Obedience Views. November 2018 President s Report. Kathy

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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 Chris Niver Treasurer Kathleen McNerney Board of Directors Kris DeFelice - Term Ends 21 Linda Roman - Term Ends 21 Daryl Ann Stuppan - Term Ends 20 Martha Ryan -Term Ends 20 Tracy McCarty -Term Ends 19 Nancy Eastman -Term Ends- 19 Obedience Views November 2018 President s Report The Fall is officially upon us, so all training for both agility and obedience have moved to the indoor building. Please check the calendar for times and/or class changes. Congratulations to our Heeldown winners: Daryl Stuppan with Cashmere and Charlie Mundt with Wally, held on October 14th. The Big Super Heeldown winner is Daryl Stuppan with Cashmere, congratulations to a wonderful team! Good luck, to all the club members who are participating in the Achievement trial on November 11th. May all your hard work payoff and help you advance as a team to the next level of training. The Milwaukee Brewers season, including their amazing play-off, run came to end for us. Mari Pavleje did a great job of organizing this beneficial fundraising event for the club. Mari continues to dedicate her spring and summer to going to all the events and getting volunteers from her church, and club members. Thank you for another good year!! Milwaukee Dog s Open House on October 20st at the Indoor building was another huge success. Congratulations to all the new teams who passed the series of tests! Good luck in your new adventures, and most of all Have Fun. Ghost night was on October 20th at the outdoor clubhouse. The food, costumes, games and the exciting maze created a frightful night of fun despite the cold/wet weather. Thank you to all the club members who helped make this a fun-filled club event! The downtown Milwaukee Holiday parade on November 17th was canceled this year but, the Holiday Luncheon will still go on. The luncheon will begin at 11:00am. The club will provide the main entrée (ham and rolls), soda, water, we are asking everyone to bring a small side dish or dessert to pass. There will be an area setup for paw prints artwork and as always, pictures with Santa. The luncheon is open to all club members, furry partners and their families. The Milwaukee Dog Training club calendar is in the final stages and will be headed to the printer. Thank you, Tracy McCarty and Erin for helping me with putting the calendar together! We have decided to insert the owner s names along with their dogs name this year. Stay tuned for prices and delivery date. Mark your calendars, the West Allis Christmas parade is Saturday, December 1st and our annual Holiday party will be in January. Stay tuned for the official date. There will be more information to follow for both events. Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Kathy

2 Instructor Staff Director of Training Kim Rinzel Obedience Assistant Directors of Training Mari Pavleje Basic Instructors Mari Pavleje Claire Reihl Marc Anderson Beginner Instructors Rick Siefert Sue Bronson Laura Sadler Beginning Novice Instructors Chuck Janusz Tim Carter Advanced Novice Instructors Karen Brauch Fred Kauer Open Instructors Kathleen McNerney Willie Mabone Utility Instructor Fred Kauer Assistant Director of & Basic-Foundation Instructor Tracy McCarty Instructors Kira Haslam Tracy McCarty Martha Ryan Jennifer Smith Daryl Ann Stuppan Nancy Wandersee Dawn Butler Kristina Stuppan Assistant Director of Dawn Butler Instructors Instructors Deb Jumes Linda Roman Jean Rutter-Smith Dale Eastman Tracking Dorothy Schmidt Assistant Instructors Ellen Mack Lynn Crowell Scent Hurdles BJ Parrott DOT REPORT A Season for Thankfulness The holidays will soon be upon us and I would like to take a moment to say a sincere thank you to many people for many things Instructors Thank you for sharing your expertise and volunteering your time to help the handler/dog teams learn the skills to be successful at home and in the ring. A dog is not born with people skills and people are not born with dog skills. It takes a patient teacher to help us learn. Students Thank you for joining us on the journey with your dogs. Becoming a wonderful companion dog does not come easily and the road can be bumpy. Your perseverance does not go un-noticed. The kindness you demonstrate toward your dogs and peers goes far. Dogs Thank you for sharing the opportunity for us to learn to better understand you. We are not always patient and you can guide us to become better. Even the goofy adolescent dogs can teach us something! MDTC Board Members and Staff The amount of time you donate to the Club to keep it running smoothly, efficiently and professionally is enormous. It s hard to understand how you manage to complete the tasks you do and still have time to train your own dogs and have a life outside of the Club. Remember that we are a group of people all working toward the same goal teaching our dogs to be amazing. Offer your help if needed, be patient if needed, be excited (as often as possible) and most importantly, have fun with your dog. On another note, we are starting to gear up for our annual holiday party in January. If you have earned titles with your dog this year (2018) we would like to recognize you and your dog. Please share the details about the titles earned with your appropriate Director of Training (Obedience,, ) and we can take it from there. If you have any questions, please ask! We will collect information through the beginning of December. Then the title window closes. Have a great start to the indoor season! ~ Kim Rinzel NEWSLETTER DEADLINES If you have an article for the Newsletter, the following are deadline dates. If you send an article after these dates it will go in the following month s newsletter, which means it will probably be outdated! No exceptions! Nov.26th, December 21st.

