The mission of Del Monte Kennel Club is to support the sport of purebred dogs through our all breed dog shows; to facilitate the human-dog bond through training; to provide community education that promotes canine good citizenship for all dogs.
Obedience classes offered on Monday nights
Schedule for Obedience classes
Puppy, Adult Beginning, Intermediate 1, Rally, Trick Dog require pre-registratiosn.
CGC Test May 6
Canine Good Citizen Test: preregistration is required.
Cost - $20
For more information on CGC visit the AKC.org site
Here is the AKC link for the test requirements
Agility Trial May 31 – June 2, 2024
Agility Premium List Available
New CGC recipients
Jack Lagier and Lucy, Kevin Tatsugawa and Sandy and Tor Miller and Beau
The testing was conducted by Susan Cohen at the Monterey County Fairgrounds
on February 12th during our Monday night dog school.
On the Scent Scene
Reggie Steres's Mr Grant ( Winterset Hy-Verta Jisude Talk of The Town) winning "Excellent Interior" and second place in "Excellent Buried"
– 23 seconds and 28 seconds!!
On the Show Front...
Bred by Bobbi-Michelle Wehrfrits and Debbie Fielden Karma's Von Fritz Man About Town at Cavalli N Hinz - aka "Goose" finished his Champion & Grand Champion titles in Florida this year.
Pat Trotter's Norwegian Elkhound wins Back to Back Best in Show at the Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Inc.
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Best in Show Photographer: Victoria & Warren Cook – MyDogPhoto
Carol White drove across country to attend the AKC invitational in Orlando, Florida
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Best Of Breed Ribbon for the FCAT Invitational. |
Kevlar with his DCAT Ribbon. He earned his title while at the Invitational. |
For more information on FastCat please see the AKC description
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Reggie Steres - At the Cal Coastal Dog Owners Group's Nose Work 1 trial on September 19, Mr. Grant knocked it out of the park by earning his title, as well as third-fastest place overall among 50 dogs, first place in the Interior search and, most exciting of all, a "Pronounced". |
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Audrey Boyer finished her 15 month-old whippet girl at the SoCal Whippet Club specialty, going Best of Winners over 27 class bitches and 14 class dogs! Disco went Best Veteran in Specialty show at two of the shows at 8.5 years old. |
Recently On the Community Front
Tour Guide Hamilton write a note.
Dear Uncle Roberto,
Thank you for always being so nice to me when my mom and dad (Julie and Tom Craig)s and I visit Westland House, so I can be a therapy dog there. You make me happy, and I hear my mom and dad and your other staff people laughing when you say funny things like, “Dr. Packer should hire you, Hamilton, cuz you are a hard little worker and can help us with our jobs."
I’ll see you soon. XOXO, Your friend Hamilton
Carol White, who owns an Anatolian, CH. Karaboudjan's Fire-Storm AKA Rango, was requested by the Cheetah Conservation Fund to have her dog represent the Anatolian breed at an event held recently at the Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose. Carol's Anatolian club has a very close working relationship with the Cheetah folks, as they use Anatolians to keep the Cheetahs away from their livestock.
The Anatolian club was actively involved in getting the program started in Africa. Dr. Laurie Marker (the founder of the program) has done an amazing job.
Carol White was presented the Hisar Shield Award from
the Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club of America (ASDCA).
This "Lifetime Achievement" award recognizes her
extraordinary service to ASDCA and the breed by her
long-time record of service and leadership involving
activities performed on behalf of ASDCA. It is only
bestowed on an individual when that person is truly
deemed worthy of the distinguished honor. To be
eligible for the Hisar Shield Award, a nominee shall
have been a full-time ASDCA member in good standing
for a minimum of 10 years and been the owner of a
registered Anatolian Shepherd Dog for at least 15
years. She is a recognized ASDCA ambassador and
has displayed good sportsmanship for the ASDCA and
the Breed. Carol's achievement will be published in the
January 2024 ASDCA magazine. New Therapy Dog Team Member?!? Hamilton proudly wears his Montage Health Foundation Therapy Dog Program vest and his Therapy Dog International identification badge when he serves at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula on Mondays and at Montage’s Westland House Rehabilitation and Hospice Facility on Wednesdays. Procedure at both facilities is that, when checking in, we receive a “census report" that indicates priority patients to visit, before visiting other patients. At CHOMP, we receive additional requests from staff at the nurses’ stations, while, at Westland House, a smaller facility, we receive specific notes on the census report about patients in every room. Always, too, we make sure to visit staff who are so grateful to see Hamilton. Last week, while at CHOMP, one of the nurses told us that she knew this particular patient would love a visit from Hamilton, and, as soon as we entered the room, we could see why. For confidentiality reasons, I cannot go into detail, but I will tell you that this patient started tearing with happiness when seeing Hamilton and became quite verbal while telling us that Rusty was her therapy dog. Hamilton was mesmerized with this robotic dog whose eyes stared directly into his. It even opened its mouth and barked and cocked its head. Tom and I, too, were quite intrigued with this little electronic dog. We carried on a pleasant conversation with the patient, while Hamilton continued trying to figure out what kind of pup this was. It really was cute for the three of us to watch. As my mother used to say, regarding such an anomaly, “What’s this world coming to?” 
Just a Cute Story
AKC Recognizes clubs with 100 years of service