Scent Work Trials December 2024

AKC Scent Work Trials

NKC hosted its last event of the 2024 at Werner Park in Sarpy County on December 6-8, 2024. We couldn’t have had nicer weather for December! Our judges (Johnnette Ulch, Sharon Dowell, Brenda Bruce, and Jeff Hartzler set fun and challenging searches for our teams to conquer. This trial was the biggest trial we have had at Werner Park and required some class juggling to keep our judges under their maximum judging times! Overall, we had 70 people showing 99 dogs in 637 runs. There was a 60% pass rate for the entire weekend which included the Detective classes. The fastest run of the weekend was 2.40 seconds in Novice B Exterior. Zarah, owned by Dahna Huddleson, achieved this fast time.  

Friday, we held our detective and buried trials with 65 teams competing.  For the first time our detective trials filled with 20 runs in each trial.  We even had a waiting list!  

Saturday and Sunday, we had one trial each day consisting of handler discrimination, interiors, exteriors and containers.  There were 84 competing teams on Saturday and 81 teams on Sunday.

Six dogs and handlers achieved super title this weekend. On Friday, we had two dogs and handlers achieve their Detective Titles. They were Riley, owned by Lori Tranmer and Rayna owned by Gerianne Darnell, both club members!!. That was a trifecta for Rayna this year. She also earned her Obedience Trial Championship and Rally Championship earlier in the year (not to forget that she also got her TD too)!  Thank you to Judge Jeff Hartzler for presenting badges to our new detective dogs.  We also had four dog and handler teams finish their Overall Master Titles. They were Pip, owned by Trish Burbach; Quincy, owned by Teresa Barney; Caper, owned by Jenny Vincent; and Smash; owned by Jen Howell. Congratulations to these six exceptional teams!

AKC Scent Work Trials

NKC hosted its last event of the 2024 at Werner Park in Sarpy County on December 6-8, 2024. We couldn’t have had nicer weather for December! Our judges (Johnnette Ulch, Sharon Dowell, Brenda Bruce, and Jeff Hartzler set fun and challenging searches for our teams to conquer. This trial was the biggest trial we have had at Werner Park and required some class juggling to keep our judges under their maximum judging times! Overall, we had 70 people showing 99 dogs in 637 runs. There was a 60% pass rate for the entire weekend which included the Detective classes. The fastest run of the weekend was 2.40 seconds in Novice B Exterior. Zarah, owned by Dahna Huddleson, achieved this fast time.  

Friday, we held our detective and buried trials with 65 teams competing.  For the first time our detective trials filled with 20 runs in each trial.  We even had a waiting list!  

Saturday and Sunday, we had one trial each day consisting of handler discrimination, interiors, exteriors and containers.  There were 84 competing teams on Saturday and 81 teams on Sunday.

Six dogs and handlers achieved super title this weekend. On Friday, we had two dogs and handlers achieve their Detective Titles. They were Riley, owned by Lori Tranmer and Rayna owned by Gerianne Darnell, both club members!!. That was a trifecta for Rayna this year. She also earned her Obedience Trial Championship and Rally Championship earlier in the year (not to forget that she also got her TD too)!  Thank you to Judge Jeff Hartzler for presenting badges to our new detective dogs.  We also had four dog and handler teams finish their Overall Master Titles. They were Pip, owned by Trish Burbach; Quincy, owned by Teresa Barney; Caper, owned by Jenny Vincent; and Smash; owned by Jen Howell. Congratulations to these six exceptional teams!

Tracking Test November 2023

AKC Tracking Test

November 12, 2023
Chalco Hills Recreation Area
8901 S. 1554th Street, Omaha, NE 68138

The Nebraska Kennel Club held their 3TD 4TDX Trial November 12, 2023 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area in Omaha, NE.

The test did not fill and we ended up with 1 TD and 2 TDX entries. Oddly enough, all exhibitors were club members.

Our judges this year was Carla Ogert and Jane Jonas. These judges did a fine job of laying tracks!

The temperature was in the 50’s with a calm wind and sunny.

Our first track of the day was the TD. This was run by a 13.5 month old Labrador Retriever. His track was a zig zag 450 yards with 4 turns and 5 legs. Just prior to them running the track a deer jumped the fence from the TD field into the park. Luckily the dog was looking the other way at the time and didn’t see the deer. This boy started really strong. The team got hung up on the third corner but managed to work back and find the track and made it to the glove! Congratulations to Bluff View’s High Voltage From Laughter SWN SEA SBA (Sulley) and Shelly Rehmeier on their new TD title!

