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(Scroll on down for News at Hollowell)
7:30 PM Rally-O/Advanced ($55)
(Tentative- Please Email)
7:00 PM Beginner's Obedience ($95)
8:30 PM Conformation (first
Tuesday of each month, $10/class)
10 AM Canine Good Citizen ($80)
11 AM Agility For Fun ($55)
Dorothy Miner, Instructor
Jo Ellen Gellart
Jo Ellen Gellart, Instructor
7:00 PM *Therapy Dog Prep ($40)
7 PM Agility for Fun ($55)
8 PM Agility - Advanced ($80)
those folks who want their dog to be a certified therapy dog. It will be held in the
lobby after the six week Canine Good Citizen course. The course is NOT a
requirement to take the TDI examination; however, it will accustom your dog to
things like wheel chairs, walkers, etc. The course will consist of three classes for
$40. After the course is completed, we will set a date and time for a TDI Certification
test. Any dog will be welcome to take the TDI test at that time.
10 AM Beginner's Obedience ($95)
11 AM Therapy Dog Prep ($40/3 wks)
6 PM Puppy Kindergarten ($65)
7 PM Beginner's Obedience ($95)
8:30PM FLYBALL ($80)
Diane Laratta, Instructor
Jo Ellen Gellart
7:00 PM Canine Freestyle to Music
(per request) ($65)
Joann Monfort, Instructor
A Beginning Obedience Class taught at a
slower pace focusing on house manners!
be scheduled as attendance warrants. Please let us know if you want to enroll
in any of these classes. We require 4 students per class.
find it enjoyable and relaxing and a worthwhile
purchase! Get it from your favorite music source.
May 19-- Hollowell's New Classes Begin
The new classes that started the past session have been well attended! Like you, we also are
aware of the higher gasoline prices and higher costs of everything we use. We are offering
many classes at a reduced rate during this coming Summer so now is the time to sign up and get
some training time with Hollowell!
Our Senior Citizen's Beginner's Class is a hit! If you know a Senior that has a dog that needs
training, tell them about our Saturday afternoon class. It's only $55 and is taught at a slower pace
than our regular classes. The dog will learn to walk calmly on a leash, sit, lay down, come, not
jump up on people, and other commands that a well mannered dog should know. Dorothy Miner
teaches this class.
Agility for Fun Class - 7 PM, Wednesday or 11 AM Thursday
We've changed the name of our beginner's agility class. We want to be sure that everyone
knows that this class is not geared for the competition oriented person, but rather for people
who just want to have fun with their dog! Run an entire agility course every class! For those
folks who want to do competition agility, the Advanced Agility Class will continue at 8 PM
Wednesday. JoEllen Gellart instructs this performance class. This class will now be $55.
Top Dogs - Advanced Skills Class (formerly Advanced Obedience)
To meet the needs of the individual who wants to sharpen up the skills of the family pet, we are
changing the 6 PM Advanced Obedience Class to a class called Top Dogs! In this new format,
you will teach your dog doorway etiquette, to come when called off leash, to interact with other
friendly dogs in an appropriate manner, not to jump up on people, and many other skills that will
make your dog a more enjoyable companion. Your dog must have completed a beginner's
obedience class before it can enroll in Top Dog. This class will now be $55.
Advanced obedience will now be combined with the 7:30 PM Monday Rally-O class and
continue to be for the performance oriented dog and handler.
Conformation class is being changed to once a month. It will still be on Tuesday at 8:30 PM,
but will only be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Learn to handle your dog in the
conformation ring with professional handler, Catarina O'Sullivan. This is a drop-in class costing
$10 per session.
We are getting calls and scheduling appointments for our annual eye clinic in June! The
2008 eye clinic will be held on Saturday, June 21st from 9 AM to 4 PM. We will also do
microchipping. 'Four Seasons' photography will again be available to take pictures for a
nominal fee. We have received many Christmas cards in the past from our clients with pictures
of their dogs and other family members taken by 'Four Seasons' at Hollowell.
Fresh Eggs are now for sale at Hollowell! Dorothy Miner's free range chickens are laying an
abundance of eggs. They are $2.50 per dozen. The eggs are in the refrigerator at Hollowell.
Ask any staff member to get them for you.
Our groomer's daughter, Renee Kraner, is collecting empty aluminum cans for a 4-H project. We
have a bin to collect the cans right inside our side door. Please save your empty cans and drop
them off at Hollowell. The Holy Hounds 4-H group will use them to help pay for a remodeling
project in the junior fair building.
Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Against the Pit Bull/
A recent decision by the Ohio Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling that it was
unconstitutional to single out a breed and deem it vicious. The Supreme Court said that the
community has a duty to keep its citizens safe and that owners of pit bulls can be forced to have
extra liability insurance and to keep their dogs in special enclosures. This is not good news for
dog owners. Once the court begins legislating which breeds are vicious, it is only a matter of
time before they add more breeds to the list. Last, but not least, I would like to thank everyone
who has volunteered to be on the new committee that was formed a couple months ago to fight
breed specific legislation! When the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in August that communities
have the right to protect their citizens and can declare an entire breed dangerous/vicious,
based on its looks not its actions, it sent a shiver of fear through dog owners! This kind of
legislation starts with one breed and then adds others! In fact, the state of Minnesota is
considering banning all pit bulls, Akitas, Rottweilers, wolf hybrids, and Chow Chows. Did you
know that in Allen County there are 3 breeds with restricted ownership -- pit bulls, American
Staffordshire Terriers and American Bulldogs!
Groups are forming all over Ohio to get this type of legislation stopped NOW. The group in Allen
County meets the first Sunday of every month at 6:00 PM at Hollowell. Anyone interested in
helping win this battle is welcome to attend! We need people willing to work, we need financial
assistance (fighting a lawsuit is expensive), and we need to hear from people who have had a
run-in with the local law enforcement establishment over their pit bull. To join the group or ask
questions, please email us . We urge everyone interested in the welfare of dogs to join this
committee!
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