NC ES Gathering

Maple Grove Farm historically hosted the annual North Carolina ES Gathering in October each year. In the beginning we held a one-day event and over the years, grew to hosting activities over 3 days, with the Gathering always on Saturday. Friday was usually for herding clinics and Sunday was generally reserved for ABHA trials, etc.

Quite a few campers with RVs and tents joined us for the weekend and folks dropped in each day from all over…some near, some far…from all over the US and even another country. We have a wide variety of people and some of the best dogs around. It always amazes me how all these dogs can get along so well.

Herding, campfires, meals (Les’ famous grilled chicken!), auction, trials, clinics…and most of all good company! Always a great time with other ES-loving folks.

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2010 Gathering

We had the best time at the ES Gathering held here at Maple Grove Farms in October. If you have some photos you’d like to share, email them to us. We’d love to see them. The ES Gathering food is out of this world! Click here for a few favorite recipes: RECIPES

2011 Gathering

NC ENGLISH SHEPHERD GATHERING: Sat, Oct. 8, 2011 The North Carolina English Shepherd Gathering was held here at Maple Grove Farm and we had lots of fun! Dogs and good people everywhere! What a blast. We learned about the history of English Shepherds from Mary Peaslee and had herding workshops as well as trials. The food …

2012 Gathering

NC ES GATHERING – Oct.2012 We had 100 plus people in attendance and 80 dogs mostly English Shepherds!

2013 Gathering

THE NORTH CAROLINA ENGLISH SHEPHERD GATHERING The Gathering was fun! We had 90 + people and around 80 dogs! Good food Good Fun! Beautiful day! If you have pictures from the Gathering and would like to share them with us, please email me! We’d love to include them. Thanks!

2014 Gathering

North Carolina English Shepherd Gathering: October 2014 Maple Grove Farm has hosted the NC ES Gathering for the last 9 years. For the last five years, the event has spanned 3 days and held traditionally on Columbus Day weekend. We began this year on Friday, October 10th, with a English Shepherd Herding Dog Clinic. Friday’s …

2015 Gathering

We had a blast at the 2015 NC ES Gathering in October! Thank you for supporting our 2016 Calendar. All proceeds support The English Shepherd Source (eshepherd.org)

2016 Gathering

If you would like to participate in any of the following events during the 2016 Gathering weekend, please download appropriate form below. If you have questions, please email us. 2016 – Herding Clinic (Friday) 2016 – Farm Dog Chore Course (Friday & Saturday) 2016 – AHBA Herding Trial (Sunday) 2016 – AHBA – Herding …