AMERICAN HOVAWART CLUB "AHC"
								APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 2002 SEVERAL HOVAWART ENTHUSIASTS JOINED TOGETHER TO START THE AMERICAN HOVAWART CLUB, ALSO KNOW AS THE "AHC".  WE WANTED TO START A CLUB THAT BELONGED TO ALL THE MEMBERS, NOT JUST A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  WE WANTED TO START A CLUB WHERE COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE  HOVAWART IS "KEY" AND THAT REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ARE ANSWERED IN A PROMT AND TIMELY MANNER.  WE WANTED TO START A CLUB WHERE EVERYONE COULD SHARE INFORMATION FREELY AND  WOULD  COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF IT'S MEMBERS ON A REGULAR BASIS.   WE ALSO WANTED TO WORK WITH A LARGER ORGANIZATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFORMATION, AGILITY AND OBEDIENCE. WE WANTED TO JOIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS INTERESTED IN THE "TOTAL" DOG, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE TO WORK WITH UKC.   THE UKC WAS FOUNDED IN 1898 AND IS A VERY REPUTABLE ORGANIZATION AND BELIEVES IN A DOG THAT LOOKS AND PERFORMS EQUALLY WELL .  AT THE AHC WE WILL BREED TO THE FCI BREED STANDARD 190.   THERE ARE HEALTH AND CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET BEFORE ANY DOG  WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR BREEDING.  OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE STRICTER THAN MOST ALL OTHER HOVI CLUBS.  WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH OTHER HOVAWART CLUBS IN THE UNITED STATES .  WE ARE WORKING WITH AN INTERNATIONAL HOVAWART ORGANIZATION AND SHARE INFORMATION AND STUD DOGS.  PUPPIES PRODUCED BY MEMBERS OF THE AHC CAN RECEIVE FCI RECOGNIZED REGISTRATIONS FOR THEIR LITTERS IF BOTH PARENTS HAVE FCI RECOGNIZED REGISTRATIONS. THE AMERICAN HOVAWART CLUB WAS  APPROVED AS A SINGLE BREED CLUB WITH THE UNITED KENNEL CLUB (UKC) IN MARCH 2003.  THE UKC HOLDS MANY EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA EACH YEAR.  THOSE EVENTS INCLUDE CONFORMATION, OBEDIENCE AND AGILITY TRIALS AND SPECIALTY  EVENTS FOR SPECIFIC BREED TYPES.  THE AHC WILL  HOLD IT'S OWN SPECIALTY BREED EVENTS.  WE BRING IN JUDGES FROM EUROPE.  AT THIS TIME WE HOLD A CONFORMATION AND CHARACTER EVENT  ONE TIME PER YEAR.  THERE ARE  TRAINING FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UKC WHERE YOU CAN TRAIN FOR OBEDIENCE AND AGILITY.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN HOVAWART CLUB PLEASE CONTACT SUSAN GARKA , AHC CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, FOR INFORMATION.  WE ARE A YOUNG CLUB THAT IS DYNAMIC AND GROWING.  WE WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE HOVAWART AND WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER HOVAWART ENTHUSIASTS TO JOIN WITH US AND PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE DISCUSSIONS AND HOVAWART ACTIVITIES.  WE CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH OTHER HOVAWART OWNERS IN YOUR AREA IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MEETING A HOVAWART.  BECOMING INVOLVED IN A CLUB IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HOVAWART AND ITS WONDERFUL CHARACTERISTICS.
	THE 2005 AHC ANNUAL BREED SPECIALTY WAS HELD NEAR MINNEAPOLIS, MN ON JULY 9 & 10, 2005.  THE WEEKEND WAS A SUCCESS AND ALL WHO ATTENDED HAD A VERY ENJOYABLE TIME. THE EVENT INCLUDED CONFORMATION, CHARACTER TESTING AND THE CANINE GOOD CITIZEN TEST. ALL DOGS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CHARACTER TEST PASSED.  SEVERAL DOGS EARNED THE CGC AND SEVERAL DOGS EARNED EXCELLENT IN SHOW UNDER JUDGE, KEES VAN GORP.
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