River City Shed Dogs

30/03/2025

River City Shed Dogs was honored to be recognized as the 2024-2025 season UKC Elite Shed Dog Series Club of the Year. We can’t thank everyone enough who comes out over the years to spend their money and weekends enjoying their dogs with us.

We also can’t go without recognizing everyone who has helped us in any fashion - be it judges, planters, admin help, you name it! We also have to thank this old guy in the middle - if it wasn’t for a 20-something wanting a hobby for her dog, we would have never even been here in the first place, let alone met the many friends who have become family over the last few years.

12/02/2025

Congratulations to the Q3 nominees!

Thanks to all of our competitors and supporters this year that helped make our 2024 event the biggest and best we’ve had to earn us the 3rd quarter nomination. Second shout out to Tyler Jones for his judging nomination after serving as one our champion judges this year - the miles do not go unnoticed!

In 3 years, we’ve been able to donate nearly $4,000 to support law enforcement K9s and related charities including providing funding for 2 (and a half) bulletproof vests through Brady’s K9 Fund - all thanks to you spending your weekend with us!

If you haven’t marked it off already, we’re tentatively planning for December 27-28 for our 2025 event!

https://www.ukcdogs.com/article/shed-dog-of-the-year-2024-q3?news_id=12&view=recent

21/01/2025

Official event results have been posted to the UKC website!

If you see any errors for your dogs’ results, please let me know and I’ll be sure we get them resolved.

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29/12/2024

Congratulations to our Sunday passes , placements, weekend combined time, and fun award winners!!

Combined Fast Times:
Working - Troop
Champion - Beth

Fun Awards:
Best Teamwork - Desiree & Chloe, Avery & Rossi
Dog That Had The Most Fun - Bud and Rhiver
At Least We Passed - Tucker and Roxxy
Most Oblivious Handler and the Dog Who Saved Them - Thomas & Rip
Most Enjoyable to Watch - Codie & Savage

Thank you all for being a part of another great event! We hope to see you next year!!

29/12/2024

Congratulations to today’s winners and qualifiers!

We’re back at it tomorrow with our handlers meeting starting at 7:30am again!

Also congratulations to our special award winners for Saturday:
Best Teamwork - Deb & Tasha, Robin & Tessa
At Least We Passed - Bud, Coby (although both took to the field for either the first time ever or first time in Champion!)
Dog That Didn’t Give Up - Sadie Mae
Most Oblivious Handler and the Dog Who Saved Them - Sondra & Jax (we’ve all been there!)
Dog That Had the Most Fun - Wila, Jinx

27/12/2024

Did you send entries in before closing? If so, you better get excited for this announcement!

As a special thank you to all of our competitors who pre-entered, we put together a prize pack especially for you! All families who pre-entered will be put in a drawing to win this cooler full of goodies for both you and your dogs!

Will you be the lucky one that takes this home?!

27/12/2024

We will be returning to Lake 21 at August Busch Conservation this year with all new courses to kick things off Saturday! Contrary to what the map apps try to tell you, there is no entrance to the grounds right here by the lake. You must go to the main entrance for Busch Conservation area to enter the grounds. We will have signs up to guide you from the main entrance.

Please air dogs in the blue or pink areas. Any females in season are restricted to the pink areas only for airing.

The field highlighted in red is off limits to dogs until we inform otherwise. I recognize this would be another great spot to air dogs, but this is our back up course location should we need it for any reason.

Please remember that courses are designed and selected to replicate shed hunting as best as possible. As a result, courses can and likely will contain trip/slip hazards such as downed branches, uneven footing, mud, briars, and other natural obstacles/hazards. Be cognizant of your choices of footwear and attire and use extra caution when navigating courses.

All course boundaries are marked in orange. Corners are marked in orange, green, and pink. Starting gates are marked with blue flags.

Course A is a harvested corn field that sits on a slope. Course B is entirely timber with several natural features including a wet weather creek, terrain changes, and a variety of ground cover.

For course B, please stage in the yellow marked spot, but do NOT block the service road. Only 2 maybe 3 vehicles can fit in that little spot at a time, so please do not linger if you are not up. You may also park along the edge of the road near the intersection. The holding blind will be further up the service road, but vehicles are not allowed past the MDC posted sign where we have you staging. It is a much shorter walk than it appears on the map.

* Course layouts are purely approximations provided as a courtesy and we reserve the right to modify courses as necessary prior to the event. Flagged boundaries take precedence over these pictures. Sunday courses will be posted on Saturday as we determine what ground conditions are looking like.

26/12/2024

Update 7:20pm 12/28/2024 -
Champion is full on Sunday and one spot is available on Saturday.
*No Day Of entries will be available for Champion on Sunday*

Entry availability as of 4:20pm 12/28/2024:

Champion - 2 dogs Saturday, 1 dog Sunday
Working has plenty of room.

Remaining spots are available on a first come, first serve basis until the handlers meeting begins at 7:30am each day. Both your entry form and payment are required to secure your spot.

We will not accept any dogs over our 35 dog limit. If you are coming for Champion, we STRONGLY encourage you to get forms and payment in immediately to guarantee your spot. I do not want to have to tell anyone no on Saturday morning. Working class day-of, you’ve got nothing to worry about.

