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OFA Discount Details:To encourage recording results of health tests in the OFA open database, NCA members are eligible to receive a discount for thyroid, patella, cardiac, and cystinuria results sent to OFA. (Abnormal results are always recorded in the open database by OFA for no charge.) The usual fee for recording any of these results is $15 per test. However, NCA members will pay $7.50 for one test and $7.50 total if two or more tests (cardiac, patellas and cystinuria) are submitted together for a dog that already has a number with OFA for hips or elbows. OFA hip, elbow, or shoulder evaluations are not eligible for the member discount. Thyroid results cannot be combined with other evaluations because they are sent directly to the OFA from the testing laboratory; the NCA member-fee, however, is $7.50. To participate, members need a form verifying NCA membership. These forms are available from Pam Rubio and must be sent to OFA with the evaluations to be recorded and a check for the reduced fees. For thyroid results, the membership verification form and a check for $7.50 must be sent in with the blood as results are sent directly to OFA. This program is slightly different from the OFA litter or kennel rates. The NCA member program is for tests submitted on one dog. OFA litter rates apply to tests submitted at the same time on at least three dogs from the same litter. Kennel rates apply to tests submitted at one time on at least five different dogs owned or co-owned by the same person. The NCA member discount is equivalent to or better than the kennel rate, and members do not need a litter or several dogs to take advantage of it. Check the OFA database (offa.org) for specific litter and kennel rates. It is just that simple to record health test results in the OFA open database for a reduced fee! This program is one of the benefits of NCA membership! WRDX Five Year Survey now available onlineIn 2004 the NCA board approved the rules for the then proposed WRDX test for five years, after which they instructed that the WDC review the rules and exercises. Five years later, after the 2009 water test season, the Working Dog Committee will be reviewing the WRDX rules and exercises. They would like the input of those of you who have trained for WRDX, exhibited in WRDX, judged WRDX and stewarded for WRDX. Let us know what you like as well as what you don’t like. Please send us your comments by November 15, 2009 so that we will have enough time to consider all comments and suggestions. The updated version of the rules must be complete by April 1, 2010 to be approved by the NCA board and ready for exhibitors to train for the 2010 water test season. Thank you very much for your timely input. We value your comments. |
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