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Rally Judges clinics 2023
CARO is pleased to announce that virtual Judges Clinics will be held on a quarterly basis! These clinics are open to both current judges and judge candidates. Rally clinics will be held on: June 17th, September 28th and December 9th 2023. Dates for working clinics are pending. This message will also be sent by email to our judge and judge candidate communities. Meeting invitations will be forwarded closer to the dates.
Call for Interest - Ontario Director
Call for Interest - Ontario Director - May 16th, 2023
The Board is looking for a dynamic team player from Ontario to fill the Ontario Director role. This volunteer role promotes and grows CARO in Ontario. It participates in and/or leads CARO projects as needed. Interested parties are requested to email the Board at boardofdirectors@canadianrallyo.ca by May 23th, 2023.
Board members must be a professional member of CARO, be available for monthly meetings via Zoom and daily email exchanges. They must also have strong teamwork and communication skills. Should an interested party from Ontario not be found the BOD will open the call to interested parties from other regions to represent Ontario.
Updates to the Board of Directors
Working Title Update
Working Titles
All the March trials have been entered and I’m nearly finished getting the Judge’s Trial Records ready for the Spring Virtual Trial. Next on my list – Working Titles.
If you have previously reported earning a Working Title, your dog’s record will be reviewed. Any titles earned based on the new rules will be assigned with a date of April 1, 2023 (the date the updated Working Handbook came into effect). This process could take a couple of months and during this time, there may a delay in entering trial results.
We will let everyone know when the review is completed and certificates have been mailed out. Members will be able to check their records for completeness on the website.
Please continue to list any titles earned after April 1, 2023 on the Titles Achieved Sheet provided for trials.
MGH2022 Amendments
CARO is pleased to release some updates to the Master General Handbook 2022 (Rally- MGH2022). These amendments are effective as of April 30th, 2023. Questions can be directed to the Board of Directors.
The amendment document can be found on the handbooks page.
New email address for CARO judges community
CARO Spring 2023 Virtual Trial premium list
CARO is pleased to present the premium list for the 2023 Virtual Trial!
Rally station signs now available in french
BOD opening available for East Director role
The Board is looking for a dynamic team player from Quebec or the Atlantic provinces to fill the East Director role. Interested parties are requested to email the Board at boardofdirectors@canadianrallyo.ca by March 31st, 2023.
This volunteer role will both represent the region and lead the Bilingualism at CARO project. Interested parties must be a professional member of CARO, be available for monthly meetings via Zoom and regular email exchanges. Should an interested party from the region not be found, the BOD will open the call to interested parties from other regions to represent Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.
AGM2023
Resignation of Judy Miller as Vice-Chair
The Board of Directors has received with deep regret the resignation of Judy Miller from the role of Vice-Chair of the Board. We wish to take this opportunity to recognize the incredible contribution that Judy has made in so many capacities over the many years that she served on the BOD.
Judy was also the third person to become a CARO judge and is currently the longest standing Judge in the association. She went on to develop and run the judges certification program as it now stands. She dedicated herself to mentoring judges from across the country. For many years she was also the only course approver for trials. Outside of the BOD she is also a Rally and Scent instructor who is committed to ongoing learning for both herself and her students.
Updated Virtual Trial Dates
Please note the virtual trial dates have been adjusted slightly to allow an additional weekend to be available for in-person trials.
The new VT trial dates are as follows.
Spring 2023 - May 14-26, 2023
Fall 2023 – October 2-15, 2023
Spring 2024 – May 11-24, 2024
Fall 2024 – October 1-14, 2024
Membership renewal 2023
CARO would like to remind everyone that it is time to renew their Membership.
NOTE: Dog registrations are for life and do not need to be renewed.
If you have already renewed THANK YOU!
Memberships: Judges, professional and regular members who wish to maintain voting privileges must renew annually.
All memberships expire at the end of the calendar year. Any new memberships processed from October thru December are automatically applied to 2023.
Professional & Regular Memberships not renewed before March will lose voting privileges as per the bylaws.
Judges not renewed by December 31st will have to pay a reinstatement fee of $15.
