Pensacola Dog Fanciers Association (PDFA)

04/05/2022

We've had some requests for a CGC test and Patty R. has offered to do the testing at Brosnaham at 10 am this coming Saturday. Please call me to register 850-478-9202 so we are sure to have enough tests and you get directions to where at Brosnaham Sports Complex. This should not take more than an hour given 3 applicants so far. Cost $10 to cover cost of the test material.
Anyone willing to take part as part of the crowd or interactions, please let me know also. If weather is expected to be bad, please check with me to see it is still on or isn't moved.

03/01/2022

The Pensacola Dog Fanciers and Florida-Alabama Toy Club will hold AKC dog shows at the Escambia Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway, on March 5th and 6th. The 7 hour show, which begins at 8:30 am will include conformation, featuring many of the breeds seen at the Westminster show, a Belgian Tervuren Regional Specialty and a Belgian Laekenois supported entry and obedience, including the newest obedience trials, rally. There is a Temperament Test for those who would like to earn a certificate showing their dog is reliable in public and responsive to their owner. Dog registered with AKC, purebred or not may be entered on the day for $20 a test being given from 10 am until 2 pm each day. There is also a FAST CAT trial on the grounds Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can sign up for that on the day also. There still may be time to register for the Health Clinic. Info for that is on the club website.

Food and vendors of specialized, often hard to find items will be available. The club offers educational material members are available for those who want to more about what is happening at the average AKC show. Shows are an excellent place to learn about different breeds and the dog activities available in your area. Spectators are welcome. Tickets are $5 a car. The judging schedule is on the club website at www.pensacoladogs.org/Events.htm for the link. For more information, see the website for show info. www.pensacoladogs.org/showpage.htm

03/01/2022

The ring times and judging schedule is up at BaRay https://baray-production-storage.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/judging_program/UXRRLfy209HTHzbmOCcEUzMaFPUZL9EPhAQtIvRw.pdf

01/15/2022

02/23/2021

Putting on an AKC dog show means lots of volunteers because it is your local dog club that sponsors the event. It is a big undertaking most years, but this year our show has doubled in size while our members are taking on many more volunteer jobs to bring it together. Several jobs can be helped by volunteers who have no real experience but like being down on the main event floor with the dogs and meeting the people who work with them. Rally and the AKC temperament test really could use more hands helping with the courses. For instance the temperament course has several stations with different challenges for the dogs - someone to open an umbrella, shake a milk bottle of coins, carry a box, use a walker etc. The rally ring needs help setting ring cards for the judges. If you have any interest and friends or kids willing to spend a day or a weekend helping put on one of the few shows left in this area that doesn't take their event to other big towns to hold them during the week when most are in school or at work, your assistance would be most appreciated. Teenagers or teenage clubs looking for community help options are welcome. Please contact [email protected]

01/18/2021

Premium has incorrect OB show and go address to send registrations. Correct link is up on the web page & herehttp://www.pensacoladogs.org/OB%20Match%202021.pdf

11/11/2020

No meeting tonight. General meeting will be in November, sans pot luck.

10/28/2020

Covid is affecting our classes and meetings. Normal classes are not being held. We do have some limited conformation classes on Weds - you must call to register for the class as numbers and exposures are limited.210 379 2264

10/28/2020

AKC Sanctioned Match Jan 9 2021
Handling Clinic Jan 10 2021
Rally & OB Jan 9-10 2021
Fast CAT trial Jan 8-10
Farm Dog Testing Jan 9-10

More to Come

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AKC CONFORMATION SHOW
AND OB/RALLY TRIALS
Mar 6-7, 2021
Includes 2 extra toy shows!
Belgian Tevuren Regional
Equestrian Center will hold IABC Shows Mar 5
The toy shows are put on through regular PDFA show
with BARAY and the other 2 are put on by the new
FL-AL Toy Breeds Club
OB / Rally - Pay and Go on Friday / Sat

NEW_ AKC TEMPERAMENT TEST
Saturday & Sunday

***** Barn Hunt On Site *****
To be confirmed - Click above for more information

Health Clinic with heart, patella, eye tests

04/15/2020

Grooming a Russell Terrier

https://youtu.be/HVIcwhJnN3w

The Grooming Land has a great team of professionals that will help you to groom and condition your dogs. Check more info at www.thegroomingland.com

02/26/2020

Hundreds of dogs showing at the Equestrian Center Thur-Sun. 2 AKC and 4 IABCA dog shows plus FAST CAT, Obedience Trials and Rally. PLUS health tests

https://mailchi.mp/70f20bacd0de/pensacola-host-2-akc-and-4-iabca-dog-shows-plus-fast-cat-obedience-trials-and-rally-plus-canine-health-tests-at-the-equestrian-center-thur-sun-3054105?e

02/25/2020

Want to get up close and be a part of a dog show? PDFA is putting on a dog show this weekend and we can always use volunteers. We are setting up rings Weds afternoon, setting up FAST CAT course on Thursday, needing help in obedience rings on Sat and Sunday and setting things out on Friday and putting them away on Sunday. Belong to an organization that gives out certificates for civic assistance? We write letters of thank you for your files.

