Summer 2010 News
Dacher Kennels received one of twenty-nine Outstanding Breeder Achievement Awards (OBBA) in 2009 from the PWDCA. Only two kennels in California received this award. The criteria for the award has produced dogs in the calendar year 2009 that have achieved titles in all three venues of competition–conformation, waterwork and performance (obedience, rally, tracking and agility).
PWDCA Outstanding Breeder Achievement Award (OBBA)
Purpose:
The purpose of the Outstanding Breeder Achievement program is to recognize superior attainment in support of the following objectives from the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America (PWDCA) bylaws:
1. To encourage and promote quality in the breeding of purebred Portuguese Water Dogs, and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection.
2. To encourage members and breeders to accept the AKC approved breed standard as the only standard of excellence by which Portuguese Water Dogs shall be judged.
3. To protect and maintain the good health of the breed by establishing and encouraging ethical breeding practices, by supporting PWDCA health policies, and by promoting participation in the PWDCA health programs.
4. To do all in its power to protect and advance the interests of the breed and to encourage sportsmanlike competition at all recognized AKC and PWDCA events.Foundation Principles:
The Outstanding Breeder Achievement Award is based on the following principles:
1. We emphasize first and foremost the unique type and work of the Portuguese Water Dog.
2. We promote breeding that reflects PWDCA recommendations.
3. We honor the versatility of the breed and its owners.
4. We recognize that a breeder's record of achievement emerges from the relationship between breeder effort in the production of Portuguese Water Dogs and owner effort in lifelong care and title attainment by those dogs.
