All results, statistics & awards are not final until published in the AMCA Newsletter or as defined in the AMCA Standing Rules.

The Black Hawk Memorial Award goes to the Malamute of either sex whose average of the three qualifying scores is the highest for that year.  The Flaming Flirt Memorial Award goes to the dog of the opposite sex to the Black Hawk Award winner whose average of the three qualifying scores is the highest for his/her sex.  If a dog were to NQ at a trial between the first and second qualifying leg or between the second and third qualifying leg, the average of the three qualifying scores would not be affected.  The owner/handler must have been a member of AMCA at the time of earning the third leg.

The Oonanik Memorial Award goes to that dog earning any of the advanced titles with the highest average of the three qualifying scores.  Should a dog be awarded an UDX, the average of the ten combined qualifying scores would be considered.

The Award of Merit goes to any dog that has earned a CDX, TDX, UD, UDX, or OTCH.  Again, the owner/handler must have been a member at the time the final qualifying score is earned.

Eleven Companion Dog titles (CD) were earned last year by Malamutes: six bitches and five dogs.  Four of them (three bitches and one dog) were partnered by AMCA members.  Three CDX titles (two bitches and one dog) and one UDX title (dog) were earned in 2005, but I received no information from their partners.  Therefore, no Oonanik Memorial Award can be presented, but Awards of Merit will be given.

The BLACK HAWK MEMORIAL AWARD goes to Malaczar’s Legacy of D-Czar (B)

Sire: CH Malaczar’s Conquered D-Czar
Dam: CH Snowland’s Shadowdancr Dakota
Breeder: Jacquita Lind & Edie Price & John & Sherry Cheney
Owner: Jacquita Lind & Eddie Price & Connie Jankowski
Average Score: 187

 The FLAMING FLIRT MEMORIAL AWARD goes to Kloud Burst I’ll Be Your Everything (D)

Sire: CH Taolan Sno Klassic Mad About U
Dam: Kloud Burst’s She’s Got It Made
Breeder: Jamie Spadea & Roseann & Richard Deutsch
Owner: Barbara Pisch & Roseann & Richard Deutsch
Average Score: 180.5

 Awards of Merit are presented to the following:

• CH Arcticdawn’s East of Atka, MX, a bitch owned by Raissa Hinman

• Arcticdawn’s Guardian Spirit, UDX, a dog owned by Raissa Hinman

Before leaving Obedience, we need to note the outstanding accomplishments by Malamutes in the new performance sport of Rally.  There were thirty-three Rally Novice (RN) titles earned by Malamutes: fourteen dogs and nineteen bitches.  Eighteen of those Mals were partnered by members.  In addition, one dog with a member and one bitch went on to earn RA’s (Rally Advanced).  Finally, there was one member and a dog who earned a Tracking Dog title (TD).

In 2005, there were nineteen titles in Agility earned by fifteen different Malamutes (ten bitches and five dogs).  They ranged from the entry level Novice Agility (NA) to Master Agility Excellent.  Eight of our members partnered their Mals (four bitches and four dogs) in the ring.  Awards of Merit are presented to those earning advanced titles, viz., at the Open, Excellent, and Master levels, and I am pleased to list them below.

• CH Arcticdawn’s East of Atka, MX, a bitch owned by Raissa Hinman

• Articdawn’s Guardian Spirit, MXJ, a dog owned by Raissa Hinman

• Hiawatha’s Timber Wolf, OAJ, a dog owned by Robert & Paige Buono

• Ir’s Passion Rules the Game, AXJ,P, a bitch owned by Sherry & Jason Law and Ellen Mckee

• Silver Mist’s Cindar, AX,P, a bitch owned by Janice & David Richards

• Silver Mist’s I’ve Got a Secret, MXJ, a bitch owned by Janice & DavidRichards

• CH Sno Shire’s Dealmein Sno Spirit, OA & AXJ, a dog owned by Rick & Debbie Carter

• CH Sno Shire’s Houdini of Illusion, OA & OAJ, a dog owned by Joseph & Pamela Fusco and Jocelynn Jacobs-Knoll

These are incredibly talented Malamutes with dedicated handlers who have spent endless hours in training to reach these goals and fulfill their dreams.  Do, please, congratulate them for a job well done!

Please remember that to be eligible for any year-end Club awards you must send to me the dates and shows at which you and your partner earned qualifying scores.

The above sentence appears at the top of this column just about every other month.  Therefore, if you and your dog have not been considered for Club awards, it is because you did not send me the necessary information.  Additionally, you (and in some cases, your breeder) did not respond to my “reminder” emails or phone calls.