Trial Dogs

Kensmuir Star

I have raised and trained Kensmuir Star from the age of 10 weeks. A grandson of Julie Simpson's International Moss and Derek Scrimgeour's Ben, he is loaded with talent.

Star was a 2 year nursery prospect that received 1 qualifying leg in 2010 at 15 months of age. He qualified early in 2011 for the National Nursery Finals that year by running in the open where he accumulated enough points to qualify for the open finals as well.

In 2011, his nursery year, Star made his debut at the notoriously treacherous Meeker Sheepdog Championship, 1 of only 2 nursery dogs entered. He showed his mettle, stamina and tremendous ability to read sheep all the way around, missing the semi-finals out of 130 dogs run by just 3 points.

Star brings a multitude of instinctive talents to the table, including extreme biddability, a natural outrun and the enviable ability to settle his sheep nicely at all phases of work. In his young life, Star has found success beyond my expectations, and he gets stronger and stronger each time I run him.

Star is available for sale to an approved home. Please contact me for details.

 

 

 

Imported Taddymoor Mirk

Imported Taddymoor Mirk is a half-brother to Lad, the sire of 2009 International Supreme Champion, ##Dewi Tweed, and a younger full brother to Richard Millichap's 2007 Reserve International Supreme Champion, Taddymoor Cap. Their sire, Ben, was Reserve at the International Supreme in 2003, had 1 other top 10 finish in that great event and was 5th at the 2002 world trial in Bala, Wales. Mirk's full sister, Taddymoor Jen was 11th at the 2008 Welsh National, and qualified for the Welsh team and the World Sheepdog trial. With this exceptional line of dogs, Richard has represented Wales at the International Supreme 5 times with 3 generations of his own breed.

Off the Millichap's Welsh mountain farm, Richard considers Mirk to be the best dog that he's sent to the US. Mirk made the transition to US trialing easily and took to our range sheep with no trouble at all. Mirk is completely confident on his stock and more than willing to take direction with patience that you would not expect from one so brash.

In the years I have been running him, he has risen to my top spot. Mirk had a great year in 2011, capping it off by placing 12th from 130 dogs in the double lift final at the Meeker Sheepdog Championship.