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these members are entitled to vote, hold office and
benefit in all advantages of this organization. All
Active Members must also be a member of the United
Schutzhund Clubs of America. Active members must attend
a minimum of 6 general membership meetings during the
fiscal year in order to retain their membership
privileges.
The Annual Membership meeting in January will be held
on a date announced in advance to the membership. All
other monthly membership meetings will be held in
conjunction with training on the first Saturday of each
month unless otherwise stated.
Active Members must demonstrate their pursuit of
training titles. A member cannot have been convicted of
any felony, or a misdemeanor offense involving drugs or
the mistreatment, neglect or abuse of animals.
Dogs being worked by Active Members in the club
sessions must have submitted to hip X-rays prior to 30
months of age.
Dogs being worked in the club in the three phases of
Schutzhund by Active Members may not be used for
breeding without having attained a working title and
received an A-stamp, OFA certification or its equivalent
in hip X rays.
APPLICATION PROCESS- Application forms for
membership may be received from the Secretary and the
completed form returned to the Secretary for
consideration. New members are accepted on the first
Saturday on each month. Interested persons are welcome
to attend in advance of this, without their dogs. At the
time of their initial evaluation, new members will pay a
$50 fee. They must attend four (4) consecutive training
sessions, during which time their conduct as a
prospective member will also be examined. After this
evaluation period, the Training Director will discuss
the results with them. The evaluation period may be
extended an additional 4 sessions at the request of the
Training Director, with no additional fee required.
Acceptance for probationary member status will
be voted on at the next monthly general membership
meeting after the member candidate has met those
requirements. The four sessions must be completed in the
month following the application, in order to complete an
accurate assessment of the dog and the member’s
commitment.
If the candidate chooses to continue in the sport and
is voted into probationary status, the $50.00 evaluation
fee is applied toward the annual membership fee.
FEES:
ANNUAL
EQUIPMENT/MAINTENANCE FEES $150.00
This fee covers up to 2 dogs per member. $
5.00 per extra dog after 2.
RENEWAL: For the first year of participation
in the Club, all members remain in probationary status.
Renewal will be voted on at the annual membership
meeting/ elections and will be based on the probationary
member’s participation and attendance at training and
other club events, as well as their positive
representation in the Sport of Schutzhund. Discussion
and voting will take place by members in good standing
with the probationary member absent.
Should a member in good standing fail to renew
membership and request following the membership lapse,
after such required notice, in order to rejoin, the
members will be subject to the same initial evaluation
period, fees and probationary period as a new member.
GUESTS: Guests from other clubs, who are
Active Members within those clubs, may attend training
for a $5.00 fee per session, per dog. Those dogs are
worked following the dogs belonging to Active Members in
the Club.
HELPER MEMBERSHIP: In the case of a Club
Helper who is not himself/ herself training a dog in the
Club, the membership fee is waived. The Helper is
entitled to vote, hold office and benefit in all the
advantages of this organization and must also be a
member of USA. Helper members must attend the required 6
membership meetings. In order to remain eligible for
this membership the Helper must attend a minimum of one
helper seminar per fiscal year, unless it can be
documented that extraordinary circumstances prevented
that.
