PawOctober Prints 2019 Greater Kansas City Dog Training Club 9911 East 63rd St., Raytown, MO 64133 Voicemail: 816-228-7214 Website: https://gkcdtc.org
Next meeting Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m. at the club GKCDTC Fun at Dogtoberfest! building. Everyone is welcome! by Linda Bradley Come join GKCDTC volunteers on Sunday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Next board meeting at the Kemper Outdoor Education Center, 8201 S Jasper Bell Road, Blue Springs The board meets at 6:45 p.m. on the Mo., in Fleming Park for a doggie fun day to benefit the Kemper Outdoor second Thursday of each month except Education Center, Lee’s Summit Animal Shelter, Jackson County Regional July and January at the club building. Animal Shelter, and Midwest Animal ResQ. Admission is FREE with a donation of dog food. Obedience Show Prep Dates GKCDTC needs members and their dogs to come out and do demos of Saturday, Oct. 5 obedience and rally. Contact JoClair Gipe or Cheryl May if you can help out. Sunday, Nov. 10 In addition to helping at the GKCDTC booth, visit the other booths for more Saturday, Dec. 7 fun contests and games you can enjoy with your dog.
Rally Show Prep Dates Sunday, Oct. 6 Saturday, Nov. 9 d gtober fest and the Tails for Trails Dog-Walk for Parks Sunday, Dec. 8 Make Your Day Here. SAVE THE DATE! Club Officers Sunday, October 20, 2019 • 10 am – 4 pm Dory Hall, president Kemper Outdoor Education Center • Lake Jacomo/Fleming Park [email protected] FREE ADMISSION with Dog Food Donation! Karen Whitely, vice president Food Drive Benefitting Midwest Animal ResQ & Lee’s Summit Animal Shelter [email protected] Games Linda Bradley, secretary Sack Races • Bobbing for Biscuits • Musical Discs [email protected] Contests Leslie Griffith, treasurer Best Biscuit Eater • Best Tail Wagger • Costume Contests • Dog/Owner Look-Alikes • Best Kisser • Best Trick [email protected] Demonstrations Search & Rescue • Carting • Police Dogs • Service Dogs • Herding Dogs • Water Rescue Dogs • Dog Tricks Matches/Tests/Workshops Agility • Obedience • Rally • Canine Good Citizen Testing • Speed Trap • Dock Diving Board of Directors • Canine Adventure Challenge • Frisbee Dogs • Lure Coursing Carol Wells, Chairman More than 75 Booths! [email protected] Rescue Groups • Boarding • Adopt-A-Pet • Pet Supplies • Pet Sitters • Grooming Sharon Bloss More than 3,000 Dog Lovers attend this event! [email protected] Sponsorship Opportunities Available! Scott Hodge [email protected] Russ Krohn [email protected]
Contact us at: 816-229-8980 or [email protected] MakeYourDayHere.com/Dogtober Celebrate Halloween at the October GKCDTC Meeting by Sharon Bloss
It's official!
The October meeting of the Greater Kansas City Dog Training Club will be a Howling good time. It's time to dress up your canine buddy in their best trick or treat costume.
Prizes will be awarded for best costume.
If handlers want to create a Halloween theme, be our guests. There will be prizes for that, too. Deadline for the November issue of Paw Prints is Thursday, Oct. 24 Notices • Paw Prints is the official newsletter of the Greater Send brags at any time during the preceding month. There Kansas City Dog Training Club. It is published is no need to wait for the deadline reminder. Brags are not edited for content or length so submit your items as you monthly except January and July. Items in Paw Prints want them to appear. Please submit a photo at the same do not necessarily reflect the views of the Club, Of- time as your brag. Readers are more likely to read a brag ficers, Board of Directors, Editor, or others within the that includes a photo. GKCDTC.
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Please send an email to [email protected] to volunteer or to request more information. If you would like my assistance as you get started, I am happy to help. BRAGS Share your good news with GKCDTC friends
Panzer Rhaeger Lisa Kramer: On August 24 and 25, Panzer, Rhaeger and I went to Topeka to play in breed, obedience and Dock Diving. Panzer was awarded Reserve Winners Dog to a major on Saturday, Rhaeger shared the honor on Sunday.
Obedience was a bust, but both boys had fun doing Dock Diving. Rhaeger just jumped off the ramp, but Panzer had 10 jumps and earned his Dock Diving Master title, hitting his personal best jump of 20'10." Loving my versatile Rottens.
Darcy Seeger: Liar earned his first title, a Canine Good Citizen certificate, Sept. 3 at the GKCDTC club building. He now is known as Za’Liar God of War, CGC. Puppy Liar will celebrate his first birthday Nov 22, 2019.
Darcy and Liar BRAGS JoClair Gipe: Faolan, officially known as Faolan Mystic Redwulf Von Darkwing, CGC, earned his Canine Good Citizen certificate at the GKCDTC building Sept. 3 at the tender age of 8 months. Faolan also has been invited to compete in the Florida puppy conformation competition!
