Great Lakes Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, Inc.
To Represent, Protect, and Promote the Cavalier in Greater Michigan
Legislation
“…to protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership”.
From the AKC Mission Statement
Our Member, Carol Lynn Johnson
Awards
Achievement Awards
The Great Lakes Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, Inc. believes it is important to acknowledge our members for service, public education and breeding merits.
The President’s Award
In 2015, the President’s started this Award. During the Great Lakes CKCSC, Inc. Holiday Dinner Meeting, the President of the Club selects a club member to receive the President’s Award for outstanding service to the Club.
Recipients are:
2015 – Jennifer Lee, Website design
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The AKC Public Education Certificate of Appreciation
An AKC Public Education Certificate of Appreciation, issued by the AKC Public Education department, recognizes the outstanding efforts and activities of fanciers to educate their communities about the AKC, the importance of registration and AKC events, purebred dogs and responsible dog ownership. The club president nominates members for Certificates of Appreciation. This is not awarded every year. Nomination does not ensure selection.
Recipients are:
Bruce Clark, DVM, ACT
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The AKC Breeder of Merits – (In Alphabetical Order)
These AKC Breeder of Merits demonstrate a commitment to the AKC Community, dedication to Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and actively promote the sport of purebred dogs.
Regarding this recognition, “…AKC is proud to recognize AKC Breeders who are dedicated to breeding beautiful purebred dogs whose appearance, temperament, and ability are true to their breed. These breeders are the heart of AKC.” www. AKC.org
Recipients are:
Brenda Bromley
Elaine Dempster
Alice Dunn
Deborah Hamblen
Kathy Yonkers
Dog Listing Submission Form
This listing service is for GLCKCS Club members only. If you are interested in becoming a member, please submit your information on our membership request form.
Breeder Referral Listing Form
If you are a member of the GLCKCS Club and you would like to be listed on the breeder referral page, please fill out the form below.
Membership Information Form
If you would like more information about our club membership, please fill out the following form.
Freestyle
CANINE FREESTYLE
Canine Freestyle is a modern dog sport that combines obedience, tricks, and dance. Freestyle is a choreographed routine put to music show casing the training and joyful relationship of dog and handler. Matching the right music, costume, training, team work, and movement together to best showcase a dogs reach, athleticism, and beauty is a joy to watch and achieve.
Rally
RALLY OBEDIENCE
Rally obedience is a wonderful way to get started in obedience competition. Its concept was started by taking the various exercises required for traditional obedience competition, and breaking them down into individual skills. Unlike traditional obedience competition, the team does not wait for the judges orders. The team navigates in heel position around a course of 10-20 designated stations, each station holds a sign that instructs the team in what exercise or skill to perform.
Some of the organizations that sanction Rally Obedience.
American Kennel Club-AKC
United Kennel Club-UKC
Association of Pet Dog Trainers-APDT
Canine Works and Games –C-Wags
Canines and Humans United-CHU
AKC Rally Obedience Titles
RN- Rally Novice
RA-Rally Advanced
RE-Rally Excellent
RAE-Rally Advance Excellent
Obedience
OBEDIENCE
The word obedient means to comply with the direction or command given by the handler. For a dog to be considered obedient, rather than simply a dog that has received training, the dog must respond reliably each time the handler gives a command. Obedience competitions were formed with the objective to showcase a dog that has been trained to behave at all times and in all situations, in the home, in public, in the presence of other dogs or people.
In obedience competition the handler is directed by a judge to ask their dog to perform certain skills. The team is judged against a standard of proficiency, and they must perform each skill with the accuracy to earn a total score of 170 out of 200 to earn a qualifying score. The dog and handler team must accomplish this three times to earn a title. The skills required for the Novice level include, heel, sit, down, stay, stand for exam, and recall. Some of the more advanced skills include directed jumping, scent work, responding to signals instead of verbal commands, and drop on recall.
American Kennel Club-AKC
United Kennel Club-UKC
Association of Pet Dog Trainers-APDT
Canine Works and Games –C-Wags
Canines and Humans United-CHU
AKC Obedience Titles:
CD- Companion Dog
CDX- Companion Dog Excellent
UD- Utility Dog
UDX-Utility Dog Excellent
OTCH-Obedience Trial Champion
