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DAWN DRUGE
I feel like a bit like a roaming reporter this month so forgive me for jumping around during this month’sPresidential Notes:
Lure Coursing - Kathy and I were invited to watch a lure coursing event which was held at the SolanoCounty Junior College a few weeks ago. We had a great time watching the site hounds and some ter-riers chase down a white plastic bag with a mock tail tied to the end. I was surprised at how few peopleattended the event just the exhibitors themselves were there. Kathy and I had perfect seats, we wereable to sit in our car and face the dogs as they came towards us chasing down the lure. I lovedwatching the larger breeds run full out with their ears flapping behind them and seeing the pure joy intheir faces while they were allowed to run as they were bred to do. Very much like watching our dogstake to a cart or swim, it is so instinctive. The athleticism and speed was awesome to witness. One ofthe things we chatted about was watching the site hounds simply stop at the end of the race becausethe lure stopped moving. The site hounds just stood by the lure and waited for their owners to comeand leash them. The Terriers being true Terriers were not going let the lure get away even it wasn’tmoving. The Terriers wanted to get that lure and each other (don’t worry they were muzzled). I recom-mend if you ever get a chance to watch these athletes at a lure course event attend it for a few hours, itis fun and you too can cross this item off of my bucket list.
Carting Seminar – NCNC’s first carting seminar was held earlier this month. We had a great turn outof beginners who attended Lori Littleford’s beginner’s session. Lori does a fantastic job getting thedogs handlers prepared to harness and hitch with a multitude of exercises. By the end of the seminarboth Lori had all of the teams carting. Way to go Lori, yet another successful session!Marge Parsons and Rick Humphreys headed up the intermediate group. The intermediate group cov-ered, proper fit of the harness and hitch, right and left turns, backing up and tight turns. Thanks to Mar-ge and Rick this group left with tons of advice and were carting with greater confidence.John Pearson was the soul leader of the Test Prep session. John set up a very difficult mock maneu-vering course along with an obedience ring. John had 2 handlers and dogs he worked with. The han-dlers were given excellent coaching while attempting the very tight turns and close obstacles along withseveral intriguing distractions. I am hopeful we will see at least one of these teams enter and pass ourupcoming draft test.
Thanks to all of the volunteers who came to help make the seminar a success but most of all Iwould like to thank Walt Parsons for chairing the seminar and our instruc-tors, Marge Parsons, Lori Littleford, John Pearson and Rick Hum- phreys.
We will be having our 2nd seminar on February 11th. I urge anyone who isinterested in carting to enroll in the seminar and for those who simply are curi-ous please come and watch. We are always happy to answer your questions. We do have a wonder-ful time with our dogs and would love to share that with you.
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8Lori Littleford gave us anice overview of the be-ginner session of theseminar. If you need aquick reminder then hopon over to page 5
5If you weren’t able tomake it to our JanuaryCarting Seminar thencome on over and join usfor the February seminarin Antioch!
4FEBRUARY
2012
President’s letter 1
Health & Rescue 2
New Members 3
Birthdays 3
Working Dog 4
Calendar 9
Board of Directors &
Chairs
13
Advertising & Editorials 13
Memorials 0
FROM THE PRESIDENT…
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR DOGSBROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEWFOUNDLAND CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
By Hazel Jacoby & June Gibson
NEWFOUNDLANDHEALTH RESCUE
Would you like to donate to New-foundland Health & Rescue?There is a “Make Donation” but-ton available on the NH&R web-site, newfhealthandrescue.org,or you can send a check to thefollowing:
Hazel Jacoby
5514 Greenridge Rd.
Castro Valley, CA 94552
2011 Dog SummaryFifteen Newfoundlands came into NH&R during 2011 from shelters or by being relinquishedby their owners. They received a wellness check and any needed vaccinations. In addition,as required, they were spayed / neutered and provided with other care such as cruciate or eyesurgery, medicated baths, heartworm treatment, etc.
A HUGE Thank You:NH&R would like to thank all the wonderful volunteers who helped with time and energy in2011. This includes (not limited to!) fostering rescue dogs, transporting dogs, helping withpotential adopter phone interviews and home checks, or helping with money raising andeducation events.
