Community Events

Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.

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Community Events

                                  BIG NEWS!!!!!
The American Kennel Club has opened up its registration for mixed breed dogs. Once registered, you can compete at any AKC Companion or Performance Event, such as Agility, Obedience, Rally Obedience, Herding, Tracking and more. For more information, go to our Favorite Links page and and go to the AKC Canine Partners link.

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:

Mar 10th      The March meeting will be a breed overview.

Apr 11th       AKC Conformation "B" match and Obedience "C"
                    match. If you are interested, email the SMKC for
                    more information.

Apr 14th      Annual Achievement Awards and Furry Friends dog
                    dog approval. (This one will be way cool!)

The SMKC sponsors the following dog obedience classes.

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 11:00 am.
Classes are six weeks long.

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 12 weeks long. Contact Bette for more information.

Beth Lagimoniere teaches the following classes: Basic Obedience.  Contact Beth for more information.

Here is how to contact the trainers:

Name                                       Phone Numbers/e-mail

Bette Clancy                                 805-929-5799

Beth Lagimoniere                          rottnaws@earthlink.net

                                                     805-925-3547

Handling Class:

Handling class will start again on March 30th at 6:30 pm. Classes will be held at Sunrise Park off of Sunrise Drive. For more information contact the SMKC at dogsports@santamariakennelclub.org. Here's the schedule and dates for 2010:

March 30        Larry Libeu
April 6            Larry Libeu
April 13          Jane Dixon
April 20          Jean Mitchell
April 27          Dave Swinson