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1 May 2012 Most of us in dogs know about the importance of socializing our puppies. We wouldn t dream of raising a show or obedience prospect without plenty of rides in the car, trips to new places, lots of positive experiences with new people and other dogs, and exposure to the world at large. We know all about the effects of under-socializing: lack of confidence, or even fearfulness, misplaced challenging and aggressiveness, inability to read the language of other dogs, and suspicions about even the most commonplace places and things. So what could possibly be wrong with socializing your dog? Socializing: Not Always a Good Thing? by helen Cariotis from Off Lead Magazine I think the answer is it depends. Let s consider a few commonplace scenarios and think about why the resultant effect on your dog might not be what you wanted. Say you are at the ball field or park, and as you are scanning the environment for possible trouble (as you always do) you see a young woman approaching you with an obviously young, in love with the world, Golden (or Lab, Collie, Brittany, etc.) The Golden is happily lunging on the end of her lead, and paying no attention to her equally bouncy owner JUST as they reach you she says, Can Taffy say hello? as Taffy careens into your dog s face. By then your well-mannered dog has determined that YOU are not going to be able to keep this canine bowling ball away from him, so he growls (or maybe even snaps) and warns her away. You, horrified at the aggressive behavior of your dog, jerk back on his lead as you scold him mightily. It s plenty obvious to you that you have failed in your efforts to socialize your dog, he s dog aggressive, and to a cute little bitch at `that! Well, maybe. It s also possible that you and your dog have just experienced socialization gone wrong. Taffy thinks it s OK to mug any dog who can t get away, and your well behaved dog thinks he d better be on the lookout for all dogs that approach with their owners. In another situation, the results may be even more disastrous. You are working hard to socialize your three month old pup to other dogs, and introduce him to an older male. Unfortunately, this male just doesn t like pups (they re out there) and doesn t give a hoot about puppy immunity. So, your baby gets nailed, frightened and remembers the experience for a long time. In fact, you have to work extra hard over the next months to convince him that all big dogs aren t bad. Or, maybe you ve signed up for obedience school, and the instructor encourages a fifteen minute socializing period before class. Some of the dogs can interact safely, but you happen to have one of the dogs there who is more standoffish, and just doesn t make friends instantly with everyone. He is continually bombarded with friendly, but in your face overtures, until he can t take any more. Unless you are observant enough to turn the Taffy away, he may have to do it himself. So, socialize your pups and young dogs, but don t make the mistake of thinking that everyone out there will love them as much as you do, or that they will instantly take in any and all dogs ever born. And be on the lookout for Taffy. Editor s note: I have two dogs that do not like other dogs coming up in their faces. They are not the friendly types. They do not go up to other dogs on their own. They just go about their own business ignoring other dogs. Both have been socialized and are not aggressive. If quietly approached by another dog, they will give a sniff, a tail wag, and more on. BUT, if a dog does come up to them fast and pushy, ignoring the evil eye the lip and the low growl, they will snap, get away from me. I ve seen so many people with dogs out of control that think all dogs should love each other and want to play, that I am on the defensive. I have to keep all the dogs safe, by being aware. When an owner comes up with an over-friendly dog, I warn them off. My dog is not friendly. Please keep your dog back. At the same time, I keep my dog close to me. Then I give the lecture about how they should be aware and control their dogs. This is sometimes a problem at Allied Gardens where so many people walk their dogs. Stay aware and pass the word. FF Next Meeting Monday May 14th at Allied Gardens Rec. Center at 7pm Dog Daze Deadline: the 3rd of the month. Send Dog Daze contributions to Audrey Austin Send information for the calendar to Bruce Barnett

