VIRGINIA BEACH KENNEL CLUB

AKC SANCTIONED “B/OB-R/O” MATCH

Mixed breeds are
invited to enter Obedience and Rally!

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Kempsville Park

832 Lobaugh Drive

Virginia Beach , VA 23464

(outdoors)

Pre-entries close Wednesday, September 15th at 6:00 p.m.

Entries taken at match site each day from  8:30 am. until 10:30am
ENTRY FEES:
Pre-entry $7.00 for first entry, $4.00 for additional entry of same dog.
Day of Match: $8.00 for the first entry, $4.00 for additional entry of same dog.
Junior Showmanship only: $3.00.  Free as an additional class.
Make checks payable to V.B.K.C.
Mail pre-entries to:
Cindy Harkness
1137 Brattleboro Arch
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

CANINE GOOD CITIZEN TESTING

Limit of 30 dogs
11:00 am start

Directions

Lobaugh Dr. is off of Kempsville Road , directly across from the
Hardee’s at Fairfield Shopping Center in Virginia Beach .

If taking Witchduck Road exit
off of either Virginia Beach Blvd.
or 264, Lobaugh Dr.
will be a left approximately 2.3 miles.

If coming off of
I-64, you will take exit 286B-Indian River Rd/VA 407 1.2 miles, then left onto
VA-190-Kempsville Road for 1.4 miles, then right on Lobaugh Dr.

Limited shade. Light
refreshments will be available. Fast
food restaurants nearby.

Download Brochure / Entry Form here

Saturday, Sept.18

Dog Swimsuit Contest • Parade • Police -9 Demonstration • Agility Demonstration

Magic • Juggling for the Kids • Animal Rescue Adoptions • Prizes • Food and Refreshments

Fun for the whole Family!

12 noon – 4 p-m

We want you to be aware of the following product recall from United Pet Group:

“United Pet Group Voluntarily Expands Recall of Nutritional Supplements for Dogs to Include Additional Tablet and Powdered-Form Products for Dogs and Cats Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk”. View full recall alert from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause illness in people and pets. If your pet has eaten the product(s) mentioned above and is experiencing diarrhea, fever, or vomiting, please make an appointment with your veterinarian. If you or one of your family members has handled any of these products and is experiencing any symptoms, please contact your physician immediately.

Remember, washing your hands before and after handling any food products is a great way to reduce your risk of contracting infection.

Sincerely,
Bostic Veterinary Hospital

This is a fantastic event for anyone who works with pets, especially dogs. It is also great for pet parents. This event is in conjunction with IFAAB’s annual meeting. The meeting is not likely to be in this area again for several years.

A registration form can be obtained at http://www.clever-critters.com/IFAAB.shtml Registration is not required but strongly encouraged so that an idea of numbers can be obtained. A parking pass will also be required. For further information, including a parking pass, contact ellen@clever-critters.com.

Following is information for this event:

Free Lectures on Pet Behavior

1:00-5:00 PM Friday, July 23rd, 2010, Room 150 Millington Hall, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

1:00-2:00 PM “Birth of Our Best Friends” Stephen Zawistowski, PhD, CAAB, Executive VP and Science Advisor, ASPCA, New York, NY

Over 60% of American households have a pet, and we will spend over $50 Billion on their care this year. Find out how wolves and wildcats tamed their human neighbors and gained access to our beds, wallets and hearts.

2:00-3:00 PM “Getting behaviors and making them stick” Pia Silvani, CPDT-KA, Director of Training and Behavior at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center, Madison, New Jersey One of the best ways to teach pets is to reward the behaviors you want and ignore the behaviors you don’t. But how do you get the animal to do the behavior in the first place? Pia will go over the key points to getting behaviors and making sure they stick! 3:00-3:15 PM Break

3:15-4:15 PM “Think you have to be alpha over your dog? You Don’t!” Nancy Williams, MA, RVT, ACAAB, Dogs With Issues, LLC, Manchester, MD

We’ve all heard that we need to be dominant over our dogs, or show them we are the boss to have good relationships. This is not correct and can harm your relationship! Come And find out the latest information that will help you work with your dog in a much more effective manner.

4:15-5:00 PM Open Question & Answer with Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., CAAB, Pia Silvani, CPDT-KA, Nancy Williams, MA, RVT, ACAAB, Ellen Mahurin, M.A. and Dan Estep, Ph.D. CAAB.

Do you have a burning question about pet behavior? Come with your questions for our expert panel. We’ll give you the best scientific information available!

About The Speakers

Stephen L. Zawistowski, Ph.D.,CAAB is Executive Vice President and Science Advisor of The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals where he currently oversees the ASPCA’s National Programs. “Dr. Z” is a well-known speaker on a number of animal shelter issues including animal behavior, humane education, using statistics to manage programs and the history of animal sheltering. He is a certified applied animal behaviorist and chaired the Animal Behavior Society’s Board of Professional Certification from 1998-2007, is founding co-editor of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, adjunct professor of clinical medicine at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and an adjunct assistant profession in the Animal Behavior and Conservation graduate program at Hunter College. He co-edited Animal Shelter Medicine with Dr. Lila Miller (2004), co-authored a history of the ASPCA, Heritage of Care with Marion Lane (2008) and authored a textbook Companion Animals in Society (2008).

