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The Lost Coast H O W L E Rwww.lostcoastkc.org

www.facebook.com/lostcoastkennelclubPO Box 6808, Eureka, CA 95502-6808

February 2018Editor: Tina Moulton

President’s CornerLCKC BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

Officers:

LINDA BERGSTROMPresident

JILL OTTOVice PresidentKRIS SMITH

SecretaryPATTY MENDES

Treasurer

Members of the Board:

Sara BorokCathy WrightDebbie Tull

Next meeting:Tuesday, Feb 20

at the The Clubhouseat The Meadows

(Address is atbottom of page)

Join Us!Everyone is welcome!

BOARD MEETING 6:30 PM

REGULAR MEETING 7:OO PM

Meetings are held on thethird Tuesday of each month,

alternating between theAdorni Center in Eureka1011 Waterfront Drive,

in odd numbered monthsand at The Clubhouse at

The Meadows,2520-90 Hubbard Lane, Eureka

in even numbered months.No meeting in December.

Linda

It's been a busy time for the LCKC! Since the last newsletterwe held both a full weekend of Rally and Obedience trialsand, just two weeks later, a full weekend of AKC Scent Worktrials. We worked long and hard, accomplished a lot, learnedan awful lot, did ourselves proud, and thoroughly wore our-selves out. Kudos all around to everyone who worked onthese events.

This was our first experience with Scent Work trials, andthere was an enormous and steep learning curve. A large con-tingent of club members contributed their time and hard workin a wide variety of roles, and I was particularly pleased thatwe managed to get two or more people trained and experi-enced in some of the critical roles. Competitors are obviouslyhungry for opportunities to show in this sport, and we can beassured that any future trials we put on will be welcomed andwell-attended.

On the business end: It's last call for membership renewals.Dues are $15 per year for individual and $25 for family.Unpaid memberships are considered lapsed on March 1st.Dues may be paid in person at theFebruary meeting, or may bemailed to the club's PO Box(see above).

See the next page for somePresidential Humor :-)

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Club Activities.

From our President….Finally, because it never hurts to end with a laugh, here's The Four Types of Dog Vomit(author unknown):

Yellow Urka-Gurkas: Dog runs around the house and hides under furniture while making a prolonged"uurka-guurka, uurka-guurka" noise (the only noise guaranteed to wake up a dog lover who is hung overfrom a 3:30am post-dog-show celebration). After a mad scramble to capture the dog and drag him outside,the episode ends with an indelible line of slimy yellow froth from the living room rug to the back door.

Blap Disease: Dog exercises hard and a) eats large mouthfuls of snow (winter blap disease) or b) drinks abucket of water (summer blap disease). Within two minutes of returning inside, the dog spews out largeamounts of clear, slimy liquid, making a distinctive "blap" sound and sharp percussive noise as it hits thelinoleum.

Garks: Dog suddenly clears his throat with loud and dramatic "gggark, gggark" noises, followed by aprolonges "iiksss" and then loud, satisfied smacking noises. There is nothing on the rug.Don't investigate, you don't want to know.

Ralfs: The dog strolls into the dining room and waits 'til the innocent dinner guests are all watching him.Then, with a single deep gut-wrenching "raaaallff", disgorges the entire week's contents of his stomach on the rug.Variation: He eats it.

In all of the above events, the dog is entirely healthy and,indeed, deeply pleased with himself.

Our winter Obedience/Rally trials and our first ever AKC Scentwork trial were both successes.Kudos to all who helped out.Next month I hope to have some photos of both events to share.

The next activity for many of our club members is the HumDog Expo at Redwood Acres, Eurekaon Sunday March 4th. Even if you are not exhibiting your breed, you can still come and help out,or just enjoy the day. A wonderful opportunity to participate in promoting responsible pet ownership.

The judging panels for our summer Conformation/Obedience/Rally shows are now up on theAKC site and InfoDog.

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From CathyWright:

Well... we did it! First ever LCKC Scent Work Trial is behind us.

Deb St. Myers said, "We have a fabulous group of people surrounding us in our Clubventures. This was truly an event that if we had not had our Non-Running Dog Workers,we would not have been able to offer this trial. I hope you all know it takes a village, andI'm so pleased to be surrounded by this village... Sincerely and truly thankful to you all."

The trial weekend was a big success. There were a few wrinkles which were learningmoments, but over all I think we did it! I'm almost certain that financially we are very much in the black.

We had a full entry, the weather was about perfect, nice judges, wonderful Trial Secretary,Debi Best (who was learning the ropes along with us), good location, and nice participants.

The searches were fun and the hides sometimes challenging. Lots of qualifying scores andplenty of new titles.

