From the Editor’s Desk - NANAIMO KENNEL CLUB
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From the Editor’s Desk Dad never understood the connection I had with my dogs. He viewed canine companions as walking buddies, cheap security and useful tools for cleaning up leftovers. Though I tried throughout my life to explain how important my dogs were to me, I was never able to get him to fully understand my obsession. A few months before Dad passed, Will and I performed our tricks and freestyle routines to an eager and appreciative audience at his nursing home, he remained unmoved and unimpressed. But whether he liked to admit it or not, I got my love for furry four legged friends from him. Growing up we would sit for hours watching nature shows, dog shows and any dog agility event available on the channels we got. He loved pointing out the border collies and telling me how smart they were. Though my passion was a mystery to him, it didn’t matter. He was a good father, a fabulous grandfather and loved nothing more than chuckling over funny stories and telling us the latest animal or hockey trivia he’d learned. Near the end, when he started throwing pieces of his dinner to the ground beside him, and chuckling at what he alone could see, the aids thought he’d lost his marbles completely, but I knew what he was doing. When dad came to visit, it was Jimmy, the little Sheltie, that followed dad around the yard, digging holes where instructed, fetching sticks and barking on command. And when dad stopped to take his tea, muffin and forty winks under the old cedar tree, it was Jimmy who’d sit beside him waiting for any handouts. Dad never believed in feeding dogs human food and was quite vocal if the kids or I fed the dogs from our hands. But, when no one was around to see and on special occasions, Dad would throw pieces of muffin on the ground for Jimmy and laugh at a joke only he and the dog understood. Yep, he may not have understood how much I love dogs, but then maybe I didn’t understand how much he did either and how much he looked forward to seeing Jimmy again! IN THIS ISSUE 1 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK 2 WESTMINSTER NIGHT 2-12 AND A WHOLE LOT OF WAGS AND BRAGS! 13 AWARD WINNERS 14 LETTERS TO EDITOR 7 PRESIDENT’S WORDS Agility, NKC, AIOC, seminars, first aid, and more. Monthly meetings take place the fourth Monday of the month at the Social Centre in Beban Park. Deadline for Newsletter is the 15th of the March NKC Canine News Promoting and Developing the Welfare of All Dogs PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OF ALL DOGS
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From the Editor’s DeskDad neve r unde r s tood t he connection I had with my dogs. He viewed canine companions as walking buddies, cheap security and useful tools for cleaning up l e f t o v e r s . T h o u g h I t r i e d throughout my life to explain how important my dogs were to me, I was never able to get him to fully understand my obsession. A few months before Dad passed, Will and I performed our tricks and freestyle routines to an eager and appreciative audience at his nursing home, he remained unmoved and unimpressed. But whether he liked to admit it or not, I got my love for furry four legged friends from him. Growing up we would sit for hours watching nature shows, dog shows and any dog agility event available on the channels we got. He loved pointing out the border collies and telling me how smart they were. Though my passion was a mystery to him, it didn’t matter. He was a good father, a fabulous grandfather and loved nothing more than chuckling over funny stories and telling us the latest animal or hockey trivia he’d learned.
Near the end, when he started throwing pieces of his dinner to the ground beside him, and chuckling at what he alone could see, the aids thought he’d lost his marbles completely, but I knew what he was doing. When dad came to visit, it was Jimmy, the little Sheltie, that followed dad around the yard, digging holes where instructed, fetching sticks and barking on command. And when dad stopped to take his tea, muffin and forty winks under the old cedar tree, it was Jimmy who’d sit beside him waiting for any handouts. Dad never believed in feeding dogs human food and was quite vocal if the kids or I fed the dogs from our hands. But, when no one was around to see and on special occasions, Dad would throw pieces of muffin on the ground for Jimmy and laugh at a joke only he and the dog understood. Yep, he may not have understood how much I love dogs, but then maybe I didn’t understand how much he did either and how much he looked forward to seeing Jimmy again!
!IN THIS ISSUE !1 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK 2 WESTMINSTER NIGHT 2-12 AND A WHOLE LOT OF WAGS AND BRAGS! !13 AWARD WINNERS !14LETTERS TO EDITOR !7 PRESIDENT’S WORDS !!!Agility, NKC, AIOC, seminars, first aid, and more.
Monthly meetings take place the fourth Monday of the month at the Social Centre in Beban Park.
Deadline for Newsletter is the 15th of the March
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NKC Canine NewsPromoting and Developing the Welfare of All Dogs
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SEPTEMBER 2014
NKC Members Take Westminster Seriously!!!
