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1 CANINE CAPERS September Like us on Facebook! Post about our classes on Yelp! Future Training Class Signups: Obedience, Agility and other classes: Signup was Monday August 31, 2015, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Classes start the week of September 14, Conformation Mat Time: Tuesday nights 7 p.m Cost $5.00 Rally Drop-in Classes Mat Time: Monday nights 8 p.m Cost $5.00 (Please note: Classes are subject to change) Prices 6- and 8-week classes: $100 for the initial class. $85 for any other class for the same dog. Can mix and match classes after the initial class. Prices 4-week mini session: $55 for members and $65 for non-members. Does not count toward your first $100 initial class for repeat discount. Discounts available on Our Classes: *50% discount for Juniors for all classes *Members and Senior Citizens (human trainees over 60 years) $75 for repeat obedience and agility training *Half price for the second dog in the same Agility class when a first dog is paid in full with the instructor s approval. Each dog runs half of the class time. *No discount for mini sessions other than $55 member discount. The website has a list of classes and activities along with a description of each class.

2 Our Building is for Rent: Club members who belong to specialty clubs that are looking to rent the Cudahy Kennel Club building for any of their dog functions, please contact Greg Oberdorf at or him at or Wendy Anderson , or her at Our clubhouse is available most weekends for rental for conformation, obedience, agility shows, matches, clinics, etc. We have about 10,000 sq. ft. and ample parking at a reasonable rental price for your dog needs. Call Greg or Wendy for available calendar dates and book your rental soon. Please pass this information on to your breed club officials and friends for future dates. Obedience Correction Matches: usually the second Friday of the month. Stewards and Judges (especially Utility judges) are always needed. No experience is required for stewards on the job training is provided. If you can help one Friday night, contact Kay Petersen at or pedersenmil@hotmail.com. Doors normally open at 6:00pm, starts by 6:30pm. Agility Correction Matches: usually the third Friday of the month. If you can help one Friday night, contact Wendy Anderson at or safeharborpwds@yahoo.com. Doors normally open at 6:30pm, starts by 7pm. UPCOMING EVENTS: Building Rentals: 2 Activities: September 11, 2015 September 18, 2015 October 9, 2015 October16, 2015 Obedience run thru 6:00pm registration Agility run thru 6:30pm registration Obedience run thru 6:00pm registration Agility run thru 6:30pm registration Future Cudahy Kennel Club Trials, Shows and Tests: Mark these dates on your calendar. We would love to have a good number of our members participating in these trials, shows and tests and would welcome your help as a volunteer at them. September 6-7, 2015 Agility trial October 3-4, 2015 CAT test November 21-22, 2015 Agility trial December 19, 2015 Obedience/Rally Trial April 16 17, 2016 Obedience/Rally Trial Other Events September 12, 2015 Elmbrook Humane Society Wagfest - Lure Coursing September 19, 2015, 2:00 6:00 pm, Agility Demonstration at Animal Wellness Center event 2

3 Titles Earned And Other Accomplishments (Brags): 3 Debbie Psicihulis Poodle Dixie got certified for TDI Therapy. Debbie said As I have 2 other certified dogs ( Shilo & Tulsa)I am now excited to get her paperwork done so we can get started with her visiting. Thanks to the club and Kay for making that possible Nancy Freitag s Duke qualified and earned 1st place in Beginner Novice in his 1st obedience trial on Sunday August 9th. Cristina Cook s Lulu received her Working Water Dog title last weekend at the PWDCGC water trial. This is the second titling level of 3 for this PWD specific event. The tasks she must complete include directed retrieve from a boat, multi object retrieve from a boat, boat exchange and retrieve with recall, and a blind directed retrieve from a boat. Mel Carranza s Talon (Hillcrest Talon A Look of Eagles BN CGC WDX SH), earned her Senior Hunter Title over the weekend of July 25-26, 2015, at the CSHE Hunt Test in Mazomanie, WI running under judges Bethann Wiley and Cathy Vinzant and Deb Brueggemann and Paul Mommaerts. Many thanks go out to the club members and judges for putting on a great hunt test in some very hot conditions! Cudahy Kennel Club Board Meeting at the Clubhouse August 18, 2015 The Board Meeting was called to order at 6:55 pm. Board members present: Kay Pedersen, Ricky Adams, Don Adams, Nancy Freitag, Wendy Anderson, Mary Beth Hackney, Karen Paul, Greg Oberdorf, Meredith Biehl and Fran Aring. Recording Secretary s Report: Ricky Adams made a motion to approve the July meeting minutes as printed. The motion was seconded and the minutes were approved as printed. Treasurer s Report: Our balance is $15, Corresponding Secretary s Report: No Report. Committee Reports: Agility Events: We have a new judge for the November Agility Trial. Earl Kyle is ill and had to bow out. Labor Day weekend is our next Agility Trial (September 6 th and 7 th ). 3

