OFFICERS AND BOARDOFFICERS AND BOARDPresidentToni Yurkovic

Vice PresidentDave Wray

TreasurerPam Lewis

Corresponding Secretary/Membership ChairClara Marie Schmalz

Recording SecretaryLinette Evancic

Office ManagerDan Goldberg

Training DirectorLucy McCloskey

Director At LargeSue Wray

Director At LargePete Grandillo, Sr.

Contact the Board atBoard@keystonecanine.com

Mailing AddressP.O. Box 921

Bethel Park, PA 15102

Phone - 412.833.2211

WebmasterPeterGrandillo, Jr.

Newsletter EditorDebbie Aheimer

Website EditorsLucy McCloskeyDan Goldberg

MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIPMEETINGSMEETINGS

The nextregularly scheduled

KCTCmembership meeting

is scheduled forSunday, November 18,

at 7:00 pmat the

Bethel ParkMunicipal Building

VOTED INTOVOTED INTOMEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIP

Laura Harwin and her Papillon,Molly and her Shepherd/MixsChelsea and Roxie were votedinto membership.John Osheka and his Golden Re-trievers Sundance and Kiaiahwere also voted into membershipat the September meeting.

APPLYING FORAPPLYING FORMEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIP

Stanley Stephenson and his Eng-lish Springer Spaniel, George areapplying for membership. Theyhave taken Basic Obedience andCGC classes. They are endorsedby Marian Roznowski andMaryann Snyder.

KEYSTONE K-9ersKEYSTONE K-9ersThe K-9ers are going to be verybusy during the month of October.

We have five Halloween Demosscheduled. Halloween is a funtime for all the K-9ers, becausethey get to bring all their ghostsand goblin dogs with them to pa-rade for all the residents at:

1. The Nature Club at the Com-munity of Christ Church inBethel Park on Tuesday, October16 at 7:00 PM. (A youth club thatmeets at the community of ChristChurch)

2. Tender Care Learning Centerin McKeesport on Thursday, Octo-ber 18 at 10:00 AM. (A day carefor preschoolers)

3. Mt. Vernon of South Park onSaturday, October 20 at 2:00 PM.

4. Overlook Green, near CasteVillage on Friday, October 26 at7:00 PM.

5. The Vincentian Sisters’Mother House on McKnight Roadon Saturday, October 27 at 1:00PM.

October 2012

KCTC MEMBERSHIPKCTC MEMBERSHIPMEETINGMEETING

September 16, 2012September 16, 2012

NEW MEMBERSLaura Harwin and John Oshekawere voted in unanimously.

MEMBERSHP MEETINGSStarting in January, our member-ship meetings will be held everyother month at the Club on Sun-day. Please, No dogs at the meet-ing. Our last membership meetingat Bethel will be in November.Pam has volunteered to bringdesserts to the meetings.

CHRISTMAS PARTYWe are looking for someone tochair the Christmas party. We willhave a dog exchange at theChristmas party – Maximum giftprice is $20.00. This year ourChristmas Party will be held at theRoyal Place. It is always the firstMonday in December.

TRIALSThe next Teacup Trial will be heldApril 13th & 14th 2013, and thenext APDT Trial will be held May4th & 5th. 2013. Paperwork hasalready been sent in for theTeacup Trial.

T-SHIRTSThe woman who makes the breedT-shirts has 242 different breedsavailable. The following sugges-tions for breed T-shirts for our clubwere: a Scottie, Pomeranian, Chi-huahua, Yorkie, and Toy Poodle.Contact Toni to place an order.

WINDOWWe received four quotes for thewindow replacement and we willgo with the least expensive of thefour. Rose’s boss recommendedthese people to do the job. Theywill be coming out to measure thewindow soon.

OBEDIENCE CLASSESWe have been in the process ofrevising our obedience classes.Currently, we are trying to make itfit with those individuals who may

not be interested in showing butwant a well-behaved family dog.We will still have Obedience I andII but may add a third class. Weare revising our obedience classesacross the board and after the nextsession will make any necessaryadjustments. We may add an-other class in January. The fol-lowing two commands have beenadded to the Obedience class:teaching the dog to “touch” and Goto Place.

APDT TRIALSince we are partnering withSplash N Dash we want to pro-mote their APDT Trial, which willbe held November 2nd, & 3rd.Phyllis Huber is teaching hergroup; we had 6 or 7 people fromSND attend our Trial. LaurieBuchele and Kathleen Cook will bethe judges at this trial. StephanieCapkovic sent us a nice thank younote. She is also a Teacup judge.We had a deaf sheltie participateat our APDT trial because AKC willnot allow deaf dogs to be shown intheir venue. The sheltie’s handlerwas happy to have an opportunityto show her dog at our APDT trial.

