CANINE CAPERS November 2015 www.cudahykennelclub.org Like us on Facebook! Post about our classes on Yelp! Check out our new club website at http://www.cudahykennelclub.org CKC Recognizes Members Whose Dogs Have Earned Titles This Year If your dog has earned any titles this year, please fill out the awards application included at the end of this newsletter. The time period for titles won is from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. Award certificates will be presented at the CKC annual Christmas Party, December 15, 2015. Please submit your application to Barb Ryan no later than December 1, 2015. Animal Communicator to present at the CKC November 17 th meeting, 8:00 pm Animal Communication, also known as interspecies telepathic communication is the ability to telepathically connect with a being of another species and communicate with them. Two-way communication is accomplished not only with words, but with images, feelings, thoughts and emotions. All species are born with this ability. Unfortunately for humans, telepathic abilities are quickly lost, not only because we become so accustomed to verbal speech, but also because our society does not readily accept this form of communication. Having the opportunity to find out what your animal companion s thoughts, feelings and attitudes are can greatly enhance your relationship with one another and bring great joy and happiness into your life.
2 Some common reasons for communication: * General check-in on well-being and questions about current adjustments in life. * Behavior issues: Problems can often be resolved once you know why the animal is behaving in a particular way. * Communicating upcoming changes, like when you are moving, bringing a new person into the home, someone is leaving, vacation or daily schedule changes. * Desire for input on recent changes, about the idea of a new pet,or other future events. Death and Dying: It is difficult to make a decision about your animal companion s so sometimes trying to experience their side of things helps. Lost animals: It is difficult to locate an animal telepathically. If they are truly lost, they cannot tell us where they are, but usually they can indicate any landmarks near their physical location, which may be helpful in your search, or it can be communicated to them to stay in a location. Tracy will be giving an ~30minute speaking presentation on Animal Communication at 8pm, but we are reserving session spaces from 6pm until then for anyone interested in having their pet communicate with her. $20 for 10 minutes and a portion of the proceeds is being donated to Cudahy Kennel Club to help with future speakers/events! If you are interested, contact Julie Westphal at paws4reflection2nite@yahoo.com and she will book your spot or check facebook at the following link to sign up. https://www.facebook.com/events/125614457800111/ Hope to see you there! Future Training Class Signups: Obedience, Agility and other classes: The next signup is Monday January 18, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Classes for the Monday November 9, 2015 sign-up start the week of November 15, 2015. There will be a Christmas break from December 23 rd through January 2 nd, 2016 with classes resuming the week of January 3, 2016. Conformation Mat Time: Tuesday nights 7 p.m. -----Cost $5.00 Rally Drop-in Classes Mat Time: Monday nights 8 p.m. ------Cost $5.00 (Please note: Classes are subject to change) Prices 6- and 8-week classes: $100 for the initial class. $85 for any other class for the same dog. Can mix and match classes after the initial class. Prices 4-week mini session: $55 for members and $65 for non-members. Does not count toward your first $100 initial class for repeat discount. Discounts available on Our Classes: *50% discount for Juniors for all classes *Members and Senior Citizens (human trainees over 60 years) $75 for repeat obedience and agility training 2
3 *Half price for the second dog in the same Agility class when a first dog is paid in full with the instructor s approval. Each dog runs half of the class time. *No discount for mini sessions other than $55 member discount. The website http://www.cudahykennelclub.org has a list of classes and activities along with a description of each class. Our Building is for Rent: Club members who belong to specialty clubs that are looking to rent the Cudahy Kennel Club building for any of their dog functions, please contact Greg Oberdorf at 414-429-1436 or email him at ogrego2001@yahoo.com or Wendy Anderson 414-771-6558, or email her at safeharborpwds@yahoo.com. Our clubhouse is available most weekends for rental for conformation, obedience, agility shows, matches, clinics, etc. We have about 10,000 sq. ft. and ample parking at a reasonable rental price for your dog needs. Call Greg or Wendy for available calendar dates and book your rental soon. Please pass this information on to your breed club officials and friends for future dates. Obedience Correction Matches: usually the second Friday of the month. Stewards and Judges (especially Utility judges) are always needed. No experience is required for stewards on the job training is provided. If you can help one Friday night, contact Kay Petersen at 414-334-9803 or pedersenmil@hotmail.com. Doors normally open at 6:00pm, starts by 6:30pm. Agility Correction Matches: usually the third Friday of the month. If you can help one Friday night, contact Wendy Anderson at 414-771-6558 or safeharborpwds@yahoo.com. Doors normally open at 6:30pm, starts by 7pm. UPCOMING EVENTS: Building Rentals: (pending signed contracts) Great Lakes Friends of Felines November 13, 14 & 15, 2015 WI / ILL Cat Fanciers December 11, 12, & 13, 2015 Northern Illinois Saint Bernards April 8, 2016 Greater Milwaukee Saint Bernards April 9, 2016 Cats Rule Sept. 16, 17, & 18, 2016 Great Lakes Friends of Felines will also have a weekend in March 2016. Activities: November 13, 2015 November 20, 2015 December 11, 2015 December 18, 2015 December 18, 2015 Obedience run thru CANCELLED Building Rental Agility run thru CANCELLED Agility Trial Obedience run thru CANCELLED Building Rental Agility run thru CANCELLED Obedience Trial Obedience C match 5:00-7:00 pm 3
