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1 Barnt Hunting WDC Style About 4.5 million people are bi en by dogs each year. By Becky Heiner, Barn Hunt Trial Chair January 2015 Dog Safety Almost one in five of those who are bi en, about 885,000, require medical a en on for dog bite-related injuries; half of On November 8 th and 9 th, Winnegamie Dog Club hosted its first Barn Hunt. WDC had the most these are children. RATCH (Rat Champions) attending a trial than anywhere else in the world! Besides that, more To RATCHs reduce were the earned risk October of over dog the weekend bites October to at children, WDC 2013 than Teach at any 2013 one basic time before in history. Eric Madsen and his dog Shirley, from Michigan, was the first team to achieve the RATCHX3 title, again at the safety WDC trial. ps To and honor review their accomplishments, Dog them Safety regularly: Dog a cake Safety was purchased and every new dog that earned the About 4.5 million people About championship 4.5 are million title bi en by people had dogs are his/her each bi en year. by name dogs each written year. on the cake. Photographer Lisa Quast took the official Do not winner approach portraits an unfamiliar and Marie dog. Murphy did a great job taking candid photos and posting them on Almost one in the five Do Almost WDC of not those run website. one who from in are five a dog bi en, of or those scream. about who 885,000, are bi en, require about medical 885,000, a en on require medical for dog bite-related a en on for injuries; dog bite-related half of injuries; half of these are children. Competitors Remain these are mo onless children. made (e.g., comments "be s ll like, a tree") this trial when is approached the friendliest, by an unfamiliar best run event I ve been to and the people dog. in this club are so friendly and helpful. Thank you to club members Marie Murphy, Bruce reduce the To risk reduce of dog the bites risk of to dog children, bites to Teach children, basic Teach basic Zeisemer, If knocked Julie over by Schuh, a dog, roll Marge into a Hohman, ball and be Donna s ll. Matey, Danae Steele, Cris Lewis, Carol Cagle, Amy fety ps Hannemann, and safety Do not review play ps with Mary and them a dog Jo review unless Plamann regularly: supervised them and anyone by regularly: an adult. else I may have missed who helped out and/or sponsored a class. Without all of you, our trials would not be successful. Immediately report stray dogs or dogs displaying unusual behavior to an adult. Do not approach Avoid an Do unfamiliar direct not approach eye dog. contact an unfamiliar with a dog. dog. Do not run from Do a Do dog not not disturb or run scream. from a dog a that dog or is sleeping, scream. 1 Events ea ng, or caring for puppies. 2 Minutes: November Remain mo onless Do Remain not (e.g., pet "be mo onless a dog s ll without like a (e.g., tree") allowing "be when s ll it like approached to see a tree") and sniff when by an you approached unfamiliar first. by an unfamiliar dog. If bi en, dog. Membership Meeting immediately report the bite to an adult. 3 New Membership If knocked over by If a knocked dog, roll over into a by ball a dog, and roll be s ll. into a ball and be s ll. Do not play Though with a dog we unless are all supervised familiar by with an adult. dogs, do not forget the most important 4 Volunteer Opportunities Do not play with a dog unless supervised by an adult. 5 INSIDE Awards Dinner INSIDE Immediately basic report safety Immediately stray dogs precau ons. report dogs stray displaying Any dogs dog or unusual dogs can displaying bite behavior under to unusual an the adult. right behavior (or wrong) to an adult. 6 cir- THIS 2015 ISSUE Executive THIS Board ISSUE Avoid direct cumstances. eye contact Avoid direct with a eye dog. contact with a dog. Nominees Do not disturb a dog Do that not disturb sleeping, a dog ea ng, that is or sleeping, caring for ea ng, puppies. or caring for puppies. Minutes: 7 September Wins Minutes: and Achievements September 2 2 Do not pet a dog without Do not pet allowing a dog it without to see and allowing sniff you it to first. see and sniff you first. Membership 9-10 WDC Mee ng Title Membership Awards Mee ng Mark Your Calendars If bi en, immediately If bi en, report immediately the bite to an report adult. the bite to an adult. 11 Traveling Trophy For full event lis ng and details, see page 7. All events are held at the WDC Training Membership Membership 3 3 Applications ough we are Center Though all unless familiar we otherwise with are all dogs, noted. familiar do not with forget dogs, the do most not forget important the most important Wins & 12 Achievements Membership Wins & Achievements Renewal 4 Form 4 sic safety Thursday, precau ons. basic October safety Any precau ons. 3 dog can bite Any under dog the can right bite under (or wrong) the right cir- (or wrong) 13 cir- Spring Show Trophy Form WDC Membership Mee ng Upcoming Events Upcoming Events 6 6 mstances. cumstances Wall Plaques Saturday, October 5 15 Class Schedule Winnebago MARK Pet Expo Volunteer Opportuni es Volunteer Opportuni es 7 7 YOUR CALENDARS Mark Saturday, October Your Mark 5 Calendars Your Calendars Canine Good Ci zen Canine Test Good Ci zen 8 Test 8 Ring Steward Volunteer Training10:00 am full event lis ng Saturday-Sunday, For and full details, event lis ng see October page and details, All events see page are held 7. All at events the WDC are Training held at the WDC Training Membership Renewal Membership Renewal 9 9 ter unless otherwise Center Obedience noted. unless & otherwise Rally Trials noted. at WDC February News Deadline rsday, October Saturday, Thursday, January 3 October October 8- Membership 19 3 Meeting Wall Plaque Please Wall submit Plaque articles 10 by 10 WDC Membership Canine WDC Mee ng January Good Membership Ci zen 10-11: Tes ng Mee ng WDC/OKC Winter Show urday, October Saturday, 5 January October 17:Canine 5 CPR and First Aid Seminar January 15 to Winnebago Pet Expo Winnebago Pet Expo Upcoming WDCNewsEditor@gmail.com Classes/ Upcoming Classes/ February 7: Appreciation Dinner at Waverly Beach urday, October Saturday, 5 October 5 Contact Info Contact Info Ring Steward Volunteer Ring Steward Training10:00 Volunteer am Training10:00 am urday-sunday, October Saturday-Sunday, October November News Deadline November News Deadline

