Sniffing acrossthecountry... PWDCC Scent Tria l

May 14, 2023 Beamsville Ontario

On May 14, 2023 PWDCC held our second CKC Scent Trial at Jane Book’s Dog School in Beamsville, ON and based on the feedback I am getting a good time was had by all!

On May 13th volunteers assisted in cleaning the entire Trial area including vacuuming and washing floors, wiping down walls, ensuring the exterior search areas were free of all debris and then we setup the search areas. The same folks arrived at 7:30am the day of the trial to ensure set-up and signage was correct, complete as many CKC forms as possible, set up the Secretary station, nothing was missed. Without their help this trial would not have happened.

We also had Connie Smith Photography on site who normally charges for her photos but asked only for donations to any animal organization in lieu. We have since had donations of $50 to PWDCC Rescue. Thank you so much Connie. You will find some of her photos in this edition of the Waterlog.

We offered all CKC levels: Instinct, Novice, Open, Excellent and Masters with at least 1 PWD in every class and in fact the only 2 dogs entered in the Masters class were PWDS belonging to Diane Dirsus and Anne Passafiume!

8 PWD’s were entered representing 26 of the 85 components in this trial.

PWD entries were:

Instinct-3

Novice Container-4

Novice Interior-4

Novice Exterior-5

Open Containers and Interior-1

Excellent Containers, Interior and Exterior-1

Masters Containers, Interior and Exterior-2

Thank you Judge Jane Book for awarding a PWD Judge’s Choice Award in each class as follows:

Instinct Award to Karen Matthews and Tango (Seabury Vulcan Last Tango for Ridgehaven)

Novice Award to Joanne Gaulton and Riley (Lunanova’s “Little Bear” Riley Ross)

Open Award to Penny Porter and Harrison (Claircreek Here Comes The Sun)

Excellent Award to Karen Matthews and Keeper (Ridgehaven Keeper of the Stars)

Masters Award to Ann Passafiume and Salsa (Charbr’s Sunset Cruz)

It was such a great trial we have applied to the CKC to hold another on April 28, 2024 so mark your calendars!

Karen Matthews

Aug 5-6