Scents & Nonscents August 2017 Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. Inside this issue: Meeting Schedules Upcoming Events 2 News Notes 3 Double Q 4 Stewards Needed 5 The Pres Sez June Minutes Brags Fast CAT Fall Lure Coursing 10 6 7 8 9 A Potato Chip Bag Can Kill Your Dog! The following is a collection of items in your house, yard, or garage that are a potential danger to your dog. The headline of this article is not a joke. Two Corgis have suffocated in potato chip-type bags. They stick their heads in the bag to grab up the goodies and find themselves unable to get the bags off their heads. Extremely sad, but true. Pools: Any type other than a small wading pool is dangerous. A particular danger is if the pool has a cover. EVERY pool, Jacuzzi, hot tub, etc. should have a solid barrier and locking gate. The covers are really dangerous because they look to your dog as if the footing is solid. They venture out onto the surface, slip under & never take another breath. [I personally know of a top winning greyhound that died this way. Ed.] Remember to keep pool chemicals in a secure place where your pet cannot eat them or lie on or near them. They are very caustic. Antifreeze: One teaspoonful can kill a dog. Never leave it accessible & don t change your car s fluids where it can spill and leave a trace. Rat Poison: Any type of poison is obviously very dangerous. Don t think your dog cannot get into or fit into a particular space he probably can! Ingestion of rat poison results in thousands of calls to the Poison Hotline each year. [Here it is midsummer and I ve just discovered a mouse in my house so watch out all year!] Insecticides: Off, Fly-tek, ant poison, plant insecticides, lawn fertilizers, and weed-n-feed products are all poisonous if the grass is eaten. They can also be absorbed through your dog s feet if he walks on a lawn that is treated. Loose Change: Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters all contain zinc which will slowly leach into your dog s system after being dissolved by stomach acid. Asprin: Aspr in, Ibupr ofen, Tylenol in particular, antihistamines, nose sprays, etc. are dangerous to your pet and should be kept away unless their use is advised by your veterinarian. Don t forget those small bottles in your purse or pocket. Flea Spray: Be careful with new flea spray and with mixing products on your dog. Too much of the wrong mix can kill. Some breeds are also much more sensitive to these products. Corn Cobs: Squirrel feeder s are cute, but the cobs that the squirrels leave may be eaten by your dog. If eaten, they will almost certainly cause an intestinal blockage and expensive trip to the vet! Acorns, walnuts, pecans, etc. will also cause the same problem. Cleansers: Household cleaning supplies such as Drano, Lysol, Mr. Clean, Brillo pads, are all dangerous to your dog and should be kept out of reach and not just under the kitchen sink which is often quite accessible. Treated Wood: Wolmanized wood, used extensively for decks, fences, etc. has been treated with arsenic to repel insects. Be sure your dog cannot chew any of this type of wood. A few swallowed chips can kill. Also be careful what mulches you use on your garden or around plantings. Chocolate: A small amount, especially the semi-sweet kinds, can be deadly. Hide the baking chocolate and candy bars up high. Again, don t forget the goodies in your purse. [Ask Jeff or Cathy Robb about this danger!] Paint: Paint, paint thinner, cleanup rags, furniture stripper for all those summertime projects could kill your dog! Be careful! Plants: Both indoor and outdoor plants can be poisonous. The following are dangerous: Daffodil bulbs, Japanese yew, Diffenbachia, Rhubarb, Lilies of the Valley, nightshade, caladium, castor beans (very pretty and highly toxic), Christmas rose, mistletoe, poinsettia, philodendrons, diffenbachia, bleeding heart, fox glove, larkspur or delphinium, tomato Continued on page 5 Page 1 Back Cover
