Dixie Professional Stewards is a contracting business wholly owned by Norman B. Crook, d/b/a Dixie Professional Stewards.  It is fully licensed with both federal and Alabama state tax numbers.  All required federal and state tax forms are submitted on a timely fashion both to state and federal agencies and appropriate forms are mailed to qualifying sub-contracting stewards.  DPS is fully insured by the Hartford group.

There are no membership nor associational dues, requirements nor limitations. The only requirement being to comply with the ethical standards set forth on information sheets provided to would-be stewards.  Those who chose to work under the direction of DPS are considered independent contractors who opt to work from time to time at shows contracted by DPS.

All stewards are considered independent and have the option to steward for any or all clubs, stewarding associations, or other entities at their own discretion with no threat of penalty or prejudice.

For both security and personal protection-as well as ethical issues- any or all names of stewards and information about stewards shall not be sold, given, loaned nor dispensed to any neither group nor individual under any circumstances.  Neither the names of stewards nor information concerning stewards will be divulged without express permission of said person.

It is the intention - via contract with the various kennel clubs - to provide day parking for those folk contracting to steward who are not exhibiting.  Further- DPS makes every effort that each and every steward be provided both time and resources for lunch.  It is also the intention to assure any or all contracting stewards be given ample time to show his/her own animals at a given show.

Our contract with kennel clubs specifically spells out no steward shall work with or for any judge to whom he/she might exhibit in any given cluster.  Similarly, no judge may work for DPS in any cluster or group of shows prior to his/her judging assignment.

DPS will attempt to help clubs and/or other stewarding organizations when short a few stewards at a show where DPS does not hold the contract.  Those folk will be paid at the normal DPS scale set out below and will be given ample time to show their own dogs if they so desire.

The base pay scale at this writing is:
$55 per day to those stewards exhibiting;
$60 per day to those stewards NOT exhibiting.