Program outline:

SSASO Total Sled Dog program highlights our members commitment to their dogs by providing a balanced, enriched, active and healthy life style that extends beyond training & racing.
Working with and challenging your dog on multiple levels helps to increase your bond & provides better communications
Our Total dog program helps you as a owner & teammate really get to know your dog and yourself, its an honest look at your strengths, weakness, capabilities and what you can achieve together.

SSASO's Total Sled Dog promotes :

Performance & Capability which also includes athleticism, intelligence, versatility, willingness to work with you and problem solving skill.

Structure, the soundness of the dog, does it move correctly and does it represent the standard and traits of its breed or breeds.

Health, As an owner have you done your due diligent in understating the health and genetics of your dog. knowing if you dog has any reinvent conditions that may effect it is important and in many case you can tweak your training program to help your dog.

We developed the total dog program to showcase owner and dogs that go above the standard showcasing a dog that is performance proven with sound body and mind.

Target Audience:

SSASO members, this program is designed around our core group of members where mushing & racing is the primary focus during Fall & Winter, but whom also know our dog/s are so much more. We want to showcase musher & dogs with multi-functional abilities and achievements.

The sled dog titles have a strong emphasis for points as we are a sled dog club, however this program is not about doing 1 thing well, It’s about learning about your dog, it's structure , and exploring their intelligence, temperament, drives, & versatility in several ways.

SSASO Total Dog should encourage folks to aim high and try to accomplish new things with their dog/s.
Our sled dog community is small and one of our goals is expanding our community and making it more successful for all our members and their dogs.

This title isn't designed to be a tool for breeding, it’s intended to be challenging for owners with their dogs, to work as a team and discover what success looks like together.

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General to all applicants

IF your dog is registered with a recognized kennel Club your dog is Registered, regardless of breed.

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If your dogs does not have papers with a Kennel Club your dog is a Non-Registered Dogs - Open & Mixed breeds

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• Must be a SSASO yearly club member to apply

• Achievement can be retroactive pre-dating this program

• All win's must be over completion

• You may only use the same achievement a maximum of twice e.g. Show group wins, ironpaws over multiple years, race placements

• All Sprint Races must be sanctioned by CAHDS/IFSS/ISDRA or equivalent National or International governing body to be accepted by this program

                (this will exclude none professional races like Time trails and most 1 day races)

• Mid and long distance races must be known quality races such as (but not limited to) : Can-am, Canadian Challenge, Beargrease, Wolf track, Gunflint, UP 200, Greenville 100 miles Wilderness, Hudson Bay Quest, Tahquamenon etc)

• All Dogs must be at least 2 yrs of age to be awarded this title

• Booster, showcases, specialties, virtual shows must be run by recognized clubs e.g. SSASO, CKC, AKC, UKC, SHCC, SHCA …. Other may apply . If you are unsure ask

• Show titles include Altered dogs

• Proof of titles & accreditation must be provided with your submitting

• Proof of health testing must be provide

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This program is meant to be challenging and will take time and commitment to achieve the requirement

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• SEPP qualified evaluator: TBD

SEPP qualified evaluation must be performed by a qualified evaluator, this is only for the structure portion of the SEPP Program with is only based on structure and will need to include a written critique of your dog which includes the dogs info: name, age, sex and anything else that might be relevant, the evaluators notes on your dog, the date performed, name -signature evaluator and contact info
Each evaluator has their own evolution fee, which will vary in rate based evaluator and chosen location.
You are expected to work around your chosen evaluators schedule and make arrangement that suit them, at a location that suits them for the evolution.

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• A breed specific Judge willing to privately evaluate your dog and score it based on Structure and soundness

• Private structure evaluation performed by a breed judge that specializes in your dog's breed/a written critique of your dog which includes the dogs info: name, age, sex and anything else that might be relevant, the judge/evaluators notes on your dog, the date performed, name -signature of judge/evaluator and contact info

For non-registered dog you can use a breed judge who's breed best represents the dominant/s breed of your dog.
EG Greyster - use a Greyhound and/or GSP knowledgeable judge, willing to submit a written/signed and dated critique of your dog alone as a score out of 10 or a Pass/Fail

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points examples

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