To Members of the GSSCC

It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you that as of May 15^th 2013 the GSSCC has its first female performance judge.  Andrea Duggan completed her performance judging apprenticeship program under the guidance of the UScA platform. Andrea has also completed her three years as an UScA probationary judge within the UScA.

From all reports Andrea has done a fantastic job with her judging and I ask you to please join me in welcoming Andrea into our GSSCC judging society.

Welcome aboard Andrea.

Doug Deacon

Hello Everyone

It is with great sadness that I write this message. May 5 the GSSCC lost one of its most treasured members. Diane Carnegie was not only a very good close personal friend to me; she was the heart of the GSSCC. Diane held so many positions in this organization over the years that several others will be needed to take over the workload that she happily volunteered to do.

I was not in the sport long when I met Diane for the first time, back then I didn’t know whether to say hi or run. I soon found out that even though Diane didn’t take any guff from anyone, she would be the first one to jump in and help out. I always knew where I stood, If the email started with Dave or Mr. President I knew I forgot something, if it started with JANTZEN , I knew I screwed up and it took her hours to fix it. Diane put in literally thousands on thousands of hours of her time into making this club what it is today. Diane will be deeply missed by all of us. Our hearts go out to Wayne and the Carnegie family.

Sincerely

Dave Jantzen

President GSSCC

Call for helpers and handlers for the Ontario Regionals Helper tryout: June 6 to 9.

Support our sport by participating in the selection of helpers! Bring your IPO titled dog for Helper tryouts and you get free pizza dinner!

Helper tryout will take place on Thursday June 6 at 6pm, on the Amaranth trial field. Pizza dinner will be at 7pm at Amaranth Recreation Hall.

Please email info@schutzhundontario.com to advise of your presence as helper tryout handler/dog team.

Helpers entering the tryout will get free dinner that day as well, please see the Championship Trial page for details.

http://schutzhundontario.com/Championship_Trial.html

To all GSSCC members, helpers and teaching helpers:

The Helper Committee is proud to announce a new helper selection process for the Canadian German Shepherd Dog Championships.

Following talks after the 2012 Canadian Championships and considering how other countries select their championship helpers, the Helper Committee along with the GSSCC Executive have decided that there will no longer be try-outs at the Canadian Championships.

Helpers will be selected in advance from two National Helper seminars, one in the West/Prairies group and one in the Ontario/Quebec/East group.

The Helper Committee invites you to attend these two National Helper seminars. Your presence is important, as helpers, handlers, and members at large.

The Helper Program Director and the Head Judge will make the decision on the selection for the Canadian Championships helpers, by supervising both events. All helpers performances will be videotaped and at the conclusion of the second National seminar, three helpers will be selected: front half, back half and an alternate (who will do the Sieger Show bite work).

The flight to the Championships and per diem will be paid for all three selected helpers.

In addition to selecting the current year’s championship helpers, these seminars will allow all helpers to extend, upgrade or obtain their certification level.
The seminars will be organized by the Helper Director and taught by Teaching Helpers.

The seminars will be free of charge for all participants.   

By gathering as many helpers as possible in the same training and selection event, it is also a great opportunity for handlers to expose their dogs to various helpers, including the ones that might be selected to work the championships.

It will also be an ideal platform to meet, exchange ideas and for the helper committee to gather feedback from everyone.

The first seminar will be held in French and English in St. Hyacinthe (near Montreal) on May 31-June 2, 2013.   
Contact Darin Clarke darin.clarke@saintjohn.ca

The second seminar will be held near Langley on June 29-30, 2013.
Contact Ralph Gilby    ralphgilby@telus.net 

The helper committee is excited about the National Helper seminars and see it as an excellent learning environment and experience for everyone.

Please pass this along to any GSSCC member.

We encourage all handlers/dogs to attend, as the success of the seminars relies on the number of dogs participating. By improving helper quality it will improve the entire sport!!

If you have any questions please contact helper director Darin Clarke- darin.clarke@saintjohn.ca or 506-977-4949.

The Helper Committee
HelperCommittee@gsscc.ca

To the Hosting Committees/Clubs and Regional Boards of the 2013 Regional and Canadian Championships & Sieger Shows:

Please review and follow the document posted in the Members Section regarding sponsorship.