2015 OESCA National Specialty - AKC
Herding Tests Trial 1 (OES Only) Erie, PennsylvaniaSunday - September 13 Stock: SheepTester / Judge: Cynthia Knowlton
2015 OESCA National Specialty - AKC
Herding Tests Trial 2 (All Breed) Erie, PennsylvaniaSunday - September 13, 2015 Stock: SheepTester / Judge: Cynthia Knowlton
Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive
herding tests.
Performance Events: Dogs are evaluated according to how they perform tasks for which they were bred, e.g., field trials,
herding tests, lure coursing.
Some hounds and all sporting dogs qualify for hunting events; sighthounds can compete in lure coursing events; herding dogs and Samoyeds can enter
herding tests and trials; terriers can compete in go - to - ground contests that simulate vermin hunting, etc..
Things like obedience trials, agility courses and
herding tests are favorites of this breed.
Herding Tests and Trials preserve and develop the herding skills inherent in herding breeds and demonstrate they can perform the useful functions for which they were originally bred.
The AKC also regulates various other kinds of dog competitions, including field tests, lure coursing, hunting tests and
herding tests, among others.
A title carried by demonstrating the ability to herd livestock on a prescribed course at two AKC licensed
Herding Tests.
These clubs host all - breed shows, specialty shows, obedience - only shows, agility trials, hunt tests and trials,
herding tests and trials, lure coursing tests and trials, and go - to - ground events.
Other AKC events include tests of instinct and trainability, such as field trials or
herding tests.
Herding: Non-competitive
herding tests measure a dog's ability to move and control livestock by fetching or driving.
2013 OESCA National Specialty - AKC
Herding Tests - Trial 2 Purina Farms - Gray Summit, MissouriTuesday - October 15, 2013 Stock: SheepTester / Judge: Ms. Rebecca Henson & Mr. Jim New
Newfoundlands may do carting or water work (5), Siberian Huskies and Samoyeds may do dog sledding, retrievers and pointers may do hunting tests and trials (6), and Border Collies and Shetland Sheepdogs, corgis, and other herding breeds may do
herding tests and trials (7), owners of terriers may participate in «go - to - ground» competitions, and owners of sighthounds may do lure coursing tests and trials.
At an AKC - sanctioned
herding test, your dog will enter a pen with a tester and some livestock, usually sheep or ducks.
If your dog is not registered with the AKC, is not a breed considered eligible for
herding testing with AKC or is a mixed breed, you can still have his herding instinct tested.
Evaluators must be licensed
herding test / trial judges in good standing with the AKC, American Herding Breed Association (AHBA), Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA) and / or Canadian Kennel Club (CKC).
A more advanced
herding test title.
Over the next few years, he obtained his CD, CDX, TC, (Temperament Certified), HT (
Herding Tested), RE (Rally Excellent) and CGC (Canine Good Citizen), and also became the # 5 GSD in the country based on defeating other GSDs and other herding dogs at AKC shows.
Jane is a Grand Champion with her Rally Novice, and
Herding Tested titles and was an ARBA Top Ten National Champion in 2009.
Now, Cooper is about to graduate from obedience school and has even passed
a herding test!
Not exact matches
Regulators talk sometimes about regulating the big bond mutual - fund complexes as «systemically important» institutions, on the theory that liquidity requirements, stress
testing, regulatory oversight, etc. could make them less vulnerable to
herding and the shock of redemption requirements.
Whether that means not participating in an organized religion but still studying its teachings, proposing a new mathematical theory to explain the origin of the universe that can't easily be
tested experimentally, taking the notion of a personal God and trying to have an actual personal, and not a corporate,
herd - instinct, everyone - else - is - doing - it, relationship?
Instead, next week I'm taking Amelia to go have an instinct
test to see if she's capable of
herding sheep.
A discovery by CSIRO scientists is central to the Australian Poll Gene Marker
test, which is helping Australian cattle breeders select the best breeding cattle for their
herds.
Herd improvement and agri - technology co-operative LIC welcomes the announcement from Fonterra and The a2 Milk Company about their new partnership as it prepares to launch a new team of elite A2 bulls supported by genotype
testing that allows farmers to determine the A2 status of each of their animals.
