July 2013 - Miami Obedience Club

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Official Publication of the Miami Obedience Club, Inc.
July 2013
The Water Dish
The Miami Obedience Club, Inc.
Officers:
The Water Dish is back!
President: Dave Proe
Vice President: Trina Chicvara
Recording Secretary: Lynn Proe
Corresponding Secretary: Carol Clark
Treasurer: Linda Greenfield
We all have busy lives and sometime someone will step
up and lend a hand when you need it most. Well
Barbara Illardi did just that for me and our club.
Barbara also got to that point where as much as she
enjoyed being the Scooper editor, life as it often does
has gotten it the way.
Board of Directors:
Vicki Phillips, Debbie Russell, Jill Sidran, Wien Yu
Training Directors:
I am happy to announce that I am once again the
Scooper editor.
I would like to encourage the
membership to send me book reviews, photos, articles,
new puppy and/or baby announcements and anything
else you might like to share with the membership.
Obedience: Jane Davidson
Agility: Debbie Russell, Lynn Proe
Assistants: Laurie Zisman, Jill Sidran, Carol Clark
Committees:
Agility Trials: Mike Orloff, Ginny Guin, Peter Liu
Canine Good Citizen: Laurie Zisman
Club Phone Rep: Carol Clark (305) 681-5246
Education: Jacqueline Kurzban
Finance: Dave Proe
Library: Trina Chicvara
Membership: Wien Yu
Obedience Trial: Jill Sidran
Sunshine: Debra Willey
Webmaster: Laurie Zisman
Please join me in thanking Barbara for a job well
done!
Scooper Editor:
Lynn Proe
E-mail: lzp@doortosummer.com
www.MiamiObedienceClub.org
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July 2013
Continued…
DOCOF – Carol Ann has a full team and possibly a partial
team. Contact Carol Ann if you wish to participate. Entries
close on July 30th.
Membership – Robert Moser attended the July meeting and
is applying for membership.
Sunshine – No report.
Education – No Report.
Library – Dave requested that Susan Garrett’s 2x2 Weave
Pole Training, 12 Poles in 12 Days (DVD) be added to the club
library.
Finance - No report.
Scooper – Lynn will resume the position of Scooper Editor.
Constitution – Two more rules need to be voted on. The
rules that have been approved up to now will be published as
current as of July 2013.
Website – The website is up to date with obedience class
schedule. Laurie would like to publish dates of the all of the
upcoming agility trials.
Equipment – Dave has contacted MAD agility to order two
new tires. Linda will provide Dave a check to mail out. There
was a discussion regarding the possibility of purchasing a
new dog walk. Wien motioned that MOC purchase a new
rubberized dog walk at a maximum of approximately
$2,000. Seconded by Jill. Discussion followed. Motion
passes. Suggestions for where to purchased from would be
appreciated.
Carol suggested that the club look at the
possibility for the club to purchase a new 16 foot agility
equipment trailer. The club should also look into purchasing
electronic timers to be discussed at a future meeting.
Old Business – Trina presented crystal decanters to Carol
Ann and Wien for the championship they had earned. Linda
motioned that the club allow her to have her name soley on
the CD so that two signatures would no longer be needed for
the BankUnited CD.
New Business – Jan motioned that MOC by cooperative
agreement to have a 4 day agility trial in Arcadia next
June with OTCPBC. Seconded by Jill. Motion passes.
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING
July 3, 2013 Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:34PM by President
David Proe at Denny’s Restaurant, 5825 NW 36 Street, Miami,
Florida. Roll was taken by passing around a sign-in sheet.
Brags were shared. Ginny Guin motion to dispense with the
reading of the June minutes was seconded and passed. Carol
Clark’s motion to approve the June minutes as published was
seconded and passed.
Committees:
Correspondence – We received a note of thanks from Betty
Gansky of OTCPBC for assisting them with the agility trial in
Arcadia. We received “close out” letters from the AKC for our
May 2013 obedience trials.
Treasurer – The treasurer presented her report.
Obedience Trial – Jill reported the expenses of the obedience
trial with the exception of the final bill from the fair grounds.
All other expenses have been accounted for. Jill motioned
that the 2014 and 1015 obedience trials be held at the fair
grounds as long as the rental expenses stay the same.
Agility Trials – Betty Gansky of OTCPBC sent a report that
showed the net profit of the trial. The profits were split with
MOC. The club thanks Mike for transporting our equipment.
