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Breeding and Training Sheepdogs Specifically for Sheepdog Trialling Please remember, if you have the desire and commitment to succeed it can be done.
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A resource site for people interested in caring for, breeding and training sheepdogs specifically to compete in sheepdog trials. I’ve been competing in sheepdog trials in Australia since 1992 and have learnt from some of the best stock handlers and dog trainers in the country over the journey. As a result, I’ve been fortunate enough to develop systems and core beliefs that work effectively for me

and have enabled me to have a reasonable level of success over a long period of time. Some of my successes include qualifying as a member of the country’s top 4 triallers to represent Australia in the Trans-Tasman Test series, the pinnacle of our sport. Many Open trial wins with multiple dogs over a long period of time, in recent years the resume includes winning the Tasmanian “Consistency” dog of the year award, Tasmanian Championship, CopRice Champion of Champions Series and consistently placing in the top 3 at the Australian Championships and Commonwealth Championships with multiple dogs. A key to my success is a desire to continuously learn how to become a better trainer and importantly better understand how to effectively work different types of sheep. This is particularly key to my success as I’m not a farmer or a stock manager, I own a real estate agency and live on a 3-acre block in an urban area and compete in sheepdog trials in my spare time. I know there are a lot of people out there in a similar position to me that have a desire to compete in sheepdog trials but just don’t know where to start. If by sharing my knowledge and successes with people who share the same aspirations to me is helpful, then feel free to follow me on this page and I might be able to help you. Some of the topics I’ll cover here will include;

• Breeding and or selecting pups for the best chance of success on the trial field
• Caring for your dogs, nutrition, health and housing
• Starting pups on the right path
• Training through the various stages from pup to podium
• Having a personal routine designed for ultimate success
• Competing in sheepdog trials and overcoming setbacks
• The mindset required for competition
• Interviews with top sheepdog triallers

19/08/2024

It’s with sadness that our much loved Jo Taylor passed away on Saturday morning. Jo was a popular lady within the sheep dog trials community all around Australia. She will always be affectionately remembered, now at peace and reunited with Malcolm. From my family and the Tasmanian Working Sheep Dog Association we send our condolences to Jo’s family.

I will share the funeral notice when available. I can say that the funeral will be in Launceston this Friday the 23rd of August at 2pm. For those interstate friends, there will be a livestream of the service.

27/05/2024

Just putting this post up to see if anyone I know in Tassie is looking for a Border Collie working dog pup. I have one coming for myself in early June from a mate in Victoria, he has two male pups left. Bred from trial dog lines and would also suit as farm dogs or active family pets. Send me a private message if you are interested in more details.

21/05/2024

A message from the President of the Agfest Trial committee, Bernard McGlashan

Agfest has been and gone once again and it was a great success for our sport, lots of spectators, great weather and good sheep ( most of the time)
First and foremost I would like to thank CopRice for supporting us once again this year and also for all the trials on the calendar. As a Coprice ambassador I am very proud of the way every competitor conducted themselves on and off the trial ground, even when the sheep didn’t go your way, as we all know how important this event is to our sport and it gives us an opportunity to give something back to Coprice in someway.
Big thanks to Lee Jamieson for all the work that was done behind the scenes, working with Coprice and the Rural Youth Committee to make it all fall into place at the right time! Thanks Lee.
To the hens in the hen house thanks again you do the timekeeping so professionally and there is never a hold up.
To John Bramich and Mary Southen for judging and thanks to Maxine Bramich for keeping John well fed and organised.
To Micheal, Louise and Curley for the work with sheep, specially Curley as he was on a plane next day great effort, thanks.
To all competitors that helped letting sheep out for the three days and a major thanks to Anthony Berne, you’re a trooper mate!!
Thanks to James, Will , Amy and young Jock for helping with the set up and pull down afterwards thanks a lot .It was great to see so many new trialers and dogs face the dreaded walk onto trial ground, anybody that has trialled at Agfest knows it can be a lonely place out there sometimes.Congratulations to Martin Waddingham on winning the consistency and running second as well, great effort and I wish you and Lee the best of luck at the Supreme and Ted Gaby later in the year. Thanks to Anna for your great photography again, you make all the dogs look so life like.
Finally to me I think the Tasmania Association looks to be in its best shape for a long while with new keen members and good atmosphere at trials, all the best to everyone in the coming season cheers Bernard.

