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From the President
Members,
Manitoba will be having our first CKC Sanction Match on
Friday May 21, 2010 in conjunction with the Fort Garry
Kennel Club.
Having entered a match today with the Labrador Club I was
able to see how much time and effort goes into a running and
planning a match. I hope all Manitoba members will be
willing to help with this event. My puppy Honor and I had
loads of fun at the match and it renewed my love for the
show. A match is a great place for the young pups to come
out and visit with dogs and people.
We will be holding elections soon, so again, if anyone wants
to step up and hold a position please contact me.
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Sanction Match
Application for CKC Sanction
Match pdf download
here
 Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/downloading/
Yahoo List for Members
If you have not joined the Saint List yet here is the member
link.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/StBernardFanciersClub
Nominations for the Executive
Please send in your nominations or your
desire to run for the Executive as the ballots will all be
sent out with the March Newsletter.
Memberships
Memberships are due before the March
Newsletter goes out. There is a link on the left, print it
out and mail your membership in. Or just
click
here.
February is I Love To Read Month,
download this old book
Dogs
of all Nations. Right click on the image and save target
as. Then you can read it on your own time. It is a
large file.
This book is not for dial up unless
you leave it all night, 30.5 MB
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Saint
Rescue Update
Trinity of Hope
Click here
to see club member business cards.
Rescue 911
Click on pic or
here
for larger image.
Another Training
Method-Clicker
Barking
When something happens that sets him off, In the
house, get some super treats and the minute he barks
click him and treat. Put him on a leash if you have
to, so he doesn't run around. Stand on the leash. As
he is eating the treat and can't bark, shove your
hand in his face like a traffic cop giving a 'Stop'
signal; this will surprise him a little. Click and
treat. Then pause, don't move, let him start
barking, click, treat, signal Stop, while he's still
quiet, click and treat. Then say "Bark!" let him
start barking, click and treat, signal stop, click
and treat. Go back and forth at least twenty times,
very fast, don't try to keep him silent, just Get
silence and click it. He will catch on.
You will now have the beginnings of both a bark cue,
to reward a single woof, and a Silence cue, to
interrupt barking, indoors. Do this exercise every
time he gets to barking in the house.
As for the fence running and barking outdoors, that
is a different problem. Get it under control in the
house first. My advice would be NOT to ever leave
the dog in the yard alone, until you have control of
the barking. Walk him on a leash, exercise him
someplace away from the yard, and keep him indoors
the rest of the time. Dogs don't really do well
alone in the yard, they are better off being with
you, and the neighbors can't complain that way.
Crate him if need be.
When you have a perfect recall trained—so that he
always comes the minute you call no matter where he
is, you can perhaps let him in the yard again, but
no more than ten minutes at a time, and a big reward
for coming when called. The fence running is
self-reinforcing especially in a bored dog, and
prevention—by not turning him out on his own—is the
first part of management.
Happy clicking,
By Karen Pryor
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Dog gene for OCD could aid humans
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) -- Discovery of a gene linked to compulsive behavior in
dogs could lead to better understanding of the disorder in humans, scientists in
Massachusetts said.
Scientists at the Broad Institute in Cambridge studied the DNA of 92 Doberman
pinschers that displayed compulsive behavior and found a common link in a gene
called Cadherin 2, The Boston Globe reported Monday, noting Cadherin 2 recently
was linked to autism in humans.
The dog findings will be used to study the Cadherin 2 gene in more than 300
people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, and about 400 of their
relatives, said Dr. Dennis Murphy, a researcher at the National Institute of
Mental Health.
"Identifying a specific gene that could be a candidate gene for a complex
disorder like OCD is a gift to have,'' Murphy said. "This might be a quick route
in to a meaningful gene that just could be involved in the human disorder, as
well.''
Dogs with OCD obsessively chase their tails, lick their legs and pace and circle
in behavior similar to that of people with OCD, who obsessively wash their
hands, count numbers or repeatedly check objects. Murphy said.
ArcaMax Publishing
01/04/2010
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Members, help out Shelley by
reporting any show results to her.
Shelley
showresults@hotmail.com
No Show Results Available for this
month.
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