3 Classes Offered Beginner Novice, Novice, Open and Utility Entry Fee $6.00 for the first entry and $3.00 for each additional entry of the same dog Registration Deadline Monday November 5th, 2018 ** Must have minimum of 11 entries for trial Registration Mail Entry form and payment to: MDTC Achievement Trial C/O Martha Ryan W298 S5705 Cliffside Court Waukesha WI NOVEMBER ACHIEVEMENT TRIAL Sunday November 11, am at Indoor Club For more info or questions Ask your class instructors or contact Martha Ryan Daryl Stuppan HOLIDAY PARTY AT MDTC! Saturday, November 17th The parade may not go on in downtown Milwaukee this Holiday Season but the Milwaukee Dog Club will still have a party! On November 17th we will gather at the Indoor club for our annual Christmas Celebration. There will be food, door prizes, paw prints and if everyone is nice, Santa will arrive for pictures.with your pets. All are welcome, bring your family, your dog, an appetite and also please bring a dish to share. Hot dishes are welcome and we will be able to keep them warm, but please bring them in hot. The club will provide ham and rolls, soda and water. The fun starts at 11am.

4 GHOST NIGHT October 20 th was a rather chilly night, but, if you were among the 25 people who came to Ghost Night, you saw fun costumes and had plenty to do! The Ghost Walk, Maze, Musical Rings, Red Light-Green Light, and of course, Zombie Fingers kept everyone warm and were lots of fun! Congratulations to the winners of the games: Rose (Patty Leonard) ran the Maze the fastest for the non-agility dogs (6.25 sec.), while Cashmere (Daryl Ann Stuppan) won for the agility dogs (4.67 sec.), Daryl and Cashmere made it to the end in Musical Rings, Sam Sgroi and Charlie made it across the line first in Red Light-Green Light, and Cashmere (Daryl) ate the 3 Zombie Fingers the fastest for the big dogs (9.83 sec.), while Rocco (Peggy Brunner) won for the small dogs (10.9 sec.). The winners for the different costume categories were: Cutest Ceili and Joanne McMillan (S mores), Scariest Maize and Kris DeFelice (K9 Police Unit), Most Original Cashmere and Daryl Ann Stuppan (Mrs. Santa Claus and her elf dog), and Best Rocco and Peggy Brunner ( A Fowl Combination, Rocco was a turkey, Peggy was a rooster). Congratulations to all participants! And, a big thank you to all who helped with organizing and running this great event: Karen Brauch for her fantastic chilies, Tori Baldwin, Kim, Brad and Kayden Rinzel, Mari Pavleje, Joanne McMillan, Kim Morrison, Sue Bronson, and Peggy Brunner (hope I didn t forget anyone!), and, of course, everyone who shared their delicious dishes with all of us! THANKSGIVING PET SAFETY TIPS Thanksgiving is a time for friends, family and holiday feasts but also a time for possible distress for our animal companions. Pets won t be so thankful if they munch on undercooked turkey or a pet-unfriendly floral arrangement, or if they stumble upon an unattended alcoholic drink. Check out the following tips for a fulfilling Thanksgiving that your pets can enjoy, too: Talkin Turkey: If you decide to feed your pet a small bite of turkey, make sure it s boneless and well-cooked. Don't offer her raw or undercooked turkey, which may contain salmonella bacteria. Do not give your pet the left over carcass the bones can be problematic for the digestive tract. No Bread Dough: Don't spoil your pet s holiday by giving him access to raw yeast bread dough. When a dog or cat ingests raw bread dough, the yeast continues to convert the sugars in the dough to carbon dioxide gas and alcohol. This can result in bloated drunken pets, which could become a life-threatening emergency, requiring hospitalization. Don't Let Them Eat Cake: If you plan to bake Thanksgiving desserts, be sure your pets keep their noses out of the batter, especially if it includes raw eggs they could contain salmonella bacteria that may lead to food poisoning. A Feast Fit for a King: While your family enjoys a special meal, give your cat and dog a small feast of their own. Offer them made-for-pets chew bones. Or stuff their usual dinner perhaps with a few added tidbits of turkey, vegetables (try sweet potato or green beans) and dribbles of gravy inside a food puzzle toy. They ll be happily occupied for awhile, working hard to extract their dinner from the toy. A few small boneless pieces of cooked turkey, a taste of mashed potato or even a lick of pumpkin pie shouldn t pose a problem. However, don't allow your pets to overindulge, as they could wind up with a case of stomach upset, diarrhea or even worse.

