The Meadow Ranch

10/16/2024

🍁 Raw Gotland Sheep Fleeces! 🍁

3 LAMB fleeces and 2 adult fleeces

Lamb fleece is lightly skirted adult fleece skirted.

Photos of each below. I’ve never sold raw fleeces before so please message with any questions. Last few photos are the sheep before they were shorn.

10/14/2024

• 📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 •
Due to Hurricane Helene we are moving our Kelsey Kirkpatrick clinic to December 6-8th!
We have open spots!
Friday AM • intermediate/advanced handling Friday PM • international handling
Saturday AM • young dog foundations/sequencing
Saturday PM • young dog sequencing
Sunday AM • international handling
Sunday PM • young dog sequencing 
$185/working spot
Auditors welcome!
Register here!
https://www.themeadowranch.com/kelseykirpatrick2024

10/13/2024

A week ago we got to attend the USBCHA Sheepdog National Finals! It felt like a whirlwind of a trip leaving just a day and a half after Helene wrecked so much of our area. My heart was home while I was trying to get my head on to run my dogs for what we’ve been working towards all year.

Flynt had her Open preliminary run on Monday and did everything I asked of her. The biggest bobble we had was in the shed ring when I just rushed it and didn’t set her up properly and called her in on a terrible try. My fault. We put them back together and she carried me again on a terrible setup but got the shed this time. I told her I’d do better next time. We came away with a 164, a score that put us in the hot seat all through prelims until Thursday, but it held and we made it to the semi finals sitting 36th out of 150 dogs! 💪

Her semifinal run on Saturday was at the hottest part of the day! And the sheep were HEAVY. We had a good OLF, and then she worked her but off just to get through the drive. Finally to the shed ring we got our collared sheep with a much nicer shed than our first round, but the exhaust draw was so strong and by the time our shed was called the rest of the sheep had run to the exhaust. We tried to regroup them, but they called us off with just 20seconds left. I really wish we would have been able to get a score, but I was so pleased with how hard she worked for me.

Rip’s nursery showing was sad for me. He has been phenomenal all year and I feel like caught a bad break and as a result didn’t really get to show what he was made of. He had the best outrun I personally had seen on that tricky nursery field, and I’m not just saying that, his practice at our place going over hills and letting sheep go out of sight on outruns prepared him well to have an appropriate and beautiful outrun on that field. As he was making his way up the field I could see one of his sheep was getting antsy and the set out was having to work hard to keep her in place. Once he got to the top I couldn’t see him at all, but the sheep broke to the right and then quickly went out of sight over the ridge (sheep were basically sitting on top of the ridge for set out). They were gone for about 3minutes and I was about to call the run when here comes sheep heads over the ridge! 😱🙌🤩 I was SO PROUD of Rip. That was all him working them up with my useless whistles of support faintly heard from the post. He brought them up and we got them about halfway through the drive before we timed out. I think that’s the most disappointed I’ve ever walked off a trial field, cause he did so well but the score wouldn’t/couldn’t reflect that.

The rest of our time was spent enjoying the company of so many wonderful handlers and their dogs! Very grateful that I get to be a part of such a fun and challenging sport! Motivated to get to work for next year.

07/23/2024

Exciting Announcement!!

Kelsey Kirkpatrick will be returning to the Meadow Ranch (Marshall, NC) this fall for 3 days of Agility Seminars!

Clinic Dates October 25-27th, 2024
See link for details

Registration is OPEN!

Kelsey has been doing agility for 22 years. She teaches classes weekly and teaches online students. She is a 5 time National Champion with 3 different dogs. 37 time regional champion with 4 different dogs. She’s a 5 time World Team Member. Her 3 year old, Wow! has been on the AWC short list the la...

07/05/2024

Private lessons are currently booking 3-4 weeks out. If you’ve inquired about one I and haven’t heard back from me about about scheduling please send me a message again! I have a list I’m working down on a first contact first scheduled basis and want to make sure everyone who wants a lesson is on the list!

07/03/2024

Some new lambs and their amazing fleece!

06/25/2024

From Buncombe County!

06/11/2024

I have softly (but apparently not so softly) opened up my schedule for private lessons after being on maternity leave these last 6 weeks. I am almost fully booked for the limited lessons I’m taking for the next two weeks. If you’re wanting to schedule I’d suggest reaching out sooner rather than later as I’m not sure when I’ll open up more time slots. If you have reached out and I haven’t responded please send me a reminder! Thank you everyone for the support and kind words while I’ve been away, I have the best students and friends!

