Obedience Views. President s Report. Kathy. January 2017

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1 Clubhouse & Outdoor Training 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue Milwaukee, WI Indoor Training 333 N. 25th Street Milwaukee, WI Mailing Address P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI Phone Website Address Webmaster Jody Lokken Newsletter Editor Ellen Mack Officers President Kathy Gibowski Vice-President Mari Pavleje Secretary Dona Barsul Treasurer Kathleen McNerney Board of Directors Fred Kauer - Term Ends 18 Linda Roman - Term Ends 18 Daryl Ann Stuppan - Term Ends 17 Terry Tauschman -Term Ends 17 Tracy McCarty -Term Ends 19 Chris Niver -Term Ends- 19 Obedience Views January 2017 President s Report The West Allis Holiday parade was on December 3 rd, and it turned out to be a nice night. The challenging part of the walk was to keep the dogs focused while the group in front of us was throwing candy and the group behind us was blowing their horn, but we rose to the challenge and looked great. Mari also did a good job keeping us moving and giving the commands. Thank you all the club members and their furry champions that walked with me to represent our wonderful dog club. There are some upcoming Demo s in the month of January. If you are available to come and show off your skills with your dog, please consider signing up for a few of them. The sign-up sheets and information about each event is listed on the clipboards hanging at the Outdoor and the Indoor Clubhouses. The Milwaukee Brewers season is right around the corner, the club has signed another contract to work the 2017 season. Please watch for more information to follow if you would like to volunteer some of your time to help with this very successful fundraiser for the club. The Building Search Committee is continuing their search in locating a new building or buildable land for the club. If you are driving by a commercial building property or land in your area that you think has good potential, please write down the number and pass it on to any one of the Building Committee members, or a Club Chairperson. We are hoping to stay in Milwaukee County, but we are open to all suggestions. Mark your calendars, the club Holiday party is Saturday, January 21 st at the Pulaski Inn in Cudahy. Social hour starts at 5:00pm, Dinner at 6:00pm with presenting the awards and winning raffle numbers afterwards. Tickets will be $19.00 per person, please remember you can still win a free 6-month membership. One name will be drawn at the Holiday party. Congratulations to Claude Szpot for winning the free 6-month membership at the December general meeting!! Have a Safe and Happy New Year! Kathy Kathy

2 Instructor Staff Director of Training Fred Kauer Obedience Assistant Directors of Training Mari Pavleje Dona Barsul Basic Instructors Mari Pavleje Laura Sadler Instructors Rick Siefert Sue Bronson Claire Reihl Beginning Instructors Chuck Janusz Tim Carter Advanced Instructors Lory Valley Karen Brauch Open Instructors Kathleen McNerney Willie Mabone Utility Instructor Fred Kauer Assistant Director of & Basic-Foundation Instructor Tracy McCarty Instructors Kira Haslam Diana Howland Tracy McCarty Martha Ryan Jennifer Smith Daryl Ann Stuppan Nancy Wandersee Dawn Butler Assistant Director of Sarah Willems Instructors Dawn Butler (lead instructor) Nan Resch Class Instructors Deb Jumes Linda Roman Jean Rutter-Smith Dale Eastman Tracking Dorothy Schmidt Assistant Instructors Ellen Mack Lynn Crowell Scent Hurdles BJ Parrott PARTY TIME January 21, 2017 MDTC Holiday Party and Awards night. Dinner, drinks, awards, raffle, and silent auction at Pulaski Inn, Cudahy E. Pulaski Ave. Social hour begins at 5:00pm, dinner at 6:00pm with presentation of the awards and winning raffle numbers afterwards. Tickets will be $19.00 per person. Remember when you buy your tickets, you will be automatically entered into a drawing to win a free 6-month membership. One name will be drawn at the Holiday party. You can purchase tickets at our Outdoor Clubhouse or ask your Instructor about getting tickets. RAFFLE ITEMS FOR THE PARTY Oh what fun it is to win a raffle! There are lots of chances to do just that at the Holiday Party. In order to make the raffle an even bigger success and raise money flor the club we need donations of new or gently used items, gift cards or even scratch off lottery tickets. Donations can be left at the Indoor Club training facility, look for a big box to drop them in. We would like to make this the best raffle ever, so please bring in those donations. YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER If you re reading this, you successfully notified the front desk of your delivery method. If you did not, but still found the January newsletter on line at good work!. If you provided the front desk with your address and still did not receive it, please check your spam folders and double check we have the correct address. You can also physically pick one up at our Outdoor training club where very limited copies will be made available. If you wish to receive your newsletter by and have not given the front desk your address, please do it now! You can also send your address to emkk@sbcglobal.net.

