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Canine Post is published ten times a year by the Washington State Obedience Training Club (WSOTC), an AKC member club. Subscription to the Canine Post is free for all WSOTC members. For more information about WSOTC and becoming a member, visit www.wsotc.org.
The views expressed in the Canine Post reflect those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of WSOTC, its board of directors or officers. Minutes are published as written by the secretary or other board member. Articles in the Canine Post may be reprinted provided credit is given to both the author and the Canine Post.
Washington State Obedience Trial Club
Officers
President Nancy Light
425-354-3609
V. President: Don Rennick
425-220-3097
Secretary: Janice Bergman
425-672-4971
Treasurer: Wanda Diemert
206-440-9948
Board Members:
Terrie Sato
425-788-6628
Ingrida Robinson
(206) 367-8492
The Canine Post February 2015
An AKC Member Club
Linda Shea, chief ring steward for our spring obedience
trial, is looking for stewards. Please contact her if you
can help at [email protected].
We need Ring Stewards!
Next Meetings
February 28, 2015
Note the time changes for the Awards meeting! 5:00 Training
6:00 pm Awards pot-luck
7:00 pm General meeting/awards
Family Dog Training Center
Please RSVP with Nancy at [email protected]
by Friday, the 27th
!
March 29th
, 2015
At Monroe Fairgrounds at WSOTC Trial, around noon
EXHIBITOR GIFT BAGS The Exhibitor Gift Bags were such a hit at last year's Spring Obedience Trials that we are doing them again this year! Last year we had a number of people contribute various dog items from their personal storage closet. Items ranged from a cool crate cover to various leashes, collars, toys, dishes and more. Those donated items really helped us fill the bags with lots of surprises. Did you win things at shows that you don't use? Perhaps you won tiny toys and you have a giant breed? Or maybe your toy breed received giant sized things as prizes or gifts? Here's your chance to re-home items are new (or look like new). Or, would you like to purchase something at your favorite store and donate it to our Gift Bag project? Cash donations would be appreciated and put to good use, too!
Please bring your donations to the next club meeting, or get them to one of the Committee members -- preferably before March 20. For more information, contact me at [email protected]. Thanks! Kathy Lang, Exhibitor Gift Bag Chair
Our Spring Trial
entries close
March 11! See
www.barayevent
s.com for
details!
.
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Club Committees and
Chairs
AKC Delegate
James W. Smith
800-448-1222, 8:30 am
to 4:30 pm EST and 716-
208-9788 other times.
Judges Tracking Seminar
Please see the attached flyer for information and sign-up for a
Judges Tracking Seminar on Sunday, May 31st. This seminar is
important for judges, but trainer/exhibitors can also attend to find
out the latest on tracking regulations.
As of this last Friday, the working spots for the Laura Romanik seminar are full, all but one with WSOTC members. We have just a few auditors so far, and are looking for more. A flyer is attached. Please share with your obedience friends. This promises to be a great seminar with a highly regarded trainer who is visiting the Pacific Northwest for the first time!
Update on Laura Romanik Seminar!
We have 18 Full, 51 Associate, and 3 Life members; 13 have not renewed. The quorum is 4. March 1 is the deadline for renewal before your membership will lapse, so if you have just overlooked this, please do so as soon as possible. Neil Evans will be voted on at the February 28 meeting. Neil has Shelties, just completed her 4
th OTCH and also has a MACH and 4
UDX’s. She lives in Seattle and is interested in helping with seminars, obedience trials and agility events. She is applying as an associate member and her sponsors are Jill Petersen and Nancy Light. Nancy
Membership Report
PET INSURANCE: Worth the Cost?
