It’s already November!! Boy that year went by quick! I truly hope everyone was able to accomplish their training goals for the year. Those short days and cold nights are quickly setting in on us making training harder and harder. Over the next few months there are a number of club activities that are both available for all and require some assistance from as many as possible. The Christmas party, obedience trial, ATTS testing, etc all promote the club and its activities along with providing a chance for us to get together with our favorite four legged friends. Hope to see you all out there.
David Hamel
All club members are invited to our annual board meeting and Christmas Party. This years event will be held at the home of Mark McCuen, 5022 Kemps Lake Drive, Virginia Beach, VA. The festivities will begin around 4:30 PM. Everyone attending should bring a covered dish while the club will provide drinks (non alcoholic) and meats for all. Don’t forget a doggie gift for a fierce game of cutthroat. Other business held will be the election of new officers for the club. Come out and enjoy yourselves.
Every year at our annual Christmas Party the club presents an achievement plaque to all the members that have put AKC or UKC titles on their dogs. This is sponsored by the club and documents achievements for the 2004 calendar year.
Anita Ramsey is gathering up the information to have these available for the Xmas party. All club members that have put titles on any of their dogs this year should send to her by 11/20/04 an email (or phone call) with the name of the dog as you would like it on the plaque and the AKC and UKC titles earned this year. If you have any questions, please let Anita Ramsey or Dave Hamel know.
The weekend of January 22nd and 23rd 2005 will be the clubs annual obedience trial held at the Merrimac Dog Training Facility. There is lots of work involved in putting on an obedience trial with everything from trophies, hospitality, grounds and secretarial duties. If you are contacted by club members looking for volunteers to assist, please consider helping out even if for only a few hours. Many hands make work light!! The following list of individuals have taken on key roles and will be looking for help. If there is something you may be interested in doing feel free to contact them. Don’t worry about experience!! We train on the job.
Chairman Mark McCuen
Secretary David Hamel
Trophies Denise Call
Advertising Tracy Stephens
Booster Denise Call
Hospitality Cathy Broyles & Mary Ann Maher
Grounds Leslie Wemhoff
Chief Steward Janet Willis
On Saturday March 5, 2005 our club has received permission from the American Temperament Testing Society to host a Temperament Test at Bennett’s Creek park in Suffolk, Va. The event will start at 8:30 AM and run through the day. The minimum age of a dog to participate is 18 months of age. Testing will be by pre-entry only. Entries will be accepted starting 1 February through 23 February 2005. The Chair for this event will be Leslie Wemhoff. More information will be posted on the club website at http://www.pcotcdogs.org.
On October 22/23, 2005 the PCOTC will host a seminar featuring Trish King. She is the Director or Animal Training and Behavior Department at the Marin Humane Society, Marin, California. More information on Trish King can be found at http://www.puppyworks.com/speaker/king.html. The two day seminar will be covering “From Puppies to Problems” which includes a bit of everything including puppy socialization (and what it isn’t), adolescents, body language, breed differences, behavioral problems, aggression and modification and much more. Fees and registration information will be posted on the club website at http://www.pcotcdogs.org.
From Maggie Hayes
Woohoo! Snap earned his first AKC Senior Hunter leg on October 16 at the PVGRC’s hunt test is Cheltenham, MD. This was our first shot at it and he made me look good! The next day he finished his UKC CD with all placements at the Old Line KC show in Bel Air, MD. I am so proud of my boy!
From Vicky Hagemeister
My ACD Caesar earned his TD at the Winston-Salem Dog Training Club TD test on Sunday, November 6.
From Sharon Wright:
Razor completed His OTCH at the Greater
Philadelphia Dog Fanciers Club with a 198 in Utility B for a second place and 9
points to put him over the top. The day before at the Penn Treaty show he was
first in Utility B with a 197 and earned 30 points. This is SWEET and I love
it.
From Maggie Hayes:
Mr. Snapper picked up his second Senior Hunter leg at the Maryland Retriever Club’s hunt test up in Cheltenham , MD on 11/13. Only two more to go!
