Sheepdogs and their handlers met in Mankota over the weekend for the Western Canadian Hilltop Sheepdog Trials.

Over 100 people watched 20 handlers guide over 30 dogs through a course.

Wendy Schmaltz, the organizer of the Western Canadian Hilltop Sheepdog Trails, said the event went really well.

"We had quite a few really good dogs, and handlers come out, Schmaltz said. "We started on Friday and had qualifying runs to qualify for the double lift on Sunday. We had almost 30 dogs, then five nursery dogs which are younger dogs. It was a good trial."

Schmaltz explains what they do in the trials.

"Well in the open event what happens is we have five sheep that are set off at a distance at about 450 yards away," she said. "We send the dog for the herd of sheep and what we have to do is bring them to our feet. When we are doing that there is a set of panels that we have to bring the sheep through, and then we make them go around ourselves, and then we take them to another set of panels. We turn the sheep to another set of panels and back into the ring. We then have to take two of the sheep away from the five and show the judge that the dog had control. After we have gathered them up, we put them in pen. Now every component of the run is based on points. The whole course is 110 points, and we were given 17 minutes to complete the course."

Scott Glenn from Dayton, Alta. Won the event.