After four airports and three plane rides, we made it home. Although the luggage had it worse, being a day later and specially delivered to our home. It missed our connection flight and so did we. Only we would not have if the airline didn’t move us up to an earlier flight than the one… Read more

Today will be our final day here in Ireland, as tomorrow our plane leaves to take us back home. We had a nice day, spent at the lovely Hillsborough Castle. This was defiantly one of my favorite places to visit, aside from Blarney Castle and Giant’s Causeway. Hillsborough Castle has a neat history, as it… Read more

Today was the final day of the World Sheepdog Trials 2023, kindly hosted by Gill Hall Estate. Today, sixteen finalists competed for the title of World Champion and three young handlers competed for their title of Young Handler World Champion. The competition was both fun and exciting to watch, and these wins were well deserved!… Read more

Today was the day I got to run Mattie on field three for the young handlers division of the world trial, so I started my day with a breakfast bap. Naturally, I asked Tommy for a bit of luck, and I do think some of that luck came through on the pen. But before that,… Read more

Today was day two of the World Sheepdog Trials, and a fabulous one it was! I started my day with a breakfast bap, the same as yesterday only with the addition of brown sauce. The best way for me to describe it is similar to a very mild hot sauce. The other difference is that… Read more

Today marks the first day of the World Sheepdog Trials 2023! Gill Hall Estate is an absolutely beautiful venue, and it is perfect for this event. It was a bit chilly today, but that is much better for the dogs than if it were warm. The sheep, although testy at times, were fair and pretty… Read more

On today’s excursions, we had the pleasure of visiting the famous Titanic museum in Belfast. It was super crowed, but it had great detail of facts that I had never heard before regarding the Titanic and her shipwreck. The museum also went into tremendous detail on how Belfast became such a large city and harbor… Read more

Today we watched the double lift finals as each competitor ran for the place of International Supreme Champion, ultimately won by Fraser Shennan and Belle in a most fabulous display of teamwork from a skilled handler and talented dog. In their draw, there was one testy ewe, frustrating at times, but no doubt useful in… Read more

Today, we woke up before the sun to make it to the international in time to watch our new friend, Dean Mcauley, run his dog, Joe. But before Dean ran, I had the pleasure of walking the course with one of the other USA Team members, Lise Anderson. It was a beautiful morning, and then… Read more

Today I got to kiss the Blarney Stone. It is a famous stone residing at the top of Blarney Castle revolving around legends that claim good tidings to those who kiss it. One of the legends involves a troubled man by the name of Cormac who was advised by the Queen of the Fairies to… Read more