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Two Cities Kennel Club History
The club was formed in the early 1950's and was originally called Twin Cities Kennel Club. However, the name was changed to Two Cities Kennel Club after a complaint from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Meetings were held at the Marysville Pet Store on 5th Street in Marysville owned by Veta Garrow, one of the founding members.
Our first show was held in 1952 and the first Best-in-Show winner was a red Doberman pinscher named “Max the Red.”
TCKC eventually partnered with two other clubs to host dog shows in June (in Gridley, California) and October (in Yuba City, California) with each club’s show held on a separate day. In 2001, TCKC started hosting two back-to-back shows in October while the other two clubs hosted their shows in June.
In 2012, TCKC changed its show dates to the third or fourth weekend in September. Because San Joaquin Dog Training Club hosted its Obedience and Rally Trials on that Saturday, TCKC only offered Obedience and Rally on Sunday. In 2013, TCKC started offering two Obedience and Rally Trials each on Sunday.
In 2017 our shows moved to the 2nd weekend in May, Mother’s Day weekend, and we went back to offering Obedience and Rally both days of our shows.
Under 2018, change to "We joined with Butte County Kennel Club for 1 year for a 4-day cluster.
In 2019, we returned to our single-club weekend with Obedience and Rally on Friday and all-breed Conformation, Obedience, and Rally on Saturday and Sunday. We also partnered with Barbary Coast Samoyed Club for their specialty on Friday and supported entries on Saturday and Sunday.
In 2020, unfortunately we had to cancel our shows due to COVID-19.
In 2021, our shows were held in Gridley, CA, at the Butte Co. Fairgrounds the weekend after Mother's Day but we still celebrated with our Best Brood Bitch competitions.
In 2022, We were back at the Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds and clustered with Gold Country KC for 4 days of all-breed dog shows, obedience and rally trials!
In 2023, we will again be clustering with Gold Country KC for 4 days of doggy fun! TCKC shows May 13-14, 2023, and Gold Country KC shows May 11-12, 2023! We still celebrate our Brood Bitches on Mother's Day. We will have 4 days of Obedience and Rally Trials as well as some health clinics and an eye clinic. We are also very pleased the Barbary Coast Samoyed Club continues to host their specialty on Friday. The Gold Country Irish Red and White Setter Association will have the breed judging on Saturday designated as it's regional specialty. The Irish Red and White Setter National Specialty will have the breed judging on Sunday designated as it's National Specialty!