Tracy Allen June Gibson Edd O'Donoghue
Lynn Baker Rexanne Hughes Terry Parker
Debbie & Todd Bridge Anna Jatczak Roland Parker
Amy Canzano Hazel Jacoby Summer Poris
Gaby Cohen Linda Kennard Sandy Salazar
Jennifer Cyr Lori Littleford Bethany Sasaki
Laura Gallagher Rob Merritt Kristen Schrieber
Kevin Gallagher Robin Merritt Joyce Taylor
Diane Garfield Beth Mirsky Martin Vroegryk
Patty O’Brien Buzz & Patti Sondgroth
We would also like to thank the veterinary practices that gave us a rescue discount on theirservices:
● Animal Eye Center● Animal Medical Center● Companion Animal Hospital● Hill's Veterinary Hospital● Sylvan Corners Pet Hospital
We would like to thank Linda Maggy, Lynne Baker, Ursula Cabalzar, and all the others whohelped with the clinics at the Regional in 2011. If we missed anyone, please forgive us – weappreciate and want to thank everyone who helped support rescue in 2011.
We would like to thank and acknowl-
edge the following people for their gen-
erous donations to the Health &
Rescue;
Samantha Westgate
Mission Valley Veterinary Cardiology
Rob & Robin Merritt
Sin Soracco & Andrew Ahn
No dogs in rescue at this time! Ya!
THANK YOU!
Special thanks for Mr. Chewy for do-
nating a $25 gift certificate to Health &
Rescue to give future rescues a yum-
my treat! You can find them online at
www.Mr. Chewy.com. They have over
70+ brands to chose from, subscription
based ordering, free shipping for or-
ders over $49! Try Mr. Chewy out!
DONATE TO H&R!
DOGS IN RESCUE!
If you’ve adopted/rescued a dog and not sure what the “birthday” is, H&R uses the adoption date!
BIRTHDAYS ANDADOPTIONS!
BIRTHDAY DATE DOG OWNER2/12/1998 Karhulaakso's Haida Gwaii (Haida) CD, DD, TDD, WD Tom & Liz Pulchny
2/2/2001 Ch China Cove's Midnight "Mattie" Mary Summers
2/21/2001 Little Bay's Dancing Bear (Gypsy) CGC, CD, RN, RA,
Delta Dog
Bari Halperin
2/14/2002 Ch. Castle Rock's Raising Russet (Hash Brown) CGC John & Susan Cross
2/5/2003 Ebony Vom Riesand (Ebony) Pat Roy/Roger Duke
2/13/2003 Ch.Urven of Green Parc's Rick & Donna Humphreys
2/14/2003 China Cove's Odds on Kaiya (Butters) Mary Summers
2/22/2003 Echo Michael & Cindy Day
2/13/2004 China Cove's World by an Inch (Statler) Margaret Boosembark
2/24/2004 VN Ch Castanewf's How D'ya Like Me Now (Toby) CD,
CGC, WD, DD, WRD
Anna Jatczak
2/3/2005 Denali's Wild at Heart Sailor Susan Rouse/Elizabeth Esser
2/19/2005 Ch Pouch Cove's Paker of Holokai (Bret) Charma Hill/Adrienne Owen
2/18/2006 Kepfords Journey to Blueberry Hill (Journey) Joy Alyea
2/20/2006 Ch Capriccio's Sumthin "T" Tlk About (Bonnie) George, Carol & Justin Chew
2/20/2006 Ch. Capriccio's Opening Farewell (Jackson) Lori & Randy Schimm
2/17/2007 Winnie the Wonder Dog Mary Beth & Bob Stucky
2/1/2008 Buddy Tracy J Allen
2/22/2008 Lifeguard's Governor Moonbeam (Jerry) Larry & Cindy Lerner
2/1/2011 Blueberryhill's Living Large (Livie) Joy Alyea
2/14/2011 Sierra Andee & Rob Barnhart
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
JENNIFER LARSEN1344 Marina CircleDavis, CA [email protected] by Sophie!
Andy and Phyllis Rich1914 Anna Lee WayArnold, CA 95223(925) [email protected] by Max!
HAPPY FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY/ADOPTION TO YOU!
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL DUE!