2 Dog Daze is a monthly puublication of All Breed Obedience Club Inc., a nonprofit obedience club serving San Diego County. Articles which appear in this paper do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the subject matter by ABOCI. Articles may be quoted, provided credit is given to the author and Dog Daze. Subscription rate for non members is $ ABOCI Class Info: (619) Dog Daze Editor Audrey Austin (619) audreyaustin@cox.net ABOCI Officers David Smelser, President (760) Judy Ekdahl, Vice President (619) Audrey Austin, Secretary (619) Sarah Ball, Treasurer (619) Board Members Vickie Hill (619) Cathy Colley (619) Calendar Editor Bruce Barnett bcbarnett@cox.net Dog Daze Publisher Kathy Upton Cell (858) uptonkathy@san.rr.com Meeting Minutes April 2012 President David Smelser opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m.with a thank you for all who came to the Awards Dinner. March minutes were approved. There was no Treasurer s report. The training groups are all going great. The UKC Obedience Trial almost broke even, which is a large improvement from last year s loss. Ella Biggs reported for the flyball team. At the last tournament, they ran two teams, one regular and one veterans. The 8 years The UKC obedience/rally Trials April 7-8 were a great success due to the hard work of our volunteers. Special thinks are due to our secretary, Geri Dimeglio, who graciously agreed to accept dayof-trial entries. Although it was a lot of work in a short amount of time to get the paperwork done for those entering on the morning of the trial, it was those entries that put our trial in the black. Also going way above and beyond was our hospitality chair, Kris Smelser. Her homemade salads were the hit of the trial with many requests for her recipes. She handled the feeding of the crew pretty much singlehanded as her husband, David (ABOCI s President), was very busy setting courses and timing at the rally ring all day. Thank you is not enough to express my gratitude to Karyn Dawes for all her help with pre-trial paperwork questions., logistics, publicizing the trial to encourage entries, securing really topnotch stewards, lending us her equipment, transporting her equipment to and from the trial, her help with setup on Friday before the trial, her hosting the judges for dinner on Saturday night, and entertaining our one remaining judge on Sunday night. We could not have had such a successful trial without her help! Thanks also to Susan Garcia and Rita Wolkiewicz for picking up our judges (one each) at the airport on Friday, my darling husband, Joe, for bringing the judges to the trial each morning, taking one judge to the airport Sunday afternoon and the other to the airport Monday morning. 2 and older team came in 2nd. In the 16-team division, the Run Amucks came in 2nd in the finals. Our ABOCI Run Amucks will hold our NAFA sanctioned tournament June 2-3 at Otay Ranch. Ella would like you to bring any raffle items you may have for her tournament raffle. You can leave them with her any Monday night at Allied Gardens. Meeting adjourned at 7:38 p.m. This brief meeting was held with the Awards Dinner. Audrey Austin, Secretary FF UKC Trial Report by Vickie Hill Thanks to our members who supported us with entries and by working at the trial even if they didn t have a dog entered. We did appreciate your help! Entries and stewards are absolutely crucial to a trial. Thank you, Audrey, Lydia, Lois, Ruth and Bruce, Mimi, and Audrey s daughter and grandson, Diane and Christopher. If I ve missed someone please forgive me, it s been a very long weekend. I ll be posting to the HVOC list as well to thank that club and its members for the tremendous amount of help they provided. They could not have been more supportive from renting us the field at the very reasonable rate, letting us set up on Friday, permitting the use of some of their equipment, and providing a number of really excellent stewards. I ll have a full report on the financial outcome of the trial at the next meeting. It looks like we actually made a little money. Thank you everyone! Vickie Lee Hill, Trial Chariman Editor s note: I have to say thank you to Vickie for the super job she did. I ve done it in the past and I know all the work it entailed. She went the extra mile to put on a two-day trial and accept day-of-trial entries. This is the first trial in a number of years that made a little money, or at least didn t go into the hole big time as we did last year. FF

