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   To expedite your papers, the following tips are suggested:

(1) COMPLETE packets.  When packets are incomplete and I have to contact you, it throws you in the
     hold pile and until I receive the rest of the information from you, you will stay there.  When I do receive
     the information from you, I do not immediately begin to work on your packet but put the new information
     by post date and when its date comes up, I pull out your hold work and finish it.   
    (whatever number is next) Use dog's COMPLETE registration names, not nicknames, shortened names,
     etc on ALL papers pertaining to that dog.  It is very hard to look up dogs' pedigrees when nicknames
     have been used and I have to figure out who the dog really is.

Completed packets are:

a.  Filled out registration application

b.  Picture of each side of your dog

c.  Filled out vet certificate

d.  VERY clear, VERY legible pedigree

e. APPROPRIATE fees

2.  I can sometimes speed up your packets if I have already registered a brother/sister to the dog you
     are registering if you will tell me.  I can pull up their pedigree and get yours filled in faster and re
     save the pedigree under the new name.  (or maybe even half siblings I can match up)  Also on litter
     registrations, if you have made the cross before, give me the litter registration number and I can pull
     it up faster and assign new information and new number.  If I have not done the cross before but
     have registered litters out of both parents, you can give me litter numbers of those and I can copy
     and paste. Otherwise, I search through the pedigrees to try to find one.

3.  Send smaller packets.  When someone sends me 10 dogs at a time to register, it slows down
    everyone's papers a lot.  I will sometimes pass over large packets and do smaller ones first and
    come back to the large packets so others won't have to wait so long or work on the large packet
    one at a time and do another person's packet in between each dog.

4.  Send COMPLETE information.  When registration numbers are left out, I must search and find them
    to complete the work on the papers of the dog I am registering.

5.  You will find it much easier to email me than call me on the phone.  If you MUST call, use my cell
    phone number listed on my web site, but you will get better, more complete answers by email.

6.  Do not attempt to email pictures to print out.  It is difficult to save, reduce and print pictures and
    it is time consuming.  It is much better to snail mail them.

 Starting in January '09, new fees will be as follows:

  *** Membership is $20.00 per family, per year.

  *** Dogs that have appropriate litter registration papers with them will be the same--$15.00

  *** Dogs that have parents registered with the EJRTCA but no litter registration--$25.00

  *** Dogs that have no parents registered with EJRTCA and are completely new to the registry-
       $50.00

  *** Litter registration is $15.00 for a litter of three or more. One pup $5.00, two pups $10.00.    

  *** Each dog in the litter, after one year must apply for permanent papers, which is $15.00 per dog.    

 I feel it is still important to keep the registry open to make a larger gene pool, but people should
 consider only putting the dogs in that are quality enough to improve the breed.  Paying a higher
 fee makes people more selective.

 We are closing in on 700 dogs in  our registry.  I have also issued close to 2400 back numbers to
 dogs in pedigrees that we do not have background on. A completely new pedigree that I have to
 research the information on takes about 2 hours or more PER pedigree.  It is time consuming and
 I am not complaining, but would like for people to understand I cannot flip them out like magic.  I also
 do this voluntarily on my spare time (what spare time?) so I do not work on them every day.  Following
 the above tips though, could speed things up and make things run more smoothly.  Again, thank you
 so much for supporting our registry and our endeavor to perpetuate the English Jack Russell and
 continue to improve the quality of the breed.

 If you are not in the USA, please send a International Money Order in US FUNDS only. Please make
 all checks payable to the EJRTCA!!!!!!!!!      


  Send completed packets to:  

  EJRTCA  
  c/o Jana Crawford  
  531Salem Cemetery Road Plain Dealing, LA. 71064

  Email:
jgccrawford@juno.com
  Phone: (318) 286-7151