DON’T FORGET THAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
FORM IS DUE BY FEBRUARY 15TH!CONTACT GINA BONNELL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
[email protected] 408-779-2541
WORKING DOG-FEBRUARY CARTING SEMINAR
FEBRUARY CARTING SEMINARNCNC Had a great time with the crew in the January seminar sowe are really looking forward to helping everyone out in theFebruary seminar coming up in Antioch!
WHEN: February 11th, 2012
WHERE: Antioch Community Park801 James Donlon Boulevard, Antioch, CA
REGISTRATION FEE: $30 per handler, $10 without dog
REGISTRATION FORM: Found at the NCNC website, or call oremail Walt Parsons at: 925-934-0775, [email protected]
LUNCH: Included with registration, otherwise $7.50 with 4 daysnotice. (Unfortunately if you are not registered or Walt is notnotified we can not offer additional lunches.)
DEADLINE: Registration must be received by February 8th.
An information sheet and registration form can be found on ourwebsite at www.ncnc.org. Look on the right side of the home pageto locate the links to the forms.
We will be offering the usual three levels of instruction: Beginning,Intermediate, and Draft Preparation. We also welcome helpersand spectators! Lunches are provided to people who pre-register.Note that there are no quick fast food places at our seminarlocation.
PRE-REGISTRATION MUST BE DONE BY THEWEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE SEMINAR! (FEB. 8TH)
Pre-registration is required so we can plan for the correct numberof instructors and helpers as well as providing enough food forlunches. Also, at this time of year there is always the chance thatwe may get rained out and if you haven’t registered we can’t notifyyou if the seminar is cancelled!
JANUARY 2012 CARTING SEMINAR PICTURES
CHECK OUT THE CALENDAR FOR
A LIST OF WORKING DOG
EVENTS COMING UP THIS YEAR!
WORKING DOG-FEBRUARY CARTING SEMINAR
BEGINNER’S RECAP FROM THE SEMINAR - BY LORI LITTLEFORD
BODY LANGUAGEYour dog will be looking at your body lan-guage for leadership and guidance so be sureyou are consistent. Stand up straight andmove with a purpose. Command with a firm,friendly tone and a period or exclamationpoint, never a question mark. Pick vocabularywhere one word equals one action. Decide toenforce each command BEFORE you give it.Reinforce command “X” by praising adding“good X”, Wonderful X”. Praise in a high pitch,happy voice. Initially treat attempts and moveto praising attempts and treating perfection.
CORRECT CARTING POSITIONThe use of heel in carting is discouraged because it willmess up your obedience heel and guarantee that theshafts jam into the back of your leg. Use a “with me” or“let’s go” or “hike”. Have several small treats in your lefthand, leash in your right. Use the treats to position yourdog at arm’s length equal to your pant seam or behindpant seam. Use about turns if your dog is not payingattention or blowing you off to bring them back into focuswith you. Praise your dog when he gets it right! Treatliberally (every 4-5 steps) during the movement. Eventu-ally add “stop”, or “halt”, or “whoa” command. Keep treat-ing during the movement but add a treat at the stop. Don’tlet them push your hand forward!
USE YOUR TRAINING SHAFTSStart with a PVC training shaft with or withoutthe handles removed. Two broom handlesalso work if you don’t have the shafts. Walkover the shafts to desensitize the dog. Oncehe’s comfortable walking over then stop withtwo feet in the shafts. Once he’s comfortableturn the shafts 90 degrees, remove the han-dles and get all four feet in. Next approach ata 90 or 180 degree angle and do a right turnor about turn so the dog ends up between theshafts.
HARNESSING YOUR DOGPlan to harness the same way every time, just like you’lldo at the test. “Get Dressed” for the collar and “Step” or“Paw” to step through are possible commands. There aredifferent types of harnesses that you can use. The Har-ness X-Back is what we use at the carting seminar. Thereis an excellent video on YouTube from Melissa Sharp ofNew Mexico Newfoundlands that goes over the basics.Each dog will need to be fit specifically, and it is up to thehandler to make sure the harness is fitted and sizedcorrectly. Dogs should NOT be allowed to play, jump,eliminate, or chew on their harness while in it. NCA alsohas a great page with an overview of draft work.
