October 2011 Volume 128, Number 10 Table of Contents AKC News 2 President’s Letter • 3 Updates • 7 Times Past • 8 Dog People •42 Secretary’s Pages Breed Columns Sporting Working 9 Brittanys 25 Akitas 9 Pointers 26 Alaskan Malamutes 10 German Shorthaired Pointers 26 Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 11 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers 27 Bernese Mountain Dogs 11 Curly-Coated Retrievers 27 Black Russian Terriers 12 Flat-Coated Retrievers 28 Boxers 12 Golden Retrievers 28 Bullmastiffs 13 Labrador Retrievers 29 Cane Corsos 13 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers 30 Doberman Pinschers 14 English Setters 30 Dogues de Bordeaux 14 Gordon Setters 31 German Pinschers 15 Irish Setters 31 Giant Schnauzers 16 Irish Red and White Setters 32 Great Danes 17 American Water Spaniels 33 Great Pyrenees 17 Clumber Spaniels 33 Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 18 Cocker Spaniels 34 Komondorok 19 English Cocker Spaniels 34 Kuvaszok 18 English Springer Spaniels 35 Leonbergers 20 Field Spaniels 36 Mastiffs 21 Irish Water Spaniels 36 Neapolitan Mastiffs 21 Sussex Spaniels 37 Newfoundlands 22 Welsh Springer Spaniels 37 Portuguese Water Dogs 23 Spinoni Italiani 38 Rottweilers 23 Vizslas 39 Saint Bernards 24 Weimaraners 39 Samoyeds 24 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 40 Siberian Huskies 40 Standard Schnauzers 41 Tibetan Mastiffs

* Links to AKC Parent Clubs appear following Secretary’s Pages * BREED COLUMNS SCHEDULE Sporting and Working Hound and Terrier Toy, Non-Sporting, January, April, July, February, May, August, and Herding and October and November March, June, September, and December GZ PRESIDENT’S LETTER

ast month, the fifth AKC National Tracking Invitational L(NTI) took place at the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, in Clermont, Kentucky. A record 46 Champion Trackers entered, and in late August entries were drawn for the 10 tracks at the Invitational. Congratulations to the two dogs and their owners who passed the test this year: CT Eastern Waters’ Sea Zephyr, VCD3, RE, MXJ, NF, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever owned by Doreen and Gary Palmer, of Columbia, Connecticut; and CT Montage Surfs Up, VCD1, CDX, PT, a Belgian Tervuren owned by Maura Hogan and Kathryn Madden, of Syracuse, New York. We were pleased to see so many tracking enthusiasts and supporters come out to watch and volunteer their time and skills. We had a large crowd following the dogs as they navigated scent trails across a variety of surfaces. Our dedicated and talented judges Herb Morrison, Carol Ruthenberg, Roy Fair, and Sally Diess were there every step of the way. I’d also like to thank Holly Leale, of Argus Ranch; the Mid-Kentucky Kennel Club and Greater Louisville Dog Training Club, who provided members to help manage the event; and Susan Ritter, the marketing and communications officer of Bernheim Arboretum. Without their support, we could not have held the NTI. Our AKC Companion Events staff members were also instrumental in the execution of the event, especially Curt Curtis, assistant vice president of Companion Events; Pam Manaton, director of Obedience, Rally, and Tracking; Lisa Strickland, AKC project administrator and NTI event secretary; Diane Schultz, AKC Obedience/Rally/Tracking field rep and NTI Event Chairman; and Caroline Murphy, AKC manager of Coonhound Events for designing the artwork for the commemorative event souvenirs. My thanks to them. For more details and photos of the NTI, please visit akc.org/events/tracking/national_invitational/2011.

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AKC GAZETTE • 2 • OCTOBER 2011 GZ EDITED BY BUD BOCCONE Five Heroes Win ACE Race The AKC Humane Fund has announced that five dogs have won its 2011 Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). ACE owners and dogs receive $1,000 and an engraved sterling-silver medallion, to be presented at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship on December 17. 2011 ACEs

Category Companion Mini-bio Hunter and Monahan, of the ACE Tugg (Bull Terrier) L.A. County Fire Department, were Owners Blake and Kim Ovard (Cleburne, deployed to Haiti after the devastating Texas) 2010 earthquake. Hunter alerted to live Mini-bio The Ovards, animal-control human scent while searching the debris of officers, found the 4-month–old Tugg a four-story collapsed building. As a result, staked to the side of the road. He was near three girls were pulled from the rubble death, with demodectic mange covering alive. 80 percent of his body. The Ovards took Bonus point Hunter was 2010’s Tugg home the day before his scheduled LACFD Firefighter of the Year. euthanization and began the long process of saving his life. Tugg is a certified therapy Category Service Dog dog, working with children and helping to ACE Bingo (Labrador Retriever) raise money for charity. Owner Konrad Feldmann (Liberty Bonus point “The ACE is the equiva - Township, Ohio) lent of a person winning the Congressional Mini-bio Since late 2006 Bingo has been Medal of Honor. It’s the highest award that the service dog of 14-year-old Konrad, a dog can win.” —Blake Ovard who has cerebral palsy. Teaming with Bingo greatly improved the quality of Category Law Enforcement Konrad’s life. Schoolmates and neighbors ACE Blue (German Shepherd Dog) are quick to befriend Konrad, thanks to Owner Suffolk County (New York) the attention-getting black Lab who is his Police Department, handler John Mallia constant companion and helper. Mini-bio While searching for the body of Bonus point Bingo is a graduate of a missing woman at Gilgo Beach, Long Canine Companions for Independence. Island, Mallia and Blue found the remains of four other women, thought to be vic - Category Therapy tims of a serial killer. Police have since dis - ACE Miki (Pomeranian) closed that a total of 10 bodies have been Owner Tricia Baker (Plainsboro, New discovered along the desolate beach. Jersey) Bonus point “Through some combi - Mini-bio After Kenny Baker committed Watch Tugg, nation of tenacity, luck, canine sensory skill suicide, Miki provided comfort for the Blue, Hunter, and mathematical probabilities, Officer troubled young man’s loved ones. Kenny’s Bingo, and Miki Mallia and his police dog have played a mother, Tricia Baker, and her family receive ACE medallions pivotal behind-the-scenes role in the founded the organization Attitudes in during ABC’s search for a serial killer and perhaps other Reverse. Tricia makes suicide-prevention

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN

his November 19 and 20, AKC Meet the Breeds will return to New York City for its third spectacular year at the Jacob K. Javits CTonvention Center. Sponsored by PetPartners, Inc., Your Partner in Pet Health Care, AKC Meet the Breeds is one of our largest public- outreach opportunities of the year. During last year’s record-setting event, we attracted more than 39,000 visitors and achieved more than 700 million media and ad impressions. This year, we have a bigger space— 160,000 square feet—where we hope to welcome an even larger crowd of dog and more than 100 dog and cat lovers. We will also be joined by our cat products, including new partner, the International Cat Music My Pet, which will Association (TICA), the world’s largest showcase classical music specifically cre - tremendous success. If you belong to a genetic registry of purebred cats. In addi - ated to calm pets; LG Electronics USA, parent club that has not signed up yet, we tion to our 160 dog breeds, TICA will features a line of special vacuums for pet encourage you to do so soon. You’ll want showcase 50 breeds, ranging from the owners, great for the coated breeds in to be included in the ever-suspenseful Bengal, appearing this year at AKC Meet attendance; and the Fine Arf collection, breed-booth contest, where last year we the Breeds for the first time, and the the finest silver dog-themed jewelry for saw Toto the Cairn Terrier and friends Toyger, a “mini” tiger with the sweet people. recreate The Wizard of Oz, while the nature of the domestic cat, to the queen of England and her Pembroke Peterbald and Pixiebob. What’ll They Think of Next? Welsh Corgis garnered “Best Breed Booth The larger space will also help us Thank you to the many parent clubs in Show.” We look forward to this year’s accommodate enhanced breed booths and that have already signed up to participate. surprises! more dog and cat activities, favorites as Your support over the past two years has The public truly enjoys seeing our well as new events. The current lineup of been instrumental in making this event a breeds, whether family favorites or dogs activities includes demonstrations of they’ve never seen before. This is a won - agility, obedience and rally, disc dogs, and LAST CALL: derful opportunity for our parent clubs to flyball. Board Seeks Fancy educate the public about their breeds and We’ll see Beagles, Belgian Malinois, and responsible dog ownership. other breeds of United States Custom and Feedback Please invite your family and friends. Border Protection show off their skills at The AKC Board of Directors seeks We look forward to seeing you there! detecting narcotics in suitcases and boxes. feedback from the fancy regarding the Border Terriers and Dachshunds will race Judging Approval Process proposal Sincerely, through an above-ground, see-through recommended by the ad hoc committee tunnel in the earthdog demo, and United appointed by Board Chairman Ron States Police Canine Association Officers Menaker and chaired by Dr. Robert D. and their K-9 partners will apprehend sus - Smith. To read the Smith Committee pects in a demonstration of masterly obe - proposal, see Judging Approval dience and agility skills. Proposal; for FAQs regarding the pro - Ron Menaker C

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From the AKC/CHF: 9/11 Dogs Surpr ise Researc hers

PHILADELPHIA —Even after the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon has come and gone, the grim aftermath is still being studied for the effects of exposure to toxic rubble on human and canine health. Now: In a surprising development, the search Dr. Cynthia Otto dogs who worked the rubble have suffered flanked by study minimal health setbacks, even though many participants Tony human searchers are reporting long-term Zintsmaster, Tom Andert, and their respiratory problems. So says the ground - healthy dogs breaking University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine “9/11 Medical Then: Surveillance” study. A classic photo of With nearly $500,000 of financial sup - a K-9 being lifted out of Ground port from the AKC Canine Health Zero Foundation, the study monitored the long-term health effects on 95 dogs they came back and said, deployed to Lower Manhattan, ‘You have a healthy dog.’ ” Washington, D.C., and landfills on Staten The study found that Island. Researchers compared the health the average lifespan of of these dogs to a control group of K-9s deployed dogs was 12.5 who weren’t deployed to those sites. years, and nondeployed “The most striking thing is that many dogs lived an average 11.8 of the humans who responded have devel - years. Today, at least 13 oped reactive airway diseases, such as deployed dogs who were asthma, sinusitis, or other chronic infec - part of the study are still tions in their nasal sinuses,” says Dr. alive. Cynthia Otto, Penn School of Veterinary “These dogs are a Medicine associate professor and principal national resource and it’s Y V A N

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American Kennel Clips

Fielder to Retire Quarter-Century Club A career in dogs that has At the September Delegate Meeting, the AKC honored five spanned nearly 40 years will come individuals for their 25 years as AKC delegates. Left to right: to a close when Steven F. Fielder, Rose J. Radel (Ramapo Kennel Club), AKC Vice Chairman Dr. director of the AKC Coonhound Thomas Davies, James W. Smith (Dalmatian Club of America), program, retires this month. John P. Nielson (English Setter Association of America), Richard Fielder joined the AKC in F. Coletti of the (North Shore Kennel Club), and AKC 2004. He had previously held top Chairman Ron Menaker. Not pictured: John S. Whitaker jobs with the United Kennel (English Springer Spaniel Club of the Central States). Club and the Professional Kennel Club. He has extensive experience in the legislative arena as an advo - cate of dog owners’ rights and has received awards for his work in that field. A proponent of the team concept of event management, Fielder oversaw the implementation of the “Fun, Fair, and Feasible” model for AKC events to be enjoyed by coonhound enthusiasts of all ages. Fielder is well-known within the coonhound world for his devotion to Plotts. “The Plott breed was in its infancy when I first came to know it,” he wrote in his September column at akccoon - hounds.org. “I was 7 years old in 1954 when my dad bought his first registered Plott. The breed was first registered in 1946, just eight years earlier.” Fielder plans to spend his retirement hunting his beloved Plotts and fly-fishing North Carolina’s mountain streams.

$16,000 to Vet Students Museum to Hold Saluki Soirée Students from six American Veterinary ST . LOUIS —The Saluki Club of America hosts its first-ever “Saluki Day!” at the Medical Association–accredited schools of vet - AKC Museum of the Dog on Saturday, October 8, from 10:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. erinary medicine have received 2011–2012 The museum expects to have at least a dozen Salukis on hand as guests of honor. AKC Veterinary Student Scholarships. Contact: [email protected] Every year, the AKC asks the 28 AVMA- accredited U.S. vet schools to nominate four scholarship candidates. From these students, recipients are selected on the basis of academic achievement, activities with purebred dogs or N

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Breed Columns Index ABOUT THE BREED COLUMNS Sporting Group The breed columns are a time-honored feature of the akc gazeTTe . each columnist is appointed by a 9 Brittanys bre ed’s national parent club, which preserves the breed’s standard and helps to educate breeders, 9 Pointers 10 German Shorthaired Pointers judges, and the public about the breed’s history, function, and possible health issues. a national 11 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers parent club comprises dedicated breeders and fanciers, and it represents many years of collective 11 Curly-Coated Retrievers experience in the breed. columnists are asked to write about topics of interest to the fancy in general 12 Flat-Coated Retrievers as well as those of specific interest to judges and devotees of the breed. The breed columns rotate by 12 Golden Retrievers group so that each breed’s column can appear four times a year. 13 Labrador Retrievers 13 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers 14 English Setters 14 Gordon Setters 15 Irish Setters Brittanys plicated than using the wind. A good g 16 Irish Red and White Setters How to Develop Your Pup in bird-dog always runs on the downwind 17 Boykin Spaniels n the Field i side of an objective so he can smell it. 17 Clumber Spaniels t f you are the owner of a new Brittany An old trainer described this to me as 18 Cocker Spaniels r 19 English Cocker Spaniels Ipup or are thinking about acquiring “naturally downwind-running.” This 19 English Springer Spaniels o one, you may be wondering how to quality cannot be taught. Dogs have to

20 Field Spaniels p develop your pup in the field. There are learn it on their own. Some pups come 21 Irish Water Spaniels lots of puppy books filled with out of the whelping box knowing how s 21 Sussex Spaniels information on crate-training, to use the wind while others take more 22 Welsh Springer Spaniels housetraining, obedience, and manners, time. 23 Spinoni Italiani but what about developing your pup’s Last summer I had a litter and kept 23 Vizslas 24 Weimaraners natural abilities to hunt? Even if you do two males to start in training. When 24 Wirehaired Pointing Griffons not plan to hunt him, it can be a lot of they were about 3 months old, I took fun to take him afield and let him show them to a field behind the house. The Working Group you what a bird-dog pup is bred to do. wind was coming up the hill, and the 25 Akitas Most Brittany pups are born with a bigger pup took off into the wind and 26 Alaskan Malamutes desire to hunt and find birds, and an ran down the edge of the field. 26 Anatolian Shepherd Dogs instinct to point. They inherit these The smaller pup quartered his way 27 Bernese Mountain Dogs 27 Black Russian Terriers qualities from their parents. down the field, running from one edge 28 Boxers One of your jobs as a new owner can to the other so he could smell every - 28 Bullmastiffs be to develop your pup’s natural abilities. thing. Right there the smaller one 29 Cane Corsos Some exposure may have already showed me that he was using the wind. 30 Doberman Pinschers occurred; often breeders toss a dead You can teach a dog to do a lot of 30 Dogues de Bordeaux quail into the pen when the litter is things, but you cannot teach him to 31 German Pinschers about 7 weeks old. Usually one pup is hunt. Hunting ability comes from 31 Giant Schnauzers 32 Great Danes bold enough to grab it, and then they all genetics and experience afield. By tak - 33 Great Pyrenees join in. ing your pup for runs, you are devel - 33 Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs For a little pup, getting a bird in his oping these natural abilities. You may 34 Komondorok mouth is an important step toward feel - never hunt your pup, but if you pay 34 Kuvaszok ing he has power over the bird. Some close attention, he will tell you what 35 Leonbergers breeders test their pups’ pointing ability kind of hunter he could have become, 36 Mastiffs with a quail wing tied to a fly rod. In and you will be filled with pride 36 Neapolitan Mastiffs 37 Newfoundlands this exercise, pups are tempted to chase knowing he carries the genes of ances - 37 Portuguese Water Dogs the wing as the breeder makes it “come tors that made the Brittany one of the 38 Rottweilers to life” with quick movements of the great bird-dog breeds. — Martha H. 39 Saint Bernards rod. As soon as a pup tries to pounce, the Greenlee; [email protected] 39 Samoyeds wing is lifted into the air. Pups begin to 40 Siberian Huskies sight-point when they realize they can - Pointers 40 Standard Schnauzers not catch it. ur guest columnist this month is 41 Tibetan Mastiffs The ability to hunt is no more com - OBerna Welch, a successful breeder

