Great Dane Club of Greater Kansas City, Inc.

Great Dane Club of Greater Kansas City, Inc.

Together for the betterment of the breed.

2011 AKC Dog Listener Program

Joy Lobato was asked to give a talk on dogs in November at the Blue Ridge Blvd United Methodist Church in Raytown, MO.

The kids ranged from pre-school to high school age.

The topic was The Dog Listener. The DVD and booklets from the AKC help teach children how to greet a dog, how to respect a dog’s space (by learning to hear it’s nonverbal communication), how to avoid a stray dog, and what to do when they see a group of loose dogs.

The real point of the whole program was to make children learn to treat all dogs with careful consideration and respect, and learn how to steer clear of potentially dangerous situations so they will be safer around all dogs.

Several volunteers came with their dogs to help make the program a success. Enjoy the pictures below.

A special thank you goes to Amy Eve and Beam, her 8 month Cane Corso; Karrie Franks, and Taurasi, her new 9 week old Great Dane puppy; Tammy Suddeth and Ava, her pretty black Great Dane female; and Carol Brendel and Rowdy, her big fawn Great Dane male.

2011 Kansas City Great Dane Speialty May 20

Our 2011 Great Dane Specialty Event was a huge success this year. Thank you to all the participants and contributors.

2010 Great Dane Fun Day

The Danes tried out agility equipment with our club members making sure they and their owners were safe. Thank you John & Nancy.

Sandy worked with the dogs on tracking. Some had great noses and others did not get the hang of it. I think it was hard to concentrate with all the smells of so many dogs around.

The hot dog and whip cream contests were a lot of fun to watch.

We only had two entries in the costume contest, both were butterflies with the same owner. The prize was a Santa suit for Danes.

We ended the afternoon with a picnic. Hope all had a great time!

Check out our pictures from 2009 year below.

Rally to Rescue Booth - Shawnee Mission Park

Rescue had a Rally to Rescue booth at the Paws in the Park event at Shawnee Mission Park on June 19th. John Gleason, Tammy Suddeth (with Ava) and Carol Brendel (with Shamu) represented the club and Rescue. Ava romped with a host of smaller dogs on the swimming beach; Shamu got maybe two toes wet and that was good enough for him. A sudden storm came up and the event was shut down a little early; it was a bit of a challenge trying to hang on to the tent while the wind tried to carry it away (along with Tammy and Carol hanging on for dear life), but we managed to get everything packed up without mishap and without getting too wet.

2010 41st Specialty Results

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Winners Dog—Gracyn’s Valiant Warrior V Lost Creek—owner Jerry Kerr/handler Linda Cain

Reserve Winners Dog—Challenger’s Samurai V Lamar—owners Janice Finney, Mary Margo

Gaither, Steve Hill & Rick McGaugh

Winners Bitch-- Tauson Koenigin Amelia FromTauson—owners Elmer & Inke Robinson

Reserve Winners Bitch—Siscos Butterfly Kisses—owners Dr. Nigel & Zee da Silva

Best of Breed-- Ch Rainmaster’s She’s A Show Girl—owner Jan Miner; handler Linda Cain

Best of Opposite--Ch Rojon’s Let’s Play Two—owners Dawn & April Miller, Heather Miller Brown

Best of Winners-- Tauson Koenigin Amelia FromTauson—owners Elmer & Inke Robinson

Select Bitch-- CH Siscos Element Of Seduction—owners Dr. Nigel & Zee da Silva

2010 40th Specialty Results

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Rally Excellent—WYSIWYG’s Mystik Lady Guenivere RE---owners Sandy & Neal Dickens

Rally Advanced—WYSIWYG’s Mystik Lady Guenivere RE—owners Sandy & Neal Dickens

Rally Novice A—EIO Danes Almost Famous—owner Tammy Suddeth

Rally Novice B—Liberty’s Mission Impossible OA OAJ NAP NJP—owner Joyce Guthrie

Best in Sweepstakes—Lachristina Pardon My French—owners Michelle & Nathan Mayenschein

Winners Dog—Elan Reimroc No Small Feat—owners Sheila & Romie Cormier, Jessica & John

Gerszewski

Reserve Winners Dog—Challenger’s Samurai V Lamar—owners Janice Finney, Mary Margo

Gaither, Steve Hill & Rick McGaugh

Winners Bitch—Don-Lu’s Don’t Tell Me No V Concord—owners Don, Mary Lou & Shawn

Carmody

Reserve Winners Bitch—Tauson Koenigin Amelia FromTauson—owners Elmer & Inke Robinson

Best of Breed—Ch Rainmaster’s She’s A Show Girl—owner Jan Miner; handler Linda Cain

Best of Opposite—Ch Rojon’s Let’s Play Two—owners Dawn & April Miller, Heather Miller Brown

Best of Winners—Elan Reimroc No Small Feat-- owners Sheila & Romie Cormier, Jessica & John

Gerszewski

Select Dog—Ch Kaviroz Code of Excellence—owners Kathy L. Zeckser

Select Bitch—CH Siscos Element Of Seduction—owners Dr. Nigel & Zee da Silva

2010 Kansas City Pet Expo

For the first time, the GDCGKC participated in this major Kansas City pet event, held April 17th and 18th at the American Royal building. We handed out 125 flyers about the Club (and would have handed out more, but we ran out) and Rescue chair Janet Quick reports receiving several calls and emails about Rescue dogs as a result of these contacts. Our booth attracted hundreds of visitors and our dogs were a huge hit. It was kind of comical to see people coming around the corner and doing a double-take when they saw our dogs; they invariably flocked around us and asked to pet the dogs and feed them treats. John Gleason was even interviewed by a camera crew from a local high school. This event was a huge success for us and we definitely plan to do it again next year.

