Sheepdog qualifying points

2026 Qualifying Sheepdog Points

Open and Nursery qualifying points for the 2025 Sheepdog Finals can be found at trialpoints.com.

The qualifying year for the 2026 Finals is August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026.

Minimum number of qualifying points required for past finals are as follows:

• 2011 (Colorado): 19.6
• 2012 (Oregon): 16.8
• 2013 (Virginia): 24.6
• 2014 (Colorado): 7.6
• 2015 (California): 11.2
• 2016 (Colorado): 22.6
• 2017 (Virginia): 29.2
• 2018 (California): 15.4
• 2019 (Colorado): 24.0
• 2020 (COVID–NO TRIAL)
• 2021 (Virginia): 14.2
• 2022 (Nevada): 9.6
• 2023 (Colorado): 11.6
• 2024 (Virginia): 22
• 2025 (California): 19.2