THE BARKER. President s Message. Club Officers. In This Issue. President s Message. September 2016 Club Meeting Minutes

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1 THE BARKER Southern Colorado Kennel Club Newsletter October 2016 President s Message Greetings Everyone: Fall is in the air. Many things are happening with the Kennel Club. At the Training Center, the window (near the main entrance) has been replaced and the outside stucco will be completed shortly. The garage door by the crates has been adjusted and insulation has been installed. This should help with our heating bills, since we are cutting down on drafts. Other happenings include the Dog Show, new training classes and schedule and our Awards Dinner to be held in January. Our annual Dog Show is just around the corner. The success of our dog show depends on the support and hard work of our members. There are many jobs at the show, so please consider supporting this major endeavor of the club. Please contact Rene Wolfe if you need to sign up to work at the show. You may want to check the website for training classes that are being offered. You should have received an about new classes starting soon. There are a variety of classes so you may want to check out our website for the many listings. Contact Pat Lester, head trainer, to reserve your spot. I m looking forward to seeing you at our meeting on Tuesday, October 18th at 7 PM. Helen O Connor President, SCKC In This Issue President s Message September 2016 Club Meeting Minutes October 2016 Board Meeting Minutes Learn the Breeds - Kuvasz Brags! What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it s the size of the fight in the dog. Club Officers Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th President of the United States) Helen O Connor President beardie@rmi.net Renee Wolfe Vice President akcomidogs@hughes.net Flo Andrews Treasurer floffice@wildblue.net Diana Behling Secretary snflwrseed@aol.com Dee Dunlap Board Member deedunlap@hotmail.com Barb Curtis Board Member calledell@earthlink.net Milli Goodman Board Member millipt@msn.com Gary Owens Board Member confetti2u@aol.com Editor: William Hughes

2 September General Membership Meeting Minutes Called to order 7:00 PM Present: Ruella Anderson, Flo Andrews, Diana Behling, Bobbie Blood, Natalie Blood, Howard Boardman, Meredith Boardman, Barbara Curtis, Isobel Drysdale, Dee Dunlap, Carla Sue Ellsaesser, Ann Haley, Pat Hill, Cherie Holmquist, Diana Hughes, Karen Lamb, Pat Lester, Marsha Littau, Wille McCaw, Candace Mizell, Helen O'Connor, Donna Owens, Gary Owens, Jodi Pratt/Dan Pratt, Sharon Ramsey, Ray Schafer, Bonnie Stoney, Chris Swearingen, Kim Swearingen, Rebehak Swearingen, Asia Thompson, Renee Wolfe, Minutes from the July meeting are approved as corrected. Willie McCaw was omitted from the attendance, and was added. Correspondence: Pueblo Chamber of conference is having a reception tomorrow at the arts center from 5 pm to 7 pm for networking. If you are interested, let Renee know and she will RSVP for you. Treasurer s Report: reviewed, discussed and accepted as printed. Committees: Show: Training Center: Please see Renee for if you would be interested in signing up for cleaning for the rest of the year. Classes are going well. Large classes, lots of interest. Agility drop in at 6 pm Wednesday required that you have some familiarity with the obstacles. AKC has dropped the chute from competition. o Time is running out quickly. Signup sheets are being passed around. Please sign up. Help is needed in these areas: Set up tear down on Wednesday and Monday Reserved grooming set up on Wednesday morning. Jr Clothing exchange set up Friday and someone to man the booth through the show. Stewarding for confirmation Friday/Saturday (Sporting dog club also needs assistance. They will pay). Obedience/Rally stewarding. Friday and Saturday. Health clinic on Saturday help with paperwork. Chandra Fassi is heading that up, and we need 2 more people to help out. Grounds helpers needed (Wednesday set up poop stations; monitoring during Friday/Saturday) Practice ring for the cluster in the grooming building. Help setting up, and monitoring it occasionally during the show. Hospitality is covered. o Premium list is in final review now and should be up by next week. o We will split the cost of a quarter page ad in local newspaper to pull in spectators. o AVID Program at Heaton (middle school/college prep program) will do community service, and they will come in and be our pooper scoopers.

3 September General Membership Meeting Minutes cont... o Milli created flyers to distribute to the general public. Please take some to share with the community. o Veteran s Day on Friday we will have a color presentation and a presentation for our veterans. Wear red white and blue. President s report Old Business: New Business: Summer outing attendance was low. We are considering forming a committee to make recommendations on what we might do for a summer outing in the future. According to the by laws, the summer outing is done in place of our August meeting. Rue and Cherie will be on the committee with Dee. Will and Julie are working on the winter banquet. Old gates are going to Otero 4 H. Flo has asked to meet with a new accountant. Our former accountant passed away several years ago, and we need a replacement. Flo has approached some firms, and the cost is between $500 $600, which is reasonable. Send your brags to William Hughes to be published in the Barker. Membership: No applicants are present this evening. Adjourned at 7:45. Respectively submitted by Diana Behling, Secretary

