Scents & Nonscents September 2008 Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. Inside this issue: News Notes 3 Agility Classes 5 Rally Classes 4 Brags 7 Member Interview General Meeting Minutes Spring Agility Stats AKC Shot Protocols Upcoming Meeting Schedules 8 10-11 10 11 12 FALL TRIAL A SUCCESS! Thank you to all the exhibitors and workers for a successful two day obedience and rally trials. We had a number of SDOC members finishing titles, and some earning special awards as well. High In Trial both days went to the Australian Shepherd, OTCh Navarro s Runs With Scissors owned by Laurie Sasaki and Erin True of El Cerrito, CA. To watch this dog was a true pleasure. On Sunday she earned a 198.5 in Utility and a 199.5 in Open B and took High Combined as well. I can only dream of such scores! On Monday, she earned 198.5 in Open B. Also, on Monday, Billie Jo Porter of El Paso, TX earned a 198 in Open B and a 197.5 in Utility B to take the High Combined trophy. Congratulations to both of these fine exhibitors and dogs! not showing but worked at these trials: Phyllis Collier, Vi Bauhs, Amy Hendrickson, Patty Schell, Laurel Drew, Betty Pearson, Dan Metz, Alex Sloan, Pat White, Don Wilson, Jody Head, Susannah Burk, Terri Fridley, Karen Paone, Tom Redmon and others (sorry if I forgot to mention your name personally). As you can see it takes a lot of folks to put on a trial and everyone s effort is greatly appreciated. Thank you to everyone! Maggie Gee Trial Chairperson I would like to especially thank my trial committee: Pam Sehmer Trial Secretary, Estelle Metz Co-Chair, Chief Ring Steward Talya Bowland, SDOC s generous Fall Trial Trophy Hospitality Chair Vickee Jones, Judges Hospitality Chair Barbara Table Mitchell, Advertising: Jeff and Cathy s Robb, Trophies: Midge Sprenger and Jeff and Cathy Robb, Equipment and Trial Setup: Terry Acre, Saul Rovinsky, and Alan Borken. There were a lot of SDOC folks who were Page 1 Scents & Nonscents
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. Deadline for the next issue is Oct. 5. 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 Saul Rovinsky & Nancy Pollock for copying and mailing, and to Lynn Wilson for posting to the Club s website. Sept/Dec Obedience Schedules KPT: Mon., Sept. 8 Oct. 13 at 6:15 PM Dede Brownstein Sat., Sept. 20 Oct. 25 at 9:15AM Maggie Gee Beg. Novice: Wed. thru Sept. 24 at 6:15 PM Amy Hendrickson Int. Nov: Int. Open: Drill (all levels): Super Drill: Mon. Oct. 6 Nov. 24 at 7:30 PM Marcia Sullivan Sat. thru Sept. 13 at 10:30 AM John Clendenin Sat. Sept. 27 Nov. 15 at 10:30 AM Toi Tschohl Thur. Oct. 2 - Nov. 20 at 6:15 PM Rosemary Burtch/Jacque Obermeyer Thur. thru Oct. 8 Wed. On-Going Tues. On-Going Fall Events Details, details... First of all, don t forget our SDOC monthly meeting on Sept 26, 2008. PLEASE NOTE!! The Bouvier Specialty which includes all-breed obedience and rally classes is being held at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds (Expo New Mexico), not in Los Lunas. Valencia Valley KC is holding their show and trial October 11 & 12 with entries closing Sept 24. The Chili Bowl Cluster including Mesilla Valley Chaparral KCs will be held on 4 days, Oct. 3-6. Obedience and Rally are offered. Entries close Sept 17. Also, the Albuq. Whippet Fanciers Assn. will hold lure coursing trials on Oct. 18/19. Call at 7:30 PM Pam Sehmer at 12:30 PM Nancy Pollock at 7:30 PM Pam Sehmer Leonore Abordo for contacts and information. SDOC is holding an Agility Seminar on Nov 15/16 at the training site. Details elsewhere in this newsletter. The AKC Agility premium for the Dog Obedience Club of Las Cruces on Nov. 28-30 Friday is for Excellent Dogs only. is now out. You can download it from www.zianet.com/dogobedience/ You must send your entries on a form that is dated no earlier than 01/01/07. Please, no more ancient forms. Contact Nancy Culley with questions at her website, www.geocities.com/akcpremiums where you will also find entry forms. Page 2 Scents & Nonscents