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n and a person many consider an expert tive specialist who will perform a surgi - answered the question of contradiction i

t when it comes to breeding cal implant at the optimum breeding being asked: Does the DQ in the GSP

r management. time should be used. breed standard mean a spot other than

o Bearing in mind that frozen semen is liver, or does it mean any hairs other

p Frozen Semen—Preserving the irreplaceable, I am very cautious regard - than liver? s Past for the Future ing its use with a bitch who has a his - Prior to the 1975 standard, there were For many years I have frozen the tory of reproductive issues or is beyond no color disqualifications. In 1958, the semen of my stud dogs. Some dogs I her prime breeding years. parent club underwent reorganization, have frozen more than others and occa - The best time to freeze a dog’s semen and from 1958 to 1975 multiple breed- sionally I have directed the semen bank is while the dog is young. As the dog standard committees, in addition to a to dispose of frozen semen when a par - ages, semen quality and percentage of breed-integrity committee, were tasked ticular dog no longer fits into my future post-thaw motility will often decrease. to rewrite the standard. breeding plans. Even if I am unsure about incorporating According to the club’s historical doc - Because we cannot predict what a young dog into my breeding program, uments, there was concern in the ’70s tomorrow may bring, I view frozen I go ahead and freeze his semen. that crossbreeding to field-bred pointers semen as irreplaceable. This is a given A few years ago, a fellow breeder had and setters was taking place. Thus the once the dog has passed away or is no a wonderful dog who took our ring by color DQ section was added and longer able to sire litters, however, even storm and was well on his way to out - included all colors normally associated if the stud dog is alive and fertile, I still standing sire status when he inexplicably with those breeds—that is, black, red, consider his frozen semen as irreplace - went sterile. The dog was only 4 years orange, lemon, tan, or a solid-white dog. able. Many breeders, including myself, old! Regrettably, the owner had never This section is also in the current breed prefer to use frozen semen instead of frozen his semen. standard (revised in 1992). fresh-chilled semen because it eliminates I have had tremendous success with Over the past 10 years, there have the possibility of difficulties with week - frozen-semen breedings, resulting in been a small number of similar incidents. end shipping or weather delays. If a stud some great-quality dogs. The advances Some involved class dogs, while others dog is with a handler or otherwise inac - made in freezing, storage, and LH and were specials in Best of Breed competi - cessible, his frozen semen provides a progesterone timing has made the use of tion. Each time, the owners and breeders viable breeding option. frozen semen a wonderful tool for handling the dogs patiently explained, to With careful research and planning, a breeders. The expense involved in col - no avail, that their entry’s liver-pig - frozen-semen breeding can be a very lecting, freezing, and storing semen is mented nose meant the dog didn’t have important asset to a breeding program. negligible when one considers the black hair intermingled with the liver Frozen semen provides the opportunity opportunities it offers in the future. hair. to preserve many of the important traits Don’t wait to freeze your dog’s semen. Now, once again, in spite of articles we have worked so hard to develop in Do it now, do it for the future. You’ll be written and multiple attempts to educate our lines. It is necessary to have produc - glad you did!—B.W. about the liver coat and pigmented nose, tion data available on the dog whose Thank you, Berna, for this informative a very dark-pigmented liver dog has frozen semen one intends to use, because column. Please visit the American been disqualified for supposedly having significant advances may have been Pointer Club website at americanpointer - black hair in its coat. made in health testing since the dog’s club.com for information on our wonder - With a special, one would think com - semen was frozen and stored. ful breed. — Helyne E. Medeiros; mon sense would prevail that the dog or Realistically, we could bring back health [email protected] bitch had already been through multiple problems we have worked to overcome breed examinations prior to receiving its if testing for those issues was not avail - German Shorthaired championship title. able when the dog was alive. Pointers Maybe the color genetics of the pure - I have worked with specific bloodlines It’s All About the Nose bred Shorthair are just too simple when for many years and have lots of data that n July, a GSP champion with a dark- compared to other breeds that have offer some level of predictability when Iliver coat competing in Best of Breed agouti, tri-color, or merle genes. In the selecting breeding pairs. For this reason I at a show was disqualified, according to Shorthair, there are only two alleles at store frozen semen primarily for my the judge, “because of black hairs the B locus, B (black) and b (liver). A own use. If another breeder asks to use running down his back.” After the show, purebred Shorthair can be homozygous it, I must feel comfortable with the the judge wrote to the parent club and black (BB), heterozygous black (Bb), or pedigree and production record of the quoted a sentence from “GSP Coat liver (bb), in solid coat color or with breeder’s bitch line. Colors,” found on the club’s website, but white, but not a combination of liver, In order to ensure success, a reproduc - stopped short of the sentence that black and white.

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g The black allele B is dominant, and come up with placements. The final below those ranges is a severe fault and

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p (Bb) will be black because of the domi - judges an idea of where to put the most severity. s nant B allele. Conversely, if the nose is emphasis. A lot is wrapped up in number one: liver, both alleles have to be bb, because Extracted from the standard: structure and silhouette cover outline there is no B allele present to produce The question of coat and general type of (from the tip of the nose to the end of the color black. balance takes precedence over any scoring the tail) including proportion, topline, It’s that simple; liver nose = liver coat table which could be drawn up. The underline, leg length, elbows, and angu - color, even though the liver color may Chesapeake should be well proportioned, an lation. Other things to consider range from very dark to a lighter shade. animal with a good coat and well balanced include: hare feet, color, tail, and tem - Regardless of how dark a liver coat in other points being preferable to one perament. appears, if the dog has a liver nose, its coat excelling in some but weak in others. Therefore, a scale of points and/or a does not contain black hair—bb equals liver POSITIVE SCALE OF POINTS list of priorities can only be a guideline. color, period. Head, including lips, ears and eyes 16 Color scales as only four points but Once again, we ask those judging the Neck 4 becomes a big issue if the color is black GSP to remember: When looking at a Shoulders and Body 12 and the dog needs to be disqualified, or dark liver-colored dog and you for Hindquarters and Stifles 12 if a dog has white spots in places that some reason experience trompe l’oeil, Elbows, Legs and Feet 12 call for a disqualification. check the nose! A liver-pigmented nose Color 4 So keep it all in perspective. — Nat indicates the dominant allele B is not Stern and Tail 10 Horn; [email protected] present, thus there can be no black Coat and Texture 18 hairs or area of black in that dog’s or General Conformation 12 Curly-Coated bitch’s coat. — Patte Titus; (Total = 100) Retrievers [email protected] I feel strongly that when using this Obedience—Another Plus emphasis table and/or a list of priori - n other articles I have discussed the Chesapeake Bay ties, one must be careful not to allow a Iimportance of owning obedient Retrievers tendency to fault-judge and eliminate Curlies. However, just last week, after Priorities dogs too quickly. In other words you having shoulder surgery, I again realized here has been a general trend must consider all aspects and still “at the how pleasant it is to live with dogs who Twhile providing judges’ education end of the day” use your judging talent respond to our commands. to convey a prioritized list of the order to judge the whole dog. Scales of When I walked in the front door, I of importance of breed-standard aspects points and lists of priorities should only did not want a dog jumping up on me to consider while judging. be used as guidelines, and not as strict nor pushing me. The sit or stay com - The following is extracted from an judging techniques. mand is useful here until I was settled American Chesapeake Club document: My personal priorities that I consider in a chair. Of course, my dogs knew “A pitfall of judging is judging by while judging are as follows: that something different had occurred, preferences rather than by the standard. 1. Coat and a general type of balance and excitement was there. It is then The Chesapeake standard specifies flex - are most important—“balance” refer - that all past training is so important. ibility such as multiple colors, ranges of ring to a well-structured, functionally When we own a well-trained Curly, sizes and weights, heads, waving styles capable dog that shows soundness and that dog will actually work as a therapy of coat and variance in acceptable displays a good “breed type” silhouette. dog in a natural manner. The retrieving toplines. 2. Next is the consideration of the ability of our breed can be so well uti - It is very easy for a judge to prefer a head and the nuances of all the head lized when dropping or finding objects type that is one color, a head style, a parts that include the small ears; open, (the find or take command), and very certain size, one specific topline, or a somewhat oval yellow or amber eyes; useful when one has a leg injury and it coat style. To do so is totally unfair to appropriate length and shape of skull is difficult to walk. the dog, the exhibitor, and the breed. and muzzle; medium stop; good lips; I realize that some of the exercises This dismisses dogs who may fit the head in general with a clean, “cut away” that create a challenge to us in the obe - standard very well. look (well chiseled), and a good jaw dience ring can be so annoying, but do The key to good judging of the and bite. not give up. After living many years Chesapeake is to judge the whole dog, 3. Size is important in that the stan - with Curlies, all of whom earned obe - weigh all virtues and faults and then dard has specified ranges. Above or dience titles, I cannot stress enough that

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g one’s past hard work will be well worth age or a toy. We have noticed that some your dog is overstimulated looking out

n it. The success at different obedience dogs are calmed simply by wearing a of windows in the car, until you can i

t levels will become so important when very wide plastic collar fitted snugly. teach him to ride quietly and safely in

r challenging situations arise. Each year, The wrap can be used whenever the one place. — Sally J. Terroux;

o your dog will be more delightful to live dog needs a calming effect, such as [email protected]

p with, and all of your past patience in when riding in the car, socializing, or s the ring will manifest itself when one becoming anxious about thunder - Golden Retrievers needs it. storms. As the dog’s behavior improves Front Angulation on the Dog Also, since Curlies can become bored through the calming training and wrap, he desired construction of the with repetition, I have decided to occa - the wrap itself can gradually be phased Tforequarters is one of the most sionally take a break from the higher out. This might take a long time, due to misunderstood and controversial areas levels of training and try one of the the Flat-Coat’s prolonged adolescent of canine anatomy. optional titling events that some obedi - period. Breeders and judges often mention ence clubs offer. Beginner’s Novice is Storm-shyness can become worse problems with a lack of balance and especially tempting, as that combines a with age, however, and a variety of angulation in the forequarters, yet little of rally with basic obedience. techniques should be employed. If your sometimes it seems that the definition I have just received word that the dog is at all sensitive to noise, be noisy of a “correct” front is a mystery to most Curly-Coated Retriever Club of and gradually noisier when you feed or exhibitors and breeders. America will be holding the club’s first play with him. Use tapes or CDs of Rachel Page Elliott, author of Hunting Retriever Test in Ohio this storms, trains, fireworks, and other Dogsteps, was one of a number of peo - month. Anyone who wishes to see a sounds—softly at first, and gradually ple who involved themselves in exten - number of Curlies performing in the louder during play, work, and feeding, sive research into just what it is that field should attend this event. For more to gradually condition your dog to allows a dog to move correctly or information, please contact me. — Ann expect positive things to happen with incorrectly. Shinkle; [email protected] increasing noise. Her research led her to conclude, We have cured gun-shyness, which based on the study of X-rays of dogs in Flat-Coated was previously thought to be incurable, motion as well as standard X-rays, that Retrievers so patience and persistence pays off. the most desirable front angulation was Anxiety Wraps and Calming If your dog is becoming storm-shy, not 45 degrees, as is commonly taught, Caps talk to your vet or behaviorist about but between about 30 to 35 degrees. he Flat-Coated Retriever can be possible medication as well. Storm- or This is a considerably more open angle Tan excitable breed that can easily noise-shyness can be caused by disci - than the right angle we’d been taught develop separation and other anxieties. plining with noise (such as with news - to expect. I’ve written before about training papers and shaker cans) or by leaving Some experts disagree with these techniques that calm the Flat-Coat and dogs outdoors unsupervised and findings. I’ve often wondered why the relieve anxiety, but since those articles exposed to noise that is threatening (in difference. we have also learned to use anxiety the dog’s opinion) or severe storms. I offer for your consideration three wraps and calming caps. Calming caps are made of cloth that points that give possible answers to this The snugness of an anxiety wrap is your dog can see through, fitted over puzzling question. First, there is a dif - comforting to the dog and has a calm - your dog’s eyes, causing him to be less ference between what we see on the ing effect as long as the dog is under distressed and stimulated about nearby exterior of the dog and the actual the control of the owner, like swaddling activities. It can be compared to blind - skeletal structure beneath the flesh and a baby. An anxiety wrap can either be a ers on a horse. You can purchase these muscle. The angles of the shoulder wrap or towel pinned with horse-blan - or make them yourself. If a dog is over - blade and upper arm are not always ket pins tightly around the dog’s chest stimulated by squirrels or rabbits while easily seen or felt on the body of a dog, and body, or a professionally made item. on a walk (on leash) or by the other especially on a coated breed like our The Flat-Coat is taught to wear it dur - dogs at training class, a calming cap can Goldens. Often we are required to ing on-lead training at first, when he or be used temporarily until your training make an approximation. Making precise she can easily be trained to leave it of your dog takes over and he learns to measurement points on the outside alone. As the dog becomes familiar with be controllable under those circum - body of a dog so they are consistent the wrap, the leash can be gradually stances. on every dog measured would be very eliminated, but leaving a wrapped Flat- We prefer to train dogs to totally difficult. Coat unsupervised can lead to unwrap - ignore small animals, which are nothing Second, much depends on exactly ping and eating of the material by a but a frustration to the dog anyway. The where you do the measuring. Not Flat-Coat, who might swallow a band - calming cap can also be used when everyone can accurately pinpoint the

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g exact location of a dog’s withers (the good approximation. Hopefully this who had some issues with other dogs.

n highest point of the scapula, or shoul - helps to clarify just how front angula - In the end, Beau was gratefully i

t der blade). (Remember, to be consis - tion should be measured. accepted by my state’s prison system as

r tent the measurements must be made As always, your comments are drug dog. Since he was to be handled

o from exactly the same point on every invited. — Jeffrey G. Pepper; by professionals, I felt confident they

p dog measured no matter the size of the [email protected] would manage his social difficulties s dog.) This is true whether you are responsibly—probably more so than the measuring along the skin or coat of a Labrador Retrievers any hunting home that might have dog or internally on the actual bones. Keeping the Numbers Down adopted him. Mrs. Elliott took her measurements veryone is limited in the number Rehoming a dog does not necessitate from X-rays and measured the withers Eof dogs they can develop. Each removing him from the breeding pool. based on the spine of bone at the cen - animal depletes the time and money Stud rights, co-ownerships, and litter- ter of the scapula (find a photo of a potentially available to the others. A or puppy-back agreements can work so dog’s scapula, and you’ll easily see this dedicated fancier carefully considers the that the dog need not represent a “dead spine). Thus, she always measured the dogs he can manage and evaluates each end” to the line. With the advent of dogs from the same exact spot on every animal regularly at three different levels: semen-freezing technology, a male can dog. their contribution to the household, even be neutered after collection and Finally, it is very difficult for almost their contribution to the reputation the semen controlled by the breeder. everyone to consistently and accurately and/or progress of the kennel, and the Rehoming may also mean that a dog visualize a 32-degree angle, especially potential benefit to the breed at large. gets development and exposure beyond on multiple dogs of different sizes and When it is determined that one’s efforts what his first home could offer. breeds. However, because we see it so are best applied to fewer or different Two considerations are vital to a sat - often in our daily lives—in the con - dogs, it is appropriate to seek another isfactory match. It is critical the person struction of every building, for exam - situation for the animal. placing the dog be extremely open ple—it is relatively easy for us to visual - It can be difficult on several levels to about their reasons for the placement ize a 90-degree (or “right”) angle. The move a dog out of a program. Working and the shortcomings they see in the line formed by a vertical line pointing closely with an animal is the surest way dog. The need for frankness is also true straight up (like the corner of a wall in to develop an emotional attachment. It for adopters. If both parties agree that your home) and the horizontal line of is often the dogs we struggle with the match might suit, then it is wise to the floor form a 90-degree angle. whom we end up closest to. Secondly, place the dog on a trial basis. Usually Using this valuable bit of informa - there is a sense of failure that either two to three weeks is long enough for tion, we can easily approximate half of one’s early evaluation was incorrect, or the dog to begin feeling at home and this (or 45 degrees) and closely deter - that one’s own ability as trainer or for incompatibilities, if there are to be mine the shoulder layback of the dog showman didn’t bring out the best in any, to appear. by how closely the midpoint of the the dog. Lastly, there is empathy for the Serious competitors know keeping shoulder blade comes to an angle of 45 dog who may be floundering despite the numbers down at home is a neces - degrees off the vertical. his efforts. Every animal deserves to be sity. Sharing a well-bred, trained dog The upper arm should be approxi - successful at his work. with someone who recognizes they mately the same length as the shoulder The easygoing nature of the don’t need the demands of a puppy can blade and should return back under - Labrador Retriever makes him emi - be gratifying. For a dog wanting to be neath the dog at an equivalent angle as nently adaptable. The typical Labrador’s loved and worked, finding a situation the layback of the scapula, thus forming ability to change households and loyal - he can be successful in is a kindness, about 90 degrees, or a right angle. ties is one of the reasons the breed is so too. Indeed, if you were to drop a vertical successful as a service dog. They gener - With careful screening and forth - line from the withers to the ground, ally make the transition from raiser to rightness by all involved, placing a dog that line should run through the elbow trainer to handicapped person with in a new home can be a positive for all of the front leg, thus forming an equal ease. With some effort, a person can three parties. — Lee Foote; Seattle, Wash. return of 45 degrees. find a second career for their dog that is There is more to this discussion than productive and satisfying for all Nova Scotia Duck space allows. However, if we were able involved. The matronly retired brood Tolling Retrievers to measure as exactly and accurately on bitch might be perfect for a household Water Hazards our living dogs what Pagey measured with many young children or for some - ollers are great little water dogs. on her X-rays, I would bet that we’d one looking for a readymade therapy TMost love water. This is not the come up with similar answers. For now, dog. I once struggled to find a hunting type of breed that will walk around a using the 90-degree measurement is a home for a high-drive rescue Labrador puddle. They can find and get into

