Otter Tales March, 2013 Page 1

OTTER Tales

March, 2013

MEETING NOTICE

MARCH 11 2013

The WLRC March meeting

will be held at the

Olive Garden Restaurant

6367 E. State Street

Rockford, IL

Phone: (815) 399-3176

Board Meeting: 6:30 p.m.

General Meeting: 7:30 p.m.

OPEN MEETING

GUESTS WELCOME

DIRECTIONS:

Exit I-90 at State Street. Go west on State Street. The Olive Garden is on the south side of State Street in a strip of stores.

(Look for Office Max and Marshalls).

Need some good dog-related reading?

Our WLRC Library is such a wonderful asset. Members may contact Sue Seehawer by phone at 815-633-4366 or email and she would be happy to bring the books or other media to the following meeting.

See the list attached separately.

Another important message from Joy Richardson regarding the June Specialty:

"Hi Everyone! I will havea sign up sheet at the March meeting - we need everyone to sign upon a committee(s) to run our specialty show.

The committees we had last yearare as follows: Show Committee (Chairman)(Obedience/Rally), Campaign Fund-Less Raiser, Catalog Ads, Catalog Sales, Community Liason, Emergency Personnel, Chief Ring Steward, Clean up, Exhibitors Hospitality, Friday Night Activities, Judges Hospitality, Judges Selection, National Anthem,Premium List, Publicity, Raffle Table, CGC, Eye Clinic, Ring Decorations, Trophies/Ribbons,Show Photographer, Vendors, Veterinarian (on call), Optigen Clinic.

WE ALSO NEEDPEOPLE TO PICK UP JUDGES AT THE AIRPORT - HOPEFULLY THE MILWAUKEE AIRPORT. Please be thinking about where you can sign up.

Thank you! Joy Richardson

A Recipe for Your Dog

LAZY BONES CAROB BALLS

Makes 20 balls ... so easy, they almost make themselves.

1 cup carob powder

1 cup skim milk

2 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups bran flake cereal

In a large bowl, combine carob, milk, honey and vanilla.

Add bran flakes and mix thoroughly.

Break off golf ball-size pieces and form into balls.

Place balls in a sealed container and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Store remaining balls in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Something to

Howl About!

Enduring Classics Midnite Cowboy (Tex) on January 26in Punta Gorda, Florida earned a second place in Novice B and a 1st place in Wild Card Open. On Sunday, the 27th, he earned his first leg in Open A by winning a run off for first place.

Bred by: Sue Kropetz

Trained, fed and loved by: Lynne Hlavek

Ch HonorbrightSummer Blonde Ale JH, RA, NA, NAJ, NF had a good day at the Greater Milwaukee Poodle Club agility trial in Oshkosh Feb. 9 with a second place/q in both open standard and open jumpers which finished her open jumpers title. Owner/trainer/bed sharerDeb Hamele and breeder/co-owner Pat Kroll.

Proudly we announce that"CH Hoffmann's Back In Black" Angus- is our co-owned new AKC Champion. He was bred by Ruth A Hoffmann and Randahl Hoffmann. Owned by Julie Caruthers, Ruth A Hoffmann, Randahl Hoffmann and Jennifer Hoffmann the following is his show career so far.

Angus first show was at 7 months and he went Group 1 from the classes for a 4 pt. major

He finished with a Group 3 and it was either a three or four point major.

He was entered in 18 shows from 7 months - 16 months and that was usually once a month because Julie could not go all the time.

In those 18 shows -

16 = 1st in his class

2 = 2nd's in his class and one of those was a Major RWD

9 times Winners Dog

6 times Reserve Winners Dog

6 times Best of Breed

2 times placing in the group - 1st & 3rd

All but the last major from the puppy class - this from 12-18.

All Amateur Handled

We are so very proud of him! He also has his 1st Major win towards his Grand Champion title

Sommit’s Motocross aka Townley picked up 4 points at the Chicago International cluster this past weekend, with 3 wins in 4 days and 1 RWD. He was also BOW on Sunday. All points from the bred by class.

Sommit’s Buyer’s Remorse CDX RE JH WC aka Repo took High In Trial at the Intl Show on Sun Feb 24th from the Open B class.

Townley and Repo are bred/owned/handled by Sue Sommer and Linda Waco

LItter box

THE LISTED BREEDERS ARE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING OF WLRC, BUT IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES DOES WLRC GUARANTEE THE SERVICES OF SAID MEMBERS. BUYERS SHOULD REVIEW ANY CONTRACTS AND/OR GUARANTEES WITH THE BREEDER.

DIANE WEHRHEIM
SPECIAL OCCASION
262-594-3219
http://www.specialoccasionlabs.com

BLACKS AND YELLOWS DUE FEB. 12, 2013

Sire: SPECIAL OCCASION SHENANDOAH DREAM MACHINE
HIPS: PRE-LIM EXCELLENT
ELBOWS: NORMAL
EYES: CERF & OPTIGEN NORMAL
EIC: NORMAL
FULL DENTITION
Dam: SPECIAL OCCASION TOO MUCH FUN
HIPS:EXCELLENT
ELBOWS: NORMAL
EYES: CERF & CARRIER
EIC: CARRIER
FULL DENTITION

Kennel: Enduring Classics

Breeder: Sue Kropetz

Phone: (262) 534-4773

Email:

Born: December 19, 2012

Color: 1 Black female avail

Sire: Special Occasion First Impression

Hips/Elbows:OFA Good/Normal

Eyes: Optigen Normal, Cleared Annuall Full Dentation

Dam: Enduring Classics More Than A Memory

Hips/Eyes: OFA Good/Normal

Eyes: Optigen Normal, Cleared Annually Full Dentation

On February 21, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration announced Nutri-Vet has issued a voluntary recall for a number of its chicken jerky treatsdue to contamination with Salmonella bacteria.

To learn which products are affected, please visit the following link:

Nutri-Vet Recalls Chicken Jerky Dog Treats

Please be sure to share the news of this alert with other pet owners.

Mike Sagman, Editor

The Dog Food Advisor

P.S. Not already on our dog food recall notification list? Sign up to get critical dog food recall alerts sent to you by email.

There are too many shows coming up, to list, see Roy Jones for many of them

http://www.royjonesdogshows.com/

LRC National Specialty Info

http://www.thelabradorclub.com/uploads/PDF/NatSpecLQad3a_1359495008.pdf

Rand Park Obedience/Rally Trial Arpil 28th.

http://www.randpark.org/

Onofrio is superintendant for many shows, also

http://www.onofrio.com/

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