Sunday, September 17, 2006

Help Rottweiler Owners Fight Against Breed Specific Legislation

The American Rottweiler Club, Inc (ARC) has stepped up and is taking action to fight against some of the more distressing anti-dog legislation and policies that are sweeping the country.

ARC is hereby setting forth a challenge to any dog club in the United States, be it conformation or working, to do their share by becoming pro-active in protecting the right to freely own and maintain breeds of choice. Here is the official challenge:

ARC will supply ALL materials at NO cost to any event-giving Club willing to donate a table/booth and a volunteer to anti-dog legislation for one or more dog shows, including but not limited to the loan of a 2 X 8' heavy duty, vinyl banner for display, full color brochures to be used as handouts, and if needed a self contained/running audio/video that can be used as a backdrop. All shipping/mailing fees will be prepaid. The subjects of anti-dog legislation included in the educational material are:
1. Certain forms of mandatory spay and neuter:
2. The reasons to fear the term guardian:
3. Breed specific legislation:
4. Prohibitions against ear-cropping and tail-docking: and 5. Insurance discrimination against homeowners, based on breed.

The only action that ARC will require from any club participating in this event will be to obtain and place a jar or can on the table for donations to help maintain this as a free project. ARC will include 'wraps' for such jar or can at no charge. All proceeds will be returned to ARC to be utilized in the fight against anti-dog legislation and policies.

Various products are also available at a minimal cost if the Club wishes to sell merchandise to further the ARC educational efforts.
Additional information is available on request via contact information below.

FAQ:
1. How far in advance must the club request to participate?
THE CLUB SHOULD NOTIFY ITS INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RESERVE THEIR BANNER.

2. What if the banner gets damaged during shipment or use?
THE CLUB WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT COST.

3. How many brochures will be sent to each club?
THIS WILL VARY ACCORDING TO THE SIZE AND TYPE OF EVENT, THE MINIMUM BEING 150.

4. Will someone be available to volunteer?
THERE WILL BE NO ONE FROM ARC AVAILABLE UNLESS HE/SHE IS IN THE AREA AND MAKES A PERSONAL DECISION TO BE PRESENT. CLUBS MUST SUPPLY A VOLUNTEER TO MAN A TABLE OR PLACE SUCH TABLE NEAR ANOTHER TO MONITOR THE DONATION JAR.

5. We are holding a specialty and our club creates exhibitor packets, can we use the brochures in this manner?
YES, IF YOU NOTIFY THE ARC CONTACT ONCE YOUR ENTRY CLOSES WITH A COUNT OF EXHIBITORS, AN ADDITION NUMBER OF BROCHURES WILL BE SENT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

6. What if we run out of brochures during our event?
IF THIS SHOULD OCCUR, YOU MAY MAKE SIMPLE COPIES, HOWEVER THE ARC WILL HOPEFULLY SEND AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY.

7. What if we did not use all of the brochures?
YOU MAY CONTINUE TO PASS THEM OUT AT MEETINGS OR OTHER PLACE OR YOU MAY RETURN THEM TO ARC TO BE USED FOR ANOTHER EVENT.

8. We have decided to sell merchandise at the table, what kind of merchandise to you have available.
A LIST OF AVAILABLE MERCHANDISE WILL BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH YOUR AGREEMENT FORM FOR YOUR BANNER LOAN. AN ORDER FORM WILL BE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE.

9. Our club wishes to become more active in our area, can we have our own fund raising merchandise at the legislative educational table?
YES....AS LONG AS THERE IS A JAR/CAN READILY VISIBLE FOR DONATIONS TO ARC TO HELP IN KEEPING THIS PROJECT FREE.

10. Where do we send the money to that we collected for ARC's legislative fund?
ALL MONIES CAN BE SENT VIA A SINGLE CHECK/MO TO THE TREASURER OF ARC WITH A NOTE THAT IT IS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE FUND. DETAILS WILL BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR AGREEMENT FORM FOR YOUR BANNER.

11. Does the ARC have any additional information available?
YES, THE ARC HAS A URL WHERE NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN DETAIL ALONG WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF EDUCATIONAL MULTI-MEDIA, FREELY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.

Contact for additional information and reserving your banner and brochures is; SUZI FAULKNER at: sakioliver@yahoo.com

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