Pure Dog Talk

RV Parking Crews Not "Parking Nazis" Retticks get in the spirit of the Woofstock dog show in Vallejo, CA Bert and Bruce Rettick, dog show RV parking mavens in Northern California, share their knowledge and advice about safe parking of rigs at events. “We take the responsibility off of club members,” Bert said. “If you take two or three club members and put them out in an RV parking lot, it’s taking away from doing other things. Club membership is diminishing. There’s just not the bodies to do the work.” The couple have been dog show exhibitors for more than 30 years. Bruce started helping out parking crews while Bert was showing their Boxers and Boston Terriers. Eventually, clubs began asking him to take on the responsibilities of managing parking. In their years of working this particular niche of the dog show world, the Retticks have developed important checklist items. Safety First “This is a village out here,” Bert said. “We look out for one another. Safety. RVs all placed in the same direction if you