Summer Classic

SUMMER CLASSIC July 30 – August 2, 2021 JUDGING SCHEDULE This show is dedicated to the memory of Mary Woodward, a Friend and a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Alberta Kennel Club AKC SUMMER CLASSIC EVENTS This is a private event – NO SPECTATORS Permitted Four ALL BREED CHAMPIONSHIP DOG SHOWS Four OBEDIENCE TRIALS under a Big-Top Tent Six RALLY OBEDIENCE TRIALS under a Big-Top Tent Six AGILITY TRIALS (please see Agility Premium List) “BE LIKE LARRY” DAY – July 31, 2021 LIMITED WORKING GROUP SHOW – July 31, 2021 LIMITED NON-SPORTING GROUP SHOW – August 1, 2021 LIMITED HERDING GROUP SHOW – August 2, 2021 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP Conformation July 31, 2021 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP Obedience August 1, 2021 2019 PROVINCIAL JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP COMPETITION July 31, 2021 after BIS PRAIRIE LABRADOR RETRIEVER CLUB Conformation / Obedience / Rally-Obedience Sanction Matches Thursday evening, July 29, 2021 CONFORMATION GROUP SPECIALTIES & SWEEPSTAKES: Group 1 - Westwind Sporting Dog Club (Sweepstakes) Saturday July 31, 2021 - Westwind Sporting Dog Club Saturday July 31, 2021 Group 2 - Alberta Sporting Hound Association Friday July 30, 2021 Group 4 - All Terrier Club of Alberta (Sweepstakes) Friday July 30, 2021 - All Terrier Club of Alberta Friday July 30, 2021 Group 5 - Southern Alberta Toy Dog Fanciers Saturday July 31, 2021 9025 Shepard Rd SE, Calgary, AB T2C 4R6 Directions to site on page 7 Permission has been granted by the Canadian Kennel Club for the holding of these events under Canadian Kennel Club rules and regulations. (UNBENCHED) OUTDOORS – RAIN OR SHINE (UNEXAMINED) 1 Passages Mary Woodward 1930 – 2021 Farewell Mary, from your many friends at the Alberta Kennel Club Mary was born on July 5, 1930 in Okotoks, AB. She will be remembered for her sense of humor and determination in life. Mary and her husband Charlie were active members of the Alberta Kennel Club since the early 1960s. Mary would soon become the voice and face of AKC as Chair of the Judges’ Committee as the Club invited new judges from all parts of the world. Mary’s idea was “invite them and they will come”, and come they did. Many not knowing where Calgary was until they looked it up on a map. Mary enlisted Charlie as Hospitality and Transportation representative. Joe Fleming came on board to present White Hats and acted as liaison with the ever-growing judging panels. Shows were growing larger and larger. Mary was elected treasurer of the AKC at about the same time she became Judges’ Chair. She had a firm hand of fiscal restraint on all parts of AKC. Many of the Club traditions of Western Hospitality began in the 1970’s instituted by the Woodwards. Some people become the soul and glue that holds a club together; for the AKC, that person was Mary Woodward. After retiring from her position as supervisor at Trans Alta Utilities, Mary still had a full-time job devoting endless hours to each and every show that the AKC hosted. She taught the group known as the Alberta Kennel Club Show Secretaries well and they ran their own shows for years. When Mary finally retired as an active member of the AKC, it took more than one volunteer to match her contribution. Mary and Charlie bred and exhibited white Standard and Miniature Poodles under the Marichar prefix. Mary did the grooming and ring presentation was handled by Charlie at local shows beginning with the unforgettable “Oliver” from Alekai Standard Poodles. Oliver was a delight and a true show dog, winning Groups and Best in Shows on both sides of the 49th parallel. Such was the Woodward’s influence in the poodle ring that, at a show, a small but noticeable error in the body coat pattern on their dog appeared overnight on both competing Specials! How hard it was to keep a straight face. Remembrances by Avis Mackie and Leslie Potter 2 Susan Marie Badick December 1943 – May 2021 Interested in dogs from an early age, Susan won the Alberta Kennel Club Junior Handling Championship in 1958. The breeds she has shown in the conformation ring include: Labrador Retrievers, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Scottish Terriers, Salukis, All Dachshund varieties, and Whippets. For forty years, Susan worked at the University of Calgary retiring from Library Acquisitions and everyone in the library knew Sue. After retirement in December, 2004, she was able to dedicate even more time to her passion - dogs. She bred and showed many champion wire-haired mini dachshunds and co-bred whippets with her daughter Carla, under the registered name Nasusa. Together, Carla and Susan started the Stampede City Whippet Club. Susan was a founding