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The kale harvest is started, and the critters are starting to look for winter shelter. Summer is drawing to a close, the Labour Day weekend is past. We have actually had a few mornings with heavy dew and you can see your breath. What a sudden change. The squash vines are dying off and the fruits are ripening quickly.

We had our scent detection event for this year. Bit of last minute panic to find a replacement Judge but otherwise it has been a wonderful day.

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Stride Regulators, Jump Bumps, Puppy Bumps. Lots of names for basically the same thing. A 4" PVC pipe, split and cut to length. Paint-striped and sold in pairs. Perfect for all sorts of introductory training and footwork conditioning exercises. More details…

We are still making a limited selection of training and conditioning tools through the end of this year. Supply is limited to existing inventory of finished goods and supplies. Please feel free to contact us and inquire about your specific needs. Complete catalogue…

We are coming up on the first day of Fall, the Autumnal Equinox to use the correct terminology. This is the Astronomical reference to the changing seasons, as opposed to the climate-related Meteorological Fall. I do find that whoever determined the meteorological dates picked the dates with purely subjective and simplistic assumptions that are convenient though not entirely logical.

Conventionally the first day of a meteorological season is presumed to be the first day of the month in which the astronomical season begins. So "Fall" is said to begin on September 1. Which on the face of it makes sense because the kids go back to school and summer vacations are over. But in terms of climate the warm temperatures now seem to hang on much longer, even to October 1 before it is consistently fall-like. Similarly, Spring around here does not start early in March, more like the 1^st of April and it's May before we are clear of frost.

December 1 and June 1 are ok dates for winter and summer to respectively start from a weather sense, so let's hang on to those. That makes summer & winter each 4 months, and 2 months each for the transitional seasons. Which to me, subjectively at least, makes a lot more sense.

The Brantford & District Kennel & Obedience Club held their CKC scent detection trials here in September. An absolutely gorgeous day, lots of sunshine but without the scorching summer heat. Winds were fairly calm which was much appreciated during the outdoor "exterior search". Just a few days before the event we were advised that our scheduled Judge would not attend due to health issues, and we went on a search for a Replacement Judge. Many thanks to Annie Prange for agreeing to Judge the events on such short notice. Thanks also to the BDKOC Club Members and other volunteers who make these events the success that they are.

The Poodle Club of Canada agility trials were at the end of August. A very good turnout for a one day event, with a LOT of dogs in the Novice Classes. We started on time, we finished on-time. A big thanks to everyone who helped out on the day of the event, we can't run these shows without the help of volunteers. Special thanks to Whitney Shaver for stepping in as a replacement Judge when the scheduled Judge was injured and couldn't attend to Judge. Everyone was happy!

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