Description
The 2025 Purina Open Dog of the Year, Annie, is a 7-year-old female out of Alf Kyme’s Annie and Aled Owens’ Cap. She was imported as a puppy, and Beverly got her when she was about 8 months old as she didn’t suit her original owner. Annie’s great strength is her desire to work with her handler—she is very obedient and willing. On the right sheep, she is smooth and beautiful to watch run. Annie has won many open trials. She was 7th here at the 2025 Soldier Hollow Classic Championship.
Beverly is a handler with over 30 years of experience and one of only two handlers to win two Gold Medals at Soldier Hollow with her great dog, Pippa. With three decades of experience, Beverly is a threat to win any trial she enters and is an articulate spokesperson for the sport. Beverly describes sheepdog trials as the place where dogs are “judged one against the other by their work, not by their looks.”