member of the Alberta Sporting Hound Association. She was involved for thirty years in the Alberta Kennel Club and was informally known as one of the “Three Mary’s” along with Mary Woodward and Mary Driscoll. Formidable ladies, all. She acted show secretary for many clubs, was a valued member of the DogShow team, and also traveled internationally as an All-Breed Judge and mentor to many. Gaye Sjoberg, a friend of Susan and her daughter Carla, remembers Susan: Many in the dog show world have already heard the incredibly sad news that our dear friend Susan Badick left us suddenly on May 24. Susan - of the CKC Kennel Nasusa, Perm. Reg’d, mini wire-haired dachshunds and whippets; the whippets co-bred with her daughter Carla Badick. A mutual friend had recently remarked, “If you’re in whippets and don’t know who Susan Badick is, then you haven’t done your research. You’re not really in whippets.” Susan WAS “dog show”, show secretary for so many clubs, her work impeccable. A highly respected all-breed judge for over 40 years, her assignments took her around the world. She had many struggles over the past 15 years, including the deaths of both her children, yet kept moving forward. Sue, your knowledge was vast, opinions often known, judging highly respected, mentorship coveted. You treated me like family for 30 years - most often in a good way - and for that I am eternally grateful. I will miss our movie outings, drives to events, conversations in your living room and delicious holiday meals expertly prepared. When you had had enough of the tomfoolery, your “Get out!” was always followed by, “I love you!”. I think I’ll miss that the most. RIP my surrogate mom. Thank you for so many years of love and advice. You have left behind a legacy in the dog fancy world and a massive hole in the hearts of so many. We can only imagine the incredible reunions at the rainbow bridge. Until we meet again …. Godspeed. 3 Tubby (Raymond) Miller March 28, 1934 – July 14, 2021 Tubby was born and raised in Winnipeg MB. He moved to Calgary, Alberta in the late 1950’s where he married Dugan and raised his family of 3 kids, Michelle, Glen and Kerri. Tubby’s sense of community was evident by the thousands of hours he spent volunteering in everything from being a scout leader, to PALS screening and visits, and hours with Newfoundland Dog Rescue of Alberta. Tubby was one of the founding members of the Calgary PALS, Spruce Meadows Prairie Dogs and the Newfoundland Dog Fanciers of Alberta. His passion for Newfoundland dogs started at an early age and grew overtime. Janey was his first Newf that he ever trained and competed with, he achieved 8 High in Trials, and this started a desire that grew into a passion that was apparent, until the day he died. Tubby was very well knowing in the Obedience world, he was an Obedience Chairman for many years for several local clubs, a CKC Obedience Rep, member of the Obedience council for CKC, but most of all, a support person for countless competitors when they needed it the most. After Obedience his next passion was Rally Obedience. He fell in love with it when competing in the US and when Rally came to Canada, he was off and running to teach as many people the new sport as he could. Tubby and his daughter Michelle held several Rally classes to this new sport and they LOVED the successes of all the people who achieved their titles. Tubby had many accomplishments and many titles with his dogs. The most was with his Newf Lexie, together they had 23 titles. There were more on various dogs, 62 Draft dog titles, 85 Obedience titles, 50 Water rescue titles and 32 Rally Titles. However, at the end of the day Tubby loved to teach anyone who wanted to learn about how to work with their dogs. Everything from obedience to rally obedience to carting to water rescue, he simply wanted everyone to succeed. He had a sense of humor and he loved to play pranks and make people laugh. Tubby was never without a joke and had his delivery down to a tee. We will miss his presence at the Obedience and Rally rings, his humor, his advice, his support. Remember the things Tubby did for you, honor him by helping someone when you can, pull a fun prank, pay it forward or tell a joke to make someone laugh, and if you see gentleman with a long white mustache smiling and cheering you on from the ring side, you know its Tubby. 4 A MESSAGE TO OUR EXHIBITORS We are all people who share an abiding interest in our dogs and in participating in the world of the Dog Fancy. Some of us are only exhibitors and some only volunteers, but many of us are both. At the Alberta Kennel Club, we are proud of our more than one-hundred-year record of service to the Fancy.

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