Scents & Nonscents WHOOHOO! TRIALS WERE GREAT! Inside this issue: September, Meeting Schedules Back Cover. SDOC Classes 2.

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1 Scents & Nonscents September, 2010 WHOOHOO! TRIALS WERE GREAT! Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. Inside this issue: SDOC Classes 2 News Notes 3 Trial Results 4 Tracking Class 5 Happy Heeling Agility Front UKI Agility to be Offered Meeting Schedules Back Cover 6 7 Minutes Our Fall trials are now over, and they went extremely well. The weather truly cooperated with a gorgeous day, and we had several special reasons to celebrate. First of all, Laurie Sasaki from California with her super working Aussies did some fine winning, especially on Monday when her Novice B girl, D Bar D Kiss My Grits, earned a to go High In Trial, and her other Aussie, OTch. Navarro s Runs With Scissors UDX18, OM7, RA took Hich Combined with scores of 197 in Utility B and 198 in Open B. Laurie s OTCh. Aussie was also HIT on Sunday. It was a joy to watch these dogs work! Another dog that was a joy to watch was Kathy Klein s Golden Retriever, Yaqui s Reddi To Rock UDX, OM1, GO, JH, RE who earned the High Combined ribbon for a score of on Sunday. Kathy is also from California. Scores from the obedience and rally classes will be found on page of the newsletter. On Sunday only, we had a number of Special prizes. High Scoring Dog ingroups were won by the following: Sporting Kathy Klein and Golden Retriever Yaqui s Reddi To Rock UDX, OM1, GO, JH, REwith a 198; Hound Laurel Drew s Greyhound, Ch. Huntington Cinderella CD, SC, RN (as of Monday); Working: no one qualified; Terrier Lisa Frankland and Kerry Blue Terrier, Kerigolf s Loaded For Bear, OA, AXJ; Toy Billijo Porter s Papillon Ch OTCh Denzel Year of the Tiger VCD2, UDX5, OM2, AX, AXJ, NAP, NJP; Non-Sporting Sydney Neil s Standard Poodle, Lane s Amazing Silk Comet, CD; Herding Laurie Sasaki s Australian Shepherd, OTCh Navarro s Runs With Scissors UDX18, OM7, Ra;. There were no miscellaneous or Foundation stock dogs entered. This is the first set of trials in which we have had Mixed Breeds entered. There were five entered, four in Rally. On Monday, Michele and Adrianne Lommasson with Luke were the first ever to earn a qualifying score in our trials in Novice A. In Rally, there were four entered, and all four qualified both days. They were: Daryl Kay and Ben, Jim Hall and Emma, Mary McCallister and Buffy, and Chris Saiz with Cinder. We are proud to welcome these dogs and handlers to the sport of Obedience! I hope to have a picture of them next month. Novice A qualifiers on Sunday, Sept 5: Clint Wolf & Kaia, Susannah Burke & Druid, Mary Jo Campbell and Luke Page 1 Scents & Nonscents

