Recently I have been contacted about the procedure for DVG America members to enter the AWDF championship that will be held April 5-7 in Gadsden, Alabama. This is if you are entering as a representative of DVG America, as opposed to representing one of the breed clubs, since many of you hold dual membership in DVG America and also an AWDF member breed club. If you’re entering as a representative of one of the breed clubs, contact that club directly.

There is a specific procedure that must be followed in order for your entry as a representative of DVG America to be accepted as valid. This is also the procedure for all of the AWDF member organizations. It is as follows:

Fill out the entry form from the AWDF Championship website. Send the filled out entry form to me with a check for the entry fee made out to LV/DVG America. With the entry form and check for the entry fee, please include a note to me with your membership number and the name of your member club.

Once I have verified your membership, I will send your entry form on to the championship trial chairman with a note certifying your membership. The entry fee check will be sent to the LV treasurer. Once we have checks from all the DVG America participants to the AWDF Championship, a single check will be sent to the club for the entry fees for all DVG America participants.

If you have any questions, you can call me at 303-674-4655 or e-mail me at caroledvg@mindspring.com. My mailing address is 7543 S. Gartner Road; Evergreen, CO 80439

Carole

Many of you have e-mailed and called me about Joanne Fleming, asking how she is. I want to report to you that Joanne is now home from the hospital, after having major surgery on her neck and shoulder over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. This surgery was necessary to remove that last of the infection that resulted from the dog bite she suffered. Joanne still doesn’t have a lot of stamina and lost a lot of weight while in the hospital. But she’s working on getting her energy back; she’s eating well and very happy to be back home again. She has also begun physical therapy, necessary because the surgery affected some nerves in her shoulder. Joanne has a long, tough road ahead of her to achieve full recuperation, but if anyone can do it, Joanne can. She’s proven that more times in her life than she should have had to.

The members of Joanne’s club, WRAC (Working Rottweiler Assn. of Canada) have been magnificent in their support, fostering Joanne’s and Lisa’s “big dogs” and/or stopping by the house to care for the “little dogs”, because Lisa was spending all day, everyday, either at the hospital or driving to and from. This club’s members deserve gold stars for all their support and hard work.

If any of you wish to send cards or anything else, here’s Joanne’s and Lisa’s address:

7933 Highway 26, RR 2
Stayner, ON L0M 1S0
Canada

I know we all wish Joanne the very best and a speedy recovery.

Yours in the Sport,
Carole