Welcome to the Berrien County Youth Fair Dog Department 9 - Division
2; Canine Exhibitor with Disabilities Obedience and Agility Judging
Program!
The Berrien
County Youth Fair Canine Exhibitor with Disabilities canine
competition and evaluation is one of Best Friends 4-H club members
yearly project goals. Best Friends leaders would like you to
know the history behind this wonderful program...
The obedience and agility
therapy judging procedures and guidelines were specifically designed for the
forgotten handler of our community...the life challenged exhibitor.
Developing a canine judging
program began in nineteen ninety-five when ten dedicated women
and one dedicated man came
together and decided to design a valid canine obedience and agility
judging program for our life challenged exhibitors.
Those women were;
Margaret Russell; Berrien County Youth Fair Dog Department Superintendent.
Linda Shannon-Chaillet; Berrien County Youth Fair Dog Assistant Superintendent, Best
Friends 4-H Club Coordinator, American Kennel Club Canine Good
Citizen Evaluator, Berrien County 4-H Spring Achievement Canine
Evaluation Chair
Jane Evans; Best
Friends 4-H Club Co-Coordinator (1995-2007)
Sue Hayes; Best Friends
4-H Club Secretary
Rosie Meister; Best
Friends 4-H Club Anatomy Class Instructor
Vicki Williams; Berrien
County Youth Fair Dog Department Assistant Superintendent, Best
Friends 4-H Club Co-Coordinator and Obedience Class Instructor
Betsy Farrell, Best
Friends 4-H Club Agility Class Instructor
Linda Pries; Best
Friends 4-H Club Good Sportsmanship Class Instructor
Jim Farrell, Best
Friends Best Friends 4-H Club Team Instructor
Linda Reimers; Best
Friends 4-H Club Team Instructor
Sue Corliss; Best
Friends 4-H Club Team Instructor
The modules for this
endeavor were
- Best Friends 4-H Club
Mission Goals
- The Newfoundland Club
of America Draft Test
- The Newfoundland Club
of America Water Rescue Test
- The American Kennel
Club Obedience Rules and Regulations
- The American Kennel
Club Agility Rules and Regulations
- The American Kennel
Club Canine Good Citizen Program
These ten committed
explorers held many a discussion while studying the challenges that
faced our forgotten canine handlers. Finally, after several years
of experimentation, adaptation and meeting upon meeting, (not to
mention all the typing, correcting, negating and retyping) of
the canine obedience and agility concepts, these proactive people came up with a program that will last for years to come, yet,
continue to grow as it meets the new life challenges of our
exhibitors.