As a member of the Canadian Association of Rally Obedience, you will:
· Be able to access your dog’s records online
· Receive a discount on Dog Registration
· Types of Memberships: http://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Membership
To renew your membership here: http://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Forms
Thank you for your support of CARO. We look forward to a great 2023!
Extension of the Fall 2022 CARO Virtual Trial
The CARO BOD would like to thank all participants for their support and understanding, and our Judges for making themselves available to continue judging!
CARO Board of Directors
Fall 2022 CARO Virtual Trial
Election Results BOD 2022
- Maggie Bird - Chair
- Judy Miller - Vice-Chair
- Verlaine Murphy - Treasurer
- Jeanne Shaw - Secretary
- Barb Burgess - Executive at Large
- Chantelle Charlebois - Eastern Canada
- Vania Boulet-Richardson - Ontario
- Kimberly Masiak - The Prairies
- Julia Schwark - Western Canada
Mobile Site
July 9, 2022
The Mobile Site is not functioning well at this point.
REMINDER that you can access the MAIN CARO webpage from a link at the bottom of the menu on the mobile site.
It says 'Visit Full Site'
and is right above the link to the French translation.
Competitor Trial Results
Trial Results
Since there was never a formal rule regarding trial results, the Board has voted in the requirement that trial hosts and judges be required to keep trial results for a period of 1 year from the date of the trial.
2022 Virtual Trials
New Working Class Titles
CARO has new Working Class titles. You can now earn a title in an individual exercise at the Expert level. There are also Bronze, Silver, Gold and Honours titles. These titles have been approved to be retroactive.
CARO Working Class – Individual |
CWI(# of ind titles) i.e. if they earn Individual titles for W1, W3, W10 it would read: “CWI3”. The 5th Individual Title would earn CWXI. Qs beyond CWXI would be towards the Bronze title. |
3 Passes in Expert for a single WC exercise under at least 2 different judges earns one Individual Working title for that exercise. |
CARO Working Class – Bronze Individual |
CWB(# of bronze ind titles) i.e. if they earn Bronze for W2, W3, W6, W10 it would read: “CWB4”. |
8 Passes in Expert for a single WC exercise under at least 2 different judges earns one Bronze Individual Working title for that exercise. |
CARO Working Class –Silver Individual |
CWS(# of silver ind titles) |
13 Passes in Expert for a single WC exercise under at least 2 different judges earns one Silver Individual Working title for that exercise. |
CARO Working Class – Gold Individual |
CWG(# of gold ind titles) |
18 Passes in Expert for a single WC exercise under at least 2 different judges earns one Gold Individual Working title for that exercise. |
Once a dog earns their Honours title for a level, they do not continue to earn individual titles at that level. For example, once they earn their Bronze Honours (CWBH), they do not earn CWB6-10. Any Qs beyond CWBH would be earned towards the Silver Individual title. |
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CARO Working Class – Bronze Honours |
CWBH |
5 Individual Bronze Titles |
CARO Working Class – Silver Honours |
CWSH |
6 Individual Silver Titles |
CARO Working Class – Gold Honours |
CWGH |
7 Individual Gold Titles |
CARO Working Class – Honours Champion |
CWHCh |
10 Individual Gold Titles |
WORKING CLASS - Elimination of Subdivisions
Rule Clarification - Physical Praise in Working Level
The following is for immediate implementation:
Addition: Upon completion of an exercise, whether successful or not, the owner may choose to briefly pet or touch the dog as a reward. If the owner touches the dog mid exercise (for example, after the dog completes one cone in Round the Clock), the judge shall tell the competitor to “move on” to the next attempt at the exercise or to the next exercise after the second attempt, or in Expert.
Physical praise is allowed as the teams move between exercises, for example, in the form of hand targeting.
Touching the dog to put it into a position (Sit, Down, Stand), or guiding the dog between exercises by the collar is considered to be a physical correction and will result in an NQ. This will result in the loss of all Passes already accumulated in the round.
Form for Tracking Rally-O Titles
Thank you to Barb Burgess, who created a pdf form to use to track your Q's and titles through all the various levels of CARO Rally-O. The form can be found here. Alternatively just click the "Dogs" link at the top of the page to also get to the new form.