner Novice: 64 

entries. 

The obedience committee has put together a very handy time 

calculation worksheet, located on the ASCA website, found under: 

Competitive Programs / Obedience / Rules & Forms / Obedience 

Judge Time Calculation Worksheet. As entries arrive, the trial 

secretary enters the number of entries per class; the calculator will 

inform you the estimated time to judge all runs and when the limit 

has been reached. 

Looking beyond the numbers, there are other factors to 

consider. How many hours does the club have the trial site booked 

for? Keep in mind that set-up and tear-down will use up some of the 

club’s allotted time onsite. The judge will also expect a lunch break. 

For outdoor trials, how many hours of daylight are there at that time 

of year? How many volunteer helpers are available? If the club is 

hosting other events running simultaneously or consecutively on 

the same day, rings may be held up due to conflicts. 

Are you familiar with the judge? If so, you may know 

whether they are generally efficient at moving their ring along 

at a fair clip, or if they a little slower than normal. Provisional or 

apprentice judges will usually take longer, as they have additional 

documentation to fill out. 

Are the ring stewards experienced and prompt, good at 

anticipating when Figure 8 posts are needed, when jumps need to 

be changed, when to bring the leash / dumbbell / gloves / scent 



articles into the ring, and when to line up teams for the group stays? 

Stewards that are new to obedience will probably require a little 

guidance. 

If you are familiar with the competitors in the area, you may be 

able to anticipate whether a number of handlers will have conflicts, 

and whether the majority of runs are expected to be in the upper 

class levels or the lower class levels (Novice and Beginner Novice 

move along more quickly than Open and Utility). Remember that 

move-ups to a higher class will mean more time in the ring for 

that dog, who is now in a higher-level class that takes longer to 

complete. 

We always welcome your input on any aspect of the ASCA 

obedience program – this is your program. You may write to the 

Obedience rules io group, ASCA-Obedience-Rules@groups. 

io; or contact Laurie Rubin, Obedience Committee Chair, at 

earthlaurie@sonic.net; or Marilyn Cherry, Obedience Co-Chair, 

at kamikaussie@yahoo.com. 

Rally Committee 

Corinne Shank, Committee Chair. gckennel@aol.com 

Hopefully everyone has now seen the new rally signs, 

and started practicing them! Some are fun, some may be very 

challenging to handlers as well as dogs. They are a great addition 

to the ASCA Rally program, and we are looking forward to seeing 

new fun courses come June. 

If you are a member of a club that hosts rally trials,d please 

remember to print the large signs prior to June 1 st . The file on the 

website lists only the new signs in large size, so that you do not 

need to sort for the new signs. 

For those thinking ahead toward finals in Colorado, the decision 

was made by the Committee to NOT use the 2018 signs on the 

courses, since the dogs that qualified had not seen those signs yet. 

The new signs can be used in the Pre-shows, and in the Nationals 

trials. 

While everyone is looking forward to those new signs, some 

judges are a little nervous about spacing, and including them on 

their courses. What looks to be a beautiful course on paper can be 

found to simply not work when laid out on the course. That leaves 

the judge trying to figure out what can be done to make it work, 

without delaying the trial. The best way to avoid this situation is to 

send courses for prior approval. The Review Committee is happy to 

review courses in advance of your trial. This removes the concerns 

when setting up the course. 

Some of the new signs were designed to allow more directional 

changes. They have been needed for many years, and will allow 

judges more flexibility in course design. Judges are reminded, 

however, that the path must allow the stated degree of direction 

change to the path of the team. And as always, when exiting a 

station, the number for the next sign must be directly in front of the 

team. New moving signs were added for all levels that provide some 

fresh alternatives. Many of the upper level signs are intended as 

baby steps for obedience, and to add some of the newer elements of 

obedience. The Rally Committee hopes that judges and contestants 

enjoy these new signs. 

Some of the new signs will require more space on the course. 

Again, what looks good on paper may not work when laid out on 

the course. Care must be taken to assure there is adequate space


for all exercises. Another reason to have courses pre-approved so Tracking Committee 

you can enjoy your judging experience. 

Beth MacLehose, CommitteeChair, bmaclehose@gmail.com 

The education videos demonstrating correct performances of The tracking committee has been cleaning up the rule book. 

the old and new signs has been completed, but completing all of the This includes changing the distance between tracks from 75 yards 

work associated with posting them on the web is taking much longer to 50 yards to give clubs more room to put in tracks. The 50 yard 

than anticipated. If there is anyone out there with computer skills distance has worked well for AKC and not caused any problems 

that enjoys working on the computer, the committee would welcome so we felt it would help our clubs who want to be able to put in as 

the assistance. The process is slowed because we only have 1 person many tracks as possible. 

on the committee with such skills. This is your chance to use those We also cleaned up the language around judge requirements 

skills that your real job just doesn’t utilize. 

and made sure they were included in the rule book, not just the 

The ASCA Template for course building is an Excel appendix. 

spreadsheet, that works well if you have access to excel, and We are currently wrapping up a motion to allow dogs to wear 

know the basics. There are a few little tricks that that are a little protective foot wear and coats. This will help other breed dogs 

beyond basic, that prove very helpful when building courses. When tracking in areas with rugged cover/poor weather. This will also 

you know what key to press, magic things can happen that make help aussies who may be traveling long distance for a test and not 

your life so much easier. Some of these little tricks can also help be acclimated to the conditions in the new area. It will also make 

avoid having an illegal course by using the same excellent signs more tracking venues available to use that without protection may 

on the Masters and Excellent courses. The committee is happy have been deemed too rough or dangerous. 

to work with any judges who would like a little assistance with We are also continuing to discuss an introduction/beginning 

course building. Please email Corinne Shanks, ASCA Rally Chair, tracking title to try and encourage more activity in tracking in the 

gckennel@aol.com. 

ASCA community. 

If you need help putting on a tracking event, please contact 

any committee member, we would love to help you. 

On the cover . . . 

2017 and 2014 ASCA National Superdog Champion 

HTCH SPCH OTCH5 WTCH Cut’n Loose Indian Princess UDX, RAX, AKC/UDX, PUDX, OM1, GO, BN, NA, VER, 

CGC, AHBA/HRD-llls, HTAD-llls, RLF lll, HTD-ld – Cheyenne 

Cheyenne and I were honored to win the 2017 ASCA National 

Superdog Championship in Texas last fall at the ASCA Nationals. 

We are the second dog/handler to win this Championship twice 

in ASCA Obedience history, having also won it in 2014. It was 

wonderful experience and one that I will never forget. My goal was 

to “qualify” on each and every exercise. That we did. 

Cheyenne is a fantastic Australian Shepherd in the truest sense. 

She loves working cattle and sheep, she’s super dependable in 

agility and loves the sport of obedience, if she can’t be working 

cows. And loves her family completely. Since she has turned 12 

years old last week (March 13th), we are semi-retired from stock 

and agility. Our ASCA OTCH5 was completed at Nationals. 

I am forever grateful to Jamie Burns of Cut’n Loose Stockdogs for 

allowing me the joy of having Cheyenne as a vital member of The 

Franks’ Gang. I am also very thankful to all of the mentors who have 

taught, advised, and encouraged us along the way. 

Thank you, Cheyenne! I truly love you and so very very proud to call 

you mine. Shetland Sheepdog brother “Rider” agrees! : ) 

~ Cindy Franks 

Owner: Cindy Franks 


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OCEAN VIEW ASC (300120) 

www.ovasc.org 

VICKI AGUILAR, PRES COLLEEN JEFFERS, REP 

14033 SYLVANWOOD AVE 16378 EAST PEAK CT 

NORWALK, CA 90650 RIVERSIDE, CA 92503 

(562) 304-6376 (951) 545-2402 

vicki.him@gmail.com colljeffers@sbcglobal.net 

PENINSULA ASA (300007) 

www.pasadogs.com 

KATHY MURPHY, PRES DONNA HIGHSTREET, REP 

123 OUTLOOK CIRCLE 969 AMSTUTZ DR 

PACIFICA, CA 94044 SAN JOSE, CA 95129 

(650) 575-8256 (408) 255-9524 

murphykathy40@yahoo.com dhist@yahoo.com 

SEASIDE ASC (300188) 

www.sites.google.com/site/seasideaussieclub 

JUDY PEDERY-EDWARDS, PRES KELBY PEDERY-EDWARDS, REP 

P.O. BOX 379 

SAME 

ARROWBEAR LAKE CA, 92382 (760) 632-7797 

(760) 613-0211 

moonwateraussies1@gmail.com 

SILVER BULLET ASSA (300095) 

BOYCE BAKER, PRES 

CANDY HAYHURST, REP 

29300 DRY CREEK RD 779 BUTTERCUP CIR 

GALT, CA 95632 GALT, CA 95632 

(209) 535-1593 (209) 401-7114 

tocowdog@softcom.net 2RNSRYDE@COMCAST.NET 

TRI-COUNTY ASWA (300082) 

www.tricountyaussies.com 

CAROL MCLAUGHLIN, DVM, PRES ANN MCCABE, REP 

2513 W. OLIVE AVE 4343 ELENDA ST. 

FULLERTON, CA 92833 CULVER CITY, CA 90230 

(714) 875-2069 (310) 701-4009 

petdrcjm@aol.com 

STARRYSKYAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM 

WEST COAST ASA (300002) 

SUSAN GRAHAM, PRES JEANNE MASTICK, REP 

P.O. BOX 1228 

6721 CHADBOURNE AVE 

SAN GABRIEL, CA 91778 RIVERSIDE, CA 92505 

(909) 596-8452 (951) 264-1833 

sssssgraham@aol.com JeanneM@Melissas.com 

WESTERN ASOC (300190) 

www.wasoc.homestead.com/home.html 

CYNTHIA RUTH, PRES WOUJIE MAILER, REP 

4044 E. FOURTH ST. 2636 DOIDGE AVE 

STOCKTON, CA 95215 PINOLE, CA 94564 

(209) 939-1053 (510) 243-1850 

cindyruth1@yahoo.com wrenwom2@yahoo.com 

CANADA ASF OF ALBERTA (300142) 

JACKIE TOMAYER, PRES COLLEEN KALANUK, REP 

5014-58th AVE 

1236 19 AVE. NW 

LLOYDMINSTER, AB T9V 1A9 CALGARY, AB T2M 1A2 

(780) 872-2879 (403) 607-8596 

JTOMAYER@HOTMAIL.COM montagu2001@yahoo.com 

Affiliate News 

COLORADO 

ASC OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (300055) 

www.ascofbc.com 

GERHARD RIEGER, PRES ANTHEA YOUNG MILLER, REP 

18039 58A AVE. 47415 CHARTWELL DR 

SURREY, BC V3S 1N7 CHILLIWACK BC V2P 8A3 

(604) 576-3864 (604) 792-3377 

lingerb@telus.net 

K9S.4EVER@SHAW.CA 

CENTRAL ONTARIO ASC (300211) 

www.centralontarioasc.com 

LEAH SWATKO, PRES 

VALERIE YATES, REP 

771 HWY. 17 WEST 109 CANAAN ROAD 

MASSEY, ONTARIO P0P 1P0 RENFREW ON K7V 3Z4 

(705) 677-5628 (613) 432-0591 

ministik@xplornet.com yates_v@yahoo.ca 

MANITOBA ASC (300136) 

RHONDA SHEWCHUK, PRES RHONDA SHEWCHUK, REP 

1100 BOBICHE ST 1 SAME 

HEADINGLEY, MB R4H 1E2 

(204) 633-5058 

rsdogs@gmail.com 

PRAIRIE AUSTRALIAN (300100) 

SHEPHERD ENTHUSIASTS 

www.sheeps-kin.com/pase.htm 

KELLY CAMPBELL, PRES LYDINE DENZIN, REP 

RR 3 BOX 12 

2101 RETALLACK ST 

ESTLIN, SK S4P 2Z3 

REGINA SK S4T 2K5 

(306) 551-9764 (306) 529-3206 

risknhopeaussies@sasktel.net sheeps.kin@sasktel.net 

THUNDER BAY ASC OF ONTARIO (300162) 

www.tbasco.com 

Facebook: TBASCO 

TANYA WHEELER-SMITH, PRES MADISON WHEELER, REP 

3020 HWY 61 RR#3 3020 HWY 61 

SLATE RIVER, ON P7J0G8 SLATE RIVER, ON P7J0G8 

(807) 473-5629 (807) 473-5629 

tuckercr@tbaytel.net tbay.wheeler@gmail.com 

WILLOUGHBY STOCKDOG CLUB (300160) 

http://www.teecreek.com/clubs.html 

DAVE HARRIS, PRES 

DAVE HARRIS, REP 

12195 WILODELL RD, RR #1 SAME 

WELLAND, ONT L3B 5N4 

(905) 384-2531 

dave@talkwireless.ca 

COLORADO ASA (300022) 

www.coloaussies.org 

GERI SCHEIDT, PRES 

ELIZABETH STIBLEY, REP 

P.O. BOX 556 

9529 W MAPLEWOOD PLACE 

KIOWA CO 80117 LITTLETON, CO 80123 

(303) 621-2925 (303) 913-7927 

edgerischeidt1@msn.com LSTIBLEY@COMCAST.NET 

HIGH PLAINS ASC (300021) 

www.highplainsasc.org 

KRISTYALLISON , PRES CAROL ANN HARTNAGLE, REP 

7212 WCR 4 12121 POTOMAC ST 

BRIGHTON, CO 80603 BRIGHTON, CO 80601 

(303) 589-4776 (303) 659-6597 

KALLISON8221@GMAIL.COM carolhartnagle@aol.com 

SOUTHERN COLORADO ASC (300070) 

www.southerncoloradoasc.com 

JOYCE SIDDALL, PRES CANDI KNOPP, REP 

3041 S PEARL ST 7200 INGALLS STREET 

ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113 ARVADA, CO 80003 

(303) 548-1125 (303) 638-0017 

catalinakennels@yahoo.com CANDIKNOPP@GMAIL.COM 

SOUTHWEST COLORADO ASC (300232) 

FACEBOOK: SOUTHWEST COLORADO ASC 

CAROLYN KLINNERT, PRES CHRISTINE SAPA, REP 

265 ROPER LANE P.O. BOX 1441 

HESPERUS, CO 81326 BAYFIELD, CO 81122 

(970) 588-3899 (970) 769-0810 

KLINNERT265@GMAIL.COM SAPAS@GOBRAINSTORM.NET 


EUROPE 

Belgium BELGIUM ASC (300228) 

www.lasc.magix.net 

PEGGY MEERSMAN, PRES LUC GOOSSENS, REP 

HEIKANTSTRAAT 19 KIEFHOEKSTRAAT 199 

2900 SCHOTEN 3940 HECHTEL-EKSEL 

BELGIUM 

BELGIUM 

FRANK.MICHIELSEN@TELENET.BE lucandme@yahoo.com 

LOWLANDS ASC (300174) 

www.lasc.magix.net 

LUC GOOSSENS, PRES DEBBY MICHIELSEN, REP 

KIEFHOEKSTRAAT 199 KIEFHOEKSTRAAT 199 

3940 HECHTEL-EKSEL 3940 HECHTEL-EKSEL 

BELGIUM 

BELGIUM 

lucandme@yahoo.com DEBBYMICHIELSEN@HOTMAIL.BE 

Finland FINASC (300189) 

http://www.finasc.com/ 

PIA HJERPPE, PRES 

MIRA LAITALA, REP 

KONTIOLANTIE 6 Ojajärventie 90 

82580 JUURIKKA 36430 KANGASALA 

FINLAND 

FINLAND 

pia.hjerppe@gmail.com mira.laitila@gmail.com 

France ASC OF FRANCE (300202) 

www.ascfrance.weebly.com 

MARGARITA CRAIG, PRES VANESSA SOLER, REP 

MONT 

LES PINS 

31430 POLASTRON, FRANCE 63340 GIGNAT, FRANCE 

MARGARITA.CRAIG@ORANGE.FR ltl.aussie@gmail.com 


Sweden SWEDISH ASC (SWEDASC) (300205) 

www.swedasc.com 

MIKAEL HAGEUS, PRES VERONICA HAGEUS, REP 

KROKSBO GRAD 

KROKSBO GARD 

744 93 RUN HALLEN 744 93 RUN HALLEN 

SWEDEN 

SWEDEN 

HAGEUS@CRSTUDIO.SE info@crstudio.se 

FLORIDA 

ASC OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA (300173) 

FACEBOOK PAGE: ASCSFL 

MICHAEL PAUL, PRES LORI FAUSETT, REP 

P.O. BOX 771254 PO BOX 771254 

OCALA, FL 34477 OCALA, FL 34477 

(561) 601-2077 (561) 601-2077 

soundtrackfarms@yahoo.com soundtrackfarms@yahoo.com 

FLORIDA ASA (300036) 

www.fasaaussie.com 

LEIDA JONES, PRES 

LYNN DE LA TORRE, REP 

PO BOX 490525 

9121 94 th AVE N 

LEESBURG, FL 34749 SEMINOLE, FL 33777 

(904) 753-2597 (727) 374-6788 

pennycaerau@aol.com lynn_bd@yahoo.com 

FL PAN-HANDLERS ASC (300141) 

www.flpanhandlersasc.com/ 

ROBIN MCNEILL, PRES MOLLY REYENGA, REP 

P.O. BOX 187 

24735 PATTERSON RD 

ANDALUSIA, AL 36420 ROBERTSDALE, AL 32567 

(850) 259-3639 (251) 947-7965 

robindogstuff@yahoo.com aussies4molly@yahoo.com 

Germany ASC DEUTSCHLAND e.V. (300084) 

www.ascdev.de 

RIKE GEIST, REP 

JENNIFER EWALD, REP 

DORFSTRASSE 15A LINDENSTRASSSE 24 

18356 PRUCHTEN 31867 POHLE 

GERMANY 

GERMANY 

rgeist@gmx.de 

Jennifer.Ewarld85@googlemail.com 

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS (300149) 

COMPETITION CLUB 

www.asccg.de 

WALTER REINTGES, PRES AGNES NEUGEBAUER, REP 

Wallenthaler Str.13 HUNSRUCKWEG 2 

53894 MECHERNICH DE 34253 LOHFELDEN 

GERMANY 

GERMANY 

reintges@rockwater.de agnes.neugebauer@t-online.de 

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 

VERSATILITY ASSN. (300210) 

www.asvaev.com 

LISA ZIMMER, PRES 

ELKE PHILIPPY, REP 

VOR DEM SAND 10 

KREUZSTR.27 

93133 BURGLENGENFELD 52428 JULICH 

GERMANY 

GERMANY 

lisazimmer@gmx.net indiana-aussie@web.de 

WESTERN EUROPE WORKING ASC (300140) 

www.wewasc.com 

SANDRA ZILCH, PRES KAY PIEPER, REP 

HAIBACHERSTR 118 PUETZDELLE 32 

63768 HOESBACH 51371 LEVERKVSEN 

GERMANY 

GERMANY 

sandrazilch@sbarlaussies.de DOCPIEPER@ME.COM 

Italy WORKING AUSTRALIAN (300187) 

SHEPHERD ITALIAN CLUB 

http://www.wasic.it/ 

LUIGI DE PASCALE, PRES FABRIZIO FUSI, REP 

VIA CIMAROSA 16 

VIA DI PICILLE 27- ANTELLA 

51100 PISTOIA, ITALY 50012 BAGNO A RIPOLI, ITALY 

LUIGI.DEPASCALE@GMAIL.COM BIZIO.65@VIRGILIO.IT 

The Netherlands 

DUTCH WORKING AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS (300149) 

http://home.deds.nl/~dwas/ 

JOHAN BOOY, PRES 

ANNEKE DE JONG, REP 

ZONLAND 80 SCHOTERLANDSEWEG 42 

9734 BM GRONINGEN HOORNSTERZWAAG 8412TA 

THE NETHERLANDS 

THE NETHERLANDS 

ja.booy@home.nl 

jjranch@hetnet.nl 


GEORGIA 

IDAHO 

DOG AGILITY OF WEST GEORGIA ASA (300221) 

HAROLD BASKA JR, PRES HAROLD BASKA, REP 

2314 LEAFMORE DR. SAME 

DECATUR, GA 30033 

(404) 386-7808 

hallyjr@att.net 

GREATER ATLANTA ASC (300037) 

www.gaasc.org 

TERRY DICKEY, PRES 

PATRICIA PIERCE, REP 

130 BEN S. DICKEY RD. 9920 BARSTON CT 

WAYNESBORO, GA 30830 ALPHARETTA GA 30022 

(706) 830-4590 (770) 667-5175 

terrydickey17@yahoo.com mamafirebird@yahoo.com 

WORKING ASC OF GEORGIA (300185) 

www.wascofgeorgia.com/Facebook 

TONY PADGETT, PRES DONNA PADGETT, REP 

903 NEW TOWN LOOP NE 903 NEW TOWN LOOP NE 

CALHOUN, GA 30701 CALHOUN, GA 30701 

(770) 608-6861 (770) 608-6861 

tonypadgettstockdogs@yahoo.com coosawatteeaussies@yahoo.com 

ASC OF IDAHO (300091) 

www.asc-idaho.org 

MAXINE SCHVANEVELDT, PRES CATIE MILLER, REP 

4505 HWY 16 3396 E BOULDER HEIGHTS 

EAGLE, ID 83616 BOISE, ID 83712 

(208) 989-7900 (208) 761-2460 

aussiecowdog@yahoo.com CATIEM.MILLER@GMAIL.COM 

BOISE ASC (300123) 

www.boiseasc.com 

A J TAVARES III, PRES CHRISTY SCHILL-NEWBOLD, REP 

140 SOUTH AVENUE 601 E. ASH STREET 

SACRAMENTO, CA 95838 CALDWELL, ID 83605 

(831) 905-9047 (208) 484-1459 

AJsChs@aol.com 

CHRISTY.SCHILLNEWBOLD@GMAIL.COM 

TREASURE VALLEY ASC (300213) 

BRYN ELLIOTT, PRES 

LYLE GERKEN, REP 

10482 VIRGINIA LANE 11435 HWY 95 

PAYETTE, ID 83661 PAYETTE, ID 83661 

(208) 739-8926 (208) 739-3246 

beelliott90@msn.com kyotireddog@gmail.com

ILLINOIS 

IIOWA 

KANSAS 

LOUISIANA 

MAINE 

AROUND THE FARM ASC (300207) 

www.arfasc.com 

PAUL ENGEMANN, PRES BARBARA COTE, REP 

2530 DOGWOOD DR. 748 W.HILLCREST RD 

WAUCONDA, IL 60084 PALATINE, IL 60074 

(708) 227-5952 (773) 490-6940 

LOVEISBLUEASB@GMAIL.COM miller90@yahoo.com 

THAT’LL DO ASC (300182) 

http://www.thatlldoasc.org/ 

JOANNA RIZZO, PRES JAMES BERGERT, REP 

3160 220th ST. 3160 220TH ST. 

WILLIAMS, IA 50271 WILLIAMS, IA 50271 

(515) 520-9716 (507) 440-7310 

joannarzz@aol.com 

jameshogdogs@gmail.com 

CASA DE CANINE AGILITY (300234) 

ANN KOENIG, PRES 

KAREN NENOW, REP 

3277 W. 193RD STREET 6621 MARTY ST 

STILWELL, KS 66085 OVERLAND PARK, KS 66202 

(913) 663-1081 (816) 309-5084 

SKOENIG45@AOL.COM klnenow@flyinblues.com 

OZ ASC (300135) 

JOANNA RIZZO, PRES PAMELA SPECK, REP 

3160 220th ST. 2795 360TH 

WILLIAMS, IA 50271 DAYTON, IA 50530 

(507) 440-7310 (515) 729-4958 

joannarzz@aol.com 

craftpam@aol.com 

SUNFLOWER ASA (300220) 

FACEBOOK: SUNFLOWER ASC 

KRISTEN HENRY-WALDEN, PRES JERRY ROWE, REP 

811 W 54TH ST N 1771 S 85TH AVE 

WICHITA, KS 67204 OSBORNE, KS 67473 

(316) 304-6806 (785) 346-2227 

Precisionk9s@yahoo.com jrowe@ruraltel.net 

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ASC (300131) 

https://sites.google.com/site/slasclub/Home 

SHELLY SPOTSWOOD, PRES ANDRESS BLACKWELL, REP 

76319 FAUNTLEROY RD 76319 FAUNTLEROY RD 

COVINGTON, LA 70435 COVINGTON, LA 70435 

(985) 807-9077 (504) 416-9402 

otchyaka@msn.com 

andressblackwell@gmail.com 

ASC OF MAINE (300212) 

GREGORY HAMER, PRES LAURA HAMER, REP 

63 HAWE S BRIDGE RD 63 HAWE S BRIDGE RD 

PROSPECT, ME 04981 PROSPECT, ME 04981 

(207) 592-0316 (207) 592-0316 

ARFANDRUN@FAIRPOINT.NET ARFANDRUN@FAIRPOINT.NET 


MICHIANA ASA (300222) 

www.michianaasa.org 

LACEY CURRY, PRES 

BETH ANGLEMYER, REP 

51570 CARPENTERS DR 8749 S 2ND ST 

ELKHART, IN 46514 MATTAWAN, MI 49071 

(574) 309-1141 (269) 544-0203 

laceynball@gmail.com treasuretyme@aol.com 

SOUTH EASTERN MICHIGAN ASA (300041) 

www.semasa.org 

KAREN WIMBUSH, PRES KELLY WALSH, REP 

10461 TWP 267 1347 RICHLAND AVE 

MILLERSBURG, OH 44654 KALAMAZOO, MI 49006 

(330) 231-3574 (269) 349-6326 

wimbush.4@osu.edu k2aus@yahoo.com 

MINNESOTA 

MINNESOTA ASC (300117) 

www.minnesotaaustralianshepherdclub.com 

KIMBERLY GORMAN, PRES DEBBIE SMITH, REP 

3690 147TH ST W 4713 DOMINICK DR 

ROSEMOUNT, MN 55068 MINNETONKA, MN 55343 

(651) 423-9630 (952) 451-0733 

lastcallaussies@yahoo.com debbie_41052@msn.com 

NORTH WOODS ASC (300226) 

www.northwoodsasc.com 

JAN POLYS, PRES 

DENISE YOKOM, REP 

5936 WASHBURN AVE. N. 9867 XEBEC ST. NE 

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55430 BLAINE, MN 55014 

(763) 229-0482 (763) 807-7008 

janpolys@yahoo.com dyokom@live.com 

UPPER MID-WEST ASC (300035) 

www.uppermidwestasc.com 

KIM PATTERSON, PRES KIM PATTERSON, REP 

9125 HWY 25 SAME 

COLOGNE, MN 55322 

(952) 467-2765 

krpatt@hotmail.com 

MISSISSIPPI 

STOCK WRANGLERS ASC (300152) 

BETH SIMPSON, PRES DONALD GOLD, REP 

184 WOODSDALE CIRCLE 6844 TALISMAN COVE 

BYHALIA, MS 38611 MEMPHIS, TN 38119 

(901) 484 9525 (901) 754-8911 

bs179792@gmail.com DONSGOLD@GMAIL.COM 

MISSOURI 

ASC OF MID-AMERICA (300032) 

www.ASCofMA.org 

PAULA DIGGINS, PRES JOHN MILLER, REP 

8605 E. HWY HH 5147 STATE RD H 

HALLSVILLE, MO 65255 DESOTO, MO 63020 

(573) 696-0248 (314) 288-8316 

impep5555@gmail.com crhandler1@gmail.com 

MARYLAND 

MICHIGAN 

MID-ATLANTIC ASC (300043) 

www.maasc.homstead.com 

PATRICIA YOUNG, PRES LYNN SIPE, REP 

3612 MARGUERITE CT 15 MADARY RD 

MT AIRY, MD 21771 SEVERNA PARK, MD 21146 

(240) 529-6932 (410) 271-8910 

kpyoung@prodigy.net lynnsi535@comcast.net 

ASC OF MICHIGAN (300040) 

www.ascofmichigan.com 

JERI LONG, PRES 

SUNDAY MILES, REP 

3642 GARDNER 10515 PERE MARQUETTE 

BERKLEY, MI 48072 CLARE, MI 48617 

(248) 399-8252 (989) 429-4057 

louiel@comcast.net 

countrywoods@voyager.net 

CROSSROADS ASC (300230) 

MEGAN BROWN, PRES COREY NORMAN, REP 

17650 ST. RT. 65 3121 VAN BUREN 

JACKSON CENTER, OH 45334 HUDSONVILLE, MI 49426 

(419) 953-8804 (616) 889-8656 

heatfilledaussies@hotmail.com allstaraussies1979@yahoo.com 

MONTANA 

GATEWAY ASC (300096) 

www.gatewayasc.org 

DIANE BETTIS, PRES 

VICKI WEHRLE, REP 

2645 BRINKMAN RD 4515 HAZEL RUN 

VILLA RIDGE, MO 63089 BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 

(636) 451-3001 (314) 974-0555 

dbettis@swbell.net 

graffitiaussies@yahoo.com 

SHOW ME STATE ASC (300194) 

www.showmestateasc.com 

CASSIE KINDLE, PRES. CASSIE KINDLE, REP. 

