Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club

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ENTRIES CLOSE: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 8:00 pm. after which time entries cannot be accepted, canceled or substituted. Drawing shall be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 9:00 p.m. at 1803 7 th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA 98372 AKC HERDING TEST/TRIAL Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club Event No.

1 ENTRIES CLOSE: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 8:00 pm. after which time entries cannot be accepted, canceled or substituted. Drawing shall be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 9:00 p.m. at th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA AKC HERDING TEST/TRIAL Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club Event No Sunday, March 31, 2019 Tests: HT/PT Sheep only ENTRY LIMIT: 20 RUNS TOTAL LIMITED TO SHETLAND SHEEPDOGS ONLY. Trial Secretary: Vicki Chalk th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA 98372; ** vchalk@comcast.net Location: Brigand s Hideout, 9802 NE 156 th, Battle Ground, WA **** Closing Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 8:00 pm PDT JUDGE Karen Trimble, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas

2 Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club, Inc. OFFICERS President Greg Parnell Vice President Gloria Newby Treasurer Dee Kraft Recording Secretary Karen Ricketts Corresponding Secretary Lynn Erckmann. 26 Bridlewood Circle, Kirkland, WA Board: Diane Bero, Jo Ann Mather, Debbie Becker, Stephanie Hembree COMMITTEE ESSSC Trial Chair: Lynn Erckmann th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA (253) Committee Members: Vicki Chalk, Trella Hastings, Gloria Newby, Larry Newby Trial Secretary: Vicki Chalk th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA (253) vchalk@comcast.net ENTRY LIMITS/NUMBER OF STOCK USED PER RUN; OUTRUN Livestock: Sheep (3-5 head) hair and hair/wool crosses; Entries Limited to 20 test runs total Shetland Sheepdogs ONLY ENTRY FEES FOR TEST: $40.00 (Entry fee includes $3.50 AKC recording fee). Checks or money orders must be in US Dollars. Make checks payable to: ESSSC Mail to: Vicki Chalk th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA Entries must be received by Trial Secretary by 8:00 pm PDT on Wednesday, March 20, For Courier/Hand Delivery: th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA Be sure to sign the waiver of signature so the courier is not required to obtain a signature. PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM FOR EACH CLASS FOR EACH DOG. RIBBONS All Qualifiers in the Herding Test and Pre-Trial Test Dark Green and White Rosettes

3 VETERINARIANS (On Call): St. Francis 24 Hour Animal Hospital, NE 65th Street, Vancouver, WA (360) Call to Notify if arriving in emergency! HERDING TRIAL EMERGENCY NUMBERS: Emergency: 911 Police Dept: Clark Co. Sheriff (360) Fire Dept: Clarke Co Fire & Rescue (360) Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 NE 139th St., Vancouver, WA (360) FOOD Food: breakfast muffins, coffee, water HOTELS NEAR BATTLE GROUND, WASHINGTON HERDING TRIAL: Quality Inn Vancouver Northeast 20th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98686, (360) Red Lion Inns & Suites Vancouver Highway 99, Vancouver, WA 98686, (360) LaQuinta Inns & Suites Vancouver Northeast 134th Street, Vancouver, WA 98685, (360) There are other hotels near Battle Ground, WA that are not included in this list. DRAWING OF ENTRIES/RUNNING ORDER The drawing of the running order will be conducted on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 9:00 p.m. PDT at th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA, by the Trial Secretary. All interested parties may attend. NOTICES Telephone, telegraph and unsigned entries CANNOT be accepted. Entries not on official AKC entry form and photocopies of entry forms without Agreement and Rules on the reverse side of the official AKC entry from are NOT acceptable. Exhibitors are responsible for keeping their dogs under control at all times and MUST clean up after their dogs. Appropriate receptacles will be provided. PLEASE HELP US KEEP THIS SITE CLEAN. USE TRASH CANS ON THE PREMISES. The Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club, the Trial Secretary, their agents, employees, etc., assume no responsibility for any loss, damage, or injury sustained, by exhibitors, handlers, or to any of their dogs, or property and further assume no responsibility for injury to children. ESSSC, their members, supporters, and associates are not responsible for any damage to or lost or stolen items. Keep valuables, including your dog(s), secure. There are neighborhood children and dogs who may frequent this facility. There is no shade for vehicles. Bring your own shade for your dog. Additional Test/Trial Regulations: We ask the cooperation of exhibitors in helping keep the Test location as clean as possible in order for us to retain the use of the facility for future Test. A recording fee of $3.50 per entry will be required for each dog entered at any Licensed or Member Club Herding Test. This Recording Fee is to be collected by the trial-giving Club and paid to the American Kennel Club. No refund for duplicate entries. Every effort will be made to find all duplicate entries, but if an entry has been processed, no refund will be made. Entries must be received at the Trial Secretary s address by the published closing date to be acceptable, and may not be changed, substituted, corrected, signed, or canceled after that time except as provided in Chapter 3, Section 1, of the General Regulations for Herding Tests and Trials. Incomplete, unsigned, conditional, telephone, telegraph, or entries received without fees are not acceptable. RETURNED CHECKS do not constitute a valid entry fee. The Trial Secretary will add a collection fee of $15.00 to the amount of each returned check. Subsequent returned checks from the same exhibitor may result in their being put on a cash only basis.

