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Team USA placed third behind Ireland and a combined team from Spain/Portugal at the World Sheepdog Trials in Dromore Ireland. For the team competition, the five named team members were:Bob Allen 161 ptsMarianna Schreeder 159 ptsAlasdair MacRae 194 ptsBarbara Ray 133 ptsFaansie Basson 199 pts The top five team scores were:Ireland 884 ptsPortugal/Spain 880 ptsUSA…
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The judges for the 2023 National Sheepdog and National Cattledog Finals have been selected. They are: SheepPeg Anderson (USA)Hefin Jones (Wales)Peter Gonnet (Canada)Ed Hawkins (England) Alternates:Jamie Spring (USA)Gordon Watt (USA) CattleJohn Wentz (USA)Mike Goracke (USA) Alternate:Rachel Ritland (USA) Thank you to all judges for agreeing to help make the National Finals a success.
The USA World Trial team will be holding a fundraising auction online from March 3rd – 7th. Stop by and bid on fabulous items or sponsor a team member. All funds raised will be distributed equally among teams attending the 2023 World Sheepdog Trials in Dromore Ireland.
Have you ever wished you could run that favorite dog who has crossed the rainbow bridge just one more time, and see his/her name on a running order again? John Wentz (bigyellowboots.com)is hosting a “Ghost Trial” as a fundraiser for the USA World Trial team. Send in your entry, post a photo and bio or…
2023 World Sheepdog Trials Information Update The following handler/dog teams have qualified for the 2023 World Sheepdog Trials scheduled for September 13-16, 2023 at Gill Hall Estate, in Dromore, Co Down, Northern Ireland. As previously indicated, USBCHA has a total of ten senior handler/dog slots and three junior/young handler/dog slots to represent the United States….
The USBCHA is now accepting bids for the 2024 National Sheepdog Finals. Bid guidelines can be found here (PDF) or here (Word).
The World Sheepdog Trial was cancelled in 2020, like most other things on the planet, due to the COVID pandemic. The ISDS has now announced that the trial will be held September 13th – 17th 2023 at the Gill Hall Estate, Dromore Co. Down Ireland which was to be the site in 2020. Details on…
Entries for the 2022 USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals in Minden NV will be accepted starting June 1st 2022. The entry form is available here. Entries must be postmarked or emailed and fees submitted before August 1, 2022.
The judges have been chosen for the 2022 National Sheepdog and National Cattledog Finals. For the National Sheepdog Finals September 20th – 25th in Minden NV, the judges are: Angie Coker-Sells, OK USAMichael Gallagher, IREBruce Fogt, OH USADon Helsley, ID USA For the National Cattledog Finals held this year again at Sandeen Farms in Blakesburg…
The winner of the 2021 Purina award for Top Field Trials Dog goes to “Lee” owned and handled by Beverly Lambert. Congratulations to Beverly and Lee.
