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August 2010

From 19 thru 22 August the CSC 2010 championship is held in Liglet (France).
John will together with Bess as combination be present there, as first reserve for the Dutch team.
Wij hope that the Dutch team will perform as excellent as last year and wish all contestants success.

June 2010

The pleasure that LB Nel gives at Border Collies vom Hohen Broich,
has resulted in the move of one more of our dogs to this place.
We're convinced that Nan will give as much pleasure, if not more, as LB Nel has already done

May 2010

Due to an unfortunate accident we had to say goodbye to our That'll Do Nick.
We will always remember him!

January 2010

See the page "Puppy's awaited" for the latest photo's of the pups
still looking for a new "home" and watch the pups enjoy themselve in the snow.

August 2009

We were asked by the organization of the Farmerdays in Opmeer, The Netherlands,
to give a demonstration with Border Collies and ducks in the first week of August.
Here some impressions.

Juli 2009

A week with succes again for Lowland's Blacksmith on the trials.
First Wednesday July 15, John ended runner up during the Dutch Open, dutch setting, and
on sunday again runner up with Queenie at the Exloo Trial Drents Open.

John goes "Czech".

John is interviewed for the well known Czech Dog magazine PSI Sporty.

Another good result brought the second weekend of June.
John and Bess ended runner up with only 1 point less than the winner,
during the 2009 Dutch Practical Championship Novice Class.
For the run of Bess see these movies
movie 1 movie 2 movie 3
With Queenie a third place was achieved in the Dutch Practical Championship Nursery Class

An excellent start of June with John and Bess being the winner
in the double outrun trial of the June 1 Pinkster Trial in Belgium.
Jury was Kevin Evans (GB), Supreme champion 2008.
De Pinkster trial was organized by
the FSB (Federation Sheepherding Belgium)and is an element of

the LANGS Cup competitie

Good results in the weekend of 16/17 May for Lowland's Blacksmith,
during the novice trial of the BCCN.
John ended as runner up with Bess with a total of 102 points.
On first place, with the same number of total points but
with just one more point on the OLF, was Etienne Smit with the by us breeded Skip.

Nell passed succesfully for her startlicense and is
now allowed to participate in the Dutch nursery class trials.

New photo's of the pup's of Queenie and Cap,
now 5 weeks old on the page"Puppy's awaited".

More puppie plans, see "Puppy's awaited".

Photo's "Spring 2009" on the "Photalbum".

New plans for puppies, see "Puppy's awaited".

From 20 till 28 August, the European Championship Frisbee will be held in Germany.
One of the contenders is Petra Ouwens with the by us breeded Lowland's Blacksmith Dee-Jay.

For photo's of John's run on the Lledrith Sprintrail in Belgium see Lledrith Sprintrail photo's

During the weekend of 2/3 May, handler Wim Hoogvliet has won the BCCN nursery class trial,
with the by us breeded Lowland's Blacksmith Rose (Owner Liesbeth Hoogvliet),
and also collected sufficient points for promotion to the novice class.

New photo's of the pup's of Queenie and Cap,
now 3 weeks old on the page "Puppy's awaited".

Om april 17, we've said good bye, with pain in our heart, to
our loyal friend "Chad".
He is after a succesfull period as contester in trials, been an example and
great help for many years, with the training of young dogs.

April 05 Queenie had litter of three beautiful pups.
One black and white bitch, one tri-color bitch and one tri-color dog
Photo's of the pups, 6 days old at the page "Puppy's awaited".

During the Lledrith Sprintrail on 21 & 22 March in Vorselaar-Belgium,
John with Bess managed to end on a splendid third place in the open class.

The jury during both days was Scottish President of ISDS Mr.W. Cook.

Excellent result at the restart of the trialseason 2008/2009.
At the trial of 14 en 15 March for the nursery class,
John became 1st and 3rd with Cap and Queenie.
With this result Cap collected enough points for promotion to the novice class.
For Queenie, this are her first points in the nursery class and this will remain for a while,
as she will be having a litter in April.

New hiptest result
The, by us breeded, Lowland's Blacksmith Cody (now with Border Collie Kennel Purple Mountains),
HD-A, Norbergwaarde 38.
An excellent result.

Meet our newest arrival Nan
For details see page Our border collies

Feb.04, our first 2009 lamb was born, two months earlier than expected
Mother and child are doing well.

Early April we hope to have beautiful puppies
For details see page Puppy's awaited/born and dogs for sale

The DNA CEA results are in.
Siak is DNA CEA Normal and Dave is DNA CEA Carrier

The new trial season has started with some excellent results for Lowland's Blacksmith
Both Siak and Cap have collected 2 points on their way to the Qualification class.
Cap with 88 points and Siak with 85 points for their runs.

New trial results for Lowland's Blacksmith.
At the privat trial, 2 Class, in Haaksbergen, The Netherlands, John became first with Cap and second with Queen.
Best team of the day was elected John with Queen.

For photo's of the run of John and Bess on the 2008 Continental Championship in Germany

Click here

We are proud that Henk Schoenmaker has become 2008 Dutch Champion nursery class

with the by us breeded Lowland's Blacksmith Jane

New hiptest results
The hipscore of Lynn is HD-A
And of the by us, breeded Derry (even now he's no longer in our possession), the best HD-A score there is!!!.

John and Bess are qualified for the Continental 2008 in Germany.

For Sale - Young dogs and fully trained dogs for novice and open class

Sept.2006:

Lowland’s Blacksmith Fly Hipscore-A

Lowland’s Blacksmith Davey Hipscore-A

Lowland’s Blacksmith Bess Hipscore-A

Thatt’ll do Nick Hipscore-A

July 2006: Bess is champion of the Dutch practical trial promotion class 2006.

Lad was 3th at the Dutch practical trial kwalification (open) class.

19-08-2004: new page Springtime