Kathy Keats 

Webinars & Podcast

Kathy has represented Canada at world championships in basketball, dog agility and sheepdog trialing, and won world, national and regional championships along the way.

Check out her interviews and insight into the stockdog world

The Working Dog Podcast

by Alison Erskine

The working dog podcast covers everything about dogs with jobs.

The working Dog Podcast interviews the men and women who use their dogs daily and the ones who strictly trial.

The podcast focuses on international sheep and cow dog handlers and pick their brains about working dog tips and tricks.

2 Bergères En Cavale

is an unpretentious podcast from 2 friends who are passionate about herding, Border Collies and sheep! As herding is just beginning in Quebec and has more and more new followers, we want to share with you different subjects related to our passion by meeting different people who will share their valuable experience. We don't take ourselves seriously, we are here to learn, make you laugh and above all give you the desire to persevere in this world of herding which can sometimes be intimidating at the beginning!

International Sheep Dog Society

 A member- led organization that registers over 6,000 Border Collie pups every year on behalf of its members. The ISDS Number and Dog Certificate are a guarantee of pedigree that, for most dogs, can be traced back over 100 years.

Canadian Border Collie Association

The CBCA establishes and maintains the breed standard and registry of purebred border collies in Canada.

American Border Collie Association

 The ABCA exists to register, maintain and verify the pedigrees of Border Collies, to promote and foster in North America the breeding, training and distribution of reliable working Border Collies, and to promote stockdog trials and exhibitions. 

US Border Collie Handlers Association

The United States Border Collie Handler’s Association, Inc. (USBCHA) is the sanctioning body for sheep and cattledog trials trials throughout the United States and Canada since 1979 

The Border Collie Museum

An online museum dedicated to the shepherd's dog,

its history, culture, and lore through the eyes of artists, writers, poets, and historians; and to the shepherds that used their herding dogs to bring the flocks safely down from the hills.

Cariboo Stock Dogs

Our mission is to promote the natural talent and ability of the stock dog through education, including clinics and training, off and online resources and a social-media learning group. We offer a twice yearly sanctioned stock dog trial which brings competitors from all over Canada who contribute to the economic development of Quesnel. This brings inclusive, family-friendly recreation and education contributing to community engagement.  

Canadian Cattle Dog Association

The CCDA is a non-profit association that promotes proper cattle handling with the use of stock dogs. The mission  is to bring knowledge to stockmen about the benefits of using trained stock dogs to handle their cattle by supporting stock dog breeding, training and development with clinics and sanctioned trials for the betterment of both dogs and handlers.

Alberta Stock Dog Association

The ASDA  sanctions trials throughout Alberta each year and promotes clinics as a key step in developing your dog. 

Saskatchewan Stock Dog Association 

The SSDA promotes the proper training of stock dogs, their humane handling and is dedicated to the welfare of both dogs and livestock thru education, trials, clinics, demonstrations, and advertising.

Western Canadian Sheepdog Finals

 Since 1979, the Western Canadian Sheepdog Trial is a competition hosted by one of the four prairie provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba. 

National Cattledog Association

Founded in 2011, the NCA is a non-profit that represents Canada and USA ranchers, cattledog handlers, and cattledog breeders. 

The NCA mission is to educate ranchers as to the value of well trained cattledogs for humane, low stress cattle handling through demonstrations, clinics, and public cattledog competitions (trials).

the abilities of their dogs.

Ontario Border Collie Club

The primary objective of the club is to promote the traditional herding ability of the Border Collie by holding trials and training clinics. The club also encourages obedience and other non-traditional uses of the dog. The club members are farm people and Border Collie owner’s with a high regard for the working Border Collie. OBCC wants to maintain the dog’s natural working instinct. 

North East Border Collie Association

The North East Border Collie Association is a non profit club supporting the breeding, training, farm use and trialing of working border collies. The NEBCA region consists of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. NEBCA sanctions trials in these areas and promotes training opportunities.