BRAGS

 

·         Jeannie Roppoli and Matty earned their RAE2 at CFDTC’s April Trial. They are currently working toward a Master 3 and will be attending the Rally National.

·         Kellie Page and Zulu earned their RACH (Rally Championship), making them the first team at CFDTC to accomplish this. It took them 2 ½ years to accomplish. They will be attending the Rally National.

·         Bonnie Berg Eckhoff and Brynn earned their BN at Clemson and their CD at Simpsonville.

·         Bonnie and Boyd earned their GN (Graduate Novice) at Simpsonville.

·         Bonnie and Drew won First in Veterans at Simpsonville.

CONGRATULATIONS

Jeannie/Matty,

Kellie/Zulu,

Bonnie/Brynn/Boyd/Drew

MAY 15, 2022 CLUB MEETING & PICNIC

 

May 15, 2022

2:00 PM

May Meeting Then Picnic

Bring an accompaniment

Club decided to award the Rally Dog of the Year and Obedience Dog of the Year at the May Meeting. Please mark your calendars to attend – and applaud the winners.  

Thank you, Mary Groening for the work you do in compiling DOTY.

Thank you, Ken Yager and Chris White, for agreeing to set up the Grill and start cooking prior to the meeting, so the food will be ready once the meeting is done.

Thank you, Stephanie Roberson Thomas for coordinating the Accompaniment food with the Membership.

 The Club will pay for the Burgers and Hot Dogs. Thank you, Ken Yager, for agreeing to shop for them prior.

 Those with special diets or prefer a different entrée may bring what they wish, and Ken and Chris have agreed to grill it if desired. [PRO TIP – if you are bringing chicken, you may wish to cook it a little prior, or it will take 40-60 minutes by grill.]

 Members will be asked to bring accompanying dishes, whether appetizer, vegetables, main courses, dessert or other. Ken will be sending out an email to follow up on this. The Meeting will begin at 2 PM.

UPCOMING CLUB TRIALS

 ·         AUGUST 6-7, 2022 Obedience, Judged by Cheryl Pratt. The Entries Open on June 1, so mark your calendar if you want to get in.

·         October 29-30, 2022 Rally, Judged by David Probst

·         February 25-26, 2023 Obedience, Judged by Joe Caputa

·         April 1-2, 2023 Rally, Judged by Mary Ann Mullen. This one may be shifting dates. In process of working out details with AKC.

Thank you, Roberta Pylate and Kellie Eberly Page, for the work you have steadfastly done on our club trials.

CLASSES

 Joan Florentine will start her Beginner Pet Class on April 25, and then her Canine Good Citizen Class on May 2. Please contact Linda Langdon if you wish to enroll or be put on the wait list for the next session.

 Roberta Pylate will be starting her next session on May 1 for Sundays 1-5 PM – Competition Obedience Novice, Intro Open and Open. Please contact Roberta.

 Ellen Pfann will start her next session on Saturday, May 14, 9-12 and will be teaching Competition Obedience Beginner Novice, Novice, Open. Please contact Ellen.

Thank you, Joan, Roberta, and Ellen for making classes available to all members.

COMMUNITY SERVICE at METHODIST

 Roberta Pylate, Claudia Williams, Jeannie Rappoli, and Janet Pike attended the Methodist University Event with their Black Lab, Yellow Lab, Shelties and Greyhounds respectively. They were a huge hit with the kids. They talked about what our club does.

The dogs got a lot of petting. And they handed out a lot of coloring sheets for the children.

Thank you, Roberta, Claudia, Jeannie, Janet, and your dogs, for being such wonderful club ambassadors.

NEW MEMBERS PACKET

 Jeannie Roppoli has printed out the new Membership Book and Bylaws. She also put together a “New Member Welcome Kit,” which contains the Member Book, bylaws, Pens, Treats, and a Welcome Letter.

 Thank you, Jeannie, for stepping up to this task! It is so important that new members can easily access club information so they can benefit from all our club has to offer.

CANINE GOOD CITIZEN TESTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED MONDAY

 

The Club is running a Canine Good Citizen Test on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 7 PM – THIS MONDAY. Members are needed to help. There can never be too many, so Roberta hopes that you will come.

MAY MEETING AND PICNIC

 Originally scheduled for Saturday, May 14, there is a conflict with a Rally Show & Go that several Members wish to attend.