2 January 2015 Page 2 MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES- December 4, 2014 Meeting was called to order Secretary s Report: November s membership meeting minutes were approved as published in our newsletter. November s board meeting minutes were read. Treasurers Report: November s financial report was given. Marie also mentioned that she has membership forms on the table that you may use; don t wait until the last minute. Presidents Report: Don thanked all that came to the meeting tonight and he was happy to see the great turn out for our Christmas get together after the meeting. He also thanked all that helped with our agility trial to make it a huge success. Membership: Prospective new members were introduced and welcomed. Paul also mentioned that the 50/50 raffle drawing will be held shortly after the meeting. Agility Trial: Nancy Zolkowski thanked all that came and helped the weekend of the trial at the Oshkosh Kennel Club it was really appreciated. Showmanship Classes: Anne Schmidt said that on January 7 th before our club s dog show she will have open mat for show prep! The class schedule is on the website. Also, if you would be interested in helping with the showmanship classes or would like to get on her list, contact her and she will get you signed up. Boutique: Christina Burhans said she has a deal tonight!! Our caps for ½ price- contact her after the meeting! Appreciation Dinner: Becky Reider said our dinner is coming up on Saturday February 7 th at Waverly Beach Tavern in Menasha, WI. The meal will cost members $20 and will be family style again this year. Also donations are accepted for our door prizes that night. You need not be receiving an award to attend, this is open to all members and we encourage everyone to come out for a fun evening. Traveling Trophies: Laura Steidl said now is the time to gather all the information needed to apply for one of our club s traveling trophies. All the information is in the newsletter and if you have any questions to give her a call or and she will be glad to answer them for you. Awards: Julie Baker said it is that time again to get the information in to her for the awards portion of our dinner on February 7 th. The information is in the newsletter and if you still have questions to contact her and she will help you. The WDC award box is in the office and that is where you can put your plaque if new titles need to be added on it. The plaques are a perpetual award plaque The box will be in the office until the January membership meeting. Canine First Aid: Len Hoehne said that he will be offering another class on January 17 th and it will be from noon until 4 PM. You will be able to get experience on canine CPR manikins and see live dog demos, but leave your own dog at home. Len also mentioned that he has a big van and would be willing to transport mats for anyone that would like to get some mats but didn t have a way to transport them to their home He is keeping it more local and not way out of town. So if you would like his help give him a call. Winter Show: Gail V. mentioned that help will be needed for our show on January 10 th. We have set- up on Friday AM and help is needed in many different areas. She also sent around a sign- up sheet for those who would like to volunteer to help with ring stewarding. Anne Schmidt said she would, at her Wednesday night showmanship class, give help to those that would like some experience in ring stewarding so talk with her if interested. Old Business: Bruce Ziesemer said that our mats for sell are 4 x 6 and we are selling them for $10 apiece for club members. You must pick up on Saturday or Sunday on the 13 th or 14 th here at the club and it is a first come first serve basis. As of tonight we have about 110 spoken for. New Business: It was brought up from the floor that it might be a great idea to set- up something so that we could sell our boutique items online. That way we would be getting items with our logo out in public more. It was answered back with that a few years ago we had tried pay pal and it just didn t work for us but we can discuss this again. Budgets: Copies of the proposed budgets were set out on the member s chairs before the meeting to give the members a chance to look them over. Barb Hoffman discussed the proposed budgets for 2015 and answered any questions that were raised. A motion was made Motion: Approve the 2015 budgets as presented and discussed. Approved. Don showed members a couple sign s that were made up for the club to put out in our dog yards. They read clean- up after your dog and these were given to the club by Janet Clark. Hopefully they will help remind people to clean up after their dogs Cry and brag was conducted Motion made and approved to adjourn Respectfully Submitted; Gail VanDenLangenberg Secretary