02/13/2020

ATTN: Beginner Obedience Classes

We need those interested in classes that are starting the first Wednesday in March going to the 1st Wednesday in April. Total of 4 weeks of class. Each class begins at 6:00pm at the Leading Edge in Cantonment.

Please contact Debbie Petty ASAP at 850-587-2238. Please leave a slow clear message with a phone number that can be made out and she will return your call.

01/22/2020

Jack Onofrio Dog Shows - Quick Look Judge Panel

Also, for the 2020 Dog Show, here is the link for the Judging Panel if anyone is needing that.

http://www.onofrio.com/execpgm/wbjdbld?WTSHKY=PENS150427

01/22/2020

www.onofrio.com

The 2020 Dog Show Premium List and Entry Form are now up and running. I have copied the links for you to access. Please share!!!!!

http://www.onofrio.com/plist/falt1pl.pdf - Premium List

http://www.onofrio.com/plist/falt1ef.pdf - Entry Form

12/25/2019

Attn PDFA Members:

2020 is upon us. I have emailed all current members information about 2020 membership dues, club documents etc. Please take the time to read the email and bring dues and executed membership application and code of ethics to our January 8th Club Meeting.

Prospective Members:

If you are interested in joining our club, please message the Club or any current Club Member directly and we can answer any questions you may have.

The Pensacola Dog Fanciers Club would like to wish everyone a safe Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year.

Go Dogs!!

Chris White
Membership Chair
Asst Show Chair

12/13/2019

events calendar

http://www.pensacoladogs.org/Events.htm
PDFA was the first to hold an Agility Trial in Florida and we continue to hold a trial at the Equestrian Center every January. This fast moving sport essentially serves as a obstacle race or differing difficulties for different sizes of dogs and is one of the favorite viewing tapes of the national and Westminster Dog Shows. Not only does PDFA welcome spectators to come out and watch, but with the amount of volunteers needed to put on such a trial, we welcome volunteers to assist with some of the jobs that don't require prior knowledge. Over the 3 days we could use pole setters, leash runners and score sheet runners to help relieve club members to work at jobs that do require some knowledge. These jobs put you on the arena floor in the middle of the action. The club gives tickets to workers for a volunteer raffle at the end of the show. If you have any interest, please email [email protected] for more informaton.
See our events page for times, place and dates of the trial, as well as the premium, which has info on other tests and events, such as the FAST CAT that will also be held at the trial.

Dog Club involved in education, AKC purebred dog shows and trials, clinics, training, events with dogs, coursing, obedience, rally, CGC, earth dog, barn hunts, herding, lure coursing, trailing and therapy dogs. Pensacola Florida, Escambia County. Sharing information for training, grooming and health...

09/26/2019

Important dog news- please share
The show that was scheduled in Hattiesburg, Dec 6-9, 2019, has been moved to Gulfport.

MGCKC held a special Board of Directors meeting last evening to discuss and study the location for our All Breed Event being held December 6-8, 2019. Serious discussion followed and it was moved and unanimously agreed to cancel our contract with the Forrest County Fairgrounds because of the recent onerous animal ordinance passed recently.

Because this ordinance would negatively affect any exhibitor coming to our events, it was agreed that we would return to the Harrison County Fairgrounds.

Watch for the premium list to be released on Onofrio's website.

08/05/2019

www.iabca.com

AKC wouldn't give us the extra show date we had hoped for being in our own county. We will work on that, but meanwhile we did get the International All Breed Canine Association to add Pensacola to their calendar and they will be at the same site on Thursday and Friday holding a total of 4 shows. The good thing about these shows is numbers don't count, the dog's quality does. Each judge gives your dog a written critique and grade. High enough from each judge and you can earn an international certficate over just those shows! We are excited as folks who attend these shows tell us they love them. (https://www.iabca.com/PDFs/Premium-IABCA.pdf ) Hopefully it will help our entries, as after Onofrio and AKC get their cut we get about $770 off of the entries for our shows. Doesn't leave much to pay for judges, site rental and all the other expenses involved beyond superintendent contract. That's why volunteers and the door prizes are so important to keep the show in Pensacola and prices where they are. Even if you aren't a club member, think about donating your time or a door prize as well as attending the show!
We are also adding veterans group and Barn Hunt on top of the Fast Cat, CGC testing and health clinics we added last year.

