Obedience Views Clubhouse & Training 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53212 Indoor Training 333 N. 25th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233 Mailing Address P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0763 Phone 414-961-6163 Website Address www.milwaukeedog.com Webmaster Jody Lokken webmaster@milwaukeedog.com Newsletter Editor Ellen Mack emkk@sbcglobal.net Officers President Kathy Gibowski Vice-President Mari Pavleje Secretary Dona Barsul Treasurer Kathleen McNerney Board of Directors Fred Kauer - Term Ends 18 Linda Roman - Term Ends 18 Daryl Ann Stuppan - Term Ends 17 Terry Tauschman -Term Ends 17 Tracy McCarty -Term Ends 19 Chris Niver -Term Ends- 19 November 2016 President s Report The Fall weather is officially upon us, so training for both agility and obedience classes are moving to the indoor building. Please check the calendar for times and/or class changes. Ghost night is October 29 th at 6pm at the outdoor clubhouse, all club members and their families are invited to come. Bring your furry partners and enjoy the festivities. Get your costumes ready for a frightful night of fun and activities! Thank you to Dale, Nancy, Tracy and Daryl for staying late after the general membership meeting to setup the tables and chairs along with all the scary decorations! Come Rain, Sleet or Snow, the downtown Milwaukee Holiday parade is right around the corner, November 19 th. The parade starts at 9:30am. I ve participated in the parade for many years now and have enjoyed each one of them, please come join me this year to show off your skills and smiles to the community! There will be signup sheets at both the indoor club and outdoor club. Parking is free downtown on the weekends, but if you prefer not to drive, B.J. and Ellen have setup a bus to pick up people and dogs at the indoor club and transport them back and forth. There will also be a luncheon after the parade at the indoor club. The club will provide the main entrée, soda and water and again we are asking everyone to bring a small side dish or dessert to pass. There will be an area setup for paw prints artwork and as always pictures with Santa. The luncheon is open to all club members and their families. The club has some fundraising events coming up including, Colectivo coffee, tea and hot cocoa. Kristina Stuppan will begin this on November 13 th, details will become available the closer it gets. A starter calendar for the MDTC will also be available soon with our name and number. We would like to try this out to start generating hype for our personalized calendar next spring/summer. Please continue to gather pictures of your dogs in all different poses and activities! Mark your calendars, the West Allis Christmas parade is Saturday, December 3rd, all club members are invited to participate. The parade will be in the evening and is a little longer than the downtown parade, but again is a lot of fun. There will be signup sheets and more information to follow. Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Kathy
Instructor Staff Director of Training Fred Kauer Obedience Assistant Directors of Training Mari Pavleje Dona Barsul Basic Instructors Mari Pavleje Laura Sadler Beginner Instructors Rick Siefert Sue Bronson Claire Reihl Beginning Instructors Chuck Janusz Tim Carter Advanced Instructors Lory Valley Karen Brauch Open Instructors Kathleen McNerney Willie Mabone Utility Instructor Fred Kauer Assistant Director of & Basic-Foundation Instructor Tracy McCarty Instructors Kira Haslam Diana Howland Tracy McCarty Martha Ryan Jennifer Smith Daryl Ann Stuppan Nancy Wandersee Dawn Butler Assistant Director of Sarah Willems Instructors Dawn Butler (lead instructor) Nan Resch Mary Manning Class Instructors Deb Jumes Linda Roman Jean Rutter-Smith Dale Eastman Tracking Dorothy Schmidt Assistant Instructors Ellen Mack Lynn Crowell CHEESECAKE PICK UP Cheese cake pick up will be November 12 th 12 noon to 4 PM at 2960 South 99 th Street West Allis, WI; This is a vital time and date. Cakes are frozen and must be picked up that day. Plan ahead. Questions? Call Linda Roman 414 546-3255 MARK YOUR CALENDERS Important upcoming dates for MDTC Please keep these dates in mind so you can join in on the fun: November 19th-Milwaukee Holiday Parade and MDTC lunch with Santa December 3rd - West Allis Evening Holiday Parade January 21, 2017 MDTC Holiday Party and Awards night. Tickets on sale soon. Dinner, drinks, awards, raffle, and silent auction at Pulaski Inn, Cudahy. 