Winter 2019

Newsletter of the Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club

Winter 2020

Contents Calendar of Events 2 Supported Entry Report 3 Sweepstakes Judge Nomination 5 Conditioning Class 6 – 8 Field Committee Update 9 Versatility Award Application 11, 12 Junior Performance Award Application 13, 14 Junior Conformation Award Application 15, 16

President’s Message

Nancy Triou, President

Happy New Year! The wait is finally over. I am delighted to say that we have a wonderful newsletter for you to enjoy. I would like to thank Lisa Foley for stepping up once again to make the newsletter possible. We desperately need someone to take over the position of newsletter editor, so if you have the skills necessary, please consider volunteering for the job. We would love to have newsletters more often, but in the meantime, we will continue to communicate club events through our email blasts, website, and Facebook page.

The club certainly has been busy since the last newsletter was published. I hope that you were able to participate in the club activities. Some of the things that we have offered were: The Supported Entry at the Greenwich Kennel Club show in June; the Supported Entry at the Eastern Dog Club show in December; a variety of field training opportunities throughout the Spring and Summer; a terrific canine conditioning workshop; and our annual WC/WCX. Details, results and photos of these events will appear later in the newsletter.

Jill Kuchinos and Margaret Uminsky (from the Mid-Atlantic FCR Club) have continued to work hard to ensure that the 2021 Specialty will be fantastic! Field events will begin on May 21st, followed by agility, conformation, and obedience in York, PA from the 23rd to the 28th. Our theme will be “Puttin’ on the Ritz”. Please consider volunteering to help out. We need lots of you to step up and help to make this event a success. Contact Jill, Margaret, or me if you are able to volunteer.

Please save Saturday, March 14, 2020 and plan to attend our annual meeting at Tails U Win in Manchester, CT. In addition to our annual meeting, elections, Versatility and Junior Handler Awards, pot luck lunch and terrific raffle, Kathy Lesinski will teach everyone some techniques to keep your dogs in good physical condition. More details about the meeting will be sent as the date approaches. The conditioning workshop that Kathy presented last August was so well received, we thought it would be great to have even more club members benefit from her excellent advice. We have also scheduled a second, more advanced, workshop with Kathy on June 20th.

There are many other club activities that we have been working on for you to enjoy in 2020. I hope that you will be able to join us for some of them. Please be sure to check the website, our Facebook page and eblasts to find out more as the plans become finalized. I hope that you all have a fabulous 2020!

Winter 2020

OFFICERS PRESIDENT Nancy Triou 860-693-4552 ntriou@snet.net VICE PRESIDENT 203-640-6460 Kurt Anderson kurt@kmander.com SECRETARY Sherry Walker 781-223-3215 sherryebw@gmail.com TREASURER Lisa Foley 401-603-9911 fcretrievers@gmail.com MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Lisa Foley 401-603-9911 fcretrievers@gmail.com DIRECTORS Neal Goodwin 626-327-2311 jjoyride7@yahoo.com Kristen Sobanski 860-319-7046 percussion98@juno.com

Jenn Tower 413-547-2522 slipstreamfcr@gmail.com Tina Mohr 802-467-8548 tmohr@kingcon.com Ingrid Sarelius 585-624-5568 isarelius@rochester.rr.com Sally Nettleton-Smilas 860-345-2995 Snettleton.smilas@gmail.com ………………………………………… NEFCRC Representative to FCRSA Board: Neal Goodwin 626-327-2311 jjoyride7@yahoo.com NEFCRC Breed Rescue Coordinator: Nancy Trious 860-6934552 ntriou@snet.net Newsletter Editor: Volunteer Needed! ………………………………………… Newsletter Advertising Rates: Quarter-page or litter announcement $5.00 Half-page (no photo) $10.00 Full-page with photo $25.00

Calendar of Events

Annual Meeting: Saturday, March 14 at Tails-U-Win, Manchester, CT Field Training Day for All Levels – West Thompson Lake Pending confirmation of availability: Saturday, April 25, N. Grosvenordale, CT Conformation Supported Entry with New England Sporting Group Association Friday, May 29 (Afternoon show), Wrentham, MA Canine Conditioning Follow-up Workshop – with Kathy Lesinski Saturday, June 20 at Tails-U-Win, Manchester, CT

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Winter 2019

The Fall/Winter NEFCRC Supported Entry was split into two separate weekends again this year. The agility portion was held on November 23-24 in conjunction with the TMAC and LEAP agility trials at the Thanksgiving Cluster in West Springfield, MA. The Conformation, Obedience, and Rally portion was held at the Eastern Dog Club’s show in West Springfield, MA on December 8, 2019.

