Lost Coast Kennel Club (LCKC) is a licensed Not for Profit All Breed Dog Club affiliated with the American Kennel Club ( AKC ) serving the dog community in Coastal Northern California.
Lost Coast Kennel Club's mission is to preserve and protect the interests of purebred dogs and hold events and educational activities for purebred and mixed breed dogs in accordance with LCKC and AKC Rules and Regulations.
Lost Coast Kennel Club's membership is dedicated to holding events and activities that benefit dogs and their owners and encourages competitive, fun, and healthy activity and good sportsmanship.
LCKC puts on events and trainings throughout the year. With the exception of conformation shows, other trials and events are open to all dogs including mixed breeds as long as they abide by LCKC and AKC rules and good sportsmanship.
Lost Coast Kennel Club's mission is to preserve and protect the interests of purebred dogs and hold events and educational activities for purebred and mixed breed dogs in accordance with LCKC and AKC Rules and Regulations.
Lost Coast Kennel Club's membership is dedicated to holding events and activities that benefit dogs and their owners and encourages competitive, fun, and healthy activity and good sportsmanship.
LCKC puts on events and trainings throughout the year. With the exception of conformation shows, other trials and events are open to all dogs including mixed breeds as long as they abide by LCKC and AKC rules and good sportsmanship.
Dogs and owners can have fun while competing and earning titles under AKC licensed events including Conformation, Obedience, Rally Obedience, Agility, Scent Work, Fast CAT, Barn Hunt, and other activities endorsed by the LCKC and/or AKC
LCKC also provides training and seminars about dog related issues, as well as frequent practice opportunities for various events, and also fun social get-togethers with dogs, club members and families.
Description of activities the club offers
Conformation:
AKC Registered purebred dogs are judged according to their standard of structure, appearance, temperament and behavior. To determine if those dogs have correct form and can function to do what they were originally bred to do. (herder or hunter, guardian, companion, etc) In conformation dogs are competing to achieve a title of champion, which originally the competition and title was used to determine dogs worthy of being part of a breeding program.
Obedience:
Dogs can achieve titles at increasing difficulty levels, working with their handler to obediently perform tasks that might come up in everyday situations: Heeling or walking at the handler's side, sitting and lying down, standing for examination, and staying in place when told, etc .As the levels go up in difficulty more complicated tasks are required like fetching, jumping over obstacles, finding an article that has been handled by their owner, etc. Dogs can earn titles at all the levels.
Rally Obedience:
Rally is a titling event in which the dog and handler work together as a team to go through a course that is labeled with direction signs indicating specific movements and actions by dog and handler. The dog must work closely and smoothly with the handler while performing heeling, turning, weaving, jumping, backing, etc.
Agility:
Agility is a competitive titling event for all breeds of dogs, while guided by their handler, move through an obstacle course with progressively more difficult levels. Obstacles include jumps, seesaws, weave poles, A-frames, dog walks, etc. The dog and handler must move rapidly and smoothly through the course which is timed. Agility is an extremely athletic event for both dog and handler.
Scent Work:
Scent Work is an event open to all breeds of dogs which uses a canines' incredible sense of smell to work closely with their handler mimicking the work of law enforcement or rescue detection dog teams. In AKC scent work, the dogs are searching for odors consisting of natural oils such as birch, anise, and clove. Scent work is a titling event with progressively more difficult levels and searches covering different elements such as interior, exterior, containers, and buried.
Fast CAT -Fast Coursing Ability Test:
A timed 100 yard dash where dogs run one at time. Dogs earn titles by accumulating points based on speed times the handicap. Fast CAT is a non competitive sport open to purebreds and mixed breeds. National rankings are updated on the AKC website. AKC Fast CAT link
Ring Practice for AKC events and Barn Hunt
The Club provides practice for participating in various dog events with appropriate equipment and set-up, providing encouragement and suggestions for improvement as well as simulated judging to give a feeling of practice and participation in actual events. Ring practice is open to the community and is offered free, but a donation is greatly appreciated.
Barn Hunt: Not an AKC event
Barnhart is a titling event based on the centuries old role of dogs in helping keep vermin at bay. All breeds of dogs can participate in searching for rats in courses designed of bales of straw simulating stacked hay in a barn. The courses and number of rats to be found increase in difficulty at each level. No rats are ever harmed - they are safe in aerated PVC tubes.
LCKC also provides training and seminars about dog related issues, as well as frequent practice opportunities for various events, and also fun social get-togethers with dogs, club members and families.
Description of activities the club offers
Conformation:
AKC Registered purebred dogs are judged according to their standard of structure, appearance, temperament and behavior. To determine if those dogs have correct form and can function to do what they were originally bred to do. (herder or hunter, guardian, companion, etc) In conformation dogs are competing to achieve a title of champion, which originally the competition and title was used to determine dogs worthy of being part of a breeding program.
Obedience:
Dogs can achieve titles at increasing difficulty levels, working with their handler to obediently perform tasks that might come up in everyday situations: Heeling or walking at the handler's side, sitting and lying down, standing for examination, and staying in place when told, etc .As the levels go up in difficulty more complicated tasks are required like fetching, jumping over obstacles, finding an article that has been handled by their owner, etc. Dogs can earn titles at all the levels.
Rally Obedience:
Rally is a titling event in which the dog and handler work together as a team to go through a course that is labeled with direction signs indicating specific movements and actions by dog and handler. The dog must work closely and smoothly with the handler while performing heeling, turning, weaving, jumping, backing, etc.
Agility:
Agility is a competitive titling event for all breeds of dogs, while guided by their handler, move through an obstacle course with progressively more difficult levels. Obstacles include jumps, seesaws, weave poles, A-frames, dog walks, etc. The dog and handler must move rapidly and smoothly through the course which is timed. Agility is an extremely athletic event for both dog and handler.
Scent Work:
Scent Work is an event open to all breeds of dogs which uses a canines' incredible sense of smell to work closely with their handler mimicking the work of law enforcement or rescue detection dog teams. In AKC scent work, the dogs are searching for odors consisting of natural oils such as birch, anise, and clove. Scent work is a titling event with progressively more difficult levels and searches covering different elements such as interior, exterior, containers, and buried.
Fast CAT -Fast Coursing Ability Test:
A timed 100 yard dash where dogs run one at time. Dogs earn titles by accumulating points based on speed times the handicap. Fast CAT is a non competitive sport open to purebreds and mixed breeds. National rankings are updated on the AKC website. AKC Fast CAT link
Ring Practice for AKC events and Barn Hunt
The Club provides practice for participating in various dog events with appropriate equipment and set-up, providing encouragement and suggestions for improvement as well as simulated judging to give a feeling of practice and participation in actual events. Ring practice is open to the community and is offered free, but a donation is greatly appreciated.
Barn Hunt: Not an AKC event
Barnhart is a titling event based on the centuries old role of dogs in helping keep vermin at bay. All breeds of dogs can participate in searching for rats in courses designed of bales of straw simulating stacked hay in a barn. The courses and number of rats to be found increase in difficulty at each level. No rats are ever harmed - they are safe in aerated PVC tubes.
LCKC gives back to the dog community
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AKC Reunite
AKC Canine Health Foundation Humboldt County Fair Association Friends for Life Animal Rescue |
Guide Dogs for the Blind - Humboldt
Terry Lockett Spay/Neuter Program - HumDog Hospice Peace of Mind |