3 ANXIETY FREE PETS Separation anxiety, nail trims and vet visits are just a few of the items on a dog s most unwanted list. But more and more vets are working to help pet owners recognize and deal with canine fears. Here are some of their top tips: Out and about: It s not unusual for dogs to be afraid of riding in cars, especially if it usually ends with a visit to the vet. To help them, make short trips to nowhere to give the dog a taste of how uneventful a car ride can be. Reward them with a treat at the end of the successful car ride. It is not a good idea to have the dogs very first car ride be to a stressful vet or grooming appointment. Secure them in a carrier or with a doggie seatbelt. If he s not sliding around he ll feel more comfortable. Wearing a compression shirt may help to provide an added feeling of security. Avoid signs of motion sickness by making sure he s facing forward and that you have the window cracked a little bit. That alone can help to alleviate anxiety. Your vet can also prescribe medication to reduce the effects of motion sickness. When dogs feel less stressed, owners feel less stressed too. With a little patience and prep, your dog can experience new things without fear. Kim Campbell Thornton FUNDRAISERS Thank you to those who participated in the Colectivo Fund Raiser ~ MDTC earned $ from the sales of coffee, tea and hot chocolate. We also earned $59.00 from the Paw Prints we did at the Holiday Luncheon! Thanks to those of you who participated in this! Both of these will help us in our search for a new home! Kristina Stuppan, Tracy McCarty and Daryl Ann Stuppan HOLIDAY PICTURES Just a reminder that if you were at the Holiday Luncheon, you have two options for accessing your pictures. They are available on MDTC s Facebook page at: milwaukeedogtrainingclub/ 1. Click on: Photos, 2. Click on Albums, 3. Left click on picture you want, 4. Right click on picture and select Copy picture, 5. Paste into a Microsoft Word Document which you opened. OR, your pictures are available on Dropbox at: Login: milwaukeedogsphoto@gmail.com Password: mariah58. Click on the file labeled: Christmas Steps: 1. Click on the picture you want. 2. In the upper right hand corner, click on the Download button. 3. Either Save it to the location you want, OR Open 4. Click on the picture, then right click and Copy it. 5. Right click and Paste it into a Microsoft Word Document which you opened.

4 MILWAUKEE DOG TRAINING CLUB General Membership Meeting Wednesday, December 28, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 8:02 p.m. by President Kathy Gibowski. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed. No correspondence. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Our holiday party is on Saturday January 21. Social hour starts at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $19 each. There are still calendars for sale. A nominating committee will be formed at the next board meeting. Officers positions and 2 board positions are up (Daryl & Terry). COMMITTEES DIRECTOR OF TRAINING: Fred said indoor training is going well. The classes on Thursday have been very small. A new obedience class starts Jan. 8. For Pet s Sake is having a TDI test on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. Call them if you are interested. : Class was cancelled last time due to snow. This weekend is for instructors only. AKC SHOW: Daryl said we could still use help, especially someone to send s for raffle items. SOCIAL: Next time will be a French toast bake. GOOD & WELFARE: Cards were sent to Tim Carter whose brother passed away, Nan Resch whose Mom passed away, and Mollie Sisson whose dog Zoomer passed away. Our condolences. Claire Reihl slipped on ice and broke her wrist. EXHIBITIONS: Mari said there is a daytime demo on Jan. 17 at a new place in Wauwatosa. They saw us in the holiday parade and requested a demo. Our club participated in the West Allis parade; it went well. Rick Sasek got the contract for the Sports show. Everything is the same. It will be the second weekend in March. The Pet Expo is on Feb. 4. FUND RAISERS: We are signed up for Miller Park. The Colectivo fund raiser made $643 profit per Daryl. $59 was made from the paw prints at the parade party. UNFINISHED BUSINESS The property search committee is looking at a few sites. BJ is checking on one that would require the building to be razed. Another is off highway 794. NEW BUSINESS Dale reported we have purchased two laptops and a printer to replace our older ones. These are newer used laptops. The new printer will be here and the older at the indoor site. Mari explained we did not have a quorum the last meeting, so the board voted to purchase these from Milwaukee PC. They are Dell Gen 2 & 3 and a Brother printer/scanner. The bill for all of this was $760. We thought the price would be over $1000. Time was of the essence, so the board voted to go ahead with the purchase. Now it is under $1000, so approval is not needed from membership. We could not pass on the deal. Our current ones are having issues. Milwaukee PC offers good customer support. Thank you to Dale for doing all this work. Calendars will be for sale at the indoor site. Any leftovers will be at the holiday party. Dale is doing a flyer with club info on it and where we will be. It will be 1/2 pg. in size. Willie Mabone asked about our land/building purchase criteria. We ideally would like 100x100 building. Or we could just buy land and build if reasonable. Price cap is $350,000. We discussed locales. He had seen one in Caledonia that has been bought, but will keep looking. Daryl said Mary Parker contacted a developer who is willing to meet with our club.

