Muresk Dogpro+

Great Southern Sheep Dog club returned to the Muresk Institute at Northam for the final Arena trial of the year, held on November 12 – 14th 2021.

The Muresk sheep proved a good challenge for the dogs. They did however try to make a break for some shade during the hot part of the day which caused quite a number of runs to be retired as dogs and sheep got too hot.
The dogs which could keep calm and control their sheep produced the results.

There is a growing group of new triallers working in the Encourage class who produced some very good work. Most of them went on to have a go in the Novice and Improver classes, testing themselves and scoring well.

The Encourage class was won by Daniel Beard, on debut, with Boonining Digit. The Novice was taken out by Neil Kristiansen with Badgingarra Maggie. The Improver winner was Len Morton with Perangery Maudie and the Open was won by Peter Gorman with Coshies Dusty.

The Novice had 13 scores from 39 runs, Improver 12 scores from 33 runs and the Open produced 19 scores from 55 runs.

The Arena Dog of the Year was won by Peter Gorman with Coshies Dusty and the Breeder of the Year returned to Colin Cosh.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!