NEWSETTER
April 2011
President’s Message
President
John Johnson We are approaching our annual
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specialty at the Old Dominion Kennel
(540)349-1855 Club on April 23rd. Mary Lader is
jhj24@erols.com coordinating the raffle. We are asking
members to donate items for the
Vice President
Susan Baker
raffle. This event has become
PO Box 231 ‘famous’ and has been a good fund
Libertytown, MD 21762 raiser in the past. Would you let
(240) 357-1330 Mary know what you will bring? Her
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telephone number is 717-244-0293.
Treasurer Email: docksider@aol.com. We are
Nancy Fox also requesting that members bring 12
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packs of soda. The cooler and ice will
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birddawg9@comcast.net pizza for lunch. There will be
adequate grooming space adjacent to
Recording Secretary
Colleen Bell
the ring. I would encourage everyone
10929 Stuart Mill Rd to come out and support our specialty.
Oakton, Va 22124 Following the raffle we will hold a
(703) 264-0743 short club meeting where the
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nominating committee will present
Corresponding Secretary the slate of officers for the coming
Rosemary Bennett year. This will be voted on at the
2714 Randolph Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20902
May meeting at the Mattaponi KC in
(301) 946-2277 Manassas Virginia.
englishsetters@rivercliff.net The club has been busy being
educated this first quarter of 2011.
Board Members
Lisa Moureau, Tammy Vann
At the February Meeting in
Donna Richardson, Mary McAdam Burtonsville, MD, Rosemary Bennett
present a program on therapy work
Newsletter Editor with our dogs. There were
Donna Richardson
Huntreese@aol.com approximately 12 members at this
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meeting. On March 26th the club on ideas about holding a fund raiser
hosted a Field Training, a whole day each year such as we did with the
seminar, on preparing dogs to generator raffle. I would encourage
compete for Hunting Titles. Tammy the membership to share ideas in this
Vann coordinated the event. It was regard. Also PLEASE SUPPORT
very well received and an added THE SPECIALTY RAFFLE. We
bonus was the 600+ dollars made for would also like feedback from the
the club. Tammy will include a membership regarding the usage of
report of the seminar in the body of the website. The website is costing us
this newsletter. A big thank you to approximately 300 per year. I have
Tammy! Pictures of the event will be asked Rosemary Bennett to request
placed on the website. We are the webmaster to place a counter on
hopeful the club will be prepared to the website to check the usage. We
hold an AKC sanctioned field trial in would also like suggestions on how
the fall. Please let Tammy know if we might improve the site and make it
you would be interested in helping more user friendly and timely.
with this event. AKC requires that we Finally I would encourage all
hold two educational events each members to pay the yearly dues. We
year. We MUST COMPLETE THIS would appreciate donations for the
REQUIREMENT TO BE GRANTED trophy fund and the yearly raffle.
PERMISSION TO HOLD OUR Please enter the supported entries and
SPECIALTY. sweeps at the Baltimore KC,
Nancy Fox and I have been Mattaponi KC in May and the
collaborating about balancing the Warrenton KC and Old Dominion KC
budget of the club. Nancy has been fall fixture in late September. We
able to shop the liability insurance will also soon plan the summer picnic
that is required by AKC. She just with an AKC sanctioned B Match.
reported to me that we have been able
to find a carrier that will charge 50% Seeking the long sought after spring,
less than what we are currently Jack
paying. In addition we are working
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UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS
APRIL 23-24, 2011- SPRING SPECIALTY AND SUPPORTED ENTRY AT
TIMONIUM MD
MAY 21-22, 2011- ANNUAL MEETING AND SUPPORTED ENTRY AT
MATTAPONI KC SHOW
NCESC Club Meeting, February 26, 2011
Seibel’s Restaurant, 12 noon
Members Present: Rosemary Bennett, Jack Johnson, Kathleen Lockhart, Don Fox,
Nancy Fox, Pat Dabbs, Leona Karolewics, Tizzy
As part of the compliance regulations for AKC regarding Educational events, Rosemary
Bennett made an excellent presentation on the programs of the National Capital
Therapy Dogs, Inc and their activities. Their website can be reached at
www.netdinc.org 301-585-NCTD.
