CKC Entries & End of Test

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CKC Tracking Test Rules & Regulations
January 1st, 2007

6 Entries & End of Test

6.1 Entry Requirements

6.1.1 Every dog entered in an approved or sanction tracking test must be one of the following:

[/b] Registered with the CKC
(b) Have an Event Registration Number (ERN);or
(c) Have a Performance Event Number (PEN); or
(d) Eligible for registration with the CKC; or
(e) Have a Miscellaneous Certification Number (MCN) if it belongs to a CKC listed breed.
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6.1.2 If a dog is not registered individually with the CKC it may be entered at a tracking test as a "listed" dog; provided that:

[/b] If born in Canada, it is of a litter which is eligible for CKC registration

(b) If not born in Canada, it is eligible for individual registration in the records of the CKC

(c) If foreign born and owned, it obtains an Event Registration Number (ERN), or CKC registration number, from the CKC within 30 days of the first test entered.

(d) If it is not a designated Miscellanious Class Breed.
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6.1.3 The entry of a listed dog at a tracking test held under these rules (sanctioned tracking tests excluded) must be accompanied by a listing fee and all listing fees must be remitted by the club or association holding the test to The Canadian Kennel Club within 21 days from the completion of the test.

6.1.4 A dog taht is eligible for a Performance Event Number (PEN) cannot be entered as a listed dog.

6.1.5 The Canadian Kennel Club shall have the right at any time to require the owner of a listed dog to submit proof of the dog's eligibility for registration in The Canadian Kennel Club's records. If The Canadian Kennel Club is satisfied that the dog is not eligible for registration in The Canadian Kennel Club's records, it shall have the authority to order the cancellation of all awards, titles and prizes earned by the dog at tests held under these rules. Failure to comply with The Canadian Kennel Club's order to return ribbons and/or prizes to the clubs or associations concerned will result in the owner of the dog automatically rendering himself ineligible to enter dogs in any competition approved by The Canadian Kennel Club.

6.1.6 Entries shall not be accepted from any person who is not in good standing with The Canadian Kennel Club on the day of entries closing. A list of persons not in good standing shall be forwarded to the Test Secretary by The Canadian Kennel Club.

6.1.7 Every member of a partnership entering a dog must be in good standing with The Canadian Kennel Club before the entry will be accepted. In the case of any infraction of these rules, all the partners shal be held equally responsible.

6.1.8 Owners are responsible for errors in making out entry forms, regardless of who completes the entry form.

6.1.9 No dog belonging wholly or in part to any judge or to any member of the immediate family or household of any judge shall be entered in any tracking test at which such person is a judge.

6.1.10 A dog may not be entered in any Tracking Test if a Jduge of that test, or a member of his immediate family has owned, sold, held under lease, boarded, trained or handled the dog within 3 months prior to the date of the test. This includes judges who train professionally or as amateurs and applies equally to judges who train individual dogs and those who train in classes with or through their handler.

6.1.11 Any test-giving club which accepts an entry fee, other than that published in its premium list or entry form, or in any way discriminates between entrants, shall be subject to disciplinary action.

6.1.12 Any test-giving club or member of any test-giving club shall not give or offer to give any owner or handler any special inducements (e.g. reduced entry fees, allowance for board or transportation or any other incentive of value), other than those prizes officially advertised in the premium list. Any club or individual violating this section shall be subject to disciplinary action by the Discipline Committee of the CKC.

6.1.13 Entries may not be made under the ownership of a kennel name unless that kennel name has ben registered with The Canadian Kennel Club.

6.1.14 Every dog entered must be 6 months of age or older on the first day of the test.

6.1.15 Where the tracking test rules and regulations require that a dog shall have earned a tracking title before being entered in a test, eligibility to enter that test shall be determined as follows:

[/b] A dog may be entered in a test in which the final closing date occurs after its handler has been notified by the judge that the dog has passed the test required for the title, even though the owner has not recieved official notifacation from the CKC that the dog has passed the test. However, the owner shall forfeit any prizes and titles won in the particular test if the CKC does not subsequently notify the owner officially that the title has been won.
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6.1.16 Handlers, trainers, or agents may compete and competitors may enter more than one dog.

6.1.17 Entries shall close not less than 10 days prior to the first day of the tracking test, and a club accepting any entry after that date shall be subject to disciplinary action.

6.1.18 An entry of a non-titled dog will be given preference over a titled dog in the class in which the titled dog has already been awarded that title.

6.1.19 Entries must be mailed or sent by courier to the postal address of the event secretary. Faxed, emailed, or hand delivered entries are not acceptable. Each entry ust be mailed in a seperate envelope.

