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Border Collie information can be found through magazines and on the web. The
Working Border Collie magazine and the American Border Collie magazine are 2 of the main magazines
in North America. The International Sheep Dog Society, (ISDS) also have a very informative magazine
and should be in the hands of every Border Collie enthusiast in North America. For farm videos and
Border Collie, and sheepdog, related videos please look through our pages on this Rural Route Videos
site.
There are a whole truck full of awards and prizes given out to their worthy winners after the
Finals. The handlers all stay off the course until their name is called up. Eventually all of the
handlers and their dogs end up on the course in front of the granstand. A good crowd always waits
for the prize giving as the handlers all congratulate each other and the winning handler receives
his or her many prizes and trophies. Here are some of the pictures of the prize giving. A special
prize was given this year, presented by the Meirion Owen family in memory of Meirion’s father. It
was won by the Welsh handler, Nigel Watkins. It was an emotional presentation for Meirion, the
Welsh National president. He told me afterwards that as he and his committee worked towards
holding this trial, as much as his father congratulated him for his effort and enthusiasm,
somehow his father knew that he would never get to see the trial himself. Meirion’s father
passed away shortly before the trial was held.
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