3900 E. Pulaski Ave. YOUR 2017 NEWSLETTER Beginning in January, 2017, MDTC will phase out the printed newsletter. At that time you will be able to receive your monthly newsletter by email, by accessing it on our website or by physically picking it up at our training club where very limited copies will be made available. If you are unable to get your newsletter by any of the above, we will still mail you a copy, but you must request it. Some of you have already done that, but if you have not, please let the sales/membership desk know before 2017. By changing our delivery methods we have the potential to save the club over $2000.00 every year in printing and delivery costs just by hitting the send button. As you all know our search for property is becoming critical and we need more funds to help. If you wish to receive your newsletter by email and have not given the front desk your address, please do it now! You can also send your email address to emkk@sbcglobal.net to begin receiving it next month. Don t forget, you will be able to read current and past newsletters online at our MDTC official website, www.milwaukeedog.com With everyone s help we can make this move to the digital age smooth and painless! Scent Hurdles BJ Parrott
AUTUMN LEAVES.SANTA ARRIVES! On November 19th the Milwaukee Holiday Parade will take place in Downtown Milwaukee. MDTC is proud to once again be included in the parade. s of club members and their dogs get to show off obedience skills to the waving crowds on the streets of Milwaukee and on television. Once again we are asking club members to sign up to walk, wave and perform basic obedience commands. As a courtesy the club has once again rented a bus to take members and their dogs to the parade on Saturday morning. We are asking for a $9.00 donation to help cover the cost. Please sign up for your ride downtown. The bus will leave the Indoor training location on St Paul Ave promptly at 8:15. Please arrive before that to help us leave on time. If you prefer, you can drive yourself to the parade, there is free parking on parade day. Parade Rules: For those participating in the parade, we are representing MDTC and we ask that you wear: solid black pants, Club jackets or a nice plain BLACK jacket and a Santa hat (provided by the club). Please dress warm under you jackets and don t forget those scarves and mittens! Dogs should be wearing a buckle collar or a bandanna if you use a prong collar. Dog coats are always popular with the crowds! Parade Starts: 9:30 am. We must be at our area at 8:30 am. It is a large parade and all the units must arrive early to line up. We will practice and take a group photo. Parade Perks: The parade is covered live on Channel 6. You could be a TV star! It is great FREE advertising for our club. What a fun way to show off your dogs skills. Also, if you walk in the parade you can create a canvas of your dog s paw prints at a reduced price at the luncheon that follows. Please sign up to join in the fun. POST PARADE LUNCHEON MDTC is usually asking you to donate, buy or attend, but this time we would like to throw you a little party after the parade. Family and dogs are welcome to come to the Indoor training building on St Paul Ave for lunch. The festivities usually kick off around 10:30am. There will be pictures with Santa, door prizes and lots of food! We will also be doing Pet Paw Print canvases. There is a sign-up sheet to let us know what fabulous food you are bringing so we don t have too many duplicates.. Pet Paw Prints. $3.00 for those who walk in the parade. $5.00 for others. Have you often said, I ve been meaning to do that. Here s your chance! ~POOCH PAW PRINT ART~ Commemorate your dog s paw print artwork forever on canvas! Free Photo with Santa and Door Prizes: If you can t participate in the Parade, please feel free to join us for the luncheon and Santa photos. If you have any questions, please look for information brochures and sign up sheets at both club locations.