Business Part of Meeting.
2nd reading of Nancy Boschoven for membership. All in favor.
Discussion of raffle for April Specialty. It was decided that we will ask members to
bring items for the raffle. Mary Lader has agreed to chair this effort and she will be in
contact with each of you with requests for items to raffle. In the meantime we are
working a major item to raffle such as we did last year for a fund raiser. I have agreed
to work on this.
Discussion of the finances of the club and the budget. The dues cover the liability
insurance and there is no money left after that. We are shopping a new more
reasonable policy. Brandywine has a cheaper policy which we are looking at.
The Website costs about 335 per year. There is a question about its effectiveness and
how many people are using it. We have asked Rosemary to have the webmaster place
a counter on the website to see how many hits we are getting. If the club wishes to
keep the website we may need to solicit the club for a yearly assessment to keep the
site afloat. Perhaps shopping other vendors would also be an option. At any rate, if
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we keep the website we must develop a method of financing the site. Any thoughts
constructive comments would be greatly appreciated.
I have requested that Rosemary purchase ribbons for the B Match for this coming
summer. There were no ribbons last year.
The next meeting will be March 6 at Maryland Sporting Dog following judging. The
judging is at 1:15 pm at the Charles Co MD Fairground in Bel Alton, MD.
Respectfully Submitted, Jack Johnson, President NCESC
Therapy Dog Educational Seminar
By Rosemary Bennett
On February 26, the NCESC met at Seibel's restaurant in Burtonsville, MD for a lunch
presentation on therapy dog training in our area and a short meeting. The presenter,
Rosemary Bennett is the President of National Capital Therapy Dogs, Inc, (NCTD).
The organization provides volunteers with dogs to area hospitals, grade schools,
homeless and domestic violence shelters, and assisted living facilities. Major hospitals
include the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins, Greater Baltimore Medical
Center, Georgetown, GWU, Sibley and the Adventist Hospitals. NCTD recently
celebrated its 20th Anniversary as an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit. Former NCESC
members Shari and Wayne Sternberger are founders of NCTD. The organization is no
longer affiliated with Delta Society. NCTD offers its own training, testing, registration
and insurance. Training includes an all-day class for human volunteers and a 6-week
class for humans and dogs called the Therapy Dog Training Class (TDTC). The TDTC
accepts humans with dogs who have mastered basic obedience skills and can work in
a group setting. They practice visiting skills for hospitals, reading programs with grade
school children, and other types of quiet or very active visits. NCTD will accept dogs
over the age of 9 months to enter the TDTC, although they cannot start working until
they are a year old. Rosemary gave her opinion that very friendly, outgoing and
fearless dogs are the best candidates. Typical puppy behavior such as jumping up and
pulling can easily be prevented, but it is much harder to work with a dog who is not
interested in interacting with strangers. Visiting environments are often very different
from what a dog is used to and humans can be unpredictable in behavior, so a dog
who is not easily frightened or upset is also a good candidate. Rosemary has been
doing this work with her English Setters since 1999 and is a long-time NCTD Board
member. She also teaches both the Volunteer Training Class and the TDTC, along
with several other NCTD instructors, and is one of the NCTD evaluators who test
humans and their dogs wanting to volunteer. NCTD is always looking for new
volunteers. English Setters are generally good candidates because of their friendly and
easy-going natures. The organization will accept any breed or mix, and currently has a
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wide variety of canine volunteers. NCTD volunteers can also work with cats, rabbits
and pet birds, although almost all work with dogs.
NCESC Club Meeting, March 5, 2011
MD Sporting Dog, 2:15PM
The meeting was called to order by Jack Johnson at 2:15, p.m. on Saturday, March
5 , 2011, following judging at Maryland Sporting Dog in LaPlata, MD.
Members present:
Jack Johnson, Tammy Vann, Tizzy Locust-Kenia, Rosemary Bennett, Susan Baker,
Leona Karolewics., Thomas Kaiser, Carter Shepherd, and Colleen Bell.
Old Business:
-Jack and Susan are in need of more members to help out with Field Day Seminar.
