JUNE/JULY 2013 DEADLINE FOR THE AUGUST NEWSLETTER IS JULY 23RD. Active membership. Active members get lower rates for classes and other events than

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1 JUNE/JULY 2013 The next meeting will be a Dish-to-Pass dinner at Myer s Park. We will eat at 6 pm, the Board will meet briefly at 6:30 pm, with a short General Meeting to follow. Dogs on leashes are very welcome. Inside this issue: May Minutes 3 Active membership June Minutes 4 Active members get lower rates for classes and other events than inactive members. More importantly, they are what makes the Club work. When you join IDTC, you are considered an active member for the first year. After that, active membership is maintained by putting in a minimum of 10 hours per year doing things for the Club, such as assisting or instructing a class, helping out at events (e. g. being a steward at trials, providing refreshments for a graduation, making arrangements to bring in a seminar speaker, etc.), or serving on a committee such as the Training Committee. Active members are also expected to regularly attend the monthly Club meetings. Your active/inactive status for a year is determined by your participation during the previous year. Brags 5 CPE Trial Report 6 Upcoming Events 7 Calendar 8 Directions to Myers Park: From Ithaca, get on Rt 34 north to the Rogers Harbor. Turn left onto 34B and go to Myers Road. Take a left and go to the railroad crossing. Cross the tracks and follow signs to the park. If anyone is at the booth, tell them you are going to the IDTC picnic. We will be at the pavilion by the lake. JULY MEETING Date: 7/23/13 Location: Myer s Park Board: 6:30 General: to follow DEADLINE FOR THE AUGUST NEWSLETTER IS JULY 23RD Page 1

2 OFFICERS President Suzanne Etherington - etherington1@juno.com Vice-President Lynn Anguish - lja2@cornell.edu Secretary Hannah Robinson - hannahl6@yahoo.com Treasurer Katie Barnaby - tebika@hotmail.com BOARD MEMBERS Deb Clark-Lalley (1/12-1/14) Bill Hansen (1/12-1/14) Deb Bain (1/13-1/15) Kathy Hildreth (1/13-1/15) Karen Netherton (1/13-1/14) TRAINING COMMITTEE Training Director - I.D.T.C. NEWSLETTER Kerry Boisvert - bordert42@yahoo.com Appointed Members - Sue Yanoff (2/13-2/15) Anne Williams (2/13-2/14) Cheri Jackmin (2/12-2/14) Elected Members Ray Corey (2/13-2/14) Lisa Mitchell (2/12-2/14) Joe Osmeloski (2/13-2/15) Address Corrections Liz Corey turkeyridge645@frontiernet.net 645 Jewett Hill Rd Berkshire, NY MISC. COMMITTEES A.T.T.S. - Tom Szebenyi CU/Pavilion Coordinator - Deb Watrous Equipment - Assistant - Equipment Maintenance - Agility Equip Maintenance - FLKC Liaison - Marg Pough Graduations - Beginners - Deb Clarke-Lalley Advance - Karen Nocera CGC - Debbie Keith Historian - Holiday Party - Jen Patterson IDTC YaHoo list serve - Kathy Hildreth Interclub - Sue Yanoff Judges Selection - Deb Bain Library - Tammy Osmeloski Listserve manager - Kathy Hildreth Match Show Chair - Kathy Hildreth & Hannah Robinson Membership Steward - Katelyn Davis katelynjdavis@gmail.com Newsletter - Susan Beals Nltr copying/mailing - Doug Knowlton & Deb Watrous Point Show Fall Point Show Spring 2013 Sue Yanoff & Deb Bain Programs - Public Information - Betsy Root Publicity (newspaper) - Marian Szebenyi Recorder - Hannah Robinson Registrar - (Beginners) - Marian Szebenyi (Advanced) - Amanda Pough (Agility) - Pepi Leids Refreshments - meetings - Sherry Ditko (H) or (W) Beg. Grad. - Jennifer Gerdes Adv. Grad - Jennifer Gerdes Sunshine - Donna Webster Trophies/Ribbons - Betty Baldwin Video Rentals - Tammy Osmeloski (607) Web Pages - General - Marian Szebenyi Welcoming Chair Cheri Jackmin Newsletter Editor Susan Beals 7400 West Keeney Road Cuyler, NY (607) OR bealsie2@gmail.com Page 2

