The 29th annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials began Wednesday morning at Ute Park, west of downtown Meeker. Above, Dave Imus and his dog, Tip, who hale from Olympia, Wash., were one of the first teams to hit the course, coming up just a couple feet short of the pen when time ran out. The trials run with the qualifying rounds Wednesday, Thursday and Friday while the semi-final round is Saturday with the top 20…