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Jerome M. Stewart, AKC, AHBA Herding Test &
Trial Judge
Jerry has been involved in the sport of
herding since 1986 after he acquired his first Shetland Sheepdog, WTCH Stewart's Easy
Storm, UD, HX, PC, HC, HTD-III. He has been teaching all-breed herding classes
since 1988, up to 3days per week in
Southern California. In addition to judging herding trials he also has done
herding clinics throughout the United States, and has given numerous lectures on the
sport of herding. He has organized and put on demonstrations so the general
public can experience
herding dogs in action. |
Jerry has been successful at the advanced level in AKC, AHBA,
ASCA and ISDS trials with his Shetland Sheepdog, Easy and his Border Collies, Tess
,Choice and Pic. He has earned the WTCH title with three different breeds of
dogs, Shetland Sheepdog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and Border Collie. being the first trainer to get the WTCH with
an AKC registered dog and also holds the distinction of being the trainer of the
first AKC herding dog to have the UD, and HX titles. He has also earned three
herding championships on a mixed bred dog.
He and his students have earned forty-two herding
championships , and several have
become licensed herding judges. Jerry is an AKC and AHBA judge, licensed to judge all
breeds in the trial and test classes, as if that isn't enough he has also held
three AHBA herding trials and several instinct test at the Long Beach location
where he trained for 36 years before moving to the Moreno Valley location.
Jerry's articles on the sport of herding have appeared in several
publications including the Sheltie Pacesetter, Working Border Collie Magazine, Sheltie
International, AHBA Newsletter, SDCSDC Newsletter, Wag-N-Tales, OCOC Barker, Pet Trader,
The Herdsman and Sheltie Show Off. Since 1990 he has written a monthly
Newsletter for his students. The Class Newsletter has quite a reputation and can be read by clicking this
from the table of
contents on the home page. Jerry has been nominated for a Maxwell Award for Photography from the Dog
Writers' Association of America. Jerry and his dogs have been the subject of
many published articles, including a feature on the front page of the Long
Beach Register, Orange
County Register's (Metro section), LA Times, Riverside Press Enterprise and others.
Jerry and Easy were featured on the cable television program
Paw
Prints (linked to below left) and most recently
3 episodes of with Cesar Milam (2 are linked to below right). Choice and Jerry also had their first acting parts in
Animal Plant's Ella and Me episode 102, " Lead a Dog To Water."
He and his classmates have been covered by CNN and OCN. He has consulted with
The Amazing Race,, Big
Brother
and Tough As Nails.
reality programs on the use of
his sheep.
Jerry Stewart
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12/28/22 02:54:14 PM