5 Show wins. Drawing for 6 month membership from holiday ticket purchases. Winner is Claude Szpot. Another drawing will be at the party. Motion to adjourn by Mari, seconded by Evan. Meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dona Barsul Secretary WE ARE ON THE MOVE! The search continues for a new home, due to the not-so-distant, freeway expansion scheduled to level our St. Paul facility. In light of all the moving costs and remodeling expenses facing us, MDTC, is on the move to update its status to non-profit. We are searching for a nicely suitable training-home that will hopefully fulfill our obedience, agility and fly-ball training requirements plus allow us to serve the community by hosting AKC sanctioned events that generate income! A non-profit status will allow us to seek sponsors and partners that will help us move closer toward these goals. If you know how the process works in becoming a non-profit, and are moved to assist us update our status...please contact the Property Search Committee; Daryl Stuppan, Betty Jane Parrott, Marion Artner, Martha Ryan, Mary Parker. HELP WANTED! Our AKC show committee can use your help. No experience necessary! The more the merrier! The group helps to put on our club s annual AKC show and raffle. Volunteers contact possible donors for the raffle and help gather raffle items. We also need help from committee members on both show days in June. If you can help, please contact Dona Barsul at merlinelg@earthlink.net or Lory Valley at l.valley@sbcglobal.net

6 January 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 No Classes Indoor 830 Basic & 9:30-Adv. Nov. & Open 10:30 Utility & Beg Indoor 830 Basic & 9:30-Adv. Nov. & Open 10:30 Utility & Beg. Social Sunday 16 Class New Class HOLIDAY PARTY 22 No Classes Party Recovery Day 23 Class 1 Class 2 8pm Outdoor 8pm:General Member Meeting Indoor 830 Basic & 9:30-Adv. Nov. & Open 10:30 Utility & Beg 30 Class 1 Class 2 8pm 31 January 15h Social Sunday-Stay for food and conversation.

7 February 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Indoor 830 Basic & 9:30-Utility & Beg 10:30 Adv & Open 6 Class 1 Class 2 8pm Indoor 830 Basic & 9:30-Utility & Beg 10:30 Adv & Open 13 Class 1 Class 2 8pm Social Sunday ** Social Sunday. Stay for food and conversation.. Would you like to receive your future newsletters via ? It is fast, easy and in color! Just send your name and address to emkk@sbcglobal.net. If you have an article, report or upcoming event you would like to see in future newsletters the deadline for submissions is the LAST WEDNESDAY of every month. No exceptions. Be sure to visit our website. Our Facebook page is

8 Indoor Training Schedule 2016/2017 Wednesday/Thursday Class Dates and Times. (Dates may be subject to change) Wednesday Class Times December 7, 14, 21, 28 January 4, 11, 18, 25 February 1, 8, 15, 22 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic PM & Open & Open & Open Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * December 28 * January 25 * February 22 Wednesday Class Times March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 12, 19, 26 6:30 PM Basic Basic PM & Open & Open Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * March 29 * April 26 Thursday Class Times December 1, 8,15, 22,*C January 5, 12, 19, C* February 2, 9, 16,*C 6:30 PM Advanced Advanced Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * December 28 * January 25 * February 22 Thursday Class Times March 2, 9, 16, 23,*C April 6, 13, 20,*C 6:30 PM Advanced Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * March 29 * April 26 * Attention all Classes: The last Wednesday of each month, training is at the Outdoor Club followed by the membership meeting. Sunday Class Times December 4, 11, 18, *C January *C, 8, 15, 22, 29 February 5, 12, 19, 26 8:30 AM Basic & s Basic & s Basic & s 9:30 AM Utility & Beg. Adv. & Open Utility & Beg. 10:30 PM Adv. & Open Utility & Beg. Adv. & Open Sunday Class Times March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9, *C, 23, 30 8:30 AM Basic & s Open 9:30 AM Adv. & Open Utility 10:30 PM Utility & Beg. Advanced C=No Sunday Classes: December 25th, January 1st, January 22nd (holiday party recovery) and April 16th (Easter).

