THE WOOFER Oak Ridge Kennel Club, Inc. Est. 1944 Dec. 2017 Published monthly. DEADLINE: 3 RD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE Dec. 21, 2017 OFFICERS President Ken Dudley 1 st Vice President Pat Hartmanl 2 nd Vice President Frances Hart Secretary Karen Kresell Treasurer Joyce Cardwell Training Director Ashley Richardson Board of Directors Kathy Frank David Miller Linda Samples Tim Snow Mary Jo Steger Training Committee Ashley Richardson, Director Stephanie Wesloh, Registrar Bonnie Herrell Kathy Frank Mary Jo Steger Sandra Voina Woofer Wendy Smith, Editor 5128 Webber Road Knoxville, TN 37920 woofer@rottsylvania.com No December Membership Meeting See you in 2018! www.orkc.org 2018 Club Membership Membership renewal for the 2018 club year is due by January 1, 2018. Dues payments of $15 per member may be paid for 2018 starting in November 2017. New members joining in November or December 2017 will be recognized as being paid for the membership year of 2018 including Nov. & Dec. 2017. A membership form is included in this edition of The Woofer. Forms can also be downloaded on the ORKC website (http://www.orkc.org ). (Even if you are an "old" member" please take the time to fill out and send in a Membership form ) Send form and money to: Mary Jo Steger Kingston, TN 37763 1007 Buck Creek Road Any questions???? call 376-4785 or e-mail jsteger1@yahoo.com Communications Mari DeCuir mdecuir@utk.edu Web Master Kim Leach mlqhorses@gmail.com Facebook Coordinator Steffi Diem sjdiem@gmail.com ORKC MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS FIRST THUR OF EVERY MONTH 7PM East Building at Club (unless otherwise announced) Please bring your own chair. ORKC TRAINING CENTER Behind Girls, Inc. on the Turnpike. 1790 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Woofer December- 2 Oak Ridge Kennel Club s Third Tracking Dog Urban (TDU) Test about 40 yards beyond the flag. Nice tracker and will surely earn her TDU soon! ORKC held their third TDU test on Saturday, Nov 11, 2017 at Roane State Community College in Harriman, TN. Karen Boyce and Cheryl Tisdale were our judges and they arrived Friday morning to drive the campus and pre-plot the tracks. They then met with the ORKC tracklayers and began plotting. They plotted five TDU tracks. Articles were a bandana at the start, a leather square as the intermediate article and a glove at the end of the track. TEST DAY!!! Saturday morning dawned in the low 30 s as the tracklayers started putting in tracks for the test. Cool weather. good for the dogs!! Track 1 - Fail. Male Australian Shepherd - Stewart s Shades of Sherlock, TD and handler Beverly Stewart of Nashville, TN drew the first track. This dog began strongly and made the first turn, but got confused for some reason on the second leg and couldn t recover. This dog has a TD, so a TDU is in its near future. Good tracking dog! Track 2 - Fail. Female English Springer Spaniel - Caribel s Fortunate Keziah and handler Patricia A Gresham from Sandy Springs, GA. This little girl veered to the left after the second flag and never found the leg that went to the left Track 3 - Fail. Male Golden Retriever - OTCH The Rosehill Connection, UDX6, OGM, MH, MXJ, CGC, TKA and handler, Lorie Jolly from Sparta, TN. This dog began very strongly, made the first turn without a problem, but missed the leather article and continued on the track. This team is no stranger to training as you can tell by the titles. They will do it!! Track 4 - Fail. Male Golden Retriever - Morningstar Turning Point, UD, MH, OMI, AX, AXJ and handler, Lorie Jolly from Sparta, TN. This team started easily. Made the first turn to the left a bit early, and then drifted further left, away from the track. They corrected back toward the track where the leather article was, but missed the article and kept on going straight when he could have picked the track back up by making a left turn. Just kept on going and going away from the track until he was whistled. This dog will definitely earn its TDU in the future! Track 5 - Fail. Female Golden Retriever - Loving Paws Rainbow s Dancin Angel, TD, TDX, CGC, and handler Pat Kowalsky from Fairfield Glade, TN. This team began nicely, but at the first turn the handler probably failed to follow fast enough, so the team didn t progress any further. Very nice tracking dog! This year s test was a disappointment because we had no passes. We all try to analyze these things to death, but we really don t know exactly what the dog is smelling; and while it may appear to the