4 Building: We are working on bids to get new furnaces for the building. 4 Conformation Events: The August 7 th and 8 th Conformation show went well and we made a profit. CAT Tests: Our next CAT will be held on October 3 rd and 4 th at the Cudahy Middle School. The area for the event is fully fenced. The CAT will run from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday and from 7:00 am to Noon on Sunday. The next CAT events will be May 14 th and 15 th, 2016 and June 11 th and 12 th, 2016 and will be held at the American Legion Post #434 in Oak Creek. Marketing: We have identified various Facebook sites and they seem to have affected CAT the most so far. The last CATs were totally filled. We need members to promote the next class sign-up on August 31 st. We have handed out event and class fliers at various locations and dog shows. Membership: No report. Obedience/Rally Events: Our next Obedience Trial is a one day event on December 19 th. Meredith Biehl has volunteered to be the Trial Secretary. Strategic Planning: It was stated that the committee was disbanded. It was suggested that we consider grantsmanship. The Herbert H. Kohl Foundation offers grants for prevention of animal cruelty. Bev Felten volunteered to look into this. Training: No report. Delegate s Report: No report. Unfinished Business: Officers and Directors Liability Insurance was approved by the Board and will become effective within the next week. New Business: Website: Meredith Biehl stated she could have a basic website up by approximately October 1 st. We need a policy for event chairmen to be able to spend money on capital expenses. Don Adams made a motion that event chairs be able to spend up to $ for capital equipment for an event. There was discussion of the dollar amount to be spent and the motion was amended to $ Wendy Anderson seconded the amended motion and the amended motion passed. There was a discussion that the Marketing Committee be allowed to spend $ and other committees be allowed to spend $50.00 for discretionary expenses. After discussion, Don Adams made a motion that the Marketing Committee and Hospitality Committee be allowed to spend $ per quarter for discretionary expenses. Ricky Adams seconded the motion and the motion passed. Kay Pedersen made a motion to donate 3 certificates for classes to the Channel 10 Auction. Karen Paul seconded the motion and the motion passed. 4

5 5 We are in the process of drafting a new contract for building rentals that clearly spells out the rental terms. It was brought up that we need to expand the volunteer cards to include cleaning the building. Don Adams made a motion to extend the volunteer cards to include cleaning and maintenance of the building. There was discussion regarding limits to the number of punches for this activity. The motion was withdrawn and the item was referred to the Membership Committee. Key contracts for keys to the building were also referred to the Membership Committee. Old Business: Fromm Petfest The Lure Coursing is all set up. We will have two Lure Coursing sites for people to try lure coursing. Wendy Anderson made a motion that Cudahy Kennel Club pay $30.00 to be listed in the Waukesha Kennel Club Breeders Directory. This would also include an online listing. Fran Aring seconded the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary Membership Meeting at the Clubhouse August 18, 2015 The membership meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m. Members and Board Members Present: Cristina Cook, Bev Felten, Jan Guthrie, Tori Baldwin, Melody Corranza, Kelly Beres, Dave Bromikowski(Guest), Kay Pedersen, Ricky Adams, Don Adams, Nancy Freitag, Wendy Anderson, Mary Beth Hackney, Karen Paul, Greg Oberdorf, Meredith Biehl and Fran Aring. There were no minutes for July as there was not a quorum. The membership was brought up to date on the roof and the renewal of our loan. The original bids for a new roof for the building came in at between $60,000 and $80,000. The board met twice with the banker. As our income over the last couple years is too irratic the bank is not inclined to approve additional money with the renewal of our loan for a new roof. The bank did renew our mortgage for the building. However we will be able to replace the current furnaces for approximately $7,000 to $8000. They would be similar but larger than the current ones which are noisy and not working well. There would be no air conditioning included with these quotes. We will get more fans to direct the heat down to the floor. New furnaces will make the building more comfortable in the winter. This may also help with winter rentals. Quotes for complete HVAC system came in at $25,000 to $35,000 for the building. We will still have to patch the roof and hope it will hold up until we can raise more money or show a better income flow to the bank so that we can have a better chance at financing a new roof. 5

6 Prospective New Members: Dave Bromikowski: Dave has volunteered at our Agility, Obedience and Conformation shows. Dave has English Springer Spaniels. Reports: Secretary s Report: See Board Minutes. Treasurer s Report: See Board Minutes. Committeee Reports: There were no questions, see Board Minutes. Conformation Show Critique: The generators were noisy in the grooming tent. We need to rent a portable PA system to make announcements at the show. This would also be handy if we have any seminars at the building. It was brought up that other kennel clubs have PA systems. There was too much crating under the show tents and it was difficult to get in and out of the tents because of this. We had more spectators at the show on Saturday this year. The CAT field was amazingly tight this year. There was a suggestion to check into the large soccer field, but this field is further from the Conformation show site and parking isn t as close. Premiums for the Conformation and CAT shows were out late. Back to Furnaces: Tori brought up that she can get furnaces at her cost plus 10% for about $1650 for both of them not including installation. We will check into this further. The program for the September meeting will be on Search and Rescue Dogs. Greg Oberdorf asked about Tom s proposal for grading/moving the gravel around in the parking lot. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary faring@ameritech.net 6 Special Board Meeting at the Clubhouse August 25, 2015 The Special Board Meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm. Board members present: Kay Pedersen, Ricky Adams, Don Adams, Mary Beth Hackney, Karen Paul, Barb Ryan, Meredith Biehl and Fran Aring. Members not present signed a Waiver of Notice of Special Board Meeting Called for August 25, (Wendy Anderson, Nancy Freitag and Greg Oberdorf) 6

7 The meeting was called to sign a Corporate Resolution to authorize Don Adams, President of Cudahy Kennel Club, to sign the loan documents for the building. This was required by the bank. 7 Don Adams went through and explained the Corporate Resolution to the board members in attendance. A motion was made by Mary Beth Hackney that the the board authorize Don Adams, President, to sign for the loan in accordance with the Corporate Resolution to Borrow/Grant Collateral, dated August 1 st, Karen Paul seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. There was a motion to adjourn the Special Board Meeting and the meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary 7