3 MONDAY NIGHT RING PRACTICE ABOCI s new format for Monday Night Ring Practice has been a big success! We have multiple teams of dogs and handlers coming out on a regular basis, to practice their Obedience skills and ring procedure in a group setting. Now that our equipment, including ring and jumps, is conveniently stored on-site in our club shed at Allied Gardens, it has become easy and efficient for members to come out and practice. Members take turns either setting up equipment or taking it down and putting it away. It is great to see the nice cooperation and teamwork between our members, and we are all having fun! For those members who have their practice times in between setup and take down, they are available to call us through our paces, for excellent ring practice with a judge. Monday Night Ring Practice is available most Mondays at Allied Gardens, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. We offer 20 minute time slots to work your dog individually. We also have 2 sets of Group Sits and Downs, at 4:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. Signups are required in advance, and are on our ABOCI Yahoo group. Just watch your for Monday Night Ring Practice with a date, sign up for you and your dog, and come on out and enjoy the fun! We have jumps set up in the Ring, but you may practice anything from Sub-Novice, Novice, Open, Utility, whichever level you are working! Any questions, Cathy Colley chattycathy@sbcglobal.net.ff Gamma SARAH BALL with her Golden Retriever, BAYLOR, began their CDX journey with a jump-start. At the Papillon KC Obedience Trial in Anaheim, Baylor brought home the blue 1st place ribbon with a 197 ½ from the Open A class. CONNIE KAPLAN with her dear dog, SOBA wrote: Cathy Colley encouraged me to put Soba in the Novice A trial in Anaheim. I was on my way back from Northern California. I thought if she didn t seem that great I would just train and play with her. She was pretty flat and distracted, but I thought we would qualify. I saw Sarah Ball there and she gave me some good advice too. Soba sniffed and lagged, and I had to give her an extra command to heel in the off leash but we pulled it off. The dog next to her went down on the sit, so I was proud of her. My goal was to lose all points in heeling and none anywhere else. I lost 1 pt. on the stand for exam and the rest on heeling. I got a 179 and my goal for the next leg is the same, with a score in the 180s. Good job, Connie and Soba. We all have to start somewhere. Take that green ribbon and celebrate. You can only go up from here. TOBY KRAUSE handled her jumping Golden, CODY, to his Open Agility title. KATHY AND GAMMA, Australian Shepherd, at the age of 9.5, after an injury in November, started their agility career over in the Preferred class at Silver Bay KC. 6 weekends later she s back into the Excellent classes after finishing both her Open JWW and Open Standard titles last weekend. Since she was usually the only dog in her classes, she has lots of blue ribbons to show for it. We re running in Excellent again in the next trial where NO errors are allowed, unlike Open, where she could have ONE error and still Q. Brags May 2012!!! Connie & Soba 3 J E A N E T T E POLING has to brag about her fabulous COO- PER earning his Master Agility Excellent Preferred Title (MXP) in April. He placed in all 10 runs. He Cooper is All-Starr s Cooperstown Bound VCD1,CD,RE, TDX,MXP,AFP, CGC. Cooper is on his way to bigger and better things. What a talented dog! ABOCI s UKC Obedience Trials gave members an opportunity to bring home some ribbons. CATHERINE ZINSKY brought out her new young Border Collie, DAX, in Novice B for the first time. And what a beginning! Dax took 1st place and High in Trial both days, earning a perfect 200 on Sunday under Jill Perry. Catherine is off and running with this new dog. VICKIE HILL and her Border Collie, BJ, successfully navigated the Rally RO2 class three times for BJ s title. Good job, BJ. RUTH ANDERSON and her dear 1 ½ year old red-tri Aussie, REBA, came out for their first obedience competition at the ABOCI UKC trial on April 8. Under Judge Jill Perry, Reba performed her little heart out, working on a perfect score in the Beginners Novice class. Then at the last second, literally, Reba went down on the long sit. This is Ruth s brag and cry. Reba showed what she is capable of in the ring, so Ruth is looking forward to more high scores in the future. Ruth is so proud of this youngster, as she should be. AUDREY & ZAZZY: I have a little brag and a big cry. ZAZZY earned her first leg in Rally, UO2 with a third place. Yeah. Then she began looking for a new handler. I found out I can t read, I can t follow directions and I can t count to three. She has since forgiven me and will let me try again another time. ELLA BIGGS bragged about the Run Amuck Flyball team at the last tournament. They entered two teams, one regular and one over 8 yrs. Veteran team. The veterans came in 2nd. Place and the regular team in a 16 team division came in 2nd in the finals. Wow, Ella, this is really something! Those flyball teams can be super fast and the oldies did a great job too. Audrey Austin FF

