Obedience Views. President s Report. Kathy. February 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 February 2017 President s Report The club s Holiday party was on January 21 st at the Pulaski Inn in Cudahy, and what a fun night it was! We had a large group of members and their families attend the party this year. Thank you Kim and Brad Rinzel for organizing this event for us and to the Pulaski Inn for the excellent selection of food. The Instructor of the Year award was presented to Sue Bronson, the Outstanding Service award was presented to Sam Emmons and a Lifetime Membership was presented to Tori Baldwin. Congratulations all! Claude Szpot not only won the free 6-month membership at the December general meeting, but again won it at the Holiday party. Congratulations! I made a special announcement at the Holiday party in regards to our DOT for Obedience, and would like to pass it on to the rest of the members. Fred Kauer has decided to step down as our DOT, it has been something he has been contemplating for several years now. Thank You Fred for all of your hard work and dedication over the years. With that being said, I would like to announce that the new DOT, is Kim Rinzel. Kim will officially take over the reins on February 26 th with the start of the new obedience class. She brings fresh, new positive ideas to our obedience program which means changes are on the horizon, in a good way. There will be some upcoming exhibitions in the next couple of months. The club will have a booth at the Pet Expo on February 4 th, so please stop by to say hello and win a prize from our Plinko game, made by Dale Eastman. The Milwaukee Sports Show is on March 8 th 12 th, we will have a booth again this year. Signup sheets for the obedience and agility demos will be available only at the Indoor building. Please consider signing up for a few of them and show off your skills to the spectators. The Milwaukee Brewers games have been picked and the training has started. If you would like to volunteer some of your time to help with this very successful fundraiser for the club, please contact Mari Pavleje. The Milwaukee Dog calendar is starting back up again. Please start going thru your photos of your furry friends, we are looking for a variety of pictures. Examples are: agility, flyball, tracking, nose work and obedience action shots or hiking in the park or lounging in your backyard or your personal favorites. I would like to fill up the calendar with all of our dogs!! I still have the pictures everyone sent to me last year, so don t be afraid to submit more. Please submit your photos to mdtccalendar@milwaukeedog.com. The calendar will be available for purchase by fall, so everyone has time to submit their pictures! Stay warm and have a Happy Valentine s Day! And I hope that the Ground Hog did not see his shadow! 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 Dawn Butler Instructors 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 MDTC ELECTIONS It s MDTC election time again! Chris Niver will be the election committee chair for The offices up for election are President, Vice president, Secretary, and Treasurer. These are one year terms. Also up for election are two board member positions. These are three year terms. If you re interested in running for any of these positions, MDTC will be taking nominations off the floor at the April general membership meeting, April 26, The nominated person must be there to accept the nomination, or send a written note stating they accept the nomination. To be nominated the person must be a member in good standing for one year, and be up to date on club dues. The election will be held at the General Membership Meeting on May 31, At this time all candidates for office will have a few minutes to state why they are interested in running for the position, and why they should be elected. Please plan on attending the election night meeting since a voting quorum is required. THE FUN MATCH IN MARCH! On Saturday, March 25, 2017 MDTC will hold an agility fun match at our Indoor Club on St Paul Ave. All Levels are welcome! Details and entry forms coming soon! Please watch the website for more information, but there will be Runs, Raffles and a Luncheon. Club wide Volunteers are needed! 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 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. 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 THE SPORTS SHOW IS COMING! The 2017 Journal Sentinel Sports Show is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, March 8-12 in the Expo building at State Fair Park. We'll be part of the Main Stage entertainment line-up again this year. That means we'll need plenty of people and dogs to demonstrate just what a trained dog can do, both in obedience and agility. The sign-up book will be at the St. Paul location only this year, so be sure to check it out and sign up for a shift or two in our booth. We'll also have a list of rules and guidelines for exhibiting available in the sign-up book. After you check out the rules and guidelines, if you have any questions about whether your dog would be a good candidate for the Sports Show, please talk to your instructor. Mari Pavleje would be happy to answer any other questions you have. You can talk to her at training on Sundays and Wednesdays or call her ( ). We're also looking for people to help us set up our booth on Tuesday, March 7th, and take it down on Sunday the 12th. We usually meet at the St. Paul building around 9:00am on Tuesday, load up our vehicles, and head to the Fair Park. We're usually finished setting up our booth by noon. On Sunday, right after our last show (usually in mid-afternoon), we load up everything from the stage area and take it back to the St. Paul