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The Doberman Pinscher Club of America will be celebrating its
91st Annual National Convention and shows in St. Charles, IL
October 8 - October 15, 2016 at the Pheasant Run Resort.
Please don't delay make your room reservation by calling 1- 630-584-6300 Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM central time, ask for reservations, the room block is under DPCA. If you call after hours or on weekends you will be unable to make a room reservation.
Our room block is 93% full; Golf rooms are all gone;Tower rooms are still available.
We have a fun filled week planned for you and your Dobermans.
Please use the link below to check the schedule on DPCA.org where you will find the most current national information.
The DPCA | National Convention
There are National items in the DPCA store use the link below to view all National items available in the store.
National Apparel Catalogs and Banquet tickets are now available to pre-order in the DPCA Store.
(You can save sales tax by pre-ordering and picking up your items at the National.
Banquet tickets,Catalogs and Reserved Seating / Trophy Chairs or Chair Backs must be picked up in St. Charles shipping is not available for those items.)
Apparel Link:
The DPCA | National Convention
Catalog, Banquet, Seminars, Reserved Seating and Trophy Donations:
National | Product Categories |
The Agility premium list is available online.
The Conformation / OB premium list will be published soon; please check the National website: The DPCA | National Convention
Your National Show Team is looking forward to seeing you in St. Charles!
Reserved Seating
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Trophy Fund
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Catalog Advertising
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Agility Match - Saturday Oct 8th
Agility Match: Starts 30 minutes after end of trial at "Agility at the Farm".
Click here for info about Agility At The Farm
$10 first Run, $5 second run
Open to ALL breeds - Limited to 60 runs
Heart Clinic - Sunday Oct 9 thru Tuesday Oct 11th
The DPCA Nationals Cardiac screening clinic will be held Sunday October 9 through Tuesday October 11th.
Deadline for signs up and prepayment is the closing date for entries - Wednesday September 21st.
All appointments will be scheduled once the judging program is finalized to try to avoid conflict with the events that your dogs are exhibiting in. For this reason it is very important to indicate the events your dog is in.
When the scheduling has been finalized you will receive an email with your appointment time and day . Please provide a phone number so you can be reached if you are already traveling to the Nationals.
The following link will direct you to the online registration as well as payment options. Payment can be mailed, faxed or called into the cardiologists office as explained on their site.
Mass. Veterinary Cardiology Services, Inc.
Clinic will be held upstairs in the Mega Center - Skybox 3 & 4
Thank you.
Dr. Beverly Purswell
DPCA Health Education Coordinator
WAE - Sunday Oct 9th & Monday Oct 10th
There will be two DPCA WAE's held in St. Charles at the Pheasant Run Resort
8:00AM Sunday October 9th Evaluator Grover McLin
11:00AM Monday October 10th Evaluator Ray Carlisle
The WAE will be held by the tennis court.
Check the National website for more information
Welcome Party - Sunday October 9th
Your 2016 show committee is bringing back some FUN to your National this year.
Pack your dancing shoes cause we're gonna PARTY and dance the night away.
There will be costume and dance contest with prizes!
Our party planners Estelle and Nicole Baron are hard at work making all the plans.
You don't have a costume? Here's one site we've found with a huge selection.
Click here
Welcome Breakfast, Annual Meeting & Awards
Monday October 10th
Welcome Breakfast 7:00AM
Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony 8AM - 10AM
Please Join us for the welcome breakfast and Annual Meeting.
THE DOBERMAN PINSCHER CLUB OF AMERICA will hold its annual membership meeting on Monday, October 10, 2016 8:00 AM Central Time at the Pheasant Run Resort
4051 East Main Street, St.Charles, Illinois 60174.
Barn Hunt Seminar - Monday October 10th
WHERE: DPCA National Convention, St. Charles, IL
Come find out what this exciting new sport is all about, and start having fun with your dog training for a Barn Hunt title!
Barn Hunt Tent will be behind the RV's!
Click Here
CGC/Testing - Monday October 10th
The American Kennel Club
Canine Good Citizen and Canine Good Citizen Advance
will be available throughout the day, testing will be conducted by
Jan Cohen.
