It’s that time of year again! Please submit your therapy hours for the calendar year 2018 in order to be considered for the BCCA Andrew Award. You may send your signed visit sheets via snail mail or as a PDF email attachment. Please submit them to:

Carol Bond
273 Washington Ave.
Saint James, NY. 11780
or to Beardie007@hotmail.com

The deadline is August 1, 2019. This will be a hard deadline, in order to tally hours and generate the awards in time for the BCCA Specialty.

You may also submit your visit sheets for the following awards:

The Avery Award

The Avery Award honors the memory of 11-year-old Avery Dudasch, who showed great courage, hope, and faith in her battle with cancer. A certificate will be presented annually at the BCCA National Specialty Awards Banquet to any Bearded Collie and his/her handler, who have performed pet therapy visiting ill children (at a hospital setting) during the previous calendar year.

To be eligible, the dog must be certified through a therapy organization that requires certification and which carries liability insurance (e.g. Delta Society/Pet Partners, Therapy Dogs International, Therapy Dogs, Inc.), and the handler must be a BCCA member in good standing. Additional eligibility requirements can be found under Standing Rule 07/08-03. The BCCA Therapy Committee will be responsible for verifying recipients of this award each year.

The Casey Award

The BCCA will recognize any physically challenged OR rescue Bearded Collie doing therapy work by issuing a Casey Award at the National Specialty Awards Banquet. This award is in memory of Casey, who overcame his early life in a puppy mill and an injury which cost him a leg, to become a much beloved therapy dog to thousands of people.

To be eligible, dogs must have some sort of physical challenge (e.g. missing a limb, deaf, blind) OR be a rescue Beardie. In addition, the dog must be certified through a therapy organization that requires certification and which carries liability insurance (e.g. Delta Society/Pet Partners, Therapy Dogs International, Therapy Dogs, Inc.), and the handler must be a BCCA member in good standing. This certificate will be given to the same dog only once.

Thanks for dedicating your time and Beardie to such a worthy endeavor. You have brightened many people’s days and put smiles on many people’s faces!

Carol Bond