MILWAUKEE DOG TRAINING CLUB General Membership Meeting Wednesday, October 26, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 8 p.m. by President Kathy Gibowski. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed. There was no correspondence. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Kathy said we won t have enough time to do the club s calendar this year, but we will plan to do it next year. We will do a calendar this year with generic dogs that will have our info on it. Plan to sell for $3 to $4. Ghost night is this Saturday at 6 p.m. Sign up sheet is on the board. Nov. 19 is the Holiday parade with a luncheon after. There will be free pictures with Santa and Pawprints for a nominal fee. Indoor training is coming up; Fred will report on it. COMMITTEES DIRECTOR OF TRAINING: Fred said the indoor training schedule will be in the newsletter. There are changes to Sunday schedule. The lower level classes will be outside on Sunday yet. The Ghost night will not have a ghost walk, but a spooky maze. He could use help at 5 p.m. with set up of the maze and he ll also need help with take down. Kathy G. will remind Peggy to pick up the zombie fingers (hot dogs). If you want to receive an award at the holiday party for titles you have earned, please submit copy of the title to your respective DOT. Laura Sadler will again handle the awards. AGILITY: Tracy said the open house went well. There are 2 classes of 10 new students. FLYBALL: Kathy said welcome to our new DOT for flyball, Dawn Butler. The teams competed at the nationals for two organizations this month. AKC TRIAL: Our obedience trials have been approved; still waiting on AKC rally department to approve. We would like to add folks to the show committee. Contact Dona, Lory, Daryl, Kathleen, or Ellen if you are interested. Daryl said we got business cards from vendors at a number of events and we ll need someone who is interested in emailing them for raffle donations. MEMBERSHIP/SALES: 7 have signed up so far for the Nov. 6 class per Dale. BUILDING & GROUNDS: Evan said they plan to get in and get the building ready. Will also be winterizing the mower. SOCIAL: Next event is Nov. 6 at the indoor site. There will be pastries. GOOD & WELFARE: A card was sent to Nick and Amy Gianeroce who lost one of their dogs. Terry Tauschmann s dog Tank had minor surgery to drain left ear hematoma. EXHIBITIONS: Mari said they did a demo at the Elizabeth Residence this month. Next will be the Holiday parade on 11/19. Mari will have sign up sheets at both locations. Rule sheets will be there. Parade is for those in beg. novice and up. It starts at 9:30 a.m.; meet at 8:30 a.m. There will be a bus again thanks to BJ. Payment goes to BJ or Ellen. Or you can meet at Cass and Wells. There will be free parking downtown that day. Our social event will be after at the indoor site. Any one can come. Bring a dish to pass. We will also need banner carriers for the parade. Still waiting for info for the West Allis parade which is in December at 4:30 p.m. It is longer in length. Same rules will apply.
Minutes continued FUND RAISING: The final dollars were received for working at Miller Park. We made over $5000. 27 people went through training, 9 did not work at all. Linda said the cheesecake money and orders are due this Saturday at Ghost night. Daryl said we will be doing a Colectivo sale in November. UNFINISHED BUSINESS No new properties to report on from the property search committee per Daryl. Kathy is awaiting replies from city of Milwaukee and West Allis. NEW BUSINESS Kathy said Peggy could use full time help with the social events. See Kathy or Peggy if you are interested (it includes a free membership). At the holiday party in January, lifetime memberships are awarded. Anyone who has put in 20 continuous years of service should submit their letter or email requesting it to the board. Show wins. Motion to adjourn by Kathleen, seconded by Fred. Meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dona Barsul, Secretary COLECTIVO COFFEE TIME MDTC will once again be selling delicious Colectivo Coffee, Tea and Cocoas. You will find order forms and product descriptions in this Newsletter. This is a delectable way to raise funds for the club and just in time for the Holidays. Order extra now and enjoy later because there is a quantity discount! Take $1.00 off each item when ordering 3 or more at one time. Mix & Match. Time is short, so please don t delay: Return forms to: (Mail) Kristina Stuppan, 9616 W. Goodrich Ave, Milwaukee 53224 OR Drop in the designated box at either club location. HELP WANTED! TWICE! Are you social? Have you been enjoying our Social Sundays put on every month by Peggy? Well she could use your help. To find out the details, ask her at training or at November s Social Sunday event. Also, our AKC show committee can use your help. No experience necessary! The more the merrier! The group helps to put on our club s annual AKC show and raffle. Volunteers contact possible donors for the raffle and helps to gather raffle items. We also need help from committee members on both show days in June. If you can help, please contact Dona Barsul at merlinelg@earthlink.net or Lory Valley at l.valley@sbcglobal.net
Indoor Training Schedule 2016/2017 Wednesday/Thursday Class Dates and Times. (Dates may be subject to change) Wednesday Class Times November 2,9,16,*C,30 December 7, 14, 21, 28 January 4, 11, 18, 25 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic PM Beginner & Open Beginner & Open Beginner & Open Wed 7:00 PM * November 30 * December 28 * January 25 Wednesday Class Times February 1, 8, 15, 22 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 April 5, 12, 19, 26 6:30 PM Basic Basic Basic PM Beginner & Open Beginner & Open Beginner & Open Wed 7:00 PM * February 22 * March 29 * April 26 Thursday Class Times November 3, 10, 17, *C December 1, 8,15, 22,*C January 5, 12, 19, C* 6:30 PM Advanced Advanced Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM * November 30 * December 28 * January 25 Thursday Class Times February 2, 9, 16,*C March 2, 9, 16, 23,*C April 6, 13, 20,*C 6:30 PM Advanced Advanced Advanced PM Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Beg. & Utility Wed 7:00 PM * February 22 * March 29 * April 26 * Attention all Classes: The last Wednesday of each month, training is at the Club followed by the membership meeting. Sunday Class Times November 6, 13, 20, 27 December 4, 11, 18, *C January *C, 8, 15, 22, 29 8:30 AM Open Basic & Beginners Basic & Beginners 9:30 AM Utility Utility & Beg. Adv. & Open 10:30 PM Advanced Adv. & Open Utility & Beg. Sunday Class Times February 5, 12, 19, 26 March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9, *C, 23, 30 8:30 AM Basic & Beginners Basic & Beginners Open 9:30 AM Utility & Beg. Adv. & Open Utility 10:30 PM Adv. & Open Utility & Beg. Advanced C=No Sunday Classes: December 25th, January 1st, January 22nd (holiday party recovery) and April 16th (Easter).
