Welcome to the ArkLaTex Golden Retriever Club web site

December 2007 - Club Meeting:

This meeting was a Conformation Match at a park to educate our new membership on the ins/outs of conformation showing and to explain the judging process followed by a Holiday Party.

Our 1st Annual Holiday party was a huge success thanks to hostess Billie Cannon and Colleen Maddox' home cooking. After lunch we had a Gift Exchange with a lot of 'stealing' followed by the Club meeting. A great time was had by all!

February 2008 - Club Meeting:

This meeting was a demonstration by a field trainer to educate the membership on field work by a Golden Retriever. The members were able to test dog's field instincts. Thanks to Teresa King for the use of her land.

April 2008 - Club Meeting:

This was a business meeting held at the Shreveport Kennel Club AKC Show. A large number of the membership were in attendance at this AKC show competing in conformation and obedience. Some of the members also assisted the local Kennel Club by working as stewards during their sanctioned AKC B-Match.

May 2008 - Club Meeting:

This meeting was a Rally demonstration to educate the membership on the newest AKC performance competition venue. The members in attendance were given the opportunity to try Rally either with their own dog or with a Rally trained dog. Thanks to Teresa King for the use of her training facility.

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July 2008 - Club Meeting:

This meeting was held at the Longview Kennel Club AKC Show. Meeting took place in the Obedience Building.   Member Teresa King explained the workings of an Obedience Trial to those members who were not familiar with the various Obedience classes.

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September 2008 - Club Meeting:

This meeting was held at Kelly Brown's home, no formal program but a club family outing. It was fun to watch the dogs swimming in the pool with the children. Dinner was delicious, thanks to Kelly's culinary delights we enjoyed two different styles of Chicken Casserole with hot garlic bread. For desert there was fresh fruit and a wonderful chocolate fountain to dip fruit or cake squares into. Thank you Kelly!!!

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October 2008 - Club Meeting:

Meeting was held at the Tyler Texas Kennel Club Dog show on Saturday, October 11th following the Golden Retriever show ring. After the business meeting we had our program which was a grooming seminar. After the grooming seminar members and guests helped groom each others puppies for the fun match. Thanks to all the members and guests who attended (can't see everyone in the pictures).

After the grooming seminar, the Tyler Texas Kennel Club had a Sanctioned Match, all ArkLaTex GRC members placed in their classes and we are proud to announce that Colleen Maddox took Best Of Breed and then went onto a Sporting Group First, congratulations to Colleen and the lovely "Flair" :-)

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December 2008 Annual Meeting & Holiday Party

Meeting/Party was held at the home of Kelly Brown on December 28, 2008. We had a wonderful lasagna catered in by Kelly and delicious sides, bread and deserts brought by culb members. We held a brief business meeting followed by a the always 'fun stealing' gift exchange.

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February 2009 - Club Meeting

Meeting was held at Ben Gill Park in Terrell on February 7, 2009 off of I-20. The program consisted of conformation handling for both puppies and adults followed by tips on clicker training to get the attention of your conformation puppy / dog presented by Ann Horton. Following the class, we had a short business meeting and picnic lunch. under the Pavilion.

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April 2009 - Club Meeting:

A short business meeting was held at the Shreveport Kennel Club show in Bossier City, LA on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Following the business meeting there was a grooming demonstration performed. The meeting was attended by many club members, 2 applicants and 1 interested prospective member.

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June 2009 - Club Meeting

This meeting was scheduled for June 13th at the Texarkana Dog show. Due to severe weather hitting the majority of our members a few days prior, the meeting has been postponed until July. We had members with serious property damage with trees fallen on cars, fences, leaning on homes and other storm damage.   Thankfully no one was injured. We did receive two new member applications via email afterward.

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September 2009 - Club Meeting

A short business meeting was held at the Hot Springs Kennel Club show in Hot Springs, AR on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The meeting was attended by many club members, including 2 new club members.

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December 2009 Annual Meeting & Holiday Party

Meeting/Party was held at the home of Theresa King on December 27, 2009. We had a wonderful lasagna dinner supplied by the club and delicious sides, bread and deserts brought by club members. A brief business meeting followed by a the always 'fun stealing' gift exchange. We also had a GRCA WC and AKC Hunt test demonstration and showed the differences between the two tests.

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March 2010 - UKC Show / Meeting

There is an upcoming UKC show for Saturday and Sunday (Mar 13th and 14th) at the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton. This is the same location of the AKC shows in Denton. We will be having our meeting on Saturday, March 13th. UKC is much more relaxed than AKC and we encourage everyone that can to try your hand at showing your Golden Retriever at this venue. There is a show in the morning that begins at 9am and one in the afternoon that begins at 2pm. We plan on having our Club meeting during the break. Ken and Judith Bartel will be bringing their RV and we will have the club meeting outside their RV and plan to have a lunch meeting.


