Mats

Hi, Everybody,

 Just have to share the news that our club SAWHDA now has enough new rubber matting to fully mat our Cowley Hall facility. So now, any CKC club

that wants to host Rally O can use our club facility to do it. We have a fabulous hall and lots of parking space, too.  Watch for seminars coming up in the near future.

 We are going to Calgary for the dog show. My stomach has butterflies. Why?  I am showing RoZe. I never know exactly what to expect on any given moment of any given day with this crazy girl, so it will be an adventure. A pass would be nice. Bess is even more of an adventure.  Oh, well, people will certainly remember me. And I do like adventure!

 Token  is making great gains towards her Open and Utility and should be ready for her first Open try in Red Deer. Then I'll reassess and go from there.

She is putting 2 and 2 together on her Open course but we haven't done much in Utility except work the go back, the stand, and the dumbbells. Should be ready to get at it by June. So nice not to have to worry about her coming into season.  Yes!!

Our Karelian Beardog Team will be hosting a Cougar Awareness day in the near future where people will be given a chance to hear what they should do when they encounter one of these big cats (many of which are munching dogs and cats in the Burmis Flats area)  and to find out if their dog would protect them in the face of such an encounter.  Cost and dates to follow soon.  

Judi

On the road again

What is this? The forecast is screaming for snow for the next four days. Must be my fault. I am heading for Calgary for the Sportsman Show as part of the Alberta Karelian Beardog Team and will help man the Bearsmart/Beardog booths with John and Kirk. Was looking through old training videos of the dogs when they first arrived in Alberta and it was interesting to say the least. How far they've come!Given the proper funding, they could really make a difference in the way wildlife is managed here in the province. I'd like to see a proactive approach as right now, it seems that the only thing we've done proactively is the train the Rocky Mt. Bighorns to stay away from the road in the stretch of Highway between Frank and Coleman. What we can do is way more!! The kennel is full this weekend and Deb will be run off her feet keeping all the boarding dogs plus our 8 dogs busy, busy. Two dogs are in season so that adds to the mix. Token is babysitting KohlB, an Aussie, and they are getting along pretty well. They absolutely shredded their cardboard outdoor sleeping mats yesterday ! Filled the black garbage back with the ruins! Thank gosh Chris came by and ran the two of them in the upper pasture for 1/2 hour. What a couple of monsters.Classes in Fort Macleod are going very well. What a super crew! Tonight we'll play some games and start rally O with them. They already have started heeling and they know how to sit and lie down, so it's perfect!!I'm doing this from work so I will sign off for now and talk later. Get out the shovels. Yecht!