22519 WESTMORELAND RD SAME 

SEDALIA, MO 65301 

(660) 221-1176 

AFFINITYAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM 

ASC OF MONTANA (300080) 

www.ascofmt.org 

BETTY WILLIAMS, PRES. THOMAS MORARRE, REP 

554 RED BARON LANE 14200 MORMON CREEK RD 

LEWISTOWN, MT 59457 LOLO, MT 59847 

(406) 535-7342 (406) 273-0608 

wlazyj@midrivers.com tmorarre@msn.com 


NEVADA 

NORTHERN NEVADA ASC (300074) 

www.nnasc.com 

DENISE TERRY, PRES 

CYNTHIA KENNEDY, REP 

P.O. BOX 173 

P.O. BOX K 

WELLINGTON, NV 89444 VIRGINIA CITY, NV 89440 

(775) 465-9310 (775) 847-9847 

DN7SE@AOL.COM 

ausscyn@aol.com 

WORKING ASC OF NEVADA (300168) 

http://www.wascon.net 

SANDY MOORE, PRES SYLVIA ARNETT, REP 

PO BOX 13 

2269 MAGPIE LN. 

GARDNERVILLE, NV 89410 GARDNERVILLE, NV 89410 

(775)781-5946 (775) 782-6001 

Sheepcamp1@hotmail.com sylviaarnett@hughes.net 

NEW ENGLAND 

ASC OF NEW ENGLAND (300047) 

www.ascne.org 

ANNE M HUBBARD, PRES PAULINE HAGGIS, REP 

177 TRIMTOWN RD 172 HARTFORD RD 

N SCITUATE, RI 02857 BROOKLYN, CT 06234 

(401) 647-5751 (860) 774-8662 

rizntupshine@gmail.com whaggis@snet.net 

NEW MEXICO 

ASA OF NEW MEXICO (300020) 

www.asanm.org 

NEW YORK 

CELESTE TELLES, PRES 

442 BREECH DR 170 VALDEZ RD 

LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 ESTANCIA, NM 87016 

TAMMY SEAMAN WEIDNER, REP 

(505) 450-3626 (505) 206-3392 

LaPlataaussies2@aol.com DECOLORAUSSIES@AOL.COM 

LOBO ASA (300127) 

http://www.loboasanm.com/ 

PHIL BLACKSHEAR, PRES CLAUDIA SAIZ, REP 

2713 NORMENT RD SW 1212 LA VEGA DR SW 

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 

(505) 306-1314 (505) 379-0340 

pblackshear2713@comcast.net CSAIZ100@COMCAST.NET 

MESQUITE ASC (300081) 

FACEBOOK: MESQUITE ASC 

GLORIA DAMEWOOD, PRES KIMBERLY GOLDEN, REP 

53 WILDCAT LN 77 MEADOW DR 

ALAMOGORDO, NM 88310 TIJERAS, NM 87059 

(575) 491-2818 (505) 238-4122 

DAMEWOOD@Q.COM ZUZAXAS@GMAIL.COM 

PASO DEL NORTE ASA (300215) 

pasadelnorteasa.weebly.com 

LAURA DE LA CRUZ, PRES CARI HUTCHESON, REP 

75 COUNTY RD A074 833 RANCHO ALGODONES 

CHAPARRAL, NM 88081 LAS CRUCES, NM 88007 

(915) 603-0209 (915) 525-9858 

thetakepen@gmail.com PAINTEDPONEES@HOTMAIL.COM 

ZIA ASC (300116) 

www.ziaascnm.com 

LINDA SHOEMAKER, PRES STACIE SANTA CRUZ, REP 

1825 DON FELIPE RD SW 165 WAGNER LANE 

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 CORRALES, NM 87048 

(505) 873-1820 (505) 899-0437 

ace2blushoes@hotmail.com mybobtails@comcast.net 

HEART OF NEW YORK ASC (300125) 

www.honyasc.com 

BETSY J. ATKINSON, PRES HEATHER GOULD, REP 

1799 RT 91 662 GOODRICH HILL ROAD 

FABIUS, NY 13063 LOCKE. NY 13092 

(315) 416-1121 (607) 592-6260 

Hrthside1@aol.com 

watermarkaussies@aol.com 

PENNSYLVANIA-NEW YORK ASC (300184) 

www.freewebs.com/pennyasc/ 

SUSAN BARTLESON, PRES PENELOPE SMIGIEL, REP 

7704 SCHOOL ST 5281 ZIMMER ROAD 

SODUS, NY 14551 AVOCA, NY 14809 

(315) 483-2161 (607) 329-6349 

sbartleson@aol.com PENNYSMIGIEL@FLMTGIF.ORG 



WORKING ASC OF UPSTATE NY (300045) 

www.wascuny.com 

MICHELLE MORGAN, PRES MARGARET O’NEIL, REP 

1200 ROCKY RIDGE RD 505 BOZENKILL RD 

AMSTERDAM, NY 12010 ALTAMONT, NY 12009 

(518) 843-0665 (518) 339-1480 

Morganmish@gmail.com M5AUSSIE@YAHOO.COM 

NEW YORK ASA (300044) 

www.facebook.com/nyasassociation 

LINDA BRAUN, PRES 

CAROL ANN BESSETTE, REP 

982 NY ROUTE 43 28 VANDERWERKEN AVENUE 

STEPHENTOWN, NY 12169 WATERFORD, NY 12188 

(518) 428-8778 (518) 237-2669 

linda@croftonaussies.com GABSTER2237@GMAIL.COM 

NORTH CAROLINA 

CAROLINA ASC (300038) 

www.casclub.com 

OHIO 

LYNDA SHACKELFORD, PRES KATHRYN MEYER, REP 

5842 THACKER DAIRY RD 238 BUCK CREEK DR. 

WHITSETT, NC 27377 RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139 

(336) 233-0801 (828) 863-0589 

asgoldstar@yahoo.com dmfarrier@windstream.net 

FIRST IN FLIGHT ASC (300181) 

www.firstinflightasc.net 

CHUCK KLEIN, PRES 

CHUCK KLEIN, REP 

835 DEWITT SMITH RD SAME 

PITTSBORO, NC 27312 

(919) 542-6823 

kgklein@earthlink.net 

BUCKEYE ASC (300106) 

www.buckeyeasc.org 

JERRY SCHETTERER, PRES MARY BETH STEINKE, REP 

2924 MEADOWBROOK BLVD 5102 PYRMONT RD 

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH 44118 LEWISBURG, OH 45338 

(216) 337-6025 (937) 477-4755 

jschetterer@gmail.com MBSTEINKECOTA@GMAIL.COM 

GREATER OHIO ASC (300144) 

www.greaterohioasc.com 

DIANE HARRISON, PRES ANITA TAYLOR, REP 

950 TODD CT. 743 HILLCREST DR 

TIPP CITY, OH 45371 EATON, OH 45320 

(937) 657-0965 (937) 533-0480 

mibaby95@aol.com 

nitaszoo@yahoo.com 

OKLAHOMA (300183) 

WORKING ASC OF OKLAHOMA 

KATHY MALES, PRES 

OREGON 

KATHRYN KICENSKI, REP 

13655 W. GREENVIEW DR 10743 213TH STREET 

WADSWORTH, IL 60083 BLANCHARD, OK 73010 

(224) 588-2498 (405) 255-1459 

KATHY@MEKKADO.COM GERENEKENNEL@YAHOO.COM 

ASC OF ROGUE VALLEY (300010) 

www.australianshepherdclubofroguevalley.com 

DAVID RASKIN, PRES SALLY DAVIS, REP 

PO BOX 787 

6666 TUNNEL LOOP RD. 

GRANTS PASS, OR 97528 GRANTS PASS, OR 97526 

(541) 476-1856 (541) 226-6680 

DAVIDRASKIN@ACCOUNTINGGP.COM DBARDAUSSIES@Q.COM 

NORTHWEST ASC (300151) 

http://northwestaustralianshepherdclub.webs.com 

SUMMER JEWELL FULS, PRES PATRICIA ROGERS, REP 

PO BOX 787 

18375 S GRASLE RD 

MOLALLA, OR 97038 OREGON CITY, OR 97045 

(503) 729-1724 (503) 956-8804 

summerjewelf@gmail.com mesaloosa@comcast.net 

SNOWY BUTTE ASC (300170) 

www.snowybutteasc.com 

MARILYN D. HAHN, PRES LAUREL BATES, REP 

950 WORTHINGTON RD PO BOX 266 

EAGLE POINT, OR 97524 EAGLE POINT, OR 97524 

(541) 890-2282 (541) 621-0062 

herdbound@hughes.net laurel.bates@rocketmail.com

THREE RIVERS WORKING ASA (300137) 

GEORGE FREY, PRES 

CATHE GASPER, REP 

1305 NEIL CREEK RD P.O. BOX 713 

ASHLAND, OR 97520 MERLIN, OR 97532 

(541) 482-3409 (541) 471-7201 

bizybear@aol.com 

threegaussies@msn.com 

WILLAMETTE ASC (300169) 

www.willametteasc.webs.com 

KIMBERLY WARREN, PRES KATIE VAN DE SANDT,REP 

25005 BRUSH CREEK RD 40904 HWY 228 

SWEET HOME, OR 97386 SWEET HOME, OR 97386 

(805) 235-7530 (541) 401-8819 

khoytwarren@gmail.com mcvansaussies@gmail.com 

PENNSYLVANIA 

BRANDYWINE VALLEY ASC (300161) 

www.bvasc.org 

TENNESSEE 

TEXAS 

LESLIE ZIESING, PRES SABRINA ANDREWS, REP 

123 MARSHALL BRIDGE ROAD 217 CAMERON ROAD 

KENNETT SQUARE, PA 19348 WILLOW GROVE, PA 19090 

(610) 444-8130 (215) 784-0205 

leslie@kedash-design.com atterror@verizon.net 

COME BYE MID TN ASC (300219) 

FACEBOOK: COME BYE MID TN ASC 

DARLA HUFFMAN, PRES GAVIN KASSER, REP 

4901 HWY 64 E 6659 HWY 64 E 

WARTRACE, TN 37183 WARTRACE, TN 37183 

(931) 639-0878 (931) 703-1457 

darlah_@bellsouth.net bellemeadowfarmtn@gmail.com 

TENNESSEE ASC (300058) 

www.tennesseeaustralianshepherdclub.org 

PATRICIA DOAN, PRES SUSAN LITTLE, REP 

605 TREHAVEN RD 1441 NEWCROSS RD 

KNOXVILLE, TN 37912 KNOXVILLE, TN 37922 

(865) 689-5199 (865) 405-8591 

psneddendoan@yahoo.com eth4me@yahoo.com 

MID SOUTH ASC (300163) 

SHARI DODSON, PRES. ANDREA HOFFMANN, REP. 

3915 AJANDERS DR 2283 FITE RD 

MEMPHIS, TN 38127 MEMPHIS, TN 38127 

(901) 358-9584 (901) 491-8953 

sharidodson@rittermail.com andrea@istariaussies.com 

ASC OF TEXAS (300165) 

PAMELA BRYANT-MEEKS, PRES JASON MEEKS, REP 

6 SUNNY LN 6 SUNNY LN 

BURLESON, TX 76028 BURLESON, TX 76028 

(817) 572-0795 (817) 572-0795 

bonfire5@hotmail.com redinc5@hotmail.com 

CENTRAL TEXAS WORKING ASC (300191) 

www.centraltxwasc.com 

JOSEPH SHEERAN, PRES RAY FRYAR, REP 

P.O. BOX 127 9338 FM 2549 

FLATONIA, TX 78941 BRYAN, TX 77808 

(713) 304-6655 (979) 777-7030 

joe.sheeran@yahoo.com RAYFRYAR@GMAIL.COM 

EASTEX ASC (300102) 

www.eastexasc.com 

SHELLY HOLLEN, PRES STACY SELMAN, REP 

609 BAYOU BEND P.O. BOX 624 

DEER PARK, TX 77536 HUNTSVILLE, TX 77342 

(713) 444-8002 (936) 661-9194 

SHALAKOAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM heavenlyaussies@hotmail.com 

GOLDEN TRIANGLE (300186) 

WORKING AUSSIE GROUP 

ROSEMARIE O’HARA, PRES JENNIFER LINDSEY, REP 

6637 HAWKEYE RD 9374 LAKE RAY ROBERTS DAM RD 

KRUM, TX 76249 AUBREY, TX 76227 

(940) 300-6749 (940) 300-9196 

RMOHARA5@GMAIL.COM intrepidaussie@hotmail.com 


UTAH 

VIRGINIA 

HEART OF TEXAS ASC (300078) 

www.hotasc.com 

LACEY KAFER, PRES 

PAM RINEY, REP 

15330 MISTY DAWN TRL 9000 YUCCA CIRCLE 

CYPRESS, TX 77433 SANGER, TX 76266 

(817) 913-1177 (940) 390-1783 

LACEY.KAFER@GMAIL.COM PAMJRINEY@GMAIL.COM 

HILL COUNTRY ASC (300178) 

www.hillcountryasc.com 

LAURA GIBSON, PRES JENNIFER YOUNG, REP. 

249 GALLAGHER DRIVE 306 MOONWALK TRIAL 

CANYON LAKE, TX 78133 BUDA, TEXAS 78610 

(940) 733-1914 (512) 300-3636 

chaseaussies@aol.com JENNIFER@PARADIGMCONTRACTINGLLC.COM 

LONE STAR ASC (300026) 

SCOTT HURST, PRES 

STEPHANIE HURST, REP 

7768 FM 928 7768 FM 928 

TULIA, TX 79088 TULIA, TX 79088 

(806) 518-5027 (806) 518-8510 

gage5027@yahoo.com fannie81@yahoo.com 

NEW HOPE ASC (300092) 

www.newhopeasc.com 

JAYNA LITTLE, PRES 

ELIZABETH NEUMAN, REP 

9999 SPENCER HWY #108 8910 GRUNWALD RD 

LA PORTE, TX 77571 BEASLEY, TX 77417 

(281) 413-6810 (979) 257-9615 

ausdog@comcast.net quidpocket@gmail.com 

OIL PATCH ATHLETIC CANINES (300231) 

www.oilpatchagility.com 

RALPH JOHNSON, PRES BETH JOHNSON, REP 

3500 EDGEMONT 3500 EDGEMONT 

MIDLAND, TX 79707 MIDLAND, TX 79707 

(432) 352-3841 (432) 352-3841 

bgjohnson10@suddenlink.net bgjohnson10@suddenlink.net 

TARRANT COUNTY ASC 

KAREN BLACK, PRES 

LYNN SIDWELL, REP 

10121 TANTARRA DR 1216 CLOVERDALE 

BURLESON, TX 76028 RICHARDSON, TX 75080 

(817) 692-5195 (972) 699-1428 

kblack@pdmsdesign.com ausshep@flash.net 

ASC OF UTAH (300051) 

www.suascu.org 

JENNIFER MCKERVEY, PRES KATELYN SCOTT PEART, REP 

5748 W 10400 S 8051 N 7800 W 

PAYSON, UT 84651 LEHI, UT 84043 

(801) 851-0995 (801) 768-4338 

fullthrottleaussies@gmail.com springfeveraussies@icloud.com 

WASATCH WORKING ASC (300129) 

www.wwasc.org 

LINDA HAHN, PRES 

ANN SMYTH, REP 

2834 W 14400 S 519 D STREET 

BLUFFDALE, UT 84065 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84103 

(801) 703-8739 (801) 359-4427 

Hahns7@comcast.net aesmyth910@aol.com 

BLUE RIDGE ASC (300042) 

www.brasc.org 

KIMBERLY RYDER, PRES MARK PERRY, REP 

3109 HORNSEA COURT 1006 DRUM HILL RD 

CHESAPEAKE, VA 23325 GATES, NC 27937 

(757) 477-5713 (757) 646-0235 

BDAZZLEDAUSSIES@GMAIL.COM markeperry5782@yahoo.com 

WORKING AUSSIES OF (300153) 

VIRGINIA ASC 

WILLIAM MIDDLETON, PRES REGINA BURES, REP 

3945 OLD FINCASTLE RD 38177 BRITAIN RD 

FINCASTLE, VA 24090 LOVETTSVILLE, VA 20180 

(540) 420-0801 (703) 795-7420 

acer1114@ntelos.net bellewoodsheep@gmail.com 


WASHINGTON 

ASC OF WASHINGTON (300014) 

www.ascofwa.org 

WISCONSIN 

JAN WESEN, PRES 

THOMAS JOHNSON, REP 

7210 WORLINE RD. 2088 PHEASANT FARM LN 

BOW, WA 98232 FREELAND, WA 98249 

(360) 333-7131 (360) 929-1346 

jan@janwesen.com 

robyntuttle@msn.com 

BLACKSHEEP ASC (300134) 

www.blacksheepasc.com 

JOHN KNEPPER, PRES ROBERT BOWLES, REP 

10807 E HALLETT RD 2802 280th ST. NW 

SPOKANE, WA 99206 STANWOOD, WA 98292 

(509) 951-5545 (360) 421-8382 

Jknepper@cdametals.com soundviewbob@msn.com 

CASCADE ASC (300075) 

http://www.cascadeasc.org/ 

DONNA K BURDICK, PRES HANA SPITZ , REP 

7105 NE 339TH ST 9025 67TH AVE NE 

LA CENTER, WA 98629 MARYSVILLE, WA 98270 

(503) 209-5798 (206) 518-7433 

Diamondhillaussies@gmail.com summerrainaustralianshepherds@gmail.com 

OLYMPIA ASA 

www.olympicaustralianshepherdassociation.org 

ELIZABETH GIBSON, PRES HILARY HINES, REP 

17415 BEN SMITH CREEK RD 5307 CHERRY HEIGHTS 

TILLAMOOK, OR 97141 THE DALLES, OR 97058 

(503) 815-8141 (541) 296-8993 

coastalrange@embarqmail.com hhines@gorge.net 

RASCAL RUNNERS ASC (300171) 

www.hoodoohowlers.com/RascalRunners 

SHARON MERRIAM, PRES CAROLYNNE MYALL, REP 

4949 WALLBRIDGE RD 963 E. 13 TH AVE 

DEER PARK, WA 99006 SPOKANE, WA 99202 

(509) 276-2703 (509) 535-2464 

daeshars@aol.com 

cmyall@icehouse.net 

OUTBACK ASC (300063) 

www.outbackaustralianshepherdclub.com/ 

KELLI MANTHEY, PRES SARA MCDONOUGH-ELSENPETER, REP 

10740 MATTHEW DRIVE W1891 MCDONNOGH RD 

CHISAGO CITY, MN 55013 NELSON, WI 54756 

(651)983-8737 (763) 274-0382 

kellikupfer@gmail.com SARA_E213@HOTMAIL.COM 

ROCK RIVER VALLEY ASC (300034) 

www.rrvasc.org 

SALLY MEYERS, PRES JERRY AUFOX, REP 

1910 - 7 ST 2665 MARL OAK DRIVE 

KENOSHA, WI 53140 HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035 

(262) 515-6822 (847) 432-1927 

smeyers1@prodigy.net jaufox@mac.com 


ARIZONA 

ASCA® LICENSED AGILITY CLUBS 

www.tailwaggn.com (300196) 

TAIL WAGGN, LLC 

CINDI JACKSON, PRES CINDI JACKSON, REP 

8107 W CORRINE DR SAME 

PEORIA, AZ 85381 

(623) 486-1022 

n2agility@acn.net 

CALIFORNIA 

JUMPIN’ K-9’S (300193) 

CINDY VALDEZ, PRES CINDY VALDEZ, REP 

40765 LOS RANCHOS CIR SAME 

TEMECULA, CA 92592 

(951) 303-1277 

cinross@verizon.net 

ILLINOIS 

OREGON 

PERFORMANCE DOG TRAINING (300192) 

DAN ROY, PRES 

DAN ROY, REP 

7818 CAMINO RAPOSA SAME 

SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 

(858) 455-8355 

dan@performancedogtraining.com 

AGILITY JUNKIES, INC (300225) 

LORA DEL PAGE, PRES LORA DEL PAGE, REP 

22073 PEPPER RD. UNIT G LAKE SAME 

BARRINGTON, IL 60010 

(847) 381-2222 

AGILITYJUNKIES@AOL.COM 

KAY-9 PETIQUETTE (300224) 

KAY WEBER, PRES 

KAY WEBER, REP 

500 N. RANDALL RD #1311 SAME 

BATAVIA, IL 60510 

(630) 709-7119 

KAY9_PETS@HOTMAIL.COM 

REDWOOD DOG SPORTS (300217) 

CENTER 

NAOMI SNAPP (HEIMEYER), PRES NAOMI SNAPP (HEIMEYER), REP 

31677 GOWDYVILLE RD SAME 

COTTAGE GROVE, OR 97424 

(541) 767-9090 

redwooddogs@gmail.com 

PENNSYLVANIA 

B&D CREEKSIDE (300199) 

ACTIVITY CENTER 

DARLENE SCHMUCKER, PRES DARLENE SCHMUCKER, REP 

501 AVENUE B (300149) 

LATROBE, PA 15650 

(724) 600-5076 

arcmasterdarlene@comcast.net 

ASCA Stuff For Sale 

Below is a list of items ASCA has available for sale. 

Contact the Business Office 

(please inquire about foreign postage rates if not noted): 

• ASCA® Yearbook 1957-1977 – $20 

• ASCA® Yearbook 1978-1982 – $20 

Postage for each book: $2.50 (US), $5 (Foreign) 

• OFA Listing Book (thru 12/31/88 – $7 each (US) 

• Back issues of the Aussie Times – $10 per copy (US) 

• ASCA® Video Brochure – $23 each plus $3 postage & handling (US) 

K9 JYM INDOOR DOG (300218) 

SPORTS & FITNESS INC 

ROY KLOTZ, PRES 

ROY KLOTZ, REP 

252 BETHLEHEM PIKE SAME 

COLMAR, PA 18915 

(215) 822-8840 

roy@k9jym.com 

WASHINGTON 

APPROVED BY DOGS, LLC (300201) 

www.approvedbydogs.com 

FORREST SHANNON, PRES ANNETTE SHANNON, REP 

7117 N WINSTON DRIVE SAME 

SPOKANE, WA 99208 

(509) 327-6787 

approvedbydogs@comcast.net 

WISCONSIN 

RACE AGILITY (300216) 

MARY LYNN DAWSON, PRES MARY LYNN DAWSON, REP 

P.O. BOX 36 

SAME 

SPRINGFIELD, WI 53176 

(262) 206-1321 

mldawson52@gmail.com 



ASC of British Columbia (Founded 1988) 

Anthea Young Miller, Affiliate Representative, k9s.4ever@shaw. 

ca 

Greeting from British Columbia, Canada! 

Wow ! How much fun can you have? 2017 – what a great year! 

We are a small club of approximately 30 members and currently 

have one trial weekend a year where we offer Agility, Obedience 

and Rally Obedience. (2018 will be adding Conformation to our 

lineup.) On we grow! It is so wonderful to see more people actually 

finding the joy in participating with their dogs in various events 

and trying new dog sports. 

Our Educational Event Topic in 2017 was ASCA Tracking! 

18 people attended with their Australian Shepherds or “wanna be” 

Aussies! LOL. 

Bring on 2018 and all the wonderful adventures it holds! 

Cheers! 

ASC of Michigan 

Sunday Miles, Affiliate Reprepresentative, countrywoods@ 

voyager.net 

Hello from the ASC of Michigan. We are midway into our 

show season by the time you will be seeing this. The ASCMI hosts 

several Fun Show Weekends each year featuring 2 Conformation, 2 

Rally & Obedience trials per day as well as at least 1 or 2 “Small” 

Stock Trials usually Ducks but this year we may be going to offer 

both Sheep & Ducks/Geese. Club Members Robbie & Corey 

Norman open their home to folks thru out the year for weekend 

work place for people to come train their dogs as well as they have 

a two-day clinic. 

Our show schedule has an April show weekend a one-day 

conformation show only during the UKC Premier in mid June, then 

comes the Mega Memorial Day show next to the Apple Blossom 

Cluster. We do an Awesome July 4th show (the weekend prior) then 

comes the Beautiful Labor day Show and October brings us to the 

Super Halloween Show complete with Cook-offs, Decorating and 

Costume Fun. 

ASCMI is known as the “Fun” Club, Ya’ll Come join us to see 

for yourself, most shows boast Majors ... 

Look forward to seeing you at one of our fun events. Always 

great camping, too! 

Australian Shepherd Versatility Association (ASVA) 

Elke Philippy, Affiliate Representative, indiana-aussie@web.de 

Greetings from the Australian Shepherd Versatility Association 

(ASVA) in Germany. We had a very nice ASCA year in 2017 with 

some nice events and are looking forward to the same fun in 2018! 

In 2017 we were able to host an agility weekend (2 trials) in March 

with wonderful Michael Black. Our ASVA Mega Event in May 

included an agility trial, as well as one rally and obedience trial each 

and 3 conformation shows with junior showmanship, with our great 

judges Peggy Meersman (we were honored to invite her to her very 

first agility judging assignment), Leah Swatko, Denise Creelman 

and Leslie Creelman Sosa. A rally (two trials) and obedience 

(one trial) weekend was hosted with fantastic Guenter Geisel in 

September. And for the first time our club hosted additionally a 

3 conformation shows with junior showmanship weekend in the 

south of Germany with amazing Ron Moden, Heather Braddock 

and Leah Swatko and also with a nice raffle and generous donors 

in favor of ASHGI. 

Following our general meeting in November we organized a 

seminar to judicial subjects for breeders and stud owners with a 

reputable attorney specialized around breeding issues. 

Also 2018 did already begin pretty sporty with our first 

agility weekend (2 trials) with adorable Sherry Butler in February. 

And there are already some other dates fixed as our next ASVA 

Mega Event (3 conformation shows with junior showmanship 

and one rally and obedience trial each) in April, a rally and 

obedience weekend in September and again a conformation/junior 

showmanship weekend in December. 

We want to thank you all those amazing judges that followed 

our invitations and made our events a big success, the members 

that served and do serve the club board, as well as all the club 

members, friendly clubs and all other helping hands, sponsors and 

vendors that made our events run smooth and successful. This is 

so much appreciated as this is not to shoulder by only a couple of 

board members – thanks folks!!! 

Please safe our club dates and/or sign up for our newsletter on 

www.asvaev.net. 

Colorado ASA 

Libby Stibley, Affiliate Representative, lstibley@comcast.net 

Hello from colorful Colorado. CASA was busy in 2017 and 

expects to be even busier in 2018. CASA hosted a number of 

conformation shows, rally, obedience and stock trials/clinics in 

2017, and our club members have been actively competing in all 

disciplines. We expect our members to continue their endeavors in 

2018 and will be hosting a number of events to keep them busy. 

In 2018, we are hosting several Agility Trials: April 27-29, 

July 20-22, August 3 -5 and October 26-28. We will once again be 

combining our efforts with the other Colorado clubs at the Colorado 

Memorial Classic, where we will have 3 Obedience Trials, 3 Rally 

Trials, 3 Agility Trials, 4 Stock Trials and 6 Conformation Shows, 

at the Elbert County Fairgrounds in Kiowa. This should be a great 

weekend, with plenty of fun to be had by all. This year, CASA 

will be hosting its very first Ranch Trial in conjunction with its 

Rocky Mountain Roundup Stock Trial, August 2-5, Followed by 

an Obedience/Rally Trial and 3 Conformation shows, August 11 

-12 and its final Conformation Show of the year on October 27. If 

you would like to join us this year, all information can be found 

on the CASA website, www.coloaussies.org. 

Finally, we are excited to co-host the 2018 ASCA National 

Specialty with ASC of Texas and Hill Country ASC at the beautiful 

Island Grove Park in Greeley, CO, September 21-29, 2018. You 

can find further details and sponsorship information on the CASA 

website or the Nationals’ website at www.asca2018.com. You can 

also find information on the 2018 ASCA Nationals Facebook page. 


We sincerely hope that each and every one of you will join us in 

September to celebrate this wonderful breed, its versatility and the 

people that bring it all together. 

Here’s to making 2018 great. Hope to see you all soon. 

Central Ontario ASC 

Valerie Yates, Affiliate Representative, yates_v@yahoo.ca 

2017 was a quieter year for COASC than previous years, with 

our President struggling with a health crisis all year. We’re a small, 

young club and each Board member is vital to our success. While we 

weren’t able to organize events to the extent that we did the previous 

year, the Board and members rallied and put on a successful Spring 

Fling conformation weekend of 3 shows. COASC also modified 

its by-laws and held nominations and elections in the fall, and we 

collectively gathered our optimism for a renewed 2018. 

As I write this, COASC’s show committee is busy preparing 

for our annual Spring Fling conformation show, which promises 

to be bigger and better than ever. We’ve committed to an all- 

ASCA breeder judge panel this year. For the first time, we sought 

sponsorship of classes for our show, which was well received and 

funded by the membership. We’re thrilled with the support – when 

you’re a small club, every penny counts. 

COASC is also busy planning educational events for the year 

– perhaps a herding instinct test is in the near future. 

We’re off to a fresh, fun start in 2018 and encourage you to 

visit our website at www.centralontarioasc.com. 

Dutch Working Australian Shepherds 

Anneke de Jong, Affiliate Representative, jjranch@hetnet.nl 

Hello from The Netherlands: 2017 was another good year for 

our club. 

We started with stock trials in May with judges Sandra Zilch 

and Anneke de Jong. It was the first trial in Europe with just 

European judges. 

Of course, just before the trials the fox came and took most of 

the ducks. Thanks to Silke and Jule we still had a trial with ducks, 

Silke took a bunch of the stinking critters in her car. She had to 

drive a couple of hours to get here. 

Stock trials in June our judge was Robyn Johnson- Garrett. 

We also organized farm trials on all stock again. 

Our stock trials in September were judged by Maarten Walter. 

