Top Photo: Mary Lott's Bearded Collie, Harper, brings the flock home to Fido's Farm.

Bottom Photo: Fiddler, a 9-week old Bearded Collie owned by Jackye Dunn and Kathleen Harold, meets ducks for the first time at Fido's Farm.

Directions/Map to Fido's Farm

Check out our
Herding Photo Gallery!

Sniff out our other classes here:
Agility
Obedience
Tracking
Flyball
Dog Pulling

 
Herding at Fido's Farm

Come herd on our 82 acres in the serene and scenic Evergreen Valley, just east of Olympia, only 8 miles off I-5.

Herding:

  • Day pass per dog - $15 ducks or sheep, $20 ducks & sheep, $25 cattle when available
  • Herding lesson with Chris Soderstrom - $35
  • Private lessons with Karen Child - $65, Elsie Rhodes - $50 (Cattle lessons $65), Scott Glen, $65 (30 min) and $115 (hour)
  • Herding evaluation - $45

We Feature:

  • 26-acre field & two 12-acre fields
  • Many smaller fields and arenas appropriate to all levels
  • Fresh sheep year round
  • All ASCA courses including post advanced
  • AKC courses A, B and C
  • Ranch courses
  • Duck courses
  • Covered arena for night and winter herding
  • Practice trials for both arena and open field herding
  • Five-day residential sheep camp
  • Clinics with talented instructors:
      Scott Glen in March, August & October
      Karen Child in April
      Elsie Rhodes clinics various months

Come take a mob of sheep walkabout to our spectacular back 40!


Phil Asay and Bob Hickman built Fido's this incredible duck sorting yard!

Links to Local, National and
International Herding Clubs:

Washington Association of Stockdog Handlers
All Breed Herding Club of Western Washington
Oregon Sheep Dog Society
United States Border Collie Handlers Association
American Herding Breeds Association
American Kennel Club
International Sheep Dog Society
Australian Shepherd Club of America

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