Win a DVD Box Set of the 2011 National Sheepdog Finals
And now for something completely different, we’re going to try a blog giveaway to promote the Finals web cast. This giveaway was inspired by a similar one implement by Jenna Woginrich at her always-entertaining Cold Antler Farm blog. Jenna is a NEBCA member and owner of a young border collie sired by last year’s Finals winner Riggs. She’s training him to be a sheepdog, and I’m sure they’ll be a successful team soon!
And now, to the meat of the post. We’re giving away two complete DVD box sets of this year’s Finals–that includes every Open run, the preliminary rounds through the double-lift Finals. Everyone can enter a total of four times, by doing four different things to promote the web cast. Here’s how it will work:
* Leave a comment to this blog post saying what you’re most looking forward to seeing in the web cast–that will be Entry #1
* Post a link to this instructional video explaining how to sign up for the streaming video to your Facebook wall (some of you have done this already–you don’t need to do it again) and come back and leave a comment telling me how many friends you have that will see it. That will be Entry #2.
* Write a short entry on your own blog linking to the instructional video and come back and leave a comment with a link to that blog entry. That will be Entry #3.
* Print out this poster and hang it up somewhere in your community (a vet’s office, feed store, etc.), and then come back and leave a comment telling me where you hung it. That will be Entry #4.
Not everyone will be able to enter four times, since not everyone has a blog or a Facebook page, but I wanted to give you all the options to throw your hats into the ring multiple times. The contest will run up until the end of the Finals. At that time. I’ll generate two random numbers from 1 to the number of comments we’ve gotten, and the two numbers corresponding to the comment numbers will win a DVD box set.
Good luck, everyone!
I am looking forward to watch everyone’s runs to see how my friends do at the finals and to see which runs make it thru to the semi-finals.
I posted the link to my Facebook and I have 447 friends who will see it.
Just saw this link in NEBCA handlers tent on FB. Will be sending along link.
Wishing everyone the best of luck at the Finals!
I am looking forward to watch exciting runs, hope everybody will have fun.
I posted a link to the instructional video, 56 friends will see it!
My dogs and I are looking forward to eating popcorn and watching the double lift runs on Sunday. We all will be taking notes.
I am looking forward to rooting on my trainers, mentors and watching the dogs that I’m so passionate about! Thanks for making this available…Already purchased my unlimited pass!
Posted on my facebook where 157 of my friends will see it
I’m really looking forward to seeing runs from my friends as well as the traditional favorites to win the National Championship title.
I posted the video so my 145 friends can see it!
With several friends in the event, I’m disappointed to miss the Nursery runs and hope they can expand the coverage to include both fields, or all events, next year.
What I’m most looking forward to in the webcast/DVD is watching how the pros handle the course. Also seeing so may of these great dogs in action that I only know by name and have never seen.
I put the link on my facebook account where 109 friends will see it.
I’m looking forward to the whole thing! I love watching the dogs while they compete as well as when they’re just relaxing. Border Collies are incredible dogs, are so different from any other breed. I just can’t get enough of them
I’m really looking forward to watching the “big hats” and “want-a-bes” on the webcast. It’ll be the next best thing to being there in person and I think I can learn a lot by watching.
I am really looking forward to the finals because I learn so much by watching the teams! And I need help!
Here is link to my blog. Hope I Win!
http://www.T-wolfinsheepsclothing.blogspot.com
Whoops! Here is link!
Ok I hung poster in Wolftown’s headquarters and it will go with us to the market on Sat!
Looking forward to seeing all the great dogs, but especially those from my home state of Idaho.
I posted your link on my facebook page. I have 80 friends.
Loved the video of the Bluegrass and I am sure I will enjoy the video’s of the finals.
I’m looking forward to learning from the videos. My herding teacher and I discuss the different runs, and I learn something new to try every time!
I am looking forward to seeing what the field and the sheep are like this year and how the handlers and dogs will work. We have our friends and favorites but Good Luck to everyone.
I am looking forward to seeing all of the different runs of the competition and how everyone does.
I also posted the link on my FB page. I have 171 friends that will see it.
I posted it at the local convenience store, my school, my grocery store and post office.
Posted on FB and have 143 friends.
My husband and I have already signed up for the whole package and can’t wait to see the semi finals and finals live. I do hope they have enough of a connection to Twitter about the preliminary runs. #2
I just hung the poster in the window of my local Post Office. Some people in Wamego, KS should be tuning in!
