Sutherland farmer buys young sheepdog from Welsh dog trainer
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Sutherland farmer Neil Sutherland has purchased a 10-month-old black and white dog, Cefneithin Spot, for £5000 from North Wales dog trainer Sion Jones.
Mr Sutherland is a regular vendor and buyer at Skipton Auction Mart's online sheepdog sales. The young dog is a son of top Welsh handler and triallist Kevin Evans’ Red Spot, out of another farm work bitch, Bodtegir Jan – a full sister to Spot made £8000 at four-and-a half-months-old last September.
Mr Evans achieved another in a long list of top price coups at the leading North Yorkshire venue with his fully broken Scottish-bred rising two-year-old grey, white and tan dog, Midderry Nip, which fetched £9000.
The first German dog ever to be sold at Skipton's online sheepdog sales was purchased by Alice Muir, of Spittal, Caithness.
Belway Ace, a near two-year-old fully broken dog, was sold for £3500. It was offered online by Hendrich Kienker, of Wolde, a municipality in the district of Demmin, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Ace is by Herr Kienker's own Mick, out of B De Kerf’s Kemi Liz.
Achieving £4100 was George Simpson, from Huntly, with his September 2019, tri-coloured bitch, Trish, a daughter of his own Elwy Jack, out of WG Davidson’s Mona. Trish has run in this year’s nursery trials, finishing third of 32 in the Highland League. She was purchased by Ann McPherson, of Inverness.
Skipton’s latest online sale, held on Tuesday, March 9, again offered a comprehensive selection of fully broken part-broken and unbroken dogs for both farm work and as trial prospects to suit most tastes and pockets, with selling prices from as little as £250.
Commenting general manager and auctioneer Jeremy Eaton said: "As anticipated, with lambing time upon us trade for unbroken, part-broken dogs and pups was selective, but trade for well-broken dogs (well filmed) was as strong as ever."
Skipton’s next working sheepdog sale is scheduled for Friday, May 21. It will be a live sale with field trials for broken dogs, with an online and telephone bidding facility also available for all lots.
