RUFF NOTES

RUFF NOTES Monterey Bay
JULY 2011
President: Terri Gregson, Gregsons4@sbcglobal.net
Dog Training Club, Inc.
Editor: Tammy Del Conte, chthunderstorm@mindspring.com
Bay Dog Training Club participated in our
Aptos 4th of Monterey
first Aptos 4th of July parade and marched off with 1st
in the Pet Division. Congrats to Luane and
July place
Karleen for putting
Parade our group together!
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Tammy Ballew: Sunshine's Dancing With The Law (Bailey) won
Winners Dog at the Utah Valley
Kennel Club show on May 7th, 2011
for a 3 point major under Judge: Mr
Norman L Patton, shown by Robert
Scott.
Sue Adams: Aslanlars Lokum of
Tamarlane finished her championship in Vallejo with a 4 point major
and bob over specials. I did not get
to see her finish as I was in the hospital, but it sure made me feel better!
Karleen Quick: Here are my brags for the weekend:
Cody earned his MXP!!!! and a QQ on Sunday.
Lolly Pup earned her NFP!!! and has officially retired. Good girl.
Tammy Del Conte: DJ went Winners dog at Santa Maria KC for a 4 point major. Soquel’s Chocolate Rocks! now has 10 points and both majors. DJ’s mother, Rosie, earned her CGC at MBDTC’s
last CGC test.
Linda Lang: We have a couple of brags today from the Redwood Belgian Tervuren Agility Trial:
6/12/11 Rosie stole a QQ'd today:
Exc. B Std.
SCT 62 Rosie's time 45.67
Exc. B JWW SCT 39 Rosie's time 29.90
We have a couple of brags from this weekend at our Agility Trial.
6/18/11 Rosie QQ'd In Exc. B Std
SCT 62 Rosie's time 51.74 and 4th place
In Exc. B JWW
SCT 43 Rosie's time 32.22 and 4th place
Terri Gregson: Malcolm: Novice B Fast 1st place 51 points 15.45 seconds at MBDTC Agility Trial
6/18/2011
Malcolm: Novice B Standard 1st place 100 points 47.67 seconds at MBDTC Agility Trial 6/18/2011
Linda Coleman: Sunny stopped by the UC Hayward campus on the
way to the club picnic & picked up his final CD leg & a 3rd place ribbon
at the Oakland Dog Training Club's 61st Annual Obedience Trial. He
only scored a 177 but considering it was his first trial on grass & I didn't
much of chance to train outside I'm pretty pleased/relieved.
July’s Obedience Hot Dog is a mystery….
July’s Agility Hot Dog was Linda Lang & Rosie
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A Few Hours of Work In Exchange for Reduced Cost of Obedience Class…
Here are some upcoming opportunities to qualify for reduced class rates:
Event
Date
8/7
Obedience & Rally Trials
Karleen Quick (Obedience)
Stewards, Raffle, Hospitality, Awards,
Judy McLeod (Rally Stewards only) Setup, Take down
9/13
9/27
9/28
9/29
Fair Demo
Training Classes
Training Classes
Training Classes
Karleen Quick
Linda Lang
Luane Vidak
Pam Strametz
Event
Contact
Opportunities
Participant
Registration desk
Registration desk
Registration desk
Upcoming Events
July 11
July 12
July 13
July 14
July 19
July 20
July 26
August 1
August 6
August 7
August 27
August 30
Board Meeting
Watsonville classes start
Pet Pals, Soquel classes start
Capitola classes start
Conformation classes start
DTCSV/MBDTC entries close
Ruff Notes deadline
Board Meeting
DTCSV Obedience Trial
MBDTC Obedience Trial
NorCal GRC Obedience/Rally match
Watsonville classes end
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AKC Introduces New Therapy Dog Title
An exciting new title is now open to all AKC dogs. The AKC Therapy Dog title, or "THD," launched June 27th as an official AKC suffix title and will reward dogs and their owners that have provided ongoing community service to help improve
the well being of others. �
Currently, it is estimated there are 50,000 certified and active therapy dogs in the United States. Volunteerism has exploded over the past decade, especially those with dog and owner teams working in schools, hospitals, nursing homes,
and at natural disasters.
The AKC annually recognizes an outstanding Therapy Dog as part of the annual AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine
Excellence (ACE). We receive so many great nominations that we know there are many more dogs out there that deserve recognition. We have also received many requests from the fancy to award titles to therapy dogs as a way to recognize the "great work their dogs do." Additionally, earning a THD title builds on the skills taught in the AKC S.T.A.R.
Puppy and Canine Good Citizen programs, which create a sound and friendly temperament needed by a successful
therapy dog.
The AKC will not certify therapy dogs. Instead, we're working with therapy dog certification organizations to recognize
the work done by therapy teams. The certification organizations are the experts in this area and their efforts should be
acknowledged and appreciated.
The title will be open to all AKC dogs that have completed a series of criteria. To qualify, dogs must be certified by a participating therapy dog certification organization and have performed a minimum of 50 community service visits. �
To obtain a title an owner must complete an application along with evidence of documented visits. Application forms are
available on the website at www.akc.org/akctherapydog. The program will accept documentation going back to January
1, 2000. �
If your dog qualifies we encourage you to apply for the title. For more information visit www.akc.org/akctherapydog or
email akctherapydog@akc.org.
© American Kennel Club, Inc.
Member Prize Drawing – November General Meeting!
Eligible Participants will have completed and submitted the
MBDTC Emergency Pet Information Club File Copy to the
Board.
Help us help your pets in case of an emergency.
Remember, we don’t know when an emergency will happen,
only that it will happen sometime when you least expect it.
See the next page for your handy dandy form 
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Noreen Silva
Sylvia Holderman
Judy McLeod
Darlene Chester
Cedar Pressel
Zooom Green
Bodie Adams
Loki Adams
Lucy Nie
Monterey Bay
Dog Training Club, Inc.
P.O.Box 1022
Watsonville, CA 95077
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