This year I was so lucky to be in Ireland at the right time to see the best of the best compete in the Irish National Sheep Dog Trials at the An Grianan Estate, Burt in co. Donegal. I was also happy to see some old friends and meeting some new friends too. The weather was mostly dry, apart from some drizzling now and again. And even when the sun peeped through the clouds, the chilly wind made sure everyone kept their jackets on. I managed to take some pictures too, and was very impressed with Claire Somers-Cashen's run:
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Claire shedding...
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... and penning...
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and taking the single!
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Jessie was very interested and mesmerized by all the runs too:
Trying to make the most of it, I had to have some fish and chips of course, and since there were lots of stalls with food and drinks that was no problem. In the ISDS tent I bought Jullie Hill's latest book, finally the revised version is available and I can recommend it to everyone interested in Sheep Dog Training.
We had a nice day and I'm sure we will be back!
