CANINE CAPERS February

CANINE CAPERS February 2017 www.cudahykennelclub.org Like us on Facebook! Post about our classes on Yelp! Check out our club website at http://www.cudahykennelclub.org February 21, 2017 are the next Membership and Board meeting for the club. The board meeting will start at 6:45 P.M. and the membership meeting will follow at 8:00 P.M. The results of the January election are as follows: President: Pam Brown Vice President: Denise Nelson Treasurer: Kelly Beres Recording Secretary: Fran Aring Corresponding Secretary: Wendy Anderson 1 st Year Board Members 3 Year Term Dave Bronikowski Dirk Anderson AKC Delgate: Don Adams A big thank you to all of the volunteers who helped with our first Barn Hunt Fun Match. We couldn t do it without your help!! LOCAL DOG-RELATED EVENTS & HEALTH CLINICS WAUKESHA KENNEL CLUB Fun Match & Health Clinic Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 8am AKC Sanctioned B-OB Match Contact: Guy Bagley, topfliteke@msn.com (website: waukeshakennelclub.org) WKC Health Clinic 8am-noon Vaccinations (incl. Rabies), Heartworm testing, Micro-Chip Insertion, OFA Eye Exams & Cardiac Exams, performed by UW-Madison Vets Location

for both events: Waukesha County Exposition Center, N1 W 24848 Northview Rd, Waukesha, WI 53188 2 WESTERN WAUKESHA COUNTY DOG TRAINING CENTER Health Clinic Saturday, March 18, 2017 10am-2pm W1314 Cedar Drive, Ixonia, WI (OFA Eye Clinic 9am-4pm reservation required for OFA Eye Clinic) Also Heartworm testing, Cardiac Screening, Chiropractic, & Rabies Immunizations. Contact: Anne Millane, 262-269-9925 or ann.millane@yahoo.com or Joan Kaml 262-781-8072 at jkaml@sbc.global.net Website www.wwcdtc.org for registration forms & information. Future Training Class Signups: Obedience, Agility and other classes: The next class signup will be February 6, 2017 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. 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 Repeat Classes: *50% discount for Juniors for all classes *Members and Senior Citizens (human trainees over 60 years) $75 for repeat obedience and agility training *Half price for the second dog with one handler 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 available 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 Wendy Anderson 414-771-6558, or email her at safeharborpwds@yahoo.com or Fran Aring at 414-481-2600 or email her at faring@ameritech.net. 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 Wendy or Fran 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, 2

3 contact Kay Petersen at 414-334-9803 or pedersenmil@hotmail.com. Doors normally open by 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 by 6:30pm, starts by 7pm. UPCOMING EVENTS: Building Rentals: February 4 5, 2017 April 7, 2017 April 8, 2017 Seminars: May 6 7, 2017 Sept 12 17, 2017 Nov 4 5, 2017 Activities: February 10, 2017 February 17, 2017 March 10, 2017 March 17, 2017 Collie Specialty Northern IL St. Bernard Club Specialty Greater Milwaukee St. Bernard Club Specialty Sara Bruske (day 1: foundation behaviors for sport dogs. day 2:intro to disc/frisbee) Sarah Stremming (Worked up! Addressing arousal related issues in Sport dogs) Dr. Chris Zink (Coaching the Canine Athlete) Obedience run thru - 6:00pm registration Agility run thru 6:30 pm registration Obedience run thru - 6:00pm registration Agility run thru 6:30 pm registration 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. April 15 16, 2017 May 13 14, 2017 May 27 28, 2017 June 10 11, 2017 June 23 25, 2017 Obedience/Rally Trial Lure Coursing (CAT) Fast CAT Lure Coursing (CAT) Agility Trial Titles Earned And Other Accomplishments (Brags): Jennifer Smith s dogs Shine at the AKC Invitational in Orlando, FL To qualify for the invitational, both boys had to be in the top five of their breed for the year. Strip: 20" was second out of 132 dogs after four rounds and sixth after finals. #1 hound and best bred - by exhibitor award. He won $300 in prize money! Strip had 5 of 6 clean runs! Moquah: 24" was fifth out of 166 dogs after 4 rounds and third after finals. #3 hound award. He earned $250 in prize money and a $75 gift certificate. Moquah went 6 for 6! 3

Nancy Freitag's 10 year old dog Duke earned a Q and 3rd place in Masters Jumpers at a recent agility trial. 4 Denise Nelson s dog Hendrix earned Best of Winners at the Northstar Rottweiler Show. He also won his second major in Missouri!!! Potential new club members: None at this time. Cudahy Kennel Club Board Meeting January 17, 2017 The board meeting was called to order at 6:50 pm. Board Members present: Dirk Anderson, Wendy Anderson, Don Adams, Ricky Adams, Mary Beth Hackney, Nancy Freitag, Kay Pedersen, Fran Aring, Pam Brown, Kelly Beres. President s Message: As the Beatles once said, and in the end... My year in the presidency of CKC has been interesting to say the least. Not being a board member previously was a detriment. I realize now that politics is not my strong suit. Iʼm not going to do a blow by blow synopsis of the whole year. But in overview we had a good year in terms of hosting events. CAT continued to be successful. Fast CAT got off the ground and promises to be successful as well. Agility trials went well. The obedience trial in spring was not handled well and cost the club significant money. The conformation show ran smoothly (kudos to Don), however decreasing entries affected the bottom line. We are beginning barn hunts thanks to MaryBeth and Denise and that also should help CKC finances. Nose work is also on the horizon. 2017 should be a good year. It will require the club members to once again put in the time to pull off all the planned activities. Financially we are not ready to go to the bank for the loan to replace the roof. As president I did not get it replaced. I also can take partial credit for not making our training program more robust. Sorry to the club for those inadequacies. As I depart Iʼm most concerned about the contract with GRKC. Iʼm hopeful tonight we can get over the hump and get it done. And we did get it done. We will now have a combined conformation show with Greater Racine Kennel Club. Weʼll also hold a CAT test on the same grounds in Franksville in August. Reflecting on this upcoming year I feel that my role in the club is that of super volunteer. Iʼm a hands on guy. Tell me what needs to be done and Iʼll be there and do 4

