Nutmeg Portuguese Water Dog Club Newsletter
Vol. 5 - February 2012
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In This Issue
Captain's Orders
Upcoming Events
Nutmeg PWD Annual Meeting
The Deyanne Miller Fund Thanks YOU
Water Trial Results
Links You Might Enjoy - Dinbar Talk
Links You Might Enjoy - Oops It's a Labradoodle
Meet The Breeds 2011
11th Annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship
Congratulations Nancy Wentworth & MACH Redwoods See How They Run
Avast Mateys! It's Time for Some eFun!
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Dear Fellow Member,

 

Welcome to 2012 - Nutmeg PWD Club has its usual events coming up for you along with a new WATER FUN DAY on June 23rd - watch for the sign up on our website.

 

Our Health Clinic will be Sunday April 15, hips and elbows and CERF eyes. There is free one-time CERF on any dog over 7 years of age. The form will be on our website in the next two weeks.

 

Our agility trial is on Sunday May 13th and we would love you to volunteer to help. You will read more about it soon, but mark the date now!

 

The Westminster Kennel Club show in New York was held on Tuesday February 14th. There were 20 PWDs in Ring One, and several Nutmeggers, including myself, on the grounds to cheer on the dogs. Seen at the show were Jane Freeman, Ylisa Kunze, Patty Hobin, Patti Cox, Marie Forgach, Laura Taft-Paulsen, Ginnie Santoli, Mary Nottingham, Fran Brown, Kathy Ferrandino, and huge apologies to anyone I missed - it was so crowded it was hard to see everyone.

 

The winning dog, BEST OF BREED, was a Nutmegger too - it was Gr Ch Freestyle The Wiz, bred by Jane Freeman, owned by Marie Forgach, handled by Kim Pastella-Calvacca. Jane was a three-time winner at Westminster with Wiz's dad, Spencer so it was an even sweeter win for Freestyle! I'm sure you were all glued to your TV screen on Tuesday night to watch "Oz" and Kim parade around the Working Group ring. He looked wonderful.

 

See you all in the spring!

 

Jane.


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Upcoming Events of Interest

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Get Out that 2012 PWD Calendar

Start Savings These Dates

   



See Club website for Details as Dates Get Closer
 

Upcoming Nutmeg PWD Events
 

 

March 3 & 4: Working Group Show
Nutmeg Supported Entry 
Puppy and Veteran Sweepstakes both days
Eastern States Exhibition Center- West Springfield, MA   

 

April 14: Nutmeg PWDC Dry Land Water Workshop   

Introduction to water work skills and more!  Hamden, CT

 

April 15: All-Breed Health Clinic  CERFs and X-Rays  Norwalk, CT

 

May 10 - 13: Nutmeg AKC Agility Trial   

FDR Park - Yorktown Heights, NY

 

June 8: Taconic Hills KC Show - Nutmeg PWDC Supported Entry   

FDR Park - Yorktown Height, NY   

 

June 9: Nutmeg PWDC Club Specialty  Puppy and Veteran Sweepstakes
Greenwich Kennel Club's Show, Norwalk, CT   

 

June 10: Longshore-Southport KC Show - Nutmeg PWDC Club Supported Entry   

FDR Park - Yorktown Height, NY

 

July 11: Farmington Valley KC Show  Nutmeg Supported Entry   

Eastern States Exhibition Center- West Springfield, MA   

 

August 25 & 26: Nutmeg PWD Water Trial

Monroe, CT

 

September 8 & 9: Nutmeg PWD Water Trial

Farmington, CT

 

Other Events

 

September 29 - October 5 - PWDCA National Specialty
Lake Geneva, WI
 

   

March 11, 2012 - Wachusett Kennel Club 20/20 -  All breed OptiGen testing event.

DogStar Activity Center, 310B School Street, Action, MA   

Pre-registration required - appointments will have pre-set times

 

Saturday, March 3, 2012 (9-5): Patricia Trotter "Structure In Motion" Seminar

Educational seminar that answers the questions about:   What do judges look for when...

Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick, R.I.

 

Sunday,  April 15, 2012 (8-5:) Breed Handling Seminar with Handler, Karen Drumm

Come perfect your handling skills by working with Karen on stacking, ring patterns, self stacking, timing in the ring, grooming ideas, and movement partnering. 

Where: Tails U Win Training Center- Manchester, CT   

 

> Read more details    

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Nutmeg PWD Annual Meeting 

Same great food and friendship

Fascinating presentation

Well-deserved awards 

And all the official business we needed to conduct and more

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Nutmeg PWD Annual Meeting and Potluck Luncheon Jan. 29, 2012

By Patty Hobin 

 

Nutmeg Portuguese Water Dog Club held its annual meeting on January 29th in an office building caf� in Stamford, CT. This location was a change from the regular meet place in New Cannan, CT due to a conflict at the Teen Center. The accommodations worked well and even seemed a bit cozier.

 

The potluck luncheon opened the event with the usual good food Nutmeg's members are known for.

