May 2018 Open Meeting May 9, 2018 The Barking at 7:00 p.m. Times FORT WAYNE OBEDIENCE TRAINING CLUB CLUB PHONE: 260.637.2121 www.fwotc.com President s Message & Open Meeting Hi everyone and welcome to all the new members of FWOTC. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact any of the board members. We are listed on the front page of the Barking Times. Our Obedience Trial will be held on May 5th and 6th. It will be held in our building and the 4H building next door. The trial will begin at 8:00am and finish around 6:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. Of course we would not be able to hold a trial without volunteers to help out and thank you in advance. On Saturday, April 28th, we will be cleaning the backs of the green mats. Usually we only mop the front, but they have acquired some grime that needs to be removed. On Wednesday and Thursday (May 2nd & 3rd) we will finish cleaning and set up for the trial. If you can help, it s always appreciated. We are also having a C match on Friday night, May 4th prior to the trial. This match is a practice session and requires pre-entry. This match will require workers along with final set up on Friday night. A total of (5) paw points will be awarded per hour of work completed for anything that needs to be done. There will be sign up sheets posted during the next session as reminders. June 15th is the date of our banquet and annual elections. We also get a chance to recognize your achievements through the year. It s good food and friends. You will find the Reservation Form in the BT. Hope to see you there. Our next Open Meeting will be May 9th at 7 pm at our training building. Those in attendance will receive 10 PAWS points. The Executive Meeting will be held before the Open meeting on May 9th. If you have anything that you would want to be heard at the meeting you can contact me at 260-602-0955 or Crazyshelties@comcast.net, or contact any board member. Thanks, Steve Wheeler, President CLUB OFFICERS Club President - Steve Wheeler 260-602-0955 crazyshelties@comcast.net 1st Vice President - Sheila Dick 260-402-2265 sadick8@embarqmail.com 2nd Vice President - Kelly Urick 260-341-2817 ksurick@gmail.com Treasurer - Vanessa Scott 260-348-4150 nes_85@hotmail.com Recording Secretary - Deb Ward 260-410-4662 Co-Corresponding Secretary - Sharon Kersjes 260-416-1292 kerschna3@yahoo.com Co-Corresponding Secretary - Natasha Kersjes 260-310-7010 pocadot1017@yahoo.com Club Member D.O.T. - Dean Lund 260-627-1067 BenCedar@aol.com Non-Member D.O.T. - BreeAnn Beck 260-249-3524 summabreez107@gmail.com Co-Agility D.O.T. - Chuck Edwards 419-487-1949 cebossman@gmail.com Co-Agility D.O.T. - Nanette Kersjes minnidaise212@yahoo.com Board Members: Katie Sweeney gator79@mchsi.com Christine Mussleman gershep10@gmail.com Kelly Kohlmeyer kelkohl3@gmail.com Nancy Wright njwright731@hotmail.com Tracking Coordinator - Marlene Hill hmhill@msn.com Barking Times Editor - Cory Dold 260-609-8129 info.fwotc@gmail.com PAWS Points Administrator - Dawn Taylor 260-637-0368 sunrscorgi@gmail.com
BARKING TIMES SUMBISSIONS Please send BT submissions to info.fwotc@gmail.com. If you submit via a different address your article might get overlooked. Next BT deadline is Wednesday, July 18th. Thanks, Cory Dold PRACTICE AND CLUB BUILDING The building is open for obedience practice only on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 6 pm. You may practice at this time without contacting anyone. When you go out, please sign the book and adjust the heating/ac as needed. Please be courteous to others and use only one ring at a time. When you leave, please put away any equipment you ve used, readjust the heating/ac and turn the lights out as you leave. Tuesday night is public night but practice time may be available after 6 pm. Contact Bree Ann Beck by Friday of the previous week to arrange times at summabreez107@gmail.com. This is on a week to week basis. Brags Congratulations on Your Achievements! CONGRATULATIONS to Rita Bakalar s Springer Spaniel, Duches Starr! Duches Starr earned her CGC, finished her Beginner Novice title & Trick Dog Novice title. AKC has now recognized Duches Starr as an Achiever Dog. CONGRATULATIONS to Carol Sorg s, Doberman Ziva! Ziva finished her Utility title on 3/24/18 at the Central Indiana Siberian Husky Club under judge Joe Caputa with a score of 194 and 1st place. At Toledo Kennel Club on Saturday and Sunday, 2/10/18, 2/11/18 received 1st. Place both days with 195.5 under Tom Masterson, and 1st