Obedience Training Club of Bartlesville

2009

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Sammy Jo

18/12/09 17:54 Filed in: RainbowBridge

In Memory of Sammy Jo Golemon
November 16th, 1944 - December 8th, 2009

OTCB recently lost a valued member and friend to a long battle with cancer. Sammy Jo has change the lives of many people and many dogs during her 20 years with OTCB. Her friendship and commitment to dogs and OTCB will be missed.

Spring Classes

18/12/09 12:27 Filed in: Events

Spring Classes will begin on February 18, 2009. Will have more details available after Christmas.

Visit with the Vets Toss N Catch Competition

12/10/09 19:19 Filed in: Events

Last weekend Koda and I (I being Paul Richardson, your friendly neighborhood Web Administrator.) headed to Norman, OK to compete in our first Toss N Catch (TC) competition. Despite a chilly start, both literally and figuratively, Koda and I finished in 4th place in the Amateur class and 7th place in the advanced class. Link to pictures in the blog post. To read more about our day of competition click the link... Read More...

Did You Know

06/10/09 22:35 Filed in: Member Article

Did you know that owning a pet can be beneficial to your health? There have been many studies showing that owning a pet can reduce blood pressure. Even something as simple as watching fish in an aquarium can drop blood pressure by several points. Patients who own pets have a longer survival rate following open heart surgery than those who do not own pets. Pets can be beneficial for people with certain types of psychological disorders, particularly anxiety and depression. Dogs can detect seizures, allowing epileptic patients to get themselves to a safe place before a seizure occurs. Dogs have also been found to detect drops in blood sugar in diabetic patients, warning them to check their sugar levels and eat something. Patients report increased independence and improved ability to cope with their disease by living with such animals. Read More...

Reminder: Paws In the Park

06/10/09 22:14 Filed in: Events

OTCB will be at the ‘Paws in the Park’ event on Saturday October 10th at Jo Allyn Lowe Park. OTCB will be available to answer dog training questions at the ‘Ask a Trainer’ booth and will be giving a dog obedience demo. We look forward to seeing you there.

For more information about the event please visit the ARF website.

Website Updates: New Page & Pictures

07/09/09 14:42 Filed in: Website Updates

Added new member page: Jennifer Bell
Added new blog entry about our time at the Washington County Free Fair
Added new pictures of our time at the Washington Count Free Fair

County Fair Obedience Demo

05/09/09 16:38 Filed in: Events

If you have been following OTCB on our blog you know that we headed to the Washington County Free Fair in Dewey, Oklahoma to give an obedience demonstration and to spread the word about our Fall classes. I would like to say the event was standing room only, but that would be less than honest. We did get the chance to showcase some basic obedience skills to handful of folks who did seem intrigued and maybe even a little impressed. Pictures!
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Website Updates: Statistics

26/08/09 21:33 Filed in: Website Updates

I just wanted to share that www.obediencetrainingclubofbartlesville.com has gone international. Our site recorded hits from visitors from Spain and Hong Kong! How cool is that? I will admit it was probably not intentional, but exciting nonetheless.

Also very interesting to this webmaster is that the state with the second most visits to our site is California. Things that make you go hmm...

Website Updates: Class Prices

26/08/09 21:31 Filed in: Website Updates

Okay, so the layout of the website did not lend itself to easily locating the prices for our classes. Hopefully that has been resolved with this round of updates.

Obedience Demo

26/08/09 21:21 Filed in: Events

Join OTCB this Friday, August 28th at the Washington County Free Fair. We will be demonstrating basic obedience skills and promoting our Fall Classes.

Sorry for the last minute notice, but this opportunity just kind of showed up.

Disc Dog: Frisbee Fun

26/08/09 20:49 Filed in: Events

Second Chance Animal Sanctuary will be hosting a dog day event at Reaves Park in Norman, OK. The official name of the event is unclear to me, but the following event has Koda and I very excited. I already have this event on my calendar. This will be Koda and I’s first Disc Dog competition.

Event: Toss and Catch Competition
When: October 25th 2009
Where: Reaves Park Read More...

Tools of the Trade

26/08/09 20:34 Filed in: Member Article

Did you ever stop to wonder if the collar and leash you use is safe or if you are using them correctly? Most owners don’t, yet every year, pets are injured or killed because of their collar or leash. Read More...

Agility and Rally Trials

17/08/09 20:47 Filed in: Events

Tulsa Agility Club - UKC Rally Trials (the first in Oklahoma!) - September 12 & 13, 2009
Companion Dog School of Tulsa - UKC Rally Trials - October 3 & 4, 2009

Good Luck Lyn!

17/08/09 20:41 Filed in: Events

OTCB’s own Lyn Johnson will be participating in this years WCFO 7th Annual International Freestyle Conference. She will be joined by dog teams from literally all over the world. I believe in our discussion she mentioned being partnered with or attending a seminar with someone from as far away as South Africa. That is impressive.

The event info is as follows:

WCFO 7th Annual International Freestyle Conference
August 18 - 23, 2009 in Oklahoma City
Bricktown Hotel & Convention Center
2001 E Reno Avenue, OKC

Competitions will be held on Thursday, August 20 & Friday, August 21.
Spectators welcome!!
10 am - 4 pm, with a lunch break from 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lyn Johnson and her Corgi, Cooper, will be performing a Novice Heelwork-to-Music routine to music from "Man From Snowy River" both days.
Lyn & Cooper will also be performing a Beginner Pairs Routine with friend Bobbi Howell and her Papillon, Libby, to "Movin' Right Along" by the Muppets both days.

Paws In the Park

17/08/09 20:17 Filed in: Events

Contact Form Bugs

09/08/09 19:18 Filed in: Website Maintenance

Found a few bugs in the transition of the new site from the development host to the primary host. Those issues seem to be resolved. Simply put contact form was not working. The form was not written for a windows host and therefore had to be redone. The form is now functioning, but has lost one bit of functionality that I will be researching.

Fall Classes

09/08/09 16:22 Filed in: Events

Fall classes will start September 17. For more information check out our class description and schedule pages.

New OTCB Website

09/08/09 14:18 Filed in: Website Updates |Events

Welcome to the new Obedience Training Club of Bartlesville (OTCB) website. Along with our sites new look we have expanded the sites scope. OTCB hopes this sites server as a valuable resource to promote responsible dog ownership and training. This site will strive to keep you informed about training classes, events and seminars in Bartlesville and throughout the state of Oklahoma.

Visit our site frequently as our members will be sharing about dog training, life with a dog(s), club activities and more via our blog. Our links site is currently filled with helpful links to local and national resources with information about dog sports, organizations and training. Over the next few months our members site will introduce our members and their canine counterparts.

We hope you enjoy our new site and find it entertaining and useful. If you have any questions or comments feel free to use our contact form to communicate to our members and/or to sign up to our email distribution. Rest assured that we too dislike SPAM. Our email distribution list is used sparingly and primarily for class and event notifications. OTCB’s primary medium for communication is our website.