CORRECT CARTING POSITIONAfter harnessing your dog you can use a helper toprovide resistance so both you and your dog can learngood mechanics of pulling; allow the head to drop to allowgood body mechanics. After your dog is used to theweight and the noise add the training shafts. Two helpersare needed, one on the opposite side of the handler andone behind to carry the shafts. Walking together start offin a straight line until the dog gets used to the shafts thenadd wide, broad turns. Be prepared to “jackpot” your dogfor the moment when he is moving along nicely and easilywith you. Keep practicing!
Note: All dogs should be in proper condition priorto beginning draft work. The dog should be ableto handle 5-10x distance walking that you askhim to pull weight. Dogs under 1 year of age areencouraged to practice with no or little weight,unloaded carts or training wheels on HARDsurfaces only. Check with your breeder or vet ifyou have any concerns.
PHOTO CONTEST-FEBRUARY PHOTOS
Brisingr & Shilpa Shree
Nashville and Lisa Sutton
Name: Bear-Acres Rhythm & Blues
Loved by: Joy Alyea
Age: 1 year!
Favorite Toy: Jolly Ball - bigger the better!
Favorite Food: Call of the Wild- Salmon
Favorite Trick: Dancing on his back legs
with front legs on my shoulder
Bad Habit: Getting his head stuck in tiny
places!MEET DOG
MEMBER BLUE
MARCH CONTEST!
March means MARCH MADNESS is com-ing! Send in your pictures of your dogplaying with any kind of ball and you couldwin Foyle’s favorite ball the Hol-ee Roller!Just email your photos [email protected] or post them onour Facebook page! We’d like to startposting our photo contest pictures on Fa-cebook also so everyone can see how coolour members are!
Chloe & Porter from Amy Ryan
1st
Lucy’s “lovey” look
MEET DOG MEMBER BLUE!
We all have such a soft spot
for our dogs, and our dogs
have a soft spot for their bud-
dies whether it be us or an-
other four-legged friend. Our
winner of Show Me Your
Love this month is Lisa and
Nashville! They’ve won a
pack of Newfie Silly Dog
Magnets from Brianna Len-
nox on Etsy! Thanks for en-
tering everyone!
WHO NOSE ABOUT IT?GET TO KNOW YOUR CLUB
NCNC AT THE GOLDEN GATE KENNEL CLUB (COW PALACE)!
FROM THE TREASURERA new version of the NCNC Financial Policies and Procedures has been posted on the Website (ncnc.org) in the membersarea. Please review it!
Just as a reminder to everyone:
● Income is due to the Treasurer within 10 days of receipt.
● Expense vouchers are due to the Treasurer within 15 days of purchase to ensure prompt payment.
● Expenses are automatically approved if within budget and approved by the chairperson responsible for theexpense category. Otherwise the Board must approve it or no payment will be made.
● Receipts are required with any expense voucher over $20.
Thank you for your help making finances easy for NCNC!
Hazel Jacoby, Treasurer
I had the privilege helping man the Health and Rescue and Educational booth at the Gold Gate Dog Show over this past weekend. Wefielded the usual questions with grace and I promise I did not roll my eyes when I was asked if the dogs were black Saint Bernards,swear! The best part of manning the booth was the view of our beautiful benching area. The booth was across from the bench whichallowed me to watch how the bench decorations brought everyone’s eye directly to the dogs. The decorations told the story of ourbreed with fishing nets, life rings, sea stars, and even the special flooring on the bench looked like a dock and the flooring on the flooritself looked like the sea. The pillars marking the entry into our benching area also looked like actual pillars one would see holding up areal dock. I was blown away and my description is not doing justice to all the care and consideration given to the decoration. Thanksfrom all of our club members to Summer Poris and Gina Bonnell for chairing the decoration of the bench. I know there were many oth-ers who assistance in this masterpiece and I want to also thank you for your time and effort, it was beautiful! Oh, did I mention NCNCbenching area won 1st place! Way to go and congratulations!!!! -Dawn Druge
1st
PAWS TO THE GROUNDEVENTS, DOG-FRIENDLY PLACES, WEB SITES, APPS, FUN DOG STUFF!
