Joni Tietjen

My Background

I’ve worked and trained Stockdogs since 1990

I’ve judged the USBCHA National Finals and many other top trials.

I enjoy teaching beginning handlers about training and trialing.

My husband and I live on a cattle ranch and use dogs for ranch work daily. Stock dogs are a way of life for me.

I have qualified every year for the USBCHA National Finals since I began running in 1998. I have had numerous dogs make the Open Finals and have trained many young dogs to make Top Ten in the Nursery Finals

My Background

I’ve worked and trained Stockdogs since 1990

I’ve judged the USBCHA National Finals and many other top trials.

I enjoy teaching beginning handlers about training and trialing.

My husband and I live on a cattle ranch and use dogs for ranch work daily. Stock dogs are a way of life for me.

I have qualified every year for the USBCHA National Finals since I began running in 1998. I have had numerous dogs make the Open Finals and have trained many young dogs to make Top Ten in the Nursery Finals

Ben and Star

It’s hard for me to pick just one of these dogs.  I have to pick Ben and Star.  They are litter mates and are a special team. They rose to the top for me at numerous top trials.  Their nursery year, both dogs qualified for the National in both Nursery and Open.  Both dogs rose to the top of the Nation’s top trials including the Blue Grass, Meeker and Soldier Hollow. Both dogs work for a living on our working cattle ranch.

Ben won his first National Nursery Championship in 2016.  In 2017, he became the first dog in history to win a second National Nursery Championship.

In 2017, Star won the National Open Preliminaries and the Open Semifinal, ending up in top 10 in both Open and Nursery.  She was also Reserve Champion at Meeker and Soldier Hollow her Nursery year (2017).