 

  > Couldn't attend? Read the whole story  

A letter of Thanks from the Deyanne Miller Scholarship Fund Committee

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Dear Cheryl and Carole,

 

I am writing to you as the chair of the Deyanne Miller Scholarship Fund.  I can't thank you enough for coordinating the sale of the DER AGITATOR print.  Through your hard work and the generosity of the Nutmeg PWD Club, its members, and all of those who purchased the print, the Deyanne Miller Scholarship Fund has been increased by over $8,000 with your donation. I feel confident that Deyanne's memory will continue to live on through the awarding of scholarships to deserving PWDCA members and their children for many years to come.

 

Thank you,  

Kris Cofiell - Melinda Harvey - Rita Araujo

 

DMSF

 

There are still a few prints available.  

Details can be found at http://www.nutmegpwd.org/index.html 

Results? You want results? We got Water Trial Results!
 
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Nutmeg Portuguese Water Dog Water Trials

Written by Patty Hobin, qualifying information supplied by Jane Freeman

 

Nutmeg held two weekends of water trials in 2011. Both were well attended and the food exceptional as usual.

August 20th and 21st at the Monroe, CT
 
Judge: Chuck Robinson for both days.

 

September 10th and 11th at Batterson Park, Farmington, CT 

Judge: was Judy Murray with Frank Cardillino as Provisional 

and on Sunday Pam Marshall.


  A big thank you to Dick & Julie Kraus for letting Nutmeg  

host classes and the trials on their lake property.

 

> See the results. Read the story 

 
Links we thought you might enjoy 
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Ian Dunbar on Dog-Friendly Dog training

 

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.

 

 View the video  

 
Links we thought you might enjoy  
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Oops! Labradoodle Creator Now Regrets Cross-Breeding

The Labradoodle, a mix between a labrador (lab) and a standard poodle, was originally bred for a woman who needed a non-allergenic guide dog. Now, the man responsible for the breed's creation says he regrets creating a new breed - and the problems that came with it.

 

 > Read the story on Global Animal's web site 

  

 

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Meet the Breeds at the Javits Center, New York, NY

Written by Patty Hobin

  

On November 19th and 20th Nutmeg participated in the AKC sponsored Meet the Breeds at the Javits Center in New York City. The AKC was expecting over 35,000 attendees and 200 breed booths.

 

 

 

The Portuguese Water Dog Club of America supplies us with lovely large photos to adorn our booth as you can see in the picture below. Yilsa Kunze supplied the rug and other accoutrements to complete the look. She also did all the setting up and breaking down.

  

Thank you to the follow members that spent time with their dogs so the public could learn more about our wonderful breed. Ylisa with Karma, Richard with Huck Finn, Patty Hobin with Nettie and then Pepper, Patti Cox with Finne. Also Laura Taft-Paulsen stopped by with Hestia after she completed her agility demonstration with the Portchester Agility Club.

From Judith S. Miller's post on the Nutmeg PWDC's Facebook page. 
 
Photo above: A quiet moment before the crowds arrived at the PWD Booth at the AKC Meet the Breeds on 11/20/11. Richard with Huck Finn and Ylisa with Karma and Lisa Torrens-Kaykas
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Agility News

Written by Patty Hobin

 

On December 17 and 18, 2011 in Orlando, Florida 11th Annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship was held. The two-day event was held in conjunction with the AKC Agility Invitational and the AKC National Obedience Invitational.

 

This year our Portuguese Water Dogs did us proud.

 

In Agility only the top five ranking dogs are invited to participate. Here are the top 5 dogs that competed.

 

CH MACH7 Bayswater's Rowdy Jack Tar UD RN MXF TQX/Charles F Bubert Candi K Bubert

CH MACH5 Cutwater Wine And Dine Me OF/ Lori Chambers

MACH2 Fishbay's Co River Ind Tribes MXF/ Rebecca Sliger David Sliger

CH MACH2 Freestyle Best Of Three CD RAE MXF/ Lisa Wilkinson

MACH2 Sequel To A Perfect Storm RN/ Ann M. Peereboom

 

Congratulations go to CH MACH5 Cutwater Wine And Dine Me OF. Bacchus and Lori took a 2nd place in the 20 inch height class which had 290 entries!

       

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Photo top: From the left Ann & Fisher, Chuck & Jack, Lori & Bacchus, Rebecca & Lucy and Lisa & Ace. Congratulations to each and everyone of them! Bottom: Bacchus and Lori.

 

  > Read the full story  

Other Agility News
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Nutmeg is VERY proud of member, Nancy Wentworth with her PWD " Perry Mason" Redwoods See How They Run is now MACH Redwoods See How They Run ADCH (USDAA).  The highest honor an agility dog can receive is to achieve a Master Agility Championship title (MACH).   MACH titles are awarded based on achieving 750 speed points (by running faster than Standard Course Time and 20 Double Qualifying Points (by qualifying in the Standard Class and the Jumpers with Weaves Class on the same day).  

 

 

We need your help filing these baskets!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EmptyauctBsksts The lucky chance auction at the annual Greenwich KC Show is both fun and one of our most important fund raisers of the year.

PLEASE consider donating a basket or any appealing item. We'll create a basket around your donation.

And start saving up that spare change. The more tickets you buy, the more likely you are to win something porty-wonderful!

To make a donation lease contact Ylisa Kunze. [email protected]. Please advise Ylisa what you will be donating in advance or bringing on the day of the show

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