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g water when it would seem that there is English Setters for statistical analysis. Names of dogs are BAER Testing—Hear, Hear! n none to be found. Sometimes this published or confidential, in compli - i

t ability can get unwary owners into he BAER (Brainstem Auditory ance with the owner’s wish. The r sticky situations. TEvoked Response) test diagnoses ESAA’s database, maintained by Jane o Hiking in the desert with a Toller deafness in dogs. The incidence of Wooding, has so much integrity that its

p would seem to be an activity where genetic deafness in English Setters has data are sent to the Orthopedic s you wouldn’t necessarily have to be prompted the English Setter Foundation for Animals periodically dealing with a wet dog. In fact, you Association of America to require that and are merged with OFA’s data. might want to bring lots of water ES be screened for it, as well as for hip Richard Fox has been a liaison between along. and elbow dysplasia, in order to be the ESAA and the OFA for many years, Then, from just out of sight, around a assigned a Canine Health Information even sitting on OFA’s board, and was bend, comes your dog covered in the Center (CHIC) number. instrumental in paving the way for blackest of stinky, brackish gunk you All puppies are born deaf. In normal- ESAA BAER data to become part of can only find in desert watering-holes, hearing puppies, the ear canal gradually the OFA database. either man-made or natural. Have fun opens, and the puppy can hear at Data for entire litters and families are on the ride home! around age 3 weeks. In puppies who important because the more hearing Watering the yard carries some spe - have an inherited form of deafness, part animals there are throughout a pedi - cial hazards. Tollers aren’t unique in of the blood supply to the inner ear gree, the better the chances for that their tendency to fight with the water degenerates and the cochlear nerve family tree to produce normal hearing hose; many other breeds do that as well. cells subsequently die, resulting in per - progeny in future generations. Combine watering the yard with a manent deafness by 5–7 weeks of age. If there is an unacceptable level of doggy door and a Toller, now you’re The disorder can be associated with deafness in a canine family, there are going to have some fun. You go inside pigmentation patterns, one of which is plenty of ways to enjoy puppies and for whatever reason, and the dog fol - piebald coloration (a blending of col - dogs from that family without breeding lows you carrying the running hose ored and white hairs), a characteristic of them. Folks looking for a wonderful, right through the doggy door. English Setters (see G. M. Strain, loving pet will find a unilaterally hear - Countless hoses have been the victims “Color and Deafness in Dogs,” fleetfire - ing puppy easy to incorporate into of many a Toller pup. timbers.com/FFT/Articles/Color and their household, and that puppy will be Water in the yard can also be an invi - Deafness in Dogs.htm ) . basically normal. For folks who enjoy a tation to dig. Pools and ponds in the Puppies who can hear in only one special challenge, a bilaterally deaf yard are temptations, which are very ear (unilaterally deaf pups, or “unis”) puppy can be a loving, joyful compan - difficult to resist without the help of act so normal that the BAER test is ion, as long as patience and special barricades. Even if the owner is OK necessary to identify them, and some - training methods that do not incorpo - with the dog being in the pool or times the test is necessary to identify rate sound are used and precautions are pond, it’s probably not a good idea to bilaterally deaf puppies too. Removing taken to keep the dog safe from dangers let them have unsupervised access. They all deaf individuals from a breeding he cannot hear. can be quite creative with the mischief program, whether bilaterally or unilat - For more information on congenital they can find, not to mention the safety erally deaf, is a necessary step to reduce deafness, BAER testing, CHIC, and issues. the incidence of deafness in a breed. training deaf dogs, go to offa.org, One would think that having a breed Responsible ES breeders should esaa.com/Health/BaerInfo.html, and that loves the water so much, there BAER-test all puppies before placing lsu.edu/deafness/deaf.htm (this site wouldn’t be any issues getting them them. Even puppies earmarked for includes a list of BAER test sites), into water. If the water is on their nonbreeding homes should be tested, among others. —Jill Warren; terms, sure. because the breeder needs to know [email protected] However, once the human part of what a stud dog and brood bitch are the equation starts imposing rules producing overall in order to make regarding water, the Toller’s quirkiness sound future breeding decisions. Gordon Setters comes into play. Bathtime comes to BAER-testing centers are not plentiful, The Power of Your Voice mind. It’s probably something to do but any responsible breeder must find a earning the songs to sing: know the with not being in control, but some - way to get the test done before placing Lpower of your voice. times the same Toller who demands puppies. A breeder who cannot do this Use it wisely and lovingly, not as a that an owner squirt them with a hose should not be in a breed where inher - weapon. in the yard is the one quivering in the ited deafness is possible. Time to dust off my puppy-training shower or tub come bathtime. — Phyllis For many years the ESAA has main - skills. I now have a new, homebred McDonald; [email protected] tained a database of BAER information puppy.

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g The first thing a puppy owner, memories, can hold a grudge, and do that puts on events. This applies to any

n whether new or seasoned, should ask is, not forgive being deeply hurt. Training kind of organization: show-giving clubs i

t “What do I want to train this puppy commands delivered with an angry, and obedience, agility, tracking, field,

r (or adult dog) to do?” There are myriad yelling, loud, or mean voice meant to and even earthdog or coursing clubs.

o answers. The categories include: to intimidate, along with hand gestures All have one thing in common: They

p show; to do performance (such as field and intimidating body language, fall need money for everything, from s trials, hunt tests, personal hunting, or into that category. trophies to ribbons, tents, rings, and obedience, rally, agility, or tracking); to Reading your pup is all-important. venues. do search-and-rescue; and/or to be a From your pup’s responses, you will The list of expenses could go on for family friend and household pet. know you are singing the right “song” the rest of this column. The point is No matter what you decide, it will and have succeeded in using your train - that the money to pay for all of this has require training. The building blocks of ing tool wisely. to come from somewhere. Usually it the training foundation are three simple My dogs’ safety is my main goal. I comes out of the club treasury, which commands, and ones that can save the achieve it by ensuring they follow my most often requires fund-raising— pup’s life: learning his name, to imme - commands. But I also strive to keep unless yours is the exceptional organi - diately come when called, and learning their independence intact, and I inten - zation, endowed by wealthy dog lovers! what “no” really means (which in and tionally put them in situations where There are not too many of those, of itself covers myriad other things). they must think for themselves. although there used to be “benefac - Housetraining and other important “liv - The earlier a child is asked to think tors,” who supported clubs from their ing lessons” are vital but not lifesaving. for himself, to develop and strengthen private treasuries. The most important training tool is neuron pathways, the better developed All clubs engage in some kind of your voice. Your voice can alarm; it can those pathways become as he ages. I activities that involve money—often soothe; it can be threatening; it can be believe the same is true in training a lots of it—and it is helpful to find out harsh and commanding in times of life- puppy. I do not want a pup looking to what other organizations do to fill the threatening crisis, when a command me to make every decision for him coffers. Here are some ideas that clubs must be followed; and it can be gentle once the three important commands of have put into action as fund-raisers. and loving. name response, “come,” and “no” are Start early to engage your members Voice is defined as the sounds humans well entrenched. in fundraising activities. Some clubs make with our larynx, which covers a The more mentally challenged pups begin raising money the minute the seemingly infinite number of choices. It are as youngsters, the better equipped curtain falls on the previous event. is also defined as the ability to make they will be as adults to think on their Some start by offering raffle tickets for musical sounds, or songs. Our challenge own and to save themselves if need be. free nights of lodging at the following is to learn to make the right sounds at They will be well adjusted and happy. A year’s show. This involves dealing with the appropriate time, and to “sing” the pup trained by yelling, or loud, angry, the host hotel. As a corollary to that, right songs to our puppies or adult harsh commands can become timid and most hotels offer free “comp” rooms if dogs using clear, consistent, calm, and fearful. the club guarantees a certain number of loving words to the “songs” (or com - The intimidated pup can be so fear - room nights. These could be used to mands). ful that he relies solely on his owner to house judges and others directly Gordons are a mystifying combina - make decisions for him because he has involved with putting on the event. tion of stubbornness (true to their been “yelled” into submission. “Songs” Another way of getting interest Scottish heritage) and softness, these (commands) delivered with clarity, con - started is to have logo information, sensitivities requiring a “velvet glove” sistency, and a calm, clear, even, loving shirts, caps, or other come-ons available training approach. Gordons live to voice, will work. at the close of the current year’s event. please their person. If their person uses Wisely select the songs you sing and Some clubs provide complete informa - her voice as a scolding/punishing tool, the accompanying words. They will be tion packets, including lodging infor - it can have terribly negative affects. “the wind beneath your wings”—songs mation, local attractions, and order Conversely, using your voice to to share with your pup that will last a forms for rooms and events requiring praise/soothe/love has rewarding lifetime, and perhaps could even save tickets. The more publicity a club can results. Using it for corrections, if done his life. — Carolyn Gold; issue over the course of the coming properly, is very affective—we are [email protected] year, the better for the bottom line. singing the right songs. Using it for Some clubs hold raffles well ahead of harsh punishment can have long-last - Irish Setters the event, enlisting club members, ing, disastrous ramifications. A Gordon Club Fund-raising Ideas especially those on the host club com - can totally shut down if the owner’s und-raising is a perennial chore that mittees, to sell tickets. It is helpful to “song” is too harsh. Gordons have long Fmust be undertaken by any club make the raffles specific to various

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g aspects of club activities. These might One club has made a tradition of In August 1987, a report by Peter

n include raffles for rescue, health selling small electric candles, or lumi - Millington titled “The Genetic i

t research, or any number of activities naria, in small bags in memory of a Consequences of Crossing Irish Red

r that depend on donations. beloved pet or person. These are placed and White Setter with Irish Red

o To prevent attendees from becoming around the ring or other event in Setters” was published in the

p “raffled” to death, each raffle can be which spectators gather. The bags can IRWSCGB’s newsletter as a result of an s designated for a specific purpose and be mailed in advance to allow time for inquiry by the Kennel Club asking for held on a designated day during the participants to decorate them. Candles the views of the IRWSCGB Genetic event. could be picked up at the event. A Sub-Committee regarding the pro - Clubs offer many different prizes to modest fee is usually charged for partic - posed Irish out-crossing of the Irish attract people to these fundraising ipation; it is also a really nice way to Red and White Setter with the Irish opportunities. Beautiful baskets have honor special dogs or people. Red Setter in their three-year breeding become very popular, with every part of Publicity is key to successful fund- program, 1988–1990, which was the country represented by residents raising—start early, and continue until designed to improve the working abil - who attend the event. For clubs that it is over! — Connie Vanacore; ity of the breed while safeguarding the have many local affiliates, baskets pro - [email protected] unique color which identifies the vide a great opportunity to highlight IRWS. what is special in their regions. Irish Red and White After a long discussion, which Some clubs raffle one or two impor - Setters included the report, it was unanimously tant items. These may be unusual col - Will History Repeat Itself? agreed by the IRWSCGB genetics sub - lectibles, jewelry, clothing, handmade here has been considerable committee that this was undesirable quilts, or artwork. A few even make Tconcern throughout the Irish Red here at this time, and the Kennel Club arrangements with car dealerships to and White Setter community regarding was notified of the decision. offer an automobile as a raffle prize. the proposal of a 2011 International The 1987 report has relevance to Some clubs have found that electronic Outcross Program for the Irish Red today’s 2011 outcross-program issues, devices such as mobile phones are very and White Setter and the Irish Red but it was written 24 years ago when popular raffle prizes. Silent auctions are Setter. As this is an international mapping of the canine genome, coeffi - another way to encourage giving, and a program, the Irish Red and White cients of inbreeding, breed diversity, and live auction with a talented auctioneer Setter Club of Ireland recommends that inbreeding depression were not con - is often a popular way to separate peo - it would be run with cooperation of cepts in everyday parlance. ple from their money. the Irish Red Setter Club and the Peter Millington wrote: Other ideas, requiring little outlay of national kennel club of that country, “The purpose of this report is to money, include the following: the Irish Kennel Club, and the Irish outline the effects on the IRWS as a A class for senior citizens, dressed in Red and White Setter Club of Ireland. breed, if out-crossing with Irish Red appropriate costumes, to be judged on The Outcross Program has been pro - Setter were to become possible. The any criteria, such as the oldest dog with posed due to the low number of Irish aesthetic, moral, and ethical issues of the oldest handler, the youngest dog Red and White Setters in Ireland and such an outcross are beyond the scope with the oldest handler, the most inept the fear that inbreeding will cause of this report, which has been written handler, or the best handler. The club genetic problems, and a desire to lower so that the committee has some genetic can charge a token fee and enlist one of CIOs. facts in front of them while addressing its members to judge. Ribbons or little Given the widespread impact this the subject, rather than the vague, sub - gifts are appropriate for the winners. current outcross program will have on jective ideas of what might happen. Some clubs offer a golf tourna - the breed, letters have been written by “The breed, as you are well aware, is ment—not necessarily to raise money the Irish Red and White Setter numerically extremely small and has for the show or trial, but as a fun alter - Association (U.S.), the Irish Red and been for the most of this [the 20th] nate activity for attendees and their White Setter Club of Great Britain, and century. In fact it may be argued that spouses. the Irish Red and White Setter Club of the breed has never been numerically Holding a match show or an agility Canada to the Irish Kennel Club, the strong, even in Ireland at the height of or practice rally trial in advance of the American Kennel Club, and the FCI its popularity. Therefore it has probably show is another good way to raise stating their concerns and questioning been outcrossed with working Setters money. Since the equipment for agility the need to outcross at this time, as from early in its life, which has kept it would be there already, it would not be there is no evidence of threat to the from the virtual extinction that has necessary to rent additional items. Using Irish Red and White Setter. never been far away. In the 1980s the local judges would save considerable Now, with permission, let’s go back breed is in a period of greatest interest money for those pre-show events. in time. and popularity, which is reflected in an

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g increased birthrate.” 35 pounds and no taller than 16 inches Boykin’s chest is a like a beacon to the

n Due to limited space, the report for the female. This cannot be stressed fowl being hunted. i

t could not printed in its entirety. enough in the conformation ring, as • White on the chest that can’t be

r However, it addresses many facts and size is the very reason for the dog’s fully covered with a quarter is not

o genetic issues as to how out-crossing existence. acceptable.

p would affect such characteristics as type, The Boykin is also a flushing spaniel. I think it helps to know the “why” s conformation, temperament, soundness, • In order to flush game in the low behind the statements in a breed stan - and working ability. vegetation where upland game tends to dard! — Carole Thomas; Also, coat color would be greatly be found, he has to be small and com - [email protected] affected by out-crossing, along with the pact enough to get his nose in there! possibility of accidentally introducing The Boykin Spaniel is a happy fellow, Clumber Spaniels genes that are harmful, such as for and this is evidenced by his almost con - his month we continue the article PRA, entropion, epilepsy, and so on. stantly-wagging tail. One of the first Tabout Crufts 2011 that began in He also describes the effects that the S, game birds that Boykins were used to the July 2011 issue. ssp , and piebald genes would have on track was the wild turkey. There are dif - the breed. ferent ways to hunt turkey, but com - Crufts 2011 PART TWO The full report is well worth reading mon among them is using a turkey There is a separate hefty catalog for and can be found by going to the Irish blind. To prevent some of the leaf- each of the four days. Dogs, bitches, and Red and White Setter Club of Great rustling caused by his wagging tail, champions are listed together, alphabet - Britian’s website, www.irishredandwhite - breeders, perhaps Mr. Boykin himself, ized by the owner’s last name with full setterclub.com and clicking on “2011 began docking puppies’ tails at 2 to 3 particulars, the number assigned Outcross Program.” days old. Dewclaws are removed at the according to this order, and followed The question is, “Will history repeat same time, to prevent injury in the with another listing by class that gives itself?” field. only the dog’s number and name. I, for one, hope not. — Lee Robinson; • The Boykin Spaniel will have a Obviously one cannot tell the sex by an [email protected] docked tail of varying lengths. His odd or even number. There are no dewclaws will have been removed. armbands, only large cards attached to Boykin Spaniels It is the intent of the parent club to the exhibitor’s chest—and even harder Why: The Boykin Spaniel in maintain the Boykin as an active hunt - to read than armbands. In Clumbers Conformation ing dog. He should be able to go from there were nine classes: Veteran, Special t the turn of the 20th century, the field to the show ring with little Puppy, Special Junior, Post Graduate, Alocal hunters along the Wateree more than a bath and a good brushing. Limit, Open, Field Trial, Special River in South Carolina found Their coat comes in varying degrees of Working Gundog, and Good Citizen themselves in need of a smaller nearly flat to curly. There is no distinc - Dog Scheme. Dogs are judged before retriever to carry by section-boat and tion in the standard regarding coat bitches, but surprisingly a first place is use at their hunting grounds along the except that it should be chocolate and awarded a red ribbon, second place a Wateree River. Once their small boats have an undercoat as well as an over - blue. were filled with hunters and supplies, coat. Hunters tend to keep their In addition to Best of Breed there is there was little room for a Labrador Boykin’s coat fairly short with enough a Best Puppy. Note that there is no Retriever, and once in the boat a feathering on the legs, chest, and belly Specials class; non-champions compete restless dog could send them all into for protection. The shorter coat reduces against champions for the coveted the water. When a turkey, goose, duck, the time required to remove burrs after Challenge Certificate (CC), of which or other fowl was downed and the the hunt. The ears, which are naturally three are required under different retriever returned it to the boat, it curly even in a smooth-coated Boykin, judges to become a champion. Only at could be very difficult to get the large are trimmed for the same reason. large championship shows are CCs dog back aboard without capsizing it. • A Boykin should never be pre - awarded—one for dogs, one for bitches. They needed a smaller dog—a “pocket sented in the conformation ring Benching is about like that at retriever,” if you will. groomed with excessive coat, feather - Westminster, but with greater owner What does this have to do with the ing, or a skirt. They cannot function in presence. Enough said. breed’s conformation? the field as they were intended to with One is struck by a much greater • The Boykin Spaniel was specifically such trappings. degree of informality than in our bred to be that small dog. He is nick - When hunting fowl, hunters wear shows. People in the front row have named “the little dog who doesn’t rock camouflage. The small, chocolate- their feet literally on the green carpet the boat.” Maximum size is 40 pounds coated Boykin blends in with the back - of the ring, converse with exhibitors, and 18 inches tall for the male, and 30– ground. A large area of white on a pet the dogs, and even cross a corner of

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g the ring while judging is in progress. enced AKC Sporting Group and per - AKC/Eukanuba venue or the Javits

n There is often a change of handlers formance judge who not only con - Center in New York, but it was staffed i

t during judging, and exhibitors exit at firmed my observations but pointed by knowledgeable, pleasant dog people.