Saturday: "Slider" - Margaret Uminsky - Novice B Standard & Novice B Jumpers "Clover" - Bob Spetla - Excellent Standard and Masters Jumpers "Lyric" - Kris Sobanski - Masters Standard and Masters Jumpers "Granite" - Joe Juza - Masters Standard and Masters Jumpers "Ouijie" - Laurie Danaher - Novice A Jumpers "Lexie Pearl" - Cindy Sengenberger - Masters Jumpers Sunday: "Ouijie" - Laurie Danaher - Novice A Standard "Lexie Pearl" - Cindy Sengenberger - Masters Standard "Lyric" - Kris Sobanski - Masters Standard and Masters Jumpers "Ranger" - Jayne McCloskey - Masters Jumpers "Splash" - Sally Nettleton-Smilas - Preferred Novice FAST

Our sweepstakes judge on December 8th was Martin Archambeault. Our regular class judge was Jeffrey Pepper. The results were as follows. Best Of Breed: GCHS Nicholcity Revere (Abramowitz) Best Of Opposite: Caci's I'm My-Shiva (Rismyhr) Best Of Winners: Caci's I'm My-Shiva (Rismyhr) Select Dog: GCHB Wingmaster Splendid Prince Hairy JH WCX (Prince/Moores/Moores) Select Bitch: Ch. Fair Winds and Following Seas At Slipstream JH BN CD RAE2 RM CGCA (Tower) Winners Dog: Wingmaster Veritas Et Virtu (Maclay) Reserve Winners Dog: Fishercreeks A Shore Thing (Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Harrison) Winners Bitch: Caci's I'm My-Shiva (Rismyhr) Reserve Winners Bitch: Prairielight All In The Family (Dickie) Hunting Retriever Finished Dog: GCh. Costalight Holds All The Aces MH (Dewey) Best Puppy in Sweeps: Flyway Farms Ziva of Wingover JH (Millikin) Best Opposite Puppy in Sweeps: Fishercreeks A Shore Thing (Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Harrison) Best Veteran in Sweeps: Ch. Knightcastle Graceful Hopper (Miller) Best Opposite Veteran in Sweeps: GCh. Costalight Holds All The Aces MH (Dewey) Best Bred By Exhibitor: Fishercreeks A Shore Thing (Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Kuchinos/Harrison)

Supported Entry Report

Supported Entry Performance Qualifiers

Supported Entry Conformation Awards

Winter 2019

Trophies for this show included gift certificates to Happy Dog of Cape Cod, Snuffle mats for the puppy sweeps and crate mats for the veteran sweeps. A Cabela’s gift card was awarded to the winner of the Hunting Retriever Finished class. We look forward to seeing everyone at our next Supported Entry, being held on Friday, May 29th during the afternoon show in conjunction with the New England Sporting Group Association’s show in Wrentham, MA.

Laurie Danaher’s Ouijie. Photo credit Adirondack Expressions

Please e-mail (or snail-mail) your completed form to:

Kristen Sobanski, 418 Brainard Hill Rd, Higganum, CT 06441

percussion98@juno.com

Dear NEFCRC Club Members,

Believe it or not, it is now time to start thinking about our winter Supported Entry! We would

like you all to put on your thinking caps – this year, we are asking for help in coming up with a

list of who YOU would like to see judge sweepstakes at a future Supported Entry.

Do you know someone who you think would make an excellent choice? It may be a breeder…it

may be a person trying to become a judge…it may be a professional handler…it may be just

someone who LOVES and has knowledge of our breed…there are so many wonderful choices,

and we would like to hear about all of them!

Please fill out this nomination form and email it back (the address is at the bottom of this form).

