Barbara Carpenter has been a collector of information about sheepdogs for many years as well as knowing them at first hand as a successful handler, breeder and trainer.
She has also been a constant source of help and support to the sheepdog community over the years.

BOOKS:

The Blue Riband of the Heather
First Edition published 1989. 128 pages.
A listing of all the winners of the International Supreme Sheepdog Championship from 1906 to 1988 with many illustrations and background articles.
Second edition published 1996. 148 pages.
Updated and extended to include all the Supreme winners to 1995.

You can buy this book now from the ISDS Shop.

National Sheepdog Champions
Published 1994. 338 pages.
A larger companion volume covering the National Champions of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales from 1922 to 1993.

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International Sheepdog Brace Champions 1926-2006

Published 2007. Comb Bound with laminated cover. 114 pages.
Brace running - two dogs working together - is one of the hardest tasks undertaken in competitive sheepdog work, yet in many ways it imitates the kind of work done by shepherds in the hills more closely than the singles competition.
This book covers all the International Brace champions, and includes the three 'missing years' (1926 - 1928) before the official records began, with handlers and dogs, some familiar, some less so (but just as important in the history of sheepdog trialling and breeding), right up to the Centenary International in 2006.

Intended as a companion volume to the Blue Riband and National Champion books. Edited by Andrew & Pauline Hall, with many photos, mostly from Barbara Carpenter's collection.

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Trials and Tribulations
Published 2001. 76 pages.
A history of the first 50 years of the South Wales Sheep Dog Trial Association with many historic photographs.

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Basic Training for Sheepwork
Published 1982. 28 pages.
A clear and uncomplicated guide to training the Border Collie for work with sheep, complete with diagrams and photographs.

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MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
List in preparation.

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