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Southwest Working Dog Association (CA)
will be hosting the 2012 Regional Schutzhund Championships.
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Resumes are
available for the election of officers at the 2011 SW Region
meeting:
◊Regional Director
Thom Payne
◊Assistant Regional Director
Gail Kendall
◊Regional Breed Warden
Roanna
Banducci
◊Regional Secretary
Terry Fisk
◊Regional Treasurer
Victoria Hall
◊Regional
Training Director
None Submitted
Nominations may also be made from the floor at the meeting.
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January 04, 2011
Thom Payne
Regional Director
Southwestern Region
The Southwestern
Regional Schutzhund Championships are March 18, 19, 20, 2011. Just
three months away. Scottsdale Schutzhund Club has been working hard
to make this Championship another success. I hope many of you will
take this opportunity to attend and see some the best dogs in the
region perform.
This year is an
election year. We will be electing new officers for the Regional
Board of Directors. All positions are open this year. You will
find a description of the positions in the United Schutzhund Clubs
of America’s By Laws.
- Regional
director
- Assistant
Regional Director
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Regional Breed
Warden
- Regional
Training Director
If you are
interested in running for office please send your resume, and the
office you wish to run for to Terry Fisk at
firecreek@earthlink.net
by January 31, 2011. This is an opportunity to work for your
Region.
I am requesting
that you submit agenda items to me for the Regional meeting. The
deadline is February 25, 2011. Please send you agenda items to
thom1731@cox.net.
Thom Payne
SWRD
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2/24/2010
Candidates for Regional Training Director - Please click the
candidates name for their resume
Peter Oja (withdrawn)
Kris Taylor
(added 3/17/10)
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2/9/82010
The position of Regional Training Director is currently vacant. If
you are interested in being considered for this position please
contact the Regional Director, Thom Payne at
thom1731@cox.net or the Regional Secretary, Terry Fisk at
firecreek@earthlink.net for details of the process and how you
may submit your name for consideration.
Sincerely,
Thom Payne
SWRD
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December 10, 2009 -
So Cal Working Dog Association, and indeed the entire Schutzhund
community, has lost a dear friend, and mentor. Tom Riche, 46, longtime
Schutzhund enthusiast, and the Training Director for So Cal Working Dog
Association, passed away the evening of December 10, 2009. Tom
suffered a fatal heart attack, while working his dog on the club
training field. Tom leaves behind his wife, Kristi Riche, and his two
beautiful children—Kyler, age 8, and Taylor, age 3.
Tom was many things to many people. He was
a loving husband and father. He was a valued friend and mentor to so
many people in the Schutzhund community, and beyond. Tom was an
immensely talented trainer and helper. He could read, and understand
dogs with a true discernment that few people possess. Tom was a good
man, loved by so many (human and canine alike), and he will truly be
missed. Godspeed, Tom.
Please join me in congratulating Joelynn
Zub (daughter of Karen and Craig Groh) for receiving the 2009 USA Youth
Scholorship Award. Joelynn has been an active youth member of Somis
Schutzhund Club since 2005 and has been competing with her German
Shepherd Endy. This accomplished team also received the Youth Academic
Award and their BH at the 2007 HOT youth Championship.
Congratulations to Joelynn for her accomplishments and to Karen and
Craig for supporting her and the the youth program.
More information:
USA Youth
News
Terry
See the SWR USA News page for
information regarding scorebooks
7/10/09
Dear Regional
Members,
In 2007, the
Membership present at the Regional meeting voted to Black out the
weekends before, during and after the Regional Conformation show and
Region Schutzhund 3 Championships. On the surface this seemed like
a great way to support our Regional events.
Effectively, what
this did was cut out six weeks of our best trial time. With the
growth in the Region this has become a problem that needs to be
revisited. It is my intent that we have a proposal ready for the
next Regional meeting that can be discussed by the membership and
voted on.
We have three
clubs that recently came into conflict with this policy. The
Scottsdale Schutzhund Club’s trial was mistakenly scheduled on the
date of the Regional Conformation Show. The Southern California
Schutzhund club’s trial was scheduled on the weekend of the Regional
Schutzhund 3 championships. San Diego Schutzhund club’s
conformation Show was Scheduled the weekend before the Regional
Championships. These two events were approved before the date was
set for the Schutzhund 3 Championships.
