about angie

Angie and Kate the dog

About Angie

Over the years Angie has trained Border Collies for customers from coast to coast, many of these dogs have gone on to be successful trial dogs. She is especially grateful to have owned and trained Sweep, Gunner, Sam and Jen.

In 1997 Angie won the USBCHA National Nursery Championship with Sam. The very next year she returned to win it again with Jen in addition to capturing the USBCHA Reserve National Open Championship with Sweep that same year.

In 1999 she won the prestigious Meeker Classic with Sweep who was also the 1998 Reserve Meeker Classic Champion.

2000 was a special year, where she won both the USBCHA National Open Championship with Sam and the USBCHA Reserve National Open Championship with Sweep. Angie & Bill

Angie has been judging since 1997 and was the first U.S. woman to judge the USBCHA/ABCA National Finals. In 2008 she became the first U.S. judge to judge the Meeker Classic.

Angie is a current director of the American Border Collie Association (ABCA) and the United States Border Collie Handler’s Association (USBCHA).

Angie's main focus today is training dogs for the public, working on their ranch and spending time with her family.

After 12 years of working the ranch, raising a family and continuing to train dogs - Angie returned to the USBCHA/ABCA Finals. In 2012 she captured the Reserve National Nursery Championship with "Lucky". Visit our gallery page to learn more about some of our dogs.