Don’t Miss the Club Meeting

The

Wet Nose News

a monthly publication of the

St. Clairsville Ohio KennelClub

November, 2007 LuAnn Kennedy, Editor

The next club meeting will be held at the Ohio Valley Mall Community Room at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November13th, 2007. There will be a special program for the evening entitled “Place Driven Plot” by club member and local

author Isabel Harrar. We are told that club members will be able to participate in the program too! Isabel’s pen name is JeanGillespie and she has just written her third book.

Business meeting agenda is as follows: September match results, Christmas Party (Dec. 5th), and nominations for theJanuary election. Please come and join us for a fun evening.

SCOKC’s September Programand B-OB Match

On September 11th, Match Chair Bertie Prettyman gave a program that focused on the upcoming Sept. 29th B-OBmatch, and explained that a match is a great learning experience for dogs, enthusiasts, clubs and aspiring judges. Bertie

brought samples of entry forms, judges sheets and ribbons and discussed the “nuts and bolts” of the match. She also ex-plained the registration process and those attending learned how to fill out entry forms for obedience and rally and breed/classand group forms for conformation. Stewarding was also discussed.

Bertie Prettyman gives her thoughts on the match. I give my heartfelt thanks to everyone that helped in any way tomake our match a success. I hate to list names, because I’m afraid of leaving out someone. Let’s see...there was Kay, whoallowed us to use her wonderful facilities, and, along with Margie and LuAnn, did a great job of keeping me focused. BarbFarmer, a friend of Kay’s helped in the rings, Floyd Moore and his sisters provided the great concession stand. LuAnn didher usual great job with publicity (both newspaper articles and flyers), 50/50 raffle, AND a bang-up raffle. She, Bonnie,Sarah and Nicki prepared those lovely baskets on the raffle table, which was incredibly successful. Sarah’s granddaughterAbby helped draw raffle ticket numbers. Lisa Miller helped with registration and Vicki Turner was our ribbon chairperson.Cheryl Howells was there to help wherever she was needed, and brought along grandsons Cody and Nathan, who havealways been great workers for us. Nathan took pictures of the match (to be posted later). Thanks go to Bill Sams for donat-ing his tack box to the club to sell. And of course, our thanks to “Stumpy” Donaldson, who we can always depend on to haveour “stuff” where and when we need it. It was fun doing a match again, and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.There were a lot of new faces, and that makes it even better!

Some of the many breeds attending the match were: Australian Shepherd, Basset Hound, Beagle, Briard, BrusselsGriffon, Cairn Terrier, Chihuahua, Dachshund, Dalmatian, German Shepherd, German Shorthaired Pointer, Golden Retriever,Great Dane, Labrador Retriever, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Schnauzer, Newfoundland, Poodle, Portuguese Water Dog,Rottweiler, Schipperke, Shih Tzu, Siberian Husky, Spinone, Standard Schnauzer, and Whippet.

BRAGS

Varsity’s Sky Captain (Dex) owned by Carman and Margie Grecowent WD, BW and Breed (over 2 specials) for one point at theClarksburg show in September. The following week at the Butler show,he received another point. Then at the Fort Steuben show in earlyOctober he received his 13th point. Dex only needs 2 more points tofinish his Championship and will travel to Maryland over Thanksgivingto hopefully get his CH title.

Bertie Prettyman’s Gavin (the red Smooth Brussels Griffon she finished at Louisville) got a Group 2 at the Mad River showand he was BOB all 3 days. Gavin was shown by Jeff Bazell, who is now a co-owner. Kieran, her black Griff, also got apoint.

Bertie also attended the Peach Cluster in September and won back to back 5 point majors on Doveland Fair Play at St.John’s, a Smooth Brussels Griffon she was showing for his owners. “Kane” finished the following weekend at the Urbanashows, where Gavin got a Group 2 on Sunday, shown by co-owner Jeff Bazell. Gavin received a Group 3 at DelawareKennel Club, where Doveland The Shaman (Kieran) was WD on Sunday. Kieran also was WD at NE Indiana KC 11/4.

Congratulations Bertie!!

Bill and Joann Sams’ Samoyed “Boo”took Best of Breed both days at theClarksburg, WV shows.

Congratulations!

Boo handled by Marty Kroll in Group

Charmaine Widmor reports that she’s been stickingclose to home with 2 litters of Brussels Griffons. Oneis her friend’s litter that she’s taking care of because heworks full time, and could not take care of a ToyBreed litter. Charmaine has had his female, Maggie,from before she delivered, so Maggie and puppies arelike hers. Maggie is a show girl and only needs amajor to finish. The sire of the litter is Charmaine’sChampion Featherwood Nuff Sed (Jeppy).Charmaine’s Champion Featherwood Tautianna Maria(Tia), had 2 lovely black puppies (both smoothcoated) with her Champion boy, Featherwood TheMan In Black. Charmaine hopes to attend a coupleColumbus Cluster days. Charmaine says she doesn’thave “cabin fever” because when puppies are around,there’s never a dull moment.

PUPPIES

Iggy, a Blackand Tan rough“pick” puppy

Guess what I am doing?

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Tick Removal

The best way to remove atick is to use tweezers to pluck

it out. What about the head, you ask? Well,apparently the toxins are all in the body and even ifthe head stays connected to the dog’s or person’sbody, it will not hurt to leave it, but if it bothers you,remove it. Eventually, the human or dog’s body willexcrete the head out on its own. The worst thing todo is to burn it, submerse it in any thing i.e. alcohol,nail polish remover or petroleum jelly, because thiswill only aggravate the tick which will cause it toregurgatate the toxins in its body and send them intothe skin of its host.

Flea BagEloise Wolfson has 2 Vari-Kennelcrates for sale. If you’re inter-ested, please contact her at 695-1932.