4 What Are You Lookin At? When you walk a Novice heeling pattern, do you know where to look? As you practice focused attention with your Novice dog, do you know where to train your own gaze? While you try and get your dog to watch you, do you know how to read your youngster s signals? In other words, are you and your dog paying attention to each other, at the same time, and in the best possible ways to enhance not just your training, but your ring performance? Let s break these questions down and see wheat might help you. As usual, I ll illustrate with my own problems and solutions and, hopefully, my issues will help other novices in rally and obedience. I tend to do a lot of pattern walking without my dog just to learn to walk a straight line, corner correctly, and use the proper footwork. However, until recently I didn t really notice where I was going, except to make sure I didn t walk into a lamp post or the mailbox. As a result, I was throwing my younger dog, Story, off into the land of the zoomies because, bless her heart, she had no idea where I was likely to turn. She was so concerned about being right that she ended up giving me all kinds of unwanted heeling behaviors. She so wants to keep eye contact with me that when I walk a pattern and don t keep her in my peripheral vision she bumps or forges just to get my attention. When you walk a straight line, experiment and see how far ahead you can direct your eyes yet still have your dog in view. If you re lucky and have a heads-up heeling dog, half your battle is won. Your dog will keep its head up and its eyes on your face, and trust that you aren t going to run through the ring gates or stumble on a stanchion. So that should become your goal: figure out if you need to look 18 inches, 20 inches or 24 inches in front of your feet and still be able to keep your dog s head within your field of vision. That s your first homework assignment. Walk slowly at first, like you do when your are first teaching your dog to heel along side you in proper position. Do what I do and apologize to your dog for asking him to walk at a slower pace. Or, if you d rather, you can staple a cardboard cut-out dog head to your left pants leg and practice in front of the neighbor s house. Wear a disguise if you have to (I have many floppy hats in different The Novice Among Us by Linda Rehkopf from Front and Finish colors, as I like to at least look color-coordinated if not just plain coordinated). Either way, you need to get used to walking and being able to see where you re going, and also keep your dog in plain sight. Then you re ready to begin practicing turns, which you should do separately from working proper footwork, like forming a T on the about turn or single tracking through a figure 8. You also need to plant your gaze in the right spot to give your dog every advantage possible. In our Novice competition classes, and from various books and DVDs, most of us are taught to turn our heads to the left on a left turn or to look to the left or slightly down towards the left chest area. Okay, well, for women, you ve probably been told a region much more specific, in language much too delicate for this column. Try and take your gaze a bit farther down though, and look at the little toe of your left foot as you prepare to make a left turn. I did this with Story and, oh gosh, I suddenly had a more accurate dog. She was following my eyes rather than my head, shoulders, or feet: or smelling what might be slimed on the inside of my left front pocket. (Note: I never put treats in that pocket. Ever. Never. Treats come from my mouth; I reload from my right rear pocket, if necessary, while training something new.) My eyes told her, Okay, girl. I m looking this way because that s where we are going next. Notice I did not say to move your head. Just your eyes. Now try this maneuver with a right turn. Plant your gaze on the little toe of your right foot. On the about turn, tuck your chin a tad the only time your head should bob at all and look at the big toe on your right foot as you begin to plant your left foot in the T. Focused attention it s all the rage in dog obedience. We try everything from collar pops to clickers to spitting food. I m in the food spitting camp, and my Labs have never seemed to have a problem catching anything that drops from my mouth. Until now. For the longest time Story is three years old I ve been spitting food at this dog and it has bounced off her muzzle, off her noggin, and off her ears. I was beginning to wonder what was wrong with my dog because my other 4 dogs didn t have a problem catching spit treats. Another eureka