Finnsheep Links

• American Finnsheep Breeder's Association
• The Wee Croft - Sandy DeMaster's Farm where I purchased my starter flock. As of fall 2008 she is retiring from breeding sheep.
• Color Genetics of Icelandic, Shetland and Finnsheep.
• North SheD: Origins and Diversity of North European Sheep Breeds
• Short Tales Archives - Newsletter of the American Finnsheep Breeder's Association

Finnish Names for your Sheep

• Behind the Name - Finnish first names and their meanings
• Finnish Male Names - They have a separate page for female names too.
• Meanings of Finnish Names

Sheep Links

• Building and Rebuilding - By Ron Parker, author of The Sheep Book. PDF format.
• Sheep Resources - from Oklahoma State
• Maryland Small Ruminant Page - Lots of cool stuff about sheep
• Sheep at Purdue University
• Sheep Health Resources (AU)
• Sheep Production and Husbandry Links

Sheep Diseases

• Ovine Johne's Disease (AU)
• Scrapie Info. from USDA
• Copper Toxicity in Sheep
• Copper toxicity in Sheep
• Copper Poisoning (UK)
• OPP Concerned Sheep Breeders Society - An organization dedicated to eradicating Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (Maedi Visna).

Sheep Supplies

• Port-A-Hut Shelters - We have two of their 6 x 11 foot huts out in the pasture as shelter for our sheep. The sheep really seem to like them.
• Portable Mineral Feeder - from Canada Plan Service. We built two of these little mineral feeders for our sheep. We found that the vertical piece on the overhang needs another piece of wood behind it for reinforcement or it can come loose.
• Upper Midwest Haylist - Search for hay / straw in MN, WI, IA and SD
• FSpeed - Free Program to Calculate Coefficient of Inbreeding
• Sheep Housing Links - from the Maryland Small Ruminant Page.
• Powell Sheep Coats, P.O. Box 183, Ramona, CA 92063. 760-789-1758. I use sizes med/small (#5), medium (#6) and med/avg (#7) for Finn lambs. On average, my lambs wear 3 coats in a fall/winter. My adult sheep wear 2 coats in a winter. Finn wool has excellent felting properties and if you let the coat get too tight, you will felt the fleece right on the sheep. I use sizes med/avg (#7) thru regular (#10) for my adult ewes and rams. Avg/reg (#9) is not quite big enough for my largest Finn rams when they are in full fleece. The next size up regular (#10) is a little loose but works OK.

Fun Sheep Stuff

• Jennie the Potter - Functional Ceramics (bowls and mugs) with sheep, yarn and spinning themes.
• Ewesful Gifts - Gifts for the "Sheepaholic"
• Country Silver Sheep Jewelry - Sadly, no Finnsheep jewelry on their site.
• Sheep Posters, Stamps and Gifts
• Sheep Art

Fiber Links

• Yocum McColl - Wool Testing Lab
• Clothes Moths - Know your enemy.

Handicraft Links

Dog Links

Useful Info. from the American Kennel Club:

• AKC Agility Regulations
• AKC Obedience Regulations
• AKC Tracking Regulations
• AKC Rally Obedience
• Indefinite Listing Privilege (ILP)
• Check your leg, points or titles on-line (free). You will need to register with the AKC store, so that you will have a user name and password. Click on points progression.
• Downloadable Forms from AKC
  
• Companion Animal Recovery The Home Again Microchip (available from veterinarians) is registered with the Companion Animal Recovery Service for a one-time fee. Animals need not be purebred or AKC registered to use the service. It can help your animal find his/her way home if lost.

Other Organizations which offer dog events -- all allow mixed breeds)

• United Kennel Club (UKC)
• North American Dog Agility Council (NADAC)
• United States Dog Agility Association (USDAA)
• American Mixed Breed Obedience Registration (AMBOR)
• Canine Performance Events (Agility)

Find Shows and Trials

• Search the AKC events calendar
• Info Dog From the MB-F Superintendent but lists all shows. Find shows/trials by searching by state, date or judge. Can enter on-line.
• Roy Jones Dog Shows Lists only their shows. Can enter on-line.
• Jack Onofrio, Superintendent
• Agility Events Search Engine at Cleanrun.com

Dog Show Entry Form Templates

• Entry Form Templates For AKC, UKC and CKC events. Free from Prestige Pedigrees.

Places to find Training Equipment, Books and Supplies:

• Arctic Paws. Home of Yummy Chummies - gourmet salmon dog treats.
• Clean Run.com. Agility, Clicker, and Motivational Training equipment, books and supplies.
• Doggone Good! Crates, Bait Bags for training and more.
• Dogwise Dog books and more dog books.
• J and J Dog Supplies Equipment, books and supplies for Obedience and Agility.
• Max 200 Equipment, books and supplies for Obedience and Agility.
• Sit Stay.com Dog Equipment and Supplies
• Village Dog House Scent Article Bags, shirts and more by Peggy Battig.
• Hartnagels Building Supply Sell Furniture Grade PVC equipment. Carry unusual shapes useful for building PVC agility equipment and practice jumps.
• Arf and Running Sell colored, furniture grade PVC pipe and fittings. Also sell pre-made agility equipment

Info and Equipment for Tiny Dogs

• Rita Geiger -- Makes tiny (or large) Utility scent articles.
  Also gives instructions on how to make them yourself.
  48088 239th St
  New Ulm, MN 56073
  507-947-3611 (CST)

• Lonnie Bowman -- Makes custom-sized tiny wooden dumbbells.
  He makes Utility scent articles too. 425-226-5489

• Sylvia's Tack Box -- Equipment especially for Tiny Dogs
  Connie Timmerman
  40392 State Hwy 22
  St. Peter, MN 56082
  Ph: 507-931-2292 or Fax: 507-931-2759 CST
  Email: tacbox@iglide.net

Livestock Guardian Links

• Book: Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution. by Raymond Coppinger and Lorna Coppinger. ISBN: 0-684-85530-5. - Available at most of the on-line bookstores. An interesting and somewhat controversial book about dogs and how they became domesticated. Has a large section on flock-guardian dogs and how / why they become socialized to sheep. From the Coppingers' days heading up the flock-guardian dog project at Hampshire College. Theoretical stuff for the doggie-dweeb in each of us.
• Boulder Ridge Farm - Cindy Smith - Rio's breeder.
• Livestock Guardian Dogs: Their Current Use Worldwide - An academic paper. PDF format. Loads very slowly on a dial-up connection.
Livestock Guardian Dogs - PDF format. Extremely slow to load. Livestock Guard Dogs, Llamas and Donkeys - from Colorado State University
• Main Page for the Livestock Guardian Dog Association - Many articles and links.
• The Flock and Family Guard Network (Dogs)
• Livestock Guarding Dog Fact Sheet - from the USDA

Webrings

Last update: June 22, 2008

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