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Regulations Updated!
The NCA Board of Directors recently approved the revisions of the NCA Water Test Regulations which can be found now on the NCA Website. After a very comprehensive review, many editorial changes have been made to keep formatting consistent, clarify several terms, make the additions for height of the underwater retrieve article and inclusion of the out of control dog policy which the board approved earlier. We hope this provides an overall format that will aid entrants and judges in their understanding of the regulations. Clarifications include use of electronic entries, electronic evaluations, changing entries, delineation of test areas, clarifying anchors in WRDX, use of ballast, and wording in some areas of qualifying and non qualifying actions. These are important areas for test committees, entrants and judges to note for the coming water season.
It is important to note that the essential elements of the Water Test Regulations remain the same as the previous version. The document is linked below in TWO formats
• The version with all printed edits, corrections and changes listed in RED within the document
• The “clean copy” version for you to download and keep in your test committee folders and your personal water training materials (We actually REDUCED the volume by 3 pages!)
The NCA continues to review policies for all aspects of our Newfoundland dog sports with an eye toward good sportsmanship, fair competition and safety, the WDC continues to uphold the basic principles of demonstrating natural ability and skills acquired through training, and most importantly, the teamwork between dog and handler in simulated work and rescue situations.
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