VSWC Member Meeting - Thursday, May 8th
Our next regular monthly meeting will begin at 7pm in the conference room at:
Garcia's Las Avenidas Restaurant, 2212 N 35th Ave, Phoenix, AZ.
Check your email for call-in instructions if you wish to attend the meeting virtually rather than in-person.
VSWC & Rio Salado Vizsla Club Hunt Tests plus Amateur Walking Puppy Field Trial: May 17th-18th
SMITH TANK AREA, PARKS, AZ
Map these coordinates. The coordinates in the Premium are incorrect.
35.429583, -111.977194
In addition to the double-double hunt test, there will be an Amateur Walking Puppy Stake on both days. AWP is judged to the same standard of performance as if the stake were held at a field trial.
Course and Birds
- Master, Senior and Junior level tests will be a single course with a bird field.
- Quail will be released in all levels of Hunt Test. No birds will be released in Amateur Walking Puppy stake.
- A blank cartridge will not be fired in the Amateur Walking Puppy stake.
There will be coffee and pastries in the morning so come early. You never know when things can get changed around. We will be having announcements before we start at 7:00 am.
Lunch will be offered each day around 11 am for $5.00
There will be a port-a-potty at camp.
Dry camping will be allowed.
VSWC & Desert German Shorthaired Pointing Club Walking Field Trials: May 23rd-26th
RED TANK AREA, PARKS, AZ
DGSPC Friday and Saturday
DGSPC Premium & Entry Form
DGSPC Info / Directions
VSWC Sunday and Monday
VSWC Premium & Entry Form
VSWC Info / Directions
FOOD ARRANGEMENTS - IMPORTANT
- Judge’s Appreciation Dinner Saturday Night Main Dish—Rena’s World Famous Chili
- Everyone bring a side dish to complement the main dish Chips/dips, salads, salsa, desserts, or anything else, especially your favorite libation!
- Lunches will be provided for the Judges Only. Please provide other meals for yourself.
- There will be a port-a-potty at camp.
- Dry camping will be allowed.
ANNUAL SNAKE AVOIDANCE CLINICS
The Spring clinics are held in March.
The Fall clinics are held in November.
CHECK THE CLINIC'S WEBSITE for more information about how your dog can be conditioned to avoid rattlesnakes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a nutshell, "snake breaking or snake avoidance" is aversion training so your dog does not go after rattlesnakes, and in fact, avoids them and may alert you to them.
Rattlesnakes are active during warm weather, which in Arizona means snakebite season typically lasts from April through October.
September is the month when more snakebite calls are received than any other month of the year. However, during the hottest summer months, the snakes are less active during the day, meaning fewer interactions with people and fewer bites. Come September, when temperatures become more tolerable and mornings are cooler, the snakes increase their daytime activity and more human interactions occur, resulting in more bites.