US EditionTaking stock: training dogs to run with the herd gaining popularity in B.C.
Founded in 2023, Cariboo Stock Dogs hosts events attracting 40 dogs regionally, fostering community engagement and boosting Quesnel's local economy through tourism, sponsors, and activities.
- Cariboo Stock Dogs hosted the Wild and Woolly Small Field Trial at Alex Fraser Park, Quesnel, British Columbia, welcoming diverse competitors and emphasizing accessibility in herding sports.
- In 2023, Natasha Reichlin, Deborah Armstrong and Crystal Smith founded Cariboo Stock Dogs, aiming to keep littermates together and bring stock-dog events with drop-in practices to Quesnel, British Columbia.
- The competition offers tiers from novice to open, with novice handlers running alongside their dogs and open competitors herding sheep through obstacles in a four-to-five minute span using up to eight whistle commands.
- Reichlin said the trial's 40 dogs and visiting competitors bring tourist dollars, while community sponsors, food trucks, local vendors, and families and kids support the events in Quesnel, British Columbia.
- The club stresses accessibility by welcoming golden retrievers, corgis, mixed-breed, and rescue dogs, and Reichlin said, `Were kind of like enablers, we just keep pushing them on everyone`.
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