The Sheepdog Club

01/08/2026

Lovely to see some new faces at the club today! After just a few one to ones, it’s great to see the new members and their dogs already improving 🤩 well done to all of you as it can be a daunting experience running infront of others!
We hope everyone enjoyed and we look forward to seeing you next time 😉
(Thanks Nicki for the photos! 📸)

04/07/2026

Another productive day at The Sheepdog Club. Lovely to see new handlers and their dogs progressing and enjoying the club. Our next clinic is 1 August.

28/06/2026

⭐️Shabfest 2026 over and out 🫡
Thankyou everyone who attended and to the many who help make this trial possible!

Congrats to all those who got placed especially Kevin Evans (1st- Valleyview Dan & 3rd Brynmoel Jet) and Tomasz Nowakowski (2nd- Lass) in the double gather final

As always your efforts are always appreciated whether that be letting out, course directing, catering, maintenance, inputting scores or working behind the scenes helping prepare Shabden and the sheep!
Big thankyou to the judges- Shannon Conn, Daniel Pownall, Loughlin Conn and Kevin Willems
Thankyou also to Fenn rosettes who provided such gorgeous rosettes at such short notice

20/06/2026

Big thanks to everyone who has helped prepare for shabfest! 5 days to go!

07/02/2026

Another great training day! Today we looked at judging, we watched one of Marks past runs, discussing where he lost points. We then headed out into the field to train some dogs ☔️- was lovely to see some new faces today and we hope everyone had a nice time!

03/01/2026

Another successful but chilly day at The Sheepdog Club clinic. Great to see so much improvement and confidence in both handlers and dogs.
Our next clinic is 7th February.

29/12/2025

28/12/2025

Great day at Shabden today, thanks everyone for coming, Daniel Pownall for judging, Mark Banham for hosting,Grace Gower for course directing, Amanda Gower for catering and everyone who let out.
The results:

1st Jed Watson-Wren-93
2nd Jonny Elkin-Med-91
3rd Sandy McCulloch-Sarah-90
4th Jed Watson-Floss-89
5th Jonny Elkin-Wren-88
6th Sean Mynard-Flo-85 OLF
Best olf-Paul Griffiths- Dutchy

19/12/2025

Running order for our trial on the 28th

06/12/2025

Couple of photos from today, good job everyone, great to see some new faces too!