2 How to Contribute: SDOC s newsletter Scents & Nonscents is published 11 times per year. Contributions are welcome at any time, provided they are in an electronic format (*.txt, *.doc, *.jpg, *.tiff) and received by the deadline. Send your items and ideas to the Editor. Laurel Drew SDOC Class Schedules and Notes At the suggestion of a few people who have noted as I have that the class listings are sometimes out of date before the newsletter is delivered, we are going to try something a little new. Let us know if this works for you. The Ed For full information concerning up-coming classes whether obedience or agility, please refer to the Sandia Dog Obedience Club website. It is found at New Beginning Novice class starts Tues Nov. 2 at 7:30 pm Dee Wright instructor. Tracking Class starts Sat., Nov. 6 at 8:30 AM. Contact Carolee Douglas for info. Call Betty Pearson at to sign up for classes. ALL TRAINERS MUST STILL SIGN UP FOR CLASSES, EVEN IF THEY ARE GETTING ONE FREE. Upcoming Events For Summer Deadline for the each issue is the 5.th of each month! Information is believed correct at the time of printing, however the Editor and staff bear no responsibility for errors or omissions. Be sure to check the website for new and upcoming classes. I just received a whole new schedule from Marcie, and you ll want to check for classes for your pups (and adults!). AND, don t forget to check for changes in the agility schedules as well. Lots of stuff happening in our little training world. SDOC will hold a special Fall Agility Trial on October 23 at the SDOC training site. It is open to Novice and Open dogs only. Details will be coming out very soon. Dawn Hamilton at agilitydawn#comcast.net for information or download the premium from Look under Events. The Editor is deeply indebted to Saul Rovinsky & Nancy Pollock for copying and mailing, and to Clinton Wolf for posting to the Club s website. Rio Grande Valley Golden Retriever Club will hold a fun match Sun. Sept 19 at Hoffman Park. Registration 7: AM, Judging starts at 9:00 AM. Preentry $5.00; Day of Entry $6.00. Zia ASCA of NM is holding an Agility Trial on Oct Premiums are now available. It will be held at the home of Carol Roberts on Lakeview Rd. SW (far South Valley). Mail President, Maggie Gee with Solar and S&N Editor Laurel Drew with Cinder. Both dogs qualified in both Novice B and Rally Novice B on Sunday. Page 2 Scents & Nonscents

3 Input Needed The SDOC by laws have long needed a revision to reflect our current business practices and operation. The by laws have not been revised since the club s inception and the last by law change was an amendment in The SDOC board has been discussing some possible changes for which input is needed. At the August 2010 General Membership Meeting, feedback was requested on possibly changing the monthly general membership meeting to a possible quarterly meeting or a bi monthly meeting. Feedback at the August General Membership Meeting indicated that most folks were not in favor of changing from a monthly meeting to a quarterly or bi monthly meeting. Reasons ranged from the monthly meeting provided a way for members to connect and interact with each other, members used the monthly meeting to socialize their dogs, the monthly meetings help facilitate the exchange of ideas on dog training, etc. and going to a quarterly meeting or a bi monthly meeting would actually result in a decrease in meeting attendance as folks would not remember the meeting dates which is currently simplified as the last Friday of the month except during January, and the holiday months of November and December. If you have any other thoughts about whether or not the monthly meeting should be changed to quarterly or bi monthly, please send you comments to Maggie Gee. Another item that has come up in discussion at the SDOC board meetings as a possible change to the by laws is to increase the SDOC board from the current 9 to 11 by including the Obedience Training Director and the Agility Training Director as board members. Currently the SDOC by laws states that the SDOC board includes the five club Officers President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary and four board members elected annually. Currently the Obedience Training Director and the Agility Training Director are appointed positions and the directors are encouraged to attend the monthly SDOC board meetings to report on their training programs,

4 request monies and needed items for their programs, and exchange feedback but the training directors were not eligible to vote on motions brought before the board. So members your input is requested on the following items: Are you in favor of increasing the Sandia Dog Obedience Club Board from 9 members to 11 members five officers President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary and four board members elected annually to 11 board members: the five officer positions President, Vice President, Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary and 6 board members (previous 4 board members plus the Obedience Training Director and the Agility Training Director? Why or Why not? A) If you are in favor of adding the Obedience Training Director and the Agility Training Director to the SDOC board, should the Obedience Training Director and Agility Training Director positions be elected positions and nominated by the Nominating Committee that develops the slate for the next year s officers and board members. B)Or should the Obedience Training Director and Agility Training Director positions continue to be appointed positions? Your input is greatly appreciated. Please send comments and ideas to Maggie Gee.

