TOTAL RECALL SEPTEMBER 2010 OFFICERS AND BOARD PRESIDENT: Toni Yurkovic Yurktoni@comcast. VICE PRESIDENT: Dave Wray stingwray1943@yahoo.com TREASURER: Pam Lewis Samoyed4@verizon.net CORR.SEC/MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Clara Marie Schmaltz richclaras@comcast.net RECORDING SECRETARY: Mike Kulhman centercanine@aol.com OFFICE MANAGER: Dan Goldberg Samoyed4@verizon.net TRAINING DIRECTOR: Lucy McCloskey lmccloskey@live.com DIRECTOR AT LARGE: Sue Wray stingwray1943@yahoo.com DIRECTOR AT LARGE: Pete Grandillo, Sr grandillop@verizon.net KEYSTONE CANINE CLUB, INC. 5167 Brownsville Road Pittsburgh, PA 15236 P.O. Box 921 412-833-2211 WEBSITE EDITORS: Lucy McCloskey & Dan Goldberg NOTES AND REMINDERS.. NEXT GENERAL SEPTEMBER 17 at 8:00 pm at the Bethel Park Boro Building. OPEN HOUSE We will have an Open House for our new building on Sunday, September 26, in conjunction with AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day. We will provide useful information for dog owners (and potential owners), as well as information about the classes that we offer. The Open House will be from 1:00-3:00 pm, so will not interfere with any classes. Please contact Pam Lewis (samoyed4@verizon.net) if you can help. TEACUP TRIAL Our Teacup trial has been approved for Oct. 9 and 10. We still need people to help, especially with setting up, bringing food and with doing publicity. Please contact Amy Wustin (eand.me@verizon.net) if you can help. WEBMASTER: Peter Grandillo WWW.KEYSTONECANINE.COM NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Mitzie Lever Mitzie-123@hotmail.com 1
2 AUGUST 20 MEMBERSHIP MEETING SUMMARY OPEN HOUSE - We are having an Open House on Sunday Sept. 26 from 1:00-3:00 in conjunction with AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day. We need volunteers to help pass out literature. Also our instructors are encouraged to attend to describe our classes. TEACUP TRIAL OCTOBER 9 & 10 - Please let Amy Wustin know if you can help. BYLAW CHANGES - Several members provided comments on the proposed Bylaw changes. Changes will be made and a vote will be held at the next meeting. DOGTOBERFEST ON OCT. 2 - Ed Hanke volunteered to help staff the KCTC table at this event on the South Side. NEW BUILDING - All agreed that the new building looks great! NEW MATTING - We are having unexpected problems with the new matting, and are working on a fix. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As most of you know, I have been the Membership Chairperson Corresponding Secretary of KCTC since June of 2008. In May, I handed in my resignation and agreed to stay on through the end of the membership renewal drive. The renewal period has come to a close as has my time on the Board. It was an interesting two years, but I am now looking forward to coming to the meetings as a member only. My best wishes go out to the members of the Board who are very dedicated to the success of Keystone and are willing to work hard and give up a lot of their personal time to get the job done. My best wishes, too, to Clara Schmalz who has agreed to step up and serve as your new Membership Chairperson Corresponding Secretary. I know she will be a great addition to the Board. Marian Roznowski VOTED IN AS NEW MEMBERS: Rosanne Minich was voted in at the last meeting along with her Pomeranians Angel and Shadow and her Sheltie, Puffy. Doree and Kelsey Donovan were voted in at the last meeting along with their Border Collies Gyp, Faith, Sadie and Fiona. APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP: Terry MacIntyre has applied for membership. She has a miniature Poodle, Sophie. They have taken Basic Obedience and Basic Agility and are endorsed by Terri Chasser and Pam Lewis. Bonnie McKeown has applied for membership. She has two Scottish Terriers, Ian and Aiden. They have taken Rally, teacup agility, and Feisty Fido and are endorsed by Marian Roznowski and Mitzie Lever.