For the first time we handed out beautiful bronze statues of an 

Australian Shepherd as a year-end award. The winners were: 

• High Combined Started: Silke Jungeling and Moonrise a 

Secret pleasure 

• High Combined Non WTCH: Shirley de Boer and Jolly 

Sox des Compagnons du Berger 

• High Combined WTCH: Kay Pieper and Doc Piepers Tio 

Pepe 

This really made for a nice competition and we plan to hand 

this out every year. 

New WTCH dogs this year were; 

• Nina Krammer & Black Rebel of Mi Sombra 

• Jasmin Daniel & S Bar L Negev 

• Heike Gessler & Muddy Fields Blixen 

• Shirley de Boer & Jolly Sox des Compagnons du Berger 

• Sandra Zilch & Crown Point S Bar L McMahon 

• Kay Pieper & Doc Piepers Hija del Cortador 


We are always grateful for the American judges willing to 

take the time to fly over here. Long days combined with the jetleg 

takes a person with a lot of interest in the dogs. 

Many trials planned again for 2018. We will also host the 

European MVA Championship again. 

This event is getting bigger every time we organize. It takes 

a lot of planning and volunteers to make it happen. This year we 

will do 2 conformationshows, 2 agility trials, 2 obedience trials, 

2 rally trials and 8 stockdog trials in May. Judges are Richard 

Pittman, David Clayton and Rick Hardin. Just in case, Anneke de 

Jong will be overflow judge. 

There are some great buckles made by Fabrizio in Italy for 

places one, two and three, and of course the engraved plate for the 

winner donated by the Carrillo family. 

Hope to see everybody and maybe some new faces this 

year! Check out our website www.dwas.nl. 

Southern Colorado ASC 

Candyce Knopp, Affiliate Representative, candiknopp@gmail. 

com 

Southern Colorado Australian Shepherd Club (SCASC) started 

our year in 2017 with our “Red Flannel Show” weekend in January, 

as we’ve done for over 10 years now. Two all-breed rally trials on 

Saturday started the weekend, judged by Janice Dearth who traveled 

from Texas to bring some very challenging courses to us. Never a 

dull moment in the rally ring when Janice is in charge! We wrapped 

up on Sunday with two well-attended conformation shows. Nice to 

see some of the same dogs in the conformation ring and the rally 

ring! 

Our March “Kiss the Blarney Stone” weekend was a great 

success, if club-member exhaustion by the end of the weekend is a 

legitimate way to measure success! Saturday offered one obedience 

trial and two rally trials – that is a VERY long day! Sunday offered 

two conformation shows to round out the weekend. 

With the increased interest in the sport of Rally Obedience, 

we tried adding a one-day trial in April. We located a facility in 

Lakewood, Colorado that has padded flooring so we didn’t have 

to haul our club trailer with mats and spend hours setting up rings. 

It was a huge success! Our numbers of other breeds participating 

in ASCA rally and obedience are increasing; we are known as “the 

fun club” for trials! 

SCASC worked alongside Colorado Australian Shepherd 

Association (CASA) to put on a 4-day Memorial Day Classic 

weekend event in Kiowa, Colorado, which offered exhibitors 

conformation, agility, rally, obedience, and stock competitions, 

as well as MVA and MJA competition, and finishing with a Best 

in Show weekend award. People travel from all over the U.S. to 

compete at our Memorial Day Weekend shows and trials. 

Our educational event was a summer day of herding instinct 

testing, held at a local stock trainer’s ranch near Elizabeth, 

Colorado. So many sheep – so little time!! At least that’s what the 

dogs seemed to be thinking. They loved it, and as a result, many 

are actively taking lessons in herding or trialing their dogs. 

We hosted a Rally Pre-Trial at the 2017 Nationals in Texas, with 

a “Sunflower Extravaganza” theme. Club members worked hard for 

months in advance, culminating in a well-run, well-attended and 

successful rally trial. Our beautiful sunflower-colored rosettes were 

a huge hit! We must have done a good job, because the Nationals 


committee has asked us to host another rally pre-trial at the 2018 

Nationals in Greeley, Colorado, to be held on Saturday, September 

22, 2018. We’ll see all you rally enthusiasts there!! 

SCASC’s website is going through an overhaul and should be 

up and running in April. Stop by and check us out! 

Western Europe Working ASC 

Kay Pieper, Affiliate Representative, docpieper@me.com 

In 2017 WEWASC hosted numerous ASCA Stockdog trials 

and several ASCA agility events. The club also sponsored a free 

blood draw for MDR and DNA testing. The club and its members 

offered numerous clinics to Aussie enthusiasts with instructors 

from Europe and abroad. 


For 2018 multiple stockdog and agility trials are planned and 

most of them already organized. For more information go to www. 

wewasc.com. 

Some WEWASC members made it to Bryan and competed 

in the Ginals, the nationals and in MVA. A great organization, 

overwhelming hospitality and awesome trial grounds made this 

trip exceptional for all of us. Our dogs did great and earned us 

placings in the pretrials, the nationals and the Finals. We brought 

home some awesome buckles and even the Finals duck champion 

title ! 

Finals 2018 is on the agenda of some of us europeans, so 

hopefully we will meet you in Colorado! 


Business Office Reports 

Agility 

AGILITY CERTIFICATES 

Issued from 1/15/2018 thru 3/15/2018 

AGILITY COMPETITOR EXTRAORDINAIRE (ACE): 

ATCH-IX ACE QUAPAW’S KONA 

DONNA COLBERT 

JOEL COLBERT 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION (ATCH): 

ATCH CH AIRBORNES RHYTHM OF THE HEART STDds JS-E-SP 

RAX RM DNA-VP 

HEATHER TYLER 

RAECHELLE EMBREY 

ATCH ARROW OF TIME GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

TAMARA ROBINSON 

ATCH BONFIRE’S FAST THIEF OF HEARTS RN 

KRISTA DOYLE 

ATCH CIRRUS DOUBLE DARE ME 2B NAUTI STDd JS-E-SP 

DEBBIE KEACH-TOMES 

ATCH CTC MAUREENOHARASHIGHLANDFLING CD JV-E-SP REX 

REM RMX 

MELINDA L. JENKINS 

ATCH PCH DANCIN’ EYES PLATINUM HIT ATDds OTDc CD RTDs 

OFTDs JS-E-SP RS-E-SP RNX RAX REX REM RMX 

PATRICIA WOLD 

ATCH EBBTIDE TROUBLE IN JELLYSTONE GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

BARBARA HASEY 

ATCH MI SOMBRA’S DAPPLED DENAHI CD GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

DANIELA JUWAN 

ATCH MILA GONZALES JS-E-SP 

MICHAEL GONZALES 

ATCH N STAR ZEMMA MOOOVES EWE GS-E-SP 

PAUL KIRK 

MIKE OMARTIAN 

MARY M FINLEY 

ATCH RAINYDAY’S SIMPLY SWEET CD RAX RM REX RNX RNC 

RACHEL BROSTROM 

ATCH RIJN’S EXECUTIVE OFFICER JS-E-SP REX 

AMY VANDERRYN 

ATCH WTCH THATLL DO RAINSTORM OF CHASE’N RTDs OFTDs 

TORI LEWIS 

ATCH A-CH WATERWAY’S MY LITTLE PRINCESS STDs RA DNA-VP 

NICOLE OBERSCHACHTSIEK 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION II (ATCH-II): 

ATCH-II H&M’S MIDNIGHTS DESIRE 

MICHAEL PRESS 

HOLLY PRESS 

ATCH-II WESTERN HILLS SUNFIRE WATCH ME RUN 

RICK TUCKER 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION III (ATCH-III): 

ATCH-III DIAMONDRUFF’S CALICO GIRL RM 

LINDA GROESBECK 

ATCH-III A-CH MITHRIL’S LACED IN KISSES DNA-VP 

SUSAN BYRNE 

ATCH-III SOUNDTRACK’S LIT’L RED CORVETTE RNX 

HAROLD BASKA 



ATCH-III WINDMILL’S HEAVEN HELP US DNA-VP 

NICOLE WATTS 

GINA LARSON 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION IV (ATCH-IV): 

ATCH-IV AUNAMCARA’S SOARING BELOWRADAR DNA-VP 

SUSAN L ADAMSON 

MIMI WINTER 

ATCH-IV H&M’S BREAKING AND ENTERING 

MICHAEL PRESS 

HOLLY PRESS 

ATCH-IV METROS UNEXPECTED GRANDMASTER STDcs CDX RNX 

REM REX RMX 

LYNN R CHASE 

ATCH-IV NINEVEH’S READY TO ROCK DNA-VP 

WENDY RICHMOND 

ATCH-IV THE MOXERATI 

SARA MCAULAY 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION IX (ATCH-IX): 

ATCH-IX PRECISION’S STEEL BLUE MACHINE 

DARRELL VAN HORN 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION V (ATCH-V): 

ATCH-V BONFIRE’S LIFE IN THE FAST LANE STDd ODX OTDs RTX 

NIKKI HEEP 

PAMELA BRYANT-MEEKS 

ATCH-V DIAMONDS GOIN TO JACKSON 

BAMBI ELLIS 

ATCH-V FLAMIN T BAILES OF POWER DNA-VP 

SUSAN BYRNE 

SVCH VCH ATCH-V SPCH PCH WTCH A-CH PAWS ZONES SIMPLY 

IRRESISTIBLE CD OFTDs RTX DNA-VP 

PEGGY A TIMM 

ACE ATCH-V SUPREME’S KICKIN UP A STORM RSA-E JSA-N 

SUSAN PERRY 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION X (ATCH-X): 

ATCH-X AUNAM CARA’S REACTOR CORE CD 

MIMI WINTER 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION XII (ATCH-XII): 

ATCH-XII GREAT OAKS MOSQUITO HAWK STDd DNA-VP 

SARA C. GERLACH 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION XIII (ATCH-XIII): 

ATCH-XIII CHUKKER’S GUNNA GET EWE STDds CDX RMX REMX 

DNA-CP 

WENDY CERILLI 

ATCH-XIII H&M’S COPPA 

STEVE R SANDERS 

SUZANNE SANDERS 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION XIV (ATCH-XIV): 

ATCH-XIV RTCH-2 HEEP’S FINNIGAN BEGIN AGAIN CDX RTX 

NIKKI HEEP 

AGILITY TRIAL CHAMPION XVIII (ATCH-XVIII): 

ATCH-XVIII FOURWINDS MAGIC BREEZE STDds RNX RA 

LINDA HEATON 

GAMBLERS AGILITY JUNIOR - NOVICE (GJ-N): 

CH FOXPOINTE STOPPIN TRAFFIC CD GJ-N JV-O RV-E RAX REX 

REM DNA-VP 

BARBARA PETERS 

ERICA PETERS- PRUITT 

AVERY PRUITT 

GAMBLERS AGILITY JUNIOR - OPEN (GJ-O): 

IVYFARM DANCING WITH THE DUKE GJ-O JJ-E RJ-E RA DNA-VP 

JENNIFER SMAIL 

SOREN SMAIL 

GAMBLERS AGILITY STANDARD - ELITE (GS-E): 

CW’S MEEKA WISH ON ME GS-E JS-O RS-N DNA-VP 

JAMIE HEBERLEIN 

GARY HEBERLEIN 

DOC PIEPERS SERBA GS-E JS-E RS-N DNA-VP 

JULIANE BORGMANN 

EWETURN MY PICKIN’ TO GRINNIN’ GS-E JS-E RS-O 

NORIE CALVERT 

PRESTIGE HIGH FLY’N ELF CD GS-E JS-E RS-E RNX RAX 

DONNA R CRARY-JOHNSON 

RENA’S CHARMING PRINCE OF THIEVES STDc ATDds GS-E JS-O 

RS-O 

ANNETTE HOFFMANN 

REVELAIRE’S I’M ALL THAT GS-E JS-E RS-E RNX RAX REX 

DIANE BETTIS 

SLIPSTREAM BRIO DE BOCAROO GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

JODY FAULKNER 

SOUNDTRACK’S GONE PLATINUM GS-E JS-E-SP RS-E 


STARGATE’S BLUE WATERS RISING BN GS-E JS-N RS-O RNX RNC 

ROBIN BARBER 

STARN EWE MEANT TO INTERVENE STDs ODX UD GS-E JS-E 

RS-E RTX 

LAURIE BURNAM 

SUNFIRE MEG-A-HIT A NEW HOPE GS-E JS-O 

LORETTA GOULD 

TEBRAT SHUT UP AND DRIVE GS-E JS-E RS-E DNA-VP 

SABRINA ANDREWS 

KELLY ENGLISH 

TUCKER CREEK’S SPECIAL TICKET CD STDds GS-E JS-E RS-E 

DNA-VP 

JULIA SCHOESSWENDER 

WILLOWDALE’S FRECKLED FRED GS-E JS-E RS-N 

KATHY LACKEY 

WINDMILL’S KISS & RUN GS-E JS-E RS-N 

CHRISTY FRIEDMANN 

GS-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (GS-E-OP): 


KRISTA DOYLE 



PATRICIA WOLD 

EMBER SKYE MORNING SUN GS-E-OP JS-E RS-E 

ELLEN KURDZO 

JENNIFER MARKS 

LET’S TALK ABOUT DARK WITCH STDd OTDs CDX GS-E-OP JS-E- 

OP RS-E DNA-VP 

ALEXANDRA LEHNERT 

ATCH MILA GONZALES JS-E-SP 

MICHAEL GONZALES 

ATCH RAINYDAY’S SIMPLY SWEET CD RAX RM REX RNX RNC 

RACHEL BROSTROM

ATCH RIJN’S EXECUTIVE OFFICER JS-E-SP REX 

AMY VANDERRYN 

HOF S BAR L YAKIMA STDc ATDds GS-E-OP JS-E-OP RS-O DNA-VP 

SUSANNE SCHWARZMANN 

ATCH A-CH WATERWAY’S MY LITTLE PRINCESS STDs RA DNA-VP 


GS-E-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (GS-E-SP): 

CAMAS CREEKS I CAN DO MAGIC CD GS-E-SP JS-E-SP RS-E RNX 

JOYCE ROESSNER 

SUSAN E. ROBERTS 

COOLMOOR BETHLEHEM BECKONS GS-E-SP JS-E-SP RS-E RN 

PATRICIA A DOAN 

WILLIAM W DOAN 

ATCH SPCH PCH WTCH RTCH MCMATT’S I SPY 4U @ GRAFFITI 

UD GS-E-SP RTX 

DIANE BETTIS 

ATCH SHAWNDIMAE LADY DIAMOND IN THE RUFF-ONE MORE 

TIME GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

SHEILA H. FREEMAN 

GAMBLERS AGILITY STANDARD-NOVICE (GS-N): 

ALPINE RIVER MONA LISA SMILE GS-N JS-E RS-O DNA-CP 

MARTINA OITZL 

ASGARD EWE R MEANT 2B MISCHIEF GS-N JS-N 

ALEXANDRA CHAMBERLAIN 

AVID’S FIRESTARTER GS-N JS-O 

PAMELA LEACH 

DANIELLE SPADY 

BAYWINDS DELIGHTFUL DICKENS GS-N JS-N RNX 

LORETTA DELINGER 

WENDY WAGGONER 

BKM’S SUPREME HARLAN COUNTRY BN GS-N JS-O RS-N RA 

ROBERTA LYNNE MARTA 

BUKATWINS BENTLEY GS-N JS-O DNA-VP 

KRISTINA MUSS 

PETRA OBERAIGNER 

CAROLINA CALAIS KEEPONWALKIN’ TD GS-N JS-N DNA-CP 

JOANNE BOERLAND 

CHUKKER’S COURAGE UNDER FIRE GS-N RS-N 

WENDY CERILLI 

COOPER FLYING MONKEE GS-N 

WENDI DENTON 

CW’S LIVES IN A DREAM GS-N JS-N 

ERIN DAY 

DEJAVU A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS GS-N JS-N RS-N 

KRISTIE KLEIN 

CHUCK KLEIN 

DREAMFIELDS ASLICEFROMHEAVEN GS-N JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

AILEEN APITZSCH 

EQUINOX ON A MISSION GS-N JS-O RS-N 

KATHLEEN BUCKLEY 

FAIR DINKUM’S JAZZMATTAZZ GS-N JS-O RS-N RNX RNC 

DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 

FAITHY OF MOONSTAR JUMPERS GS-N JS-N RS-N 

CAROLA KOZMA 

FASTSOCKS OF MOONSTARJUMPERS GS-N JS-E RS-N 

SABRINA HIERNER 

GATORHEAVENS DEPENDS ON GOD GS-N 

MICHELLE MONEGUE BARNES 

JARILYN M PUSZ 

JADECREEK BLACK ’K’ NIGHT FURY GS-N JS-E RS-N RN 

CHARI HOPPER 

MIKE HOPPER 

LEGENDS STARN DESERT KESTREL TD-II GS-N 

BARBARA ANNE HERSHEY 

LONG RUN MISS MAGGIE MAE GS-N JS-N RS-O 

NANCY S. COWELL 

MALPASO’S THE ART OF PERFORMANCE GS-N JS-N 


MIRJAM SENGER 

MI SOMBRA IT’S MY MORNINGSTAR GS-N JS-O RS-N 

ANDREA VEIZER 

MI SOMBRA’S ILLUMINATE MY WAY GS-N JS-N DNA-CP 

KATHARINA KOENIG 

Business Office Report 

MONTROSE FLYING SPIRIT GS-N JS-N RS-N RN 

GAIL RANSCO 

CH NORTHWIND’S PROUDLY WE HAIL GS-N JS-N RS-N RN 

DNA-VP 

LAURIE THOMPSON 

OVERBOARD SHEILA’S REMEMBRANCE GS-N JS-N RSA-N JSA-N 

GSA-N 

AUDREY MCKAY 

PROPWASH ELSMERE SYNCHRONY IN RED GS-N JS-O RS-N 

ROBIN KAY MAGEE 

RAINEDANCE MISCHIEF TO THE MAX OTDds GS-N RS-N RNX RA 

LINDA GOHL 

ROANOAK’S RAISIN’ KAYNE GS-N 

WARENE WATERS 

RUFF’N’TUFF ALL THESMALLTHINGS STDs GS-N JS-E 


SCOTTY SPRINGS SILVER SAGE GS-N JS-N RS-N RN DNA-VP 

JEAN H DANVER 

SHAWNDIMAE RAPID RELOAD GS-N JS-N-OP RS-N-OP 

CHUCK SHULTS 

SOUNDTRACK’S GUIDING LIGHT GS-O JS-E RA 

LINDA JONES 

STARGATES ENJOY THE RIDE GS-N 

LAURIE GRACE 

SUNWREN’S KEY WEST SMOOTH SAIL’N GS-N 

SALLY SHAW 

WHISPERING VALLEY COLLINS GS-N JS-N RS-N DNA-VP 

MEGAN PHILPOT 

WHISPERING VALLEY RIPPLEY GS-N JS-N RS-N DNA-VP 

MEGAN PHILPOT 

CH WILLOWDALES WHEREFORE ART THOU GS-N DNA-VP 

SABRINA ANDREWS 

WONDERDOG THAT I CAN DO CD GS-N JS-N RS-N 

ELIZABETH BRAGG 

ZARRA’S TY ONE ON OF STONEWALL GS-N RS-N 

LYN SCRIBNER 

GS-N-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (GS-N-OP): 

WESTERN HILLS GETTING FIGGY WIT IT GS-N-OP JS-N RS-N 

MICHAEL PRESS 

HOLLY PRESS 

WINSLOWS TAKN ASPIN ONA HARLEY BN OTDcds OFTDs GS-N- 

OP RS-N RM DNA-VP 

LISA AXNICK 

GAMBLERS AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (GS-O): 

AVID’S REDHOT SPITFIRE GS-O JS-O RS-O 

TRACY LOVELIS 

SCOTT LOVELIS 


CH BAYWINDS SHININ’ BRIGHTLY BN GS-O JS-E-OP RS-O RNX 

DNA-VP 

FAITH A BAKER 


BONFIRE’S ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST GS-O JS-O RS-O 

RNX 

NIKKI HEEP 


BONFIRE’S RED SUN GS-O JS-O RS-O RA 

NANCY MARTIN 


BROOKRIDGE BLAME IT ON RIO-FB GS-O JS-N RS-O 

SUSAN MOOREHEAD 

REGGIE MOOREHEAD 

ANDREA SCHWANDT-ARBOGAST 




DANCIN’ EYES SAFE HAVEN GS-O JS-E RS-E DNA-VP 

TRACY LIBBY 

PAUL LIBBY 

DEJAVU PLANB IS PRETTY IN PINK GS-O JS-E RS-E 

CHRISTINE CARLSON 

FEDELE KEEP N THE FAITH GS-O JS-O RS-N 

MARLENE GORDON 

BILL GORDON 

HIGHCOTTON’S HIGH JINKS GS-O JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

LIZETTE DURRSCHMIDT 

JESS’S NOTHING TO LOSE GS-O JS-E RS-N RA 

DAISY HABRAKEN 

LET’S TALK ABOUT HIDDEN DESIRE CD GS-O JS-N RS-N 

DANIELA FEHR 

LET’S TALK ABOUT I AM WHAT I AM @ MARJOHRITA STDcds 

GS-O JS-O DNA-VP 

MARGARITA CRAIG 

CH LOS SUENOS MIAMI HURRICANE STDd GS-O JS-N RS-O 

ROBIN MCNEILL 

AL MCNEILL 

MPOSSIBLE WATCHOUT FOR LOKI CD GS-O JS-E RS-O RAX 

JANE E PALMER 

MARY ANN MAGNESS 

MYFLYGIRL BAILEY GS-O JS-E RS-E 

SANDY SHANNON 

ONE OF A KIND’S MAEVEE GS-O JS-E RS-O 

DANIELA JUWAN 

RAINYDAY’S MOONLIGHT CRUSH GS-O JS-N RS-O RN 

MARSHA NICOLI 


LINDA JONES 

SUNFIRE MEG-A-HIT A NEW HOPE GS-E JS-O 

LORETTA GOULD 

SWEET CRYSTAL RAIN A’DREAM COME TRUE GS-O JS-E RS-E 

REBECCA KREMSER 

WRANGLIN’S MIDNIGHT MAYHEM GS-O JS-E RS-E 

KAREN WIMBUSH 

GS-O-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (GS-O-OP): 

SOUNDTRACK’S HAPPY ONLY KNOWS GS-O-OP JS-N RS-N 

DNA-VP 

DEBORAH ROBBE 

GS-O-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (GS-O-SP): 

LAKE VIEW’S LIQUOR IS QUICKER GS-O-SP JS-E-OP RS-O JSA-N 

LYNNE WATSON 

GAMBLERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - ELITE (GSA-E): 

STORMY LEE’S SLICK TICKET RSA-O JSA-E GSA-E 

JULIE S HAASE 

GAMBLERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - NOVICE (GSA-N): 

MY NAME PEGGY WINSTON GV-O-OP JV-O-OP RV-O RNX RSA-N 

JSA-O GSA-N 

LAURA ANNE WELCH 

CH REDROCKS LADY OF THE CANYON BN GV-N-SP JV-N-SP JS-O 

RV-N RNX RNC RSA-N JSA-N-OP GSA-N 

LOUISA TENNILLE 

CH WESTERN HILLS SIR PRIZE GS-O-SP JS-O-SP RS-O RSA-N 

DNA-VP JSA-O GSA-N 

HELEN WILSON 

MACKENZIE MOBLEY 

GAMBLERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (GSA-O): 

CHECKERBERRY MIYUKI JSA-N GSA-O 

KRISTIE FOSS 

RAY FOSS 

GAMBLERS ACE AGILITY SENIOR DOG - NOVICE (GSDA-N): 

ATCH-IV WTCH TOP CALIBER HANG M HIGH RTDcs OFTDcds 

AFTDm RN GSDA-N 

PAULINE HAGGIS 

GSDA-N SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (GSDA-N-SP): 

ATCH A-CH HANGTIME BANDITS PAL CAPN HOOK CD STDs RM 

RSDA-N JSDA-N GSDA-N-SP 

JOANNE SCHWIETZ 

JAN POOLE 


GAMBLERS AGILITY VETERANS - ELITE (GV-E): 

DIXIANA’S RED HOT SALSA DANCER GV-E JV-E-OP RV-O-OP RN 

CHARI HOPPER 

MIKE HOPPER 

WESTERNHILLSTRINITYIABLOSUENOS GV-E JS-E RS-O 

NANCY MCKEE 

GV-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (GV-E-OP): 

PCH WTCH CHUCKANUT RTSIXTYSIX TO GEFION CD TD GV-E-OP 

JV-E-SP RS-E RE DNA-VP 

JAN WESEN 

ATCH CTC MAUREENOHARASHIGHLANDFLING CD JV-E-SP REX 

REM RMX 

MELINDA L. JENKINS 


TORI LEWIS 

GV-E-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (GV-E-SP): 

ATCH A-CH NO BOUNDARIES PASSN UBY COCOPAH GV-E-SP 

JV-E-SP 

JUDY SCHMILLE 

GAMBLERS AGILITY VETERANS - NOVICE (GV-N): 

DAGMAR RAZZMATAZZ’S HEY JUDE GV-O JV-N RV-N DNA-CP 

CHRYSTAL L. BECK 

CH MPOSSIBLE VIVA LA VIDA CD GV-N JV-N RV-N RAX DNA-VP 


RAZZMATAZZ’S LUCY IN THE SKYE GV-N JV-N 


S BAR L SOUL FLY GV-N JV-O RV-N DNA-CP 

CAROLA KOZMA 

TORBAY’S GUS GV-N JV-O RS-O 

KATHY LACKEY 

GAMBLERS AGILITY VETERANS - OPEN (GV-O): 

VCH PCH WTCH A-CH CU-D’S WILD BUNCH DUTCH OF PSR BN 

CD GV-O JV-E RV-O RAX REX REC REM 

DIANA L CURL & DAWNA SIM 



JUMPERS AGILITY JUNIOR HANDLERS - ELITE (JJ-E): 

IVYFARM BONANZA GJ-N JJ-E RJ-N RNX RA DNA-VP 


SOREN SMAIL 



SOREN SMAIL 

SOME KIND OF MAGIC JEDI KNIGHT GJ-N JJ-E RA 

HAROLD VAN ROIJ 

ELI GOOSSENS 

JUMPERS AGILITY JUNIOR HANDLERS - NOVICE (JJ-N): 

SOME KIND OF MAGIC CRASH PARTY JJ-N DNA-VP 

DEBBY MICHIELSEN 

LUC GOOSSENS 

WEECKS INSTANT MAGIC MILLA JJ-N RNX 

HEIKE MEIER 

BIRGIT WEECKS 

JJ-N - OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JJ-N-OP): 

LAZY RIVER HAKUNA MATATA GS-N JJ-N-OP 

ARYANA SHEPHERD 

PRESLEY PICKELL 

JUMPERS AGILITY STANDARD - ELITE (JS-E): 


MARTINA OITZL 



NANSI ANASAZI BLUE INCOGNITO STDcs ATDd GS-O JS-E RS-E 

CHUCK KLEIN 

KRISTIE KLEIN 

CHRIMA’S GREAT EXPECTATIONS GS-O JS-E RS-N 

LAVERNE MIERS-BOND 

CH CLEMWOODS CHARISMATIC STDs CDX GS-E JS-E RS-O RNX 

RAX REX RMX DNA-VP 

KATHLEEN SUMNER 

EVANS SUMNER 





FLY BY NITE TAILWIND ECHO GS-O JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

NANCY M. SMITH 

LAURIE ATKINSON 

H&M’S TAKING IT 2 THE MAX GS-O-OP JS-E RS-O 

RALPH JOHNSON 

BETH JOHNSON 

HEARTHSIDE PERFECT REMEDY GS-N JS-E RS-E 

JANICE MORIN 

HIGHCOTTON’S HIGH JINKS GS-O JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

LIZETTE DURRSCHMIDT 

JADECREEK BLACK ’K’ NIGHT FURY GS-N JS-E RS-N RN 

CHARI HOPPER 

MIKE HOPPER 

JESS’S NOTHING TO LOSE GS-O JS-E RS-N RA 

DAISY HABRAKEN 

MAGNUM OF GIMME MORE GS-O JS-E RS-N 

NICOLE HAMELRIJCKX 

MAMA MIA OF THE MIGHTY CROWN JS-E RS-N RN DNA-VP 

BIRGIT WEECKS 

TINA WILK 

MISSISSIPPI OF GIMME MORE GS-N JS-E DNA-VP 

DAISY VANDEVELDE 

MONTROSE REDSAGE OF HIGHCOTTON GS-E JS-E RS-E 



JANE E PALMER 



SANDY SHANNON 



CH REVELAIRE’S SILVER NICKEL STDd GJ-N JS-E RJ-N RNX RE 

EMMA WILLIAMS 

DAWN WILLIAMS 



SOLSTICE GINJA NINJA GS-N JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

HEATHER TYLER 


SOME KIND OF MAGIC LOVE AFFAIR GS-N-OP JS-E RS-N RA 

DNA-CP 


LUC GOOSSENS 


LINDA JONES 

STRIKE IT RICH BLUEDIAMONDMINE GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX 

