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Carting is a fun heritage activity for your Bouviers and you. A pamphlet on Bouv carting by Ann Schallert is on the carting page, and practice groups are available near Seattle, Portland and Spokane. Look for our trials near Salem late in the spring and near Spokane late in the summer.

Conformation is about dogs in the show ring but as much about appreciating the best in Bouvier structure and movement and visiting with friends in the grooming area and ringside. Check the AKC calendar for conformation events, if you want to see Bouviers grooming and in the ring. See the Specialty page for more information about the Club’s annual Specialty show.

The Scent Work Committee held Odor Recognition Trial (ORT) in Sequim, WA on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Look for the full report on the Scent Work page.

Farm Dog Certification is run by the Club as part of the Greater Clark County Kennel Club Performance Days.

You tell us what you want. Currently, the Club has Committees on activities where we hold annual events. We do not have a Committee for all the other companion (agility, rally, obedience) and performance activities (herding, lure coursing, Fast CAT, and others). There is not an easy forum to organize activities such as a herding instinct test day, a grooming day or Bouv fun day to try out several activities. Larry Markus has agreed to take on leading the Club’s newest Activity Committee. The new committee is a resource for suggestions about activities, recruiting volunteers, and identifying speakers for Club zoom meetings. If you have ideas for events, just send in one of this website’s Contact Us forms, and it will get to Larry.

There are many sites on Facebook where you can access information about upcoming events:

You might start at the Club's Facebook page Columbia Bouvier des Flandres group site and explore other pages of interest such as:

Pacific NorthWest (PNW) Herding Connection

Pacific Northwest Nose Work

NW Dog Events

Friends That Like AKC Scent Work

Search any dog activity, and you can probably find a group, and while you are at it, search Bouvier and you will find a bunch of sites with pictures of Bouviers and their owners. The American Bouvier des Flandres Club has a website and Facebook page.

Portland's Spot magazine has a calendar of events.

A comparable site for Washington.

For AKC related events, you can search their calendar.