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KEYSTONE CANINE TRAINING CLUB (KCTC)
Keystone Canine Training Club offers dog and puppy training in the Pittsburgh, PA area. We are a non-profit organization mainly devoted to providing Basic Obedience training to dogs and their owners, to make their pets well-behaved family members and welcome members of the community. We also offer classes in more advanced Obedience, Agility, Rally, and Canine Good Citizen (CGC)/Therapy Dogs International (TDI). We have certified CGC and TDI evaluators. In addition, we have an extensive Community Outreach program, and give frequent demonstrations (including dance routines and “doggie weddings”) at senior citizen homes, day care centers, community events, and nursing homes. Our events have been featured in local newspapers and cable television. Our classes are open to the public. All of our instructors and officers are strictly volunteers, who freely donate their time and energy to benefit the community. See the Testimonials page for some comments on our classes. Click on the Flyer to learn more about KCTC and what it has to offer. We are located in Baldwin Borough, in the south suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA.
BUILDING UPDATE - We have installed air conditioning in the back room in our club, to increase the comfort of our students in hot weather. Both the front room and back room are now air-conditioned.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT -- In addition to the major construction work at Curry Hollow Road and Brownsville Road, the intersection of Broughton and Baptist Roads is closed until late this year. This will affect people coming from the south and west. Click on DIRECTIONS page on our website to get directions to the club.
UPCOMING EVENTS BELOW (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER). (CLICK HERE FOR PAST EVENTS.)
SPECIAL EVENTS
CANINE GOOD CITIZENS (CGC) AND THERAPY DOGS INTERNATIONAL (TDI) TESTING
Congratulations to Terri Wild and Moolah, who passed their TDI test on May 16.
DOG GROOMING SEMINAR JULY 15
How do you maintain your dog between grooms? This Seminar is designed to assist you in keeping your dog looking good year round. Your dog will have a healthier and happier life, and will also help your groomer to do their job. For a registration form, click HERE.
APDT RALLY TRIAL SEPTEMBER 8 - 9
We are hosting the first-ever APDT Rally trial in Western Pennsylvania on September 8 - 9. The judges will be Laurie Bochele (Saturday) and Stephanie Capkovic (Sunday). Watch for more details and the Premium as they become available.
TDAA TEACUP AGILITY TRIAL OCTOBER 6 - 7
Our next Teacup trial will be October 6 -7, with run-thrus on October 5. We plan to have some of the Petit Prix games in our trial, so this would be a good warm-up for the Petit Prix!
ON-GOING EVENTS
OPEN OBEDIENCE CLASS
Our Open Obedience class is normally held every-other Saturday at 9:00 am. Julie Agosti is the instructor, and she teaches the skills need for AKC Open Obedience. It is intended for handlers ready to move on the AKC Open from AKC Novice, although a Novice title is not a prerequisite to attend this class. It is a drop-in class, and the fee is $10. The next class is May 19.
SESSION III STARTS MAY 29
The Session III schedule is posted on the CLASS SCHEDULE page. We are now accepting enrollments.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Continuing Nosework -- Due to the high demand, we have added a second Continuing Nosework class starting June 16 (Saturday) at 1:00 pm. This will be a 5-week class. The cost is $60 for nonmembers and $20 for members.
ADPT Rally -- The last class of Session II will be May 19. The first Session III class will be June 16.
Beyond Beginners Agility Saturday -- The remaining classes will be May 19 and 26. The first Session III class will be June 16.
CONFORMATION CLASS AND INTRODUCTION TO CONFORMATION
Conformation class with Clare Schmalz and Bill Colbert is held every Wednesday at 8:30 pm, even between class sessions. Drop-ins are welcome! Introduction to Conformation is a regular 7-week session. These sessions are co- sponsored by WPKA. As noted above, the back room is now air conditioned! There will be no class on Wednesday, May 23.
DONNA ROHAUS AGILITY LESSONS
International Agility competitor Donna Rohaus of Agility CAPabilties gives private and group agility lessons at KCTC. Donna will be doing private lessons on May 24. Contact Dan Goldberg to reserve a time slot.
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
KCTC Membership meetings are normally held the third Sunday of each month (except December) at 7:00 PM, in the Council Chambers room at the Bethel Park Municipal Building. The next meeting will be Sunday, May 20.
RECENT EVENTS
TEACUP
AGILITY TRIAL
Our Teacup Agility trial
was held April 28 & 29. We had 193 runs, a new record!
Top dog in the trial was Lexi, handled by Barb Pohodich.
Congratulations Lexi and Barb! See below for links to the results.
According the the TDAA software, the top 3 dogs at each jump score height were:
|
4": Amber (Tom Bandi) Daisy (Heidi Savko) |
8": Lexi (BarbaraPohodich) Tiffany (Tom Bandi) Diesel (Janine Smith) |
|
12": Gidget (Mary Bartosh) Lokshn (Carole Hodes) Chanel (Stephanie Niemiec) |
16": Leland (Jill Birkenbine) (only 16" dog) |
Our
next trial will be October 6 - 7, before the Petit Prix in nearby
Latrobe, PA. It would be a good opportunity to practice for the
Petit Prix -- we intend to have some of the Petit Prix games in our
trial.
| Results | |
| Saturday | Sundary |
| Weakest Link | Power & Speed |
| Standard 1 | Standard 4 |
| Standard 2 | Standard 5 |
| Tunnel Snookers | Dealer's Choice |
| Standard 3 | Standard 6 |
Last Updated: May 17, 2012
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