I posted the video on my facebook page. 476 friends will see it!
My husband and I attended the finals last year (in our backyard!) and had a wonderful time! Since it’s not in virginia this year we are looking forward to watching online and seeing some great border collies run!
I posted the video on Facebook and over 150 friends will see it-
I printed out the psoter and put it up at the Vet hospital where I work and another one in the building where I teach dog classes.
I am looking forward to Saturday’s runs. We get together to herd on Sunday mornings- last year we critiquing the runs as if our dogs were at that level- lol- looking forward to the same this year- our dogs are still not running any where near that level. We are great armchair critics.
Looking forward to leaving my video camera at home and watching in person and not through the camera.
I can’t wait to watch this years broadcast on my web enabled TV! I will be able to watch all the talented dogs and handlers, and they won’t look like ants!!
Can’t wait to watch, just wish I could be there.
I am looking forward to watching all the top dogs and handlers. When it all comes together in a great run it is poetry in motion.
I have 101 facebook friends that I have shared the link with.
I am looking forward to watching the finals, good luck!
I have 145 friends that I have shared the link with.
I’m looking forward to living vicariously through everyone at the finals! Can’t wait to see not only friends but everyone run their dogs. Exciting times indeed.
I posted a write up to my blog. Here is the link:
http://crooksandcrazies.blogspot.com/2011/09/2011-national-sheepdog-finals.html
This is fun.
Can’t wait to see it ,, I Have posted the Instructional Video top my Facebook Page and 227 of my friends will see it
Yay…Wish I was there !
Printed up 3 Posters and I am placing them in 2 Vets offices and at the feed store
The More The Merrier
I like to watch to see the handlers I know and to learn from all of them!
Posted on FB and I have 103 friends that can see it!
I am looking forward to seeing how my favorite dogs and handlers perform. I am also looking forward to seeing how the eastern dogs handle the western range ewes.
Posted a link to Facebook, I have 120 friends.
I posted to my FB account and have 228 friends.
I am looking forward to seeing my friend Maria Amodai and Fina run and all the dogs really :< )
I work in a hospital, I hanged the poster at cafeteria. Good luck to everybody!
I would love to watch the webcast but I can’t for more than one reason. I love watching these dogs work and would love a DVD set of these finals. I am not the only one that would be watching them. My son in-law wants to get into raising sheep and we have turned him onto the Border Collie of which I have raised and trained. I use them for therapy and have had them in the back country when I pack. So these discs would be such a great educational tool for all of us. Good Luck everyone
I have printed off the poster and have hung it up in our public training facility.
I have posted the link to my FB page of the instructional video. http://www.facebook.com/
Does it count if I have forwarded the poster info to my puppy owners? if so
Love watching the amazing teams, they make it look so easy!
Unfortunately with my lack of high speed internet, I will be unable to watch online. I’ll be keeping up on the handler’s blogs, which are always informative and entertaining. They paint the pictures almost as well as seeing the runs. Go Canadian Dogs!!
I am looking forward to seeing dogs I know
I posted on my FB
I shared this on Facebook with my 436 friends.
I look forward to watching old friends and new ones, as well as watching my new pup’s sire Don run!
I posted this last week on my Facebook so my 280 friends could watch!
I posted the link on my blog at http://dysphemisms.blogspot.com so others have a chance to win as well!
I am looking forward to seeing good handlers, good dogs, and a good time to be had by all……
Posted to facebook where 635 of my closest friends will read it
Posted to my blog
http://deltabluez.blogspot.com/2011/09/2011-usbcha-nationals-sheepdog-dvd.html
Printed out the poster and hung it up at work…..akso will hang up at the local feed stores!
I post the video on my FaceBook page; I have 913 friends who will see this.
I’m looking forward to watching the dog and handler teams.
Can’t wait to see all the amazing connections between dogs and handlers at finals this year.
My first and only Border Collie is 4 years old now. We have been dabbling in herding for several years and I absolutely love it. I watched the webcast a year ago and was glued to my computer monitor for the duration. I am fascinated with the International Shed. It truly is a dance between the handler, the dog and the sheep. This past spring I drove 700+ miles, one way to attend the Bluegrass Stockdog Trial in Lexington, KY.
