Saturday, December 5, 2009

December Brave-Heart to Heart

Merry Christmas everyone!!!! I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for your continued support. I look forward to seeing you in classes next year! I appreciate all of you and I hope you all enjoy the holidays with your families and friends!

Christmas Eve Point Isabel Walk
Once again I would like to invite you to our annual Point Isabel walk on Christmas Eve at 10am. Rick and I will be there and hope to see some of you there to enjoy a nice walk with our dogs before going home to prepare for Christmas with your families. We will meet just outside Mudpuppies at 10am on Christmas Eve. Hope to see you there!

DOG OF THE MONTH
Corto Heestad


Corto is a Pomeranian who was adopted from Pomeranian Rescue by Marilyn and Glen Heestad. The Heestads have been owned by Poms for many years competing in conformation with many of their dogs. Little Corto completed Braveheart's Small Dog Beginning class and has continued to attend a variety of Braveheart classes since then. Currently he is attending our Rally classes. Marilyn has hopes of competing with Corto in obedience and/or rally.

Thank You to my Assistants
A big thank you to my assistants Colleen Pepper, Kathy Kinney, Yvonne Chohan, Kristin Masar who help me so much throughout the year. Thanks also to Dawn Bushong for the great job you do with Rally class. And, to Maureen Coyle for supervising the playgroups and making them a safe, fun place for people to bring their littles. I appreciate all of you!

Upcoming Classes
We will have a lot of classes starting after the first of the year. As you know, you can always check the website for our updated class schedule.

Three's Company, Tuesday, January 19, 6pm in San Leandro.
Beginning Obedience and Manners, Thursday, January 7, 7pm in San Lorenzo through HARD.

Small Dog Beginning Obedience and Manners, Monday, January 25, 6:30pm in Castro Valley through Castro Valley Adult School.

Intermediate Obedience, Monday, January 25, 7:30pm in Castro Valley through Castro Valley Adult School.

DROP IN CLASSES
Conformation - Tuesdays in San Leandro. 7pm - all dogs, 7:30pm - small dogs.

There will be class this week (12/8), but no conformation classes on December 15, 22 or 29.

Rally - Mondays in San Leandro at 6:30pm.

PUPPY AND ADULT DOG PLAY GROUPS
Puppies, 8 to 20 weeks and under 40 pounds, Saturdays at 11:30am and Wednesdays at 6:30pm.

Small Dogs, Saturdays at 12pm and Wednesdays at 7pm.