Attend a 2009 or 2010 Herding Clinic
at Bellwether Farm!
Participants at the Bellwether Farm Herding
Clinic 04/18/09
At Bellwether Farm, we have been hosting herding events
since 2001. Each year we try to have at least two clinics taught by
nationally known trainers. We also host herding fun days and beginner
clinics throughout the year. Additionally, herding enthusiasts may
contact Bellwether Farm for supervised herding practice on an appointment
basis.
We have several working areas to offer for herding clinics
and individual practice sessions:
-- a 70 x 85 foot oval pen
-- a 110 x 200 foot arena with
trial course obstacles
-- a 4.5 acre pasture with trial
course obstacles
-- chutes, gates and working pens
for ranch work
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Below are the events planned for this year, together
with links to entry forms and extra information for each event. Keep
checking this page, as we update our events list often!
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Kent Herbel Herding Clinics and
Private Lessons
 | Four days of instruction from nationally known herding trainer Kent
Herbel.
A two-day group clinic Saturday and Sunday, and two
days of private lessons Friday and Monday. Handlers and dogs
must have enough experience to safely work stock on their own.
2009 dates are as follows. 2010 dates will be posted as soon as
schedule is available. |
Participants at the Kent Herbel Herding
Clinic 03/21 - 03/24/08 (photo by Lori Herbel)
September 18 - 21, 2009 Kent
Herbel Clinic (Entry form
below)
March 26 - 29, 2010 Kent Herbel Clinic
(Entry form
below)
Bellwether Farm
Herding Clinics
| A
series of one-day Saturday clinics taught by a local team of herding instructors.
Affordable and designed to introduce beginners to the herding process
and to give intermediate herding enthusiasts a chance to practice
their skills. At these clinics we welcome beginners with border
collies and some other herding breeds (aussies, shelties, corgies,
ACDs, collies, and kelpies). At the present time, we are not taking
the larger upright working breeds (German shepherds, rottweilers,
bouviers, tervs, and so forth) for the beginner clinics. Click
below for the entry form. 2009 dates are as follows.
Future dates will be decided and added to this list.
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Border Collies at Bellwether Farm Herding
Clinic 07/19/08
January 17, 2009
February 28, 2009
March 21, 2009
April 18, 2009
May 09, 2009 (Entry form
below)
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| Supervised Herding Practice: Available throughout the
year, evenings and weekends - Sheep rental at $15.00 per 1/2
hour. Handlers and dogs must have enough experience to safely
work stock on their own. Contact Bellwether Farm at (618) 893-4568 or e-mail to
mswindel@siu.edu to schedule an
appointment for herding practice. |
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