place 196.5 under Fred Buroff. It took 4 shows to get her Utility title, and I m so proud of Ziva. This time last year she had a litter of 6 puppies, and we lost about 6 mos. of training. CONGRATULATIONS to Nancy Wright s American Eskimo Dog, Blitzen! Blitzen earned his AKC Scent Work Novice Container (SCN) title at our trial. He didn t do too bad with (2) 4th places as he earned his title Concerns, Issues, Problems When it comes to resolving any problem, concern or issue, it is important that the appropriate persons are notified and involved. Please use the partial list below to help you resolve any issue. If you re not sure who to contact, you may get in touch with any board member and we will do our best to refer you to the correct person. Public Night, Obedience Night, and Agility Night concerns should be brought to the attention of the appropriate D.O.T. The D.O.T. will then work with the club member(s), teachers, board members. It is important that everyone involved be aware, communicating and working for resolution. PAWS points - Dawn Taylor Barking Times - Cory Dold Dues - Steve Wheeler Public Night - Bree Ann Beck Agility Trial/Indy - Steve Wheeler Agility Trial/Fort Wayne - Diane Townsend Obedience Trial - Sheila Dick Agility (AM & PM) - Nanette Kersjes/Charles Edwards Tracking Coordinator - Marlene Hill? s
FWOTC 2018 CALENDAR Session 3 May 15-17, 22-24, 29-31 June 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 July 3, 5 June 15-Election/Banquet Session 4 August 8-Open Meeting August 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 September 4-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 September 29-30 VST Trial October 1-3 October 10- Open Meeting Session 5 October 15-17, 22-24, 29-31 Agility Trial October 19-21 @ Plex November 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 December 3-5 December 12-Christmas Party NEW MEMBERS Kathi Albahrani Alexa Allen Jayne & Tom Cripe Michelle Dichlian Alicia Edwards Tom Gorman Lynn Hart Garry & Louise Hill Andrea Randon Raquel Swardson Reinstate Sheila Boneham Awards Banquet & New Title Trophies The cut off date to earn FWOTC title plaques to be presented at the next awards banquet is the last day of the FWOTC Obedience trial. Please have all required information to the Awards Coordinator by May 12th the Saturday a week after the FWOTC Obedience Trial. Agility Awards e-mail to Diane Townsend: Townsend_Diane@frontier.com All other Awards e-mail to MaryJo Hyldahl: fwotc2018awards@gmail.com Tracking News for 2018 Marlene Hill, Tracking Coordinator, has scheduled the following Tracking events for 2018. For more information on any of these events contact Marlene Hill at hmhill@msn.com May 19-20 2018 - VST Workshop with Mike Roehrs and Moe Foley (VARIABLE SURFACE TRACKING WORKSHOP - IPFW) September 30 2018 - VST test - Variable Surface Tracking Test. Scent Work Trial Well, our first scent work trial is done and very successful. There were a few things to learn and with any luck the next trial will be even bigger. There are so many people to thank. The committee that formed to bring scent work to FWOTC, thank you for your time and doing nose work in other venues so we could qualify to host a trial. To the trial committee, thank you for all your help. But here is a few people who went the extra mile, Kate, once again you did a great job as trial secretary, Lynn, who handled the awards, Steve, who was our go between for the fairgrounds and Bivian, who took much needed pictures. I want to also thank the people who offered to work the trial, just to see what scent work was all about, Bonnie, Christine, Dawn, Julia, Katie, Patrice, and Cathy. And now.. Congratulations to the following club members that earned qualifying leg (s) at the trial: Robin Lougheed, Cindy Beard, Kelly Urick, Kathy Dullaghan, Debbie McCoy Warstler, Sherry Bell, Bree Ann Beck, Loraine Farnham, June Mitchell, Nancy Wright, Judy Bireley, Kate Barton, Katie Sweeney, Lynn Swager, Virginia Gunter, and Lora Sapp. Nancy Wright, Trial Chair Sunshine Our deepest sympathy to Barb Croy on the loss of her 13 1/2 year old Golden Retriever Clancy. Our sympathy also to Nanette Kersjes on the loss of her Miniature Schnauzer Daisy. Our thoughts are also with Patrice Reider on the loss of her father. Our deepest sympathy to Debbie Gatchell on the loss of her Papillon Robbie. Congratulations to Carol Michael! Her Border Collie Four is pictured in the Vera Bradley Spring catalog. The photo was taken last summer at Lake Gage.
