We are a family owned farm raising Polypay and Dorper cross sheep in Deer Park, Washington......just north of Spokane.
Noelle Williams has been raising Border Collies, and training and trialling sheepdogs since 1990.
Click the link below for a recent article about Noelle and her dogs written by Cindy Hval for the Spokesman Review newspaper! There's also a great video journal by Jesse Tinsley!
For border collies, reward is in the work
video journal by Jesse Tinsley featuring Nap:
We have a litter of Border Collie pups due around Dec. 22, 2008 out of Gael by Loren Holmes' dog Leo. Click on the 2008 pups link for more info.
About Our Dogs:
Gael is Noelle's 7 year old Open trialling bitch, out of Suzy Applegates' tremendous dog "Tug" and Charlotte Jones' "Katie". Gael is a prick eared, smooth coated, keen athlete with good balance, big outruns, and fast flanks. She is extremely biddable, taking commands eagerly even at 500 yards away.
She has been very successful at trialling in the west, winning several open trials. She ranked 2nd overall in the Oregon Sheepdog Society for USBCHA points accumulated during 2007. In 2008 she won the Double-Lift Final at Sterling Acres SDT in Canada and won the second Open trial at the Northwest Champion SDT Scio, Oregon.
Nap is Noelle's 4 year old Open trialling Dog, who is out of Amanda Millikins' International Supreme Champion dog "Star" and her tremendous bitch "Grace".
Nap is a prick eared, smooth coated, keen athlete with exact balance, big outrun, extreme biddability and tons of Heart. He has been competing successfully in Open while he had competed successfully in Nursery in 2007, winning an Open trial and taking high placements at others. He qualified to compete in double lift elimination runs at Big Willow SDT, Idaho and also at the Western Regionals in Corvallis, Oregon. Of note in 2008, he won the Double-Lift Final at the Kearny Creek SDT in Onalaska, WA; place 2nd at the Double-Lift Final at the Sterling Acres SDT in Canada (right behind Noelle's other Open dog, Gael !); won a first place in his first cattle dog trial at the Hindman Memorial Cattledog Trial in Rancher Class; and won a day of Open trialling at MacDonald's Eweful Acres SDT.
Lad, owned by Dan Williams, made his debut in USBCHA Nursery trials in June at Sue Wessels' Dirt Blowin' SDT. He surprised all of us with his strong, smooth style in a short amount of time left to qualify for the Nursery Finals! He worked with equal ease on tough range lambs and on flighty hairsheep. He placed 19th overall against the best Nursery dogs in the Nation at the 2008 USBCHA Nursery Finals in South Dakota!
A previous breeding of Nap to Gael has produced some talented young dogs . These pups show the same large scope of outrun, biddability and athletic ability of their parents. They are a real JOY to train. Noelle is currently training 3 of these pups for Nursery trialling in 2009:
"Fly", a compact powerhouse of a pup. Noelle has been training her on dog-broke calves lately to give the sheep a rest from her tyranny.
"Max",tri-colored male pup. Max is showing the smooth flowing style of his Dam, Gael , and brother, Lad.
"Sweet", a beautiful pup with half-white face. She seems to be a "sleeper" like her full-brother Lad was before he turned on strong at age 2 years. Right now she has a looser degree of eye and is pretty relaxed around the sheep, although she does nip heels and heads.
contact information:
Noelle Williams
509-276-1876