11/05/2024

Mum come across this story from 2008 on the CopRice Supreme Australian Championships and Trans Tasman Test which were held in Tasmania at the AFL stadium in Launceston. The story features Malcolm Taylor and Bernard McGlashan who were Australian team members along with Stefan Cross and John Perry if memory serves me well. Australia won the test and Pip Hudson and Golda won the Supreme.

05/05/2024

The 2024 CopRice Agfest Championships have concluded and Team CopRice ambassadors Bernard McGlashan has taken out 1st with Tahlia and 3rd with Tuz in the Open with myself in 2nd place with Steele.

Our dogs perform at their peak on CopRice Working Dog.

01/05/2024

The 2024 CopRice Agfest Sheepdog Championships are underway with the Novice and Encourage classes today.

CopRice ambassador Bernard McGlashan with Blade pictured.

29/04/2024

14/04/2024

This weekend my dog Glenmurray Toby won his first Open trial at the CopRice Fingal Sheep Dog Trial. As a 2 1/2 year old he’s the current state Novice and Improver Champion and after placing in several opens he’s finally got the monkey off his back with today’s win. Next trial is the CopRice Agfest Championship in a couple of weeks.

11/04/2024

The 2024 CopRice Fingal Sheepdog trials are on this weekend. Action will begin at 8am each day. There will be a food and coffee van available all weekend in Fingal. Please support this local small business. Powered sites for caravans are available at the grounds and all is set for a great weekend of trialling.

Fence is up, big shout out to Bernard McGlashan for all the heavy work today.

28/03/2024

🌟 A sincere thank you to CopRice , our incredible major sponsor of the National Sheepdog Trial Championships! 🌟

Your partnership not only benefits our event but also strengthens our community and fosters the spirit of camaraderie among participants and spectators alike. It's because of sponsors like you that we can continue to celebrate our rich heritage and showcase the extraordinary talents of our working dogs.

Thank you, Coprice, for your continued support and belief in our vision. We look forward to many more years of collaboration and shared success.

17/03/2024

Unfortunately our run on the Top 20 didn’t go to plan and we retired. Steele gave 100% and did everything I asked of him but the sheep were just too tough. There’s always next year as they say…

CopRice

16/03/2024

Crowd is building for the finals

16/03/2024

Livestream link to today’s finals at the Nationals in Canberra. CopRice

13/03/2024

🐾 Attention, dog lovers! Want to treat your furry friend to a FREE bag of nutritional CopRice Family Dog Food? It's so delish that we couldn't keep Iris' head out of it!

Here's your chance!

The National Sheepdog Trials are buzzing with dogs of all shapes and sizes, and we're curious – what breed/s are YOUR dogs?

To enter:
▪️ Simply comment below with the breed/s of your furry friend/s!
▪️ Follow CopRice and The National Sheepdog Trial - ACT

Three lucky winners will be randomly selected to receive a 20kg bag of CopRice family dog food and a CopRice prize pack. Don't miss out – join the fun and enter now!

11/03/2024

Met ambassador Caroline Kennedy at The National Sheepdog Trial - ACT yesterday and explained the finer details of sheepdog trials. Such a lovely down to earth lady who was genuinely interested in our sport.

11/03/2024

Great coverage on the local WIN News Canberra

10/03/2024

The 2024 Nationals are here. The grounds are prepared for action to begin tomorrow morning. I’m excited to be competing this year while also talking to patrons about the CopRice range of Working Dog Food. Hosted at Hall, near Canberra ACT, the weather is forecast to be great all week and the competition is sure to be strong with many of Australia’s best handlers and dogs taking to the field.

18/02/2024

Today was the final day of the Australian Sheepdog Championships in Koroit VIC. Steele and I made the final and ended up finishing 3rd in the Open. I’m happy with the effort and hard work Steele put in over three runs, we didn’t leave anything on the table this week and I couldn’t have asked more from him. The sheep were too good today. Congratulations Barry Knight on a top run in the final.

CopRice

11/02/2024

This week we competed at the Commonwealth Championships in Port Fairy where we worked in several different classes with some good runs and a couple of tough ones too. The trial show cased some of the best dogs and handlers from around the country with around 120 entrants in the Open class.

