The mission of Del Monte Kennel Club is to support the sport of purebred dogs through our all breed dog shows; to facilitate the human-dog bond through training; to provide community education that promotes canine good citizenship for all dogs.
New classes offered on Monday nights in October
New December Scent Work Trial Announced
on the community front
GloryB 's Wild Success, "Hamilton," Tom and Julie Craig's Bichon Frise, is the youngest member of Montage Health Foundation 's Therapy Dog Program. He just turned two years of age, and, by 18 months, he fulfilled Montage's official requirements, AKC's Canine Good Citizen Title and Therapy Dog International Certifications. Since then, he has also earned his AKC Community Canine Title and Therapy Dog Novice Title Certifications. He needs 10 more visits to earn AKC's Therapy Dog Advanced Title Certification.
Hamilton serves at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula on Mondays and at Westland House on Wednesdays. Here he poses with one of the nurses at Westland House. In addition to comforting both rehabilitation and hospice patients there, Hamilton also provides support to staff who lovingly greet him when we visit. Tom and Julie are so proud of their little white dog who has a huge therapy dog heart.
GloryB's Wild Success, "Hamilton," Tom and Julie Craig's Bichon Frise, is the youngest member of Montage Health Foundation's Therapy Dog Program. He just turned two years of age, and, by 18 months, he fulfilled Montage's official requirements, AKC's Canine Good Citizen Title and Therapy Dog International Certifications. Since then, he has also earned his AKC Community Canine Title and Therapy Dog Novice Title Certifications. He needs 10 more visits to earn AKC's Therapy Dog Advanced Title Certification. Hamilton serves at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula on Mondays and at Westland House on Wednesdays. Here, Hamilton proudly poses in his formal therapy dog vest, alongside Tom's and Julie's vests. When Hamilton wears this vest, he innately knows that his work is to comfort not only patients and family, but to bring cheer to staff who are always so happy to see him Tom and Julie are so proud of their little white dog who has such a huge therapy dog heart.
On the Show Front...
Sky with his handler Alberto Montila and Judge Ramirez Owned by Sara Matteson.
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Thank you NCDC club for sponsoring the speciality in Yuba City. GCHB Windfalls Spellbound was Select bitch at the Speciality and BOS the next day at the supported entry. GCHB Willow-Sandale Get your Kicks on Route 66 goes First Award of Merit St the Speciality shown by hubby Jim.
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AKC Recognition
New AKC Titles-Canine Good Citizen Advanced
On Saturday, May 27th, Julie Craig and her Bichon Frise Hamilton and Sara Mattson and her West Highland Terrier Kelly earned their AKC Advanced Canine Good Citizen/AKC Community Canine Titles.The testing for this title includes, but is not limited to, a dog standing, sitting or lying down, as the handler fills out out the AKC paperwork with other handlers who are standing in a crowd, walking with the dog at your side through a crowd on a busy sidewalk through a bunch of people, walking past multiple dogs, having the dog sitting politely at your side while the handlers carry on a conversation with their dogs in close proximity, having a stranger approach a dog, while the stranger, carrying something, places the item on the ground and asks to pet your dog, leaving the dog in a down or sit/stay and walking 20 feet away, picking up a bag on the ground, delivering the huge bag to the evaluator and walking back to the dog who must remain in a stay position, walking 20 feet away and recalling the dog, with distractors present, and walking with your dog in a controlled fashion through an obstacle course.
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Sara and Kelly |
Julie and Hamiliton |
For more information on CGC visit the AKC.org site