Community Events

Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.

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Community Events

The SMKC holds its club meetings on the second Wednesday of every month. The meeting times are at 7:00 p.m. and is held at the Marion Extended Care Conference Room, 1530 Cypress Way, Santa Maria. All are welcome to come and join us.
Santa Maria Kennel Club Schedule of Events:

July 4th - 6th        SummerFest All Breed Dog Show

July 9th                General Meeting - SummerFest wrap-up

August 2nd - 3rd  4th Annual Agility Trial at the SM Elks Lodge

August 17th         We are having the membership B-B-Q at
                            Jim May park in Santa Maria. The event will
                            start at 12:00 and go until the last person
                            leaves. This take the place of the general
                            meeting.  Contact Dave Swinson for more
                            information at 934-645 or the club email
                            address.

The SMKC sponsors the following dog obedience classes.

Carol Linger teaches the following Classes: Advanced Basic, Brush-up and Open. It is Designed for dogs who have had basic on-lead training and is geared towards competition obedience. Some elements of Rally Obedience are incorporated into the training. The class is held at Allan Hancock College at 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays and is on-going. Students may enter at any time.

Bette Clancy teaches the following classes: Basic Obedience. This class is designed to teach basic obedience commands like sit, stay, down, come, and heel. Classes are Saturday's at Allan Hancock College starting at 12:30 to 1:30.
Classes are six weeks long and costs $75.00. Here's the class schedule:

July 19 to August 23
September 13 to October 18

Please call in advance to pre-register.
Bette also teaches an advanced Obedience class. This is designed for dogs that have completed their Novice (CD) and Open (CDX) titles and are working towards their Utility Dog Title (UD/UDX).
Classes are Saturday at Allan Hancock College starting at 11:00 to 12:00. Classes are 12 weeks long and the cost is $150.00

Beth Lagimoniere teaches the following classes: To Be Announced.

Here is how to contact the trainers:

Name                                       Phone Number/e mail

Bette Clancy                                 805-929-5700

Beth Lagimoniere                          rottnaws@earthlink.net

Carol Linger                                  cslinger@sbceo.org

There will be no handling class for the next two weeks. Handling class will resume on July 15th at the published time.
The Santa Maria Kennel Club has started the Conformation Handling Class. The class is at Maramonte Park which is off of Sunrise Dr. Class is from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. All handlers and dogs are welcome to attend. For more information, contact either Dave or Tracy Swinson at 805-934-1645 or the club e-mail, dogsports@santamariakennelclub.org.