Nancy Williams, M.A., ACAAB has a full-time training and behavior practice in Manchester, Maryland. Ms. Williams earned a Masters degree in experimental psychology, in 2003 from Towson State University in Maryland. Ms. Williams is an Associate Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAAB), certified by the Animal Behavior Society, and a registered veterinary technician in Maryland. In her practice, Ms. Williams is most frequently consulted on dog aggression cases, and has served as an expert witness in court. She serves on an Animal Matters Appeals Board in her community, in order to issue determinations on dangerous dogs. Nancy has lectured and given webinars to professional and public audiences in both the U.S. and Canada on dog behavior.

Pia Silvani, CPDT-KA is Director of Training and Behavior at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey. She lectures on dog training and behavior internationally and has joined the Petfinder Adoption Option team. Her book Raising Puppies and Kids Together: A Guide for Parents is a very popular book for anyone with dogs and children. She just completed her first training DVD which should be on the market in August. She is past VP of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers and National Certification for Professional Dog Trainers, on the Advisory Committee of the Animal Rescue League of Boston and radio host of Teacher’s Pet on www.petliferadio.com

Ellen Mahurin, M.A. is an animal behaviorist originally from Knoxville, TN. There, she earned her master’s degree in animal behavior from The University of Tennessee and operated her own pet behavior consulting and training business, Clever Critters, for five years. During this time, Ellen also conducted pet behavior research, lead community education and served on local pet-related boards and committees. She is currently taking a break from consulting while living in Yorktown, VA with her husband, two children, dog and cat.

Daniel Q. Estep, Ph.D., CAAB is internationally recognized as a teacher, researcher and educator on animal behavior. He has helped pet parents prevent, manage and resolve behavioral issues for almost 20 years. He regularly consults with veterinarians, pet professionals, humane organizations, government agencies and attorneys concerning animal behavior. He is co-author of Help I’m Barking and I Can’t Be Quiet: A Pet Parenting Guide and Raising a Behaviorally Healthy Puppy: A Pet Parenting Guide as well as numerous video and audio training programs for pet professionals and pet parents. He is a popular speaker to both pet parents and pet professionals and has lectured to professional audiences on several continents. Dr. Estep and his wife and partner, Dr. Suzanne Hetts, maintain several popular and active websites containing a wealth of information including BehaviorEducationNetwork.com for pet professionals, HelpingFido.com and HelpingKitty.com for pet parents and AnimalBehaviorAssociates.com for both.

UKC Premier 2010

Ruger –                      Heady –         Kyra

Ruger:

1^st day:  Wins breed and qualifies in the semi finals for top ten 2009

2^nd day: Wins his Grand class, he also places as the #7 Top Ten for 2009

3^rd day: Wins the grand class wins breed and gets a group 2 placement and qualifies in Rally for is 2^nd RO2 leg with 87 points

4^th day:  Titles in rally for his RO2 with a score of 95.

Heady:

4^th day:  Gets her 2^nd leg in RO2 Rally with a score of 100 and is 1 second shy of High in Trail.

Heady also was entered in her 1^st OPEN trial and here is what happen.

We already did the honor stuff out of site and she past that. Now it is her and my turn and I am more nervous than when I went in to the final Top Ten…Heady had a lot of dumbbell trouble that we had to work thru so I was hoping that she at least will go and get the dumbbell…

Healing & figure 8 was ok she can be better but ok…drop on recall…yippee she did it and then the retrieve on the flat…I am getting her all excided and throw it she gets it… you should have seen my smile, so big ) and then the retrieve over the high jump…I throw the thing way too far and it lands almost at the end of the ring. I know she cannot see it so will she do it?… I send her and she clears the jump grabs the dumbbell and comes flying back in to a perfect front…I hardly could wait to finish her before I jumped up and down…we did it, the rest I did not care. She did the broad jump and we qualified up to that point…3 minutes sit out of side…ok we did not practice that much and I was maybe to confident. 22 seconds before the 3 minutes were over she laid down…NQ was I sad? Yes a little bit but I was so happy about the dumbbell that I really did not care that much. Yes it would have been nice to take the 1^st leg in open home after 8+ years but hay it’s all ok there are many more trials to come and I know we can do it … Silke

2010
Annual Tailgate Picnic

and
General Membership Meeting
Tuesday,
July 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm
at Holy Trinity
School

154 W. Government Ave

Norfolk, VA 23403
Bring a Dish to Share!
Please
bring chairs!
Guests and Family Welcome!

Club will provide
fried chicken, paper products and drinks

No Dogs, Please!!!

Ruger got his last 2 legs and therefore title in Rally Advanced with at 1^st and a 4^th placement. He also took 2 breed reserve win. Great weekend for us.

HOSTED BY THE GLOUCESTER KENNEL CLUB OF VIRGINIA, INC.