3 General Meeting Minutes IDTC General meeting Minutes May 28, 2013 Submitted by Hannah Robinson The General Meeting at 8:40 followed Kerry Boisvert s program - a spirited discussion of the values and difficulties in providing dog training classes to the general public. Secretary s Report: April minutes were approved and accepted as read. Treasurer s report: For the period 4/24/- 5/29/13 the Club received $ in income and had expenses of $ The treasury has a total of $50, in checking, savings and certificates of deposits. New Business: Chris O Brien reminded the membership about the Ithaca Festival parade on Wednesday night. Please contact her with details if you can join the group. Marian Szebenyi asked if the Club would be interested in having an ATTS Testing set up in August the response was positive, so she will make the necessary arrangements of site and personnel. BRAGS: The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 pm Minutes submitted by Hannah Robinson, Secretary. Old Business: Old A-frame and tunnel have been sold, new A- frame & tunnel on order with Max 200, with expected delivery (by IDTC members) on June 10 th in time for CPE Trial on June 15 th & 16 th. June meeting will be a Swap Meet at the Pavilion. PLEASE bring a donation of supplies for either the Tompkins or Cortland County SPCA. More information on their immediate needs on their websites. Kathy Hildreth asked the membership for donations for raffle prizes at the CPE Trial, and for any volunteers for the Trial with set-up on Friday, June 14 th, and early Saturday, June 15 th, take down and return of agility equipment to the Pavilion on Sunday, June 16 th. Please contact her at kphildreth@yahoo.com, or Hannah Robinson at hannahl6@yahoo.com if you are willing to help all or part of a day during the Trial. Page 3

4 General Meeting Minutes IDTC General meeting Minutes June 25, 2013 Submitted by Hannah Robinson Meeting commenced at 7:45 pm. Secretary s Report: In lieu of missing minutes for last month, we will approve both May & June Board minutes at the July 23 rd Picnic Meeting at Myer s Park. Trial Committee: This year s trial made approximately $900 profit. Membership approved 2014 Trial, again on Father s Day Weekend. Suggestions for other sites, preferably indoors, including the McDonald Center in Cortland and TC3 which is closer to Ithaca and both more expensive than Treman State Park. We need to make sure the matting is adequate. Kathy will look into pricing flooring and availability in the hope of increasing trial entries. We have been very lucky last 3 years, but a rainy trial could be a disaster financially. We will reserve Treman Park at the beginning of July to assure we have a site, while investigating other possibilities before the end of July, so we can get our money back if we change locations. Treasurer s Report : Total Checking, Cash and C.D.s is $52,392.83, with funds out - including CPE Trial Fees and new agility equipment of $ and funds coming in from the Trial Entries and the sale of the old agility equipment of $ Training Committee Report: Kerrry Boisvert reports that Tammy Snyder created new certificates to reward instructors these can be transferred to others if desired. Classes for next (Fall) session begins September 3 & 4 th to get in all the dates without a 2 week break in the middle. The pavilion is not available the last half of October or some dates in November. The training committee has not planned for the mini-series in November, as attendance was not good last year. There will be a Puppy, Beginner I & Beginner II class, but no CGC, as these classes only fill every other session. There will also be a pre-novice and AKC Novice class. The Puppy class will be held on Tuesday for the Fall session, so that the instructor can take the AKC Novice class the same night. Page 4 The Winter session will begin January 7 th & 8 th. Unless a qualified agility instructor steps up, there will be no agility class until January, Old Business: Bruce Coleman has focused on Scapiccio & Brennan as instructors because they have not been in the area recently, but are successful and work well as a team. Betsy Scapiccio s facility has had the top obedience dog in the country two years in a row. Cost will be $650/day for McDonald Center in Cortland, plus $1600 a day for presenters. ($6000 total cost). The Club would not make money with this arrangement, but Bruce emphasized that to be a success, we should have mostly IDTC member teams at different levels, with others filling in spaces. Active members $160/2 days working spot, $210 for inactive or non-members for the 2014 Obedience Seminar. Sue Yanoff suggested getting specific information from members about what levels they would be interested in to tailor seminars to Club needs. She also suggested that Club could recognize members who had done a lot for club by giving them the seminar for free.

