Saturday, June 12, 2004 |
Saturday is spent in meetings and last minute tune ups for dogs. Contestant packets are distributed by the Hostess Committee who also offer quality Club logo emblazoned merchandise for sale.
Shortly after lunch, all gathered at Holiday Inn, NARC Headquarters, to attend the Retriever Advisory and Annual National Amateur Retriever Club meetings. Below are brief reports of each.
The Retriever Advisory Committee meeting was called to order by Chairman Marshall Simonds shortly after 2 p.m. On the dais were members Nelson Sills, John Goettl, Bill Speck, Gordon Heldebrant and Jerry Mann.
They announced that several of the proposed changes from the previous year had been approved by the AKC delegates. They were:
1. Delete the rule that all birds must fall on fresh ground and that was no longer relevant.
2. Delete the use of restrained live birds .
3. Limitations on gun movement were revised discouraging long walks to retire and unnecessary movement that could distract dogs.
4. A rule was enacted that allowed judges to decide if a dog who had failed a marking test should be allowed to honor on or off lead.
5. How to handle a contestant with multiple dogs running one out of order. Judges would have to decide what they considered the circumstance to be. If they felt it was deliberate, they could drop the contestant and refer the matter to the F.T. Committee or judge it as an honest error carrying no penalty.
6. A blind retriever would be mandatory in the Qualifying stake
Not approved was:
Prohibiting Amateurs to judge a pro they had a dog in training with.
Three new proposals includes:
1. Holding blinds would be only allowed in a test if they concealed gunners or a potentially dangerous object in the test.
2. Dry guns would not be allowed as part of a marking test. In combined marking and blind series, they could be used but only in conjunction with the blind.
3. Derby dogs could be brought to line on a collar and leash, but the collar would have to be remove before running the dog (At this time a derby dog may run with a choke collar on)
A request for a Junior handler provision for trials seemed unclear and the committee asked for input. (Later a vote was taken and many approved of such a provision.
The suggestion of the creation of an Amateur Trained and Handled stake had no support and was dismissed.
A ballot would be sent to all clubs in early July.
Topics suggested for next year includes what to do about large entry trials as the test quality seemed to be declining as a result. A lively discussion followed and several suggestions were received.
A Judging guideline manual was in preparation and would be available in a few months.
The meeting was adjourned at shortly after 3 p.m.
Shortly after lunch, all gathered at Holiday Inn, NARC Headquarters, to attend the Retriever Advisory and Annual National Amateur Retriever Club meetings. Below are brief reports of each.
The Retriever Advisory Committee meeting was called to order by Chairman Marshall Simonds shortly after 2 p.m. On the dais were members Nelson Sills, John Goettl, Bill Speck, Gordon Heldebrant and Jerry Mann.
They announced that several of the proposed changes from the previous year had been approved by the AKC delegates. They were:
1. Delete the rule that all birds must fall on fresh ground and that was no longer relevant.
2. Delete the use of restrained live birds .
3. Limitations on gun movement were revised discouraging long walks to retire and unnecessary movement that could distract dogs.
4. A rule was enacted that allowed judges to decide if a dog who had failed a marking test should be allowed to honor on or off lead.
5. How to handle a contestant with multiple dogs running one out of order. Judges would have to decide what they considered the circumstance to be. If they felt it was deliberate, they could drop the contestant and refer the matter to the F.T. Committee or judge it as an honest error carrying no penalty.
6. A blind retriever would be mandatory in the Qualifying stake
Not approved was:
Prohibiting Amateurs to judge a pro they had a dog in training with.
Three new proposals includes:
1. Holding blinds would be only allowed in a test if they concealed gunners or a potentially dangerous object in the test.
2. Dry guns would not be allowed as part of a marking test. In combined marking and blind series, they could be used but only in conjunction with the blind.
3. Derby dogs could be brought to line on a collar and leash, but the collar would have to be remove before running the dog (At this time a derby dog may run with a choke collar on)
A request for a Junior handler provision for trials seemed unclear and the committee asked for input. (Later a vote was taken and many approved of such a provision.
The suggestion of the creation of an Amateur Trained and Handled stake had no support and was dismissed.
A ballot would be sent to all clubs in early July.
Topics suggested for next year includes what to do about large entry trials as the test quality seemed to be declining as a result. A lively discussion followed and several suggestions were received.
A Judging guideline manual was in preparation and would be available in a few months.
The meeting was adjourned at shortly after 3 p.m.
NARC Annual Meeting
Ray Vreeland , President, called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. The minutes, and treasurers report were accepted, and roll call completed.
Sponsors and landowners were thanked and all welcomed to the stake.
The 2005 Board of Directors were voted on and include:
Liz Jereome, Pres.
Charles Tyson, VP
Wayne Bleazard
Mark Rosenblum
Ron Ainley
Liz Jerome then announced that the 2005 stake would be held at Virginia Minnesota from June 19-26. Judges are: Bob Willow, Kevin Scoval, and Linda Erwin.
After Field Trial Chairman Mark Rosenblum announced that, for the first time, the NARC would pick a random number to begin the stake There had been some speculation why a kiddie pool was filled with water and orange dummies, but it became crystal clear when Mark brought his Lab house pet in. He sat him down and gave a remote back cast to the pool. The inevitable happened and the dog avoided the water. After some prompt and a careful selection, dummy #82 was delivered to hand. That would be the first dog -FC AFC Blackwater Ruby II.
Other info included:
Rotation was 82 - 7-32-57. Test dogs at 7:30 a.m.; 2 holding blinds, handler must be on the mat to send his dog;
First Test (s) - A land double with a blind
Shortly after 4 p.m. the meeting adjourned with an invite for all to attend the pre national cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m.
