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Top Sheepdog Competition Held in Utah

By Beth Hoffman

Heber City, UT – While you're relaxing this Labor Day weekend, there's no rest for sheepdogs and their trainers, gathered this weekend in Heber for the Soldier Hollow Classic. it's the largest invitational sheepdog competition in the world, a contest in which border collies her sheep through a maze of gates with only the aid of whistled commands. Producer Beth Hoffman joined this group of elite sheepdogs and their trainers as they practiced for the event.
More information about the Soldier Hollow Classic is available from their website, http://www.soldierhollowclassic.com.

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