4 October Board Meeting Minutes October 2016 Board meeting 10/04/2016 Called to order at: 6:35 Present: Flo Andrews, Renee Wolfe, Dee Dunlap, Diana Behling, Gary Owens, Helen O'Conner, Barb Curtis, Milli Goodman Treasurers report: Show expense for hospitality expenses was confirmed as decorations. Report approved. Correspondence: none Training Center: the new window is framed in and hung, pending stucco and interior finish. We are looking at fixing the door, too, and Renee will get an estimate. Show: The premium is still not up on Onofrio. Renee has tried to get this resolved with no success. Our entry is complete. Colorado Springs submitted their information two weeks ago. This delay could adversely effect our show. Sign up has been light and we still need help, particularly for conformation stewarding. Millie is working hard on the advertising. Pueblo Chamber of Commerce. Chieftain, and Gazette. Radio and TV Stations. We are still collecting trophy donations. We still need a vendor chair for next year. Summer Outing: Commitee has not met yet. Old business: None New business: AKC lifetime achievement nominations. Do we want to submit a vote? (Tom Bradley, conforma tion) Time for Nominations for sportsman award. We will cover this at the October meeting. Tax returns. The new CPA has completed our return. Hewitt and Couch. Our previous preparer wants to charge us $500 for an incomplete return. The board approves half payment for her ef forts. Renee picked up a flyer in Durango that advertises their club. We could create something similar. Pizza ranch in regency has a small meeting room. We could use this as an alternate place to meet at for board meetings. Adjourned 7:37

5 Learn the Breeds: Kuvasz The Kuvasz is an ancient breed of a livestock dog of Hungarian or igin. Mention of the breed can be found in old Hungarian texts. It has historically been used as a royal guard dog, or to guard livestock, but has been increasingly found in homes as a pet over the last seventy years. Other names: Hungarian Kuvasz Life span: years Coat: Ranges from straight to wavy Height: Female: inches (65 70 cm), Male: inches (70 76 cm) Weight: Female: lbs (32 41 kg), Male: lbs (42 52 kg) Colors: White Group: Working More Information about the Kuvasz: wiki/kuvasz Kuvasz DATES TO REMEMBER Next Club Meeting: Tuesday October 18, 2016 Time: 7 PM Next Board Meeting: Tuesday November 1, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM Dog Show: Thursday Monday November 10, 2016 to November 14, 2016 Time: 8 AM 5 PM Dog Shows Upcoming Dog Shows Around Us (November): Albuquerque, NM November 5, 2016 to November 6, 2016 Pueblo, CO November 10, 2016 to November 14, 2016 Tucson, AZ November 11, 2016 to November 14, 2016 Chickasha, OK November 17, 2017 to November 20, 2016 Chandler, AZ November 25, 2016 to November 27, 2016 More Info: Onofrio Dog Shows

6 SHOW NEWS Last Call! Uncle Sam Wants You! Well maybe not Uncle Sam but SCKC sure does! Now is the time for all good people to step up and sacrifice for the good of the club! We are in need of helpers in all areas of the upcoming shows November Workers are needed for set up/tear down, marking off the Grooming Building, ring stewarding, grounds patrol and clean-up, Practice Ring monitors, runners, hospitality helpers, AKC information table set-up, Juniors Clothing Exchange, Reserved Grooming help, Health clinic and Club Security. Any amount of time that you can give us is appreciated. Please come to the membership meeting, October 18th, at 7 PM and sign up to help or call our Show Chair, Renee Wolfe for more information

7 News from the AKC WINNIE THE YORKIE, A SMALL DOG WITH A BIG PURPOSE By: Jordan Upmalis October 11, 2016 "W hat she lacks in size, shemak es up in spirit!" work. Meet W innie the six -yearold Yorkshire Terrier. She may be a small dog, but she mak es a big difference in the lives of children. W innie is a registered therapy dog and volu nteer at Brenner Ch ildren's Hospital. W e sat down with W innie's o wner, Casaundra, and talk ed to her about W innie's therapy How is Winnie involve d in the AKC community? Earlier this year, W innie received her AKC Therapy Dog Dist inguished Title f or completing more than 400 days of therapy dog visits. She also earned her AKC Communit y Canin e title. Read the Whole Story Here: The Barker Newsletter goes out on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Please make sure that you have anything you want in the newsletter submitted to William Hughes by the 2nd Monday of each month. You can submit articles by to lcado97@hotmail.com or by mail to: William Hughes E US HWY 50 Pueblo, CO 81006

8 Let s Brag! Unrelated to Dogs Julie and Will Hughes received 1st place with their heifer Queenie for both Miniature Zebu shows at the Colorado State Fair. She also received Grand Champion at the AMZA show at the Colorado State Fair. They also traveled to the State Fair of Texas with their cows and the same heifer Queenie took 1st place in her class in both shows as well. No Grand Champion though. Maybe Next Year! Contact Us SCKC PO Box 8252 Pueblo, CO SCKC Training Center 715 N. Grand Pueblo, CO Head Trainer: Pat Lester bandera@pcisys.net Training Center: Renee Wolfe akcomidogs@hughes.net Southern Colorado Kennel Club Southern Colorado Kennel Club PO Box 8252 Pueblo, CO PLACE STAMP HERE