So many thanks need to go out, and we hope that nobody is left out! (Please forgive us if we do)

First, tremendous Kudos to Deb St. Myers, without whom we wouldn't have had a SW trial,at least not in the near future. Deb gave advice, suggestions, and gentle prods for seeminglycountless details. She's been a tireless leader.

The event team of Deb, Jill, and Cathy were in constant communication trying to help eachother figure out all aspects of this event which is brand new to AKC.

The hospitality and lunch were wonderful, thanks Debbie T... Just right!

Raffle table was very pretty with Valentines theme, thanks to Marilyn and helped byDebbi S and Esther. I think the raffle and merchandise brought in a pretty good amountto help fund continued SW Trials.

Thanks for help at Sniff N Go and Set Up Deb, Pat, Cheryle, Debbi, Linda, Suzi, Debbie T,Sara, Jill, Sandra, and new member, Rachel.

The actual trial days are just a blur... We especially appreciate you who didn't have dogsentered and just worked your butts off all day - Roxy, Cheryle, Janet, Suzi, Linda, and Bruce,Sandra's brother.

And to all you guys who entered and worked - buzzing here and there in almost constant motion -checking in, answering questions, emptying trash, helping with running order, selling stuff, score sheets,filling in wherever needed - Mette, Marilyn, Jill, Cathy, Sara, Debbi, Pat, Sandra, and of course, Deb.

To those who stayed through to the bitter end of cleaning upmore giant thanks, and you know who you are.On behalf of the Scent Work Event Committee, Thank You !

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Have you heard?

From Kris and Bayard Smith:

The Smith Deerhounds went to the first race meet of the year in Redding on February 10 and 11.Opal pulled out a win for both LGRA on Saturday, and NOTRA on Sunday, although there is ayoungster running now who is pushing hard, and even won one oval race.It was a bittersweet weekend for us, as Tillie officially retired herself, after 10 years of coursingand racing. We have been entering her in the straight racing, and just letting her run the firstprogram. She is thrilled to participate, but is willing to sit out the second and third.This time, she was enthusiastic as usual, but didn't get to the finish line. Her hearing, vision,cognition, and strength are fading, and as a result, she lost the lure, got confused, couldn't heareither Bayard at the start or me at the finish, and had to be "rescued" by someone else.She's had a good run.

Here is Tillie from her running days.

From Jill Otto:

At his first AKC Scent work trial, Scotch earned 2qualifying legs in Interior, 2 legs in Buried, 1 leg inContainers, and3 legs in Exterior, which earned him a title (SEN)in Exterior.Very proud of this boy.

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Have you heard?

From Sara Borok:

Hildy picked up her CD at January Obedience trialand one leg of interior scent work at Feb trial!

Come meet some of the NorthernHumboldt Sled Teamat Humdog Do Expo March 4that Redwood Acres.The 5 Amigas...

From Sandra Gould:

Tippet went to SDS nosework trial inPetaluma Feb 17.We we're at the stunning Flying Horse Ranch.Wow! What a venue!

He did a beautiful job on all three searches.His container search for three hides was fastand solid. His buried search for two hideswas quickly done. His area search was last, a nice courtyard. At the start, I ran him all the wayto the far end of the area so he would be downwind. He was blazing fast to the two hides.

Nicely done, Tippet!

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Have you heard?From David Lindberg:

Mongo and David won a First and Second place towin the "High in Trial" at the LCKC Rally Trial onSunday January 21st.

From Cathy Wright:

Here’s Bug with his three new Scent Work Title Ribbons –Novice Exterior, Interior, and Containers. He also got a thirdand fourth place in buried and containers.He did so great! Qualifying in twelve out of 15 classes!

From Mette Bryans:

Sassy MACH 3!!!From Beverly Chang:

Puppies!!! FIVE lovely boys arrived at MonumentMountain Miniature Amercian Shepherds on Feb 1st.The Adonis/Fanny litter are doing great!

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Have you heard?From Tina Moulton:

Our Raya - GCH Rovente’s Ray of Light at Jo-Na-Dawent Best of Breed, BOH and OHG4 at the Golden Gate Kennel ClubShow at the Cow Palace on Jan 27th . Breed judge was Eva Berg.and was Select on the 28th.She is soooo close to her Bronze Grand!My IG club supported the entry and we had fun decoratingour benching area

Dog shows are exhausting!!!!.

Found on Facebook - Nick and Patty Mendes:

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MINUTES OF THE LOST COAST KENNEL CLUBJanuary 16, 2018, The Adorni Center, Eureka

BOARD MEETING: Called to order by President Linda Bergstrom at 6:35 pm.Present: Linda Bergstrom, Sara Borok, Cheryle Davis, Tina Moulton, Jill Otto, Kris Smith, Cathy Wright.