At this time, the entries are still open so anyone who wants to register and hasn’t,
please do so asap.
- Last week’s Educational Program, arranged by Rosemary Bennett, went well. A
total of 8 members attended.
-Jack expressed his appreciation for everyone’s help at the National. We had
some rough spots but thanks to everyone pitching in, it was a success. In the end,
the club was able to make approximately $4000.
New Business:
The Nominating Committee is looking for a candidate to serve as President.
Although Jack has one more year left of his term, he would prefer to open the
position to another individual. The slate of officers is as follows:
Vice President -Susan Baker
Corresponding Sec.- Rosemary Bennett
Treasurer – Nancy Fox
Recording Sec. – Colleen Bell
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-Our April Specialty is fast approaching. The plan is to order pizza for lunch.
Jack will pick up the cooler from Colleen, and everyone is asked to bring a 6 pack
of drinks. Mary Lader is heading up the raffle, so please contact her with an item
or money to donate. She will also need members to help set up and sell tickets.
- In regards to our budget, Jack relayed that our trophy donations are down this
year. Our insurance rate has gone up to $680/year, which is equal to the dues
that have been collected. We are paying the Webmaster $75./year, along with
maintaining 2 domains at $50. each./year. The following suggestions were made:
-----1) The club should drop one of the domains. Rosemary will look into this and
report back at the April meeting.
----- 2) Tammy Vann proposed that the club hold a fund raiser each year,
preferably with items that will appeal to all breeds as those items have been our
most successful in past years. For our April Specialty, Tammy will get an ex-pen
and crate for our raffle. Jack will purchase a gift certificate (which will appeal to
the all breed crowd) from the Horse Brooch to raffle off at the Specialty.
(NOTE: We will need different color rolls of tickets for the club raffle and the
Horse Brooch raffle. Club members will need to volunteer to help sell these
tickets.)
------3) Jack shared with members that Dana Thompson wants to do an English
Setter bronze head. He will explore the option of using this bronze to hold a
nation-wide raffle in order to raise funds.
------4) Nancy will be asked to send out emails to club members who have not yet
paid their dues.
------5) Any other suggestions are welcomed!
Respectfully submitted,
Colleen Bell
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Junior Hunter Seminar
by Tammy Vann
On Saturday March 26, 2011 NCESC put on a JH Educational Seminar instructed by
trainer Greg Fry of Deadwood Kennels. We had a total of 20 participants including 4
English setters, 2 weimeraners, 1 Vizsla, 1 Brittany, 6 WPG, and 2 Spinone. A total of
16 dogs that enjoyed themselves as much, if not more than their owners. The seminar
started at 7:30 am with introductions and breakfast, discussion of AKC and NAVHDA
tests, we then moved our seminar out into the field where we had a day of basic
obedience, discussion of birds and pointing which followed with intro to birds and
pointing. We then reluctantly broke for a submarine sandwich lunch with snacks and
then immediately returned to the field for more bird work including steadiness,
retrieving with demo, and advanced obedience (e-collar whoa). Greg then followed up
by answering any and all questions. The seminar ended at approximately 5:00pm after
clean up and goodbyes. We had a great day, wonderful people, awesome dogs, and a
very informative and excellent instructor. I would say that the entire seminar was a total
hit with everyone. Greg is an awesome instructor and I got all great reviews from the
majority of attendees/participants. I want to extend a special thank you to my friend
Spinone owner/breeder Katherine Cooker who allowed us to hold this seminar at her
residence and warmly welcomed everyone into her home. After all expenses and
deductions were made, the total profit made to NCESC was $677.33.
(All the members of the NCESC would like to thank Tammy Vann for her hard work on
this excellent seminar which resulted in a big bank deposit for the club! You rock
Tammy!!!!!!)
Brags, Brags, and more Brags . . .
FROM DONNA RICHARDSON: At the Blue Ridge Dog Training Club Agility Trial
in March, Sonnett earned her AXJ title. Also in March she received her official
invitation to the UKC agility All Stars tournament in Kalamazoo MI in June. She
received the invitation for being in the top 50 dogs of all breeds and all jump
heights for the 2009 agility year. She will be taking a road trip to MI in June to
compete.