How to Contribute: SDOC s newsletter Scents & Nonscents is published 11 times per year. Contributions are welcome at any time, provided they are in an electronic format (*.txt, *.doc, *.jpg, *.tiff) and received by the deadline. Send your items and ideas to the Editor. Laurel Drew 873-1729 or elliegreyhound @yahoo.com Deadline for each issue is the 5.th of each month! Information is believed correct at the time of printing, however the Editor and staff bear no responsibility for errors or omissions. The Editor is deeply indebted to Jill Warren for Co- Editing, and Allie Wimber for copying and mailing, and to Sue Babcock for posting to the Club s website. SDOC Class Schedules and Notes For full information concerning up-coming classes whether obedience or agility, please refer to the Sandia Dog Obedience Club website. It is found at http://www.sdocnm.org ALL TRAINERS MUST STILL SIGN UP FOR CLASSES, EVEN IF THEY ARE GETTING ONE FREE. Upcoming SDOC Trials Lisa Frankland Mark your calendars! Premiums are now available for the following SDOC trials: September 2-4 Obedience and Rally Trials at the Bernalillo County Sheriff s Posse Arena. Now accepting entries. Closes August 16th September 22-24 Agility Trials at the Bernalillo County Sheriff s Possee Arena. Opens July 31st. Closes September 6. October 21-22 Novice-Open Only Agility Trials at SDOC s agility field. Opens September 1st. Closes October 6. This is a great place for the less experienced dog to debut without the high-stress strictly competitive dogs on hand. Also October 21-22, following the regular agility trial classes each day: Agility Course Test (ACT). Pre-entries open September 1st and close October 16th, or you may enter day-of before noon each day. This is an entry level agility event designed for a beginning level dog to demonstrate familiarity with obstacles and some basic sequencing. It s a great introduction and learning opportunity for new dogs and especially new handlers! The obedience trial is available at our SDOC website and was attached to the post sent to our YahooGroups list. Other premiums will be posted to this group as the opening dates get closer. You can also download premiums from: www.sdocnm.org or pick them up in the lobby of SDOC s training building. Or! You can email Lisa Frankland privately to receive a copy. Her email address is: lisaf- 42@comcast.net. Practicing introductory barn hunt techniques at the July SDOC monthly meeting. Page 2 Scents & Nonscents
Newsnotes From the Neighborhood Your Editor Important reminder: All SDOC classes are limited in size. To ensure a place, your completed and signed application, full payment, and proof of vaccinations must reach the appropriate SDOC registrar a minimum of one day prior to the class start date and prior to the time the class limit is reached. Receipt of the application does not guarantee a place in the class. Emailed applications are not accepted. To avoid misplacement, please staple your check to your application. See page 10 of this issue for all the information on upcoming lure coursing and CAT tests. All breeds of dogs, including All-Americans, are invited to attend. Get two CAT legs on one day! Janice Anthes is in charge of stewards for our Fall Trials. See page 6 for full information. Folks of all degrees of experience are needed. Arrangements can be made if you are also entering your dog. Come get a front row seat! SDOC WEBSITE ADDRESS IS www.sdocnm.org Be Sure to Check the Website for complete class information, class applications and special updates. Loving a dog is a choice. We can survive quite nicely without one another. A dog does not propagate our genes or carry on our family name, does not try to be like us or live up to our accomplishments. Rarely do parents relentlessly pressure their adult children to produce a dog before they die. A dog will not support us in our old age. But a dog will love us deeply and unconditionally from the moment it enters our life. We will be the most important thing in its life. Neither owner nor dog will ever hold a grudge against the other for more than a few minutes. No festering family feuds. A dog will sleep with us even when we snore and forgive us when we tromp on its tail even though it cannot comprehend how we could be such oafs. A dog will spend its life trying to figure us out, and it will sometimes succeed at it to such an unnerving degree that we believe it knows us better than we know ourselves. And if that doesn t keep us honest, I don t know what will. From : Always By My Side, Life Lessons by Edward Grinnan.. P. 57-58. Ice Cream Social - MMMM, GOOD!!! Side dishes for the July Ice Cream Social. Just picture this with all the ice cream! Training Year (per the SDOC Training Regulations) For these purposes, the training year will be from December 1 to November 30 of the following year. The total hours of any class which begins on or before December 1 will be credited to the following training year. Page 3
