Great Lakes Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, Inc.
To Represent, Protect, and Promote the Cavalier in Greater Michigan
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Freestyle
CANINE FREESTYLE
Canine Freestyle is a modern dog sport that combines obedience, tricks, and dance. Freestyle is a choreographed routine put to music show casing the training and joyful relationship of dog and handler. Matching the right music, costume, training, team work, and movement together to best showcase a dogs reach, athleticism, and beauty is a joy to watch and achieve.
Rally
RALLY OBEDIENCE
Rally obedience is a wonderful way to get started in obedience competition. Its concept was started by taking the various exercises required for traditional obedience competition, and breaking them down into individual skills. Unlike traditional obedience competition, the team does not wait for the judges orders. The team navigates in heel position around a course of 10-20 designated stations, each station holds a sign that instructs the team in what exercise or skill to perform.
Some of the organizations that sanction Rally Obedience.
American Kennel Club-AKC
United Kennel Club-UKC
Association of Pet Dog Trainers-APDT
Canine Works and Games –C-Wags
Canines and Humans United-CHU
AKC Rally Obedience Titles
RN- Rally Novice
RA-Rally Advanced
RE-Rally Excellent
RAE-Rally Advance Excellent
Obedience
OBEDIENCE
The word obedient means to comply with the direction or command given by the handler. For a dog to be considered obedient, rather than simply a dog that has received training, the dog must respond reliably each time the handler gives a command. Obedience competitions were formed with the objective to showcase a dog that has been trained to behave at all times and in all situations, in the home, in public, in the presence of other dogs or people.
In obedience competition the handler is directed by a judge to ask their dog to perform certain skills. The team is judged against a standard of proficiency, and they must perform each skill with the accuracy to earn a total score of 170 out of 200 to earn a qualifying score. The dog and handler team must accomplish this three times to earn a title. The skills required for the Novice level include, heel, sit, down, stay, stand for exam, and recall. Some of the more advanced skills include directed jumping, scent work, responding to signals instead of verbal commands, and drop on recall.
American Kennel Club-AKC
United Kennel Club-UKC
Association of Pet Dog Trainers-APDT
Canine Works and Games –C-Wags
Canines and Humans United-CHU
AKC Obedience Titles:
CD- Companion Dog
CDX- Companion Dog Excellent
UD- Utility Dog
UDX-Utility Dog Excellent
OTCH-Obedience Trial Champion
Breeder Referral
This section of the website lists active breeder members by affixes. While Great Lakes CKCSC does not endorse or recommend specific breeders, we do use this resource to locate breeders who are members in good standing of the Great Lakes CKCSC, Inc.
The breeders on this list agree to the following ethical guidelines (Click here)
Breeder Member List-
Alphabetically Listed by Last name. Current Board Members first, followed by other current club members.
Name: Brenda Bromley
Great Lakes CKCSC President
Affix: Lil’Tails
E mail: bjsliltails@yahoo.com
Tel: 231-519-2852
Name: Carol Lynn Johnson
Great Lakes Corresponding Secretary
Affix: BellaFleur
Email:BellaflurCavaliers@outlook.com
616-490-5227
Website:www.BellaFleurCavaliers.com
Name: Jennifer Lee
Great Lakes CKCSC Vice President/Breeder Referral/Website/Media
Affix: Kingslee
E mail: KingsleeCavaliers@gmail.com
Tel: 231-499-3965
Website:KingsleeCavaliers.com
Name: Teresa Silva
Great Lakes Treasurer
Affix: Whiteriver
E mail: dtwhiteriver@gmail.com
Tel: 231-736-6799
Website: WhiteriverCavaliers.com
Name: Deb Hedges
Great Lakes CKCSC Membership Chair
Affix: Bepa Cavaliers
E mail: shandeb_49065@yahoo.com
269-624-1184
Joyce Quinlan
Great Lakes CKCSC Board Member
Affix: White Dove
E mail: PunchandRodeo@aol.com
Tel: 248-666-9015
Website: http://www.MichiganWhitedoveCavaliers.com
Name: Deb Hamblen
Affix: Ringside Cavaliers
E mail: Ringsidekennels@yahoo.com
Name: Suzanne Pouncey
Affix: Cedarcrest
E mail: Suefoxtrot@yahoo.com
Tel: 248-388-1530
Website: http://www.cedarcrestcavaliers.com
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Agility
AGILITY
Dog agility is a sport in which the dog is directed by its handler through an obstacle course. It is a race of speed and consistency, where the dog with the fastest time and fewest penalties wins. Dogs are divided into various divisions determined by their height, so that dogs of similar height and stride length compete together, as well as various skill levels. Some organizations offer not only the “Standard Classes” but also “ Games”. Every course is different and the handler must assess the course, decide on the best handling strategies to direct the dog through the course.
The obstacles the dog performs consists of various jumps, weave poles, open tunnels, pause table, closed tunnel, and what are considered the contact obstacles, A-frame, Dog Walk, and teeter, where there is a yellow contact zone that the dog must make contact with or they will be disqualified.
It is very important for a dog to be structurally sound when being considered for an agility prospect. Agility is a high-impact sport that places a lot of stress on the dog’s body, as they jump, make sharp turns, climb and weave. If structure is not considered , the dog will easily become injured and not hold up to the wear and tear placed on them while they are playing the sport.
Some of the organizations the offer agility competitions:
American Kennel Club-AKC
United Kennel Club- UKC
North American Dog Agility Counsel-NADAC
Canine performance Events-CPE
United States Dog Agility Association-USDAA
Teacup Dog Agility Association-TDAA
AKC TITLES:
NA-Novice Agility Standard
NAJ-Novice Agility Jumpers with Weaves
NF-Novice Fifteen and Send Time
OA-Open Agility Standard
OAJ-Open Agility Jumpers with Weaves
OF-Open Fifteen and Send Time
T2B-Time to Beat
AX-Excellent Agility Standard
AXJ-Excellent Agility Jumpers with Weaves
XF-Excellent Fifteen and Send Time
MX-Master Agility Standard
MXJ-Master Agility Jumpers with Weaves
MXF-Master Fifteen and Send Time
MACH-Master Agility Champion
Enjoy the videos of Trinket, a black & tan Cavalier owned by Kari (also pictured above)
Agility Photos – Click the thumbnails below to see them full size
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Therapy
The AKC has an exciting new title open to all AKC dogs. The AKC Therapy Dog title, or THD will reward dogs and their owners that have provided ongoing community service to help improve the well being of others.
As you know, the AKC annually recognizes an outstanding Therapy Dog as part of the annual AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). They receive so many great nominations know there are many more dogs out there that deserve recognition.
The AKC has also received many requests from the fancy to award titles to therapy dogs as a way to recognize the great work their dogs do.” Additionally, earning a THD title builds on the skills taught in the AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and Canine Good Citizen programs, which create a sound and friendly temperament needed by a successful therapy dog.
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