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.ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
REGISTER OF MERIT AWARD PROGRAM
“ROM”
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Only Dogs or Bitches owned and/or bred by YTCA members will be awarded ROM titles.
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Dogs must have sired 6 or more AKC Champions. Bitches must have produced 3 or more AKC
Champions.
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It will be the responsibility of the breeder(s) or owner(s)
(A) to provide proof of the breeder/ownership status of the applicant, evidenced by a copy
of the applicant’s AKC registration certificate; and
(B) to provide proof of Champion Get or Produce, verified by one of the following methods: 
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1. Provide copies of the AKC Awards magazine pages in which the championship of the 6
different get or the 3 produce were recorded.
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2. Provide a copy of an AKC CHAMPION status of the get or produce AND it's sire and
dam.
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3. Provide a copy of the AKC Registration Certificate (white slip) which clearly shows the
CHAMPION status of the get and/or produce AND its sire and dam.
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4. Provide a copy of the AKC Registration Certificate (white slip), plus the dogs Champion-ship
Certificate attached to it.
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New YTCA members will have 1 year from the date of acceptance into the club to apply for
ROM status of their dogs.
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All get or produce whose championships are printed and recorded in the AKC awards books
subsequent to January 1995 must be verified by any of the first four methods only.
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Send all materials along with your application to the ROM chairperson 
by December 31 of each year.
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Award Chairs
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Register of Merit Award (ROM):
Sue Barbour
14012 Francesca Cove
Huntley, IL  60142
847-659-1530
sue.barbour@sbcglobal.net
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YTCA Awards (Conformation):
Paula Nash Sikes
2121 Carbon Canyon Road
Chino Hills, CA 91709 
Phone/Fax: (909) 393-7641 
Email: psikes@Jiviastar.net 
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YTCA Merit Award (OB, TR, AG, and Versatile):
Vivian McKinley 
1421 S. Ocean Blvd., #422 
Pompano Beach, FL 33062-7314 
Phone: (954)-943-8672 
Email: Vanoakes@bellsouth.net
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Awards will not be issued unless the documentation includes the completed application 
and appropriate supporting materials.
All applications must be received by the appropriate awards chairperson
listed above by January 10th of each year. 

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