GSDCA Board NEWS 
Excerpts From the 28–30 April 2006 GSDCA Board-o-gram

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Received 683 e-mails this year requesting names of breeders nationwide with puppies available.  You are missing a prime opportunity to place your well-bred puppies if you are not advertising on the GSDCA website.

Expect New Membership Handbooks by late May or early June.

Notice:  The GSDCA office has moved - new address is -
GSDCA Office, Laura Gilbert, 2448 Johnstown Road, Chesapeake,  VA 23322.  Phone: 757-421-7854. 
Email address is GSDCAoffice@gsdca.org.

Is your club participating in the Regional Club Website competition? For information and to enroll contact Amy Safdir, Chairman at (772) 286-3801 or email Almanya@bellsouth.net.

Please do your part to make 2006 an even better year, send an email to Laura Gilbert at PurinaAlliance@aol.com.  This is a three step process: #1 Tell Laura about you litters bred but not whelped yet.  #2  Tell Laura about your litters whelped since October 1,2005 and Futurity nominate those litters.  #3  Tell Laura about your dogs that were futurity nominated in 2002 or later which have finished their AKC Championship.  It is not that difficult, all you need to do is send an email or make a phone call, Laura does all the work. 

There are twelve official host hotels listed in The Advance Brochure this year.  Please make your reservations with one of them as they are offering special reduced room rates and arrangements for all who attend the National. The annual meeting will be held at the host hotel, Holiday Inn Wentzville on Thursday, October 19 at 8 p.m.  The Advance Brochure will be mailed to all members in May.

Surrogate Dams: The AKC Board approved a request to allow the registration of a litter produced using a surrogate dam.  More on this in Carmen's newsletter #17.

AKC CAR Canine Support and Relief Fund has been established as a permanent charitable fund with the goals of providing resources, support, funds, and other assistance to: 1.  Not-for-profit Canine Search and Rescue organizations.
     2.  Not-for-profit veterinary units providing support to the canine rescue teams.
     3.  Not-for-profit animal shelters and similar not-for-profit
Please note: The maximum amount awarded for any Support and Relief grant is $5,000.
To apply for a grant, please download the application at https://www.akc.org/dogny/grants.cfm or contact the Fund Administrator, Kim Macklin at (919) 816-3564.

This event will need outside support as programs must be printed also.  100% of all donations will be spent on producing this event.  Any monies not spent will be donated to SAR.  Please send your donations to this wonderful event, honor all SAR and 9/11 dogs with your support.  Contact Lillian Kline at 856-435-8494 or lilliankline1@comcast.net.  Or, you can contact Barbie Balyeat at vdanhoffer@aol.com.

AOE and Select Excellent Policy change.  Certification will now include the OFA, OVC and SV "a" stamp Normal.  Certification cannot be done before 24 mo. of age to stay inline with OFA.  Contact Jane Kerner, AOE Chairman or Patty Szymczak, Select Excellent Chairman with any questions.

Select Excellent Report.  2005 Sel. Ch. Breals Easy Does It, TC, has completed the requirements for the Select Excellent Award.  Congratulations to Select Excellent Breals Easy Does It, TC and her owners -  Manuel Campo, Kevin Reynolds and Barbara Hefner.

German Shepherd Rescue and the directory of GSD Rescue organizations by state can be found at http://www.agsra.com.  The direct line is 630-529-7396.