Future Cudahy Kennel Club Trials, Shows and Tests: Mark these dates on your calendar. We would love to have a good number of our members participating in these trials, shows and tests and would welcome your help as a volunteer at them. 4 November 21-22, 2015 December 19, 2015 April 16 17, 2016 May 14 15, 2016 June 11 12, 2016 June 24 26, 2016 Agility Trial Obedience/Rally Trial Obedience/Rally Trial CAT CAT Agility Trial Other Events Titles Earned And Other Accomplishments (Brags): Duke, owned by member Nancy Freitag, earned his CAX (Coursing Ability Excellent) title. This title requires 25 successful CAT test runs so he s been working on this for some time. Since he is now 9 years old, he will retire from doing CAT tests. He will continue to compete in agility, rally and obedience. This is his 13th title. The day after he earned his CAX title, Duke earned a score of 195.5 out of 200 and 1st place in his 2nd obedience trial. Potential new club members are: Nicole Groshek, 14 years in dogs, members sponsoring her, Wendy Anderson, Mary Beth Hackney and Nancy Freitag. Melanie White, 20+ years in dogs, members sponsoring her, Wendy Anderson, Barb Ryan and Tori Baldwin. Lisa Bulowicz, 15 years in dogs, members sponsoring her, Mary Beth Hackney, Nancy Freitag and Kay Petersen. Lisa is teaching our Basic Obedience I and II classes. Cudahy Kennel Club Board Meeting at the Clubhouse October 20, 2015 The Board Meeting was called to order at 6:55 pm. Board members present: Ricky Adams, Don Adams, Nancy Freitag, Barb Ryan, Greg Oberdorf, Kay Petersen, Mary Beth Hackney and Fran Aring. Recording Secretary s Report: The minutes were approved as printed. Treasurer s Report: Our balance is $23,230.27. Corresponding Secretary s Report: No Report. 4
5 Committee Reports: Agility Events: The November Agility Trial is the 21 st and 22 nd. Volunteers are needed. Please sign up at the meeting tonight and list which days/times you are available. Pam and Wendy are handling volunteers. We ll send out emails later. Please make extra copies of the premium and take them to other clubs. 2016 Agility Trials: We have a judge for all three days of the June trial. We have a tentative judge for the September trial. November: None yet, the trials are the weekend after Thanksgiving and we are having difficulty finding a judge. Building: There was only one minor leak by the door. Furnaces: Tori can get furnaces for a better price. There was a motion by Kay Petersen to approve the expenditure of up to $6,000.00 for the furnaces and their installation. Ricky Adams seconded the motion. The motion passed. Conformation Events: No Report. CAT Tests: No Report Marketing: Everyone is asked to post the posters for the November 9 th class sign-up. Membership: No report. Obedience/Rally Events: No report. Training: No report. Delegate s Report: Unfinished Business: -Officers and Directors Liability Insurance is completed. -Bank negotiation have been completed and we have a new 3 year loan at 5 ½%. -The roof has been patched. New Business: Website: The website is being worked on, pictures are needed for the website. There will be member specific and board specific pages on the website. Nominating Committee: Meredith Biehl was asked by Ricky to chair the nominating committee. Constitution Committee: Barb Ryan made a motion for the Constitution committee to have an attendance policy for for board members to be required to attend a certain number of board meetings in the constitution. The motion was seconded by Nancy Freitag. The motion passed. 5
6 Everyone was reminded that we are having a CGC Test November 7 th at 9:00 am and a TDI Test at 1:00 pm. Please volunteer to help with these tests if you can. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary faring@ameritech.net No Quorum. Meeting not held. Membership Meeting at the Clubhouse October 20, 2015 The presentation by the Illinois-Wisconsin Search and Rescue Organization and Great Lakes Search and Rescue K-9s was very interesting. They demonstrated how the dog goes about find missing and lost persons utilizing scent-specific tracking/trailing dog teams. They also dicussed the training involved with search and rescue and also touched on human remains detection dogs (on land and water). Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary faring@ameritech.net (See next page for Awards Application) 6
7 10/1/14 through 09/30/15 CUDAHY KENNEL CLUB AWARDS APPLICATION The annual CKC Awards will be presented at our December meeting,. Certificates will be given for AKC titles earned.. Please print clearly and enclose a photocopy of the titles earned. Applicant must be a current member in good standing at the time the title(s) was earned. Applications may be subject to review by the CKC board. I have earned this award by contributing to and/or participating in the club in the following way: Dog's Name with AKC titles (may include CGC) only, as you would like it printed: Dog's Call Name, if you would like it included on the certificate: Owner(s) Name(s), as you would like it to be printed: AKC Title(s) earned, date finished: Dog's Name with all titles, as you would like it to be printed on certificate(s): Your Name and Phone Number: Please use an additional piece of paper for each dog and include just the pertinent information for that dog. Applications must be received no later than December 1, 2015. They can be mailed, e- mailed, or turned in at the meeting. 7
Send to: Barbara Ryan 3777 S 15 th Place Milwaukee, WI 53221 E-Mail: bryan45@wi.rr.com Questions: Call Barb at (414) 384-1652 8 8