Official Business of the National Retriever Club
Minutes from Annual General Meetings
Changes to the Retriever Field Trial Rules and Regulations
Note: These changes are extracted from a draft of the CKC Minutes and proofreading has not been completed so there may be changes
Sections 13.1.2.1 (effective July 1, 2010)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on March 26 & 27, 2010.
13 NATIONAL CHAMPTIONSHIP STAKE
13.1 National Retriever Championship Stake
(a) Entry in a National Retriever Championship stake shall include the following:
(i) The winner and finalists of the previous year?s National Retriever Championship stake.
(ii) The winner and finalists of the most recent National Amateur Retriever Championship stake, and those dogs which have placed first, second, third or fourth in Open, Special, Limited or Amateur All-Age stakes in which championship points were awarded, in trials approved by the CKC in the then current year, hosted by members in good standing of the National Retriever Club of Canada in the then current year, and such trials held in the preceding calendar Year after the closing date for entries for the National Retriever Championship stake."
Section (iii) remains the same
13.2 National Amateur Retriever Championship Stake
13.2.1 Entry in a National Amateur Retriever Championship stake shall include the following:
(a) The winner and finalists of the previous year?s National Amateur Retriever Championship stake.
(b) The winner and finalists of the most recent National Retriever Championship stake, and those dogs which have placed first, second, third or fourth in Open, Special or Limited All Age stakes in which championship points were awarded, in trials approved by the CKC in the then current year, hosted by members in good standing of the National Retriever Club of Canada in the then current year, and such trials held in the preceding calendar year after the closing date for entries of the National Amateur Retriever Championship stake, when handled by an amateur as defined by these rules in aforementioned stakes.
(c) Those dogs which have placed first, second, third or fourth in Open, Special or Limited All-Age stakes in which championship points were awarded, in trials approved by the CKC and hosted by members in good standing of the National Retriever Club of Canada during the period from the closing date of the National Amateur Retriever Championship stake held two (2) years prior to the closing data of the upcoming National Amateur Retriever Championship when handled by an amateur as defined by these rules in aforementioned stakes.
RE-ALPHABETIZE & AMEND (Text is Red to be deleted)
(d) (c) Those dogs which have placed first, second, third or fourth in Amateur All-Age or Owner Handler Amateur All-Age stakes in which championship points were awarded, in trials approved by the CKC and hosted by members in good standing of the National Retriever Club of Canada during the period from the closing date of the National Amateur Retriever Championship stake held two (2) years prior to the closing date of the upcoming National Amateur Retriever Championship stake. In the then current year, hosted by members in good standing of the National Retriever Club of Canada and in the current year and such trials held in the preceding calendar year after the National Amateur Retriever Championship stake."
Sections 1.1 (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
For the purpose of these rules and regulations, the following interpretations shall apply:
"good standing" means an individual or a Club who/that is not under suspension, debarment, or who has not forfeited his/its' rights from The Canadian Kennel Club."
Section 6.6 (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
6.6.3 In a stake carrying championship points the starting dog in the first series will be determined by using the last two digits at closing of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) S&P/TSX composite index on the Thursday immediately preceding the trial.
(a) The starting dog will be the dog assigned the number in the draw that corresponds to the last two digits (including digits, if any to the right of the decimal point) of the closing
S&P/TSX composite index (the TSX number) on the Thursday immediately preceding the trial.
(b) If the trial starts on Thursday or any day earlier in the week, the preceding business days TSX closing shall be used.
(c) If the TSX number is 00, the dog given number 1 in the draw shall be the starting dog for the first series.
(d) If the TSX number is greater than the number of dogs entered in the stake, the number of dogs entered in the stake will be subtracted from the TSX number and the resulting number (the Second TSX number) will determine the starting dog for the first series. The starting dog will be the dog assigned that Second TSX number in the draw.
(e) If the Second TSX number is still greater than the number of dogs entered in the stake the number of dogs entered in the stake will be subtracted from the Second TSX number. This subtraction process will be repeated as many times as is necessary until the number resulting from this subtraction corresponds with a number given in the draw to an entered dog. That dog will start the first series .
(f) Notice shall be published in the Premium list and in the Trial Program that the starting dog in the first series of the All-Age stakes will be determined by using the last two digits (including digits, if any to the right of the decimal point) of the closing S&P/TSX composite index (the TSX number) on the Thursday immediately preceding the date of the trial."
Sections 8.1.2 (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
8.1.2 Judges shall have the authority to remove from the stake any dog which does not obey its handler.
8.1.2 Judges shall have the authority to remove any dog which in the opinion of the judges is disrupting or delaying the trial and not being controlled by its handler."
Sections 11.1.3 (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
11.1.3 At each trial having All-Age stakes, the secretary of the club must certify in a report that at least 8 of the starters in each of those stakes were eligible to compete in a Limited-All-Age stake, so that the stake may carry championship points.
a) For the purpose of determining the number of eligible dogs, records of dogs qualifying at AKC trials may be included."
