Obedience Views. President s Report. Kathy YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER. April 2017

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "Obedience Views. President s Report. Kathy YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER. April 2017"

Wilfred Rodgers
5 years ago
Views:

Clubhouse & 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53212 Indoor 333 N. 25th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 Mailing Address P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0763 Phone 414-961-6163 Website Address www.

net Officers President Kathy Gibowski Vice-President Mari Pavleje Secretary Dona Barsul Treasurer Kathleen McNerney Board of Directors Fred Kauer - Term Ends 18 Linda Roman - Term Ends 18 Daryl Ann

The (4) Officer Positions up for elections are: President, Vice-president, Secretary and Treasurer, these are 1 year positions.

1 Clubhouse & 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue Milwaukee, WI Indoor 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 Dona Barsul Treasurer Kathleen McNerney Board of Directors Fred Kauer - Term Ends 18 Linda Roman - Term Ends 18 Daryl Ann Stuppan - Term Ends 17 Terry Tauschman -Term Ends 17 Tracy McCarty -Term Ends 19 Chris Niver -Term Ends- 19 Obedience Views April 2017 President s Report MDTC Election time is upon us! The (4) Officer Positions up for elections are: President, Vice-president, Secretary and Treasurer, these are 1 year positions. The Board member positions are a three-year term and we have (2) openings. If you are interested in running for any of these positions we will be taking nominations off the floor at the April 26 th General Membership meeting. The official election will be held on May 31 st at the General Membership meeting, so please plan on attending the meeting. The Milwaukee Sports Show was held on March 8 th through 12 th at the WI State Fair Expo building. Thank you to Mari Pavleje for running the booth and demo s during the day/weekend and Daryl Stuppan for running the booth and demo s at night/weekend. Thank you to all who volunteered their time to help with setup, and teardowns. A special Thank You goes out to Rick Sasek, our announcer at the shows, and to our performance teams. The shows were a huge success!! On April 1 st the JRs Pups N Stuff will be holding their first dog walk fundraiser. MDTC will have a booth and Kathleen McNerney will be promoting our club and handing out flyers. The event is being held at Rainbow Park: 700 S 119 th Street in West Allis, the fun events begin at 9AM, with the walk to follow at 10AM. If you re looking for something fun to do, please consider participating in the fundraiser. MDTC was contacted by Sarah Lange from M Milwaukee Lifestyle magazine for an exclusive interview about our club. Thank you to Deb Jumes, Kim Rinzel, Linda Roman and Dale Eastman for attending the interview to promote our club. The MDTC AKC Obedience show will be held June 10 th and 11 th at the Western Waukesha County Dog Club in Ixonia. Come support our Obedience/Rally trial, there is plenty of room for helpers throughout the weekend. We will have a raffle, and good food. Come see how all your hard work in obedience can pay off for you and your furry companion. Please contact Dona Barsul, Daryl Stuppan or Ellen Mack if you are available to help. Please continue to submit your photos for the 2018 Milwaukee Dog calendar. Please submit your photos to mdtccalendar@milwaukeedog.com. The calendar will be available for purchase by fall, so everyone has time to submit their pictures! Have a Happy Easter! YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER Kathy If you wish to receive your newsletter by and have not given the front desk your address, please do it now! You can also send it to emkk@sbcglobal.net.

