March Madness has begun, and we are off and running! With nice weather on the way, and your club members working hard to make sure events are running smoothly, and in accordance with AKC, there has been a lot of activity. In February, Pam Warner was the Chair for our annual Scent Work trial. Just a wee bit embarrassed to admit that this trial was the first ISCP-SF Scent Work trial John and I have attended, and we did in fact enter as well. I found the venue (Big Dream Training Center, Lodi, CA) to be easily accessible, and met all them requirements for the trial. The judging was fair and very helpful with a lot of dogs qualifying in their divisions. All events were run smoothly and efficiently. As I’m sure all of you are aware, our dogs need a job, and our two are no different. Rosie at almost 10 loves Scent Work, her style is very different than Boo’s, but both enjoy the task and are doing quite well. John and I especially enjoy all of the different breeds and mixed breeds that participate. There are not a lot of opportunities for a Papillon and a Newfoundland to compete in the same category and be successful, but Scent work is one. It is low impact for handlers as well as dogs and a great way to get out and mingle with other dog lovers. We work with a trainer, but I have a Vizsla owner friend who learned how to teach Scentwork from YouTube. Big kudos to Pam for such a nice trial! Club members who came out to volunteer besides Pam, John and I were: Patty Aronica, Margaret Norris and our newest member Celine Boissy. It was fun to meet her and her dog Sunny. Thank you to all that supported the club. Pam will be adding an article to Tails giving you more detail and results as well as some pictures.

At our Feb. Board meeting, we agreed that our annual Awards Day in The Park and pot luck will be July 19, 2025. Thank you to Pat Manrique for all of her hard work. The application will be available through our website, and on Tails, please keep your eye out for it. Every year we have awards that are not presented because people do not apply for them. Please, read them over and even if you don’t think you are going to win, enter; you never know until you try. Our awards are mostly supported by club members, if you would like to sponsor an award, please let Pat know ASAP.

Our 2025 Member Directory is currently being printed, and I hope to have it in the mail to you by next week. Once again, it looks amazing!!!! Thank you, Ann Smith for getting it updated and formatted, and to Peggy for organizing who is rejoining and expertly handling the money end, and to Jackie Allen for supplying the address and return address labels. Great job everyone!

I’ve sent out several mass email notices this past month, including:

• We need volunteers for our Field Trial at O’Neil Forebay to be held March 15-16. If you can help or enter, please contact Vickie Tompkins, 707 486-5513
• If you would like to be part of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in San Francisco, please contact Christina Phillips (Irish Red and White Setters) at 209 408-3095 (text please)
• One day walking field trial and Master X Hunt test, Hastings Island, April 4, contact Cathy Michels, 650-770-4250
• Don’t forget the Lodi Cluster of Dog Shows, April 10-13, with our Specialty on Saturday the 12th, you can contact me, I am chairing Saturday. We could use help with our Yappy Hour.
• May 2 & 3, still pending, participation for club members in the Grass Valley Celtic Festival. Please let me know if you are interested. So far, the list is pretty sparse, in fact it is non-existent. But if you are interested, please let me know. Sandyb1630@gmail.com
• July 19, Awards Day in the Park, Boone Acres Park, San Ramon, Pat Manrique 510-468-7471

In closing, please be sure to hug those red dogs, and I hope to see you soon at a club event.

Sincerely.

Sandy