The Southern
California Schutzhund Club’s has agreed to cancel their trial. They
will be rescheduled for April or May, 2010.
The Scottsdale
Schutzhund Club will be allowed to hold their trial. They have
already paid the City for the trial field and for part of the Judges
ticket. The Board of Directors felt that it would be in the best
interest of the Region to allow this trial to take place.
The San Diego
Schutzhund Club will be allowed to hold their conformation Show. It
took this club several months to find the judge, dates and the field
to hold this show. The Board of Director’s felt that canceling this
show would create and undue hardship on the club.
It was my desire
to bring these decisions directly to the membership. This is your
Region and you have every right to know what your Board is doing.
If you have any question regarding this or any other decision made
by the Board please feel free to call me. (619-417-7158)
Your Friend in the
Sport,
Thom Payne
SWRD
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
5/4/2009 Regional
Championship and Regional Conformation Show Vote Results
I would like to thank the following clubs for submitting Bids for next
years Regional events; Anacapa Working Dog Association, Somis Schutzhund
club and West Coast Schutzhund Club.
The results of the balloting are:
The 2010 SW Regional Conformation Show will be hosted by the Somis
Schutzhund Club.
The 2010 SW Regional Schutzhund Championships will be hosted by the
Anacapa Working Dog Association.
Thom Payne
SW Regional Director
4/14/2009 - April 09, 2009 was the deadline to receive bids for the 2010
Regional Schutzhund Championship and 2010 Regional Conformation Show.
Two clubs submitted for the Regional Schutzhund Championship and two
clubs submitted bids for the Regional Conformation show. Bids are listed
below. Click the name of the club to download their bid.
2010 Regional Schutzhund
Championships Bids
Anacapa Working Dog Association
West Coast Schutzhund Club
2010 Regional Conformation Show Bids
Somis Schutzhund Club
West Coast
Schutzhund Club
Each full member Club and voting Regional Officer may cast one vote for
the Regional Championship and one vote for the Regional Conformation
show.
The deadline for voting is April 28, 2009.
The Club contact and voting Regional officers shall submit their votes
to the Regional Secretary, Terry Fisk by mail or email.
Do not reply to this message to place your vote. Since voting is private
each party should draft a new email to firecreek@earthlink.net and
include the name of their club and which bid(s) they are voting for.
If you prefer to submit your vote in writing mail it to: Terry Fisk 4874
Moyle Rd, Phelan, CA 92371. Mail in votes must be received not
postmarked no later than April 28, 2009.
The written bids from these clubs are posted on the Regional website.
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com/news.htm
Please make sure
your club submits their vote.
Thank you,
Terry Fisk
Secretary - Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2/9/2009 - In accordance with the motion
approved at the SW Region meeting on February 7, 2009 bids will be
accepted for the 2010 Southwest Region SchH Championships and
Regional Conformation Show for the next 60 days. If any SW Region
clubs are interested in hosting either event please submit a written
proposal (see requirements below) to the appropriate officer no
later than 4/7/2009.
Terry Fisk
Secretary - Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
760 868-0676
2/8/2009 - Congratulations to San Diego Diensthund for
hosting a well run and well attended Regional Schutzhund Championships.
We welcome the new slate of office for the SW Regional elected during
the meeting last night. I'd also like to thank the outgoing officers
for their service during their past term in office.
Our new officers:
Regional Director - Thomas Payne
Assistant Regional Director - Johannes Grewe
Regional Breed Warden - Roanna Banducci
Regional Training Director - Uwe Doose
Treasurer - Karen Groh
Secretary - Terry Fisk
I'll update the website and have some bios and photos for our newer
officers soon.
Terry Fisk
Webmaster
See the new
candidates page and resumes for the 2009 Regional election of
officers
The news
section has been divided up to Regional, USA and legislation for easier
viewing. Bills affecting our dogs such as AB 1634 will be found under
Legislative News. Announcements
from the United Schutzhund Clubs of America are under
United Schutzhund
Clubs News and news from within our region will remain on this page.
January 21, 2009
On behalf of the USA Helper Committee and as a Sport Friend I would
like to personally thank Uwe Doose for his efforts as a USA Teaching
Helper for the past four years.
Uwe stepped up when I asked for his help
to create the initial group of Teaching Helpers. He has participated
in our Regional Seminars and has all ways been a willing and able
member of the Helper Program.
