Judges' Biographies
Terry Workman — Herding
Thanks to the Scottish Highland Festival at Estes Park, Colorado, Terry was introduced to herding. One feature of the Festival is the Saturday morning parade, including dog breeds of the Highlands. Terry and Jody thought it would be fun to enter their bearded collie, Cadence, in the parade. After the parade, they took Cadence with them to the Festival fairgrounds and they came upon a sign that said, "See if your dog has herding instinct." Terry took Cadence into the arena to see what his Beardie would do. To be truthful, it wasn't pretty, but that started the herding bug.
Terry and Cadence herding at Estes Park
While in Colorado, Terry and Jody would take their Beardies to a trainer who had a small farm with a variety of animals. They both agreed, that once Terry retired, they would buy a small acreage to practice herding and have their own "petting zoo."
Being in the Air Force, Terry did not have the opportunity to settle down and train his Beardies. Instead, at each duty station, Terry would try to find a herding person in the area to help him work his dogs. Usually, "in the area" meant a one to two hour drive. Terry has been stationed in South Dakota, Colorado, Florida and Nebraska. One advantage to making all these moves was that Terry was able to attend several clinics sponsored by different trainers.
Terry retired from the Air Force at the end of 2000. A year prior to his retirement, Terry and Jody bought the farm — 12 acres in Eastern Nebraska. On their small acreage, they have a small herd of hair sheep (20 head), 2 llamas, 25 fainting goats, 22 call ducks, 15 Sebastopol Geese, 16 barn cats, 2 miniature donkeys and 5 dogs (1 Beardie and 4 Border Collies). Friends that have visited "Way To Me Acres" have referred to it as a Club Med for animals. For a glimpse of Way To Me Acres, visit Terry and Jody's web site at: www.waytome.com.
Terry has judged in AKC, AHBA and USBCHA trials. He has placed AKC HT, PT, and HS titles on his Beardies and has earned three advanced AKC titles (two HXAs and 1 HXAd) on his Border Collies. He has earned an ATDd from ASCA and a HRDIIs from AHBA. He is also a frequent trial participant with the Nebraska Stock Dog Association.
Terry started giving clinics and has given clinics not only in the USA, but also Sweden and Finland. He has judged at National Specialties for Beardies and for Border Collies.