MAY 28 - MAY 31, 2026
2026 GSSCC WESTERN REGION IGP CHAMPIONSHIP AND SIEGER SHOW
Helpers & Judges
Our Judge
DON YELLE
USCA New England Regional Director & Co-Chair of the USCA Helper Committee
I was introduced to schutzhund( and the German Shepherd) by my father in 1987. That is when I took my first grip from an East German dog named UTZ, and I have been in love ever since.
I have been a member of USCA for over 20 years. I received my judges license in September 2016. I have judged many Regional Championships and seven National Championships for USCA, one National Championship in Canada(GSSCC) and one National Championship in Australia. I have also judged the CWDF world selection trial for IGP-FH.
I have had the opportunity to be selected as a helper for 36 championships in USCA and once for the GSSCC National Championship. I have titled 8 dogs in the past 20 years. I showed 5 of those dogs at the USCA Nationals, as well as our regional championship(with two of them from my breeding kennel). All of my dogs have been breed surveyed.
I am the USCA New England Regional Director and Co-Chair of the USCA Helper Committee. I am very active in the dogsport, Schutzhund is a lifestyle for me!
Don Yelle
Helpers
HELPER TRYOUTS
Helper tryouts will be held Thursday, May 28 at 6:00 PM.
Helper reciprocal agreement between USCA and GSSCC
- All helpers must comply with the hosting club's (USCA or GSSCC) organizational Helper regulations and policies.
- Helpers wishing to do helper work in a Reciprocating organization's trial must have:
- A. Letter from the Helper Committee Chairman stating the current classification of the helper and that the helper is in good standing. This must be turned into the hosting organization's Helper Committee Chairman a minimum 60 days before the event (for Regional Championships) or deadline of selection submission (National Championships).
- B. Helper must submit copies of their entire helper book to hosting club's organization's Helper Committee Chairman a minimum 60 days before the event (Regional Championships) or deadline of selection submission (National Championships).
- C. For helpers wishing to work a Championship event, the helper must submit a video of a trial that they have worked within one year of the submission. This must be done a minimum of 60 days before the event (Regional Championships) or deadline of selection submission (National Championships). The video must be submitted to the hosting organization's Helper Committee Chairman. All helpers must meet the minimum practical requirements and ability of the hosting club's Helper Program in order to be approved to work a Championship event. USCA helpers are not required to attend a GSSCC National Helper Seminar as their certification status requires them to attend USCA sponsored seminars to maintain their national level classification.
- D. All GSSCC Championships will require a Canadian helper content of "at least" 50%.
All certified trial helpers must sign and return the Oath of Office to the Helper Coordinator gobeiram.ramendra@hotmail.ca.
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