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Jiggs Wins Pro-Novice Dog of the Year



Jiggs, belonging to Rusty Fleming of Weatherford, Texas, wins the 2009 Pro-Novice Dog of the Year in the Texas Cattledog Association. Standing in the middle and making the presentation of the check and buckle is Kenneth Beasley.

Belle Wins the Final's Average



Belle, belonging to Cam Brandon of Weatherford, Texas, wins the Average in the Pro-Novice at the 2009 Texas Cattledog Association Finals held in Graham. Standing in the middle and making the presentation of the check and buckle is Kenneth Beasley.




TRAIL TO THE CROSS COWBOY CHURCH CDT--Hillsboro, Texas. The cowboy church hosted this one with Wayne Elmore riding point and Chris Thomson ridin drag. They skunked us in the first trial but in the second, Mitch won 1st in the Open and Belle won first in the Pro-Novice with Jiggs coming in 3rd in the Pro-Novice.




MOVIN THE HERD--Hillsboro, Texas. This was a trial I had here at the house. I called it this because we used the entire 2 acre field and worked 6 head instead of the usual 3. In the first trial, Angie was 3rd in the Open, Belle was 1st in the Pro-Novice and Jiggs was 2nd. In the 2nd trial, Jiggs was 2nd in the Pro-Novice and Belle was 3rd.




WILDBUNCH CDT--Crawford, Texas. Jerry Lynch and her friends do a great charity trial to support Cancer Research. Angie won 1st in the 2nd Open and Jiggs won 1st in the Pro-Novice in both trials.




RENDON COWDOG CLASSIC--Rendon, Texas. Chris and Traci Onstad put together this outstanding day consisting of 2 trials. Angie won a 1st and a 3rd and won the buckle for the best combined score. Jiggs won a 2nd and a 4th in the Pro-Novice.




DOGS GONE WILD--Quinlan, Texas. On Friday night we watched Rita Cannon and Wayne Shinn get married in Rita's back yard and then got up Saturday morning for 2 days of non-stop dog trials. There were actually 4 trials in two days. Of the 4 trials, Angie won 2 1st places and won the Open buckle for the best combined score. Belle won a 1st, a 2nd and a 3rd in the Pro-Novice. Jiggs won a 1st, a 2nd and two 3rds to win the buckle in the Pro-Novice for the best combined score.






WYOMING SUMMER RUN--Our annual summer run into Wyoming and Nebraska was not only fun but profitable as well. We started off in Rock Springs. We left there and went to Saratoga for a 2 day trial. We doubled back to Rawlins after Saratoga. From Rawlins we went to Torrington. Then we jumped over into Nebraska, Harrisburg to be exact. Back to Wyoming and up to Douglas for first, the State Fair Sheepdog Trial and then the State Fair Cattledog Trial the day after. Seven cattledog trials and one sheepdog trial in a week and a half. We've made a lot of new friends up there that we look forward to seeing every year and they've got a lot of good dogs that we only get to watch once or twice a year. It's definitely one of my highlights of the year. Here's how we placed this year:
Rock Springs CDT(cattledog trial): Angie won 1st in the Open Ranch
Saratoga-first day CDT: Bill won 4th in the Open/Angie won 2nd in the Open Ranch
Saratoga-second day CDT: Mitch won 4th in the Open/Belle(belonging to Cam Brandon of Weatherford, Texas won 1st in the Nursery/Angie won 2nd in the Open Ranch. Angie won the Buckle for the Open Ranch for the best 2 day combined score. Belle tied for the buckle in the Nursery but lost it on the tie-breaker.
Rawlins CDT: Mitch won 1st in the Open/Belle won 3rd in the Nursery/Angie won 1st in the Open Ranch.
Torrington CDT: We didn't win anything.
Harrisburg CDT: Mitch won 1st in the Open/Angie won 5th in the Open.
State Fair SDT(sheepdog trial): Mitch won 1st in the Open sheep/Angie won 5th in the Open sheep.
State Fair Cattledog Finals: Mitch won the first go-round and finished 2nd overall.




CALGARY STAMPEDE--Calgary, Alberta Canada. I really enjoy going to this trial and it's not just the big payoff. They really treat the handlers good. Trialing inside the Saddledome, Jumbo-tron with you and your dog's name in big letters, 1000 spectators at anytime during the 2 go-rounds of 80 runs each, Prime Rib supper and 2000-3000 spectators for the Finals. It just makes being there fun. This year Mitch made the Finals in 15th place out of 80 dogs and performed well in the final go but finished 8th when it was all tallied up. Still, they make such a big deal about the Finals, you almost feel like you've won, just being in the final go.




Powder River Sheepherders Festival--Powder River, Wyoming. A fun sheepherder's festival where everything is sheep: sheep roping, sheep hooking, sheep typing, lamb cookoff, and sheepdog trial. I ran Mitch, Angie and Bill. Mitch and Angie made the Finals after 2 go-rounds but we weren't able to get a check in the Finals.



The 2009 United States Border Collie Handler's Association National Cattledog Finals in Gering, Nebraska



Preston Carter's Oreo--National Champion Nursery Cattledog



Mitch--Reserve National Champion Open Cattledog





In the picture from left to right: Dan Gill, judge; Red Oliver and Blaze, National Champion Open Cattledog(I let Red practice on my cattle before he left for the National Finals and the ol' coot beat me.); Herbert Holmes, judge; myself and Mitch; Amy and Preston Carter with Oreo; and Tim Gifford and Tip, Reserve National Champion Nursery Cattledog.(Photo by Carol Gifford)



The Wildflower Sheepdog Trial Apr. 25th and 26th Temple, Tx--Mitch won 4th in the first Open trial and 2nd in the second Open. Oreo won 4th in the first Nursery and Rose won 3rd in the second Nursery.