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Specialty Raffle
Mary Lader has graciously agreed to be in charge of the raffle at the April
Specialty in Timonium. If you can help with this or have items to bring,
please email her at mladerlou@aol.com.
Supported Entries- Specialties for
NCESC 2010-2011
OLD DOMINION KC: April 23 2011 (SAT)
Judge: Keke Kahn
Sweeps: Lotus Tutton
BALTIMORE KC: April 24 2011 (Sun)
Judge: Houston Clark
Sweeps: Tina M Parker-Craig
MATTAPONI KC: May 21 2011 (Sat)
Judge: Paula Hartinger
Sweeps: Tammy Vann
MATTAPONI KC: My 22 2011 (Sun)
Judge: Arvid Goransson- Sweden
WARRENTON KC: October 1 2011
Judge: John Savory
Sweeps: Mary Lamphier
OLD DOMINION KC: October 2 2011
Judge: Richard Fox
Sweeps: Bill Lader
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The American Kennel Club's Registered Handlers Program,
sponsored by Purina®, is pleased to present:
A Discussion of:
Dog Vehicle Maintenance and Handling a Crisis on the Road
Timonium, Maryland
Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern Virginia, Inc. Show
Saturday Evening, April 23, 2011
To be held 20 minutes after Best in Show
In the Best in Show Ring
Cost: FREE of CHARGE
Coordinators of the RHP will discuss Maintenance of Dog Vehicles and
handling possible vehicle problems while traveling. Attending this
seminar will fulfill the AKC RHP ongoing education requirement for 2011
for all RHP members.
Bring a chair and a beverage of your choice and join us for an educational
event, compliments of the American Kennel Club's Registered Handlers
Program!
For more information contact Mary Dukes - mnd@akc.org or
Angela Lloyd (703) 622-5808 - angelalynnlloyd@aol.com.
OPEN TO ALL!
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Know the symptoms of glaucoma in your dog
By Pedigree
Glaucoma is caused by pressure in the eye, and frequently causes
blindness. When the fluid builds up and can't escape, your dog's eye will
become increasingly uncomfortable. Since glaucoma is such a serious
condition, it’s important to look for the telltale signs. If you notice any of the
following symptoms, you should take him to your vet at once.
a.. A red, cloudy-looking eye, often with discharge
b.. Tipping his head to help release the pressure from the affected side
c.. Keeping his eyes closed while awake
d.. Pulling away when you go near him
e.. Depression or loss of appetite
f.. Rubbing or pawing at the affected eye
Treating Glaucoma
If your vet suspects glaucoma, the first thing the doctor will do is
measure the pressure in the dog's eyes with a device called a tonometer. If
the vet discovers that the pressure is high, then emergency treatment may
be required to relieve the pressure and prevent loss of vision. Your vet may
refer you to a veterinary ophthalmologist.
Primary glaucoma, also called hereditary glaucoma, is a different
condition and cannot be completely cured. There's nothing physically
plugging the drain. Instead, the pressure in the eye builds up for other
reasons. If your dog's breed is prone to this disease, have his eye pressure
checked once a year, so any increase can be picked up and treated at
once. Treating glaucoma can be expensive, and options may include
surgery and/or medications.
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Secondary glaucoma occurs when there are other problems in the eye that
cause the fluid to build up. Treatment of the underlying cause, as well as the
glaucoma itself, is necessary.
Check your dog's eyes for cataracts.
A dog gets a cataract when something interferes with the protein of the
eye's lens, causing it to become opaque or whitish in color. A cataract may
affect just a small area or the whole lens, possibly causing blindness.
Cataracts can't be cured by medications, but if your dog's eyesight is badly
affected, your vet may refer you to a veterinary ophthalmologist to discuss
surgery to remove the cataract.
Modern cataract surgery is delicate and involves a fair amount of care after
the operation. However, once the cataract is removed, your dog may be
able to see perfectly well again. In some cases, a vet may not recommend
surgery because of the dangers the anesthetic may pose to a particularly
old or at-risk animal, or because vision cannot be restored, even with
surgery. The good news is that cataracts don't cause pain to your dog, so
you don't have to rush into making a decision.
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