Stone City agility trials set for Sept. 29 in New Lenox
Stone City Kennel Club will hold Agility Trials Sept. 29-30 on the club grounds at Cedar and Laraway roads in New Lenox. Trial secretary is Robert Olsen of Glen Ellyn. For details, call (630) 790-8426 or e-mail rdotrialsec@ sbcglobal.net.
Special events: The American Bouvier des Flandres Club will have events Oct. 3-5 at Boone County Fairgrounds, 8791 Fairgrounds Road (Route 76) in Belvidere. For the daily schedules, contact Roy Jones Dog Shows for details, by phone at (260) 925-0525, or by e-mail at rjds@royjones dogshows.com; or visit the Web site, royjonesdogshows.com.
Entry deadline: Car-Dun-Al Obedience Dog Training Club has set Oct. 3 as the deadline to enter its Oct. 20-21 Agility Trials held at Boone County Fairgrounds, Belvidere. The entry fee is $20, plus $12 for an additional entry of the same dog. Send entry and fee payable to the club to Beth Elliott, Trial Secretary, 9N909 Koshare Trail, Elgin, IL 60123-4306. For details, call (630) 673-7643.
New classes: Agility Junkies at Lake Barrington has Flyball classes for beginners starting Oct. 5, and Agility classes for beginners on Oct. 13. For information and/or to register, call (847) 381-2222, e-mail info@agilityjunkies.com, or visit the Web site, www.agilityjunkies.com.
• District 214 Community Education has a one-session class, "Animal Whispering," from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 18. The class is about connecting with your dog using verbal and non-verbal skills. The class number is 5400 and will be held in Room 130 at Prospect High School, 801 W. Kensington Road, Mount Prospect.
• Another one-session class, "Animal Assisted Therapy," will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 20 in the south gym at Forest View Education Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights. The class number is 5305. For details or to register, call (847) 718-7700 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Dog tests: Northwest Obedience Club will hold Tracking Tests Excellent the morning of Sept. 30 at Burnidge Forest Preserve and Paul Wolff Campgrounds, at Big Timber and Coombs roads in Elgin.
• Glenbard All-Breed Obedience Club also will hold Variable Surface Tracking Tests the morning of Sept. 30 on the grounds of Northern Illinois University, Lincoln Highway and Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.
Pet contest/bake sale: Four Paws Animal Foundation is sponsoring a Pet Contest and Bake Sale Oct. 6 in conjunction with Streamwood Park District's Pumpkin Fest. It will be held in Hoosier Grove Park, on Irving Park Road east of Route 59. Registration is 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with judging of the pet contest starting at 1 p.m. for a donation of $1 for each category.
For information, and if you will have donations for the bake sale, call (630) 289-0478. All proceeds will benefit Four Paws, which is located in Bartlett.
Fundraiser: Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy began its 20th year in a place of its own at 6042 W. Oakton St. in Morton Grove; however, funds are needed to help pay the rent to continue helping countless children and adults with the aid of trained canines.
The fundraiser is a 50/50 raffle at $1 per ticket. The drawing will be held at the group's 20th anniversary celebration on Oct. 19, which is its first gala benefit fundraiser. For the location or details, call (773) 283-1129 or visit www.rainbowaat.org.
This group has 160 members operating 80 programs throughout the entire area to help individuals improve their motor, language, cognitive, social, behavioral and attention skills and more. There are various sessions of introduction to the AAT classes. One is at K-9 Playtime Inc., 403 Washington Blvd., Unit 1, in Mundelein, where a class will start Sept. 29. Registration is required. Anyone interested, call Dorida at (773) 736-9021 or e-mail dhking1@juno.com.