Dates & Deadlines


Sunday,  May 26: 
• While financial support for this year’s 2024 National Specialty is always gratefully received, please make specific arrangements with the National Specialty Chair in advance if you wish for your donation to be earmarked to help underwrite the 2024 National Specialty that ends today.
• Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) are always gratefully received up through the end of the National Specialty on May 26.


Previous Deadlines:

Sunday May 12: 
• Deadline for receipt of the Victory Award registration form if mailed or emailed. Or you can hand it to Claudia Bailey at least 30 minutes before the first activity that you will be competing in with that dog at the National Specialty.
• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received through the end of the National Specialty, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.


Friday, May 10: 
• Deadline for receipt of Most Versatile Malinois entry forms if mailed or emailed to the MVM Chair Claudia Bailey. If submitted in person to the MVM Chair, the deadline is one hour before the dog’s first MVM event. There is no charge for entering MVM.
• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received through the end of the National Specialty, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.

Wednesday, May 1:  
Entries for Agility close at 6:00 PM Eastern
• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.

Wednesday, April 24:  
• Entires close at 12:00 Noon Eastern for Conformation, HerdingObedience & Rally, Scent Work, and  Tracking.
• Deadline (extended from April 17) to purchase Merchandise orders through the Store (shipped items will go out after the Specialty)
• Deadline to purchase Welcome Party and Banquet reservations in the Store.
• Deadline to purchase Catalog in the Store
• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.

Thursday, April 18 (extended from April 11)
• Deadline for receipt of Honor & Rescue Parades entries (form and payment)

• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.

Tuesday, April 16:
• The block of rooms being held at the Clarion Hotel in Leesburg, VA (see dedicated Tracking page for more information) ends April 17 should any rooms remain.

• While Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and Donations are always gratefully received, regretfully they are no longer able to be acknowledged in the catalog as that deadline was April 15th.

Monday, April 15:
• Deadline to purchase Trophy Sponsorships (National and Regional) and have the text appear in the catalog.
• Deadline to purchase Catalog Ads through the Store

Sunday, March 31
• The block of rooms being held at the Residence Inn ends April 1 (should any rooms remain)

Friday, March 15
• Deadline to submit application for the ABMC Awards Request for AKC titles earned in 2023..


Friday, March 1
• Entries open at 8:00AM  for Agility, Herding, Scent Work, and Tracking. (Conformation and Obedience & Rally don’t have entry limits and so have already opened.)