5 MILWAUKEE DOG CLUB General Membership Meeting Wednesday, October 31, 2018 The meeting was called to order at 8:11 PM by Vice President Mari Pavleje. SECRETARY S REPORT: No corrections to the September Meeting Minutes There is information posted on the bulletin board about the AKC Political Action Committee. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Thanks to everyone who attended Ghost Night and those made the Miller Park fundraiser such a success. The Holiday Luncheon is coming up as is the West Allis Holiday Parade. Congratulations to Heel Down Winners Daryl Ann Stuppan with Cashmere and Charlie Mundt with Wally. Daryl went on to win the Super Heel Down! COMMITTEES DIRECTOR OF : Kim Rinzel reports that indoor training begins this Sunday, November 4. Please check the calendar for class times. Kim and Kris DeFelice are collecting any titles you may have earned this year for recognition at the annual party. Please get them in as soon as you can so planning can begin. The Achievement Trial is November 11, all classes except Basic are cancelled that day. AGILITY: Daryl Stuppan reports there will be new class beginning November 3. FLYBALL: Mari reports that there was a tournament in Madison last Saturday and our team placed 1st on Saturday. AKC: We are still looking for people who want to help organize the trial next summer. MEMBERSHIP AND SALES: There are 16 applicants for the next class. We are looking for a new volunteer who can help out at the membership desk. BUILDING & GROUNDS: The grounds have been mowed for the last time and Sam will be winterizing the grounds equipment. SOCIAL: Social Sunday will be Danishes, November 11 at the indoor facilities. No Holiday Parade this year but the luncheon will go on, Saturday November 17. Volunteers wanted to help decorate Friday evening. The Holiday Party will be January 21. GOOD & WELFARE: Martha Ryan, Tracy McCarty and Diana Howland have new puppies. A thinking of you card was sent to Joanne Bishop. A condolence card was sent to Sue Bronson who lost her dog Chela. Condolence cards also sent to Rick Sasek and Dave Conroy who lost members of their family. Mari reports that former member Arnie Garber passed away. EXHIBITIONS: Downtown West Allis Holiday Parade will be December 1 at 4:45 PM. There is a sign up sheet at the indoor facility. Only Beginner Novice and above can march in the parade however, we do need four volunteers without dogs to carry banners. Kim Rinzel gave a presentation to a high school class on the subject of dogs. FUNDRAISING: Mari reports that we raised over $17,000 from the Miller Park fundraising this year. Linda Roman reports that the cheesecake fundraiser will net over $1,000. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A member asks about the mops at the indoor facility. Building and Grounds will put it back on their agenda. NEW BUSINESS: None SHOW WINS: Motion to adjourn by Sam Emmons, seconded by Linda Roman. Meeting adjourned at 8:37PM Respectfully submitted, Chris Niver, Secretary

6 SANTA IS STILL COMING TO TOWN! Mark your calendars for November 17th and... The Milwaukee Dog Club is having a holiday party! On November 17th starting at 11am we will gather at the Indoor club for our annual Christmas Celebration. There will be food, door prizes, paw prints and if everyone is nice, Santa will arrive for pictures.with your pets. All are welcome, please bring a dish to share. Then the Holiday Season continues with the.. DECEMBER 1st WEST ALLIS CHRISTMAS PARADE No downtown Milwaukee Holiday Parade this year? No worries, because we're in the downtown West Allis Christmas Parade! The parade is Saturday, December 1st, at 4:45pm; we need to be there by 4:00pm. The parade begins at State Fair Park on 81st & Greenfield and ends at 70th & Orchard (one block south of Greenfield). You can park for free either at State Fair Park or at the Pick 'n Save where the parade ends. We'll wear black pants, dog club jacket (or a black jacket if you don't have a club jacket), dark shoes/ boots, and Santa hats, provided by the club, if you don't have one. Dogs must be in Beginning Novice or above to participate, but we'll also need 4 banner carriers without dogs. If you have any questions, please contact Mari Pavleje ( ). AWARDS SEASON Did you and your dog achieve any titles in 2018 in Rally, Obedience, or? If you did and wish to be honored at the Holiday Party in January, you must submit your name, your dogs name and the title earned by the 3rd week in November so the appropriate plaques and plates can be ordered. However, if you are still going for a title and have a final trial coming up in December, please send as much info as possible so I can start inputting the details. The rest would need to be sent by the middle of December. Thank you! Please send information to Kris DeFelice, at: kris.defelice@yahoo.com. Or phone number: SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Heidi Rodenkirch and All American, Walter: Oshkosh Kennel Club 10/20/ /18 AKC. Entered Time 2 Beat. Q d. Score: 7. AKC Oshkosh Kennel Club 10/20 Entered: JWW Excellent Q d, Score: 100. Leg #3 1st place. AKC Oshkosh Kennel Club 10/20 Entered: Std. Masters. Q d Score 100. Leg #1 3rd place. AKC - Oshkosh Kennel Club 10/21 Entered: JWW Master Q d, Score 100. Leg #1

