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ON THE TRIAL FIELD & NEWS

FEBRUARY 2016

  • John and Lee take 1st in the morning Open Sheep trial at the San Antonio Stock Show!

  • John and Roy take 1st in the afternoon Open Sheep trial at the San Antonio Stock Show!

JANUARY 2016

  • John and Roy are the Open Sheep Grand Champions at the National Western Stock Show!! Roy has won a buckle at NWSS 3 of the last 4 years!

 

AUGUST 2015

  • John and Roy traveled out to the Seattle, WA area where John hosted a three day clinic and then competed in a three day trial following the clinic. John and Roy had a great weekend of trialing at Pack Leader Farms in Gig Harbor, WA. Great facility and truely great people! Roy accumulated 6 first placements, 2 High In Trials and 2 Reserve High In Trials in three days of competition on sheep, cattle, and ducks! What a versatile worker!

 

MAY 2015

  • John and Lee take 6th in the USBCHA National Cattle Dog Finals Double Lift Finals.

 

JANUARY 2015

  • Meg wins the overall in Pro-Novice at the Chance Ridge CDTs!

  • Roy is the 2015 National Western Stock Show Open Sheep GRAND CHAMPION!!! Roy took 7th in National Western Stock Show Cattle Finals as well.

  • Holman's Meg is the 2015 National Western Stock Show Intermediate Sheep GRAND CHAMPION!! What a great day and a great young dog.

 

OCTOBER 2014

  • John, Lee and Roy win the brace cattle competition at the Mississippi State Fair!! This is their first brace competition.

 

SEPTEMBER 2014

  • John and Lee are the Open Sheep Champions at the Oklahoma State Fair!

  • John and Roy are the reserve Open Sheep Champions at the Oklahoma State Fair!

  • John and Meg took 1st in the Nursery Cattle competition at the Oklahoma State Fair (Meg's first time in Nursery)

  • Lee had a perfect score the first day of the Hometown Travis Crop Cattle Dog Trial over a large class of open dogs!

 

AUGUST 2014

REMEMBERING FEN DANIELSON

Our dear friend Fen Danielson passed away August 4th 2014 at the Orchard Gardens Assisted Living in Valley, NE.  Fen has been a tireless supporter of the Nebraska Stock Dog Association since it’s early years.  Spending many a day tirelessly working in the set out pens at trials and fun days around Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas.  He and his wife Marge were so very proud of the Border Collies that they raised and the accomplishments of Marge on the trial field.

 

MAY 2014

  • John and Lee are the 2014 USBCHA National Cattledog Open Champions!!!

  • John and Roy take 3rd in the Nursery Finals and 12th in the Open Finals!!

 

APRIL 2014

  • John and Lee win the Open Class at the Duckhead Ranch Cattle Trial!

 

MAY 2013

  • John and Roy take 4th in the USBCHA National Cattledog Nursery Finals!!

 

MARCH 2013

  • Roy won the Nursery Cattle at the Shepherd’s Crook Trial in St. Louis, MO!

 

JANUARY 2013

  • John and Roy are Grand Champions in Intermediate Sheep at the NWSS, just a few days after Roy’s 2nd Birthday!

 

NOVEMBER 2012

  • At the Hometown Travis Crop Cattledog Trial, Lee won the Open Division and Roy was second in the Nursery!!

 

SEPTEMBER 2012

  • Roy is the Open Ranch Sheep Champion at the Oklahoma State Fair! Lee does his share and wins 1st in one of the sheep trials at the OK State Fair as well.

 

AUGUST 2012

  • Lee is the Open Cattle Champion at the Iowa State Fair!!! Lee also takes 5th in open sheep and Roy takes 3rd in ranch cattle at the Iowa State Fair.

 

JANUARY 2012

  • John and Lee are Reserve Champions at the National Western Stock Show Cattle Competition!

 

AUGUST 2011

  • Lee makes an awesome run and wins the Midwest Regional Finals at the Nebraska State Fair!!!

 

MAY 2011

  • John and Lee place 10th at the USBCHA Cattle Finals in a field of 50 dogs from all over North America.

 

AUGUST 2010

  • John and Lee win the Nebraska State Fair cattle trial over a field of 25 dogs from 6 states!!

 

JANUARY 2010

  • John and Mick put down an awesome run to win the Natioal Western Stock Show Cattle Dog Trial in Denver! Lee did his share by placing third in the Intermediate Sheep class.

 

AUGUST 2009

  • Lee won a very competitive Nebraska State Fair Pro Novice Cattle class!

  • Lee wins the Pro Novice cattle class at the Iowa State Fair, and Mick nearly wins the Open cattle and comes in second!

  • Lee wins the Open ranch cattle class buckle in Torrington, WY!!

 

FEBRUARY 2009

  • Winter Classic CDT in Torrington, WY! Lee had a great weekend wining the overall Pro Novice Title with a 3rd and a 1st place!!

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

REMEMBERING MARGE DANIELSON

It is with a very heavy heart that we report that fellow handler Marge Danielson passed away on her way home from a trial on September 21, 2009. Marge was a student of mine, ran two dogs she purchased from us and was the breeder of my dog MarDan’s Lee; more importantly, she was a very good friend! She will be dearly missed by her family and all her friends.

 

AUGUST 2008

  • John and Mick put down a super smooth, fast run to win the Nabraska State Fair CDT!!! They finished in 2 min 32 sec; over 40 seconds ahead of the competition!

 

FEBRUARY 2008

  • At the February “Winter Classic” in Torrington, WY Mick put down the best run of the weekend with a perfect course and a time of 3:32 to far out distance the competition and bring home a the win! Way to go Mick!!

 

AUGUST 2007

  • John and Mick brought home the Championship honors in both Open Sheep and Open Cattle at the Iowa State Fair!!

2014 USBCHA National Cattledog Champions John & Lee

August 2015: Roy accumulates 6 first placements, 2 High In Trials and 2 Reserve High In Trials in three days of competition on sheep, cattle, and ducks!  

John with 2014 Oklahoma State Fair Sheep Champion Lee and Reserve Champion Roy

2013 NWSS Intermediate Sheep Champions John & Roy

2012 NWSS Reserve Cattle Champions John & Lee

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