r various places. There are no show pho - out a host of details which I would not For me, the best aspect of the entire

o tographers, there obviously being no have noticed, amounting to a three- trip was to be able to finally meet in

p custom of recording show wins in this hour seminar of Clumberology. person wonderful Clumber people s way. For spectators a special permit is I had steeled myself to the prospect with whom I have long corresponded. required to photograph, though a judge of witnessing only undocked tails, but I We had much in common to discuss. is automatically permitted to do so. was pleasantly surprised to see more On the negative side, the Crufts trip The judge does a short written or than expected those in accord with the (March 7–14) coincided with the most taped critique of each class winner. As traditional age-old custom. Dogs important AKC Delegates’ meeting of each breed is judged, there are one or whelped before April 2007 are still per - the year, when we vote on the all-pow - two booths actually attached to the mitted to be as they have been since at erful AKC Board. Proxy voting is not ringside containing breed items for sale. least the Wheatley painting of 1788. (It allowed, thus my fellow delegates and I Each day’s group is judged at the end of is reported there is a marked decrease were disenfranchised. Also, when travel - that day (with four placements, not six), in the traditionally docked breeds being ing abroad, the weakness of the U.S. with BIS and Reserve BIS judged on shown.) dollar becomes painfully evident with the last evening. Prize money was 100 The Clumber judge was Michelle each transaction. Bottom line: Would I pounds for BIS (awarded only since Meredith, who has been breeding go again? In an instant! 1928), 50 for Reserve BIS and Group Clumbers for the past 24 years under Reminder: Home is where the 1, 25 for Best of Breed, and 10 for Best the Andchelle affix and is on the A1 list Clumber is. of Opposite. for U.K. Clumber judges (the top “Don’t accept your dog’s admiration Since the August 2008 airing of the experience-based rating). The two CCs as conclusive proof that you are won - infamous BBC television program awarded were both to Clumbers from derful.” — Bryant Freeman, Ph.D., P.O. Pedigree Dogs Exposed there has been abroad: The Dog CC went to Ralph Box 3565, Lawrence, Kan., 66046 great emphasis on avoiding anything Dunne’s (Ireland) Sh. Ch. Antonine that could be construed as an exaggera - Polar Express at Richley, whelped Cocker Spaniels tion of breed type. I would describe the December 3, 2004, and bred by Linda Finding Inspiration British fancy as being almost “shell- McGillivray, by Tweedsmuir White nvolvement in raising and showing shocked.” Everywhere were signs Hunter x Sh. Ch. Heibax Sunrise ICockers is complex and intense, defensively proclaiming HAPPY , Special at Antonine. The Bitch CC and some might say a full-time job. The HEALTHY DOGS . Best of Breed went to Lana Levai’s challenge is finding inspiration to The result, certainly in our breed, has (Croatia) Chervood’s Snow Bibi of continue long-term. been a decided difference in breed cri - Kola, whelped March 1, 2010, and bred The breed’s complexity manifests in teria. I am not a judge, but the all- by Rita Frahm and Ernst Anne, by a number of ways: important first impression as the DK/AT Ch. Chervood’s Snow Runner • Entrance into the world. Cocker Clumbers came into the ring was of (Denmark) x DK Ch. Don’s Big Time babies can be passive when it comes to plain heads: insufficient stops, imper - (Sweden). entering the world and embracing the ceptible brows, and lack of those pen - The “Discover Dogs” section (like food source! You may need to sell the dulous flews so essential to the majesty our “Meet the Breeds”) presented a lit - newborn Cocker on the value of eat - of our breed, especially in the male. tle more than 200 breeds, each staffed ing! They take tremendous human Many were high on leg, with toplines all day for the four days of the show, oversight in their early days. often embarrassing, tail onset too high and in my opinion greatly surpassing • Grooming. Maintenance of this or too low. Straight stifles were as benching both in interest and effective - breed requires work and observation; prevalent as in America. Many were ness. Benching has become demonstra - the coat condition and ears are two lacking in bone as well as in substance. bly redundant when there is also “Meet focal points. Trimming for show is not Gaiting, however, was on the whole the Breeds” or “Discover Dogs.” This only an exercise in skill but in patience. quite acceptable. Grooming in a few section consisted necessarily of several What hours did you spend to get feet cases was so bad that one yearned to long rows of none-too-large, uniform trimmed perfectly? have the dog for just a few minutes on cubicles, each with a pen containing • Nutrition. I attended an excellent one’s grooming table. one to three dogs and the partitions seminar for a Cocker club audience by I had the enormous privilege of sit - covered with breed-specific pictures a veterinary expert in nutrition, bladder ting ringside for the almost three hours and information. Unfortunately, there stones, and so on. He made a memo - of Clumber judging with Sue Sellers was not the space for the often-explo - rable statement, saying he wished he Rose, a highly knowledgeable, experi - sive individuality such as seen at the could tell us there was one dog food

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g that would be right for a whole kennel course and to the standard. On his second contact, he missed a

n of Cockers, but he couldn’t. You, a These two concepts supply inspira - mark that had dropped into a deeply i

t Cocker caretaker, must pay attention to tion. Find the inspiration to proceed shadowed treeline across a dirt road. He

r whether your dog is thriving (or not) with your chosen, complex work with hunted tirelessly for it but just would

o on a particular food. Not all Cockers the Cocker! — Kristi L. Tukua, P.O. Box not cross the visual barrier to the tree -

p digest or “use” a food the same way. 557, Delano, Minn., 55328-0557 line, and the wind did not carry the s Your time in reading labels, reading scent over. educational materials, choosing food English Cocker The judges suggested I take him to and supplements, and observing how Spaniels the edge of the field and send him your Cocker is faring is substantial. his month, guest columnist Karen across the road into the treeline, which Management skills are required for a TFremuth, a respected and was about 25 feet over. Cruiser did not caretaker of a number of dogs. accomplished English Cocker hunt and yet fully comprehend “Back” or “Over,” • Genetic planning. Crucial genetic field expert, continues the story of the however. considerations are involved in planning breed’s very first field-titled Best in On the very last attempt, I pulled out Cocker breeding programs. A challenge Show winner, Ch. Ashbrook Cruise the only tool I had left. I had taught my is that a genetic problem may take years Control, RN, JH, WD—showing that dogs to run through one dog yard and to make itself evident in a dog. Where, English Cockers can indeed do it all, “Go on” to the next. So, that’s what I then, can you find inspiration to fuel with beauty, brains, and the natural told him: a wave to the treeline, and your efforts in this activity long-term? ability that the breed was developed for. “Go on!” He looked at me for a Step back and consider these two con - moment, eyes opened wide with a big cepts: Cruiser: Our First Field-titled “Oh!”—and he dashed straight to the (1) The Cocker’s versatility. As multi - BIS Winner PART TWO treeline and found his bird. faceted as the breed is to raise, it is mul - Cruiser took to basic obedience Cruiser’s best performance was on tifaceted in its qualities and abilities. quickly and happily. From there, I his last test weekend. By then, his expe - Gather inspiration from observation or introduced the kind of direction-taking rience and time training had finally involvement in activities that utilize the and whistle responses he would need in started to show. He was mindful, he Cocker’s qualities and abilities. the field. I used tennis balls and training covered ground well and always within Watch the breed in action at an ele - dummies wrapped with pheasant wings range, and he had a good response to mentary-school “read to dogs” program to train for marking, directed retrieves, whistle and clean retrieves. He made that assists children learning to read. and to begin training for some sem - beautiful, leaping flushes, retrieved Watch the Cocker in action as a blance of quartering. This allowed him “traps” gently to hand, and refused to nursing-home therapy dog. The size, to concentrate on the lesson rather than give up on difficult finds—including a soft coat, and distinctive ears and face obsess on the birds, thus building a particularly challenging one in the make the breed a natural for this role. foundation with which to control his water on the first day. See the Cocker with flying ears take drive once birds are reintroduced. On the second day, Cruiser was quite the obedience ring jumps or go Lack of training early on did result in beside himself by the time we got to through an agility course. some problems that required special the water. No quiet trembling this time Thrill to a fun field day watching attention. While he did not show this … lunging and whining, when I let Cockers utilize their instincts in flush - tendency as a youngster, Cruiser had him go he gave an almighty bellow as ing birds. Seeing an exhibition of beau - developed a habit of mouthing and he leapt into the water! Fortunately, the tifully groomed specials Cockers can dropping his retrieves—and training judges felt drive trumped manners, and keep you enthusiastically pursuing your could not continue without a good, he passed for his final leg, making him activity. reliable retrieve. In the end, force- the first Best in Show –winning English (2) The history of the Cocker. Treasure breaking the retrieve was the cure. Cocker Spaniel to earn an AKC Hunt the history and development of the I entered Cruiser in his very first Test title. —K.F. breed. Seek old books, magazines and AKC Hunt Test when he was barely Thanks so much, Karen, for sharing memorabilia on the Cocker. Your ready. I knew the requisite skills were Cruiser’s story. — Lauren Ogburn; appreciation of the past and the contin - there, but I realized that a lack of solid [email protected] uing progression of the breed fuels your working experience and his still-mar - interest in improving quality. ginal self-control could be problematic. English Springer Take note of any “fads” or “trends” in I can’t say that it was a pretty first run. Spaniels the look of the breed over the passage He did a lot of things typical of a very More Kindness=More Majors of time and whether these fads were green dog, including wild-running on a f only there were more 5-point harmful to the breed. Use this informa - scent-saturated field, chasing nongame “I majors!” Did you ever sit, weary tion to keep Cockers on a steady birds, and “finding” the bird box. and far from home in a stark motel

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g room, looking at your beautiful, ready- ter groomer, peerless Springer artist, away.” The same general principles

n to-finish dog and make that wish? One dazzling jewelry designer, and co- apply, but the running-around is done i

t way to increase entries is to never fail owner (with Teresa Patton, Allen with a toy, and frequently their cousin

r to reach out and extend help and an Patton, and Diana Hadsall) of great and their mother join in the game. This

o encouraging welcome to new faces in Westminster winner Ch. Felicity’s game can get very noisy when the

p the grooming area and at ringside. Diamond Jim. Dehmel’s heart and gen - older dogs join in, and I just try to stay s Extending your hand of friendship, or a erosity is as huge as her artistic and out of their way and hope no one gets short “how to groom for the ring” dog-handling talents. She is a stalwart hurt—me included! lesson, could be just the nudge a new champion and advocate for all “Red light, green light” starts with exhibitor needs to become hooked on Springers. When you see a grooming one puppy usually engrossed in a toy. showing their dog. seminar by Dehmel offered, sign up The other puppy stalks the first puppy, Years ago, before I set foot for the before it fills. Can’t find one of her resembling a wolf hunting a deer on the very first time into the breed ring, a seminars? E-mail [email protected] for plains. When puppy 1 looks up, puppy 2 smiling woman walked over to my details about her beautifully illustrated freezes. As soon as puppy 1 looks at the setup and gave me the courage to wres - book, Grooming Basics for the English toy again, puppy 2 creeps forward tle the butterflies in my stomach and Springer Spaniel. slowly until within pouncing distance take my young dog into the ring. She Pledge to befriend someone new to and then the game is over, or a game of said my dog looked very nice. She the show ring. Gently guide a hopeful keep away ensues. Since this activity smiled and asked if I would like “a little novice to make their dog look like our takes place on a tile floor, it seems grooming help on his neck area?” standard ( essfta.org/standard.htm ). Create ridiculous that puppy 2 doesn’t think You bet I did. good karma when you pay a bit of puppy 1 can see it, but for some reason With one deft hand lifting his coat sportsmanship kindness forward. Your they persist in playing this game. on her steel comb and the other hand own payback may be the goodwill of a “King of the mountain” can either fluttering away with thinning shears, judge who cannot resist giving you the be played in the papasan chair in the she found the lovely arch of my dog’s purple Winners ribbon. — Sarah A. living room or the step-stool in the neck and left me staring with gaping Ferrell; [email protected] kitchen. The chair is much more com - astonishment. Just as our breed standard fortable and affords the occupant an requires, my dog suddenly transformed Field Spaniels excellent vantage point from which to to have a neck that was “moderately The Games Puppies Play fend off attackers. The step-stool is slip - long, muscular, clean and slightly ike children, puppies love to play pery, making it too easy to lose your arched at the crest … blends gradually Lgames. I find it interesting that position of power. and smoothly into sloping shoulders.” there are similarities in the games “Shark attack” isn’t truly a game, but She showed me how to properly played by both small children and it always results in a game of tag as a trim his tail, demonstrating how to use puppies. result of the “shark” (puppy 1) attacking the comb and the shears—thinning Due to unforeseen circumstances, I puppy 2, who is standing on hind legs until a perfect, merry Springer tail have both my “keeper puppy” from my receiving attention from the human sit - appeared. last litter and her brother. I spend a lot ting on the edge of the bed. The shark Amazingly, as she trimmed, and gen - of time socializing them separately, but is under the bed and grabs hold of one tly talked to my dog—who appeared to of course they need to spend time of the other puppy’s legs in an effort to know he was in the hands of a pro and together as well. As they approach their pull the puppy off of the human and an angel of grooming mercy—again 3-month birthday, I am fascinated by under the bed. Puppy 2 doesn’t want to the breed standard’s words became their playtime antics. be dragged under the bed, so fights flesh: “The croup slopes gently to the “Tag” has a simple premise. I run, back, and eventually takes the show on set of the tail, and tail-set follows the you chase me. When you catch me, I the road with a new game of tag. natural line of the croup.” She taught chase you. Inside, outside, under the So far they haven’t figured out how me which way to point the scissor tips bed, under the kitchen table, under the to play kick-the-can or hide-and-seek, to make “feet round or slightly oval, grooming table, be careful you don’t hit but I suppose it’s only a matter of time. compact and well-arched … well- your head … bonk … oops, too late! As I write, the 2011 Field Spaniel feathered between the toes.” “Base” appears to be one of several national specialty is history, and it is This master groomer who lit my oversized dog beds located on the liv - time to set our sights on the 2012 spe - flame of courage to step before the ing room floor. I enjoy watching them cialty in early May. Go to foxriverfield - judge, and who made my dog look play tag, primarily because they will spanielclub.org/2012_Specialty_Show.php similar to other lovely dogs as he wear themselves out and a worn-out for information pertaining to specialty floated around the ring, was Ruth puppy sleeps well. events. — Karin Cartwright; Dehmel, breeder ( renditioness.net ), mas - A slight variation on tag is “keep - [email protected]

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g Irish Water Spaniels Gali competes at field trials in addi - IWS in the field is the breed’s coat. The Ladies’ Choice PART ONE n tion to hunt tests, and in May 2009 he “Their spaniel ears and heavy coats i

t he Irish Water Spaniel Club of took a second place at the Long Island seem to be a problem in the water,” r TAmerica was founded in 1937 by a Field Trial that qualified him All Age. In suggests Kirkegard. She says that it is o small group of sporting men who the fall of 2010, he was entered at his unrealistic to run the breed while in a

p competed in field trials as well as in the first Amateur All-Age stake, where he show coat, but a “buzz-cut” is certainly s obedience and conformation rings. finished three series and remained workable. “This will save the handler a Today’s fanciers continue to compete in competitive throughout. Since last good deal of time before and especially these arenas. However, it is more likely March, the breed has been eligible to after the dogs are run,” she advises. that you’ll find a lady holding the lead. run in the Flushing Spaniel hunt tests, Kirkegard attests that only a handful When it comes to working their dogs and in June Gali became the breed’s of IWS owners train with the thought in the field, a few remarkable women first Senior Hunter Upland. of competing at field trials, although have taken the breed to new heights. “To be successful in AKC field trials she says that quite a few individuals This month, I’d like to introduce for retrievers,” Kirkegard says, “it is nec - train for the working certificate and GAZETTE readers to one of them. essary for a dog to go to marks in hunt tests. As a child, Elissa Kirkegard of straight lines and on blind retrieves.” “The advice I would give to anyone Doylestown, Pennsylvania, had standard These distances can sometimes be training these dogs, is to spend time Poodles, and in 1969 she began work - daunting, so a dog has to be willing to with the obedience part of fieldwork. ing them in the field. Since the breed go quite a distance away from the han - The IWS needs to know the sit, stay, was not then eligible to run in retriever dler in order to find the bird. “Not so come, heel, and fetch commands so they trials, Kirkegard became interested in with the spaniel and upland work,” she will respond predictably despite the dis - the IWS and purchased her first two says. “Flushing spaniels are expected to tractions they’re likely to encounter in dogs from Marion Hopkins’ Mallyree work in close proximity to the handler strange surroundings.” kennel. and provide birds that can be shot Kirkegard suggests that handlers need “Molly earned her WCX title, and within a reasonable distance.” to learn the correct way of handling a Spiffy a WC, at a time when there were According to Kirkegard, Gali seems retriever or a spaniel and should find a no hunt tests,” Kirkegard remembers. to understand the different techniques professional trainer and a training group “The only venues available to retrievers required of him at either test. “He looks in order to understand what is expected were field trials and ‘picnic’ trials.” out and locates the guns at retriever tri - of the IWS in the field. “Training the In 1983, Kirkegard imported Yeates als, and quarters within shotgun range breed in the field necessitates finding from Eddie Lennon, in Ireland, and at upland hunt tests,” she notes. land and water conditions similar to Delta from Lois Ferrans, in England. “The IWS,” Kirkegard emphasizes, those found in competition,” she says. “Both dogs descended from the “is not a Labrador, but he nonetheless “Consistency will produce repetition and famed Lisnabrogue line, and each had a possesses an excellent nose and makes a good results while preparing your IWS field background,” she says. “Yeates ran fine hunting dog.” She should know, for the actual day of the test or trial.” in field trials and went on to become since she trains and runs Labs in addi - The training can be very rewarding the breed’s first All-Around IWS.” Yeates tion to her IWSs. in and of itself. “After years of training earned conformation and obedience “Labs have been bred to exhibit retrievers,” says Kirkegard, “I under - titles as well as his JH, SH, and MH. tremendous drive,” she says. “Most stand that one will spend far more time In 2000, Kirkegard purchased Rodi seem to have the inclination to run training than actually running the dog from Rosemary Sexton’s Realta kennel. straight and true”—a running style that at an event. Training equals quality time, Rodi became an All-Around IWS is vastly different from that of the IWS. and this is how a partnership is forged.” before succumbing to cancer—just one The Irish, she says, has a tendency to —Dan Sayers; [email protected] leg shy of earning his SH. Gali, another bound over obstacles and makes big Realta dog, who went back to the water entries and covers ground with a Sussex Spaniels Lisnabrogue line, came into her life in slower, but longer stride. Breeders Talk About Coat 2001, and this dog became her third Kirkegard feels that the breed tends aving asked 10 people who breed All-Around IWS. to mature a little slower than the Lab Hand/or show Sussex Spaniels Kirkegard fondly recalls how at the and that this puts them at a disadvan - what they would like judges to know tender age of 6 months and 1 day, Gali tage to run the Derby stakes and to get about judging coat, here follow some became possibly the youngest dog of qualified All-Age. She assures, however, of their great responses. any breed to receive the TD title. “He “They do seem to recall what they’ve The Sussex standard says, Rich, golden even does dock diving, where his eager - been taught, and I think this speaks to liver is the only acceptable color. Body coat is ness to retrieve has produced jumps in their intelligence.” abundant, flat, or slightly waved, with no excess of 19 feet in length,” she boasts. The hands-down con to running the tendency to curl.

