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Ring Stewards - Ring Stewards needed! Are you curious how dog shows work? Are you new to the Club? Sign up to be a Ring Steward for Confornation, Rally or Obedience. Don't know how you say? No worries - Vicky Anderson is our Chief Ring Steward and she will make sure you are trained and ready to assist our judges at the show. I can tell you that I had not even been to a dog show last year and Vicky trained me and I was able to help with the Toy Dogs in Conformation. What fun it was to learn how it all works and to help the judge. Call Vicky and let her know that you're interested.
SHO'N GOS include Obedience, all classes, and Rally. Anyone who wants to be notified about them should send their name and phone number as well as email address to Margie Clark, phone 884-6888 and leave message, or send me an email to gentletrainer@nw-wolf.com. (Be sure that is a hyphen and not an underline.) We plan to have them about every six-to-eight weeks until the Fall. Walt Gearhart is the obedience judge, and Marilyn Gearhart and I do the Rally. We have them at various places. Submitted by Margie Clark.
TRAVELS WITH ASHLEY AND RAMONA - Seaside Oregon
Hi WKC members and friends -
This is Ashley the Jack Rusell and Ramona the Whippet. We like to travel to dog-friendly places and have fun! In July we went to Seaside, Oregon on our way to the Portland Dog Show. Seaside is on the Oregon coast with a beautiful wide flat sandy beach and some grass covered dunes. Seaside has a 1.8 mile long concrete walk along the beach called the Promenade or "Prom" where leashed dogs and their people can strut along and have a great time. Even better, as long as we are listening to Mom and under voice control, we can be off-leash on any of the city beaches. We had a blast playing ball and running from the waves. Too bad we weren't allowed to chase the seagulls - they were all over!
Another dog-friendly places in Seaside is Broadway Park with a large picnic area. And check out Fort Stevens - 14 miles north of Seaside and leashed pets are welcome on the miles of walking paths. You can visit the historic Battery Russell, the shipwreck of the Peter Iredale.
We stayed at the Best Western Ocean View Resort in a ground floor room right on the beach. We had a little fenced in balcony to watch the people walk along the Prom and we could see the sunset right from there! It was cool and a little chilly in Seaside but we kept warm running around on the beach. We collected these beach safety tips from the Best Western and thought we'd pass them along.
- Don't allow your dog to drink the ocean water. The high levels of salt can make your dog sick.
- Don't allow your dog to eat uncooked fish including salmon as salmon carry bacteria that can be fatal to your pet.
- Use care when exercising your dog on the beach, The sand gives you and your pet an extra workout. Broken shells are very sharp and can cause injury,
- Many other pet owners walk on the beach, too. Ask before introducing your pet to another dog or to beach walkers.
- Seals rest on the shore whele they shed their skin. Don't distrub resting seals and prevent your pet from chasing any native marine life.
- Don’t leave your pet in your vehicle. Outside the temperature may only be 75F but the temperature inside your vehicle can rise to 120F within a half hour!
Let us know if you have any other beach or travel tips or places we should go and we'll put them in the next PawPrint. Ruff ruff - See you on the road!!… Ashley and Ramona
TRAINING TIPS
If you’re interested in dog behavior and training, check out the website dogstardaily.com – a truly helpful resource for anyone with a dog. Like many websites it has a store where you can buy books and DVDs. But that’s only the beginning.
Among other things it includes a complete dog training textbook to which new material is being added all the time. The textbook covers everything from “Before You Get Your Puppy” to dealing with behavior problems and lots, LOTS more. All for FREE.
In addition to the extensive textbook, you can listen to pre-recorded radio programs on a huge variety of topics related to dog behavior and training. There are currently 3 seasons worth of radio programs from which to choose, each program an hour long. You can either listen to a program immediately or download it to your computer and listen later.
Besides radio programs there are lots of free videos to watch. “DSD-TV” includes a series called “America’s Dog Trainer.” Trainers from around the country send in videos of their favorite training tips.
But wait! There’s more! You can follow the blogs of 46 top trainers including internationally respected experts and authors like Dr. Roger Abrantes, Suzanne Clothier, Dr Nicholas Dodman, Pia Silvani, Trish King, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Patricia McConnell, Nicole Wilde, and more.
I’ve found the site to be so interesting and helpful that I finally made it my home page. So now, when I get online, instead of having to see sports news and horoscopes and the latest gossip about Brittany Spears, “Dog Star Daily” pops up with new articles every time I go online. It’s a great way to start my day! Check it out.
Oh – here’s a tip: be sure to click on the title of the articles in the wide central column of the page. Doing so will take you to the complete article. Enjoy
Health Note
Now that summer has finally arrived in Wenatchee and the temperatures are rising we need to remember to keep our pooches cool. Heat stroke is a very serious condition in all animals. Please refer to the article below for the signs and treatment of heatstroke. Keep cool and happy summer!
http://www.healthypets.com/heatstroke.html
Last Updated: 08/01/2010