Beginning Obedience Fall Session

Here is the schedule for the obedience session that just began: All classes meet at the 4-H building at 7PM!!!!!!!!! There are 8 training sessions in all.

Thursday, Oct. 2
Thursday, Oct. 9
Thursday, Oct. 16 (this class will be held outside, if the weather is bad we will not meet!!)
Thursday, Oct. 23
Thursday, Oct. 30
Monday, Nov. 3
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Thursday, Nov. 20 (Graduation)

Remember to bring your dog some treats to class. Hotdogs are recommended.

State Fair Training

There will be 4 Monday night training sessions to prepare for the State Fair dog show. The sessions will be held on August 18 and 25 and Sept. 1 and 8. They will all be held at the 4-H Building and will start at 7PM.

County Fair Time (Can you smell the Pronto Pups?)

4-Hers, it is county fair time!! The County Fair dog show is this Saturday and don't forget, it will start EARLY!!! We will be there to set up the rings starting at 7AM! Yes, I said 7 AM!!! The show will start at 8 AM. The reason for the early start is that we will be out on the basketball court and there is minimal shade and it gets hot fast! The good news is that we will be done by noon and you will be free to enjoy the other sights and sounds of the fair. Just remember to be respectful and not take your dogs into the areas where they are not allowed. After county fair, we will take a break from our Monday training sessions. We will resume practices on August 11 to prepare for State Fair. Those training sessions will be only for those kids who have qualified to compete at State Fair. Thanks for all your hard work in the project thus far:)

June 3, 2008

Dog training will be held outside in the parking lot tonight. We'll meet just outside the 4-H Hall at 7 PM. Remember to bring some water for your dog if it is hot and you may need some mosquito spray for yourself. We will only have tonight and then one more training session before county fair and then we will take a break from training.

Upcoming!!!

Hey 4-Hers, there are a few things coming up in the next few weeks that you do not want to miss!! Tonight (June 9), we will have our regular training session. Next Monday (June 16) is the dog club meeting. Don't bring your dogs for that. We will be preparing for our dog show as well as making a project for the animals at the Humane Society. The next weekend, June 21 and 22, we will be having our invitational dog show and agility show. This is a big event and we hope everyone will come!! Following the invitational show, there are only 3 training sessions before the county fair dog show and then we will be taking a break from training. The county fair show is July 12.

dog carnival

This month our dog club meeting will be a dog carnival. Bring your dogs and those of you that volunteered to bring a game make sure you bring that as well. We will meet at the regular time, 7 PM at the regular place, the 4-H building. The meeting will last one hour. See you there!

This week

Hey kids, this week we will have an agility practice on Sunday, May 11th. It is also Mother's Day, but we want to get as much practice on the equipment as possible. Please come prepared to set up equipment at 2 PM. We will practice and have the equipment put up by about 4 PM. Hope to see you there.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Class tonight at the 4-H building at 7 PM. Come prepared to work on obedience and showmanship. We will have agility practice this coming Sunday at 2 PM.

Class Tonight

Dog practice for tonight, Monday, April 28, will be held at 7 PM outside in the parking lot at the 4-H building. We do not have a room but we will be somewhere in the parking lot, probably right outside the 4-H Hall.

Next time

Next week, Monday, Apil 21, will be the dog club meeting. It will be held at the 4-H building at 7 PM and there are no dogs needed for this meeting.

It's Showtime!!!!!!!!!

Get ready 4-Hers, it is time for the very first show of the year. This Saturday, April 19, will be the Spring Warm-up Show. If you have not already signed up, it is not too late, you may sign up the morning of the show. Registration will be from 8:00 AM until 8:45 AM. The show will begin at 9 AM. The first event will be showmanship and that will be followed by obedience. This will be a small show and promises to be lots of fun. The show should wrap up by noon. If you don't think you are ready to show yet, just come on out and watch!

The Next Class

The next class will be Tuesday, April 15 at 7 PM. Things you should be working on:
Showmanship: patterns and stacking your dog
Obedience: heeling, recall, sit-stay and down-stay.
Keep working and remember to fill out a registration form for the Warm-Up show if you have not already done so.

Thank You!!!

Many thanks to all the 4-Hers and parents who came out and helped with the fundraiser at the AKC dog show. Once again it was a great success. It would not have been possible without all the hard work. Thank you all!!!!!!!

Next Class

We will meet Monday, April 7 at the 4-H building at 7 PM for training. You should be working on long sits and downs, recall, heeling and showmanship.

Warm-Up Show

4-Hers, please go to sedgwickdog.com or click on the Official Sedgwick County website on the right side of this page to download the registration form for the Warm-Up Show. Please keep in mind that registration for that show will be from 8:00-8:45 and the show will start at 9:00. The form states that the show starts at 1PM, but that is not correct!!! Forms are due on April 11.

