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WDA Photo Contest for 2011 Calendar

March 9th, 2010 Carole 9 comments

The WDA is having another calendar contest. Alta-Tollhaus photogs that are WDA members need to blast the judging panel with your great photos.

This is the official info:

The GSDCA-WDA office is accepting photo submissions for the official 2011 GSDCA-WDA calendar. An independent panel will judge the entries. Some of the top entries will be published in the GSDCA-WDA The Complete German Shepherd Dog and 12 winners will see their dogs in the 2011 calendar.

Here are the requirements:

Send photo submissions to wdaphotocontest@gmail.com
You can only submit photos that you have taken yourself (copyright law)
All entries must be received by 30 April, 2010
Minimum of 300 dpi of an 8 x 10 image
Please do NOT include your dog’s name or any other identifying labels
Please do include your contact information including WDA membership #
All participants must be current members of GSDCA-WDA in good standing
No professional photos please. We are looking for candid photos of your dog(s)

The twelve winning contestants will receive a free copy of the calendar. The calendar will be available for sale later in the year.

By entering your photos in the contest, you, the photographer, give GSDCA-WDA explicit permission to publish, distribute and reproduce your photo for commercial or any other reason in any GSDCA-WDA publication.

I think the “No professional photos please” means no official show photos of your dog(s). There were professional photogs that were entered in last year’s contest. If you enter a photo, I would probably recommend not signing it, especially if your normal signature includes “24kPhoto!”

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UKC shows

February 12th, 2010 Lies Rosema 4 comments

K9 FANCIERS
KALAMAZOO (I) CONF ALT JS
(Host club of the UKC MI Classic; also held in conjunction with the All American Bulldog Club)
TEMPORARY LISTINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS EVENT
Mar 12; S1 Julie Hatlas-Pepper JS GUARD HERD (except BSD) COMP; J Ray Johnson SCENT NORTH TERR; Jeanne Heger SIGHT GUN Entries 4-5 pm Show 5:30 pm NLC: Novice Puppy
Mar 12; S2 Jeanne Heger JS SCENT NORTH TERR; J Ray Johnson GUARD HERD (except BSD) COMP; Julie Hatlas-Pepper SIGHT GUN Entries 4-5 pm Show 5:30 pm
DOS $25; JS & NLC $8 (Pee wee & Sub Jr. no charge); PE $19 received by March 7, 2010 ONLINE ENTRIES: www.dogonez.com
Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street; From East or West: Take the Sprinkle Road exit off I-94. Go north to Business Loop 94 (AmVet Memorial Parkway). Turn left onto BL 94. Turn right at traffic light (Lake Street). Fairgrounds will be on the right.
Chairperson: Sue Phillips
Event Manager: Maude Tank, EM#1001, 8734 Marsh Rd. Plainwell MI 49080 (269) 664-5157 mtanko693@aol.com

MICHIGAN
UKC MICHIGAN CLASSIC
KALAMAZOO (I) CONF ALT JS WPULL (GRCH-WP)
TEMPORARY LISTINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS EVENT
Mar 13; S1 Barbara Lauer JS TERR COMP; Kimberly Himes GUARD SCENT; Michele Wachob SIGHT GUN; Beth Snedegar NORTH HERD (except BSD); Shelly Hueckel (Michael Robinson Sr. backup) WPULL Rails-B Entries 8-9 am Weigh in 9-9:45 am Show 9:15 am Pull 10 am NLC: Novice Puppy, Total Dog
Mar 13; S2 Beth Snedegar; JS TERR COMP; Michele Wachob GUARD SCENT; Kimberly Himes SIGHT GUN; Barbara Lauer NORTH HERD (except BSD) Entries 8-9 am Show 9:15 am NLC: Total Dog
Mar 14; S1 Kimberly Himes JS TERR COMP; Barbara Lauer GUARD SCENT; Beth Snedegar SIGHT GUN; Michele Wachob NORTH (except AE) HERD (except BSD) Shelly Hueckel (Michael Robinson Sr. backup) WPULL Rails-A Entries 8-9 am Weigh in 9-9:45 am Show 9:15 am Pull 10 am NLC: Novice Puppy
Mar 14; S2 Michele Wachob JS TERR COMP; Beth Snedegar GUARD SCENT; Barbara Lauer SIGHT GUN; Kimberly Himes NORTH (except AE) HERD (except BSD) Entries 8-9 am Show 9:15 am
DOS $25; JS & NLC $8 (Pee wee & Sub Jr. no charge); PE $19 received by March 7, 2010 ON-LINE ENTRIES: www.dogonez.com
Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street; From East or West: Take the Sprinkle Road exit off I-94. Go north to Business Loop 94 (AmVet Memorial Parkway). Turn left onto BL 94. Turn right at traffic light (Lake Street). Fairgrounds will be on the right.
Chairperson: Sue Phillips
Event Manager: Maude Tank, EM#1001, 8734 Marsh Rd. Plainwell MI 49080 (269) 664-5157 mtanko693@aol.com

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“C” Course Herding Clinic

February 3rd, 2010 Carole 4 comments

I photographed a “C” Course Herding Clinic recently. AKC’s “C” Course is a smaller version of the SV’s HGH course, so it is well suited for GSDs and other tending-herding breeds. There were eight dogs that participated—each at a different level of training. These are pictures of Russell Wall’s female, Demi. Demi was more advanced than the other dogs, and a pleasure to watch with the sheep. Even dogs that were inexperienced “got it” by the second session.

The dog’s job is to keep the sheep on the graze. Notice where the sheep are eating is taller grass than where Demi is trotting. The edge of that tall grass is the “border.” Demi will not cross over that border unless instructed to do so by Russ.

Demi is receiving no instruction from Russ. The sheep are grazing and her only job right now is to tend to the sheep. The sheep should not stray or try to leave the grazing area.

After Demi’s session, landscape timbers were brought in for the more inexperienced dogs so that it would help them identify the border. This is the beginning of Demi’s afternoon session.