News Notes from the Neighborhood Your Editor An addendum to my opening up the kennel grassed area to SDOC members I have agility jumps available and will have my A frame and teeter set up again in Oct. When I said to bring your own jumps, I was referring to obedience jumps. Contact me, Carolee Douglas at Academy Boarding Kennels for details. Check the August Newsletter for more information also. Carolee Please note that two of our members have recently changed e -mail addresses. You may now reach Estelle and Danny Metz at: udcorgis@comcast.net. You may reach Bonnie Conner at BKC1946@q.com as she has now joined the high speed internet world. Be sure to mark your membership lists. Ellen Gerwin reports that sadly, she has lost her Corgi, Ranger (Int/Mex/Am Ch. Pegasus Grenadier CDX, HS in early July. He was 2 weeks short of being 14. Our condolences to you, Ellen There are a passel of new puppies out there too! Ellen Gerwin has just gotten Wish (Cibola Rhapsodi s All I Ask of Ewe who was born in early June and is a granddaughter to her DC Cibola Rhapsodi Wants It All /cdm /rbm G/xadscm known as Gimme. She is a laugh a minute and as sharp as a tack, already learning to down, crawl and roll over! She is also the newest member of the hose monster club. See picture elsewhere in this newsletter. Another pup who is making his mark known at the ripe old ate of 9 weeks is Maggie Gee s new Golden Retriever, Solar. Maggie flew up to Vancouver, BC to get him in late July. He is an absolute doll! I think I mentioned some others in the last issue, but if I ve missed one, let me know! Show Dog Handling Classes are now being held on Sundays at 2:00 PM at the Moriarty Teen Center. Note, that IS Moriarty east of the mountains, NOT SDOC. Bring your dog, some treats and your show collar and lead. The address is 201 S. Broadway in Moriarty. Take I-40 east, exit at Moriarty exit 194 to Old Rte. 66, continue east on Rte.66/Central Ave and turn right on Broadway. For details, contact Marco & Kim Banales (Corazon Vizla) at 383-1345 evenings after 7p.m. or 832-5039 ext 106 during the day. Don t forget that the premium is up at the Onofrio Dog Shows website for the Bouvier National Specialty being held here in Albuquerque on November 14-19. It includes all-breed obedience, agility, herding, rally and carting. All competition will take place at Expo New Mexico. They are also holding an Auction Banquet which will feature many wonderful dog items (not just Bouvier ithings). Call Jody Head for more details. 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. The next time you see Vickee Jones, give her a special thank you! She went out and thoroughly cleaned BOTH of our doggie potty areas at the training site. This is a gal who sees a need and just goes ahead and does it. Folks, Vickee is our President. This is NOT in her job description. PLEASE people, pick up after your dogs and tell your classes to do so too. And, be sure to USE the potty areas. Set a good example for our folks who are new to our training site. September 2008 Page 3
More News Notes! To register for any Agility class, contact: Dee Falk at 262-9762 or deefalk@quest. net MAJOR ALERT!! I recently received an e-mail concerning two lost whippets here in Albuq. These youngsters (16 month old brother and sister) were lost in the NE Heights near Tramway and Spain. They may have gotten up onto the Elena Gallegos Open Space area. If and of our members are hiking or practicing tracking up in that area, PLEASE keep an eye out for them. Their names are Brodie and Pokie. The female has a gray and white face, and the male is a brown brindle. The should respond to their names. There have been searchers out, but the more eyes the better. There will be a full llisting of all of our qualifiers at our obedience trial in the next issue of Scents and Nonsense. Also, if I ve missed any brags, please drop me an email. I had quite a few this month and don t trust my self not to have misplaced a few. If someone has a list of SDOC members who qualified at the recent agility trial, I d be glad to list those too. Same for our upcoming SDOC agility trial on Sept 20/21. People are still needed to fill various positions such as gate keeper, scorers, time keepers, etc. for the trial. Call Dee Falk, Debbie Potter, Laura Echeverria for details on the trial and how you can help. REMINDER: Drills cost $5 per dog per session. To register for any Obedience class, contact: Marcia Sullivan At 286-2617 Rally Classes & Drills Jane Winkler Rally Classes will take a break after the last one on September 28. They will resume in January, 2009. We have added a new trainer and a new assistant to our training staff and would welcome others who might be interested. Karen Paone is now a Head Trainer, and Jacque Obermeyer is an assist ant and may be, by January, a Head Trainer. This will make it more possible for all of this staff to train their own dogs as well as yours. (smiling). We want to especially congratulate our students who did well as the recent SDOC fall trial over the Labor Day weekend. Jacque Obermeyer finished the RA on her Labrador, Ellison. -Jane Winkler Congratulations to All Our Recent Qualifiers!!! Jacque Obermeyer and her new Rally Excellent dog, Ellison. Page 4 Scents & Nonscents
