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From my archives and written many years ago but to this day it still make me giggle and I still believe it to be a true report had she been able to write it   I was asked to give an account of how a sheepdog may view competing in a trial and what they might think of the course. I have taken the liberty of delving into the mind of my amazing work and trials dog Meg. Together we competed in nine National Trials and one International trial, we also mastered very large flocks of sheep in our everyday work and she was a little gem at stretching across my feet on a night and keeping them warm. But for all that she was one of the feistiest little collies it has ever been my privilege to share my life with. Barbara In honour of Meg (20/09/1979   - 03/06/1992) and her brilliant sense of humour   A Sheepdog's Trials The evidence The motor is being backed into the yard and as the tail gate is dropped   I prepare to jump in, but then I   see the 'posh' crook in th...

Do You Remember? We all have memories from our childhood, even if its just one and is in our subconscious mind. I’m lucky as I have a lot of really happy memories and a few not so good ones that I, or my mind, choose to dismiss. But I have two memories that were not worthy of great emotion but have stuck in my mind, probably because they have helped me to understand so many dogs with problems. My first one was when I was very young, young enough to go to bed on my own but not old enough feel confident in the dark. I don’t think I can hold television responsible for this memory but for those who remember listening to the radio on an evening there could be some pretty scary stuff. Our farm house was big and cold with a steep staircase and poor lighting, the scene is set with just that bit of information. I would start upstairs at a slow controlled walk, get to step number three and start speeding up, by the time I reached the top step somewhere in my darkest thoughts my brain was t...