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UPCOMING EVENTS
HOLIDAY PHOTOS OF YOUR DOG
On Sunday, November 7, starting at 11:00 am, a professional photographer will be at KCTC to take holiday photos of your dog. So dress up your dog for the season and have a picture taken! More details coming.
KCTC HOLIDAY DINNER AND DOGGIE GIFT EXCHANGE
Our annual holiday dinner will be Monday, December 6th, at Tambellini's Restaurant in Bridgeville. Social hour at 6:30 and dinner at 7:30. We will do our doggie gift exchange and present awards to dogs that earned new titles this year. The gift exchange forms will be given out at the November 19 membership meeting. If you cannot attend but would like to participate, contact Lucy McCloskey. Additional forms will be available at the club.
Click for the appropriate form: Reservation Form Dog Titles Form
MARIA DUTHIE MASSAGE (SEMINAR AND PRIVATE MASSAGES)
On Saturday, December 11, dog massage expert Maria Duthie will be at KCTC. She will give a morning seminar to teach you how to massage your dog, and will give private massages in the afternoon. Click here for a registration form (pdf).
DONNA ROHAUS AGILITY LESSONS
Donna Rohaus offers private and group agility lessons at KCTC. Her November dates are Tuesdays the 2nd, 16, and 30th. The cost for private lessons is $85 for one hour, $65 for 45 minutes, or $45 for 1/2 hour. The cost for group lessons depends on the number of people in each group. The first group sessions will be in December. If you would like a slot with Donna, please send an e-mail to Dan Goldberg at samoyed4@verizon.net.
Past Events
TEACCUP TRIAL OCTOBER 9 - 10, 2010
Our 4th Teacup trial was a great success. We received a lot of positive comments about our new building, and how smoothly everything went. It was particularly nice to have a separate area for crating.
According to the TDAA software, the top dogs in the trial were:
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4" - Schilling (Joan Kimmel), also best overall dog in the trial
8" - Pixie (Dee Farrell)
12" - Molly (Pete Grandillo Sr.)
Congratulations to all the dogs who won ribbons. And thank you to
all the workers who helped make the trial such a success! Our next
trial is confirmed for April 30 - May 1, 2011 (the week after
Easter).
Hope to see you there! Dan Goldberg, Pam Lewis and Amy Wustin
A big thanks goes to Wendy Loreti for the great photos!
If people want to contact Wendy for the photos, please email her at WendyLoreti@aol.com
A Picture of All the Competitors.
TEACUP TRIAL APRIL 24 - 25, 2010
Our April 2010 Teacup Trial was a big success. We had 27 dogs doing a total of 128 runs over both days. It was the first trial to use our beautiful new Teacup equipment. We also had delicious food and lots of raffle baskets. And luckily the rain held off for most of the weekend. Thanks to all our volunteers!
KCTC dogs who qualified (some more than once) include Molly (Pete Grandillo Sr.), Heidi (Sue Wray), Amber (Tom Bandi), Sadie (Lori Miller), Sadie (Emil Pohodich), Pixie (Dee Farrell), Tiffany (Tom Bandi), and Fox (Toni Yurkovic).
The top dogs at each jump height (according to TDAA) were:
4 inch: Amber, handled by Tom Bandi
8 inch: Sadie, handled by Lori Miller
12 inch: Gidget, handled by Mary Bartosh
A big thanks goes to Wendy Loreti for the great photos!
If people want to contact Wendy for the photos, please email her at WendyLoreti@aol.com
Barktoberfest October 4, 2009
On Sunday October 4th, Keystone helped with Barktoberfest on behalf of Angel Ridge Animal Rescue at the South Park fairground field near the Museum Bldg. Thanks to all who helped.
Just a Walk in the Park
Keystone Canine Training Club was out and about again. We were invited to set up a table at the Paws for Life Walk and Exhibition at the main track at South Park on Saturday May 6, 2009. We met a lot of very nice “dog people” and everyone had a good time. We would like to also express our thanks to the members of KCTC who helped to set up and maintain the table. Many Thanks.
The Keystone K9er’s were asked to perform one of their themed demos. They decided on the Doo Wop Theme, and it was well received by all those that were there. Susie Roberts from the Bethel Park TV show “LETS TALK TAILWAGGERS,” was there and she interviewed the K9er’s and asked if she can tape another of our demos for her show.
All in all, it was another happy day in the life of KCTC Members.
TEACUP AGILITY TRIAL
(Final Posting 4-5-2009)
Our first-ever Teacup agility trial was held March 20 – 22, and was a big success. Over 25 handlers participated, and there were almost 120 runs throughout the weekend. We started on Friday night with a seminar by our Judge, Donni Breadon, who educated us on the Teacup rules and types of courses. We then had two runs.
On Saturday and Sunday, we had four runs each day, consisting of both Standard courses and Games. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, and many competitors asked us when we would be doing this again! The event was featured in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette South edition, along with a photo. Some pictures from the trial are included below, courtesy of Joanne Kerfonta. A number of KCTC handlers and dogs participated and most did very well, earning placement ribbons, qualification ribbons, and (in some cases) new titles!
Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help clean and tidy-up the club, move the mats, direct the parking, arrange for food, raffles, and the porta-potty, help with registration and scoring, help in the ring as scribes, stewards and leash-runners, etc. They are too numerous to mention by name! We tentatively plan to have another Teacup trial at KCTC this fall.
Photos from the Trial