06/11/2024

So grateful for awesome dogs! This boy had a fantastic weekend of runs at Glenrose Farms SDT. Got a 1st and a 2nd in Nursery which made him Overall Nursery Champ for the weekend. And then he had to go outdo himself by placing 4th in his debut Open run! Go Rip!

06/07/2024

Working sheep is beautiful.

06/06/2024

NEW --- SUMMER PUPPY CLASS!!!

starts June 22nd and runs for 6 weeks

Taught by the lovely Kyra Stewart!

Follow the link below for more info + to register.
Happy to answer any questions.

**Taught by Kyra Stewart** This class is the foundation to set you and your puppy up for success for the rest of their life. Class time will allot for questions on common household training challenges. Your puppy will learn the basics of walking on a leash, sitting, coming, good social skills as wel...

06/02/2024

In true young dog fashion the Bluegrass was a bit all over the place as far as placing goes for Rip and I. But he was great, tried hard, for the most part kept his cool and most importantly was my partner for all our runs, which is all I can ask for. He earned himself a 6th place out of 60 dogs the first round, getting our pen and everything, which is a struggle for him with the need for open flanks and all 😂. A couple rounds later that issue is what kept us from penning (we needed those points to be competitive with other runs), but a solid go for the rest of the course. We timed out on the drive the second round and gripped off on the drive another round. Overall I am really pleased with his consistently beautiful outruns and overall listening on some really tough sheep. He’s moving up to open soon, so off we go to work on our shedding.

05/30/2024

Our first time competing in the open class at the Bluegrass and I am so pleased with how we did! We may have bombed out a little on the first go round but the second we got our shed and timed out at the pen and ended the run with a respectable score of 64! This girl is an awesome teammate and I can’t wait to keep getting better with her.

05/29/2024

Two ram lambs (3/4hair 1/4wool crosses, born end of January beginning of February) and a 2yr old ewe need some new pastures. Ewe (hair cross) lambed a single ram lamb this year on her own in the field, first time lambing and did just fine.

03/05/2024

Puppy class canceled for tonight.

Agility is still on!

03/05/2024

Class Schedule!
Tuesday 3/5
4-5pm • Puppy Class
5-6pm • Novice/Advance Agility
Thursday 3/7
5-6pm • Agility II/III
All group classes $25 per dog/handler team.
Private lessons are FULLY BOOKED this week! Next week is almost full so please contact me soon if you’d like a lesson.

02/27/2024

Class Schedule!
Tuesdays 2/27
4-5pm • Puppy Class
5-6pm • Novice/Advance Agility
Thursday 2/29
5-6pm • Agility II/III
All group classes $25 per dog/handler team.
Private lessons are FULLY BOOKED this week! Second week in a row you guys! If there’s a cancellation and you want on the wait list please contact me asap!

02/19/2024

Class Schedule!
Tuesday 2/20
4-5pm • Puppy Class
5-6pm • Novice/Advance Agility
Thursday 2/22
4-5pm • Agility II/III
All group classes $25 per dog/handler team.
Private lessons are FULLY BOOKED this week! If there’s a cancellation and you want on the wait list please contact me asap!

02/18/2024

Meet the new Gotland girls! Picked them up today and they’re settling in nicely!

02/12/2024

Class Schedule this week!
Tuesday 2/13
5-6pm • Novice/Advanced Agility
Friday 2/16
4-5pm • Agility II/III
5-6pm • Puppy Class!
$25 per dog/handler team. Please contact me to hold your spot in class!
Private Lessons + Classes, be sure to contact me before driving here if the weather is questionable.

02/07/2024

Raise your hand 🙋‍♀️ if you want a drop in puppy class next Thursday (2/15) from 5-6pm! Gauging interest to see if we should add it to our drop in schedule!

01/30/2024

DROP-IN AGILITY class this week Thursday (2/1) starting at 4pm (end time determined by number in attendance)! Must be sequencing. $25/team, please contact to hold spot.
Private Lessons BOOKING NOW for next week, maybe 1 or 2 openings left for later this week. Agility, herding, obedience, and puppy training all available in private lessons.
$45/half hour or $75/hour. Contact me to schedule your lesson.

01/16/2024

Classes CANCELED TODAY! Due to snow and cold.