2 Instructor Staff Director of Kim Rinzel Obedience Assistant Directors of Mari Pavleje Dona Barsul Basic Instructors Mari Pavleje Laura Sadler Beginner Instructors Rick Siefert Sue Bronson Claire Reihl Beginning Instructors Chuck Janusz Tim Carter Advanced Instructors Lory Valley Karen Brauch Open Instructors Kathleen McNerney Willie Mabone Utility Instructor Fred Kauer Assistant Director of & Basic-Foundation Instructor Tracy McCarty Instructors Kira Haslam Diana Howland Tracy McCarty Martha Ryan Jennifer Smith Daryl Ann Stuppan Nancy Wandersee Dawn Butler Assistant Director of Dawn Butler Instructors Nan Resch Class 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 (DIRECTOR OF TRAINING) Thank you to everyone involved in the Sports Show at State Fair Park from the organizers to the handlers showing their dogs. This event is a wonderful chance for MDTC to showcase our training and we did a fine job. I invite everyone (including instructors) to put this event on your calendar for next year. Save the dates in the beginning of March, We will start running the monthly Heel-Down competitions again as soon as the weather is favorable and whole membership is training at the same location, at the same time. For those handlers unfamiliar with this event, it is an informal competition within the Club to demonstrate your dog s heeling ability. This event happens roughly monthly, culminating in a competition among all of the monthly winners to find the annual winner. It is a fun chance to show off! Start working on your heeling skills so that you are ready to hit the ground running when we start up again! April showers bring May flowers and the start of mosquito season! Make sure your pet is on heartworm preventive medication, as well as a flea and tick control program. Ask your vet to recommend a plan designed specifically for your pet. ~ Obedience Instructors New season, new start! There is an Instructor s Meeting on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 10:30am. We ll discuss current staffing, independent activities for students and reintroduce the continuing education (CE) plan. Instructors in,, Tracking, etc. are also welcome and encouraged to attend but please understand that the main focus will be on the obedience topics. We will meet at the outdoor training site, in the Clubhouse, directly after training wraps up that day. The understanding is that all obedience instructors will be in attendance. Please contact me directly with questions or concerns (krinzel@sbcglobal.net). PINS FOR THE PARADE MDTC has participated in the West Allis Christmas Parade the past few years and now there's going to be a bowling fundraiser for the West Allis Christmas parade and we've been invited to take part! It's on Sunday, May 7th beginning at 1:30 with a chicken dinner followed by 3 games of bowling at Riviera Lanes in West Allis. It's a 9-pin tap format; for you nonbowlers, that means it counts as a strike even if one pin is left standing. There will be also be door prizes and raffles. All for $25. If you're interested, please contact Mari Pavleje ( ) by April 15th. Entries are due by May 1st, and they can only take 80 bowlers.

MDTC ELECTIONS The offices up for election are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. These are one year terms. Also up for election are two board member positions.

Two board positions: Daryl Ann Stuppan and Jennie Newman.

3 MDTC ELECTIONS The offices up for election are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. These are one year terms. Also up for election are two board member positions. These are three year terms. The election committee has nominated: Kathy Gibowski, President. Mari Pavleje, Vice President. Chris Niver, Secretary, and Kathleen McNerney, Treasurer. Two board positions: Daryl Ann Stuppan and Jennie Newman. If you re interested in running for any of these positions, MDTC will be taking nominations off the floor at the April general membership meeting, April 26, The nominated person must be there to accept the nomination, or send a written note stating they accept the nomination. To be nominated the person must be a member in good standing for one year, and be up to date on club dues. The election will be held at the General Membership Meeting on May 31, At this time all candidates for office will have a few minutes to state why they are interested in running for the position, and why they should be elected. Please plan on attending the election night meeting since a voting quorum is required. OUR AKC SHOW IN JUNE On June 10th and 11th, MDTC will hold its annual AKC Obedience and Rally show. This is a major fund raiser for our club and a fun show to be part of. We still need volunteers to help make the show a success If you want to see competitive obedience in action and have a tasty lunch, plus be entered in the volunteer raffle.please contact Daryl Stuppan darylstuppan@aol.com. If you cannot possibly donate your time that weekend there is still a way to help. Every year, the club awards ribbons and gifts to the winners of 1st thru 4th place, and ribbons to Qualifiers in all events. Despite efforts to keep costs reasonable, these awards are costly for the club. In the past, MDTC members have sponsored these ribbons and gifts and we are hoping that you would continue this tradition by making a cash donation. In return for your generosity, the club will continue rewarding participants for achievements in rally and obedience and your name will be listed in the MDTC Newsletter and the Show Catalog. Daryl Ann Stuppan ( Cashmere ) will be stopping by training classes in the coming weeks to answer questions and accept donations. These donations really help our club keep the tradition of hosting an AKC Obedience trial going. Please support our club. BREWER GAME FUNDRAISING Thursday April 6th 12:40pm Colorado Rockies Wed April 26th 12:40pm Cincinnati Reds Saturday May 13th 6:10pm New York Mets Thursday May 25th 7:10pm Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday June 3rd 3:10pm LA Dodgers Friday June 30th 7:10pm Miami Marlins Friday July 14th 7:10pm Philadelphia Phillies Saturday July 29th 6:10pm Chicago Cubs Tuesday Aug 1st 6:40pm St. Louis Cardinals Thursday Aug 30th 7:10pm Washington Nationals Friday Sept 22nd 7:10pm Chicago Cubs