AKC Show

Calling all 4-Hers!!! Please let either Kathleen, Charles, or Karen know which shift you will be available to work at the AKC show this weekend. It is important that all dog members work a shift if at all possible. We need everyone's help. And it is fun!! And free!! E-mail me at Momkat4@sbcglobal.net if you haven't already signed up.

Next Class!!

We will meet Monday, March 31 at 7 PM.

Class next week

The next training session will be on Tuesday, March 25 at 7 PM. Keep working!!! Scroll down to see what you were supposed to be working on for the next time. You all did great at Rally!

Rally Clinic

The meeting on Monday, March 17 will be a clinic about Rally. Bring your dogs and Kathy will teach you more about training for and competing in Rally. Same time, same place. 4-H building at 7 PM.

Very Important!!! Graduation for Beginners

Beginners, you will meet on Tuesday this week. Class will be on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM. I think I may have told some people class was Monday, but I was mistaken. It is graduation for beginners, so have your dogs ready!!

Beginner's Class-Fourth Night

By next time, your dog should be able to complete all these exercises:
Stays- - same requirements as last week
Heeling- - same requirements as last week
Recall- - with stay and leave your dog
Finish- - without recall
Rally exercises

Agility Practice

There will NOT be an Agility practice this Sunday. The next meeting for the Beginners will be next Wednesday at 7 PM.

Beginner's Class-Third Night

Your trainer, Kathy, thinks you all need to focus on working your dogs every single day! It only takes 15 minutes a day and you can even break that up into smaller time segments. Remember, it shows whether you have worked your dog or not during the week and your trainer always knows:) We had some brand new kids and dogs last night and you will find yourselves a little behind. That is ok, just work hard and you will catch up.

By the next training session Kathy would like you to be able to complete these exercises with your dog:
Sit Stay- - 2 minutes
Down Stay- - 3 minutes
Stand Stay- - 2 minutes
Heeling- - add circle right and circle left
Recall- - across room, instructor holding dog in place
Leave it
Beginning Rally exercises

Class 2: Notes from your trainer

I heard that everyone has been working very hard with their dogs. That is nice to hear!! Your trainer has given me a list of exercises that your dog should be able to complete by the next class. Remember, a few short training sessions during the day can make a big difference!! So, here goes:

* Sit stay - 1 minute
* Down stay - 2 minutes
* Stand stay - 1 minute
* Heeling - including automatic sit and the following commands: fast, slow, about-turn
* Recall - 2 ways to work this- - - 1) toss a piece of food about 6 ft away.....when your dog starts to eat it, call "Belle, come" 2) while heeling, start backing up and call your dog to you "Cedar, come"

Please remember, next week we will not have a training session. Instead, we will have the monthly meeting of the county-wide dog club. We will meet at the 4-H building just like we always do, in the Bison Room, but don't bring dogs!!

Good Work!!

Great job last night at the very first dog training session! Here is what you should be working on this week: 10 second sit-stay, 30 second down-stay, and a 10 second stand-stay. You should also practice heeling. Your dog should be able to walk 10 steps with you on a loose lead. That means you shouldn't be jerking or pulling your dog along! If you were unable to make it to class and are not sure how to teach your dog these commands, please e-mail me and I will do my best to help you.

Also, according to my room reservations, we will be in the Bison Room again next week, but after that we will meet in the 4-H Hall. I know it is a tight squeeze to have all those dogs, kids and parents in the Bison Room, but we will make due.

Work hard this week. It only takes a few minutes of work each day to make a huge difference.

Class Schedule!

Beginners 101

We will meet 5 times for the beginners only. Please note that the graduation from beginners 101 will be held on a tuesday due to a scheduling conflict at the 4-H building. All classes will be held at 7 PM. Here is the schedule:

Monday, Feb 4.
Monday, Feb. 11
Monday, Feb 18 (This is not a training session so no dogs tonight, this will be the dog club meeting)
Monday, Feb. 25
Wednesday, March 5
Tuesday, March 11 Graduation for Beginners!!
Monday, March 17 (Dog club meeting, no dogs)

Beginning March 25 we will allow the advanced students to join the group. Please note there are a couple of tuesday sessions due to scheduling conflicts at the building. Here is the schedule:

Session 2: Showmanship and Obedience
Tuesday, March 25
Monday, March 31
Monday, April 7
Tuesday, April 15
Monday, April 21 (No training session, dog club meeting)
Monday, April 28 (Class will be outside in the parking lot)
Monday, May 5
Monday, May 12
Monday, May 19 (No training session, dog club meeting)
Monday, May 26
Monday, June 2
Monday, June 9
Monday, June 16 (No training session, dog club meeting)
Monday, June 23
Monday, June 30 (Class outside in the parking lot)
Monday, July 7 (Class outside in the parking lot)

That will take us up to the county fair dog show which will be held on July 12. We will then take a short break and will resume classes in August only for those qualified to go to State Fair.

The first meeting of the new year of 4-H Dog will be January 28, 2008 at 7 PM at the Extension Office at 21st and Ridge Road. Leave the dogs at home and come find out what we will do this year!