 Proposal to switch it to Sunday, May 15.

MOTION & SECOND (Bonnie Berg Eckhoff, Chris White) to switch the MEETING & PICNIC to SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022. Approved unanimously.

 Thank you, Ken Yager and Chris White, for agreeing to set up the Grill and start cooking prior to the meeting.

 The Club will pay for the Burgers and Hot Dogs. Thank you, Ken Yager, for agreeing to shop for them prior.

 Those with special diets or prefer a different entrée may bring what they wish, and Ken and Chris have agreed to grill it if desired. [PRO TIP – if you are bringing chicken, you may wish to cook it a little prior, or it will take 40-60 minutes by grill.]

 Members will be asked to bring accompanying dishes, whether appetizer, vegetables, main courses, dessert or other. Ken will be sending out an email to follow up on this. The Meeting will begin at 2 PM.

MINUTES April 14, 2022

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MINUTES - February 10, 2022

 General Meeting

Time 6:30 p.m. -10 Feb 2022 Location:  Club

Meeting brought to order by President Ken –

Approval of January Minutes- Mary Groening Motion/Chris White 2nd

Treasurer Report  

Previous Balance: $42,425.65

Ending Balance:   $43,198.31   

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Social:   

Christmas club Party.   Ugly Sweater & dog contest

2 People entered the Ugly Sweater Contest for dogs and people.  Moving forward we will not have virtual events.

 Sunshine:   

Working on baskets for Events.  Thank you to everyone who donated.  We have enough donations for multiple Baskets during the year. 

Request the club sends a Thinking of You card for member S. Hendrickson from the club -- request for Wanda White.

Webmaster:  Absent

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/296731740772636    - Nothing to report 

Building:

Alarm system was upgraded.

Property Maintenance: 

Front door latch is sensitive to heat or cold.  Therefore, the front door is not closing properly.  Please be sure to secure the door when going in an out. 

Seminars:  working spots are available.

Maggie Hayes:  May 7/8, 2022 - new date due to rescheduling.  1 working spot available.  Will open to the public by Mar 1, 2022.

Connie Cleveland:  July 9/10, 2022 - potential conflict due to AKC rescheduling RNC and NOC.  Date will remain the same.  2 working spots available.  Will open to public by Mar 1, 2022

2023 Seminar Consideration: 

Jeannie Dennard.  She won the Master’s Obedience Class at the 2021 AKC Classic in Orlando.

Obedience Show-n-go scheduled for Sun, Feb 20. 

Thank you to all that stepped up to volunteer to work/support the event. 

Starts at 7:30am and will end approx 5pm.  Pizza will be available to all workers.

Training Classes:  

Roberta's Sunday competitive classes resume Mar 6th, 1-5pm Novice, Intro to Open, Advanced Open, Utility.  She is splitting the open class by offering Intro and Advanced because it is too large.  

Trials:  

Feb 26/27 - Obedience 

Judge Joseph Caputa - closed.

Apr 2/3 - Rally 

Judge Mary Ann Mullen - FULL, wait list established

Please be a Rally Trial Sponsors

Aug 6/7 Obedience 

Judge Cheryl Pratt –

AKC approved event and judging panel

           Oct 29/30 Rally 

Judge David Brobst -  

AKC approved event and judging panel

 Raffles: 

++50/50 Cash - tickets distributed to attendees. 

Winner does not have to be present. 

Can sell to friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. 

Winner gets half the total winnings.

++Baskets –

THANK YOU to all that donated towards the baskets! 

Wanda creates BEAUTIFUL baskets that are very well received.

Community Service:  

 ** Methodist University Educ Dept.  Saturday, Apr 9. 

Set up a booth to showcase the club happenings. 

Calm dogs are a great asset to act as an ambassador!!

** Pet Fest - Hope Mills.  Outdoors.  Saturday, May 14. 

Set up a booth with shade as it will be HOT. 

They want us to conduct demos - at least 2-3. 

We can showcase obedience and rally.

OLD BUSINESS:

Investments –

The Club will have to pay taxes

1099 to be supplied to accountant by Instructors and Ann Chalker (cleaning person)

Membership Committee-

Ken will provide an email and the member book.

Dog of the Year – Make sure you send your entry to Mary NLT 28 FEB. 

