Our membership is growing! We have lots of great new people as part of our membership. Along with the old members we have an awesome team! To date we have 41 members in our chapter!!
And what a year we've had so far!!!
Richard and Ms GiGi represented the Shiloh World at the Easter Promenade on Monument Avenue in Richmond this year. Ms GiGi was, of course, her usual royal self and had a wonderful time ignoring those who fawned over her. She did mention though, that she had a little trouble keeping Richard in line and will have to see if she can find a crate big enough for him.
Sabine, Siegi, Elvis, and Tessa went to the Comcast Studios in Reston, VA to participate in a show called "Your Dog's Best Friend" which is hosted/produced by Lloyd Aguero, a well-know local dog behaviorist. The topic was: The Shiloh Shepherd. We'll have to try to get a video of that so we can all see our very own celebrities.
Erica has been busy with starting her own business and she still had time to get people together for some agility and Rally. Congrats on the new business, Erica!!!!! I know you'll do exceptionally well.
Some of our members met at the Pet Expo in Howard MD in May and the Pet Expo/Rarities Show in Chantilly in March. Everyone had a wonderful time showing off their beautiful dogs and spending money on doggie stuff.
Sabine and Tessa were honored in June with a Gold Star for volunteer therapy work with Fairfax Pets on Wheels. Tessa put in 144 hours of volunteer therapy work. We'll all so proud of you guys!!!!!
Marti has been getting people together for herding practice, weather permitting. Hopefully that will get started again as soon as the days get a bit cooler. Be sure to get with her if you're interested, even if it's just to go out and socialize.
Marti also invited us to a Canine Health Fun and Fitness Day at Keepstone Farm in July. There was grooming, canine massage, CGC, and a pet communicator.
We had a great time at our get together at my place in June. We had a big turnout of people and Shilohs. Everyone brought food and my dear husband Darrel was kind enough to stand at the grill flipping burgers most of the day. We mostly just kicked back and socialized for the day. The dogs all got along well, running loose together. I love to see that! Nothing like a sea of Shilohs!
We had a club meeting and laid plans for our projects for next year. We'll be hosting some shows and sporting events. At our next meeting we can get some dates set so you can all mark your calendars. It's going to be an exciting year for us. We'd love to have everyone's thoughts for upcoming events.
I know we have a number of beautiful new puppies out there so I hope their families will participate with us in our events. We need to have another pot luck again soon!
Gloria Setterlund
www.NobleAcres.com
ISSDC Southeast Region
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