4 MILWAUKEE DOG TRAINING CLUB General Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The meeting was called to order at 8:07 p.m. by President Kathy Gibowski. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed. There was no correspondence. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Kathy thanked everyone who worked the sports show and help make it a success. Thanks to Mari who ran the day events and Daryl who ran evenings. And a big thanks to all who helped man the booth and do the demos. On 4/1 we will have a booth at Jr. Pups N Stuff dog walk fund raising event. Kathleen will be running our booth. It is at Rainbow Park on 116th and Trecker Way. Our puppy class instructors Linda Roman and Deb Jumes along with DOT Kim Rinzel did an interview with M Magazine. Our plinko game at Pet Expo made $100 which was donated to Romp. COMMITTEES DIRECTOR OF TRAINING: Kim said she will be having an instructors meeting on May 7. This will be primarily obedience topics such as staffing issues, staffing education and continuing education program. She plans to have it after training on that Sunday. : Fun match was this past Saturday and we made over $800. Thanks to folks who worked (Evan scribed all day) and participated. Kathy G. spoke to Tracy and they plan to cancel agility training on the weekend of our AKC show so folks can work and/or enter. FLYBALL: Tournament this weekend at Think Pawsitive in New Berlin. AKC SHOW: Workers have been gotten for almost all the positions. A driver is still needed for our judge (from airport to hotel, hotel to show and back for the weekend). Will order ribbons. Daryl said Khoua has send out 80+ s to possible donors for our raffle. BUILDING & GROUNDS: Evan said they have been very busy. The doorknob at St. Paul site broke again. They got a new lever type door knob (same key works). The knob on the bathroom door also broke. The vacuum needed repair. It was fixed and is up for grabs. We now have a new bagless vacuum. There is a group cleaning tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. Will glue the mat too. It takes about 1 to 1 1/2 hours to do all the cleaning. SOCIAL: Pulled pork and cookies on April 9 at the indoor site. GOOD & WELFARE: Peggy is having hip surgery on Apr. 21. She could use help caring for her dogs. Contact her if you can. A card was sent to her for her loss of dog Lulu. Nancy Eastman got a new puppy. Kathy G s Mom s aunt passed away at age 103. Lifetime member Bee Klatt celebrated her 90th birthday. EXHIBITIONS: Mari said they did the St. Ann s demo. Anyone available daytimes, let her know. There are a couple high interest days in May. Dogs must be kid friendly. May 5 in Wauwatosa and May 19 in Cedarburg. She has gotten the info for State Fair. Will hope to have our plinko game there. FUND RAISING: Opening day is Monday. She had to get new hats for workers, and they came up with a navy hat with a paw print and our name, MDTC, on it. They were $8 each. Turned out nice and folks are interested to buy, so more will be ordered for selling at the club. If you are interested in working at Brewer games, see Mari. NOMINATING: Chris Niver said the slate nominated is: Kathy Gibowski, President. Mari Pavleje, Vice President. Chris Niver, Secretary, and Kathleen McNerney, Treasurer. Two board positions: Daryl Ann Stuppan and Jennie Newman. Floor nominations will be taken at the April meeting. If Chris is elected Secretary, there will be a 3rd director seat available. If there are no other nominees for secretary in April, will take nomination for Chris position. The top two vote getters will get the 3 year terms, the 3rd one will get rest of Chris two year term.

General Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (continued) UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Daryl reported the property search committee has been quiet for now.

