Jean Webb Gun Dog training

05/20/2026

Irish Red and White setter people this is for you.

We have a fundraiser at the Cincinnati training Club. We provide 4 people per day to help with the Agility trial. (Yes, if you enter we will work around your runs. )

No experience needed.

June 20,21 7:45-6:00.

This raises funds for the IRWS National Club. Contact Jean Webb for scheduling.

Thank you for helping with this fun fundraiser.

05/17/2026

05/17/2026

“Bob” was an early imported Gordon Setter from England, arriving in the early 1880s. An inscription on the back of the painting indicates that it was given to August Belmont by Baron de Rothschild.

August Belmont was a noted New York sportsman and banker, representing not only the Rothschilds but also the Habsburg family. His son, August Belmont Jr., was the fourth, and longest-serving, president of the AKC. The town of Belmont and the racetrack Belmont Park are named in their honor.

🔗 See Bob and the other Scottish dogs in the Scotland, The Brave Dogs exhibition: https://museumofthedog.org/scotland-the-brave-dogs/

🖼️ John Martin Tracy (American, 1843 - 1893). Bob, c. 1885. Oil on canvas. Collection of the American Kennel Club.

05/17/2026

Want to increase your property value? Realtors report that keeping equine land conservation a priority does just that! 🏡 💵 ⬆️

Buyers want to be "on the trails" and are willing to pay higher property prices for access!

Learn more at 🔗 https://elcr.org/trail-protection-easements-part-i-what-are-they-and-why-should-landowners-want-one/

05/17/2026

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05/11/2026

Six plants still sitting in nursery displays right now have been flagged or restricted in multiple states.

They're not labeled as problems. They're labeled as ornamentals. And most of them have native alternatives that do the same job in your yard without spreading into the landscape around it.

The swaps aren't sacrifices — in most cases, the native option gives you something the invasive never did.

🌿 What to skip and what to plant instead:

- Bradford pear → native serviceberry. Same size, same white spring flowers — plus edible berries and branches that hold through storms instead of splitting

- Japanese barberry → native ninebark. Barberry is restricted in several Northeast states partly because the dense interior harbors tick populations. Ninebark gives you the same hedge structure without the problem

- Burning bush → Virginia sweetspire or highbush blueberry. You get the same fall red — and with blueberry, you get fruit on top of it

- Butterfly bush → native summersweet. Butterfly bush draws adult butterflies but doesn't host any of their larvae. Summersweet does both — and the summer fragrance carries across a yard

- Nandina → American beautyberry. Nandina berries can be harmful to birds that gorge on them in winter. Beautyberry produces striking purple clusters that are safe for wildlife

- Norway maple → red maple or sugar maple. Norway's dense canopy shades out native understory plants. The native maples support hundreds of insect species that feed the food chain above them

The label at the garden center tells you what it looks like. Your state's invasive species list tells you what it does 🌱

05/10/2026

Happy mother's day to all who care for friends, family and strangers. Your mother spirit makes you very special in the world, even without children of your own. You are important too!

05/04/2026

Targeted evidence-based and actionable educational resources can increase veterinarians’ intentions to follow antibiotic stewardship guidelines. 💊

Open access article: jav.ma/antimicrobial5

05/04/2026

✍️ 🎨 📸 Poetry, art and photography contest submissions open NOW! 🙌
💞 Wildlife inspires us all! We want to see your love of Ohio’s wildlife and creativity in our annual contests.
🔗 http://ohiodnr.gov/contests
📅 The 2026 contests are open for submissions until May 31, 2026.

05/04/2026

Come join us! Walking handlers very welcome!!