Stock dogs put on a show in Souris
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SOURIS — Whistles and voice commands rang out over the show ring as four-legged competitors from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan took direction from their trainers during the Stock Dog Shoot Out on Friday.
A stock dog is another name for a herding dog — a kind of canine that has been purposefully bred to herd livestock, or belongs to one of the breeds that have been developed in human history for herding.
Black and white or red border collies, like many of those in the Souris competition on Friday, are a fine example of stock dog breeding.
Kate, owned by Jo Ann McCannel from Pierson, nips at a yearling heifer as she works the ring during the Stock Dog Shoot Out competition on Friday at the 2025 Souris Peacock Days and Fair. (Photos by Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
The competition includes classes, including horseback, nursery — for dogs under three years old — intermediate, novice and open.
Around the noon hour on Friday, during the nursery and intermediate classes, dogs and trainers manoeuvred sets of three yearling heifers into various partitions set up around the show ring. Points were awarded for speed and agility within a five-minute limit.
The stock dog competition took place on the opening day of the 2025 Souris Peacock Days and Fair, which continues all day today and tomorrow at the Souris Fairground.
Today’s events include barrel racing, a kids firefighter rodeo, a garden tractor pull, peacock calling, and a market that runs from noon to 5 p.m.
» Photos by Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Mindy, a border collie competing at the Stock Dog Shoot Out in Souris on Friday, is seen through a sea of yearling heifer legs.
Keely Borys and her red border collie, Rocket, take a break at the event. Borys came with her dogs from Earl Grey, Sask., to compete on Friday.
Isabelle Klassen opens the gate to release three yearlings into the ring.
