February 11th, 2006 |
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If you have been following and reading your CGRC Yahoo Groups Email your fully aware of our upcoming 2nd Show N' Go at the 4Paws Spa and Training Center located in Churchville Maryland. Our last event, held in November of 2005, to say the least was a Super Success beyond our wildest dreams. Obedience people from as far away as Delware and Virginia attended making it a fun day for all. If you are currently training your dog for Obedience work, here is a fun event to try your skills and show off your dogs stuff. This is a Show N' Go, not a competition. The purpose is for you to test your dog and get some advice and guidance on how you and your dog might improve. Our Judges have been specifically selected to be helpful and friendly in all ways. Soooo, plan on attending with your best friend, have a very fun day and interaction with other exhibitors, and meet some of the nicest people in the dog world. Registration starts at 7:30 in the morning. Attached is our PDF Flyer for the event with full information and directions to the 4Paw Facility. If your not interested in running your dog through the Obedience events, it's well worth coming up just to check out the 4Paws Spa area. Full self service Bathing Facilities, which are among the best we've ever encountered, in individual rooms. All you really need to bring is you and your dog, everything else, including Dryers are provided, and what Golden doesn't need a bath! Bring your dog, give it a bath, watch the events, have a little lunch, and enjoy a day with your family friend and companion and your fellow club members. If you know of any friends who are in training classes, you might want to let them know about this event. It is and All Breed event so everyone is invited. See you there. | ||
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| This years Award Banquet will be held at the
home of Janus Kurzmann, in Belair and will be catered with an exceptionally
fine Italian menu and theme. Tickets are only $20.00 per person and the Banquet is a BYOB Share event, so bring your favorite and one to spare. It is at this event where CGRC members are recognized for their Club, Local, and National success with their dogs, and other members for their support of Chesapeake GRC. This is truly an event that is open to all our members and is much like our very wonderful Holiday Party with emphasis on member recognition. Put this date on your calendar, March 11th 2006. We hope to see you at the Banquet. Contact Janus Kurzmann for tickets. |
Today, while watching my 3 year old nephew, Adam, he came running into the living room yelling “Toby’s got a mouse! Toby’s got a mouse!” So I hurry into the family room / kitchen area and find our Golden, Toby, proudly parading back and forth, tail wagging, something obviously in his mouth but well hidden. Thinking that I didn’t want to tell him to “Drop it” in the house since it will be faster than I am, I take him out on the deck before commanding “Drop it”. Amazingly, he complies right away and drops the wireless computer mouse right on the deck! Adam, who is not Toby’s biggest fan, smugly says, “He’s not supposed to have that!”, picks up the mouse, and puts it back on the computer desk. What would our life be without dogs?! |
In a bizarre accident on January 24, a 6-year-old Long Island girl was killed in her backyard while playing with her family's 18-month-old Golden Retriever. The girl, Kaitlyn Hassard, had just gotten home from school and went out to play in the backyard with Jessy, her Golden. Ten minutes later her mother and brother found her unconscious in the backyard. Jessy had been jumping and tugging on Kaitlyn's scarf and had pulled it tight, asphyxiating Kaitlyn. What a terrible tragedy. There were no bite or scrape marks on the girl, police said, Jessy was simply playing and had dragged her by the scarf a short distance. Jessy was taken to a local shelter where she has been evaluated and it has been determined that she is not aggressive. She will probably be put up for adoption; her family doesn't feel they can take her back. The news media has focused on the fact that the 40 pound girl was allowed to play with a 70 pound dog unsupervised. Janet Leek, a board member of the Long Island Golden Retriever Club was interviewed by the New York Times and said "If I have puppies to sell, I usually will tell people to wait until their children are at least 6 years old," she said. "Because they are a retrieving breed and they might take the kids' toys or take a child's arm in their mouths, just playing with them." After my recent experience with collars on dogs, I immediately thought how it would be safer to avoid tying scarves around the necks of children. Pam Ford's "Toby" Cont'd: Don't Leave Collars On Your Dog I will never forget how quickly this happened and how easily it could
have resulted in a broken jaw or a strangled dog. What if I had not been
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Don't Leave Collars On Your Dog |
"Designer Breeds"With permission from Pat Herschman, Camelot Goldens | |
I know we have all been warned about the
dangers of leaving our dogs’ collars on in the wrong situations. We
have heard of accidents in crates where collars have gotten caught and killed
a dog. We are also aware of the dangers of
a dog running loose with a collar – complete with terrible mental images
of a dog hanging on a fence post. Cont'd, Col 2-Bottom
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Considering all of the press that so-called "Designer Breeds" (mixed breeds with funny names and fancy prices) have been recieving lately, here are some mixed-up mutts you may not have heard of yet: - Airedale + Spaniel = Ariel, this dog provides excellent TV reception Cont'd: Don't Leave Collars On Your Dog However, the cutters were not strong enough to even begin to cut the
chain. Cont'd, Col 3 - Bottom | |