Don’t know how to do that? No problem! You can snail mail it back if you prefer (the address is

also at the bottom of the page) or print it out and bring it to our club’s Winter Meeting on March

14th

at Tails-U-Win! If you can, please indicate the reason for your nomination (ie. John Doe -

has been breeding FCRs for 25 years). Thanks for all of your judge suggestions in advance!

All nominations will be collected and added to our master list to be considered for future

assignments.

Kristen A. Sobanski

Conformation Committee Chairperson

NEFCRC Sweepstakes Judge Nomination Ballot

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

Please feel free to nominate more people if you wish! All nominations will be considered for

future Sweepstakes Judge assignments. The top 5 nominations each year will be brought to

the Board of Directors for final consideration and invitation to judge a Supported Entry

Sweepstakes at a future show.

Winter 2019

Photos from Canine Conditioning with Kathy Lesinski Kathy will present a follow-up class June 20

Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club

Canine Conditioning Follow-Up Workshop

June 20, 2020

1pm – 3pm

Tails-U-Win

175 Adams St

Manchester, CT 06042

The NEFCRC is pleased to offer this Canine Conditioning Follow-Up Workshop with

instructor Kathy Lesinski. This fun class is extremely popular at Tails-U-Win and often

has a waiting list of people who want to participate, so we are grateful that Kathy had

another weekend to open a one-day follow-up workshop class just for us!

This workshop is intended for participants who either participated at our one-day

workshop last August or during our March meeting this year. During this workshop,

each dog will be evaluated by Kathy to come up with exercises designed specifically

with that dog in mind, whether they are a competing athlete or a champion couch

potato. Exercises will cover ways to build core strength, front or hind end strength,

and balance awareness. This workshop is designed to help your dog maintain healthy

weight, improve strength, endurance and balance, perform better with less occurrence

of injuries. It is psychologically healthy for the dog, reduces hyperactivity and

increases ability to focus, extends dog's performance career, reduces risk of

osteoarthritis in later years.

Participants are encouraged to bring a notebook and writing utensil to take notes and

SMALL (but many) treats to help lure their dogs into position on the equipment. It is

advised to not feed your dog a full meal the morning of the workshop as they will be

receiving LOTS of goodies throughout the day.

This workshop is limited to 10 participants, so get your registration in ASAP if you

want to guarantee a spot for you and your dog!

**Dogs must be at least one year old to participate.**

Healthy senior dogs may also join us!

Fees: $45 (NEFCRC/FCRSA members); $50 (non-members)

Registration Deadline: June 6, 2020

Questions? Contact Nancy Triou – ntriou@snet.net

Canine Conditioning Workshop

Registration Form

Handler’s name: ______________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Phone #: ______________________________________________________________________

E-mail address: ______________________________________________________________________

I am a member of the Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club _____ Yes _____ No

I am a member of the Flat-Coated Society of America _____ Yes _____ No

I previously attended the workshop: _____ in August _____ at the March Meeting

Dog’s call name: ______________________________________________________________________

Breed/Mix: ______________________________________________________________________

Age (Dog must be one year or older to participate): ____________________________________________

Limited to 10 participants

Preference will be given to Flat-Coated Retriever/handler teams.

Registration must be received by June 6th.

Registration Fee: $45 (NEFCRC/FCRSA Member); $50 (non-member)

Please mail this signed registration form and payment (checks payable to NEFCRC) to:

Nancy Triou, PO Box 381, North Canton, CT 06059.

NEFCRC reserves the right to accept or refuse registration for this event based on availability of space and other restrictions. NEFCRC and Tails U Win, assume no responsibility for any loss, damage or injury sustained by attendees or to any of their dogs or property. Attendees agree to hold harmless Tails U Win, NEFCRC, their Board and members, Kathy Lesinski, and her assistant(s). Signed: ___________________________________________________ Date: _________________________