Holiday Pet Photos

Everyone loves to get pictures taken of their pets, especially at Christmas, and now’s your chance. Photographer JackieLedger will be at Gold Star Kennel in Cadiz for photo sessions onSunday, November 25th from 4 - 6 p.m. and Monday, November26th from 5 - 7 p.m. The cost for a 5 x 7 is $8.00, two 5 x 7s -$14.00 and three 5 x 7s - $20. Others sizes should also be avail-able.

Kay Moore at Gold Star Kennel will continue holding handlingclasses on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. until the December ClevelandClassic shows. Cost is $5 and Sandy Harman will teach the class.Obedience classes will be finishing up soon and will resume inFebruary.

For more information, contact Kay Moore at 740-942-3262.Don’t forget, grooming and boarding are also available at Gold StarKennel.

Interested in run-thrus? There are several scheduled in Dover, OH.Obedience is on November 19th and December 3rd at 7:30. Rallyrun-thrus will be held on November 26th and December 10th at7:30. Cost is $5.00. Agility classes are also offered. FMI, contactGail Burket, Oakshadows Kennel - 330-343-7233.

Scenes from the August Picnic

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Scenes fromSCOKC’s May, 2007 Dog Show

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Nancy Napolitano reported that the PumpkinFestival was great this year and she was

kind enough to share a few pictures with us. TheParade Group was a big one this year...and theyhad a great group of kids for the Pet Show.Congratulations to niece Emily and her pupSerafino for winning 3rd Place in the “Cutest”category.

From top: Giant Pumpkin Parade Group - Dogs- Magic, Moses, Dante’, and Merlin, Charlie,Maria, Chris, Patti, Carol, Nancy, Joe - kids inthe truck- Christian, Matthew, Vincent, Lexy,Chase (pumpkin-head:), Alison, Emily

In the Pet Show they had entries with dogsMagic, Moses, Hazel, Lil’ Luci, Sydney andSerafino. Sounds like a great time!! ThanksNancy for the pictures.

Barnesville, Ohio’sPumpkin Parade

From the “Traveling Teacher”, Eloise Wolfson

Have Dog, Will Travel is still our motto! We have been on the road with our Children Living Safely with Dogs program.Powhatan Public Library was the site of a very successful outing that brought thirty kids plus a few parents. Vickie

Ventura and Peaches, Piper and I did the presentation, and it was a great success. That was a year ago, but it spawned aninvitation to do the program for the first grade at Powhatan Elementary School two weeks ago. What charming little peoplethose first graders are! Piper thought he was in Collie Heaven, and the little ones were interested, attentive and all smiles. Itwas a great experience.

Our next outing, two days later, was at Goldstar Kennel where Kay Moore had her group of eight high schoolers fromthe Joint Vocational School scheduled for learning before beginning to work at the kennel. We used Kay’s Golden RetrieverMillie as the teacher dog, and she was a gem! Kay followed up with an obedience demo which put smiles on all faces. Ienjoyed the older kids as well as I had the young’uns at Powhatan. The highschoolers are being accompanied by their teachersupervisor as they develop a routine at Goldstar. Millie was a star, and the kids were delighted.

We cannot remember exactly when we did a program for the Dolphins 4-H Club in Warwood, but we had a vividreminder when I received a Thank You note last week. When we were called about doing the program, the leader said shehad twenty plus “very energetic kids.” Hum! Kay and I mused over the description, but we figured it was worth a try. It waschaotic when we first walked into the meeting of twenty plus “very energetic kids” and three leaders. However, once seated inan adjacent room, the kids really settled in and were wonderfully attentive. Piper was his usual charming self, and Millie was avery sophisticated well-trained model of canine charm. Kay and Millie demonstrated the ten steps to CGC. We passed outcoloring books, CGC pamphlets and answered forty ‘leven questions and departed with smiles and chuckles about the wholeexperience. The thank you note is priceless. Perhaps you will have an opportunity to see it at a future meeting!

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Animal Planet Dog Championships - HoustonSaturday, Nov. 10, 2007 from 8PM-11PM, 11PM - 2AM EST on Animal PlanetThursday, Nov. 15, 2007 from 12AM - 3AM, 8PM - 11PM EST on AnimalPlanetSunday, Nov. 18, 2007 from 3PM - 6PM EST on Animal Planet

The National Dog Show - Kennel Club of PhiladelphiaThursday, Nov. 22, 2007 - Immed. following the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

Topeka Kennel ClubSunday, Dec. 9, 2007 from 2:30PM - 4PM EST on ESPNWednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 from 4:30AM -6AM EST on ESPN2Monday, December 17, 2007 from 10:30PM - 12AM EST on ESPN2

AKC Eukanuba National ChampionshipPREMIERE - Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 - 8PM-11PM and 11PM to 2AMSunday, February 3, noon to 3 p.m.Thursday, February 7, 8 p.m. to11 p.m., 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.Saturday, February 9, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.Sunday, February 17, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday, February 23, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.

All airings of the AKC Eukanuba National Championship are EST on AnimalPlanet. Airtimes are subject to change.

Upcoming AKCShows

Columbus All Breed Training ClubRally - Saturday, November 10th.Obedience - Sunday, November 11th

Kanawha Obed. Training ClubRally - Friday, November 16th

Magic Valley KCObedience - Saturday, Nov. 17thRally - Sunday, Nov. 18th

Lima Kennel ClubAll Breed - Friday, November 16th

Central OH KCAll Breed - Saturday, November 17thAll Breed - Sunday, November 18th

Agathon KCSaturday, November 24thSununday, November 25th

FMI on these or other AKC shows, visitMBFs website at: www.infodog.com orwww.akc.org

Televised AKC Events