Sponsors
The American Border Collie Association (ABCA) is the country’s border collie registry and has been the long-time partner of the USBCHA, promoting the working Border Collie in North America. The ABCA generously sponsors both the National Sheepdog Finals and National Cattledog Finals with direct funding for the competition and awards to successful competitors. 
We would like to thank Purina for its support of the USBCHA National Sheepdog and Cattledog Finals as well as their contributions to a number of local trials held throughout the country. 
We would like to thank Serta –a major sponsor of the 2017 National Sheepdog Finals as well as the webcast of the 2017 Finals. The webcast will allow many sheepdog followers to watch these wonderful dogs in action as they compete in the semi-final and final round of the national finals at Belle Grove. Sit back, relax and watch the finals on the web.
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Latest News
Click the posts below for the latest updates to rules, elections and other information...
“A Judging Clinic” – Blu-ray
The USBCHA, in an effort to support and improve our judges, has endeavored to produce a video of six top judges providing their insight to how they prepare for a judging assignment, setting up courses, run time on a course, handler’s meetings, and anything else that might have come to mind which they feel important. Read more about “A Judging Clinic” – Blu-ray[…]
Election Results – 2018
2018 Election Results for Directors Joe Haynes Terri Warner Angie Coker-Sells Faansie Basson Mike Neary Linda Tesdahl Mich Ferraro David Saunders John Palmer Milt Scott At large: Laura Vishoot Bylaw Amend – Passed A total of 90 votes were submitted.
USBHCA Annual Meeting
The USBCHA Annual Meeting will be held at the Sheepdog Finals, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, under the Handlers Tent, Alturus, CA. A dinner will be served, starting at approximately 6:30 p.m.
Officer Nominations accepted Sept. 1 – Oct. 5
Nominations for the Officers of the Association are now being accepted. You may submit your nomination to Carol Clawson or any current Director. Information about the position requirements and duties can be found at https://usbcha.com/job-descriptions/ Nominations close October 5, 2018. The Directors will elect the new Officers by November 5, 2018.
USBCHA NATIONAL SHEEPDOG FINALS RUNNING ORDERS
The USBCHA NATIONAL SHEEPDOG FINALS RUNNING ORDERS ARE NOW LOADED OpenROQual2018 and NurRORound12018
REMINDERS ! DEADLINES
REMINDERS!! DEADLINES!! Sept. 1: Last day to scratch from sheepdog finals for a refund Sept. 7: Last day to vote for Directors – http://usbcha.com/about/directors-and-officers/ Sept 1 – Oct. 5: Officer Nominations accepted: http://usbcha.com/job-descriptions/ Dec. 31: 2020 Sheepdog Finals proposal due: http://usbcha.com/wp-content/uploads/AssociationDocs/Forms/National_Finals_Bid_Proposal_Guidelines.pdf NOW: SPONSOR A DOG / HANDLER TEAM – SHEEPDOG FINALS https://www.sheepdogfinals.org/dog-sponsorships SPONSOR A Read more about REMINDERS ! DEADLINES[…]
Ballots
Ballot are located on the Director page. They need to be sent to the USBCHA secretary by Sept 7.
ANNUAL MEETING
ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting will be 7:00 p.m., Wednesday evening September 26, 2018 at the Angus Ranch, 6578 County Road 58, Alturas, CA. Please sign up at the Secretary Trailer on the Finals Trial Grounds as soon as you can. Signup is not required to attend the meeting but would be appreciated so we have an Read more about ANNUAL MEETING[…]
Judging Guidelines Update
On August 1, 2018, the Board of Directors revised the Judging Guidelines, moving guidelines found in Part III of the USBCHA Rules to the Judging Guidelines. There were no substantive changes to the content in this August 1, 2018 revision. The effort is to consolidate what are considered judging guidelines into one document for ease Read more about Judging Guidelines Update[…]
Proposed Bylaw Amendment – 3 year terms
This year’s ballot includes a proposed amendment to the Bylaws. For those of you at the 2017 Finals at Belle Grove, you may recall a discussion item suggesting that we amend the Bylaws to increase the Directors’ terms from two years to three. The majority of those at the meeting favored the change. From my Read more about Proposed Bylaw Amendment – 3 year terms[…]