ENGLISH SHETLAND SHEEPDOG CLUB

WORKING SECTION

President: Mrs Rosemary Seys

Chairman: Mr Peter Lubbi

Vice Chair: Mrs Lian Knight

Treasurer: Mr Matthew Burdett

Secretary: Mrs Lesley Lubbi, Layash, 2 Celia Crescent, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 3NW

: 01784 258334 : Info ESSC Working Section

Committee: Mrs Lorna Gibbs, Mrs Indira Helsby, Mrs Rhoda Burdett, Mrs Trisha Harding, Mrs Pam Albrow

 

We are a section of the English Shetland Sheepdog Club that caters for the working activities which covers the whole area of the club and our aim is to promote and encourage all the working aspects of the Shetland Sheepdog and try to combine the beauty and the brains.

The English Shetland Sheepdog Club gave permission to Rosemary and Tony Seys to form the Working Section in 1970. Their idea was to raise the profile of the working Sheltie thus combining their beauty and brains, while retaining essential Sheltie traits. Rosemary has also written a book about the History of the Working Shetland Sheepdog.

The Working Section caters for Sheltie owners who are interested in Agility, Heelwork to Music, Obedience and Working Trials, or just having fun with their Sheltie’s. As we are countrywide we are not a specific training club. However, we produce a bi-annual magazine called Sheltie at Work, and hold training days for Agility, Heelwork to Music and Obedience which is restricted to Shelties and the trainers are chosen for their understanding approach to the training of Shelties. We also hold an annual weekend training camp, where people can camp or just attend daily. At which we hold training sessions for the above disciplines. On the Saturday lunch time we all collect together have our lunch while listening and watching a grooming demonstration. As if that’s not enough, we end the day with a fish and chip supper, and of course talking about the things we all love our SHELTIE’S.

At the E.S.S.C Open and Championship shows we run Obedience classes. The breed ring side by side with the obedience ring, just as Rosemary and Tony envisaged many years ago. We also hold an Agility Show. We encourage all our members young and old to take part or come along and watch our activities, but first and foremost have fun and enjoy your dog.

In the 70’s the Working Sections strongpoint was Obedience, even gaining some Obedience Champion’s over the years. But sadly more and more of our member have left that scene and taken up Agility, which is much more exciting and fun for the handlers and their dogs. As the Agility grows so does our membership list, and we are notching up Agility Champions too. We are extremely lucky with our members as they support and encourage any member just starting out or an old hand in any discipline that they work.  You only have to witness this at any event there are lots of Sheltie supporters in the crowd, and why ever not when you can watch this wonderful breed.

 

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