Shep-O-Gram German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis/St Paul December 2011 Shep-O-Gram Editor Julie Swinland 651-457-5459 Blackforestgsd@msn.com GSDC MSP Officers President Julie Swinland 651-457-5459 Blackforestgsd@msn.com Vice President Eileen Varhalla 651-462-1220 Evarhalla@aol.com Secretary Christina Duffy 651-762-0205 cell 651-707-3326 FAX 651-762-0206 8320 Dellwood Ct N Mahtomedi, MN 55115i loosetooth@isd.net Treasurer Roger Salava 163 Skyline Drive River Falls, WI 55042 715-426-6467 rogersalava@live.com Board members Linda Salava Ginny Altman Lisa Marie Fortier Training Director Julie Swinland Web Guy Dave Bissonette Jecoda@dishup.us Our potluck and photo shoot went well again. Thank you to Ann Jeddeloh and Laurie Schray for organizing the food and to Rhonda Meath for creating the background for the photos and to Kara for taking the pictures once again. Our next big event is the Annual Awards banquet and annual meeting with election of officers. Your ballot should arrive in late December. This banquet is a celebration for all of us not just those who received new titles this year. The information on reservations is on page 10. We have a lot to be proud of once again and it is time to come together to celebrate everyone s accomplishments. I have noticed the last few months there has been an increase in volunteerism also. That is wonderful to see. One of our newest members, Kathy Balaban, took on the huge task of calling everyone to get together a slate of people to run for office. Think what a daunting task that was for a person who knows very little about the club and only knows a few people. Kudos to Kathy! Cristina McColl took on the 2012 specialty shows. Thank you Cristina! We have a presentation coming up by Dr. Mark LaVallie on Degenerative Myelopathy and what chiropractic can do to help. He has two hours worth of material so we are going to break it up over two evenings, starting at 8:15 on January 13 and January 20. If the times and dates change I will ask Dave to send out a message. We still need mats for our specialty show obedience/rally classes, so if you know of any for sale or rent let the board know. We have had an excellent year, and with the continued help of the membership we will have another great year in 2012. I caved in and decided to run for president again, but I know I will need a lot of help to keep on top of all our projects. If you have an interest, speak to a board member and maybe you can take on that task or assist with it. Just let us know. Julie Swinland 651-457-5459 Blackforestgsd@msn.com SOG Due Date Jan ssue - Dec 21 January 21 Annual Meeting at Gulden s following awards presentation
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German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis and Saint Paul MBoard Meeting Minutes November 11, 2011 Board members present: Call to Order Julie Swinland,. Eileen Varhalla, Chris Duffy, Lisa Marie Fortier, Linda Salava, Roger Salava I. Officer Reports a. President Julie Swinland b. Vice President Eileen Varhalla c. Secretary Chris Duffy d. Treasurer s Report Roger Salava Roger reported that the ending balances as of 10/31/11 were $9,577.44 in checking, and $5,715.31, making a grand total of $15,292.15. Over 50% of membership renewals are still outstanding. We have yet to receive any money from the recent herding event. (See Old Business for more information.) e. Auditing Committee Committee Reports a. Membership There is 1 new member application. b. Shep-O- Gram c. Training Discussion about dogs in harnesses. Lisa Marie Fortier offered some information about the pros and cons of harnesses. It was decided that this shouldn t be a club issue. d. Program Committee e. Herding Trial f. Agility Trial The ribbons have been purchased for 3 $800-900. The budget was $1,000. g. 2012 Specialty A deposit is due Jan 15. The application to hold the Trial also needs to be sent in December. A