Welcome to Fort St. Clair Kennel Club’s New Website!

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Before we do one more thing, we must take a minute to thank Norma Bennett Woolf for looking after our old website, fortstclairkc.org, for so long. She has been incredibly kind and generous with her time and efforts and we are very grateful.

So, now, in something that feels a little bit like working without a net, we are going to try to maintain our own web page for the club.

We hope in time to build a community at this site that works in tandem with our Facebook page and with our members spread out across Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana.  We’d love to share information about events, dog strories, useful information from the veterinary and dog training worlds along with news and  photos from our friends and members.

Do You Remember When Dog Shows Were Fun?

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We do!

Because we remember when dog shows were fun, we try very hard to make ours as much fun as we can. Sometimes it’s the little things: we never charge for parking, we provide free coffee and ice water all day long– and treats during groups, we give a prize for Best of Breed in every breed.  But we also pay attention to some of the more fundamental issues about dog shows: we start at 9 a.m. Our facility is indoors, on concrete, with free grooming space adjacent to the rings. When we put together a judging panel, we try very hard to hire judges who are kind and friendly, knowledgeable about the breeds their judging and not overtly political in their placements. We’ve joined the AKC’s national series for Owner-Handlers, to give true “amateur” Owner-Handlers the recognition they deserve. And we’ve added Best Brace in Show and Best Veterans, two fun participatory events that exhibitors can enjoy with their dogs. If you have some ideas on how we could make our show more fun, we’d like to hear them!