Sections 15.3.3 (f) (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
15.3 Responsibilities of Judges
(f) Changing tests after a series has been started should be avoided, if at all possible. One way of avoiding such unsatisfactory tests, or of avoiding unforeseen and unpredictable situations which would vitiate an apparently proper and sound test, is the practice of running a test dog at the start of every series. A test dog is used by many judges under conditions wherein they may entertain doubts about the exact way in which the test may actually go. Some believe that use of a test dog really saves time; on occasions, it may save embarrassment for judges.
i) Every reasonable effort should be made by the Field Trial Committee, the marshal and the judges to avoid using a test dog handler who is still competing in the stake."
Sections 16.1.8 (b) (iii) (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
(d) If, on a marked retrieve, a dog returns to and hunts on area of an old fall, it may be penalized. The degree of penalty shall be at the discretion of the Judges based on their assessment of the circumstances. Consideration should be given to the length of the hunt in the area of the old fall, the relative locations of both falls and the certainty of purpose with which the dog continues on with its retrieve. If determined by the Judges to be a serious fault it may be eliminated from the trial."
Sections 16.1.8 (b) (iii) (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
(b) A lack of perseverance may become apparent if a dog, after having been sent to retrieve:
iii) Popping; stopping and looking Pops or looks back at its handler for directions on a mark and before it has hunted for a considerable time."
Sections 17.3.1 (f) (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
17.3.1 Infractions in this category may actually be so slight as to warrant their consideration as only a minor fault, or they may be so severe as to warrant their consideration as a serious fault. Repetitions of a moderate fault or a combination of several of these moderate faults may readily convert the total infraction into a serious fault.
(n) Returning to hunt an old fall on a marking test [sec16.1.8 (d)]"
Sections 17.3.1 (f) (January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
17.3.1 Infractions in this category may actually be so slight as to warrant their consideration as only a minor fault, or they may be so severe as to warrant their consideration as a serious fault. Repetitions of a moderate fault or a combination of several of these moderate faults may readily convert the total infraction into a serious fault.
(f) Popping (looking back for directions on a marked bird before an extensive search.) [Section 16.1.8 (a) & (b), (iii)]
(f) Popping; stopping and looking back for directions from the handler without being instructed (whistle) to do so on a marked bird. [Section 16.1.8 (a) & (b), (iii)]"
Sections 17.4.1 (i) be amended effective January 1, 2011 to read as follows:
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
17.4.1 Either severe or repeated or a combination of these minor faults may convert them into a moderate fault or even a serious fault. Also may be so slight as not to merit a penalty at all.
(i) An isolated instance of stopping and looking back for directions in a blind retrieve (popping) before taking a line or cast for a reasonable distance [Section 16.2.4 (a), (iii) & (d)]"
Housekeeping amendments to the Retriever Field Trial Rules & Regulations (effective January 1, 2011)
From the Minutes of the CKC Board of Directors meeting held on June 12 & 13, 2010
Sec 7.2.1 change "judges book " to " Field Trial Placement Report"
Sec. 15.1.7 change "another test" to "a rerun"
Sec. 15.2.4 change "entry form" to "Premium List"
Sec. 15.2.5 change "shall" to "should"
Sec. 15.3.1 (c) delete "and" in the second line
Sec. Sec 15.3.3 b (iv) delete " to deliberately mislead the dogs in their marking"
Switch places of Sub-Section 9.1.1 with 9.1.9 so that the number one priority of this code is the welfare of the dogs."
On the Grounds Behaviour and Conduct at National Retriever Championship Stakes
1. In the National Retriever Championship Stake there will now be in effect: Guidelines for Ethical Training at Nationals.
a. As much training may be done as required BEFORE entering the trial grounds or AFTER running a test. NO TRAINING may be done after observing a test until you have run.
b. Train with as many people ase required, excluding any person who has been to the trial and observed the test in progress.
c. Train on designated areas or ask permission on private property.
d. Keep corrections away from public eye and ear.
e. Dispose of birds in a manner that will not effect public perception, or disrupt another training group.
Futhermore, during the running of the National Retriever Championship Stake, no competing dog shall, while on the grounds, be exercised, trained or worked with the exception of a bumper thrown by the handler himself and this only in an especially approved area and only for the purpose of exercising the dog.
2. Any dog not entered in the National Retriever Championship Stake interfering with the running of the stake will be removed.
3. Exercise areas to be clearly defined.
4. The “Rules on the failure to appear on line” when called, to be strictly enforced. It is a practise of some competitors to be late when they are number 1 or 2.
5. No dog to be allowed to watch any test having just run the test or not. It adds to the confusion of who has run and who hasn’t. This eliminates the chance of dog fights.
6. Copies of the “On the Grounds Behaviour and Conduct” are to be posted at Headquarters and be available on the trial grounds. Copies are to be forwared to alll contestants.
7. The starting dog shall be rotated by 1/5 of the remaining field. If the number of dogs is not a whole number the rotation should go to the next highest whole number. If that dog has already run first then the next highest dog that has not run first, if any, will do so. There shall be a minumun rotation of three dogs.
8. The first scheduled test of the National Amateur will be announced. Each next scheduled test will be posted with callbacks. Such procedures will help create fairness for all by eliminating possible competitiive advantage for those involved in putting on the trial. Judges have no obligation to go ahead with a scheduled test as conditions may change.
9. White clothing is not allowed in the gallery or behind the line.