show secretary and chair still need to be found. It was decided that this will be raised at a later meeting. Old Business There was discussion about the next step to take regarding leadership of the Herding Trial. New Business Regarding the recent herding trial: An attempt has been made to contact the Barb Witte, individual who has the money, but no reply has been received. There was discussion about sending a card to the people whose dog died after being struck by a car on Hwy 5 in front of Animal Inn after training Friday night. It was decided that Chris would get one and it would be signed and put in the mail. The owners were not members, and this had been the dog s first class session, however, we have their address because they wrote out a check earlier that night. It was also decided that their check would be returned to them. After discussion, the Board decided that cards would be sent to owner/members whose dogs had passed away. Likewise, get well cards will be sent to members, if the Board is aware that one should be sent. Holiday Potluck Ann Jeddeloh is coordinating this. Please contact her if you are bringing something for the potluck so she can coordinate what will be there. There will not be a Santa this year. Mats for trials: Verna Kubik reported that the Roy Jones website has advertised some mats for sale, and we are in the
market for some, probably 16-17 rolls.. We have already arranged for a storage space, at no cost to us. The size of the mats advertised is unknown. Verna will investigate this and get back to the Board with her findings. We are wondering if they can bring them when they are at a Minnesota show, so Verna will ask. The issue will be raised at the membership meeting in December after more information is known. There are 4 applications to be sent for 2012: Specialty, with Conformation, Obedience, and Rally. We will ask Jill if she can submit all four applications for us, however, we need the names of the judges before this can be done. Mike Metz will provide the judge s names, so as soon as he has all that information, the applications will be sent. The next Board meeting will be December 9. before the Holiday celebration potluck. The next general membership meeting will be held the same night, after the potluck. Meeting adjourned at 6:53 PM. German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis and Saint Paul Membership Meeting Minutes November 11, 2011 IV. d. Treasurer Roger Salava Roger reports a total in checking and money market funds of a little over $15,000 e. Auditing Committee Committee Reports a. Membership Linda Salava Membership dues invoices are out; Please send your dues in soon. b. Shep-o-Gram/Website Julie Swinland c. Training Julie Swinlan d. Herding Zoa Rockenstein e. All-Breed Linn Klingel f. Agility Rhonda Meath Ribbons have been purchased. Price was $800-900. $1,000 had been budgeted. Verna says she has some extra New Title ribbons available. She is not sure what she has, but will let Rhonda know. g. Program Committee Martha Simonette On January 6, at 830 PM, chiropractor will give a demonstration. Would we want this sort of thing to occur monthly? h. Budget and Finance Committee Roger Salava and Mike Metz The committee is working on the 2012 show budget. Officers present: Julie Swinland, Roger Salava, Chris Duffy, Lisa Marie Fortier. Absent: Ginny Altman, Eileen Varhalla, Linda Salava I. Call to Order 8:32 PM II. Reading of the Minutes A motion was made to dispense with the reading of the minutes as they had been published in the Shep-o-Gram. (Passed) III. Reports of Officers a. President Julie Swinland b. Vice President Eileen Varhalla c. Secretary Chris Duffy No Report Old Business 2012 Specialty Show The grounds have been reserved. We are in need of a Secretary and Chair!! If no people volunteer, there can be no show. Our only alternative would be to hire someone. We could hire Cindy O Hare, for example, who charges $2.75/dog. A new member expressed an interest. Verna explained the job in detail. There was discussion about ideas of what should be done for these matches and trials. Failure to get volunteers may mean we may have to give them up, if there are no volunteers. Cristina McColl volunteered to be show secretary, and Mike Metz has volunteered to chair the grounds 4 Continued on next page
