We have a lifetime together of practical experience in training and handling dogs with all types of livestock. We have spent our married life, 36 years together raising horses, dogs, sheep and cattle.  We raised Appaloosa horses and successfully trained and showed them all over California.  We now have a varity of family pleasure and driving horses. Our two daughters, Bonnie & Christy , learned how to ride a horse. before they could walk, and today the girls are still actively involved with the ranch and helping to  train and show dogs. Our eight  grandchildren are now becoming helping hands on our ranch.  We have worked on many cattle and horse ranches in the Central Valley of California.  Our experience in stock handling comes from practical everyday use. We have been breeding, showing and training Australian Shepherds since 1978 and Border Collies since 1990.
Our kennel has achieved ASCA Hall of Fame Status. We started the stock dog training facility in 1984, and have since trained or instructed students and their dogs to over one hundred herding titles, started through WTCH and HCH. 
We also have experience training nearly every herding breed. The first Old English
Sheepdog, Rott, GSD, Puli and Briard to earn an American
Herding Title were trained here at our ranch under our tutelage.Our accomplishments with our own dogs include started through advanced titles on sheep, cattle and ducks to WTCh, High in Trial , Most Versatile, and Most Promising 

Working Dogs and National Specialty Most Versatile and High in Trial Awards.  Gayle shows her dogs in the Breed Ring as well as obedience, herding, tracking and agility and is a ASCA Obedience judge and also an AKC and AHBA Herding trial judge. Shannon trials his Aussies and Border Collies in AKC, AHBA & ASCA herding trials and is a ASCA, AHBA & AKC Herding Judge.  When not trialing or judging both Gayle & Shannon along with their daughter, Christy do
portrait & action photography at trials and show.  Visit our Glo Photo website.