I’m sure many of you have contemplated getting pet insurance for
your canine companions. The number of pet insurance companies out
there has ballooned in the last few years, and exploring their various
policies, exclusions, deductibles and payouts gets bewildering. Here
are two articles that can help cut down on your research. The first one
is most recent, a 2015 article in The Canine Journal:
http://www.caninejournal.com/pet-insurance-comparison/#winner
The second one is older, a Seattle Times series written in 2012, but it
gives a more extensive breakdown of each company. Note that both
articles end up recommending similar companies:
http://seattletimes.com/html/tailsofseattle/2019720254_part_4_shoppi
ng_for_pet_insurance_the_hunt_ends.html
Agility- Wanda Diermert
Audit/ budget- Don Rennick
Awards- Wanda Diemert
C-Match (Feb 2015) –
Sharon Colvin
Hearts & Flowers - Gloria
Newby
Insurance- Sue Cox
Laura Romanik seminar-
Nancy Light
Membership- Nancy Light
Newsletter- Laura Burns
Obedience Trials –Fall 2015-
Kathy Lang
Obedience/Rally Trials-
Spring 2015-Nancy Light
Obedience/Rally Trials-
Spring 2016-Linda Shea
Printing/Mailing-Nancy Griffin
Programs-vacant
Property/inventory- Don
Rennick
Tracking 2015- Nikki King
Website Ane Brusendorff
WSOTC General Meeting Minutes January 2015
Sammamish Kennel Club Show Puyallup Fairgrounds, Puyallup WA Call to order: The meeting was called to order by President Nancy Light at 12:11 pm, at the Pavillon, Puyallup Fairgrounds. A quorum was present. Minutes: - Minutes from November general meeting approved as printed in the Post Report of the President: Thank you for attending, remember you need to sign in at each meeting to meet requirements for awards. We have two budgets to approve, a first reading for membership and voting on Judges for the 2016 Spring Trial. Report of the Board: Approved the spring trial and Laura Romanik budgets for recommendation to the GM. Board is still working on changes the simplify Standing Rules. Report of Secretary: - From City of Auburn, an invitation to participate in Petpalooza, Notice of TD/TDX for the Wenatchee Kennel Club. Rest of report in Post. Report of the Treasurer: - In financial section on website. Announcements/Committee Reports a. Agility-Wanda reports we have one judge, working on second. Dates are on AKC and WSOTC websites. b. Awards- At Family Dog, Feb 28. Details on website. Application for awards is in November Post and in members only section of website. Due January 14. Requirements are on application. Please apply for new Obedience, Rally, Agility titles in 2014. Other titles can be ordered for payment. c. C Match- February 7, 2015 at Sharon Colvin's Building, detail on website. Flyers are here. d. Hearts and Flowers- Contact Gloria Newby to send cards. e. Membership- About 1/4 of the members have not renewed yet, please send renewals to Wanda as soon as possible. Forms are on website. Membership will lapse on March 1. First reading for Neil Evans, who has shelties; Jill Peterson and Nancy Light are her sponsors. Nancy would like help with finding a new password for website( it will change in March); it needs to be easy to remember and secure. Contact Nancy with questions or suggestions. f. Newsletter: Members should have received emailed copy. Hard copies will be mailed soon. g. Obedience Seminar: Laura Romanik-September 26-27 Flyers are in the Post and on website. Priority for one of the 15 working spots will go to working WSOTC seminar committee members (till February 15, then open to all) The budget is under new business. If anyone has ideas for future seminars and would like to chair, we will support. Note that matches and seminars have replaced classes to bring in income to support the trials. Flyers are in the Post and on the website. h. Obedience Trial Spring 2015: -Contract and insurance stuff has been sent to Fairgrounds. Nancy is working on premium list; will be out in February. She is looking for someone to proofread . Thank you all who contributed to the trophies(some nice cash prizes) and Friends of Obedience. These donations will enable us to continue to offer the gift bags with the WSOTC logo. Special thanks to Jasmine Star who volunteered for the unenviable task of calling for donations. Committee positions are filled, but we need workers for stewarding (Linda), set up and take down(David J) and worker/judges lunch(Ingrida). i. Obedience Trial Fall, 2015 (September 5-6) : AKC approved’ we have judges but class assignments still TBD. j. Obedience Trials Spring 2016- Judges list presented and voted on. No news on Canine Sports Center. i.Property / Inventory: We have some mats left. j.Tracking 2015- Tracking judges seminar is May 31. Fall combined TD/TDU test and Dec TDX are planned k. Website- Ane has completed several updates. Still need to add committee chairs. Send pics. The password will be changed on March 1. Please send ideas for secure but easy to remember password. Upcoming meetings/events- February 28 Family Dog, March 29 at WSOTC trial Old Business: None New Business:
a. Laura Romanik seminar budget- Approved b. b. Spring Obedience trial budget- Approved
11. Good of the Order None 12. Adjourn: Meeting adjourned at 12:30 pm Submitted by Janice Bergman,Secretary
WSOTC February 2015 Board Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2015 7:00 pm
Call to order: Meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm, February 9, 2015, by President Nancy Light, via teleconference. Absent: Don
Rennick
Minutes: Minutes of January meeting approved as printed in the January Post
Report of the President: Terrie will be presenting some suggested changes to reformat the Standing Rules.
Report of the Secretary: From AKC ; Notice that the Agility Trial has not been approved.no judges. See AgilityCommittee Report.
Notice we can offer the AKC's Outstanding Sportsman Medallion. Club can use own requirements to award. Board directed Janice to
tell AKC we will accept the medallion.
Report of the Treasurer: Balances were read and can be found in the members only section. Year end financial report is in members
only. Checks from C Match received. We do not have the budget on the website. Nancy will get this from Don, and add to website.
Wanda will produce a report to compare budget vs actual so we can assess how we are doing.
