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When you pack to go to 4-H camp, don't forget your
toothbrush, raincoat or dog. Yes, dog! Nine members of
the 4-H Tri-State Dog Club recently attended 4-H Canine
Camp in London, Kentucky along with their four– footed
friends. The increased popularity of dog sports in the US
in recent years is reflected in the Kentucky 4-H program,
which has added many of these new activities.
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The camp program included classes in the
traditional obedience and showmanship as well as new dog
sports such as agility, rally and musical freestyle
obedience. While at camp, Katie Dean and Maggie passed the
American Kennel Club test for Canine Good Citizen.
FOS sponsors this 4-H club as part of their
educational emphasis on responsible pet ownership. Leaders
of the club are FOS members Betty Nagle, Charlotte Newland
and Julie Brumbach, who have been working with the group
since the spring.
For two days and nights eight kids, six
adults, and eight dogs shared a cabin (Joel Parker, the
lone male, was in another cabin). In between classes there
was plenty of time for fun, running around with dogs, good
food, and games. There was even a poop-scooping contest
among
cabins to encourage keeping a clean camp!
Some of the students will go on to participate in the state
4H Dog Show, to be held in Louisville in August.
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Emma Wiley and Lucy, Joel
Parker, Mocha, Sarah Parker, Martha Greene and Paulina,
Cheyenne Deaton and Cooper, Maggie May and Katie Dean,
Satchmo and Grace Fitzpatrick, Buster and Sierra Deaton,
Sophie and Amanda Biscardi
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