3 THANKS To the people who helped with the cleanup, fix-up and painting in preparation for the Open House and Teacup Trial brags From Lisa Paciorek & Ellie CDX RN: On Friday August 6, 2010 at Columbiana County Kennel Club Inc., Her Majesty Queen Alice (Ellie) earned her last leg needed for her CDX (companion dog excellent) Title. She took 2nd place with a score of 188. From Elaine Kelvington: Show News Sharisse, our blue merle sheltie was Winner's bitch today at the St. Clairsville, OH show for one more point. That gives her 8 points and a major! Our puppy, Samara, won her class (bred by exhibitor) as well. Kiss, (bred by us) was shown by Katie G. and also won her class. It was neat that out of the 4 bitches in the winner's circle, 3 were Kelvington's dogs. On Saturday, Samara was reserve from the bred by exhibitor class at that same show From Elaine Kelvington: Agility At the Beaver Co. Kennel Club agility trial on Saturday, Sept 4, Sawyer aka CH Kelvington's Talisman, CDX, RE, AX, AXJ, TDI, CGC finished his Novice Fast title with a 2nd place. On Sunday, Sept 5, at the same trials, Sawyer got his first Open Fast leg with a first place and also qualified in Standard Excellent for his 5th leg towards his master's agility title. He made his owner/handler very happy. What a great weekend. From Dee Farrell: Pebbles had a successful return to CPE agility in August. In two weekends she earned 12 Qs and completed two Level 1 titles and one Level 2 title! At the Splash N Dash trial on August 7 she earned two Qs with a 2nd-place and 3rdplace finish and completed her Handler Games Level 2 Title. On August 8 Pebbles had a "perfect day" with four Qs in four runs, with one 1st, two 2nd, and one 3rd-place finish, and completed her Standard Level 1 Title. At the Four Seasons trial on August 13 she earned one Q with a 2nd-place finish, and on August 14 Pebbles had another "perfect day" with five Qs in five runs. She had two 2nd, one 3rd, and one 4th-place finish and earned the last of her Level 1 titles by completing her Fun Games Level 1 title. I am so proud of Pebbles' accomplishments and so thankful for her recovery and for all the encouragement we have received. Then on Labor Day weekend we had a wonderful time at the Westmoreland County Obedience Training Club's AKC Agility trial. On September 4 Pebbles accomplished several "firsts" -- the first time she Q'd on the first day of an AKC trial, the first time she Q'd twice in one day at an AKC trial, and the first time she scored 100% in AKC. She had two 1st-place 100% Qualifying runs in Novice Preferred and completed her NJP title. On September 6 Pebbles had another 1st-place 100% Qualifying run and completed her NAP title.
From Terry Younkins: Ezekiel's Bold Vision (Zeke) completed his CD at the Admiral Perry Trial in Erie, Pa, Aug 21, 2010. He was Highest Scoring Terrier, and Highest Scoring Airedale that day. From Rose Nicotra: I showed Kit Kat and Moxie at the AKC trial in Washingtonville, OH on August 21. I was so excited when I ran Moxie first and she came in with a first place and a blue ribbon. I never expected the day to continue that way but when I ran Kit Kat, she also got 1 st place in JWW. Then we ran the standard run and both girls got first place again. I was on Cloud 9 and so proud of my little rat terriers. From Dave & Sue Wray: On September 11 Dave & I took Heidi & Gus to a fun show in the Wheeling area. I entered Gus in Novice Rally twice - one for practice & one for show. He has only been in training for three months for obedience & one month for Rally. He took 1st place in Novice Rally against nine other dogs with a score of 99. Heidi qed in Excellent with a score of 76. The judge said her ears were up & her tail was wagging. This is a big improvement for her. I'm so proud of Gus & Heidi From Pam Lewis: Crystal earned her AKC FAST Novice agility title at the Cheswick trial on Sept. 4. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! 4
