There are very specific rules about how AKC awards are given....but OV is a club award so it's up to the club how it's awarded. I know that in the premium for this year it says " At least one owner must be a current member in good standing of The German Shepherd Dog Club of America." I think the award should go to the highest scoring dog that meets the requirements.....unless of course the club likes buying 4' tall ribbons and then not awarding them. Lots of obedience people do not belong to the parent club. --Regina 2 GSDs in Somerset, NJ On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Hickoryhill <hickoryhillgsd1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good question, even though Steve and I haven't been club members for the past > couple of years, our co-owner(s) were. Topeka was the only national we > exhibited in in which we were not club members and our bitch was given a > select 4, but again, our co-owner was. Not sure how the AKC feels about this. > Non-club members can show at specialty shows, and the national is really just > a larger specialty show. All the AKC awards, ie BOB, BOS, Winners, BOW, > Reserves can be attained by non-club members. As for Select 2 on down, not > sure if those are considered strictly GSDCA awards. My husband handled a dog > to a select 8 as a non club member but the dog's owners were club members, > not sure if all handlers are GSDCA members..so maybe they shouldn't be > allowed to handle???? Again, good question. Christine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lyn Chernak <cherlyngsd@xxxxxxxxx> > To: mobilegrmr@xxxxxxxxx, gsd list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:28:52 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE/QUESTIONS ABOUT OV/OVX TITLE > > That is an interesting question. As stated currently in order to receive a > GSDCA award an owner needs to be� a GSDCA member .... Does that also apply to > GV or GVX and the Select dogs? Since we are playing Devil's advocate.... > Lyn > > � > Lyn Chernak ~ CherLyn Shepherds > AKC Breeder of Merit > > http://www.cherlynshepherds.com > Three Generations ~ GSDCA 13 Club ~ Membership > �� CherLyn's Dixie, BH, CDX, RAE, TC, HIC, CGC > ��Ulric vom Kriegerhaus, CDX, RA, TC, HIC, CGC,OFA Excellent �� > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================