Weekly Meeting

Wed, Feb 19th 2014 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Speaker is Paul Connolly, German shepherd dog rescue.. Cheque presentation

President Willie Nicoll welcomed thirty-eight members, honorary member Ronnie Law, and two guests (Jill Cameron and Paul Connolly) to the meeting.

The twenty-seven members who had visited the Mills Observatory on Monday were disappointed by thick cloud cover - a further trip is planned.

Eight teams were entered for the first round of the Primary School Quiz on Tuesday, which was won by the team from Dairsie Primary School.

Paul Connolly spoke after dinner on his lifetime involvement with dogs and their training. He had joined the Police Force aiming to be a dog handler and trainer, but it was many years before he achieved this ambition. Two weeks into operational work, full of confidence in himself and his dog after thirteen weeks of one-to-one training, he was sent to disturbance in a 14-storey block of flats involving a very aggressive man with a Samurai sword. Arriving at the ground floor, he called the lift and his dog cowered and ran away, leaving his master to deal with the situation on his own. After he subdued the swordsman, he returned to the ground and found his dog on the roof of his car! A short period of lift training followed.

After a lively question and answer session, Paul received a cheque for £500 for German Shepherd Rescue presented by Jill Cameron, lead singer of Ruff Diamonds - her band had performed at a Rotary fund-raiser last year, and the proceeds were split with Mary's Meals.

Jim Campbell offered the Club's Vote of Thanks.

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