Armina, Gipe’s Brunhild Armina CD PCD BN RAE CGC TKA, now has seven legs toward her Rally Master title. We qualified all three days at the Topeka trials, taking third place on Saturday and fourth on Sunday, competing against nine to 11 dogs each day. We are hoping to finish and get our title at our trials.
Faolan Armina
Renee Schmidt: Border Collie Rumor and I were thrilled to have finished the OGM (Obedience Grand Master) at the Manhattan Kansas Kennel Club trial on Friday of the Topeka cluster of shows.
He finished in style with a 199 and third place in Open B!! So proud of this dog - he always gives me his all. I am lucky to be his partner. Rumor is only the second dog in the area to have the title. My other BC, Blast, was the first to get it.
Rumor BRAGS Deb Borgo: So proud of Baby Sia. At just under 9 months of age, at the Topeka show, she went WB/BOW and WB/BOW/BOS for her first points and two majors. On the first day a friend’s daughter, Avery, (a junior handler) took her back in for the points (so that I could show Mo). So much fun watching how well both of them showed! If you need help at a show, try and find a junior. They love getting the opportunity to show (and be seen showing) a different breed of dog, will show their heart out, and really appreciate the encouragement.
Chris Lero: Trip and I are attending our National this week and so far he has earned a Weight Pull leg (10X his weight or 1,000 pounds) which gave him his Swiss Mountain Dog Novice Weight Pull title. He also earned his first Rally Advanced leg, and qualified in Novice, which earned him recogni- tion at the 2019 National Banquet for a “Triathlete” challenge (3 working event qualifying legs).
We are having a good time in Ohio. Trip earned a fourth place Friday night at our Independent Specialty as well as another 15x time leg, pulling 1500 pounds. He may be small, but he’s mighty. He earned his Novice Weight Pull title as well. He’s a tired boy! Trip with his Triathlete and – Chris Lero (The one with the wallet. Lol) and- ... and more Friday night weight pull rosettes UCH UCD CH Imperial’s Off To The Emerald Isle BN RI CD FDC CGC TT NWPD. (Trip) Learn more about scent work: Help at the GKCDTC Scent Work Trials!
Hello club members.
We could use some help at the Scent Work Trials Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 27/28/29 at All Star Dog Sports in Blue Springs. You can work all day or half a day. Workers will be fed lunch. The trial starts at 8:30 a.m. each day, so if you work the morning trial, you would arrive at 7:45 a.m.
This is a great way to learn about scent work. If you can help, please contact Kim Krohn at [email protected] and put SCENT WORK in the subject line. Or, you can text me. * Please see editor’s note below.
Thank you very much.
– Kim Krohn
* Editor’s note: Because PawPrints is published online, no personal phone numbers are included. If you are a GKCDTC member and wish to help at the scent work trials, please send an email to [email protected], and your information will be forwarded to Kim. Carting Seminar set for October 12 in Wichita, Kan.
From the Wichita Kennel Club, shared by Kim Krohn
Entries close Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, at 7 p.m. CST
Come join us Oct. 12, 2019, for some Carting Fun! This will be an introductory seminar for dog and handler teams to learn the basics of carting and driving. This seminar will also be appropriate for those interested in “joring” or urban mushing style sports such as bikejoring, skijoring, canicross, scooter joring and so forth.
Some will be pulling carts by the end of the day and others will still be pulling tires. Dogs will progress at their own pace. Participants will be given the knowledge and tools to continue their dog’s progression at home after the seminar has concluded. This seminar is geared towards beginners, both dogs, handlers or both!
Gina Hunter is a K9 Behaviorist who rehabilitates rescue dogs in Florida. She uses her sulkies to work with her personal dogs. These personal dogs help train the rescue dogs. Ms. Hunter is with Chalo Sulky and will be teaching the class. She will be bringing some of their new Sulkys for us to try out.
If you have a cart you are welcome to bring it to work with and get expert help in your training while she’s here.
