ABOUT YOUR AKC ENTRY
Check the days and classes you want to enter at the TOP OF THE FORM
I'm not a mindreader -- so when you send, say, enough $$ for 2 days' entries, you need to tell me which days!! You do that at the top of the form. Check each day you want to enter and each class you want to enter.
Forms must be filled in completely.
Even if you have sent me entries for the last 10 years for the same dog, please don't omit any required information. And AKC does require your dog's breeder, sire and dam to be listed on the form. Forms missing significant information will be returned. You must list your dog's height at the withers. If you don't know what it is, give me your very best estimate.
Forms must be legible.
If I can't read it, it is not a valid entry and will be returned. If you send me an email address, PLEASE make sure it's legible.
DO NOT send a copy of your dog's height card.
It is no longer needed - just check the appropriate box on the newly revised entry form as to whether your dog has a permanent or temporary height card, or if he/she needs to be measured.
Check your math!
Entries without sufficient fees will be returned.
Don't forget to send the agreement portion of the form.
The Agreement is part of your entry form, and entries that are lacking the agreement will be returned. Don't forget to sign at the bottom of the agreement and include your phone number and email address.
Do not staple your check to the entry form.
Everything can be loose in the envelope or paper clipped together.
Make sure my email address is added to your "OK" list.
If you send a legible email address to me, I assume that is how you want to receive confirmations, notices and be contacted.
When inquiring about your entry, use your dog's call name.
My data base keeps dogs filed by call name -- if you ask me to move Baron de von Fleigherstein up from Novice to Open, I have no idea who that dog is. Just tell me it's FIDO, and I'll find him easily.
Check your entry acknowledgement and formal confirmation carefully.
If I have made an error in your entry, or you have entered the wrong class or the wrong day, the time to let me know is when you receive the original email acknowledgement of your entry. After closing, I can only change your dog's class or jump height due to either a move-up or a measure-up (or a measure-down in the case of Preferred).
ABOUT YOUR USDAA ENTRY
Several of the points listed above apply equally to USDAA entries:
Forms must be filled in completely.
Don't forget to mark your dog's jump height or to list his height at the withers. Just check ONE jump height, unless you are entering two different programs. If you don't know which program your dog should be in, ask me, e.g., don't just mark both P1 and Starters.
Forms must be legible.
Check your math.
Don't staple checks to anything.
You may tape or staple your USDAA Dog Registration card showing the height class to your entry.
Add my email address to your 'ok' list.
Use your dog's call name when inquiring about his entry.
Check your entry acknowledgement and formal confirmation carefully.
You may change your entry up until the move-up deadline, but after that, I will make no changes except for measure-ups-- whether it was your error or my error.