From Denise Call:
UCD GR CH Calla’s Izzy My Valentine “aka” Tank has entered the ranks of AKC titles. Mr. Tank achieved his companion dog title with 4 straight legs finishing up at Merrimac’s trial on October 16, and 17th. Way to go; you will never be an OTCH, but what you give me in effort, loyalty, devotion and willingness to please mean more to me than any title ever could. Thank you Tank for being another dog of my heart.
4 1/2 cups millet flour
1 15oz can of pumpkin
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup flax seed
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
I use a lot of flour to get the correct consistency for cookies because pumpkin is so wet. Also, 1/4 cup flax seed may be overdoing it (I didn’t really measure those, just poured them in). Bake the cookies in a 300 degree oven for about 30-40 minutes. Then just let them sit in the oven until the oven is cool. This should make the cookies more crunchy in texture. I was able to make 64 thumbprint style cookies from the recipe. You can always freeze the dough or the cookies. Enjoy!
Greater Monroe Kennel Club in NC is having their Inaugural breed shows and
obedience trials Saturday and Sunday November 20 and 21, 2004. Entries close at
noon on Wednesday, November 3, 2004. All judging will be indoors. You can enter
the shows on-line at www.infodog.com. For additional show info visit: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~gmkc
The annual PCOTC Obedience Trials are just around the corner in January. The club needs everyone’s participation in offering trophies for the competitors. Please be generous and offer a prize or cash or donate to the general fund.
For example, one might offer a basket of dog treats for the Saturday trial for the Highest Scoring Dog in Novice A. Or, a dog specific item (like a mug with a Golden on it) for the Highest Scoring Golden Retriever in the trial. Be creative! Donate for both days if you can. If you would like to donate cash, just put the amount and mark it for the General Fund.
Do not send the trophies or cash immediately, Denise will contact you about when and where she needs to collect them. Right now the important thing is your commitment. Please note that if you donate for a class that has already been donated for, we would like to use your trophy in the General Fund for another appropriate class. If this happens, and you would prefer that Denise contact you first to discuss, please mark here _______.
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Please give or send
this form to:
Denise Call, 24 Tadmore Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
I just wanted to let everyone know I lost my little Sassie October 24th. I want to write something as a tribute to her and put it in the Pup, but I have not been able to. I just wanted to let my friends in the club know about my loss. It will take me a long time to get past this. I do not know how dog lovers get through this. It has been just about more than Pete or myself can take. If anyone has any suggestions about how to get by this I could use some suggestions. Thanks, Kendal
P.S. I do not know when I will be
back out but I will be back eventually!
Just Because Quotes:
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours faithful and true to the best of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
I want to express my deepest sympathy to
Kendal Owens on the loss of her dog Sassy. Kendal, remember her as she was and
all the best times you had together. Hearts heal with time but the memories
stay forever.
I need to apologize for not getting any articles out in the recent past. My
health has been precarious with recent hospital stays and surgeries. I am
hoping for a better year in 2005. Please accept my apologies for not being a
better training director.
Our Christmas party is scheduled for December 5th at Mark McCuens new home. I
hear it is BYOC, bring your own chair, it seems Mark has recently moved into
his new domicile. It is also time to think about donating trophies to our trial
scheduled in January 2005. In this newsletter please fill out the trophy
donation sheet and mail to me or hand to me at the Christmas party. Money is
always welcome, as well as any special award you would like to offer. You
better be brushing up on you obedience routines. I hope to see you all entered
at our trial.
Anyone who has earned a title in
2004 needs to contact me ASAP for our awards ceremony at the Christmas party.
Please feel free to call me at home with information 252 771 2275 . I will be
home till after Thanksgiving to accept calls. My email has been sketchy at best
so don’t rely on email. I have asked Santa to bring me a new computer. I
hope he has read my list.
We are lining up people who have teaching talents for next years classes.
Please let me know if you can share your tricks, and talents with us. Our first
session in January starts January 5th with basic orientation and our first CGC
of the year. David Hamel will teach the first basic class. The first advanced
class will be Advanced Rally, Lee Hussey will be instructing, this class starts
January 12th at 8 PM.
See you all at the Christmas party.
Densie Call