Changes to UKC Dog Events Misconduct Rulebook
February 18, 2016
Kalamazoo, Mich., February 18, 2016 - The Official UKC Rules for Dog Events rulebook has been revised with the following insert. This insert may be downloaded and added to any printed materials you or your club may have. For more information, please contact conformation@ukcdogs.com or performance@ukcdogs.com
This insert appears at the end of the UKC Dog Events Misconduct & Discipline Guidelines rulebook. All changes are identified in the updated rulebook in bold and italic text.
Effective September 1, 2016
Chapter 2, Section 2. # 9.
Weight Pull. A UKC club may apply to hold no more than two weight pull events per day.
Effective Immediately
Chapter 4, Section 3. Pre-Entry
Clubs accepting pre-entries must establish a pre-entry deadline after which no further pre-entries will be accepted. The pre-entry deadline must be published with the premium list/club announcement of the event and in any other event information on the UKC website. Clubs may offer a discounted entry fee for pre-entries. For clubs offering day-of-show/trial entries, exhibitors whose entries fail to arrive by the pre-entry deadline date must be treated as a day-of-show/trial entry. Entries received after the pre-entry deadline date will be charged the day-of-show entry fee. Clubs may elect to have a Pre-Entry Only event. In such a case no day-of-show/trial entries can be accepted at the event and any entry received after the pre-entry deadline date and time must be returned in its entirety. Clubs must indicate that the event will be pre-entry only on the Event Application. These events will be designated “PRE-ENTRY ONLY” at the top of their listing in any official announcement/premium list and on the UKC website. This information must also be included in any other club announcement of the event. Pre-entries are to be submitted directly to the club’s Event Secretary or the club’s designated Event Manager. Third party entry services must have the written permission of the host club in order to take entries for any events offered by a UKC licensed club. All third party entry services that list UKC licensed events must state clearly on any website or publication that the service operates independently from the host club and the UKC. All UKC licensed clubs have the right to refuse entries from any third party entry services.
DEFINITIONS
Third Party Entry Service - A third party entry service is any individual, group or association that allows an exhibitor to submit an entry for a UKC licensed event and does not have direct connection with the UKC, UKC licensed host club, or designated UKC Event Manager.
A Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company founded in 1898, United Kennel Club is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world, registering dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. Celebrating the unique Total Dog philosophy, UKC events highlight the instincts and heritage of dogs that look and perform equally well, as more than 60 percent of its annually licensed events are tests of hunting ability, training, and instinct. United Kennel Club prides itself on its family-oriented, friendly, educational events, welcoming both purebred dogs and dogs of unknown ancestry.