National Sheepdog Trial Association (Canberra) Incorporated

(a) To promote wide human interest in all classes of sheep dogs and to secure proper appreciation and recognition of their place and use in human society and industry; (b) To promote in every way the general improvement of the standard, breeding, working and exhibition of sheep dogs; To achieve these aims we organise and run the annual National Sheep Dog Trial. In conjunction with the trial we also have selected regional high school students come to learn how to train and work farm dogs. Throughout the year we encourage and support novice dog handlers to improve their skills through a scholarship scheme.