building. We can't take down our booth until the show is over at 6:00pm. For both set-up and takedown, we are especially in need of people with trucks or minivans. If you can help us out on either of these days, please contact Mari Pavleje. BREWER GAME FUNDRAISING It's time to start planning for our annual fund-raising efforts at Brewer games will be our 19th year working for Sportservice at Miller Park and, before that, County Stadium. Since the 1999 season, we've earned over $104,000 working games per season (including playoffs) as well as the occasional concert. The games we're scheduled for are listed below. Report time is usually 2.5 to 3 hours before the game starts, games usually last 3 hours or so, and then we have 45 minutes to an hour of clean-up before we're finished. So far, it looks like all training will take place at Miller Park, so no online training for returning workers this year. That's all we know right now. New workers will still have to attend a training session at Miller Park before they can work. Training usually lasts from 2 to 2.5 hours. There are sign-up sheets at both the Humboldt and St. Paul locations for those interested in working. You can also contact Mari directly, either in person or by phone ( ). Working at these games is a lot of fun, so we hope you will consider joining us this season! If you have any questions about working or training, please contact Mari. Also, if anyone has an official Sportservice Miller Park baseball cap that you're no longer using, we'd be happy to have it for one of our new workers. Each hat costs the club $10, so if you have one you'd like to give back, please contact Mari. Thank you! Monday April 3rd 1:10pm Colorado Rockies Opening Day Thursday April 6th 12:40pm Colorado Rockies Wed April 26th 12:40pm Cincinnati Reds Saturday May 13th 6:10pm New York Mets Thursday May 25th 7:10pm Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday June 3rd 3:10pm LA Dodgers Friday June 30th 7:10pm Miami Marlins Friday July 14th 7:10pm Philadelphia Phillies Saturday July 29th 6:10pm Chicago Cubs Tuesday Aug 1st 6:40pm St. Louis Cardinals Thursday Aug 30th 7:10pm Washington Nationals Friday Sept 22nd 7:10pm Chicago Cubs

4 MILWAUKEE DOG TRAINING CLUB General Membership Meeting Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The meeting was called to order at 8 p.m. by President Kathy Gibowski. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed. There was no correspondence. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Kathy said thanks to all who attended the holiday party. It was a good time, with great food and a good turnout. The six month membership was won by Claude Spzot who also won at the December meeting. Fred Kauer is stepping down as Director of Training. Thanks to him for all his years of service and hard work. Kim Rinzel will be our new DOT starting end of Feb./beginning of March. Welcome. There is a Patricia McConnell seminar Feb. 20 at the Radisson Mayfair. Price is $25. She has written an excellent book called The Other End of the Leash. See the Wisconsin Humane society website for details. At the holiday party, our Instructor of the Year was Sue Bronson and the Outstanding Service award went to Sam Emmons. Tori Baldwin earned her lifetime membership. Congratulations. TREASURER S REPORT: Sue Bronson asked about what percent was needed for a down payment which was discussed. It would probably need to be 20% based on a commercial loan. Mari said we have a bank that said we would qualify for approx. $250,000 total. COMMITTEES DIRECTOR OF TRAINING: Mari said the next class will be 2/26. : Tracy said there will be a fun match on 2/25. She invited folks to come watch and/or help. There will be a luncheon. The next new class will be the end of October. FLYBALL: Mari said there possibly will be a new class the beginning of March. AKC SHOW: We are still looking for someone who can raffle donors. We have an form to use along with a list of contacts. See Daryl Ann if you are interested. We will be looking for stewards later in the spring to work at the show with the judges. Lots of fun, free lunch, friendly judges. See Daryl, Lory Valley, or Dona Barsul if you are interested or need more information. Dona received an from the AKC about upcoming proposed changes in rally (two new classes added, intermediate and masters along with a rally championship. will be between novice and advanced, and a championship will require qualifying in advanced, excellent and masters at the same show x number of times. AKC has not decided how many). There are possible agility jump changes; no specifics yet. A K9 Scent work titling program is planned. Also trick dog titling. Details on this will be upcoming. They are having further discussion at their Feb. meeting. SOCIAL: Nancy said the next one is on Feb. 12 with pulled pork and a dessert. GOOD & WELFARE: Card send to Clare Riehl who fell and hurt her wrist. EXHIBITIONS: Mari said one was done at Oak Park Place in Wauwatosa. The Great Lakes Pet Expo will be on Feb. 4 at the State Fair Park. We will have a booth. $6 admission, $6 parking. Sports show is coming in March. The sign up book will be at the indoor site. We do demos on the main stage throughout the show. Dogs need to be in at least Beg.. FUND RAISER: We are signed up for Miller Park. See Mari if you are interested in working. NOMINATIONS: Chris Niver is heading the committee. If you are interested in serving on the board or running for an office, contact him. You must be a member for one year at the time of the election. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Daryl said the property search committee is planning walk thrus of two properties, one in Cudahy, and another in the valley not far from our current indoor site.