More info on the website... Click here
GCH Adamas Shock and Awe
WAC THDA CGC BFL-1
Exhibitor Seminar - Monday October 10th
Breeder Seminar - Tuesday October 11th
Monday Oct 10th 11:00 AM - 3:00PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor of Tower
Tuesday Oct 11th 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor of Tower
ORDER BREEDER SEMINAR HERE
ORDER EXHIBITOR SEMINAR HERE
Round Robin Tournament - Tuesday Oct 11th
Generation Forward Meet and Greet & Round Robin Tournament
8AM - 12:30PM Mega Center
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 (Meet and Greet Start Time is 8am in the Mega Center)
Entry Fee: $10.00 - entries will be taken up to one hour prior to the start of the Tournament (Please contact Theresa Connors-Chan; email: [email protected] with questions.)
Classes Divided by Sex: 4-6 months/ 6-9 months / 9-12 months/ 12-15 months / 1 5 -18 months / Open
Awards: Best in Match * Best Puppy * Reserve Best Puppy * Best Junior * Reserve Best Junior * Best Adult * Reserve Best Adult Prizes will be awarded to each of the awards!
Details: Two judges will be pre-selected for the first cl ass and the Awards. Then, after the first class, each class winner (either the handler or the owner) will judge until the final last judge determines the overall winners. The committee will select a mentor judge to assist the winner judge. If the class winner is unable to judge the next class, the second place winner of the class will be offered the position. If that is not possible, the mentor judge will judge the class.
Note: Professional handlers may exhibit dogs owned or co-owned by them or their immediate family .
Check the National website for more information:
http://www.dpca.org/national/documents/2016-rr.pdf
Barn Hunt Trial - Tuesday October 11th
Learn more at www.barnhunt.com
Come join us for the second Barn Hunt trials to be held during the DPCA National. We will hold 2 trials on Tuesday October 11, 2016 at the host hotel; one trial in the morning and one trial in the afternoon.
This will give everyone a chance to attend at least one of the trials and earn legs and/or a title. And you are welcome to enter both trials if your schedule allows.
We are going to have FUN!!
Click Here for more information
Barn Hunt Tent will be located behind RV Parking
CHIC Clinic - Tuesday & Wednesday October 11th & 12th
The CHIC DNA Repository, co-sponsored by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) and the AKC Canine Health Foundation (AKCCHF), collects and stores DNA samples along with corresponding genealogic and phenotypic information to facilitate future research and testing aimed at reducing the incidence of inherited disease in dogs.
Please come and help support Doberman Pinscher Health Research by participating in the FREE DNA Collection Clinic at this year's National generously funded by the DPCA. This blood will be placed in a DNA bank for Doberman research, available to all researchers and stored at the University of Missouri.
Blood Draw will be held in the Mega Center 10AM - 12:30PM & 2PM to 4:30PM both days.
Agility Seminar - Wednesday October 12th
An Agility Seminar with Dana Pike
Dana began agility in 1991 with an unlikely breed, a 6 month old Bernese Mountain Dog named Riley. Through agility she was introduced to an entirely different way to train, using a reward based system and not the aversive methods she had been familiar with. She quickly discovered the huge benefits of marker training...dogs that were willing partners and participants, that happily looked forward to training sessions, no matter what they were being asked to learn!
Click here to send a check using a mail in PDF registration form
ROM Seminar - Wednesday Oct 12th
Health Night - Thursday Oct 13th
Health Night Speakers 7:00PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor Tower.
Dr. Kara Kolster - DVM, DACT (Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists)
"Effects of hypothyroidism on reproduction"
Dr. Frances O. Smith - DVM, PhD, DACT
"Commonly Encountered Reproductive Challenges and How to Deal with Them".
For more information check the National website:
The DPCA | National Convention
Night Walk - Thursday Oct 13th
Location to be announced; start will be sunset.
Doug & Jacque Matson
This is all the information at this time check the National website for updates
Judges Education Seminar - Friday Oct 14th
12:00PM Turquoise A&B Rooms
DPCA Judges Educational committee will present the History, Temperament, Type, Head, Structure and Gait using computer presentations with live dog demonstrations along with panel discussions, followed by a working dog demonstration.
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: Presentation of quality dogs for examination and evaluation to begin ½ hr after judging is complete or immediately following seminar.
SATURDAY-October 15th: Ringside Mentoring during Best of Breed by parent club approved mentors. (Additional ringside mentoring will be provided throughout the week's events beginning October 8th if notified in advance).