it. The drama that Iʼve witnessed this past year made me feel like a referee and at times embarrassed. Remember that this is a club run by volunteers. 5 I believe that things will be better this year. There is cause for excitement. CAT, FCAT, barn hunt, nose work, seminars, hopefully a merged conformation show and most importantly a change in the guard. The building will get a logo and the club will take steps towards expanded community identity, through our marketing efforts. I do believe that our membership policies still need change. I didnʼt get that done this past year. Thanks for putting up with me this year. And letʼs not forget Barb Ryan. I sure havenʼt. To conclude my initial thought... the love you take is equal to the love you make. Respectfully submitted, Dirk Anderson CKC President Dirk Presented the plaque for Barb Ryan to the club. It will be hung in a prominent location in the club. We have a new snow plower. He will charge us $80/plowing. We need dates for Fast CAT. It was suggested that we do three weekends instead for four weekends and do four tests on each of the three weekends. It was also suggested that we use Cudahy Middle School for some of the tests due to the fact of needing less fencing at that location. Schutzhund Rental. Due to training method concerns raised by some board members the following motion was made by Don Adams. We will agree to to rent to the Schutzhund group with two provisions, 1) No shock/electronic collars to be used in the building and 2) the parking lot may not be plowed. Nancy Freitag seconded the motion. The motion passed with one abstention. Our agility tunnels are getting beat up and the question was asked if we can by one gently used tunnel from Jan Guthrie for $250. Wendy Anderson made a motion that we purchase a new tunnel for up to $350 or a used tunnel for up to $250. Don Adams seconded the motion. The motion passed with one abstention. There was discussion regarding the contract between Cudahy Kennel Club and Greater Racine Kennel Club for the cluster conformation shows in August. The discussion revolved around the contract that the CKC board worked on at the special board meeting held on January 3, 2017 and the December 12, 2016 contract that GRKC submitted and signed and the CKC Conformation Chair had modified. Bev Felton made a motion to approve the December 12, 2016 contract signed by GRKC. Nancy Freitag seconded the motion. There were 6 votes in favor, 2 votes opposed and 2 abstentions. The motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm. 5

6 Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary faring@ameritech.net Cudahy Kennel Club General Membership Meeting January 17, 2017 The membership meeting was called to order at 8:16 pm Members Present: Dirk Anderson, Wendy Anderson, Don Adams, Ricky Adams, Mary Beth Hackney, Nancy Freitag, Kay Pedersen, Fran Aring, Pam Brown, Melanie White, Gregory Oberdorf, Larry Hackney, Denise Nelson, Bev Felten, Scott Taylor, Dave Branikowski, Robin Krumnow, Pamela Jo Leichtnam, Kelly Beres. President s Message. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped with all our trials and shows for 2016. Thanks to Kay Pedersen and Chris Gremo for a successful Obedience Trial Dec 31 st Jan 1 st and to Julie Westphal for January s Game Day. Treasurers Report: Our balance is $21,955.48. Election of Officers and Board Members: Kay Pedersen passed out ballots for the election of officers and board member for the 2017 terms of office. After the ballots were counted the following people were voted into office: Pam Brown, President Denise Nelson, Vice President Treasurer, Kelly Beres Corresponding Secretary, Wendy Anderson Recording Secretary, Fran Aring 1 st Year Board Members, Dirk Anderson and Dave Branikowski AKC Delegate, Don Adams Corresponding Secretary s Report: Waukesha Kennel Club will be having their Canine Health Fair February 11, 2017 Western Waukesha will be having their Canine Health Clinic March 18, 2017. Please check the clubs websites for further information. Don t forget the Pet Fair is February 4 th at State Fair Park. Please volunteer to help at our booth for this event. Committee Reports: Conformation: The premium for the Cudahy and Racine dog shows will have both clubs logos on the front cover. Marketing: Class signups are the evening of February 6 th. Please post and pass out flyers regarding the class signups. Melanie White will be the new Chair for the Marketing Committee. Training: Pam Leichtnam will teach Conformation Drop-In on the 3 rd Tuesday of each month and Henriette Schmidt will teach the 1 st Tuesday of each month. We are 6

looking for someone to teach the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesdays of the month. The instructors would like people to email them by the Monday preceding each class to let the instructors know if they are planning to come to class on Tuesday. This way we will be able to have an instructor for the students. This info should be added to the website. Obedience Trial: Kay Pedersen will be the trial secretary for the April trial. So far we have two judges for the trial. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 pm. Respectfully submitted, Fran Aring, Recording Secretary faring@ameritech.net 7 7