THE  VERSATILE  PYRENEAN  SHEPHERD

      

HE MADE HIM TURN AND STOP, AND BOUND,
TO GALLOP, AND TO TROT THE ROUND,
HE SCARCE COULD STAND ON ANY GROUND,
HE WAS SO FULL OF METTLE.
Michael Drayton

VERSATILITY  TITLE  APPLICATION  FORM 

RECORD of MERIT

PSCA Record of Merit Rules:
Any dog owned by a PSCA member will be entered as a PSCA Record of Merit Sire or Dam whose progeny has earned the appropriate number of champions or points, based on the following schedules.

RECORD OF MERIT SIRE OR DAM PROGRAM (ROM)
ROM        SIRE    5 Champions	ROM        DAM    3 Champions
ROMX     SIRE    8 Champions	ROMX     DAM    5 Champions
RECORD OF MERIT VERSATILTIY SIRE OR DAM PROGRAM (ROM-V)
ROM-V    SIRE    25 points from any categories in at least 2 areas	ROM-V    DAM    15 points from any categories in at least 2 areas
ROMX-V SIRE    40 points from any categories in at least 2 areas	ROMX-V DAM    25 points from any categories in at least 2 areas
HALL OF FAME SIRE OR DAM PROGRAM (HOF)
Any sire or dam that has completed ROM and ROMX-V will be given the designation Hall of Fame (HOF) Sire or Dam.

ROM-V & ROMX-V POINT SCHEDULE
CONFORMATION                                                                               Total Possible Per Offspring: 5
Champion	5
OBEDIENCE                                                                                          Total Possible Per Offspring: 5
Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH)	1
Utility Dog Excellent (UDX)	1
Utility Dog (UD)	1
Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)	1
Companion Dog (CD)	1
AGILITY                                                                                                Total Possible Per Offspring: 5
Master Agility Champion (MACH)	1
Master Agility Excellent (MX) OR Master Excellent Jumpers with Weaves (MXJ)	1
Agility Excellent (AX) OR Agility Excellent Jumpers with Weaves (AXJ)	1
Open Agility (OA) OR Open Jumpers with Weaves (OAJ)	1
Novice Agility (NA) OR Novice Agility Jumpers with Weaves (NAJ)	1
HERDING                                                                                              Total Possible Per Offspring: 10
Herding Champion (HC)	1
Herding Excellent – Cattle, Sheep or Ducks - Course A, B or C (HX)	1/1/1
Herding Intermediate – Cattle, Sheep or Ducks - Course A, B or C (HI)	1/1/1
Herding Started – Cattle, Sheep or Ducks - Course A, B or C  (HS)	1/1/1
TRACKING                                                                                           Total Possible Per Offspring: 5
Champion Tracker (CT)	1
Variable Surface Tracking (VST)	1.5
Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX)	1.5
Tracking Dog (TD)	1
RALLY                                                                                                    Total Possible Per Offspring:  4
Rally Advanced Excellent	1
Rally Excellent	1
Rally Advanced	1
Rally Novice	1

Titles Recognized:

• Before Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in conformation, obedience, agility, herding and tracking will be from PSCA, AKC, CKC, other foreign registries, or other domestic (US) registries or comparable organizations.  (Awards will be retroactive to include these titles before Jan. 1, 2005.)
• After Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in conformation will be from PSCA, CKC, or other foreign registries, until such time when AKC grants CH titles to Pyr Sheps.  At that time conformation titles from AKC, CKC, or other foreign registries only will be accepted.
• After Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in obedience, agility, herding and tracking will be from AKC, CKC, or other foreign registries only.

Other:

• Points are cumulative. (i.e. a dog with a CDX counts its CD as 1 pt. and its CDX as 1 pt. for a total of 2 points.) A dog cannot count points from comparable titles from different organizations. (i.e. a dog may not count both a AKC CD and a CKC CD.)
  
• Proof of titles must be provided for titles from CKC, other foreign registries, or other domestic (US) registries. Titles should be comparable to those in the chart above.

Applications:
Applications for a Record of Merit award must be filled out on the PSCA  “Request for Record of Merit” form, and accompanied by both proof of titles and breeder of record for non-PSCA and AKC titles. Any applications submitted that are not legible or submitted as stated above will be returned to sender.  Please use one form per dog.  (Forms may be copied.) No fee is necessary.

Eligibility:
The PSCA Record of Merit Program is for dogs owned by PSCA members only. Certificates will be awarded accordingly.  

Recognition:
Qualifying dogs will be recognized at the PSCA Nationals Annual Meeting each year, and results will also be posted in the next published newsletter. All submissions must be postmarked by March 1 for that year. The ROM year will run Mar. 1 to Feb 28/29 of the next year.

Effective Feb. 1, 2005 - Revised Feb. 24, 2007

• Before Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in conformation, obedience, agility, herding and tracking will be from PSCA, AKC, CKC, other foreign registries, or other domestic (US) registries or comparable organizations   (Awards will be retroactive to include these titles before Jan. 1, 2005.).
• After Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in conformation will be from PSCA, CKC, or other foreign registries, until such time when AKC grants CH titles to Pyr Sheps.  At that time conformation titles from AKC, CKC, or other foreign registries only will be accepted.
• After Jan. 1, 2005: All titles received in obedience, agility, herding and tracking will be from AKC, CKC, or other foreign registries only

• Points are cumulative. (i.e. a dog with a CDX counts its CD as 1 pt. and its CDX as 1 pt. for a total of 2 points.) A dog cannot count points from comparable titles from different organizations. (i.e. a dog may not count both a AKC CD and a CKC CD.)
  
• Proof of titles must be provided for titles from CKC, other foreign registries, or other domestic (US) registries.  Titles should be comparable to those in the chart above.