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Limited Entry
Entry Forms
Acceptance Date
Closing Date
Bitches in Season
Health
Refusal Entries
Program of Judging
Tracks
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6.2 Limited Entry

6.2.1 A club or association may limit entries in any or all classes by prominent announcement on the title cover page of its premium list and that entries will close automatically when a certian limit for each test has been reached, even if the official closing date for entries has not arrived.

6.2.2 When tests are advertised as limited and entries do not fill in the levels offered, the tests may be interchanged as follows, providing the test-giving club has the resources necessary to offer the substituted test(s):

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6.3 Entry Forms

6.3.1 All entries must be made on an official CKC entry form and must show all particulars as set forth in these rules. The Test Secretary shall supply entry forms. Any dog proven not to correspond with its entry form shall be disqualified, and all winnings and entry money shall be forfeited. Should the act of fraudulent entry be proven, the owner and/or handler shall be referred to the Discipline Committee of the CKC who shall take such action as it sees fit.

6.3.2 The following must appear on every entry form:

[/b] Name of breed

(b) Registered Name of dog

(c) Canadian Kennel Club registration number if individually registered, Event Registration Number (ERN), Performance Event Number (PEN), Miscellaneous Certification Numebr (MCN) or designated as listed

(d) Name of breeder

(e) Place and date of birth and sex

(f) Name of sire

(g) name of dam

(h) Test(s) in which the dog is entered (no dog shall be entered in TD and TDX at the same time)

(i) Full name and postal address of the owner of the dog

(j) Name of the handler if the dog is not to be handled by the owner

(k) E-mail address (if any).
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6.3.3 If not born in Canada then either the dog's individual registration number or Event Registration Numebr (ERN) must be stated on the entry form.

6.3.4 If the dog is being held under lease the name of the lessor shall be given. Every entry form must be signed by the owner or handler of the dog entered in the competition.

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6.4 Acceptance Date

6.4.1 No entries will be accepted prior to the acceptance date, which shall be not earlier than 45 days prior to the first day of the test. Any entries recieved prior to this will be returned.

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6.5 Closing Date

6.5.1 On the closing date, the test giving club shall notify the person making the entry, that the entry has been recieved and accepted. When the advertised limit has been reached, all remaining entries shall be assigned a position on an alternate list in the order recieved. At the tiem of the draw, entries from the alternate list may fill any absentee spaces. An absentee is defined as an entrant who is not present at the time of the draw. The person making the entry shall be notified of his position on the alternate list. Entries will be refunded within 10 days of the tracking test to those on the alternate list who did not participate in the test.

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6.6 Bitches in Season

6.6.1 The permitting of bitches in season to compete shall be the option of the test-giving club and clearly stated in it's premium list.

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6.7 Health

6.7.1 A dog may not be entered at a test under these rules if the dog:

[/b] Is known to have distemper, parvovirus, kennel cough or other communicable disease, or

(b) Has recovered from infection with canine distemper or canine parvovirus within the last 14 days.
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6.8 Refusal of Entries

6.8.1 The Tracking Test Committee may decline any entry or may remove any dog from its test for just cause, but in each such instance shall file good and sufficient reasons for doing so with The Canadian Kennel Club within two (2) weeks of the test.

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6.9 Program of Judging

6.9.1 After entries have closed, a club of association holding a tracking test must prepare, a catalogue showing the time schedual for judging the tests.

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6.10 Tracks

6.10.1 The tracks in each test shall be numbered and drawn by lot by each exhibitor, in catalogue order, at least one half hour prior to the start of each test. Draw times for each test will be published in the judging schedule.

6.10.2 An exhibitor that has more than one entry, and draws consecutive tracks, may have the option to redraw that number.

6.10.3 If the test spans more than one day then the track draw shall take place at least one half hour prior to the start of each test on each day.

6.10.4 No trading of tracks is permitted.

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6.11 End of Test

6.11.1 The Tracking Test Secretary of the club holding a tracking test under these rules shall, within 21 days after the last day of the test, send the following to the CKC:

[/b] A list of every dog entered in the test which shall include the following information: name of breed; name of dog; passed or failed Tracking Dog Test, Tracking Dog Excellent Test, Urban Tracking Dog Test, and Urban Tracking Dog Excellent Test, sire and dam, registered name and full address of owner

(b) All entry forms

(c) The official work sheet for each entry bearing the judge's signature

(d) Any other information or reports as may be required by the CKC

(e) The signed certification over the signature of the Tracking Test Secretary for the club as to the number of listed dogs entered in the test and total number of dogs entered in competition in its test

(f) A remittance which shall included all listing and recording fees in an amount specified from time to time by the Board, for each and every dog entered in competition in its test. Failure of the CKC to receive the results and appropriate remittance will result in administrative fees as approved from time to time by the Board.
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