3 January 2015 Page 3 Membership First Meeting Roger and Sandi Baerman (H) N2783 Evergreen Lane Freedom, WI Retriever sandibaerman@gmail.com Brian & Lyla Goerl (H) N9173 Kernan Ave Appleton, WI Old English Sheepdog bgoerl@new.rr.com Gail Hawley (I) N9173 Bergamont Court Menasha, WI Golden Pyr ghawley@tcces.org Kara & Zack Kolden (H) 617E Wilson Ave Appleton, WI Labrador Retriever Kara.kolden@gmail.com Michelle Pierce (I) 501 W. North Water St. Neenah Lab Mix, Morkies Michelle_pierce@yahoo.com Types of Membership: L=Lifetime H=Household I=Individual J=Junior Membership Second Meeting Jim & Vicki Barnes (H) 1080 Congress Street Neenah, WI Wire Haired Fox Terriers Vjbarnes1@new.rr.com Jennifer Loy (I) 1720 Walnut St Oshkosh, WI Pembroke Welsh Corgi jmrrow@gmail.com Scot Sturtz (H) 2008 Natures Way Menasha, WI Newfoundland, Lab/Border Collie sturtzscot@yahoo.com Chelsea Wood (I) 1435 W. 4 th St Kimberly, WI Aussie Ginger Lee Held and Greg Held (H) 340 Graceland Dr. Oshkosh, WI Australian Cattle Mix picktarlee@gmail.com Events **See Front page for upcoming WDC events** Dec 5: Obedience and Rally run- throughs at OKC Jan 1: K- p Agility Camp Brandy Jan 10- Jan11: WDC/OKC Winter Show Jan 10: HAWS Winter Symposium- Waukesha Jan 17: Canine CPR and First Aid at WDC New Mats At the November meeting, the membership voted to replace the old mats in the back room with new Trac-Roll rubber matting from Dandy Products. The old mats were sold to members on December 13 and were sold out within the first 2 hours. The new mats arrived from Ohio on December 15 and were installed on December 16 & 17. The new mats will provide much better traction for dogs practicing agility and, because of the shock-absorbing underlayment, will also be easier on their joints (as well as the joints of their handlers). This was a big investment for our club, but it will provide a much safer training area for our dogs. A BIG THANKS!!!!! I would like to thank all the members that came out the weekend of the 13 th & 14 th and helped with the mats. Either buying and picking up or just helping our members getting them loaded in their vehicles. Also for the many of you that came back on Sunday and helped with the cleaning before the new mats could be installed. All your help is so much appreciated by all of us old ones at the club. Don Stan Stanislawski President

4 October January Page 47 COMMITTEE OBEDIENCE/RALLY HELP NEEDED TRIAL Saturday Sunday, Contact: October 12 and 13 Gail VanDenLangenberg Contact (set up/clean up/kitchen): Jolene Johnson Contact (ring stewarding): Carol Mason Set Up (4-5 people needed) Friday, October 11 (3P) Stewards Saturday Contact and Dawn Sunday, Veith October at A stewarding morningssuck@yahoo.com training session will be held at WDC prior to the trial (date/time TBD) Kitchen (2 people needed) Saturday and Sunday, October (star ng CLASS at 8A). HELP Food is NEEDED already prepared; just re-heat, serve and cashier. Cleanup (4-5 people needed) Sunday, teaching October and 13 assisting. (star ng about It s a 2-3P) fun way to share your knowledge with students and help them train their dogs to its full potential. A private training session CANINE will GOOD be held. CITIZEN TEST Vacuuming Saturday, after October Obedience 19 classes is also 9A needed. 12N This takes about minutes each day. Hours Jolene Johnson are flexible. If interested in helping, contact Other posi ons available! No experience needed; training will be provided. Contact: or Meeting Snacks Earn two hours by attending monthly meetings and bringing a snack. Dates: First Thursday of the month (except June, July, & December) More help is needed with Available Posi ons Need volunteers from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to help with the CGC tes ng, set up and takedown. No previous experience needed. COMMITTEE HELP NEEDED MEETING SNACKS NURSING HOME VISITS Contact: Gail VanDenLangenberg Pam Siebert or Kieshagirl54956@gmail.com gailwind4@gmail.com Contact: Prerequisites: Bridget Mercury Chief Ring Must Steward be an (Conformation) approved member for Winter Show (January 11, 2014) Your dog must be at least one year old and have Conformation Chairperson (will Dates: have assistance earned for its fall Canine session) Good Citizen certificate Tracking Receive Chairperson approval from Pam Siebert (contact Pam to schedule an evaluation) Class Help Needed: Contact: Available Posi ons: Also looking for areas in which to track! CLEANING NURSING HOME VISITS Most Fridays Pam Siebert Beginning at 8:00 a.m. Help kieshagirl54956@gmail.com is needed to clean the building. Contact Stan to confirm dates/times at Contact: Volunteer Opportunities Prerequisites: Must be an approved member Your dog must be at least one year old and have earned its Canine Good Citizen certificate Receive approval from Pam Siebert (contact Pam to schedule an evaluation) *see page 5 for nursing home visit dates Help is needed to clean the building. Contact Stan to confirm dates/times. Contact: Don Stan Stanislawski or CONFORMATION TRAINERS Earn two hours by attending monthly meetings and bringing a snack. kylieandrooney2@yahoo.com or sign up on the club bulletin board First Thursday of the month (except June, July & December) More help is needed with teaching and assis ng. It s a fun way to share your knowledge with students and help them train their dog to its full poten al. A private training session will be held. Vacuuming a er Obedience classes is also needed. This takes about minutes each day. Hours are flexible. If interested in helping, contact Deb Zierler at harves mekennel@gmail.com. Ring Steward Additional trainers are needed for conformation classes. Please contact Anne Schmidt stardust3940@aol.com if you are able to help. Anyone interested in learning about Obedience ring stewarding is invited to a end a training session on Oct. 5 at 10:00 in the front room. All the mysteries will be explained and all the fun outlined! Experienced stewards are invited to come for a review and to help mentor newcomers. New members are especially invited to a end. Contact: Carol Mason, Chief Steward CLEANING Most Fridays WINTER SHOW Help beginning is needed at 8:00 to a.m. tape the floors for the grooming area for the winter show. We are starting taping at 9:00 am on Friday, January 9. This year for the first time anyone who helps to set up will be able to set up their own grooming space prior to the 2:00pm door opening. You can not save space for anyone else. Contact Carol at busecar@aol.com **PLEASE SEE PAGE 4 FOR ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WINTER SHOW**