5 IDTC BRAGS Kathy Hildreth Magic completed his C-ATCH3 at Max 200 on Saturday July 6, with a 1st and Q in Jackpot. Debbie Keith At the Ed Presnall VST Camp, Brenda Finnicum and Jet, and Debbie Keith and Kip earned their Tracking Certifications on May 26, Joan Shaw A small brag from the Min Pin front--"buster", at the tender age of 18 mos, finished his UKC Championship in four straight shows this May garnering a Group One,Two,Three and Four! I guess he thought I should have one of each color!! He is now --GrCh pointed AKC UKC Ch Sunsprite Brimstone Travelin' Man. As always exclusively owner handled. Chris O Brien Jazz earned his first ASCA Open Gamblers leg with a 1st place at the PEN-NY ASC agility trial on 5/5/13 at Max200. Lynne Anguish Nika my white shepherd finished her breed championship in UKC in just 2 weekends. She took 2 Best of Winners in Buffalo, 2 Best of Breeds in Locke and a 4th in Group.She is just 13 months old. She is now UKC CH Victorious Anika Joy of Timlyn! Woohoo! Bruce and Audrey Coleman Vinny (Blue Ribbon's Vinny The Enforcer CD***, MH, CGC) earned his CD (Companion Dog) title at the German Shepherd shows at Seneca Falls, NY. He then earned two bumper legs at the Albany Obedience Club trials. Vinny placed 4 out of 5 times. Two weeks later Vinny earned his CCA (Golden Retriever Club of America Certificate of Conformation Assessment) at the Autumn Valley Golden Retriever Club CCA event. Kate (Rippling Run Blue Ribbon's Kiss Me SH, WCX, CGC, CCA) earned her CCA (Golden Retriever Club of America Certificate of Conformation Assessment) at the Autumn Valley Golden Retriever Club CCA event. Kate also earned one Master Hunter leg. Fanny (Blue Ribbon s Funny Girl UD, MH, WCX, CGC) had an excellent month in obedience. She qualified 4 out of 5 times in Utility including a first place (with 4 OTCH points) at the German Shepherd shows at Seneca Falls, NY and the Albany Obedience Club trials. Page 5

6 CPE Trial Report With perfect weather on Saturday, and acceptable weather on Sunday, we successfully completed our 3 rd CPE Trial at Robert Treman Park. Our judge, Jeff Boyer is popular for his fun and cleverly nested courses (he designed one for CPE Nationals this year) and his sense of humor, but I think we all learned something with is technical and practical knowledge about running a trial. Kathy and Katie had the scoring well in hand, with gate sheets ready on clipboards for each new class and level, and scores appearing quickly after each class. Our Chief Course Builder, Roxanne Spilman-Bush, a nonmember - with help both days from CPE newbie Donna Hopple and several other members and non-members each level or course was ready to go with amazing efficiency. The Tailwaggers 4-H group helped us with lunches both days picking up and organizing the volunteer food, dispensing tickets and cleaning up neatly afterward. Beth Adams returned as our photographer and took many great action shots, candid shots for the Club, and private portraits all on the site Thanks from me personally to all those who helped at both ends (and the middle) of the weekend with the equipment moving and unloading always a strenuous job but that didn t stop Phil & Jacob Ragusa, Kathy, Katie, Linda, Cynthia and several others from providing muscle and determination. Thanks also to Kathy for her patience with my frequent gaps of knowledge about technical trial issues. I m also grateful to all the members who pitched in long and often to make the trial go smoothly. Kathy & I feel as if we have mostly gotten the system down it felt more organized this year, fewer things forgotten, no big surprises and we have volunteered to run the trial again next year for the same weekend, and the same site, probably proving that insanity really does come in all forms! Put it in your calendars now a local agility trial you hardly have to travel for June 14-15, 2014! Hannah Robinson, Trial Chair Kathy Hildreth, Chief Scorer, and reminder or do-er of all that I forget Page 6

