Futurity
Futurity Stakes Individual Nomination Form
The TTCA Futurity Stakes Award was established to provide breeders with a particular Futurity Event occurring annually at the TTCA National Specialty.
Breeders are to exhibit those dogs bred which best demonstrate the goals of their breeding program as exemplified by the TTCA breed standard.
The Futurity event is intended to be a prestigious one, as no other TTCA and/or AKC exhibition advances the cause of the breed in the same way. It is an occasion when the Tibetan Terrier breeder community is formally recognized for the contributions they make to the breed. As well, this event allows breeders to gain greater awareness to the inherited possibilities in fellow TTCA member breeding programs. It is the TTCA breeder community which points the way to the future of the breed, thus the extreme importance of the event as an educational tool for the entire TTCA membership.
To recognize breeders' and/ or owners' diligence in health testing, the TTCA awards annual prizes to the Best Futurity Puppy, Best Junior, Best Adult's Sires or Dams, ( with Canine Health Information Certificates)- ( CHIC) program through the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals- (OFA). Please refer to the following download document for full details: (see attached for the file: Alice Murphy Futurity Stakes Prize.docx)
Major Rules for Futurity Participation for litters and individual dogs are:
Download Applications are below on this Website Page:
For complete rules, please refer to the TTCA Futurity Rules
Read the Responsible Guidelines for Ethical Breeders
Fill a Nomination Form for litters whelped on or after January 1, 2016. Or fill the
Individual Dog Nomination Form for individual dogs whelped on or after January 1, 2016
Pay your nomination fee online at Store, Shop 1. Nomination Litter,$35.00 - Nomination Individual, $50.00
Joyce Killinger TTCA Futurity Chair
919-369-0031
Download Rules, Breeder's Showcase
Guidelines For Ethical Breeders
Nomination For Litter
Judge Nomination
ALICE MURPHY FUTURITY STAKES PRIZE
To encourage and reward health testing, the Tibetan Terrier Club of America Board has approved awarding the Owners of the eligible Sires and the TTCA Member-Breeders of the eligible Best Puppy, Best Junior and Best Adult winners $25 each (if they have not won Grand Futurity) , and the Owners of the eligible Sires and the TTCA Member-Breeders of the eligible Grand Futurity Winner $50 each per qualifying sire and/or dam based upon their having CHIC numbers.
The last date sires &/or dams can have eligible CHIC numbers posted on the OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals website to be eligible for the cash prizes is the close of entries for each year’s National Specialty. www.OFA.org
This award is based upon the current Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) health certifications. To receive a CHIC number, each TT sire and/or dam must have health testing results posted for the 5 TTCA approved health tests: hips x-rays, eye exam, BAER hearing, and the two genetic tests for NCL and PLL.
This Prize winners will be awarded at the National Specialty dinner
1. Litters may be nominated so that ALL puppies may participate in Futurity Stakes by a TTCA member breeder within 4 months of whelping for a $35 one -time nomination fee. Alternatively, individual dogs from litters meeting eligibility requirements may be nominated at any time after 4 months of age for a one-time of $50 nomination fee. Fees are payable to the TTCA. Litters may be nominated so that ALL puppies may participate in Futurity Stakes by a TTCA member breeder within 4 months of whelping for a 5 one -time nomination fee. Alternatively, individual dogs from litters meeting eligibility requirements may be nominated at any time after 4 months of age for a one-time of 0 nomination fee. Fees are payable to the TTCA.
2. All nominations require compliance with the TTCA Guidelines for Responsible Breeders.
3. A nominated dog from either a litter nomination or individual nomination may be entered in up to and including three different years Futurity Stakes during its lifetime but only entered once per age category - Puppy, Junior, and Adult. Dogs who are awarded the Grand Futurity title are prohibited from entering/competing in Futurity in future Futurity Sweepstakes.
4. The eligible dog must be shown by the breeder, owner, member of their immediate household or an amateur substitute.
5. Both sire and dam of the nominated pup are required to have been at least 24 months of age at the time of the breeding.
6. Both sire and dam must have a passing eye exam done within 12 months prior to the breeding . The exam form must be provided to the Futurity Chair unless it is available on OFA. If the sire was deceased at time of breeding and frozen sperm was used, then a prior passing eye exam must be on record.
7. Both sire and dam must have passing hip exams eligible for certification by OFA. Ratings must be FAIR, GOOD, or EXCELLENT and examination conducted after age 24 months.
8. For litter nominations, it must be submitted within 4 months after whelping.