5 January 2015 Page WDC Appreciation Dinner Saturday, February Place: Waverly Beach Tavern, N8770 Firelane 1, Menasha WI Time: 5:00 Appetizers and Cocktails (Cash Bar) 6:00 Family Style Dinner 7:00 Awards and Door Prizes (Anyone wishing to donate a door prize, please contact Becky Reider) Cost: $20.00 per person Please send completed form and check payable to WDC to: Becky Reider, 1800 Franklin Street, Little Chute WI Menu: Family Style Dinner ( which includes 3 meats) Broasted Chicken, Broiled Haddock, Tenderloin Tips and all the side dishes You do not need to be receiving an award to attend this dinner. This is open to all club members and guests. Any questions please call Becky at To make your reservation, please complete the following and return to Becky Reider along with your check payable to WDC. Reservations must be received no later than January 30th Name: Meal Choice O Family Style O Vegetarian Name: Meal Choice O Family Style O Vegetarian Name: Meal Choice O Family Style O Vegetarian WINTER SHOW- SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 2015 CONTACT: Gail VanDenLangenberg, Winter Show Chair at (H) (C) or gailwind4@gmail.com It is time to think about our Winter Show. We need workers and this is a great way to earn your hours and have fun while doing it. Ring Stewards: Conformation: Contact Kim Polasek at or sibercrazy@gmail.com. Duties include giving out armbands, checking different classes into the ring and generally helping the judge. Hospitality: Our hospitality this year will be taken care of by Becky Reider and Lori Piette. Duties include helping with food for workers and judges. Gate: Contact Tom Wiesler at or THOMASWIESLER@aol.com. You will be very busy on the gate with taking money for both days for parking and of course you will need to dress warm- this is a show in January and can be pretty cold. Cross your fingers that we have NO snow. Trophy Table: Renee Hoelzel at or cooper715@yahoo.com Red Cross Table: Contact Len Hoehne if you can help out at all during the day, it would be greatly appreciated. You may call him at or him at lhoehne@new.rr.com. Len will be glad to explain to you what needs to be done. Concession Stand: Contact Mary McEssey at If you want hours and would like to see the show from a different angle help in the concession stand is needed. No experience required. Friday Morning set- up: On Friday Morning we will be taping the floor and set- up tables and chairs so help will be greatly appreciated. Contact Gail VanDenLangenberg (see above) or Carol Busey (busecar@aol.com). We had to switch to Friday this year because the Membership Meeting is on Thursday evening.

6 January 2015 Page 6 Slate of nominees for 2015 Executive Board The 2015 elections will be held at the membership meeting! Donald Stan Stanislawski, President Club Member since Building Committee, Takes care of Building Rentals. Areas of Interest: Conformation, taking care of building and grounds, helping at the dog shows. Tom Wiesland, Vice President. Club Member since 2002 (VP since 2007). Chair of the Nominating Committee and the Consittution Committee, member of Agility, Obedience, and Building Commitees. Areas of Interest: Agility and generally helping the dog club. Marie Murphy, Treasurer. Club Member since (Treasurer since 2010). Areas of Interest: training and competing in dog agility since Teaching beginner and advanced beginner agility classes. Interested in photography and in charge of WDC photo gallery as well as updating information on the website. Gail VanDenLangenberg, Secretary. Club Member since 1978 (Secretary since 2004). Current/Past chairmanships include Spring Show, cluster show, conformation, Newsletter, Wall Pictures, Club Historian, Winter Show. Areas of Interest: Conformation and obedience. Paul Thiel, Board of Directors. Currently is Chair for New Memberships and Director of Training. In past has been committee chair for parades and soda purchase, and has volunteered as class trainer/helper, Friday clean up, general help around the club, and previously participated in nursing home visits. Areas of interest include training, and being involved in helping people.

