News
New Signs for 2025
As requested, after many months of discussion and consultation, the CARO Board of Directors are pleased to announce the introduction of 21 NEW signs.
The largest group of signs will become part of the Excellent and Versatility Excellent Classes. These will provide our judges with a greater number of changes of direction to allow for the design of more flowing and challenging courses.
These signs will come into effect in two phases.
Phase 1 will include the 100, 200 and 400 series signs which will take effect January 1, 2025.
Phase 2 will include the 300 and 500 series signs which will take effect March 1, 2025
The signs and description can be found on the CARO Publications page or by clicking here
We hope you will enjoy the challenge.
Trial Application Process
There are some changes to the trial applications as we enter the transition period for the website and database.
- For trials scheduled between now and February 28, 2025, you will complete the normal information; the form is just a different format.
- For trials scheduled March 1, 2025 or later, you will only complete a trial date reservation form to hold your trial date (provided it is available). No payment will be required now. Once the new database is up and running, you will be contacted to complete the online trial application.
If you have any issues with the forms, please contact Barb Burgess at dataentry@canadianrallyo.ca
2024 Election Results
Patricia Hunt
There was only one nominee for each of the Vice Chairperson and West Director positions. Barb Burgess will continue in the role of Vice Chairperson and Julia Schwark will continue in the role of West Director.
New Memberships and Dog Registrations
We will be starting the transition to our new database in a few weeks. In an effort to minimize applications for dog registrations and memberships during that time, we are encouraging you to complete new membership applications and dog registrations now.
We would ask that instructors pass this message on to students who may be looking to trial this year.
If you are not looking at trialing in 2024, we would ask that you hold off registering your dog until 2025.
Please do not renew memberships for 2025 at this time. We will send out reminders for 2025 renewals once we have completed the transition to the new database.
Working Trial #4
The premium for the last of four Working Virtual Trials is now available.
This trial runs August 16 to 31, 2024. See the Virtual Trial page for more information.
Entries will be open from August 8 at 6am PDT to August 9 at 6pm PDT.
Changes to Team Course Design
Summer Working Expert Trial 2
The premium for Trial 2 (July 16 to 31, 2024) is on the website https://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Virtual_Trial
Entries are open until 6pm PDT on July 9.
Sponsorship Program
The board is pleased to announce that there will be 4 intakes a year for sponsorship to allow clubs more opportunity to apply. Applications will be accepted until mid month in March, June, Sept., and December. Applications can be made before the cut off date but will not be reviewed until after that date. For June this year we are extending the intake date to June 22 to allow clubs a few extra days to get their applications done due to the late notification The application form can be found on the website under Trials / Trial Forms.
Working Virtual Trial
The premium for the first of four Working Virtual Trials is now available.
This trial runs July 1 to 15, 2024. See the Virtual Trial page for more information:
Executive Member at Large Announcement
The Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Val Archibald to the position of Executive Member at Large! For the remainder of the term, Val will fill the position left vacant when Barb Burgess accepted the Vice Chairperson role.
Val is located in Ontario and is an active participant in CARO Rally and Working. She can be reached at execatlarge@canadianrallyo.ca.
Championship Titles effective Jan 2025
CARO is pleased to announce the CARO Rally Grand Master Title. The titling structure for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Master Champion titles has been updated to better incorporate the Versatility and Versatility Excellent levels into the requirements.
The new structure, effective January 1, 2025 is:
For those working towards Bronze, Silver, Gold and Master Champion titles, a grandfathering period until Dec 31, 2025 will allow these titles to be completed under the current structure.
Summer 2024 Working Expert Virtual Trial
Jump Lines
April 9, 2024: An amendment has just been passed. The distance line from the jump to the handler line is not required. No deduction will be incurred if the line is used.
Working Prerequisites for Moving Up
In Working, when a higher class was entered before the prerequisite lower class Qs had been earned, the required Q at the lower class was credited by using the higher class Q. This will no longer be allowed so please ensure you have earned the prerequisites before moving up.
The rule in the current Working Handbook page 10 section 2.6.12 will be enforced: Once a team has earned the required 3 passes under a minimum of two different judges for an exercise, they are qualified to move up to the next class for that exercise.