ALL BREED TRACKING WORKSHOP!WITH JUDY ADLER OF SWEETBAY NEWFOUNDLANDS
The last workshop was such a huge success that we decided to onceagain have Judi Adler teach us and our dogs the skills of tracking. Thisworkshop will be geared toward the Tracking Dog Title only. Beginnersare welcome to sign up.Date : March 17th & 18th, 2012Location: Prado Dog Park, 17505 Euclid Ave., Chino, CA 91710Cost: $ 110 with dog / $ 80 for auditing only There is a $15 daily charge to enter the Park. Bring your own lunch. For more info:Contact: Heidi ForrestEmail: [email protected]: 562 243 7839 Cell 562 424 7806 Home
“Lucy at work” photo by Ron Horn
This picture originally appeared in Newf Tide, vol.
2002, number 1, cover and is reprinted here with the
written permission of the magazine
PAWSOME BLOG ROLL
Check out these pawsome blog and web-sites for fun, new, interesting information:Pawsh MagazineThe Other End of The LeashDogster
WOOFN’ APPS
Fido FactorMobile guide to dog friendlylocations
Dog Links
Collection of the mostuseful dog show site onthe webDog Whistler
Can’t whistle loud enough?Here’s one app that will doit for you Looking for a fun Saturday event? Check out the Pet Expo!
Looking for a new place to walk your dog? Goon up to Tilden Park and check out the NimitzWay trail right off of Inspiration Point. You canaccess it off of San Pablo Dam Road. This isa nice paved trail with a few hills and very dogfriendly. Dogs need to be on leash but the trailis wide enough to fit bikes, runners, and walk-ers. Parking at Inspiration Point gets full quick-ly so get out there early! If you take it all theway it leads you into Wild Cat Canyon.
Learn more about tracking at the NCA website!Tracking- Tracking Titles: The TD, TDX and VST
Tracking: The Most Fun You Can Have with a Dog and a
Rope
On the Right Track: Getting Started in the Wonderful
World of Tracking!
NCNC has been invited to the all breed tracking event
sponsored by the Newfoundland Club of Southern California!
NCNC Meeting Schedule (unless otherwise scheduled)
MEETING & EVENT CALENDAR2012 MEETING DATES
WHEN WHAT EVENT WHERE IT WILL BE WHO TO CONTACT
January 31, 2012 Award Recognition Form Due Debbie Bridge 916-340-5230
February 11, 2012 Award Banquet Reservations Due Dawn Druge 707-326-1308
February 11, 2012 February Carting Seminar Antioch Community Park
801 James Donlon Blvd.
Antioch, CA
Walt Parsons 925-934-0775
February 15, 2012 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL DUE! Gina Bonnel [email protected]
February 25, 2012 Annual Awards Banquet & Meeting,
11:30
Murillo’s Restaurant
1591 E. Monte Vista Avenue
Vacaville, CA
Dawn Druge 707-326-1308
March - TBD March Carting Seminar Pam Rubio’s home
8955 Burchell Road
Gilroy, CA
TBD
April 1, 2012 Draft Test Christmas Hill Park, Gilroy, CA Pam Rubio 408-847-1641
June 2 & 3, 2012 June Water Seminar Lincoln Pond
3255 Gladding Road
Lincoln, CA
Gaby Cohen 916-434-8837
June 16, 2012 NCNC Summer Picnic Vasona Lake County Park
333 Blossom Hill Road
Los Gatos, CA
John & Elisa Morozumi 408-395-3075
July 29 & 29, 2012 Early Water Test Lincoln Pond
3255 Gladding Road
Lincoln, CA
June Gibson 714-292-8461
September 8-9, 2012 Late Water Test Del Valle Regional Park
Livermore, CA
Dana Kuo 209-284-7679
September 23, 2012 WRDX Water Test
(WRDX Only)
Lincoln Pond
3255 Gladding Road
Lincoln, CA
Lynne Baker 530-587-5384
October Regional Show Dixon, CA Pam Rubio & Gina Bonnell
408-847-1641, 408-779-2541
MEETING TIMES: Board - 10:30 AM Potluck Lunch - 12:00 Noon General Meeting - 1:00 PMPlease leave dogs at home for meetings unless host is contacted first. Thank You!
