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All new updates, news and brags will be posted to the new website.
Please come visit us there.  Thank you! 

SOT's Kim Cooper Scenting Day was very well received ~ thank you Kim for such an inspiring and educational presentation!

Scenting Seminar with Kim Cooper

SOT is excited to offer a one day workshop with Kim Cooper.  Kim will discuss various styles of tracking and training methods (e.g., tracking through drive, footstep, airscenting) that will be of interest to novice and advanced tracking teams. The topics will include Search and Rescue, competition tracking, as well as an introduction to the newer sport of K9-Nosework. The day will include indoor presentations and the use of demonstration dogs outside.

Saturday, April 16, 2011
Location:  HAHA -  Hamilton Angling & Hunting Association

1317 Alberton Road, Hamilton, Ontario
Cost:  $50 per person
Register soon to secure your spot in the workshop.
Registration forms now available at the link above or from
Joan Robinson at joan-of-barc@sympatico.ca

Kim is the owner and senior instructor at Best Friends. Click here for her website. She has been training dogs for over 25 years and instructing training classes for 17 years. Kim actively competes in obedience, agility, tracking and other sports with her dogs. In the winter, she can often be found skijoring on local paths and trails. But her true passion is training search and rescue dogs. She has trained and handled 4 exceptional SAR dogs over the years, and revels in the special partnership that exists between a working dog and it's handler.

Club Wear and Club Social!

Club Wear can be ordered from Karen who does our embroidery.  And does a stunning job of it too!  E-mail the club at scentralontariotrackers@hotmail.com for Karen's contact information.

Samples of some of our Club Wear available to order.

TRACKING SEMINAR ~ TD & TDX

Our June 2010 seminar with Joanne Fleming Plumb was a huge success, stay tuned for future seminar news!

TRACKING CHAMPIONS

Andrea Lister and "Questa"

TCH Questa Von Narnia SchH1 CD BH AD TRII  (German Shepherd/female/4 yrs old) May 31, 2009 at EPS

Renee Koch and "Chase"
TCH CH Pannovia's Chasing Hearts CGN RA CD HIC(s) (Standard Poodle/male/4 yrs old) May 8, 2009 at CCTC



TD + TDX + UTD + UTDX = TCH (Tracking Champion)

TD Titles Earned

Sue Wilkinson and "Normyn" ~ Sennenhof Normyn TD CGN (Bernese Mountain Dog/Male/2 yrs old) on September 19, 2010 at GSDCL

Sue Wilkinson and "Janyse" ~ Wagenblast's Ivaila Janyse TD CGN (Bernese Mountain Dog/female/2 yrs. old) AKC TD on May 10, 2010 at Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America National Specialty in WI. USA

Susie Bell and "Banker" ~  CH. Pinebank's Limited Edition WCX SH CDX RA TD (Labrador Retriever/male/6 yrs. old) May 9, 2010 at CCTC

Jeanne Barrett and "Radar" ~ Gowan's Speed Trap TD (Golden Retriever/male/1-1/2 yrs. old) May 9, 2010 at CCTC

Hans Handke and "Saga" ~ CH Barben's Wild Hydrangea FD CD RN TD AGI AGXJ (Vizsla/female/7 yrs old) AKC TD September 27, 2009 at Fort Wayne Obedience Training Club

Sue Wilkinson and "Janyse" ~ Wagenblast's Ivaila Janyse TD CGN (Bernese Mountain Dog/female/20 mos. old) September 20, 2009 at GSDCL

Norma King and "Rocket" ~ OTCh CH Oneida's Defying Gravity TD (Belgian Shepherd Dog/female/3 yrs old) AKC TD May 11, 2009 at the American Belgian Tervuren Club Specialty Tracking Test

TDX Titles Earned

Marcie Paterson and "Mosie" ~ Moses N-TDX (Bullmastiff x Labrador Retriever/male/3 yrs old) at the NAMBR test November 21, 2010 in Bowmanville, ON

Hans Handke and "Saga" ~ CH Barben's Wild Hydrangea FD CD RN TDX AGI AGXJ (Vizsla/female/7 yrs old) AKC TD November 5, 2010 at CCTC

Sue Wilkinson and "Janyse" ~ Wagenblast's Ivaila Janyse TDX CGN (Bernese Mountain Dog/female/3 yrs old) September 19, 2010 at GSDCL

 Norma King and "Rocket" ~ CH OTCh Oneida's Defying Gravity TDX AgN AgNJ (Belgian Shepherd/female/4 yrs old) June 5, 2010 at EPS

Karen Brown and "Tucker" ~ Stauffen's Falko 2nd SchI TEC TDX UTD (German Shepherd/male/7 yrs old) June 7,2009 at GSDCL

UTD Titles Earned

Andrea Lister and "Snow" ~ Hockley's Snow of Ormocto TD UTD (White German Shepherd/female/5 yrs. old) October 24, 2010 at CCTC

Pat Van Bregt and "Star" ~ B-Line's Supernova CGN CD TDX MH WCX UTD (Labrador Retriever/female/4 yrs old) November 29, 2009 at CCTC

Karen Brown and "Tucker" ~ Stauffen's Falko 2nd SchI TEC TDX UTD (German Shepherd/male/7 yrs old) September 19, 2009 at GSDCL

UTDX Titles Earned

Andrea Lister and "Questa" ~ Questa Von Narnia SchH1 CD TDX BH AD TRII UTDX2 (German Shepherd/ female/4 yrs old) June 7, 2009 at GSDCL

Andrea Lister and "Questa" ~ Questa Von Narnia SchH1 CD TDX BH AD TRII UTDX (German Shepherd/ female/4 yrs old) May 31, 2009 at EPS

Renee Koch and "Chase" ~ CH Pannovia's Chasing Hearts CGN TDX RA CD HIC(s) UTDX (Standard Poodle/male/4 yrs old) May 8, 2009 at CCTC