DOUBLE To register for any Agility class, contact: Stephanie Kourestsos agilityreg@sdoc nm.org or 828-9660 REMINDER: Drills cost $10 per dog per session. To register for any Obedience class, contact: Betty Pearson conchobar66@ hotmail.com 505-898-2706 Q Instructor Incentives SDOC must reply on volunteers to instruct training classes. Comparable training is provided by several for-profit organizations in the Albuquerque area. The private organizations have an advantage. They have professional staffs who receive instructional training. Our instructors must self-train to be current on the most recent dog agility handling techniques. At their expense including time, they read training literature, attend seminars and/or train at other locations. Certainly, the personal training improves their handling. We appreciate them sharing these learned skills with us. Why share? Many like to teach. For others, instructing classes reinforces their learning. Most all receive gratification from volunteering. It is amazing to us that SDOC has so many good instructors. In turn, we offer thanks at every opportunity, free classes, and for head instructors or assistants field privileges. Also, Instructors receive a gift at the end of the year and reduced price for the end of the year banquet. Every few years, we offer reduced rate seminars to our instructors. These incentives are much the same whether you volunteer the minimum of 16 hours or 60 hours a year. Everyone appreciates the incentives. For us the field privileges have been a great benefit. To improve the knowledge of our instructors, we have been thinking of affordable training opportunities. Currently, there are many online training opportunities. Perhaps, the club could acquire internet access to provide online seminars. This idea needs to be researched. Are our instructors interested? What would be the costs for the club? We are planning to have an agility instructor pot luck/ brain storming at the end of the training year. Our purpose would be to get more ideas on improving our agility training program. Your ideas are welcome anytime. Gene Tatum Page 4 Scents & Nonscents
Stewards Needed By Janice Anthes Dog events run on volunteers. Without them we would not have trials. There are lots of benefits to volunteering to Steward 1. You learn tons. Pick to steward a level higher than you are showing in and learn learn learn. 2. Get to know Judge(s) 3. Free Lunch -& Free Snacks 4. We love you :-* - THANK-YOU We will work around your schedule and make sure you have plenty of time to warm up, potty and show your dog. Just email me, janthes@scwp.com or reply to this email (it will go to just me) with: Your Name: Phone: Email What classes you are entering What days you can work (Fri, Sat, Sun) - all 3 (yes ;-)) Any preference for what you classes you want to work Prefer ring steward (works in the ring) or table steward (sits and checks folks in): Any thing else you want me to know Feel free to forward this to your friends, new students, class members etc... Huge Thanks :-) Janice (Chief Steward and bottle washer) Continued from page 1 and potato plants (not the vegetables themselves). Azaleas, rhododendron and holly should be avoided. Be careful not to let your dogs chew on things they find in the forests as there are poisonous plants and mushroom in the wild. Symptoms of Poisoning: difficulty breathing (labored, difficult, rapid or shallow), Unusual reactions (pawing at the head, trying to bite at itself), Increased salivation or drooling; Unusual thirst; Diarrhea, foul breath, odor, vomiting, blood or mucus in feces; Heart problems; Shivering; Non-coordinated movement. Normal Vital Signs: Respiration: 15-30 per min. Heart: 62-130 per min. Temperature: 100.9 to 102 {This article was provided by Danny Metz who can give you further details.} Contact Webmaster Sue Babcock at: sue@sbabcoc k. com Join SDOC s YAHOO! group: SandiaDogOC @yahoogroups.com Contact Rosemary Burtch at rosybee4802@ gmail.com with questions Page 5