Betty thanked for the help in the production. The premium
for October agility trial is ready. Cecilia will check with Pablo
regarding RV spaces. Kellie suggested that the could should
consider raising RV fees in anticipation of the park will likely
be raising the fee. November, one judge 2 rings. All classes
offered on Friday and Saturday, standard and jumpers on
Sunday. Barbara Diaz judging. January trial has been
approved.
Agility Trial Judge Committee - Rhonda Crane is a new AKC
Representative and will have to decline her judging
assignment with us. Our judges for the October 2013 trial will
be Karen Wiodarski and Keith Harold. Our judge for the
November 2013 will be Barbara Diaz. The January 2014 trial
will be Jill Roberts and Anne Riba. The judges for the March
2014 trial will be Lisa Rieves and Carol Mount.
Obedience Training- Jane presented her 6 month report of
income and expenses for obedience training and reported a
profit. Jill thanked all of the obedience instructors for
generously volunteering their time.
Agility Training – Trenches have been dug in our agility
practice field suspending runthroughs indefinitely.
CGC – No report.
DACOF-. Dave present his DACOF report. Our teams placed
37th and 52nd. The teams had the best time ever.
Meeting Adjourned 8:37PM motioned by Carol and
seconded by Jill.
Respectfully submitted by Lynn Proe, Recording Secretary
***Minutes not approved until the next membership meeting***
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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
July 3, 2013 Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 8:51 PM by President
David Proe at Denny’s Restaurant, 5825 NW 36 Street,
Miami, Florida. In attendance were Lynn, Trina, Linda,
Debbie R, Carol, Vicki, Jill and Wien.
July 2013
Miami Obedience Club wishes a Happy Birthday to the
following club members who are celebrating in August:
Carol Ann Klein
Mylene Arza
Marlane Trujillo
Vicki Phillips
Wien presented the membership application for Robert
Moser. The board had no objections.
Negative comments regarding our club and our
equipment were posted on Facebook by an exhibitor who
has been a long time vendor at our trials. Furthermore,
MOC club members published derogatory comments on
Facebook as well. Discussion followed.
The board will review the standing rules presented by
Wien and will notify her if any changes are needed. At
that point will be published and distributed by Carol.
Linda discussed what we as club should donate to the
Varela Students for their work. The Varela coordinator
would like a list of jobs that the students are expected to
perform. A consistent policy should be put in place.
Wien suggested that the club should address this issue in
the old business portion of the general meeting and the
board voted to make a donation not connected to any
club activity.
Next MOC Membership Meeting
Dave agreed to write a letter to Eleana Escobar to
address the issue and inquire what type of work the
students perform at their facility.
.
Wien motioned that the club should spend up to $500.00
to purchase 2 tire frames. Jill seconded.
<<Meeting Starts @ 7:30 pm >>
The board discussed and voted on reimbursement for
DACOF.
Denny’s
August 7th (Wednesday)
5825 NW 36 Street
Miami, FL 33166
The board discussed new shirts for DOCOF and
determined that it is an unnecessary expense.
Meeting adjourned at 9:42PM motioned by Carol and
seconded by Jill.
Respectfully submitted by Lynn Proe, Recording Secretary
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July 2013
Snake Proofing Clinic
Membership Report
On Saturday, November 9th, there will be a
snake proofing clinic performed by certified
veterinarian Dr. Calderwood at Pine Ridge
Plantation on Martin Co. 714.
Application
The following prospective member has submitted his
application for membership at the July meeting. If
there are any objections, please notify the membership
chair, Wien Yu (wyu@miami.edu), before the next
meeting on August 7, 2013.
Dr. Calderwood travels throughout the states
of Florida and Georgia doing these clinics.
The cost is $45 for the first dog, $35 for a
second dog and $30 for rechecks. Please
contact Chuck Reed: cjr3@comcast.net or
call 772-485-7428.
• Robert Moser
Guests
• Robert Moser
The dogs do not have to be hunting dogs to
benefit from snake proofing.
Submitted by Wien Yu
MOC Membership Chair
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July 2013
DACOF 2013
The 2013 DACOF was one of the most well run and enjoyable events to date. Every year, the event just gets better.
Out teams did not rank as high as they usually do and our teammates did not go to the podium as many times as in
past years but every part of the event was enjoyable.
The introduction of international type challenges in the small excellent jumpers ring proved to be a little too
challenging for the large dog teams. Our complete team had 3 large dogs running excellent. The top fourteen teams
had at least one small dog running at the excellent level. We will have to take this into consideration in the future if
we hope to place higher in the standings.