November Membership minutes continued committee. Roy Jones Shows has a notice on its website that they have a mats for sale. Verna will investigate and report back. 2013 Specialty Mike Metz is gathering a committee to look into the possibility of changing the date of the 2013 show. We would have to be careful of what other shows are either before, or after, the current dates. Verna Kubik made a motion, which was seconded, to defer a vote on the 2013 judges until a vote decides the issue of dates. 2012 Herding A Chair and Secretary are still needed. The previous site is not available for 2012. We need to find an alternative site before March. Four possibilities have been identified. We will need to know what would be on the contract. Verna suggested contacting Pam Magadance to find out. The Holiday Potluck will be held on Friday, December 6 th (followed by a general membership meeting). If you are going to bring something, please contact Ann Jeddeloh, coordinator, to confer about what you are bringing so we can be assured that there is a variety of things. Watch the Hero Dog Awards on the Hallmark channel on Friday December 23. German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis and Saint Paul Board Meeting Minutes December 9, 2011 Present President Julie Swinland, Vice President Eileen Varhalla, Treasurer Roger Salava, Board members Linda Salava and Ginny Altman Absent Board member Lisa Marie Fortier Secretary Chris Duffy came at the end of the meeting Call to order 6:03 PM Reports of Officers President s Report - No Report Vice President s report - Eileen contact Roy Jones about the mats they had on sale. They charged almost as much as the price of new mats and they said the mats for sale for not good enough to use for our shows. They want $1.50 per foot for the used mats and $1.59 per foot for ne mats. This works out to several thousand dollars to mat an entire obedience or rally ring. Secretary s Report - none Treasurer s Report - current assets are close to $19000.00 Committee Reports Membership Report - Linda Salava, We have a few new members SHep-O-Gram and web site - We are considering having the Shep O Gram come out every other month Training Director - short discussion of duties Herding Trial- We have the checks from the trial now Agility trial updates - the ribbons have been ordered Old Business Herding trial 2012 -Jinny Bailey will talk to Pam Magadance about finding a site Banquet - nothing new Updating standing Rules and Bylaws- Jinny has found the files for the updates we made several years ago and will consult with Linda on what we have been publishing. Meeting adjourned 6:25 Next meeting January 13 at 6:00 PM
GSDCMSP AKC Sanctioned Match Novwmber 2011 CONFORMATION Judge Doug Oster 3-6 Puppy Dogs 1st - Simcar s Bacchus Owner: Peggy Simerson & Craig Carson 2nd Steffca s Sesame Street Grover Owner: Stephanie Steigerwald 12-18 mo Puppy Dogs 1st Rosewood s Irish Hero Owner: Bo Vujovich 2nd Emhaus Catches Your Eye v Steffca Owner: Stephanie Steigerwald Am Bred Dogs 1st Trio s Finnegan Owner: David Mielke 6-9 mo Puppy Bitches 1st Simcar s Gypsy Owner: Peggy Simerson & Craig Carson Best Male Puppy Simcar s Bacchus Best Female Puppy Simcar s Gypsy Best Puppy Simcar s Bacchus Best Opposite Sex Puppy Simcar s Gypsy Best Adult Male Trio s Finnegan Best in Match Simcar s Bacchus Obedience Judge Linn Klingel-Brown Open B 1 st - Zepher s Adelaide Princess Owner: Ron Halling 2 nd Zachary von Hochsicht Owner: Judith Morin Beginning Novice A 1 st Angel Owner: Mary McCarney 2 nd Dakota Owner: Scott