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Advertise Them in the ASC BULLETIN and Reach Over 1000 Cocker Spaniel Fanciers! In This Issue: Judges’ Ballot for July 2016 ..............................29 July 2015 Show Information .......................32-37 January 2016 Show Information ......................38 AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BOARD MEMBERS 2014-2016 President Director, Zone I Calvin Ward Bonnie Pike [email protected] [email protected] First Vice-President Alternate Director, Zone I Legal Chair Regina Beinhauer Linda Moore [email protected] [email protected] Director, Zone II Second Vice-President Linda Donaldson Stephanie Kaul [email protected] [email protected] Alternate Director, Zone II Secretary Carol Yates Kathleen L. Patterson [email protected] [email protected] Director, Zone III Treasurer Laura Heidrich Beth Williams [email protected] [email protected] Alternate Director, Zone III Director, Class of 2016 Nancy J. Gallant Linda Bennett [email protected] [email protected] Director, Zone IV Director, Class of 2016 Colleen Keough Mary Napper [email protected] [email protected] Alternate Director, Zone IV Director, Class of 2016 Mariecel Torres-Young Mark Ragusa [email protected] [email protected] Director, Zone V Director, Class of 2017 Jim Fehring David Donaldson [email protected] [email protected] Alternate Director, Zone V Director, Class of 2017 Julie Virosteck Diane Kepley [email protected] [email protected] Club Headquarters: Director, Class of 2017 P.O. Box 4194 Per Rismyhr Frankfort, KY 40604-4194 [email protected] 502-875-4489 V 866-243-1068 F Copyright 2015, American Spaniel Club, Inc. No part of this Pagep u2bAlicMatEioRnI CmAayN b eS rPeAprNodIEuLce dC LwUithBo, uItN wCri. tBteUn LpeLrEmTisIsN ion PReSIDeNT’S MeSSAGe Now that the snow has melted and hopefully no more and plan to go to this fun filled event. The events and will fall. I hope that everyone is out showing your judges for these can be found in the Bulletin or on the web spaniels and putting titles on your spaniels in the various at the ASC site. events. The next big event for the cocker spaniels is the Probably most ASC members already know that our 39th National Specialty at Purina Farms in Gray Summit, Annual Flushing Spaniel Show will be held again in MO, July 16-18. There will be an ASC Board meeting on Knoxville, Tennessee on January 1,2, and 3, 2016. From July 15. I invite everyone to come and see what is happen - what I have been told, you will regret it if you miss this ing in the American Spaniel Club world. show. Plans are coming together to put on Our show person for this event is a show that we will remember as one of the Lindy Bennett. She welcomes any volun - great Annual Shows. Jane Williams is again teers to contact her to see what you maybe our Show Chair. Please make plans to able to do. From what I have seen and attend this event and join us in welcoming heard, I know this will be a great show and the new year. As usual, Jane welcomes any we will see all the wonderful cocker assistance you may be able to give. spaniels strut their stuff. Conformation, The fund raising efforts to raise the nec - agility, obedience and rally competitions essary monies to fund the cataract research will abound. Her show committee has that is being done at the University of been hard at work planning to make this a Pennsylvania continues at a good pace. show to remember. They have planned The committee that is heading up this several events and there will be some great effort meets often. They are always brain prizes to be won by the many winners. I storming ways to raise money to support know for a fact about the trophies, because my wife, Dale the research. I will again point out to anyone that wishes is the trophy chair and she has purchased them and we to contribute, you must make your contribution/s by are living with them until we deliver them to the check made out to ASCF if you want to receive a tax cred - show. She welcomes donations for the various trophies it and for it go to the University to be used for the cataract and thanks those that have already pledged. If you wish research. My thanks to those who have donated. to donate a trophy you may contact her at Give your spaniels a hug from me! See you in Saint [email protected] , or cell 662-379-0006 or Louis——-Gray Summit. home 662-742-3779. Lindy has done a terrific job in get - Calvin Ward, ASC President ting us ready to have a great show. So please make entries Page 4 AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BULLETIN