Best Friends Dog Club of Sun City AZ- President's Message for 2009

A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

Welcome Back.. Hope everyone including your Best Friend had a great summer break!

The Club is gearing up for some wonderful Fall and Winter activities that include the introduction of a new Obedience Instructor, Sharon Howarth. She was highly recommended by Rick Manley, who relocated to Colorado for employment purposes.

Please take a few minutes to acquaint yourself with Sharon and Betty Marotti, our Agility and Rally Instructor, by reading their resumes posted on this website. We are pleased to be the only chartered dog club in Sun City and that we are able to offer valuable training to our members through these qualified instructors.

Hope you and your Best Friend will consider taking one of the classes offered. Not only does it help you bond with your dog, it gives you control over the behaviors you would like to modify. We all love our dogs, but they still need to function in society to be accepted and being well trained is the key to having a safe, healthy and respectful relationship.

We invite you to volunteer for one of our committees or as a Board Member. Having resources within the Club has given us an opportunity to grow and expand our “Mission” from that of a social nature to training, community involvement and RCSC participation. We are pleased to have a new training arena and storage facility in Phase I of Fairway which is nearing completion and will be ready for us to relocate to by the first of the year. We will also be having our monthly membership meeting in the new Arizona Room and will notify

Skelli Dedmon

7 Steps to Happier Pets

1. Make sure your pet wears an ID tag at all times.
2. Enroll your puppy or dog in training classes; for pet behavior visit www.PetsForLife.org .
3. Take your pet to a veterinarian for a complete medical exam every year.
4. Prepare a disaster plan that includes your pet (get and use a Pet Vial of Life).
5. Plan for your pet's future without you; visit www.hsus.org/petsinwills .
6. Learn how to avoid dog bites and how to prevent your dog from biting; visit www.NoDogBites.org .
7. Have a heart and be smart: make sure your pet is spayed or neutered.

Source:
Humane Society of the US

you when that is scheduled to be available.
The Board(s) have worked well with the RCSC during the planning and construction phase of Fairway and are excited about the outcome. We have been budgeting for some new
equipment to enhance our training classes and will be adding those as we occupy the space and see what works best for the Instructors and students. We are looking for items that will personalize the space and promote the Club. If you have any ideas to share please contact me or one of the Board Members.

The Drill Team has been practicing and are ready to start doing demonstrations. If you know of anyplace where they could perform please contact Pat Estok at 583-0891. They will be a part of Sun City’s 50^th Anniversary Parade in March of 2010.

Best Friends is still providing the Pet Vials for Life at no charge to residents. Please make sure you pick one up for each pet and fill out the required information. We are working in conjunction with the Sun City Fire Department and Sheriff’s Posse to have contact information available if the owner has a medical emergency.

PETS (Pets Emergency Temporary Solutions) is a community action group sponsoring the program “If Something Happens to You, What Happens to Us?” A color brochure was included in the October annual mailing from the Sun City Posse. The purpose of the program is to utilize the Pet Vial of Life to make arrangements for the care of your pets before emergencies arise. If we can keep the pets at home or in the community being cared for by family or friends then we will have accomplished our goal. Volunteers are needed for foster parents and all phases of the program. Please contact Jan Sniderman at 933-7907 or myself at 261-5502 or email us at scpets (at) yahoo.com . The Pet Vial of Life form is available on our website, here.

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself”- Josh Billings

-- Skelli Dedmon, President

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