7 January 2015 Page 7 Wins and Achievements Cirrus Sky Dancer - CD, RAE, MXP2, MXPB, MJP3, MJPB, CGC, EAS, TG- N, WV- O, O- NJC, S- TN- N, S- HP- N, NW1 German Shepherd Dog Adopted and loved by Jody Hergert- Andresen Cirrus completed 4 new NADAC agility titles in the summer and fall of this year. S- HP- N with 5 first places, 1 second, 2 thirds and 2 fourth places. O- NJC with 2 first places and a 3rd place. O- HP- N with 2 first places, 1 second, 1 third and 2 fourth places. S- TN- N with 5 first places, 2 second places and 3 third places. Cirrus is now 10 years young and still enjoying life every single day! Maya's Summer Sunrise AX, AXJ, NF, CGC, NAC, O- TN- N, HP- N, WV- N German Shepherd Dog Adopted and loved by Jody Hergert- Andresen Maya and I completed 5 NADAC agility titles and 1 AKC agility title during the summer and fall. AKC - AX title with 3 first places! TN- N with 3 first places! O- TN- N with 3 first places and 3 second places HP- N with 1 first and 2 second places NAC with 2 first and one second place WV- N with 1 first, 1 second and 1 third place Maya and I also had 5 qualifying agility runs at the national GSDCA show at Purina Farms in St. Louis. We were especially thrilled to earn 2 1st places in Open FAST! Maya and I have a great time together and we are still becoming a stronger team. She has learned so much in the 3 years since we adopted her and she is a real treasure. Eager Du Loups Du Soleil, Belgian Malinois BH MR1, owned and trained by Donna Matey, took some time off from Protection Sport training to show at some AKC Obedience and Rally trials in We showed in Novice B 5 times earning his CD title with 3 first placements, 1 second placement and 1 NQ. We showed in Open A 5 times earning his CDX title with 4 first placements and 1 NQ We showed in Rally Novice 4 times earning his RN with 1 first placement, 2 second placements, and 1 3rd placement. We showed in Rally Advanced 2 times and took home 1 second placement and another qualifying leg. Eager is so much fun to train and trial. Watch for us at more AKC events in 2015!

8 January 2015 Page 8 Wins and Achievements (Continued) CH Carefree s Kiss Me Kate BN RN OAP NJP CA CGC Katie English Cocker Spaniel Owned by: Becky Heiner Katie earned her final leg for the Open Agility Preferred title on December 1, How fitting that she earned the title at the Winnegamie Dog Club s trial, where she first began her agility career. She was on fire that day, earning her first Open Jumper leg and getting first place in both classes to boot! We re looking forward to even bigger things to come in Love my little unterrier. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Another successful WDC Agility Trial held at Oshkosh Kennel Club November 29 & 30 th, We have such great members that keep helping me each year and new members come and do a great job and enjoy watching the sport of Agility. We have Lynn Busse our Secretary who went out a beyond to help me with workers and her own duties. Bruce Ziesemer Chief Course Builder and Connie Bachhuber stepped in for Bruce also a Linda from another club. Mary Jo Plamann, who does ribbons each year, and Michelle Witt who does our premium for Agility Trials. Margie Hohman who did anything I asked her to do. Margie Hohman and Terri Bartz and Lynn Busse help set up on Friday November 28 th. We have Cris Lewis, Shelly VanderWeilen, Barb Hoffman, James Affeldt, Mary Ann Affeldt, Becky Koutnik, Cathy Kimmeth, Brenda Nillio, Pam Conine, Candy Yankee, Laura Inman, and Junior members Alyssa Kimmeth, Melodi Nousiainen- Becher. Old and new members all helped course build, leash runner, sheet runner, Scribe, Transcribe, bar setter, Gate Steward, and whatever I asked great group. Our new members Connie Bachhuber, Chelsea Wood, Julie Schuh, Ian Schuh, Janet Clark, Amy Schneider, Krista Hoffman, Charleen Johnson, and these new members will be a great group that will help with other events welcome aboard. Thank you all great group of people. WDC is now an affiliate of Dogwise Publishing Dogwise Publishing produces and markets high quality books on dogs. They are committed to publishing books that improve upon the information available, use humane training methods, cutting edge science, and proven solutions to make living with a dog more fun and enjoyable. The audience for their published titles includes dog owners, trainers, breeders, dog sports competitors, veterinarians, shelters, and dog- related professionals. Winnegamie Dog Club is now an affiliate of Dogwise Publishing, which means that every time you make a purchase using the link on the WDC website, our club receives 8% of the purchase price. Your purchase is still handled through the Dogwise website and your product will ship directly to your house, but it also provides a benefit to our club. Please take a look at their assortment of books, toys, and other dog- related products using the following link (which is also available on our website