We did manage to place in the following events:
Evie 1st 20 inch Excellent Standard
Wilma 2nd 24 inch T2B
Boo 2nd 24 inch Excellent JWW
Spartacus 1st 20 inch Novice JWW
Lindsey 2nd 4 inch Novice Preferred JWW
Dance came in fifth in T2B 20 inch scoring 108
points out of the maximum 110.
Congratulations
to John Courtney as he is
the 2013 recipient of the
Randy Reed Award!
MOC's top ten dogs in total points were are follows:
Jody – 478
Boo – 450
Drake – 431
Spartacus – 430
Wilma – 397
Dance – 391
River – 385
Evie – 377
Sinbad – 360
Dali – 336
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July 2013
Sherry and Spartacus’s Trophy
Carol and Boo’s 1st Place Trophy
Dave and Drake ready to run!
Peter admiring Wien’s Trophy
DACOF 2013…..
How much fun, friendship
not to mention hard work
can anyone take?
It’s exhausting!
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July 2013
July Brags
Molly earned her first leg and first place in the new titling
class called pre-open at the Jupiter Tequesta dog show.
AKC AGILITY STATS
END-OF-THE-YEAR MACH TOTALS FOR 2012
Jill Sidran
After taking a break from rally for a couple of years,
Dinah and I entered Rally at the Jupiter Tequesta trial.
My goal was to have fun and enjoy a quiet (less barking!)
Rally experience. Dinah did a great job and earned 2
RAE3 legs with placements in all 4 classes. And she was
quiet - barking softly and teeth clacking only a couple of
times! It was fun to spend the weekend at a dog show
with friends and their dogs.
Debbie Willey
Queenie: #2 Belgian Malinois
Jody earned her 5th Master Agility Champion on June 16,
Bella and Sinbad have reached MX, MXJ and T2B. Trying
2013 at the Obedience Training Club of Palm Beach County
to accumulate enough points for Nationals. They are agility show in Arcadia. Her title becomes:
both going to Cynosport.
Robert Moser
MACH5 Jody Liu CDX RA MXS2 MJS3 NAP NJP
Jody: #4 Belgian Malinois
Bentley's MACH 4 title received in July, 2013
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July 2013
Water Intoxication/Poisoning - Siryn's Story Could Save Your Dog
Donna Wasielewski
August 23, 2009 at 1:58pm
I wanted to share what I learned in case it could help someone else because many people and vets may not have had
experience with this. Basically, water intoxication is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the
normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by excessive water consumption in a short period
of time. The cells absorb all the water, causing the tissues, including the brain, to swell. When the cell membranes can no
longer withstand the pressure, the cells can begin to die. Water intoxication can lead to brain damage, heart failure, and
death. The famous artist, Andy Warhol, died from cardiac arrhythmia, a direct result of water intoxication after hospital
staff overloaded him with fluids after routine gallbladder surgery. Athletes are also prone to this if they replace lost fluids
with large quantities of water without added electrolytes.
I'll list my story below, but the please read this for signs and treatment as the vet you end up with may not be as educated
as my vet friend was. Early signs of a problem can include mild lethargy, nausea, and slight weight gain resulting in a
bloated appearance. Later symptoms, noting that Siryn went from no significant signs to major distress in about 15
minutes, may include neurological signs such as a loss of coordination (tripping, falling, or collapsing), dilated pupils, and
glazed eyes or lack of awareness of their surroundings. They may also have difficulty breathing, have an increased heart
rate, be restless, have excessive salivation, have poor color in their gums, and even have seizures or slip into a coma.
TIME IS CRITICAL!!! If your dog is showing signs of water intoxication, GET THEM TO THE CLOSEST VET
IMMEDIATELY. The longer treatment is delayed, the greater the risk of permanent brain damage or death.
LITERALLY, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS!!!
The vet will probably want to run bloodwork and it will show very low electrolytes. Some of the other values, like the
kidneys, may be "off", too, but this is a result of the electrolyte imbalance. The vet needs to immediately start the dog on a
slow drip of IV sodium chloride fluids and with Siryn, they added potassium to it. The fluids need to be given slowly
because the goal is not to hydrate the dog but to slowly put the electrolytes back in the system. Here is another key piece
the emergency clinic vet didn't know about that my vet told her to do. Give the dog a diuretic, such as Lasix, to help pull
the fluid out of the tissue. I believe this was the key to Siryn recovering to normal bloodwork values in 9-10 hours while
another friend's dog with this condition who wasn't given Lasix was in the hospital for 2 days. There are more lessons
about dealing with the vets in my story below.