MEETING NOTES FROM JANUARY 15TH GENERAL MEETINGNCNC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING:Called to order at 10:30 at Hazel Jacoby’s home in CastroValley. Present- Dawn Druge,Kevin Gallagher,Hazel Jacoby,JuneGibson,Lynne Baker, John Bonnell,Debbie Bridge,Rick Humphreys. No report from Pres,VP,Recording secretary, or directors,
Treasurer- Hazel reported the club has approximately $32,000.00. There is not much to report as it’s the beginning of the year.
Old Business- Hazel brought up the DMV renewals on the boats and trailers.She questioned to whom they should be sent. A discussionensued concerning the following: what we have and don’t have, trailers have a 5 yr, registration,of the three trailers we have one is theclub trailer,the others are boat trailers and we have two row boats. Linda Kennard has offered to take the boat/trailer from Pam Rubioand keep it at her home. Kevin will go to the DMV by the end of the month to finalize registration issues.
Corresponding secretary- June emailed NCA’s Charitable Trust and stated what NCNC will do for our donation. Previously it wasdecided that the club would have one item at our Regional raffle that all proceeds will go to Charitable Trust.
Website- Hazel would like to have her email as [email protected] She will also receive email addressed to the board.Michael needs to be informed of events, WD will send upcoming working events to him,all seminars will be on the website. A motionwas made (DB/KG) that all chairs are responsible for providing formation to the website and NewfsPaper,ie place ,event time,enrollmentform,need for volunteers etc. MSP UC
Picnic- Elisa and John Morozumi have reserved the Peppertree site at Vasona in San Jose for the June 15th picnic. Summer will workwith her on insurance issues. Elisa wanted to know what the charge should be, The boards discussion resulted in a motion (JG/JB) for2012 the picnic is free to all club members.The board approved to pay for park rental fee,meats and drinks. Budget will be up to $1000.Members will bring side dishes and be required to pre-register. UC
Dawn started a discussion on what is the purpose of Ways/Means for NCNC. It was felt it should support club functions,be a benefit tothe members, a source for logo items,educational and working items to encourage members to be active with their dogs. It was felt thatW/Ms chair would coordinate WD items, but not necessarily keep the equipment. Ways/Means in years past, function was to provideincome for the club /rescue. That is no longer a need. A modest profit is acceptable.
A motion (HJ/DB) The definition of Ways/Means- W/M’s consists of NCNC related logo apparel items and equipment to supporteducational and working activities. UCA second motion (HJ/KG) Working dog harness will be under the auspices of W/M’s UC
A motion was made (DB/RH) the Financial Policies and Procedures require if expenses exceed the budget the board must approve theexpense. UC
Education- Golden Gate Kennel club show is coming up last weekend in January, Lynne is seeking volunteers to work at the educationaltable.
Rick brought up a few items to clarify- Vouchers given to rescue families for seminars (one for draft and water), there is no income toWD. This is considered a donation by NCNC. Chairs of working dog events will sign all vouchers for that venue. His boat needs newoars. He will be speaking with the parks department this month for reservations for the fall water test and draft test.
An observer was injured at the draft seminar the previous day, tripping over shafts. A discussion took place concerning obtaininginformation about the incident and submitting to the board.MTA LB/KG UC at 11:59
GENERAL MEETING:Called to order at 13:00 a quorum was met. Minutes were approved as published WP/LL UC
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The board minutes were read and discussed. No report from Pres or VP
Treasurer- The end of year the club has $32.000. This is an increase of $2-$3000 a year. The working events have been successful andthe Regional was in the black.
Rescue- At the end of the year there were no dogs in rescue, at present time there are none.
Education-GG is in two weeks.
Membership-Dues are due by February 15th. Half of membership has renewed.
NewfsPaper- There is a master calendar schedule. Robin needs information on chairs of events. Directions and addresses to all meetingswill be put on the website. Facebook is going well, Mr.Chews.com donated a $25.00 coupon to rescue.
Recognition-Summer will put an article in the paper to explain what the Luise Parsons award is about. The awards banquet is coming upin February if you have a Living Legend (a newfy who has turned 10 in the past year) please contact Pam Rubio.
Working Dog- The draft seminar was successful. They took in $380. There were a total of 30 people,12 were participants. The nextseminar will be February 11th in Antioch.
