2011 Nebraska State Fair
Bob & Dart on TV
2011 National Cattledog Finals
Odi
Abby
Spyder
Three of our dogs, Abby, Odi and Spyder, qualified to compete in the 2011 National Cattledog Finals, which were held in Redding, Iowa, May 26-29. Abby and Odi qualified in the Open class, and Odi and Spyder qualified in the Nursery class. All of the dogs performed well in the preliminary runs, although both Abby and Spyder had one draw of challenging cattle. Odi did well in his open runs (23rd in the first run and 7th in the second run) and was able to qualify for the finals in the Open class. The top 20 scores qualify and Odi was the 12th high qualifying score. He ran well and placed 11th in the finals. We expect all three dogs to qualify for the 2012 National Cattledog Finals. Odi and Spyder are both only 2 years old and are, therefore, eligible to qualify in both the Open and Nursery classes.
About Us
Wagner Border Collies is a key part of Wagner Ranch. Wagner Ranch is operated by Bob and Jan Wagner and is located in Northern Colorado, about 20 miles south of Cheyenne, WY, and 45 miles from both Fort Collins and Greeley. We are about 1.5 hrs from Denver and Denver International Airport.
We breed, train and trial Border Collies and currently have 17 dogs in our kennel. We try to have two litters a year and sell both puppies and started dogs.
We bought our first trained Border Collie, Birch (picture below), in late 2005 to help with working cattle. He was a Christmas present from Jan to Bob and came to us from Tony Stewart. Birch was truly an outstanding dog. He was very smart, very strong and was successful in the trial arena, making multiple trips to the National Cattledog Finals. Birch and Tony placed 8th in 2005.
Our second Border Collie was Dori (picture below), a female we purchased from Dan Korf. We got Dori because we realized we frequently needed more than one dog and we were interested in becoming breeders. Dori had three litters for us and two of her pups are still in the kennel. Dori also became a successful trial dog - Bob took her to the 2009 National Cattledog Finals, where she placed 14th.
We will be at several trials in 2011, including the Wyoming Cattledog series, the Outback Stockdog series and the National Cattledog Finals in Iowa (we have Abby qualified for the open class and Odi qualified in nursery). We hope to see you at the trials.
Also, we would like to invite you to visit us anytime at the ranch to see our dogs or to work dogs with us.
Bob & Jan Wagner
Birch Dori
