Benefits Of Membership

  • The opportunity to meet other Chinese Crested enthusiasts.
  • Sharing knowledge and experiences concerning the Chinese Crested.
  • Recognition in the club’s annual awards program.
  • Participation in all club functions such as seminars, performance events, matches and Regional and National Specialty Shows
  • Individual and family memberships have full voting privileges.
  • To learn and abide by the standard of the Chinese Crested as adopted by the parent authority (American Chinese Crested Club) and as accepted by the American Kennel Club.
  • Encouragement in the breeding and exhibiting of the Chinese Crested to promote the best interest of the breed.

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Online Membership Application

Thank you for your interest in joining the American Chinese Crested Club 

The information requested on this ACCC Membership Application is necessary for applying for membership in the  American Chinese Crested Club, Inc. (also referred to as the Club or ACCC). Voting on this application will not take place  unless it is fully complete.

Levels of Membership

Individual Membership
($36.50)

  • United States residents 
  • 18 years of age and older  
  • Full voting privileges 
  • Counted towards quorum 
  • May hold office 
  • Entitled to all club benefits 

Joint Membership
($52.00 per Household)

  • Two persons 
  • United States residents 
  • 18 years of age and older  
  • Reside in the same household 
  • Both members entitled to voting privileges 
  • Both members may hold office 

Associate Membership
($21.00)

  • United States resident or foreign (not United States resident or its territories and possessions) • 18 years of age and older  
  • Not entitled to vote or hold office or be counted towards a quorum 
  • Dues less than the dues for an Individual membership  

Junior Membership
($0.00)

  • Between 9 and 17 years of age  
  • Not entitled to vote 
  • May not hold office 
  • Not counted towards a quorum  
  • May apply to convert to the appropriate membership upon reaching his/her 18th birthday
  • Eligible for committees involving Juniors 
  • No dues

American Chinese Crested Club, Inc. CODE OF ETHICS GUIDELINES FOR ACCC MEMBERS

Each member of the American Chinese Crested Club, Inc. will consider the best interest of the breed when engaged in any activities involving breeding, selling and exhibiting Chinese Cresteds and will refrain from any activities which could prove detrimental to the Breed and this Club.

 Members of the American Chinese Crested Club, Inc. agree to abide by the following: 

1) No member of this club shall engage in the wholesaling of litters or individual Chinese Cresteds or the selling of breeding stock to such places as pet dealers, catalog houses, or other commercial sources of distribution, nor shall he engage in over breeding his own bitches for profit with no regard for quality. 

2) No member will mix-breed or advertise for sale puppies that have been mix-bred.

 3) No member will provide stud service to unregistered bitches, or breed bitches to unregistered dogs. 

4) All sales will be accompanied with written contracts. 

5) Puppies will not be sold at less than 8 weeks of age. 

6) The best possible standard of health and care in all dogs will be maintained and puppies will be immunized and checked for parasites on a regular schedule. 

7) In breeding programs, members will keep alert for and work to control and/or eradicate inherited problems and conditions that are particular to the breed and breed as closely as possible to the standard. 

8) Members will represent their dogs as honestly as possible to prospective buyers and to try to assist the serious novice in his understanding of the breed. 

9) Each member of the Club has an obligation to protect the interests of the Breed, and pure-bred dogs and or the sport of dog show competition in general by conducting himself in a good-sportsmanship manner designed to reflect credit on himself, the Breed, the Club and on other participants in dog shows generally. The good of the Breed comes before any personal benefits. 

10) Breeders are responsible for all puppies he produces for their entire lives. An owner is responsible to ensure that any dog he can no longer keep is placed in an appropriate home and the breeder of the dog is notified; however, if the owner cannot or will not take care of the animal any longer or abandons it, the breeder must make every effort to secure a new home for it.

 11) Breeders will promote and encourage the spaying and/or neutering of pet quality Cresteds and use the Limited Registration for the not to be shown, not to be bred Cresteds. I have read and agree to abide by the Code of Ethics of the American Chinese Crested Club, Inc.

Membership Application

Applicant Name(Required)
Joint Applicant Name
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TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

Do you and the joint member (if applicable) participate in Conformation?(Required)
Do you and the joint member (if applicable) participate in Obedience?(Required)
Do you and the joint member (if applicable) participate in Rally?(Required)
Do you and the joint member (if applicable) participate in Agility?(Required)
List additional AKC Activities you and the joint member (if applicable) participate with your Chinese Crested and how many years
I am interested in becoming an ACCC Club Member because:
Conformation and/or Performance
Conformation and/or Performance
In the past three years have you and the joint member (if applicable) been a Chinese Crested Breeder?(Required)
Have you and the joint member (if applicable) been involved in Rescue or Fostering?(Required)

CLUB INVOLVEMENT

Have you and the joint member (if applicable) ever been suspended from the AKC or any other Dog Club?(Required)

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SPONSORS

SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS: *Two ACCC Club Members (In good standing for no less than one year) are required to be your sponsors in order for your application to be considered. *Application must be submitted within 60 days of Sponsors dated signatures. *Sponsors may sponsor no more than six-member applicants in one fiscal year. *Your name, included with your sponsor’s names, will be read at a board meeting and published to the ACCC membership as an applicant. The ACCC Membership has at least fifteen days from publication to forward in writing, to the ACCC Corresponding Secretary, any viable basis for the ACCC Board to not accept your application. Once your name has been published for at least 15 days and the ACCC receives no input from the ACCC Membership your name will be submitted to the ACCC Board for your ACCC Membership approval at the next meeting. *The ACCC is not duty-bound to offer you a reason for unapproved applications and it is understood by your submission and signature on this application.
Please Provide Your Sponsor's Name and Email address. NOTE: Once you submit your application, you will receive a SPONSOR LINK that you MUST forward to your sponsors for them to complete to finalize your application. Your application WILL NOT be complete until your sponsors submit their portion.
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PAYMENT

If, for any reason, your Membership Application is denied, your money will be refunded to you by the ACCC Treasurer.
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