Banquet Reservation Form Reserve your seat at the Annual Banquet on Friday June 15th. Cost is $12.00 per person, with children under 12 free. Banquet starts at 6:30, with dinner @ 7PM. Please bring a Dessert to share! The dinner itself is catered. Make check payable to FWOTC, and mail to: Steven Wheeler, 1031 Maxine Dr., Ft. Wayne, In. 46807 Name Adults Attending Children Attending Must be returned by May 31st with fees!
Nominating Committee Please review the following executive board positions and those that are currently in office. All positions are up for re-election every year with the exception of board members at-large. They serve a two year term with two of the four up for re-election every year. Current FWOTC Board Members. If you have a question or would like to run for any position, please contact a member of the nominating committee: Kelly Urick at ksurick@gmail.com or Steve Wheeler at Crazyshelties@comcast.net FWOTC Board Members President... Steve Wheeler 1st Vice President...Sheila Dick TRAVELING TROPHIES Traveling Trophies need to be turned into Diane Townsend & Mary-Jo Hyldahl on or before May 9th (which is the open meeting). Please notify them if you want to drop them off at the club so they know to pick them up. 2nd Vice President...Kelly Urick Treasurer...Vanessa Scott Recording Secretary...Deb Ward Corresponding Secretary...OPEN Club Members DOT...Dean Lund Agility DOT...Charles Edward & Nanette Kersjes Public DOT...Bree Ann Beck Board Member...Nancy Wright (1yr. left) Board Member...Kelly Kohlmeyer (1yr. left) Board Member...OPEN Board Member...OPEN Also, after serving many years as our Corresponding Secretary, Sharon Kersjes has decided not to run for reelection. Thanks Sharon for your hard work and all that you've done as Corresponding Secretary. FWOTC Board Descriptions PRESIDENT Preside over all Club meetings and the executive committee. Represent the Club where requested and/or desired. Review and oversee all Club activities. Appoint committees. Maintain order. 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Preside and exercise the duties of the President in their absence. Serve as the Club s obedience trial chairman and appoint all special committees connected with the obedience trial. 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Preside and exercise the duties of the President in their absence. They will have the responsibility and care of all the Club s training equipment. TREASURER Establish and maintain a true record of all club monies received and disbursed from or to any person or source. Make payments as authorized. Prepare the annual budget. Prepare any and all tax documents. RECORDING SECRETARY Make and maintain a permanent record of each meeting of the Club and all Executive committee meetings. Collect club member dues. Exercise the duties of the Corresponding Secretary in their absence. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Retrieve messages and/or requests from the Club voicemail. Forward all training applications as requested. Receive money for training classes. Notify training applicants of their acceptance, date and location of training sessions. Take care of all Club correspondence. Exercise the duties of the Recording Secretary in their absence. CLUB DIRECTOR OF TRAINING Plan and organize all Club member training classes for each session. Find trainers for these classes. Supervise that evening of classes. Forward a list of instructors and class members to the person in charge of paws points. AGILITY DIRECTOR OF TRAINING Plan and organize all Club member training classes for each session. Find trainers for these classes. Supervise that evening of classes. Forward a list of instructors and class members to the person in charge of paws points. PUBLIC DIRECTOR OF TRAINING Organize training classes for each session. Find trainers for these classes. Supervise that evening of classes. Teach public classes as required. Sell equipment to the class members as required. Forward a list of instructors to the person in charge of paws points. BOARD MEMBERS Serve as required. Help out with committees, classes, etc. Note! All board members shall attend all meetings, regular and/or special unless excused by just cause.