5 Newsnotes From the Neighborhood Your Editor Evelyn Vinogradov writes: Another very successful SDOC Fun Match has come and gone. I wish to personally and very heartily thank ALL who volunteered their time, and all who participated in the match. It is because we had so many FANTASTIC judges, stewards, set up crew, helpers and participants that we were able to have such a wonderful day! I enjoyed working with each and every one of you. Thanks to you, too, Evelyn. You worked hard to make it a success! And from Phyllis Collier: The summer agility fun match is history once again, and, once again, the great team of helpers kept things moving smoothly and everyone had a great time. As usual, Dick Bruni was there delivering and setting up all that heavy agility equipment. Helping unload and re-load at the end of the day were Melanie Mead, Barbara Mitchell, Al Villareal, Richard Irland, Carl Agee (a great course builder), Ken Collier, LeAnn Miller (also a great course builder), and Annie Newsted. They were joined by several others who kept the rings moving during the match. Barbara Petersen, Marsha Cook, Pat Sayles, Patricia Tresidder, Amanda Petersen and Pete Petersen and Gayle Elliott helped work the registration table. Vicki Jones took time out from work to pick up and deliver refreshments. We ran 20 dogs per hour and until the very last jumpers class, all the time slots were full. A just for fun Puppy Tunnels was added at the end of the day for young future competitors. We had teams from Durango, El Paso, Las Cruces, Santa Fe and, of course, the surrounding Albuquerque area. Everyone had a great day, and we were blessed with a cool dry day (it rained just as we finished packing up!) Thanks again everyone! SWAT has a new date and location for their Fall USDAA trial! It will be held November (DAM tournament on November 12) at the Expo New Mexico (fairgrounds). For those of you who attended the June AKC trial, it is the same location an indoor horse arena with packed dirt floor. They have been chosen by USDAA to try out the new electronic scoring system to provide accurate and efficient results. The test schedule is available on their website. Please be sure that you leave the A-Frame and Teeter equipment at the regulation height when you finish using the SDOC training facility. The next person to use the field with appreciate it. We are looking for a chair for the Annual Awards Banquet which is traditionally held in January of each year. The Annual Awards Banquet is in lieu of the January General Membership Meeting and is a time to celebrate our members and their dogs accomplishment/titles for the previous year. In the past few years, we have held the Annual Award Banquet at the Kirtland Air Force Base Officers Club during their Sunday brunch. Unfortunately, the rules and restrictions to get on to Kirtland Air Force Base, as well as the price increases by the Officers Club and limited times for Sunday Brunch, have necessitated that SDOC look for a new facility to hold our annual awards banquet. If you have a flair and skill for organizing events and would like to be the Annual Awards Banquet chair for the January 2011 banquet, please contact Maggie Gee. SDOC WEBSITE ADDRESS IS Be Sure to Check the Website for complete class information, class applications and special updates. Training Year (per the SDOC Training Regulations) For these purposes, the training year will be from December 1 to November 30 of the following year. The total hours of any class which begins on or before December 1 will be credited to the following training year. September, 2010 Page 5

6 Fall Trial Result From Pam Sehmer, Trial Secretary To register for any Agility class, contact: Bill Chambers gmail.com Or REMINDER: Drills cost $5 per dog per session. Our fall (Labor Day weened) trials are finished, and here are the final results for all of the folks I could identify as members of SDOC. Sunday, Sept. 5: Novice A Clint Wolf Kaia Golden Ret st Susannah Burke Druid St. Poodle nd Mary Jo Campbell Luke Eng. Spring. Span rd Novice B Linda Kipp Raisin Border Collie 192 2nd Laurel Drew Cinder Greyhound th Annie Newsted Sitter? Border Terrier 180 Christine Ferron Holly Shih Tzu 177 Maggie Gee Solar Golden Ret. 189 Carol Tappan Splash? Brittany 191 3rd Lisa Frankland Bear Kerry Blue Terrier 194 1st Open A Rennie Fietz Flyer Toy Poodle 181 2nd Open B Toi Tschohl Abby Border Collie 187 Jeff Robb Panda Australian Shep Gloria Napper-Owen Patch Belgian Tervuren 191 Utility A Mary Lee Priestley Mischief Border Collie 179 Utility B Ann Garback Kingsley Papillon th In fact, only 4 dogs qualified on Sunday out of a class of 17. To register for any Obedience class, contact: Betty Pearson At Monday, September 6 Novice A Susannah Burke Druid St. Poodle 193 2nd Mary Jo Campbell Luke Eng. Springer Sp th Clint Wolf Kaia Golden Ret st Michele Lommasson Luke Mixed Breed rd Please note that this was our first obedience Mixed Breed qualifier! Novice B Laurel Drew Cinder Greyhound 190 2nd Christine Ferron Holly Shih Tzu 177 Carol Tappan Splash? Brittany 182 4th Continued on page 5 Page 6 Scents & Nonscents