9 January 2015 Page 9 WINNEGAMIE DOG CLUB AKC TITLE AWARD INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION PROCESS: We want to recognize you and your dogs for all of your hard work. WDC will celebrate AKC titles earned during the year and submitted by club members in good standing at our Appreciation Dinner in February. This year we will recognize awards earned from October 1, 2013 to October 31, In preparation for the dinner, we need you to submit your perpetual plaque and a copy of each AKC title earned so that you can get the recognition you deserve. The plaque and copies of titles should be placed in the award box at the club. Please DO NOT submit an original title. If this is your first plaque then CONGRATULATIONS! You just need to submit a copy of the titles you earned and you will get your plaque at the banquet. The WDC award box will be in the club office from Thursday, November 6 thru Thursday, January 8. It will be picked up for the last time at the club meeting on January 8, Award and certificate information may be submitted via the award box, to my , or my address via postal mail. Please keep everything together and submit at one time to enable accurate processing. Please contact me if you have any questions. Julie Baker, Awards Chairperson juliefroze@aol.com ; 315 E. Songbird Lane Appleton, WI MEMBERS, PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY AND NOTE THAT THESE AWARDS DO NOT INCLUDE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE WDC TRAVELING AWARDS GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: 1. Awards and certificates will be considered for those members in good standing- meaning dues must be paid, and as of the date of the awards dinner, have no outstanding debts to the club. (passed 5/94). 2. For new members, wins count from the date of membership approval. 3. Wins and achievements are counted between October 1, 2013 thru October 31, Club members must own the dog for which wins are reported, but need not have handled the dog themselves, exception is junior handling. 4. Plaques will be awarded for AKC recorded titles only. Each dog will be allowed to receive one (1) plaque however recognition will be provided for each AKC title. (Passed 2/97) Please note for all owners and dogs that received WDC award plaques for previous titles earned and have earned new titles this year: The plaque will need to submitted to the WDC Award Box which will be located in the WDC club office from Thursday, November 6, 2014 through Thursday, January 8, All new titles will be added accordingly. 5. Special trophies will be awarded for AKC Best In Show, AKC Best Of Breed in a Specialty, AKC High In Trial, Best Junior Handler, and Juniors qualifying for Westminster. Only one of these special trophies will be awarded per dog per year. 6. Certificates will be awarded for any other achievements the owner wishes to recognize at the discretion of the committee. 7. Awards not picked up the night of the banquet will be left in the WDC club office for pickup unless prior arrangements have been made. 8. There will be NO exceptions to the deadlines stated in the application. 9. The AKC title will appear on the plaque as it is shown on the AKC certificate with the addition of the new title. Only the titles on the AKC certificate will appear on the plaque. Any changes the owner would like to make regarding punctuation, capitalization, or spelling of the dog's name should be clearly marked on the photocopy of the AKC certificate. (passed 4/97)

10 January 2015 Page 10 APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR AKC RECORDED TITLE AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES FROM OCTOBER 1, 2013 THROUGH October 31, 2014: A. AKC Recorded Titles: SUBMIT a copy of the AKC recorded title certificate for titles earned between October 1, 2013 and October 31, B. AKC Best In Show, AKC High In Trial, AKC Best of Breed in Specialty: SUBMIT registered name of dog, owner(s), date and name of achievement and kennel club. C. Certificate Achievements such as conformation points, obedience legs, group wins, top ten ratings of any system, working certificates, hunting passes, therapy dog, etc...: (list name of dog, owner, and achievement and date of achievement). D. Junior Showmanship: (name of junior- list shows and number of juniors defeated. List if the junior qualified for Westminster). Best Junior Handler will be determined only by the number of other juniors defeated. One point will be awarded for each junior defeated. If a person is first, second etc. in a class, count the number defeated. If a person is best junior of the day the total is the number of juniors defeated. We encourage ALL Juniors to apply for this award. Be sure your application includes your name and a phone number or address to reach you. Any questions call Julie Baker at or via at juliefroze@aol.com Award information may be dropped off in the plaque box which will be located in the club office beginning on November 6, Or: Mail/ award and certificate information to: Julie Baker E. Songbird Lane Appleton, WI juliefroze@aol.com Applications for award plaques and certificates MUST BE received no later than Friday January 09, There will be NO exceptions to this deadline. FRIENDLY REMINDER: All owners and dogs that have received WDC award plaques previously and have earned new titles this year: The plaque will need to submitted to the WDC Award Box which will be located in the club office from Thursday, November 8, 2014 through Thursday, January 8, All new titles will be added accordingly. Thank you

