Beginning an Adventure

My name is Cyndie (I'm the Shepherdess) and a while back a local businessman and friend approached me about going on an adventure. See he has a dog, a Boarder Collie by the name of Duke, whom he had been training to trial. Trial for those of you who may not know is herding a flock of something, in Duke's case sheep for  competition

This is me on a good day

BUT, my friend (we'll refer to him as the Owner from now on) did not have a flock of sheep to practice with nor did he know much about sheep. That is where I came in to the picture. See I am a local livestock 4-H leader and have been raising and handling market sheep for quite a few years on a very small scale. That is about to change.

The start of our flock

See Owner has a vision, not only to bring a flock of sheep into our county which does not have many flocks or known for being sheep country,





but to provide lambs for local 4-H and FFA members to purchase for their projects for the county fair (one of the best county fairs in the Pacific Northwest).

The vision goes on. He would like the whole adventure to be a learning opportunity for our local kids.

The vision does not stop there. He also hopes to be able to provide local grass fed lambs to our community.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any bigger it does! He also hopes that someday that dog trials could be held in our area bring another much needed business opportunity to our small rural community.


I keep saying he but it is both our dream. So how does this work?  Add one Owner + one Shepherdess + two understanding families + a lot of hard work + a lot of trial and error = 

Adventure at the Sheep Camp!!