Meeting of North American Wolfdogs?

[GalomyOak]

Apparently, the UKC has changed their Premier location this year. I will be headed to Richmond, Indiana (same town my mom was born in, maybe it's a hopeful sign?), not Kalamazoo, on July 8-11. Haha, right now my dogs are #1 and 2 in the UKC for the Top 10...but they are the only CSVs in the country showing. Hopefully we will have some friendly competition in the not too distant future!

http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/W.../DEPREMIER2010

Lafayette, IN is a little over a 2 hour drive from Richmond. It is home to "Wolf Park" (a really good organization that does education on wolves, and also the realities of hybrid ownership). They are having a seminar on July 10, 2010 about the differences and similarities in wolf and dog behavior, and also wolfxdog behavior (yes, I know our breed is not a hybrid, I just think the topic is very interesting). The cost of the seminar is $195. If we could arrange a definite group of people for this summer, I would be happy to contact Wolf Park to see if they could accomodate a visit from some CSV owners.

http://wolfpark.org/seminars.html

All the best,
Marcy

[soniakanavle]

Hey Marcy!
Sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. Indiana sounds fine haha!
I have friends and family in the mid/north west I've been meaning to visit and I'm long overdue for a good roadtrip adventure.
The Wolf Park seminar sounds great as well!! [The website says it's on July 11th] I've heard about them before and wanted to go. So that's a YES for me [and Loki hehe.]
Sounds like an all around good time and since it looks like our CsVs are gonna get popular here in the US it'll be a good opportunity for people interested in them to come take a first hand look at our dogs and to learn more about them to see if they're the right [or very wrong] breed for them.

Can't wait!!
~Sonia & Loki

[GalomyOak]

It will be awesome to meet you guys! After the holidays, I will try and get in touch with Wolf Park. Summer seems oh so far away.

Marcy

My fiance and I went to that seminar last year!!! It was SO much fun! You really do get a great understanding of behavior from it. Loving dogs that are so similar to wolves, it helps so much when you think about body language and things like that. I'm jealous I won't be able to go!

Since the UKC show is moved to IN, though, I wonder if maybe I can manage to sneak away to it! Will you still be at the show on the 11th? Because I might be able able to swing getting out there, then!

Originally Posted by GalomyOak

Apparently, the UKC has changed their Premier location this year. I will be headed to Richmond, Indiana (same town my mom was born in, maybe it's a hopeful sign?), not Kalamazoo, on July 8-11. Haha, right now my dogs are #1 and 2 in the UKC for the Top 10...but they are the only CSVs in the country showing. Hopefully we will have some friendly competition in the not too distant future!

http://www.ukcdogs.com/WebSite.nsf/W.../DEPREMIER2010

Lafayette, IN is a little over a 2 hour drive from Richmond. It is home to "Wolf Park" (a really good organization that does education on wolves, and also the realities of hybrid ownership). They are having a seminar on July 10, 2010 about the differences and similarities in wolf and dog behavior, and also wolfxdog behavior (yes, I know our breed is not a hybrid, I just think the topic is very interesting). The cost of the seminar is $195. If we could arrange a definite group of people for this summer, I would be happy to contact Wolf Park to see if they could accomodate a visit from some CSV owners.

http://wolfpark.org/seminars.html

All the best,
Marcy

I forgot about all this until just now, did anyone have a chance to meet up this past month? I'd love to hear about it!!