Minutes of the Last Meeting: MSAC to approve as publishedReport of the Treasurer: Cathy Wright reported for Patty Mendes. She has not heard back from the IRS regarding filing. Still needsthe last Tri-County statement before filing. A Profit and Loss statement was distributed (attached). Linda will take charge of Jill’scheckbook for the Rally/Obedience and Scent Work trials.Unfinished Business:

• Agility trailer has been moved to Beverly Chang’s property in Rio Dell. Kris will send a Thank-You to Diana for stor-age since July.

New Business:• Insurance for Redwood Acres and other venues. One Additional Insured for the Ferndale Fairgrounds is OK for all our

events there. Kris will call tomorrow to get one for Redwood Acres for the Rally/Ob trials. Kris will become the clubcontact for Sportsmen’s insurance.

• Discussion of why the shed at the Fairgrounds was unlocked, and of where some supplies are stored.

The Board meeting was adjourned at 6:57 pm.

REGULAR MEETING: Called to order by President Linda Bergstrom at 7:00 pm.Present: All of the above plus Beverly Chang, Marilyn Cottrell, Roxanne Crawford, Michelle Dostal, Suzi Martin, Deb St. Myers, andguests Judy Johnston, Rachel Cyr (who has Samoyeds), and Karen Kentgen and Mathew Riley, who have a GSD puppy, and want todevelop his potential.

Minutes of the Last Meeting: MSAC to approve as published.Report of the President: New President Linda Bergstrom introduced herself, and was thanked for stepping up to the job.Report of the Secretary: Mail: Thank You from Bless the Beasts for our donation, various catalogs and promotional material. Theshow/trial calendars which are left will be sold at the Rally/Ob and Scent Work trials.Report of the Treasurer: Cathy reported on our bank balance. Jill will go to Tri-County to get paper statements for Patty. Anybodywho has Tri-County checks should destroy them.Report of Committees:

• Practice: Contract and shed rent is going in, next scent work practice is Jan 27 at noon.Newsletter: Good newsletter, Tina! Please send in articles and photos. Discussion of the new AKC title “AchieverDog”.Website: Tina has updated the officer and board of director list, and premium lists.Yahoo Group: People who are not signed up for it can request via lostcoastkc@gmail.com.Membership: Will be updating the list soon.Event Team: Cathy reported that the last meeting was at Deb and Beth’s house (thank you!) and a lot got donetoward the upcoming events. Explanation of the purpose of the ET – to get members engaged in the process ofputting on events and learning how to do the different jobs that are entailed.January Rally/Obedience Trials: January (19), 20, 21. Sara discussed the judging program, and said the mostpopular judge is currently sick, but hopes to make it. There is a smaller entry this year, due to a conflict with ashow in San Mateo. She will propose to move it to MLK weekend next year. Set-up - the trailer should be there at8:30, everybody else at 9. Need more stewards. Food vendor, Bulldoggies, will be adding breakfast items andsoup. She encouraged people to buy food. She is finishing getting the equipment and trophies together. Needlunch vouchers printed. Need drinks for workers and judges (Linda). CostCo pizzas for worker lunch on Friday.There will be a photographer. Discussion of plants and backdrop for photos. Suggestion – borrow plants from anursery. Linda will call to see about that.

• Scent Work Trials: February (2), 3, 4. Deb S reported that entries close tomorrow, so far they are good. Equipment iscollected. Will use the Art and Flower buildings at the Ferndale Fairgrounds. Will have candy bars for sale, and a rafflewith Scent Work items. Beth and Deb will take care of hospitality.

• B-OB Shows: Deb S reported on the show trophies – so far, Fire and Light, and local pottery. Cathy said the ET isworking on the details. Communication has been rocky regarding judge organization, but it is on track with last minutedetails. Next meeting they will talk about dates and deadlines so everything won’t happen at once.

• Agility Trial and Barn Hunt: Nothing new.Election of New Members: An application was read from Judy Johnston of McKinleyville, and she was unanimously elected to mem-bership.Unfinished Business:

• Donations: We still need more information about our financial situation before making these decisions.

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• HumDOG Dog Expo (March 4): Jill encouraged people to turn in their applications. Set up will be Saturday after noon.Chris Irvin will narrate the Parade of Breeds. We will loan our speakers. Members will do a sled dog demo, and a scent workdemo. The raffle is BIG. MSAC to donate $100 in gift cards to the HumDOG raffle ($50, $25, $25).

• Agility trailer: Beverly C said it can probably use some maintenance – caulking, painting.New Business:

• Discussion of backdrops for show/trial winner photos. Tina will look into what is available.• We need a new brochure on the website. Suggestion to have a page on the website of members’ dogs.• Bark for Life: will discuss participation at the next meeting.• Discussion of local trainers. Our guests were given some suggestions.

Announcements:• Old issues of Dog Watch magazine, from Cornell University, were offered.

The regular meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Kris Smith, LCKC Secretary