Grand Re-Opening Show!

End date Extended!
Due to one of our co-hosts not having a computer, we've elected to extend the show until the eighteenth.
Sorry! But now you have ample time to do some entries.
UPDATE: said co-host is OCD and we can't have an odd number.

The lovely Lily006 will be helping us judge, and handing out CACIB certificates! 
Everyone owes her a BIG thank you!

Two friends, now neighboring farms and kennels located in gorgeous Abruzzo, Italy, CieloCadono and I are happy to annouce
that we will be co-hosting a grand opening show!
This will be an effort and RNG show.


Conformation and Sport events will be held on different days to accommodate equipment and room.
Hosts may enter sport/working shows because it is RNG.
Hosts will not be entering conformation events.

Starts: 20th July 2014

Ends: 18th August 2014

Entries: sta.sh/017smn11w4hf

Entry Form:

Please comment with completed forms after your entries have all been completed.

This prevents backup and us having to search for your forms.

Breed: (Please specify variety like Czech German Shepherd or Rifle Royale)
Group: (FCI group)
Name of dog: (without titles)
Working titles: (Do not include Conformation titles)
Ref: (fav link only)
Color:
Age:
Gender: (male/female)
Breeder: (if starter do not fill this in) "Kennel name"
Owner: "Kennel name"
Class: (Conformation only)
Events: (Working/Sport RNG only)
Entry: 

Rules for Conformation Entries (Effort):

 Realistic breeds only, please. If you're unsure of what a realistic breed
constitutes, please check here. If it's accepted by TKC, we will accept it.
Created breeds allowed include (but are not limited to): Rifle Dog varieties, Northern Jaro, Malaysian Devil, Koenigshund,
Dartmoor Hound, Muncie Duck Shepherd, etc.

 Backgrounds/Handlers/Stories are not required but will give extra points. Backgrounds made for an entry for this show may be re-used if you are entering more than 1 (one) dog.

 Limit of 4 (four) dogs per kennel for conformation events.


 No tracing/smudging/photomanipulation allowed. This includes the background!
We'd like to see effort. It doesn't have to be perfect, but we want to see that you tried and 
you really worked on your entries!

 You may make as many extra images as you'd like - just keep in mind that they should also have clear effort made.
No sketches!

 Making every single image possible with a handler and background, doesn't mean that you will win. Judges will be looking for effort and care in entries. Dogs with a lot of working/performance titles have a greater chance of winning over a dog with no working titles.

 Kennel dogs only!
As this is a kennel-hosted show, we would ideally like to see other kennel dogs from the DARPG community.

Conformation Setting & Background:

Conformation events will be held in front of the vineyard, in a well-groomed
horse field. There is no conformation-style fencing, instead there will be whitewashed wood fences (as pictured above) around the perimeter of the ring. 
Unlike the photo, there are no flowers. There may be patches of taller grass that the horses haven't gotten to yet.

As it is summer, the temperatures will range between 65 Fahrenheit/18 Celsius to 85 Fahrenheit/29 Celsius.
There may be light rain at night, which will have residual dew on the property in the morning when events start. 

Male Conformation (24 months+) will  be held in the morning, just after sunrise.
The sky will be light and thin, wispy clouds may be seen sporadically.
A thin misting can be seen on the mountains, but it is not nearly dense enough to be considered a fog.
May be dew on the ground.


Female Conformation (24 months+) will be held in the early afternoon, following Male Conformation classes.
The sky will be blue and thin, wispy clouds may be seen sporadically.
No misting on the mountains, which should now be darker and have shades of bright blues and greens against the sky.
The vineyard will be greener in the background.
No dew on the ground.

Puppy Conformation (6months - 23months) will be held in the late afternoon, after the hottest part of the day.
The sky will still be blue, but the shadows will now reach further and begin to darken the mountains and vineyard.

Best of Breed Conformation (Championed Dogs only) will be held in the evening, following Puppy Conformation classes.
The sky will be painted in sunset hues including deep blues, oranges, and pinks and reds.
There will be more clouds in the sky than earlier, promising light rain that night,
and between clouds a few stars may be seen as night begins to fall.

Rules for Working/Sport Entries (RNG):

 Entries must be full bodied with some sort of BG.
As these are working entries, please make sure there is some movement!
Your dog will not just be standing around.

 You may reuse lines you have created for the same breed, in the same class.
If you enter Dog A in Herding and Dog B in Agility, you need to create different lines for each class.

 Realistic kennel dogs only please!

 As per TKC rules, you may not earn a title through RNG shows.
But you will earn experience points for your placing, and it will show on your dog's career that they have participated in a working/sport show.

Working/Sport Events:

  Agility - course set up in conformation field

  Herding - Delle Langhe sheep will be used in this hillside event

 Carting - dog must be depicted in at least the harness

 Tracking - in wooded area behind villa

 Protection - in conformation field

 Obedience - conformation field

Prizes:

Fontana Roccio will be providing prizes to the conformation event winners.
As the conformation event is effort-based, the prizes will be awarded to BIS and RBIS.

Best In Show Winner will receive one flat color, full body image of the winning dog here in Italy.
They will also receive a full title sheet from me in the style offered in my widgets.


Reserve Best In Show winner will receive one flat color, full body image of their winning dog here in Italy.


All other places earn the appropriate experience points through TKC or other registries for their placings.