Lynn Leach of Downriver Farm in Laidlaw, B.C. hauls her sheep to Vancouver Island for all-breed herding clinics, usually twice a year.  Lynn is a herding judge and a well-known instructor who travels around Canada and the States when she isn't at home with her own Australian Cattle Dogs and Border Collies.  I have taken my dogs and Minis owned by others to her clinics and herding instinct tests.  People were surprised that the "little dogs" could move the sheep just as well as the larger breeds. I also take my Minis to a local farm to practice herding sheep under the guidance of an experienced handler. (Thanks, Stef)!

 
September 2003: Rain keeping the sheep together, and keeping them moving.

Rain balancing well on the fetch.

  May 2004: Rain and Tag were entered in the herding instinct test and earned their
Herding Instinct Certified (HIC) titles.  The two girls and Cheyenne were also in the clinic.

 
Tag (above and below photos) keeping the sheep grouped together.
These two photos by Tracy Thomsen

And again in June 2005!

As Rain and Tag had recently had puppies, only Sprite participated in the clinic.  
Sprite also earned her Herding Instinct Certified title.

Photos of Sprite: click photos below for a larger view.

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