Working Exercises Update
In response to the overwhelming feedback to the Working Exercises survey, the Board of Directors has decided to postpone the addition of any new exercises at this time. This project will be re-visited once projects currently in development are completed and a more comprehensive survey can be sent to the membership.
Emailed Trial Results
Trial Results Update
All results, payments and penalties are the responsibility of the professional member whose number was used on the trial application.
Results for all CARO trials must be received no later than 21 days from the date of the trial.
Payment must be received no later than 7 days after receiving confirmation of the amount due.
No trial approvals will be given to those individuals and/or clubs not complying with this resolution. There will be a fine of $50.00 plus applicable taxes for any infraction of this resolution. For trials already approved, trials will be suspended until the fine is paid.
Trial Fee Update
There is a change to the number of runs that are exempt from trial fees. Effective immediately, trial fees will be waived for trials with 24 runs or less. For trials with 25 runs or more (not including FEO runs), the $2.00 per run fee will apply.
CARO Championship Ribbons
As of January 1, 2025, the championship ribbons will be provided by CARO to members that have been members in good standing for 2 consecutive membership years.
For example, if you are a member in 2024 and 2025, CARO will provide you with a championship ribbon earned in 2025.
Non members will be able to purchase the ribbons from CARO and will have to cover the cost of shipping.
New Rally Judge criteria
Effective February 1, the criteria for becoming a CARO Rally judge as been upgraded from 'having achieved an advanced title' to 'having achieved an excellent title'. This will be on the forms as soon as possible.
Update to the CARO Board of Directors
Membership Renewal for 2024
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General Updates
The long-awaited new database is now under development. That means that we can finally get ready to move forward with several changes that have been on the drawing board for some time. Barring unforeseen challenges, it is hoped that it will be up and running for January 1, 2025.
Reminder of changes to Barrel Racing
Working Tracker
Hello Working fans!
The BOD is pleased to advise that a new tracking sheet for Working passes has been created! The spreadsheet can be found under "forms' on the website. Scroll to the last table at the bottom. The document contains two options for participants to choose from.
1. A short form that tracks up to Honours Championship on one page.
2. A long form for each of the Championship and the Honours Championship.
It can be found on the forms page: https://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Forms
Have fun out there!
Maggie on behalf of the BOD
New Novice/Advanced/Excellent Shadow judging tracking sheet
https://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Forms
All the best!
Maggie
CARO TRIAL SPONSORSHIP PILOT PROGRAM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! CARO will accept applications up to June 30th.
This program has been designed to support trial hosts under the following circumstances
1. Remote & new areas - to introduce CARO to new regions, to give an opportunity to clubs without judges to provide trials, to bring in new judges to areas where few judges are available.
2. Shadow/Cooperating Judge Support - to provide support to persons in their pursuit of becoming a judge.
3. Judging Requirements - to give current judges in remote areas and small clubs support to achieve their judging requirements.
4. General - to provide support for small clubs and to bring in new judges or send judges from smaller areas to locations with larger trials.
Trial hosts who wish to apply for funding are invited to submit an application form which can be found on the website under Trials/Trial Forms. https://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/Trials
Please note that funding is limited. The Board will review all applications submitted by the deadline of June 23rd and allocate available funding based on the criteria above.
Please note also that this is a pilot program. We thank you in advance for your patience as we learn from this first running of the process.
A special shout out to Prairies Director Kim Masiak for all of her hard work on this project!
Maggie on behalf of the Board
Working Title Review - May 30, 2023
The review of Working Titles has now been completed and the certificates were mailed last week. Members can log in to their account to check their dog’s record. Non-members can check https://www.canadianrallyo.ca/page/titles, select 2023 and sort on their dog’s name. Titles resulting from the Working Handbook revisions will have a date of April 1, 2023.
If there is a title missing from your dog’s record, please email Barb Burgess at dataentry@canadianrallyo.ca.
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.
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
Rally station signs now available in french
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 2024 – May 11-24, 2024
Fall 2024 – October 1-14, 2024
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.
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.