Working Achievement Award Committee

Duties and Responsibilities

History & Board Actions

12/19/05: Appoint an Ad Hoc Committee to develop a Working Achievement Award to encourage the membership to train for and participate in activities with their Newfoundlands.
11/2-4/07: Working Achievement Award established with the following requirements:
Core title requirements:
• Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
• Water Rescue Dog (WRD)
• Draft Dog (DD and one requalification OR Team Draft Dog (TDD)
Plus any two titles from the optional list below:
• Utility Dog (ED), Utility Dog Excellent (UDX), or Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH)
• Tracking Dog (TD), Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX), or Variable Surface Tracking (VST)
• 3 WRD requalifications or 1 WRDX
• 3 requalifications of DD or TDD or any combination thereof
• Rally Excennelt (Advanced) Title
• Any Open Agility title except FAST
The new award will be effective immediately and any eligible dogs may receive the award at the 2008 National. The title will be made available to owners of dogs that are now deceased. The award falls under the Awards Committee. It must be applied for and documentation of the titles must be submitted.
12/6-10/07: Amended the requirements as follows:
• Core title requirements
o Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
o Water Rescue Dog (WRD)
o Draft Dog (DD)
• Plus any 3 titles from the optional list below
o 1 Utility Dog (UD), 1 Utility Dog Excellent (UDX), or 1 Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH)

o 1 Tracking Dog (TD), 1 Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX), or 1 Variable Surface Tracking (VST)
o 3 WRD re-qualifications or 1 WRDX
o 1 TDD (Team Draft Dog) or 3 re-qualifications of DD or TDD or any combination thereof
o Rally Excellent
o Any Open Agility
This new award will be effective immediately and any eligible dogs may receive the award at the 2008 National. This award must be applied for via the Versatile Newfoundland Committee; deadline to apply is March 1, 2008.

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Current Activities

2008 Working Achievement Award Committee Annual Report by Brian Hodges, Chair

Each year at the NCA National Specialty, Working Achievement Awards are presented to honor those Newfoundland/handler teams that excel in dog sports that highlight the intelligence and versatility of our breed, to recognize the unique bond between a handler and dog, and to promote participation at a high level of excellence in performance events.
In 2008, the first year of the Working Achievement Award, the NCA presented the award to nine dogs. Photographs and a short article written by the handlers about these dogs were published in the Second Quarter Newf Tide. Each of the teams was presented with a rosette, a certificate, and the right to place the title “WA” before their dogs name (after VN, if applicable).
Please review the requirements as adopted by the NCA and provide all application materials to Brian Hodges, Working Achievement Award Committee Chair before March 1, 2009 to be considered among the 2009 class of WA recipients.