Great Plains Bearded Collie Club
“But should you, while wandering in the wild sheepland about the twin Pikes, happen on moor or in market upon a very perfect gentle knight clothed in dark grey habit, splashed here and there with rays of moon; free by right divine of the guild of gentlemen, strenuous as a prince, lithe as a rowan, graceful as a girl, with high king-carriage, motions and manners of a fairy queen; should he have a noble breadth of brow, an air of still strength born of right confidence, all unassuming; last, and most unfailing test of all, should you look into two snowcloud eyes, calm, wistful, inscrutable, their soft depths clothed on with eternal sadness - yearning, as is said, for the soul that is not theirs - know then, you look upon one of the line of most illustrious sheep-dogs of the North.....”excerpt from “Owd Bob” by Alfred Ollivant
Welcome to the Great Plains Bearded Collie Club - home of the Herding Beardie! Within these pages you can discover our beginnings, our activities, and the club's trials and annual clinic designed to help all Beardie lovers with herding and the enjoyment of this wonderful breed.
We are a small Club - that is, small in numbers - with a diverse membership of Beardie owners. We take pride in the quality of our Herding Trials each year, our efforts to protect the Bearded Collie, and special pride in having hosted the 2005 Bearded Collie Club of America National Specialty Events so successfully. With the theme of "A Pioneer Spirit", we were pleased to honor the true Pioneers of Beardies in America.
GPBCC Ewenique Boutique is offering a range of beautiful textiles for the kitchen, table, and bedroom as well as wearable Beardie items! Gift giving items can be viewed and ordered on PDF forms. These "Ewenique items" can be found only in our Boutique! Here is the link to our shop and the pdf links: Boutique Shopping
The Great Plains Bearded Collie Club had planned to host the 2020 Bearded Collie Club of America (BCCA) National Specialty at the Purina Event Center in Gray Summit, MO in September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 BCCA National Specialty was held on June 2021. The 2020 BCCA National Specialty began on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 with 2 days of herding and continued on Thursday, June 17 – Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
Great attendance at the events in herding, agility, conformation, and obedience. Special activites were held in the evening with entertainment for all attendees.