11 January 2015 Page 11 WANTED: TRAVELING TROPHY APPLICATIONS Applications can be mailed or sent via . POSTMARK DEADLINE IS JAN 10, DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT, JAN 11, Send to: Laura Steidl, N nd Ct, Weyauwega, WI or to: If you have questions please call me at APPLICATION CHECKLIST: All applications must contain this information: (1.) Name of award being applied for; (2.) Registered name of dog; (3.) Breed of dog; (4.) Name of dog's owner; (5.) Name of person applying for the award; (6.) Name & Date & Location of AKC show(s); (7.) For Conformation - - include placement won at show; or for Obedience - - include Name of Class entered and Score received; (8.) Name of handler (only for awards requiring owner handled) These are competitive obedience and conformation awards open to all current WDC members in good standing who have attended at least 2 WDC meetings in the past year (or worked at 2 WDC functions) and meet the criteria as outlined for each award. The dog named on the application must be owned by the member applying, or a member of his/her immediate family. New members can only count the show wins that occurred after their membership was approved. All wins will be verified by the trophy committee using AKC show records. Wins that are eligible are limited to AKC Obedience Trials and AKC Conformation Shows held between Oct 1, 2013 and Oct All conformation wins must be against competition to qualify. All obedience scores submitted must be qualifying scores. An application is limited to the wins of one dog, but you can submit an application for as many dogs as you own. (Note: In the contents of this article, the word dog refers to dog or bitch.) Mary Strange Award: A conformation award for the novice handler who handles his/her own dog. A novice handler has never finished a dog to receive its Championship title. The only exception is if the Championship was earned on the dog listed on the award application and occurred during the year the application is for. Dog must receive Winners Dog/Winners Bitch (or better) to qualify. You can only win the Mary Strange Award once. JUDY FALCK MEMORIAL TRAVELING OBEDIENCE AWARD: Two qualifying AKC obedience trial scores are required and dog must be owner handled. WDC TRAVELING CONFORMATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dog must be owner handled for the wins submitted. Win must be Winners Dog/Winners Bitch or better to qualify. One "major" points win is required. PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARD: An obedience award for a dog who has a Conformation Champion title. One qualifying obedience score is required. Preference will be as follows. Highest score in Utility class will win. No utility, then highest score in Open class will win. No Utility or Open, then highest score in Novice class will win. Dog must be a Conformation Champion before any obedience score will count, Exception is a dog who earns his Championship on the same day as the obedience score was earned. WDC HIGH SCORING CONFORMATION AWARD: Win must be Winners Dog/Winners Bitch or better to qualify. No limit on who handles dog. LOWELL TRACY RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE AWARD: A conformation award for the elite show dog. No limit on who handles dog. Win must be a Group Placement or better to qualify. This includes a Best of Breed at an AKC Breed Specialty Show.

12 January 2015 Page 12 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM This form must be included with your dues (make check payable to Winnegamie Dog Club, Inc.) Please provide the following informa on as you would like it to appear in the Membership Directory Please complete the form, even if there are no changes from last year ** Life me members: please complete and return the form, even though no payment is due Membership dues shall be received by the Treasurer prior to the elec on of officers at the annual mee ng in January of each year. Anyone who is approved for membership on or a er the October board mee ng will not be required to pay addi onal dues for the following year. Type of Membership: Household $40.00 Individual $25.00 Junior $1.00 Life me Member** Name(s): Street Address: City/State/ZIP: Phone: Current Breed(s): Kennel Name: PLEASE CHOOSE A METHOD OF CORRESPONDENCE: As a member of the Winnegamie Dog Club, I agree to receive club communica ons, including, but not limited to newsle ers, dues no ces and mee ng no ces via . I will not hold the club liable should the no fica on be received late or not received due to circumstances beyond the club's control. I agree to no fy the club as to any changes in . I understand that this authoriza on may be revoked by myself or the club with a 30-day wri en no ce by the club secretary. Please send all club correspondence to the address listed above. I do not have and will need to receive all correspondence by postal mail or phone. Signed: Date: Mail completed form and check made payable to Winnegamie Dog Club, Inc. to: Marie Murphy 3600 West Sunset Court Appleton, WI (or bring to the October, November, December or January membership mee ng) Ques ons? Contact Marie at murphyfrodo@gmail.com

13 December 2014 Page 13 Trophy Donations Spring Show Trophy donations are now being accepted for the If you would like to donate a trophy or trophies, please complete the form below and return to: Gail VanDenLangenberg, Trophy Chair 2643 Oakcrest Drive Neenah, WI gailwind4@gmail.com Trophy chair must have your selections by January 8, 2015 to appear in the premium list and the show catalog. If you have any questions, please contact: Gail VanDenLangenberg at CONFORMATION Best in Show... $75.00 Reserve Best in Show... $30.00 First in each variety group.... $50.00 CONFORMATION (for each breed) Best of Breed $15.00 Best of Opposite Sex to Best of Breed. $15.00 Best of Winners.. $12.00 Winners Dog.... $12.00 Winners Bitch. $12.00 First in any Class $10.00 Trophies & Donations OBEDIENCE/RALLY High in Trial $50.00 High Combined Obedience... $50.00 First in each Obedience Class.. $10.00 High Combined Rally.... $50.00 First in each Rally Class.. $10.00 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP First in each Junior Showmanship Class. $10.00 If there are duplicate donations, you will be contacted. Name: (Print it exactly as you wish it to be listed.) Trophies: Phone: Donations: Deadline for trophy selections is January 8, 2015