We had two tables, one for the Club and one for Rescue. The Rescue table had some Rally to Rescue magazines, t-shirts and collars, complimentary McCartney dog calendars, and business cards with Janet’s contact information, as well as two large photo boards with pictures of Rescue Danes. The Club table had the informational flyers we handed out, two big photo boards made by Joy and Jerry Lobato of conformation champions and Danes competing in performance events, and several of Jerry Lobato’s bronze Dane sculptures.

A giant thank you is due to the people who volunteered their time for this event: Tammy Suddeth (with Ava and Stanley), Joy and Jerry Lobato, John Gleason, Carol Brendel (with Rowdy and Shamu), Cathy and Doug Cade, Amy Eve (with Tyson), Cheryl Bales (with Hannah), Libby Willson (with Dakota), and Karrie Franks (with Duncan). We all had a great time, including the dogs. Here are some pictures, most were taken early in the day before the crowds got thick:

Great Dane Fun Day

GREAT DANE FUN DAY - NOV 1st 2009

Approximately 40 Great Danes Attended!!!

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

Great Dane Fun Day 2009

We were blessed with great weather and everyone had a GREAT time. It is so nice to see so many of our adopted Danes and meet new people with their adult and puppy Danes. We started the event with a woodland scavenger hunt. Most people found the items on their list with the exception of the Copperhead. They were all looking for a snake and of course it was copper pennies placed on rocks. Only one person found the copper head. We gave out toys to all the dogs.

The next contest was a whip cream contest where the owner smears whip cream on his/her face and the first dog to clean their owners face is the winner. This is a very funny contest.

Another contest was bobbin for hot-dogs. Only the puppies were not so smart they just kept drinking water. We had three winners for that contest.

We also had a costume contest since it was the day after Halloween. The winner was a Dane dressed as a horse with a jockey on its back. First place winners received a stained glass rosette.

We had a demonstration of Rally OB and Agility put on by Am/Int. Ch.Kappadane's Mystik Blue Smoke CDX RE AX AXJ NF TDIA HOF VA HIT. Smoke is the number one Dane in Excellent Agility in the country this year to date.

Our Rally to Rescue booth gave out Purina Carvers and samples of Shredded Blend to all the dogs. Then we had a picnic of hot-dogs, chili, and wonderful deserts. It was a lot of fun; thank you all for coming.

Notes From Last Year: The Club held a Fun Day on Oct 26, 2008 for all Great Danes. We had an agility course, a rally course, and a hike through the woods.

We had a great turn out and it was so nice to get to see a lot of the Danes that we have adopted to loving homes.

Everyone had fun trying out the equipment. Great Danes love doing this kind of thing!

I hope we sparked some interest in people to enroll in one of these classes.

2009 40th Specialty Results

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Specialty Judge: Beverly Capstick

BOB - CH Kaviroz Code of Excellence

By CH Sasdania-Vitag' s Frozen Asset-CH Ace-Hi One of Ths Nights Zarlin

Breeder - Kathy Zeckser & Jackie Herman

Owner - Kathy Zeckser

Handler - Linda Cain

WD/BOW (3 pts) - Heart's All Outa Bucks (9-12 Puppy)

By CH Dreamspinners Cash N Carry-CH Orion's Bling Bling

Owners - Vince & Linda Cain

Breeders - Merrell Magelli & Linda Cain

Handler - Linda Cain

WB/BOS (3 pts) Lobato's Shall We Dance (Open Fawn)

By CH Lobato's Highly Classified-CH Lobato's Dance To The Music

Breeders - Maryellen Thomas & Joy P. Lobato

Owners - David King, Debbie Heidgen, Joy Lobato & Maryellen Thomas

Handler - Jessica Allen

2009 39th Specialty Results

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Obedience High In Trial--Judge Don Schempp

CH Vindanes Hannah of Royal, CD, RN

By True's Ruff of Vindane-Ironwood' s Macaraina of Vindane

Breeders--Mary Loftin & Kareem J. Jackson

Owner-Handler - Cheryl Bales

Sweepstakes--Judge John Ready

Best In Sweeps/Best Puppy - Gracyn's He Will Reign v Lost Creek (6-9 puppy)

By CH Dane Lane's Jonathanv Lost Creek-CH Lost Creek's Joseph's Grace

Breeder-Owners - Marsh Stoner & Karen McCance

Handler - Linda Cain

Specialty Judge - Laurie Maulucci

Best of Breed - CH Elan's Command Decision Reimroc

By CH Reimroc's Solidly Rojon-CH Elan's New Year Resolution

Owners - J & J Gerzsewski, R & S Cormier & Naomi Yakota

Breeders - J & J Gerzsweski, R & S Cormier

Handler - John Gerzsewski

WD/BOW (3 pts) - Heart's All Outa Bucks (9-12 Puppy)

By CH Dreamspinners Cash N Carry-CH Orion's Bling Bling

Owners - Vince & Linda Cain

Breeders - Merrell Magelli & Linda Cain

Handler - Linda Cain

WB/BOS (3 pts)-V Graff Griff'N The Edge of Reason (12-18)

By CH V Graff Who But Humphrey v Griff'n-CH Jerdan's Charade v Graff Griff'n

Breeders - Ralph & Millicent Graff

Owners- Ralph & Millicent Graff, Tim & Barb Griffin

Handler - Ralph Graff

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