November 2016 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 6 Indoor Basic-Begin -Beg. 13 Indoor Basic-Beg- Beg. Social Sunday 7 14 1 8 15 2 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 9 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 16 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 3 10 17 4 Open Floor 530pm-630pm 11 AG1/AG2 6:30- Open Floor 530pm-630pm 18 AG1/AG2 6:30- No Classes Holiday Decorating 5 AGILITY Intermediate 8:00-9:15 Adv. 9:15-10:15 Basic A 10:15 Basic B 11:25 Nov 1 12:30 Nov 2 1:30-2:45 12 AGILITY Intermediate 8:00-9:15 Adv. 9:15-10:15 Basic A 10:15 Basic B 11:25 Nov 1 12:30 Nov 2 1:30-2:45 19 NO CLASSES HOLIDAY PARADE AND LUNCH WITH SANTA 20 Indoor Basic-Begin- Beg. 21 22 23 No Classes 24 No Classes 25 No Classes Holiday Weekend 26 No Classes Holiday Weekend 27 Indoor Basic-Begin -Beg. 28 29 30 :General Member Meeting November 13th Social Sunday-Stay for food and conversation.
December 2016 MDTC Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Open Floor 530pm-630pm AG1/AG2 6:30-3 AGILITY Intermediate 8:00-9:15 Adv. 9:15-10:15 Basic A 10:15 Basic B 11:25 Nov 1 12:30 Nov 2 1:30-2:45 4 Indoor Basic-Begin -Beg. 5 6 7 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 8 9 Open Floor 530pm-630pm AG1/AG2 6:30-10 AGILITY Intermediate 8:00-9:15 Adv. 9:15-10:15 Basic A 10:15 Basic B 11:25 Nov 1 12:30 Nov 2 1:30-2:45 11 Indoor Basic-Beg- Beg. Social Sunday 12 13 14 6:30 Basic Beginner and Open 15 16 Open Floor 530pm-630pm AG1/AG2 6:30-17 AGILITY Intermediate 8:00-9:15 Adv. 9:15-10:15 Basic A 10:15 Basic B 11:25 Nov 1 12:30 Nov 2 1:30-2:45 **December 13th Social Sunday. Stay for food and conversation.. Would you like to receive your future newsletters via e-mail? It is fast, easy and in color! Just send your name and e-mail address to emkk@sbcglobal.net. A change is coming. Please look for more information regarding delivery of newsletters in the coming months. If you have an article, report or upcoming event you would like to see in future newsletters the deadline for submissions is the LAST WEDNESDAY of every month. No exceptions. www.milwaukeedog.com Be sure to visit our website. Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/groups/milwaukeedogtrainingclub/
SHOW WINS AND BRAGS Dorothy Schmidt and Border Collie HC CT Ellie IV, AKC Tracking VST (variable surface track) - October 16, 2016. Delevan Business Park. Ellie drew track #7 and she was fired up from the start and on a mission. Ellie passed her 3rd (TD, TDX and VST) test to earn a CT Champion Tracking Title. Congratulations. Ellen Mack and Miniature Poodle Eaglehill s Run Lola Run, Lola - AKC Obedience-Badger Golden Retriever Club- Lola entered Graduate Open class, scored a 191 1/2, earned 1st place and her Graduate open title. AWARDS It s that time of year once again. If you earned any titles this year, please turn in a copy of your certificate or notify your respective director of training, so you can receive your plaque at our Awards banquet on January 21st. BREWER GAME FUNDRAISING Although the Brewers were in a rebuilding year in 2016, we did really well working in concessions at Miller Park! We made $5,710, $5,330 in commission and $380 in tips. That puts us over the $100,000 mark! Our grand total for the 18 years we've worked at County Stadium and Miller Park now stands at $104,314. Twenty-seven people were trained this year, and 18 of them worked at least