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.
 

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.

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