The trial also hosts the annual Bill Paton Australian Dog of the year where the top dog from each of the six states compete for their states. This year Shannandoah Steele and I finished in second place to Mick Hudson and MGH Rabbit from NSW, who also went on to win the Open Championship. I also had two dogs in the top 20 final and we finished third in the Trans Tasman trial. So all in all a pretty good week and great company. As always a big thanks to my sponsor CopRice who always ensure my dogs are in peak condition

31/12/2023

Happy New Year
CopRice Tasmanian Working Sheep Dog Association

03/12/2023

Steele won his third Northern Tasmanian Championship today on very challenging sheep. It’s the fifth time I have won the title now with three different dogs over the years. Thanks to Matthew Larner and his committee for running a great event. CopRice

01/11/2023

2023 CopRice Deloraine Craft Fair Championships this weekend

20/10/2023

A great opportunity to learn from one the best in the land!

18/10/2023

The results have been tallied for the 2022/3 CopRice Champion of Champions Series. Based on the accumulated points over 5 major championship trials across Tasmania.

I’m very proud as the owner of both Glennmurray Toby and Shannandoah Steele that in every one of the four rounds we competed in we either won or finished in second place.

For those who are interested to know more about Toby, he is a 2 year dog by Steele out of Al Hort’s Dam Flossie. Earlier this month he won the Novice and Improver classes and placed in the Open at the CopRice Tasmanian championships and followed up with another second place in the Open at the Royal Launceston show trial last weekend. Its fair to say I’m happy with his progress and he’s likely to be a permanent member of my team.

Steele had another strong year finishing on top in the Tasmanian Dog of the year Consistency award for the second time in a row, etching our names on this revered piece of Tasmanian working dog history. If you made it this far thanks for reading 😀

16/10/2023

2023 CopRice Royal Launceston Show

Congratuations to all winners and placegetters at this years show. Special mention to Mark Hirst and his dog Glennmurray Bobby who took out the Novice Competition and Martin Waddingham and Nolans Digga on the Open win.

Full trial results available online at:
https://twsda.org/agfest-results-2022-2-3/
Pictured: Mark Hirst left, Martin Waddingham right

12/10/2023

2023 CopRice Royal Launceston Show Novice results

Congratulations to our newest handler, Mark Hirst for 3 consistent runs and top score of 90 with his dog Glennmurray Bobby

11/10/2023

2023 CopRice Royal Launceston Show trial is all set up and about to start. Novice Thursday Open Friday and Saturday

27/09/2023

The 2023 CopRice Royal Launceston Show Trial draw and additional info is below. All entrants will receive the same via email and show and vehicle passes will be posted to you.

Novice only trial will be held on Thursday 12th October starting at 9am, all entrants will have two heats runs followed by a six-dog final.

Open will begin on Friday 13th October starting at 9am, we will work all dogs in the first three rounds.

Open last heat round will start on Saturday 14th October at 9am, followed by a Top 10 run off and a Top 6 Final.

05/09/2023

On the road again. We haven’t posted in a while it’s been our off season in Tassie and I’ve been busy moving house. We’ve just brought a 25 acre property on the West Tamar, which will suit us well for dog training after 10 years on a 3 acre block near the city. We are headed for Strathalbyn in SA to compete in the Supreme Aust Champs which begins this weekend. I’ll also be competing in the Ted Gaby Interstate Competition which is also the selection trial for this years Aust Test Team who will head to NZ In October, fingers crossed we can make the team again this year. A big thanks to CopRice for your continued support of me.

30/08/2023

REMINDER ALL TWSDA MEMBERS

Entries for the 2023 CopRice Royal Launceston Show are about to close. Please submit yours today if you haven’t already.

All members received entry forms via email.

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Videos

Nationals

Crowd is building for the finals

Waking the pups tonight, 5.5 weeks old.

If you are wondering about the course and how sheepdog trials work this short tutorial video will provide the basics. The course is the Quercus Park Agfest layout.

Agfest report Thursday morning #coprice

The Trans Tasman Course. In my opinion the best course, as it is more of a team effort and includes both heading and driving sections as well as the obstacles. Here’s a video of me working Steele in the Ted Gaby Interstate competition in QLD in 2019. This was the last run of three which enabled us to qualify in the Australian Test Team for 2020. Unfortunately the Test against NZ in 2020 & 2021 were cancelled due to Covid and I haven’t yet had the opportunity to represent Australia with Steele. Fortunately, time is on our side with Steele as he was just four years old when we first qualified in 2019 and he has maintained his good form since then by qualifying to represent Tasmania in The Ted Gaby Interstate competition for four years consecutively. The Ted Gaby is both a state v state competition and also the Aus Team selection trial for the top four dogs and their handlers. So fingers crossed we have a bit of luck in 2022 and can make the Aus team again. You can see the selection trial and the Trans Tasman Test at this years #coprice Supreme in Tasmania in October.