7 NEW TRACKING CLASS COMING By Carolee Douglas SDOC is pleased to offer a Beginner Tracking Class starting October 30th, It will be open to SDOC members who have put a CD or a NA/NAJ title on their dogs. We are requiring these titles because tracking instructors need to feel that handlers wishing to learn and teach their dogs to track need to have shown some level of working towards a goal. For us tracking instructor, teaching handlers how to track is a big commitment and very time consuming when done properly. Your instructors will be Rosemary Burtch, Bill Burns and Carolee Douglas. Our class sessions will be from 8:30 am to 11:00 am. We will meet at various grassed and asphalt areas in town. Our goal in instructing students will be for them to have the tools (with our guidance) to teach their dogs enough to enter a TD, then a TDX and ultimately a VST. Our class will be limited to 10 students. Students will need to be willing and able to conduct several 15 minute training sessions per week with their dog. As tracking skills increase, the training sessions will take more time per session, but fewer per week. De4pending on show/trial schedules, there may be weekends where we will not meet. The charge for 8 weeks (may not be consecutive weeks) will be $80.00 plus tax. Call Carolee s cell phone at weekdays if you have questions. Open A Shari Avent Brandie Cocker Span st And the only dog to qualify in this class! Open B Toi Tschohl Abby Border Collie 184 Jeff Robb Panda Australian Shep Utility A Mary Lee Priestley Mischief Border Collie 185 Utility B Dede Brownstein Cole Rottweiler 188 RALLY TRIAL RESULTS Sunday, September 5 Novice A Bonnie Connor Dreamer Australian Shep. 74 Mary Jo Campbell Luke Engl. Springer Sp. 98 2nd Novice B Nita Burns Tex Basset 86 Evelyn Vinogradov U Know Australian Shep 97 4th Laurel Drew Cinder Greyhound 99 2nd Cathy Robb Ki Collie (Rough) 97 3rd Pat Kelley Echo Weimaraner 96 Continued on page 7 Join SDOC s YAHOO! group: Contact Rosemary Burtch at rosybee@earthli nk.net with questions September, 2010 Page 7

8 Happy Heeling! By Marcie Jensen To order SDOC t-shirts and sweatshirts, contact Estelle Metz Stay warm or be cool, in style! Congratulations to everyone who showed in our trials and got a leg. Congratulations to everyone who showed up and didn t get a leg but had fun! Thank you to everyone who stewarded. I think the trials went very well, and congratulations are especially in order to those people who were in charge of putting it on. Our obedience Fun match was super due to the amount of work done by Evelyn Vinogradov. She stepped right up to the plate and volunteered to run it, and she did a fine job. I would like to toss out a huge thank you to all the agility folks who helped us weith our obedience match. That was ever so nice of you. It was noticed and appreciated. Obedience people, please volunteer to help agility when they are having a trial or match. Belonging to a club means getting involved and getting to know your fellow club members. Obedience is doing well. Thanks to all the people who say yes when I call them to teach. Our year is winding down and everything will slow down from now until January. We are thinking of adding some advanced classes to our agenda after the first of the year. We have a very nice Open/Utility class going and a great show prep class going. Thanks to Janice and Rosemary. However, these are day time classes and a lot of people work and can t get to them. So, I m going to add a couple at night after the first of the year. If you have any thoughts on this, please me or give me a call. Some of you have crates in the building; please keep the inside of them clean. Some of you just use crates that are in the building; please keep the inside of them clean too! No one enjoys having to clean a crate before they can use it, especially if it is their own crate and some one else s dog has fouled it! TAFN, Marcie From the Prez By Maggie Gee Dear Folks: Terry Acre and SDOC want to thank everyone involved in the setup as well as packing up for the Obed/Rally Fun Match on Sunday, August 29. Terry Acre was very appreciative for all the help because in past years, we have been still working on the set up at 6:30 pm on the Saturday before the fun match and trial. Terry and a large crew were on hand on Saturday of our trial weekend to again set up the rings and equipment. In fact, I don t think we ve every had such a large group on hand to assist with set up...and also breaking it all down again on Monday after the trial. It is amazing how quickly these big jobs can be down when we have a crew of eager workers such as these. We appreciate that Terry and Laurel Drew stored all of the equipment from the fun match in their vans during the week so that we did not have to again load everything up to take from the training site to the Posse grounds. We had only a few extra items to pick up at the training site. Going back to the site after our Monday trial, there were 5, count em, vehicles taking materials back, all well loaded which means that Terry and Laurel s vans were really FULL after that fun match. Laurel says that this is probably the first time that her van has been loaded to capacity. Thanks again to everyone!!! Page 8 Scents & Nonscents

