Imported Lad
2 time International Reserve Champion, Richard Millichap raised and trained Lad in South Wales where he was working on a 1200 acre hill farm tending upwards of 1000 ewes and 200 mother cows. Lad is a spectacular hill dog, with a potent combination of unflinching power and keen biddability. He was gathering cagey Welsh Mountain sheep on their steep home ground where the bracken is so thick you can't walk through it and the sheep know exactly how to beat the dogs. With equal aptitude on sheep and cattle, Lad is the one they used when the job involved their cows.
Lad's sire, Ben, was Reserve International Supreme Champion and Outwork Champion in 2003. He was 7th in that great event in 1999, 5th at the World Sheepdog Trial in 2002 and won the prestigious One Man and His Dog competition. Like his father, Lad is a productive sire having produced Dewey Tweed, a strong, brash young dog that is proving himself on the hill in tremendous fashion. Tweed was fully trained, if not completely finished, by 18 months and has just completed a successful nursery year. Richard bought and bred a bitch to Lad in an attempt to create another Tweed before sending him with me.
Sired by Ben, Lad's half brother and sister, Taddymoor Cap and Taddymoor Jen have been exceptionally successful on the trial field and the farm. Cap is the 2007 Reserve International Supreme Champion and was 11th at this year's Welsh National, 5th at a previous Welsh National and 6th at the International Supreme in 2004. Jan had amassed over 15 open wins before her 4th birthday.
I am very grateful to the Millichaps for selling me this talented, big dog. It is my hope that he will find success on our trial fields.
To see and download a copy of Lad's pedigree, please click on the link below:
Pedigree_Imported_LAD.htm
Price
Price is a tough, gritty dog with keen intelligence and a great desire to please. Power and heart are his over riding qualities and I've never seen him back down from, or, give ground to anything.
Well bred, he goes back to Pulfer's National Champion, *Dan, Jones' Welsh National Champion, #BWLCH TAFF and is double-bred to International Supreme Champion, Edwards' ##BILL and Thomas' ##CRAIG.
Price is a great out runner: confident, wide, and deep. He lifts sheep with authority and balances to such a degree that he can easily bring the wildest sheep to my feet. He was awarded the "Best at the Top" trophy at the 2005 Bluegrass Classic SDT for this particular ability. He excels at the pen where he will very quietly give you one confident step after another to accomplish the task. Kent Kuykendall called Price, "a career-maker," after judging him at the 2004 Soldier Hollow Classic where he once held the course record of ninety points.
Away from sheep his main concern is what's up with the cat and how much attention he can get from me. I consider myself blessed to have him.
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Taddymoor Mirk
A full brother to Richard Millichap's 2007 Reserve International Supreme Champion, Taddymoor Cap, Mirk is the newest addition to my kennel. Their sire, Ben, was Reserve at the international in 2003 and had 1 other top 10 finish in that great event.
Fresh from the Millichap's Welsh mountain farm and just 4 years old, Richard considers Mirk to be the best dog that he's sent to the US. Half brother to my Imported Lad, Mirk is making the transition to US trialing easily and has taken to our range sheep with no trouble at all. Mirk is completely confident on his stock and more than willing to take direction with the patience of a much more mature dog. As young as he is, I look forward to many years competing with this bright youngster.
Dummy_Pedigree_Link.doc
