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President’s






                                          by CATHY CLAPP           Message




         Hello Fellow Chowists!                           award our first recipients of the Chow Chow
           Hopefully, wherever you are, winter is         Versatility Program Awards which recognize
                                                          those Chows that have excelled across multiple
         coming to an end and spring is in the air!       venues.  Applications can be found on the
         And that means it’s nearly time for the 2025     CCCI Website in the Members Only section
         National Specialty Show! We hope that you        if you would like to see any of your dogs
         have made your plans to attend. We are           included in future years.
         looking forward to seeing so many of you
         in Wilmington, Ohio the last week of April.        The final day (Thursday) will be the CCCI
         We have so much planned for this year. We        National Specialty Show. This show is so much
         will have FastCAT for the first time with        more than just another show. It’s the time to
         our National Specialty, run by Speed Dog         show off your new pups, your veterans, your
         Coursing LLC, and are looking forward to         pride and joy of all ages. Consider entering
         seeing who the winners of our very first         a Brace or Team, or Stud Dog or Brood
         Tortoise and Hare Awards will be. What Chow      Bitch. Show off the results of your breeding
         is the fastest? Which is the slowest? It’s all in   program or that Chow you had the foresight to
         good fun.                                        purchase because you never know who might
           Plan to arrive by Monday evening because       be watching. The National Specialty isn’t just
         that’s when the party will start. Our first event   for showing what you’ve got, but a chance to
         will be the Parade of Titleholders and Rescues   look for potential stud dogs or source for a
         with the theme, “Come Fly With Me.” We will      new puppy.
         host our very first Tiny Hat Contest, open to      Don’t have a
         Chows and their humans to raise funds for        dog to show?
         both the Welfare Fund and the Junior Handler     Come join us
         Fund. Don’t have a Tiny Hat? We’ll have some     anyway. This is
         there for you to rent or purchase.  Both of      a celebration of
         these events will be rolled into the Welcome     our breed, old
         Party so please be there in time to join in the   friendships and
         fun.                                             new connections.
           Tuesday will be jam packed with FastCAT,       I hope that we
                                                          will see you at
         Obedience, Rally, Sweepstakes and Members’       the Royal Canin
         Education along with the Judges’ Education       Roberts Centre
         Seminars. It will culminate with the Auction     in Wilmington,
         Tuesday Evening where you will have the          Ohio, Host Hotel
         chance to bid for many unique and wonderful      the adjoining
         Chow items.                                      Holiday Inn.  Our
           Wednesday will start early with FastCAT and    Superintendent
         will also include the two Regional Specialties,   is Executive Dog
         hosted by New England Chow Chow Club and         Shows. The dates
         the Chow Chow Club of Greater Chicago.           are April 28 – May
               The National Membership Meeting will       1, 2025.  We’ll see
                   be held at 4 pm and the evening        you there!
                     will end with the Annual Awards
                       Banquet. We will present our
                         very first inductees into the
                          CCCI Hall of Fame and

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