A Mid Wales Sheepdog has sold for over £14,000 at a recent auction.
Dewi Jenkins’ from Tynygraig near Talybont, sold his three-year-old, Llwynsarn Non, at Skipton auction with a top call of 14,000gns (£14,700) - eclipsing the rest of the field by 10,000gns.
Mr Jenkins has been described as “the man of the moment in the working sheep dog world” arrived at the latest fixture with "another impeccably bred entry" by his main stud dog Jock, the reigning ISDS International Supreme Champion, with whom he also represented Wales at last year’s BBC One Man and His Dog final.
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His black and white Non is out of Llwynsarn Eve, bred in North Wales by Hefin Jones, himself a former Welsh National champion.
Mr Jenkins said that the dog was the “best bitch he’d ever brought to Skipton market”.
He has been responsible for multiple top price Skipton dogs at both live and online sales in recent years – he was again top dog on price by a country mile with an £18,100 online-online sale this March.
Another daughter of Jock set a then new world record price of 26,000gns for the Welsh wizard.
His latest success was described as “a real family affair”, as the bitch was reared until ten-months-old by his girlfriend, Sara Lewis, before being trained by Mr Jenkinson and also used for two lambing seasons on his sister Sara Jenkinson’s neighbouring farm.
Both Dewi and his sibling also ran Nan successfully in novice and nursery trials respectively.
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