The Prez Sez By Betty Pearson To order SDOC t-shirts and sweatshirts, contact Estelle Metz Stay warm or be cool, in style! August is looking like it could be a busy month for us. Both Obedience and Agility have trials coming up in September and fun matches the last weekend of August. All will be held at the Bernalillo Sheriff s Posse grounds on 2 nd St.. The Agility Match is Sat 26 th and the Obedience/Rally is Sun 27 th. Come out with your dog and practice where the trials will be held. There will be CGC testing on Sun. Premiums for the trials are on the web site and in the foyer at SDOC Obedience run thrus have started on Fri evenings going until the trials. There are drills for agility, obedience, rally and beginner novice being held, Check the web site for the one(s) that will help your and your dog s performance. New classes are also starting this month. The ice cream social meeting last month was great fun. Thank you, Peggy Chandler for organizing it. We had several members present for this and also to see the demonstration of Barn Hunt put on by Donna Crary-Johnson. With real rats no less. Those who were there had the chance to take their dogs up to take a look.. Have a good month and good luck to all of you who are trialing in any venue.. Stay cool. I don t know about the rest of you but a little cooler would be okay.. The next meeting is 25 th August.. Hope to see you there SDOC S Website By Sue Babcock The new event app for classes at SDOC was rolled out on August 1 st. The app allows visitors to the site to sort through the classes by category (agility, obedience, tracking, nosework, freestyle, and rally) as well as by type of class (ongoing or standard). To view the details of any class, just click on the title of the class on the calendar or in a list. The calendar and class listings are integrated, so you can be assured that the classes you see on the calendar match the classes in the lists. The hope is to make the experience of finding the right class for your dog easier. The name and phone number of the registrar for each class is also included in the class information. If you ever have questions about what class is best for your dog, these are the people to ask. In addition, we activated a new theme for the website, and slight organizational changes. Finding the information you need to register (fees, forms, classes, etc) is all available from one place under the Classes and Calendar menu item. I encourage everyone to click around the site to see how the new app and the new organization works. Page 6 Scents & Nonscents
Minutes of the July Membership Meeting By Julie Brozek, Secretary In Attendance: Officers and Board Members: Betty Pearson, President; Jeff Robb, Vice President; Amy Montano, Treasurer; Julie Brozek, Recording Secretary; Board Members: Stephanie Kouretsos, Peggy Chandler, Karen Provine Directors: Annie Newsted, Tracking Director; Gene Tatum and Pat Hester, Agility Directors Absent: Estelle Metz, Corresponding Secretary; Michele Lommasson, Board Member The meeting was called to order by President Betty Pearson at 7 PM in the training room of the SDOC facility, 7050 San Pedro NE in Albuquerque. The minutes of the June 2017 Membership Meeting were approved as published. Barb Petersen moved, Annie Newsted second, motion carried. Officers and Board reports: Vice President: Contact Jeff to sign up for trophies for the fall Obedience and Rally trials. See Jeff to get the latest addendum to the roster. Treasurer: The June Profit and Loss and the Year-to-Date Profit and Loss reports were reviewed. Training Directors Reports: Agility: A multi-level Agility drill will start on Tuesday, Sept 12, at 1 pm. Laura s 4 week indoor class filled and split into 2 groups. Tracking: We have judges for the VST, the TD, and the TDX. Obedience/Rally/Conformation/Other: (read by Betty) Obedience Runt hroughs start next Friday. We need volunteers to sign up to judge. Novice Obedience Drills start Thursday: Novice at 6:15 pm and Beginner Novice at 7:30 pm. New Business: Amy Montano is looking into partnering with PetVet to do a Responsible Dog Ownership Day. Date to be determined. Contact Amy if you can help! Maggie Gee announced that a steward signup