CLASS SCHEDULECLASS SCHEDULECHANGECHANGE

Because of an injury to the in-structor, we are cancelling theSession V Feisty Fido class. In-stead, we will offer a AKCCompe-tition Rally (All Levels) class in thesame time slot (Friday at 8:30PM). As usual, please send anemail to Dan Goldberg(samoyed4@verizon.net) withyour name and phone number,and dog's name, if youwish to enroll.

Also, both Friday classes (PuppyKindergarten and AKCCompetitionRally)will beginonOctober19 (aweekearlier than originally scheduled).

NO CLASSES ONNO CLASSES ONHALLOWEENHALLOWEEN

There will be no KCTC classeson Wednesday, October 31.

Happy Halloween!

KEYSTONE CANINEKEYSTONE CANINEACCOMPLISHMENTSACCOMPLISHMENTS

Sara and I went to the BaptistHome and I was asked to speak totheir residents about training a dogfor Therapy Dogs International(TDI) Pet Therapy Program. Wepassed out the pamphlets that TDIsent me. The residents seemed toenjoy our presentation. I knowthey liked meeting Sara. I havenever done anything like this be-fore, but Sara and I did survive!Caroline

KIT KAT

I’m proud to announce that Kit Katsuccessfully ran in the agility trialat Neville Island and had a doubleQ on both days. Moxie, her littlesister double Q’d on Sunday andJade, the youngest of my ratterriers also made us so veryproud achieving 3 First place runsand moved up to the Open level.Go RATS!Rose Marie Nicotra

MOXIE

Rosy entered her very first Rallytrial ever at the KCC APDT trial.She earned her RL1 title and alsoearned her first leg of her RL2.She won a second place ribbon inLevel 2. Special thanks to LucyMcCloskey and Sue Wray for alltheir help and encouragementover the weekend!!Kristen Johnson

ROSY

Pink was the color of success forthe APDT Rally trial at KeystoneCanine Training Club September 8& 9 and many teams conqueredthe color. Both Sterling and Cop-per had 3 successful runs to earntheir first titles. Both dogs wouldhave had 4 qualifying runs each IFtheir handler (namely ME) had notseen fit to miss a sign. Thank youto the committee as the event ransmoothly and professionally. Thejudges were delightful. This eventboded well for the club. Congratsto all - everyone was a winner.Plan on competing at the secondevent in Spring, 2013.Barbara Newman

Laika and I participated in our firstpack hike in Gettysburg, PA duringthe Samoyed Nationals in lateSeptember. We hiked 8 milesthrough the battlefields of Gettys-burg with 69 other Samoyeds. Thegroup was led by one of the guidesthat does the battlefield tours andwe learned a lot about the Battle ofGettysburg. To qualify for an“official” pack hike per theSamoyed Club of America’s crite-ria, the hike must be at least 5miles and the dog has to carry atleast 25% of it’s weight in the pack.We practiced some before theevent, “hiking” around the streetsin our neighborhood. Laika had toget used to carrying the pack firstand then get used to the gradualincrease in weight. The day of thehike she did beautifully! She wasvery eager to keep going andnever seemed to mind having the8-pound pack on her back. Laika’sbreeder, who is from the Erie area,was also on the hike and she hadLaika’s sister, Teal, and her father,Sir, along for the hike. We all hada good time and were all very gladto get back to our starting pointwhere lunch was waiting as wellas some chairs! The Nationalalways inspires us to trysomething different!

Icey and Crystal finished 1st and2nd, respectively, in PreferredJWW agility at the Samoyed Clubof America National Specialty InGettysburg, PA. Also, Crystal fin-ished 1st in Preferred Time to Beatand 4th in Advanced Rally.

Icey earned her 7th MastersJumpers Preferred title on October13 at the Cleveland All-BreedTraining Club agility trial in N. Olm-stead, OH. We are very proud ofour old girl and are very blessedthat she is still able to compete inagility!