4 No entry shall be made and no entry shall be accepted which specifies any condition as to its acceptance. Entries must be on the enclosed entry blank or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Entry fees will not be refunded in the event that a dog is absent, disqualified, excused by veterinarian, judge, or tester or barred from competition by action of the Trial Committee. If, because of riots, civil disturbances, or other acts beyond the control of the club, it is impossible to open or compete in the trial, test, no refund of entry fees will be made. Dogs must be ready for their classes. Test/Trial judges have the authority to refuse to judge any dog which does not appear within five minutes of being called for its run. The Trial- club and the Trial Secretary have no obligation or responsibility for providing service through a public address system or stewards or runners for the purpose of calling or locating dogs that are not bought into the arena when required. The club may decline any entries for cause and may refuse to receive or may remove any dog on account of disease, viciousness or other causes, and no one shall have any claim or recourse against the club or any official thereof. Exhibitors must be governed by any rules or regulations of civil authority, building and parking restrictions. Vehicles parked contrary to regulations will be subject to towing at the owner s expense. This Club does not agree to arbitrate claims set forth on the Official AKC from for this event. Only dogs eligible to be entered at this Test/Trial will be allowed within the Test/Trial limits except at testers/judges may use a trained backup dog in settling or controlling the stock. Entries for a Herding Test and/or Trials shall be accepted until the official closing date and time. If entries are to be limited, the numerical limitation must be stated in the premium list and entries will close when the numerical limit or limits are reached. All additional entries that are received prior to the closing date will be added to an alternates list for each class that exceeds the published limit(s). Entries shall be added to their respective alternates list in the order that they are received and published in the catalog. No entries shall be added after the closing time and date specified in the premium list. The Trial Secretary shall notify all entrants of their position on the alternates list at the time that the Trial program is mailed to each entrant. Those alternates that do not run or do not have the opportunity to run shall have their entry fees returned. The alternates list shall be used to fill vacancies that occur in the drawn running order, with the first available alternate entry replacing the first vacancy in the class entered. ENTRANTS ON THE ALTERNATES LIST MUST CHECK IN WITH THE TRIAL SECRETARY ON THE GROUNDS NO LATER THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THEIR CLASS. The running order for all test and trial classes shall be established by a random drawing, open to all who wish to attend, to be conducted at the time and place specified in the premium list for closing and drawing of entries. Dogs handled by the same person in a class shall be separated by one or more dogs whenever possible. The Trial Secretary or Trial Chairperson shall officiate over the drawing. The American Kennel Club will issue a Herding Tested (Pre-Trial Test) certificate to an eligible dog, and will permit the use of the letters HT (PT) after the name of the dog that has been certified by two different judges to have qualified by passing two licensed or member club Herding Tests (Pre-Trial Tests). Until specified otherwise in the Herding Regulations, the requirements that a dog must earn a title in order to enter the next highest class are waived. An owner may enter a dog in any trial class he or she deems appropriate. However, once a dog has acquired a qualifying score in an upper class at a licensed or member trial, it shall be ineligible for entry in any lower class. REMEMBER: You must make out a SEPARATE ENTRY BLANK for EACH CLASS for EACH DOG. Entries must be on the enclosed entry blank or a reasonable facsimile thereof. JUNIOR HANDLING Junior Handling is now available in performance events. As explained to us, the junior handler must handle his/her own dog or the dog of a family member. Junior handler competes in the regular classes and if he/she qualifies a special form is completed and signed by the judge and sent to AKC. If the junior handler qualifies the dog to its title, he/she will receive recognition from AKC.