Due to the amount of time and commitment
that is required to maintain his Teaching helper Status, Uwe has
chosen to step down from this position at this time.
Uwe thank you for supporting the
USA Helper Program.
Nathaniel Roque
Director USA Helper Program "
January 2, 2009 Scorebooks
The United Schutzhund Clubs
of America is transitioning to AWDF-approved scorebooks (which have
the AWDF logo and the appropriate breed club logo). The scorebooks
are now being issued by the USA Office and have the AWDF and USA logos
on them. The price for the new scorebooks will remain at $10.
The new AWDF-approved
scorebook will be required for entry in the AWDF Championship beginning
in 2009. This requirement applies exclusively to the AWDF Championship.
Those entering the 2009 AWDF Championship will not be charged the $10
fee for the new scorebook when their application for the new scorebook
is accompanied by a paid entry into the AWDF Championship. Those wishing to represent
USA with their German Shepherd Dog at the 2009 AWDF Championship must be
sure that their event entry form and scorebook application are received
at the USA Office no later than April 25, 2009.
12/27/08 From Regional Training
Director Uwe Doose
Rulebook Replacement Pages
If you already have a USA Rulebook, you will need to order a set of
replacement pages for the SchH/VPG rules that have changed. A special
email address has been set up for submitting requests for the
replacement pages. Please email your full name and address
to
RuleBook@ GermanShepherdDog.com and the USA Office will
send the replacement pages to you.
See the new
candidates page and resumes for the Regional elections
12/18/2008 - Regional Elections
Dear Southwest Region;
I am making an announcement at the request of Michelle Kutelis, Regional
Director, who is having major problems with her access to the
computer/ internet and also intermittent problems with the phone line.
She hopes to have this resolved soon. If you need to contact her,
please call her home phone number @ (661)256-0703 or text message and
she will get back to you as soon as possible.
In the mean time, we would like to offer to those individuals whom would
like to run for a Regional board position at this year's election to
post their intent and/or a brief (less than ½ page) resume on the
Regional website.
If you are interested please forward your intent letter/ resume to
Michelle Kutelis, Regional Director (schhgsd@antelecom.net)
AND Terry
Fisk, Regional Webmaster, (firecreek@earthlink.net)
for review and posting. Please submit no later than 1/20/09.
If you would like additional information about any of the positions, I
would encourage you to contact the person currently in that position.
All their contact information is available on the website under the link
"Officers".
Thank you and I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas,
Marie Weller
Assistant Regional Director
951-353-1252
12/05/2008
"At the 2008 General Board Meeting, it was announced that O.G. Tucson
Schutzhund Club was no longer a full membership club due to non-payment
of USA dues.
This information is INCORRECT, and was verified with Pam in the USA
office this morning. O.G. Tucson SchH club's dues were paid before they
were due. The club was never dropped down to affiliate status and is
still a full member club in the region.
Michelle Kutelis
SW Regional Director"
10/20/2008 Important announcement from
Marie Weller:
"With the end of the year
quickly approaching I wanted to send out a reminder to all
club contacts and request that you share this information
with your appropriate board members.
When making a request for a
trial please be aware that we have 4 weekends each year now
that are "Blacked out" before and after our Regional
events. These is directly related to the 2 motions that
were passed at this last years Meeting.
We have had several request and
disappointed clubs trying to schedule trials on these
weekends.
There is only one open weekend
before the end of the year and the first 2 months of 2009
are already pretty well booked (including the black out
dates for Regional).
Please be aware we prefer to
issue requested trial auth's but if they conflict with this
new motion(s) or another trial is already scheduled for that
weekend we may need to.
To avoid this problem we suggest
to plan your trials well in advance (6 months +).
Thank you and if you or your
members have any questions or concerns please feel free to
contact myself or Michelle Kutellis, Regional Director,
Marie Weller
Assistant Regional Director"
9/8/2008
Attached you will
find USA's New Registration Department Charges as of September 2008.
For my SW
Regional Breed Wardens and Tattooers please make sure to note that
the new prices are now in effect and supersede any fees listed on
the forms that may not have been change yet.
I would also
appreciate it if all of our SW Regional Club contacts would please
let your club members know of the new registration charges.
