{"id":34358,"date":"2020-09-04T10:29:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportingdetectiondogs.ca\/?page_id=34358"},"modified":"2020-09-04T10:29:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:29:50","slug":"covid-19-special-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stage.sdda.ca\/fr\/covid-19-special-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Special Message"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COVID-19 Special Message from the Sporting Detection Dogs Association<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The board has been monitoring the progression of the COVID-19 virus and felt it timely to send out an announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

First and foremost, we rely on our hosts to be responsible and determine whether they should continue with an event. They must take into consideration local guidelines from their health officials since we are a vast country with varying degrees of infection.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We would like to recommend to our hosts that they offer their event registrants the ability to cancel their entries and provide either a refund or a credit toward a future event. This is only a suggestion, since we cannot dictate to our hosts how to handle this situation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Should a host decide to cancel an event due to COVID-19, the SDDA will offer a credit for your application fees to go against a future trial. No refunds will be offered at this time.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Also due to this extreme circumstance, we would like to encourage you to hire a judge locally where possible and not ask a judge to fly. Judges will also be less likely to accept new assignments where travel is involved. Important to note as well \u2013 Judges are permitted to cancel their judging assignment due to concern over COVID-19. A cancellation may not be directly about getting the virus, but could be related to bans on travel made by their employers.\u00a0 No one can afford a 14 day quarantine. Unfortunately given the circumstances, at this time the SDDA cannot assist with getting another judge, at our expense, for your event and if you cannot find a local judge then you will have to consider canceling or postponing the event.<\/span><\/div>\n
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There are many notices out there about what you should and should not do to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Some of those are:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n