Dear BCCNC Members and Fellow Border Collie Fanciers ~

Trophy donations for the BCCNC 2009 Specialty Show and Obedience Trial are needed. Please contact Carol Braden or Jeanne Hagen-Santiago for a listing of classes and requested donation amounts.


Please NOTE:

Donation Request Amounts are for ALL Trophies, Ribbons, and Awards for that class (including 1st – 4th placements for applicable classes). You can either sponsor individual classes or can donate to the General Trophy Fund. Sponsors names will appear in the Specialty Catalog if received by July 20, 2009. Please contact Carol Braden at cbraden@da.washoecounty.us if you are interested in making a donation.

All donations are greatly appreciated!


Please feel free to cross post and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at borderbrats@wavecable.com or Carol Braden, our Trophy Chair at cbraden@da.washoecounty.us.

We hope to see you at our Specialty!

BCCNC 3rd Annual Specialty Show

BCCNC's 3rd Annual Specialty Show is fast approaching. It will be held again at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley on Friday, August 28th. It will be followed by the Gold Country Kennel Club shows (two days of supported entries!)

This year we will be holding a BCSA Judges Education Seminar after the specialty ends, as well as an Optigen 20/20 DNA Testing Clinic on Saturday, August 29th(we'll do testing for TNS also). Later in the evening we will be having a spaghetti dinner for club members, friends and exhibitors and a general membership meeting.

Trophy donations are greatly appreciated and catalog ads are available for purchase.

To find out all the details as well as get the membership list please go to the Specialty page on our website at http://www.bccnc.org/2009%20Specialty.htm. If you have any questions please contact Show Chair Jeanne Hagen-Santiago at borderbrats@wavecable.com or Show Secretary Kim Munoz at kimmunoz@charter.net

BCCNC 2009 Specialty Update

I will be chairing the specialty this year and the date of our specialty is Friday, August 28, 2009.. We are once again holding our Specialty Show, Sweepstakes and Obedience Trial in conjunction with the Gold Country Kennel Club at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. This location is lovely and has a terrific campground (full hook-ups for quite a few spots) admidst lots of towering pine trees.

Something new is that we are going to Secretary our own show this year instead of using MB-F. many thanks to Kim Munoz who will be handling this important job for us. Right now we are currently working on our show application and once it's approved, the judges can be announced.

A couple of new things we hope to have with our specialty this year is an Optigen 20/20 DNA testing clinic and a BCSA Judges Education Seminar.

We always appreciate volunteers for this event and it takes many people to help make a Specialty show a success. No experience is needed to volunteer and if you are interested please e-mail me at borderbrats@wavecable.com . By the way, we are looking for someone to chair the 2010 specialty and volunteering for this specialty is a terrific way to learn the ropes!

Some of our other wonderful members on the Show Committee are:

Jayme Martinez - Obedience Chair
Susan Joder - Ribbons
Sandy Bohr
Carol Braden - Trophy Chair
Pam Hartman - Raffle Chair
Hospitality - Vacant
Dr. Cindy Norman, DVM - Onsite Vet & Optigen blood draws
Lisa Marie Brown - Disaster Coordinator
Jamie Jackson - Judges Education & Optigen 20/20 Clinic

We'll keep you updated as things progress!!! Most of all save the date and we hope we'll see you there!

Jeanne Hagen-Santiago
2009 Specialty Chair