Thanks for your
assistance,
Roanna Banducci
South West Regional
Breed Warden
United Schutzhund
Clubs of America
8/18/2008
SW
Region:
As a member of the Breed
Advisory Committee I have been asked to provide a list of
possible SV Judges for the 2009 Sieger Show and why you
think the judge would be good for the Sieger Show.I would appreciate it
if you would ask any of your club members who are
actively showing their
dogs or are planning on showing their dogs. Please send any
response back to me directly so that I may give an
overall report to the BAC of our
Region's responses.
Deadline is Wednesday, Aug. 27th.Thanks in advance for
your input!
Roanna Banducci
SW Regional Breed
Warden
7/26/2008 7/26/2008
USA Candidates for office information
6/6/2008
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of judging an affiliation trial for El
Cajon Schutzhund Club in El Cajon, California.
I would like to welcome this new USA club to the region!
Michelle
Kutelis
Southwest Regional Director
Untited Schutzhund Clubs of America
2009 Regional SchH Championships -
Vote Results
Congratulations to San
Diego Diensthund Club for winning the bid for the 2009 Regional SchH
Championships. The results were very close and decided by only two
votes. Please keep us posted on your progress/details and let me know if
there is anything you would like to add to the regional website.
Terry Fisk
Secretary and Webmaster - Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2009 SW Regional Championship Bid
Information 5/18/2008
Clubs in the Region-
As earlier mentioned, the time frame to accept bids has closed.
One bid was presented at the 2008
Regional Meeting, where we also had another incomplete bid. Due to this
a motion was made to keep the bidding period open until the start of
May. The incomplete bid never surfaced, but we did get one other bid,
leaving us with a total of two possibilities for the location for the
2009 SW Regional Championships.
Terry Fisk has put links
on the Regional webpage to download the basic information on each bid.
Please review the choices with your club members, and e-mail the votes
to myself at
schhgsd@att.net
or Terry Fisk at
terry@firecreeks.com
by Sunday, June 1st
at midnight to be considered.
The links are under NEWS, at the following location:
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com/news.htm
Michelle Kutelis
Southwest Regional Director
Untited Schutzhund Clubs of America
5/11/2008
The deadline to submit bids for the 2009 SW Region SchH Championships is
up. Two clubs submitted bids and they can be downloaded for review:
West Coast Schuthzund Club download bid and
photographs in
pdf or
word
San Diego Diensthund Club download bid in
word
or pdf
2008
Regional Meeting Minutes are now available to download
here
(correct version uploaded 4/15/08)
3/19/2008
 Thank
you to the following clubs who have donated $50.00 each to the
2008 Regional helper/Regional expenses.
Anacapa Working Dog Association
Arizona Schutzhund Club
Aztec Schutzhund Club
Las Vegas Schutzhund Club
Somis Schutzhund Club
Southwest Working Dog Association
More clubs have also pledged donations that are on the way.
3/19/2008 Welcome to our new affiliate club:
El Cajon Schutzhund Club, Inc.
Bob Simmons
PO Box 1442
Lemon Grove, CA 91946-1442
619-659-2129
3/17/2008
(click for original motion)
E-mail Vote to Reimburse
Helpers for the 2008 Regional Championships
Results: out of 22 clubs 3
voting officers: 16 Yes, 1 No (8 Clubs no response) Motion
carried 3/14/08.
3/12/2008
An Important Notice Regarding The
Scheduling of SV judges
There is also a form to fill out that
is available online, and is printed in every issue of
the Schutzhund USA Magazine.
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How to Schedule an SV Judge
All SV Judges must be scheduled through
Stephanie Dunion. The SV Judge Request Form must be completed
and returned to Stephanie Dunion. Clubs wishing to schedule an
SV Judge should clear the dates with their Regional Director and
contact Stephanie Dunion
6 months prior to the event or your request
will not be processed.
Stephanie Dunion
4 Pickwick Lane
Newtown Square, PA 19073
(610) 353-3943 (evenings only)
k9-kuriers@attglobal.net
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This policy has been in effect for some time, but I would
like to take the opportunity now to go over it again with
everyone. If you have any questions on this procedure, please e-mail
the above contact so she can answer these questions.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
Phoenix Schutzhund Club is requesting
$400 total from the Regional Treasury to reimburse two helpers from
the 2008 Regional Championships.
In the past, we have voted on this
during the Regional Meeting and it has been passed.
