In honor of Spring, lambing season and all things herding, today we’re welcoming Tayen Albrandt and Willow the Border Collie to our podcast.  It’s only fitting to return the favor, since we met them when Willow did a stint as the door greeter at the Event Center during the National Western stock dog trials.  Tayen and Willow spoke with us for a quick moment before their cattle herding moment in the sun (Okay so it was freezing snow, but you know what we mean).  Willow was not only extremely well behaved during the entire interview, but kept watch on every noise, movement, and emotion in the entire busy room, all from her perch on a very high chair.  It was like sitting next to a very sweet and friendly radar dish, without the blipping part.   These two intelligent young people have a bright future, and hopefully many more NWSS trials to come (okay, so they’re not both people, but this breed is smarter than the average human, so we’re going to give them that).  Links: https://livestockentry.nationalwestern.com/results/308/stock-dog-intermediate-cattle-trial?custom_result_or_division=Division&custom_result_or_division_id=155 https://nationalcattledog.com/national-western-cattledog-trial-2022/ https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/border-collie/ http://www.bordercolliesociety.com/ https://www.bordercolliesociety.com/akc-standard/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/canine https://bordercolliehealth.com/smooth-coat-border-collie/ https://www.frommfamily.com/r/12807 Support the show