The Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club of Georgia, Inc., which
is based in Cumming but covers five counties including Hall County, Forsyth,
Dawson, Lumpkin and Pickens County, was established in 1988 as an all-breed
A.K.C. dog club. The Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club is licensed by the American
Kennel Club to hold pointed conformation and obedience events as well as
Agility Trials. Our goals are to further the advancement of all breeds of
purebred dogs, and to provide and promote canine education to the general
community.
To achieve its goals our club has created and
distributes canine information videos and education packets to area schools
and libraries. We also encourage and hold Basic Obedience and Show
Conformation handling classes, as well as Canine Good Citizen tests, all of
which are open to the public.
Our project for 2001 was to provide bulletproof vests
for all of the K-9 dogs in the counties that we serve.
Two vests for Forsyth County, two vests for Lumpkin County, one vest for City
of Jasper and one vest for Dawson County.
Our club holds monthly meetings on the 2nd
Wednesday of each month, at 7:30 PM at Decker’s Restaurant in Cumming, GA.
Visitors are always invited. The restaurant is located on Highway 9 close to
the Buford Dam and Highway 9 stoplight. We frequently have guest speakers who
talk on a wide range of topics of interest to dog lovers.
Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club is involved with other
kennel clubs in Georgia looking for property in the greater Atlanta area
(within 60 miles of Atlanta) to build a Canine Events park. We need 50 - 100
acres so we can include not only conformation, obedience, and agility events
but lure coursing, herding trials, tracking, field events, earthdog activities
plus many, many more. If you have property available - either for sale or for
a donation to a not-for-profit organization, please contact us. This is an
exciting project and a direction for the future of dog fanciers everywhere.