| Southern Ohio All Breed Dog Club Next meeting is Mon. June 4th @ 6:00pm @ the Portsmouth Wendy's NEW: We have our United Kennel Club liscensing! (UKC) DOG'S DAY OUT EVENT WENT EXCELLENT! There'll be Dog Demos, Dog Costume Competition, Tail Waggin Tutoring, FOOD + MORE! |
| Welcome To Our All Breed Dog Club's Website! As Scioto County's one and only current tax-exempt & official non-profit all breed dog club, we are proud to be thriving & offering southern Ohio several dog educational opportunities and dog training class for dog owners of the Portsmouth- Greenup-Wheelersburg-Lucasville-Minford-Sciotoville-South Shore- Ironton-West Portsmouth-Waverly-Piketon- Jackson & MORE areas! Here in 2012 we have been successfully providing our area with:
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| What Are The Club's Goals? It is the club's primary goal to bring dog education awareness to our part of Ohio and northern Kentucky in as many ways as we can manage. We are working diligently to do all proper requirements in order to obtain our American Kennel Club licensing & become an official AKC-accredited club so that we will be able to hold AKC licensed events. We want to be able to offer our area AKC All Breed Conformation as well as AKC Obedience, Rally & Agility Trials for our geographic location. New: We just obtained our official UKC liscensing to hold official UKC performance events! And, we also strive to offer educational demos, dog safety presentations, & affordable dog training classes that will help people of our area be able to develop & maintain a stronger bond with their 4-legged best friend(s) through education & pawsitive experiences. We also strive to have dogs in our club actively working in our community as registered therapy dogs. *~ We equally welcome to pure & mixed breed dogs into our club. ~* |
| ~~ SOABDC's 2012 Officers ~~ All officers of the club were elected by their peers within the dog club in November 2011 and have had experience in organizations such as other dog clubs, 4H Advisorship, therapy dog visitation, public service, 4H Dog Show judging, AKC Trial & Competition Experience, & ALOT more. Kathi Jo Zornes, President Carolyn Piguet, Vice President Danielle Fish, Secretary Kevin Zornes, Treasurer (Grievances) Brandon Zornes, Training Director Board: Walter Arnold, Vicki Graf, Allen Fish Newsletter Editor: Allison Zornes ~ Therapy Dog Program Director: Stacey Sammons |
| SOABDC Therapy Dogs do AKC Dog Safety Presentation at Camp Molly Lauman for Girls Scouts! On Sat, April 21, 2012 from 9am-3pm SOABDC members Bryan Sammons with his Boxer therapy dog Jetta, Kathi Jo Zornes with her mixed breed registered therapy dog Beck, and SOABDC Therapy Dog Program Coordinator Stacey Sammons with her English Mastiff therapy dog Little Bear did a great job representing SOABDC and teaching little kids and their parents about Dog Safety. The dog club made up and presented packets for each child that participated in the event. These packets were composed mostly of American Kennel Club approved coloring books, activity books, book markers, and more. A 12-minute AKC approved DVD called The Dog Listener was viewed as part of the club's presentation as well as the AKC DVD Best Friends.The girls also got to see little tricks these dogs can do. Grace Peach, Program Coordinator with the Portsmouth Public Library and SOABDC member also assisted with this project, working with the kids and making things flow smoothly throughout the day. She explained the Tail Waggin' Tutoring program and provided kids with a flier about when SOABDC therapy dogs will be present in various branches of the library to offer Tail Waggin' Tutoring. SOABDC continues to be proudly active in our community bringing dog education awareness to our children. For more information contact us at soabdc@gmail.com. |
| AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Graduates Below! Greg & Gabby(GSD), Bob and Izzy(Lab) and Kayla & Kaya(Papillion) |
Our Therapy Dog Schedule is on the top of our Dog Training Page! Friday May 25, 2012
| Located in the scenic hills of Portsmouth & Lucasville, Ohio area of Scioto County. We are also close to Pike & Adams counties! soabdc@gmail.com 1(304)276-3624 Danielle 1(740) 981-5662 Heather ~~~~ SOABDC was co-founded by Kathi Jo Zornes & Heather Stevens in November 2009. Since that first meeting, the club has thrived, grown & been very active within our community. |
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| SOABDC members proudly participating in the annual JayCee's Christmas Parade in Portsmouth, Ohio November 17, 2011! SOABDC participated in the Port City Cafe's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Portsmouth Saturday March 17, 2012 @ 11am! |
It was cold but we had FUN!
| NEW: SOABDC therapy dogs are mentioned in the 5/13/12 issue of The Community Common newspaper in Portsmouth! |
St. Patrick's Day Parade 3/17/12!
| Dancing Hugo! |
| Watch for SOABDC as we participate in the Ironton, Ohio's televised Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 28 starting @ 10:00am! |
