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American Lhasa Apso Club Approved
Breed Mentors
2007-2008 The following list of ALAC approved breed mentors includes both licensed breeder-judges and ALAC members who have met AKC’s mentor criteria and have volunteered to serve as approved breed mentors. IF you are applying to judge Lhasa Apsos, please feel free to contact the most local person to you for ringside mentoring or kennel visits. (ALAC members: Please contact the Judges Education Chairman for any additions or corrections to this list: shotru@comcast.net)
If you an ALAC member who meets the criteria and you are interested in becoming a breed mentor, please contact the Judges Education Chairman to volunteer: shotru@comcast.net Criteria for ALAC approved
mentors:
1.
Must be a
member in good standing of ALAC at least 10 years.
2. Will sign a statement agreeing not to contradict the AKC Lhasa Apso Standard by inserting personal opinion. 3. Must agree that ringside mentoring or kennel visits should be positive, private and confidential; and discussion should not be shared publicly after the mentoring session. 4. Is willing to travel at their own expense to specialty shows, group, or all-breed shows that have entries large enough to qualify for mentoring under AKC guidelines. . 5. All members who meet the American Kennel Club's 12-5-4 requirements may apply to mentor. 12 years owning Lhasa’s plus 5 years breeding and producing at least 4 champions. 6. All ALAC member who are AKC licensed breeder-judges will be invited to be official mentors and are expected to be familiar with all AKC's ringside observations/mentoring guidelines and forms distributed by the Judging Operations Dept which must be signed by the mentor.. 7. Should be willing to participate in meetings, in person or by teleconference, for the purpose of training and familiarizing themselves with the Judges Educations & mentoring program. 8. Agrees to have AKC and/or ALAC provide his/her name and contact information to prospective judges. Additional recommended
criteria:
A.
Has attended
one or more ALAC national specialties within the past five years. B. Has attended one or more ALAC judge’s education program within the past five years. C. Has presented one or more official JEC Lhasa Apso breed seminar(s) using ALAC educational materials. General guidelines for ringside
mentors:
Each ALAC
approved mentor must have a copy of the Illustrated Guide to the Lhasa
Apso and the program approved by the Judges Education Committee. ALAC
mentors will send a report of each ringside mentoring experience or
kennel visit to the Judges Education Chairman who will forward these to
the AKC Judges Department upon request. |