Entry information and the registration form are online at http://wichitakennelclub.com/uploads/WKC_2019_ Carting_Seminar_Premium_List___Entry_Form__3_.pdf
Greater Kansas City Dog Training Club General Meeting Minutes September 5, 2019
The regular monthly meeting of the GKCDTC was held on Thursday, September 5, 2019. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 PM, by President Dory Hall. The minutes for the August meeting were approved. TREASURER’S REPORT – Leslie Griffith gave the treasurer’s report for the month of July. BOD REPORT – Carol Wells had a brief report from the last Board meeting, most of the discussion related to the building. TRIAL REPORTS · Tracking –Ellen Lash o The VST/TDU test will be Oct. 6 at the Overland Park Business Park and openings are available for both. Let her know if you want to help. The TDU is a new entry level test. o Rosi reported on the last Tracking Workshop to help people get started in tracking. Another will be offered in the future. · Obedience Trial – Lisa Kramer. The fall trial is November 16 & 17. The judge is Randy Capsel. The chief ring steward is JoClair Gipe. The premium will be out soon. There will be a match Friday night. There will be grab bag prizes for first place teams. · Rally Trial – Sharon Bloss. The trial is September 21 & 22. It closed Sept. 4 with nice entry numbers. Judges are Ginger Kinion and Joyce Guthrie. The chief ring steward is Diana Aulgur. There will be a Rent-A-Ring on Friday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 7p.m. Workers receive one free run. · Agility – Kim Krohn is the Trial Chair for both trials, January 24, 25, & 26, 2020, and April 17, 18, 19, 2020. Both will be at All Star Dog Sports in Blue Springs. Karen Nenow is retiring as a Trial Secretary and we will miss her immensely. Mary Vick has volunteered to act as Trial Secretary for the January trial. Please let Kim or the Board know if you are interested in learning how to be a Trial Secretary for the April trial. · Scent Work Trial – Terri Rothwell. The trial chair is Deb Borgo. The dates are September 27, 28, & 29. Entries close September 20. There is a wait-list for Friday and Sunday. Kim Krohn passed around stewarding sign-up sheets. GKCDTC had scent work classes this year taught by Terri and Jayne. The Scent Work Rules changed effective Oct 1, 2019, and the club is ordering new books. They will be available for $10 each. COMMITTEE REPORTS: · Training classes – Rosi von Fintel thanked all instructors who taught in the last session and all who have signed up to teach in the next session. Many slots were filled ahead of time making her job easier. She noted the two classes that still needed instructors and volunteers stepped up to fill those vacancies. Rosi also noted that Training is always adjusting classes, days and times to try to accommodate as many students as possible in appropriate level classes. Linda Bradley noted that while she helps out a lot with scheduling students in classes, Mary Vick is our wonderful Training Secretary. Linda will be gone the first week of the next session so any changes for enrollments need to go to Mary. · Printed materials – Russ Krohn. He is working on folders for the next session of classes. · Supplies, Building & Training – Dory Hall keeps building supplies stocked. If any supplies are needed for the building or for training, please let her know. · Show Prep – Rally is Saturday, Sept 7 and Obedience is Sunday, Sept 8. Tonight is the last night to get in entries for the upcoming Show Prep classes. The dates for next month are Obedience on Saturday, Oct 5, and Rally on Sunday, Oct 6. · Social – Cindy Hartman reports that we have people signed up to bring treats through December. Sha- ron reminded everyone that the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest is held at the December meeting; Dec 5 this year. For the meeting on Oct 3, we will have a Halloween costume contest for dogs and people. · CGC – There were six who passed at the August CGC test and eight passed at the Sept 3 CGC test. The next test will be Sept 19 and people are needed to be in the crowd and a neutral dog. · Cheer and sympathy – Joyce Maas sent cards on behalf of the club to members who had lost loved ones, had illnesses, or surgery. Anyone wishing more information can call Joyce or email pawprints@ gkcdtc.org. · Voice Mail – Theresa Tuttle reports there were 32 calls. · Public Education – This position is OPEN. Please volunteer! · Legislation – Kim Krohn. The city of Independence, Missouri, has taken over the operation of the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter. Great Plains SPCA is no longer operating the shelter as a contractor. Independence is running the shelter and providing Animal Control Services for both Indepen- dence and unincorporated Jackson County. Mayor Eileen Weir asked the Independence Health Board to look into the current Breed Specific Legislation (the “pit bull” ban).The Health Board formed a sub- committee of three members and added two people from the Animal Welfare Committee. Russ and Kim Krohn attended a meeting on September 4 and will keep everyone posted. · Website – Linda Bradley reports that she is taking care of the website. She asked that trial chairs and trial secretaries provide the write-up they would like to have on the website when they send premium lists and entry forms. The hosting provider, Siteground, will be migrating to a different interface that will replace the control panel. When this happens, the website will be down for a short period while the changeover happens and it is tested. Linda will receive an email before this happens. · Newsletter – Cheryl May is the interim editor. Brags can be sent in at anytime to [email protected]; you need not wait for the email asking for submissions to the newsletter. · UNFINISHED BUSINESS · Building negotiations. Dory reported that a price has been agreed upon. The loan is in place and it is a fixed interest rate loan. The mechanical and plumbing inspection has been done and the report was good. The structural inspection has been scheduled. It is hoped that all will be finalized before the next general meeting. · Dogtoberfest is October 20 (set up on Oct 19). Tom Brown will help with set up. JoClair Gipe, Cheryl May, and Diana Aulgur volunteered to chair the event on Sunday. Admission is free with a donation of dog food. NEW BUSINESS · The old agility jumps hanging on the back wall are for sale. · Sharon Bloss has extra fans for sale. · Dory will schedule a service call about the bank of lights affected by the new AC unit. MEMBERSHIP – Diana Aulgur. Attending were 40 members and 4 guests. · There were two first readings: · There were two second readings and we welcomed Hillard and April to the club. ANNOUNCEMENT – The Wichita Kennel Club is hosting a carting seminar on October 12. See their website, http://wichi- takennelclub.com, for more information. BRAGS AND PUPPIES – After puppies were introduced, the meeting closed with brags. Please send your Brags to [email protected] to be published in Paw Prints. The meeting was adjourned at 8:03 PM. NEXT MEETING DATE. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. /S/ Linda Bradley, Secretary [email protected]