That's easy though; trust me, I've done the paperwork for 2 clubs now over the years. And many times, you can get a waiver from doing a match. For instance we never did a Rally match first for DV; didn't have to b-cause we'd done OB at our shows forever. We would have been approved for a herding trial if we had done a test in conjunction w/ another club first; we didn't have to do the full blown match. We opted not to go the herding route b-cause once I did the projections, it was a really money loser. We DID do a little agility match prior to holding trials. But my point is, as long as your club is experienced w/ putting "stuff" on the AKC is pretty flexible re the match requirement. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 8/11/2009 9:44:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, texasgsds@xxxxxxxxx writes: You just can't decide to offer some of these activities. You have to prove to the AKC that you can successfully put on a herding trial or other activity which means doing matches first or using the expertise of a club already licensed to do that activity. Diane ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================