Below you will find PSC's motion
requesting funds. Each club contact may vote YES or NO, please note
which club you are voting for, and send votes to our regional
secretary terry@firecreeks.com
by midnight on March 14th, 2008.
Michelle Kutelis
Formal Motion
The Phoenix Schutzhund Club is formally requesting monies from
the SW Regional treasury to compensate the Regional Helpers for
the 2008 SW Regional Championship.
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1. PSC paid Michael Stackhouse $200.00 out of
their funds to compensate him
for travel.
2.PSC would like the Region to pay Troy Daen
$200.00 for being a SchH 3 helper
at the Regionals. PSC paid him $50.00 of that so he had gas
money to get home
since he had expected to get paid at the close of the trial.
3.Trial Chairman discussed with Josh Zapporalli
his willingness to give his $200.00
(since he was local) to Lionel Madden to
cover his expenses. Although Lionel
ended up doing the SchH 1 and 2's we thought this would be
fair. If the Region
chooses not to pay Lionel then we would request that Josh
receive the $200.00 for
being a SchH 3 helper.
Gail Kendall
PSC Trial Secretary
2008 SW Regional Trial Secretary
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2/25/2008 Message
from Marie Weller Assistant Regional Director
I would like the region to Welcome our
Newest Club, the Tucson
Working K9 Club. They
had their affiliation Trial this past Saturday 2/23/08. They had a
total of 9 entries- 1- TR 1, 4- BH's, 1- SchH 1, 2- SchH A's, 1-
SchH 3. This appears to be a great group of people, eager to learn
and compete in this sport. It was great to see members of Phoenix
SchH Club there in support and helping in the group and the
Protection field set up.
I would like to thank Cornelia
Grabichler, Al and Tish Coit for their generous hospitality, as well
as all the other very helpful and gracious club members for their
sportsmanlike conduct and willingness to learn.
I wish this club the best and encourage
anyone who can to attend their up coming and approved "Real" trial
on March 14-16, 2008 with USA Judge Johannes Grewe."
Thank you,
Marie
Weller
Assistant Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2/21/2008 Message regarding 2009 Regional SchH Championships
SW Region-
It was voted on at the Regional Meeting
that bids for the 2009 SW Regional Championships would be accepted
for 90 days.
Please submit your bids for this event
by May 2nd, 2008.
As was decided at the meeting, bids will
be voted on by the regional clubs via e-mail ballot.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
2/13/2008 Message from the Regional
Director
First of all, I would like the thank
Phoenix Schutzhund Club for a well hosted Regional event. I was only
able to make it out for part of Friday and Saturday, and the meeting
of course, but enjoyed the time I did have there.
I will certainly miss that location for
future trials, and I wish the members of the club the best in this
next chapter of their lives. I hear that the Banquet dinner was a
spectacular event, and not a dry eye in the place. I am very sorry
to have had to miss it.
We had a very productive meeting, with
some exciting new motions that passed. Look for our webmaster and
Secretary to get these up on the website soon.
I will also have an announcement
concerning the 2009 Regionals coming up in the next day or so.
I want to thank Marie Weller, the ARD,
for filling in for me this last month while I dealt with some family
health issues. She will continue handling the Trial Authorizations,
but I am back in office as RD.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
1/4/2008 Message from the Regional Director
Jan 4th, 2008
Dear Southwest Region Clubs,
Due to some serious health
issues with a family member that have come up unexpectedly, I will be
taking a temporary leave of absence from my position as Regional
Director.
Marie Weller, our Assistant Regional Director, will be handling Trial
Authorizations and any questions or concerns that may come up. She is
able to contact me if necessary.
Marie’s e-mail address is
Wellbrew@sbcglobal.net, and her other contact information is available at the Region’s website
at
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com.
Thank you,
Michelle Kutelis
2007 Regional
Meeting Minutes
The Regional meeting is rapidly approaching and I am in the
process of putting the club packets together. The packets
will be mailed out 30 days prior to the meeting which is on
February 8, 2008. If any of the clubs in the SW Region have
any business that they would like to add to the agenda
please contact our Regional Director Michelle Kutelis
ASAP at schhgsd@att.net.
Wishing you all the best this holiday season,
Terry Fisk
USA Southwest Region Secretary
USA Southwest Region Webmaster
12/6/2007 AB1634 is back, see the
"Legislation" page for details.
WUSV 2008 Trophy Sponsorship
December 6th is the last day for club input.