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WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB – FEBRUARY 10 AND 11, 2014 We had two fun and successful nights at the Harewood Pub watching the 2014 Westminster Dog show in New York. The show was as usual, very entertaining and we saw some wonderful dogs from all groups and people were encouraged to pick their dogs in the groups to win - of course everyone had a favorite. Lots of winners and lots of prizes to be had. Thanks to Cheryl and Nigel Patterson for their generous donations of wonderful prizes for our draws. They really loaded us up and we had lots of prizes for two nights to share and hand out when “your number was drawn” We truly appreciate their support and it was great to see them attend and enjoy the show with us on the Monday night. Also thanks also to Harewood Arms Pub and members of the NKC who brought great prizes to add to the mix, we had some real winners in there, and they were fought over enthusiastically. This year we had a “Best - Best in Show Handling Outfit”
which was won by Jodie Justice and her wee doggy friend. Sherry Drebnicki looked smashing in a retro outfit complete with a dog comb in her hair and very fashionable eye shadow. It was fun and hopefully we can carry it on to next year. Of course the prize for our winner was a gift certificate to Value Village. The pub put up great meals for the two nights and everyone dug in and enjoyed themselves. They even set up up with an array of free appys on Tuesday night, very nice, thank you Harewood Pub. The winner was (drum roll please) a Wire Haired Fox Terrier (yah Terrier’s) named Sky and he strutted his stuff and took command in the ring in true terrier fashion. Would you say I am a bit biased about terriers? We can now look forward to next year’s show. !Sandi Malcolm
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YOUR EXECUTIVE WORKING FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG!President Carole Ann Grayson !1st Vice President Doug Savory 2nd Vice President Maggie Henigman !Treasurer Carolyn Kool !Secretary Sandra Wilson Membership Chair Sabine Blackburn !New! Letters to Editor !Have something to say? !Well, let me hear it! !In a new section, letters to the editor will be published in your newsletter. Comment on pictures you see, add your congratulations or comments about announcements and give us a piece of your mind! !Send to [email protected] !!!
BEAUTIFUL GIRL!
Mimicker’s Kiss Me Kwik aka Frenchie won Best of Breed at the VicCity Club show in Duncan, March 2, 2014. This was
July IPO workshop…the front row are members of the NKC…we would like to thank the NKC for allowing us to borrow the shade tent for this event! Submitted by Jerrilynn Harris
Islandview had a great time on the summer island circuit; showing dogs and catching up with friends. Final tally was a new Champion and Group 4 for Luna, Group 4 for Icee, first point on Toller Jasper, two BBPuppy in Group for Flurry and three BBPuppy in Group plus BBPuppy in Show for Tuppence!
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WORKING DOGS TRIBUTES SEPTEMBER 2014
Kalia and Gail Beerman rocked the NADAC trial in Victoria earning 10 Qs from the NADAC agility trial in Victoria on March 25.
Purple is such a good colour on her!
Breaker takes his Novice Rally O.
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POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT WORKS WITH MORE THAN JUST DOGS! SEPTEMBER 2014
April saw NKC members cleaning up and cleaning out. And the more hands the merrier! Thanks to all who volunteered time and sweat equity in keeping our store room clean and orderly!
We’re Baaaaccckkk!!!! Thank you to all the members who wrote to express their condolences for the loss of my dad. It was hard. Your sympathy and understanding were appreciated. But, now we are back and ready to rumble. Please send me your pictures, accolades, wags and brags and puppy pictures. Remember, if I don’t get pics from you of your lovely beasties I will fill these pages with pictures of my beasties!
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GORGEOUS PUPS! SEPTEMBER 2014
Two Qualifying scores at DAWG Agility Jumpers Trial. Way to go Duffy!!!!
Louise Shultz and one of her gorgeous Schapendoes. Congrats! Rian Chica V.H. Haskerhus Group 4 Herding Group at Tyee Kennel Club.
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Wags and Brags Sharing the Highlights and Accomplishments of our Dogs
PROMOTING THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL DOGS SEPTEMBER 2014
We did it! Carol & Hunter earned their final leg, with a score of 98, to earn their CKC Rally Excellent title at Tyee Kennel Club on May 9th. Carol and Hunter
Hunter with his first SDDA scenting ribbon. He passed his
DOT (designated odour test) for wintergreen.
Presidents Message
I hope the summer has been good to all of you and your dogs, and that you had plenty of opportunity to get out and do what you love to do with your dogs. There were many trials and events all over the island and elsewhere, and I hope to read some of your brags from this summer further in the pages of our newsletter. Fall is back to school- although maybe not this year for the kids, but for our club classes start back the week of September 8, thank you to all the volunteers who make this happen, I know I enjoy taking a class or two as it seems to be about the only time I get to work with my dogs. We have some rally obedience trials, both AIOC and CARO coming up as well as other events later in the fall. We had a blast at VIEX, thank you to all the participants and especially the organizers, a great time to showcase what our club is about to the public. We are hoping to make meetings shorter , with reports being presented in written format, so the only items we have to discuss are matters that need a decision, and with a presentation to stimulate interest, we can hopefully get more members out to meetings- remember our meetings are a great time to socialize as well, and by keeping the meeting to a minimum, we can have more socializing time. We hope to see you at the next meeting, as always, the fourth Monday of the month as with our current bylaws, we need a quorum to make decisions, we need member participation, so please, come out and support YOUR club. Carole Ann Grayson
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MORE PROUD DOG FRIENDS! TRY NOT TO SAY AWWWW! SEPTEMBER 2014
BOSS CH Pomland Pillow Talk CGN aka "Missy", NKC Show Dog of the Year 2009 Dewayne Ward went to the American Pomeranian Club National Specialty in Louisville, Kentucky, with our 8 year old Diva...Miss Missy.... and she showed all the Boys... and all the Girls... who the real Diva is!! The only thing missing that would have made the wins perfect would have been if I could have been there! Missy had quite the cheering section and the more they cheered...the more this Diva showed! There was a total entry of well over 400 pomeranians at this Specialty, and Missy had to beat some gorgeous and big winning Veterans in the biggest Veteran Class ever! The next day Missy was also awarded Best of Opposite Veteran and won the blue ribbon in the Open Class with an entry of 108!!! Way to go Missy!