Gervais 3 rd Trio s Finnegan Owner: David Mielke 4 th Mercede Storm Schroeder Owner: I don t know if the name above is the dog or the owner sorry Beginning Novice B 1 st Kubistraum s Indiana Jones RN Owner: Conni Sokolouski Novice A 1 st Wabana s Nordic Thunder Thor Owner: J Meh Novice B 1 st Gretchen Libbshen Schumack Owner: Schumack High Scoring Obedience - Zepher s Adelaide Princess 196 1/2 RALLY Judge Linn Klingel-Brown Excellent B 1 st Ch Oakhaven Xena of Black Forest, CD, RAE, OJP, AXP Owner: Julie Swinland Advanced A 1 st Kubistraums Quarterback, RN, GN, TC Owner: Verna Kubik and Virginia Bailey 2 nd Justice Prevails Owner: Carla Scott Advanced B 1 st Ch Oakhaven Xena of Black Forest CD, RAE, OJP, AXP Owner: Julie Swinland Novice A 1 st Wabana s Nordic Thunder Thor Owner: J Meh Novice B 1 st Kubistraums Can t Buy Me Love Owner: Conni Sokolouski High Scoring Rally Ch Oakhaven Xena of Black Forest CD, RAE, OJP, AXP 6
Brags AM Can and Int l Ch Oak Haven Xena of BLK Forest CD, RAE, AXP, AJP., BN Julie Swinland Nov 25 TCOTC Excellent Standard 1st palce Nov 26 TCOTC Excellent Standard 1st Place Nov 27 TCOTC Excent Jumpers with weaves 1st Place - NEW TITLE AJP Dec 3 Rottwieller Club 4th place Beginner Novice B New BN Title Karlyn Berg Lokki and Raven got their TD s October 31st. Int l/ukc CH Jerland s Raven Valkyrie CGC, TC, TDI, RN, CD, RA, RE, NAP, HIC, NA, TD, CPE:CL1-R, CL1-H, CL1-S, CL1-F, CL2-S, CL2-H OFA & CHIC Our Kubistraum dogs had a very successful weekend at the Northstar Rottweiler Club Obedience/Rally trials this weekend. Six of our dogs were shown on Saturday and 4 on Sunday, with 8 obedience/rally legs earned and four New Titles Completed. Quest (Ch. Kubistraums Quest, RE, CD, GN, TC) got his first and second CDX legs, Gambler(Kubistraums Quick Pick, RE, CD, HSAs, TC) got his third GN leg and 3rd place, finishing his Graduate Novice title. Conni Sokolouski s Indy (Ch. Kubistraums Indiana Jones, RN, TC) got his first Beginner Novice leg with 2nd place in BegNovB, Kaya (Kubistraums Can t Buy Me Love, TC) got her third Rally Novice leg. and new Rally Novice title. UKC CH Jerland s Lokki Ulfhedinn von Valkyrie TC, S.T.A.R., CGC, RN, BN,TD WILLAWAY S RIVER OF DREAMS CDX, RE, TD Brady (Kubistraums Quarterback, BN, RN, TC), co-owned with Cristina McColl, got his Third Rally Advanced leg, completing his RA title on Saturday, and moved up to get his first Rally Excellent leg on Sunday. ISIS OWNER(S) NANCY KEHOE & LINDA FISHER Timber Ridge Obedience Training Club of Central Wisconsin Tracking Dog/Track Dog Excellent Test Sunday October 30,2011 Carmine, (Kubistraums Carmine, CD, BN, GN, RA,--co-owned with Pam Magadance) completed her Rally Excellent title on Sunday. NEW TITLE: TRACKING DOG 5 7
Awards Presented at Our Annual Banquet in January Please submit the name of dog and owner for any awards earned in the calendar year 2008 in order to have your plaque or bar ordered and ready to be given out at the Annual Awards Banquet (First awards are free). Complete one form for each dog Bring a framed photo to the Awards Banquet. Full Name of Dog Call Name Owner (s) Award Please circle one Bar or Plaque For more information refer to the November Shep-O-Gram page 8 Submit information about you and your dog on a separate paper (must fit on one page of our booklet) for the Awards Program booklet. Upgrade from bar to plaque $20.00 Purchase additional Bar $15.00 Purchase additional Plaque $30.00 Check must be enclosed for Upgrades and Purchases Mail or E-mail this form, Check (if applicable) and narrative By: December 16, 2011 (fees made out to GSDC - MSP if applicable) to: Mada Parnell, 106 Twinkle Terrace, Circle Pines. MN 55014, wildfanz@comcast.net Be sure to get your photos in to Roberta Moore for the banquet. A photo of your dog that received a new title this year and photos of club events for the entire year. Send to Robertamoore2@mac.com 8
