CDCA Member and Dog of the Year

DOTY 2004 Ch. DaySpring Beraiah Ha'Aretz, CD, RN, CGC, CDCA HC, CDCA ROM (courtesy Chris Miller)

The Dog of the Year (DOTY) award is meant to recognize the achievements of a Canaan Dog that exemplifies the best of our breed to the Canaan Dog community and/or the general community of pure-bred dog fanciers, or the world at large. This award has gone to breed champions as well as to companion dogs and pets that have shown our breed in a positive light in the performance community.

The Member of the Year (MOTY) award goes to a person to recognize their work for the breed and/or the club either for outstanding work in that year or in recognition for many years of dedication to the club or breed.

To be eligible for DOTY, the dog must be owned/co-owned by a member in good standing of the CDCA and the names of sire and dam must be provided. For MOTY, the person must be a member in good standing of the CDCA.

Candidates for DOTY and MOTY are nominated by members of the club.

ATTENTION MEMBERS: REMEMBER! These are YOUR awards to give! Elections are only held if there is more than one nominee; otherwise the nominee will be voted upon and ratified by the Board of Directors.

2009 DOTY/MOTY Nominations

It's time for the 2009 Member Of The Year (MOTY) and Dog Of The Year (DOTY) nominations.

Please send your nomination of less than 350 words explaining why that person or Canaan should be honored for their contributions to the breed or club. A photo of the nominee either in hard copy print or electronic format (preferably JPEG) should be included with the nomination. All photos will be returned. Nominations should be mailed or emailed to Denise Gordon no later than April 1st (no fooling). If there is more than one candidate for either DOTY or MOTY, ballots will be mailed no later than April 15th with the due date of May 1st. Otherwise, a single nomination in either category by the deadline will be declared the winner. Winners will be announced at the National Specialty awards banquet on Saturday, June 19th in Troy, Ohio.

For further information, contact
Denise Gordon, Awards Chair
2614 Gracewood Ave.
Cincinnati, OH  45239
Phone: 513-741-1832
Email: desertstarcanaans (at) yahoo (dot) com

Past DOTY/MOTY Winners

Year	Dog of the Year	Member of the Year
2008	CH. Jealou's Ebony Max O'Mad River, CDCA-HCX	Norma Bennett Woolf, Joan Capaiu-Green, and Amanda Pough
2007
2006	Ch. Pleasant Hill Jordan, ROM	Judy March Rosenthal
2005
2004	Ch. DaySpring Beraiah Ha'Aretz, CD, RN, CGC, CDCA HC, CDCA ROM	Jennie Larkin
2003	AKC/UKC Ch. Barak me Shaar Hagai	Alan Gersman
2002	CDCA/ARBA/AKC Ch. Pleasant Hill Yaakov Metav, CDCA-HCX, V, AKC-NA, NAJ, CGC, AHBA-HCT	Sally Armstrong-Barnhardt
2001	Fuligin Ged Tycho, CDCA HC, V, CGC, CDX, OA, AXJ	Teresa Clement
2000	UAGII, CDCA Ch. Micah Haviv me Kansas, V, CGC, NA, CD, TT
1999	U-CD Briel's Isabel P Tiger Pooh, CD, AXJ, MX, AAD, OAC, OJC, OGC	Denise Gordon
1998		John Relph
1997	AKC CDCA ARBA UKC Ch. Catalina's Felix to the Max, HC, CGC
1996	Gevaht Noam Dodi
1995	U-CDX, AKC Ch. Ze'ev Midbar, AKC-CGC, CD, HI, NA, NAJ; CDCA-HS, VX; AHBA HTDI-s, HRDII-s; ASCA-STDs; TDI
1994	CDCA/UKC/ARBA Ch. Far Sight Abigail, CGC, CDCA/AKC TD, CDCA HS, HTDIs
1993	CDCA, AKC Ch. Shvatim Confidence, V, ROM, CGC, HCX