I cannot wait until this weekend where again, I will be glued to my computer monitor for two solid days! Oh, and Saturday is my Birthday! A Box set of DVD’s would make a great Birthday gift, don’t ya think?
Donna Rock
Entry # 2. The link has been posted to my Facebook page for all 538 friends to see!
LOVED the Webcast last year ….almost as good as being there! Looking forward to this year’s!
I have posted the link to my FB page where a very select group (58) of my horse/dog friends to see!
I don’t have a blog but my wife does. There is a link to the instructions in this post. http://www.vintagewestphoto.com/2011/09/it-has-been-incredibly-busy-summer-and.html
Posted the link to my facebook page for 224 friends to see….wow, that was tough to type with a 9 1/2 week old BC pup gnawing on my arm!! lol
I’m looking forward to watching and learning from the “big hats” and their incredible dogs. So awesome to watch these dogs in action!
Posted the link on my FB page. Have 121 friends.
I am looking forward to watching my mentor Patrick and his great Riggs defend their title. I am also looking forward to seeing new dogs and a great competition all around!
I posted to facebook and have 310 friends that will see it. =)
thanks for the opportunity to watch the runs…my family and I are living on one salary and couldn’t afford to watch all the runs…fingers crossed
I printed the poster and put it up at the school I teach at…to try and garner interest for the dog training club I sponsor
because I cant be there in person!
My Facebook friends are already hovering around the instructional video I linked to.
The poster looks good in the U of I Caine Veterinary Teaching Center lunch room.
Getting to watch my friends run and the double lift final.Wish they could do it for Nursery too.
I have also posted the intructional video to my facebook and have 395 friends who can see it
I have Also printed out 3 fliers and posted at Petsmart, local dog park, and my feed store.
I am looking forward to seeing the amazing runs, from both handlers I know, and those I have only heard about. I also posted the link facebook:)
Forgot to add I have 245 FB friends that will see my post about the instructional video
I’m looking forward to watching the runs and hearing the handlers’ whistles and commands. Watching the trials this way has been great. Excellent innovation!
And it’s posted to by FB page where I have 320 friends
I posted the link of the instructional video to my Facebook page. I have 49 friends on Facebook.
Traveling to Colorado is not in the cards for me right now, but having the chance to watch some of the runs on streaming video and, MAYBE, on the DVDs is a great chance to watch some of the best border collies in the country.
Sadly I won’t be able to watch more than an hour or two live this weekend (I’m secretarying an agility trial), but am glad to hear about the boxed set. I really did enjoy last year’s webcast. I look forward to seeing the very different styles again that the handlers and dogs employ.
Oh and I posted the link to the instructional video on my Facebook on Tuesday (before I even knew about the DVD drawing:). I have 361 friends.
I posted the flyer at Mud Bay in Kent, WA. They were very happy to have it
I posted the flyer on bulletin boards(3) at work. General Motors Flint Tool & Die.
The poster caught a lot of attention hanging at Faith Vet Service (my work) in Faith, SD! =)
posted to my facebook site…only 1 friend to see it.
I am most looking forward to seeing the final double lift runs, as well as all the qualifying runs. I learn a lot from watching videos over and over.
I hung the poster at our local co-op feed store. I’m hoping that it’ll generate more interest in herding in our area.
P.S. I had my husband print the posters and get them laminated, before I put them up.
356 friends on my facebook page will see this:
Terri Nicolau
The 2011 SUPERBOWL of Herding and you can watch it free for 1 hour thanks to SERTA!! Boone and Gill, two of my dogs, father Riggs won the National Sheepdog Finals last year and came in first in the qualifying round this year! Saturday and Sunday – don’t miss out!!
One poster printed and hung at the local feed store!!
I like the Nursery Trials the best!
Just put the word out to all my broadcast contacts on LinkedIn: http://lnkd.in/9qPwMT
I’d love, love, love to be watching the finals this weekend. But I’m stuck on dial-up internet and can only dream for now and read updates as they’re available – sigh. But it would be way cool to win the DVDs so I could see all the action I missed!
I posted a link on my blog- http://k9knitter.blogspot.com/2011/09/national-sheepdog-finals.html
And I posted a link on Facebook so my 121 friends can see it!
I would love to see the handlers I admire so much. In 2008 I went to the world finals in wales to see the best in the world and a lot of the best are right here in the good old USA. I just got back from Idaho,and met Patrick Shannahan. I am the original herding groupie!