Woofer December- 3 tracklayers, spectators, helpers, and even the judges that it was this fault or that fault, we don t know the dogs like the handlers do. We should not be judgmental or critical of the teams at the tests. Thank you to the entire test committee, the workers, drivers and the club for a well-run test. If just one person had not shown up to help, the test could not have run as smoothly. I am so thankful for ORKC having such faithful and dependable workers for our tracking test. It is a true blessing. Anyone that comes to an ORKC tracking test doesn t know what all goes on behind the scenes. We get many compliments from our entrants on how well our tests are run. Tracks don t just appear, food doesn t just cook itself, and people don t magically appear where they are supposed to be on time. This all takes planning and hard hard work from our volunteers who love the camaraderie and fun that we have at our tests. Our tracklayers were Linda Hargis, Jean Burdick, Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers, and Stephanie Wesloh. ORKC prides itself in the excellent tracklayers that have been developed over the years. There are more tracklayers that could not make it to the TDU. Maybe they can participate at our TD in March. Chief tracklayer and judges escort, Sharon Fesmire, did a fantastic job as usual. A huge thank you to Susan Corum and Joyce Cardwell, who worked so very hard to see that we had good food and got the entrants to their tracks on time. Suzanne West and Kathy Haynes did a wonderful job of seeing that the food stayed warm so we could have a hot meal when returning from the college. Mary Jo is always an excellent test secretary! Kathy Frank was on hand again to fill in the gaps and do the extras that were needed. Susi Wilcher is a good fit for our crowd control. She knows how and what needs to be done and is not afraid to take charge. She is badly needed in her capacity. Our new workers this year were children that needed volunteer hours for their Beta Club. They were map holders, Ivy Tilson and Mary Willis; and photographer, Cole Tilson. Good job. Belmont College student, Emery Francis, was a firsttimer at tracklayer transportation. She did an excellent job. It is nice to have workers that make the jobs look easy (which they aren t). Our president, Ken Dudley, attended his first tracking test with us and seemed to enjoy the good companionship and food. Another one of our members, Sharon Walker, was on hand to observe. Hopefully we will have more members become interested in tracking so we can have more helpers and earn those tracking titles! Tracking people are the best!!!! Pictures courtesy Cole Tilson Thank you all Happy Tracking!
Woofer December- 4 Children s Introduction to Dog Sports Participants, left to right: Mason and Shetland Sheepdog, Rose; Hannah and Irish Setter, Breaker; Julia and Flat Coated Retriever, Tobe. The ribbons are from the graduation night dog show where dogs and handlers competed in Introductory Rally, Basic Indoor Agility, and Introductory Nose Work (finding hidden treats in boxes). Congratulations also to Sheltie, Rose and Irish Setter, Breaker for earning their AKC Novice Trick Dog titles. A big THANK YOU to the instructors of this class Karen Orr and Mari Carlson. They did an AMAZING job planning and executing this class. Thank you also to our guest presenter, Rosana Dropkin who gave a great presentation, demonstration and introduction to K9 nose work. AND...thank you to CGC evaluator, Karen Kressel for administering the trick dog tests. Finally, a special thanks to our Junior Showmanship instructor, Taylor Ault, who did an awesome job with our junior's class that met after this one. We look forward to seeing more great things from these dog and handler teams and to more fun and successful Children's classes! Ashley Richardson, Training Director
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Woofer December- 6 So Proud of Her! Ally VIII RAE2 CGC TKA BN did very well for herself at the TVKC Trial at Chilhowie Park in November. She competed Saturday and Sunday in Beginner Novice and earned first place in both classes. She also earned three first places and a second in Rally Advanced/ Excellent and took home the High Combined trophy for both days. I couldn't be prouder! She then went on to earned her Beginner Novice title at the OCC Trial in Red Bank, TN in October with three First Places. Her first time in the obedience ring and she nailed it with a 198! Owned and loved by Viki Smartt of Knoxville Ruger VomWeidenhaus BN PCD CD RAE CGCA TKN FDC (Owned and handled by Alice Andrews) Ruger earned Farm Dog Certification at a trial held at Finny Farm. Ruger clears a jump at Trials held in Chattanooga where he double Qd in Rally Excellent and Advanced earning legs 6, 7 and 8 for his RAE2 title. The judge noticed his enthusiasm for jumping and commented as we exited the ring. On Friday at TVKC trials, Ruger earned leg 9 for his RAE2...just one more leg needed to earn title. He completed the weekend earning 2 Rally Master legs and placing 3d in three of four events. He's my superhero!