5 General Membership Meeting Wednesday, January 25, 2017 (continued) NEW BUSINESS: New class of 1/8/17 read. Motion to accept them as members by Sue Bronson, seconded by Linda Roman. Approved. Motion to adjourn by Mari Pavleje, seconded by Kathy Gibowski. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dona Barsul Secretary TRANSLATION PLEASE! Barking Dogs bark for many reasons, including alert (there's something out there!), alarm (there's something bad out there) boredom, demand, fear, suspicion, distress, and pleasure (play). The bark of a distressed dog, such as a dog who suffers from isolation or separation distress or anxiety, is high-pitched and repetitive; getting higher in pitch as the dog becomes more upset. Boredom barking tends to be more of a repetitive monotone. Alert bark is likely to be a sharp, staccato sound; alarm barking adds a note of intensity to the alert. Demand barks are sharp and persistent, and directed at the human who could/should ostensibly provide whatever the dog demands. At least, the dog thinks so. Suspicious barks are usually low in tone, and slow, while fearful barking is often low but faster. Play barking just sounds...playful. Baying- Baying is deep-throated, prolonged barking, most often heard when a dog is in pursuit of prey, but also sometimes offered by a dog who is challenging an intruder. The scent hounds are notorious for their melodic baying voices. Growling Growls are most often a warning that serious aggression may ensue if you persist in whatever you're doing, or whatever is going on around him. Rather than taking offense at your dog's growl, heed his warning, and figure out how to make him more comfortable with the situation. Dogs also growl in play. It's common for a dog to growl while playing tug - and that's perfectly appropriate as long as the rest of his body language says he's playing. If there's any doubt in your mind, take a break from play to let him calm down. Some dogs also growl in pleasure. Howling Howling is often triggered by a high-pitched sound; many dogs howl at the sound of fire and police sirens. Some dogs howl when they are significantly distressed - again, a common symptom of isolation and separation distress. Whimpering/Yelping A whimper or a yelp is often an indication that a dog is in pain. This may happen when dogs play, if one dog bites the other dog too hard. The whimper or yelp is used to communicate the dog's distress to another dog or human when they are friendly. The other dog or human is expected to react positively to the communication. Whimpers can also indicate strong excitement such as when an owner returns at the end of a long workday. Excitement whimpering is often accompanied by licking, jumping, and barking. Whimpering is softer and less intense than whining. The Good News If you think about it, given the stark differences in our communication styles, it's surprising that we get along with our dogs as well as we do! The good news is that both of our species are pretty darned adaptable. We can teach our dogs to appreciate some of our bizarre primate behaviors, and we can learn to use canine body talk to our advantage. When we put it all together, humans and dogs make pretty good teams!