COMMUNITY OUTREACH KCTC Some of our Doggie Friends Past and present in costume The K-9ers are invited to participate in the October-Dog-Fest on the South Side of Pittsburgh on Oct. 2, 2010 @ 11:15 am Doo- Wop performance The K-9ers and their dogs will be dressed in costume for the following demos: Christian Mothers of St. Francis of Assisi is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 @ 7:30 pm (Halloween Routine) Woodcliff Manor Assisted Living is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 @ 1:30pm (Halloween Routine) Pictured below are some of our club members who volunteered their time to man a booth for KCTC on Bethel Park Community Day Overlook Green Assisted Living is also scheduling a Halloween demo for Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 @ 1:30pm Hawthorne Woods Assisted Living is scheduled for a Halloween demo for Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 @ 1:30 pm ------------------------------------------ The Sisters' of Charity Nazareth has scheduled a Christmas demo for Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010@ 1:30 pm Left to right are Patty Degnan, Edward Moore, Caroline Chapman, and Amy Sandhagen (behind Caroline is Phil Chapman) Not in the picture are Dee Farrell, Kelly Choate, Pauline Kitchen, Pattie Ennis, and Carol Kauffman. 5
6 KEYSTONE CANINE TRAINING CLUB Schedule of Classes - Session V 2010 Please note - No classes will be held November 24, 25, 26, 27, & 28 (Thanksgiving Holiday) All classes are for seven weeks unless noted CLASS DAY TIME START INSTRUCTORS Puppy Kindergarten (Class open only to puppies up to and including 6 months of age). Friday 7:00 PM Oct 22 Joyce Petrow (Lori Caruso, Barbara Newman, Linda Kuzbel, Terry Murphy) Shy Dog (5 Weeks) Friday 8:30 PM Oct 22 Lori Caruso (Joyce Petrow, Barbara Newman) Basic Obedience Saturday Sunday 11:00 AM 11:00 AM Oct 23 Oct 24 Rod Sabatini (Paula Shimko,) Marian Roznowski (Lori Miller, Maryann Snyder) Kid's Obedience (Children must be between 7 and 12 years of age and accompanied by an adult) Thursday 6:30 PM Oct 21 Paula Shimko (Arden Reihing) Puppy Basic Obedience (Puppies 6 months up to 1 year old) Monday Monday 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Oct 18 Oct 18 Toni Yurkovic (Pauline Kitchen) Ed Hanke, Toni Yurkovic (Pauline Kitchen) Basic Obedience II Monday 8:30 PM Oct 18 Sally Tress K9ers Sunday 6:00 PM Ongoing Caroline Chapman Novice Obedience (7 weeks) Saturday 9:45 AM Oct 23 Rod Sabatini TDI/CGC (5 Weeks) Wednesday 6:30 PM Nov 3 Pam Lewis & Dan Goldberg Rally Obedience Tuesday 7:30 PM Oct 19 Toni Yurkovic & Sue Wray Advanced Rally Sunday 4:00 PM Oct 24 Barbara Newman Intermediate Agility I Wednesday 7:30 PM Oct 20 Amy Wustin (Lucy McCloskey) Beginner s Agility Thursday 7:30 pm Oct 21 Pam Lewis, Lucy McCloskey, Joanne Kerfonta, Linda Kuzbel Beyond Beginner s Agility Saturday 5:00 PM Oct 23 Pam Lewis, Lucy McCloskey Intermediate Agility II Thursday 8:30 PM Oct 21 Terri Chasser (Pam Lewis, Lucy McCloskey) Advanced Agility I & II Tuesday 7:30 PM 8:30 PM Oct 19 Excellent Agility Wednesday 8:30 PM Oct 20 Tea Cup Agility (Drop-ins Welcome) Wednesday 7:30 PM Oct 20 Pete Grandillo Jr., Amy Wustin (Pete Grandillo Sr.) Dan Goldberg (Lucy McCloskey) Dan Goldberg, Emil Pohodich Conformation (4 Weeks) Ring Preparedness Wednesday 6:30 PM Oct. 6 Clara Marie Schmaltz Tea Cup Agility Monday 4:00 pm Oct 18 Dan Goldberg, Tom Bandi