5 DIRECTIONS to BRIGAND S HIDEOUT Take I-5 North or South (Or Hwy 205 North to merge with I-5) Exit #9 Battleground (179 th Ave / Clark County Fairgrounds) Go East toward Battleground on 179 th St Past 72 nd Ave (Signal light & John Deere store on left) (about 3 miles) Right on 92 nd Ave (About a mile further) 92 nd Ave curves to left and becomes 156 th St Left into driveway just before sign for a dairy farm Parking for events is at 9628 NE 156 th St

Parking All General Exhibitor Parking Entrance walkway between Arena 1 & Arena 2 Arena #1 - Test Arena - 100 ft x 200 ft HT & PT Arena #2 - Duck Arena - 60 ft x 110 ft A Course Arena #9 - Trial Arena

6 Parking All General Exhibitor Parking Entrance walkway between Arena 1 & Arena 2 Arena #1 - Test Arena ft x 200 ft HT & PT Arena #2 - Duck Arena - 60 ft x 110 ft A Course Arena #9 - Trial Arena ft x 290 ft - Sheep #10 Duck Arena - approx 200 ft x 200 ft with odd shape B Course New Building Handicap Parking, Trial Committee, Nancy Ward, Vicki Chalk, Judge, Stock Handlers Only. The Annex This area is OFF LIMITS to Exhibitors BRIGANDS HIDEOUT - HERDING SITE - GENERAL POLICIES AND OTHER INFORMATION PARKING General parking is allowed only in the gravel parking lot. (approx 40 spaces). All exhibitors MUST park in the gravel parking lot unauthorized vehicles in unapproved parking areas will be fined by Brigands ($150). Limited loading and unloading area near the Ag Bldg is available but no general parking. There is a limited number of handicapped spaces. Only those with the required HC card will be allowed to use those spaces. Judges, trial secretary, trial chairperson, stock handlers with dogs, presenters, etc are the only individuals who are permitted to park at the main facility (rather than the gravel parking lot). Only those required to be close to the building, due to their responsibilities, will be allowed to park near the barns. Approved parties will have a designated parking permit from ASSA. DRIVEWAYS Except for the main driveway, all the driveways are single lanes. The driveway around the barns must be available/clear at all times for emergency vehicles. [permission may be granted for one vehicle to be parked in the west driveway] Drivers/cars heading toward the parking lot have the right-of-way. This means those exiting must back up to allow the other car to continue. Those leaving the parking lot area must yield to cars entering which means the driver must back up to the parking lot or to the wider area near the house. SET-UP AND CLEAN-UP There are garbage cans and pooper scoopers available throughout the facility. There is a designated doggie area on the northeast corner of the Ag Bldg. All handlers should pick up after their dogs. MISCELLANEOUS NO Flexi-leads are permitted at Brigand s. Dogs must be on leash at all times unless being shown, stock handling or otherwise working. Any damage to the property or neighboring properties (including livestock and plants) will be charged to the individual or to the Club/Group if the individual responsible can t be located.