6 February 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday :00 5 Indoor & 9:30-Utilit & Beg 10:30 Adv & Open :00 12 Indoor & 9:30-Utility & Beg Nov. 10:30 Adv & Open New Class Social Sunday :00 19 Indoor & 9:30-Utility & Beg 10:30 Adv & Open Outdoor :General Member Meeting :00 26 Indoor & 9:30-Utility & Beg 10:30 Adv & Open February 12th Social Sunday-Stay for food and conversation.

7 March 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday :00 5 Indoor & 9:30- Adv. & Open 10:30-Utility & Beg Sports Show 10 Sports Show 11 12:00 Sports Show 12 Indoor & 9:30- Adv.Nov & Open 10:30-Utility & Beg Social Sunday Sports Show :00 ** March 12th-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 SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Ellen Mack and Miniature Poodle Eaglehill s Run Lola Run, UD CDX BE GN GO RE MBX MXJ XF T2B CAA CGCA Lola - AKC Obedience Cudahy Kennel Club Saturday December 31, 2016, Entered Utility A, Q d with a score of 192 1/2 1st place and leg 1 in Utility Obedience. Janesville-Beloit Kennel Club, Rockford, IL. Sunday, January 29, 2017 Trial 1- Entered Utility A, Q d with a score of 192 1/2 1st place and leg 2 in Utility Obedience. Janesville-Beloit Kennel Club, Rockford, IL. Sunday, January 29, 2017 Trial 2- Entered Utility A, Q d with a score of 185 1/2 1st place and leg 3 in Utility Obedience. This earned Lola her UD (Utility Dog) title. The UD takes jumping, retrieving, and concentrating to the highest level of training. The individual exercises contain over 52 ways to fail. The exercises consist of a complex series of signal exercises, scent discrimination, directed retrieve, a moving stand, and directed jumping. The dog must, again, pass all exercises with a score of 170 or above, at three shows. Gabbi Kabakchieva and All American Scotty - AKC - Oshkosh Kennel Club- Entered Jumpers with Weaves- Scotty earned 2 Masters JWW Q s and 13 MACH points. Entered Excellent Standard earned an Excellent STD Q and 1st place and his Excellent STD title! EXHIBITION AT OAK PARK PLACE Our first exhibition of 2017 was on January 17th at Oak Park Place, an assisted-living facility in Wauwatosa. The crowd was small but enthusiastic and couldn't wait to pet the dogs at the end of the demo! Thank you to the "regulars" who are consistently available for daytime exhibitions: Evan Emmons and River, Sam Emmons and Ember, Theresa Harwell and Rocket, Roger Mankiewicz and Zach, and Charlie and Ginny Mundt and Wally. If you're available during the day and would like to join me and these folks for daytime demos, please let me know because I don't usually post a sign-up sheet for them; I just call the "regulars"! Mari Pavleje Exhibition Coordinator DR. PATRICIA McCONNELL IS COMING TO MILWAUKEE! Join the Wisconsin Humane Society on Monday, February 20 from 6 p.m. 9 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel near Mayfair Mall for a compelling talk and book signing by Dr. McConnell. She will cover recent scientific discoveries about the emotional lives of dogs, including such topics as whether they can love us as much as we love them, if they can be traumatized (or suffer from PTSD), and how to treat them if they do. Books (including the new The Education of Will - A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and her Dog) will be available for sale, courtesy of our friends at Boswell Book Company. Register here:

9 Indoor Training Schedule 2017 Wednesday/Thursday Class Dates and Times. (Dates may be subject to change) Wednesday Class Times February 1, 8, 15, 22 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 12, 19, 26 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic PM & Open & Open & Open Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * February 22 * March 29 * April 26 Thursday Class Times February 2, 9, 16,*C March 2, 9, 16, 23,*C April 6, 13, 20,*C 6:30 PM Advanced Advanced Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * February 22 * 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 February 5, 12, 19, 26 March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9, *C, 23, 30 8:30 AM Basic & s Basic & s Open 9:30 AM Utility & Beg. Adv. & Open Utility 10:30 PM Adv. & Open Utility & Beg. Advanced C=No Sunday Classes: April 16th (Easter). 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

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 Sport Show Milwaukee Dog Training Club, Inc N. Humboldt Avenue P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI