2012 CNASA Breeder Futurity
The purpose of the Breeder Futurity is to encourage the breeding of the best possible Australian Shepherd and to reward breeders for their efforts. The Futurity will be held in conjunction with the 2012 National specialty. Breeders may nominate their litters that were whelped within the dates listed. Individual puppies from a nominated litter are eligible to compete in the Futurity held on or after the date the puppies reach six month of age, and up to 24 months of age, by following the Program Rules & Regulations set forth.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS FUTURITY
Because the date for this National has had to be moved up to July -- a change necessitated by our host club losing their show venue for the October date -- there are significant changes to the Rules for Litter Nominations and Individual Nominations!
THIS
FUTURITY IS
FOR LITTERS WHELPED July 14, 2010 THROUGH January 14, 2012
Breeders
do NOT need to be CNASA Members.
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BECAUSE OF THE DATE CHANGE, WE WILL ACCEPT BACKDATED NOMINATIONS FOR LITTERS WHELPED BETWEEN July 14, 2010, and December 30, 2011. Litter nominations must be received by FEBRUARY 29, 2012.
NOTE: Nominations for individual dogs from those backdated litters MUST be sent in at the same time as the litter nomination and must be paid in full (i.e. - $100 for each individual nominated).
1st payment $50 due at 10 weeks of age
2nd payment $30 due at 12 weeks of age
3rd payment $20 due at 16 weeks of age
Litter and Individual Nomination Forms are available - litter form is here
- individual form is here
- or from the Futurity Chair.
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING RULES AND REGULATIONS. ANY INFORMATION OR PAYMENTS REQUESTED BY THE FUTURITY CHAIR AND NOT RECEIVED BY THE CLOSING DATE OR ANY VIOLATION OF RULES WILL RESULT IN ELIMINATION FROM THE FUTURITY WITH NO REFUND.
Except
as stated above for backdated nominations all litter nominations must be made by no later than 4 weeks (28 days) after whelping with a $25.00 fee per litter to be paid at that time. Notification of receipt of the Litter Nomination Form and payment will be mailed/emailed to the litter owner.
Following the litter nomination, an Individual Nomination Form must be submitted for each individual dog/bitch. Entry fee is $100.00 for each individual nomination made in declining payments (see above schedule).
Make copies of the first Individual Nomination Form and include a copy with each payment. Any incomplete forms will be returned along with the payment. Notification of receipt of each payment will be mailed/emailed to the litter owner.
Payments must be postmarked no later than the due date. Payments for litter nominations and individual nominations will be accepted with a grace period up to, but no more than, ten days past the due date. However, each such late payment will be assessed a penalty of $20.00. If a payment is not made on time, or within the grace period, or fails to include a penalty payment (if applicable) then the dog/bitch will be eliminated from the Futurity with no refunds.
Payments, including full payments, may be made ahead of schedule. Please do not pay with cash. Make checks or money orders payable to CNASA.
A copy of CKC registration papers is required and must be submitted before or with the last (3rd) Individual Nomination Form and payment.
To be eligible to compete in the Futurity, a dog/bitch must also be entered in a Regular Class at the National. NO REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON. NO CHANGES/SUBSTITUTIONS. NO DOG/BITCH MAY BE DROPPED OR EXCHANGED FOR ANOTHER ENTRY.
The Futurity Judge may be a CKC and/or AKC and/or ASCA licensed judge and/or an Australian Shepherd breeder of record. The judge will be announced in the CNASA Newsletter and posted on the CNASA Specialty website http://2012national.cnasa.ca after the close of the Futurity.
Only the breeder(s)/owner(s)/co-owner(s) who appear on the CKC registration papers submitted to the Futurity Chair may show the dog/bitch in the Futurity classes.
NO PROFESSIONAL HANDLERS (persons who receive a fee or payment for showing dogs) may show in the Futurity unless they are the breeder(s)/owner(s)/co-owner(s) of the dog/bitch.
A breeder/owner/co-owner who has more than one dog/bitch selected for the final competition may use another person(s) to handle the additional dogs/bitches involved. A true conflict must exist and the breeder/owner/co-owner must handle one dog/bitch in the final competition.. In no case may PROFESSIONAL HANDLERS show a dog/bitch in the final competition unless they are the breeder(s)/owner(s)/co-owner(s) of the dog/bitch.
Dogs/Bitches will be divided by sex and in age groups of 6-12mths, 12-18mths, 18-24mths. There will be no placements in classes, only Selections (Selects) that will advance to the final judging. One in three dogs shown in class will become Selects, according to the following examples: 1 to 5 dogs/bitches in class – 1 Select ; 6 to 8 dogs/bitches in class – 2 Selects ; 9 to 11 dogs/bitches in class – 3 Selects, etc. From the Selects there will be chosen one BEST IN FUTURITY and one BEST OPPOSITE SEX IN FUTURITY. There will also be Selects of Merit (SOM) chosen, at a ratio of 1 SOM for every 10 entered, rounding up. For example, if there are 24 total entries, there will be 2 SOM’s : if there are 25 total entries, there will be 3 SOM’s.
Selects of Merit’s can be all of one sex, or any combination of both.
Payments will be divided as follows: 15% towards Futurity expenses. 30% split 60/40 between BIF/BOSIF, 20% divided evenly among the SOM’s, 35% divided evenly among the Selects in the classes.
Awards: all money will be awarded at the time of judging to the handler in the ring and none will be mailed. BIF, BOSIF, and SOM’s will receive rosettes in addition to money.
The Futurity Chair and immediate family members may not exhibit in the Futurity.
The Futurity Chair MAY BE listed as the breeder on a Nominated Litter.
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