Rally Dog of the Year- How do we calculate Rally scores.  Commitee and established: Kellie, Jeannie, Wendy

NEW BUSINESS:

Credit cards have been received- Will link up with cardholders.

Club Meetings

will be on 2^nd Thursday of each month moving forward. 

No classes will be scheduled on 2^nd Thursdays of each month to ensure continuity of the meeting.

GOOGLE GROUPS-

Anne set up google group to manage emails.  If you get an invite, please log into the google groups

UPDATES to Membership Booklet –

Please send any updates to Anne NLT 28 FEB 22

Email Etiquette: 

Please do not reply to all when responding with personal information such as whether they will attend an event. 

Please clean up after their dogs on the property

Instructors to remind their students.  Finding soiled areas on the property.  

Remind club

We continue to collect pet food for homeless families.

BRAGS

Kellie-Master 4

 NEXT MEETING

Board Meeting – 7 March 6:30 PM via Zoom

Members Meeting - Thursday MAR 10, 6:30 PM at club unless otherwise discussed

 

Motion to adjourn: 7:20 p.m.

 

Upcoming Show & Go - More Information

 

JANUARY MEETING CANCELLED

GENERAL MEETING 

SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 13 

IS CANCELLED.

Out of an abundance of caution, due to rises in COVID-19 cases across country and specifically in Fayetteville and particularly Fort Brag, the BOD voted to cancel our first meeting of the year.

We are all disappointed that we won't be getting together as a group. So we would like to utilize this newsletter/blog as a virtual meeting.

Just like at a meeting, you have the ability to respond and ask questions!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.

Seminar News

 MAGGIE HAYES SEMINAR POSTPONED
WILL BE RESCHEDULED. . . 

If you were not able to get into the January 8-9 date, and would like to be considered for next date, contact Roberta, as there are sometimes people that cannot make the rescheduled date. You may just get in!

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL ROBERTA

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Practice Makes Perfect

 SHOW & GO PLANNED 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022. 8 AM - 5 PM

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

• Sign in attendees and take money.
• Ring Timers (ring time limited)
• Practice Judges
• Set Up
• Clean Up

Club invites other competitors to come to our building and work their dogs under dog show environment the week prior to our Trial Weekend.

DETAILS TO COME -- stay tuned.

Sheltie searching articles.

2022's First Board Meeting

 BOARD MEETING SUMMARY

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Committee Needed

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE TO FORM

The Board of Directors discussed forming a Membership Committee to organize a Membership Drive and usher Prospective Members through the application and acceptance stages.

The Committee's functions may include:

• Development of Prospective Member Brochure
• Introducing outsiders to CFDTC
• Keeping track of each applicant's status (introducing them as guest at meeting, number of meetings, letting President / Secretary know when the vote will take place etc.).
• Tracking and overseeing all Member Work Benefits (Example: when Members work trials, they have in past received discounted classes. The committee would track work hours by Member to apply to classes).

The best candidates will be:

• Organized
• Welcoming
• People-Persons
• Creative - lots of ideas

The vision is that the committee would consist of 2 Members and 1 Board Member to be determined.

Anyone interested should contact
  President Ken Yager.

Train Don't Complain!

 January-February Classes

COMPETITION CLASSES: 

UTILITY --

    Sundays With Roberta at 4:00 PM

January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20

OPEN --

    Sundays With Roberta at 3:00 PM

January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20

    Saturdays With Ellen at 11:00 AM

January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19 

NOVICE --

     Saturdays With Ellen at 10:00 AM

January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19 

     Sundays With Roberta at 2:00 PM

January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20

BEGINNER NOVICE --

     Saturdays With Ellen at 9:00 AM

January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19

Contact Linda Langdon 

 

 

No extra points for jump in Figure 8

 

 

Smart Dogs Read Sign Language

 RALLY-GO-ROUND IS BACK!

Rally Run Throughs Resuming 

Tuesday Nights at 7 PM 

beginning January 11, 2022

By Appointment Only - Limited Availability

Slots are filled through January 25.

To be added to the Rally-Go-Round Email Notifications

CONTACT WENDY HARMON

Make It Part of Your New Years Resolution

 PET TRAINING CLASSES:

BEGINNERS 

     Mondays With Joan

January 10 (no dogs)

January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21

CANINE GOOD CITIZEN  

    Mondays With Joan -

January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21