First time competitor wins cattle dog championship at Agribition
When Clint Christiansen found out the cattle dog championships at Canadian Western Agribition had been altered to be mounted on horseback, he decided to give it a go.
“We use horses all the time at home with our dogs, so it’s what I do,” he said.
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That experience paid off, and he won the competition this year, despite it being his first time entering.
He says he has never brought his dog, June, to something like this before, and he was worried about how she would perform in front of a crowd. However, it didn’t faze her at all.
“I drew really good cattle, to be able to handle them and manage them. And you got to have a little luck, and then you got to be ready to use your luck when you get it.”
June was a birthday gift to Christiansen from his wife, and she is trained to handle cattle.
“I have never had her to town, but she really likes being with me, so I have a really good partner,” he said.
Christiansen has competed in other events such as ranch rodeo and enjoys these types of competitions because they consist of things he and his family already do on the ranch.
For his first time in this competition at Agribition, Christiansen didn’t expect to win. He just wanted to do well.
“I was just glad to get through,” he said with a laugh.
“So yeah, I was surprised.”
Now, following his win, he expects he will compete again in future Agribitions, not just because of his win this year but because of how much he appreciates the show itself.
“Agribition is great every year,” Christiansen said.
“That’s why I come, is I’ve sat and watched it in the stands for several years and went, ‘I should try that sometime.’ And it was fun to come try it. And it’s probably one of the best ag shows we have in Saskatchewan.”
Now a winner, June got the sleeping accommodations of a champion — the hotel room.
“She was probably like, ‘this is moving up in the world, this going to town thing. Moved from the barn to the hotel room.”’
Source: www.producer.com