one game. Ten of the 18 worked two or more games. We also had 2 people from my church working with us this season to raise funds for our church. The church's profit was $1,148 which isn't included in the numbers above. We also had a person from another church who worked a couple of games, trying out whether his church wants to join us for next season. That church's profit was $320, also not included in the numbers above. So, the combined profit was $7,178 including tips. Thank you to everyone, even those who were trained and wanted to work, but who weren't able to because of scheduling conflicts. Hopefully, we'll have more people interested in working next season, and everyone will be able to work at least one game. Opening Day 2017 is Monday, April 3rd, at 1:10pm versus the Colorado Rockies, and we'd like to be there! This has been such a good fund-raiser for the club that we'd like to continue working, but we definitely need more people. Please think about joining us; it's fun! We haven't received the 2017 info from Sportservice yet, but I'm sure everyone will still have to do a mandatory training session, even if you've worked before. Training sessions will probably start in January. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact me. Thanks again everyone! Mari Pavleje FROMM PETFEST 2016 MDTC was invited to participate at Fromm Petfest on the Pet University Stage on Saturday, Sept. 24 th. Molly Hare and Sadie, Charlie Mundt and Wally, BJ Parrot and Black Sheba, Peggy Brunner and Rocco, Kathleen McNerney and Abby, Cashmere and I, as well as Claude Szpot, who did a great job of MC ing, participated in the demo. It was a wonderful day to be at the lakefront and show off the skills of our dogs in obedience, scent hurdles and agility, along with tricks our dogs can do. At the end, we went off stage and let the audience pet our dogs, as we answered questions. It was lots of fun, and we thank Fromm Fest for including us in this awesome event which was attended by thousands! Daryl Ann Stuppan
Upcoming Regional AKC Events - go to www.akc.org for additional information Club Location Competition Show Date Close Date All Am Western Waukesha County Dog Ixonia, WI Obed, Rally 11/25, 26,27 11/9 Yes Badger Kennel Club DeForest, WI Obed, Rally 12/3,4 11/16 Yes Starved Rock Kennel Club Wheaton, IL Obed, Rally 12/8 11/23 Yes Skokie Valley Kennel Club, Inc. Rosemont, IL Obed, Rally 12/9,10,11 11/23 Yes Northwest Obedience Club, Inc. Cary, IL Obed, Rally 12/16,17 11/30 Yes Oshkosh Kennel Club, Inc. Oshkosh, WI Obed, Rally 12/17,18 11/30 Yes Cudahy Kennel Club St. Francis, WI Obed, Rally 12/31,1/1 12/14 Yes Western Waukesha County Dog Ixonia, WI Obed, Rally 1/7,8 12/21 Yes Oshkosh Kennel Club, Inc. Oshkosh, WI Obed, Rally 1/14,15 12/28 Yes Sheboygan Dog Training Club Sheboygan 11/19,20 11/5 Yes Timber Ridge Obedience Club Amherst Junction 11/25 11/11 Yes Wisconsin Rapids Kennel Club Amherst Junction 11/26,27 11/11 Yes Cudahy Kennel Club St. Francis, WI 11/26,27 11/11 Yes Forest City Dog Training Club Loves Park, IL 12/2,3,4 11/16 Yes Winnegamie Dog Club, Inc. Oshkosh, WI 12/3,4 11/19 Yes Cream City Canines Milwaukee, WI 12/8,9,10,11 11/18 Yes Badger Kennel Club Middleton, WI 12/17,18 11/25 Yes Great Lakes Belgian Tervuren McCook, IL 12/30,1/1 12/15 Yes Milwaukee Dog Training Club, Inc. 4375 N. Humboldt Avenue P.O. Box 763 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0763