moment happened when I realized that Story doesn t watch my mouth. She watches my eyes. So, if food falls out of my mouth, which clearly she doesn t watch unless it s full of people food while I m sitting at the dinner table, bits of cheese or hot dogs bounce on the floor during our training sessions. Then, she really loses focus when she realizes that it s raining cheese or hot dogs. I did two things. I upped the value of the treats to lean hamburger, chicken, or steak as I began to train focus. I ll fade the value intensity as she learns, then fade the treats. I also broke out with sudden play after just a few steps, then more steps, then a ring length worth of focused heeling. I randomized the praise, which she laps up like a Lab does (you know that Labs were bred to breathe their owner s air., right?) Oh wait, that s three things. So now, while Story is watching my eyes, she s starting to learn that something fun is about to happen to her. My third eyesight problem mine alone. Because she is a black Lab, has very dark eyes, black rims, and almost no white visible most of the time I m talking as if I had to get up in the middle of the night and she was laying across my path I d trip over hr, that s how dark she is I had a difficult time picking up on the cues that Story was giving me. My yellow Lab, Gracie, would launch her whole body back on her haunches to let me know she was paying attention. Sham would drool long, sticky, thick drool. Not this dog. I can t tell if her eyeballs track me. I can t tell if she s watching from across a ring while I wait on a recall for the call your dog command. I ve had to begin to rely on much more subtle clues from Story, such as, maybe seeing her elbows unlock from a solid sit. Or while she s working away from me on directed jumping, she might barely flick her ear flap. My questions, fellow novices, are: what are you looking at and what have your begun to notice about your dog s cues? How do you know that your dog understands what you want? Do you know your dog s signals as keenly as you want your dog to know your own? FF

5 In attendance at this April 20 celebration at Marie Callender s Restaurant were nearly all the folks receiving plaques and awards, whose names and achievements will be listed later in this article. Also in attendance were our President, David Smelser and First Lady, Kris Smelser. We were thrilled to have Guy and Ella Biggs, of Flyball fame with our own Run Amuck Flyball Team. We also welcomed Guy and Ella s grandniece, Julie, and members Ruth Anderson and Bruce Barnett, Audrey Austin, Sarah Ball, Cathy and Steve Colley, Judy Ekdahl, Connie Kaplan, Mimi Lorié, Debbie Sherwood, Lydia Tucker-Clark and maybe others that I have forgotten to list! We started off the evening with a nice dinner and drinks, dining on Marie Callender s yummy menu. Some of us even chose to have a whole pie for dinner instead you know who you are! After dinner, we took a few minutes to honor our Trainers for Head trainer David Smelser, Trainer Kris Smelser, and Trainer Geri Dimeglio were honored. These folks have done an outstanding job of providing a solid, ongoing training program, from Puppy Class through Beginning Obedience and beyond. The ingenious format of the drop-in Puppy Class with David and Kris has worked out beautifully, and Geri has led many successful owner/pet teams to good manners, better relationships, and even getting ready for their CGC Tests. It is great to see our Club as a positive force in our community, promoting Obedience and responsible dog ownership through our training classes. Next up was the presentation of awards. The awards were presented by me, and I had fun doing it. Here is a listing of members receiving Awards for 2011: ABOCI s Award Winners 2011 L to R Back Row: Ruth Anderson, Debbie Sherwood, Mimi Lorie, Audrey Austin L to R Front Row: Cathy Colley, Sara Ball ABOCI Awards Dinner Individual Title Plaques Mimi Lorié and her Australian Shepherd, Artemis, earned multiple Rally titles, and their AKC CD title. Debbie Sherwood received plaques for UKC Rally titles on both of her lovely Irish Setters, Porsche and Fancy. Lois Apfel and her bright young Newfoundland, Neela, got accolades for a TD title, and a CD title. Audrey Austin and her incredible Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Zazzy, did all kinds of good things in 2011! They earned UKC Rally title, URO1, and a CGC. They went on to get their AKC CD, which qualified them for the outstanding title AKC VCD1. (see note below) Ruth Anderson and her lovely, nice working Australian Shepherd, Josie, cleaned up in 3 different venues. This team earned their UKC CD, their ASCA CD, and their AKC