Debbie Meier Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 We had wonderful weather this past weekend for the ISDA Open Handler Finals/Murray CDT, 2 days of trialling and a great rodeo. The Open Handler Finals was a 10 dog invitational based on year end standings, 2 divisions, judged sheep and point/time cattle. The judge was Marc Christopher of Moody, Missouri and we had an awesome announcer, Tom Frey of Creston Livestock Auctions who holds numerous national titles for his auctioneering skills, including Calgary this past year. The trial was held in a 4 hour window during the Iowa Rodeo Cowboys Finals Rodeo, at 10:00 we watched Peewee Barrel Racing, followed by miniture bull riding, we were up at 12:00 noon with another go of Peewee Barrels and Bulls right behind us at 4:00. The challange was to keep everything rolling and the spectators entertained and to set up, run 20 run and tear down in time to let the next group in. We nailed it!!! Many of our handlers mentioned that they were approached by spectators asking about how to go about aquiring a working dog for their own ranch purposes and even to get involved with dog trialing, one handler that lives close by sold a dog that afternoon to a spectator and took a new one in for training. We could not have done it without all of our generous sponsors and everyone that showed up to volunteer. The club also sold raffle tickets for a Behlen Dog kennel that Behlen in part provided to the club as an added fund raiser. Results Sheepdog Division all competitors were awarded a embroidered jacket courtesy of Native Performance Dog Food and Iowa Stock Dog Association Champion : Lyle East & Bee of Clinton, MO $1000.00 Reserve Champion: Curtis Dukes & Jag of Kent, IA $750.00 3rd Place: Murray Ketteler & Roy of Blunt, SD $500.00 4th Place: Jeff Mundorf & Zeke of Red Oak, IA $150.00 5th Place: Bob Johnson & Tip of Tingley, IA $100.00 6th Place: Michael Davis & Sugar of Murray, IA 7th Place: Tim Gifford & Josie of Harrisburg, NE 8th Place: Barb Buchmayer & Mattie of Purdin, MO 9th Place: Wayne Bamber & Jake of Alden, IA 10th Place: Jerry Davis & Clyde of Murray, IA Cattledog Division all competitors were awarded a embroidered jacket courtesy of Native Performance Dog Food and Iowa Stock Dog Association Champion: Michael Davis & Sugar of Murray, IA $1,000.00 Reserve Champion: Murray Ketteler & Griz of Blunt, SD $750.00 3rd Place: Tim Gifford & Tip of Harrisburg, NE $500.00 4th Place: Curtis Dukes & Duce of Kent, IA $150.00 5th Place: Jeff Mundorf & Luke of Red Oak, IA $100.00 6th Place: Bob Johnson & Ruby of Tingley, IA 7th Place: Wayne Bamber & Jake of Alden, IA 8th Place: Ed Ball & Moon of Albia, IA 9th Place: Jerry Davis & Clyde of Murray, IA 10th Place: Patty Koller & Jaz of Donnellson, IA The Murray Cattledog trial was held in a pasture just down the road from the rodeo grounds. The pasture was about 150 yards wide by about 350 yards long. The cattle were set from the side at about 250 yards out. The dogs fetched the cattle to the handler then drove them around a huge dirt mound in the corner that you had to climb to see the dog and cattle, it had to be 25 foot high and then cross drive the cattle to a set of gates opposite the dirt pile, cross drive again to the other side of the field and then to a Y-chute in the middle. Then a pen that led to a trailer, when you loaded the trailer you had to stay outside the lead in pen, if your cattle came back out of the pen you lost your points and had to repen to get them back. The course required good handling, great dog work and team work between the handler and the dog. If the dog lost the cattle back past the set up they could get to a corner over a little hill with a loafing shed an the dog had to dig them out of the loafing shed. The course also had a draw that lead into a ditch that got deeper as you went toward the back of the field. We saw some really good nursery dogs this weekend, some did better then others but all showed alot of promise. BTW...in regard to the dirt pile, if you were not careful the cows would climb straight up it and hold up on it. The cattle were a mix of first time bred and open heifers that had been brought in 3 weeks earlier to get some dog exposure. They were used for both the Finals and the Murray trial, many compliments from the handlers about the cattle being some of the best they have trialed on. If the dog handled them fairly and worked them right they would yield, if your dog was wrong and offended them they would be difficult. The dogs had to work to keep them together, we saw some really great dog work this weekend. The Novice division was held in a small barn yard on some dairy calves. Here's the results Open Points Time Murray Ketteler Griz 54 5:49 Jeff Mundorf Oscar 54 6:19 Tim Gifford Josie 54 7:27 Tim Gifford Tip 54 8:35 Jerry Davis Clyde 54 8:35 Wayne Bamber Jake 54 8:37 Bob Johnson Ruby 54 8:52 Jeff Mundorf Luke 54 9:06 Murray Ketteler Roy 48 8:47 Curtis Dukes Duce 45 8:10 Patty Koller Jaz 27 10:00 Ed Ball Moon 24 10:00 Mike Davis Sugar 21 10:00 John Overholzter Maggie Retired Nursery 1 Points Time Jeff Mundorf Oscar 54 6:44 Bob Johnson Jazz 54 7:04 Gary Geohring Suzy 54 7:05 Ed Ball Bubba 54 7:12 Patty Koller Skeet 54 7:34 Jerry Davis Rita 54 7:54 Tim Gifford Jean 51 7:45 Murray Ketteler Scott 51 8:40 Murray Ketteler Kate 36 10:00 Deb Meier Ricky Retired Nursery 2 Points Time Tim Gifford Jean 54 4:42 Jeff Mundorf Oscar 54 5:09 Bob Johnson Jazz 54 5:23 Jerry Davis Rita 54 5:47 Gary Geohring Suzy 54 6:44 Rich Hall Pepper 54 7:39 Ed Ball Bubba 51 7:27 Murray Ketteler Scott 36 8:00 Deb Meier Ricky 18 8:00 Murray Ketteler Kate Retired Pro-Novice Points Time Mike Davis Buck 54 5:04 Bob Johnson Tory 54 5:28 Bob Johnson Jazz 54 5:38 Murray Ketteler Scott 54 5:43 Ed Ball Ralph 54 6:05 Bob Fleming Dandy 54 6:26 Rich Hall Pepper (exhibition) 45 5:38 Murray Ketteler Midge 27 8:00 Amy Cochrane Buck (exhibition) Assisted N/T Novice Points Time (novice was held in a small barnyard) Carol Gifford Lucy 36 2:29 Amy Cochrane Buck 27 5:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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