This web page is for friends or people who would like to see my dogs and their pedigrees. I do not train outside dogs, sell dogs, offer stud service to outside bitches, teach lessons, or have any litters planned in the near future.
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Stilhope Jade (Stilhope May x Lyle Lad's Shep)

Born 5-2-2011, Jade (ABCA 365421), is a very natural, promising young dog who has started her training nicely and looks to have a bright future. She was BAER tested normal at six weeks. Jade's pedigree.
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Stilhope May (Stilhope Kate x Sherry Farster's Scott)

Born 11-23-06, May (ABCA 296412) is a USBCHA Open trial dog with a promising competitive career. She's also a very useful work partner on the farm. May is CEA DNA normal (by parentage), hips normal by x-ray (Cornell rating pending), and BAER tested normal both at age six weeks and 4 years. May's pedigree.
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Stilhope Moss (Stilhope Kate x Sherry Farster's Scott)

Born 11-23-06, Moss (ABCA 296417) is a littermate to May and belongs to my daughter, Erin Lederer. She has kindly loaned him to me to run in Open trials. He was slow to mature but is starting to come into his own now, both in farm work and at trials. He's CEA DNA normal (by parentage), hips normal by x-ray, and BAER tested normal both at age six weeks and 4 years. Moss's pedigree.
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Stilhope Kate (Stilhope Molly x Barbara Ray's Imp. Dale)

Born 3-25-00, Kate (ABCA 164419), like her half brother, Mick (below), hit the ground working stock. Kate is a retired Open trial dog. She's a good using dog, especially on large groups of sheep. Kate's strengths are her grit and power when working difficult stock, and her amazing athletic ability. She is eye checked clear of hereditary diseases and hip x-rays are normal (Cornell rated excellent). She's CEA DNA tested normal and BAER tested normal at 10 years of age. Kate's Pedigree More Kate pics.
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Stilhope Mick (Stilhope Molly x Denise Wall's Imp.Rob)

Mick, born 3-7-98 (ABCA 120019) was a dog with plenty of scope in all types of real work situations. Now retired, he started his trialling career well, placing 21st overall in the 2000 USBCHA Nursery Sheepdog Finals out of 104 dogs with one of the top five contributing scores of the winning Nursery District, District 8. Mick had a long and successful Open trial career, winning several Open trials against some of this country's top competition. In his peak year, Mick finished the 2004/2005 Open trial season ranked 7th in North America in USBCHA points. In 2005, he ran in the Soldier Hollow Classic, a prestigious International invitational trial, and competed in the USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals in 2005 and 2007. After a near fatal 'bout with Lepto in the summer of 2006 at age 8, Mick recovered and came back to run in Open trials until he was nearly 11 years old. He is eye checked clear of hereditary diseases and hips OFA good. He is DNA tested for CEA and is normal. Mick's Pedigree More Mick pics
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Stilhope Zeke (Stilhope Joy x Kent Kuykendall's Coon)

(1999-2012) Zeke, (ABCA 140936), started trialling in June of 2001. He qualified for the 2001 USBCHA Nursery Sheepdog Finals but did not attend. Zeke was a good using dog and was a successful Open trial dog, placing well in top competition. He ran in the 2005 and 2007 USBCHA National Open Sheepdog Finals. Zeke's eyes were clear of hereditary diseases and hip x-rays normal. Zeke's Pedigree More Zeke pics
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Stilhope Joy (Denise Wall's Micki x Imp. Rob)

(1994-2006) Joy (ABCA 53287), was an Open level trial dog. She ran in the 2000 USBCHA National Open Sheepdog Finals in El Reno, Ok. She was entered in the 2001 Finals in Oregon but the National circumstances at that time (9/11) prevented us from attending. Joy was a very useful dog - a good worker on the farm, and a "big course" type of dog at trials, placing well at challenging, prestigious trials such as the Bluegrass and Edgeworth. After being retired from trialing, she worked on a commercial sheep farm nearby. Her eyes were clear of hereditary disease and her hips were rated OFA good. Joy's Pedigree
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Stilhope Tod (Denise Wall's Micki x Imp. Rob)

(1994-2009) Tod (ABCA 53289), a littermate to Joy, belonged to my daughter, Erin Lederer, Tod was primarily a farm dog who worked best on cattle. Eyes clear of hereditary eye diseases and OFA good. Tod's Pedigree
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Stilhope Molly (Denise Wall's Micki x Lewis Pulfer's Imp. Spot (Creed))

(1992-2009) Molly (ABCA 29841) was an Open level trial dog who qualified for the USBCHA National Open Sheepdog Finals. Molly and Kelly (below) were my first dogs to train on stock. Molly was clear of hereditary eye diseases and OFA good. Molly's Pedigree
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Stilhope Kelly (Denise Wall's Micki x Lewis Pulfer's Imp. Spot (Creed))

(1992-2005) Kelly (ABCA 29845), a littermate to Molly, was an Open level trial dog who previously qualified for the USBCHA National Open Sheepdog Finals. She was clear of hereditary eye diseases and OFA good. Kelly's Pedigree
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Micki (Shelton Robinson's Wink x Wazi)

(1990-2004) Micki (ABCA 16416) was a cattledog bred farm dog. In her last seven years, she lived as she wished, as the cherished only dog of Gail Harlan. Micki's hips were rated OFA excellent and she was clear of hereditary eye diseases. Micki's Pedigree
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Imp. Rob (Chris Smart's Kate x Tweed)

(1988-2000), Rob (ABCA 30914) was bred and trained in Scotland. After living briefly in Ireland, he was purchased at one and a half years of age by E. J. O. Evans of Wales, for whom he worked for several years on a government sponsored sheep and cattle project that ran thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle over hundreds of acres of hill country. In addition to his work, Rob was successfully trialed by E. J. O.; he was a Nursery Champion in Wales, and won every trial E. J. O. ever ran him in. After coming to this country, Rob was trialed briefly by Roy Brown before I bought him at the age of five and a half years. Rob was a dog of great ability, but he was bred for a hard day's work and was not an easy dog to handle without the long hours of hill work to settle him. He was the first dog I ever trialed, and he did not match his stunning overseas record at the trials here in the US with me as his handler. Nevertheless, Rob showed me what the "real thing" was like and with me he finally had a permanent home. Rob was checked clear of hereditary eye diseases and was OFA excellent. In Memoriam. Rob's Pedigree