We, as a region, have an
opportunity to sponsor one of the trophies for the 2008 WUSV held
here in the USA.
The cost of the trophy
sponsorship is $250.
I would like to have the
region decide if we would like to do this, and the easiest way at
this point is to e-mail votes.
I think the trophy is a
wonderful idea, and urge you all to discuss this matter with your
club members and e-mail your vote to the Terry Fisk, SW Regional
Secretary, at
terry@firecreeks.com by Thursday Dec. 6th.
Michelle Kutelis
Regional Director Southwest Region
United Schutzhund Clubs of America
Sorry this has taken me a while to get up and out, but for some
reason my schedule got really busy since returning from Atlanta.
First if you have not seen this already, here are some
highlights from the Annual meeting:
The USA General Board Meeting was held on Thursday
November 8, 2007. Some highlights …
-
Proposed
amendment that would eliminate Directors-at-large was not
approved.
-
Felony
Prohibition for Teaching Helpers Approved
-
Approval of
Artificial Insemination for USA Registry
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2008 National
Events
The HOT & NA events will be combined in 2009.
-
Proposed bylaw
amendments prohibiting convicted felons from holding office as
members of the EB, officers, regional officers and judges
passed. Waiver (proposal 5) passed.
-
Laurie
Tollifson
was recognized for her outstanding work on developing USA's
registry. Laurie contributed innumerable hours on this project,
gratis, for USA.
-
A quorum of 35
club delegates was seated.
Our region had 2 club delegates
seated ( Scottsdale SchH Club, West Coast Sch Club) as well as
Nathaniel Roque as Director at Large and myself as Assistant
Regional director.
Our region has been approached by the National Events committee
and is being requested to host a national event in the near
future. As noted above the HOT and North American events will
be a combined event beginning in 2009. I feel this is something
our region does need to consider putting together. Der
Hundesport did an excellent good job in 2001 hosting the North
Americans with some assistance from local clubs. If we as a
region could come together, I have a good feeling we can put on
a great event. This is something we need EVERY club in the
region to review with their membership and bring ideas to the
table at our Regional Meeting in February 2008.
Nationals is being hosted in Texas next year, lets see if we can
have a few more clubs represented and in turn have more say for
our region.
Also, if anyone is interested in any of the USA committees
please contact me as the Nomination committee will be looking
for new faces for the coming year and 2008 has a larger slate of
potential openings.
Marie Weller
Assistane
Regional Director
Southwestern
region
New Southwest Region Yahoo
Group Thank you to Karen Groh for setting this up.
In an effort to bring our region closer together, we have put
together a Yahoo e-group. We invite *all* members of the
Southwestern Region to join, whether you are a member of a local
club or not.
This is a great place for announcing seminars, trials, shows, or
just "come on out and train at our place this weekend" type of
notices. It will also enable the SW "free agents" to stay in touch
with what's happening in our region. It can also be an excellent way
for all SW Region members to be heard in matters that count.
Please forward this e-mail to club members and other people in our
Region who may be interested.
join us!
10/31/07 From the USA website
Trial Secretary Tutorial
Your club has a trial coming and they need
a trial secretary. What are you gonna do?
Gail Kendall from the Phoenix Schutzhund
Club has distilled her long experience into a 30 minute tutorial on how
to handle that task. From setting up the entry forms, the judge's sheet
and the final listing of the scores and titles, this outstanding
presentation covers it all!
Getting the paperwork completed correctly
is a huge task in the USA office. Chasing down corrections on the forms
is a major effort. If all the forms came in correct and complete, it
would free a significant amount of resources to better serve the USA
membership.
The tutorial is about 30 minutes long. You
will need to have the Flash plug-in available on your computer to play
it. Most browsers already have this installed.
Click here to view the tutorial.
10/23/07
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the
devastation fires in Southern California. I have put together a page
with information that may assist those in need or for those who wish to
make donations or volunteer. This page is a work in progress and
information will be updated as necessary. Please feel free to
send
additional information to add to the site.
www.southwestschutzhund.com/california_wildfire.htm
9/22/07
New photos from Roanna Banducci for the 2007 Regional Conformation Show
are up on the website
http://www.southwestschutzhund.com/conformation_show.htm
9/9/2007
Quick Reference Guide for Small Trials is the USA
website. Thank you to Marie Weller for pointing that out. You may
also download a copy here.
