The club will promote education on;and the understanding of;anything relating to dogs. You do not have to own your own dog to join. Our program will be based on the National Junior Handling program through the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC). Some program highlights will be participation and competition in all disciplines offered by the CKC and Nanaimo Kennel Club,training and education,sportsmanship,instruction including the proper care and treatment and just having fun with dogs. We will encourage participation in any of the disciplines promoted through the Nanaimo Kennel Club (NKC) –Conformation Dog Show Handling,Agility,Obedience,Flyball,and Rally O as well as participation in;and support to the events put on by the NKC.
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The Nanaimo Junior Kennel Club is alive and well for 2010 with a focus on building a relationship with your dog. We began our year in January with 3 keen children creating a photo album page featuring their dog. The pages are beautifully done,unique to each team and speak of the love felt for their pet.
In February our numbers doubled with 6 youngsters ranging from 9-14 learning the finer points of clicker training with Teresa Myrfield and Maria DeSoto as our Obedience sponsers. The dogs and handlers seem to have a good time and the children were each given a clicker and homework sheet to practice with at home.
In March we are looking forward to learning some basic agility with Diane Brown and helpers. April is grooming month with Leslie Gallick and in May we are hoping to have Flyball come.
June is a special field trip to the canine pool in Errington for a summer kick-off with our dogs. We will take July and August off to enjoy the sunshine but will be back in September for more fun.
The Junior Club is open to children aged 9-15. We meet the 2nd Monday of each month from 6-6:45 pm in the Centennial Building at Beban. The cost for the year is $25 with a bit extra for the pool trip in June.
All children MUST be accompanied by an adult at each session.
For more information please call Jodie at 250 754-3256 Arrangements can be made for children that don’t have a dog of their own.