02/25/2019

FAST CAT PENSACOLA
Pricing has been recorded wrong. Re-entry is $20 Day of trial is $30
Sorry for the error. Fun runs are available also.

PLease share

01/13/2019

www.onofrio.com

Premium is now on line
http://www.onofrio.com/plist/pens1pl.pdf

01/02/2019

Agility trial and Fast Cat happening at the Equestrian Center on Mobile Highway this Friday, Sat and Sunday. Going to be SUNNY!

01/02/2019

PDFA classes begin again. Except for 2nd Wed of month,meeting night, Weds Nights at the Leading Edge Building on Muskogee Rd. 850-525-5251 for more info.
• Beginner obedience/ CGC class will start at 5:00 pm. And will run thru 5:30.

• Completion obedience will start at 5:15.( this class is filled )

• Rally will start st 6:15.

• Conformation will start at 7:00.

12/31/2018

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) | Funding sources, staff profiles, and political agenda | Activist FactsActivist Facts

Before you break out your wallet after watching those tearjerker ads.... https://www.activistfacts.com/organizations/american-society-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-aspca/

Background The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has something it doesn’t want you to know. Raising over $100 million a year from those weepy Sarah McLachlan commercials, the ASPCA spends little of that money on sheltering pets across America

11/10/2018

www.pensacoladogs.org

Our 2019 AKC Conformation show will have a health clinic.
http://www.pensacoladogs.org/health%20clinic.jpg

11/10/2018

www.pensacoladogs.org

The PDFA conformation and obedience / rally trials are happening in March. This year we will have a health clinic and FAST CAT coursing in addition to Friday obedience show and go, a micro-chip clinic and CGC testing.
http://www.pensacoladogs.org/showflier%20and%20ad.pdf
http://www.pensacoladogs.org/health%20clinic.jpg

08/25/2018

AKC Education Webinar Series – American Kennel Club

AKC offers webinars that involve quite a few different subjects monthly. Anyone can sign up to view them and many involve what affects purebreds and events involving purebreds. I encourage all to visit their webinar page.
AKC offers webinars that involve quite a few different subjects monthly. Anyone can sign up to view them and many involve what affects purebreds and events involving purebreds. I encourage all to visit their webinar page.

https://www.akc.org/public-education/akc-education-webinar-series/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180822-education-webinar-series

The last Wednesday of every month will bring a new topic covering misconduct, making your show an event, social media and marketing, tax laws and much more. There is no limit to the number of club members that may attend. During the webinars, you will be able to ask questions and participate in open...

07/20/2018

70 – Movement Improvement: Expanding Dog Show Basics with Laura Reeves

Those of you interested in beginning to show a dog can take our conformation classes... but you might find helpful advice here
https://puredogtalk.com/70-movement-improvement-expanding-dog-show-basics-with-laura-reeves-2/

Movement Improvement with Laura Reeves Most important is to move properly for your breed. Don't follow the crowd. Basic Movement of the Dog - Episode 3 To refresh on the basics of moving your dog in the ring, listen to Episode 3 on PureDogTalk. Movement Improvement - Down and Back In episode 3, we c...

03/01/2018

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Please help us get the word out - We are one of the few AKC shows in the panhandle and tristate gulf area still bringing AKC dog shows to their community - most have moved to the bigger cities, making it hard for peope to learn about or see the breeds they are interested in. PDFA has been in Pensaclola since 1936, having started shows at the Sanders Beach Community Center, The Bayfront Audtorium, the Fairgrounds and now the Equestrian Center, being one of the top 10 event holders at that facility. The show brings people from many different states into our community and local businesses recognize what that means to the area economically.


The Pensacola Dog Fanciers and Florida-Alabama Toy Club will hold AKC dog shows at the Escambia Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway, on March 3rd and 4th The 7 hour show, will include conformation, featuring many of the dogs seen at the Westminster show, and obedience, including the newest obedience trials, rally. Food and vendors of specialized, often hard to find items will be available. The club offers educational material members are available for those who want to more about what is happening at the average AKC show. Shows are an excellent place to learn about different breeds and the dog activities available in your area. Spectators are welcome. Tickets are $3 a person or $5 a car, whichever is less. Tickets can be used for door prize drawing at 1 pm each day. Show begins at 9 am on Saturday and 8:30 am on Sunday. The judging schedule is on the club website at http://www.pensacoladogs.org. For more information, see the website, the Pensacola Dog Fanciers page or email [email protected]

Dog Club involved in education, AKC purebred shows and trials, clinics, training, finding a breeder, coursing, obedience, rally, CGC, earth dog, barn hunts, herding, lure coursing, trailing and therapy dogs. Pensacola Florida, Escambia County. Sharing information for training, grooming and health as...