26/12/2024

A few housekeeping items/rules for the weekend:

- Dogs must be on a leash unless they are being aired in one of our designated airing locations or competing on a course per UKC and MDC rules.
- Be respectful of the grounds and general public who will also be enjoying the outdoors this weekend. We wouldn’t expect any but should a conflict arise, please bring it to our attention immediately and allow us as hosts to address it.
- Please pick up all of your trash and if your dog would potty in an inconvenient location, please pick it up. You all do a great job of helping make sure the site looks like we were never there and we greatly appreciate you keeping that up!
- No alcohol may be consumed in the immediate area of the event before, during, or after the trial.
- Children must be supervised at all times. Please assist your youngsters with any food at breakfast/lunch.
- When parking, please keep at least two tires on gravel. It will be muddy and there is no tractor to pull you out.
- Once we fill up the main lot and start to line down the road coming into the lake , please keep vehicles parked to one side of the road to allow ample room for traffic. On Saturday, you may also park to the south of the lot as the gravel road lane does go continue past it a bit (if this changes for Sunday, we will let you know). We will need to shuffle around a bit for the champion course, so keep that in mind when parking as well.
- If you choose to fish during your down time, please be sure to follow all general and site specific regulations from MDC.
- Unsportsmanlike conduct, cheating, and mistreatment of dogs will be not be tolerated and will be addressed per UKC rules.
- Most importantly, have fun and enjoy your dog!!

26/12/2024

Want to learn more about competitive shed dogs? Come on out and watch some of the best dogs and handlers in the country take on two days of steep competition, meet a few handlers and their dogs, and experience the family friendly atmosphere of the shed dog world.

There will be a minimum of one course of each day with a viewing gallery. If you are new to the sport, stop by our HQ when you arrive and someone can give you a quick run down on some rules we ask of our spectators (also below). If you’re coming to watch, we’d highly recommend planning to arrive sometime in the morning to ensure there are plenty of runs for you to watch.

There is no photo/video to be taken from the gallery. Spectators are asked to keep any talking minimal and be non-disruptive while in the gallery - think golf rules! In order to maintain a fair competition, spectators should not talk about the course or plants until after the event has completed. Competing handlers may not watch a course until after they have ran their all of their dogs on the course for that day.

24/12/2024

Are you set up to earn a title at our event?

If you complete a title at our event, be sure to let us know - we have rosettes available for all titles!

If you’re new here and a person you’re near earns a new title, we’d recommend immediately reverting to COVID rules and practicing proper social distancing of 6ft during awards. You’ll find out why in due time.

23/12/2024

Course Viewings:
Handlers will be able to walk the courses from 7:00am to 7:30am each morning (no dogs allowed on courses). Handlers meeting will start at 7:30am each day.

Depending on timing/daylight, courses MAY be available to walk late Friday for those who arrive early. We like to have a qualified third party walk after we flag courses to look for anything we might have missed like hazards or unclear boundaries before we open them up. If we are able to open courses on Friday, we will post both here and in the messenger group (coming soon).

23/12/2024

Youth Handlers & Peewees:
If you have a youth handler or peewee who wants to compete this weekend, please let us know as soon as possible to ensure we have enough prizes for them all!

Have a youth or peewee that’s interested but don’t have a dog? Reach out and we will help find a kid savvy dog for them to participate with!

22/12/2024

The clock is ticking down! As always, we will have breakfast and lunch provided on site for our competitors and their families. Posting the menu in advance that way, so anyone with restrictions or picky taste buds can plan ahead. There are a few fast food restaurants and gas stations a semi-reasonable drive away. Please bring your own drinks for the weekend!

Reminder: Alcoholic beverages are not allowed to be consumed during the event per UKC rules; Our club rules are for no alcohol to be consumed in the immediate trial site before, during, or after the event to align with MDC policies. We have a great location for trials where many parties can see our sport and do not want to lose it! Individuals consuming alcoholic beverages will be disqualified from the event without refund under UKC rules for violating both UKC and club rules (UKC rulebook page 5, rule 6).

22/12/2024

One week out and the forecasts are looking pretty great for trial weekend itself - however, it’s looking pretty wet all next week. We will highly recommend in advance to be planning for mud and dirty dogs! Keep those fingers crossed the rain stays out of the forecast for the weekend.

19/12/2024

We are just NINE days away from this year’s trial!

If you are considering day of entries for the Champion class, I strongly encourage you to get those entries sent in now as we are close to filling and will not exceed our 35 dog limit under any circumstance. Working has ample room and I do not anticipate it filling. I will post Friday evening what availability remains for day of entry (if any) Day of entries for remaining spots will be accepted from 7-7:30am on a first come, first serve basis with our handlers meeting at 7:30am each day, dogs to start running immediately after the handlers meeting.

We will be returning to Busch Conservation this year. Map pins will be sent out late next week.

Keep an eye on the page as we begin sharing more info leading up to the event!

09/12/2024

Grab those leashes! Your pups are itching to go, so what are you waiting for?

We currently have 8 spots available on Saturday and 7 spots available on Sunday for Champion. Working still has ample room despite being one of the biggest working classes we’ve seen this year!

‼️If you have not entered, please get those late entries in ASAP! Our 35 dog limit is firm and will not be exceeded under any circumstance. ‼️

It’s shaping up to be another great time as we’re combining the Christmas and New Years holidays this year to have one great dog family holiday together! There might even be a couple things up our sleeves this year. 😉

14/11/2024

Get those entries in - just over two weeks until closing!

Late & day of entries will only be available if the class has not filled. Emailed entries can be sent to [email protected].