The second track was a TDX run by a Golden Retriever. This team struggled on the first leg with distractions. Unfortunately, they could not move on and was whistled. When talking afterwards with the handler, he said they finished the track nicely.

The third track was a TDX run by a Border Terrier. This handler had to work thru his dog finding deer bones early on in his track. After that they had a beautiful road crossing but then took the cross tracks and was whistled. This handler said he felt good with how his dog worked on the rest of the track.

I would like to thank Sue Volkmer for taking on the Chair position.

I would like to thank Jan Hague for taking such good care of our judge.

I would like to thank all of our volunteers which included some new people interested in tracking: Dawn Thrapp, Sharon Brewer, Annie Kelley, Ellen Plouzek, Jan Hague, Lori Tranmer, Adria Bhatnagar, Karen Rueschoff, Alicia Robinson, Barbara Hill, Medora Harper, Irena Harrington, Sheryl Bradbury, Norine Nieman, Mary Ruhe and Ron Weaks.

A HUGE thanks to the following people and businesses who donated to our test and raffle to make this event possible. Thanks Medora Harper and Irena Harrington for setting up the raffle on Saturday.

Nature Dog (Raffle)
Duluth Trading Company (Raffle)
Nebraska Kennel Club (Raffle)
Sue Volkmer (Raffle and Food Donation)
Shelly Rehmeier (Raffle)
Ron Weaks (Raffle)
Medora Harper (Raffle)
Norine Neiman (Raffle)
Sharon Brewer (Raffle)
Babrara Hill (Raffle)
Irena Harrington (Raffle)
Pam Eckstein (Raffle)
Mary Rue (Food Donation)

I feel that our club survives thru our members who all share that special passion for dogs and dog events!

Sincerely:
Shelly Rehmeier NKC Tracking Test Secretary

Click here to view photos from the test

Fast CAT September 2023

Fast CAT Event

Saturday & Sunday
September 16 – 17, 2023
H.W. Banner Park
5005 Virginia St
Omaha, NE 68157

The Nebraska Kennel Club hosted AKC Fast CAT events September 16-17 2023 at Banner Park in Omaha. The events were a great success and we’d like to thank everyone who participated for their support.

Results
Click below to view results from the Fast CAT Event:

Saturday September 16 AM
Saturday September 16 PM

Sunday September 17 AM
Sunday September 17 PM

2023 AKC National Tracking Invitational

2023 AKC National Tracking Invitational

September 9 & 10, 2023

The Cornhusker Kennel Club and Nebraska Kennel Club co-hosted the 2023 AKC National Tracking Invitational on September 9 & 10, 2023. The event was a great success and we would like to thank all the judges, volunteers and exhibitors for their support.

For full information please click here to visit the website for the 2023 AKC National Tracking Invitational. Also, click here to visit the Facebook Group Page for the event.

2023 Nebraska Kennel Club Conformation Show

Happy Anniversary Nebraska Kennel Club

Nebraska Kennel Club
Conformation Shows

May 20 & 21, 2023
Lancaster Event Center 4100 N 84th St • Lincoln, Nebraska 68507

TWO ALL-BREED CONFORMATION SHOWS, TWO OPEN SHOWS, TWO BENCHED COONHOUND EVENTS, THREE OBEDIENCE/RALLY EVENTS AND HEALTH CLINICS ALL IN TWO DAYS

We would like to thank all the exhibitors, the judges, and volunteers for helping us celebrate our 100th Anniversary at our 2023 Conformation Show! This show was dedicated to the members that worked tirelessly to found and build this club, the celebration for 100 years of Pure-Bred Dogs and planning for the next 100 years of “all things dog”.

Fast CAT April 2023

AKC Fast CAT Events

April 22-23, 2023
Banner Park
5005 Virginia St
Omaha, NE 68157

The Nebraska Kennel Club would like to thank all the exhibitors, volunteers and the judges for their help in making our April 2023 Fast CAT even a great success!

RESULTS
Click below to see the results from the Fast CAT event.

Saturday April 22 AM
Saturday April 22 PM

Sunday April 23 AM
Sunday April 23 PM

Tracking Tests Nov. 13, 2022

Tracking Tests Nov. 13, 2022

Tracking Tests were held Nov 13, 2022 at the Chalco Hills Recreation Area, 8901 S. 1554th Street, Omaha, NE 68138. The tests were a great success and we’d like to thank the judges, exhibitors and volunteers for all their hard work. More information on the tracking tests will be posted soon so check back with us!