*Both Seminar and Hands-on Workshop must be attended to qualify for a completion certificate.
Cost: $25.00
No Charge for all AKC Judges
To receive Seminar Materials- Register in Advance
For all information, including registration details and to pay with "PayPal", please Click here
Or Contact: Vicki Harris- Seminar Coordinator- [email protected]
Friday Night Fundraiser - Friday October 14th
Please join us for the Friday evening
Annual Fundraising Dinner.
Announcement of the Judith Fellton Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and the
Good Guy Award
Silent Auction, Raffle and the Chapter Club Challenge Baskets.
The tickets will be available at the registration booth until Wed. October 12th from 9:00am to 11:00am and 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Ticket cost is $40.00.
Tickets will be available on the National website starting in July.
Tables will be assigned on Thursday October 13th check at the registration table.
Please bring raffle items and bid items to the nationals and give them to Mimi Brown.
Donations can be items for the raffle and cash. Please consider a donation to this worthy cause!
Come join us at the fundraising dinner!
Dr. Mary Helene "Mimi" Brown
Pre purchase your tickets online to avoid sales tax fees your pre-paid tickets will be available for pickup at the Registration table on Monday.
http://www.dpca.org/…/friday-night-health-and-rescue-fundr…/
IPO Trial - Friday Oct 14th & Saturday Oct 15th
Entry Closing Date: 9/23/2016 @ 12:00 PM EST
Join us for the United Doberman Club IPO Fall Classic and watch our Dobermans
participate in the three phases of the IPO Sport - Tracking, Obedience and Protection.
Go to www.uniteddobermanclub.com for entry form and detailed information!
Top 20 Juniors & Pee Wee Exhibition - Saturday Oct 15th
Come One Come ALL!!
Please help the DPCA SUPPORT OUR JUNIORS at the DPCA Top Twenty Junior Exhibition and rosette ceremony during the Best Of Breed lunch break Saturday Oct 15th,
This year we have added the AKC Pee Wee competition.
Juniors- we also have the Junior Jamboree Pizza Party
for you on Friday Oct.14th after Bitch Judging
Please do not reply to this message to contact the Board of Directors please use the email address provided on dpca.org.
The Doberman Pinscher Club of America will be celebrating its
91st Annual National Convention and shows in St. Charles, IL
October 8 - October 15, 2016 at the Pheasant Run Resort.
Please don't delay make your room reservation by calling 1- 630-584-6300 Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM central time, ask for reservations, the room block is under DPCA. If you call after hours or on weekends you will be unable to make a room reservation.
Our room block is 93% full; Golf rooms are all gone;Tower rooms are still available.
We have a fun filled week planned for you and your Dobermans.
Please use the link below to check the schedule on DPCA.org where you will find the most current national information.
The DPCA | National Convention
There are National items in the DPCA store use the link below to view all National items available in the store.
National Apparel Catalogs and Banquet tickets are now available to pre-order in the DPCA Store.
(You can save sales tax by pre-ordering and picking up your items at the National.
Banquet tickets,Catalogs and Reserved Seating / Trophy Chairs or Chair Backs must be picked up in St. Charles shipping is not available for those items.)
Apparel Link:
The DPCA | National Convention
Catalog, Banquet, Seminars, Reserved Seating and Trophy Donations:
National | Product Categories |
The Agility premium list is available online.
The Conformation / OB premium list will be published soon; please check the National website: The DPCA | National Convention
Your National Show Team is looking forward to seeing you in St. Charles!
Reserved Seating
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Trophy Fund
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Catalog Advertising
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Agility Match - Saturday Oct 8th
Agility Match: Starts 30 minutes after end of trial at "Agility at the Farm".
Click here for info about Agility At The Farm
$10 first Run, $5 second run
Open to ALL breeds - Limited to 60 runs
Heart Clinic - Sunday Oct 9 thru Tuesday Oct 11th
The DPCA Nationals Cardiac screening clinic will be held Sunday October 9 through Tuesday October 11th.
Deadline for signs up and prepayment is the closing date for entries - Wednesday September 21st.
All appointments will be scheduled once the judging program is finalized to try to avoid conflict with the events that your dogs are exhibiting in. For this reason it is very important to indicate the events your dog is in.
When the scheduling has been finalized you will receive an email with your appointment time and day . Please provide a phone number so you can be reached if you are already traveling to the Nationals.
