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Frequently Asked Questions |
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about the |
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Practical Canine
Anatomy
& Movement Seminar |
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By Claudia
Waller Orlandi, PhD |
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What do you charge for the seminar? and |
How do we make your book available?
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I don't charge for the seminar
itself but do charge for travel and hotel expenses. I HIGHLY
recommend that you do a pre-registration. Without a
pre-registration for the seminar and you won't
know how many people to expect. A sample pre-registration form is included at the end
of this FAQ. |
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How much do clubs usually charge for those
who wish to attend your seminar? |
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How much a club charges depends on the club's finances. Some
clubs that offer education at a National specialty, for example,
may pick up the entire cost of the seminar and
offer the whole program free of charge to their members. Other
clubs can't afford to do this and need to have attendees pay to cover the cost of
the room, etc. It depends entirely on what works best for your
club. |
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What about airline reservations? Airport
pick-up? For how long do you require a hotel room? |
I will need to know the airport into which I will fly. I
prefer to make my own flight reservations and always try to
get the lowest possible fare. I generally do not like to
arrive the same day I am to give a presentation, especially in
the winter when so much can go wrong with the weather and the
fact that I am flying from Burlington, Vermont. Much depends
on your location and on when the presentation is scheduled to
start. If it begins at 8:30 in the morning, which many of them
do, then I need to arrive the day before. If I can fly out
after giving the presentation and not have to stay another
night, I'm happy to do so. Some clubs have me take a shuttle
to the hotel and others send people to pick me up. It will
depend on what works best for your club and location. I'm
happy to work with you in any way I can.
I will need to have the phone or cell number of someone to
contact once I begin the trip.
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What type of equipment do you need for the
presentation? |
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Unless the club has an available LCD
projector and computer, I will bring my own computer and
LCD but I will need the following:
~ A projection
screen
~ A lavaliere microphone
(the type that clips to your suit)
~ An audio-visual table on
which to set up equipment
~ An extension cord and
electrical hook up
~ A grooming table and live
dogs, if you wish me to do a hands-on workshop
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How long is the Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement
presentation?
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I will need to know how long you wish the seminar to be.
The average seminar is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours but this can be
lengthened,
depending on what works best for you.
I need to have a minimum of 2 hours. |
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Is there anything else we should know? |
I also offer an optional hands-on workshop on how to
evaluate forequarter and hindquarter angulation and
placement in dogs. I like to use live dogs for this
demonstration, if possible. My including this workshop is
entirely up to you. There is no charge, since I consider
it part of the presentation.
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What is your contact information to speak to you
about a seminar? |
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Do you have a description of your presentation
which we can use for advertising purposes? |
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The description that follows may be used in its entirety or in an
abbreviated format, depending on what you feel would be
appropriate for your group and the amount of space you have
available for copy. |
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ADVERTISING COPY FOR: The Practical Canine Anatomy &
Movement Seminar |
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By Claudia Waller Orlandi, PhD |
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Dr. Claudia
Orlandi, of Essex Junction, Vermont, has been in the
fancy for over 50 years. She has successfully bred
Basset Hounds for more than 25 years under the
Topsfield prefix and with her late husband, Dom, has
produced over 140 champions. Topsfield Bassets have
won more than 120 All-Breed Bests in Show and hold
numerous Breed and All-Breed show records. The top
group-winning dog and the top-producing dam in the
history of the breed were bred by Topsfield and the
top winning dam was sired by a Topsfield dog.
Claudia’s enthusiasm for breeding is matched only by
her passion for teaching and working with other
breeders. Her ABC’s of Dog Breeding and Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement self-study courses form
part of the AKC's Bred with H.E.A.R.T. education
program, reflecting her belief that anyone can
understand the practical rules of genetics and
canine structure in their quest to breed better,
healthier dogs. Knowledge, coupled with integrity
and honesty about health problems, are cornerstones
of her breeding and teaching philosophy.
Claudia has authored numerous articles and for many
years chaired BHCA Judges’ and Breeders’ Education
for which she developed an educational concept
called Basset Hound University, whose course designs
are available for parent clubs to use as templates.
Claudia never charges for her popular seminars and
has spoken at over 150 dog clubs and AKC/CHF
Breeder’s Symposia.
She judges Basset Hounds, Dachshunds, PBGV’s,
Beagles, Basenjis, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Junior
Showmanship. She is a 2009 Dogs in Review
Outstanding Breeder nominee, winner of the 2009
American Kennel Club Breeder of the Year award and a
finalist for the 2016 AKC Lifetime Achievement
Award. In 2015 she was honored by Dog Fancy Magazine
as one of the “45 people who changed the dog world”
by helping to improve dog breeding and making canine
genetics easier to understand. |
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The Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement Program: |
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Practical Canine
Anatomy & Movement is designed to be an
introduction for the novice and a review
for experienced judges and breeders. Successful
breeding and judging draw upon talents that are both
science and art.
The science of breeding and judging is
a working knowledge of canine anatomy and movement;
the art of breeding and judging is having an
“eye for a dog,” or the ability to correctly and
easily evaluate the dog as one piece when it
is both standing and in motion. In its attempt to
discuss individual anatomical parts in terms of the
whole dog, Practical Canine Anatomy and Movement is
guided by science and art and takes a lay person’s
approach to a potentially complex subject.
Part I
of the textbook discusses key skeletal and
surface parts of the dog standing that judges
and breeders should know and approaches the topic of
canine anatomy from the point of view of evaluating
the standing dog’s structural balance based
on 4 important elements, which include (1) size,
(2) substance, (3) stance and (4)
proportions.
Part II looks at the dog in motion
from the judges’ and breeders’ point of view.
By
discussing the standing and moving dog’s individual
parts and how they relate to its structural
balance, the goal is to reinforce the important
judging and breeding principles of never losing
sight of the whole dog and the idea that no
one feature is ever more important than the sum of a
dog’s parts. Learning to evaluate the dog as “one
piece” is one of the unifying themes of our
discussion because it goes hand in hand with
learning to develop an eye for a dog.
Complex
technical terminology and anatomical concepts
appropriate for veterinarians and engineers are not
the focus of this work.
Rather the goal is a practical, layman’s
approach that can help anyone, regardless of their
breed or experience, learn to understand what
they see regarding their dog’s structure and
motion.
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A Sample Pre-Registration Form below: |
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SAMPLE REGISTRATION FORM TO USE AS A POSSIBLE
MODEL FOR YOUR CLUB:
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The Practical
Canine Anatomy & Movement seminar
is easy to understand and fun to learn.
The
session will be followed by a hands-on workshop on how
to estimate shoulder angulation and placement. |
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Who: Claudia Orlandi
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What: Practical
Canine Anatomy and Movement Seminar |
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When: Friday, January 20, 200?
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ? |
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Where: ?????????? |
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Cost: $25 each or $30/Couple
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date????????????????? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Name(s)_______________________________________________________________
Address
______________________________________City/State/Zip____________
Telephone ______________________Email_________________Fax______________
_______I would like to sign up for the seminar
($25 per person; $30 per couple)
Mail
form and check made out to My Kennel Club to:
Jane Doe, 1234 Dog Lane,
Anywhere, State 00000-1111
For further information contact
C Doe at
cdoe@aol.com
(555) 555-5555 or
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