7 Obedience Indoor Training Schedule Wednesday Class Times November 7,14, -, * December 5, 12, 19, * January 2, 9, 16, 23, * 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic 7:30 PM Beginner Beginner Beginner Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * November 28 * December 26 * January 30 Wednesday Class Times February 6, 13, 20, * March 6, 13, 20, * April 3, 10, 17, * 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic 7:30 PM Beginner Beginner Beginner Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * February 27 * March 27 * April 24 Thursday Class Times November 8, 15,-, * December 6, 13, 20, January 3, 10, 17, 24 6:30 PM Advanced Novice Advanced Novice Advanced Novice 7:30 PM Beginning Utility Beginning Utility Beginning Utility Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * November 28 * December 29 * January 30 Thursday Class Times February 7,14, 21 March 7, 14, 21 April 4, 11, 18 6:30 PM Advanced Novice Advanced Novice Advanced Novice 7:30 PM Beginning Utility Beginning Utility Beginning Utility Wed 7:00 PM Outdoor * February 27 * March 27 * April 24 ******Attention all Classes: The last Wednesday of each month, all training is at the Outdoor Club followed by the membership meeting. Sunday Class Times November 4, 18, 25 December 2, 9, 16, 30 January 6, 13, 20, 27 8:30 AM Basic & Utility Basic & Utility Basic & Utility 9:30 AM Beginner Begin Adv. Nov- Beginner 10:30 PM Begin Adv. Novice Beginner Begin Adv. Novice Sunday Class Times February 3, 10, 17, 24 March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 April 7, 14, -, 28 8:30 AM Basic & Utility Basic & Utility Basic & Utility 9:30 AM Begin Adv. Novice Beginner Begin Adv. Novice 10:30 PM Beginner Begin Adv. Novice Beginner No Classes: Nov 11 (Achievement Trial) Nov, 21 and 22, Dec 23, Apr 21st (Holidays) * January The Sunday holiday party recovery date is to be determined THE ABOVE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NECESSARY

8 November 2018 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday pm- 630pm AG2 6:30-8pm 3 1st class 8:00-9:15 2nd Class 9:15 Basic 10:15 3rd Class 11:30-4th Class 12:45 4 8:30-: Basic & Utility 9:30 Begin & Open 10:30: Begin Adv. Nov :30 Basic 7:30 Beginner 8 6:30 Adv. Novice 7:30 Begin Utility 9 530pm- 630pm AG2 6:30-8pm Chiro Clinic 10 1st class 8:00-9:15 2nd Class 9:15 Basic 10:15 3rd Class 11:30-4th Class 12:45 11 MDTC Achievement Trial No classes Except new Basics :30 Basic 7:30 Beginner 15 6:30 Adv. Novice 7:30 Begin Utility 16 NO AGILITY Luncheon set-up 17 Holiday Luncheon 18 8:30-: Basic & Utility 9:30 Begin & Open 10:30: Begin Adv. Nov No classes Happy Thanksgiving Eve 22 No classes Happy Thanksgiving 23 No classes Holiday Weekend 24 No classes Holiday Weekend 25 8:30-: Basic & Utility 9:30 Begin & Open 10:30: Begin Adv.Nov OUTDOOR 7PM Membership Meeting pm- 630pm AG2 6:30-8pm

9 December 2018 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 1st class 8:00-9:15 2nd 9:15 Basic 10:15 3rd 11:30 4th 12:45 WEST ALLIS PARADE 2 8:30-: Basic & Utility 9:30 Begin Nov & Adv. Nov 10:30: Begin :30 Basic 7:30 Beginner 6 6:30 Adv. Novice 7:30 Begin Utility 7 530pm-630pm AG2 6:30-8pm 8 1st class 8:00-9:15 2nd Class 9:15 Basic 10:15 3rd Class 11:30-4th Class 12:45 9 8:30-: Basic & Utility 9:30 Begin Nov & Adv. Nov 10:30: Begin :30 Basic 7:30 Beginner 13 6:30 Adv. Novice 7:30 Begin Utility pm-630pm AG2 6:30-8pm 15 1st class 8:00-9:15 2nd Class 9:15 Basic 10:15 3rd Class 11:30-4th Class 12:45 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

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