DNA-VP 

MARY HUSSEY 



VCH WTCH A-CH SYMPHONYS PERFORMED FOR EWE BY ZAGATO 

CD RTDs GS-E JS-E RS-O RA DNA-VP 

JANET COLBY 

TUCKER CREEK’S SPECIAL TICKET CD STDds GS-E JS-E RS-E 

DNA-VP 

JULIA SCHOESSWENDER 

CH WEECKS COCOA BEAN ROCCO JS-E RS-N RA DNA-VP 

BIRGIT WEECKS 

WILLOWDALE’S FRECKLED FRED GS-E JS-E RS-N 

KATHY LACKEY 

WINDMILL’S KISS & RUN GS-E JS-E RS-N 

CHRISTY FRIEDMANN 

WINDRIVER’S WORTH THE CANDLE GS-O JS-E RS-N 

JANE KLINE 

XS AIRTIME ATLIEN FOR STYX STDc CD OTDds GS-E JS-E RS-E 

RA DNA-VP 


JS-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JS-E-OP): 

BRIGHTEYES DIAMOND IN THE RUFF STDd GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

RN 

CARRIE E DEMPSEY 

SUSAN NELSON 

HEATHER TEFFT 

CHAKRA’S GAME ON OTDcd ATDs GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E DNA-VP 

LOU BRANNICK 

CROWN POINT 50 LETTERS ARE JUST ENOUGH FOR DURANGO 

STDcds GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E DNA-CP 

STEFAN DOLIF 

CTC RED SOLO CUP GS-E-OP JS-E-OP RS-E RNX RAX 

CONNIE L. WYMA 

ALDEN J. WYMA 

LACONIA BUFF CAP CARMEL BLACK GILLIFLOWER STDs OTDd 

OFTDm GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

ANNE M HUBBARD 

BRENT KINDRED 

LAKE VIEW’S LIQUOR IS QUICKER GS-O-SP JS-E-OP RS-O JSA-N 

LYNNE WATSON 

LAKEHILLS BOURNE TO RUN GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

BAMBI ELLIS 

LAVENDERBLOSSOM SPRING FLOWER GS-O JS-E-OP RS-E REX 

REM DNA-VP 

TANJA HANSMANN 

HEIKO HANSMANN 

LET’S TALK ABOUT HIDDEN SHADES CD STDs OTDd GS-E JS-E- 

OP RS-E DNA-VP 

BETTINA FEHR 

PAWS ZONE’S STACK THE DECK OTDcds GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

RNX RA 

PEGGY A TIMM 

REDWOODS MIGHTY HOT CIDER GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

BARBARA RIEBOLD 

REVELAIRE CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF GS-O JS-E-OP RS-E 

YVONNE A SMITH 

RORY ROMAN GS-O JS-E-OP RS-E 

HELENA ROMAN 


JODY FAULKNER 

UPROAR’S SWEET ARROGANCE GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

MICHAEL B RICHARDS 

ROBIN RICHARDS 

CH WESTERN HILLS JESSICA JAMES GS-O JS-E-OP RS-E 

JOAN EGGLESTON 

WESTRAY’S BRASS LOGIC TD GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

PEGGY TUNKS 

WINDMILL’S WICKED & THE DIVINE GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

NICOLE WATTS 

GINA LARSON 

JS-E-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (JS-E-SP): 

LET’S TALK ABOUT GENIUS NEWTON STDd OTDs CD GS-E 

JS-E-SP RS-E RN 

SABINE FRANZ 

ATCH LOS SUENOS SONIC TEMPTRESS JS-E-SP 

RAYMOND HODEL 

STACIE SANTA CRUZ 


DANIELA JUWAN 

CH UPROAR CODY’S APPALOOSA KID BN GS-E JS-E-SP RS-E 

DNA-VP 

JAN POOLE 

JOANNE SCHWIETZ 

JUMPERS AGILITY STANDARD - NOVICE (JS-N): 


MARTINA OITZL 

GEL’CROSSING FEEL THE MAGIC OF MALPASO JS-N 

ANGELIQUE LETOUZE


PAMELA LEACH 


BAYWINDS DELIGHTFUL DICKENS GS-N JS-N RNX 

LORETTA DELINGER 


BONFIRE’S 4 FOR TEXAS GS-N JS-N 

KATHY MATHIS 


BUCKLEUP INFATUATION JS-N 

ROBIN DETTMAN 

BUCKLEUP RUNNIN & GUNNIN JS-N 

CARLA GONZALES 

CH CALAIS CAROLINA ROOSTERHOTSAUCE BN JS-N RN 

KERRY DAVIS 

CC ROSECREEK’S SHAMBHALA SPAIN JS-N RS-N 

CLAUDIA ROEMER 

COCOPAHS RIDING SHOTGUN JS-N 

CHERYL SHUTT 

COCOPAHS VICTORY LAP JS-N 

JUDY SCHMILLE 

COUNTRY-WAYS BLUE EYED KIMMIK JS-N 

ANN ADAMS 

KIM BUFFUM 

COUNTRY-WAYS SECOND CHANCE JS-N RS-N 

ANN ADAMS 

KIM BUFFUM 

CW’S LIVES IN A DREAM GS-N JS-N 

ERIN DAY 

CH CW’S STANDING OVATION BN CD JS-N RS-N RNX RAX REX 

ELIZABETH M. HEMMER 


KRISTIE KLEIN 

CHUCK KLEIN 

FOXPOINTE LET’S DANCE GS-O JS-N 

PEGGY MILLER 

ISTARI GEARHART SMOKE THE SKY JS-N 

KAREN BOOKER 

JUDHI CHOPPING 

ISTARI-GEARHART DRAGONFLY JS-N 

ANDREA HOFFMANN 

KICKAPOO’S READY FOR ACTION JS-N 

PATTI FEDAK 

KATHRYN REEVE 

CH LEYLINES THE THING CALLED LOVE JS-N 

SALLY A. LYON 

LICKSKILLET DIAMOND IN THE RUFF JS-N 

JULIA JOHNSON 

MALPASO’S THE ART OF PERFORMANCE GS-N JS-N 


MIRJAM SENGER 

MI SOMBRA’S ILLUMINATE MY WAY GS-N JS-N DNA-CP 

KATHARINA KOENIG 


GAIL RANSCO 

MOON RISE A SECRET PLEASURE STDds JS-N RS-N RNX RAX 

DNA-VP 

SILKE JUENGLING 

A-CH NITESTAR’S UNDAUNTED GS-N JS-N RS-N RSA-N JSA-O 

GSA-N 

STACIE OEHLERICH 

TRISHA HERRING 

CH NORTHWIND’S PROUDLY WE HAIL GS-N JS-N RS-N RN 

DNA-VP 

LAURIE THOMPSON 

OUR MAGIC STAR SHEPHERDSSTARS JS-O RN 

NATASCHA WAGENAAR- HERBERGS 

PENNYCAERAU TENACIOUS MOON JS-N 

MELANIE BURTON 

RMF’S BRIXIUS MI SOMBRA STDds JS-N DNA-CP 

NINA KRAMMER 


JEAN H DANVER 

SHADOWMERE’S WICKED BLUE MOON JS-N 

TINA LASS 

MARI JEBENS 

SHALAKO’S DARE EWE AT BLUEKREEK STDcd JS-N 

ANN PRITCHETT 


SLIPSTREAM HAPPY TAILS TO Q GS-N JS-O RS-N RNX 

KAREN NENOW 

SOME KIND OF MAGIC’S POETRY IN MOTION JS-N 


LUC GOOSSENS 

SOUNDTRACK’S HIT THE JACKPOT GS-N JS-N 

DEBORAH ROBBE 

SOUNDTRACK’S IN THE MOMENT JS-N DNA-VP 


SPRINGHILL FLIP SLIDING AWAY JS-N 

MARIA DUTHIE 

TALISMAN’S SLIP JIG AND REEL GS-N JS-N RS-N 

SHONA MICHAUD 

TURKEY RUN AIN’T NO SHOW PONY JS-N 

MARY GROOMS 


MEGAN PHILPOT 

WHISPERING VALLEY POLAR COTTON JS-N 

MEGAN PHILPOT 


MEGAN PHILPOT 

WILDSONG’S QUIET MOMENTS JS-N DNA-VP 

SILVIA HEITMANN 



YAHARA’S TO BOLDLY GO JS-N RS-N RNX RAX DNA-VP 

JODIE MCLELLAN 

ZARRA’S WELL I’LL BE JINKIFIED! GS-N JS-N 

SUE GRIGSBY 

JS-N - OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JS-N-OP): 


CHUCK SHULTS 

JS-N-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (JS-N-SP): 

SUMMERWIND GRACIE GS-N-OP JS-N-SP RS-N-OP 

SUZANNE MORLOCK 

JUMPERS AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (JS-O): 


MARTINA OITZL 


PAMELA LEACH 



TRACY LOVELIS 

SCOTT LOVELIS 



NANCY MARTIN 


BUKATWINS BENTLEY GS-N JS-O DNA-VP 

KRISTINA MUSS 

PETRA OBERAIGNER 

C’U LATER DIANDRA GS-N JS-O RS-N RNX RAX 

DOROTHY L BUMB 







DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 



FEDELE KEEP N THE FAITH GS-O JS-O RS-N 

MARLENE GORDON 

BILL GORDON 

GEARHARTS LOCK STOCK & BARREL GS-N JS-O RS-O DNA-VP 

SAMANTHA KIRBY, UDHI CHOPPING & 

BLAKE OSBURN 

CH HIGHCOTTON EWE R ULTRAHOT OTDs STDd GS-O JS-O 

RS-N RA 

SALLY M. REYNOLDS 

LAKE VIEW’S I’M READY ALREADY GS-O JS-O RS-N-OP JSA-N 

GSA-N 

LORRAINE CIRINELLI 

MIKE OMARTIAN 

LET’S TALK ABOUT I AM WHAT I AM @ MARJOHRITA STDcds 

GS-O JS-O DNA-VP 


LIMERICK’S FAIR DINKUM CADENCE GS-O JS-O RS-N 

JANE C MCLOUGHLIN 

LOVELY ALLROUNDERS BRAVE MEXX GS-N JS-O RS-N 


MI SOMBRA IT’S MY MORNINGSTAR GS-N JS-O RS-N 

ANDREA VEIZER 

MIDNIGHT ROSE FLIPS IMAGE JS-O DNA-CP 

MARIA DUTHIE 

MIDNIGHT ROSE FLIPS JOYRIDE JS-O RS-N DNA-CP 

MARIA DUTHIE 


JANE E PALMER 


NOONE HASEYESLIKEME VAN MOKYSHA JS-O RN 

CELINE VOLDERS 

ODYSSEY’S HEY SOUL SISTER STDs GS-N-OP JS-O RS-N-OP 

DNA-VP 

ROBIN DETTMAN 

OLD TIME NEED FOR SPEED GS-N JS-O RS-N 

YVONNE A SMITH 

OUR MAGIC STAR SHEPHERDSSTARS JS-O RN 

NATASCHA WAGENAAR- HERBERGS 

POINSETTVESPER CELTICHEARTBEAT GS-N JS-O RS-N 

SHEENA LUNSMANN 

PROPWASH ELSMERE SYNCHRONY IN RED GS-N JS-O RS-N 

ROBIN KAY MAGEE 

CH RHAPSODY’S JAMM’N 2 ”Z” SUMMERTIME BLEUZ GS-O-OP 

JS-O RS-E 

ROXANNE ITO-LEON 



SKYRYDERS NO APAULAGIES GS-N JS-O RS-N RN DNA-VP 

ANN MCCABE 


KAREN NENOW 

SOLSTICE FLARE POWER CD GS-N JS-O RS-N RNX REX RMX 

REM RAX 

TOM SAVARESE 


LINDA JONES 

STEINHOEGL’S TIRZA GS-O JS-O RS-N 

ANDREA RIPPITSCH 

WEECKS LOVABLE LOUISE JS-O DNA-VP 

BIRGIT WEECKS 

VERA WEECKS 

JS-O-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JS-O-OP): 

LORALINS NEON MOON OF REDHAWK GS-N-OP JS-O-OP 

RS-N-OP 

JAYME WEIDELL 

PRAIRIE STORM’S TAKE THE SKY GS-N JS-O-OP RS-O 

MELISSA MARINOVICH 

JOHN MARINOVICH 

VAQUERO’S MIDNIGHT PANDEMONIUM GS-N-SP JS-O-OP RS-O 

RNX RAX 

DEBORAH LANG 

JUMPERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - ELITE (JSA-E): 

CUT’N LOOSE SURFER GIRL RSA-N JSA-E 

MARCELYN LINGLE 


JULIE S HAASE 

JSA-E OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JSA-E-OP): 

STORMRIDGE’S SUMMER SIZZLE GS-O JS-E-OP RS-E RSA-E 

JSA-E-OP GSA-N 

KATHY SMITH 


JUMPERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - NOVICE (JSA-N): 

CHECKERBERRY MIYUKI JSA-N GSA-O 

KRISTIE FOSS 

RAY FOSS 

DIAMOND AIRE SOLAR STORM CD STDcs RNX RA DNA-VP JSA-N 

KELLI MANTHEY 

MARIE MURPHY 

HCC ANGEL’S BLUE ROCKETTE RSA-N DNA-VP JSA-N 

SHARON C HECKMAN 

MJ STELLAR ORION RSA-N JSA-N GSA-N 

CHERYL A MINICHIELLO 



HELEN WILSON & MACKENZIE MOBLEY 

JSA-N OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JSA-N-OP): 

CH REDROCKS LADY OF THE CANYON BN GV-N-SP JV-N-SP JS-O 

RV-N RNX RNC RSA-N JSA-N-OP GSA-N 

LOUISA TENNILLE 

SHOOTING STAR GAZER OF IMAGE BN RAC REX REM JSDA-N 

JSA-N-OP 

REBECCA L. BEACH 

JUMPERS ACE AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (JSA-O): 



HELEN WILSON & MACKENZIE MOBLEY 

JUMPERS ACE AGILITY SENIOR DOG - NOVICE (JSDA-N): 

RTCH POINSETT’S DANCE TO THE MUSIC CD GS-N JS-O RS-O 

RTX RTC JSDA-N 

LAURA D CULLINS 

JUMPERS AGILITY VETERANS - ELITE (JV-E): 

A-CH STARSWEPTS PAVIN’ A BUMPY ROAD BN CD GS-E JV-E 

RS-O RNC RNX RAX RAC RM REC 

ANN MCCABE 

WILD HEART’S HAUT MONDE JV-E RV-O 

LINDA R WHITAKER 

JV-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (JV-E-OP): 

RTCH-2 BLUENOTE’S ROCK WITH YOU UD STDs OTDd GV-N JV-E- 

OP RV-E REMX REX RMX RNX 


RTCH CC TOFFEE’S CREED OF ROSECREEK CD GS-O JV-E-OP 

RV-E RTX RE DNA-VP 


DIXIANA’S RED HOT SALSA DANCER GV-E JV-E-OP RV-O-OP RN 

CHARI HOPPER 

MIKE HOPPER 

LAKE VIEW’S I’M NO ANGEL GS-E JV-E-OP RS-E DNA-VP 

MIKE OMARTIAN 

STORMY VALLEY SUMMER BREEZE GV-E JV-E-OP RS-E RNX REX 

RMX REMX DNA-VP 

TANJA HANSMANN 

HEIKO HANSMANN 

ANASTASIA STRUECKER 

VCH A-CH RTCH-2 SUNPIPER BEAUWOOD FLYIN FINISH ATDd 

OTDcs CD GV-E JV-E-OP RS-E RTX 

DEBRA ST JACQUES 

RENEE ST JACQUES 


TORI LEWIS 

CH WINDMILL’S NO REASON TO WORRY STDs CD GS-E JV-E-OP 

RS-E RAX REX REM RMX DNA-VP 

CATHERINE KENNY 

JAMES KENNY 

JV-E-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (JV-E-SP): 

ATCH ELFSPRING STELLA JV-E-SP 




CH GUSTAVE CRICHTON CD STDs OTDd GV-E JV-E-SP RV-E-SP 

RM DNA-CP 

JEAN CLAUDE HUBESCH 

SPOTTED TAIL’S LINUS VAN PELT GS-O JV-E-SP RS-E DNA-VP 

DARA FICHTNER 

JUMPERS AGILITY VETERANS - NOVICE (JV-N): 



DPA WHAZZUP TRIXIE JV-N DNA-VP 

PENNY ATKINS 

LASTCALL’S HELTER SKELTER JV-N RV-N 

KELSEY ASZMANN 

KIMBERLY L. GORMAN 



RAZZMATAZZ’S LUCY IN THE SKYE GV-N JV-N 



CAROLA KOZMA 

JUMPERS AGILITY VETERANS - OPEN (JV-O): 

COOLMOOR 2R GO MAN GO OTDcs OFTDs ATDd GS-O JV-O 

RS-N RA 

DEBORAH ROBBE 

RENEE WATSON 


CAROLA KOZMA 

CH RTCH-6 SOUNDTRACK’S ON THE ROAD AGAIN STDd CDX 

OTDcs GV-O JV-O RS-N RTX DNA-CP 

LORI FAUSETT 

TORBAY’S GUS GV-N JV-O RS-O 

KATHY LACKEY 

JV-O-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (JV-O-SP): 

OTCH PCH A-CH RAINEDANCE AMERICAN CLASSIC UD ATDds 

RTDs GS-O JV-O-SP RS-O-OP RNX RAX REX RMX 

JULIETTE JOYCE 

M. RAINE LUTZ 

REGULAR AGILITY JUNIOR HANDLERS - ELITE (RJ-E): 



SOREN SMAIL 

REGULAR AGILITY STANDARD - ELITE (RS-E): 

C-ME WAITIN’ ON SUNRISE STDs GS-E JS-E RS-E RAX RE DNA-VP 

KELLI CARTER 

HEARTHSIDE PERFECT REMEDY GS-N JS-E RS-E 

JANICE MORIN 

LAKEHILLS BOURNE TO RUN GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E 

BAMBI ELLIS 

MALPASO’S SUNDAY SALES RESTRICTION GS-E JS-E RS-E 

DNA-VP 

ANGELIQUE LETOUZE 


SANDY SHANNON 




DIANE BETTIS 

CH RHAPSODY’S JAMM’N 2 ”Z” SUMMERTIME BLEUZ GS-O-OP 

JS-O RS-E 

ROXANNE ITO-LEON 

SKYRYDERS FULL THROTTLE @ THREE D GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX RA 

TERRI GARVAIS 

SHELBY SHANK 


JODY FAULKNER 

STRIKE IT RICH BLUEDIAMONDMINE GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX 

DNA-VP 

MARY HUSSEY 

SUNFIRE’S DARK SIDE GS-E JS-E RS-E 

DARRYL WARREN 



XS AIRTIME ATLIEN FOR STYX STDc CD OTDds GS-E JS-E RS-E 

RA DNA-VP 


RS-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RS-E-OP): 

ATCH CH AIRBORNES RHYTHM OF THE HEART STDds JS-E-SP 

RAX RM DNA-VP 

HEATHER TYLER 


ATCH ARROW OF TIME GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

TAMARA ROBINSON 


KRISTA DOYLE 

ATCH EBBTIDE TROUBLE IN JELLYSTONE GS-E-SP JS-E-SP 

BARBARA HASEY 


DANIELA JUWAN 

ATCH N STAR ZEMMA MOOOVES EWE GS-E-SP 

PAUL KIRK 

MIKE OMARTIAN 

MARY M FINLEY 

RS-E-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (RS-E-SP): 

ATCH CHUKKER’S MOST WANTED JS-E-SP RS-E-SP RN 

WENDY CERILLI 



PATRICIA WOLD 

ATCH-II H&M’S MIDNIGHTS DESIRE 

MICHAEL PRESS 

HOLLY PRESS 

ATCH CH WESTERN HILLS ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING JS-E-SP 

RS-E-SP DNA-VP 

PAM RINEY & HEIDI C MOBLEY 

ATCH-II WESTERN HILLS SUNFIRE WATCH ME RUN 

RICK TUCKER 

REGULAR AGILITY STANDARD - NOVICE (RS-N): 


MARTINA OITZL 

CC ROSECREEK’S SHAMBHALA SPAIN JS-N RS-N 


CHUKKER’S COURAGE UNDER FIRE GS-N RS-N 

WENDY CERILLI 

COUNTRY-WAYS SECOND CHANCE JS-N RS-N 

ANN ADAMS 

KIM BUFFUM 

CW’S ACROSS THE UNIVERSE RS-N 

JOANN PATTERSON 

ERIN DAY 

CW’S LUCKY AS A BUG STDcd OTDs GS-N JS-E RS-N RN 

JULIA TAN 







KRISTIE KLEIN 

CHUCK KLEIN 

FAIR DINKUM ALL A QUIVER GS-N JS-N RS-N RN 

AMY VANDERRYN 


DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 

FAITHY OF MOONSTAR JUMPERS GS-N JS-N RS-N 

CAROLA KOZMA 



CH FOXPOINTE YIPPEE-I-O-KI-AY GS-N JS-N RS-N DNA-VP 

KRYSTAL EMERY

FOXPOINTES COLT 45 GS-N JS-N RS-N DNA-VP 

RONALD MODEN 

DAYLE MODEN 

CH HARMONYHILL VENTURA NIGHT MOVES STDds GS-O JS-N 

RS-N DNA-VP 

KATHY PELOQUIN 

PETER HINCKLEY 

LET’S TALK ABOUT HIDDEN DESIRE CD GS-O JS-N RS-N 

DANIELA FEHR 

LOVELY ALLROUNDERS BRAVE MEXX GS-N JS-O RS-N 


MCMATT’S GRAFFITI GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN RS-N 

JANE MOORE 

MIDNIGHT ROSE FLIPS JOYRIDE JS-O RS-N DNA-CP 

MARIA DUTHIE 


GAIL RANSCO 

MOON RISE A SECRET PLEASURE STDds JS-N RS-N RNX RAX 

DNA-VP 

SILKE JUENGLING 

RAINEDANCE MISCHIEF TO THE MAX OTDds GS-N RS-N RNX RA 

LINDA GOHL 

CH REVELAIRE THE IRON MAN STDd JS-N RS-N RNX RAX RMX 

REX REM 

DAWN WILLIAMS 

TIMOTHY J WILLIAMS 


JEAN H DANVER 


KAREN NENOW 

SUNFIRE’S SOMETHING IN THE WOODS GS-N JS-N RS-N RN 

DNA-VP 

JUDY BOONE 

WESTERN HILLS GETTING FIGGY WIT IT GS-N-OP JS-N RS-N 

MICHAEL PRESS 

HOLLY PRESS 


MEGAN PHILPOT 


MEGAN PHILPOT 

WINSLOWS TAKN ASPIN ONA HARLEY BN OTDcds OFTDs GS-N- 

OP RS-N RM DNA-VP 

LISA AXNICK 



WRANGLN’S JUMPING JAX JS-N RS-N 

SONYA R KEENAN 

ZARRA’S TY ONE ON OF STONEWALL GS-N RS-N 

LYN SCRIBNER 

RS-N-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RS-N-OP): 

LORALINS NEON MOON OF REDHAWK GS-N-OP JS-O-OP 

RS-N-OP 

JAYME WEIDELL 


CHUCK SHULTS 

SUMMERWIND GRACIE GS-N-OP JS-N-SP RS-N-OP 


RS-N-SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE (RS-N-SP): 


RNX 

NIKKI HEEP & PAMELA BRYANT-MEEKS 

REGULAR AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (RS-O): 


MARTINA OITZL 


TRACY LOVELIS 

SCOTT LOVELIS 



RNX 

NIKKI HEEP 




NANCY MARTIN 


CH BONFIRE’S RIDING SHOTGUN STDcds GS-N JS-N-SP RS-O RN 




CH EMPTYNEST READY OR NOT GS-N JS-O RS-O DNA-VP 

HOLLY HARTMAN 

EQUINOX LITTLE FLAME GS-O JS-N RS-O 

LEE PRAGER 

LINDA PRAGER 

COURTNEY BELL 

FLY BY NITE TAILWIND ECHO GS-O JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

NANCY M. SMITH 

LAURIE ATKINSON 

GEARHARTS LOCK STOCK & BARREL GS-N JS-O RS-O DNA-VP 

SAMANTHA KIRBY 


BLAKE OSBURN 

HRH MS BODACIOUS SAYS GOODBYES GS-O-OP JS-O-SP RS-O 

DNA-VP 

MELODY FRANKLIN 

LONG RUN MISS MAGGIE MAE GS-N JS-N RS-O 

NANCY S. COWELL 

CH LOS SUENOS MIAMI HURRICANE STDd GS-O JS-N RS-O 

ROBIN MCNEILL 

AL MCNEILL 


JANE E PALMER 


CH NITANI’S TRUTH OR DARE GS-N JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

DONALEE MCELRATH 

AUBREY MCELRATH 

ONE OF A KIND’S MAEVEE GS-O JS-E RS-O 

DANIELA JUWAN 

SOLSTICE GINJA NINJA GS-N JS-E RS-O DNA-VP 

HEATHER TYLER 



RNX RAX 

DEBORAH LANG 

WILDSONGS LOVE AFFAIR GS-O JS-N RS-O 

PETRA LAVEN 

SILVIA HEITMANN 

RS-O-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RS-O-OP): 

RANAHANS TIGER LILY BN GS-O JS-E-OP RS-O-OP RN 

JUDITH MYERS 

MICHAEL TREMBLAY 

REGULAR ACE AGILITY STANDARD - NOVICE (RSA-N): 

HCC ANGEL’S BLUE ROCKETTE RSA-N DNA-VP JSA-N 

SHARON C HECKMAN 



HELEN WILSON 

MACKENZIE MOBLEY 

REGULAR ACE AGILITY STANDARD - OPEN (RSA-O): 


JULIE S HAASE 

REGULAR ACE AGILITY SENIOR DOG - NOVICE (RSDA-N): 

RSDA-N LAKEHILLS MAGGIE’S HARD CANDY ATCH-VI DNA-VP 

JANET JENKINS 

ATCH-II LANG’S QUILA OTDs RAX REX RSDA-N 

CYNTHIA LANG 

REGULAR AGILITY VETERANS - ELITE (RV-E): 

RTCH-2 BLUENOTE’S ROCK WITH YOU UD STDs OTDd GV-N JV-E- 

OP RV-E REMX REX RMX RNX 


CH LASTCALL’S LADY IN BLACK CD GV-O JV-E-OP RV-E DNA-VP 


VCH PCH WTCH CH PRECISION’S LIKE A MELODY CD GS-O JS-E 

RV-E RNX RAX REX REM DNA-CP 

KRISTIN HENRY-WALDEN 

RV-E-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RV-E-OP): 

ATCH CIRRUS DOUBLE DARE ME 2B NAUTI STDd JS-E-SP 



TORI LEWIS 

WESTERNHILLS WARP 2 THE LIMIT BN GS-O JV-E-SP RV-E-OP RN 

KAREN LYNN DAHLE 

ANNEKA MIKEL DAHLE 

AUBRIE LYNN DAHLE 

REGULAR AGILITY VETERANS - NOVICE (RV-N): 



LASTCALL’S HELTER SKELTER JV-N RV-N 

KELSEY ASZMANN 





CAROLA KOZMA 

RTCH-4 SOUNDTRACK’S PRETTY PLEASE CD JV-N RV-N RTX 

DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 



REGULAR AGILITY VETERANS - OPEN (RV-O): 



RV-O-OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (RV-O-OP): 

CH WESTERN HILLS STRAIGHT SHOOTER GV-O-OP JS-O-SP 

RV-O-OP 

CHUCK SHULTS 

HEIDI C MOBLEY 

Conformation 

CONFORMATION CERTIFICATES 


ALTERED CHAMPION (A-CH): 

A-CH CEDARCREEKS UNFORGETTABLE DNA-CP 

ELIZABETH ROBISON 

CONNIE HURLEY 

A-CH JAZZ IT UP VAN MOKYSHA DNA-CP 

ELYNN SMOLDERS 

A-CH STEEL RIO’S BALLOU MOON BN JS-N RN DNA-VP 

ELIZABETH (LIZ) CARTER 

CHAMPION OF RECORD (CH): 

CH BAILIWICK HOT LITTLE NUMBER X’SELL 

NANCY HOWARD 

CH CAROLINA CALAIS THE CONQUISTADOR OF MIGHTY CROWN 

DNA-CP 

TINA WILK 

CH CAROLINA CALAIS TOGA PARTY DNA-VP 

TERRI MORGAN, SELENA POPLIN & 

ELIZABETH A. STIBLEY 


CH CAUFOSCA RITMO DE LA NOCHE BN RA DNA-VP 

SYLVIA KLEIN 

SIMONE WAGNER 

CH CEDARHILL FLY BY NIGHT 

TERRY VELNOSKY 

HOPE MCQUEEN 

CH COPPERRIDGE’S ESPIONAGE 

MARI JEBENS 

JOHN D. MILLER 

CH DOVEHAWK’S WE FOUND LOVE 

JOEL CHRISTIANSEN , ROBIN CHRISTIANSEN, 

KIMBERLY CECIL & JEREMY CECIL 

CH EMERALDISLE DANCER ON BROADWAY DNA-VP 

MAGGIE PRYOR 

CH FOREVR FARM BEASTLY GOOD LOOKS 


EVANS SUMNER 

CH GULFSTREAM’S PAPER MOON AT MAKITA 

JILL THOMPSON 

MOIRA K CORNELL 

CH IVYFARM DUKE’S LIL HOOLIGAN JJ-N RN DNA-VP 


SOREN SMAIL 

CH IVYFARM I’LL STOP AND THINK STDd GJ-E JJ-E RJ-O RAX RE 

DNA-VP 


SOREN SMAIL 

CH JUBILEE’S TIME’S A WASTIN’ 

ERICA PETERS- PRUITT 

AVERY PRUITT 

CH KINETIC’S APPEALING ADDICTION DNA-VP 

DEBRA JOHNSON 

CH MI-T’S BLUE AIN’T HER COLOR 

KYM BASE 

BRANDI LYNN CAREY 

CH SHAWNKARA’S VINTAGE VINE DNA-VP 

HOLLY CLIFT 

CH SKYHI’S UPTOWN FUNK @MOONRACER 

SUSAN HARRIS 

TRACY L SWINSON 

CH SKYRYDER AMERICAN SNIPER 

CLARISSA L SHANK 

SHELBY SHANK 

CH SOMEKINDOFMAGIC PRECIOUS THING 


LUC GOOSSENS 

CH SPRING FEVER BET2WIN ONSUNFIRE 

CANBY SCOTT 

SHERRIE SCOTT 

KATELYN SCOTT PEART 

PHILLIP PEART 

CH SPRING FEVER EARN YOUR STRIPES DNA-VP 


SHERRIE SCOTT 

CANBY SCOTT 

PHILLIP PEART 

CH SPRING FEVER ROCK PAPER SCISOR DNA-VP 


PHILLIP PEART 

CH STONE RIDGE LONG LIVE COWBOYS DNA-VP 

CHERRIE T CANNON 

JENNIFER D CANNON 

MARJORIE D TRIPP 

CH STONE RIDGE TOUGH ALL OVER DNA-VP 

CHERRIE T CANNON 

JENNIFER D CANNON 


CH STORMRIDGE’S EASY MONEY DNA-VP 

LINDA STOHR-CATALINO 

KELLY SWEENEY 

CH TRITON’S EXTREME DNA-VP 

SARA RHOADY 

CASSIE PARKER 

CH UNITYS LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN 

DEANNA FRANCIOTTI 

ADRIANA FRANCIOTTI 

CH WOODHAVEN’S PERSNICKETY 

DEBBIE DILLON 



Donor News 

FOUNDATION 

HOOSIER WORKING ASC $3,757.20 

Hall of Fame 

ASCA has three separate programs to acknowledge 

exceptional performance of its members and dogs. These 

programs are: 

THE VERSATILITY PROGRAM 

• VCH – Versatility Champion 

The VCH requirements are: (1)CH or A-CH, (2) OTDs, OTDc, 

and ATDd. (3) One of the following five: (a) CDX, (b)CD 

&TD,(c) TDX, (d) Three Open Agility titles: Regular, Jumpers 

and Gamblers (standard, junior or veterans), (e)REM . 

