We hope you all have had a very good summer!  Ruth and I have had a good summer; we were able to get a number of our summer goals accomplished, so that was good. 

We were excited to see on the Sundowner summer break results, that our Cap stud dog had made their top 10 list. Cap was number 10, and I doubt he will have time to move up much this fall, but we were excited that he is doing that well in his first full year in the Open Cattle Class. :)

We are excited about Fall 2008, we are anxious to get to see old trial friends again. We have a few new things in the works for the fall. 

1. I hope to be able to introduce three to four new females before years end. 

2. We are very excited to be able to announce a new fall trial here in Bartlesville. Oaktree BC has teamed up with Washington County Junior Livestock folks to hold their first FFA & 4H stock dog trial. (we hope folks will come and support the kids) 

3. I hope to be able to have a new Sell Board up by the first of the year, (if not before then.) It will be FREE to the general public where you'll be able to list your working and trial dogs for sell. Be sure to always check our Blog for the most real time information. (Oaktree BC Bark Blog)

We kicked off the 2008 late Summer and Fall trial season on a positive note. We took 4 dogs to a nice sheep trial last weekend, the Grady County Fair Sheepdog Trial, hosted by Josh & Jenna Baxter.  Jack was the only veteran dog we took, the other were first time sheep trialers --- Roper's Jackson, Head N' Heel Katie, Oaktree Beth. Jack was first place in the Open Ranch Class, and Jackson and Katie tied for third place on points, but Jackson had the faster time line, Beth was a DQ, being the youngest of the four all she could see was mouth full wool. :)