About
The Sonoma Wine Country Sheepdog Trial is held at Sandra Milberg's farm in beautiful Santa Rosa, CA. For those coming to watch the event, parking is $5.00 at the gate.
Course(s)
There are two open fields which most handlers refer to as the "hill course" and the "flat course." The nursery and nursery/pro-novice combined classes are held on the "flat course."
March 19th and 20th
$85/dog/day
Cash, awards and ribbons. We will run 90 + dogs per trial so may run to a standard with 2 open trials over two different courses (hill course and flat course).. Handler's meeting to be held at 7:30 am.
March 21st
$40/dog NURSERY and $55/dog NURSERY/PRO-NOVICE or $45/dog Pro-Novice only
Cash and ribbons to 5th place for the combined class and ribbons to 4th place for the Nursery only class. This means there are TWO Nursery classes and only ONE Pro-Novice class.
Set-out
As in previous years, set out is "paid" and done by a lively crew of very talented people. In previous years this has included Derek Fisher, Gloria Atwater, Amy Coapman, and Ellen Skillings. We may ask for open handlers to help set out or run the pens for a short duration so that the set out crew can run their own dogs.
Sheep
Western range ewes
Camping
There is no RV parking at the trial but there is RV parking 15 minutes from the trial site. Camping is available at the Napa County Fairgrounds (Calistoga RV Park) in the town of Calistoga and at the Sonoma Valley Fairgrounds (RV Center). There are electrical hookups, waste disposal and showers available. Reservations are required for both. Please verify the availability of the fairgrounds prior to your arrival.
http://www.calistogarvpark.org/
http://www.sonomacountyfair.com/rv-park.php
Motel Accommodations that allow pets
Best Western Hillside Inn (707) 546-9353
Motel 6 Santa Rosa South (707) 546-1500
Best Western Garden Inn (866) 925-8648