New Versatility Champions (VCH) 

VCH WTCH A-CH SYMPHONYS PERFORMED FOR EWE BY 

ZAGATO CD RTDs GS-E JS-E RS-O RA DNA-VP 

JANET COLBY 

• SVCH – Supreme Versatility Champion 

The SVCH requirements are: (1) CH or A-CH, (2) WTCH. (3) 

One of the following three: (a) UD, (b) Three Elite Agility 

titles: Regular, Jumpers and Gamblers (standard, junior or 

veterans), (c) REMX. 

New Supreme Versatility Champion 

SVCH VCH ATCH-V SPCH PCH WTCH A-CH PAWS ZONES 

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE CD OFTDs RTX DNA-VP 

PEGGY A TIMM 

THE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM 

• PCH – Performance Champion 

The PCH requirements are: (1) Two ATD titles and (2) Two 

out of the following four: (a) CDX, (b) CD/TD, (c) Open 

titles in Agility (Open Regular, Open Gamblers, and Open 

Jumpers), in Standard, Veterans, or Junior Handlers division, 

(d) REM. Titles appropriate for the PCH earned before 

the implementation date of the PCH title may be used in 

qualifying for the PCH title. 

New Perfomance Champions (PCH) 

VCH PCH WTCH A-CH CU-D’S WILD BUNCH DUTCH OF 

PSR BN CD GV-O JV-E RV-O RAX REX REC REM 

DIANA L CURL 

DAWNA SIMS 

• SPCH – Supreme Performance Champion 

The SPCH requirements are: (1) WTCH, (2) Two out of the 

following three: (a) UD, (b) Elite titles in Agility (Elite Regular, 

Elite Gamblers, and Elite Jumpers) in Standard ,Veterans, or 

Junior Handlers division, (c) REMX. Titles appropriate for the 

SPCH earned before the implementation date of the SPCH 

title may be used in qualifying for the SPCH title. 

New Supreme Perfomance Champions (SPCH) 

SVCH VCH ATCH-V SPCH PCH WTCH A-CH PAWS ZONES 

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE CD OFTDs RTX DNA-VP 

PEGGY A TIMM 

ASCA HALL OF FAME 

99:02 Effective 1/1/03 add to HOF requirements passed April 

2002: Any allowed titles earned toward HOF requirements 

prior to 1/1/03 will count toward HOF requirements after 

1/1/03. Any allowed titles earned after 1/1/03 must be 

earned under the new HOF requirements. 

Dam: Eight Qualifying Titles with a combination of 2 

Stockdog or Conformation titles and the remaining 6 

earned from any area. 

Sire: Twelve Qualifying Titles with a combination of 3 

Stockdog or Conformation titles and the remaining 9 

earned from any area. 

Kennel: Twenty Qualifying Titles with a combination of 10 

Stockdog and Conformation titles with a minimum 

of three qualifying titles of each (Stockdog and 

Conformation titles). The remaining 10 may be earned 

from any area. 

Qualifying Titles: 

Agility: RS-O or RV-O or RJ-O 

Obedience: CDX 

Tracking: TD or TDU 

Stockdog: ATDd, OTDs, OTDc 

Conformation: CH and A-CH 

Rally: RM 

Effective Date: 6/1/15 

NEW HALL OF FAME SIRES 

#385 CH EMINENCE OF THE MIGHTY CROWN DNA- 

VP 

TINA WILK 

HALL OF FAME DAMS 

#564 CH STONE RIDGE WATCHING AIRPLANES DNA-VP 

CHERRIE T CANNON, JENNIFER D CANNON, & 


HALL OF FAME KENNELS 

NONE REPORTED THIS ISSUE 

99:02 Passed August 2008: 

20 points required 

Qualifying Titles & Points: 

6 pts required/STOCK: Minimum of 2 dogs required. A dog 

may have more than one title count. ATDs (1pt), ATDc 

(1pt), PATDs (1pt), PATDc (1pt), RTDsc (1 pt) 

6 pts required/CONFORMATION: (Those used in HOF may 

be re-used for HOFX). A-CH (1pt), CH (1pt) 

5 pts required/PERFORMANCE: Minimum of 5 required – A 

dog may have more than one title count. Obedience: 

UD (1pt), Agility: J+G+S-E (Any combination – regular, 

junior & veterans equal 1pt)), Rally: REMX (1pt), 

Tracking: TDX (1pt), OR additional stock or conformation 

titles as named above may be substituted 

3 pts required/EXCELLENCE: Minimum of 2 dogs required 

– A dog may have more than one point count. Each (1pt) 

- WTCH, ATCH, OTCH, VCH, SVCH, PCH, SPCH 

A breeder/kennel must have earned HOF prior to 

applying for HOFX. 

Appendix C Hall of Fame Application and Appendix D Hall 

of Fame Excellent Application are in the MVA/HOF 

Rulebook. The Rulebook and these forms may be 

downloaded at the ASCA Website or ordered from the 

ASCA Business Office. 

The following Kennels have qualified for 

HALL OF FAME EXCELLENT 

NONE REPORTED THIS ISSUE

Judges News 

AGILITY 

The following people have applied to be an Apprentice 

Agility Judge: 

Jennifer Fuller 

1103 Hudson Ave. Trlr 7 

Stillwater, NY 12170 

518-935-0290 

The membership has forty five (45) days to respond 

with comments, positive or negative, concerning 

these individuals. Please send all comments to 

the ASCA Agility Committee Chair, Judy Boone 

(daydreamaussies@msn.com), or the ASCA Business 

Office 

CONFORMATION 

The following people have applied for Non-Regular 

Judge: 

Heather Borde-Oslie #4811 

N4815 Traut Rd. 

Rio, WI 53960 

920-992-3880 

Kimberly L. Gorman 

3690 147 th St. W 

Rosemount, MN 55068 

651-214-4836 

Mandy Kreutzkam 

Barfelder Hauptstr 7 

31035 Despetal Germany 

Melanie Kreutzkam 

Barfelder Hauptstr 7 

31035 Despetal Germany 

The following people have applied for Breeder Judge: 

Diane Keedy #4859 

P.O. Box 1688 

Lady Lake, FL 32158 

352-454-7009 

The membership has forty five (45) days to respond 

with comments, positive or negative, concerning these 

individuals. Please send all comments to the ASCA 

Executive Secretary (executive.secretary@asca.org ) 

or the ASCA Business Office (manager@asca.org). 

***** 

Congratulations! The following person have 

successfully satisfied all the requirements at the 

current judge level and have been approved for move 

up. 

CONFORMATION 

Provisional 

Brandy Esch #5313 

2333 42 nd Ave. 

Greeley, CO 80634 

970-351-8945 


Breeder 

Susan Winters #4971 

5 Patlena Dr. 

Norton, MA 02766 

508-285-2847 

Senior 

Canby Scott #3076 

8051 N 7800 W 

Lehi, UT 84043 

801-768-4338 

Junior 

Maci Hass #5363 

11296 Random Valley Cr. 

Parker, CO 80134 

303-840-1189 

Senior 

Ronnie Bates #4751 

245 Delia Please Rd. 

Carrollton, GA 30117 

770-214-1564 

Deborah Donahue #4915 

34 Castle Keep Dr. 

Rogersville, MO 65742 

907-229-3239 

RALLY 

STOCKDOG 

Sandra Zilch #5080 

Haibacherstr 118 

63768 Hoesback, Germany 

Kennel News 

From 1/15/2018 to 3/16/2018 

NEWLY REGISTERED KENNEL REPORT 

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ANEW 

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G4 

AIM HIGH 

ALLSPICE 

AMIGO MI 

AUNAM CARA 

BELLAMIST 

BELLWETHER 

DREAMTEAM 

EQUINOX 

HONEYSWEET 

JESS 

K BAR 

KIDD 

MI LUNA 

MISSION 

MORGAN HILL 

PAWPRINTS PRIDE 

SILVERLEAF 

TANDEM 

WIEDAU’S G. G. 

ZANECA 

KENNEL RENEWING REPORT 

EXCALIBUR 

IVYFARM 

KINETIC 

LAURELHILLS 

LONGTREE 

LUHEPEBBLES 

MAATJES 

MIJA ROJA 

MY OWN FANTASY 

MYHEART 

NOVACOAST 

OLD-TIME 

ORIGINE II 

PASSION 

PINNACLE 

PRIORITY 

QUICKSTEP 

RIVERHOUSE 

ROCKING SUN 

SILVERSLATE 

SNOFALL 

ASHFALL 

AUNAM CARA 

BAVARIAN FUTURE 

BLAZIN’ SUN 

BWILD 

COLOURED DREAM 

CUDDLE-AUSSIES 

DESTINY 

DOLCE VITA 

ERMSTAL 

EXCALIBUR 

FEDELE 

FIRE & FLAME 

FIRST SIGHT 

HEARTKING 

I’S 

SPOTTED TAIL 

SRS 

SUNNYCREEK 

SWEETNSOUR 

TEBRAT 

TREESTARR 

TROUBLEMAKER 

TUSCARORA 

UNDER COVER 

VERITAS 

YAHARA 

YELLOWSTONE 

KENNEL EXPIRATION REPORT 

Obedience 

OBEDIENCE CERTIFICATES 


BEGINNER NOVICE (BN): 

AFTERALL OAK&ASH MAKER OF MISCHIEF BN RNX DNA-VP 

PATRICIA ANN PIERCE 

CALLISTO DANCE TONIGHT BN RNX RNC RAX 

JERRI MARTIN 

CAROLINA CALAIS STORY TELLER BN RN 

LINDA HAYWARD SYKES 

FAIR DINKUM MISS ALLIE BN RNX 

KATHRYN N MEYER 

JAMARA’S DAY DREAM BELIEVER OF LOS SUENOS BN RNX 

DNA-VP 

LYNDA PEPPEL 

MPOSSIBLE HEAVENLY ROYAL OPORTO BN RN 

STACY SELMAN 


REVELAIRE A STELLAR PILGRIMAGE BN RN 

ALYSSA BLACK 

REVELAIRE SON OF ANARCHY BN RNX RAX 

BONNIE THOMPSON 

COMPANION DOG (CD): 

IMPRESSIVE 

MJ 

MOUNT JOY 

PRAIRIE RIDGE 

RUNNING B 

RW RANCH 

SILVERSLATE 

SKYHI 

SOUTHFORK 

STORMBRINGER 

TRIPLE MMM 

VINTAGE 

VISTA DEL SOL 

VOM GELBACHTAL 

WAYLON 

WILDHORSE 

CAMAS CREEKS I CAN DO MAGIC CD GS-E-SP JS-E-SP RS-E RNX 

JOYCE ROESSNER 

SUSAN E. ROBERTS 

CW’S SAVANNA WINDS R HOT 4 EWE CD JS-O RS-N RN DNA-VP 

DEBORAH COCCIOLA-WOFFORD 

EBBTIDE BRILLIANT IDEA BN CD JS-N RNX 

LYNN UNGAR 



NEW OBEDIENCE HONOR DOG 

AFTERALL OAK&ASH MAKER OF MISCHIEF – “LOKI" 

Greater Atlanta ASC Nov 11, 2017 BN 196.0 Judge Elaine LeRoy 

Greater Atlanta ASC Nov 12, 2017 BN 197.5 Judge Renee Watson 

Greater Atlanta ASC Jan 5, 2018 BN 196.5 Judge Renee Watson 

Loki is my first ASCA Honor Dog. In all honesty, I didn’t think he was ready to show in either Obedience or Rally; I 

entered him to boost entry numbers and help the club break even on two smaller than usual trial weekends. He 

performed beyond my expectations, particularly at the January Paw Thaw 18 shows hosted by Greater Atlanta ASC, 

earning scores of 199, 200, and 199 his first times in Rally Novice to earn the titles of RN and RNX, placing 1st both 

times he was entered in Obedience Novice B, earning his BN title as an Honor Dog, and also claiming the Novice Hot 

Paw Championship rosette for earning the highest combined score in Novice Obedience across the trial weekend. 

Not too shabby for a 20 month old goofy red dog! Thank you to his breeders, Janet Kelly, Janet Walden-West, and 

Melinda Vinson, for entrusting me with this budding champion. Watch for Loki competing in the Obedience, Rally, 

and Conformation rings in the future. 

Pat Pierce 

Johns Creek, GA 

A-CH JAMARA’S HARVEST MOON JF BN CD GS-E-OP JS-E RS-E 

RN 

JUANITA R FORREST & CHARLES FORREST 

PISSANT JULIO GLADDEN CD RNX DNA-CP 

JACQUELYN ANDREA GLADDEN 

REVELAIRE’S SPYDER-MAN CD GS-N JS-O RS-N 

ELLEN VOGEL LIFSON 

CH SHADY ACRES LEROY GIBBS BN CD RNX RA DNA-VP 

SANDRA PENN & BARBARA PETERS 

SHELLBLUFF’S SWEET WILLIAM OF WILLOWBROOK CD RNX 

ROBERT N WHEATON 

SIERRA-ECHO SWAN CLOUD OFTDds ATDd OTDcs CD RNX RAX 

RM 

MOLLY REYENGA & SARAH ELHOFFER 

A-CH SKYRYDERS TEXAS RANGER BN CD RNX RA 

KAREN CROTTY 

TAPTICO’S SPIRITOFTHEBUTTERFLY CD 

MARCIA WARSHAUER 

WTCH TOPROCK’S CHRONIC SUCCESS RTDs CD GV-N-OP JS-N 

RV-N RN 

KIRSTEN COLE-MACMURRAY 

COMPANION DOG EXCELLENT (CDX): 



KATHLEEN SUMNER & EVANS SUMNER 

COUNTRYWOODS I THINK I CAN CDX RE 

REBECCA SNYDER 

SUNDAY L MILES 

QUAIL COVE TUG N GO CDX 

PENELOPE WEBB-MILAZZO 

ATCH-II RANAHANS LIL’ CATTLE RUSTLER OTDcs OFTDs CDX 

REX RMX DNA-VP 

SUSAN GRAHAM 

ATCH REVELAIRE’S THE MONKEY KING CDX JS-E-SP 

ELLEN VOGEL LIFSON 

ROSETO IT’SALLABOUTTHEJOURNEY CDX 

LARRY ANDRUS 

OTCH2 (OTCH2): 

OTCH2 GATORHEAVENS REBEL WITHA CAUSE UD 

JO ANN WEAVER 

OTCH4 (OTCH4): 

OTCH4 RTCH SRN EAGLE’S ASPEN UDX GS-O JS-N RS-N REX 

RMX REMX 

BETSY COLEMAN 


Rally 

RALLY CERTIFICATE 


RALLY ADVANCED (RA) 

BARD’S BESTSELLER GS-N RNX RAX DNA-VP 

LINDSEY SERAFINI 

BARD’S PAGE-TURNER RNX RAX DNA-VP 


BARNWOODS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE RNX RAX 

WENDY BERTSCH 

CASA BLANCA’S HOT EMBERS FLY CD GS-E JS-E-SP RS-E RNX RA 

SUNDI PRECHTL 

GEMFIRE’S ONE HELLUVAN AMEN @ FLYING CARPET RNX RA 

WENDY ELDREDGE 

BROOKE MEEK 

GOLDSTAR FINISH WHATWE STARTED RNX RA DNA-VP 

LYNDA L SHACKELFORD 

GOLDSTAR ONE MORE TIME BN RNX RNC RAX REX DNA-VP 


CH HIGHCOTTON EWE R ULTRAHOT OTDs STDd GS-O JS-O RS-N 

RA 

SALLY M. REYNOLDS 

ATCH-III CH INDIAN RUNS GREAT EXPECTATIONS RA 

CYNTHIA EBINGER-DETER 

JEFF DETER 

IVYFARM BONANZA GJ-N JJ-E RJ-N RNX RA DNA-VP 


SOREN SMAIL 



SOREN SMAIL 

JAZZTIME’S HIP HIP HOORAY GS-E JS-O RS-O RNX RAX DNA-VP 

DANIELLE DUMAIS 

LONG-BROOKRIDGE LOVEYOURHEART RA 

REGGIE MOOREHEAD, SUSAN MOOREHEAD & 

MARY C ISENHOUR-LONG 

LONGSHADOWS SIENNA BN CD RA 

KATHLEEN R. THOMPSON 

MI-T’S BOUNCES FINAL D-LIVERY BN RA 

CORINNE SHANKS &KYM BASE 

MPOSSIBLE BEAU GESTE CD RNX RAX DNA-VP 



RNX RA 

PEGGY A TIMM 

SKYRYDERS FULL THROTTLE @ THREE D GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX RA 

TERRI GARVAIS 

SHELBY SHANK 


LINDA JONES 

SOUNDTRACK’S KNOCK ON WOOD RNX RE 

TERESA CECIL 

BURLYNNE MEJERIS 

SUNFIRE MARS LANDING @ ROCKIN F ATDcs OTDd GS-N-OP 

JS-O RA DNA-VP 

RAY FRYAR 

KATRINA FRYAR 

WESTERN HILLS DBLRO THE FURYAN BN RNC RNX RA 

ROSEMARIE O’HARA 


RALLY ADVANCED X (RAX): 

BARD’S BESTSELLER GS-N RNX RAX DNA-VP 


BARD’S PAGE-TURNER RNX RAX DNA-VP 


BARNWOODS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE RNX RAX 

WENDY BERTSCH 

CALLISTO DANCE TONIGHT BN RNX RNC RAX 

JERRI MARTIN 



JAZZTIME’S HIP HIP HOORAY GS-E JS-O RS-O RNX RAX DNA-VP 


LOSSUENOS MYSPY GUYWESTERNHILS GS-N JS-O RS-O RNX 

RNC RAX 

KATHLEEN TUCKER 

REBECCA ROBERTS 



PSR SHADOWSEND FRONTIERJUSTICE BN RNX RAX 

SHAWNA M. DAVIS 

MEGAN SIMS KENNEDY 

CH STONEHAVEN BAYSHORE EMPYREAN SIZZLIN’ HOT! STDs 

GS-E JS-E RS-O RNX RAX 

KATHLEEN SUMNER & EVANS SUMNER 


RNX RAX 

DEBORAH LANG 

YAHARA’S TO BOLDLY GO JS-N RS-N RNX RAX DNA-VP 

JODIE MCLELLAN

RALLY EXCELLENT (RE): 




DIANE BETTIS 

CH REVELAIRE’S SILVER NICKEL STDd GJ-N JS-E RJ-N RNX RE 

EMMA WILLIAMS 

DAWN WILLIAMS 

SOUNDTRACK’S KNOCK ON WOOD RNX RE 

TERESA CECIL 


RALLY EXCELLENT C (REC): 

GOLDSTAR STILL SINGS OLD SONGS BN RNX RNC RAX RAC REX 

REC RMX DNA-VP 


RALLY EXCELLENT MASTERS (REM): 

SHELLBLUFF’S HIGHLAND DANCE BN CD RAX REX RMX REM 


TERRY DICKEY 

SLYDROCKS THUNDERBIRD CDX RAX REX REM 

LYNN SIDWELL 

RALLY EXCELLENT MASTERS X (REMX): 

CH BAMBOO RUN’S DARK KNIGHT BN JS-N RTX DNA-VP 

TERRI REIN 

A-CH CW’S HOT CANYON WIND STDd CDX GS-O JS-E RS-E RTX 


RALLY EXCELLENT X (REX): 








WTCH A-CH PSR SHADOWSEND JOURNEY RNX RAX REX 

MEGAN SIMS KENNEDY 

DAWNA SIMS 



SUSAN GRAHAM 


DIANE BETTIS 

SLYDROCKS THUNDERBIRD CDX RAX REX REM 

LYNN SIDWELL 

SOUNDTRACK’S BLEW BY YOU CD RNX RAX RMX REX DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 

RALLY MASTERS (RM): 




EVANS SUMNER 




LONG-BROOKRIDGE TAKIN BACK MY HEART BN STDd JS-O RS-N 

RNX RAX REX RMX DNA-VP 



SIERRA-ECHO SWAN CLOUD OFTDds ATDd OTDcs CD RNX RAX 

RM 

MOLLY REYENGA 

SARAH ELHOFFER 


LORI FAUSETT 

CH THERMODYNAMIC OF IMAGINEER BN CD RAX RNX REX RM 

ERIC BRICKSON 

GEMI SASSON-BRICKSON 


TREESTARR SHENANIGANS@ORACLE BN STDds CD RNX RAX 

REX RM DNA-VP 

REBECCA S ANDROFF &AYELLA GROSSMAN 

RALLY MASTERS X (RMX): 




EVANS SUMNER 




LONG-BROOKRIDGE TAKIN BACK MY HEART BN STDd JS-O RS-N 

RNX RAX REX RMX DNA-VP 





SUSAN GRAHAM 


LORI FAUSETT 

VCH A-CH SUNFIRE’S ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK OTDcs ATDd 

RNX RAX REX REM RMX DNA-VP 

LAURA CLAYTON 

CH WINDMILL’S NO REASON TO WORRY STDs CD GS-E JV-E-OP 

RS-E RAX REX REM RMX DNA-VP 

CATHERINE KENNY 

JAMES KENNY 

RALLY NOVICE (RN): 



ARCOIRIS SHINE BRIGHT AT REVELAIRE RN 

DAWN WILLIAMS 

CH CHANCES’R I’M AN E TICKET GS-O JS-O RS-O RNX DNA-VP 


KATHRYN REEVE 

COPPERRIDGE’S OLIVER RN 

VICKIE HORN 

CW’S SAVANNA WINDS R HOT 4 EWE CD JS-O RS-N RN DNA-VP 

DEBORAH COCCIOLA-WOFFORD 

FAIR DINKUM OUTLAW ZOSEY WALES RNX 

CHERYL PADGETT 

DAVID EVANS 


DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 

GEARHART’S AMERICAN HERO@CARAT RN DNA-VP 

SUSAN E MIKES 


BLAKE OSBURN 

HOWLYN TREBO SNEAK ATTACK GS-N JV-O RV-N RNX 

TAYLOR JUSTICE 


DNA-VP 

LYNDA PEPPEL 

CH JUBILEE’S COMING IN HOT! GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E RNX 

SUNDI PRECHTL 

JUBILEE’S ROAR RNX 

SUNDI PRECHTL 

CH MEADOWLAWNS ONE MORE NIGHT CDX GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX 

DNA-VP 

SARAH KALKES, KRIST KALKES & 

KIMBERLY PATTERSON 


GAIL RANSCO 

MONTROSE KELTIC ON YOUR LEFT RN 

KATIE FITZPATRICK 







WTCH A-CH SKYRYDERS IVE GOTTASECRETOFPSR RN 

DAWNA SIMS & CLARISSA L SHANK 

SLYDROCK RED RAPTOR RNX 

LYNN SIDWELL 

SOUNDTRACK’S I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT RNX DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 


SOUNDTRACK’S MAZDA MADNESS RNX DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 

TAYCIN’S YOUSPOKETOMYHEART@INDIANRUN GS-N RN DNA-VP 

M JEAN MITCHELL 

REGINA L BLAIR 

WTCH TOPROCK’S CHRONIC SUCCESS RTDs CD GV-N-OP JS-N 

RV-N RN 


WTCH TOPROCK’S EXTRA SMOOTH CD RTDs GS-O JJ-N RN 

DNA-VP 

AMY E RANDLE 


TREESTAR IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST RN 

LORRAINE LINDER 

TREESTARR’S NAUGHTY & NICE RN 

REBECCA S ANDROFF 

TRITON’S HUCKLEBERRY FINN RN 

CAROL S GRAVES 

TRITON’S PHRYNE FISHER RNX 

NANCY HAWLEY 

RALLY NOVICE C (RNC): 


DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 

CH RTCH-3 SOUNDTRACK’S WISHES AWAY CDX RTX RNC DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 

RALLY NOVICE X (RNX): 



CH CHANCES’R I’M AN E TICKET GS-O JS-O RS-O RNX DNA-VP 


KATHRYN REEVE 

FAIR DINKUM OUTLAW ZOSEY WALES RNX 

CHERYL PADGETT 

DAVID EVANS 


DNA-VP 

CHRIS RISHER 

GEMFIRE’S ONE HELLUVAN AMEN @ FLYING CARPET RNX RA 

WENDY ELDREDGE 

BROOKE MEEK 

GOLDSTAR FINISH WHATWE STARTED RNX RA DNA-VP 


HIGHLINES WYATT OF TOMBSTONE RNX 

SHAWN O’HARA 

JACQUIE HALLENBECK 

HOWLYN TREBO SNEAK ATTACK GS-N JV-O RV-N RNX 

TAYLOR JUSTICE 


DNA-VP 

LYNDA PEPPEL 

JAMARA-LOSSUENOS ICE BREAKER @ JUBILEE BN RNX 

BARBARA PETERS 

DOROTHY A MONTANO 

LYNDA PEPPEL 

CH JUBILEE’S COMING IN HOT! GS-E JS-E-OP RS-E RNX 

SUNDI PRECHTL 

JUBILEE’S ROAR RNX 

SUNDI PRECHTL 

LEB RAAH’S DOLLY BN GV-O-OP JV-O-SP RV-O RNX RSA-O-SP 

JSA-O-SP GSA-O-SP 

KAREN KUFFEL 

CH MEADOWLAWNS ONE MORE NIGHT CDX GS-O JS-E RS-E RNX 

DNA-VP 

SARAH KALKES 

KRIST KALKES 

KIMBERLY PATTERSON 








SLYDROCK RED RAPTOR RNX 

LYNN SIDWELL 

SOUNDTRACK’S I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT RNX DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 


SOUNDTRACK’S MAZDA MADNESS RNX DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 

SUNNYRAIN MASKED BANDIT GS-O-OP JS-O-SP RS-O-OP RNX 

DANIEL F COONEY 

ROBIN A COONEY 

TRITON’S PHRYNE FISHER RNX 

NANCY HAWLEY 

WESTERN HILLS DBLRO THE FURYAN BN RNC RNX RA 

ROSEMARIE O’HARA 


RALLY TRIAL CHAMPION (RTCH): 

RTCH D BAR D’S PETTICOATS AND PISTOLS UD RTX DNA-VP 

SALLY DAVIS 

JESSICA DAVIS 

RALLY TRIAL CHAMPION 4 (RTCH-4): 

RTCH-4 SOUNDTRACK’S PRETTY PLEASE CD JV-N RV-N RTX 

DNA-VP 

LORI FAUSETT 

RALLY TRIAL CHAMPION 6 (RTCH-6): 

CH RTCH-6 SOUNDTRACK’S ON THE ROAD AGAIN STDd CDX 

OTDcs GV-O JV-O RS-N RTX DNA-CP 

LORI FAUSETT 

RALLY TRIAL X (RTX): 

CH BAMBOO RUN’S DARK KNIGHT BN JS-N RTX DNA-VP 

TERRI REIN 

A-CH CW’S HOT CANYON WIND STDd CDX GS-O JS-E RS-E RTX 


Stockdog 

FARM TRIAL CERTIFICATES 


OPEN FARM TRIAL DOG - CATTLE (OFTDc) 

ARTIZEN RIDE SHOTGUN 4 THE BRAND STDcds OFTDcs 

DIANE PRATHER 

OPEN FARM TRIAL DOG - SHEEP (OFTDs) 

CUT’N LOOSE HARLEY TUCKER TD OFTDs DNA-VP 

JACQUELINE TINKER 

STOCK DOG CERTIFICATES 


ATD MULTIPLE COURSES - CATTLE (ATD-Mc) 

WTCH-M MOTTS BLAZIN’ SUN JAMBOREE AFTDs BN CD ATD-Xds 

RNX RAX REX RM 

PAT WHITE 



ATD EXCELLENT - CATTLE (ATD-Xc) 

WTCH-M RANAHANS TRIPLE CROWN AFTDc ATD-Xc DNA-VP 

TRICIA ALEXANDER 

ATD EXCELLENT - DUCKS (ATD-Xd) 

WTCH CROSSROADS YOGI SPIRIT BERRA ATD-Mds ATD-Xds 

SALVATORE MANNA 

PCH WTCH RTCH-2 SHADOWSEND SAYDE OFTDds CDX ATD-Mds 

ATD-Xds GS-O JV-E-OP RS-E RTX 

SHAWNA M. DAVIS 

WTCH-M TWIN OAKS FIRST CHOICE FERGUS ATD-Xds RTDs 

DNA-VP 

MELINDA GARDNER 

ATD EXCELLENT - SHEEP (ATD-Xs) 

WTCH-X AERIE ANYTHING GOES OFTDs RTDc ATD-Xcd RN 

DNA-VP 

ANN CHERNOFF ALLAN 

ADVANCED TRIAL DOG - CATTLE (ATDc) 

CROSSROADS FIREFLY STDs OTDd ATDc DNA-VP 

FIONA HIBBARD 

WTCH LEYLINE’S DARK SHADOWS DNA-VP 

KRISTINE WELLS 

KAREN RITTER 

WTCH CH MAKITA’S ON A LARK DNA-VP 

SCOTT CHURCHILL 

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Q&A 

Do These Genes Fit? 