I'll be putting an entire page dedicated to trial information
(guidelines, forms, etc.) on this site soon. Terry
9/7/2007
From Regional Director Michelle Kutelis
We need to remind the clubs that they MUST
send trial announcements at LEAST 21 days before the trial is scheduled,
and that postal mail or e-mail to every club contact is required.
(revised 9/10/07)
9/5/2007
Schutzhund USA
Advertising Special!
Announce your dogs' accomplishments!
Participate in our upcoming
2007 Sieger Show issue*
(November/December 2007)
and you will receive a
Special advertising rate of
$175
Full page
black and white ad** - including ad design (save $110!)
Full color ad for just
$360
Full page
color ad** - including ad design (save $125.00!!!)
The
deadline is September,
so don’t delay!
Contact Cheryl Morris as soon as possible to
reserve your space.
cherylmorris@ktis.net
Full coverage of the Sieger Show will be in this
issue.
You don't want to miss out on this opportunity
to advertise your dogs or kennel at such a
special price.
*
These ads are available to 2007 Sieger Show
participants only.
*
The ads in the Sieger Show Issue follow a format
designed by Cheryl Morris.
If
you'd like a unique design, you may ask Cheryl
to create one for you at an additional charge.
8/28/07
August 24-26, 2007 West Coast Schutzhund Club held a three days of
training seminars with David
Deleissegues ending with a helper seminar and classification on Sunday.
The following are the results of the helper classifications as submitted
by Ted Hartman:
Ted Hartman, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level w/recommended for national level.
Mario Erazo, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level.
John Alinsug, West Coast
SchH Club, Regional level.
Ha Pham, West Coast SchH
Club, Basic level w/recommended for club level.
Richard Lopez, West Coast
SchH Club, Basic level.
Cecil Terry, West Coast
SchH Club, Basic level.
Jeff Walton, West Coast
SchH Club, Entry level.
Shogo Tokizaki, West
Coast SchH Club, Entry level.
Paul Pettit, West Coast
SchH Club, Entry level.
Steve Lagambe, Lake
Mathews SchH Club, Basic level held for USA paperwork.
Shawn Thompson, Phoenix
SchH Club, Basic level held from trial for one additional seminar.
7/28/2007 Updated
Training Page with new classifications and
Helper Seminar results.
6/27/07 Reminder from
Nathaniel SW Region Helper Seminar - SWDA Training Field 3:00 - 9:00 PM
Just a reminder that the
2007 Regional Helper Seminar and Evaluation is in 2 weeks on Sunday
July 8, 2007 at SWDA.
Remember that all "Basic
and Club" level helpers must attend at least once every 4 years and
all "Regional and National" level helpers must attend at least every
2 years to maintain classification.
Teaching Helpers at the
event will be myself, Uwe Doose and Bill Szentmiklosi (confirmed)
and possibly Wayne Walcott and Craig Groh.
6/11/2007
Hi All in the Southwest Region:
Our National Breed Warden, Tim Burke, just
sent out a reminder to the BAC for us to inform all the clubs in each of our Regions that bids are
being accepted for the 2008 USA Sieger and that the deadline for submitting the bid is
this Friday, June 15, 2007.
Attached is a information on any club who is interested in
co hosting the 2008 USA Sieger Show this next year with USA.
If you need any further information or help in preparing a
bid, please contact me and I will assist you an any way that I can.
Thanks,
Roanna Banducci
SW Regional Breed Warden
4/16/207 2008 Seiger
Show Bids Open
From Roanna Banducci - Regional Breed Warden:
Our
National Breed Warden, Tim Burke, just sent out this notice to the
BAC for us to inform all the clubs in each of our Regions that bids
are now being accepted for the 2008 USA Sieger and that the deadline
for submitting the bid is June 15, 2007.
Attached is a information on any club who is interested in co
hosting the 2008 USA Sieger Show this next year with USA.
If you
need any further information or help in preparing a bid, please
contact me and I will assist you an any way that I can.
Thanks,
Roanna
Banducci
SW
Regional Breed Warden
Bids for the 2008 Sieger Show
The deadline
for submitting bids to co-host the 2008 Sieger Show is June 15, 2007.
The Breed Advisory Committee must have time to review the bids before
submitting them to the USA Executive Board for approval. We will
announce the co-hosting club(s) and the location on the USA website and
in the USA magazine.