	December 2007 - Club Meeting: This meeting was a Conformation Match at a park to educate our new membership on the ins/outs of conformation showing and to explain the judging process followed by a Holiday Party. Our 1st Annual Holiday party was a huge success thanks to hostess Billie Cannon and Colleen Maddox' home cooking. After lunch we had a Gift Exchange with a lot of 'stealing' followed by the Club meeting. A great time was had by all!
	February 2008 - Club Meeting: This meeting was a demonstration by a field trainer to educate the membership on field work by a Golden Retriever. The members were able to test dog's field instincts. Thanks to Teresa King for the use of her land.
	April 2008 - Club Meeting: This was a business meeting held at the Shreveport Kennel Club AKC Show. A large number of the membership were in attendance at this AKC show competing in conformation and obedience. Some of the members also assisted the local Kennel Club by working as stewards during their sanctioned AKC B-Match.
	May 2008 - Club Meeting: This meeting was a Rally demonstration to educate the membership on the newest AKC performance competition venue. The members in attendance were given the opportunity to try Rally either with their own dog or with a Rally trained dog. Thanks to Teresa King for the use of her training facility. ___________________________________________________________________ July 2008 - Club Meeting: This meeting was held at the Longview Kennel Club AKC Show. Meeting took place in the Obedience Building. Member Teresa King explained the workings of an Obedience Trial to those members who were not familiar with the various Obedience classes. ____________________________________________________________ . September 2008 - Club Meeting: This meeting was held at Kelly Brown's home, no formal program but a club family outing. It was fun to watch the dogs swimming in the pool with the children. Dinner was delicious, thanks to Kelly's culinary delights we enjoyed two different styles of Chicken Casserole with hot garlic bread. For desert there was fresh fruit and a wonderful chocolate fountain to dip fruit or cake squares into. Thank you Kelly!!! ____________________________________________________________ October 2008 - Club Meeting: Meeting was held at the Tyler Texas Kennel Club Dog show on Saturday, October 11th following the Golden Retriever show ring. After the business meeting we had our program which was a grooming seminar. After the grooming seminar members and guests helped groom each others puppies for the fun match. Thanks to all the members and guests who attended (can't see everyone in the pictures). After the grooming seminar, the Tyler Texas Kennel Club had a Sanctioned Match, all ArkLaTex GRC members placed in their classes and we are proud to announce that Colleen Maddox took Best Of Breed and then went onto a Sporting Group First, congratulations to Colleen and the lovely "Flair" :-) ____________________________________________________________ December 2008 Annual Meeting & Holiday Party Meeting/Party was held at the home of Kelly Brown on December 28, 2008. We had a wonderful lasagna catered in by Kelly and delicious sides, bread and deserts brought by culb members. We held a brief business meeting followed by a the always 'fun stealing' gift exchange. ____________________________________________________________ February 2009 - Club Meeting Meeting was held at Ben Gill Park in Terrell on February 7, 2009 off of I-20. The program consisted of conformation handling for both puppies and adults followed by tips on clicker training to get the attention of your conformation puppy / dog presented by Ann Horton. Following the class, we had a short business meeting and picnic lunch. under the Pavilion. ____________________________________________________________ April 2009 - Club Meeting: A short business meeting was held at the Shreveport Kennel Club show in Bossier City, LA on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Following the business meeting there was a grooming demonstration performed. The meeting was attended by many club members, 2 applicants and 1 interested prospective member. ____________________________________________________________________________ June 2009 - Club Meeting This meeting was scheduled for June 13th at the Texarkana Dog show. Due to severe weather hitting the majority of our members a few days prior, the meeting has been postponed until July. We had members with serious property damage with trees fallen on cars, fences, leaning on homes and other storm damage. Thankfully no one was injured. We did receive two new member applications via email afterward. _____________________________________________________________________ September 2009 - Club Meeting A short business meeting was held at the Hot Springs Kennel Club show in Hot Springs, AR on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The meeting was attended by many club members, including 2 new club members. _____________________________________________________________________ December 2009 Annual Meeting & Holiday Party Meeting/Party was held at the home of Theresa King on December 27, 2009. We had a wonderful lasagna dinner supplied by the club and delicious sides, bread and deserts brought by club members. A brief business meeting followed by a the always 'fun stealing' gift exchange. We also had a GRCA WC and AKC Hunt test demonstration and showed the differences between the two tests. ____________________________________________________________________ March 2010 - UKC Show / Meeting There is an upcoming UKC show for Saturday and Sunday (Mar 13th and 14th) at the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton. This is the same location of the AKC shows in Denton. We will be having our meeting on Saturday, March 13th. UKC is much more relaxed than AKC and we encourage everyone that can to try your hand at showing your Golden Retriever at this venue. There is a show in the morning that begins at 9am and one in the afternoon that begins at 2pm. We plan on having our Club meeting during the break. Ken and Judith Bartel will be bringing their RV and we will have the club meeting outside their RV and plan to have a lunch meeting.