FELLSTAR  BOUVS

 Pat has seriously trained her dogs in bitework, carting and herding and continues to utilize bitework and herding for breeding criteria.  She has shown several of her Bouviers (as well as other breeds) to AKC conformation championships. The focus now is pure performance.   

​She has trained and shown 5 bouviers to advanced titles in herding and has garnered HITs at ABdFC Nat’ls with her Bouvier, Crestwood’s Belgian Quintessence de Fellstar "Edmund" and Arion's Yen To Go To Fellstar "Go", as well as putting an AHBA Championships on both Bouvs with both being in the top 10 performance bouviers in AKC for several years through their herding performance record. "Go" was the 2nd Bouv in history to earn an AHBA Championship. 

Pat's first Bouv to trial in herding, Celt, (Fellstar's Marque 'O th' Celt), earned High in Trials and other awards, including a High in Trial/High Combined in Trial/Most Promising All Breed and the ASCA belt buckle, over competing Australian Shepherds, at a Jackie Kenson Classic 3 day trial,  This included trialing on ducks, sheep and cattle, placing 1st or 2nd in 9 classes over 3 days of trialing.  Celt went on to be the 1st Bouvier in history to earn the ASCA coveted Ranch Dog Certification (not a trial title but a working dog certification for ranch use) and advanced herding titles.  Celt was lost when he was severely injured while working stock at home. Further "other breed" awards were a High in Trial at the ACD Nat’l Specialty with a friend’s ACD she trained and trialed, and an AHBA Herding Championship.  Pat has earned many RsvHIT & HITs with several breeds. She's enjoyed trialing with a Belgian Sheepdog, Cardigan Corgis, a Kelpie, Border Collie, Bouviers, many ACDs and most recent is a Berger Picard named "Trips". The Berger Picard was exhibited to x2 HITs at its National Specialties. In 2020 under Pat's tutelage, Trips went on to earn his AKC/ASCA/AHBA Herding Championships becoming the first Picard in its' breed history to hit the trifecta. Trips earned his AKC titles of HXAs, HXBs, HXDs with many HITs and Rsv HITs, his AHBA titles of HTD IIIs, HTAD IIIs, HRD IIIs and RLF IIIs, again garnering many HITs and Rsv HITs and ASCA WTCH (sheep/cattle/ducks) with the first time trialing in ASCA receiving 1st and Most Promising. 
 Pat has been an AKC judge since 2005 and an AHBA judge since 2004 and periodically gives herding clinics when time allows.  

Bouvs came into Pat's life in 1980 and she lost her last heart dog in 2022. At that time a change was made and she chose to leave this compelling and truly wonderful breed and bought a Dutch Shepherd out of France. Thus, a prolonged and forced sabbatical from trialing and training occurred, with her new pup breaking Pat's right leg (tibial plateau) in 2023.

After recovery from the totally unexpected downtime Pat AGAIN broke her right leg (femur this time) at work just 8 months later in December of 2023. But with another forced "time-out" 2025 may be the year of the Dutchie. The struggle for recovery is real and ongoing from the 2nd break. But, we shall see. 

Pat remains an active law enforcement officer as of 2025 and currently works as a Deputy in her home county in Texas.