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PURPOSE:

To provide incentive to owners of GSDs to exhibit in Performance Trials and Tests.
To give breeders an incentive to encourage puppy buyers to train and show their dogs.
To stimulate more exhibitors to show their dogs in breed and perforamnce events so that there wuold be more multi-titled GSDs.
To provide the union of or "bridge the gap" between breed exhibitors and performancecompetitiors to common goals
To demonstrate to the public the usefulness of the GSD and that they can compete successfully in all types of competition

GUIDELINES:

To qualify, the dog must have been awarded a ribbon at an AKC point show or a Koreklasse I
Points for AKC titles will not accumulate for the owners of the sire or the woners of the dam if the owners are not members of the GSDCA or untilt heir applications for memebership has been received by the GSDCA. POINTS WILL NOT BE AWARDED RETROACTIVELY.
Points for GSDCA, GSDCA-WDA, DVG or USCA degrees will not accumualte for the owners of the sires or the owners of the dams if the owners are not members of the GSDCA or until their application for membership has been received by the club.
Owners of the sires and dams would be required to provide the awards chair with the following information:

A copy of the AKC, GSDCA-WDA, DVG and/or USCA certificate (which they must acquire from the progeny's owner)
Names and registration numbers of the sire and dam

All Titles earned during the calendar year will count for the "Annual High Score Award"
Results will be published in the GSD Review swiththe following information:

The top ten sires and damn will be lsited with their owners and the names of their titled progeny
All sires and dams that have accumulated a minimum of 25 points will eb listed with the names of their owners

A plaque (or suiteable award)will be presented at the National Specialty Show to the owners of the highest scoring Sire and highest scoring Dam ( ie 1996 awards would be prsented at the 1997 National)
Beginning with the 1991 National, a plaque (or suiteable award)will be presented at the National Specialty Show to the owners of the Sires and Dams with the highest accumulation of training achievement points. THese points will be cummulative from 1988.

POINT SCHEDULE: AKC OBEDIENCE TITLES 5   points            Companion Dog (CD)
15 points            Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
25 points             Utility Dog (UD)
35 points             Utility Dog Excellent (UDX)
60 points             Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH) AKC TRACKING TITLES 10 points              Tracking Dog (TD)
25 points               Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX)
30 points               Variable Surface Tracking (VST) AKC HERDING TITLES 5 points                Herding Tested (HT)
15 points                Pretrial Tested (PT)
20 points               Herding Started (HS)
30 points               Herding Intermediate (HI)
40 points               Herding Excellent (HX)
60 points               Herding Champion (HCh) AKC AGILITY TITLES 10 points                Novice Agility Dog (NA)
20 points                Open Agility Dog (OA)
30 points                Agility Dog Excellent (AX)
50 points                Master Agility Excellent (MX) WDA/DVG/USA Degrees 5 points                  Begleithunde (B)
15 points                 Schutzhund I (SchH I)
25 points                 Schutzhund II (SchH II)
40 points                 Schutzhund III (SchH III)
25 points                 Fahrtenhund (FH)

DEADLINE IS JUNE FIRST

In keeping with the parent club board total dog concept, the
champions are participating in performance and producing performance dogs.
Below is the list of the top ten sires and dams for 1998 that will appear in
the October performance issue of the Review, along with other information
about the program. Please keep sending in the titles of progeny who earn
performance titles. Thank you all who participated in this year's program.

Judy Ecklund ATAA Chair

Sires 1998

      l - Ch. Topflight's Laredo v Freeling
      2 - Ingo Degen von Fernheim SchH3 FH2 IPO1
      3 - Henk von Buschletten
      4 - Ch. Hoheneichens Baretta Avalon CD TD
      4 - Sukee's Zorro of Shadowland CDX
      4 - Ch. Sugarstone's Andre A UDX NA HS TC
      5 - Ch. Pa-Gair's Jackpot v Sequel
      5 - Ch. De Brut's Different Drummer UD
      5 - Val Koa's Doc Holiday
      5 - Windridge's Cool Hand Luke UDX HS
      6 - Ch. Jericho's Gatineau HT TC ROM
      6 - Ch. Andaka Zederland's Keno UD HT OA
      7 - Ch. Woodside's Nestle Quick v Merwestyn
      7 - Ch. Janry's Chivas Regal
      7 - 2xSel. Ch. Kinni-V Oz v Kubistraum
      8 - Ch. Jericho's Tioga of Castlehill HT
      8 - Ch. Alkarah's Rolling Stone Cobert
      8 - Von Ivo's Tru Spirit of Jericho ROM
      8 - Survival Alator's Frontiersman TC ROM
      9 - Ch. Rivendell's George Michael HT TC
      9 - v Uran v.d. Grotte SchH3 IPO3 FH AD HIC
      9 - Ch. Alator-Wendyview Brown Stone
     10 - Ch. Solana's Saturday Night Special TC

Dams 1998

       1 - OTCH Ludon's Dulcimer of Ashmead UDX
       2 - Deray's Little Runaway UDX TDX CGC
       3 - Xolotl vom Grunenffeld CD HS CGC B AD TC
       4 - Ch. Andaka's Kahla of Zederland CD
       5 - Toiabe Tinker CDX HS TC ROM
       6 - Shadowlands Heather Rose UDX TC
       6 - Ch. Merkel's Hearts Are Wild CD TD TC
       7 - OTCH Ashmead's Sizl'n Pyrotekniks UDX TD
       8 - Riegelroks One-Love of TCE
       8 - Hinterland's Roxie of Valley Oak CD TC
       8 - Saddlecrest-Utopia's Classic
       9 - Von Eck's Xylia CGC
     10 - Hodenhof's Jette vom Fernhein SchH1 B TD
     10 - Charmbrook Minnie Louise
     10 - Janry's French Vanilla