2020 Purina Award Winner
This is an annual award honoring North America’s top winning field trial herding dog from trials held throughout the year. The owner of the winning dog will receive an oil painting of their dog, a cash prize of $1,000.00 ($2,000.00 if they are an active Purina Pro Club member) and a year’s supply of Pro Plan dog food for the dog.
Points are awarded for the team’s top five finishes in trials during the trial season plus points based upon the team’s placing at the USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals.
We are please to announce that this year’s winners are Faansie Basson and Jack. Congratulations to a great team.
The final standings for the top twenty teams are shown below.
Place Handler Dog Purina Points
1 Basson, Faansie Jack 121.6
2 Milliken, Amanda Howell 120.6
3 Allen, Bob Joey 111
4 Basson, Faansie Sam 96.8
5 Lambert, Beverly Lee 95
6 Edwards, Dennis Coup 91.6
7 MacRae, Patricia Nell 87.6
8 Haynes, Joe Pepper 86.6
9 Gourley, Shauna Jade 86.2
10 Schreeder, Marianna Star 85.8
11 Ferraro, Mich Mawde 84.6
12 Edwards, Dennis Roy 84
13 Hinton, Tracy Lad 83.6
14 Burkey, Ron Rocky 82.6
15 Neary, Mike Sis 82.6
16 Murray, Terry Minette 81.4
17 Tietjen, Joni Ben 79.6
18 White, Bryan Brae 79.6
19 Ray, Barbara Grant 79.2
20 McCord, Russell Cutter 77.2