Posted on March 09 2011
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Jenna Woginrich |
"So you're finally here with a dog!" the smiling Barb Armata said to me under the tent hosting our morning bagels and cream cheese. She had good reason to say that with such gusto. Barb was a sheepdog trainer and the woman who will be my mentor for our herding education. I told her I was thrilled to be there, and I was. For three years I'd been attending and volunteering at the Merck Forest Sheepdog Trial. I had been a member of NEBCA (North East Border Collie Association) since that first visit when I had only lived in New England a few months. Last year I kept score and helped where I could. This year I did the same (and spent a few hours releasing sheep from the chutes at the top of the trial field). Now I was finally standing amongst my peers with a respectable pup of my own. I felt rich. Barb knew it when she saw it.
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