SECTION 29: NURSERY CATTLEDOG RULES

 A. Qualifying trials will be the same as for the open cattle.

 B. Age requirement:

 1. Dog must be thirty-six (36) months or younger on or before December 31 of the year previous to the Nursery Finals. To be eligible to compete in the National Nursery Cattle.  Cattle Dog Finals:  A dog must be born on, or after, Jan 1 2005 to compete in the 2008 Cattledog Finals.

2. Imported dogs are eligible for the nursery, only if imported before they reach one (1) year of age.

 C. The handler of the dog must be a current paid member of the USBCHA before he competes, for the dog to receive qualifying points. A dog can qualify by competing against a nonmember's dog as long as all dogs competing comply with the USBCHA rules.

D. The dog receives qualification, not the owner or handler.

 E. In the National Nursery Cattle Finals the scores of the top five (5) dogs from each  USBCHA district will be combined to determine the District Team Championship.

 F. No Nursery dog may compete in nursery trials after the Jan 1^st deadline if that dog is not eligible to compete in next years Nursery program.

 G. There will be a two dogs per handler limit in the Nursery Cattle Finals.

H. The USBCHA Secretary shall mail every paid member a listing of all sanctioned Nursery trials for the upcoming quarter by the first of each quarter.

 I. If there are less than eleven (11) entries in

M. A nursery dog may qualify for the Finals in any of the following:

 1. The top placing twenty percent (20%) (rounded to the nearest whole number) of dogs competing in a sanctioned nursery class of five (5) dogs or more will qualify for the nationals.

 2. In a class within a class (open and nursery) where at least five nursery aged dogs are competing. A sanctioning fee of two (2) dollars per dog in each class must accompany the results form.

 3. If a nursery dog is competing in an Open class where there are at least ten dogs competing and places in the top 20% of the class, he is qualified.