Hi guys and Gals Don,t forget about the upcoming Appda seminar coming up this month in augusta Ga, sure be a blast. have been getting lots of calls, wayne dodge and john lockett are also planning on going. hopefully to get decoy cert,s Hope to see ya there . for more info Appdak9.com
Keith Earle

(Keith, I corrected the spelling on John's name - Nellie)

Hey Keith,

It was nice to see you and Mo down at the Loxahatchee dog trial, give Mo my Congrats! on her win. She had a Good showing for deciding to enter moments before hand.

As it stands right now I plan on being there for the seminar / pre-trial / decoy cert / fun time….. thingy. I am looking forward to seeing what APPDA has to offer, and hope it has a chance to build into a solid sport. I think anyone that has an opportunity should show up and see what you all have to offer.

I am under the impression that there will be a few people coming up with me, John Lockett amongst them. He will make a solid addition to your decoy pool in my opinion. I will also be bringing up another decoy by the name of Greg LaBance from our club down here; he has been decoying for a little over a year now and will make another fine contribution to your decoy pool. There will be a couple of future competitors coming up to watch the scenarios; my wife Jamie, Lindsey Cantine, Cherie Abner, and hopefully DeDe and Nellie yet we shall see how their schedule works out.

All in all it should be a good time and we are looking forward to it.

Wayne

Great yes I know you and john will work out great I am sure the others will also if they meet your standards , from the feedback we getting this should be a nice turn out. see ya there
Keith ps bring the helmet

Keith or Mo or well anyone that can answer.

I looked about on the APPDA web-site for an schedule of events for the up-coming weelend and was unable to find one.

I was gonna post on that site about it yet alas my password does not work and they do not recognize me e-mail (killin me...... let me know so I can schedule stuff.

Wayne it should be under events on appdak9.com website. mainpage also under forum under events you should see the run down for the weekend , Mo will paste the page later

Keith

Hi Wayne, it was great seeing you and John at the Florida Fiesta- I hope you both enjoy APPDA...you will both be an asset to the program- and add to the kind of people we want to be involved with. If you go to the website under events- it is just a general outline of what is going to go on- in the forum topic...?APPDA seminar...or APPDA upcoming events- you can find this post- not very easy-

APPDA SEMINAR TENATIVE SCHEDULE

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APPDA Seminar
Plan of Events


Friday 2-22-08: 10AM-11AM- Introductions of the APPDA BOD and Decoys and meeting and greeting of all visitors to the seminar.
11AM-1PM- ENTRY LEVEL OB training with members and visitors.
1PM-2PM- Lunch.
2PM-5PM- Bite work training with members and visitors.

5PM-6PM- Meeting for a recap of the day and to answer any questions about the program.

Saturday 2-23-08: 8AM-9AM- Registration for Seminar
9AM-11AM- Introductions of the APPDA BOD and Decoys. Prayer by Mac McClendon. Singing of National Anthem by Country Singer Winston Slade. Demonstration of the APPDA PPD and PSD exercises.

11AM- Begin all of the PPD entries. After all dogs have been through the PPD exercises, we will begin with the PSD side of the program. We will let the Handler and dog teams run through the program as many times as they would like-time permitting. We will continue to run through all of the exercises until all of the teams who have entered have had plenty of practice with the program and fully understand it. At Registration please specify what side of the program you are entering, (you may enter both) . We will not stop for lunch however lunch will be available on site,Thanks to the " Backyard burger"-they will be opened for business... starting at 12PM. You may purchase your tickets( Tickets are $6 per plate)at the registration table. The seminar will continue until 7PM.
7PM- We thought we could all meet at the Golden Corral for dinner- there is a room in which we can all sit together-they have a variety of choices for all those picky eaters...and the price is reasonable.

Sunday 2-24-08: 9AM- Continue the Seminar if needed. We will hold Decoy Certs for any decoys who want to be certified through APPDA. After the certs for those that participated on Saturday-we can continue to work with dog teams, on exercises they prefer.
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