Upcoming Agility Classes Dee Falk NOTE: DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE!! We will make every effort to keep persons registered for classes informed of these changes. If in doubt, please contact the Agility Training Director, Dee Falk (262-9762 or defalk@quest.net). PUPPY AGILITY: Sat. August 24 at 11:45 a.m. Vicki Welby/ Dee Falk/Vickee Jones instructors Tues. Oct 21 at 6:15 pm tentative, need instructor AGILITY PREP: Wed. Oct 1 at 6:15 pm Annie Newsted and Mimi Glover instructors BEGINNING AGILITY I: Tues. Sept 2 at 6:15 p.m. Lisa Berry/Dee Falk instructors BEGINNING AGILITY LEVEL III: Thurs. Sept 4 at 7:30 p.m. Laura Echeverria and Tayla Bowland instructors FRONT CROSS/REAR CROSS: Wed. Sept. 17 at 6:15 p.m. Carl/Hannah Agee instructor. 5 wk. course, must have finished Beginning I level and know about crosses. For details call 888-4221. Contact Dee Falk at: deefalk@qwest.net for details. INTERMEDUATE AGILITY I : Sat. Ongoing at 8:00 p.m. Tschohl, Irland and Fitch. Time may change as it gets colder. COMPETITION DRILL CLASS: This is an ongoing drill type class with instruction for any competition level Handling skills and course interpretation will be the focus. Drop-ins welcome. Saturday mornings at 6:30 a.m. $5 per class. Toi Tschohl, Trainer. Please call 203-0861 to confirm time. Drop-ins welcome. Sunday evening 6:30 8:00 pm. Melanie Mead and Phyllis Collier Instructors Drill classes are not held on local trial week - ends. See event calendar at www.swcp.com/ sdoc/ SDOC AGILITY SEMINAR We are proud to announce an SDOC Agility Seminar. Stacy Peardot-Goudy will be doing a two day seminar on Nov. 15 and 16, 2008. Stacy is a very accomplished agility veteran. She has championed dogs in AKC, NADAC and USDAA. In addition Stacy, with her BCs, Secret and Able, have represented the U.S. at the IFCS World Championships in 2002, 2004, and 2006. There will be a Novice seminar on Saturday and a Master/Elite/Excellent one on Sunday. Fees are as follow: $125.00 non-members $100.00 SDOC members $75.00 SDOC active agility trainers Auditing either seminar: $40.00 except SDOC active agility trainers $20.00 SDOC active agility trainers Registration Forms will be available in the Lobby at the training site and posted on the website. Please contact Dee Falk at: defalk@qwest.net with any questions. Ellen Gerwin s Hose Monster Wish Join SDOC s YAHOO! group: SandiaDogOC @yahoogroups.com Contact Rosemary Burtch at rosybee@earthli nk.net with questions September 2008 Page 5
August Fun Match Report Marcie Jensen, Chairperson Contact Jeff Robb at 345-9681 or jeffreym.robb@ verizon.net To order SDOC t-shirts and sweatshirts, contact Estelle The SDOC fun matches in August were a big success! The Agility match was held on Saturday and had a large entry. Obedience was held on Sunday, and I was in charge of it. It featured obedience, rally, conformation and CGC. Again, there was a large entry with probably the biggest number showing up in Open B. I believe that well over $400 was made at each match. I would like to thank everyone who judged, stewarded, or just plain helped put on our fun match. It was a big success, and you were a big part of it. A special thank you goes to my pal, Talya Bowland for service above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks to all of you for answering the phones when YOU KNEW I d be asking you to do something! <LOL> Good work, people, good work! MJ Metz Stay warm or Fall SDOC Trial Sits and Downs! be cool, in style! REMEMBER! Check and lock the training building doors AND the agility field gate BEFORE you leave! Page 6 Scents & Nonscents
Brags, Brags, and More Brags! Any title, any venue, any sport Lots of brags this month from the recent obedience and agility trials plus some nice wins in the conformation rings. Without further ado, may I present: Leonore Abordo and Borzoi, Py, finished the Rally Advanced title on Labor Day at the SDOC trial with a 2nd place after picking up a leg and first place in Los Alamos on Saturday. Jacque Obermeyer and her Labrador, Ellison, earned their Rally Excellent title over the Labor Day weekend. A photo of Elli appears in the Rally column of this newsletter. Saul Rovinsky and German Shepherd, Sabra, got their CDX on Labor Day with a 4th place after qualifying on Sunday at our trial with a 2nd place. Saul says, It turned out to be a good weekend! Ann Garback finished the UD on her Papillon Kingley (Royal Star of Wonder) on Sun. at the SDOC trial with a first place. To top that off, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Elf, earned 2 legs toward her UD on Sun/Mon. at our trials. She was second to Kingsley on Sunday and 1st place on Monday! What a weekend!!! Laura Echeverria finished