Sacramento Dog Training Club is hosting rally and obedience trials January 14-16. There will be two rally trials on January 14 and obedience trials on January 15 and 16. If you are interested in entering your dog(s), please download the entry form and release of liability form attached below!

Entry form.pdf

slkrelease.pdf

The County-Wide DTC Obedience and Rally Trials will be held on Sept. 4, 2021 at the Rohnert Park Community Center.  Full information is on the Premium PDF below.  The judging schedule is now attached as well so that you can see when the classes will be judged and the entries for the classes.  We welcome people to come watch this event but leave your dogs at home unless you are entering the Trick Dog or Canine Good Citizenship Tests which can be entered on the day of the event. 

Obed and Rally Judging Schedule Sept 4, 2021.pdf

CWDTC 2021 Trial premium.pdf

Attached is the premium list for Fremont Dog Training Club's rally and obedience trials to be held on Oct 2, 2021. 

FDTC Premium List.docx

Attached is the premium list for Mt Diablo Dog Training Club's rally and obedience trials to be held on Oct 23 & 24, 2021. 

MDDTC__PL_2021-10-23-24.pdf

Sacramento Dog Training Club will be holding obedience and rally trials on August 28 and 29, 2021. See the attached premium list for more info!

August trials (1).pdf

The Wine Country Canine Fun Run will be held on July 10, 2020 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Proceeds benefit the Marin Humane Society and dogs of all types are welcome. Don't forget to wear your 1960's attire! See the attached flyer for more info. Also attached is a list of volunteer positions available. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact FastDogsUSA@iCloud.com

Event Flyer

Volunteer List

County-Wide will be hosting a Farm Dog Certification trial on May 15, 2021! Click the link below to view the flyer for more information.  We hope to see you there! 

Farm Dog Flyer 4-19-21 Revised.pdf

GREAT NEWS!!!
We have been heard!!!

California dog enthusiasts can celebrate today!

AB 702, the breeder permit bill, has been pulled from this morning's hearing in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee by the author. AB 702 is now a two-year bill.

We are at the beginning of a two-year legislative cycle so converting this bill to a two-year bill means that it is dead for this year. It's possible for it to be changed and brought back next year, but judging by history, that is unlikely.

This is a huge victory for everyone involved.

Thanks to everyone who contacted their assembly members and to all the great groups that worked so effectively to stop this bill: in particular AKC and CalAnimals, and to all the other groups, including the CPPGA, that worked together to defeat this bad legislation.

We have heard from a number of vets, through our students and membership, about the increase in the current dog influenza type virus.  According to these sources the virus is caused by a new influenza virus variant and their recommendation is that “your dog maintain a current vaccination for canine influenza particularly if they regularly socialize with other dogs or go to dog parks, daycare or boarding.” These e-mails to various client bases also state that "many of the dogs that have come in with this disease have reportedly been vaccinated for both Bordetella and Canine Influenza".

How is that affecting the club so far?  We have had a few students that have missed one or more nights of class due to some form of “kennel cough”.  So far, no one else in those classes had any symptoms.  We routinely advise against having dogs come to class and play or interact with the other dogs directly as that makes the other dogs more interesting than the owner trying to get their dog’s attention for training.  For this reason, direct nose to nose, close contact interaction is not normally a part of our classes.  Direct interaction is the common mode of transmission for this respiratory disease. 

Currently the club requires all dogs to be current on the normal vaccinations.  Due to COVID restrictions we have already reduced some contact vectors by not allowing use of the club dog crates, requiring students to bring their own crates when needed, and reducing class size.  We had considered, relaxing these restrictions and possibly allowing a small increase in class size due to COVID status for our county moving to a less restrictive tier but in light of the current increase in influenza type illnesses in dogs we will continue with existing COVID restrictions which will also serve to keep our classes safer for the dogs.

Social distancing for the dogs (which includes bringing your own water dishes and water as needed to limit transmission between dogs) seems to be in order during this period of increased influenza type illness in dogs.  

A committee hearing has been scheduled for AB 702 on Tuesday, April 27. The AKC is actively working to fight this legislation and is asking for clubs and individuals to contact the committee members to express concerns and opposition to the bill before the hearing date. You can find a list of talking points, a list of the committee members and their contact info, as well as online contact forms at the link below. Please take a moment to read through the updated alert and voice your concerns. 

https://www.akcgr.org/

Click this link and scroll down to find the post titled "California: Breeder Permits Bill AB 702 Set for April 27 Hearing – Contact the Committee Today!"