THE CAVALIER CHRONICLE

EDITOR'S MESSAGE

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INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT OF THE MONTH

Please feel free to share your favorite inspirational thought or quote. Send them to me at Fitchpatrick@Earthlink.net

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Our November regular meeting will be held on Wednesday November 13, 2019 at the Red Lobster. Social hour at 7pm, meeting t 7:30pm. There will be NO board meeting.

Please note that our meetings have now been moved to the second Wednesday of each month.

If you have an agenda item for the meeting, please email club president Paula Ayers at playerscav@aol.com

Mark your calendars for our future meetings! NO OCTOBER MEETING! Board Meeting TBA November 13, 2019 at the Red Lobster. NO board meeting December 15, 2019 December Holiday Luncheon

SUMMER SPECIALTY

We held our annual Specialty shows on August 24 & 25, 2019 at the Atlanta Expo Center South in Atlanta. This is a one-time summer show, with our Specialties returning to February in 2020. Our judges were: Sweepstakes: Mr. Jim Shreffler; Saturday Regular Classes: Mr. Jean Tremblay; 4 to under 6-month Beginner Puppy Competition & Sunday Regular Classes: Mrs. Janice Gallagher. We had a wonderful entry and great time during and after the show at the host hotel. We held a ringside silent auction and raffled off a Spaniel bowl. Congrats to all the winners of the Sweeps & Specialties!

To view all the winners, click on the following links:

Saturday Sweeps & Specialty Results: http://infodog.com/results/results.htm?evno=2019516501&bno=51400&sdt=08/04/19&edt=09/03/19

Sunday Specialty Results: http://infodog.com/results/results.htm?evno=2019516502&bno=51400&sdt=08/04/19&edt=09/03/19

We had a GREAT evening at the host hotel with lots of good food and beverages and a great discussion with our judges and exhibitors. A huge THANK YOU to Alice Alford for selling raffle tickets, programs and putting together the best exhibitor bags! Thanks to Linda Whitmire for donating the trophies for Saturday and the raffle spaniel bowl. Thank you to all the people who donated to support the club and the Specialty show!

WINTER SPECIALTY SHOW - 2020

Our next Specialty shows will be held at the same location on February 1 & 2, 2020. Our judges will be Charlie Fippin and Barbara Pepper. Our Sweeps judge will be Burke Hughes. Barbara will also be judging Junior Showmanship and we will be also having a Beginner Puppy competition. Make plans to join us in February 2020! Our host hotel will once again be the Drury Inn and the booking line for special rates can be found on our website: www.ckcscatlanta.org

HOLIDAY LUNCHEON

We will be holding our Holiday Luncheon on Sunday, December 15, 2019, from 1 pm to 5 pm at the home of club member Margie Roe. The club will be providing the ham, iced tea, water and set up. Please bring a dish to share! Evite invitations were emailed this month to club members. Please be sure to RSVP to the EVITE invitation. There is also a poll where you can indicate what type of dish you are planning to bring to the luncheon. We will also be celebrating our member’s achievements and membership awards along with the club Member of the Year Award. We will have our ‘white cavalier’ gift exchange also. If you wish to participate, please bring an unmarked, wrapped gift valued between $25 and $30 dollars. We will also be supporting Pickens Animal Rescue Ranch again. Please bring donations of items (they are listed on the Evite invitation) or you can donate money directly to the Ranch via the link on the Evite invitation.

ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

Do you have a new titleholder? A new AKC CGC or THD title? Has your cavalier been registered as a Therapy Dog? New performance titleholder? Achiever Dogs? If so, send in your paperwork to have your cavalier recognized at our December Holiday Party! INFORMATION IS DUE TO SHARON UTYCH BY OCTOBER 1, 2019 for the period of October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019. All the information can be found on our club website at: https://ckcscatlanta.org/member-achievement-recognition-program

NATURAL REMEDIES

NATURAL REMEDY FOR BRUISED OR SORE MUSCLES

Let’s say your dog overdid it at the weekend agility trials or tangled with a neighbor’s dog. You broke up the fight quickly.

Upon inspection of your dog from head to tail, you notice he has bruising on his abdomen caused by the pressure of a tooth dragging across the body. However, there is no evidence of any puncture wounds, and your dog is not showing any signs of pain.

Natural treatment option: arnica. This homeopathic medicine is from a sunflower perennial that blooms in the early spring and is also known as Leopard’s Bane.

It is available in pellets, creams and gel forms at health stores and also through Amazon.com.

Giving Arnica 30 c in pellet form (four to six pellets equal one dose) to your dog to help with pain and resolve inflammation quickly.

Always discuss any treatment with your vet.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Quick & Easy Peanut Butter Dog Treats

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter - crunchy can also be used
2 eggs
1/4 cup water

You can use other kinds of peanut butter such as chunky, but if you do you’ll probably need to add more water to the mixture in order to make it into a workable dough.

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 F.
Mix together your flour, peanut butter & eggs in a large bowl until slightly combined.
Add in a little bit of water (approximately one Tbsp at a time) until the mixture becomes wet enough to roll out as dough.
Roll out your dough & cut out your favorite shapes with some cookie cutters.
Place your treats onto your baking sheet & cook for about 15 minutes. For a little bit of crunch, I like to take mine out once the bottoms start to darken.

CREATE THE CLUB YOU DESIRE

We have a wonderful club, one to be very proud of. The way to have an even better club is through member participation. Over the next couple of months, a great deal will be discussed and decisions made. We have several events on the horizon.....Monthly Meetings, August Specialty, Dr. Alicia Moon September program, Dr. Judy Morgan September seminar. We are all pieces of the puzzle; the way to share your ideas is by attending our meetings and voicing your opinion. Please make an extra effort to attend our meetings at Red Lobster, shows, and events.

Jim & Sharon Utych are bragging on their very special “old man” MBVISS Karvale Brookhaven Finn THD CGCA “Finn”. At our Specialty shows, Finn, who is 11.5, was awarded Best Veteran in Show both Saturday and Sunday and also awarded the 3rd Award of Merit on Saturday under judge Jean Tremblay. Words cannot describe how proud Jim & Sharon are of Finn as he retires. He has been awarded 59 Best Veteran in Shows, 1 BOBOH, 3 BOS to Best Veteran in Sweepstakes at Nationals, 4 Awards of Merit, 7 Best Veteran In Sweepstakes and several Best in Match awards. Jim & Sharon Utych are bragging on MBISS AKC GCHB CH Brookhaven The Dream Lives On CGC “Edgar” who was awarded at our Saturday Specialty show the 1st Award of Merit under judge Jean Tremblay. Edgar also was awarded Select Dog on Sunday, September 15 at the Chattanooga KC shows. Jim & Sharon Utych are bragging on Edgar’s son, new AKC CH Legendcrest Finnickyskye Dream Catcher who was awarded Winners Dog/Best of Winners/Best of Breed/BOBOH on Saturday at the Chattanooga KC shows under judge Charlotte Patterson. Catch was awarded BOB over 6 specials! On Sunday, Catcher was awarded Winners Dog and BOBOH.

PROGRAMS

We currently do not have a program committee chairperson to coordinate programs for the club. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Paula Ayers. If you have a suggestion for a program or know of someone who would be willing to come to speak to the club, please contact Paula.

DO YOU NEED SOME SUNSHINE?

Do you know a club member who needs some sunshine? Please contact Maureen Miles and she will send a card on behalf of the membership to brighten that person's day! Maureen can be contacted at 404 791-8422 or maureenvmiles@gmail.com.

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