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Dog Show!

October 2016 Club

Meeting Minutes

November 2016

Board Meeting Min-

utes

Learn the Breeds -

Neapolitan Mastiff

Brags!

Dog Show!

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Dog Show!

November 10th — 14th, 2016

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Southern Colorado Kennel Club Newsletter November 2016

Club Officers

Helen O’Connor

President

beardie@rmi.net

719-251-3609

Renee Wolfe

Vice President

akcomidogs@hughes.net

719-251-4352

Flo Andrews

Treasurer

floffice@wildblue.net

719-947-3630

Diana Behling

Secretary

snflwrseed@aol.com

719-542-2110

Dee Dunlap

Board Member

deedunlap@hotmail.com

719-948-0095

Barb Curtis

Board Member

calledell@earthlink.net

719-547-3537

Milli Goodman

Board Member

millipt@msn.com

719-544-0184

Gary Owens

Board Member

confetti2u@aol.com

303-667-0603

http://www.southerncoloradokennelclub.com Editor: William Hughes

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue

is that he doesn’t try to find out why.

—Unknown

October 2016 - General Membership Meeting Minutes

October 10, 2016

Called to order 7:00 PM

Present: Ruella Anderson, Flo Andrews, Diana Behling, Cindy Bowman, Barbara Curtis, Isobel Drysdale, Dee

Dunlap, Chandra Fassi, Kathy Gallina, Milli Goodman, Ann Haley, Larry Halpern, Pat Hill, Felicity Holloway,

Cherie Holmquist, Diana Hughes, Gail Kingrey, Karen Lamb, Wille McCaw, Candace Mizell, Helen O'Connor,

Donna Owens, Gary Owens, Jodi Pratt/Dan Pratt, Raymond Simpson, Bonnie Stoney, Kim Swearingen, Rebe-

hak Swearingen, Anna Thompson, Asia Thompson, Shari Tickle, Renee Wolfe

Minutes from September meeting are accepted as printed.

Treasurer’s Report: reviewed, discussed and accepted.

Correspondence: None

Committees:

• Building/Training Center: The window and the door have been fixed and look great.

• Show:

o Premium lists are up on the Onofrio website. Renee has several printed copies and will leave them at

the club for members that might want them.

o Three weeks from tomorrow we will be setting up. November 9th. Sign up sheets are available. Help with

Health clinic (paper work in the morning)

Grounds help

Practice Ring

Conformation stewards. Training on Saturday, October 22nd.

o Judges are all set.

o Prizes are set. Group prizes are monogrammed towels

o Show starts on Thursday for sporting dogs and specialties. All breed starts on Friday. Lunchtime on

Friday we will have a ceremony to honor veterans.

o There will be advertising in the newspaper Sunday before the show, and flyers are available to circulate

to the community. The show is on the Chamber of Commerce calendar, and we hope to have some pub-

lic service spots on radio and TV.

October 2016 - General Membership Meeting Minutes cont…

o Connie mentions that stewarding is a good way to get familiar with the judges, and for them to get to

know you.

o Thanks to the cleaning crews. Renee will post a new list for next year.

o If you title your dog in AKC, and get us a show picture, we will put the picture on display for the year,

and will return the picture to you at the banquet.

Classes are doing extremely well. We got silver (second place) Best of Pueblo

New Business: Sportsman’s Award Committee: Renee, Flo, and Pat Hill. If you would like torecognize a club

member that has gone above and beyond for the club, please contact the committee with nominations. In-

clude the member’s name and the reason for the nominatioMembership: Second Readings: Tina Wickizer.

Accepted

Adjourned at 7:50.

Respectively submitted by Diana Behling, Secretary

November 2016 - Board Meeting Minutes

November 1, 2016

Called to order at: 6:35

Present: Flo Andrews, Renee Wolfe, Dee Dunlap, Diana Behling, Gary Owens, Helen O'Con-ner, Barb Curtis, Milli Goodman

Treasurers report: accepted as submitted

Correspondence: AKC Statement of dues received and forwarded to Flo.

Training center: Almost done with the gates. Most training classes will be suspended through December.

Show: Dee and Milli will take care of delivering and returning the curtains. We still need a grounds person. Dee is collecting silent auction items and that is going well. Bonnie has stewards.

Summer outing: Committee has not met yet. We will need to identify and eliminate any dates that conflict with dog shows.

Old business. None

New business. Awards Dinner. We need to organize plaques for awards, as they are made to order. Barb will work on this. Awards dinner will be in January. Flo will review the budget for the awards.

Adjourned 7:30

Amazing Dog Facts - Did you Know...

Barking Sands Beach, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is known for its unusual dry sand that squeaks or "barks like a dog."

Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic The Great Dane breed of dog originates from Germany! At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to

dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for the enjoyment of his Shetland sheepdog When a dog bays at the moon, it is following its basic instinct to call the pack together Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible Prairie dogs are not dogs - they're a kind of rodent The only dog to ever appear in a Shakespearean play was Crab in "The Two Gentlemen of

Verona." The Poodle's "haircut" was to improve their swimming abilities. The pom-poms were left to

keep their joints warm !

Learn the

Breeds:

Neapolitan

Mastiff

The Neapolitan Mas-

tiff or Mastino (Italian: Ma

stino Napoletano) is a

large, ancient dog breed.

This massive breed is

often used as

a guard and defender of

family and property due

to their protective in-

stincts and their fearsome

appearance.

Other names: Mastino,

Mastino Napoletano,

Italian Molosso,

Can'e presa

Life span: 8 – 10 years

Temperament: Protective,

Obedient, Stubborn,

Fearless, Dominant,

Trainable

Height: Male: 25–30

inches (63–77 cm), Fe-

male: 23–28 inches (58–

70 cm)

Weight: Male: 130–

150 lbs (60–70 kg), Fe-

male: 110–130 lbs (50–

60 kg)

Colors: Black, Tawny,

Mahogany, Brindle, Blue

Group: Working

More Information about

the Neapolitan Mastiff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/

wiki/Neapolitan_Mastiff

Neapolitan Mastiff

Upcoming Dog Shows

Around Us (December/

January):

Phoenix, AZ

January 14, 2017 to

January 15, 2017

More Info:

Onofrio Dog Shows

http://www.onofrio.com/

Dog Shows

Next Club Meeting:

Tuesday

November 15, 2016

Time: 7 PM

Next Board Meeting:

Tuesday

December 6, 2016

Time: 6:30 PM

Dog Show:

Thursday — Monday

November 10, 2016 to November 14, 2016

Time: 8 AM — 5 PM

DATES TO REMEMBER

20 Dog Trivia Questions! DON’T CHEAT! (Answers will be revealed next month)

Normal adult dogs have how many teeth? A) 24 B) 38 C) 42 D) 32 2. Through what part of the body do dogs sweat? A) Mouth B) Ears C) Nose D) Paws 3. True or False: Dogs can only see in black and white. 4. What is the most common training command taught to dogs? A) Stay B) Beg C) Sit D) Dance 5. What is a dog’s most highly developed sense? A) Taste B) Smell C) Sight D) Touch 6. Puppies are delivered how many weeks after conception? A) 36 B) 22 C) 9 D) 16 7. What is the favorite dog breed of the Queen of England? A) Corgi B) Basenji C) Poodle D) Pomeranian 8. Which TV series had a dog named K9 who was also a ro-bot? A) Full House B) Star Trek C) Doctor Who D) Law & Order 9. Which dog breed is the smallest of them all? A) Dachshund B) Shih Tzu C) Pomeranian D) Chihuahua 10. Which breed was once known as St. John’s Newfoundland A) Newfoundland B) Golden retriever C) Labrador D) Puli

11. Which dog breed has a black tongue? A) Husky B) Labrador C) Weimaraner D) Chow Chow 12. The first dogs registered in the American Kennel Club be-longed to what group? A) Herding B) Sporting C) Working D) Hound 13. Which dog yodels instead of barks? A) Komondor B) Otterhound C) Basenji D) Basset hound 14. True or False: Dalmatians are born with spots. 15. What breed of dog is the smallest used in hunting? A) Chihuahua B) Miniature dachshund C) Toy poodle D) Smooth fox terrier 16. What is the name of the dog on the front of the Cracker Jack box? A) Jack B) Max C) Bingo D) Fido 17. How old was the world’s oldest dog, an Australian cattle hound named Bluey, in human years? A) 32 B) 27 C) 30 D) 29 18. What was the most popular dog name of 2011, according to VPI Pet Insurance? A) Lucy B) Bailey C) Bella D) Max 19. True or False: It is cheaper to spay or neuter a dog than it is to raise a litter of puppies for one year. 20. What is the most popular breed of dog, according to the American Kennel Club’s registrations in 2012? A) Golden Retriever B) Beagle C) German Shepherd D) Labrador

News from the AKC S T U D Y S U G G E S T S F A R M I N G I N F L U E N C E D D O G ’ S E V O L U T I O N

By: Staff Writers

November 9, 2016

A new study has determined that

farming may have changed the ge-

netic markup of dogs as they

evolved into the domesticated com-

panions they are today. According to

a study by researchers at Uppsala

University in Sweden, the high-

starch diets dogs were eating 7,000

years ago while living alongside

farmers caused them to create addi-

tional genes to help them digest

starches, like wheat and millet.

Based on these findings and sup-

porting evidence from a 2016 survey

of the genes of wolves and various dog breeds, scientists concluded that dogs developed these extra

copies of the gene in order to adapt to the diets of the humans they lived near, specifically to starches

as the farming industry grew.

Read the Whole Story Here: http://www.akc.org/news/study-suggests-farming-influenced-dogs-

evolution/

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