The next Board meeting will be May 16th 2023 at our training facility located at 5222 Marsha Sharp Freeway at 6:30 PM. All members are welcome to attend.

The next Member meeting will be May 16th 2023 at our training facility located at 5222 Marsha Sharp Freeway at 7:30 PM. This is election night. Anyone interested in dog training and dog sports is welcome.

Thanks to everyone who made the April agility trial a success this year! To begin with,nothing can be done until our trailers get to the show site. Thanks to Gail and Cory Claborn and Troy and Bonnie Brooks for hauling the trailers for us. A special thanks to SPOTC’s amazing course building crews who worked tirelessly each day and always had the next course built and ready to go well before walk-throughs. The electronic timers are a big asset (and at times, a headache!) to any trial and I can’t thank Nancy Schroeder enough for taking over that responsibility from me. Dana Brown did a fantastic job keeping the rings staffed with volunteers. Gail Claborn put together the impressive raffle prizes for our volunteer worker raffle each day. Sherell Guichard-Thomas once again put together her infamous raffle. Thanks to Marcia Bishoff for taking care of snacks and food for the trial secretary and judge. April Lightner helped me with the setup and tear down of all the electronic equipment we bring for our trial secretary,

We finally have a break before our next trial in November. Now let’s concentrate on our training classes and workshops. Please remember to put aside an extra bag of treats to be donated for our volunteer raffle baskets!

Thanks again to everyone who helped make the April trial run so smoothly. Teresa Janssen, Trial Chair

The next round of Conformation practice at SPOTC will begin on Saturday May 13th, at 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. We will plan for practices as needed. The fee is $5.00 per dog per class, payable at the time of the class.

A few weeks ago we started a group for Draft/Carting work. This is open to all levels, from beginners to experienced. We are currently meeting during the weekends, weather permitting, in various locations (Levelland, Shallowater, etc.). If you are interested, please let me know. You can also reach out to Liz Brandt. Patti Emmerling 911standards@gmail.com

Please join me in welcoming our Officers and Board members, who were elected at the May meeting for the fiscal year June 1 2021 — June 1, 2022, and are as follows:

President: Dana Brown

Vice-President: Julie Wilson

Secretary: Jodi Pritchard

Treasurer: Cheryl Birdwell

Board Members: Teresa Janssen, Mary Lou Vardy, Margaret Freeman, Gail Claborn and Megan Brown

Make sure to catch our club's debut on YouTube.com. Club members recently performed an agility demo at halftime for the Ropes High School football game on November 2nd. The club got rave reviews from the crowd. The demo was video taped and placed on the website YouTube.com thanks to Paula Perry. To take a look, just go to this direct link:

All members are encouraged to show their pride and hang an 8x10 photo of their titled dog on the wall in the meeting room. If you do not have an extra copy of your precious color photos, you can frame a color copy. Also keep in mind that the club has voted to hang photos of dogs that earn an MX or UDX in an honored place on the wall with our OTCH dogs.