Committee Reports: Agility Trials 2014: Wanda – July 10,11,12. Wanda reported we have 2 judges: Susan Leitner from Vancouver, WA and Mary
Mullen from Indiana. R2 will send shortly to AKC.
Awards: Wanda- About 6 people applied for awards.
C matches- (Nancy) Match went very well
Hearts and Flowers: (Nancy) Gloria sent card to Susan Kevin for a broken hip. Gloria will be sending the information to Laura for a
“Hearts and Flowers” section in the Post.
Membership: - (Nancy) Nancy reported we have 17 Full, 50 Associate, 3 Life. 21 have not renewed, Quorum is 4. Some have likely
just forgotten to renew, so Nancy sent reminder email. Neil Evans to be voted on at February meeting
Newsletter: Nancy- We hope to have Post out by next week. We will add committee chairs to Post and website, so contact
information is available.
Obedience Seminar (Nancy) Laura Romanik- September 26-27 2015: Nancy reports 14 working spots filled and have auditing spots
available.
Obedience Trials Spring 2015 (Nancy): Premium list is out. One ad received. We are waiting for Fairgrounds to return contract.
Obedience Trial Fall 2015- Ingrida- September 5-6 2015- Kathy has faxed judging assignments to AKC. Budget due in May.
Obedience Trials Spring 201- (Nancy) - Linda is working on judges.
Printing/Mailing: Nancy Griffin will be mailing Post when Laura completes .
Programs/Meetings: - February at Family Dog for Awards, March at WSOTC trial on Saturday. April TBA. Nancy inquired if there
would be interest in having a meeting with program and Board consensus was to not pursue at this time.
Property/Inventory: (Don) – No report
Fall TDX Fall-2014: Financial report is on website, members only. Loss is over $800. Seminar could help cover. We need a budget
from Nikki for the tracking judges’ seminar.
Tracking 2015 Flyer for tracking judges’ seminar is on website
Website(Nancy) - Updates-Tracking judges’ seminar flyer. Budget for Laura Romanick seminar and spring trial
Unfinished Business
New Business
1. Standing Rules: Terrie discussed her ideas for changes to the Standing Rules. She suggested moving sections around so the
more important ones were in the front of the Rules, rather than listed alphabetically. The Committees would be shown in the
Standing Rules, but the job descriptions of each committee would be placed in another document. The Board discussed other
changes and will continue to discuss at further meetings.
Adjournment: - Meeting was adjourned at 8:28 pm
Submitted by Janice Bergman, Secretary.
AKC Tracking Judges’ Seminar
Sunday, May 31, 2015 Family Dog Training Center
1515 Central Ave S. Kent, WA
A rare opportunity in the Pacific Northwest. An AKC tracking judges’ seminar, with AKC presenter, Diane Schultz, Senior Executive Field Representative. This is a must for tracking judges and prospective judges in fulfilling AKC requirements. It is open to all interested in and/or involved in tracking. Learn about the rules, regulations, club requirements and those pesky situations that sometimes show up at a test. This is not a training session in learning how to track and does not involve dogs. It will be from 8:30AM to around 5PM. There will 2 breaks and lunch provided. The fee is $60 if postmarked by 5/1/15 and $90 after. (50% refund 5/1/15-5/10/15) From I-5. Take the Kent-Des Moines Rd/WA 516 exit, head East on S Kent Des Moines Rd/WA-516E for 3.5 miles. Turn RT at Central Ave S. Training Center will be on right side in 0.8 mi.
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Registration Form WSOTC Tracking Judges’ Seminar
Deadline for early Registration is Friday May 1, 2015
Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________
Email: __________________________________ Phone/Cell: _______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________ Date: ______________________ Mail to Nikki King 11103 Cowlitz Dr SE Olympia, WA 98501 360-456-8116, [email protected]. with checks payable to WSOTC (Washington State Obedience Training Club)
Laura Romanik
If you don’t get a working spot do you want to be put on a waiting list? Yes No
If you don’t get a working spot would you like to audit? Yes No
50% payment due at time of application; Payment in full due by June 15, 2015. 90%
refunds for working spots if filled. 90 % refunds for auditing spots if notified by
September 24, 2015
Send Payment Check to: Debbie Addicoat
31423 NE 108th Street
Carnation, WA 98014
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WSOTC
Spring Obedience TrialMarch 28-29, 2015
Evergreen Fairgrounds, Monroe WA
Judges: Carol Callahan
John CoxPatricia GannonRichard Strong
Cash Prizes for High in Trial, High Combined, Other Classifications in Obedience and
High Combined in Rally.
Gift bags with treats, toys, surprises, for all exhibitors.
Premium list available in February at BaRay Event Services, Inc. (360) 755-7086
For information contact Nancy Light chair at (425) 354-3609 or [email protected]
All Regular and Optional Titling classes in Obedience
