United Labrador Retriever Association

ROM

The Register of Merit, or ROM as it is called, is the most prestigious award a dog can earn.  The Register of Merit is granted to a dog -- male or female – based on the number of titles earned by its offspring.  

By recognizing the accomplishments of a group of offspring, ULRA's Register of Merit acknowledges that these sires and dams are making a superior contribution to the breed.

The United Labrador Retriever Association (ULRA) grants the Register Of Merit (ROM) for sires and dams whose offspring have earned at least 5 different titles recognized by UKC.

They also grant a ROM-Excellent (ROM-X) for sires and dams with 10 titles earned by offspring.

Qualifying titles can include field, obedience and/or show titles or a combination of titles from each or all areas.  Multiple titles from one dog count as per the number of titles earned by that dog.  Examples of qualifying titles are:  SHR, HR, Show Champion, Grand Show Champion, etc.

Rules governing the ROM and ROM-X:

1.      Any UKC Registered Labrador Retriever owned or co-owned by an ULRA member may be submitted for the Register of Merit or Register of Merit-Excellent.

2.      There is no time limit on when the contributing titles can be earned.  This means that the ROM or ROM-X may sometimes be awarded posthumously.

3.      All qualifying titles must be UKC titles or certificates.

4.      If ALL of the offspring earning titles are owned or co-owned by ULRA members, and all of the qualifying titles are earned with ULRA members handling the dogs, the ROM or ROM-X may be bestowed as an honor on a dog not owned or co-owned by an ULRA member. In this instance only the dog does not have to be UKC registered.

The ULRA Register of Merit:  Sires

1.      2004:  BISS AKC CH Chelon’s Mac The Knight, CD JH WC CGC TDI, ROM

2.      2005:  GRCH Ynda’s Last-Of-The-Mohicans, CGC, ROM

3.      2005:  multi-BIS/multi-BISS GRCH Ynda’s “I Have A Dream”, ROM

4.      2006:  BISS GRCH Ynda-N-Colton’s Patron-Saint, ROM

5.      2006:  multi-BISS GRCH Mousse’s Mississippi Mud CD JH RN WC CGC, ROM

The ULRA Register of Merit:  Dams

1.      2004:  UCH Lyndhurst Jasmine CGC, ROM

2.      2004:  Ynda’s Midsumr-Knights-Dream, ROM

3.      2005:  Can CH SHR Jezebel’s Midnight Lace, JH WCX WC CGC, ROM

4.    2006:  UAG1 SHR UCDX GRCH Tracker Belle of Bedford RN CDX JH WC WCX CGC

5.      2007:  GRCH Ynda’s Steals-The-Thunder, CGC ROM

6.      2007:  UCH Pacesetter’s Golden Solace, CGC ROM

ULRA will maintain and publish a list of Sires and Dams having earned the ROM and ROM-X.