American Border Collie Association

Supporting and Promoting the Working Border Collie

ABCA News Archive

  • The 2020 ABCA annual newsletter is available online here


  • Seth Lins (JTail Border Collies) of Arvon, Pennsylvania, has been suspended indefinitely from membership in the ABCA following his arrest on October 11, 2019 for alleged animal cruelty/neglect, and the…


  • The 2019 ABCA annual newsletter is available online here


  • ABCA membership was revoked by a vote of the Board of Directors for John Christopher Knight for conviction of crimes of moral turpitude. Effective September 17, 2017.


  • Tim & Julie Popplewell, Bakersfield, CA have been suspended from all ABCA member privileges for five years for submitting forged and falsified applications and documents. Furthermore, once the five year…


  • Joint Statement from the American Border Collie Association and The ABCA Health & Education Foundation On the EAOD Test currently offered by ProjectDOG The ABCA and ABCA Foundation are very…


  • On June 15, 2015 the American Border Collie Association’s Board of Directors voted to set up a non-profit, tax-exempt foundation to enhance its services to Border Collies, their owners, and…


  • The ABCA has permanently barred Bill & Gloria Barnes (Barnes Border Collies) of Braxton, MS from ABCA membership for submitting false registration documents to the ABCA. Effective May 19, 2015,…


  • During 2014, ABCA provided $13,785 in promotional money to support local trials throughout North America.  We also provided $19,000 in support for the USBCHA Sheepdog and Cattledog National Finals, and…


  • One of the unique benefits of the American Border Collie Association is the use of promotional money accumulated from each registration at the rate of $ 1.00 per dog to…


Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognizing you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.