Erin was 4 years old when she got her first dog "Trish". She has always been an animal lover but in particular had a great love for my old dog "Gypsy". Erin has always been part of what we do on the farm so over the years has learnt a lot about animal. She took full responsibility for Trish with us just watching that she took care of her. When Erin was five we got introduced to agility and so Erin started to train Trish for it. After a few initial difficulties joining the NZKC she started to compete with Trish at a few local agility shows when she was 6 years old. Erin picked the new family cat a few months after the old fellow died so "Mitten" is now part of the household. Erin is a very lucky kid and each year has the opportunity to feed a lamb or 2 and also to keep them as most join up with the mob. Erin has always been competitive and as she has got older, gained experience and with a lot of helpful advice from others, she is improving her training techniques and her handling skills. She now enjoys doing "Obedience" and "dog Dancing". Now at 10 years old she owns 3 dogs, Trish, Claire out of Trish and Mist. Erin has qualified Trish ADX JD & Claire ADX ADV Gold JD RN. She picked a pup from Whisky and Sky and called her "Mist" and they are now competing. I also allow Erin to run Kay from time to time so she gets experience with handling other dogs.

March 2010 Trish, Whisky, Erin, Mist & Claire

MITTEN THE KITTEN WITH HIS PREY.

ERIN AND HER LAMB PEPPER 2006.

SIMBA IS ERIN'S PET LAMB FROM 5 YEARS AGO. LAST YEAR SHE HAD TWIN'S BUT LOST ONE. SIMBA USED TO FOLLOW ERIN EVERYWHERE IF WE DIDN'T LOCK HER UP. SHE WILL STILL COME UP TO HER IN THE PADDOCK.

MISTY THE OLD CAT. WE HAD HIM FOR 14 YRS.

GYPSY WAS ERIN'S BEST FRIEND UNTIL SHE GOT TRISH AND SHE WAS MY LAMBING DOG TILL SHE RETIRED.

ERIN AND GYPSY RESTING IN LAMBING PADDOCK.

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