5 General Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (continued) UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Daryl reported the property search committee has been quiet for now. Cudahy property building needs way too much work. The site near domes is an historical site and doubt we can undue. Chris had looked into it, and it requires too much repair. Gov. Walker has not approved funding for freeway work, so it appears we have more time and no real rush on losing indoor site. Dale said she has procured 12 free chairs for the indoor site. Thank you Dale. NEW BUSINESS: Mari said we have done the West Allis Christmas parade past few years. They are having a bowling fund raiser on May 7. Starts at 1 p.m. See Mari if you are interested. New class of 2/26 was read. Motion by Evan to accept them as members, seconded by Kathleen. Approved. Show wins. Motion by Mari to adjourn, seconded by Carole Knobloch. Meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dona Barsul Secretary TEAM USA AND GABBI! Gabbi Kabakchieva is freshman in high school with big passion for working with animals. Scotty is All American dog (fancy for mutt) who was rescued by WI Humane Society from a kill shelter as a puppy back in Together they are members of MDTC. Both discovered agility at the end of 2014 and have been training since at Milwaukee Dog Club. Against all odds (limited experience and starting from scratch for both), Scotty and Gabbi made the 2017 AKC USA to compete in agility at the European Open Junior in Luxembourg this July. In their first national competition, AKC Junior Competition in Florida last December, Gabbi & Scotty finished 4th. The European Open Junior will be their first international competition. Any help they could get would be greatly appreciated and would be used for their traveling expenses. members are responsible for their own funding. If you would like to contribute to the team, please visit this page: You can also help send them off in style by buying a T-shirt. Go to: Buy a t-shirt designed by Gabbi (featuring her drawings of Scotty) and help Scotty & Gabbi compete in European Open Junior (EOJ) agility competition in Luxembourg, as a part of the USA team. The deadline for ordering a t-shirt is April 26th. Thank You for all your support.

SPORTS SHOW FUN! Thank you to everyone who participated in any way to make our time at the 2017 Sports Show a success! From set-up to the shows to take-down, your help was necessary and appreciated.

The crowd always loves the agility portion of the show because of the skills of all of the dogs and, I think, because we always have a lot of different breeds participating.

6 SPORTS SHOW FUN! Thank you to everyone who participated in any way to make our time at the 2017 Sports Show a success! From set-up to the shows to take-down, your help was necessary and appreciated. Special thanks to Rick Sasek who did an excellent job as emcee again, moving things along from obedience to agility to flyball and, finally, to Bravo's Go Dog Go demonstration. The crowd always loves the agility portion of the show because of the skills of all of the dogs and, I think, because we always have a lot of different breeds participating. The flyball demo was greeted with a lot of "oohs and aahs" again this year, especially when the dogs were passing each other. Thanks to everyone in the booth encouraging people to enter the drawing for the free membership, we had about 125 entries this year. We hope the winner will be joining us soon! Again, thanks everybody for another successful Sports Show Mari Pavleje Contact Work Booth Work EXHIBITION AT ST. ANN CENTER On March 23rd, we did a demonstration at St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care in St. Francis. St. Ann is a day care facility for children, the elderly, and the disabled, so our audience was large and quite diverse - from 1-year olds all the way up to 80-year olds! Thanks as always to the "regulars" who I can count on for daytime demos: Evan Emmons and Maggie, Sam Emmons and Ember, Roger Mankiewicz and Zach, and Jackie Paisley and Riley. And, special thanks to the dogs who were really good with all those little hands reaching out and grabbing at them! If there's anyone else available for daytime demos that I don't already have on my list, please let me know. The more the merrier! Thanks! Mari Pavleje Exhibition Coordinator

April 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 12:00 2 Indoor 830 Open 9:30- Utility 10:30 Adv. 9am Basic, Begin., Beg. 3 4 5 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 6 6:30 Adv.

7 April 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 12:00 2 Indoor 830 Open 9:30- Utility 10:30 Adv. 9am Basic, Begin., Beg :30 Basic Beginner and Open 6 6:30 Adv. Begin. Nov. and Utility :00 9 Indoor 830 Open 9:30- Utility 10:30 Adv. 9am Basic, Begin., Beg :30 Basic Beginner and Open 13 6:30 Adv. Begin. Nov. and Utility NO CLASSES Social Sunday 16 No CLASSES :30 Basic Beginner and Open 20 6:30 Adv. Begin. Nov. and Utility :00 23 /30 Indoor 830 Open 9:30- Utility 10:30 Adv. 9am Basic, Begin., Beg :General Member Meeting Nominations Accepted April 9th Social Sunday-Stay for food and conversation.

