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Local dog owner Eddy Aldridge & his 5 year old Australian Kelpie Deerwoods Sheila. Competed the weekend of March 1st & 2nd, in Tulare at the Australian Shepherd Club Of America "ASCA" all breed stockdog trial...

  Deerwoods Sheila got her advanced title on Saturday,  So they will be moving on to compete in the Border Collie, "USBCHA"all breed herding trial at the Great Western Livestock show March 9th at the Tulare fairgrounds...

After that we will held out in April for an AHBA trial in Lancaster to try to get our Ranch Large Flock title...  Sheila just needs 1 more qualifying score to earn her started title..  After that I think I am just going to move her right into advanced, & skip the open level..

 Then in May we will be heading to Cal Poly Pomona to try for our Post Advanced ASCA herding title, sheep.  Then there is nothing left in ASCA.. So it will be all USBCHA & AHBA trials..

  So I will be taking Sheila up north to Lodi in May also to compete in the USBCHA stockdog trial..

  I also breed registerd Painted Desert Sheep.. I started breeding sheep so I would have something to train my dogs with..

I didnt want your everyday wool sheep, I wanted something not everyone else has.

The painted desert is a hair sheep, so they shed out each spring. So there is no shearing in the spring.. They are a big horn game sheep, but they are not really a big sheep like most..  Ewes are around 100lbs at most and rams are maybe 120lb..  But what makes them so different from the rest, is their big horns & painted coats.

 The painted desert come in many different collors and coat patterns...

 This year I will be selling of some of my stock to bring in new blood lines..

If you would like more info on these sheep, there are many good web sites..

Or you can email me,, I hope one day to get a breeding stock class at the Kern County Fair. So these sheep can be shown.. There is really no class for them at this time..

 Right now there is only a little more then 1000 in the registry right now...

  Eddy Aldridge