9 From the Agility Front By Hannah Agee Many thanks to Melanie Mead and Susan Neal for their help in replacing all the PVC on the jumps in the Agility yard. It was quite a job and it pretty darn hot on the field. John Welby donated the vinyl tape for the bars. Soon jump cups will be added to all jumps thus accommodating the 26 height. Our new schedule is now posted online. Most of the classes start in September. We are offering several Skills classes. It is our goal to have a different Skills instructor for each 8 week class. We are introducing, for the first time, a Skills class on Contacts and Weaves. This will be a 6-week class, running continuously year-round, with different instructors rotating in to teach the class. Our goal is to teach the contacts and weaves using the same basic training principles at all levels. Thanks to all the instructors for making the new schedule a success! Happy Tunneling, Hannah Continued from page 5 Maggie Gee Solar Golden Retriever 95 Nancy Brunswick Dancer Australian Shepherd 88 Advanced A Julie Borzek Starfire Havanese 98 1st Advanced B Donna Sloan Jude Min. Pinscher 84 4th Jane Reed Rosie Basset 90 2nd Jane Reed Pi Basset 89 3rd Margi Palmer DJ Chesapeake Bay Ret. 93 1st Excellent A Richard Irland Odie Golden Ret. 95 1st Excellent B Jane Reed Rosie Basset 86 Jane Reed Pi Basset 91 Toi Tschohl Abby Border Collie 90 Dede Brownstein Cole Rottweiler 93 RE? 4th Vickee Jones Indra? Gordon Setter 95 2nd Evelyn Vinogradov Tophat Australian Shepherd 95 3rd Martha Kent Blaze Border Collie 96 1st Has your dog accomplished something new? all the details to the Editor. AND if there s a CH or X anywhere in that title, please include a picture of your dog! RALLY RESULTS Mon. September 7 Novice A Continued on page September, 2010 Page 9

10 Hannah Agee can be reached at Or comcast.net Continued from page 7 Bonnie Conner Dreamer Australian Shep. 80 There were two Mixed Breed dogs in this class. Both qualified both days!! Novice B Please note that Rennie Fietz and Flyer (BC) finished their RN and moved to RA Mon. Evelyn Vinogradov U Know Australian Shep. 97 4th Laurel Drew Cinder Greyhound 100 2nd RN Lyn Black Oso Belgian Sheepdog 98 3rd Cathy Robb Ki Collie 100 1st Pat Kelley Echo Weimaraner 88 Nancy Brunswick Dancer Australian Shep. 84 Advanced A Julie Brozek Starfire Havanese 96 1st Advanced B Rennie Fietz Flyer Border Collie 91 1st Donna Sloan Jude Min. Pinscher 90 2nd Jane Reed Rosie Basset 88 3rd Jane Reed Pi Basset 84 4th Excellent A Richard Irland Odie Golden Ret. 95 1st Excellent B Jane Reed Rosie Basset 88 Cont. page 11 Officers, Board of Directors & Others 2010 Members of the Board: Officers: President: Maggie Gee Vice President: Janice Anthes Treasurer: Ann Newsted Corresponding Secretary: Estelle Metz Recording Secretary: Jacque Obermeyer Board of Directors: Pam Sehmer, Vickee Jones, Saul Rovinsky, Clint Wolf Ongoing Programs: Obedience Director: Marcie Jensen Agility Director: Hannah Agee Editor: Laurel Drew Production Staff: Nancy Pollock and Saul Rovinsky Web Wizard: Clint Wolf Thank you one and all! Page 10 Scents & Nonscents

