
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
The March meeting took place
at the UKC show at the Denton County Fair Grounds in Denton, Tx. The show
and the meeting was well attended with 8 existing members and 1 new
member. After the morning show, we had a lunch meeting in the Bartels' RV. Thank
you Ken and Judith for your hospitality.
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May 2010 - Caddo KC Show
The May meeting took place at
the Caddo Kennel Club (May 8th) located in Marshall, TX. There was limited
attendance and a brief business meeting was held after the Golden Retriever
judging.
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July 2010 - Upcoming July
meeting
The next
ArkLaTexGRC Club meeting will be held Saturday afternoon, July 17, 2010.
Our own ArkLaTexGRC member (and Treasurer), Renee Smith, DVM has
graciously offered to present / discuss the use of Penn-Hip evaluations
for Hip Dysplasia. The location will in Lindale, TX at Renee's newly
opened clinic. The start time and directions will follow.
This should be
a very informative meeting. We look forward to a good turnout of
membership for this meeting. Please mark your calendars!