7 Event # Limited to Shetland Sheepdogs Only OFFICIAL AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB ENTRY FORM AKC Licensed Herding Test./Trial Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club Sunday, March 20, 2109 Brigand s Hideout, 9802 NE 156 th, Battle Ground, WA Entry Fees: $ No dog may be entered in two classes on the same course with the same kind of stock and under the same judge at any test/trial. ENTRIES ARE LIMITED TO SHETLAND SHEEDOGS ONLY. Entries close in the Secretary s office, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 8:00 pm PDT or when the limit is reached, after such time entries cannot be accepted, canceled, substituted, except as provided for in Chapter 3, Section 1 or the Regulations for Herding Tests and Trials. Make checks/money orders payable in U.S. funds to ESSSC and mail or deliver to Vicki Chalk, Trial Secretary, TH Ave SE, Puyallup, WA PLEASE COMPLETE A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM FOR EACH CLASS FOR EACH DOG. A dog must be entered in the name of the person who actually owned it at the time the entries for the Herding Test closed. If a registered dog has been acquired by a new owner, it must be entered in the name of its new owner in any Herding Test for which entries closed after the date of acquisition, regardless of whether the new owner has received the registration certificate indicating that the dog has been recorded in his or her name. State on entry form whether transfer application has been mailed to AKC (for complete rules, refer to Chapter 14, Section 3, of Rules Applying to Registration and Dog Shows. ) Breed Shetland Sheepdog Sex: M F Test: (Check Class) Stock: SHEEP Herding Test Pre-Trial Test Boundary Junior Handler: Full Name of Dog AKC Reg. No. AKC Litter No. Foreign Reg. No. & Country Breeder Jr. ID# Call Name: Date of Birth: Place of Birth USA Canada Foreign Sire Dam Actual Owner(s) Address I certify that I am the actual owner of the dog, or that I am the duly authorized agent of the actual owner whose name I have entered above. In consideration of the acceptance of this entry, I (we) agree to abide by the Rules and Regulations of the American Kennel Club in effect at the time of his Herding Test or Trial and any additional rules and regulations appearing in the premium list for this Herding Test or Trial or both, and further agree to be bound by the agreement printed on the second page of this entry form. I (We) certify and represent that the dog entered is not a hazard to persons or other dogs. This entry is submitted on the forgoing representations and agreements. SIGNATURE of owner or the agent duly authorized to make this entry Phone: ( ) Handler (if different from Owner):

8 AGREEMENT I (We) acknowledge that the Rules Applying to Registration and Dog Shows and Herding Test and Trial Regulations have been made available to me (us), and that I am (we are) familiar with their contents. I (We) agree that the club holding this Herding Test and Trial has the right to refuse entry for cause which the club show deem to be sufficient. In consideration of the acceptance of this entry and of holding the Herding Test & Trial and of the opportunity to have the dog judged and to win ribbons, or trophies, I (we) agree to hold this club, its members, directors, governors, officers, agents, superintendents or trial secretary and the owner or lessor of the premises and any employees of the aforementioned parties harmless from any claim for loss of injury which may be alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly to any person or thing by the act of this dog while in or upon the Herding Test or Trial premises or grounds or near any entrance thereto, and I (we) personally assume all responsibility and liability for any such claim for loss of this dog by disappearance, theft, death or otherwise, and from any claim for damage or injury to the dog, whether such loss, disappearance, theft, damage or injury, be caused or alleged to be caused by the negligence of the club or any of the parties aforementioned, or by the negligence of any other person, or any other cause or causes. I (We) hereby assume the sole responsibility for and agree to indemnify and save the aforementioned parties harmless from any and all loss and expenses (including legal fees) by reason of the liability imposed by law upon any of the aforementioned parties for damage because of bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, sustained by any person including myself (ourselves) on or account of damage to property, arising out of or in consequence of my (our) participation in this Herding Test or Trial, howsoever such injuries, death or damage to property may be caused, and whether or not the same may have been caused or may have been alleged to have been caused by negligence of the aforementioned parties or any of their employees or agents, or any other persons. I (We) will pay for any livestock injuries or replacement value in the event of death of any livestock by the dog entered. I (We) will assume total responsibility for any damage. I(We) agree to pay full market value of the injured animal ($150/sheep and $25/duck) in case of serious injury, or the veterinarian bill if the injury is slight. I (We) agree that any cause of action, controversy or claim arising out of or related to the entry, exhibition or attendance at the event between the AKC and myself (ourselves) or as to the construction, interpretation and effect of this agreement shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the applicable fuels of the American Arbitration Association. However, prior to arbitration all applicable AKC bylaws, rules, regulations, and procedures must first be followed as set forth in the AKC Charter and bylaws, rules, regulations, published policies and guidelines. This Club, ESSSC, does not agree to arbitrate claims set forth on the Official AKC Form for this event. Single copies of the latest editions of Applying to Registration and Dog Shows@ and the Regulations for Herding Tests and Trials@ may be obtained WITHOUT CHARGE from the American Kennel Club, 5580 Centerview Drive, Raleigh, NC I AGREE to all the terms and conditions contained herein. SIGNATURE DATE: THIS SIGNED AGREEMENT MUST BE RECEIVED ALONG WITH THE FIRST PAGE TO COMPLETE YOUR ENTRY.

Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club

Evergreen State Shetland Sheepdog Club ENTRIES CLOSE: Friday, June 8, 2018, at 6:00 pm. after which time entries cannot be accepted, canceled or substituted. Drawing shall be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. at 1803 7 th Avenue