10360 Woods Cross Road

June 12, 2010

Lunch provided

The Gloucester Kennel Club of Virginia, Inc. (GKC) is very excited to present the expertise of
Mary Ann Mullen for a day of lecture, practice, and problem solving.  This seminar is designed to introduce the beginner to the wonderful world of Rally and to assist the experienced handler in brushing up on the rules, regulations, and judges’ expectations during all levels of Rally Obedience competition.  Mary Ann is an AKC and UKC Rally Judge and a member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors.

Dog/Handler $30.00

Registration is limited to 25 working teams (dog and handler) so early registration is recommended.

Registration will also be offered from 8:30 AM – 9 AM on June 12, 2010, space permitting.

for a list of the winners, click here

When: August 28th from 9 AM to 5 PM. Where: Merrimac Dog Training Club, 15 Newsome Pl, Newport News, VA.
Maggie’s philosophy: I believe my dogs, and those of my students, can and will do anything we ask of them. From the Bassett hound to the pug to the border collie, each dog brings something unique to this game we play. Each has a lesson to share when we are ready to learn it. It is our challenge as trainers to give to our dogs what we expect from them…focus, energy, humor, patience, persistence, consistency, feedback and fun! When we approach training as a game, we build a partnership based on play with the “want to” balanced by the “have to” and we teach our dogs how to win! Throw in a bit of laughter and I believe each
dog is capable of working with attitude and joy. I really do!

Her dogs:

• OTCh UOCH SR Jessie Bear UDX3 JH WC OBHF…Novice A to OTCh, multiple HIT/HCs along the way
• OTCh GOCH SHR SR Fireside Snap N Crackle UDX4 JH WCX JJ OBHF…#2 UKC all breed Open and Utility dog
• 2006; #57 in the Front and Finish top 100 teams in 2006; over 100 HIT/HCs in AKC/UKC; GRCA’s Obedience Hall of Fame
• UOCH Fireside Incredible Journey UDX JH OBHF…#2 UKC all breed Open and Utility dog, 2009; Four UKC 200s; GRCA’s Obedience Hall of Fame; 40 AKC/UKC HIT/HCs; and she’s only three!

Her friends:

• Sharon Wright…training/showing for 25 years; multiple UD/UDX Cockers; #1 Cocker for several years; NOI invitee Current partner OTCh Razor UDX6 competes in obedience, agility, herding and flyball; rising star, Frisk-BC in training.
• Meredith Garrett…from Novice A to OTCh with Australian Shepherd, Sarah; AKC/ASCA NOI invitee; over 50 HIT/HCs; Triple OTCh dog-AKC/UKC/ASCA; rising star, Luke-BC in training.

Fees:

• Working slot, member $65.   Working slot, non-member $80.
• Auditor: member $40.           Auditor, non-member $50.

This includes lunch, drinks and handouts. Make checks payable to MDTC. No refunds after August 1st.

Registration: 8 am – 10 am
Judging begins at 9 am

3 rings for obedience
1 ring for rally

…is still flying on cloud #9 after a fantastic weekend in Harrisonburg VA @ Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club April 10/11, 2010

Saturday:

Ruger took a reserve in the breed ring with his new favorite friend Lisa Hundley and then got his 1st AKC Rally Advanced leg with a score of 90 ) Silly boy choose to show everybody that he likes to be an agility dog. Took the jump 2 times, called him off once but the next time there was no way it was just to tempting…glad to see that he had fun )

Sunday:

Even though we had a ring time and judge change Lisa decided to stay to show Ruger. And what a good thing because the new “DREAM TEAM” took the “POINT”… I cried ) …. don’t know how I got home, I think I flew on that cloud called #9. Still up there … the view is great … can somebody please throw me an anchor so I can come and teach class tonight????

Last night at agility class, a vet, who is a fellow agility student
was telling us about a case she had this week. The dog ate a child’s teddy
bear and was very sick. When she opened the dog up to remove what she
thought was an intestinal obstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess
inside and the dogs intestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog will
die no surgery can fix him up there was no living intestine left from
stomach to colon.

This was not an obstruction.

March 20 & 21, 2010:

At the IABCA show in Richmond , “Ruger” – UGRCH, URO1, San Rafael ’s The Enemy Below, RN, CGC received his International Champion title. In 4 shows he took breed 2 times, a group 3 and a group 1. And thanks to Lisa Hundley, for showing him to perfection, he won a Best In Show!!!
Happy training,

Silke

Rally: Ruger got at 97 and therefore his RO1 title. Heady got a 98 (3rd Place) and also got her RO1 title. Both dogs moved up to Rally Level 2 (OFF Leash) and both Qualified “Yippee”. Ruger with an 84 and Heady with a 99 (3^rd Place) they had some great competition there this weekend.

In show: Ruger pulled it together again. That little man was in the show ring 12 times and came out with placements and ribbons 11 times. He took Breed every time and he also got 3 Group 1 placements and 2 Reserve Best In Multi Breed.

Also Ruger was awarded 2 “Total Dog” awards. (2 more ribbons)

All in all, I was in the ring with my dogs 16 times and walked out with 15 ribbons and came home with 17 ribbons. If this goes on like that I will have to add on to the house…

Happy Training!

Silke