Pam Lewis

PAM & LAIKA

ROCKY & COREY

Rocky & Corey 2012 .Super-Bee-u-ti-ful!Rocky earned his Games two titleOct 6 & 7,2012 at Keystone'sTDAA trial.He also had a first place & Q inintermediate standard and a Q inhis first games 3 run.Little guy made his mom proudand a little crazy too! LOLJoanne

In September, Mimi earned a firstplace Q in Open Jumpers at theBeaver County Kennel Club's AKCtrial and a Q in Games 3 at B&D'sTDAA trial in September.Thanks, Laura Leonard

On September 23,2012, my papil-lon Medlee's Ruby Slippers (aka"Glinda") was tested and passedthe AKC Canine Good Citizen Testin Washington, PA.Thanks go outto all Glinda's KCTC teachers!Diana and Glinda Squicciarini

LEXIE

On September 28, 2012 at theWestmoreland County ObedienceTraining Club, Lexie was awardeda second place in Advanced Rallywith a score of 98.Linette

Blaze and Jackson both finishedtheir AKC Rally Novice title onSeptember 21 in Knox, PA. Jack-son took second place with a per-fect score of 100, only to be beatby a few seconds on time.Jackson also finished his Excel-lent A Standard Agility title at theNeville Island trial in Septemberwith a first place.Debbie Aheimer

BLAZE & JACKSON

On Saturday, September 8th inWashingtonville, Ohio everythingwent quite well with our littleYorkies.Tiffany had five qualifying scoreswith three 3rd place ribbons.Amber Star had three qualifyingscores with two 2nd place and

one 1st place ribbon.Amber also got her TMAG 3 title.On Saturday the 29th of Septem-ber we attended another TDAAtrial at B&D Activity Center in La-trobe.Tiffany had four qualifying scoresthat day with a 2nd and 3rd placeribbon.Amber also had four Q’s with three1st place and one 2nd place. Atthis trial Amber earned her TACH2 title.The first weekend in October Key-stone held a great teacup trial.Once again our little ones did quitewell. They always try their best.Amber got seven Q’s with seven1st place ribbons. She also re-ceived her TAM 3 title and was thetop 4” dog at the trialTiffany had nine qualifying scoreswith eight placement ribbons in-cluding three 1st place, three 2ndplace and two 3rd place.She received her TAM 5 title andher TACH 3 title and was the top8” dog at our trial.Thanks to all the volunteers whohelped make this weekend such asuccess!Tom and Phyliss Bandi

AMBER STAR

TIFFANY

TDAA TRIALTDAA TRIALKeystone Canine Training Clubhosted another successful TeacupDog Agility Association (TDAA)trial the weekend of October 6th &7th. Our judge was Terry Barnabyfrom Harrisburg, Pa. She wasgreat and had courses that in-cluded the games that will be fea-tured at the TDAA Petit Prixcoming up at the end of October.Several teams earned new titlesincluding two who got their TAChtitle, which is the highest title givenby TDAA. Titles earned were:

Tiffany BandiTACh 3 and TAM 5

Amber BandiTAM 3

Son-Nee Boy NeeTACh and TAMSkye Schreiber

TMAGDaisey SavkoSuperior

Chanel NiemiecSuperior

Diesel SmithGames III

Charm DemossGames II

Rocky KerfontaGames II

Annabelle NiemeicBeginners

Hersey CarsonBeginners and Games I

These titles represent lots of work forboth the dogs and the handlers.Thank you to all of our members whodonated their time or food or financingtomake this event such a success!

KCTCKCTCHOLIDAY PARTY &HOLIDAY PARTY &AWARDS BANQUETAWARDS BANQUETOur annual HolidayParty andAwardsBanquet will be held on Monday,December3,at theRoyalPlaceonRt.88 in Castle Shannon. If you wish toget an award for the titles your dogearned from last November to date,please fill out the formon thenextpageand send it to Lori Ritchey per the in-structions on the form.

2012 Keystone Canine Training Club Awards

Owners Name____________________________________________

Owners Phone #__________________________________________

and past titles (for award) _________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

New Titles for 2012 (titles earned from November 2011 to date)

Title Abbrev: Description:

________ ________________________________________________

________ ________________________________________________

________ _________________________________________________

________ _________________________________________________

________ _________________________________________________

________ _________________________________________________

Please use this form and submit a separate form for each dog

Please return all forms to me by November 4, 2012 in one of 3 ways:

1. scan form and email it to: ritchey.prudential@gmail.com

2. mail: 2527 Lindenwood Drive, Pgh, PA 15241

3. fax: 412.833.5956 (please put my full name on cover sheet)

Please feel free to call me with any questions.