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g Regarding these two notes: course is wrong: Both coats are equally flood?”

n Question: In a litter, are all puppies correct and no judge should put coat Late that night I surveyed the nearly i

t exactly the same color from the type over structure and breed type. empty WSS grooming area. The first

r begin ning? Question: Can a Sussex have too group of people to arrive back at the

o Answer: Two people said “yes”; eight much coat? show got their dogs and vehicles to

p said “no.” Answer: All agreed that a Sussex can higher ground and started breaking s Comments—“Some are dark, some have a too-long coat. All felt that the down the setups of their fellow are light.” “Generally one or two will coat should be moderate. Comments exhibitors, greatly speeding our evacua - be lighter than the others.” “They are were that it should be heavy enough to tion efforts. all different shades.” “Born darker, and protect the dog in the field but not to In almost every setup there was one some will start to lighten as soon as the impede it, and that excessive coat can wire crate still standing. That crate usu - third day.” hide a multitude of sins. ally had valuables in it and was secured Question: Not counting ears and Question: Have you ever had a judge by a padlock. All around me I heard an feathering, is the body coat on an indi - comment on coat color? echo of the same phone call, as some - vidual dog all the same color, or does it Answer: Three people said “no.” One one who was at the site called the shade? commented that she has had some crate’s owner and said, “What’s your Answer: Two people said “yes.” Canadian judges who also had no com - combination?” Only then could we Comment—“One of mine has exactly ment. The other seven had the follow - finish breaking down that equipment the same color all over.” ing comments: “I have had very posi - and get it loaded for removal. This Eight said “no,” their dogs all had dif - tive comments from judges on dogs brought back to me the sensible plan - ferent shading, and all said that color as from puppies on up.” “One judge com - ning of one of my first mentors. an adult is very often affected by expo - mented that my dog did not have Crating next to each other at American sure to natural sunlight. enough golden highlights on the ears.” Spaniel Club, she said, “Give me your Question: Are your individual dogs “I had a judge ask me why the ear combination, and I will give you mine. different shades of golden liver than color was so different from the rest of In an emergency, I want to be able to each other? the coat.” “We had one judge that was get your dog out too.” Beth had a plan. Answer: One person said all of her very insistent on the body coat being a Since that time, I have always told dogs were exactly the same; the other light liver with golden highlights all the people crated near me the combi - nine said that almost every dog was dif - over the dog, with no change for ears nation for my lock. And all my locks ferent in shading and contrast. or feathering.” “I had a judge want have the same combination. In an Question: Are feathers and ears lighter? golden highlights on a golden-liver emergency, moments saved may be lives Answer: One person said “some - dog.” “I had a judge years ago comment saved. At our national specialty in times.” The other nine all agreed that that he “liked the black ones he judged Georgia a few years ago, tornadoes feathers and ears are lighter shades, even in Texas best.” “Another judge, watch - were threatening. My friend Mary almost a golden blonde in some dogs. ing group judging, informed his friends made a quick tour of the building and Question: Do you find that judges at ringside that he liked the Sussex, but came back to tell us the safest places have a preference on either straight or that it was “a damn poor dye job—one appeared to be the bathrooms. We all wavy coats? side is lighter than the other!” This was knew where the closest one was and Answer: Four people thought that said of a dog who regularly sleeps on that they were large enough to accom - judges do not have a preference, his right side in the sun and has never modate us and our dogs. Mary had a although two thought it was simply been dyed! plan she shared with the rest of us. because judges did not have many dogs What great answers! Thanks to all I work in Washington, D.C., and was to chose from. The other six felt that who participated. — Marcia Deugan; for many years a Pentagon employee. judges would most often put up a [email protected] When the terrorist attacks hit New straight coat. York and Washington, I was at my new One felt that a wavy coat, though Welsh Springer office on Capitol Hill, but my neigh - equally correct, might make the topline Spaniels bors thought I was still in the Pentagon. not look as level as a straight coat and Do You Have An Emergency By the time I reached home, my neigh - that without a good hands-on the Plan? bors had hatched a plan to break into judge might miss a correct topline on a he Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of my house and rescue my animals had I wavy-coated dog. TAmerica’s 2011 national specialty been hurt or killed. None of them had One had a judge who told her that was held on Saturday of the Blue and a key. None of them knew how to he would take a nice straight coat on a Gray Cluster in Harrisburg. This show reach me by phone. Now my friends dog with poor structure over a well- is one we will talk about for years, with know where my key is hidden, know made dog with a wavy coat. This of “Do you remember when we had the what medications my dogs take, and

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g have my mobile phone number. I have a our Code of Conduct. educate and mentor them to become

n plan. Since Harrisburg, I have been A club has no influence on the guardians of the breed? i

t refining my plan to include my mobile breeding practices of people outside of Is the purpose of a parent club to

r phone number displayed on every crate. the club, and it cannot easily share bring people together to work for the

o This year and last we have seen dev - information with non-members about good of the breed?

p astating wildfires and floods. What if health issues, upcoming events, or other Or is to keep control of the breed in s you tried to return home to your ani - issues important to the breed. We want the hands of a small group? mals, only to be stopped by a police Spinone fanciers to join together, to —Jan Naigus; [email protected] barricade? Would one of your neigh - make connections with others in the bors be able to get your dogs from the breed, perhaps find a mentor, to come Vizslas danger zone? Do you have dog food to shows and field events to learn more Are They Good With and medications easily accessible if you about the Spinone, to attend seminars Children? have to flee? Do you have a plan? at the national specialty about breeding, hen people ask if a Vizsla is a In an aside, I must mention Merrielle hunting, and other topics, and to share Wgood choice for a family with Turnbull, the Welsh Springer breed our love for the breed. children, what can we tell them? columnist for several years. Merrielle New members also benefit SCOA; The role of family companion is a did a wonderful job for the club, and I the new person today might be tomor - vital part of the breed’s heritage, but we join my fellow WSSCA officers in our row’s show chair, hunt-test worker, or know that it isn’t always easy to add a sincere thanks for her dedication. board member. Vizsla to a family with young children. —Wendy J. Jordan; Not all clubs share this philosophy. I asked many longtime breeders what [email protected] Last year I added a dog of a different factors help to make a Vizsla a beloved breed, not from the Sporting Group, to companion for children. Several com - Spinoni Italiani my family. I joined the local specialty mon themes emerged. What Is the Purpose of a club. 1. Vizslas can be wonderful companions Parent Club? The logical next step was to join the for children, helping meet their needs for arent clubs have their objectives parent club so that I could learn from attention, fun, and unconditional love. Pclearly stated in their constitutions. owners and breeders from all over the Many a child has been helped through The purpose of the club is typically to country. The stated membership tough times by the love of a Vizsla, and protect and advance interest in the requirements were similar to those of dogs can teach important lessons of breed, encourage quality breeding, many clubs: agreeing to support the kindness and respect, along with good accept the breed standard, conduct club’s objectives, having a history of habits of putting away toys and home - events, and encourage sportsmanlike experience in dogs, and active involve - work so those things won’t be chewed competition. ment in local and/or national breed or buried. Protecting the breed includes writing clubs. 2. It is often difficult for parents with (and revising, when necessary) the With a history of more than 35 years young children to find time for the needs of breed standard to be as clear as possible, in the sport, serving on countless com - a Vizsla—especially a puppy. It’s not that while preventing unwise changes to the mittees in various clubs, more than 20 the dogs have changed, but changing standard. It means promoting a high years as a club officer or board member, times and lifestyles over the past few standard of breeding in terms of health, participation in shows, trials, and hunting decades have created special challenges, conformation to the standard, tests, and appropriate health-testing sometimes leading to problems (and temperament, and maintaining the before breeding my few Spinone litters, I occasionally to heartbreak). purpose of the breed. It also includes met the membership requirements. My 3. Breeders must use special care in evalu - holding AKC events and sharing application, however, was rejected—no ating families with children and have in knowledge through club communi - reason given. Apparently this breed is bet - mind the following questions: cations. ter protected if I, and others who were • Does everyone (especially the Beyond the stated objectives, though, not accepted, are not part of the club. mother) agree about wanting the what is the purpose of a parent club? Obviously, clubs do not want as puppy? The Spinone Club of America members those who only want to use • Do the parents have enough time encourages Spinone owners, as well as parent-club membership as a perceived and energy to care for a dog or puppy? people who are interested in the breed “endorsement” to sell their puppies, or Parents need to think seriously about but do not yet have a Spinone, to join people whose breeding history is not in whether they can raise both a ram - the club. We believe that club member - line with the club’s ethics. bunctious puppy and a small child. ship provides a way to reach people and Why, though, would a parent club • How old are the children? (Some hopefully educate and guide them not want fanciers to join the club, tak - breeders require a minimum age.) toward the objectives of the club and ing advantage of the opportunity to • Do family members interact appro -

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g priately with adult dogs and puppies? Weimaraners can going like the house is on fire work Where’s the Fire? n How “dog-savvy” are they? to a dog’s detriment? i

t • How do the parents supervise their ave you experienced this at the Since we show Weimaraners at a trot, r kids: are they respectful of the dogs? Do HWeimaraner ring? The it’s important to understand the nature o the children listen to their parents? Do excitement of the crowd grows as the of that gait and how speed influences

p they enjoy being around dogs? dogs are stacked and gaited; the choice the appearance of a dog. The trot is a s • Do the parents understand that a for Best of Breed nears. The judge rhythmic, two-beat gait where the diag - child cannot take primary responsibility brings some dogs to the front of the onally opposite legs strike the ground for a dog? line and individually gaits these favored together. The diagonal nature of the trot 4. Good socialization can set the stage for animals. The speed of the gaiting gives symmetrical, balanced propulsion. a lifetime of companionship. increases to a dizzying, frenetic pace. If there is deficiency in structure, the • Early, positive experiences with The crowd whoops and cheers. It looks trot will make the unsoundness appar - children are important. Breeders with - more like a foot race than a dog show, ent to the trained eye. out children in the home often recruit and finally, mercifully (before the Excessive speed is not best for your kids who are good with dogs for super - handlers collapse), Best of Breed is dog if it brings flaws to the forefront. At vised visits with the litter. selected. high speed, some dogs look like they • Puppies must be acclimated to noise The picture I’ve just painted of the - are struggling. They take many steps to and activity. Research and experience atrical, exaggerated, quest-for-speed keep up, movement gets choppy, show that when pups encounter a wide handling is rampant in our ring. Do toplines roll, and it’s impossible to see variety of stimuli at an early age, they judges like it? Does breakneck speed the accuracy of the footfall. A good tend to be adaptable and better able to show our dogs to their best advantage? handler knows what best suits the dog handle stress throughout their lives. Let’s examine these two questions. that is being presented. Ideal speed • Pups “trained to learn” have less First, let’s hear from the judges. demonstrates effortless, efficient, fluid difficulty with new experiences, I spoke to several well-known, movement not just that the dog can including interactions with children. respected judges and asked them a very move quickly. • Temperament testing, combined open-ended question about how Not all dogs should be moved at the with breeders’ observations and experi - Weimaraners are presented. My ques - same speed. Finding the perfect speed ence, can be helpful in selecting the tion was simply, “What would you sug - for a dog is critical to doing a good job best pup for a family. gest as the biggest improvement to how of handling and presentation. 5. New owners need good information. Weimaraners are shown in your ring?” Apparently showing dogs at speeds • Owners should be reminded that I expected answers like “Get them to that are too fast is not a new problem. young children must always be super - go in a straight line” or “Have them Going back decades, there’s a quote vised around dogs. better-behaved for the exam,” but nei - from Percy Roberts, whom many con - • All owners—with or without chil - ther was the first thing that came to sider to be the all-time, quintessential dren—need information about dogs their minds. “dog man.” “If you race with your dog and children. Every judge I spoke to gave as their in this ring, keep running right out the • Some breeders recommend books first answer, “Have them slow down.” exit. Your dog will not be considered.” and videos; some prepare their own Some offered additional suggestions, —Carole Lee Richards; information; some use both. Several but curtailing the excessive speed was [email protected] suggested encouraging children to read foremost in their minds. these materials. Secondly, is going at a fast speed Wirehaired Pointing • Children must learn that the dog’s advantageous for the Weimaraner? Our Griffons crate is his refuge. standard gives a good clue when it says, Good or Great Griffon? 6. Breeding for good temperament is key. The gait should be effortless and should hen Anne Rogers Clark titled If a dog is bred to have correct Vizsla indicate smooth coordination. When seen Wher February 2004 GAZETTE temperament—with trainability, self- from the rear, the hind feet should be parallel article “First and Foremost, Judging Is control, and adaptability—this typically to the front feet. When viewed from the side, About Evaluating Breeding Stock,” she translates into being good with children the topline should remain strong and level. succinctly defined the purpose of the (even children who aren’t perfect!). Nowhere does it say the fastest dog wins. conformation ring. The conformation Because of space limitations, I’ve Every dog has an ideal gaiting speed, of a dog is just one part of the focused on placement of puppies. depending on the structure, condition - breeding puzzle, but an extremely Rescued Vizslas also deserve to be ing, and behavioral traits of the individ - important one. mentioned, but that’s a topic for ual animal. I can hear some of you Some of the Griffons seen in the another column. — Beth Nash; thinking, “I show my dog at a very fast show ring today might be of good [email protected] speed to show his reach and drive.” But quality and finish their championship

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g or achieve performance titles, but are intended purpose as a hunting dog? Is the dog correctly sized? Correct size

n they really good enough to breed? It’s Judges should consider that the major - is important. Oversize to be severely penal - i

t the great dogs who should be the foun - ity of the Griffons seen in the ring are ized. This is what our standard says, and it

r dation or the continuation of a solid also working dogs whose intended pur - is the document’s strongest statement.

o breeding program. pose is to search for, point, and retrieve When the hugely oversized dog or bitch

p Truly great dogs are few and far game birds—often in rough terrain and is rewarded in the ring, it serves to per - s between, and sometimes breeders, own - in icy cold water. This is very much in petuate this incorrect trait. Our breed is ers, and handlers have a difficult time contrast to many of the other sporting medium sized, not large. Severely penal - distinguishing between a good Griffon dogs seen in the ring today that have ize oversize! and a great one. Even judges who may never seen nor will ever see the field or Part of a judge’s responsibility is to not have laid their hands on many scent wild game. reward those dogs whom he sees as out - Griffons might be challenged to distin - As working dogs, it is absolutely essen - standing specimens in the breed. guish between good Griffons and great tial that they possess those physical, Knowledgeable, conscientious judges of ones. observable traits that complement their Griffons can help breeders separate the The great ones are those who have job in the field. wheat from the chaff, the good Griffons the whole package: excellent structure Are they structured correctly so that from the great Griffons. and movement; functional, harsh coat; they can move effortlessly throughout There are certainly no perfect Griffons sound temperament; squared head; pro - the field on an all-day hunt, for several in all aspects, but perhaps a judge should tective furnishings; and correct size and days running? ask himself if he would personally con - proportion. Is the coat one that will protect the sider choosing any of these dogs for his Is one of these qualities more impor - dog? own breeding program, if he were a tant than others? The single, longest paragraph in our Griffon breeder. Which bitch would be “Form follows function” is an old breed standard, and one that should be your foundation bitch? Which dog adage, and it is somewhat of a chicken- especially noted, is on coat. The soft, would be your stud dog? or-the-egg type of reference, but what wooly, excessive coats seen winning far Maybe one of them is the next great exactly is the relationship between the too often in the ring are not functional one. — Ann Allen; form of our Griffons and the breed’s and should not be rewarded! [email protected] g Akitas behind when it comes to the Akita it, as it takes more bitches than dogs for n i Girls Rule! ring. Not only can human females a major nationwide! k recent comment between two “bring home the bacon and fry it up in So why aren’t judges recognizing the r breeders on a discussion forum a pan,” but their canine counterparts quality in the girls? I have a theory o A prompted some food for thought for can whelp litters, be structurally cor - about this: It’s simply unfamiliarity with w this column. rect, possess type and substance, and be the breed. Uncertainty in their ability One said, “Dogs rarely get bred to a successfully campaigned, too! to judge the breed makes it more com - bitch better than they are.” This is a Not long ago, when showing a bitch fortable to point to the male, the fairly true statement. Around Akita special, I was actually asked if we were biggest thing in the ring. I believe this conformation rings all over the country, going to “take that pretty girl home is why Akita breeder-judges have fewer if you were to stand near several and breed her” by the judge as I was qualms about putting up a bitch. They breeders discussing the entry, you will handed my Best of Opposite ribbon. know the breed, they know the stan - usually hear someone say, “Quality in Really? dard, and they know that if the girls dogs is lacking, but wow, we’re breeding To be perfectly honest, we’ve had have the quality, they should be some nice bitches!” some beautiful Akita girls break that rewarded! Why is it, then, that some judges feel “glass ceiling,” but far fewer than I have written previous columns that they should reward the mediocrity should have. While the reason that the about how much size does matter in in the males, instead of rewarding the quality in males is lacking is unclear, the the breed, and I do believe we need to obvious superiority of the bitches? bitch competition is fierce on a weekly breed for some size, but “large, powerful After all, the bitch is the backbone of basis and almost anywhere in the coun - and alert, with much substance” can any breeding program! Personally, I try. Breeders are putting these girls out and does apply to the girls, too! All the think the “women’s movement” is sadly there—and the point schedule reflects components have to be there, whether