11 Vicki Wilson and Tibetan Spaniel, Buster, earned their second Utility leg at our Sept. trials. Way to go, Vicki!! Laurel Drew and Cinder Greyhound finished the Rally Novice title at our Sept trials. Cinder was in both Novice obedience and rally and qualified and was in the ribbons all 4 times. Michele Lommasson s Luke, a mixed breed, was our very first Mixed Breed to qualify in Obedience. They qualified for their first leg on Mon. with a 3rd. place. Congratulations!!! Chris Saiz earned two Novice Rally legs with Cinder, Mixed Breed, to become the first qualifier in our Rally Trial. Cathy Robb put at two rally legs on her Collie, Ki, with a dazzling score on Monday of 100 and a first place. Great going, Cathy! Brags, Brags and More Brags Evelyn Vinogradov s Aussie, Sherbil s U Know What U Know also earned two rally legs! I think this was their very first times in the ring. Rennie Fietz and her Toy Poodle, Custom Kite Flyer, CD, AXJ, OA finished their RN on Sun. with a 100 and first place. Clint Wolf s Golden, Kaia (Classy s Spring Breeze AX, AXJ, NF, JS-N, GS-N) earned their first ASCA agility titles the end of August, finishing their JS-N and GS-N with 8 first places. Trying her paw at Obedience, Kaia earned 2 legs (both first places) toward her CD at the SDOC trial. Thanks to Janice Anthes for getting us up to speed so quickly! Jane Reed s Basset, High Desert Rose CDX, RE, AX, AXJ, OF was named the Top Basset in Agility for 2009 by the AKC. WooHoo!!!!! They will be attending the AKC Agility Invitational in Long Beach this December. Rosie and Jane train with Hannah Agee in the Master s Handling class at SDOC. Any venue, any breed SDOC Board Meetings are held on the Tuesday prior to General Membership meetings at the SDOC Training Building. Minutes are available for review by contacting the Recording Secretary at earthling. net or at any General Membership meeting. BE SURE ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED AND CLOSED WHEN YOU LEAVE Want to become a member? Get an application in the lobby at the Club building, or download from the SDOC web site! September, 2010 Page 11

12 SDOC MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING AUGUST, 2010 Call to Order: President Maggie Gee called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM in the training room of the SDOC training site at 7050 San Pedro NE in Albuquerque. Attendance: Board members attending: Maggie Gee, Janice Anthes, Estelle Metz, Jacque Obermeyer, Ann Newsted, Pam Sehmer, Saul Rovinsky, Clint Wolf Board member absent: Vickee Jones Recording Secretary s Report: The July, 2010 minutes were accepted as corrected. An error was made in the Sense & Nonsense: The Golden Retriever fun match is on September 19. President s Report: There are trials and fun matches going on through October. Treasurer s Report: The total income for July, 2010 was $4, with expenses of $ for a net income of -$20.75 compared to a total income for July, 2009 of $2, with expenses of $3, for a net income of -$ Year to date there is a net income of $5, compared to $16, for This is a loss of $11, Corresponding Secretary s Report: Angie s list would like us to advertise with them. June Rovinsky sent a thank you for the flowers received during her recent hospitalization. It will be on the bulletin board. Road Runner food bank sent a flyer. Assistance Dogs of the West sent a newsletter. It will be in the vestibule. We received entry forms for the Lobo ASCA s all breed obedience trials on August 14 and 15. They were in the lobby. AKC via refers us to their IRS website re: taxes, etc. Perspectives is available in the lobby. Pat McColloum sends best regards to all who may remember her. She had GSD s and Goldens in the 70 s and was a recipient of the Murphy Award, predecessor to our current Kuliaska Award. Obedience Director: Please get your seminar suggestions to Marcia Sullivan. Eva Modrich is our new person on the phone committee. The Board approved Eva Modrich as assistant Rally instructor. Unfinished Business: The sprinkler head in the front potty yard has been fixed and Ann Newsted put green fencing around the tree to prevent further damage. Len Stans is our new Building Maintenance Chair. He has gotten estimates for a barrier at the south end of the front parking lot. They are all very costly and no decision was made. The Lhasa Apso National Specialty has decided not to use our facilities. Ann Newsted has called the fairgrounds about the 4 day agility trial for March, She expects to hear from them in October. New Business and Board actions: The Board approved to rent the SDOC training site to the Rio Grand Canine Freestyle group for 2 hours a week on Saturday or Sunday evening, on a trial basis, subject to meeting our requirements which include proper insurance. Ann Newsted requested SDOC vote for Earth Dog nominee in Performance Events Jo Ann Frier-Murza for the AKC Lifetime September, 2010 Page 12 Achievement Award. A motion was made and passed to do so.

