hey cricket...sounds like border collie heaven....i love your area of canada....i used to show at spruce meadows....with pierre joliceur,michelle vaillancourt,robert ridland,gail greenough,ian millar.....i have always loved working with the canadian team....how are ron and marge southern doing??? are they still active in spruce meadows???? or does linda run it now???? its' a great facility....is cattlemans' still open???