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OUR MEMBERS ARE AMAZING!
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Hi Beth, you may or may not want to publish these ones..........our German Shepherd Ivan von Hodenhof alias “Ivan” who did take a couple of NKC classes many years ago......he’ll be 10 years old in April and is a certified St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog (brag, brag) and visits with the elderly and is involved with the “Paws 4 Stories” program with SJA and of course Golden Retriever (lovingly known as the blonde idiot) Tashora’s To Be or Not To Be alias “Tobe” who has been doing classes for the last 3 years and really wants to be an SJA Therapy dog, or is it me that wants him to be a TD ( a bunch of both I guess). Ivan is tucked in behind.
Here is my girl Nita. She has taken matters into her own paws re barn hunts and has started organising them here for herself and Lego. I am very pleased with this and hope she keeps up the good work!
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Special Announcement by Carol
I have a couple more announcements to make in the next newsletter and that's Jan with Angel and myself with Marcus and Brodie attended the SDDA DOT's on the 30th of March in Victoria. Angel and Marcus rec'd one pass each. We need to read our dogs better. Brodie passed all three Detection Odour Tests. He is a very hard dog to read, but when he detects the odour, he gives me a perfect show stack. Go figure. Submitted by Carole Walker
A late – very late – brag. Here is my girl Blue after winning the field titled class at our National Specialty in Nanaimo last spring at 11.5 yrs old. Her name is OTCH HR Tudorose True Blue JR WCX AGNS
Carol and Marcus for winner the Highest Scoring Visitor in Trial 1at our AIOC trial.
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MORE BRAGS SEPTEMBER 2014
Ch Loehr’s Island Bound AKA Charley Brown Best of Breed Old English Sheepdog Club of Seattle Regional Specialty January 10,2014 Judge Mr. Seamus Oates of Dublin, Ireland. Handler of the day: Lisa Wright.
Big Thanks to Quality Foods on Bowen
Road from NKC
submitted by Diane Brown!
Thank you to the staff and Management for donating the
sandwich trays for our March agility trial. Quality
Foods, Vancouver Island owned and operated since 1982
and is an award winning leader in the Canadian grocery
industry and a leader in community activities.
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A SPECIAL FRIEND
Trufle’s first points. She is Auburnmist Sweet Over Sharella, RE
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NKC Trophies 2013 ALPENBLICK OBEDIENCE TROPHY
HR GoldnGun Winchester RumbleShot JH WCX CD
Maria Soto de Podritske Novice B HIT 199
2013 !NKC FIELD TROPHY
HR GoldnGun Winchester RumbleShot JH WCX CD
Maria Soto de Podritske 2013 !
BEL-ADA Spring Falls I Dare Ya
Dutch Shepherd Louise Moguin
15 q's 2013 !
CASADELORA TROPHY Can/Am GCh IntCH BIS BPIS
Winberlee's Back in Black CGN CDX RN HT HSS AGN AGNJ ACD Am CD PT RN
NAJ Ray Salmon & Ann Rambaud
2013 !DOUBLE DUTCH TROPHY Rose and Thistles Reign Beau
Border Collie Louise Moquin
6 Titles 2013 !
FOREVER HOME TROPHY NOT AWARDED !
IDA ATLEE TROPHY Sherlynn Midnite Scepter RN
Rally Novice 237 Points Carole Walker
2013 STAN DYDE TROPHY
Chester Novice B - 590 Points
MEADOWMIST OBEDIENCE TROPHY CH Littlewings Tiddlywinks CGN CDX RE
ADC SGDC CRAMCL RA Maggie Henigman CDX - 562 Points
2013 !DARKISLE SHOW WINNER OF THE YEAR
MBIS BISS GchEx AM CH You Make My Dreams Del Basaburus RN AM CI
Cindy & Doug Savory 2013 !
NKC BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX TROPHY CH Songline I Can See Clearly Now
Colleen Doll 2013 !
MEADOWMIST SHOW PUPPY TROPHY 2013
CH Songline I Can See Clearly Now Colleen Doll !
DEBEAU PROTECTION SPORT TROPHY - NOT AWARDED !
NIGEL SCOTT TROHY !COLLEEN DOLL !
Congratulations to all our hardworking NKC Canine Teams.
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