The following link will direct you to the online registration as well as payment options. Payment can be mailed, faxed or called into the cardiologists office as explained on their site.
Mass. Veterinary Cardiology Services, Inc.
Clinic will be held upstairs in the Mega Center - Skybox 3 & 4
Thank you.
Dr. Beverly Purswell
DPCA Health Education Coordinator
WAE - Sunday Oct 9th & Monday Oct 10th
There will be two DPCA WAE's held in St. Charles at the Pheasant Run Resort
8:00AM Sunday October 9th Evaluator Grover McLin
11:00AM Monday October 10th Evaluator Ray Carlisle
The WAE will be held by the tennis court.
Check the National website for more information
Welcome Party - Sunday October 9th
Your 2016 show committee is bringing back some FUN to your National this year.
Pack your dancing shoes cause we're gonna PARTY and dance the night away.
There will be costume and dance contest with prizes!
Our party planners Estelle and Nicole Baron are hard at work making all the plans.
You don't have a costume? Here's one site we've found with a huge selection.
Click here
Welcome Breakfast, Annual Meeting & Awards
Monday October 10th
Welcome Breakfast 7:00AM
Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony 8AM - 10AM
Please Join us for the welcome breakfast and Annual Meeting.
THE DOBERMAN PINSCHER CLUB OF AMERICA will hold its annual membership meeting on Monday, October 10, 2016 8:00 AM Central Time at the Pheasant Run Resort
4051 East Main Street, St.Charles, Illinois 60174.
Barn Hunt Seminar - Monday October 10th
WHERE: DPCA National Convention, St. Charles, IL
Come find out what this exciting new sport is all about, and start having fun with your dog training for a Barn Hunt title!
Barn Hunt Tent will be behind the RV's!
Click Here
CGC/Testing - Monday October 10th
The American Kennel Club
Canine Good Citizen and Canine Good Citizen Advance
will be available throughout the day, testing will be conducted by
Jan Cohen.
More info on the website... Click here
GCH Adamas Shock and Awe
WAC THDA CGC BFL-1
Exhibitor Seminar - Monday October 10th
Breeder Seminar - Tuesday October 11th
Monday Oct 10th 11:00 AM - 3:00PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor of Tower
Tuesday Oct 11th 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor of Tower
ORDER BREEDER SEMINAR HERE
ORDER EXHIBITOR SEMINAR HERE
Round Robin Tournament - Tuesday Oct 11th
Generation Forward Meet and Greet & Round Robin Tournament
8AM - 12:30PM Mega Center
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 (Meet and Greet Start Time is 8am in the Mega Center)
Entry Fee: $10.00 - entries will be taken up to one hour prior to the start of the Tournament (Please contact Theresa Connors-Chan; email: [email protected] with questions.)
Classes Divided by Sex: 4-6 months/ 6-9 months / 9-12 months/ 12-15 months / 1 5 -18 months / Open
Awards: Best in Match * Best Puppy * Reserve Best Puppy * Best Junior * Reserve Best Junior * Best Adult * Reserve Best Adult Prizes will be awarded to each of the awards!
Details: Two judges will be pre-selected for the first cl ass and the Awards. Then, after the first class, each class winner (either the handler or the owner) will judge until the final last judge determines the overall winners. The committee will select a mentor judge to assist the winner judge. If the class winner is unable to judge the next class, the second place winner of the class will be offered the position. If that is not possible, the mentor judge will judge the class.
Note: Professional handlers may exhibit dogs owned or co-owned by them or their immediate family .
Check the National website for more information:
http://www.dpca.org/national/documents/2016-rr.pdf
Barn Hunt Trial - Tuesday October 11th
Learn more at www.barnhunt.com
Come join us for the second Barn Hunt trials to be held during the DPCA National. We will hold 2 trials on Tuesday October 11, 2016 at the host hotel; one trial in the morning and one trial in the afternoon.
This will give everyone a chance to attend at least one of the trials and earn legs and/or a title. And you are welcome to enter both trials if your schedule allows.
We are going to have FUN!!
Click Here for more information
Barn Hunt Tent will be located behind RV Parking
CHIC Clinic - Tuesday & Wednesday October 11th & 12th
The CHIC DNA Repository, co-sponsored by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) and the AKC Canine Health Foundation (AKCCHF), collects and stores DNA samples along with corresponding genealogic and phenotypic information to facilitate future research and testing aimed at reducing the incidence of inherited disease in dogs.