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g rewarding a dog or bitch. Soundness walking stiffly in the rear, but then retained his primary function of being

n absolutely matters; if it’s large and lum - most Mals his age walk that way. I walk a livestock guardian, but he has evolved i bering around the ring, it’s not meeting that way, and figured he just ached like over time to be useful in other ways. k

r the standard. This is a working breed—it the rest of us. The breed’s usefulness on farms and

o has to be able to move! Breed type is Then Wonder, with his love of ranches has expanded to include guard - also important; a massive head without everyone, started getting grumpy. That’s ing all types of fowl (including ducks, w proper proportions and Akita type is it, I thought, and I took him into the chickens, and guinea hens), horses, and just a large head. vet. other farm livestock (such as pigs, I love the big, typey, sound males, Surgery revealed the largest prostate alpaca, and goats). too, and I miss the days of their routine, tumor ever seen by my vet. She did Anatolians excel at guarding fowl impressive presence. In the meantime, what she had promised to do: kissed from birds of prey. One owner had I’ll take a large, beautiful, typey, sound him on the nose and didn’t wake him numerous cases where her ducks had bitch any day, and build from there! — up. been attacked and killed by owls. Since Julie Strawsburg Mayes; Lesson learned. When one of my old introducing her Anatolian, however, [email protected] folks start doing something that is dif - who lives with her ducks, she has not ferent from their usual behavior, it’s ill - suffered a loss to the birds of prey. Alaskan Malamutes ness, not old age. Although one might not think that Malamute Truths That Are And finally, let’s say you have a Mal large animals such as horses could be Self-Evident who is starting out really well. In my harmed by a coyote, when a pack of n my 41 years in the breed, I have case, it was a bitch named Snazzy. She coyotes attack, horses can get injured Ifound that there are certain was covering herself with glory in the fighting them off. With Anatolians pres - unalienable Alaskan Malamute truths show ring, and I thought she was doing ent, the coyotes avoid the horses. The that exist. At least to me. well, maybe a bit better than usual. nurturing nature of the Anatolian also First, males are dumber than females. I was watching her in the ring at a makes them exceptional companions In fact, my best male show dogs have show in Washington, and a handler for farm animals. Many Anatolians will been dumber than a post. As my han - walked up to me and said, “Dian, that’s stay with newborn animals, licking and dler once said, just how smart can a dog your once-in-a-lifetime dog. Everyone keeping them warm as would their be when he is asked to run around in has one once, and this one is yours.” mothers, thus saving many newborns. left-handed circles for 15 minutes and I had no idea what she meant, but as Many owners of small dogs who live look happy about doing it? the years went by and Snazz piled up outside of urban areas have found that Consider the puppies. Who is first more honors, I began to see what she six-foot-high walls or fences do not out of the whelping box? Who has the meant. Snazz retired at age 6, having stop predators from jumping over and nose in mama’s food dish, and mama is defeated more Mals than any other Mal killing their small dogs. Once an not happy? It’s the bitch. The males are in breed history. Anatolian is added to the pack, the still back in the whelping box, trying to So I hope you have a little Snazzy fall Anatolian will discourage predators figure which way is up. into your Malamute life—a Mal whom from coming into the yard, and the Take bait. Males will eat anything you will cherish, in or out of the ring. small dogs remain safe as well as have a that comes out of your bait-pocket. Look closely at your young bitch who big “nanny” to care for them. Our club With the females, however, I’ve had to is beginning to beat your winning spe - has many pictures of little dogs sitting carry a selection of stuff—chicken, last cial. She just may be the one. and lying all over their Anatolians. night’s steak, liver—to keep them inter - It happens once in a lifetime. — Dian Another area where the Anatolian ested in what’s coming up next gastro - McComb; [email protected] has excelled is as therapy dog. Because nomically, and hopefully doing what I of their calmness, their size, and their wanted them to do in the ring. Anatolian Shepherd sensitive nature, they make the ideal When it comes to old folks, I have Dogs visitor and companion, once properly learned that when one of my veterans The Evolving and Versatile socialized. In 2004 an Anatolian (and I have eight of them) starts acting Anatolian Shepherd Dog received an AKC ACE award for being differently, it isn’t old age; there’s some - he Anatolian Shepherd Dog has an exemplary companion dog to her thing wrong. And due to the Tbeen bred in Turkey for thousands owner after he had a massive stroke. At Malamute’s extreme toughness, when of years to be the ultimate livestock- least two other Anatolian Shepherds the Mal has to be gravely ill before it guardian dog, protecting the Turkish have been nominated for ACEs in the goes down, one needs to be very vigi - shepherd’s flocks of sheep from the Therapy Dog category. lant. Because once a Mal goes down, it wolves of the region. Since their Many Anatolians in the United States is usually all downhill from there. importation to the United States, the have another area were they excel—as a Take Wonder, age 12. He had begun Anatolian Shepherd Dog has not only family companion and protector. We

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g obtained our first Anatolian Shepherd Maxwell Medallion award proved issue, after having been named the 2008

n Dog in 1983 because my husband was Elizabeth’s forecast to be correct. AKC Breeder of the Year for the i in the Marine Corps and was soon to As a point of interest, the Maxwell Working Group. There she wrote of her k

r be deployed overseas. He wanted a dog Medallion was named after the distin - experience as breeder and shared, “My

o that would protect me in his absence. guished Maxwell Riddle, a past presi - strength came from my family, who was We have had an Anatolian (or two or dent of the DWAA. He was one of the always ready to back me up or some - w more) in our lives ever since, and world’s greatest authorities on dogs and times ‘pick me up’ when I made a despite my husband being gone for a prolific writer of dog columns, arti - wrong decision. I knew I could count months at a time or working nights, I cles, and books. His syndicated dog on them no matter what.” have never once feared for my safety. I column ran for 30 years, and for 50 Sincere condolences are extended to knew my Anatolian(s) would have my years he was a columnist for Dog World. Dennis’s family and friends. — Julia back and most importantly be my As an AKC judge, he presided over Crawford; [email protected] friend. rings internationally. Mr. Riddle Anatolian Shepherd Dogs can make founded the Ravenna Kennel Club and Black Russian superb companions. They are sensitive was its president for 47 years. Terriers to your feelings and will make you feel The importance of a parent club’s he following article ran previously safe, just by their size. They are not a communications with its members can - Tin the GAZETTE and is shared again dog for everyone, but if you want a not be overemphasized. In fact, it was for the benefit of those new to the smart, very independent, and loyal dog through newsletters from a group of breed. to share your life, this versatile dog California Berner fanciers in the late breed maybe for you. 1960s that the BMDCA found its Enjoy Your Black Russian! One of our longtime owners and beginnings and was established in 1968. When I write about Black Russians, breeders says it best: “Other dogs touch Today’s members receive a wealth of I have often put emphasis on obedience your heart, Anatolians touch your soul!” information through the topic-based, training and socialization, and rightfully —Genia Kyres; [email protected] bimonthly magazine The Alpenhorn and so. I just hope that I have not made it are apprised of club business in alter - all work and no play. Some people Bernese Mountain nating months via The Bulletin. really enjoy going to obedience class Dogs The Alpenhorn is available to non- with their dogs, while others just view Saluting The Alpenhorn BMDCA members at $55 per year. It is it as work or just another task that has t is a great pleasure to announce and an excellent source of information on to be done. Training must be enjoyable Icongratulate Nancy P. Melone, Ph.D., the breed. Send subscription requests to for you and your dog! If not, ask your - editor-designer of The Alpenhorn , the Ellen Folke, 1669 Chapel Ridge Lane, self why you are not having fun in class, official publication of the Bernese Mars, PA 16046. and see if there is something you can Mountain Dog Club of America, on Remembering Dennis Ostermiller do to change it. Or maybe you need to receiving the Dog Writers Association The Berner fancy and the BMDCA find a different teacher. A good teacher of America Maxwell Medallion as the lost a good friend in the passing of will keep the class interesting, safe, and Best National Club Magazine Dennis Ostermiller on May 16. He was educational for both two- and four- Publication in 2010. The award was the loving husband of the BMDCA’s legged students. presented at the DWAA’s banquet on past AKC delegate and director, Lilian Once you complete beginner-level February 14, 2011, the day before the Ostermiller, and the father of Michelle training and socialization, you can work Westminster Dog Show in New York. Ostermiller Scott, renowned handler your way into the advanced levels of In the issue announcing the award, and twice at the end of the leash of obedience, which can be very reward - Nancy graciously wrote, “The honor of Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show ing for you and your Black Russian. winning a Maxwell Medallion is shared winners. Dennis is remembered for Maybe you would also like to go on to by current The Alpenhorn volunteers many times conducting the BMDCA’s therapy work or agility, which will with all those previous The Alpenhorn health auction at its national specialties. require a well-trained dog. Black editors and volunteers.” His booming voice and lively podium Russians love to work with you, and Among them, and the magazine’s drum-rolls brought the bids higher and they are very quick to learn. They may longest-serving editor, is Elizabeth higher to benefit the breed that he and get bored with repetition, however, so Pearson, who passed the torch after 21 his family dedicated themselves to the lessons must be fun and progressive. years and 127 issues to Nancy Melone through their De-Li Berners. Dog shows can be a great place to in the October 2008 issue of the maga - Dennis was a family man, and in test your new skills and enjoy the day zine, where she prophetically predicted learning of his death, I recalled his with other people and their dogs. The its becoming “an outstanding magazine. wife’s comment in a GAZETTE column AKC offers competition in all levels of Award-winning, I’d say!” Indeed, the that she had written for the July 2009 obedience where you can earn titles on

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g your dog. Black Russians can also be of Veterinary Medicine at the love, caring, and grace. It is a trite

n taught to pull carts and compete in University of Florida), and more phrase, but those who knew her will i weight-pull classes, but for these activi - recently she was the founder of At- never forget her.” k

r ties make sure you have a well-condi - Home Veterinary Services in the Wendy’s donation was the largest sin -

o tioned, sound dog and proper-fitting greater Atlanta region—reaching out to gle bequest to the foundation to date— gear. pets and owners who could not or quite an accomplishment, especially w You will find that all the training and should not travel. since the ABCF is the single-largest socializing you do with your BRT will Equally important in her life, if not breed contributor to the AKC Canine make it possible to take him just about most important, she was a Boxer Health Foundation, indicating a notable anywhere. Taking walks in parks or on a breeder of note (Whirlwind Boxers) and steady donation from Boxer enthu - busy street is much more enjoyable and was absolutely devoted to her dogs siasts the world around with a well-trained dog. Our dogs and to the breed itself. She was known (abcfoundation.org ). Wendy would have attract many admirers who want to throughout the Boxer community as been very proud. — Stephanie Abraham; meet and touch them, and we often “Dr. Boxer.” I can still see her walking [email protected] cannot go more than a few blocks the halls of the American Boxer Club without being stopped. All Black national-specialty venues—slight of Bullmastiffs Russians are protective, so without stature but a presence to be reckoned Not a Brachycephalic Breed socializing them this would not be pos - with and above all, respected. brachycephalic skull is relatively sible. Most of all, they need to know Wendy’s articles and scholarly papers Abroad and short, typically with the you are in charge at all times. emphasizing unique health concerns of breadth at least 80 percent of the Another way to enjoy your Black the Boxer breed are still very current length. The cephalic index is the ratio of Russian is to get involved with the and are reprinted today. Some have the maximum width of the head breed’s parent or regional club. The been translated into other languages as multiplied by 100, divided by its clubs have yearly events and can always they are circulated to help the Boxer maximum length (i.e., in the horizontal use a helping hand such as serving on a abroad. plane, or front to back). committee or working at a show, and Wendy wrote a strong warning Brachycephalic literally means “short- so on. Most members are longtime against the use of the commonly pre - face” or “short-head” and is a term owners of the breed, and by meeting scribed tranquilizer acepromazine in used to refer to dog breeds with facial and talking with them you can gain the breed, citing that it can cause first- features that include a compressed more knowledge and understanding of degree heart block in the Boxer as well upper jaw and a short muzzle. the Black Russian. as a profound and potentially fatal Common brachycephalic breeds How about taking a vacation with hypotension. Other articles and/or include the Bulldog, French Bulldog, your Black Russian? There are many written commentaries dealt with uri - Pug, Shih Tzu, and Boxer, among hotels that will accept dogs. You can go nary incontinence, Boxer cardiomyopa - others. for a hike in the mountains, walk on thy (ARVC issues), demodectic mange, If you read the Bullmastiff standard, it the beach (but not in the heat of the breeding protocols, the toxicity of clearly states, Muzzle—Broad and deep; day, in full sun), or a swim in a lake or onions, cropping and docking, and gin - its length, in comparison with that of the pool—or maybe you just want to stay gival hyperplasia. Many a Boxer breeder entire head, approximately as 1 is to 3. at home and watch TV with your dog! and veterinarian have benefited from Lack of foreface with nostrils set on top of Most of all, have fun with your BRT her keen medical insights. Some of muzzle is a reversion to the Bulldog and is and make the most of your time, as he these articles are available at american - very undesirable. I urge fanciers, judges, or she is a wonderful, loving family boxerclub.org as well as at boxerunder - and breeders to look at the Bullmastiff member. I personally cherish and feel ground.com. Illustrated Standard grateful for every moment spent with Wendy’s legacy in the world of (http://clubs.akc.org/aba/bully/standard/st my Black Russians. — Mary Curtis; blk - Boxers was highlighted at the end of andard/cover.htm ), which accurately [email protected] 2010, when her bequest to the illustrates the correct proportions of the American Boxer Club Charitable Bullmastiff head. Boxers Foundation was paid from her estate. Although often incorrectly referred “Dr. Boxer,” Still Giving She was a founding member of the to as a brachycephalic breed, the n March of 2006, at only 53 years of ABCF board of trustees and chaired the Bullmastiff is clearly not. Although we Iage, Dr. Wendy A. Wallner, DVM, lost club’s Health and Research committee. often see Bullmastiffs with these char - her courageous battle with breast As Sharon Fosseen (treasurer of acteristics, these traits are most undesir - cancer. She had practiced in Gainesville, ABCF) commented, “Wendy taught able for a number of reasons, including Florida (where a scholarship was those of us left behind how to live and consequences that would be in direct established in her name at the College die with dignity. … She left a legacy of conflict with the breed’s ability to do its

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g historic work. head, wrinkle, angles, color, size, and nose is self-coloring.