Regional- no report
Breeders List- the list has been updated for 2012 and will be at GG
Old business- January 31 is the deadline for sending in award information to Debbie Bridge.February 11 is the deadline for the banquet. Send your money and form into Dawn Druge. The banquet is February 25,11:30 at Murillosin Vacaville. There will be a select menu to choose from.
W/Ms- Debbie explained why the board made the motion that they did. Due to the internet we can’t compete for items, The fact that NH&Ris separate,NCNC doesn’t need to support them. The motion was for clarity, not to make decisions for W/Ms.There was discussion about desired items. Silk screening is very expensive which could make items more expensive than members arewilling to pay. Patty will look into items with the club logo.
Recognition- If any member would like to nominate someone for the Luise Parsons award send to Summer and the board.Summer asked to take the remaining VN Tapestries (paid for long ago) to the National and she would sell them in the consignment shop.There are approximately 200, she will take 50.A motion to sell them for $20 and $10 on the last day PJ/CB UC
New business- A motion was made JP/JG to write an incident report and have report forms available on the web,Pam Jackson started a discussion on why doing so is not in the best interest of the club.There is liability with a written report. A formshould not be on the website. An event report needs the event,date,time and people involv ed.The motion was amended by JP/LL that John Pearson will draft a report form. Motion passed UC.Issue will be discussed further at the February meeting.
Summer informed members that Golden Gate Kennel club would like NCNC to support a trophy at the dog show 2013. Because the showis an AKC event we can’t support the entry,however we can sponsor a trophy.Chairs of all events must contact Michael and Robin to put information on web and in Newfs Paper. This includes tests, seminars with thedates, times,place,registration form and the fact that people must pre register. There was discussion.
New board will pick an audit committee at the next meeting. Anyone interested contact the board,
Cherie Brown made a motion to donate $1000 to the Canine Health Foundation to be used for newfoundlands. SR seconded, There wasdiscussion on why NCNC shouldn’t do this,AKC sponsors health related issues in dogs, NCA has a considerable amount of moneycompared to NCNC etc. Pam Jackson called to stop discussion, a call for a vote on motion- donate $2000 to NCA donor advice fund.Motion failed. Lori Littleford /KG moved the club look at the amount of reserves the club has to be financially stable before we spend the
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money. It was amended to the finance committee,which we don’t have and further amended to the treasurer . LG/SR UC Hazel suggestedwhen there are philanthropic issues members provide information to the membership so they can do due diligence. There was furtherdiscussion.
Old business-Pam Jackson will be reviewing all past minutes for policies voted on. Jen Larson DVM voted in a general member. Summer - is our Regionalclub liason. NCA has mandated that clubs increase their numbers of NCA general members. NCNC already has a higher than averagenumber of NCA members.
Nominating committeeNominations were taken from the floor, there none.President- Dawn DrugeVP-Kevin GallagherTreasurer-Hazel JacobyCorresponding secretary Lynne BakerRecording secretary-June GibsonDirectors,Debbie Bridge,Rick Humphreys,Patty O’BrienThere was a white ballot for the slate. Approved CB/LL UC
Summer is looking for clean newfy hair to send down to have spun into yarn.
BragsRick bragged for John and Monica Brennan’s Sea got a 4pt major at the start of her circut.Cherie-Ramble finished his CH at the So.Cal regional Jan 6 under judge Betty McDonnell, The next day at KC Palm Springs, he madethe cut for best of breed.Debbie- Margaret finished her CH in Palm Springs,WB and BW at Mesquite regional. Walter went BOB on Sunday.Pam J- CH.Bodega’s Endeavour’s 13th birthday is today!!$48 in Brags
MTA15:00 PJ/LG UC
NCNC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENTDawn Druge 707-326-1308 [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT:Kevin Gallagher 916-847-4906 [email protected]
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY/ RESCUE CHAIRJune Gibson 714-292-8461 [email protected]
RECORDING SECRETARY/ EDUCATION CHAIR:Lynne Baker 530-587-5384 [email protected]
TREASURER:Hazel Jacoby 510-582-9027 [email protected]
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I bought my grandmother a Seeing
Eye dog. But he's a little sadistic. He
does impressions of cars screeching
to a halt. - Larry Amoros