Please come and help support Doberman Pinscher Health Research by participating in the FREE DNA Collection Clinic at this year's National generously funded by the DPCA. This blood will be placed in a DNA bank for Doberman research, available to all researchers and stored at the University of Missouri.
Blood Draw will be held in the Mega Center 10AM - 12:30PM & 2PM to 4:30PM both days.
Agility Seminar - Wednesday October 12th
An Agility Seminar with Dana Pike
Dana began agility in 1991 with an unlikely breed, a 6 month old Bernese Mountain Dog named Riley. Through agility she was introduced to an entirely different way to train, using a reward based system and not the aversive methods she had been familiar with. She quickly discovered the huge benefits of marker training...dogs that were willing partners and participants, that happily looked forward to training sessions, no matter what they were being asked to learn!
Click here to send a check using a mail in PDF registration form
ROM Seminar - Wednesday Oct 12th
Health Night - Thursday Oct 13th
Health Night Speakers 7:00PM Turquoise Room A&B 2nd floor Tower.
Dr. Kara Kolster - DVM, DACT (Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists)
"Effects of hypothyroidism on reproduction"
Dr. Frances O. Smith - DVM, PhD, DACT
"Commonly Encountered Reproductive Challenges and How to Deal with Them".
For more information check the National website:
The DPCA | National Convention
Night Walk - Thursday Oct 13th
Location to be announced; start will be sunset.
Doug & Jacque Matson
This is all the information at this time check the National website for updates
Judges Education Seminar - Friday Oct 14th
12:00PM Turquoise A&B Rooms
DPCA Judges Educational committee will present the History, Temperament, Type, Head, Structure and Gait using computer presentations with live dog demonstrations along with panel discussions, followed by a working dog demonstration.
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: Presentation of quality dogs for examination and evaluation to begin ½ hr after judging is complete or immediately following seminar.
SATURDAY-October 15th: Ringside Mentoring during Best of Breed by parent club approved mentors. (Additional ringside mentoring will be provided throughout the week's events beginning October 8th if notified in advance).
*Both Seminar and Hands-on Workshop must be attended to qualify for a completion certificate.
Cost: $25.00
No Charge for all AKC Judges
To receive Seminar Materials- Register in Advance
For all information, including registration details and to pay with "PayPal", please Click here
Or Contact: Vicki Harris- Seminar Coordinator- [email protected]
Friday Night Fundraiser - Friday October 14th
Please join us for the Friday evening
Annual Fundraising Dinner.
Announcement of the Judith Fellton Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and the
Good Guy Award
Silent Auction, Raffle and the Chapter Club Challenge Baskets.
The tickets will be available at the registration booth until Wed. October 12th from 9:00am to 11:00am and 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Ticket cost is $40.00.
Tickets will be available on the National website starting in July.
Tables will be assigned on Thursday October 13th check at the registration table.
Please bring raffle items and bid items to the nationals and give them to Mimi Brown.
Donations can be items for the raffle and cash. Please consider a donation to this worthy cause!
Come join us at the fundraising dinner!
Dr. Mary Helene "Mimi" Brown
Pre purchase your tickets online to avoid sales tax fees your pre-paid tickets will be available for pickup at the Registration table on Monday.
http://www.dpca.org/…/friday-night-health-and-rescue-fundr…/
IPO Trial - Friday Oct 14th & Saturday Oct 15th
Entry Closing Date: 9/23/2016 @ 12:00 PM EST
Join us for the United Doberman Club IPO Fall Classic and watch our Dobermans
participate in the three phases of the IPO Sport - Tracking, Obedience and Protection.
Go to www.uniteddobermanclub.com for entry form and detailed information!
Top 20 Juniors & Pee Wee Exhibition - Saturday Oct 15th
Come One Come ALL!!
Please help the DPCA SUPPORT OUR JUNIORS at the DPCA Top Twenty Junior Exhibition and rosette ceremony during the Best Of Breed lunch break Saturday Oct 15th,
This year we have added the AKC Pee Wee competition.
Juniors- we also have the Junior Jamboree Pizza Party
for you on Friday Oct.14th after Bitch Judging
Please do not reply to this message to contact the Board of Directors please use the email address provided on dpca.org.
