About Barbara

Barbara Standiford has been competing in dog agility for over 20 years and been teaching for over 15 year, full time since 2012. She’s got a great eye for the little things that help teams succeed! She’s a popular USDAA and UKI judge, known for flowing courses with fantastic spacing for dogs to run. She’s available for seminars covering a variety of subjects from foundation to setting the right lines.

About her dogs:

Meridian (Keen-Eye Meridian)

Meri, as she is most commonly known as, is a border collie born in 2009 is retired and happily she competed 12 years without a serious injury. She’s from lovely working lines, and boasts several national and international herding dog champions in her pedigree. Meri and Madison were also selected to compete in the European Open Junior Competition in 2018.

Shine (Meridian Ziggy Stardust)

Shine, a papilion who was born in 2011 and came to me because he outgrew the confirmation ring. Standing at 12 inches tall, he has been a lot of fun to train. Unfortunately, he suffers from performance anxiety but he loves to train. He is winding down his competitive agility career and moving to scent sports.

Imagine (RB A Dreamer Imagines)

Gin as she most commonly known as, is Barbara’s newest border collie and was born in 2015. She’s also whelped two litters (one border collie/whippet cross and the last was border collies). A phenomenal athlete, Gin excels at everything she does and generally does that at top speed. Currently she’s competing at the highest levels of agility and flyball. She’s from a long line of Agility Champions and Herding champions that combined for the most amazing dog.

Machete (Vintage A Blade So Black)

From Gin’s first litter (border collie x whippet) is Gin’s son Mac. He is training in Agility, Flyball, Racing, and Scent Sports.

Ricochet (Feathertale’s Bouncing off the Walls at Winton)

Rikki is my first Wocker (English Cocker Spaniel), and will not be my last! Born in 2023, she’s a powerhouse standing just about 13.75 inches tall and is one of the smartest dogs I train. Look for her in the agility ring and flyball lanes later in 2024/2025. Rikki is co-owned with Faren Sanberg at Winton Kennels.

Revolution (Vintage B Side Hit)

Lu is the 2nd son that I kept from Gin, and I couldn’t be more pleased with him. He’s sensitive like his Momma but has a great work ethic and loves to train and great structure to boot. He’s starting training in both Flyball and Agility and look for his debut in 2024/2025.

Never forgotten

Emma (Barjor’s Virtual Reality Emulator)

Emma (2001-2016) was my Novice A dog, and ended up a National Agility Champion. She was from a farm in eastern Oregon, and from PNW Border Collie rescue. I knew she would be mine after seeing her picture on the website. She was a blank slate when I started training her, and endured many retrains. I miss her barky little face.

Strider (DeBrut’s Damn the Torpedoes)

Strider (2001-2013) was my first purebred dog (a German Shepherd Dog), and a truly amazing presence. He did everything, from SAR to herding, and agility and ran a tight ship at home, raising many puppies. There will never be another like him.

Speck (Keen-Eye Speck)

Speck (2006-2019) was my 2nd border collie, and from Canadian herding lines, and Meri’s uncle. He was a gifted athlete, with an amazing intuitive mind. This guy probably comes to the closest to being my heart dog, and he is sorely missed. He would have been immensely happy on the farm.