Nutmeg PWD Club - Year In Review - 2024
01/22/2025
Here are some reminders of the 2024 activities that YOUR membership helped support and that we hope you participated in. A huge thank you to all the Nutmeg members who volunteered their time to help in creating and staging the events mentioned below.
January:
● AKC Meet the Breeds was held on January 28 and 29 at the Javits Center in NYC.
March:
● March 2 and 3: Nutmeg Supported Entry was held at the Working Group show in W. Springfield, MA.
● March 17: Nutmeg PWD Club Annual Meeting, including an Ice Cream Social, was held at Tails-U-Win in Manchester, CT.
April:
● April 28: Nutmeg All-Breed Obedience Trial was held at Tails-U-Win in Manchester, CT.
May:
● May 18 and 19: Nutmeg All-Breed Health Clinic was held in Deep River, CT.
June:
● June 7, 8, and 9: Nutmeg PWD Club Supported the Entry at the Greenwich Kennel Club shows, followed by Nutmeg PWD Club Specialty Breed shows. Obedience and Rally entries were also supported by the Club. We had a luncheon and raffle, and an in-person Club Meeting was held.
● June 10 through Sept: Numerous water work instruction and play sessions were held in Monroe, CT.
● June 16 through Sept 12: Ten Water Practice Days were held at Deer Lake in Killingworth, CT.
● June 30: Nutmeg’s first AKC FastCAT event was held at Showcase for Dogs in East Windsor, CT.
August:
● August 23: Nutmeg Supported Entry was held at Ox Ridge Kennel Club Show in W. Springfield, MA.
September:
● September 2: the 2025 Nutmeg PWD Calendar began selling, its 28th year of publication.
● September 21 and 22: Nutmeg Water Trial and Club BBQ wer held at Deer Lake in Killingworth, CT.
● September 27, 28, and 29: Our first ever nosework Detective Trial, followed by our Annual Scent Trial were held at Camp Chinqueka in Bantam, CT.
November:
● November 17: Nutmeg held a "Doing the Do" Grooming Seminar in Chester, CT.
Thank you to all our members and friends who have supported our events. Since 2001 Nutmeg Portuguese Water Dog Club has donated over $115,000 to worthwhile organizations including but not limited to:
● Portuguese Water Dog Foundation, Inc., dedicated to fund canine medical research focused on issues that affect the health and well-being of Portuguese Water Dogs. This year we sent a special donation in memory of Julie Kraus, who will be greatly missed. For over 30 years, the Kraus home and lake in Monroe, CT welcomed PWDs and their owners for seminars and social events, as well as water instruction, water competition, and water fun. The Club will always be grateful for the Kraus’ generosity.
● Exceptional Sidekicks Therapy Dogs, a non-profit organization founded in 2016, provides psychiatric service dogs to disabled teens and young adults, empowering handlers to complete their education, opening up their world to the life they want to live.
● Canine Companions for Independence, provides assistance dogs free of charge to adults, children, and veterans with disabilities.
● Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc., committed to providing, at no charge, their specially bred and trained German Shepherd Dogs to men and women who are blind.
● The Connecticut Humane Society, the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare. Our donations are earmarked for the Fox Free Clinic that provides health care for dogs whose owners cannot afford veterinary care.
● AKC Reunite Disaster Relief, provides assistance to not-for-profit animal shelters and similar organizations providing shelter and care for pets displaced during natural or civil disasters.
● AKC Canine Health Foundation, the world's largest funder of health research exclusively for dogs.