Rin Tin Tin at the Rosedale Mall Dec 17 and 18 Rhonda Meath and Rin Tin Tin 12 performed at the Rosedale Mall to help the St Paul Police K9 unit raise money. Rin Tin Tin performed his various tricks, waving and smiling at the crowd, doing the High Five and the High Ten and wagging his way into people s hearts. Anyone who had a camera could have a picture taken with Rin Tin Tin for free. There was quite a crowd when he went through his series of tricks. Rin Tin Tin was a hit with the kids Dr LaVallie s presentation on degenerative myelopathy January 13 at 8:30 and continues January 20 at 8:15 It promises to be very interesting Dr Mark LaVallie and Dr Josee Gerad Work on a dog with potential DM In future presentations Dr Mark will talk about cold laser treatment 9
German Shepherd Dog Club of Mpls/St Paul Annual Awards Banquet January 21, 2012 Place: Gulden s 2999 Hwy 61, Maplewood, MN 55109 Time: 12:00 Cocktails (cash bar) 1:00 Lunch 2:15 Awards and general meeting Cost per person: $18.00 (Includes Coffee, Tax & Gratuity) Children Under 12: $10.00 Registration due by January 16, 2012 Directions: 1. From Wisconsin: I-94 west, take Ramp towards I494/I694, take Ramp onto I-694. At exit 48; turn off onto Ramp towards US-61. Keep left to say on Ramp towards US-61. Bear left (West) onto Local roads. Turn left (South) onto US-61 (Maplewood Drive). 2. From St. Paul: I-94 east, take I-694 Ramp. At exit 48; turn off onto Ramp towards US-61. Keep left to say on Ramp towards US-61. Bear left (West) onto Local roads. Turn left (South) onto US-61 (Maplewood Drive). 3. From Stillwater: Take Hwy 36 West to HWY US-61. Go right (North). Restaurant is on the left. Buffet Menu: Veggies & Dip Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Green Beans Rolls Garden Salad Celebrate our national awards Pasta Salad Winner of the Regional Challenge large club division Fried Chicken Winner of the Large Club Monthly division of the Sliced Beef GSDCA newsletter competition Baked Cod 3rf place in the website contest Coffee cake * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Banquet registration: Due by January 11 2010 Cost per person: $18.00 (Includes Coffee, Tax & Gratuity) Children Under 12: $9.00 Name: # of people attending: Amount enclosed: Send checks to: Jan Anderson 910 Kingsview Lane Plymouth, MN 55447 10 11
Come to the GSDC of MSP Agility Trial March 30- April 1, 2012 At On the Run Canine Center Ham Lake, MN Petfinder.com access report for: [MN312] Time Period: 2011-11-28 to 2011-12-04 Total Pet Views: 413 +++ Dogs +++ Sarge 142 (GSD-7yr male) Suzie 76 (GSD-2yr female) Beauty 46 (GSD-11 yr female) Hank 22 (GSD-8yr male) Kathy DuVall www.faerielandrescue.org Rescue & Foster Home Care - Minnesota for German Shepherds & Welsh Corgis only Kaydee 4 (adopted GSD-female) Brodie 3 (adopted GSD-male) Stryker 3 (adopted GSD-female) Trixie 1 (adopted GSD-female) Sadie 1 (adopted GSD-female) Kiara 1 (adopted GSD-female) Kathy DuVall President & Founder FaerieLand Rescue www.faerielandrescue.org 11
Club Events Jan 6 STAR Puppy and Beginning obedience blocks start Jan 13 and Jan 20 chiropractic demo with Dr Mark LaVallie at 8:15 PM Jan 21 banquet at Gulden s Mar 30, 31, April 1 GSDCMSP Agility trials at On The Run Canine. Ham Lake No training Dec 23, and Dec 30 GSDC MSP Class Schedule Obedience Classes effective July 1. 2010 Ring 1 Eileen Varhalla Run throughs 6:00-6:45 Intermediate Novice 7:00-7:45 Beginning Ob or Advanced Puppy 8:00-8:45 Advanced Puppy will be offered between Beginning Obedience blocks Ring 2 Lisa Marie Fortier S.T.A.R. Puppy Class 7:00-8:00 Jinny Bailey Rally Class 8:00-8:45 Ring 3 Jinny Bailey Competition Obedience 6:45-7:30 Various Trainers Jr Handlers/Puppy Conformation 7:30-8:00 Adult Conformation 8:00--8:30 Puppy Socialization -designed for breeders and owners to chat 8:30-9:00 Training Director: Julie Swinland 651-457-5459 Shep-O-Gram 1087 Allen Avenue W. St Paul, MN 55118 German Shepherd Dog Club of Minneapolis & St Paul