May 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 All Classes 4 5 6 12:00 All Classes 9am 8 9 10 All Classes 11 12 13 12:00 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 All Classes 9am

8 May 2017 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday All Classes :00 All Classes 9am All Classes : All Classes 9am Social Sunday MOTHER S DAY All Classes 12:00 ** May 14th -Social Sunday. Stay for food and conversation.. 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

SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Sam Emmons and Ember (Ch Mals-About My Lucky Star CDX JH) AKC Obedience On February 12th Ember was entered in two Open A trials in Sheboygan.

9 SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Sam Emmons and Ember (Ch Mals-About My Lucky Star CDX JH) AKC Obedience On February 12th Ember was entered in two Open A trials in Sheboygan. She earned a 192 (second place) in the morning trial and a 186 (first place) in the afternoon which was her 3 rd leg for her CDX title. Indoor Schedule 2017 Wednesday/Thursday Class Dates and Times. (Dates may be subject to change) * Attention all Classes: The last Wednesday of each month, training is at the Club followed by the membership meeting. Wednesday Class Times April 5, 12, 19, 26 6:30 PM Basic PM Beginner & Open Wed 7:00 PM * April 26 Thursday Class Times April 6, 13, 20,*C 6:30 PM Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM * April 26 Sunday Class Times April 2, 9, *C, 23, 30 8:30 AM Open 9:30 AM Utility C=No Sunday Classes: April 16th (Easter). 10:30 PM Advanced

Upcoming Regional AKC Events - go to www.akc.

Close Date All Am Rand Park Dog Club Melrose Park, IL Obed, Rally

Oshkosh, WI Obed, Rally 5/20,21 5/3 Yes Doberman Pinscher Club Milw

Ridge, IL 4/22,23 4/7 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst

4/28 4/10 Yes Car-Dun-Al Obedience Dog Huntley, IL 4/29,30 4/10 Yes

Huntley, IL 5/5,6,7 4/13 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst

Junction 5/8,9 4/7 Yes Lyons Township Dog McCook, IL 5/12,13,14

Northern Flyway Golden Retriev- Oshkosh 5/12,13,14 4/26 Yes Ability

Breed Obed Club Sycamore, IL TD, TDX 4/23 4/10 Yes Lyons Township

Inc. Delavan, WI TDU 4/30 4/20 No Weimaraner Club of North.

10 Upcoming Regional AKC Events - go to for additional information Club Location Competition Show Date Close Date All Am Rand Park Dog Club Melrose Park, IL Obed, Rally 4/29,30 4/12 Yes Oshkosh Kennel Club, Inc. Oshkosh, WI Obed, Rally 5/20,21 5/3 Yes Doberman Pinscher Club Milw Middleton, WI 4/21,22,23 4/7 Yes Paw Power Blues Club Chicago Ridge, IL 4/22,23 4/7 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst Junction 4/28,29,30 4/14 Yes Greater DeKalb Kennel Club Huntley, IL 4/28 4/10 Yes Car-Dun-Al Obedience Dog Huntley, IL 4/29,30 4/10 Yes Northwest Obedience Club, Inc. Huntley, IL 5/5,6,7 4/13 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst Junction 5/6,7 4/22 Yes American Belgian Malinois Club Amherst Junction 5/8,9 4/7 Yes Lyons Township Dog McCook, IL 5/12,13,14 4/28 Yes Wisconsin Rapids Kennel Club Amherst Junction 5/5 4/21 Yes Northern Flyway Golden Retriev- Oshkosh 5/12,13,14 4/26 Yes Ability Club of Illinois Chicago Ridge, IL 5/20,21 4/21 Yes Glenbard All Breed Obed Club Sycamore, IL TD, TDX 4/23 4/10 Yes Lyons Township Dog Sycamore, IL TD, TDX 4/30 4/20 Yes Pecatonica Tracking Club, Inc. Delavan, WI TDU 4/30 4/20 No Weimaraner Club of North. Illinois Hampshire, IL TD 4/30 4/20 No Medallion Rottweiler Club Whitewater, WI VST 5/7 4/27 YES Happy Easter Milwaukee Dog Club, Inc N. Humboldt Avenue P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI

Obedience Views. President s Report YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER. May 2017

Obedience Views. President s Report YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER. May 2017 Clubhouse & 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53212 Indoor 333 N. 25th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 Mailing Address P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0763 Phone 414-961-6163 Website Address www.milwaukeedog.com