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Membership Handbook Member Handbook and Procedures Manual Updated October 2014 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The MCOA Handbook has been compiled with information, criteria and forms for your use in hopes of answering questions on the various opportunities that are available to every MCOA member and associate member. We sincerely hope that you take the time to read it and find its contents useful. Please visit www.mastiff.org for current officers, chairpersons and directors. ******************************************************** What the Lion is to the Cat, the Mastiff is to the Dog, the noblest of the family; he stands alone, and all others sink before him. Cynographia Britannica 1800 2 Contents AWARDS AND RECOGNITION .................................................................... 6 CONFORMATION - COLLAR AWARDS ........................................................................................... 6 OBEDIENCE COLLAR AWARDS ....................................................................................................... 8 MEDALLIONS AND CERTIFICATES ................................................................................................ 9 JOHN BRILL AWARD ........................................................................................................................ 10 MCOA MEMBER’S SERVICE AWARDS ......................................................................................... 10 HALL OF FAME AWARDS ................................................................................................................ 11 OBEDIENCE HALL OF FAME NOMINATION FORM - INDIVIDUAL DOG .............................. 13 OBEDIENCE HALL OF FAME NOMINATION FORM - MEMBER .............................................. 14 WORKING DOG TITLES ................................................................................................................... 15 WORKING DOG POINTS OF CONTACT ......................................................................................... 17 MASTIFF CLUB OF AMERICA – WORKING DOG TITLES - APPLICATION FORM ............... 18 MASTIFF CLUB OF AMERICA – WORKING DOG APPLICATION VERIFICATION FORM ... 20 NATIONAL SPECIALTY SHOW TROPHIES ................................................................................... 23 HALL OF FAME BOARDS - TROPHIES .......................................................................................... 25 HEALTH AWARDS ....................................................................................... 26 HEALTH AWARD CERTIFICATES .................................................................................................. 26 HEALTH AWARD REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 26 ADDITIONAL HEALTH AWARD REQUIREMENT DETAILS...................................................... 27 HEALTH AWARD APPLICATION.................................................................................................... 28 MASTIFF HEALTH INFORMATION SHEET .................................................................................. 29 EYE PROBLEMS IN THE BREED ..................................................................................................... 29 ORTHOPEDIC, NEUROLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, AND JOINT PROBLEMS IN THE BREED 30 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS IN THE BREED ............................................................. 31 TESTING AND RESEARCH INFORMATION - ORGANIZATIONS, CONTACTS, AND REGISTRIES ........................................................................................................................................ 33 MASTIFF CLUB OF AMERICA – HEALTH INFORMATION CONTACTS:................................. 36 DRAFT TEST REGULATIONS ..................................................................... 37 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 37 3 CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL RULES .................................................................................................. 37 CHAPTER 2 - REGULATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE AND JUDGING ................................... 41 CHAPTER 3 – INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES .................................................................................... 44 MCOA DRAFT TEST JUDGES FORM SHEET ............................................................................. 51 MCOA EVENT RULES AND GUIDELINES ............................................... 52 ETHICS: HONESTY AND COMMON SENSE .................................................................................. 52 NATIONAL FUTURITY AND MATURITY STAKES RULES .................. 53 ETHICS FOR FUTURITY AND MATURITY ................................................................................... 54 FUTURITY NOMINATION OF LITTER ........................................................................................... 54 FUTURITY NOMINATION OF PUPPY ............................................................................................ 55 FUTURITY STAKES- REQUIREMENTS TO ENTER FUTURITY JUDGING ............................. 56 SEQUENCE OF JUDGING.................................................................................................................. 57 MATURITY STAKES - REQUIREMENTS TO ENTER MATURITY JUDGING ........................................................................................................ 59 SEQUENCE OF JUDGING.................................................................................................................. 60 DIVISION OF MATURITY STAKE MONEYS ................................................................................. 61 DIVISION OF INDIVIDUAL MATURITY STAKE MONEYS ........................................................ 61 SUMMARY OF MAJOR RULES FOR FUTURITY/MATURITY STAKES .......................................................................................................................... 62 SPECIAL FUTURITY AWARD CURRENTLY OFFERED .............................................................. 63 SPECIAL MATURITY AWARD EFFECTIVE WITH FIRST MATURITY 2010 ............................ 63 FUTURITY-MATURITY BITCH NOMINATION FORM ................................................................ 64 FUTURITY-MATURITY PUPPY NOMINATION FORM ................................................................ 65 PUPPY NOMINATION CONFIRMATION FORM ........................................................................... 66 EXAMPLE OF FUTURITY/MATURITY LETTER ........................................................................... 67 SWEEPSTAKES – RULES AND REGULATIONS ..................................... 69 ELIGIBILITY ....................................................................................................................................... 69 ETHICS ................................................................................................................................................. 69 SWEEPSTAKES CLASSIFICATION ................................................................................................. 70 4 MASTIFF CLUB OF AMERICA BREEDER’S CUP ................................... 71 ETHICS – .............................................................................................................................................. 71 BREEDER’S CUP PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................... 72 BREEDER’S CUP JUDGING FORM .................................................................................................. 73 EXAMPLE OF BREEDERS CUP JUDGES SELECTION LETTER ................................................. 74 GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL BREEDER’S CUP COMPETITION ................................................... 75 MASTIFF CLUB OF AMERICA-TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS ....... 76 TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS PROCEDURES ......................................................................... 77 EXAMPLE OF TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS – JUDGES SELECTION LETTER ................. 78 GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT COMPETITION ..................................................... 79 THE TOURNAMENT JUDGING FORM ........................................................................................... 80 REGIONAL CLUB INFORMATION ............................................................ 81 REGIONAL CLUB SPECIALTIES ..................................................................................................... 81 PROCESS FOR REQUESTING PERMISSION TO HOST AN MCOA SUPPORTED SHOW ........ 82 REGIONAL CLUBS SUPPORTED ENTRY REQUEST FORM ....................................................... 84 REGIONAL CLUB RECOGNITION .................................................................................................. 86 ETHICS ............................................................................................................ 87 ETHICS COMMITTEE PROCEDURES ............................................................................................. 87 ETHICS HEARING PROCEDURES ................................................................................................... 88 MASTIFF RESCUE INFORMATION ........................................................... 89 MCOA RESCUE FOUNDATION, INC. ............................................................................................. 89 APPROVED MCOA REGIONAL MASTIFF RESCUES ................................................................... 90 RESCUE / PLACEMENT SERVICE--RESCUE VOLUNTEER QUESTIONNAIRE......................
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