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Name the RCMP Puppy Contest 2007 |
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Written by RCMP
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) invites all young people from across Canada to name ten German shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta. Deadline for entries is February 22, 2007. Winning names will be chosen by the PDSTC staff. A draw will determine the winning entry in the event of multiple submissions of the same name. Contest winners and prizes will be announced on March 22, 2007.
In its seventh year, this popular contest generates thousands of entries every year from boys and girls nationwide. The organization is again looking forward to a great response.
Young people are encouraged to be original and imaginative in finding names that will serve these puppies well in their career with Canada's national police force. When thinking of names, it is important to keep in mind that these are working police dogs, not pets.
Contest rules are simple:
--Contestants can suggest only one name (one entry per person).
--The name may be for a male or a female pup.
--The name must start with the letter "T".
--The name cannot have more than nine letters.
--The name must be one or two syllables.
--Contestants must be 16 years old and under.
To enter, contestants must print their name, age, address, telephone number and the suggested name for a puppy on a postcard and mail it to:
Attn: "Name the Puppy Contest"
Police Dog Service Training Centre
Box 6120, Innisfail AB T4G 1S8
The RCMP will accept more than one entry per household provided that each participant submit one name per postcard.
For school entries, individual student entries can be combined in one large envelope marked "School Entry". Each submission must be on an individual sheet of paper. Based on their creativity, two school classrooms will be selected to receive a special presentation by a dog handler in their region.
Although there can be only 10 winners, names not selected for the contest will be considered for other puppies born during the year.
PDSTC is the national training centre in Canada for all RCMP police dog teams. Currently, there are 125 RCMP General Duty Police Dog service teams from coast to coast to coast. To date, 57 pups have graduated from the Police Dog Training program as full profile RCMP police dogs. There are currently seven breeding dogs in training. Forty-one dogs have been sold to other police agencies and Search and Rescue members as working dogs in Canada and the United States. |