the Agility Excellent title on Dude (Australian Shepherd) at the Sept. 6 Weimaraner/SWAT agility trial with a 1st place. Congratulations to you both! Jane Windler reports that her Aussie girl, Surya earned her AKC Open Agility Preferred, Open Jumpers Preferred and Novice Fast Preferred titles at the recent SWAT/Weimaraner trilas. Not to be outdone, her Dalmatian, Honey, earned her NFP as well! Well done! Janice Anthes reports that her 9 y.o. Flat-Coated Retriever, Ragz, who has been famous for flying through an agility leaving a path of destruction in her wake finished her Novice JWWP title with an astounding run, finishing the course in 18 seconds!!! (It only took 7 years to get those 3 legs.) The next day she earned a leg on her Open Preferred JWW title and an Excellent Fast leg. Janice says it was really terrific to accomplish this at home in Albuq. With friends who understood the history and challenge that Ragz has presented. Janice says that current plans will see her back in Albuquerque to stay by next Spring. YAY! Marcia Cook reports that her dogs did excellently at the Weim/SWAT trial last week. Her 3y.o. Vizla, Shea received five 1st place ribbons and qualifying times, 2 in Novice B FAST, 1 in Standard Excellent A, 1 in JWW Excellent A, and 1 in Open FAST. She also received a 2nd place ribbon in JWW Excellent A. He has now moved up from Novice FAST to Open FAST and from Standard Excellent A to Standard Excellent B. Her kennelmate, Shelby, who is an Excellent B dog, also had two qualifying times one in Open FAST and one in Excellent B Standard. 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! Penni Adrian s feet have probably not touched ground yet! Her 9 month old Cardigan Welsh Corgi puppy, Chase, finished his Championship on August 15th by going Best of Breed and earning a Group IV at the Topeka KC show for 5 points and then going Best of Winners at the Corgi Specialty that evening for another 5 points. Chas has been cleaning up at all the shows he s attended so far. Penni says that now it is time to do something with his brain CONDOLENCES to Marita Patterson from El Paso. After the SDOC obedience trial on Sunday, she was walking her GSD Canisphere s Wind Storm. Storm had qualified in both Rally Excellent and Advanced that day. She was walking near the motel along San Antonio when a rabbit popped up our of the arroyo. Storm jerked the leash our of Marita s hand to pursue that inviting prey. He took off in hot pursuit, but unfortunately he darted into traffic and was hit by a car and killed. Our deepest condolences and sympathy to Marita in this freak accident. Wind to thy wings, Storm. September 2008 Page 7
Some Pictures From Our Trials Ellen Gerwin, Photographer Dee can be reached at 262-9762 or deefalk@qwest. net Best Working Dane I ve ever seen! Janice Anthes with Lynn Finly And Justin who finished his CDX that day. More pictures will be printed next month. Watch here! J Saul Rovinsky receiving Award ribbons from udge Janice Anthes Officers, Board of Directors & Others 2008 Members of the Board: Officers: President: Vickee Jones Vice President: Richard Irlend Treasurer: Maggie Gee Corresponding Secretary: Estelle Metz Recording Secretary: Laura Echeverria Board of Directors: Pam Sehmer, Toi Tschohl, Karen Paone, Bob Hall, Susan McGowan Ongoing Programs: Obedience Director: Jeff Robb Agility Director: Dee Falk Editor: Laurel Drew Production Staff: Nancy Pollock and Saul Rovinsky Web Wizard: Lynn Wilson Thank you one and all! Page 8 Scents & Nonscents
Cold Treats For Cool Dogs on a Hot Day Marcie Jensen SDOC Board Summertime temperatures in Albuquerque can be brutal, not only for us, but for our furkids as well. Finding treats to beat the heat is a never ending challenge. I ve spent a veritable fortune on those frozen doggie treats that appear to be made of nothing but palm oil and milk whey. The dogs seem to like them, but I worry about the effect on their poor hearts. I happened to be listening to the Rachael Ray show the other day. She actually cooks a doggie version of whatever she and her husband are eating that day. Maybe Rachael s doggie Mac and Cheese isn t that healthy either. Tasty no doubt but healthy not so much! But she had a great idea frozen doggie smoothies!! Rachael s recipe went something like this Yogurt, berries, honey and I can t remember what else. But she casually mentioned that Isaboo s (her red pitbull s) favorite was peanut butter. And I thought, So is Mimi s. My picky German Shepherd will pass up grilled chicken and salmon for peanut butter. Gee, I know she likes yogurt. And I think she likes sweets. I happened to run into my vet in Smith s and shared the