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Volume 13 Issue 9 September 2013

HOWLER Official Publication of the Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club

Welcome 1

Meetings and Dates 2

Minutes

3 & 4

Country School

House Pet Week 5

“He is my Dog” 6

Circovirus & Message

from the Editor 7

Contact Information 8

IN THIS ISSUE

Members of the CMKC Education committee participated in Dog Week at Country School

Daycare this past August, in Linwood, MN (near Wyoming, MN).

A great time was had by all.

A special “thank you” to Sharon Varone for

coordinating this event.

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DOG SHOW DATES Cambridge MN Kennel Club Board of Directors

Effective April 6. 2013 President: Glen Kothe Email: info@trdogs.com Vice President: Gretchen Hofheins-Wackerfuss Email: MnPin@aol.com Secretary: Theresa Goiffon Email: Theresaagoiffon@msn.com Treasurer: Tim Bergeron Email: toplinekennels@msn.com Director Darvin Bethke Director Eileen Bowen Director Wayne Harmon Director Rick Majkrzak Director Carol Wirkkunen

Please plan to attend the following club meetings. Your participation is needed. Unless otherwise noted Board and membership meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. via telephone conference call. Dial 1-712-432-3100 and when asked for your access (Bridge) code press 351012. For further information about joining the conference calls phone Nancy Bergeron toplinekennels@msn.com

2013 October 8 Monthly Meeting November 12 Monthly Meeting December 14 & 15 Agility December Holiday party. TBD– Meeting at that time.

Please put these dates on your calendar.

For up to date events, please visit our

website:www.CMKC.org

For current show information click

here!

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Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club Minutes

Date: August 13, 2013

Present: Glen Kothe, Tim Bergeron, Wayne Harmon, Donna Erickson, Gretchen Hofheins-Wakerfuss,

Rick Majkrzk and Theresa Goiffon

Meeting called to order at 7:15 p.m. and June Minutes approved.

Secretary Report: Received AKC Agility form to complete. Sue Kothe will complete once they have final-

ized the location.

Treasurer's Report: Not much to report, on track with budget.

Delegate Report:The next meeting is on September 9th & 10th. Since there is only one item being voted

on, which is regarding the time line for sending out the premium list and an option of mailing a copy or

emailing a copy, it doesn't make sense to attend this meeting. Our funds can be better utilized. Wayne

will try and make the December meeting.

Committee Reports:

Legislative: No report.

Membership:

New Member Request :

Nancy Johnson, French Bulldogs and English Cockers. She is an active steward, active in her breeds,

also an Animal Control Officer for Mpls.

First Reading Approved

Old Business:

B- Match: All set and scheduled on October 25th.

Education Committee: Continues to meet. The committee is going to the Country School Day Care in

Linwood near Wyoming to participate in their "Dog Week". Our member Sharon Varone is in charge of

this even to take place August 26-30.Volunteers will give a presentation on a number of educational pro-

grams. Contact Sharon if you have any interest. The committee members are: Wayne Harmon, Karen

Lawrence, Beth Hatch, Cheryl Zitto and Carol Wirkkunen

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September Minutes continued... Summer Solstice: Judges getting finalized through 2015. Judges hired as of 08/13/13 are as follows: 2014 Tim Catterson, Charlotte McGowan, Bonnie Clark, David Bolus, Anne Bolus, Monica Canestrini 2015 Charlotte Patterson, Anne Katona, Carl Liepmann, Ron Menaker 2016 John Reeve-Newsome, Richard Meen The next Cluster meeting is 09-30-13. All volunteers will still hold the same positions for 2014. Specialties should go much smoother next year. Members continue to send in Judges names please. New Business: Agility: No report Obedience: Trial this weekend at On the Run in Ham Lake Carol will be there and this will be Gretchen's last time as Chair. She has the Judges filled through 2015. Christmas Brunch: Date to be determined, but agreed to the same location as last year, which was held at Running Ace's. Adjourned: 8:04 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by,

Theresa A. Goiffon Secretary

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Country School House Pet Week The Country School House, would like to say thank you to all of the volunteers who came out to the Center this week to talk about the importance of dog ownership and dog obedience during our Pet Week.

The kids found the information fascinating and loved interacting with the dogs in their classroom and on the playground! Thanks again to Karen, Diane, Cheryl, Sharon, and all of the dogs for coming out to share their love for animals with these young learners.

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Circovirus:

Why This Fatal Dog Virus Should Be Taken Seriously

Vets and pet owners in Ohio are on the watch for a new virus that can kill dogs in as little as 48 hours from the onset of symptoms. So far, three dogs in the Cincinnati area have died and several more have been affected. Their symp-toms include bloody diarrhea and vomiting, extreme lethargy, neurological problems and a lack of appetite.

These symptoms are similar to a disease that killed several dogs in California in the spring and pathologists suspect the Ohio outbreaks are the same disease. Necropsy results from affected dogs in Ohio show the presence of the virus that affected the dogs in California.

For more information please visit this site here.

A Message From the Editor

Greetings Fellow CMKC Members, I hope you are receiving and enjoying our monthly Newsletters “The Howler”.

I began creating and publishing our newsletter when our dear friend Peggy O’Hare sadly passed away. I will never be able to fill Peggy’s shoes in many ways, but also in finding and gathering interesting information to share with all of you. Therefore, I am asking you

all to please contribute ideas, stories and of course your own dog news and brags.

Please send photo’s everyone loves to see them!

I know not ever issue will have an abundance of material, but please remember, it is your newsletter and as such, I would love to see more people contributing to its content.

Thank you so much!

Respectfully, Theresa A. Goiffon, Editor/Secretary

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Please submit your news to Theresa Goiffon at

theresaagoiffon@msn.com by the 25th of each month.

Thank you!

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Please send photo, brags and news.