7 Upcoming Events July 19,20,21 July 19,20,21 July 20,21 July 20,21 July 20,21 July 26,27,28 July 26,27,28 July 27,28 Aug 1,2,3,4 August 9 Aug 10,11 Aug 9,10,11 Aug 10,11 Aug 15,16,17,18 Aug 16,17,18 Aug 17,18 Aug 23,24,25 Aug 24,25 Aug 30,31,Sept 1 Aug 31, Sept 1,2 Sept 6,7,8 Sept 7 Sept 7 Sept 7,8 Sept 7,8 Sept 12,14,15 Sept 13,14,15 Sept 14,15 Sept 15 Sept 20,21,22 Sept 21,22 Sept 26,27,28,29 Oct 19,20 Oct 25 Oct 26,27 Nov 29,30 Dec 7,8 Jan 9,10,11,12 AKC Obedience & Rally, SNKC, BCC Ice Center,Binghamton NY UKC conformation, Locke NY AKC Agility, Double Q, Albion CPE Agility, Paws-Awes, Freeville AKC Earthdog Tests, FLKC USDAA Agility, Glenville NY Seminar - Jane Killion at SOTC CPE Agility, Holley NY AKC Agility, CNYSSC, Brewerton NY ASCA Obedience, HONYASC, SOTC ASCA Obedience & Rally, HONYASC, SOTC USDAA Agility, Cato NY Seminar - Dr. Sophia Yin, Boomtowne, Farmington NY AKC Agility, Over Rover, Cato NY Hickories Circuit CPE Agility, Farmington NY AKC Agility, SNKC, Chenango Forks NY Seminar - Fred Hulme at SOTC AKC Obedience & Rally, Albion NY AKC Agility, AMCA, Syracuse NY ASCA Agility, PENNYASC, Horseheads NY ASCA Rally, PENNYASC, Horseheads NY American Cancer Relay for Life, Dryden Lake Park AKC Obedience, Western Lakes, Amherst NY Seminar - Connie Cleveland, Albany Obedience Club, Glenmont NY CPE Agility, Farmington NY AKC Agility, Hamburg, Amherst NY USDAA, Cato NY Interclub, SOTC building AKC Agility, OKA, Syracuse NY USDAA Agility, Macedon NY Wine Country AKC Obedience & Rally, DOTCORNY, Farmington NY ASCA Obedience & Rally, PENNYASC, Farmington NY ASCA Agilty, PENNYASC, Farmington NY Seminar - Tracy Sklenar, PENNYASC, Genoa NY ASCA Obedience & Rally, HONYASC, SOTC AKC Obedience & Rally, Hamburg NY Page 7

8 JULY 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 I Forgot Day Natl Chocolate Almonds Day 9 10 Teddy Bears PicnicDay IDTC meeting Parents Day AUGUST 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat National Chocolate Chip Day National S mores Day 11 Daughters and Sons Day Senior Citizens Day IDTC meeting Page 8

9 APPLICATION FOR EDUCATIONAL FUNDING REQUIREMENTS 1. Application for reimbursement may be made for any performance related clinic, workshop, seminar, or camp which has been approved by the Board of Directors and the Training Committee. 2. Applicants must be IDTC members in good standing at the time they apply for funding. 3. Applicants must currently be an active instructor or assistant instructor at the time they apply (must have taught or assisted within the last two years). 4. No more than two members of the same family or household may apply for the same clinic, workshop, seminar or camp. 5. Reimbursements will not be approved for more than four IDTC Instructors or Assistant instructors to attend the same clinic, workshop, seminar or camp more than twice. 6. An Instructor or Assistant Instructor may not attend the same clinic, workshop, seminar or camp more than twice. 7. Applications for funding must be approved before attending the event, if the applicant wishes to ensure reimbursement. 8. Reimbursement will take place when all conditions pursuant to approval are satisfied; in particular, when the applicant has given a seminar or clinic to the club based upon the information derived from the event. 9. Reimbursement will be for 50% of the total cost of an approved activity; total reimbursement not to exceed $ per applicant. Total cost will not include transportation, food, or acomodations unless room and board are included in a flat fee for an activity such as a camp. 10. Applications must be filed with the Training Director on an approved form available from the Training Director (or online). Approved applications will be sent to the Board of Directors for the final approval and subsequent reimbursement. 11. Reimbursements will not be made until receipts and/or a written statement which details expenses is received (see No 9). Page 9

10 EDUCATIONAL FUNDING FOR PERFORMANCE EVENTS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Name Applicant Address Applicant Phone Applicant Applicant Date Approved TC Date Approved BD Date IDTC Seminar Date Reimbursed ACTIVITY Kind Location Dates (inclusive) Individual(s) featured Purpose: Has any other member of your household been reimbursed by IDTC for attending a performance-related clinic, workship, seminar or camp this year? Yes No If Yes, when? Is any other member of your household applying to attend this activity? Yes No Please attach receipts and /or a written statement detailing the expenses for which you wish to be reimbursed (see No 8 Requirements) I have read the requirements attached to this application and agree to abide by them. Date Signature - applicants Page 10

11 IDTC BRAG FORM NAME : DOG S NAME & BREED SHOW DATE & KENNEL CLUB TITLE EARNED : PLEASE SEND TO : SUSAN BEALS 7400 W. KEENEY RD. CUYLER, NY PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY SUSAN BEALS 7400 W. KEENEY ROAD CUYLER, NY Ithaca Dog Training Club Presents Saturday, April 25, 2009 Agility Show and Go 8AM to Noon Obedience Show and Go 1PM to 5PM At the Cornell Livestock Pavilion Judd Falls Rd Ithaca, NY Opens at 7:30 AM for signup and crating Agility Nested Standard Courses 8AM to 10AM: 4, 8, 12, 16 10AM to Noon: 20, 24 No pre-registration Page 11