Send your questions to: 

C.A. Sharp 

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ph. 805-473-0078 

e-mail: 51ca@ashgi.org 

Can you please tell me if any lab that you 

know is doing a study regarding PRA in 

Australian Shepherds? I am told there us 

a study out there saying that Australian 

Shepherds do not carry PRA in their lines 

and that it is only a Mini Aussie/Mini 

American disorder due to mixed breeding. 

Please explain. 

I am not aware of any scientist doing 

a study on PRA in Aussies at present. 

Aussies do sometimes (it is rare) have 

a type of PRA called progressive rod cone 

degeneration (prcd). The gene for the prcd 

form of PRA was discovered in 2005 at 

Cornell University during research on other 

breeds. Optigen, Cornell’s commercial 

DNA testing lab, offers tests arising from 

their research and sometimes licenses those 

tests to other labs. Optigen will test samples 

from dogs clinically diagnosed with PRA 

for free to determine which of the many 

forms of PRA the dog might have. 

In 2006 a PRA-diagnosed Aussie’s 

sample was sent to them. They found it had 

two copies of the prcd mutation and started 

offering the prcd/PRA test for Aussies in 

November of that year. Many labs around 

the world have been offering it for a number 

of years, though not all offer a licensed 

version of the test. 

According to Optigen’s CEO, Sue 

Pierce-Kelling, they have received five 

cases of Aussies diagnosed with PRA by 

veterinary ophthalmologists that were 

confirmed by DNA testing to have prcd- 

PRA. They also have eight samples from 

PRA-diagnosed Aussies that do not have 


prcd or any other known form of PRA. 

What form these dogs might have has not 

been determined. It is possible for a single 

breed to have more than one form but at 

this point we can’t say that’s the case for 

Aussies. 

If you are concerned that your dog 

might have or carry PRA (signs typically 

don’t show in Aussies until the dog is 4-6 

years old), get the test. 

As for Minis, they do share early 

background with Aussies. I used to take a 

junior handler to shows with me back in 

the 1980s who had an obedience dog that 

was 12” and she was by no means the only 

small Aussie around from at least the 1970s 

– maybe before, too, but I wasn’t involved 

then. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Mini 

breeders did considerable back-crossing to 

smaller Aussies to improve type, so since 

the present-day breeds are kissing cousins, 

it isn’t any surprise that the two might share 

some of the same diseases. 

Prcd is the most common form of PRA 

and found in a wide variety of breeds. This 

indicates the mutation has been around for 

a long, long time. Much longer than there 

have been either Aussies or Minis. 

I saw somewhere you told someone, “They 

are both carrying genes for it. It is not a 

dominant trait, so two dogs that do not 

have it can easily produce it.” Can you 

explain this sentence? 

Well, it’s a touch out of context and 

I don’t recall the specific conversation or 

e-mail exchange, never mind what “it” is. I 

was apparently responding to someone who 

got something they didn’t want out of two 

parents that don’t have the trait in question. 

Whatever the trait was, it is either recessive 

or polygenetic. If a trait is single-gene 

dominant it can come from only one parent 

but, with rare exceptions, that parent would 

have it too. The HSF4 cataract mutation, a 

dominant, is one of the exceptions because 

it is only a risk factor so not every dog that 

has it gets cataracts. 

To produce something that is not 

dominant – which is the case with the vast 

majority of traits you do not see in either 

parent – both parents have to contribute 

genes for it. If it’s a single gene recessive, 

each parent would be a carrier, as with 

red color or defects like CEA. If it has 

complex inheritance (multiple genes) the 

parents’ contributions could be anywhere 

from 50/50 to 99/1 but there is no way to 

tell for sure how much a particular parent 

contributed. Not with genetic science where 

it sits right now, anyway. 

I’m a budding Aussie breeder with one 

litter under my belt. My male is black 

and my female blue merle. One of their 

puppies was a red merle, which means 

that dad is red-factored, right? 

Since one was red I decided to keep 

her. I won’t breed until after she turns 

two but I already got her a mate. My 

choice might not have been such a good 

one. I thought he was a red tri and the 

veterinarian of the breeder listed him that 

way, but a DNA test said he’s cryptic merle. 

I read on your website that a cryptic merle 

with a merle can have double merles. So 

now what do I do? 

First off, if you got a red puppy out 

of a blue and a black then BOTH of them 

are carrying red. You don’t get red unless 

both parents have at least one copy of the 

red version of the gene. 

About cryptic merle – merle is a weird 

gene that does some unusual things.If 

your new boy appears to be a red tri but is 

genetically cryptic there is a possibility he 

could produce typical double-merle pups 

(lots of white, hearing and eye defects) if 

bred to a merle or another cryptic. However, 

the risk (3%) is low. It could happen but it 

probably won’t.

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Border Collie Collapse (BCC) 

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NOTE: This was formerly called Exercise Induced Collapse (EIC). The 

new name has been given to distinguish between the similar disease 

in Labradors, for which a gene has been identified, and the condition 

seen In herding dogs, including Aussies. It is extremely frequent in 

Border Collies, which is what led to the name. 

To identify genes responsible for causing BCC in Australian Shepherds, 

Border Collies and other breeds in order to develop a DNA screening 

test. 

Dr. James Mickelson 

University of Minnesota 

purebred Australian Shepherds that have exhibited an episode of 

collapse during exercise. 

blood preferred 

Katie Minor 

University of Minnesota 

C339 Veterinary Teaching Hospitals 

1352 Boyd Ave. 

St. Paul MN 55108 

612-624-5322 

minork@umn.edu 

For information on other studies looking for samples from Aussies, go to: 

www.ashgi.org/home-page/how-you-can-help/research-support/current-research-for-aussies 

If you breed her to a non-merle you 

will probably get a litter that appears to 

be all non-merle or maybe mostly nonmerle 

with a few identifiable cryptics that 

have one or a few small merle spots. The 

question you need to answer for yourself is 

how much risk are you comfortable with? If 

you can’t bear the possibility that you might 

produce a double merle, then don’t breed 

the new boy to your red merle girl. If you 

are willing to chance a rather low risk, then 

go ahead. For more on cryptic merle see: 

http://www.ashgi.org/home-page/geneticsinfo/coat-color/cryptic-merles 

So how do I use COI information? What 

COI should a dog have? Do you need to 

seek mates that are “lower” on the issue 

scale AND will produce a lower COI litter? 

Can I use it to dilute the risk for bad stuff? 

Use coefficients of inbreeding (COI) 

as a yardstick to track inbreeding levels in 

your breeding program. While you might 

have an excellent reason to do a high-COI 

cross, you want the overall trend to be 

steady or even down, not up. 

If we were in a perfect world – which 

this decidedly is not – COI should be 

no more than 6.5%. In the real world, 

we need to keep in mind that the breed 

average is around 12.5% – the same as a 

half-brother/sister cross. Try not to exceed 

breed average. Go lower if you can. If you 

get below 10% you are doing well for this 

breed at this point in time. 

COI is a measure of probability that 

any given gene will be homozygous by 

descent. In other words, if WTCH OTCH 

ATCH IntCh Bigbucks Studly TDX UDX 

is a double grandsire and he is the only 

common ancestors in the whole pedigree 

except for his own pedigree for ten 

generations, your dog would have a COI 

of 12.5% and you’d have a one-in-eight 

probability of getting a double dose of any 

one of his genes. Since he has around 19K, 

genes, you will double up on quite a few. 

For the good things, that’s wonderful, But 

ol’ Studly will have a few bad ones lurking 

around his genome just as every dog does 

so you stand a chance of getting a pair of 

one or more of them, too. COI can’t predict 

which genes will double-up, just that some 

will. The higher the COI, the larger the 

number that are homozygous so the greater 

the risk that some of those pairs might not 

be so good. 

Of course, most pedigrees aren’t that 

simple. You can have multiple common 

ancestors often appearing more than once 

on each side and in different generations. 

This is why it takes a computer to calculate 

COI. Use ten generations because adding 

generations beyond that rarely makes a 

significant difference in the result and doing 

fewer makes the number artificially low. 

By lowering COI you might lower 

risk for doubling up on things, but if you 

are looking at a specific trait you want to 

eliminate, like HD, you need to research 

pedigrees for that rather than depend 

on a low COI to avoid it. If you breed a 

dysplastic Aussie to a dysplastic Labrador 

the litter will have a zero COI but will likely 

include dysplastic offspring. 

Breeding is a complex business. There 

is no one magic bullet that will guarantee 

everything will come out the way you want 

it to. For COI – all other things being equal 

– try not to produce a litter with a higher 

COI than the average of the two parents’ 

COIs. Example: If sire is 12.5% and dam 

is 23.0%, you would want the litter to be 

no more than 17.8%. 

A really good young stud dog that does a 

lot of winning could conceivably produce 

hundreds of puppies. Can’t this be a 

problem if it turns out down the line that 

he carries genes for something we can’t 

test or screen for? What’s the best way to 

manage a dog like this? 

This risk is something a stud owner 

needs to take into account if she has a 

superior young male and lots of bitch 

owners clamoring to breed their girls to 

him. Every dog carries some genes for 

something you don’t’ want, whether for 

structure, behavior or health. Overuse of 

studs – usually excellent individuals with 

stellar show or performance careers – has 

led to significant increase in a genetic 

disease in many breeds, including this 

one. This isn’t restricted to dogs; if you 

know Quarter Horses, think of the stallion 

Impressive. The quickest way to make a 

rare disease common is a popular sire. 

It is best to start any young male’s 

stud career by breeding him to bitches 

who have had a couple litters so you have 

an idea what they are apt to produce. This 

way you can judge his contribution more 

clearly. If they are your own, even better 

because you will have a better chance of 

following those pups as they mature. Once 

you know his qualities aren’t skin deep you 


will also be better able to determine which 

bitches have potential for a good match and 

which to pass on. That way you can reduce 

the risk that your boy may have hundreds 

of pups on the ground before you’ve got a 

hot mess on your hands. 

If you want to read more about the 

risks inherent in popular sires see: http:// 

www.ashgi.org/home-page/genetics-info/ 

breeding/breeding-genetic-diversity/theprice-of-popularity. 

I have a pup diagnosed with very minor 

PHPV/PTVL in one eye. Her vison isn’t 

affected. The specialist said she’ll be OK 

to breed but to line-breed to determine if 

she’ll produce affected pups. He also said 

to have her retested by another specialist. 

I am currently breeding her to her 

half-brother and will test all the pups at 

6-8 weeks. I am looking for some more 

knowledge/experience with PHPV/PTVL 

in Aussies. I am hopeful as it isn’t thought 

to be hereditary. 

I would definitely suggest that you 

get that second opinion. If the second vet 

clears her I wouldn’t worry about it unless 

she produces it herself. 

PHPV/PTVL is inherited. Whether 

you will or won’t get it in the litter with 

the half-brother is hard to say because we 

don’t know exactly how it is inherited. If 

the half-brother does not happen to have 

inherited any genes for it, you won’t get 

it even if she does have the genes. If the 

inheritance is complex (multiple genes 

and possibly gene-regulating DNA) you 

might not have the right mix between the 

two for any pups to be affected. 

If you do get one or more pups with 

PHPV/PTVL in the litter your girl should 

not be bred again nor should the affected 

puppies. If the puppies are OK, they should 

not be bred to mates with a family history of 

this condition For a little more info about 

PHPV/PTVL see: http://www.ashgi.org/ 

home-page/genetics-info/eyes/phpvptvl. 

I’ve heard it said that you blame epilepsy 

all on [famous kennel] and you are trying 

to ruin it. How could you say such a thing! 

Because I didn’t. I have never blamed 

any single line or dog for the presence of 

epilepsy in this breed. 

From the time that people first started 

to discuss epilepsy as a serious breed health 

issue back in the 1990s they tried to point 

at particular dogs as The Source. There 

was a well-known dog from the kennel 

you named that did produce a few epileptic 

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pups out of many, many offspring. The stud 

owner didn’t deny it, which is more that I 

can say for some people both then and now. 

At this point that dog is so far back in the 

pedigrees his individual contribution to any 

present cases of epilepsy is only one piece 

of a big puzzle. The dams of those epileptic 

pups also brought something to the table or 

it wouldn’t have happened, nor were these 

the only cases of the disease back then. 

There are also plenty of epileptic dogs that 

do not have that dog or his near kin in their 

pedigrees at all. 

The two cases that jump-started the 

public discussion of epilepsy in this breed 

were only distantly related to the line you 

mention. A memorial ad appeared in the 

1994 Sept/Oct issue of the Aussie Times 

for a bitch named Blackshire’s Cheyenne 

Maiden stating she died of epilepsy and 

offering a brief pedigree. At about the same 

time, Ann DeChant came forward publicly 

about an epilepsy disaster litter she had. 

These two events are what started the stillcontentious 

conversation about epilepsy in 

this breed. 

People naturally want to know why 

something goes terribly wrong and some 

seek a scapegoat. Early on some insisted 

it was all from another kennel that was 

prominent in the 1980s. Or they blamed 

Flintridge (and try to avoid that in your 

pedigrees!). When I heard stockdog people 

arguing it was a show dog thing I rather 

enjoyed pointing out that there are dogs 

behind Flintridge that are also behind a 

number of the working lines. Some tried 

to blame Sisler’s John, presumably because 

nobody knows what his background was. 

(There was a simultaneous rumor floating 

about John that he was a Rough Collie. Not 

hardly. Take a look at a picture of him.) 

The fact is that once people – some at 

least – stopped denying and started sharing 

information it was obvious that epilepsy 

had been occurring for a long time and was 

not impacting only a single line of dogs. 

Not a great deal has changed over the 

years. Some people are firmly locked in 

denial and simply do not wish to listen. 

Some take up epilepsy denial as a cause. 

There isn’t much to do with that but let 

them rant and keep patiently explaining 

things to those who will hear. 

If you’d like to read more about 

the early days of epilepsy awareness 

in the breed see: http://www.ashgi.org/ 

home-page/genetics-info/epilepsy-otherneurological-issues/epilepsy/the-road-tohell. 

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ARPH Update 

Aussie Rescue & Placement Helpline 

Robin Lee • flyrobinfly@blarg.net 

Rescue Myths 

When I adopted my first ARPH dog, I was not 

surprised by comments from people who weren’t 

familiar with our breed; a lot of them insisted he was 

a Siberian Husky mix because his eyes had blue or 

was an Australian Cattle Dog because he was merle. However, I was 

quite surprised when knowledgeable Aussie friends wanted to know 

how such a good-looking and friendly dog wound up in rescue. 

One former junior shower was amazed when I brought over one of 

my foster dogs on a home visit, saying she couldn’t believe how 

nice and sweet this girl was. I 

realized with these statements 

that there are some notions 

about rescue dogs and rescue 

out there, and they aren’t all 

quite true. Let us examine some 

of the common misconceptions 

about rescue and see if we can 

bust a few myths. 

MYTH: You never know where rescues come from. 

A lot of people wonder where ARPH gets its dogs. Basically 

it boils down to two sources, a shelter release or an owner release. 

Shelter dogs are usually strays or impounded dogs whose people 

never showed up to claim them or were unable to claim them (such 

as in court cases where the dog is taken away for cruelty or neglect), 

or surrendered by their owners for various reasons. ARPH sees 

some of the same reasons for an owner release dog: life changes 

such as moving, divorce, death, having babies or discovering an 

allergy or that Aussies are too high octane for their lifestyle. 

In the case of owners who approach rescue about placement, 

sometimes ARPH actually helps them keep their Aussies. The best 

home for that dog may be the one he or she is in. Oftentimes owners 

just need a little advice on how to tackle situations with their dogs 

and they don’t really want to give up their animals. ARPH also 

asks that if there is a known source such as a breeder or a shelter 

that has a return clause that the owners contact those parties. Most 

responsible breeders care about the dogs they’ve produced and will 

either take a dog back or help find a suitable home, perhaps with 

someone on their waiting list who wants an older pup or dog. 

Sometimes the Aussie needs a new place but can stay in its 

current home until placed. This is nice for the dog since it does not 

Let us examine some of the common 

misconceptions about rescue and see 

if we can bust a few myths. 

We are the ARPH Team . . . Together Everyone Achieves More. 

have the disruption of being moved around. It is also very helpful 

for ARPH since foster homes are always at a premium. Rescue will 

advertise the dog and screen potential adopters, and essentially act 

as a referral service. Any transaction is between the new adopter 

and the owner, but of course donations for ARPH’s help are always 

appreciated! 

Many people contact rescue because they’ve found a stray, but 

ARPH cannot just take these Aussies because there is a due process. 

Shelters cannot release a dog until the legal stray hold period is 

up and they become the official 

owners. Private parties who’ve 

found an Aussie and “don’t 

want to take it to the pound” still 

need to register the dog with 

the appropriate animal control 

agency and advertise so if the 

owner is looking, the dog can 

be found. ARPH representatives 

often direct finders to additional resources such as the k9 Amber 

Alert list or Petfinder’s free classifieds. 

MYTH: Dogs from rescue are all from mills or irresponsible 

breeders. 

Aussies from these sources are unfortunately over-represented 

in the rescue population because unlike the aforementioned 

responsible breeders, these producers don’t care as much about 

what happens to their dogs once sold. Many rescue volunteers 

know who the “backyard breeders” churning out puppies in their 

area are. These people often don’t know or care about the breed 

standard (some may market double merles as “rare white” Aussies), 

may have no clue what MDR1 or HSF4 are and may have never 

heard of OFA or CERF or don’t use these services, and oftentimes 

their dogs are identifiable by their poor temperaments. Betterment 

of the breed is not their goal. 

However, not every rescue is a poorly bred and raised dog. 

ARPH has seen Aussies from some of the finest lines needing 

placement, including from several ASCA HOFX kennels. There 

are dogs in rescue who are perfectly healthy and well trained (some 

even have titles) and just need a new home. 

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MYTH: You can only get older dogs from rescue, they never 

have puppies 

ARPH has every life stage, from newly whelped litters to 

geriatric dogs. The reason not a lot of puppies are advertised is 

because they are often spoken for in advance by pre-approved 

adopters who have been waiting. Putting a cute pup’s picture up is 

also a surefire way to attract impulsive people who fall in love with 

the adorable fluffball. Many dogs are in rescue because someone 

didn’t think or do research before bringing them home, so rescue 

representatives want to make very certain that adopters are well 

equipped to raise and care for an Aussie during puppyhood and 

beyond. 

There are a lot of older pups that come in because adolescence 

is where the rubber meets the road and where unprepared owners 

discover they have too much dog. But the advantage is that they 

are past the housebreaking and delicate puppy stage and sometimes 

have some basic training. In the right homes, they really flourish. 

MYTH: Rescue dogs are just pets; you can’t do anything with 

them. 

ARPH Aussies are placed primarily as members of 

the household, fulfilling the 

breed’s role as an exceptional 

companion. However, that 

doesn’t mean rescues can’t 

do the things other Aussies 

can. Rescues participate and 

compete in events from herding 

and obedience to agility 

and flyball. Many provide 

comfort as therapy dogs or are 

ambassadors for the breed at 

educational booths. Some work as service animals or help with 

chores on the family farm. The label “rescue” does not affect a 

dog’s intelligence, versatility or any other traits that make Aussies 

the great breed they are. 

MYTH: ARPH will take any dog and find a home for it; they’re 

used to dealing with problems. 

ARPH is frequently contacted by people who have an Aussie 

mix, a mini Aussie or a dog that might remotely resemble an Aussie 

that they wish to place. ARPH only handles purebred Australian 

Shepherds, so usually these people have to be referred elsewhere. 

In some cases rescue representatives have to make a best educated 

guess as to whether a dog is purebred or not. There have been dogs 

that were completely bald when they came into rescue. In some kill 

shelters or other urgent situations there is not much time to decide 

whether or not a dog is to be taken or not. ARPH also takes Aussies 

that have prick ears, tails or exhibit a nonstandard color such as 

e-locus yellow, so it’s not always immediately obvious if a dog is 

purebred or not. Occasionally there have been misidentifications but 

those are subsequently referred to the proper rescue organization, 

i.e., English Shepherd, Border Collie, etc. One exception is, if a 

purebred Aussie comes into our program pregnant, her puppies are 

ARPH dogs even if they turn out to be mixed. 

Aussies in rescue also have to pass a temperament evaluation. 

ARPH cannot take a dog that bites or is aggressive. Most adopters 

are looking for a pet and not a project, and the organization consists 

ARPH 

The label “rescue” does not 

affect a dog’s intelligence, versatility 

or any other traits that make 

Aussies the great breed they are. 

of volunteers with their own families, dogs and day jobs that usually 

cannot devote all their time to rehabilitating dogs with temperament 

issues. While ARPH’s foster homes are great at helping dogs 

become better companions, serious behavioral challenges are not 

something they can or should be asked to tackle. A lot of people 

think that rescue is able to work with their dogs’ issues and place 

them with another home where the aggressive behavior won’t be 

a problem. If the owners are uncomfortable having this Aussie 

around, should they rightfully expect other families to take this 

animal into their homes? 

MYTH: All rescue dogs have issues. 

That depends on what you define as “issues.” As with any 

animal, what might be no big deal in one family could be a major 

offense in another. Some adopters want a dog that sleeps on the bed 

or will cuddle on the couch in front of the TV and others absolutely 

won’t tolerate dogs on the furniture. Some people want a dog that 

barks at strangers and others want one that welcomes all and sundry. 

That’s why ARPH places all dogs by best match to each household, 

and representatives get to know both ends of the leash so that every 

home an Aussie goes to is its last. A dog with separation anxiety 

might be great with someone 

who is able to take it to work or 

is home all the time, but would 

be destructive and impossible 

in a different environment. 

Aussies spend a minimum of 

two weeks in foster care before 

adoption, and ARPH shares all 

the known character traits and 

idiosyncrasies, along with any 

history, so that any surprises are 

hopefully minimized. Of course, as all who live with Aussies know, 

nothing is absolute with this intelligent and adaptable breed. 

Some of our dogs were beaten, starved or found with bullets 

in their bodies or collars embedded in their flesh. Others didn’t 

suffer these traditionally abusive things but had lack of responsible 

guardianship, so are physically sound but need to be taught how 

to live with humans properly. Some Aussies are trusting and sweet 

despite ill treatment, others take much longer to place their faith in 

people. As with all dogs, a lot depends on what is done and who is 

doing it. 

Also, adopters don’t just adopt a dog, they adopt the entire 

network of volunteers. Every ARPH Aussie comes with lifetime 

support and a safety net whereby if the new owner can no longer 

keep the dog, ARPH will take him or her back. Fun stories or photos 

of the happy dog with its new family are very rewarding to all the 

people that helped place it and really make the work worthwhile! 

I hope this article has helped debunk some of the myths and 

legends about rescue Aussies and how ARPH works. Our mission is 

to rescue Australian Shepherds and place them into loving, caring, 

and permanent homes, and to educate the public about all aspects 

of owning an Australian Shepherd. We love this wonderful breed 

and want to see every deserving Aussie with the right people. 

***** 


ThankYou for Your Donations 

Without the generous donations of wonderful 

people like you, we couldn’t even begin 

meeting the medical, promotional and 

maintenance needs of the ever-increasing 

numbers of Aussies we bring into the ARPH 

program each year. The following donated to 

ARPH in January and February, 2018: 

A Place for Rover, Karen Adams, Jay 

Alexander, Shirley Angelis, Gerald and 

Marcelene Baker, Malisa Barber, Shella 

Barclay, Lou Ann Bedwell, Ellen Blum, 

Matthew Breitzke, David Brill, Richard 

Brooks, Leslie Caldwell, Fred Calhoun, 

Christopher Campbell, Tim and Debbie 

Campbell, Janine Carlson, Nancy Carson, 

William Casey, William Chabot, Greg and 

Jill Chesney, Anne Chow, Muriel Cook, 

Susie Cross, Christina Delgreco, Neysa 

Dickey, Robert Druker, Megan Duncan, 

Cathy Ecker, Jan and Lloyd Flatten, 

Stephen and Pamela Foels, Charles and 

Rich French, Jodi Gingerich, Brian Green, 

Kate Guttormsen in memory of Bailey 

Pendry ARPH Ohio, Donya Hagler, Calvin 

Hankinson, Terri Harris, Mary Hawkins, 

Gail Hilderbrand, Pamela and Paul Hoyt, 

Sammi Igarashi in memory of Bobo, 

John and Estelle Isakson, John Jacobs, 

Theresa Johnson, Beth Johndon, Anna 

Jonsson-Schmunk, Robert and Barbara 

Keats, Kimberly Keever, Domenic Kozub, 

Beth Kriegel, John Krueger in recognition 

of Alex Rozek, Kayla Kwapis, Nancy 

Kwiecien, Marjorie Lemon, Kathleen 

Lewton, Teresa Lovitt, Jayne Ludwikoski, 

Susan Luikens, Bruce MacDonald, Robin Magee, Noreen 

Maimes, Sarah Martin, Connie Mathes, Ellen Maxton, Ann 

McCutchan, Virginia McQueen, Robert Meyer, Dorothy 

Montano, Marilyn Morgan, Joni Muir, Peggy Mundy, Taylor 

Munson, Melanie Nance, Michelle Neisler, Donna Neuling, 

Ikuko Overbeck, Jay Parmelee in honor of Bleu Parmelee 

owned by Brennan Parmelee, Brinley Phelps, Liane Pomfret, 

Dana Powell, Barbara Pryor, Rain Dancer Pups, Andreina 

Rangel, Vicki Ratliff, Red Rock Honey Company, A. Rhodes 

Paint Horses, Janet Robertz, Beth and Michael Rocco, Kathryn 

Rud, Robert Runkle, Paul Sanford, Karen Seidler, Linda Sims, 

Pam Smith, Susan Snyder, Sky Thornburg, Nancy Tilson, 

Susan Trapp, Angela Troyer, Fred Varnhorn, James Vitale, 

Kyle Walczak, Karen and Mark Warner, Lynda Watson, Mary 

White, Carolyn and Phillip Wierson, Amanda Winograd, 

Norma Wolfe, Kathleen Wootten, Rebecca Yocum, Kathleen 

Zarnosky in honor of ARPH dog Teddy 

Your Donations are Always Appreciated 

There are many ways you can support Aussie rescue, whether 

through gifts of time, money or supplies. Visit our website at www. 

aussierescue.org to find out how you can help. ARPH volunteers 

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are able to assist Aussies in need largely through the generous gifts 

of our friends and supporters. If you haven’t helped an Aussie in 

need, please consider doing so. Your gift can literally mean the 

difference between life and death for an Aussie. 

Let’s Give A Big Welcome To Our New ARPH Volunteers: 

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Finally, Finals! 

Thomas Morarre • Lolo, Montana 

Points, Points, and More Points – 

Getting Ready 

for the 2018 Finals in Greeley 

Time for getting Finals 

points for the 2018 Finals 

in Greely, Colorado is 

almost over. For some 

there will be a major effort to gather 

enough points to make it and there 

will be lots of trials in May to 

provide the chance to do so. There 

will even be trials advertised as 

“Last Chance For Finals Points” 

opportunities. I can’t say for sure 

how many points will be needed 

this year to make it into Finals, 

but I had expected that this Finals 

would be quite popular and it would 

take quite a few points to get in. 

However looking at the cumulative 

points as of February 1, 2018, I 

was surprised that the 30 th spot in 

cattle was only 5.5 points; in ducks 

it was 10 points; and in sheep it was 11 points. This includes all 

trials from June 1 st of last year up to February of this year. Of 

course there will be several trials held before this column reaches 

you and several more trials during May. So I expect that the point 

requirements for getting into Finals will increase, and predicting 

what it will take to make the top 30 in each class of stock may be 

premature. However, based on previous years, I would guess it 

would be something like 12 cattle points, 16 duck points and 17 

sheep points. I am sure that anyone that wants to be included in 

this year’s Finals has already been considering these numbers ever 

since the last Finals in Bryan. I know several people that keep a 

sharp eye on their points accumulation throughout the year as well 

as the points that will be needed to make it in. 