Thank you, Lori Ritchey

412.445.8550

KEYSTONE CANINE TRAINING CLUB Schedule of Classes - Session V – 2012 Classes start Wednesday Oct. 17

Classes are for Seven Weeks Unless Noted NO CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON:

November 21 thru 25 – Thanksgiving Holiday Break December 3 – KCTC Holiday Party and Awards Banquet

Specialty Classes - Rear Training Room Class Day Time Start Instructors

Puppy Kindergarten (Class is open to puppies up to & including 6 months of age). Friday 7:00 PM Oct 19 Joyce Petrow, Lori Caruso, Barbara Newman,

Lynda Kuzbel, Sue Schweitzer Feisty Fido CANCELLED Competition Rally (All Levels) Friday 8:30 PM Oct 19 Barbara Newman, Lori Ritchey Continuing Odor-Exteriors & Vehicles-Birch Friday 5:00 PM Oct 26 Linette Evancic

Introduction To Nose Work (6 Weeks) Tuesday 7:30 PM Oct. 23 Doree Donovan

Continuing Nose Work (Trial Preparation) Tuesday 8:30 PM Oct 23 Lynda Kuzbel (Mary Benedetti)

TDI/CGC (4 Week Class) Wednesday 6:30 PM Oct 24 Dan Goldberg (Mitzie Lever)

Conformation – Drop-in Class Wednesday 8:30 PM Ongoing Bill Colbert, Clara Marie Schmaltz Introduction To Conformation Wednesday 8:30 PM Oct 17 Clara Marie Schmaltz K9er’s Sunday 6:00 PM Ongoing Caroline Chapman

Obedience Classes - Rear Training Room Class Day Time Start Instructors

AKC Open Obedience – Drop-In (See website for specific dates) Saturday 9:00 AM See

Website Julie Agosti

Family Manners Obedience Saturday 11:00 AM Oct 20 Rod Sabatini (Ken Cellupics)

APDT Rally (See website for specific dates) Saturday 7:00 PM Lucy McCloskey Family Manners Obedience Sunday 11:00 AM Oct 21 Marian Roznowski (Maryann Snyder) Puppy Family Manners Obedience (6 months to 1 year) Monday 6:30 PM Oct 22 Toni Yurkovic (Pauline Kitchen)

Basic Obedience II Monday 7:30 PM Oct 22 Sally Tress (Toni Yurkovic)

AKC Rally Obedience Tuesday 6:30 PM Oct 23 Sue Wray & Clara Marie Schmalz & Toni Yurkovic

Puppy & Family Manners Obedience (over 6 months) Thursday 6:30 PM Oct 25 Ed Hanke (Linette Evanicic)

Clicker – Family Manners Obedience Thursday 7:30 PM Oct 25 Paula Shimko AKC Novice Obedience Thursday 8:30 PM Oct 25 Rod Sabatini

Standard Agility Classes - Front Training Room; Teacup Agility - Rear Training Room Class Day Time Start Instructors

Teacup Agility (Daytime Class) Monday 4:00 PM Oct 22 Tom Bandi & Phyllis Bandi

Puppy Foundation Agility Monday 7:15 PM Oct 22 Amy Wustin & Sharon Hareza Beginner’s Foundation Agility Monday 8:15 PM Oct 22 Amy Wustin & Sharon Hareza

Advanced Agility Tuesday 7:30 PM Oct 23 Emil Pohodich (Pete Grandilo, Sr.)

Advanced Agility Tuesday 8:30 PM Oct 23 Terri Chasser (Pete Grandillo, Sr.)

Teacup Agility (Drop-ins Welcome) Wednesday 7:30 PM Oct 24 Emil & Barbara Pohodich

Intermediate Agility Wednesday 7:30 PM Oct 24 Pam Lewis/ Lucy McCloskey/Dan Goldberg

Intermediate Agility Wednesday 8:30 PM Oct 24 Pam Lewis/Lucy McCloskey/Janine Smith

Contacts & Weaves & Handling Skills Thursday 7:30 PM Oct 25 Pam Lewis, Dan Goldberg, Lucy McCloskey, & Joanne Kerfoanta

Beyond Beginner’s Agility Thursday 8:30 PM Oct 25 Pam Lewis & Lucy McCloskey & Rosanne Minich

Agility Games, Barrel Racing and/or Other Fun Things (Drop-ins Welcome) Friday 7:30 PM Oct 26 Joanne Kerfonta & Lucy McCloskey

Beyond Beginner’s Agility Saturday 5:00 PM Oct 27 Pam Lewis & Lucy McCloskey

- AKC