Member Obedience Classes THURSDAYS! Schedule beginning May 17, 2018 running through July 5, 2018 When requesting a class, have the following information ready: Handler s full name, e-mail address & phone number Dog s name, breed, & age Method of payment 6:00-7:00 BEGINNER NOVICE Instructor: Sandy Straws Assistant: Jean Smith Heel on leash using rally signs--figure 8--Sit for exam--sit/stay (walk around ring)--recall. This class follows Sub-novice 6:00-7:00: BEGINNER RALLY Instructor: Katie Sweeney Assistant: Jenny Gunter Are you looking to have fun with your dog? Want to try something new? How about obedience with a twist? Rally is a course of obedience-like signs for you and your dog to go through. This class will begin to teach you Novice and possibly some Advanced Rally signs for those who want to try something new. This is a beginner level class. You dog must be able to do a Sit/Stay (or bring a crate if your dog can t) AND be able to have fun!! 7:00-8:00 NOVICE and BEYOND Instructor: Nancy Wright This class will help fine tune the Novice exercises, and introduce some of the new excises for the Open and Grad novice classes. All dogs MUST have the basic concepts of the Novice exercises. 8:00-9:15 CONTINUING SCENT WORK CLASS Instructor: BreeAnn Beck This class will continue to advance those who are already on odor, and who are competing, preparing to compete, or simply enjoying all of the fun and challenges of scent work. More skills will be learned, both dog and handler, and other odors can be introduced. We will work towards building more confidence to improve searches and gain stronger alerts. Each dog and handler team will work at their own level. As long as weather and daylight allows it, class will be held outside. 8:00-9:15 SUB-NOVICE Instructor: Erika Stoneburner and Elke Stoerger This class will teach that stay means STAY! Basic SIT, STAY, COME & HEEL exercises will be covered each week. LAUGHTER IS GOOD HERE! Please bring lots of soft treats, a very hungry dog, patience AND a great sense of humor! FREE TO NEW MEMBERS! PLEASE NOTE the 8pm CLASS WILL GO TO 9:15 WITH THE LAST 15 MIN. TO CLEAN. THIS IS PART OF THE CLASS E-MAIL DEAN: BenCedar@aol.com / 260-627-1067 FOR ALL THURSDAY OBEDIENCE CLASSES ALL CLASSES REQUIRE A $20 Fee AND $20 OR 20 Paw Points (Except New Students) PHONE CALLS ARE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. Just leave class request, your name, dog s name & breed please. CLASS SIGN-UP: MONDAY, MAY 7TH, AFTER 7:00 PM NOTE: OPEN MEETING May 9th, WEDNESDAY at 7:00 PM-------BE THERE!!!!
Member Agility Classes WEDNESDAYS! Schedule beginning May 16, 2018 running through June 27, 2018 When requesting a class, have the following information ready: Handler s full name, e-mail address & phone number Dog s name, breed, & age Method of payment 8:15-9:15 FUNDAMENTALS (TUESDAYS) Instructor Steve Wheeler This class will be held on Tuesday night if a ring is available. This is an induction to agility, and you will have a chance to familiarize yourself will all the agility equipment in this class. 5:30-6:20 - AFTER FUNDAMENTALS Instructor Steve Wheeler This class is for dog and handler to continue their agility training. Learning how to better work as a team. Good teamwork ensures fun and success. There is nothing better than working as a team with your dog. 6:20-7:20 - RUNNING WILD FOR ALL LEVELS 4 TO 26 INCH DOGS We will have a different course for each skill level. We want everyone to work at their own level to improve their skills. Working as a team is most important. 7:20-8:25 - SPECIAL CLASS FOR SMALL DOGS 4 TO 12 In this class we will begin by working on special parts of agility. Each week will concentrate on a different training aspect. We all need to work on certain aspects of agility. This class will help. By the end of the class there will be courses set up to test what we have worked on. 8:25 to 9:30 - SPECIAL CLASS FOR LARGE DOGS 16 TO 24 This class we will also work on the special aspects of agility. This class is to help us become a better team. The last two weeks we will challenge you to put what you learned to work. It takes teamwork to do well and have fun with your dog. Please bling a crate you will need to walk the course before hand BE READY TO RUN WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN THIS WILL KEEP THINGS MOVING AND MAXIMIZE TIME For sign up, please contact Chuck at cebossman@gmail.com or 419-487-1949 FOR ALL AGILITY CLASSES ALL CLASSES REQUIRE A $20 Fee AND $20 OR 20 Paw Points PHONE CALLS ARE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. Just leave class request, your name, dog s name & breed please. CLASS SIGN-UP: MONDAY, MAY 7TH, AFTER 7:00 PM
In This Issue Page 1 - President s Message Page 2 - Brags Page 3 - Sunshine Page 4 - Banquet Reservation Form Page 5 - Nominating Committee Page 6 - Obedience Classes Page 7 - Agility Classes Important Dates: May 4 - C. Match May 5 & 6 - Obedience Trial May 7 - Class sign-up May 9 - Open Meeting May 15-1st Public Class May 16-1st Agility Class May 17-1st Obedience Class May 19-20 - VST Workshop June 15 - Awards Banquet July 4 - No classes (agility) July 5 - Last class (obedience) August 8 - Open Meeting Fort Wayne Obedience Training Club P.O. BOX 15744 Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5744