Well-known writer Donald McCaig turns his attention in The Dog Wars to the 1990s controversy between the working border collie community and the American Kennel Club. Chronicling a critical turning point in the history of the border collie, The Dog Wars is a must read for anyone interested in the culture of dogs in the United States.

The Dog Wars: How the Border Collie Battled the American Kennel Club

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Donald McCaig

Pets & Animal Care

Outrun Press

TOP TRAINERS TALK ABOUT STARTING A SHEEPDOG brings together interviews with many of the best working border collie trainers in North America and the United Kingdom, who share their methods of introducing young border collies to livestock. Whether you are training a stockdog for trialing or for work on the farm or ranch, this collection of expert advice, presented for the first time ever in a single volume, is a treasury of experience and wisdom that is sure to prove invaluable. Trainers interviewed include Bill Berhow, Kate Broadbent, Carol Campion, Scott Glen, Bobby Henderson, David Henry, Julie Hill, Carla King, Kathy Knox, Lyle Lad, Beverly Lambert, Amanda Milliken, Barbara Ray, Derek Scrimgeour, Patrick Shannahan, Jeanne Weaver, and Tom Wilson.

Top Trainers Talk about Starting a Sheepdog: Training a Border Collie on Sheep and Other Livestock

This book is a reprint of the original 1956 true "biography" of Toss, a working border collie in Wales who was trained by his owner for stardom in the annual sheepdog trials. Toss's education is described from the moment that the scraggly puppy revealed his astonishing instinct for working sheep to the day when he triumphantly justified his master's faith in him during their first trials season.

Sheepdog Glory: The Story of a Working Border Collie

Saunders, Roy

Tam is a royally-bred border collie who excels in sheepdog trials.  Follow him from his birth in rural Scotland through the challenges he faces with different owners, striving always to listen to his instinct and work the "woolies" with his human partners. First book in the "Tam" series.

Tam: A Border Collie

Children's Books

Northrup, Sharon

Animals

After Old Tam's untimely death, a litter of puppies was born to his mate, Jeannie, on the ranch in Colorado. Though Gwen had intended to keep the most likely pup for a trial dog, her heart is captured by the runt of the litter, little Punk. Punk is mischief incarnate-again and again, Punk tests Gwen's decision to keep her. But again and again, Punk wins Gwen's heart. Though ridiculed by others, Gwen is determined to turn Punk into a working sheepdog. Second book in the "Tam" series.

Tam's Pup

American Lambs is an interrelated collection of stories and poems about working border collies, sheep, family, and rural life.

American Lambs: Poems and Stories about Working Border Collies, Sheep, Family,

Yamamoto, T.

Biographies & Memoirs

An invaluable guide to understanding the relationship between working dogs and livestock. Whether you are a rancher who has purchased a working dog, someone with a border collie interested in learning how to work livestock, or someone who wants to understand the "big picture" of how dogs and stock interact, this book will help you achieve your goals.

Working with a Stockdog

Guthrie, Anna M.

The most promising puppy in Gwen's litter, Lark was returned to Gwen from her first trainer, who treated the young dog harshly and considered her too soft ever to make a successful working border collie. Gwen is determined to find a way to turn the frightened dog into a willing partner. Third volume in TAM series.

Lark's Return

This book describes the birth and growth of two litter sister border collies. One of the two remains with her breeder to become a working sheep dog, and the other is trained to be a service dog for her new owner. Illustrated throughout with photos and sketches.

Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep?

Benjamin, Carol Lea

Wall, C. Denise

Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep? Full Color Edition

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