The year is just moving right along. January 20 has the distinction of being Blue Monday for 2025 and it is actually living up to the billing. Among other events going on, the skies are blue and the sun is shining and the mercury in the thermometer has run off to hide somewhere.

A few years ago we were getting ready to make a pitch to make our facility "scent free", out of respect for those who have respiratory problems that are activated by the presence of strong perfumes and fragrances. It got put on a backburner, but 2025 is the year to promote the concept and see if we can't make the air we share more breathable.

Welcome to the new home for our consolidated events calendar.

We just confirmed a "Working Class Special" CARO trial for February 9^th and the official premium list and online entry form are already published and open for entry. Closing date is February 2^nd or when we reach 50 runs.

click here for On-line Entry Form

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Now that the job action at Canada Post is over, we are back to normal. If you haven't already updated your CKC Rally-Obedience signs for 2024, you can still get the mini update pack to bring 2021 sign sets into compliance.

These are just the 8 signs that have been changed or added. Four are new, the other 4 are replacements. Instructions are included so that you know which to add and which to discard from the old set. Just $20 including all applicable taxes and postage! More details…

As time passes, some languages (such as English) "borrow" words or phrases from other languages and incorporate them into the lexicon. Sometimes it is Latin or French, sometimes the words originate in cultural groups unaligned with a national identity. I guess English just needs a little zhuzhing up. I am a little surprised though that we haven't yet adopted a English (UK) word here yet in the context that it is used.

(noun) Strimmer - a contraction of the words "string trimmer" as opposed to names like "weed eater" or "weed whacker" or "whipper-snipper".

As a verb you might go out and strim something, or you might have it on your to-do list to get some strimming done around the fence. You can strim the grass, strim the weeds, you can even strim the trees. Your strimmer can be gas, it can be electric, it should never be neglected. Strimmer - let's add it to the language in 2025

We have our first CARO trial of the year all wrapped up. The weather you expect from January, rain and warm one day and the bottom falls out of the thermometer the next. Thank you to Judge Whitney Shaver for coming out for a full slate of regular classes, and to everyone who participated and helped move things along at a reasonable pace so we could wrap up just about when it got dark. Unofficial results will be posted shortly.

We had our first CKC trial on the first weekend of the year. Scent Detection for the Poodle Club of Canada, with Judge Nathan Clarkson. Fortunately we had a very nice day, although cold. A few light snowflakes early in the morning, then the sun came out in time for the Exterior tests in the afternoon. Very well attended, especially in Masters division. The best part is that we wrapped up just before the Sun went down, and no one had to do any searches by candlelight.

Unofficial results for December CARO are still available,
Click Here for the Regular Class (PDF).
Click Here for the Working Class (PDF).

Poodle Poetry & Pynky

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