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Instructor Seminar – Dec 7th @ 6:30pm

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

ALL INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTANTS ARE ASKED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 AT 6:30 PM at GCDOC.

The purpose of this seminar is to summarize and review teaching points to develop more congruence between the various teaching pairs.

CLICK HERE TO ADD THIS EVENT TO YOUR CALENDAR!

Each current instructor and assistant should submit, to Kristina  (demondog_1990@yahoo.com), the points they feel are most crucial for the level of class they are teaching.

Also submit which point you feel is most difficult to teach.

This request relates to the points in Puppy, Puppy Grad, Beginners and Advanced Beginners. (Please send one email per class, just for organizational purposes) . 

Please bring your ideas on how to recruit and retain new teachers/ helpers/ assistants.

A light supper will be provided by the Obedience Department/Group.

Looking forward to gathering everyone together and spending time collaborating together.

Kristina Morgan 

Gem City Obedience Director 

Membership Meeting

Posted on by Donna Jennings

There will be a General Membership meeting on Monday, Sept. 25 at 7 pm. Previous membership minutes can be read here: https://gcdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Membership-meeting-minutes-7.21.23-with-reports.pdf The nominating committee has nominated the following candidates for 2024 board of directors.

President Angela Profitt

Vice President Steve Hart

Secretary Donna Jennings

Treasurer Kathy Roberts

Membership Tami Woodrow

Registrar Maggie Melton

Member at Large (two year term) John Clifford

Member at Large (two year term) Michelle Collett

In addition to those listed above Barb Siler and Alicia Heidorn are on the board, as they were elected for a two year term and have only served one year. 

The next General Membership meeting will be held Monday September 25th at 7:00 PM.  In addition to regular business, the nominating nominations will be accepted from the from the floor as stated in the by-laws;

Additional nominations may be made at the September meeting by any member in attendance, provided that the person so nominated does not decline when their name is proposed, and provided further that if the proposed candidate is not in attendance at this meeting, the proposer shall present to the Secretary a written statement from the proposed candidate signifying willingness to be a candidate.

The by-laws further state;

No person may be a candidate in a club election who has not attended two regular membership meetings during the current club year, and who has not been nominated. No person may be a candidate for more than one position.

Elections will be held Friday November 3rd at 7:00 PM 

Class Registration OPEN for session 5, 2023

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

Class registration is now open to everyone.

PLEASE REFRESH YOUR BROWSER TO SEE THE UPDATED SITE! Please note: if you sit around day after day hitting refresh on the website, you WILL fill your browser’s memory with the old version of the site. Please clear your cache before hitting refresh again if you don’t see the updated site.

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!

Volunteers Needed Sept 2023 CGC

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

It is that time again for CGC Evalutors and CGC Helpers to sign up to help the Advanced Beginner class with thier CGC testing.  Please check the Volunteer Oppunities page to sign up.  You will earn double volunteer hours and this is an easy way to get them. If you have any questions you can contact Rachel Corbett at louie.and.ruth@gmail.com.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

The dates and times are as follows:

Monday, September 4th at 8pm
Tuesday, September 5th at 6 :45 pm
Thursday, September 7th at 9:15 am

Thank you so much!
Rachel

Coyotes At The Land

Posted on by Angela Profitt

Please remember that there are coyotes along with other wildlife out at the land. Always try to go with other members. The more people are there, the less likely they will come around. Always use caution and check your surroundings before allowing your dogs to run the whole area. Unfortunately, the best ways to trap them are going to be very appealing to our dogs too.

September Obedience and Rally Trial Workers

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

Need Hours?  Workers are needed for the September 23-24 Obedience and Rally
Trials
Set up will be Friday September 22 @ 5:00, Exhibitors may set up their crates after the ring set up is complete.
The trials will run from 8:30 until about 3-4 PM depending upon entries (you will need to arrive at 8:00).    Lunch will be provided for workers.  4 stewards are needed for Obedience and 4 stewards are needed for Rally.  The
work is easy and judges do like having the same stewards all day so please consider working the entire day.  No training necessary, your judge will instruct you prior to the start of the trial. 

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

Questions email Pam Murn
myeltneb@aol.com

Volunteer hours – Sat 7/29/23

Posted on by ckiefer22

All:

Do you need VOLUNTEER hours???It’s time to get some general work done at the club that just about anyone can do, so come one, come all…… No, that’s too many, how about 4 or 5 people this coming Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30 to do a few jobs around the outside of the building.I know it will be getting hot so we will only be out there for 2 hours.

Water will be available.

These hours count towards your membership volunteer hours so we will need to sign in and out. Bring sunscreen, gloves and hats.

Things like: digging hole to put up a new dog poop station. Yes this requires digging a hole and setting the post in concrete. Tools would be shovels and wheelbarrow(s).collect some of the stones and other debris in the grass and the parking lot, Tools would be some buckets and gloveshelp connect some new extensions to the downspouts to the drain tiles. Cutting and fitting and attaching things so a hack saw, box knife and drill-driver to put in screws.

Please let me know if you will be there and what you can help with.John Clifford

email: 7681tr78@gmail.com

Barn Hunt/Rat Romp Volunteers Needed July 29th & Sept 9th.

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

BARN HUNT FUN TEST VOLUNTEERS

EVENT CHAIR: Rachel Corbett

Please fill out the form below to request a job for the day, or contact Rachel directly by clicking on her name above.

** NOTE- NO ON SITE FOOD WILL BE SERVED. BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH, OR PLAN ON MAKING A DRIVE DURING THE (TYPICALLY) 30 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK!

Gem City Rat Rompers, GCDOC Barn Hunt Club is hosting it’s first official event on September 9th, 2023! We are looking for volunteers. Come have fun volunteering and learning what Barn Hunt is all about.

Location is 542 Valleycrest Dr., Dayton, OH 45404.
Building IS climate controlled!

Volunteer for the practice day July 29th

Volunteer for the Fun Test September 9th