idea with him. He nodded approvingly So, thuswas born the Mimi and Senex Frozen Yogurt Treats: 2 Cups of plain Frozen Yogurt 1 ripe banana 1 Cup of smooth Peanut Butter ~ 3 Tbsp of Honey 1 Cup water 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 lhe@comcast. Net or at any General Membership meeting. Blend in the blender until smooth. Pour into ice cube trays or half cup disposable plastic containers. Freeze. When completely frozen, store in Ziploc bags and dispense as appropriate. Mimi and Senex absolutely love them on a hot afternoon! Be sure to take the time to hose off the patio to avoid unwanted ant infestations. But otherwise, these are HUGE summertime doogie delight!! Enjoy Want to become a member? Get an application in the lobby at the Club building, or download from September 2008 Page 9
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GENERAL SDOC MINUTES FOR AUGUST, 2008 Laura Echevarria, Recording Secretary Call to Order: President Vickee Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM in the training room of the SDOC training facility at 7050 San Pedro NE in Albuquerque. Attendance: Board members attending were Vickee Jones, Estelle Metz, Maggie Gee, Laura Echeverria, Pam Sehmer, Karen Paone, Toi Tschohl a nd Richard Irland. Recording Secretary: Minutes of the July general meeting were approved as written. Treasurer s Report: For the month ended July 31, 2008, SDOC has a net operating profit of $1,514. Revenues for the month of July 2008 totaled $3,741 while expenses totaled $2,227. Cumulative year to date through July 31, 2008, SDOC has a net operating profit of approximately $13,590 comp ared to a year-to-date profit at the same time in 2007 of $15,989. Upcoming expenditures include the annual building and general liability insuranc e premium due in September, associated expenses with the two-day Fall Obedience Trial and the two-day Fall Agility trial, and second half of property taxes due in December. Detail report is available for review by appointment with Maggie Gee. Corresponding Secretary s Report: Estelle received a thank-you note from Toi for the flowers. One of the May 09 Obedience Trial judges does not want to judge rally. Janice Anthes has agreed to judge rally in his place. She has the contract. Obedience Director s Report: Jacque Obermeyer promoted to assistant trainer. KPT classes starting on Mondays and Saturdays in the fall. A Basic Novice class will be starting on Saturdays in the fall. More classes will be starting in October. Agility Director s Report: Stacy Peardot-Goudy will be doing an agility seminar at SDOC in November. Details to follow. Karen Provine has been made an assistant. Lisa Berry has been made a provisional head trainer. Fun Matches: Each of the fun matches made over $400. Fall Obedience Trial: The trial is this weekend at the Bernalillo County Sheriff s Posse Arena. We can use help here at the training site on Satur day and Monday to load and unload the equipment. We also need help at the arena to help unload and load the equipment. Fall Agility Trial: The trial is September 20 and 21. If you are interested in helping, please contact Leonore Abordo or Laura Echeverria. New Business: Coronado Kennel Club is borrowing our ice chests for their trial in September. We have mice in the building. We will be setting traps. There will be a site clean-up day before the agility seminar in November. The board is working on coming up with a single, current set of training regulations. The hospitality cabinet has been reorganized by Janelle Brookhouser. Announcements: The Bouvier National Specialty show will be in October at Expo NM. Premiums are out. Immediately following tonight s meeting Donna Heins will make a Living Heritage Video presentation to interested members. Membership: First Readings: none September 2008 Page 11 Second Reading: Fran Kanipe, Apex Sloan, Peggy Coleman and Christine Ferron were unanimously elected into membership. Meeting adjourned at 7:25 PM.
Sandia Dog Obedience Club, Inc. P.O. Box 93053 Albuquerque, NM 87199 Prsrt Std US Postage PAID Permit 759 Albuquerque NM Teaching People and their Dogs for over 50 years. (505) 888-4221 Visit us on the web: http://www.swcp.com/sdoc Upcoming Club Meetings More details... F uture Board Meetings (in the Office at the SDOC training building) - always at 6:30 p.m. June 24 July 22 August 26 September 23 October 28 November 18 December 16 Future General Membership Meetings (in the SDOC training building) - always at 7:00 p.m. June 27 July 25 August 29 September 26 October 31 November 21 December 19 Remember: see http://calendar.yahoo.com/sdoc_events for local events. September 2008 Page 12