14 January 2015 Page 14 WDC members are encouraged to display their dogs tles on the wall plaques at the club. List all AKC tles earned this year and send to Gail VanDenLangenberg by the end of January of the following year. Title plates will be engraved with the dog s name and breed, tle abbrevia ons and the owner s name. Please make sure that tles are listed correctly and are divided into the following event categories: conforma on, obedience, rally, agility, field trial, tracking, hun ng, herding or earthdog. These all go on separate plaques. Please complete the following form and return to: Gail VanDenLangenberg 2643 Oakcrest Drive Neenah, WI Phone: gailwind4@gmail.com WALL PLAQUES You can also give the form to Gail at a club mee ng or leave the info in her club mailbox. WALL PLAQUES EVENT CATEGORY (circle one): Conforma on Obedience Rally Agility Field Trial Tracking Hun ng Herding Earthdog Breed of Dog Dog s Registered Name AKC Titles Earned Owner EVENT CATEGORY (circle one): Conforma on Obedience Rally Agility Field Trial Tracking Hun ng Herding Earthdog Breed of Dog Dog s Registered Name AKC Titles Earned Owner EVENT CATEGORY (circle one): Conforma on Obedience Rally Agility Field Trial Tracking Hun ng Herding Earthdog Breed of Dog Dog s Registered Name AKC Titles Earned Owner

15 January 2015 October 2013 Page 15 Page 11 Winter Session Training Classes SESSION Walk- in registration FALL is Thursday, January 8 from 6:00pm- 7:00pm Monday, November 4 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM Start Dates Beginner Obedience (front room) Classes run for 6 weeks- fee$80.00 Beginner Agilityback room) Puppy Obedience (front room) Advanced Beginner Agility (back room) Wednesday January 7 Tuesday, November 5 7:00 pm- Conformation (front room) 9:00 AM Puppy Grad Obedience (back room) 10:00 AM Beginner Obedience (back room) Monday January 12 6:00 PM Puppy Obedience (front room) 6:00 pm Beginner Obedience (front room) 6:00 PM Puppy Grad Obedience (back room) 7:00 PM Beginner Obedience (front room) 6:30 pm Beginner Agility (back room) 7:00 PM7:00 pm Pre-Novice Obedience (back room) Puppy Obedience (front room) 8:00 PM Novice Obedience (back room) 7:30 pm Advanced Beginner Agility (back room) Wednesday, November 11 9:00 AM Rally Obedience (back room) Tuesday, January 13 10:00 AM Puppy Obedience (front room) 6:00 PM Beginner Grad Obedience (front room) 9:00 am Puppy Grad Obedience (back room) 6:00 PM Rally Obedience (back room) 10:00 am Beginner Obedience (back room) 7:00 PM Beginner Obedience (back room) 6:00 pm - - Puppy Grad Obedience (front room) 7:00 PM Conforma on (front room) 6:00 pm Beginner Obedience (back room) Thursday, November 12 7:00 pm Puppy Obedience (room to be determined) 2:00 PM Intermediate/Advanced Agility* (back room) 7:00 pm - - Pre- Novice Obedience (room to be 6:15 PM Intermediate/Advanced Agility* (back room) 7:00 PMdetermined) Open Floor Obedience* (front room) * Drop-in class: $5 per class (free for active WDC members) Wednesday, January 14 9:00 am - - Rally Obedience (back room) 6:00 pm - Rally Obedience (back room) 7:00 pm Beginner Grad Obedience (back room) 7:00pm- Conformation (front room) Thursday, January 15 2:00 pm Intermediate/Advanced Agility (back room)* 6:15 pm - Intermediate/Advanced Agility (back room)* 7:00 pm Open Floor Obedience (front room)* *This is a drop- in class $5.00 per class (free for active WDC members) Winnegamie Dog Club, Inc. Mailing Address P.O. Box 713 Appleton, WI Telephone Website Facebook Training Center 2043 Manitowoc Road Menasha, WI The WINNEGAMIE DOG CLUB is an all-breed dog club affiliated with the American Kennel Club (AKC). Established in 1958, the WDC exists for the purpose of advancing the cause and welfare of dogs, both the purebred and the mixed-breed variety. OFFICERS President Don Stan Stanislawski ( ) Vice President Tom Wiesler ( ) Secretary Gail VanDenLangenberg ( ) Treasurer Marie Murphy ( ) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Barb Hoffman ( ) Gayle Kukulka ( ) Paul Thiel ( ) Building Commi ee Don Stan Stanislawski ( ; cell ) Dog Club Librarian Melissa Pezzuto ( ) Hours Recorder Dianne Henning ( ) Newsle er Editor Liz Schleitwiler ( ) WDCNewsEditor@gmail.com Nursing Home Visits Pam Siebert ( ) Sunshine Commi ee Karen Wille ( ) Website Bruce Ziesemer ( ) brucez272@gmail.com

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