n Bullmastiffs were bred to roam the bone, with each subsequent generation, Although the Cane Corso should i landowner’s property and prevent the may inadvertently become more exag - not resemble the Neapolitan Mastiff, he k

r poacher from illegally taking wild gerated at the expense of type, soundness, can have minimal wrinkle in the facial

o game. They needed to be powerful, and a healthy dog. — Helene Nietsch; region. The Cane Corso can have a agile, and quiet in order to sneak up on [email protected] minimal dewlap, but it should not be w the poacher, knock him to the ground, excessive. When he is moving, you and hold him until the gamekeeper Cane Corsos should not see a rippling of loose skin arrived. General Appearance vibrating through his body. What you A dog with a more conventional face hen looking at the Cane Corso, should see are taut, sinewy muscles and throat is able to pass air quickly Wyour first impression is that he is being flexed with each movement. over the tongue through panting. Saliva an athlete, his appearance reminiscent The Cane Corso is considered a evaporates from the tongue as air is of a Greco-Roman wrestler. He should medium- to large-sized dog. In the U.S. passed across; and the blood circulating be balanced, with substantial bone and we prefer the larger size; this means that through the tongue is efficiently cooled great muscularity. He should be alert, all things being equal, the larger dog is and circulated back to the rest of the fearless, and confident. The Cane Corso preferred. There is no weight limit at body. is a dog of function. He was developed this time on the American standard in In the brachycephalic dog, so much to perform multiple tasks from combat terms of what would be considered extra work is required to move the to herding, and he should appear still oversized, but the standard says, “While same amount of air that the airways capable of these tasks. the larger size is preferred, it should not become can inflamed and swollen. This The ideal Cane Corso should be free come at the expense of the dog’s work - leads to a more severe obstruction, dis - of defilement from other breeds. You ing ability or movement.” If the dog’s tress, and overheating, resulting in should know instantly when looking at size inhibits his movement, stamina, or heavy panting and noisy breathing. the dog that this is a Cane Corso and ability to perform the tasks for which Stenotic nares or narrowed nostrils will nothing else. Some individuals may he was bred, then he is oversized. If a create small nasal openings for breath - exhibit the influences of other breeds Cane Corso was not up to the tasks on ing. With an elongated soft palate, it is such as the Rottweiler, Boxer, the masseria, then he did not eat. difficult to fit the soft tissues of the Bullmastiff, or Neapolitan Mastiff. It is Undersize should also be faulted.It is canine mouth and throat into the important that you be able to identify important to remember that this is a brachycephalic’s short face. As a result, certain traits as undesirable. mastiff-type breed. The smaller dog the soft palate, which separates nasal Black and tan and blue and tan are may move better, but that does not passages from the oral cavity, flaps not listed as acceptable color patterns in necessarily make him the best Cane loosely down into the throat, creating the American or European standards Corso. This dog’s history as a war dog snorting sounds. The brachycephalic and should not be considered in the and a hunter of bear, boar, and stag dog’s windpipe also may be dangerously selection of this breed, Doing so would required that he be a dog of great sub - narrowed in places. be the equivalent of awarding points to stance and power. These dogs are Convoluted nostrils and Bulldog- a white Boxer. Cane Corsos who have depicted in paintings and sculptures type muzzles with problems such as brindling where a Rottweiler would attaching themselves to horses and pigs. described above would prevent a have tan markings or points should also The head should be prominent and Bullmastiff from quietly patrolling the be penalized. should immediately draw your atten - estate for long hours in various adverse Another color fault that should be tion. It is powerful and large in relation weather and terrain conditions, thus mentioned is excessive white. While a to the rest of the body. The muzzle is defeating the purpose of the breed’s small bit of white on the toes is accept - always short, square, deep and wide. intended use. Exaggerating the physical able you may see a Corso with white The axis of the skull is slightly conver - features to a Bullmastiff’s subsequent “socks” going up the hock or elbows, gent, with a deep stop. The eyes should discomfort and inability to do its his - and this should be faulted. White on be almond shaped, dark, a set in a sub - toric work would indicate disrespect the muzzle and large blazes of white on frontal position. The teeth should align for the breed standard—and, more the chest or chin are also to be faulted. in a relatively straight line, not rounded importantly, for the dogs themselves. Eye color should always be dark, like the Rottweiler’s; this is to accom - Less well-informed fanciers have especially in the dark-colored dogs. For modate the rather wide muzzle of the come to think of exaggeration in the example, a black dog with yellow eyes Cane Corso. Bullmastiff (as in many breeds) as being should be considered as having a major Cane Corsos who have long and or typical and not affecting correct type, fault. Nose color should also always be narrow muzzles, round eyes, parallel the animal’s quality of life, or the ability dark (black); the exception would be axis of the skull, light bone, or “leggy” to do its job. Exaggeration in muzzle, for a blue/gray dog, in which case the construction are to be faulted, as these

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g traits are undesirable and are more rem - find four articles on the track—one Dogues de Bordeaux “Select Dog”—Be Selective! n iniscent of a herding dog than a each of metal, plastic, fabric, and i Molosser. On the opposite spectrum, an leather. here are many “champions” in the k

r excessively convergent axis of the skull, Since 1995 I had titled three Tring that quite honestly should not

o which is generally accompanied by dis - Dobermans and one Min Pin through be there. This is true for all breeds. turbingly undershot bite, should be TDX, but I’d never had the right com - How did they get there? We don’t need w viewed as just as serious a fault. bination to pass a VST. The Doberman to get into that, but they are there. When evaluating the Cane Corso, is bred to be alert to their surroundings, Look at the lineup; is there a dog who character must also come into the so to get them to keep their head down just does not look like the others? equation. The Cane Corso should on hard surface is a challenge. Whose fault is that? It is the fault of never be fearful. If a Corso is afraid of I got my Vada in 2008, and like my many: of the breeder who sold the dog people, how can he effectively perform other dogs, I started tracking her as a and encouraged the owner to show it, his duties as a guard dog? — Michael S. puppy. She worked differently than even when the dog developed and the Ertaskiran; [email protected] them and took to tracking like a pro. I breeder knew it was not up to par but got her TD on the first try, when she also knew that it would eventually Doberman Pinschers was only 8 months old, so I thought finish. Or the breeder who sold the dog he AKC describes tracking as this might be my first VST Doberman. and offered no further assistance to the Tfollows: a canine sport that She had the confidence we needed to owner. It is the fault of the new owner demonstrates a dog’s natural ability to do that higher level of tracking. I lis - who fails to do the research on the recognize and follow a scent and is the tened to the advice of a police search- breed and learn the standard, to look at foundation of canine search and rescue work. dog trainer and trained for VST before their dog and notice faults and It involves training dogs to use their highly I did TDX. reevaluate the $2,500 they spent. It is developed sense of smell to find lost humans We trained on parking lots for two the fault of friends and colleagues who or animals or detect drugs, bombs, or other years before going back to vegetation. fail to be honest and who say, “Lovely articles. At the same time I was training her dog,” and then whisper, “What is that The VST test is one of the most dif - article indication with a clicker and dog doing in the ring?” It is the fault of ficult tests for a tracking dog. This test jackpots of food. She couldn’t “down” the breed club for not educating the replicates tracking in a real-world situa - on those articles fast enough. When I judges more, the owners more, and the tion. The VST challenges the dog to added the drive to find articles to her breeders more. It is the fault of track on a three-to-five-hour –old track scenting ability on hard surface, I knew everyone in the breed. over various surfaces such as vegetation, I had a chance on passing that elusive What is worse regarding a dog who concrete, and sand. Rain, snow, and var - VST test. is an apple among the oranges being in ious weather conditions may also add On May 22, I got into Pecatonica a champion lineup is that he can be to the challenge. Tracking Club’s VST test and drew rewarded even further by being given This month we have an article by Jan track 8—the last track in the test. By the Select Dog award toward a Grand Plagenz. Her Doberman has just the time they got through the first Championship. Some judges will realize become the first in our breed to seven tracks, ours was 4½ hours old. that this apple should not be in the achieve the VST tracking title. Here is The temperatures were in the high 80s, bowl and will not award him Select her story. and it was very windy. It took us 33 Dog, but others may feel, “Well, some - minutes to work through the track, and one thought this dog was deserving of The First Doberman VST when we found that magical last article, a championship, so I need to award this I first started tracking in 1994. I had with the big number 4 on it, Vada ribbon.” So to the apple goes the Select gotten my first show puppy (my previ - became the first VST-titled Doberman. Dog win—and a point toward another ous dogs were obedience dogs), and the She is now Wingate n’ Sherluck’s championship he probably does not breeder didn’t want me training her in Vanadium, VST. deserve. obedience. My dream of 14 years had finally Many years ago, at the second In 1995, the AKC offered the come true. DDBSA national show, when ours was Variable Surface Tracking title. The VST This fall I hope to get her TDX and still a rare breed, a wonderful man came is one of the three titles needed to make her the Champion Tracker she from Holland to offer his critiques of obtain the Champion Tracker title. The deserves to be. —J.P. our breed. Mr. Peter v. Moontfoort, a VST track is 600–800 yards long, aged Thank you, Jan. She didn’t mention fun man and a wonderful judge, was three to five hours, and covers at least all the other contestants were over 8 given a large lineup of champions. three different surfaces. Non-vegetated years old. Vada is only 3. (When the DDB was rare breed, your areas must comprise at least one-third Congratulations on a job well done. — dog could be an ARBA, FIC, CKC, to one-half of the track. The dog must Faye Strauss; [email protected] DDBS, and USBC champion; many

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g dogs were dual-championed in the The German Pinscher has highly devel - Breeders maintain that selection for a

n many organizations. All champions oped senses, intelligence, aptitude for train - stable temperament remains a very i were eligible for the Champion class of ing, fearlessness, and endurance. He is alert, important issue. Initial GP imports had k

r the show.) He lined his champions up, vigilant, deliberate, and watchful of strangers. “sharp” temperaments. Responsible

o all oranges—and at one end, an apple. He has fearless courage and tenacity if breeders worked diligently to breed and He gave a short commentary and cri - threatened. A very vivacious dog, but not an train GPs to be family dogs. Although w tique on each of his champions, until excessive barker. He should not show the breed can be fearless, today’s breed - he got to this little bitch with no wrin - viciousness by unwarranted or unprovoked ers say that a GP should at worst be kle, thin bone, small, but a sweet dog, attacks. wary of strangers without aggressive and he said, “This champion is not my Originally descended from the tendencies. champion.” This was a kind way of him Standard Schnauzer, GPs are ratter-type Training a German Pinscher to par - saying she should not be in the ring. dogs that have a terrier-type tempera - ticipate in Schutzhund and or police- The owner was not embarrassed; he ment. German Pinschers are deter - related training activities can be a grave was angry. How dare this man say this? mined. They are, however, also mistake for the family. In this situation, Everyone else thought she was a great extremely people-oriented and insist GPs do not expend any time trying to dog— she is a champion! on being a part of family activities. GPs decide whether to bite or not to bite. A How she got her championship, you make excellent companion dogs and dog with a good “off switch” is crucial can put the pieces together, but she was can be very protective. They are small for this activity. German Pinschers do not a champion in terms of the breed enough to curl up in one’s lap and big not possess that control. But as a home standard. enough to protect. guardian, the GP logically excels. It Please, judges, when you have the The GP needs fair and consistent readily accepts friends of the family, but champions of any breed in your ring, discipline, as it will attempt to get away warns any strangers with a strong voice. please don’t assume that all dogs there with all it can and soon “rule the Woe be unto the attacker or intruder! deserve to be there. Do not give Select house.” Because of their strong will, Please contact me if your club or Dog because you have to and the dog is intelligence, and independent nature, organization is interested in a German in the champion lineup. early socialization and obedience train - Pinscher seminar and workshop pre - If you are going to be judging our ing are essential. The German Pinscher sented by the GPCA’s judges’ educa - wonderful breed soon and have not is a problem solver and can be manipu - tion committee. — Dr. Laura Van Horn; attended one of the DDBSA seminars lative. They are high-energy dogs with [email protected] or done ringside with one of our men - incredible stamina and a strong prey- tors, please take a moment to go drive who will chase fast-moving Giant Schnauzers through the website under “Judges things. A GP can hold a grudge on A Hairy Situation Education” and read the HEARTS anyone who may mistreat him, but they he most frequent question I seem flyer, print it out, and put it in your are also loyal and devoted to anyone Tto be asked about the Giant book. This is a quick judges’ reference whom they respect. Schnauzer is about coat, whether the to the DDB, and a great tool. Make the GPs are fiercely protective of their person asking is a prospective judge or Select Dog choices honorable and territory and family. Despite their a rank novice. In other words, the deserving of a Grand Championship, medium size, they make excellent breed’s jacket and accompanying not an easy title. — Andrea Switzer- guard dogs and can take down an furnishings seem to cause quite a bit of Bialoblocki; [email protected] intruder with shocking efficiency. GPs confusion. are very sight and sound oriented, but The best way I can explain the coat German Pinschers they are not excessive barkers. They are of the Giant Schnauzer is to look at it GP Temperament an excellent choice for experienced not only from the standard but in terms eople love dogs and believe they dog owners or people who lead an of how we interpret the standard Pare man’s best friend. In choosing active life. The GP excels in obedience, through our grooming. the best dog for the family, potential rally, tracking, and agility competi - If left ungroomed, the Giant owners consider the breed’s basic tion—a truly multipurpose companion. Schnauzer would be a big, furry mess. characteristics, physical appearance, A happy GP is a dog with a job to Therefore, our standard not only health concerns, and other factors. do. They will look you right in the eye describes what the breed should look Many potential owners consider and smile, showing their teeth in a big like, but also how we groom it to temperament to be the most important grin! Your life will never be dull with a achieve that look. factor. It must match the family’s GP living in your home. However, the This is a double-coated breed, with a personality and fit within their lifestyle. GP is not for everyone. They need lead - soft, thick undercoat that lifts up the The breed’s AKC standard (2006) ership tempered with patience, respect, harsh, outer topcoat. In order to describes its temperament as follows: intelligence, and love. achieve the jacket that the standard

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g describes, we cannot clip the dog. As Here in America, we want the best of ment that floppy, uncropped ears were

n we all know, clipped hair is one length both worlds. The same dog that we find really the un -natural ear. The natural ear i all over. Clipping would remove the so appealing to the eye would be on any canine was meant to be erect. k

r topcoat and leave the soft undercoat groomed to appear to have no furnish - The wolf, coyote, fox, dingo, and so on

o exposed. So by that description alone, ings if it were shown overseas. This is all have ears that are erect. We simply we know the best way to achieve the not because it makes the jacket actually are correcting a manmade problem by w jacket the standard describes is to hand- harder. Perhaps to the unknowing, cropping the ears to be back to their strip it. novice judge, the lack of furnishings “natural” state. I had completely forgot - The standard also says the breed gives the impression that this is a hard- ten this good point until I received so should have coarse hair on top of the head coated dog. Conversely, most American many kind words of support. (the backskull), which means this area judges seem to find that the look is This column, again, is just my opin - too should not be clipped but should more balanced or “prettier” with pro - ion. The subject of coat, however, is our have a double coat. fuse furnishings. written standard. Thanks. — Greg The standard describes the whole Our standard does not say anything Reyna; [email protected] outline of the dog, and it is our job to about the length or thickness of leg groom the hair or sculpt it so that the hair. It simply portrays the breed as an Great Danes dog best resembles what the standard is enlarged version of the Standard The Rights of Breeders and asking for—otherwise we have an ani - Schnauzer, and that breed’s standard Pet Owners mal that looks like a Bouvier or a describes the legs as columns. That is all nimal-rights” groups are Briard. we have to work with. When a judge “A continually having bills The questions start with those assumes a dog is not in condition sim - introduced that are challenging our regarding texture. Inevitably, descriptive ply because it does not grow profuse freedom to own dogs, let alone breed terms such as “hard coat” and “soft leg hair, he is simply wrong. The dog them. All activities relating to canines coat” are thrown around, and references with profuse leg hair may or may not will eventually be affected if we do not to “European coat” and “American have more bone than the competition, stop this insidious trampling on our coat” are even used. but to assume that is the case would be rights as American citizens. In truth, all types of coat are found just as wrong. The judge must feel These radical groups hide behind the on both continents; the grooming style under the hair when judging. cover of being humane organizations is what differs. In reality we want both Our breed is correct with any of “serving all animals—the lost, aban - coats—the hard outer coat and the soft among a wide range of lengths and doned, stressed, neglected, and needy.” undercoat. The absence of either coat is depths of leg furnishings—so long as Millions of dollars are donated by the a fault; it’s equally bad either way. the furnishings create the look of a col - generous American people to assist the The problem is that the range of umn. A Giant Schnauzer should not endeavors of such groups. Many of variation in the correct jacket is broad. look like an Afghan Hound, Briard, or these organizations, however, have In one litter you could have 10 degrees Bouvier coming at you. The leg should extremely high administrative, lobbying, in the range from hard to soft, and the appear a neat column, per the standard’s and advertising costs. The question is, coat of each of these puppies would be instructions. how much of the donated monies actu - perfectly correct, so long as they have So I leave you with this thought on ally fund helping animals in need? both types of coat. the subject: A hard coat or a soft coat Two or three times a week, dog Sometimes a ringside observer will would be the wrong coat. The Giant fanciers are e-mailed petitions to vote see a dog who carries little furnishings Schnauzer is a double-coated breed. That “no” on new legislation some AR on his legs and assumes the dog is a is why the standard says of the coat, group has introduced somewhere in “hard coat.” This is not necessarily true. lying neither smooth nor flat (which the United States. Our constitutional The only way to know the texture of would mean a lack of soft, dense rights are being attacked—county by the hair is to feel it yourself. Likewise, undercoat), and that it should be hard, county, state by state—slowly diminish - some people will assume that just wiry, very dense (referring to the harsh ing our freedom of choice relative to because a dog carries profuse furnish - outer coat). our animals. ings, the specimen is a “soft coat.” One last note: I want to thank the These organizations want to eliminate Again, not necessarily true. I have seen people who took the time to send so ownership of all animals by individu - dogs with very little furnishings and no many kind notes and e-mails letting me als—not just dogs or cats. Ordinances undercoat who still had “chicken feath - know you were happy with my previ - they have introduced in some states have ers” for hair texture—as I have seen ous article. It made me think of a con - caused wrongful separation of animals profusely furnished specimens with versation I had with a friend of mine from their owners, traumatizing and jackets/body coat of extremely harsh from Belgium years ago who had causing great pain to both. These “mis - texture. German Shepherds. He made the com - takes” are sometimes corrected by

