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KENNEL AND BENCH AUGUST 2015 2015 Tattoo Letter is “C” From our archives: This issue of Kennel and Bench was published in August, 1919. The original caption reads: WEE TAN LADDIE “CHUM” Owned by R. A. Patrick, Yorkton, Sask. Follow US! • Quarterly Dog and Litter Report • A Show to Remember: The 2015 World Dog Show • Terrific Turnout at Manitoba Meet the Breeds Event A MONTHLY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT KENNEL AND BENCH AUGUST 2015 CONTENTS HEAD OFFICE What’s New 200 Ronson Drive, Suite 400 Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5Z9 2 Terrific Turnout at Manitoba Meet the Breeds Event GENERAL INQUIRIES Tel: (416) 675-5511 2 June 2015 Board Meeting Minutes Now Online MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Tel: 1 (855) 364-7252 2 A Show to Remember: The 2015 World Dog Show E-mail: [email protected] PREMIER TOLL FREE 3 Milestones Tel: 1 (855) 880-6237 5 Quarterly Dog and Litter Report ORDER DESK Tel: 1 (800) 250-8040 E-mail: [email protected] WEBSITE www.ckc.ca Monthly Features FAX Head Office: (416) 675-6506 Shows and Trials Division: 2 Notice Board (416) 675-9368 4 Kennel Names HOURS Switchboard/Office Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. BOARD OF DIRECTORS KENNEL AND BENCH Chair of the Board Ontario North Ontario Central Alberta, NWT and Nunavut Robert S. 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Brian Reid [email protected] [email protected] Honourary Patron 87 Norton Shore Road www.bobrowbotham.com British Columbia Hampton NB E5N 6J7 Saskatchewan Interior and Yukon His Excellency the Right Tel: (506) 832-0521 Ontario West David Gilmour Russel (Sandy) Fletcher Honourable David Johnston [email protected] Paul Oslach PO Box 76 Station Main 709 Stone Road Governor General of Canada www.truespirit.ca 75 Davis Street 6 Federal Drive Louis Creek BC V0E 2E0 Guelph ON N1E 3G0 White City SK S4L 5B1 Tel: (250) 672-5856 Quebec Tel: (519) 822-2177 Tel: (306) 781-2135 [email protected] Honourary Chair Linda St-Hilaire [email protected] [email protected] Ed Graveley 2330 St-Clement Québec QC G1E 3W8 Tel: (418) 821-0318 Honourary Vet [email protected] Dr. Michel Carrier www.lindasthilaireckc.weebly.com KENNEL AND BENCH | 1 NOTICE BOARD TERRIFIC TURNOUT AT MANITOBA dogs also died, though the remaining eight were initially MEET THE BREEDS EVENT unaccounted for. The international dog fancy came together in an impressive display of unity, honouring their friends by Manitobans were in for observing periods of silence throughout the week and wearing a real treat when they stopped black chest ribbons for the duration of the show. Yet while the by the fourth annual Meet the atmosphere was sombre, the competition was anything but. Breeds Event at the Red River Entry totals nudged 30,000, with pre-World club events Exhibition, June 12 to registering 9,516 participants, and WDS notching 19, 927. Italy June 22, 2015. topped the numbers with 8,143, with France a distant second From Affenpinschers, (1,647) and Russia third (1,465); the United States boasted 116 Chihuahuas and Dobermans to entrants, with Canada sending 21. And though Canuck breeders, Newfoundlands, Havanese and owners and handlers were in short supply, their presence was Whippets and more, a great quietly, yet definitely felt. variety of breeds were on site to • The father/daughter team of Graeme and Emily Burdon greet and wow the enthusiastic (Quebec) had multiple successes; at WDS the miniature Xolo, crowds. It was a canine extravaganza, with friendly, Besitos Tepal, took 4th Open Dog (owned by Pat Pentland / knowledgeable breeders and purebred dog owners on hand to Raul Olivera); Ch. Zoldmali Cetli, a Wirehaired Viszla owned share their expertise regarding responsible dog ownership and by Anton Josef Sagh, picked up 1st Champion Class on his the benefits of owning a purebred dog. way to ResCACIB; ResCAC went to Glenda Newton's Overall, it was a superb event which, thanks to event organizers Portuguese Water Dog, Ch. Hi Seas Dr. Romeo McDuff; Ch. and CKC members, Giselle Carlow and Joanne Gervais, went off Hearthside Riveredge Sure Is Summum, an Australian without a hitch. Many thanks to all Meet the Breeds volunteers Shepherd dog owned by Catherine Poitras, succeeded in who gave their time to teach the next generation about the value bringing home the title of World Winner 2015/CACIB from