13 We are looking for a new Awards Banquet chair and ideas for new places to hold the banquet. One reason being it is getting much harder to get on base. The Board is considering going electronic for the Sense and Nonsense. This will save considerable expense. Feedback is encouraged! It would go into effect in The SDOC membership renewal form will be revised to reflect a choice between electronic or paper. The Board is reviewing the current Dex yellow pages ad for It is costly ($378/mo) and gives minimal feedback. A motion was made that a committee be formed of the last 3 winners of the Sportsmanship Award and the Mike Kuliaska Award to choose the candidates. Also, no one who had won the awards in the last 5 years can be nominated. The motion was passed by the Board. It was suggested that an Intermediate Novice Obedience class be offered at the beginning of each quarter to give students something to progress to after basic novice. This was agreed to by Marcie Jensen and will begin in The membership was asked if they would prefer to go to bi-monthly or quarterly meetings. This was met with a strong no. Announcements: Dede Brownstein announced that stewards are needed for the upcoming trials, especially in rally. Lunch is furnished for the stewards. Evelyn Vinogradov said the fun match is under control. The old jumps are going to be available with coupons after the agility fun match Saturday, September 28, which should be around 2 pm. There are flyers in the lobby for herding at Claudia Saiz s. Membership: First Reading: Amy Goldberg Second Reading: Gene Tatum & Patricia Hester and Anthony Abordo were unanimously voted into membership. Welcome! Hospitality: Thanks to Alex Sloan for coordinating this month s hospitality. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm. Cont. from p.7 Jane Reed Pi Basset 93 Toi Tschohl Abby Border Collie 97 3rd Vickee Jones Indra Gordon Setter 93 Evelyn Vinogradov Tophat Australian Shepherd 94 4th Rosemary Burtch Timo? German Shepherd 98 2nd Martha Kent Blaze Border Collie 99 1st Vickee Jones and Indra finishing the Rally Excellent title on Sunday. Sept 5. Qualilfiers in Utility A on Sunday, Sept 5. Left to right: Vicki Wilson & Buster, Phil Blackshear & Moxie, Mary Lee Priestley & Mischief September, 2010 Page 13

14 Sandia Dog Obedience Club, Inc. P.O. Box Albuquerque, NM Prsrt Std US Postage PAID Permit 759 Albuquerque NM ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. (505) Visit us on the web: Upcoming Club Meetings More details... F uture Board Meetings (in the Office at the SDOC training building) - always at 6:30 p.m. September 21 October 26 November 16 December 14 Dates for Jan not yet decided. February 22 March 22 April 26 Future General Membership Meetings (in the SDOC training building) - always at 7:00 p.m. September 24 October 29 (Halloween Party) November 19 December 17 (Christmas Party) Date for Jan not yet decided February 25 March 25 April 29 Remember: see for local events. September, 2010 Page 14