Amelia grew up in Southern California riding and training hunter and jumper show horses. In 1992, she moved to a large cattle ranch. She took up the sport of team roping, and, began raising dogs to use on the ranch. When one of the dogs did not quite work out for ranch work, Amelia remembered an old friend who had been involved in sheepdog trialing. That dog was the genesis of her involvement in the sport of sheepdog trialing.

In 2002, she purchased fourteen-month old, Price, and her sheepdog trialing career began in earnest. They qualified for the 2002 United States Border Collie Handler’s Association National Nursery Finals, and, soon became successful on the open trial field as well.

Amelia has won and placed at some of North America ’s biggest and most prestigious sheepdog trials. In 2005, she was invited to travel with the United States Sheepdog Handler’s Team to Tullamore , Ireland to compete in the World Sheepdog Championship. Also, during that same year, Amelia became a finalist at the Bluegrass Sheepdog Trial in Lexington , Kentucky . She went on to claim sixth place at the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trial in Colorado , and, finished sixth at the USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals in Sturgis , South Dakota . In Bonanza, Oregon, she was sixth at the 2005 Western States Regional Sheepdog Championship, and, was awarded the Rupert Poe memorial shepherd’s crook for Rookie of the Year.

In addition to training and trialing stock dogs, Amelia has a successful career in real estate, and, continues her lifelong involvement in the horse business.