Minimum requirements:
• Stadium or
stadium like venue (grounds must be built with very good drainage and be
able to withstand very heavy foot traffic) - negotiations
may be in progress.
• Proposed date in the month of April approved by the National Events
Committee.
• Approval of
the region's Regional Director of the club's intentions to act as
co-host for the show.
• Host hotel
which will accept dogs, have ample areas for dog relief stations, and
ample parking.
• Host hotel
should have banquet, restaurant, and bar facilities – negotiations may
be in progress.
Additional requirements:
• The
location for the show should be within reasonable driving distance to a
major international airport. There should also be rental vehicle
facilities.
• There must
be enough local volunteers to handle the work requirements of the show
which includes pre show planning, sponsorships, and
show weekend duties.
Bids will be
considered from all three zones. Please contact the
National
Breed Warden or your
Regional Breed Warden for more information.
4/15/07 New helper
classifications - congratulations
From Uwe Doose - Regional Training Director:
ANACAPA Schutzhund Club hosted a Helper Seminar & Certification with
USA Teaching Helper Uwe Doose. All proceeds from this event were
donated to the Southwest Region.
The following are the Helpers that attended the event and their
classifications:
Joe
Weinmuller – Basic
Eric
Shearer – Basic
Jon
Dennis Kasper - Basic
David Faliciano – Basic
Eli
Aguiano – Basic
Raul
Moreno - Club
Shannon O’briant – Club
Carl
Bell – Regional
Manuel Dean - Regional
3/31/2007
Results from the Regional Conformation Show and a few candid photos are
posted at
http://southwestschutzhund.com/2007_show.htm
3/21/2007
As many of you know I placed a motion with
USA to allow micro chips to be allowed for identification in USA
events.Some clubs and members have been asking about getting a scanner
that will read the chips and one of my club members found this unit
available and we have one at our club now. It is an excellent unit and
well made. It will read all of the European and domestic chips. We have
used it at our events and our regional and it worked well on chips from
the Netherlands, Belgium and both Home Again and Avid.
Universal Scanner
Information
This Swiss-engineered
reader is in full accordance with ISO Standard 11785. With the ability
to read both 125 kHz 10 digit and the 134 kHz 15 digit microchips. It is
truly the most universal reader available today. If your pet does not
have the proper microchip (also known as "transponder") you run the risk
that the immigration authorities in that country will not allow you to
enter the country with your pet. Our scanner is universal, and reads all
transponders operating at 125, 128 or 134.2 kHz. To avoid any problems
you can carry your own scanner which weighs less than 4 ounces and will
then allow the immigration officer to read the transponder in your pet.
You can purchase the reader to carry with you on your travels or you can
rent the scanner by the week.
Buy the Universal Scanner for $249.95 (less 15% discount for USA
Members)
I contacted the owner of
the company Jerry Hatfield of Pet Travel Stores
www.pettravelstore.com and
told him about USA and our need for scanners and he has agreed to give a
15% discount to USA members . If you are interested in one of these
scanners use coupon code "GS6MO" when purchasing any
product from their store and you will recieve a 15% discount.
Please feel free to
forward this to any USA member or club or post on the regional web
sites.
I have no interest in
this store and am in no way receiving any compensation for the sales of
these or any other products. I am just trying to pass along a good deal
to USA Members.
Thanks
Nathaniel
3/15/2007 The Regional site is back up and running
after the transition to the new host and webmaster. Please let me know if there are any
corrections, additions or other changes that need to be made. Also, please remember that
this is only a temporary format in order to get information to the
members and it will undergo changes in the layout and look as I receive
input from everyone.
The regional results and a few
photos are up on the site and we will
have more as soon as I get them from the trial photographers, Kristi
Chesley and Roanna Banducci. They will also be contacting the
competitors when the photos are ready.
This is your website.
I need input from the clubs to update and add content and to
make this website successful. Right now I am relying on the USA site for
contact and event information but it is sometimes not up to date. Please
send me your event information, changes in officers, announcements,
etc. and it will be posted to the regional site in a timely manner.
Clubs who do not have their own sites can contact me and I will be happy
to create a page for them. Simply send me any information (board member,
training information, etc.) that you would like to have published. Clubs
who have existing sites will have links on the clubs directory page.
I look forward to working with everyone in the future.
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