I took a look at the Finals Standings for the past ten years as 

posted on the ASCA website, and although the selection criteria 

for Finals has changed twice over that time span, there are scores 

listed for every dog that accumulated more than four points – the 

minimum required to qualify for Finals. As you may have suspected, 

the number of points to reach that 30th position has increased over 

the years, but I was a bit surprised to see it was not as much as I 

expected it to be. I've included a bar graph indicating the points 

required to be in 30th position for each type of stock for the years 

2008-2017. 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

Points Required for 30th Position 

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 

Finals Year 

Cattle 

Ducks 

Sheep 

One can see that the general trend for points earned is upward, 

but the increase is not a great as one might have supposed. To some 

extent, the variation seems to correlate with the place where Finals 

is being held. Some sites are perhaps more popular than others 

due to the facilities, location, or reputation from previous Finals 

held there. But different site locations don’t really explain the 

upward trend. I think the best explanation might be that there are 

more people trialing who are trying to qualify to get into Finals. It 

seems like the obvious answer. But can it also have something to 

do with the difficulty or ease of obtaining scores over 100? Has it 

become easier due to the type of stock being used or the judging 

standards changing? I have heard both of these factors offered as 

an explanation. Maybe all of these and others I have not listed 

contribute to the rise in the points required to get into Finals. 

But what is the real difference? As I mentioned above, it is not 

so great as one might have supposed. The least number of cattle 

points required to reach the 30th place over the period looked at 

is 6 (in 2008). The highest number of points required to get to that 

position in cattle is 14.5 and that was for last year. Average for the 

ten year period is 10.2. And, 10.5 cattle points would get you into 

the top thirty in six out of those ten years. 

The numbers for Ducks and Sheep follow a similar pattern 

although the points required are higher. The least number of points 


Top 15 Finalists in Cattle. Left to right: Jan Wesen and Jewell; William D. Middleton II and Patton; Victoria Hacker and Rosie; Betty Williams and 

Jake; Tricia Alexander with Tripp and Rook; Judy Deshazo and Mauzer; Barb Moe and Denim; Linda Barhite and Chip; Marla Gaby and Katie 

Mae; Kristin Perron and Nado; Diane Menard and Edge; Kristin Cole-MacMurray and Cannon. Photo: XP Photography 

for ducks is 11 and for sheep it is 12. The highest number of points 

required for ducks is 19.5 (in 2013) and the average for the period 

is 15.6. An accumulation of 15.5 points would have put one in the 

top 30 in ducks for seven out of the last ten years. For sheep the 

most number of points required for top 30 is 24 (in 2017) and the 

average is 17.8. 18 accumulated points would put you in the top 

thirty sheep contestants in six out of the past ten years. 

I suppose this can become an obsession, but it doesn’t need 

to be. There is always some talk of a trailer race. This is often 

paired with the observation that there are ranchers and farmers 

out there with terrific working dogs who will never go to Finals. 

This is usually attributed to the notion that they do not have the 

time or the resources to compete in trials and accumulate the points 

required to be invited to Finals. Or perhaps trialing their dog in an 

arena simply does not interest them. Finals is supposed to showcase 

what our Aussies can do when working livestock, but there really 

doesn’t seem to be a practical way to include all the dogs that we 

might want to see. 

Perhaps the current points based system may actually be a 

good method for sorting out the best of the dogs that are involved 

in the trialing program. And of course there are a few dogs that 

only trial occasionally and do not accumulate enough points to 

make the top 30. But if they are really great dogs, then they can 

probably make enough points, say 16 to 18 in each class of stock, 

by competing in 12 trials – that would be two three day weekends 

of AM/PM trials. This assumes some extra points earned for High 

in Trial. With the new courses counting for 1.5 points, the required 

trials might be even fewer. So the gripe that we are leaving dogs 

out because of opportunities or resources in not really based on 

fact. If someone is at all interested in going to Finals and has the 

dog and the handling skills required to do well in Finals, then they 

can probably get there. 

However, there is another complaint I hear from time to time 

and that is that the dogs at Finals are not really very good. That is 

usually attributed to the concept that if one goes to enough trials 

that eventually enough points will be accumulated to make it into 

Finals. There may be some truth in this, but I wonder how many 

people actually attend enough trials to fall into that category. If 

one’s success rate is only 33 percent, then to reach the threshold, 

it would require competing in 48 trials which would require eight 

three-day AM/PM trial weekends. And that assumes a cutoff at 16 

points. If the cutoff is 20 points, then the number of trials goes up 

to ten trial weekends and 60 trials. That is quite an intense schedule 

for the dog and the handler and requires significant resources in time 

and money that most people cannot afford. So I question whether 

the perception that the dogs at Finals are not as good as expected 

can be attributed to the quantity vs. quality theory. 

So where does this notion that the Finals dogs from the last 

few years are not as good as they were in the past come from? And 

is it a valid observation? I have only been involved in the ASCA 

Stockdog program for 13 years and I have only been participating 

in Finals for nine years. So I don’t have firsthand knowledge of the 

competitions or the dogs involved in the early days of the ASCA 

program. However, since I have become involved, like everyone 

else, I have watched some good runs and I have seen some poor 

runs. Sometimes the issue in poor runs is the dog, but I have learned 

to recognize that more often the problem is the handler. The same 

can be said of the good runs. There are some really good handlers 

in our program and they usually get results. Of course, the dog is 

a crucial component of the team, and some dogs are capable of 

getting the job done with very little direction or correction from 

the handler. That is always nice to watch and even nicer when you 

are the handler in such a run. 



Top 15 Finalists in Ducks. Left to right: Tom Morarre and Ki; Ann Chernoff Allan with Torri and Couloir; Art Landry and Iggy; Betty Williams and 

Jake; Tricia Alexander and Rook; Judy Deshazo and Mauzer; Barb Moe and Denim; Linda Barhite and Chip; Marla Gaby and Katie Mae; Dawna 

Simms and Z; Melinda White and Jammer; Kay Pieper and Tio; Salvatore Manna and Yogi. Photo: XP Photography 

My point here is that proper training and experience for both 

the dog and the handler is crucial to a good performance. And 

I will suggest that it is not the quality of the dogs that may be 

lacking so much as it is the degree of training and experience that 

some handler/dog teams have when they show up at Finals that 

leads to the impression that the quality of our Aussies is not what 

it should be. Furthermore, I wonder if the perception that the dogs 

and handlers are not as good these days as they were in the past 

may be inaccurate. In fact, I think the training, at least for arena 

courses, today is probably superior to what it was in the 20th century. 

Perhaps the main difference between many of the dogs competing 

in Finals in the past few years and those competing in, say, the first 

two decades that Finals were held is that most of those early dogs 

worked on ranches and had to have lots of grit. From what I have 

seen in old videos, the dogs from that era were tough and also a 

little rough when doing arena courses. Many times, in the videos, 

they do not listen to the handlers at all. Sometimes they get the job 

done and sometimes they don’t. I myself have worked with one 

particular dog that folks told me worked like the old-time Aussies 

and more often than not he had his own ideas about what needed to 

be done and how to accomplish that. This approach did not prove 

to be an effective way to get high scores most of the time in arena 

trials. But in a real working situation, he got the job done. 

Maybe the dogs have changed, and maybe the program has evolved 

from a small group of ranchers who wanted to get together to show 

what their working dogs could do, to a large number of dog owners 

who want to compete in the ASCA stockdog program and show what 

their dogs can do. Unfortunately, many of these handlers never get 

the opportunity to train or perform in any situation other than the 

trial arena. I feel that the biggest difference in what we see today 

vs. the old days is that many of today’s competitors never have an 


opportunity to work their dogs on a ranch in order to develop the 

toughness and stock instincts in their dogs. 

Compounding this deficit in exposure to real world situations 

is the short supply and lack of availability of fresh stock to use 

in our program. It is getting harder and in some cases almost 

impossible to get fresh stock for trials. Consequently clubs end up 

using stock that does not give the dogs a true test. Then when these 

dogs get to Finals and face fresh 

stock that has not been on a course 

before, they don’t have the training, 

experience and skill required to 

move uncooperative stock through 

the course. At least that is how it 

appears. But I can’t help but think 

that this may not, in many cases, be 

due to deterioration in the quality 

and ability of our dogs so much 

as it is simply a matter insufficient 

training and lack of exposure to 

stock that are not dog broke. 

I was most pleased to hear from 

Elsie Rhodes who provided her 

perspective of the 2017 Finals and 

the quality of the dog handler teams 

for inclusion in this issue of Finally 

Finals. It is clear that she does not 

find the quality of the competitors 

lacking. Thanks, Elsie, for sharing 

your thoughts and observations on 

last year’s Finals. 

*****

Eye Candy – 

ASCA 2017 Finals and 

National Working Trials 

By Elsie Rhodes 

“You live in a fantasy 

world,” she told me. 

This from a longtime 

friend who has been to far 

more Nationals and Stockdog 

finals than me. Thinking about 

her response, “Well,” I thought, 

“she certainly could be right.” 

Lucky me! She was wrong. 

I saw exactly what I wanted 

to see. “I’m hoping to see 

quality runs; work so good it is 

difficult to judge because they 

are uniformly fantastic and 

inspiring to watch.” I’d told her. 

The Aussies and their 

handlers, at all four of the 2017 

Working Trial events, Pre-Trial, 

Nationals, the Finals plus the Shoot-out, performed at a level higher 

than any I had seen at Nationals in the past. Dog and handler teams, 

one after another, demonstrating quality runs, a dynamic degree 

of team work and used methods constant with my feeling of what 

good stockmanship can accomplish. Most of the runs were like 

watching a well-oiled wheel, moving along without a hitch; the dog 

controlling the stock, the handler doing his part with commands 

given at the right time guiding the dog. 


Positive credit must be given to the livestock. The ducks were 

well legged up and fast. Old minds, like mine, seemed to be ten steps 

behind their movement. I liked them anyway, they grouped well, 

when properly directed eased through the obstacles only splitting 

if handled incorrectly. 

The sheep offered a different type of challenge. They were 

dog-broke but not course-trained. The test with them was having 

power and the ability to push heavy stock. The dog’s power or lack 

of it became apparent in short order. I think the judges had many 

quality runs shown to them. I hope they enjoyed watching these 

runs as much as me. 

Wow, the cattle, beautiful heifers – wouldn’t mind having a 

herd of them in my back yard. These ladies went where they were 

told but only if told. Dogs that took charge got the job done. There 

sure are lots of Aussies with “cow” in them, able to move and 

control the heifers through obstacles whether against the fences 

or out in the open arena. 

The changing of the courses kept the stock from becoming 

course broke plus leant itself to keeping our Aussies and their 

team mates challenged. I, being a big fan of the new courses, was 

delighted to see stock worked off the walls of the arena, under 

control as they were moved through obstacles in the open arena. 

I’ve known for years our Aussies could do far more than work stock 

on the fence line. It was joyous to see the superior quality of work 

demonstrated at these events, eye candy. 

***** 

Top 15 Finalists in Sheep. Left to right: William D. Middleton II; Tom Morarre and Ki; Ann Chernoff Allan and Torrie; Betty Williams and Jake; 

Tricia Alexander and Rook; Judy Deshazo and Mauzer; Elsie Rhodes (disguised as Jan Wesen) and Hank; Linda Barhite with Chip and Sting; Marla 

Gaby and Katie Mae; Dawna Simms and Z; Billie Richardson; Kay Pieper and Tio; Diane Menard with Edge and Kip. Photo: XP Photography 


Mystery Trainers 

Unfortunately, there were no questions submitted for the 

Mystery Trainers for this month’s column. If you have training or 

trialing questions that you would like to have the Mystery Trainers 

comment on, please send them to me at tmorarre@msn.com. We 

will try to include the questions and the Mystery Trainer responses 

in future columns. 

***** 

Mystery Pups 

Things are starting to thaw out and it’s time to get back out in 

the fields and do some training and even some trialing. The mystery 

pups are going strong and we have a few reports on their progress 

to share. 


stub gets to wiggling a lot yet. That’s my clue the puppy brain is 

taking over. And, Dude watches me a lot. Any time he’s not quite 

sure what I want. I recognize that’s the reason. Something I wasn’t 

catching before. I’d get irritated, yell, flail, do all those things a 

good trainer shouldn’t do. Now, I stop, reassess, and redirect. And 

guess what? I get results. Huh. Go figure. 

Also, thanks to input from a friend, I’ve started working Dude 

with a more experienced dog. I’ve only done it twice so far. Time 

will tell. 

Dude is likely the most immature dog I’ve dealt with in some 

time, but he loves to work, and he never holds a grudge, so I’m 

confident we’ll find our way through. 

Mystery Pup Lessons to Learn 

Mystery Pup Nessa 

Time to Ponder 

One thing that happens over winter is I have a lot of time to 

think. Granted, that’s not always a good thing. 

Nessa is one leg away from her WTCH and then, hopefully, 

it’s on to Finals. Neither of us is ready for that. This may be true 

for me more than her. I know it’s a matter of time and miles. If we 

don’t hit the trials, we won’t learn and grow. We won’t find our 

comfort zone and the success we’re after. Quite frankly, however, 

I can’t keep throwing money at trials and not even pulling out a 

Q. We should be beyond that stage, but we’re not, and I need to 

fix that before we can move on. 

At home, Nessa and I are rock stars, I kid you not. I have 

witnesses. That’s not a brag, but it is extremely frustrating because 

it makes our failures at trials even more unbearable. I know what we 

can do. I know how we can work together, how Nessa can handle 

her stock, how she has my back. And yet, time and again, we fail. 

Given that, I’ve decided to make this year about training, 

not trialing. I’m going to try for that last leg we need for Nessa’s 

WTCH, and then we’re going to focus on finding places off the farm 

to work and train. I don’t know how much, if any, trialing we’ll do. 

If I want to make a run for the 2020 Finals and be competent when 

we get there, I owe it to both of us to figure out the disconnect and 

fix it. 

Mystery Pup Dude 

Time to Grow 

I have come to the conclusion Dude is just a ball of immaturity. 

He looks like a mature dog and occasionally even acts like it. Truth 

is, at just two years old, he is a goofy kid with only a couple serious 

brain cells who isn’t near as confident as I believe he is. 

And I’ve been pushing him. Pushing him and making us both 

crazy because he wasn’t really getting it. He was mentally just not 

there. Bless his soul, he’s tried. And I know a lot of folks that would 

have given up on him by now. I’m not one of those. 

I’ve been able to work Dude a few times now that the weather 

is starting to be more cooperative and lean, however grudgingly, 

toward late winter/early spring. I noticed quickly that his little 

A day in the life 

Being retired has its advantages. One really big advantage is 

you get to work more with your dogs. My day seems to start around 

6:00 a.m. I let the dogs out; feed the dogs; then let the dogs back out. 

Drink coffee with breakfast. After checking my email it’s time to 

drink more coffee. Next it’s off to the barn with more coffee. Then 

we sort off the sheep to work from the ones to turn out to pasture 

for grazing. As we sort sheep off, I take a head count and inspect 

any that need treatment. (I check for cuts, deworm, check bags and 

look for any weak lambs.) I’ve been alternating two dogs on this 

task.Lessons to Learn is taking over this job from my older dog. 

I work the gate and he keeps them bunched and filtering through 

single file. Every day we sort 60 head of sheep and 15 goats. 

Once that hour is done, I’ll go back to the house, refill the coffee 

and get a few more dogs to work. That is usually about 5 to 8 dogs 

in a day. Some days I load dogs up, have stock in a trailer and head 

to another pasture about 20 minutes away. When we arrive I let the 

stock out to graze … oh wait! NO fences or pens, just open pasture 

so the dog has to cover and work as the fence restricting where we 

want grazing to occur. Or we just might go on walk abouts around 

the land. We usually make many stops for grazing and rest for the 

dog and me. Oh, and surprise: more coffee. 

Next week we are heading to a client’s place. He needs some 

help with his young BC. He runs about 50 stocker calves. My client 

and I will work with the dogs the first time. He needs his dog to 

learn to do an outrun and gather a pasture and move the calves to 

another pasture. We will have a few days to work the calves and 

dog break the group before they can be turned out on a few hundred 

acres of rotational grazing pasture. We will start with a group of 

10-15, then add 5 daily so that by the end of the week his dog will 

have a nice set of 50 that are easy to handle. His dog does not have 

a strong bite, so Lessons to Learn and one of my other dogs will 

be there to help him out. 

The first few times we will help with the gathering and moving 

the calves to another pasture. The client will stand near the gate 

and look them over as they filter through. Of course, he will stand 

far enough out so he does not interfere with the flow of the calves. 

After that is done, we load up, head home. 

Back home I fill all the feeder bunks then send out my boy 

to gather the herd from grazing and bring them to get their grain. 

If the grass is thick, they linger in, if it is wimpy, sometimes they 

meet us at the gate wanting grain. After the sheep are settled on 



the feeders, there is usually a dip in the stock pond for the dog and 

then we head to the house. At the end of the day we are tired but 

happy with the things we have accomplished. Settling in for the 

evening we both are thinking: “We love this job.” 

***** 

More photos from the 2017 Finals in Bryan 

Some of us have it easy getting to Finals. Others have a little 

more of a journey. The dedicated ASCA members that live outside 

of the US have the longest and most difficult journey to get to Finals. 

But in spite of that, we are fortunate to have several dog/handler 

teams from outside of the USA at most Finals, and this past year 

was no exception. 

Above: Marla Gaby and Katie Mae earned the honor of High Combined 

at Finals. Here they are after it was all over. Photo: Tom Morarre 

Left: Four of the Finalists from outside the USA. From left to right: 

Tanya Wheeler, Billie Richardson, Susanne Schwarzmann , and Kay 

Peiper. Billie and Tanya are from Canada, Susanne lives in Austria, and 

Kay lives in Germany. Photo: XP Photography 

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Stockdog Corner 

Terry Martin • Bryan, Texas 

More Dog, Less Training? 

I 

have been asked to write about the difference in the dogs from 

back when the trials began (mid-1970s) to present. That is 

kind of a big topic, because first it is necessary to understand 

how trials have changed first. And they have changed a lot in 

most cases. This will be Part 1 and will continue to the next issue. 

When trials began, the majority of participants were farm and 

ranch people who used dogs before there were trials for Aussies. 

That does not mean all of them came from this background because 

it was new to everyone who had Aussies, and many wanted to find 

out if their dog would work stock. One thing that was far different 

then was that most people with Aussies assumed they all would 

work. After all, that was what the Australian Shepherd was. ASCA 

had only been agricultural areas. 

The original program right up to today had a Started Division 

for a reason. Originally, started scores did not count toward a title 

but were just for experience. That changed a year or two into the 

program. It became obvious that the division was a place to start, 

not only for the rancher but for the people who had no stock at all. 

Many dogs and people entered the started division with a dog that 

had never seen livestock before. The dog and handler would work as 

a team, and if the handler had control (meaning just a stay or down 

or even just a hesitate or a “come here”) and the dog had working 

instinct the dog could qualify. Everyone knew they had to let the 

dog do the majority of the work, but they could be fairly close by 

which the rules then and now allow. Thus, trials were also a training 

ground, because there were no clinics and no videos (videos not 

invented yet). There were more dogs in the cattle classes at most 

trials for several reasons. One was that the Aussie was used more 

on cattle than on sheep on farms and ranches. Many people were 

uneasy about putting their cow dog out there in public on sheep! 

Back then it was very unusual for someone to have sheep just to 

train a dog. 

But part of the question was about the dogs. Everyone then 

and now wanted to see talented stockdogs. There was no advanced 

division for quite a few years and I am not sure when that was 

added. There was no open handlers line at first either. The difference 

between started and open was the center chute (only course A 

then). One difference back then in my memory was that the dog 

and handler were working more as a team. We all knew the less 

we influenced the stock the better, but it was a different concept. 

We were not showing off training because neither the dogs nor 

the handlers really knew a lot about training. It was more about 

getting the job done efficiently, which actually was more like 

real life work than it is now. The farm/ranch dogs who had been 

worked a lot knew they were part of a team because that was how 

they worked at home. Since there really were very few trainers, the 

dogs were working more on instinct and what they perceived the 

handler wanted done. Even these days on farms and ranches when 

someone who has never seen a trial, read a training book, seen a 

video, works his dog it is a combination of instinct and experience 

on stock doing chores. 

I guess it is legitimate to mention dog’s names since they 

are not only gone but falling off the right side of our pedigrees. I 

remember dogs like Sorensen’s Cherry Brandy, Rowe’s Comanche 

Warrior, King’s K Troy from the first couple of trials I went to. 

Comanche had a certain amount of training because Colorado had 

an all breed stockdog club before ASCA had trials. I remember 

Las Rocosa Disney well from a fun trial in Colorado before the 

first ASCA trials. They inspired me because I knew my ranch dogs 

could do that. I think a lot of us did although when we got out there 

in that arena, we quickly realized it was not as easy as we thought 

it was going to be. Old Blue had figured out what we wanted done 

at home and knew the layout, the gates, and the stock. Many of us 

wondered, “what happened to my dog” at the early trials – thus, 

the inspiration to do better. 

I will tell a funny story that Orin Barnes, who owned Disney, 

told me about two decades later. I told him how totally impressed I 

was with the dog that day so long ago. He told me that Disney was 

his constant companion for 15 years but until he was really old he 

had hardly ever touched the dog. He said Disney did whatever he 

wanted him to do almost with no words, but that day in Colorado 

all he was thinking during the run was, “Will I be able to catch 

him when it is over?” After 40 years I still remember he was an 

amazing fancy worker, so he must have been just that! 

I may have the exact decades where these dogs competed mixed 

up a little because back then trials were few and far between. I 

lived in Utah, which was a day’s drive at least to a trial in Colorado 

or Arizona. The first really trained dogs I remember were Kathy 

Warren’s Windsong’s Shennanigan and Windsong’s Troya on 

cattle and Nick Davis' Apache Tears of Timberline on sheep. Keep 

in mind I am remembering only the dogs I saw and who made a 

lasting impression. This was 40 years ago. I remember well when 

Cathy Jones showed up at Phoenix with Jones’ Reddy Teddy, and 

the shocking thing to some of us was that the dog was very dark 

red with no trim. Most of us had never seen a dog that color. Reds 

of any kind were rare back then (I know that seems strange now). 


I had seen Taylor’s Whiskey at horse shows (red merle), so I knew 

about reds but had seem nothing the color of Reddy Teddy. I can 

still picture him in the cattle trial heeling right on the ground and 

then going in the duck trial and working those ducks using eye and 

finesse. 

Because Colorado was a trial I could get to, a dog that I will 

never forget and many people thought was the best dog around was 

Powder River City Slicker, who belonged to Jim Foster. Jim was a 

brand inspector and went to various ranches and helped the people 

get cattle up and into chutes using Slick. He was black and powerful, 

silent and deliberate. Amazing dog. Colorado was where I met the 

Reaves from Texas with Reaves Stubbette K who was one of the 

prettiest low heeling dogs I had ever seen. Since we had cattle I 

have to admit I did not pay a lot of attention to sheep dogs. There 

are many many good dogs I am not mentioning simply because I 

can’t remember their names. 

We moved to Texas in 1980. That changed a little bit which 

dogs I was seeing at trials. The first trial I remember was Nationals 

1982, and there were dogs there from all over the country. It was 

also the first Stockdog Futurity for Aussies sponsored by the ASC 

of Texas. I shudder to think now about the dog I had entered and 

how untrained she was. But we were not alone. We still had few 

trainers, not a lot of dogs that would even lie down out there, much 

less have any direction. The futurity was on cattle only. It was pretty 

Stockdog Corner 

cool because this young guy from Canada was there and he asked 

us what the course was and how to run it. He was Kerry Russell 

with his Las Rocosa Bonny Kyle. There were two go-rounds and 

Kerry and Bonny Kyle just went out there and showed everyone 

how it was done. He won the event hands down and gave us all 

something to aspire to. A talented dog with a talented trainer and 

handler and no one complained when he took first place. We were 

just inspired to do better by seeing what can be accomplished with 

a good dog and hard work. 

One of the dogs from the futurity, and I can’t remember if he 

placed 2 nd or 3 rd , was Zephyr’s Crimson King whose call name was 

Bud. He was purchased by Tony Rohne who trialed him from then 

on. Sorry I am only reporting on Texas now, but it was where I saw 

the program progressing. For the next decade the trials in Texas 

were dominated by Tony with Bud, Rick Dill with Windsong’s 

Raisin Cain, Russ Ford with Slash V Spirit of Aggieland, all 

WTCHs because somewhere in that time ASCA named what we had 

unofficially called “Triple ATD” dogs a WTCH. There were others 

and I feel bad I am leaving them out but just bits and pieces of my 

memories. There were some outstanding dogs back then, perhaps 

the best I have seen in trials because they were trained but not to 

the extent that dogs are now. We saw more dog and less training. 

I am going to leave off here and see if I can do some more 

research into the dogs of that time for the next issue of the Times. 

As soon as I send this to the editor I am sure I will remember some 

great dog(s) that I did not mention. 

On the back cover . . . 

2017 Rally Finals Winner 

Finn is a fun, smart, and happy Aussie. 

He has always tried his best for me, 

whether we are competing in rally, agility, 

obedience, or on stock. But I would say 

that if he had his way, it would be winter all 

year, so he could sled and play in the snow. 

It was a great year for us in the run for 

Rally Finals and winning the 2017 Rally 

Finals at Nationals was truly amazing. 

Competing against the other top teams 

that I respect so much was a thrill. Just 

being at an ASCA Nationals, my first one 

being in 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona, and 

visiting with so many wonderful Aussie 

folks means so much to me. Thank 

you ASCA and those who put on the 

outstanding ASCA Nationals every year. 

There is no better organization. 

~ Debra St. Jacques (Beauwood Aussies) 

and Finn 

VCH A-CH RTCH-2 Sunpiper Beauwood Flyin Finish ATDd OTDcs CDX 

RTX GV-E JS-E RS-E JV-E-OP 

Owners: Debra St. Jacques and Renee St. Jacques 


Bunny 

Come Home 

Just So. 

Elizabeth M. Jarrell 

Kensington, MD 

William has exceptional 

engineering skills. 

It may well be that he is 

proficient in plumbing 

as well. 

A 

lot of dogs are intimidated by big strangers with large 

tool boxes. Some bark incessantly. Others immediately 

run away to hide. Not William. Everyone is his longlost 

best buddy. He enthusiastically greets all guests, 

even the plumber, who is a very large, strong guy with a large tool 

box and mysterious boxes of plumbing equipment such as toilets. 

William especially likes to welcome guests carrying a toy in his 

mouth, often to share. 

The plumber’s latest visit was to solve the mystery of onequarter 

inch of water under my kitchen sink which turned out to 

be a failed disposal. Every time the plumber went out to his truck 

for another item and then walked back into the house, William 

acted like he had not seen him in ages. William is nothing if not 

a friendly sort of fellow. I’ve known my plumber for decades and 

he is an incredibly nice, gentle guy who loves dogs and is a crack 

plumber. 

Many dogs, if not already in hiding, run away when a plumber 

begins to produce odd-shaped instruments out of his tool box. 


Not William, who thinks every new instrument is a toy especially 

constructed for him. He has even tried running off with a tool or 

two much to my plumber’s chagrin. 

Of course, the house is replete with various and assorted toys, 

most of which my dogs have won.We have all kinds of toys: stuffed, 

rope, squeaky, and crinkle. You name it, we have it. It is not as if 

William is deprived of toys. Yet a plumber’s tools are far more 

fascinating to William given his engineering mindset. 

Unlike some of my dogs, William does not have a favorite 

toy other than the particular toy Sophie may have at the time. And 

all of my dogs vastly prefer tiny toys to larger ones. One of their 

stuffed toys is a magician’s hat which conceals three, tiny, white 

bunnies. For some reason, I have favored stuffed bunnies for my 

dogs through the years. Bunnies are adorable. Plus, my dogs are 

all fascinated by the ever-growing population of wild bunnies in 

our neighborhood. Not that they agree, but my philosophy is better 

they should play with a stuffed bunny than chase a live bunny. 

William can methodically take apart anything – an upholstered 

chair with the tacks neatly lined up in a row, a metal water bucket 

from its metal handle, a guinea pig water container including 

screws. He never destroys anything; he, like many budding 

engineers, simply is very curious about how things are put together. 

I only hope that he never becomes interested in how radios or TVs 

work. 

Even more wondrous to William is water. Most dogs either love 

or hate water. I’ve never had one indifferent to water. William loves 

water more than any dog I’ve ever had, which is odd considering 

he is a herding dog, not a water retrieving dog. 

He is never happier than when he is outside frolicking in the 

pouring rain, running and rolling. After I shower, he makes a mad 

dash to the bathroom to roll around on the damp mats. He pulls wet 

towels off the racks to snuggle. If someone comes into the house 

with wet shoes, he rubs himself against their shoes, often making 

it necessary for me to immediately explain his water obsession to 

my large-eyed visitor. He just loves water. 

So the combination of his latest friend the plumber, coupled 

with a tool box full of new toys and water all over the floor was 

sheer heaven for William. He was smiling. He was rolling. He was 

just beside himself with pure joy. Everyone should be that happy 

with such simple pleasures. 

To install the new disposal, the plumber first had to remove 

the U-shaped drain trap full of filthy water under the old disposal. 

He carefully placed the U-trap in his open tool box. Well, William 

just could not contain his utter delight. Water! Right there on the 

floor! Next to him! William kept trying to take out the U-trap so 

he could better enjoy all the filthy water inside. The plumber, 

however, thought otherwise. After a few rounds, the plumber 

won and William contented himself with merely watching all the 

fascinating goings on with the water under the sink. 

