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SECTION 12: TRIATHLON AWARDS SECTION 16: APPRECIATION AWARD
The Triathlon Award will be awarded to the Chow A certificate will be given to each retiring Officer Register of Merit and
Chow which gets a leg in obedience, a ribbon in and Director with a minimum of one year service
conformation defeating other dogs and either an in appreciation for his or her service to The Chow Circle of Honor
agility leg, or a CGC, or rally leg during the awards Chow Club, Inc. Any retiring Officer or Director
year. A certificate will be awarded to each Chow with three or more years of service will be given
Chow owned or co-owned by a member of The a certificate plaque. Other positions that may be SECTION 1: REGISTER OF MERIT
Chow Chow Club Inc, which meets the above awarded are those that have served the club outside ROM points may be acquired by any AKC registered
criteria. of board membership, including Chow Life Editor Chow Chow sire or dam, whether currently living or
Triathlon Award of Excellence: A certificate and the Statistician. A special award may be given deceased.
to any Officer or Director that has accumulated
plaque will be awarded to any Chow Chow which service of 25 or more years. These Awards will
completes titles in at least three different venues (i.e. list all offices held and the years served in each The person submitting data for qualifying a dog or
obedience, rally, agility, CGC, Trick Dog, etc. and/or position. The Appreciation Chairman will supply bitch for the ROM title is responsible for providing
conformation) during an awards year, providing the this information to the Awards Chairman who will all documentation to substantiate the title.
Chow Chow is an AKC Champion of Record or that prepare these awards to be presented at the Annual The persons applying for the Register of Merit must
one of the titles earned is AKC Champion or any Awards Banquet. Records of the Chairman will be
level of AKC Grand Champion. maintained and passed to the incoming chairman as submit a completed ROM Qualification Form or
Adopted April 9, 2005 they assume responsibility. another document containing the required informa-
Revised April 28, 2013 tion and the following validations.
Revised March 20, 2016 Adopted May 2, 1989
Revised April 22, 2019 Revised May 20, 1991 NOTE: Validations may include copies of documents
Revised June 2, 1996
Revised April 18, 2021 Revised April 27, 2013 that come from AKC or OFA to include their com-
Revised March 17, 2015 puter reports and published documentation from
SECTION 13: HEALTH AWARD Revised April 22, 2019 the CCCI. All wins and titles must be AKC, AKC
A Certificate plaque will be awarded to the breeder SECTION 17: OTHER AWARDS recognized or CCCI statistics. All health clearances
and owner of an AKC Champion (conformation, A certificate plaque will be awarded to those Chow must be from OFA or any other CCCI acceptable
obedience, rally or agility title) Chow Chow who is Chows having earned a Gold or Platinum level organization.
owned or co-owned by a member of the CCCI and Grand Championship, as designated by the AKC,
has received all of the following health/temperament who are owned or co-owned by a CCCI member in 1) The registered name and AKC number of the
clearances: good standing.* dog or bitch achieving the honor and their get.
• OFA Hip Certification 2) The names of the breeder(s) and owner(s) of
• OFA Elbow Certification A certificate will be awarded to those Chow Chows the dog or bitch achieving the honor.
• OFA Patella Certification having earned titles in events not recognized 3) For each show win, validation of that win.
elsewhere in these awards such as International
• OFA Thyroid Certification Weight Pulling or Carting. The award must be This can be a copy of report from AKC Show
• OFA Eye Certification requested in writing and must include copies of Awards or the AKC Progeny report. It may
• Canine Good Citizen Award any certificates or other verification of the award by also be a copy of show superintendent’s show
January 31st following the awards year. results.
The award must be requested in writing by January * "Member" is defined as a member in good standing 4) For Chow Chow Club Inc. awards, a copy of
31st following the awards year and must include of The Chow Chow Club, Inc. on December 31st of the certificate awarded from CCCI or Chow Life
copies of all required certifications including the award year. issue and page number where it is listed i.e.
Canine Good Citizen Award. Top Ten Chow Chows, Supreme Chow and
Adopted April 1, 2014
Adopted April 23, 2006 Revised April 22, 2019 Premier Bitch.
Revised April 19, 2008
Revised March 17, 2015 Revised April 18, 2021 5) For each title (AKC Champion, AKC Grand
Revised April 22, 2019 Champion, AKC Obedience or AKC Perfor-
Revised April 18, 2021 SECTION 18: DUPLICATE AWARDS
A duplicate of any award may be requested by an mance) Validation of that title. This can be a
SECTION 14: HEALTH AWARD OF owner or breeder at their own expense for the cost copy of AKC Awards report listing the dog or
EXCELLENCE of the award and shipping. bitch with the title, a copy of Title achieved
A plaque or special award will be awarded to Adopted April 22, 2019 Certificate from AKC, an AKC Progeny report
the breeder and owner of an AKC Champion listing the titles or the Chow Life Issue and
(conformation, obedience, rally or agility title) page number where it is listed.
Chow Chow who is owned or co-owned by a 6) For Health Clearances, a copy of the certificate
member* of The CCCI and has received all of the OFA printed report from the OFA database,
following health/temperament clearances: the CCCI OFA data base or the Chow Life is-
• OFA Hip Certification sue and page number where it is listed.
• OFA Elbow Certification 7) For the dog or bitch claiming the points, vali-
• OFA Patella Certification by a Board-Certified dation is needed for the parent/offspring rela-
tionship achieving the ROM honor. This could
Specialist
• OFA Thyroid Certification be a copy of the AKC Registration Certificate,
AKC Pedigree, a copy of the AKC Progeny Re-
• OFA Cardiac Certification by a Board- port, a copy of AKC Offspring report or a copy
Certified Cardiologist of OFA progeny report. Pedigrees or Reverse
• OFA Eye Screen by a Board-Certified Pedigrees from The Chow Chow Club, Inc.
Ophthalmologist Pedigree Database may also be used.
• Canine Good Citizen Award 8) Copy of AKC Registration Certificate for dog/
bitch being submitted for ROM.
The award must be requested in writing by January
31st following the awards year and must include Method of scoring for the Register of Merit points
copies of all required certifications including the earned by sires and dams of winning progeny:
Canine Good Citizen award.
Adopted: April 16, 2018
Revised: April 22, 2019
Revised April 18 2021 3pt show 4pt show 5pt show National Specialty
* "Member" is defined as a member in good standing of The Bonus points
Chow Chow Club, Inc. on December 31st of the award year. BOB from Classes* 6 8 10 10
SECTION 15: AWARDS PREPARATION BOB from Specials 6 8 10 10
The responsibility of preparing the plaque awards
and bronze trophies for the Supreme Chow and BOS from Classes* 6 8 10 10
the Premier Chow of the Year, presented at the BOS from Specials 6 8 10 10
Annual Awards Banquet, shall be designated to
the Chairman or designated subcommittee of the WD or WB 3 4 5 7
Awards Committee. RWD or RWB 5
Adopted March 20, 1980
Amended April 6, 1997 BOW 2
Revised April 27, 2013
Revised March 17, 2015 *Points listed for BOB and BOS from classes are instead of points for WD and WB, not in addition. For example,
Revised July 23, 2017
if a dog wins BOB from classes at a 3 point major, it earns a total of 6 points for the win. It does not earn 3 for
WD and 6 for the BOB totaling 9.