March 2015 TReASUReR’S RePORT Fellow Members, Below, I have provided a report of the 2015 Annual Our annual dues collection is over; “Thank you” to Flushing Show and summarized our current finances. Be Kevin Carter for the outstanding work and unimaginable reminded that ‘Restricted Funds’ are those invested in time he spends on collecting dues and updating our Fidelity accounts, the interest on which pays for Perpetual membership. The beginning of our Cocker National Memorial Trophies (for which we are taxed). Our Specialty in July is rapidly approaching. As you make ‘Unrestricted Funds’ include our checking account with reservations, place orders, and send payments for all Regions Bank and a surplus cash investment account things related to the National, please remember to clearly with Fidelity. note what your payment is for in the check ‘memo’ line. If you have any questions or concerns, the best way to Mine are the last hands that receive your payments before contact me is via e-mail: [email protected] they go to the bank, and this notation helps ensure that Respectfully submitted, my records are accurate. Beth Williams ASC Treasurer AMERICAN SPANIEL CLUB, INC. BULLETIN March 2015 Page 8 sit for petting; they also can use an obedience demo as THe JOURNeY TO part of the entertainment of a visit. People are always amazed at dogs that sit when told. It is such a basic com - PeT THeRAPY... mand that it was the first one she has “almost” mastered. Training is always a “work in progress”. DeeDee and I prac - THe ROAD LeSS TRAVeLeD tice heeling with the CONTINUeS !!! obedience figure eight exercise. My trainer uses two hula hoops instead of cones for the by Joyce McIntyre beginning of the train - ing to give the team boundaries for heeling distance. I talk to her when I want her to speed up and try to keep my pace upbeat and praise as we go along. Since DeeDee is In the past three months DeeDee, Tailormade Pretty not extremely motivat - Reflections, has been training to become a certified thera - ed by treats, praise works best with her. The figure eight py dog. Our first focus was to begin basic obedience gives her a chance to change speeds when she is on the training. This included walking on a loose leash, sitting outside as I try to keep my speed the same. This is hard on command, lying down on command, coming when for the team to keep a smooth pace and is especially hard called, staying in sit or down, and leaving things alone for us as she has not perfected heeling yet. She shows so when given the “leave it” command. much progress and potential that I am very pleased with Since I started training with a private trainer, we her training in all areas so far. worked on a little bit of everything during the lesson. We She loves to jump so working on the broad, high, and began with heeling in an oval and avoided turning sharp bar jump is her favorite thing to do. In rally competition corners to get her heeling with me at a proper gait. She and for entertainment at therapy visits, I have her jump needed to be beside me so I could keep a loose leash. her rally height which is eight inches. She could jump Tight leashes are not acceptable when testing as it looks as higher, but there is no need as that is what she is required if the dog is not moving as a team and in reality they are to jump in competition. I use the hula hoop and some - not. For the first few times in practice, she was every - thing for her to jump through as I know it is fun for the where; she was even in front of me, and I kept trying to residents to watch them jump the hoop. This is also avoid falling over her! The more we practiced heeling the something Sydnee can handle, and she has trained better we both were moving as one. She would stop DeeDee to jump through a hoop. Since Sydnee goes with when I stopped, and she would sit when I stopped. It me on therapy visits, this trick will belong to the two of isn’t necessary to sit as the handler stops in testing, but it them. A goal for that trick will be a hoop in each of is in obedience. We are training for pet therapy and also Sydnee’s hands (held out to her side) and DeeDee going training for obedience/rally competition at the same. I around her jumping each hoop at least twice.We have didn’t want her to learn some bad habits so I was training named that trick, “Ring Around The Rosie”!We have cov - her to sit when I stopped. I said her name and “sit” when ered a yard stick I would stop, and soon she understood what I wanted in pretty decora - her to do.
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