NORTH TEXAS BOSTON TERRIER CLUB, INC.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Name(s): ________________________________________Date: ____________
             
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Address: ______________________City: _____________State: ___Zip: ______

Phone – Home: ______________Work: ___________Email: ________________

Cell Phone: ________________ FAX: _______________ Other: ____________

Birthday(s): Name: ____________ Month ____ Day____
                   Name: ____________ Month ____ Day____

Please tell us about your pets:
Species                     Breed                    Name                  Sex                     Age
 

 




Why did you decide to join the North Texas Boston Terrier Club?
 

 


Do you belong to any other Kennel Clubs?  Yes ___ No ___ Please list:
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Would you like to be an Associate Member (receive newsletter but not attend meetings or help with activities)?    Yes ___ No ___

Would you like to be an Active Member?      Yes ___ No ___

In which area(s) would you be available to help the club? (Please circle)

Rescue Fostering Adoption Fund Raising
      
Dog Shows Education Programs Other

If elected to membership, I agree to abide by the Constitution and By-Laws of the North Texas Boston Terrier Club, Inc. and the rules of the American Kennel Club.  I also agree not to sell puppies to pet stores and/or in litter lots.  I have read and will abide by the North Texas Boston Terrier Club code of ethics.  I acknowledge that membership in this club does not qualify me to adopt or foster a dog.

Applicant’s signature: ______________________________________________

Sponsored by: ________________________________ Date: ______________

Sponsored by: ________________________________ Date: ______________

Dues are $15 per year for single membership or $20 per year for two people at the same address.  Our membership year runs from January 1 through December 31.  Renewals are due January 1.  Checks should be payable to the North Texas Boston Terrier Club, Inc.   Please mail your check and this application to:

North Texas Boston Terrier Club, Inc.
810 Little Creek Dr.
Euless, Tx.     76039
214-746-7913
 

 

 

 

NORTH TEXAS BOSTON TERRIER CLUB, INC.
CODE OF ETHICS

This code is presented as a guideline for the use of our members when buying, breeding, selling, and exhibiting Boston Terriers.  It is based on the Boston Terrier Club of America’s Code of Ethics.  Violators of the North Texas Boston Terrier Club Code of Ethics will be subject to prompt action under our discipline and charge procedures.

I will:

1. Abide by the Constitution and By-Laws of the North Texas Boston
      Terrier Club, Inc. and the rules of the American Kennel Club.
2. Maintain my dogs in the best possible standards of care, cleanliness
                and health.
3. Breed only those animals that will improve the breed and maintain the
      breed standard.
4. Assure that any dogs or bitches I do breed are in good health and free from communicable diseases and disqualifying faults.
5. Use available testing to screen for genetic disease specific to Boston Terriers.
6. Refuse to breed my dogs or bitches with an animal owned by a person
directly involved with puppy brokers, puppy mills, litter lot sales or any
other commercial enterprise involved in similar activities.
7. Keep accurate breeding records, registrations, and pedigrees.
8. Establish service and sales agreements in writing, agreed upon and
signed by all parties involved.
9. Provide to buyers all health records, pedigree, and AKC registration
or transfer documents unless otherwise agreed upon and stated in
writing prior to sale.
10. Advertise honestly and not misrepresent my animals or myself.
11. Refuse to sell or adopt any Boston Terrier to anyone unable or
     unwilling to provide evidence of ability to properly care for the animal.
12. Sell or adopt no Boston Terrier to a commercial facility, puppy broker
pet store, puppy mill or their agents.
13. Hold myself responsible for the welfare of every dog I breed and/or sell.
14. Conduct myself at all times in such a manner as to reflect well on Boston Terriers and the sport of purebred dog showing.



Signature of member: _______________________________ Date: __________

Print name of member: _______________________________