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MPCA FUTURITY
Since it's inception seven
years ago, our National Futurity Sweepstakes has grown by leaps
and bounds. In an effort to keep everyone up on the timelines
and rules, I would like to provide you with a simplified version.
Complete rules are printed in every National Specialty premium,
National Specialty catalog and available from me at anytime by
request. The rules, along with the nomination form, are available
from our MPCA website, http://www.minpin.org.
- The litter must be nominated before it is whelped. The postmark is the date used to determine eligibility.
No late entries accepted.
- At least one bitch owner must be an MPCA member in good standing.
- Entry fee of $20, check made out to MPCA, must be included with nomination.
- Upon eligible entry, bitch owner will receive a numbered form, with the notification of whelping form on the bottom.
- The litter owner has until the litter is one month old to notify the Futurity Chairman of date of whelp, number of live pups, and sex
on an official puppy nomination form which is provided by the Futurity Chairman after the litter is nominated. No fee is due at this time. Postmark will determine eligibility.
- Each pup in eligible litter will be furnished with individual nomination forms. The pup must be
nominated before it is 4 months old. No exceptions. A fee of $10, check made payable to MPCA
must be included to be eligible. AKC names and numbers should be included, but may be sent
in at a later date in order to maintain eligibility time requirements.
- Checks returned for any reason may invalidate that nomination.
- When selecting futurity judges, only one vote per bitch nominated will be allowed. In case of
co-ownership's, member or first listed owner will receive ballot.
- Verification of acceptance of nominations shall be the responsibility of the breeder/owner.
Please do not send cash, and allow several weeks for check clearance, as I must forward your
checks to the treasurer to be deposited. Please DO NOT send nominations overnight, special or any
other method. Your mail will be postmarked the day your postal carrier picks it up, or the day you leave it
at the post office. Remember that the postmark will determine eligibility, not the date I receive it. I
try to process every nomination within a couple of days of receipt. On rare occasions when I am out of town
for several days, it may take three or four days. If you wish to check to see if I received, please e-mail me at atc1@foohill.net, ALJ.Ranch@gmail.com or call and leave a message at (530) 885-6000. If I do not return your call, your nomination has been received.
So again, even shorter:
- Nominate litter before birth
- Notify chairman before litter is one month old
- Nominate pups before 4 months old
- And last, be sure to enter pups in futurity classes at the National
Please note my address, as some are still using the old one.
Again, please contact me if you have any questions!
Shawn Brown, MPCA Futurity/Maturity Chair
12645 Shannon Lane
Auburn, CA 95602
ALJ.Ranch@gmail.com or atc1@foothill.net
MPCA MATURITY
The main purpose of the Maturity is to provide encouragement and incentive to member breeders and owners of those Miniature Pinschers who have maintained their eligibility to compete in the Futurity, to meet and compete a year later in the Maturity, as mature Miniature Pinschers. To further demonstrate that their mature Futurity Miniature Pinschers have in fact matured into outstanding specimens of the breed and to reward the breeders for their efforts.
The Maturity is held in conjunction with the National Specialty and Futurity each year. Individually nominated Futurity puppies are eligible to be nominated and compete at the first Maturity Event following the Futurity Event in which they are eligible to compete. Accordingly, Maturity entries will range in age from approximately 18 months old to approximately 30 months old, depending upon the actual date of the Maturity Event.
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