sheet for the Fall Obedience and Rally trial is posted on the bulletin board. Sign up for whatever amount of time you can steward! Has your dog accomplished something new? E-mail all the details to the Editor. AND if there s a CH or X anywhere in that title, please include a picture of your dog! Old Business: Contact Peggy Chandler to help with the Agility fun match! Membership readings: Welcome Carol Clay, Ann Newbauer, Brenda Rogers, and Carol Franks who were voted into membership after a second reading. Terri Brown moved, Amy Montano second, motion carried. First readings: Andrew and Kristi King; Curtis and Patricia Montgomery. Brags: There were many brags by the membership! Congratulations! Remember to give Laurel Drew your brags for the newsletter! Hospitality: Thank you to Peggy Chandler for organizing the Ice Cream Social and to all others who contributed to hospitality! Continued on page 11 Page 7
Brags, Brags and More Brags Any venue, any breed Gene Tatum and Pat Hester, Agility Directors can be reached at AgilityDir@ SDOCNM.org Or gtatum3@msn. com 270-5814 Maggie Gee s Golden, Solar, finished his Preferred UDX title at the Durango trials in May. That boy is like the Energizer bunny; he just keeps going and going and. Laurel Drew is expecting puppies, that is. Two little boys will be arriving in Albuq. From Oregon before this newsletter is out. They are greyhounds, one golden (Solar Flare) and one black (Sun Spot). What?! NO BRAGS?!!! Demonstrating barn hunt training with live but protected rats. Officers, Board of Directors & Others 2017 Members of the Board: Officers: President: Betty Pearson Vice President: Jeff Robb Treasurer: Amy Montano Corresponding Secretary: Estelle Metz Recording Secretary: Julie Brozek Board of Directors: Peggy Chandler, Stephanie Kouretsos, Michelle Lommasson. Karen Provine Ongoing Programs: Obedience Director: Deb Tabor Agility Director: Gene Tatum and Pat Hester Tracking Director: Annie Newsted Editor: Laurel Drew Production Staff: Allie Wimber Web Wizard: Susan Babcock Maintaince Progjects: John Clendenin Thank you one and all! Page 8 Scents & Nonscents
Fast CAT Titles By Laurel Drew Fast CAT is sort of an addendum to the AKC s CAT sport. Having discovered that their dogs love to run, folks are asking how fast they are so AKC has decided to set up a straight 100 yard timed race for those who want to try. Lobo Lure Coursing Club will be offering a demonstration and possibly some practice runs the end of August in conjunction with their CAT Tests. Dogs run singly so there is no danger of anyone getting in a tangle. There is a handicap for dogs based on various height differences. In other words, a dachshund would get a handicap of 2.0 which would mean that he was running 2 times the elapsed time in comparison with a greyhound who would get a handicap of 1.0 (or just the elapsed time). The time is converted into MPH, and the MPH is multiplied by the handicap. I am not certain exactly how the points are handed out although I assume it is based on the MPH with the fastest dog receiving more points. The titles are: BCAT requires 150 points DCAT 500 points FCAT 1000 points FCAT# 500 additional points required for each #. Each year a listing of the Top 20 by Breed will be published on the AKC Fast CAT website and will feature the fastest dogs by breed by year for the national standings. Fast CAT is open to all dogs that are registered or listed with AKC in any of its performance programs and are at least 12 months of age. Bitches in season are not allowed to run. A dog can only be entered once per each event and will be examined for lameness, in season, fitness to compete, etc. at the event. This is all the same as for the CAT. This sounds like another fun event for all our dogs to try. We all know we have the fastest dog, but now maybe we can find out. Timing is done either by 2 stop watches or by a break-the-beam machine such as is used for agility. The lure is the usual white plastic garbage bag, and can be run either drag or continuous loop with the continuous loop being set up so that it won t interfere with the dogs. The LLCC (Lobo Lure Coursing Club) uses a fenced field so dogs won t escape; I don t know if the shorter area where the dogs are actually caught is even more fenced in. That