Selecting his
herd for A2 beta - casein protein, Michael Perrich at Leppington Pastoral DNA
tested a hair from the tail of each cow.
This being the first day of tryouts, everybody was
herded outside for a conditioning
test on the parking lot of the activities center.
I have seen too many children educated in the «
herd» who end up thinking school is about memorizing study guides and taking
tests.»
We expect that dairy
herd improvement associations will continue to expand the number of
tests offered to diagnose diseases and pregnancy,» added Professor Barkema.
An imperiled caribou
herd in western Alberta province in Canada could become a high - profile
test case for a controversial plan to save some of Canada's woodland caribou from extinction:
herding them into pens enclosing 100 square kilometers or more and ringed with electric fences, and killing or removing every predator inside.
I wonder if you could give some more information about the particular
herd that was affected, the size of the
herd, when they started to show signs of the flu, whether other people on that farm decided that when that farm hand got sick and whether they have
tested positive for the swine flu (inaudible)?
Five calves in the
herds were
tested for antibodies against this virus and then again six months later.
A team of scientists from the University of Liverpool and institutions in the USA, Kenya and Europe, surveyed 335 dromedary - single humped - camels from nine
herds in Laikipia County, Kenya and found that 47 %
tested positive for MERS antibodies, showing they had been exposed to the virus.
They pushed for
tests to determine whether the
herd showed hybridization with cattle, noting that the park's job is to protect native species — and cows are anything but native (Science, 21 March, p. 1835).
James Derr, a molecular geneticist at Texas A&M University in College Station,
tested the first 13 samples and plans to analyze more of the 150 - member
herd in early November.
Researchers at NIMBioS have identified a more sensitive
test for detecting the early stages of paratuberculosis, a fatal disease that plagues dairy
herds and causes an estimated annual loss of up to $ 250 million to the US dairy industry.
FDA documents show that cows injected with rBGH are 79 percent more likely to contract mastitis.4 In 1991, a report on Monsanto's BGH
test herd at the University of Vermont found the same kinds of problems identified by the FDA, plus an alarming number of dead and deformed calves born to cows treated with BGH.5 Other problems include reproductive difficulties, increased need for antibiotics, digestive problems, enlarged hocks and lesions, and foot problems.
The canyons, dry wash rivers, sandy creek beds, ditches, and gullies that joined up with the Cap Rock cliff form the graveyard of past Indian civilizations, flying and
testing grounds of
herds of leather - winged bats, drying grounds of monster - size bones and teeth, roosting, nesting, and the breeding place of the bald - headed big brown eagle.
This latest edition to the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets storyline allows you to fly back to Hogwarts, encounter the Whomping Willow, and
test your
herding skills by recapturing the Cornish pixies.
She also has her Canine Community Citizen certificate, her BHI (Basic
Herding Instincts certificate) and her TT from the American Temperament
Testing Society.
In the working arena, six of the babies have Rally (one has a RAE) Novice titles, one has earned an RAE title, one has a URO 2 title, 7 have Canine Good Citizen certificates or CGCAs, and 7 have TTs from the American Temperament
Testing Society, 1 has earned a carting title and two have BHIs (Basic
Herding Instincts Certificates).
Since 2005, Annual Corgi Celebration participants have brought in over $ 45,000 through Party Entry,
Herding Instinct
Testing, Canine Good Citizen
Testing, Silent Auction and Business Sponsorships.
Its sharp wit has made it a top contender in a variety of dog shows and competitions that
test agility, obedience, tracking,
herding and even circus performing.
Lien Animal Clinic recommends
testing dogs of
herding breed ancestry to determine whether they carry the MDR1 gene.
For more information on
herding instinct
testing and
herding competitions, visit the AKC at www.akc.org or the AHBA at ahba-
herding.org.
The American
Herding Breeds Association (AHBA) provides herding capability tests to all dogs, designed to determine whether a dog has the instinct to herd liv
Herding Breeds Association (AHBA) provides
herding capability tests to all dogs, designed to determine whether a dog has the instinct to herd liv
herding capability
tests to all dogs, designed to determine whether a dog has the instinct to
herd livestock.
I went to a
herding fun day today to
test the interests of two of my dogs.
To see if your dog has the inborn ability to
herd and has the potential for advanced training, have his
herding instinct
tested.
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