The
2014 Texas 4-H Dog Show registration is now open on 4-H CONNECT. It will
be held at the Bell County Expo in Belton, Texas on July 11-13, 2014. The
deadline for registration is May 9, 2014. From May 10th -16th
, late registration will be open for a $50 late fee. DO NOT wait until
4:55 on the last day to enter. It will be difficult for your County
Extension Office to help you if you run into problems. Registration will
be a little different this year. You may want to print the attached
worksheet and work with your project leader or as a family and determine on
paper which classes you are going to enter. This will save you time at the
computer and hopefully save corrections down the line.
The
dog(s) you certified will be listed at the top of the registration. You
will select the dog you are entering and then select the events for that
dog. Once you select the event, you will be given the option to select
the specific class as you scroll down the page. At the bottom of the page
are three buttons. If you have another dog to enter, click “Save and Add
New Entry”. With the new entry page pulled up, select the next dog and
repeat the entry process. At the end of the last dog, you will click
“Continue”. This will take you to a payout page with a list of the dogs
you have entered and the total for each one. At the end of the list, in
blue, you will see “Edit Payment Information”. Please double check the
payment information you have. The most common problem is credit cards
that have expired. DO NOT click 4-H/County Check unless you have
specific information from your County Extension Office to do so.
If
it is your first State show, for the most part you will enter the lowest skill
level class. For those who showed in Obedience, Rally or Showmanship at
State last year. The first step will be to pull your score sheets from
last year or go to the State Dog Show web page and look at last year’s results
to help you determine which skill level you should enter in your event this
year. Obedience and Rally results have an “*” next to qualified scores
which means you should move up. Showmanship, you will need to know what
you placed and how many were in your class, then refer to the chart on page 15
of the rule book. Any titles received up to time of entry will
determine the class entered. It is not necessary to advance based on
titles received between entry and the show.
Once
you hit submit, it will first go to the county level, where your County
Extension Agent or support staff will approve them. If you have made a
mistake or need to make a change, contact your County Office to kick it back
for you to correct. The charge will not go through until the entry is
approved at the State level.
There
is also a photography contest. Pass the word to your friends outside the
project. They don’t have to own a dog to enter the photography contest.
Parents
and Project Leaders can register as adults for the show. The only
selections for adults will be ordering a t-shirt and signing up to help with
various tasks. Be sure to pass this information along to your project
leaders.
We
will have a silent auction to raise funds for judge’s. Additional
information about the silent auction will be coming, but start thinking about
what your county group or multi-county group could provide.
We
are still short on Obedience/Rally and Conformation/Showmanship judges. If
you know of a judge you would like to nominate, please read the packet
carefully and then provide the nomination form to the potential judge. At
this point we are notifying judges within a day or two of receiving their
nomination form.
If
you have trouble with 4-H CONNECT, contact your County Extension
Office. The 2014 Texas 4-H Dog Show Rules and Guidelines and last
year’s results are available at the State Website http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/show
We
hope you are having fun with your project and look forward to seeing you in
Belton in July.
