ALABAMA

Name: Wendy Roller
Location: Daleville, AL
Phone: 334-598-4336
Email: wendy_roller@earthlink.net
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: 80 head of ewes, up to 150 lambs depending on time of year. Commercial white hair sheep (St Croix, Katahdin, White Dorper), spinner flock of colored Romney, Corriedale/Romney, and Bluefaced Leicester.
Size of Largest Field: 40 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Occasionally
Comments: All breeds welcome, field and sheep rental (with or without us setting out as needed) for experienced handlers can be arranged. Sheep, goats, and cattle available. All lessons and training by prior arrangement and appointment only.

ARKANSAS

Name: Scott Kelsoe
Location: Siloam Springs, AR
Phone: 479-238-1921
Email:
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: North Country Cheviots
Size of Largest Field: 10 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments: Pups for sale and occasionally started dogs. Offering custom training and lessons.

Name: Dale R. Kuhrt
Location: Prairie Grove, AR (northwest Arkansas)
Phone: 479-846-3866
Email: dkuhrt1@aol.com
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: sheep and cattle
Size of Largest Field: 4 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? No
Comments: $30 a session

FLORIDA

Name: Wendy Roller
Location: Niceville, Florida
Phone: 1-850-897-8666 (training center ) or 1-334-494-2055 (instructor and specific questions)
Email: wendy_roller@earthlink.net and petsbehave@earthlink.net
Web site: www.petsbehave.net
Type/Number of Sheep Available: A dozen hair/wool cross or pure wool (Romney and Southdown) sheep suitable for beginner and intermediate level dogs to learn on
Size of Largest Field: grass horse show arena (fenced) or 3 acre field (unfenced)
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments: PetsBehave is a training center offering a variety of dogs sports and activities. Herding is set up here to safely evaluate dogs who have never seen sheep and to teach basics to those that have interest in herding for fun, exercise, or eventually competition. Private and group lessons available once to twice a month, usually on weekends. Weekday lessons, larger fields and lighter sheep for more experienced dogs are available on the instructor's farm (see Alabama listing)

GEORGIA

LOUISIANA

MISSISSIPPI

Name: Penny Tose
Location: Poplarville, MS
Phone: 601-795-2080
Email: ftose@direcway.com
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: 80, mostly Gulf Coast Natives
Size of Largest Field: 25 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? No
Comments: I am happy to help beginning handlers start their dogs; more experienced handlers are always welcome to come and work their dogs.

NORTH CAROLINA

Name: Robin French
Location: Oxford, NC
Phone: 919-690-0683
Email: shooflyf@yahoo.com
Web site: www.sheepdogsonline.com/shoofly/
Type/Number of Sheep Available: 30-60 hair, wool, and mixed sheep, depending on the season
Size of Largest Field: 11 acres, 250 yard outrun
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Very occasionally
Comments:

Name: Dean Holcomb
Location: Clemmons, NC
Phone: 336-766-8094 (h) 336-972-0785 (cell)
Email: mdholcomb@aol.com
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: 100 Katahdins
Size of Largest Field: 500-yard outrun
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments:

Name: Vicki Hughes
Location: Rutherfordton NC
Phone: 828-286-8116
Email: info@ possumhollowfarms.com
Web site: www.possumhollowfarms.com
Type/Number of Sheep Available: Mixed katahdin. Also have ducks, goats and cattle.
Size of Largest Field: 10 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments: We provide a wide assortment of opportunities for your dog, your club or you. See our website for more information.

Name: Kent Kuykendall
Location: Franklinville, NC
Phone: 336-824-4278
Email: kuykend@asheboro.com
Web site: www.kuykendall-bc.com
Type/Number of Sheep Available: We have Dorsets, usually a crop of fresh lambs twice a year, 30-40 in each group, keeping some back for replacement ewe lambs which are a little more broke after a few months of work. We also keep some hair sheep, just a handful, for certain training options. Boer cross goats and some Belted Galloway calves.
Size of Largest Field: 500-yard outrun
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments:

SOUTH CAROLINA

Name: Carol Anne Bailey Tholkes and Jon Tholkes/Red Creek Farm
Location: Townville, SC
Phone: 864-287-5104
Email: redcreekfarm@bellsouth.net
Web site: www.redcreekfarm.com
Type/Number of Sheep Available: We have Katahdin x Barbado sheep (around 50 head), some are very dog broke for young or beginner dogs, also have some less dog broke sheep for trained dogs. We also have commercial cattle, dog broke yearlings for working
Size of Largest Field: We have all size fields, from round pen, to open field, and everything in between.
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? Yes
Comments: We do herding clinics each month (for all herding breeds), private herding lessons (for all herding breeds), and take in Border Collies for training. Jon and Carol Anne both compete in USBCHA open trials, and have placed in open trials. We are USBCHA judges and AKC judges. We own, breed, and sell Border Collies.

Name: Red Top Farm
Location: Gaffney, SC
Phone: 864-487-8829
Email: redtopfarm@msn.com
Web site:
Type/Number of Sheep Available: 85 katahdin ewes, 5 katahdin wethers for "puppy" training
Size of Largest Field: 40 acres
Have You Ever Run in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Have You Ever Placed in a USBCHA Open Trial? Yes
Do You Take Young Dogs in for Training? No
Comments:

TENNESSEE