CD! Wow! Sarah Ball and her gorgeous, gifted Golden Retriever, Baylor, earned their AKC CD, in 3 straight shows with scores in the high 190 s. This also qualified Baylor for the prestigious AKC VCD1 title. (see note below) 5 Cathy Colley and her pair of Golden Retrievers also earned titles in Summer received her TDX, the last title of a long and happy career. Windy earned her TD and her RN, and also the WC and the WCX. These are Field titles for Golden Retrievers. (*Note: the AKC VCD1 title is an honor which requires the dog to have earned the CD in Obedience, the TD in Tracking, AND both the Novice Agility titles, NA/ NAP and NJ / NJP.) Special Awards High Scoring AKC Dog of the Year went to Sarah Ball and Baylor, with a PER- FECT 200 score! Way to go! High Scoring UKC Dog of the Year went to Ruth Anderson and Josie. Congratulations! This is the second time Ruth has earned this honor in the past 5 years, having achieved it in 2006 with her wonderful Standard Poodle boy, Balzac. We concluded the evening with a short business meeting, then it was goodnight and God Bless. Well done everyone. What an outstanding Awards Dinner! Cathy Colley

6 On April 21, members of the San Diego Tracking community gathered at Allied Gardens to honor Sally Nesbitt. Sally is a longtime member of ABOCI, and is the Tracking Trainer for many successful dog and handler teams in San Diego. But Sally is so much more than just an instructor. Sally is also known as the Queen of Tracking! She has spearheaded introduction of tracking training, AKC Tests, and a whole community representing the sport of AKC Tracking in San Diego County. There was a time when a person would have to drive far north in California, or out of state, to try to find a very limited place in an AKC Tracking Test. Now thanks to Sally s efforts, we have a great training program, multiple events, and a whole schedule of AKC Tests every year. Local Tests include all levels: TD (Tracking Dog,) TDX (Tracking Dog Excellent,) and now VST (Variable Surface Tracking.) Many, many dogs earn their TD and TDX titles in San Diego County every year, representing many breeds, and ages, and types of dogs. We are now starting to also see some dogs passing the very difficult VST title. We have had several Tracking Champions made at our local Tests, this includes passing all three of the above mentioned Tracking Titles, and is a rare accomplishment. Along the way, Sally has developed a loyal group of followers, who form the volunteer core for all the local Tracking Tests, and work together as a team and act like a family to make Tracking events fun and successful. Tracking is a laborintensive sport at the Test level, with limited numbers of entrants. But these Tracking folks are just as happy when another Tracking person passes as they are when their own dogs pass a Test! It was members of this group of people who gathered to celebrate and applaud Sally at Allied Gardens. The event was a Potluck, with the added fun of being a non-meat potluck, as a nod to Sally s Tracking Party for Sally Nesbitt vegetarian eating habits. All the dishes were delicious and we did a lot of eating! This event was originally supposed to be a surprise party but due to the incredible time constraints of everyone s dog schedules, we had to let the cat out of the bag that weekend, or risk losing our event! Over the past few months, Sally s students have been donating toward a nice gift for Sally. We presented her with not one, but two, Photo Blankets. These lovely blankets had photos of all her participating students and dogs, and Sally was quite moved! We also presented Sally with a lovely wooden box featuring a photo of her own beloved German Shepherd Dog, Zeus. This event was organized by Susan Garcia, Janet Wilson and Cathy Colley. It was so wonderful to have everyone gathered together to celebrate our awesome Sally, the great sport of Tracking, and another successful Tracking season. A good time was had by all! FF 6

7 Calendar of Dog Events EVENT TYPE DATE(S) Addl. Day? CLUB AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 5/5/2012 5/6/2012 Rio Hondo Kennel Club Cal Poly University, Pomona Closing date (blank=n/a): 4/18/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Information to come NAFA Flyball Tournaments 5/5/2012 5/6/2012 INXS Otay Ranch Town Center, Chula Vista Closing date (blank=n/a): 4/15/2012 Info: Stephanie Doerr: AKC Agility Trials 5/5/2012 5/6/2012 SW Rottweiler Club of SD Naval Training Center, Point Loma Closing date (blank=n/a): 4/18/2012 Info: Lynda Tjarks: Obedience & Rally Show & Go 5/12/2012 Hidden Valley Obedience Club HVOC Training Grounds, Escondido Closing date (blank=n/a): Info: 