Fundraiser ends December 14 - Support PNWHC Trials, Buy Local, Spruce Up for the Holidays!

It's time to spruce up for the holidays with Lynch Creek's beautiful Winter and Christmas wreaths, centerpieces, and tabletop trees.

Lynch Creek Farm handcrafts beautiful, holiday greenery with fresh noble fir, juniper berries, incense cedar, variegated holly, salal, and ponderosa pine cones.

Their sustainable practice of trimming branches for their boughs, without cutting down trees, helps protect local forests and their fragile ecosystems.  

The farm is located just a few miles from where PNWHC holds its herding events so it’s kind of like buying local too!

Bring some cheer to your home this fall and winter and support Herding Events, Tests and Trials by shopping at the link below.

lynchcreekfundraising.com/campaigns/284337

Please be sure to use this link so that PNWHC receives credit for the sales and place your order before December 14, 2025.

As always, proceeds support Herding Events, Tests, and Trials.  Mark your calendars for our upcoming trial dates:   April 17 & 18, 2027 at PackLeader Farm, Gig Harbor WA & October 9 & 10, 2027 at Brigand's Hideout, Battle Ground WA.

Thanks in advance for your support!

Meeting Notice & Agenda: November 4, 2026, 7:30 PST

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting chat link

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Meeting ID: 736 1526 0433

Passcode: 3DwHjV

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Call to order at 7:30 PM

Approval of Agenda

Treasurer's Report

Old Business

October Trail debrief

Spring 2027 AKC Trial - April 17-18

Trial Committee

Potential Judges

New Business

New Members 1st Reading

Rena O’Brien

Gail Krueger

Gretchen Rose

Ron Gregg

Fall 2027 Trial Location

        Lynch Creek Fundraising

Next Meeting:

Regular Bi-monthly Board Meeting, December 18, 2026

Adjournment (note: meeting will adjourn no later than 40 minutes after call to order)

Meeting Notice & Agenda: September 2, 2026 6:30PM PDT

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Meeting ID: 749 7139 4455

Passcode: mpX8zy

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Call to order at 6:30 PM

Approval of Agenda

Treasurer's Report

Old Business

New Member (final approval) - Jan Staroski

        Fall Trials

            September 26-27 canceled

            October 3 & 4

Committee Responsibilities

Lunch

other?

New Business

         2027 Spring AKC Trial

Tentative April 16-18

Trial Committee

Potential Judges                  

Next Meeting:

Regular Bi-monthly Board Meeting, November 4

Adjournment (note: meeting will adjourn no later than 40 minutes after call to order)

PREMIUM LIST AVAILABLE: PNWHC AKC HERDING TRIAL, SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 & SUNDAY OCTOBER 4

OCTOBER 3 & 4, 2026

Brigand's HideOut, Battle Ground, WA

Judges:  Deb Pollard & Carol Wolfram

Pre-Trial Test (PT) & PT Boundary Sheep

A Course Ducks & Sheep

C Course Sheep (limited to 6 runs)

Entries ARE LIMITED & Close Friday, September 18, 2026

This revised premium list is being issued to add Pre-Trial Test (PT) and PT Boundary.  PNWHC will also be providing free lunch to workers and competitors.  (If you have already paid to reserve lunch, you will be given a refund.)

In addition to High in Trial and Reserve High in Trial, we also offer High Combined Junior,  High Combined French Breed (Beauceron, Briard, Picard, or Pyrenean Shepherd), and beautiful rainbow rosettes for every new title.

If you are not ready to trial, please consider volunteering.  You are guaranteed to learn a lot!  We always need help with Timing & Scribing.  Contact Trial Chair and Chief Ring Steward Cheryl Bavister 

The Revised Premium List can be downloaded at this link.

Annual Membership Meeting Notice & Agenda, Tuesday July 14, 7:30 PM

The Pacific Northwest Herding Club is holding their annual membership meeting via zoom for the sole purpose of holding annual elections.  

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Meeting ID 752 1464 3740

Passcode  8ErJNn

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Call To Order

The quorum for annual membership meetings shall be 20 percent of the members in good standing. The quorum for this meeting, based on current number of members in good standing, is 4.

Additional nominations

Additional nominations may be made at the annual membership meeting by any member in attendance, provided that the person so nominated does not decline when their name is proposed, and provided further that if the proposed candidate is not in attendance at the meeting, the proposed shall present to the Secretary a written statement from the proposed candidate signifying willingness to be a candidate. 

Annual Election

The slate as presented by the nominating committee is as follows.

Carol Wolfram, President

Cheryl Bavister, Vice President
Gabrielle LaRoche, Secretary
Wendy Waggoner, Treasurer
Lisa Klein, Member
Nancy Macklin, Member

Adjourn

Meeting Notice & Agenda: May 20, 2026, 7:30 PM PST

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Meeting ID: 717 5485 6472

Passcode: 0ihSrR

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Call To Order

Approval of Agenda (as presented or with additions offered by board members in attendance)

Approval of Minutes:  January 28, 2026

Treasurer's Report

Old Business

• Membership Renewal
• Nominating Committee
• New Member Approval - Alexis Atchinson
• April 25-26 AKC Trial

New Business

• September 26 & 27 AKC Trial, PackLeader Farm
• October 3 & 4 AKC C-Course Trial, Brigands
• Pyrenean Shepherd Instinct Tests, October 3 & 4

Next Meetings:  

Annual Membership Meeting TBD

Bi-monthly Board Meeting June 17, 2026 @ 7:30 PM

Adjournment (note: meeting will adjourn no later than 40 minutes after call to order)

PREMIUM LIST AVAILABLE: APRIL 25 & 26 AKC HERDING TRIAL

 Four AKC Herding Trials in 2 days!

 (A & B Ducks; & B, C & D Sheep)

    

 Packleader Farm, Gig Harbor WA

 JUDGES:    Ashley Wright, DVM

                    & Laura De La Cruz 

Download the Premium List here

Entries will open February 13. Entries will close April 10.

Future AKC Trials in the works:

September 26 & 27 at Packleader Farm, Gig Harbor WA, Lisa Klein Trial Chairperson, Judges TBD

October 3 & 4 (C course only) at Brigands HideOut, Battleground WA, Cheryl Bavister Trial Chairperson, Judges TBD

Meeting Notice & Agenda: January 28, 2026, 7:30 PM PDT

 

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Meeting ID: 710 6053 5369

Passcode: rMRc5u

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Call To Order

Approval of Agenda (as presented or with additions offered by board members in attendance)

Approval of Minutes:  August 27 & October 22, 2025

Treasurer's Report

Old Business

• Lynch Creek Fundraising

New Business

• Membership Renewal
• Nominating Committee
• New Member 1st Reading - Alexis Atchinson
• April 25-26 AKC Trial

Next Meeting:  Bi-monthly Board Meeting February 25, 2026 @ 7:30 PM

Adjournment (note: meeting will adjourn no later than 40 minutes after call to order)