s probably as clear as mud to newcomers, but you ll get it! The rest of the regulations for Fast CAT are the same as those for regular lure coursing and will appear in Chapter 14 of the AKC Regulations for Lure Coursing which is available from the AKC. So, folks, you who are interested can read the information on page 10 or this issue for more information and plan on going out to give it a try. There will be two CAT tests each day so if you are into agility come out on Sunday, and if you are into obedience, try it on Saturday. Have fun!!! SDOC Board Meetings are held on the Tuesday prior to General Membership meetings at the SDOC Training Building. Minutes are available for review by contacting the Recording Secretary at jbrozek@ swcp.com or at any General Membership meeting. Want to become a member? Get an application in the lobby at the Club building, or download from the SDOC web site! Page 9
Fall Lure Coursing and CAT Trials By Elissa Thompson, Lobo Lure Coursing Cllub Hi Everyone, This fall Lobo Lure Coursing Club will have it all CATs, AKC and ASFA lure coursing. August 26 th and 27 th we will be hosting 4 AKC COURSING ABILITY TESTS, (two tests each day) at the Arroyo del Oso Park in Albuquerque, NM. Want to see how fast your dog can run in MPH? After Saturday s Tests, we will set up a 100 yard straight-a-way for a FAST CAT demonstration. Everyone is welcome to participate without charge. GPS coordinates: 35 08'21.6"N 106 33'22.0"W CAT premium - copy/paste the following: http://newmexico-sighthounds.jigsy.com/events --------------------------------------------------- We will host two weekends of LURE COURSING at the Hacienda de Caballo Ranch in Edgewood, NM. Premiums for both weekends will be available by mid-september on our website. GPS coordinates: 35 08'32.9"N 106 12'01.1"W October 28 th and 29 th we ll host two AKC TRIALS. We invite everyone to bring along a Halloween costume for your dog and heck bring a costume for yourself, as well we'll have costume parade and prizes during the lunch break on Saturday. November 18 th and 19 th we ll host two ASFA TRIALS. After Saturday s trial, we will offer a lure coursing Seminar on Judging for the participant. We will cover the basics of what a judge is looking for during the course like what are: excusals, disqualifications and dismissals. We'll have lure coursing videos for the participants to judge and discuss. Bring your questions. This will be a very interactive discussion. ALL ARE WELCOME!!! You do not need to want to become a judge to participate. The seminar will take place right there at the Hacienda de Caballo Ranch. You have received this email because you have either entered one of our events or inquired about our events in the past. If you do not want to receive future emails about lure coursing or CAT events in New Mexico, please let me know and I will take you off our email list. Hope to see you this fall. Elissa Thompson, Lobo Lure Coursing Club 505-250-0935 elissa@swcp.com Page 10
Continued from page 7 Announcements/Other items: Jeanne Gill and Christy Stern, co-chairs for the Obedience and Rally fun match, need volunteers to setup, take down, and steward. Thank you Donna Crary-Johnson for the great Barn Hunt Presentation! The next SDOC Membership meeting will be on August 25. Hope to see you all here! Meeting adjourned at 7:26 PM. Secretary Julie Brozek and President Betty Pearson lead the July SDOC meeting. Donna Crary-Johnson gave a fascinating talk on the sport of Barn Hunts at the July SDOC meeting. Page 11
Sandia Dog Obedience Club, Inc. P.O. Box 93053 Albuquerque, NM 87199 Prsrt Std US Postage PAID Permit 759 Albuquerque NM ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. (505) 888-4221 Visit us on the web: http://www.sdocnm.org Upcoming Club Meetings More details... F uture Board Meetings (in the Office at the SDOC training building) - always at 6:30 p.m. May 23 June 27 July 25 August 22 September 26 October 24 November 14 December 19? Future General Membership Meetings (in the SDOC training building) - always at 7:00 p.m. May 26 June 30 July28 (Ice Cream Social) August 25 September 29 October 28 (Halloween Party) November 17 (Elections) December 22? (Christmas Party) Remember: see http://calendar.yahoo.com/sdoc_events for local events. Page 12