9 SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Dorothy Schmidt and Border Collie Thyme - AKC Tracking Dog title (TD) - Entered Thyme in Thorn Creek Tracking Club, University Park, IL October 23, With little hesitation Thyme tracked her way to the final glove and her TD title. The AKC Invitational took place in Florida this December. Invited are the top five (5) dogs for all AKC breeds. At the end of the qualification period the top five (5) dogs received an invitation to the AKC Invitational. If any of the top five (5) dogs declined the invitation, an invitation was sent to the next top dog of that breed. Invited this year were: Jennifer Smith and Whippet Moquah Mach 2 Marial s Moquah AKC Invitational Moquah: 24" was fifth after 4 rounds then won third place overall after finals. He won the #3 hound award. He earned a cash prize reward and a $75 gift certificate. Moquah went 6 for 6! Jennifer Smith and Whippet Strip AKC Invitational Strip: 20" was second after four rounds, sixth after finals. He won #1 in the hound group and best bred - by exhibitor award. He won a cash prize reward. Strip had 5 of 6 clean runs! AKC Junior Invitational also took place in Florida. To be invited the Juniors must have 5 first place wins in an Open Class. Juniors must be under 18 years of age at the time of the wins. Juniors must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 or equivalent for the school year. Invited this year were: Gabbi Kabakchieva and All American Scotty - AKC Invitational Time to Beat: Q (qualified), clean run in standard, clean run Jumpers with Weaves, Scotty conquered his nervousness and produced 3 clean runs in the Junior Excellent class (harder than Superior), his clean runs earned him 4th highest cumulative score and a cash prize in a very competitive 20" class. He was the only non- border collie to place for cumulative high score. Gabbi Kabakchieva and Springer Spaniel Duke - Time to Beat: Q (qualified) and finished 14th fastest out of all the 12 preferred competing at invitationals, Q d in Standard and finished with the 2nd highest cumulative/overall score in junior superior 12" preferred class which earned him a cash prize. Jennifer Smith and Whippet Moquah Mach 2 Marial s Moquah AKC Invitational 3rd place overall. Gabbi Kabakchieva and All American Scotty and Duke, AKC Invitational

10 Upcoming Regional AKC Events - go to for additional information Club Location Competition Show Date Close Date All Am Janesville-Beloit Kennel Club Loves Park, IL Obed, Rally 1/28, 29 1/11 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst Junction Obed, Rally 2/4, 5 1/18 Yes Car-Dun-Al Obedience Dog Huntley, IL Obed, Rally 2/4, 5 1/18 Yes Sheboygan Dog Training Club Sheboygan, WI Obed, Rally 2/11, 12 1/25 Yes K-9 Obedience Training Club of Menomonee Falls Obed, Rally 3/11,12 2/22 Yes Badger Kennel Club DeForest, WI Obed, Rally 3/18,19 3/1 Yes Greater Racine Kennel Club Racine, WI Obed, Rally 3/25,26 3/8 Yes Oshkosh Kennel Club, Inc. Oshkosh, WI 1,27,28,29 1/11 Yes La Salle Brittany Club Huntley, IL 1/27 1/13 Yes Glenbard All Breed Obedience Huntley, IL 1/28,29 1/13 Yes K-9 Obedience Training Club New Berlin, WI 2/4,5 1/21 Yes American Lhasa Apso Club, Inc. Manhattan, IL 2/10,11,12 1/26 Yes Greater Milwaukee Poodle Club Sheboygan, WI 2/11,12 1/25 Yes Marshfield Area Kennel Club Amherst Junction 2/17,18,19 2/3 Yes N S Duck Tolling Retriever Club Huntley, IL 2/18,19 2/3 Yes Doberman Pinscher Club of Oshkosh, WI 2/25,26 2/3 Yes Great Lakes Belgian Tervuren Manhattan, IL 2/25,26 2/10 Yes Dorothy Schmidt and Thyme TD test in Illinois Milwaukee Dog Training Club, Inc N. Humboldt Avenue P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI