Approve a requirement for submission of all Breed Survey, Breed Rating, and WB entries and dog documents to the USCA office for entry verification and approval 14 days prior to an event

EB# 05-25

EB Ballot #05-25 – Approve a requirement for submission of all Breed Survey, Breed Rating, and WB entries and dog documents to the USCA office for entry verification and approval 14 days prior to an event

Motion by Heidi Theis, NBW, and seconded by Michele Elmore, Secretary, to approve a requirement for submission of all Breed Survey, Breed Rating, and WB entries and dog documents to the USCA office for entry verification and approval 14 days prior to an event

Background

The entry verification process has gotten immense due to harmonization and the USCA office needs to verify all breed survey, WB, and breed rating entries prior to events. It is too difficult to approve these entries before the event for the clubs and their secretaries as 3 generations behind the dog entered must be verified and not just the dog entered now. There have been many issues with clubs trying to verify breed rating entries without receiving any documents from owners and this causes major delays for the USCA office to properly process breed ratings and surveys.

The database has the ability to check for any disqualifying issues in the first 3 generations for the breed surveys. For breed ratings for disqualifying issues, such as LSH x stock, dogs must be registered in the performance registry prior to the breed event or they are not permitted to enter and so the database can check for this as well.

Database designer, Christine Mandela, has created apps for the USCA office to use to create a digital submission link for all clubs. Club secretaries will be able to upload all dogs entered and their required documents for breed survey, WB, or breed rating entries so the office can verify all entries prior to breed events. The USCA office needs 14 days prior to an event to verify all entries so this ballot is to require clubs to submit all entries to the USCA office 14 days in advance of a breed event or WB, similar to the process we have now for the SV breed survey. This will be effective immediately upon approval. Approval of this ballot will also give the NBW authority to add to the show regulations, breed survey regulations, and future WB regulations the following verbiage:

Breed Surveys:

For all USCA Breed Survey entries, the USCA office will send the club a link for the event secretary to digitally submit all dogs entered and their required documents for approval for entry into the breed survey. This list of dogs must be submitted 14 days in advance of the breed survey.

Breed Evaluations:

For all USCA Breed Rating entries, the USCA office will send the club a link for the event secretary to digitally submit all dogs entered and their required documents for approval for entry into the breed evaluation. This list of dogs must be submitted 14 days in advance of the breed evaluation.

Character Assessment Test (WB):

For all USCA WB entries, the USCA office will send the club a link for the event secretary to digitally submit all dogs entered and their required documents for office approval for entry into the WB. This list of dogs must be submitted 14 days in advance of the WB.

VOTE RESULTS

YES: 18 – President Vadim Plotsker, Vice President Mike Sweeney, Treasurer John Kennedy, Secretary Michele Elmore, DOJ Nathaniel Roque, NBW Heidi Theis, DAL Mike Diehl, Mark Chaffin, Josh Lininger, RD’s Robin Aylin, Don Yelle, Ben Kools, Tom Miller, Cherie Flores, Pedro Jimenez, Richard Shook, Chris Thompson, and Nelli Racsko

No Response: 2 – RD Don Yelle, and Tim Earle

MOTION CARRIED MARCH 1, 2025