05/31/2017

The Dog Flu Symptoms You Need to Know

There is much talk about the canine flu that first started popping up at the Perry Georgia show and rumors are rampant about sick dogs at Monroe LA show. The reports of ghost town and 70 dogs being sick sounded extreme from what I heard from owner that got 2 majors at that show and I called the show chair. She reports that handler, Bobby Schoenfeld took 2 of his dogs to the vet as they were ill and they were determined to have the flu. He left the show with all of his dogs and a number of poodle handlers left with concerns, but there were no reports of deaths or two vets working the show to examine dogs.
This flu is purported to be the same flu that hit the Chicago area in 2015. We are told that healthy dogs might show signs of coughing and nasal discharge and dogs with compromised immune systems, old or very young may develop more severe symptoms and pneumonia, which must be treated immediately, as pneumonia can kill a dog, often before people realize how sick they are.
There are those concerned about exposure and for that reason, PDFA has suspended classes through the end of June. There is a vaccine that some area vets do have. It is not inexpensive and requires a booster 3 weeks after the initial shot. The Chicago flu is thought to have originated in asia and possibly been introduced here by "homeless dogs" imported by the groups that brings such dogs into the US to "adopt" through shelters - one of the reasons many object to this action as foreign dogs are exposed to things we may not have acclimated to. Regardless, there is information posted on the AKC website and some vet sites, including Dr. Jean Dodd, who specializes in such things and we post the links here for more information.
http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/the-dog-flu-symptoms-you-need-to-know/
http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/akcs-chief-veterinary-officer-dr-klein-on-canine-flu/
http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/reducing-the-risk-of-dog-flu-1.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://drjeandoddspethealthresource.tumblr.com/post/144765258211/h3n2-dog-dodds

I hope this helps everyone who is concerned about their dogs and any exposure.

As dog flu outbreaks become more common in the U.S., dog owners need to be aware of the dog flu symptoms that indicate an infection.

02/09/2017

19 puppies taken from woman accused of setting up fake pet rescue nonprofit

Not all rescue organizations are legitamate. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/irvine-741104-puppies-animals.html

IRVINE – Authorities took possession of 19 puppies from a woman arrested this week after selling several sick puppies that later died to families in Irvine and elsewhere, police said on Friday.

02/01/2017

Pet Stores | Animal Law Update

There is a strong push on by HSUS to try and block all purebred outlets state by state, and if necessary, county by county and the big test case is happening in New Jersey. To learn more about this law with the good and bad things about it, I suggest https://animallaw.foxrothschild.com/category/pet-stores/
Something the public doesn't realize is that shelters and rescues have become the pet stores of today. To help boost that, one move is to prohibit pet stores from selling anything not from rescuers and shelters. That has already happened in counties and cities in other states, including Florida. and despite all the propaganda that pet stores and breeders are responsible for filling shelters. A recent study of 18 U.S. animal shelters to identify “the types of dogs present in today’s animal shelters,” confirms that the population of dogs in shelters are not purebred dogs from the pet stores. The National Animal Interest Alliance found:

According to this study, the number of purebreds in U.S. animal shelters is closer to 5% (5.04%) than to the 25% so commonly cited by national animal organizations and quoted by the media. It is interesting to observe that the number of purebreds in shelters would be 3.3% were it not for two breeds that are over-represented, Chihuahuas and dogs described as Pit Bulls. Together, these two breeds account for 35% of all purebreds listed by shelters in this study. The public seems to be aware that dogs described as Pit Bulls are over-represented in American shelters. What is not well known is that Chihuahuas are the single most numerous purebred found in shelters today. Because Chihuahuas are small, attractive to adopters and highly adoptable, their numbers are especially high in shelters that import dogs for adoption. Not all Americans know such dogs are being imported from foreign countries and increasing sales at the shelters, while skewing the numbers quoted as being shelter dogs.
Another source listed pit bulls as 44% of shelter populations. Pit bulls are not AKC purebreds and as someone who has worked in animal control, I know many dogs signed in as a breed are not actually that breed, nor registered with AKC, so even the dogs "adopted" as chihuahuas, are mixed small dogs, probably with some chihuahua in the background.
Many of these proposed bills are still calling for sterilization of dogs and cats 8 weeks of age - now shown to be harmful to the pets, causing problems later in their lives.

There is a county no longer issuing licenses to people with multiple dogs who have a web site or are listed as a breeder by AKC. At this point there is a question of trying to circumvent a federal law that wasn't as condemning as some were looking for toward anyone who breeds.

People aren't standing up and taking notice as their rights to making their own choices with pets are being attacked. How can this happen? By not being aware. Please take a look and be aware.

1) all cats and dogs brought into the State from other jurisdictions to have an animal history and health certificate certified by a licensed veterinarian providing the information about the cat or dog specified in subsection a. of section 1 of the bill; and