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Tuesday Talk
December 2, 2014


 

Too much turkey or is it too much shopping!  

 

photo sent by Terri Dickerson 

 

******DEADLINE ALERTS******

 

The deadline for converting an AKC Australian Shepherd to an AKC Miniature American Shepherd is December 31, 2014. 

 

The deadline to register a litter that has an Australian Shepherd parent is February 1, 2015.  The litter must be whelped no later than December 31, 2014. It is highly recommended that you send your paperwork in as soon as possible after whelping to ensure that your litter can be processed by the deadline.

 

If you have a dog registered as a Miniature Australian Shepherd that is also registered with AKC as an Australian Shepherd, you must convert that dog to a Miniature American Shepherd by December 31, 2014 or offspring from that dog will not be accepted as of January 1, 2015.

 

Effective January 1, 2015, puppy papers may only be used to enter AKC regardless of the date the papers were issued.

 

Effective January 1, 2015, MASCUSA will no longer issue NAMASCUSA registration certificates.  Applications submitted must include the AKC/FSS Application and will only be processed for registration into AKC/FSS. Individuals who were issued an Individual Dog Registration (IDR) form for a dog whelped prior to January 1, 2014, may register their dogs in AKC by submitting the IDR form along with the AKC/FSS Application to MASCUSA. 

 

If you have any questions, please contact board@mascusa.org.

 

MASCUSA Board of Directors

 

       

rally  

Entries are now closed for the first MASCUSA Sponsored AKC Rally and Obedience Trial and we are so ready to have a great event!

Looks like 81 entries which is awesome for a one day Rally/Obed trial.

 

Trial is December 14th in Broken Arrow, OK

Best of wishes to all who have entered!

The Beautiful Faces of the Miniature American Shepherd

A weekly photo series!

       

Raindancer's Pancho Via

Dawn Zulli

 

  Please send me your most stunning head shots of your dogs and I will post one each week!

 Send to editor@mascusa.org  

 
A photo all the way from Israel!

We couldn't take our dogs on our recent trip to Israel!! BUT we could take and wear our Mini Ameri T-shirts. We are shown at the Sea of Galilee on a beautiful morning just before boarding a boat to sail across the lake. This was a life changing trip of both Christians and Jews led by two fabulous spiritual leaders, both female, a Minister and a Rabbi.

Ellen Friedman-Smith and Chuck Smith
        
Comix by Coleen   
Just for grins a new comic every week in the Tuesday Talk!   
            Coleen Swift is our comic graphic designer for this series and she will be treating us to a
new comic every week for the Tuesday Talk Funnies! 
  
   You can also send a photo to be considered in one of Coleens designs! 
She said, I don't want peoples' perfect pics, just the accidental ones :-) ColeenLS@aceweb.com
 Send to 
 
THANK YOU COLEEN FOR THE WEEKLY GRINS!

  WIN PHOTOS & BRAGS!

Everyone's Win photos have been gorgeous so keep them coming and I will post them! Send those brags and a photo to me. 


Name: Ashland's Mandy

Owner's CV and Brenda Wood

Mobile, Alabama

 

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KIM GARDNER 602 377-8972

For those looking for AKC shows to enter, please check the AKC superintendent for your region and ideally, get on their mailing list for show premiums to be sent to your address.

This is a list of all the AKC superintendents:
http://www.akc.org/events/conformation/superintendents.cfm

          

I think that the Working Aussie Source is one of the best locations on the net to find herding trials and clinics!

The opening page is for ASCA Trials but be sure and click on the Other Calendars and the Regional Calendars and other Events of Interest!

Let's have some fun and gather several photos and videos of our dogs herding!!

 

Send to me and I will place them in a future Tuesday Talk and maybe we can start a photo gallery of minis herding!

 

Let's do it right away!!

 

 sheep gif 

 


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 2015 MASCUSA Nationals - Save the Date!!!

1st MASCUSA Nationals with full AKC Recognition

We will have Jr. Showmanship


Purina Farms - 200 Checkerboard Drive, Gray Summit, Missouri 63039

Hosted by: MASCUSA, MASCUSA Members and Affiliates

 

MASCUSA Nationals (September 14th-17th, 2015)

  • Conformation Regular/Non Regular/Sweeps/Juniors

  • Most Versatile - Miniature American Shepherd

  • 2 AKC Herding Trials

  • 2 AKC Agility Trials

  • 2 AKC Rally

  • 2 AKC Obedience Trials

  • 2 Barn Hunt Inc. Trials

  • NADD Dock Diving

  • Skyhoundz Disc Dog Local

  • Seminars

  • Banquet

Three Rivers Cluster Supported Entries (September 11th-13th, 2015)

All Breed Conformation Gateway Cluster Supported Entries (September 18th-20th, 2015)


 


  Linderlands,Timeless High Resolution At Triple R

Mary Rutkowski

MASCUSA has updated our registry rules and forms.
They are located at www.mascusa.org

Please take some time to familiarize yourself with these rules.

Thank you,
MASCUSA Board of Directors 

Welcome New Members for December! 

 

The following applicants have applied for membership in MASCUSA. Any current member may protest the acceptance of an applicant by emailing board@mascusa.org, and providing the reason for the protest and the full name of the member that is protesting acceptance of the applicant.  
  1. Heather Butcher, AZ

  2. Dana Butcher, AZ

  3. Karen Ensor, WA

  4. Cheyenne Ensor, WA

  5. Stacey Lynn VandenAdel, Canada

  6. Julie M. Linebaugh, WY


                     ATTENTION PHOTOS NEEDED!

clip art dog

Looking for photos, photos with family, performance photos, training photos and any fun photo you want to share with us! Send the photos to Mindy

 
 
AKC SHOW LINK SECTION
 
 Search for AKC Conformation Shows, Herding Trials, Agility and other performance events. Click Here
 

Two popular Licensed Superintendents, who have information about upcoming shows and you can enter online thru their sites

ONOFRIO

and

INFODOG

CONFORMATION
VENUES 
 

IMPORTANT
Remember to send in your winsheets within 30 days of the show for your points to count!!!

 

Visit the MASCUSA CAFEPRESS Store

 

Click here

 

 
YOUR BOARD
 
THE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR YOU

Karen Keller,
President

Judy Challinger,
Vice President

Linda DuBois, Secretary

Patricia Davis, Treasurer

Board Members

Sue Ritter

Sue Fontaine

Ellen Friedman-Smith

 

Denise Albright,many of the photos for TT

 
PHOTOS PLEASE 
 
PHOTOS
PHOTOS PHOTOS!!!
 
Send in those favorite  photos so we can post them on the Tuesday Talk!
 


Thank you for letting us share our wonderful dogs

Contact the Board

Visit the new MASCUSA website for forms and info about entering the newest AKC Breed, and also for all of our registration forms, including Breeders Listing, Litter Applications and more
 
Visit MARS (Mini Aussie Rescue) .
Contact the Editor

Contact the Registrar