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6.1 Entry Requirements (Table of Contents)
6.1.1 Only purebred Retrievers, Irish Water Spanield and Standard poodles 6 months of age or over may be entered in working certificate tests.
6.1.2 The owner or agent entering a dog in a working certificate test does so at his own risk and agrees to abide by the rules of the CKC.
6.1.3 All entries must be received by the Test Secretary before the closing date and time of entries as stated in the premium list.
6.1.4 Every dog entered in an approved working certificate test must be one of the following:
(a) Individually registered with the CKC
(b) Have an Event Registration Number;
(c) Eligible for registration with the CKC.
6.1.5 If a dog is not registered individually in the CKC stud book, it may be entered at a test held under these rules as a "listed" dog. Provided that:
(a) If born in Canada it is of a litter which is eligible for CKC registration.
(b) If not born in Canada it is eligible for individual registration in the records of the CKC.
(c) If it is a foreign born and owned dog, it obtains an Event Registration Number or CKC registration number from the CKC within 30 days of the first test entered (failure to do so within 30 days will result in the cancellation of all passes earned)
6.1.6 The entry of a listed dog at a working certificate test held under these rules must be accompanied by the appropriate listing fee. All fees, listing and recording, must be remitted to the CKC by the club holding the test, within the 21 days following the test.
6.1.7 Entries may be limited at the option of the test giving club. His must be specified in the premium list if applicable.
6.1.8 Bitches in season, if they are run last, may compete at the option of the test giving club. If bitches in season are not allowed to compete, all entry fees and listing fees will be returned provided that notice in writing is given to the Test Secretary before the start of the test.
6.1.9 A Working Certificate Test Committee may decline any entry or may remove any dog from its test for just cause, but in each such in stance shall file good and sufficient reasons for doing so with the CKC.
6.1.10 No entry shall be accepted from any person who is not in good standing with the CKC on the day of the closing of the entries. Before accepting any entry, a list of 0persons not in good standing must be obtained by the Working Certificate Test Chair or the Test Secretary from the CKC.
6.1.11 The CKC has the authority, at any time, to require the owner of a listed dog to submit proof of the dog's eligibility for registration in the CKC stud book, and if the CKC is satisfied that the dog is not eligible for registration, it shall have the right to order the cancellation of all passes and prizes earned by the dog at tests held under these rules. By failing to comply with the CKC's request to return ribbons and/or prizes to the clubs concerned, the owner of the dog automatically renders himself ineligible to enter any dog in any competition approved by the CKC.
6.1.12 The CKC shall have the authority to advise a person entering a dog at a WC/WCI/WCX test that he may no longer include in the name of a dog any name which, in the opinion of the CKC , infringes on the rights of any person, partnership, or company whose kennel name has been registered by the CKC, or where such name is considered to be similar to a kennel name registered with any other national kennel club with whom the CKC has working arrangements with regard to mutual protection of registered kennel names. When a person has been advised that he may no longer include a particular name in the name of a dog and the person continues to enter the dog in WC/WCI/WCX tests with such names included, the CKC shall have the authority to cancel all awards, passes, and prizes earned by the dog at WC/WCI/WCX tests held after the original advice was communicated to the owner of the dog.
6.1.13 No entry shall be made under a kennel name unless that name has been registered with the CKC. All entries made under a kennel name must be signed with the kennel name followed by the word ŚRegistered". An entrant is the individual, or, if a partnership, all the members of the partnership, entering in a working certificate test. In the case of such entry by a partnership, every member of the partnership shall be in good standing with the CKC before the entry will be accepted; and in the case of any infraction of these rules, all the partners shall be held equally responsible.
6.2 Entry Forms (Table of Contents)
6.2.1 All entries shall be made on official CKC entry forms.
6.2.2 The following must appear on each entry form:
(a) Name of breed;
(b) Name and sex of dog;
(c) CKC registration number if registered in the CKC stud Book, or Event Registration Number;
(d) Name of breeder;
(e) Place and date of birth;
(f) Name of sire, name of dam;
(g) Test level I which the dog is entered;
(h) Name and complete address of owner of the dog;
(i) Name of handler if the dog is not to be handled by the owner or member of his immediate family.
6.2.3 Every entry form must be signed by the owner or authorized agent before judging commences.
6.2.4 Owners or agents are responsible for errors in completing the entry form.
6.3 Entry Fees (Table of Contents)
6.3.1 A club may not accept an entry fee other than that which is published in the premium list or entry form or in any way discriminate between entrants.
6.3.2 A club or member of any club shall not offer to give any owner or handler any special inducements such as reduced entry fees, allowances for board or transportation or other incentives of value for a certain number of entries nor give or offer to give in consideration of entering a certain number of dogs, any prizes or prize money.
6.3.3 Any individual violating Section 6.3 shall be referred to the Discipline Committee of the CKC.
6.4 Moving UP (Table of Contents)
6.4.1 A dog that is individually registered in the records of the CKC or has an ERN and has completed the requirements for a WC or WCI in accordance with the provisions of these rules may, after closing date and time of entries for a test, be transferred from WC to the WCI or from the WCI to the WCX, provided the request for transfer is submitted by the owner, handler or agent to the test secretary in writing prior to the commencement of the test.
6.4.2 The test secretary shall amend the judge's book and marked catalogue to be sent to the CKC accordingly, and shall attach the request to the appropriate entry form which is to be sent to the CKC.
6.4.3 If it is established by the CKC that a dog transferred to WCI or WCX has not completed the requirements for WC before moving to WCI or a dog has not completed the requirements in WCI before moving to WCX, then all passing ribbons and/or awards earned by the dog incorrectly entered shall be forfeited and cancelled by the CKC and the owner may be subject to disciplinary action.
6.4.4 In order for a dog to be eligible to move up, the dog must be individually registered in the CKC or have an Event Registration Number before entries close. The addition of a registration number after close of entries does not make the dog eligible and will result in referral to the Discipline Committee.
6.5 Health (Table of Contents)
6.5.1 No dog may be entered at a test held under these rules if it;
(a) Has distemper or other communicable disease.
(b) Had distemper or other communicable disease unless it has been fully recovered for 30 days. (c) Is known to have been in contact with distemper or other communicable disease until 30 days after such contact and provided such dog has itself been free from any symptoms of said disease during the 30 days.
(d) Has been kenneled on premises on which there existed distemper or other communicable disease until 30 days after such exposure and provided the dog has itself been free from any symptom of the disease during the 30 days.
(e) Has parvovirus unless it has been fully recovered for 90 days.
6.5.2 It is recommended that all dogs have a current immunization status. Where it is found that these rules have been contravened, the dog in question shall be removed from the test grounds and the owner/handler will be subject to disciplinary action.
6.6 Cancellation (Table of Contents)
6.6.1 If a dog has been entered in any test for which it is ineligible, all ribbons won by that dog in that test shall be cancelled by the CKC when the results of the working certificate tests are checked by the CKC from the judge's book.
6.6.2 If the pass of a dog is cancelled by the CKC, the entrant of the dog shall return all ribbons for such passes to the secretary of the test giving club within 10 days of receipt of notice from the CKC of said cancellation.
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