A two-day sheepdog clinic was held at Bishopscourt farm in Kirk Michael recently.

Frank Satterthwaite, who is a highly successful sheepdog handler and regular competitor from Brough in Cumbria, travelled to the island to host the event.  Frank is an expert at training young dogs who go on to have successful work and trial careers and was keen to share his knowledge with island handlers who had a range of dogs from those who were just showing signs of starting to work up to polishing off ready to compete in sheepdog trials.  Frank commented on how impressed he was with the quality of young dogs there were in the Isle of Man.

One of the shining stars of the weekend was 12-year-old Ruby Clague from Dalby and her bitch Lula who showed a real talent for handling and will be one to watch in the future.  If anyone is interested in when the next clinic or trial will be held then details can be found on the Manannan Sheepdog Trials page on Facebook.

The next trial is due to take place on Saturday, September 21.