- OBTESA  [1]Board of Directors’ regular quarterly meeting to be held March 15th, 2022.
 - Vol. 2, Issue 1 of American Farm Shepherds Illustrated [2] was mailed to subscribers on March 11th.  
 - Three females and two males were born on 11/15/2021 to Sallee’s Rustie Jr. and Sherling’s Jill.  The litter was registered UKC.  As part of the OBTESA Breeder Incubator program [3], all pups were placed in breeder’s homes.
 - Four females and three males were born on 1/11/22 to Sallee’s Rustie Jr. and Sherling’s Princess.  The litter has been registered UKC.  As part of the OBTESA Breeder Incubator program [3], most pups were placed in breeder’s homes.
 - OBTESA was classified as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the Internal Revenue Service.
 - A History of the Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd was published on page 8 of the January/February 2022 issue of the Newsletter of the Rutherford County TN Historical Society [4].
 - Old Shep’s General Store was opened online at www.oldshep.org [5]