Winter 2019

NEFCRC Field Committee 2020

A youngster was once asked, "How do you enjoy your new bicycle?" The youngster responded:" There are two ways to enjoy a bicycle, you can either ride it, or take it apart." So, how do you enjoy your Flat-Coated Retriever? Fortunately, Flat-Coated Retrievers are versatile and can be enjoyed in many ways: showing your dog, working your dog, or both. As an owner of a Flat-Coat, you already know they that they were bred to be a retriever of waterfowl and upland game. Flat-Coats are highly intelligent, love to play, to please, and to pick-up things. With some training, they can be taught to reliably retrieve items for their handlers. The NEFCRC Field Committee's purpose is to offer the opportunities to our club members, of all experience levels who want to build upon the necessary foundation of their dog's basic obedience skills, a chance to learn more about the skills it takes to become an effective dog/handler team in the Field venue. This year we plan to offer all our members, regardless of your level of "field experience", who have a Flat-Coat with solid obedience skills ( sit, stay, and a reliable recall), a chance to participate in five training days with other more experienced members and their dogs who can share their expertise. We also are planning to sponsor Working Certificate and Working Certificate Excellent Tests at a venue to be determined in October, 2020. To encourage more involvement from our membership in field activities, we are soliciting your opinions as to what activities, preferences, wishes or needs you might have regarding field activities. In the past few years we have sponsored training days, and popular workshops with Pat Burns, and introduced our dogs to upland game hunting with Pat Perry. In addition, we have talked about trying to sponsor seminars with either Mitch White (breeder and trainer of Flat-Coated retrievers) or Carol Cassity, another popular retriever trainer. So, before we finalize any plans for 2020 in field activities, we would like your input. How can we make your participation or reluctance to become involved in field activities less scary? What have we missed in terms of what we have offered that might answer the needs that you may have? What can we change to encourage your involvement? We would like you to call Sally Young before February 10, 2020 and speak with her about your suggestions or questions. Her cell number is 1-(802)-324-3292 between 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. We hope that we will help more members and their FCRs to become involved with this aspect of our breed's activities.

Winter 2019

Do you and your dog(s) qualify for one of our three awards? Attached are applications for the Versatility Award, Junior Showmanship - Performance

and Junior Showmanship - Conformation.

All awards will be presented during our March 14 Annual Meeting at Tails U Win, Manchester, CT

We hope to see you all there!

Revised 2019

Do You and Your Flat-Coat Qualify For An

NEFCRC Versatility Award?

Please read the qualifications, and if you are eligible to receive this award, send the following information to:

Sally Bridges

285 Forest Street

Methuen, MA 01844

Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club's Versatility Award

The Purpose: This award is to encourage NEFCRC members to train, work, and show their dogs in more than one area of interest. This

award will honor the dog who has proven his ability as a multi-purpose dog. At the same time, it will give the owner

incentive to pursue new areas of interest and stretch the dog's talents. Although the Flat-Coat is a breed that prides itself

as a multi-purpose dog, we are in danger of splitting into two groups (show vs. working lines). This award is one small

effort to try to keep the breed together, and foster exchanges in expertise among club members. Although most useful for

motivating new owners, this award will hopefully inspire more senior members to continue to work with their dogs in

multiple venues.

To Qualify: The Flat-Coat must have earned AKC titles in two separate areas, and the Owner must be a club member in good standing

during the time the dog has achieved the two required titles. For first-time qualification, the club will award a Versatility

Plaque – please see the list of titling areas below to make sure your dog has titles in two QUALIFYING AREAS.

Thereafter, the club will provide add-on plates as the dog continues to earn titles in any additional areas.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!

AKC Title Areas That Qualify Towards An Initial Plaque:

Conformation Championships (CH, GCH) Obedience (All current AKC titles earned in the Regular Classes) Field (All current AKC Hunt/Field Trial /Upland Titles, also WC and WCX)

Tracking (All current AKC titles) Agility (Titles earned in Regular Classes – does not include T2B or FAST)

Rally Obedience (All current AKC titles)

Scent Work (All Current AKC titles)

Title Areas That DO NOT Qualify Towards An Initial Plaque:

American Temperament Test

Agility Course Test (ACT1 and ACT2 titles)

Agility (Time 2 Beat [T2B] and FAST titles)

Canine Good Citizen (All current AKC titles)

Therapy Dog (All current AKC titles) Non-Regular Obedience Titles (BN, GN, GO)

Trick Dog (All current AKC titles)

Farm Dog

Dock Diving (All current AKC titles)

Barn Hunt (All current AKC titles)

Coursing Ability and FAST CAT

Search and Rescue (All current AKC titles)

To receive a plaque or add-on plate, please fill out the form on the back of this sheet, and return it to the designated

person. The plaques and add-on plates will be awarded at the winter meeting.

