Breed profile · Australian Cattle Dog specialty history
Australian Cattle Dog specialty history
The full record of the Australian Cattle Dog’s national and regional specialties, year by year — dates, venues, judges, entries, and winners, with sources. The current year is shown in full on the breed profile; this page is the archive.
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2026
National specialty
The 43rd ACDCA National Specialty — Wednesday, September 9–Friday, September 11, 2026, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 SW Frear St, Roseburg, Oregon 97471, the centerpiece of a full specialty week, September 6–13, 2026, held with the Umpqua Kennel Club all-breed show. Conformation entry: 114 Australian Cattle Dogs, 179 total entries. Entries opened Wednesday, July 8, 2026, and closed Thursday, August 20, 2026. Event Chair: Harriet Deary. Event Secretary: Lorraine Yu, DogZibit. The specialty was dedicated to the memory of Amy Turner, Kim Griffith, and Jolyn Owen.
The week ran the full Cattle Dog program: agility and scent work, the Top 20 Gala, puppy and veteran sweepstakes, versatility, the 4–6 Month Beginner Puppy competition, junior showmanship, a parade of titleholders and a rescue parade, and herding tests and trials. At least two AKC herding trials with cattle are required during every ACDCA national, by the club’s standing rules.
Results (2026 national). Winners from the 2026 national specialty had not been published in an official source as of November 2026 and will be added here when they are.
Regional specialties
Regional Australian Cattle Dog specialties verified for 2026:
- CACDC Designated Specialty — Saturday, September 5, 2026, Roseburg, Oregon: Douglas County Fairgrounds, held with the Umpqua Kennel Club all-breed show, the weekend before the national specialty.
- Australian Cattle Dog Club of America Supported Entry and Regional Concurrent Specialty — Sunday, September 6, 2026, Roseburg, Oregon: Douglas County Fairgrounds, held with the Umpqua Kennel Club all-breed show.
Other 2026 regional specialties had not been verified from club or AKC sources as of November 7, 2026.
2025
National specialty
The 42nd ACDCA National Specialty — conformation Tuesday, October 21–Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Purina Farms, 300 Checkerboard Dr, Gray Summit, Missouri 63039, the centerpiece of a specialty week, October 15–24, 2025. Dog classes were judged Tuesday, October 21; bitch classes, veterans, and Best of Breed on Wednesday, October 22. Entries opened Wednesday, July 30, 2025, and closed Wednesday, October 1, 2025. Event Secretary: Lorraine Yu, DogZibit. The specialty was dedicated to the memories of Marty Youmans Griffith, Lynn Leach, and Julie Anderson, DVM.
The week ran the full program — tracking, scent work, agility, a Top 20 on Monday, October 20, sweepstakes and versatility on Tuesday, a rescue parade and the annual meeting on Sunday, October 19, herding trials on Thursday and Friday, and the annual banquet on Friday, October 24 — with a midday regional specialty on Sunday, October 19, judged by Lawrence Terricone for conformation and Jackie Esperance for junior showmanship.
Results (2025 national). Best of Breed and the other top winners are unconfirmed.
Regional specialties
No regional specialties recorded for 2025.