9 a.m. to noon AKC Agility Trials 5/19/2012 5/20/2012 SW Rottweiler Club of SD Naval Training Center, Point Loma Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/2/2012 Info: Lynda Tjarks: ASCA Agility Trials 5/19/2012 5/20/2012 Performance Dog Training Doyle Elementary School, San Diego Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/11/2012 Info: Premium at: General Meeting 5/21/2012 All Breed Obedience Club Allied Gardens Recreation Center Closing date (blank=n/a): Info: Meeting starts at 7 p.m. AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 5/25/2012 Antelope Valley Kennel Club LA County Fairplex, Pomona Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/9/2012 Info: Bradshaw: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 5/26/2012 San Fernando Kennel Club LA County Fairplex, Pomona Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/9/2012 Info: Bradshaw: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 5/27/2012 San Gabriel Kennel Club LA County Fairplex, Pomona Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/9/2012 Info: Bradshaw: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 5/28/2012 Los Encinos Kennel Club LA County Fairplex, Pomona Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/9/2012 Info: Bradshaw: U-FLI Flyball Tournaments 5/26/2012 5/27/2012 Lickety Splits Flyball Org. Ramona Closing date (blank=n/a): 4/27/2012 Info: licketysplitsflyball.org/activities/tournaments/index.htm#q NADAC Agility Trials 6/1/2012 6/2 & 6/3 Ups 'N Downs Agility Club Valley Center Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/25/2012 Info: Premium at: NAFA Flyball Tournaments 6/2/2012 6/3/2012 Run Amuck Otay Ranch L. P. Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/1/2012 Info: Guy Biggs: aceguybiggs@gmail.com AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 6/2/2012 6/3/2012 Kennel Club of Pasadena Brookside Park, Pasadena Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/16/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Obedience & Rally Show & Go 6/9/2012 All Breed Obedience Club Allied Gardens Community Park Closing date (blank=n/a): Info: 8:30 a.m. to noon AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 6/15/2012 6/16 & 6/17 Bahia Sur KC of Chula Vista Southwestern College, Chula Vista Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/30/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Information to come AKC Agility Trials 6/15/2012 6/16 & 6/17 Bichon Frise Club of San Diego Naval Training Center, Point Loma Closing date (blank=n/a): 5/30/2012 Info: Lynda Tjarks: General Meeting 6/18/2012 All Breed Obedience Club Allied Gardens Recreation Center Closing date (blank=n/a): Info: Meeting starts at 7 p.m. ASCA Agility Trials 6/23/2012 6/24/2012 Performance Dog Training Doyle Elementary School, San Diego Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/15/2012 Info: Premium at: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 6/29/2012 Kennel Club of Beverly Hills Queen Mary Events Park, Long Beach Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/13/2012 Info: Bradshaw: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 6/29/2012 Long Beach Kennel Club Queen Mary Events Park, Long Beach Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/13/2012 Info: Bradshaw: AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 7/6/2012 Channel City Kennel Club Seaside Park, Ventura Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/20/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Information to come AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 7/7/2012 Santa Maria Kennel Club Seaside Park, Ventura Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/20/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Information to come AKC Obedience & Rally Trials 7/8/2012 Ventura County Dog Fanciers Seaside Park, Ventura Closing date (blank=n/a): 6/20/2012 Info: Bradshaw: Information to come 7

8 ABOCI Membership Renewal Form Mail your renewal check and this form to: Eleni Stevens, P.O. Box 296, Lakeside, CA Member Name Additional Family Members: Address (if different from mailing label): City, State, Zip: Address: Best Phone Number to reach you: Dogs Names & Breeds: If you wish to renew your membership, our current membership fees are: o $5.00 Junior o $25.00 Individual o $35.00 Family o $15.00 Dog Daze Subscription only Contact Kathy if you d like to receive your Dog Daze in full color instead of a boring black and white copy! (web link or delivery) Also, membership dues are due! Mail in the form on this page if your label says Exp. 2011! All Breed Obedience Club, Inc. Care of Kathy Upton 3365 Ogalala Avenue San Diego, CA 92117