The plumber finally managed to install the new disposal, clean 

up, and then leave despite William’s determination to help him. 

Generally, I call my plumber and I’ve called him a lot recently. 

Yesterday, he called me. 

Plumber: “Does your dog have a bunny?” 

Me: “A little white one?” 

Plumber: “Yes. I went to my first job today, opened up my tool 

box, and my client asked, ‘Do you always carry around a bunny 

in your tool box?’ She has yet to stop laughing. I’ll drop bunny off 

tomorrow.” 

I returned home to find Bunny nestled in the screen door handle. 

Bunny came home. 

Just so. 

Elizabeth M. Jarrell of Bon Ami Australian 

Shepherds has won six Maxwells from the 

Dog Writers Association of America (DWAA), 

including two for her “Just So” column, one 

for books, one for editorial, and one for online 

feature, plus a Certificate of Excellence from 

the Cat Writers Association. Liz also won the 

AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and Canine Good Citizen 

Special Award from the DWAA 2016 Annual 

Writing Competition. 


In 

Like 

Flynn 

A Junior’s View 

Janelle Farkas 

Northridge, California 

Putting Our Dogs First 

Bret Kofford 

Imperial Valley, California 

The thing I admire the most about my mom is the fact that she 

always puts her dogs’ well-being first. 

Over the last few months, we have been rehabbing her 

dog, Oscar, through some back pain. This has meant 

that Oscar has mostly been unable to do agility, run 

on the beach, or do his therapy dog visits. However, 

Oscar’s well-being always came first. My mom, as sad and 

disappointed as she was that Oscar and she were unable to do 

some of the things they loved to do, always put his needs and his 

health first. 

When Oscar initially started showing signs of not being 100% 

sound, my mom’s first reaction was to get him healthy. She always 

wanted to ensure that Oscar 

was happy, pain-free, and 

well. Of course, she wanted 

him to be able to do agility and 

run on the beach again, and of 

course there were moments 

of sadness over wondering 

if he would ever be able to 

go back in the ring, but, even 

throughout all of that, my 

mom never lost sight of what 

really mattered: Oscar being happy and healthy. 

I chose to write about this because I think, all too often, some 

of us sometimes lose sight of what’s really important. As I have 

watched my mom and Oscar adapt to their new normal, I am 

constantly in awe of how my mom has handled the situation. She 

never once wavered from the idea that the fact that Oscar was happy 

was the most important thing. She chose to focus on getting him 

healthy to be able to go on his therapy dog visits and his beach runs, 

because she knew those were two of his most favorite things to do. 

My mom is only a handful of Q’s away from her ATCH with Oscar, 

and yet, she has not wanted to rush him back into an agility ring 

because she wants to make sure that he is 100% pain-free before 

doing so. Her patience, and her willingness to put agility on hold, 

is admirable, and I think we all can learn something from it. 

It is so easy to get caught up in the “It’s just one more Q!” or 

“As soon as she gets 4 more gambles, I’ll retire her,” mindset. But 


I chose to write about this 

because I think, all too often, 

some of us sometimes lose sight 

of what’s really important 

these statements can be dangerous. We have to remember that our 

dogs are not the ones signing the entry forms and dropping the 

check in the mail; we are. And they rely on us for their safety and 

well-being. We need to be responsible and confident enough to stop 

if they are showing signs of pain. It is not just the right thing to 

do, but it is our duty to take care of them. Our pride should never 

be more important than our dogs. 

Almost six months later, I am so happy to say that Oscar is 

feeling much better. He is not 100% back to normal, but he is 

back to being healthy enough to go on his therapy dog visits and 

has even had a few beach runs. 

Agility is still taking a backseat 

for now, but I know my mom is 

happy that he has begun some 

of his normal routine again. I 

know, though, that this would 

not have been possible had my 

mom not put in 150% effort into 

his rehab exercises. My mom 

is determined, rarely misses an 

exercise day, and puts his needs 

first. She is always making time for Oscar and has gone above and 

beyond to ensure that her boy is happy and healthy. The journey 

has not been easy, and we all wish that they were not going through 

this, but she has handled it so well, and I am so incredibly proud 

of her for putting her dog’s health first. I know that it will pay off 

in the long run.

Jake and Blue 

and a Cat Named Kalamzoo 

Leah Swatko • Ontario, Canada 

My first Aussie was from a working bred litter. The parents were dogs local 

people had purchased at the Ohio Congress Quarter Horse Show. 

I 

knew very little about the breed other than they were very 

smart and good farm dogs. I had met one Aussie in my life 

prior to this; it was a dog who worked in a traveling side 

show a young man operated out of his cube van. He was a 

naturally gifted trainer and had a small collection of mixed breeds 

and the Aussie. They performed in parking lots for handouts. He 

had developed an amazing collection of behaviours each dog had 

mastered. Seeming to be overly gifted in doing basic mathematics, 

dancing and jumping rope, there was no limit to what they could 

do and all seemed to know how to play the crowd to get the most 

money into the tin. All worked on simple cues, a finger flick to 

end the barking of an addition 

answer. Changes of how the 

questions were asked told the 

dog what was expected. It was 

all quite interesting to watch 

the subtle language going on 

that the spectators never caught 

on to. I lived North of Lake 

Superior in a small town named 

Wawa, which means Big Goose 

in Cree. It was late fall of 1974, 

and his truck had broken down and was outside my house on the 

road, so like all strays I brought him home and he spent the winter 

camped in my back yard. I got to know his one Aussie who he 

declared as the smartest dog he had ever had. He had found the 

dog as a pup wandering the alleys of Calgary maybe left behind by 

accident when the rodeo left town. He took the pup in and he was 

soon the corner stone of his traveling act. At one time I had a picture 

of the dog sitting up wearing a cowboy hat, sunglasses and with 

a lit cigarette in his mouth. He was a red merle with blue eyes, A 

moderate dog that would suit the ASCA breed standard even today. 

Back to my first Aussie; it was Christmas Eve 1982, a friend 

and I went up the road to look at a litter of puppies. They were born 

around November the 28 th so were only just four weeks old. My 

daughter had asked for a puppy and I wanted a young dog, too, as 

my two German Shepherds were getting on in years. 

My pup was named Jake 

by my oldest daughter. 

The dog was to be hers, but Jake 

was glued to me and was my dog. 

When we arrived at the farm, the pups and their mom were 

outside in -20c temperatures under the steps with no shelter and 

nothing more than a blanket. The mom was a blue merle and was 

doing her best to keep the pups warm. The farmer’s wife had 

demanded they be put outside as they were making the house smell. 

I asked the farmer if he was going to put them in the barn as it was 

supposed to get bitterly cold that night, -35c and more in the wind. 

I said these pups won’t last long out here it is too cold for them. 

His answer was non-committal but he thought he probably would 

put them in the barn in an empty corner with some straw. 

We looked over the pups and I chose a bi sable red merle. I 

only identified her actual colour 

latter as I learned more about 

the breed. She had a brown eye, 

the other was china blue, some 

white trim but no copper, and 

she seemed friendly and was 

so tiny and happy to be held in 

my arms – far warmer, I’m sure, 

than in the ice and snow. 

My friend selected a light 

brown pup. We paid for our 

pups and we both chose to take them home. I had a strong feeling 

that we might have saved their lives considering the weather. 

My pup was named Jake by my oldest daughter. The dog was 

to be hers, but Jake was glued to me and was my dog. She followed 

me everywhere on her little baby legs. She was tiny, more the size of 

a two-week-old puppy. She took to warm goat’s milk and softened 

food like a ravenous animal. She was so hungry she quivered as she 

ate to the point I had to take the food away before she burst. She 

was a confident pup, not afraid of anything, was house-trained in 

no time – seriously, she never had a single accident in the house. 

She dutifully followed me about the farm as I did chores, feeding 

the horses, and goats in the barn. Tending to the geese in their pen, 

one day when she was closer to four months of age, she made the 

mistake of following me in to the goose pen with in seconds the 

gander had picked her up by the scruff and one ear. She screamed 


loody murder as he shook her and tossed her out the gate. That set 

the tone for Jake and every generation of geese to follow over the 

next 14 years. She learned to keep out of their reach but was not 

afraid of them and soon learned she could push them into taking 

wing away from her ferocious barking and jumping back and forth. 

She was a little lacking in working style, but she was self-taught 

after all. As the years went by they established a sort of truce and 

they would ignore her and she them when they were wandering 

the farm yard. 

Jake grew to be a great working partner for me plus a great 

companion to my daughters. The dog lived free and was never on 

leash or collared. She only ever had rabies inoculations by the farm 

vet; in fact, only ever saw the vet when he came to the farm. 

Well, that was not exactly true. One summer day I couldn’t 

find her. She never strayed off the farm and all the dogs understood 

the boundaries of the farm yard, the ditch line in the pasture to the 

west, the north fence line to the pasture, the big Jack Pine in the 

turn of the drive way and all around to the far side of the barn and 

the pig pen. The only time they would go past these markers was 

with me, be it on foot, snowshoes, or horse back. I looked in all 

the possible places and no Jake. So I told the other dogs to stay 

home and walked over to the neighbour’s farm on the other side 

of the small valley. They were both in town at work, but we both 

took care of each others farms when needed. We did have one new 

neighbour across the road and they were not the nicest of people. 

Their garbage bin was over flowing and they just tossed garbage 

from the house always falling short of the bin. Ravens and the tracks 

of many scavengers covered the ground as local wildlife took this 

free food. 

I walked past the mess and down the hill, over the wooden 

bridge then up the hill and turned in to my friend’s driveway. 

Walked up to her goat barn and there was Jake standing with her 

brother Higgins. She looked pathetic, tail dragging and head low. 

Ya, she was sick all right. So walked her home and drove to the 

vets in town. Seems she was one of the scavengers of the sloppy 

neighbour’s garbage and had a case of garbage gut. She was soon 

fine after a short course of antibiotics. I educated her on the dangers 

of sneaking down past the bush and crossing the road out of sight 

of my house. She never went there again. I 

thought all dogs were this easy to train. 

As the years passed Jake proved her 

worth as a working dog, she would go to the 

back pasture a quarter-mile back down the 

rock gully to fetch the horses and cows who 

pastured there in summer. I liked to check 

them over and always dished out some feed 

to keep them coming up to the gate ever 

day. Jake knew the name of every animal 

on the farm. If I asked her to get Bertha, 

for sure within minutes Bertha was at the 

gate and I could just take her to tack up 

for a ride. If I was milking my dairy goats 

one word from me and Jake would send a 

doe by name in the door. No matter what 

order I milked she would bring the named 

animal to me be it to milk or to trim feet. 

My daughters were growing up and had 

discovered the best fly-free place to sun 

bathe was the roof of my low barn. They had a wooden ladder set 

up and would climb up to enjoy the sun and often had girl friends 

over from the next farms up the road. Soon Jake discovered she 

could climb ladders and would be up on the roof in a flash. I could 

see her from the kitchen window. However as adept at climbing 

up, she never did master going down and I was always called to 

get Jake off the roof. I would climb up put her over my shoulders 

and hold her with one hand and carefully climb down. Poor Jake 

didn’t like this part her legs out stiff and her feet all claws, if only 

she would learn to back down the ladder she would not have to 

endure this indignity. I even tried to teach her to no avail. Every 

time I would get called to come get Jake off the roof. Sometimes 

she would climb up just to enjoy the view, I don’t know what went 

through her mind, but I would see her sitting waiting to be carried 

down. 

I decided to breed Jake to a nice black and copper dog on a 

farm owned by two bachelor Finnish brothers who must have been 

in their 70s but still farmed their 300 acres. Cutting firewood from 

the wood lot, growing grain to make rye and wheat flour, oats for 

horses, and other grains, plus taking in huge stretches of hay for 

the 40 cow calf pairs, they farmed the traditional way. They never 

used pesticides or any chemicals on their animals or crops. I had 

asked if I could use their dog and they had said yes. So when I 

thought it was time took Jake over and she was as the saying goes, 

pasture bred. 

To be continued . . . 

Leah Swatko is a life member of 

ASCA and Judge Rally, Obedience, 

and Provisional Breeder Judge. She 

resides in North Ontario, close to the 

North Shore, with her dogs. 

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50 SHADES 

OFSHEA 

Our last puppy? 

Bred Kofford • Imperial Valley, California 

“ 

This is it,” my wife said. “No more puppies after this one.” Mike Burk, someone we’d worked with previously, and decided 

At that moment I couldn’t really disagree. We were a to give Shea private training. 

couple weeks into our lives with Shea, then a nine-weekold 

Australian Shepherd puppy, and we were beaten down could be trained to become a good canine citizen. He started training 

Mike was convinced Shea was just a puppy being a puppy and 

and wounded. My forearms were covered with scabby slashes from Shea … and us. Shea’s behavior, and our behavior in interacting 

puppy teeth/claws and neither of us had experienced a full night’s with Shea, improved rapidly. 

sleep since we’d brought Shea home. 

After he had his last round of puppy shots, we started taking 

Yes, Shea was an adorable puffball of hair who had been Shea on a nightly basis to Woof Town, Imperial, California’s 

housebroken in three weeks, loved to cuddle and had an essential wonderful dog park, which is within walking distance of our house. 

sweetness to him. 

There Shea found an outlet for his love for wrestling with and 

He was a terror, too. He ran around the house at all times with chasing of other dogs. When he nipped other dogs too hard while 

his mouth open, looking for something, anything, anyone, to bite. playing, particularly older dogs, he learned tough lessons about 

He got into everything and destroyed whatever he’d nabbed. biting that we hadn’t been able to teach. 

He slept while we were awake, kept us awake when we The dog park, combined with long walks in the morning, 

attempted sleep. He terrorized our older dog, following him sapped some – and let me emphasize the word “some” – of the 

constantly and nipping at him with his needle-like puppy teeth boundless energy from Shea, and his behavior at home became 

whenever he got in range. He bit – hard but playfully, we insisted “somewhat” – and let me emphasize the word “somewhat” – more 

– my sister-in-law’s toe. 

sedate. 

One cold night we were watching television and saw a And finally, after weeks of snarling, growling and hissing 

commercial in which an adorable yellow Lab puppy, covered in whenever the puppy approached, Bobby seemed to realize that 

mud, approaches his human. We laughed. “How cute,” we agreed. Shea essentially was a sweet soul who used wrestling and gnawing 

Within a couple minutes our own Aussie puppy came in through as demonstrations of affection. Bobby and Shea started hanging 

the doggie door, soaked and covered with mud, having run through together much of the day, going in and out of the doggie doors 

the sprinklers despite the cold. Our words weren’t exactly, “How to check out happenings in the house and in the yard, providing 

cute.” 

another outlet of energy for Shea. 

When we’d tell people about our wild thing, folks would smile Now, at five and a half months, Shea is becoming a pretty good 

and say, “That’s how puppies are.” I would respond that I’d raised puppy. He still loves to wrestle and he still tears up various items, 

plenty of puppies, but this one was particularly crazed, a particular but his tendencies toward destruction and general household terror 

trial of our love for dogs. 

are lessening. And his essential sweetness is 

When you get an Australian Shepherd you know you’re getting coming out more and more. 

a smart but energetic, maybe even hyperkinetic, dog. Someone who Is Shea our last puppy? Well, we’ll just 

knew Flynn, our previous, uncommonly sedate Aussie, and then have to see about that. 

met Shea said we were paying double for the mellowness of Flynn 

with the zealousness of Shea. 

Bret Kofford teaches writing at San Diego State 

After a few Shea weeks we’d reached our breaking point. We University-Imperial Valley. He can be reached 

had to do something. We contacted renowned local dog trainer at kofford@roadrunner.com. 


How Will I Know 

When I’ve Owned My Last Aussie? 

Teresa Pierce • Renton, Washington 

As a young girl, a blue merle with marbled eyes and an undocked tail 

followed me home from school (with a bit of coaxing). 

Blue became part of me, left indelible paw prints in my 

heart. Then, after college, jobs, a marriage and divorce, 

again an Aussie rescued me, and me him. I think I shall 

never love anyone or anything as much as I loved Roper. 

Then, I adopted another rescue, a friend for Roper. Cricket was a 

retired Grand Dame of the show world. Later, Roper, Cricket and 

I added yet another female, Annie, to make Roper’s harem of girls 

complete. 

Those were the happiest days of my life. I lived and breathed 

for my dogs. Eventually, Cricket passed. It was hard on all of us. 

Three dogs had been the perfect number because no one’s ever 

left alone. 

Losing Roper was heart wrenching, truly the saddest days of 

my life. He was the center of my soul. How can a dog mean so 

much, the bond be so intense? I could barely breath for a month 

afterward it hurt so badly. But, I needed to go on for his mate, my 

beautiful sweet Annie. She and I grew quite close to each other. 

I told her that she was the last piece of Roper I had. We mourned 

Roper’s loss together and were never the same without him. 

After Roper’s passing, I left everything as it had been: the 

double doghouse, the two dog beds, even two food bowls, although 

only Annie remained. I reminded myself of a parent who cannot 

bear to dissemble their late child’s bedroom. Through the tears, 

I saw Annie was so lonely. So, I brought home Taylor. Since our 

Annie’s passing, Taylor and I are now alone. He and I mourned 

Annie’s passing together, which felt like losing Roper all over 

again. Before she died, Annie taught Taylor "the ways,” the same 

ways that Roper and Cricket had taught Annie. 

Now, 61-year-old me and 12-year-old Taylor remain. Where 

does it stop? Or, should it? The little farm I bought for us all seems 

empty, no more goats, Taylor is too old now to hike the trails we 

all enjoyed so together. My life will be so very empty without my 

Aussie family, so much of my identity. Will I travel? Will people 

even recognize me without my pack of friends? 

I used to unfold a picture of my dear Roper and set it by the 

bed when I traveled for work. Now, their ashes all sit in boxes on 

my bed stand. I no longer worry if they’re okay with the Petsitter. 

There’ll soon be silence, no “flap-flap” of the dog door announcing 

their arrival and departure, no shared shifts patrolling the property 

all night, no announcing visitors at the gate. Their only fault is that 

they don’t live long enough. 

My dogs have each been rescued or re-homed. Some of the 

nation’s best breeders have trusted me to love their dogs until 

their last breaths and I have, gladly. What did I ever do so right in 

my life to have been accepted and loved by these living miracles 

called Aussies? Could I ever love a new puppy without it ripping 

my heart out over the memories? Who would teach it the ways? 

If I got a puppy in a couple of years, I’d be about 75 yrs old when 

it passed. I won’t let myself die having left a dog behind. The real 

question is, could I go on living without an Aussie? 


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Fall Harvest Celebration 

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Great prizes and food. 

Watch for additional events this year! 

Under cover on firm wood chips 

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Chattanooga, Tennessee 

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Spring Shows at Harriman, TN 

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ASC of ARIZONA 

“Aussie Only” 

2018 Nationals Stock-dog Pre-Trial 

Monday, September 24, 2018 

Island Grove Regional Park 

501 N 14 th Ave Greeley, CO 80631 

www.greeleygov.com 

60 Course D-Cattle 

60 Course H-Sheep 

60 Course B-Ducks 

ASCA Sanction Pending 

*3-5 head of stock depending on entries & availability of stock 

Dates/Times: Monday 9/24/18 Handlers meeting at 7:00 am 

DAY OF TRIAL ENTRIES: 6:30 –7:00 am 

Judges: Rachel Vest James Bergert Cheryl Padgett 

Ducks Cattle Sheep 

Pre-Entries 

Day of Trial: 

Cattle $60.00 $70.00 

Sheep $50.00 $60.00 

Ducks $40.00 $50.00 

Juniors Stock $30.00 $35.00 


Make checks payable to: ASC of ARIZONA (Checks deposited weekly) 

Mail Entries to: 

ASC of AZ Pre-Trial 

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Litchfield Park, Az 85340 

NO PRE-ENTRIES ACCEPTED PRIOR TO A POSTMARK DATE OF June 24, 2018. ALL 

PRE-ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY August 25, 2018 –All entries post marked 

after August 25, 2018 will be charged Day of Trial prices. 

Entries must have clearly visible USPS postmark. No meter mail allowed. No DHL. UPS, 

telephone, email, faxed entries will be accepted. Overnight entries accepted only if 

signature is waived. 

Incomplete entry forms including registration numbers will NOT be accepted. Please 

make sure your entry form includes the dog’s call name and your e-mail address. Blank 

entry forms are available for download at www.asca.org. 

Awards: 

Buckles: 

Ribbons and/or Awards will be given for 1 st – 4 th place, Qualifying scores, HIT 

Ducks, HIT Sheep, HIT Cattle, HIT Overall, HIT Champion of Record, HIT Open 

Junior and HIT Working Junior Handler. 

Buckles and Rosettes will be given for HC WTCH, HC Non-WTCH (only 

qualifying scores earned from the Advanced Division will apply), HC Open 

(only qualifying scores earned from the Open Division will apply), Most 

Promising Started (only qualifying scores earned from the Started Division 

will apply). 

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Dawna Sims Lisa Goss Jeri Wheaton 

928-533-1108 623-326-8132 623-640-1150 

Painted7ranch@aol.com lgossaz@hotmail.com jeri.wheaton@gmail.com 

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation of entries must be in writing and postmarked or 

emailed no later than August 25, 2018 to receive a full refund. No refunds will be 

given after close of pre-entries unless; your run can be filled from the wait list. Entry 

Fees will not be refunded in the event that a dog is absent, disqualified, excused by a 

veterinarian or judge, or barred from competition by action of the Course 

Directors/Show Committee. If, because of riot, civil disturbances, or other acts 

beyond the control of management, it is impossible to open or complete the trial, no 

refund of entry fees will be made. 


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§ Substitutions will be allowed only with a dog owned by the same person making the original 

entry. 

§ Entry fee must be by Check/Cashiers Check/Money Order. Foreign entries must be paid 

with funds drawn on a U.S. Bank. DO NOT SEND CASH. 

§ Entries received without proper signatures, fees, information, etc. will be deemed incomplete 

and will not be accepted. 

§ Registered Owner of dog shall be responsible for replacement cost of livestock at the 

following prices: DUCKS - $30.00 per head, SHEEP - $200.00 per head, CATTLE $600.00 

per head unless trialers are notified otherwise at trial time. 

§ Confirmation of entries shall be made via email or self-addressed stamped envelope (if 

supplied). 

§ Acknowledgement of entries will be made after close of entries 

§ Bitches in season will run in order. 

§ This trial shall be run under all ASCA Rules and Regulations. 

§ A $50 service fee will apply to all returned checks. Returned checks will not constitute 

an accepted entry. 

§ Please be prepared for any type of weather for both you and your dog. Don’t forget foul 

weather gear. 

§ See ASCA National premium for information on the following: Veterinarian, Human 

Medical Emergency, Vendors, Lodging, and Directions etc. 

Lodging Information 

See the official 2018 ASCA National Specialty premium 

Medical Information 

Veterinarian Information 

Human Medical Emergency 

St. Michaels Companion Animal Hospital 

North Colorado Medical Center 

2914 67 th Ave., Ste. 102 1801 16 th St. 

Greeley, CO 80634 Greeley, CO 80631 

970-330-9400 970-351-4121 or 911 

Large Animal Vet 

Countryside Large Animal Veterinary Science 

3765 W. “O” St. 

Greeley, CO 80631 

970-351-7045 

Emergency Vet 

Pet Emergency Treatment Service 

3629 23 rd Ave. 

Evans, CO 80620 

970-339-8700 


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In Loving Memory of 

ATCH-II Sonryz Chariot Of Noah's Glory RS-E-SP 

April 22, 2011 - January 10, 2018 

©Debbie Baracco 

104 AUSSIE TIMES March-April 2018 


Shirley & Ed Novotnik & The Sonryz family, Tari Long (Ad Designer) - Sammy, Misha, Colby & Ollie, Nancy Chromey, 

Kathi Filar - Dodge & Wren, Raechelle Embrey - Airborne Aussies, Georgianne Doyle - Carpathian Kennels, 

Kelly Hughes, Laura Anne - Cassie, Winston & Tomi, Chuck & Kristie Klein - Anasazi, Angelika Riffel, 

Miranda Thornsberry & Pip, The Wises - W00t, Yay & Qi, Amy Vanderryn, Heather & Lydia Grove & Pan, 

Tricia Lude, Karen Zelonis & Howie, Sandy D’Agati, Debbie & Mike Brown, Maureen Bernard, 

Judy Boone - Daydream Aussies, Susan Brogan, Heather Gaskins - Ginger & Penny, Norie Calvert & Katherine Smith, 

Kevin Rice - Elijah & Salva, Dana Silverman & all the boys, Kristi Boyd - Mia, Kaysey & Mysti, 

Stephanie & Jack Mounts & Cody, Roberta & the Labs, Stacey & Tim Blank & Rooney, Dottie Bumb, 

Lynn Sipe - Hootie & Rylee, Kim & Kayla Wieland & Emmet. 


In Loving Memory of 

ATCH-V ADCH MACH Imagineer's Genuine Risk 

NW3 NW3-E NW3-C NW3-I NW3-V L2C L2V L1I L1E CGC RN MXS MJS XF, JSDA-E 

April 19, 2004 - February 19, 2018 


Tari Long (Ad Designer) - Sammy, Misha, Colby, & Ollie, Shirley & Ed Novotnik & The Sonryz family, 

Diana Thompson & Furs, Kristi & Tony Boyd - Logan, Tara, Mia, Luke, Kaysey & Mysti, Celia Flinn, 

Jayme Matkozich, The Wises - w00t, Yay & Qi, Jill Lecas, Jan & Bob Mayr, Kristina Meighan, 

Life’s Memories Photography, Elaine Noll, Gemi Sasson & Eric Brickson - Imagineer Aussies, 

Miranda Thornsberry & Pip, Nancy Chromey, Kelly Hughes, Georgianne Doyle - Carpathian Kennels, 

Carolyn Lincoln - Pepper & Rae, Suzanne Hembly, Jackie Oricko, Mike & Loretta Gould, Maria Duthie, 

Lynne Kelly - Cindy & Pete, Bob Elliott, Jan Branham, Buckeye ASC, John Lamancusa, 

Karen Herceg - Cyclone Border Collies, Barbara Glover - Qwick & Jazzaroo, Julia & Karen Rose. 



AUSSIE TIMES March-April May-June 2018 109



‘You were my favorite hello 

and my hardest goodbye...’ 

WTCH HTCH HOF PSR Rockin Red Rex 

FTDds-open HSAS, HSAD, HTD1sd, RN, CGC 

August 1, 2004 - January 16, 2018 


Carol Lucero and Sly 

Cynthia Leshin 

Chances’ R Aussies 

Sal Manna & Melinda Gardner 

Dan & Mimi Nila 

Kristina & Scott Churchill 

Judy & Neal DeShazo 

Glad to call you my dad - Dutch - thanks 

for all you’ve given- RIP- Di 

Sam & Brenda Hutton 

Linda Barhite 

Darla Welty 

Love, Tammy, Scooter, Rylan & Rue 

Pat, Colleen, Jammer, Brandi 

(Rex’s grandaughter), Ned 

Jan & Ron Wesen, 

Chuckanut Aussies 

With love from JAWs 

& Erin & Barbara Wood 

Scott, Debbie, and Cocoa Hauert 

Lisa Goss, Karen Tillia 

& the Fastlane furkids 

Bev & Paul Murray, Seamus, 

Josie, Evan & Scout 

Jeri, Echo, Micah, Parker and Kimber 

June, Bali & Cherokee 

Chuck & Karen Spriggs, 

Storm & Creed 

Tom Townsend & Bill Burns 

Gayla Hartle & Sarah 

Janet & John Povinelli, 

Cheyenne, Dakota, Zuni & Payson 

Joyce, Tom and Lily 

Robin Bolender, RobinHill Farms 

Craig Babonis & Jamie Jaszczyk-Babonis 

Nicole Gargula & Bison 

Rich & Jan Godfrey 

Narita Siegel - In memory of 

PSR Lady Alfie of Narita Farms 

Susan Hoelzle 

Rita, Gabe, Dusty and Kestra 

Tanya, Maddy and Ben 

at Tucker Creek 

RaineDance Aussies 

Laurie Friberg - Woodlake Aussies 

Michelle & the Caliente Crew 

Jack & Lori Mollin 

Terri, Rick, Ashley, Alyssa & Madison 

Morgan, Libby Stibley & Selena Poplin 

Vickie McNulty, Kaylie, Conor & Carson 

Laura Young - Andover Aussies 

Maryjean Shaffer & 

Angels QuaZar & Zsa Zsa 

Randy and Heidi Foster - Adiskide Aussies 

Angelyn Scarvaci - Away To Me Aussies 

‘I’ve only gone to rest for a 

little while ... I’ll be waiting for 

the day you cross the Rainbow 

Bridge and then we’ll walk out 

across the pastures together, 

just like we used to do...’ 




2017 Obedience Utility Finals Winner 

Gafglens DelMontes Sweet Fruit UD GS-O JS-N RS-O 

Owners: Suzanne and Richard Johnson 


2017 Obedience Open ODX Finals Winner 

NINEVEH’S RED LICORICE TWIST BN STDd ODX 

GS-E-OP JS-E RS-E RNX REX RMX REMX 

Owner: Barbara Miller

RallyVCH RTCH2 A-CH SUNPIPER BEAUWOOD FLYIN’ FINISH 

2017 Finals Winner . . . more info on p. 87. 

ATDD OTDCS CDX RTX GV-E JS-E RS-E JV-E-OP

2018 May June

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