Greater Louisville Training Club
AKC Tracking Event May 2006
TD/VST TEST

Greater Louisville Trianing Club's May 21, 2006 TD/VST TEST

THE DAY OF THE TEST WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND COOL. PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THE DOGS. THE TEST WAS OPEN FOR FOUR T.D.’S AND FOUR V.S.T.’S. AT BERNHEIM WE HAD ALL THE T.D. TRACKS AND TWO V.S.T. TRACKS. THE OTHER TWO WERE AT BERNHEIM SCHOOL AND THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN SHEPHERDSVILLE.
TWO OF THE TRACKING DOGS PASSED AND UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THE VARIABLE SURFACE DOGS PASSED, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID A GOOD JOB. WE HAD A LOT OF ALTERNATES FOR BOTH PORTIONS.
OUR JUDGES WERE OUR RALPH SNEVE AND CAROL CLARK FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THEY GAVE ALL THE DOGS THE CHANCE TO WORK OUT THEIR PR0BLEMS. PASSING ON THE FIRST TD TRACK WAS KATHERINE SCHMALZ, FROM EVANSVILLE, IN, WITH HER SMOOTH BORDER COLLIE, THE TRACK LAYED BY MARILYN ADAMS FROM CINCINNATI.. ON THE THIRD TRACK TOBY SINGLETON FROM NASHVILLE, TN WITH A BLACK LAB PASSED. THAT TRACK WAS LAYED BY KEN WALLACE.. THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER TRACKLAYERS, WHO LAYED THE OTHER TRACKS, MYRNA KEENAN, ANITA ROBY, KATHLEEN FOWLER, BEN GRITTON AND ONE OF GLTC’S SOON TO BE MEMBERS, MIKE LANDRUM.
THANK YOU TO TERRY MCGAULEY FOR BEING CHIEF TRACKLAYER.
THANKS TO CONNIE HADDAD AND MIKE LANDRUM AND HIS FAMILY FOR HOSPITALITY HELP. MIKE PROVIDED US WITH A CANAPY, GENERATER AND A POT FULL OF DELICIOUS CHILI. CONNIE PROVIDED SWEET ROLLS, BREAD AND HOMEMADE COOKIES. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED MAKE OUR TEST A SUCCESS. OUR NEXT TRACKING TEST WILL BE A T.D.X. ON DECEMBER 2ND AT SHELBY ACRES FARM. OUR JUDGES ARE GOING TO BE BILLIE FRENCH AND ANNETTE ROSSMAN. WE WILL HAVE FOUR TRACKS. RALPH WILL BE OUR CHIEF TRACK LAYER. HE IS LOOKING FOR TRACKLAYERS AND CROSS TRACKERS. PLEASE CONTACT HIM AT (502) 267-6793.
KEEP ON TRACKING!
Dorothy Sneve