HCA Awards Request Forms
Requirements:
- *HCA Awards are only available to members of the Havanese Club of America
- Eligibility for club awards begins the day a person becomes a member of HCA
- Accomplishments prior to membership will not count toward club awards
- Only AKC titles can be used to meet the requirements
- The awards listed are request awards and will be distributed based on a calendar year cycle
Register of Merit (10 Champions for a dog or 5 Champions for a bitch)
Register of Merit Excellent (20 champions for a dog or 10 champions for a bitch)
Breeder of Merit (breeder of 10 champions)
Breeder of Distinction (breeder of 25 champions)
Conformation Achievements — per AKC Records
Grand Champion Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Top Owner Handled Award: obtained from the AKC records as published by Canine Chronicle on on the AKC website
Agility Achievements — per AKC Top Dogs Agility Reports
Top-ranked Havanese in Regular Agility
Top-ranked Havanese in Preferred Agility
Agility Championship (MACH or PACH) Havanese, awarded to those Havanese earning their first MACH or PACH title.
Obedience Achievements —
Top Obedience Havanese: awarded to the dog with the highest average of the top three scores in Obedience for the award year, in the novice or higher classes Ties will be broken by class level, with the award going to the dog competing in the higher level classes
Rally Achievements — per AKC Top Dogs Agility Reports
Top Rally Havanese: awarded to the dog with the highest average of the top three scores in Rally for the award year, ties will be broken by class level, with the award going to the dog competing in the higher level classes
Rally Championship (RACH) Havanese: awarded to the Havanese earning their first RACH title.
Versatility Achievements —
Master of Versatility Award: Awarded to a Havanese that has earned two championships: CH, MACH, PACH, OTCH, POC, CT, RACH
The dates the championships were received or copies of the AKC championship certificates are required
Awarded only once in a dog’s lifetime
High Scoring Obedience, Rally or Agility –
A minimum of three qualifying scores for the year is required for these awards. Scores prior to your membership date do not count toward this award
Susan A. Nelson Versatility –
Earned by dogs that have completed titles that require at least 3 qualifying scores in any three of the following AKC events: Agility, Obedience, or Rally. Additionally, The Susan A. Nelson Versatility Award requires a Conformation CH
Performance Versatility –
(A title in three of the following: Agility, Obedience, or Rally)
100 of Anything –
AKC report of the 100 “things” either you or your dog has accomplished, this is an open category for any Havanese-related achievements, like winning 100 obedience trials, getting 100 agility titles, etc. – use your imagination
Companion Breeder of Merit –
(Breeder of 10 companion events titleholders. These awards require 10 (or 25) individual dogs, not fewer dogs with multiple titles
Companion Breeder of Distinction –
(Breeder of 25 companion events titleholders (includes Tracking titles) These awards require 10 (or 25) individual dogs, not fewer dogs with multiple titles
Therapy Title –
A certificate will be issued to any Havanese that earns an AKC Therapy Dog title. *Membership in the HCA is not a requirement for this certificate
Note –
These Awards may be changed from being handed out at the National to being mailed to the recipients during the week of the National, with a list of the recipients being sent to the members during that week
The AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award will be mailed to the recipient