of the purebred dog. one of the largest breed entries of the event. • The Karelian Bear Dog, TsarShadow's Barbarossa, came from (Photo: Meet the Breeds, Red River Ex Twitter) the Junior class to win BOB/World Jr. Winner for breeder/owner/handler Dawne Deeley (B.C.), and was 2015 JUNE BOARD MEETING eventually shortlisted in the Junior Group finals. His MINUTES NOW ONLINE littermate, Ch. TsarShadow's Night Witch, also claimed the The June 2015 board meeting minutes are now available online Junior World Winner title in bitches. A final TsarShadow via the member website. To view, simply login here and go to entry, MCh. TsarShadow's State of Siege, took the title of membership services/board meetings/minutes. World Winner/CACIB for owner Maureen Griffin. • Ontario's Judi Elford scored a 'double' with her A SHOW TO REMEMBER: homebred/owned Junior class Samoyeds; Vanderbilt's Yabba THE 2015 WORLD DOG SHOW Dabba Do (co-owned by Mengru Wu) and Ch. Vanderbilt's Kiss The Moon. With Samoyeds being another of the show's Food and Fashion Expo 2015 may have earned the world's most popular breeds, it shows the depth of quality in these attention, but for canine enthusiasts looking for a new way to youngsters, who picked up reserve positions and 'Excellent' spend summer vacation time, there was a more important grades in large classes. reason to visit Milan, Italy - the annual FCI World Winner Dog Show, held over June 10-14, at the Rho Exhibition Fairgrounds. • Florence Erwin (Ontario) was on hand to see Canadian handler Six sprawling pavilions covering over 103,000 sq/m hosted 340 Edgar Rojas pilot her homebred/owned Barbet (co-owned with breeds, 184 judges and exhibitors representing 68 nations. Ten Dianne Marston) Ch. Flacon d'Paris Of Neigenuveaux to a club FCI groups would be judged over four days, with added show BOB/CAC and WDS Champion Class 2nd. independent breed club shows providing offshore visitors the • No stranger to world travel, B.C.'s Larisa Hotchin was opportunity to rack up additional national titles. rewarded with club show BOB/CAC and WDS Open Class Tragically, the show threatened to be cursed from the start. On 2nd on Welsh Terrier Ch. Darwyn's Here For A Good Time, June 8th, a minivan carrying five Russian handlers and nineteen whom she bred and co-owns with Sonya Cornick. dogs was involved in a head-on crash with an oncoming lorry. • Breeder/owner/handler Dr. Gail Forsythe (Alberta) made a Details at the time were sketchy, but it was soon to be superb showing, taking a strong WDS Intermediate Class 1st determined that all parties in the van as well as the lorry driver with her young Japanese Chin, Ch. Lionheart Kumakichi, after were killed outright. Rescuers at the scene reported eleven of the winning CAC at the breed club show on the previous day. 2 | AUGUST 2015 NOTICE BOARD • Sonja van Maanans' Bouvier des Flandres, Ch. Indelible's Kandi's Group 5 / Spitz and Primitives -2,147 Trust In Me faced considerable competition in the Champion Group 6 / Scenthounds -954 Dog class before being awarded an evaluation of 'Excellent'. Group 7 / Pointing Dogs -1,054 Group 8 / Retrievers, Flushing and Water Dogs -1,748 Though many events of this magnitude come equipped with Group 9 / Companion Dogs -3,045 great displays of 'window dressing' and various extra-curricular Group 10 / Sighthounds -951 ring activities, the Italian Kennel Club (ENCI) chose to keep Group presentations running to strict time schedules. Baby Article courtesy of Dawne Deeley, TsarShadow Carelians, CKC Puppy, Puppy, Junior,Veteran, Brace and Breeder's Groups were Perm Reg'd Bear Dogs. ferried in and out of the main rings briskly and with little time in between. If this seemed rather sterile, it did offer the benefit of MILESTONES finishing at a civilised hour. This is not to mean the programmes were 'all work and no play'. Of special interest was the In Memory of Kim Campbell introduction of the Fonni Shepherd Dog, a breed long known in It is with deep sadness that the Canadian Kennel Club its homeland but only recently stepping forward into the announces the passing of CKC member, Kim Campbell. Kim recognition spotlight. Originating from the Sardinian city of the was involved in the fancy from a young age when she attended same name, the sturdy Fonni is valued for its ability to watch dog shows with her family and their Rough Collies in the Lower flocks and guard the shepherds who accompany them.