Dog Training~~More Show News

Got the Premium List for the "Country Music Cluster" today. It's in Franklin, TN on March 9-12, 2006. It will have Conformation, Obedience and Rally. Rally entries are limited to 132 dogs each day.

Saturday evening, the 11th, there will be three Independent Specialties for Siberian Huskies, Boxers, and Dachshunds.

Special activities going on will be:

Thursday: Lite Buffet for Exhibitors
Friday: Sperm Bank - semen collection and freezing (reservation required), Micro-chipping by request.
Friday Evening: Dinner & Dance -- Live Band
Saturday: Sperm Bank collecting, Micro-chipping and Eye Clinic
Saturday Afternoon: Junior Handling Class
Saturday Evening: Specialities noted above
Sunday: Sperm Bank collecting, Micro-chipping and Eye Clinic

This is another Onofrio offering. Online entries can be accessed through Dog Potentials or at Onofrio's site.

Sounds like it's going to be a really good show.
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Here's a tip for you:

If your puppy insists on biting your hand, try holding your hand totally still. Once it is "dead," the puppy will generally stop biting it. At the same time, you want to give a "no bite" command. Eventually, the puppy will learn that "no bite" means to stop biting you. Always praise the puppy when he complies and give him something better to chew on.

Isn't always easy to do, since those needle-sharp teeth hurt, but refrain from striking the puppy. Yes, there are many trainers that will tell you otherwise, but this is from my own experience and it will work. The hand (or, whatever) must "die" for the puppy to stop biting. Oh, and don't scream or screech, either. That becomes a reward for the puppy.

Had a client that did that with her Yorkie puppy. The rest of the family did as I suggested and let the hands "die," but the actual owner would yell, "Ow" very loudly and pull away. The dog continued to bite her until I convinced her to stop with the noise and hold her hand still. Less than two weeks later, she reported that he had stopped biting her, too.

Well, that's it for this one. If you have information for shows that you'd like to post, add a comment and I'll get it on here.

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See ya at the shows,
Chris

Again this year Westminster will offer streaming video highlights of the breed judging during the days of our show (Feb 13-14) on our website. Last year, more than 1.5 million streaming video feeds went out from our web site to 140 countries.

Those highlights (about 10-12 minutes per breed) will be available within two hours of the completion of the judging for each breed. They are being shot by a number of dog show people, the project overseen by Karolynne McAteer of Irish Setter fame, and Chris Terrell, who himself was the last breeder-owner-handler to win Best In Show at the Garden (in 1983 with the great Afghan Hound, Ch Kabik's The Challenger).

Our website is www.westminsterkennelclub.org and the breed judging schedule is available there.

You will need a high speed connection (dial up will not work) to view the streaming video. No, they are not downloadable and they are not for sale. The 2005 highlights will also remain available for viewing on the website as well.

Cross post and forwarding OK.

David Frei
The Westminster Kennel Club
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Thought y'all'd be interested in this post. Westminster is THE premier Dog Show in the U.S. If I recall correctly, you can only be invited to show there. You can't just enter it like a regular show. Always exciting to watch the judging and the classes are HUGE. Very prestigious to be invited, and more so to win there.

All the pages are finally up on Dog Potentials, although, some of the first ones need tweaked to be exactly right. Writing about the 4-H stuff sure brought back some memories of when the kids were involved in that. We all had lots of fun participating and I even got noticed as a leader of the group, although, I didn't do a lot, I had to be there for the kids. lol

Tons of products have been put up in Dog Potentials--the Store on Cafe Press. Did up some designs for the Chinese Year of the Dog, which actually starts today (Feb. 1) according to some of the information I dug up about it. You might want to check it out.
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For you who are interested in Dog Show information, I just got the Premium List for the Bi-State Winter Classic in Belleville, Illinois. Show dates are March 3-5, with Specialties for Vizsla, Dachshund, Great Dane, St. Bernard, Bichon Frise and Dalmation dogs on the 3rd. The Vizslas and Bichon Frise Clubs will have Obedience Trials available for their Specialties, too, that day.

The All-Breed Shows will be 4-5th. If you need majors on any of the above breeds, good time to give it a shot. Specialties on Saturday, the 4th will include Boxers, St. Bernards, and Fox Terriers.

Entries will close Noon, February 15, 2006. Onofrio is the Superintendent. Their website, where you can enter on-line, is here. Good Luck to all that show there.
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Some of my articles on Ezine Articles have been adopted by some folks. Don't know where exactly, but if you're interested in some of the Dog Training articles I have there, feel free to "borrow" them. Look for them under C. Rogers Upson, my "pen" name. lol If you use them, will you drop me a line at christi@dogpotentials.com and let me know, please? Would appreciate it.

Well, it's 6 a.m. here, time for me to go to bed. 'nite, y'all.



See ya at the shows,
Chris