Woofer December- 7 Coachside has been Busy! Coachside Palmer of Tuckaway (CHIC #124811) Coachside Tennessee Christmas BISS GCH Coachside Spectacular Bid of Tuckaway (CHIC #82354) Win Picture Palmer Win picture Tinsel Win Picture Sidney GCH Folklore s Iron Marshal On Riversedge x GCH Coachside Winning Colors of Tuckaway Palmer was Winners Bitch at the Dalmatian Club of Piedmont Specialty on Friday! So proud of my sweet and pretty girl! GCH Folklore s Iron Marshal On Riversedge x GCH Coachside Americas of Starwood Tinsel was Reserve Winners Bitch (4 point Major) at the Dalmatian Club of Greater Atlanta Specialty on Saturday! So pretty of my sweet and pretty girl! GCH Lakeshore s Tail of Two Cities, RN x Tuckaway St Annes Sidney was Best Junior Veteran and Best Veteran in Sweepstakes on Friday and Best Junior Veteran, Best Veteran, and Select Dog (5 Point Major) on Saturday at the Dalmatian Club of Greater Atlanta Specialties! So proud of my handsome man! ~Velvet Cole - Coachside Dalmatians~ Matinee Angel s Crystal Hopportunity CDX, BN, RA, NA, OAJ, OAP, AJP, NF, CGCA, TKN Angela Snow s sheltie, Crista, completed her Novice Agility FAST title with three first place wins at the Kingsport Kennel Club Trial on October 13. Crista also earned her Novice Trick Dog title at TVKC on November 5. Keep it up, Crista!
Woofer December- 8 That s One Well Rounded Flat Coat! On November 9th, Flat Coated Retriever "Tobe" went out to Finny Farm and earned his "Farm Dog Certified" title under judges Linda Sample and Linda Hurst, making him "GCH Cahaba Night Prowler CD BN RAE CGC RATN TKA FDC" Tobe is owned and loved by Ashley Richardson and Janet M Ward. Meet Moo! Zayin It with a Smile This is Moo, an All American Rescue, who is one of Rosana Dropkin's teammates in nose work sports. She competed in NACSW's NW3 trial in Shepherdsville, KY on November 12th. Moo achieved her NW3 title that day as well as 3rd Place in the Exterior search and a Pronounced Ribbon! Pronounced is especially rare, since it means the judges felt she did an outstanding job in every one of her searches for the trial. "Zayin" BII Venus' Zayin Lucky Seven by Zoli, FCh. At the Tennessee Valley Kennel Club shows, she was WB/BW/BOS/BOBOH on Saturday and WB/BOS/BOBOH on Sunday to put her just one point away from finishing her conformation Championship. To prove she is not just a pretty face, she has been showing her stuff in performance as well. In October at the American Sighthound Field Association's lure coursing International Invitational in Bainbridge, GA, she was BOB on Sunday and went on to win Best in International Invitational, besting a field of 130+ hounds. Then on Nov. 11th, she competed in the ASFA Region 6 Invitational in Muncie, IN where she was BOB and Best in Regional Invitational over a field of 75 hounds. She also finished her ASFA Field Championship in just her 5th trial. We are extremely proud of this girl! ~Crystal & Jerry Slattery~
Woofer December- 9 Trying Something New Vienna Spotlight Vienna Tri Symphony PH, PCD BN RN OA NAJ NF BCAT CGC TKI RNX RS-N JS-N NTD ITD Both Fergie and Vienna have tried a new dog sport - Fast CAT. They got their first points at the TVKC show and finished their BCAT titles at the GKKC trial in Gray, TN. They both seem to love it and are very fast. 12 year old Fergie is less than 2 mph behind young Vienna's top run! I'm so proud of my girls. Later at the Chattanooga obedience trial Vienna earned her 10th AKC title - Preferred Companion Dog (PCD). So, adding in her newly acquired BCAT and her 5 non-akc titles, she's at 16! I'm having so much fun with this young dog!! Fergie Sunmead's Auburn Duchess, CDX PCD BN GN RAE2 MX MXJ MJB NF BCAT CGC TKA RNX RS-N JS-N NTD ITD ATD ~ Owned and loved by Melanie Harriman~ Way to Go, Little Guy! All American Graham Cracker earned his CD at the Obedience Club of Chattanooga trial at PDX on October 21, 2017. Graham s last 3 trials were all Q s including a High in Trial and a 3rd place finish. Thank you Judge Betsy Humer. ~Lesley Harden~
Woofer December- 10 New Novice Title Minnie s Dash BN, CGCA TKN RAE Ariel (Silvercreek Applejohn's Little Mermaid RN) earned her first title, Rally Novice, at the November TVKC shows. Ariel is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever owned, trained, and handled by Lorrie and Joe Johnson. We are looking forward to more training and showing in 2018! Dash earned his Rally RAE Title in Chattanooga on October 21st. ~Karen Kressel~ Eat Your Heart out, NCIS Harmon vom Sequoyah Haus (Gibbs) earned his SDA-FO (Family Obedience) title on November 3rd with a high in trial score of 91.5. ~ Alicia Brakebil~
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THE WOOFER OAK RIDGE KENNEL CLUB ~ December 2017 ORKC Woofer 5128 Webber Road Knoxville, TN 37920 www.orkc.org WOOFER December 2017 News and Announcements - p. 1 Tracking Test pp. 2-3 Children s Intro. p. 4 Training Schedule p. 5 Member Brags pp. 6-11 ORKC Winter 2017 Calendar Jan. 4 Jan. 15 Board and Membership Meeting Training Classes Begin