Siryn has been swimming all her life and never had this problem. She does not bite at the water and she does not stand
there and gulp down the water. She will sometimes bark or whine in the water because she's so excited and probably takes
in water when she does that and I would imagine she also ingests quite a bit of water when she's fetching. I don't know why
yesterday was different and I'll never know for sure. My vet said she could be more prone to this happening in the future
now that it's happened once so I will have to be careful with her, watch her for starting to look bloated, and make her take
breaks.
Val and I took the dogs swimming and fetching at the lake for an hour or two yesterday evening. When we were done,
Siryn looked bloated, but that's normal for her after swimming for a while. She always swallows a lot of water and either
vomits it up or urinates a lot for the next couple hours. Val said her face even looked a little bloated yesterday.
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Siryn's Story Continued….
After swimming, we went for a walk. We'd walked about a mile when I noticed that Siryn wasn't walking right. She was
tripping over her feet and starting to lose her balance. Val suggested I put her in the water to see if she was hot but it didn't
help. We checked her color and her gums were white. Within minutes, she was having a hard time walking and within a
few minutes after that, she couldn't stand at all so I had to carry her. We waited for Val to run back and get the car. Her
breathing was raspy and labored, she was panting heavily, she started excessively salivating, and she couldn't stand or sit.
Her eyes were glazed and her pupils were dilated.
We rushed her to the emergency clinic where the technician was so not good. She checked Siryn out, saw her have no color
to her gums, unable to stand, panting, with dilated eyes, and told us she would put us in a room for a while until the doctor
could see us. Val said she checked her own pulse instead of Siryn's! I told her the doctor either needed to see my dog (who
still couldn't stand up!) right away or I was going to take her and find a vet who would see her. She said she'd take her to
the back and maybe put her on oxygen or something (not helpful). Apparently, when the doctor saw her, she recognized
she was in shock and started treating her immediately.
I think not all, but a lot of the vets who work the night and weekend shifts at the emergency clinics are new in practice
(who else wants to work weekend overnights?!) and may not have a lot of experience. This vet figured out to put her on
slow fluids with the additives, but it took having my awesome vet (thanks Laura Beth!) calling her to suggest Lasix to
really get the ball rolling. The emergency vet also was thinking perhaps Siryn had Addison's Disease based on her
bloodwork but my vet was able to tell her that she's known Siryn all her life and she's never shown any signs of that and
that she needed to just treat her for water intoxication and stop looking for other things that it could be.
Siryn was groaning while she was lying on the table and the vet asked me if she normally did that. I told her no and she
started saying that it might be a sign of something else and we might need to do x-rays. I told her that Siryn was probably
miserable because she was so fat at that time from all the water in her body. She looked at me and asked,
incredulously,"This is fat for her?" It was kind of laughable because Siryn is an in shape competition dog and very thin
compared to the fat pet dogs most vets are used to seeing. So what was obvious to me as discomfort from severe bloating
she didn't see because Siryn looked like the normal weight of dogs she was used to seeing!
Remember, you and your vet know your dog and the emergency vets don't! You have to be ready to speak up, demand an
immediate assessment by a doctor if you don't feel the entry staff are giving you proper attention, and educate them about
what is and isn't normal for your dog (like the lack of Addison's symptoms and the groaning from being bloated). If she
would have started treating for Addison's, we could have gone in the whole wrong direction. I am so lucky my wonderful
vet was willing to call up there late in the night and make sure Siryn got the appropriate care.
So, that's my story. Since posting this yesterday, I have heard from several other people who have had dogs have this or
who know people who have. I hope this helps educate everyone on a potential problem many don't know exist. I sincerely
hope this note won't discourage people from taking their dogs to the water to have fun. Siryn will still go swimming
because it's her favorite thing to do and I refuse to keep my dogs in a glass bubble just because something might happen.
We are fortunate to have every day we have with each other and I want my dogs to love their life; however, I will be more
educated in the future about making each trip as safe as possible.
(Editor’s Note: USDAA agility judge Lisa Jarvis just lost her dog Stoli a few days ago to water intoxication. Safety tips
include playing for short amounts of time and play with a flat toy like a frisbee, never a ball.)
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July 2013
Puppy Class!
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