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A two (2) dollar per dog sanction fee shall be charged for each dog entered in Sheepdog Open and Nursery competition at all sanctioned trials. The two (2) dollar sanctioning fee, along with the trial results form is to be mailed to the HA Secretary’s office not later than twenty one (21) days after the trial.  Canada members please send money orders - DO NOT SEND CHECKS. 

2.

A four (4) dollar per dog sanction fee shall be charged for each dog entered in the Cattledog Open and Nursery competition at all sanctioned trials.  New trial hosts, as well as existing hosts, must apply for sanctioning to the HA Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the trial date. If the HA Secretary deems it necessary, an Approval Trial Committee will review the request and either approve or disapprove.  If you use a computer print out for the results please list the state the handler lives in.  Please use "Trial Rsult Form" to send in the results  Open Trial Results  TEXT .  Canada members please send money orders - DO NOT SEND CHECKS. 

3.

New Nursery qualifying rules:   Number of Nursery Classes Permitted.    
At a trial where no Open classes are offered, only one Nursery class per day may be sanctioned.  
At a trial where Open classes are offered, the total number of Nursery classes sanctioned may not exceed the   total number of days that the trial is sanctioned.  The scheduling of the Nursery classes is at the discretion of the trial host; however, no more than two sanctioned Nursery classes may be run in one day.  Let Francis know the number of OPEN/NURSERY trials scheduled per weekend.  Please use trial result sheet off web to send in results.  Please use "Trial Result Forms  TEXT

4.

The HA Secretary will notify the sanctioning committee if trial management fails to abide by  rules. Rule Change:  Errors or omissions by the trial host may be waived by the Trial Approval Committee and their decision will be final. All trial information must be published prior to the trial in at least one Border Collie Magazine, or a local association newsletter, or a flyer to members in that district.