Revised 2019

2019 Versatility Award Eligibility Form

Please PRINT CLEARLY!

Full Registered Name of Dog (including all titles) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dates of Titles Received: Title:____________________ Date: _________________ Title:____________________ Date: _________________ Owner of Record: Name:_______________________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________________ Town:_______________________________________________State:_________________Zip:_______

Please circle one:

Need Plaque (for initial award); Need add-on Plate (for additional titles)

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Full Registered Name of Dog (including all titles) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dates of Titles Received: Title:____________________ Date: _________________ Title:____________________ Date: _________________ Owner of Record: Name:_______________________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________________ Town:_______________________________________________State:_________________Zip:_______

Please circle one:

Need Plaque (for initial award); Need add-on Plate (for additional titles)

Return by FEBRUARY 22nd

to: Sally Bridges, 285 Forest Street, Methuen, MA 01844

NORTHEAST FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER CLUB ANNUAL JUNIOR PERFORMANCE AWARD

The Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club will recognize the Junior Handler who accumulates the greatest number of

points asper the point schedule listed below. Juniors can accumulate points in one or multiple venues, so long as that

one venue is not conformation.

This award is given annually from January 1st to December 31st of the qualifying year. The Junior Handler applying for this

award must be a member of the NEFCRC and either (a) live in the club’s geographic region; or (b) have competed in at

least five (5) events in the geographic region within the qualifying period.

Applications must be postmarked by February 15th to: Theresa Kuchinos 31 Richards Rd Wolfeboro NH 03894

Name: __________________________________Email Address (Junior or Parent): _______________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Junior Number (AKC): _______________________ Junior’s Date of Birth: ___________________________

Flat-Coated Retrievers You’ve Competed With:

Registered Name Without Titles Registration Number

Events Competed in: (Check All the Apply)

□ Conformation □ Rally □ Obedience □ Agility □ Field (please specify): ___________________

□Other (please specify): ______________________________________________________________________________

Please List the Titles You Have Put on Your Dog(s) This Year:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

I, ________________________________________, am a Junior Handler and member of the NEFCRC. To the best of my

knowledge, all of the information stated in this application is true and accurate.

________________________________________ ____________________________________

(Junior Handler Signature) (Parent Signature)

POINTS

Participation 1 point

Qualifying Leg/Score/Pass 3 points

Class Placement First Place: 5 points Second Place: 4 points Third Place: 3 points Fourth Place: 2 points

High in Trial High Combined Score Best in Field

5 points

Title on a Dog 3 points

EVENT RECORD

Event (i.e. Rally) Hosting Club Date

(MM/DD/YY) Class Result/Score Points

NORTHEAST FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER CLUB JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP AWARD

The Northeast Flat-Coated Retriever Club will recognize the Junior Handler who defeats the greatest number of Junior

Showmanship entries while showing Flat-Coated Retrievers.

This award is given annually from January 1st to December 31st of the qualifying year. The Junior Handler applying for this

award must be a member of the NEFCRC and either (a) live in the club’s geographic region; or (b) have competed in at

least five (5) events in the geographic region within the qualifying period.

Applications must be postmarked by February 15th to: Theresa Kuchinos 31 Richards Rd Wolfeboro NH 03894

Name: __________________________________Email Address (Junior or Parent): _______________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Junior Number (AKC): _______________________Junior’s Date of Birth: _______________________

Flat-Coated Retrievers You’ve Competed With:

Registered Name Without Titles Registration Number

I, _______________________________________, am a Junior Handler and member of the NEFCRC. To the best of my

knowledge, all of the information stated in this application is true and accurate.

________________________________________ ____________________________________ (Junior Handler Signature) (Parent Signature)

EVENT RECORD

Event Date

(MM/DD/YY) Number in

Class Placement

Total Number Defeated