- Legado Danes
The joy of showing dogs (Part 2)
Updated: Feb 4
Have you ever thought of what it would be like to step in the ring with your fur baby? I once wondered the same thing! Then I read some articles and watched videos and movies (my personal favorite is Best in Show) and was brave enough to take a handling class. The joy that handling brings and the special bond it creates with your puppy lasts forever. The feeling of adrenaline you get when you are sharing a precious moment with your beloved best friend and going around the ring with him or her has no comparison. You are learning from each other and being there for each other, letting the world know that you have the "best dog" on the planet! So, if you have never tried it, I recommend it! Take a lesson or two. Give it a try. Take your time and prepare yourself. Find a mentor. Get a friend or two to take a class with you. Share the sport with others and keep it alive. No matter where you are in the world, find a handling class and let the fun begin. Become a handler and…who knows? Maybe one day you and your fur baby will earn your own “Best in Show” ribbon!
Handling Classes around the country:
Alaska:
Alyeska Canine Trainers
Fridays, 6:30 & 7pm
Anchorage, AK
Christine Asay
Thursdays, 7pm
Wasilla, AK
Laura Brodigan
Sundays, 4pm
Wasilla, AK
Arkansas:
Northwest Arkansas Kennel Club
Thursdays at 7pm
Fayetteville, AK
Drop in. $5 per dog
Florida:
Select Tuesdays at 7pm
Gainesville, FL
Pensacola Dog Fancier’s Association
Wednesdays at 7:00pm
Pensacola, FL
Phone: (850) 432-3929
Off Muskogee rd and hwy 29
$20 for non members
$10 for members
Illinois:
Kristin Heiden
Every 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:30pm
Phone: (618)322-7357
Normal, IL
Kentucky:
MidKentucky Kennel Club
421 E. Dixie Hwy
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Tuesdays, 6:30pm.
Tuesday 4-7pm
Versailles, KY
Missouri:
Karen Martin
DUO building
10955 Linpage Pl.
St. Louis, MO 63132
Phone: (314)952-3263
Wednesdays at 7pm
Jefferson County Kennel Club of Missouri
2075 Jennemann Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
Tuesdays 6pm.
Phone: (636)464-2324
North Carolina
Azalea Dog Training Club
6737 Amsterdam Way
Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: (910)392-2040
https://adtcus.wordpress.com/
Ohio:
Cleveland All-Breed Training Club
210 Hayes Drive
Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131
Phone:(216)398-1118
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Thursdays, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Drop in class at $5.00 per class
cabtcoffice@aol.com
Medina Kennel Club
6840 Lake Rd.
Medina, OH 44256
Phone: (330)662-4004
Tuesday from 6:30pm-8:00pm
$7/handler.
No run-thrus on the 4th Tuesday of every month
medinakennelclub@gmail.com
Akron All Breed KC
Summit County Fairgrounds property
E Howe Rd
Tallmadge, OH
Phone: (330)630-0418
Wednesday, at 7:30 pm.
$5 per handler.
Youngstown All Breed Training Club
13210 Mahoning Ave
North Jackson, OH 44451
Phone: (330)538-2907
Tuesday at 6pm
Non-Members $5
registrar@yabtc.com
Wyoming:
Drop in at the fairgrounds
Thursdays 6pm-7pm
Casper, Wyoming
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