The Bluebonnett Sheepdog Trial Apr. 19th Crawford, Tx--Angie won 2nd in the Open.



The Western Classic Sheepdog and Cattledog Trials Apr. 10, 11, & 12 Snyder, Tx--In the sheep Angie won 3rd in the first Open with Mitch coming in 5th and Jiggs won 2nd in the first Open Ranch. Mitch won 1st in the second Open. In the cattledog trial, Rose won 4th in the first Pro-Novice trial and in the second trial Angie won 1st in the Pro-Novice with Oreo coming in 3rd.



The Slate River Ranch Cattledog Trial Mar. 28th Perrin, Tx--Mitch won 1st in the first Open trial and Jiggs won 1st in the 2nd Pro-Novice Trial.



The Trail to the Cross Cattledog Trial Mar. 21st Hillsboro--Mitch won 2nd in the Open for both trials. Oreo won 1st in the first Pro-Novice trial and Jiggs won 1st in the 2nd Pro-Novice trial with Oreo coming in 2nd.



The Star of Texas Stock Show Sheepdog Trial Mar. 15th, Austin--Mitch won 2nd in the Open.



Houston Livestock Show Sheepdog Trial Mar. 14th--Another good sheepdog trial in Houston. Mitch finished 4th in the Open and Banjo was 5th in the Open Ranch.



San Antonio Stock Show Sheepdog Trial Feb. 15th--Another good sheepdog trial in San Antonio. Mitch and Angie got checks in the Open, changing positions from the Ft. Worth Stock Show with Mitch coming in 1st and Angie 2nd.



Ft. Worth Stock Show Sheepdog Trial Feb. 7th and 8th--Angie, Mitch, Rose and Oreo all got checks. Angie won 1st in the Open on Saturday and 5th on Sunday. Her combined times for both day were the fastest to be the Overall Open Champion for the 2009 Stock Show. Mitch won 2nd behind Angie on Saturday and 1st on Sunday but his combined times were a little slower which made him the Reserver Open Champion. Rose, belonging to Cam Brandon of Weatherford won 2nd in the Nursery on Saturday. I decided to move her to the Open Ranch on Sunday and she won 3rd in a very large class of 27 entries. Oreo, belonging to Preston Carter of Weatherford, won 4th in the Nursery on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday to become the Reserve Nursery Champion.






The new trial year for the cattledogs started off in Santa Anna on Sunday January 25th. Bill won the 2nd Open trial but the big winner in my kennel was Jiggs who belongs to Rusty Fleming of Weatherford. Jiggs won both Pro-Novice classes. In the picture above, Jiggs and I are standing with Miles Allen, organizer of the trial and his Uncle James Allen who furnished the cattle.






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CALENDER OF EVENTS HERE AT JIMMY WALKER BORDER COLLIES

2010
Feb 6 & 7 -- Ft Worth Stock Show Sheepdog Trial--Ft Worth, Texas
Feb 13 -- Wineglass Sheepdog Trial--Gouldbusk, Texas
Feb 14 -- San Antonio Stock Show Sheepdog Trial--San Antonio, Texas
Feb 20&21 -- Windchill Sheepdog Trial--Pottsville, Texas
Mar 5-7 -- Spring Fling Sheepdog Trial--Brashear, Texas
Mar 13 -- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Sheepdog Trial--Houston, Texas
Mar 18 -- Star of Texas Sheepdog Trial--Austin, Texas
Mar 19-21 -- Top of the Hill Sheepdog Trial--Fredricksburg, Texas
Mar 27&28 -- Highland Games Sheepdog Trial--Helotes, Texas
Apr 10&11 -- Bluebonnet Sheepdog Trial--Crawford, Texas
Apr 24&25 -- Wildflower Bluegrass Sheepdog Trial--Temple, Texas
May 5-9 -- National Cattledog Finals--Gering, Nebraska
July 11&12-- World Stockdog Championship--Calgary, Alberta Canada
Aug 5 -- Sweetwater County Fair Cattledog Trial--Rock Springs, Wyoming
Aug 7 & 8 -- Seven Bar Ranch Cattledog Trials--Saratoga, Wyoming
Aug 10 -- Carbon County Fair Cattledog Trial--Rawlins, Wyoming
Aug 12 -- Wildflower Classic Cattledog Trial--Torrington, Wyoming
Aug 13 -- Gifford Cattledog Trial--Harrisburg, Nebraska
Aug 14 -- Wyoming State Fair Sheepdog Trial--Douglas, Wyoming
Aug 15 -- Wyoming State Fair Cattledog Finals--Douglas, Wyoming
Aug 17 -- Sadly leave Wyoming and head home to Hillsboro, Texas




Here are the Associations I belong to and their web links and some other sites that I like to browse through on a regular basis:

Walker Livestock-- North Branch, Minnesota
Texas Sheep Dog Association/Texas Cattle Dog Association
United States Border Collie Handlers Association
Sundowner Stockdog Association
Wyoming Stockdog Association
Cowdog News
Vinson Livestock
Gilbert Stockdogs


I answer all of my phone calls and emails. If you don't get a response, try the other method. Sometimes I don't get all of my emails. I do want to visit with you.


Jimmy Walker

368 HCR 3134N

Hillsboro, TX 76645

254-582-9724

jwalker@hillsboro.net