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g expense-driven court appearances; Great Pyrenees uncomfortable mats that need to be cut White Coats and High Heat n other times, seized dogs are placed in out with scissors. When this is accom - i foster homes or just disappear. s I write these words, it is a hot plished, the result is a white dog with a k

r The ordinances and bills introduced Asummer day. The Pyrenees are harsh, long white coat. This coat is an

o by such groups may appear to be mostly lying around, and running has excellent protection from the sun since addressing the serious problem of been limited to a brief round of the the white color reflects perfectly. It w puppy mills and puppy brokers. But yard to stretch their legs and scare off shields the skin from harmful rays and often there is a hidden agenda in the intruders. After that, they just want to provides an insulating layer that protects fine print that extends to suffocating hide under a tree and sleep. One of the the dog. Without the fluffy undercoat, laws which will affect reputable breed - dogs has actually dug a very large hole there is an open layer that allows air to ers, or limits on the number of dogs to under the pear tree, where she has her circulate right down to the skin. It is a household, and restrictions against very own “cooler cave.” nature’s remedy for the heat. certain breeds being owned, or allow - In other words, nature makes very While it is certainly true that Pyrs ing certain breeds to be owned only if clear what are the best ways to cope were originally bred for the cold cli - muzzled in public. with the heat. And no one has to teach mate of the Pyrenees mountains, many These are only a few of the kinds of the dogs to comply. Of course the dogs people have happily had kennels in regulations that are being imposed in have plenty of water to drink, and at very warm places. There are major Pyr many areas of the country. Once a type least one of our Pyrs has quite a taste kennels in Arizona and Texas who of legislation is in place in one county for ice chips. We like to indulge this breed excellent and happy dogs. And or state, it becomes easier to have it habit because it makes her so happy. they don’t shave their dogs. Of course, accepted in other areas. We had a phone call last week from a they often have an air-conditioned As dog breeders and dog owners friend who has a dog-grooming busi - home for the dogs, but that is a differ - who wish to maintain their rights, we ness. She wanted some advice about a ent topic altogether. — Gail Knapp, must stay on top of any new legislation Pyrenees whose owner had brought her Ph.D., J.D.; [email protected] that is introduced in our state. A simple in to be shaved down for the summer. check each day will keep you on top of Our friend wanted to know if this was Greater Swiss the situation in your area. a good idea. The owner of the dog Mountain Dogs When you learn that a bill has been wanted to keep her dog cooler in the GSMDs at the World Dog introduced, read and interpret it very summer heat, and she felt that having a Show carefully. If it creates an imposition on long coat covering the dog would dog show in Paris in July—this our rights of ownership, and so forth, make her warmer. After all, we humans Awas my dream vacation! When I we have the Internet to bring aware - put on coats in the winter in order to heard that the 2011 World Dog Show ness to the fore and let the people we keep warm and take them off when the was going to be in Paris, I decided that voted into Congress to represent us weather turns warmer. I would have to attend. In addition to know our wishes, and vote accordingly. Emphatically, I told her not to do it. getting the opportunity to see the dogs If we do not wake up to this invasion Nature has provided our dogs with a and meet breeders from many of the upon our rights and really fight back in wonderful coat that is an all-weather European countries, I would also have every way possible, they will succeed, friend. The Pyr has a double coat, with the chance to visit an exciting city. and we will no longer have breeding a soft undercoat that acts as insulation Unbelievably, the stars aligned and I rights and dog shows will be a thing of in cold weather, and long, harsh guard was actually able to attend. The only the past, as will sports such as hunting, hairs on the outside. In the summer, the other World Dog Show I had attended fishing, racing, and so on. undercoat is shed—and it needs to be was in Berne, Switzerland, in 1994. I In the past I have donated monies to carefully combed out. It will come eas - was anxious to see if and how the some of these organizations; now I ily free from the skin, and on an aver - breed had changed in Europe since limit my donations to preserve wildlife age dog the resulting fluff will easily fill then. and to our local humane society. I know a large garbage bag. There are some This year’s World Dog Show was one that 100 percent of that money to our people who will actually spin this hair of the largest to date, with an entry of humane society is used to maintain a into a very fine yarn. Pyr-club auctions over 22,000 dogs. The French clean, spacious, well-equipped facility will often feature various knitted or Championship show was held at the and to take care of the animals in a crocheted items that have been fash - same time, with the French show compassionate and dedicated atmos - ioned from this yarn. beginning in the morning and the phere. The hair must be combed out rather World Show in the afternoon. The I personally participate in those than brushed, so that all of it is show was held over four very busy days, endeavors whenever possible. — Paddy removed right down to the skin. If it is from July 7–10. Group 2, which Magnuson; [email protected] not removed, it will rapidly form very includes Pinschers, Schnauzers,

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g Mollosers, and Sennenhunds, showed experience and great fun. — Catherine other than rabies, and Lyssin to detox

n on Thursday, July 7. Cooper; [email protected] the rabies ‘miasm.’ (If there are no i In France, there is one parent club, holistic veterinarians in the area, these k

r the Association Francaise des Bouvier Komondorok homeopathics can be obtained from Vaccine Reactions o Suisses, for all four of the Sennenhund NaturalRearing.com. ) breeds. everal months ago I heard of a “Our therapy typically uses steroids w At the World Show, the Grand SKomondor who was exhibiting in tapering doses over 4 –6 weeks to Bouvier Suisse (GSMD), Bouvier neurological symptoms within a day of stop the inflammatory process and clin - Bernois (Bernese Mountain Dog), receiving a vaccine. He was walking in ical symptoms. Therapy begins with an Bouvier de L’Entlebuch (Entlebucher), circles and seemed partially blind. The injection of dexamethasone phosphate and Bouvier D’Appenzell 2-year-old dog had gone to the vet first, and if the animal improves right (Appenzeller) were all judged by Mme. clinic to be tested for tick-borne away, is continued with prednisone at Lisbeth Mach. diseases when the doctor suggested this 0.5 mg per pound twice daily for 5–7 The GSMD entry was a little disap - vaccine. days, then tapered gradually over the pointing, with 34. The Berners had a What vaccine isn’t important here, as next month to every other day. The use huge entry of 210, and Entlebuchers, this led to a tangent topic of whether of steroids will cause an increase in 22. I was pleased with the entry of 30 to give vaccines or not; it’s a different water intake and urination, but the ani - Appenzellers, as I had never seen an subject. mal should be able to handle the drug entry that large. Initially the practice didn’t think at these tapering doses for a few weeks. At the FCI shows, the classes are there was a correlation between the If a holistic veterinarian wants to try an divided into Intermediate, Open, dog’s symptoms and his having been alternative therapy to steroids, this Champion, Young, and Veteran classes recently vaccinated. But after the owner approach can also work. Try it for sev - for dogs, with the same following for received several articles by Dr. Jean eral days to see if it will work. bitches. A CACIB (Certificate of Dodds, a vaccination expert, and spoke “We advise that these patients receive Aptitude for International Champion to the doctor who gave the vaccine, the no further vaccine boosters, except for of Beauty) was awarded, and a reserve thinking seemed to change. Below are rabies, where exemption can be sought CACIB, as well as a CACS and reserve excerpts from Dr. Dodds’s articles, on a case-by-case basis but may not be CACS (Certificates of National reprinted with her permission. granted in the specific locale.” Beauty). Symptoms of Vaccinosis. I’m very happy to say this dog has Best of Breed was awarded to a “The onset of adverse reactions to recovered completely and without any Russian-bred dog, Ch. Gran Vencedor’s conventional vaccinations (or other apparent long-term effects, thanks to Aragon, owned and bred by Andrey inciting drugs, chemicals, or infectious this treatment protocol. We have always Klisha and handled by Nicolas Pinero. agents) can be an immediate hypersen - been very cautious in vaccine adminis - Aragon is also an AKC champion, after sitivity or anaphylactic reaction, or can tration, and paying close attention to having spent a couple of months in the occur acutely (24 –48 hours afterwards), any dog after receiving either new or United States in the fall of 2009. or later (10 –45 days) in a delayed-type booster vaccinations is always a good The Russian GSMDs were actually immune response often caused by idea. Reaction symptoms can be mild the dominating force at the World Dog immune-complex formation. Typical or extreme. show, winning all of the top awards, signs of adverse immune reactions If your dog even appears “off” to except Best Female, which was won by include fever, stiffness, sore joints, and you, and she had a recent vaccine, don’t a bitch from Belgium. abdominal tenderness, susceptibility to hesitate to get her to the veterinarian— For the last several years the Russian infections, central and peripheral nerv - and don’t forget Dr. Dodds’s reaction GSMD have been the top competitors ous-system disorders or inflammation, protocol. in Europe. Since the breed was only collapse with autoagglutinated red Many thanks to Dr. Jean Dodds! — introduced to Russia less than a decade blood cells and jaundice, or generalized Adrienne Freyer; [email protected] ago, their progress has been very pinpoint hemorrhages or bruises. Liver impressive. enzymes may be markedly elevated, and Kuvaszok Since my first trip to a World Dog liver or kidney failure may accompany It’s Your Fault show, I was impressed with the quality bone-marrow suppression.” reeders and judges should have a of the good dogs. The dogs were also Treatment of Vaccinosis. Bpreconceived notion of what a presented in a much more professional “The diagnosis of vaccinosis is an Kuvasz looks like, moves like, and to a manner, and the grooming was exclusionary one, i.e., nothing will be degree acts like. Our AKC standard improved. None of the dogs looked found upon other testing to explain the provides a solid general outline of the like they had just come off the farm. symptoms. The animal is given the oral breed and delves into the specifics that The trip was a wonderful learning homeopathica Thuja for all vaccines define the characteristics that when

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g combined are unique and requisite of instruct judges to use their best variety of course topics. Thus it’s simple

n the Kuvasz. There is sufficient instincts and personal experience in to tailor a course load to each individ - i information that an experienced conjunction with a solid understanding ual’s interests whether they are in k

r breeder or judge should be able to of the Kuvasz standard, including the California, New York, Stockholm, or

o identify the qualities and faults of any function of the breed. I then instruct Italy. specific dog—qualities and faults. them to apply their experience to the While online information is accessi - w I believe that most new people extent that the standard allows. A self- ble to all, one of the biggest limitations entering the sport find it easier to iden - described “tooth fairy” will eliminate of an Internet environment is the lack tify a fault than it is to grasp the idio - an otherwise outstanding dog from of hands-on, real-time experiences. To syncrasies that define “type.” I hope that competition if said dog does not have bridge that gap, Leonberger University over time we begin to appreciate the full dentition. It is certainly within her offers a wide variety of practical expe - qualities in each dog without ignoring right to do so, as our standard allows a riences for the LU student at faults, but taking them into proper per - judge to “penalize to the extent of the Leonberger gatherings around the spective with regard to the whole dog. deviation.” I personally disagree with country. Live demonstrations and inter - Some of our beliefs about faults, how - the degree of the penalty, but I applaud active work-sessions are offered at ever, just never seem to go away. the judge’s conviction to her principles. regional shows, educational days, fun I heard a breeder recently ponder A breeder who has a prejudice matches, and specialty shows. Such why another breeder has not bothered against a high tail-carriage will say they popular topics as draft work, agility, to “breed out” a particular fault in her will not tolerate that fault. A breeder clicker training, and therapy work are line. My first reaction was that the who does tolerate the fault but wishes planned for the future. breeder who was speaking has faults in to breed away from it will say they Who is a Leonberger University stu - her line that have not changed would like a better tail-carriage. They dent? The answer is simple: anyone throughout the years. Clearly, what was are both talking about the same fault, who wants to learn more about the happening here was that each of us not but their individual perspective and Leonberger breed. Courses on the only recognized faults and qualities dif - prejudices defined their vocabulary. breed’s official standard and its structure ferently but also placed different We all have our faults, and we are and movement might be of particular emphasis on which faults we consid - going to stick to them. — Susan interest to judges and the show fancy. ered more offensive. It is equally possi - Gilmore; [email protected] Breeders can benefit from the special ble that traits are regarded as either (A) courses on the ABCs of breeding and not a fault at all, or (B) recognized as Leonbergers whelping. The pet owner will enjoy the only a minor fault. Proudly Presenting Leonberger History module, and the Breeding and judging dogs is pur - Leonberger University performance owner will find the obe - posely subjective, and no two people illiam Butler Yeats is said to have dience, agility, and other working top - will interpret the Kuvasz standard in Wpenned the phrase, “Education is ics of particular relevance. exactly the same way, whether it is the not the filling of a pail but the igniting The Leonberger University mission basic interpretation of the description of a fire.” While members of the fancy statement is to “preserve and protect or the emphasis of each quality as are often possessed of what can the breed and the past and future weighed against each other. undoubtedly be characterized as a fiery legacy of the Leonberger Club of When I present a judges’ education passion for their breed, the Leonberger America by providing an engaging seminar, I know that any breeder or Club of America has undertaken a learning environment of continuing- judge who has been in this sport for 20 massive education program designed to education programs in all areas of years or more views at least one fault as ignite fires of learning among Leonberger interest.” eliminating a dog from competition. I Leonberger enthusiasts worldwide. Recognizing that we owe it to the have met judges who viewed faulty Modeled after the Basset Hound breed to cultivate the future of the teeth, tails, and pretty much everything Club of America’s “Basset Hound breed, Leonberger University offers a in between as so faulty that they would University,” the Leonberger Club of strand for children. Courses will focus not consider the dog for ribbons America’s “Leonberger University” has on Junior Showmanship, games to play regardless of its other merits. opened its cyber-doors. Leonberger with your Leonberger, and general dog More than likely, this prejudice stems University offers free online education safety. Interactive quizzes, puzzles, and from their own personal experience in courses on many topics of interest to worksheets will make the coursework breeding—perhaps the fault was a DQ Leonberger owners, breeders, and come alive for kids in a meaningful in their breed, or a fault that they had a enthusiasts worldwide. Through a series way. particularly tough time breeding out of of interactive modules housed within The Leonberger Club of America their line. I acknowledge this predispo - the rich interface of Leo U’s website, has always been a steadfast proponent sition at the onset of the seminar and users can avail themselves of a wide of education. We owe a debt of grati -

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g tude to longtime Leonberger experts As times change and economies fluc - ested in my breed can come and

n Ann Rogers and Lara Bohinc for tuate, a national breed club encounters learn—for the betterment of the breed! i founding Leonberger University, and to ever-changing challenges. Membership —Charles Cuthbert; k

r Sharon Betts for sharing her technol - numbers might fall (when one has to [email protected]

o ogy skills as Leonberger University prioritize expenses, something has to Webmaster. These three dynamic go), and a board then needs to become

w Neapolitan Mastiffs women are joined by a larger team of focused on how they combat loss of The 2011 National Leo fanciers who are committed to membership. You don’t have a breed veryone looks forward to that continuing the Leonberger Club of club without members or the dollars Especial show that represents their America’s deep commitment to educa - and energy that they bring. breed to the dog world as the show of tion for the past, present, and future of Another casualty of both economic all shows, the show that moves around our breed. Lara, Ann, and the rest of the downturn and membership loss has the United States, and the show that Leonberger University team invite you been the national breed-rescue pro - breed owners plan yearly on to tour the University at leonberger-u.org. grams many of the breed clubs have attending—otherwise known as the For information and curriculum sug - had and are trying valiantly to maintain. Neapolitan national. gestions, please contact Ann Rogers A coordinated rescue program takes Near the end of this month (on ([email protected] ) and Lara Bohinc many dollars and dedicated people October 21 and 22) the United States ([email protected] ). For website problems (members) who are willing to accept Neapolitan Mastiff Club will be host - and suggestions, contact Sharon Betts the heartache and liability risk that go ing a regional specialty and the club’s ([email protected] ). — Astrid Robitaille; along with rescue and placement. The national with the Atlanta cluster in [email protected] Mastiff Club of America has gone from Georgia. This national also represents a club-run, national rescue program to the 20th anniversary of the parent club. Mastiffs financially supporting regional rescue Neapolitans from across the U.S. will Breed Clubs and Changing programs and coordinating English show up, dogs will gather, people will Times Mastiff rescue through our website. gather, and another great national will n my first two contributions to this This approach does fall under the head - occur. Icolumn, I have attempted to take you ing of “This is not what we really want How many of you ever spend a mil - through the evolutionary process that to do, but it is the best we can do at lisecond wondering how this all comes has allowed me to go from a person this time.” together? It truly takes a village of will - totally unaware of the sport of I would be really interested in having ing workers! exhibiting dogs to someone now others from breed clubs write a column A group of people known as the deeply interested in all that might or two and share their thoughts on show committee comes together. From impact my chosen breed. I had how their organizations are dealing within this group, a show chair either mentioned that I became more in tune with these changing times. volunteers or is appointed. It is hoped with the intensity shown by those who Since I am just putting out my that this person has experience both were conducting our annual meetings thoughts on board responsibilities, with the AKC and with putting on and did eventually find my way to changing times, and how the economy shows for other clubs. I know this serving on our board of directors. has impacted the programs of breed repeating of the advice “Neo people Simply by virtue of longevity I have clubs, let me also note that for years the need to join their local all-breed AKC seen a number of “groupings” that have Mastiff Club of America has been clubs and get to know what it truly made up these boards. I have been close blessed with the talent to produce a takes to be involved with putting on a enough and critical enough to know quality journal. At one time it was pub - show” is getting old, and it has defi - that the success and reputation of a lished four times a year and was heavily nitely been falling on deaf ears in the breed club does rest on the degree to supported by advertising. Now it comes Neo world, but it is the best advice! which the members of each board base out twice a year, and there has been Everyone loves to get together, show their actions and decisions on the goals serious discussion of going to an annual off their dogs, and go out with a group and methods as set in the organization’s yearbook. At some point we may see for a good time, but most give little if constitution and bylaws. the breed-club journals following the any thought as to how it all came Somewhere in the writings of any path of the GAZETTE and shifting to together. Generally speaking, Neo peo - breed club you will find reference to publication on the Internet. ple would rather just show up with “betterment of the breed,” and it is the After many years of observation, then their dogs, enter the ring, and enjoy the responsibility of each board to spell out involvement, I am a true believer in the show and the time there. what that means to them and to get benefits provided by a breed club. I Stop and think for a moment: Who their membership involved as best as look at the Mastiff Club of America as contracted that fantastic judge that they can. a source to which any individual inter - everyone is dying to show to? Where

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g did those ornate rosettes come from? raised over $500,000 and disbursed over national specialty in a Specials class of

n Where did those breathtaking trophies $350,000 in health grants. In addition, a 100. It is also not unusual for Newfs to i come from? Why haven’t we used these partnership with the AKC Canine earn NCA working titles after the age k

r show grounds before? Where did all Health Foundation through the Donor of 7 or 8. Most Newfie therapy dogs do

o those vendors with Neo items come Advised Fund has provided the not retire until 9 or 10—proof-positive from? Answer: The show committee opportunity to participate in peer- that the Newfoundland Club of w and the host clubs have been working reviewed research studies, funding over America and its members are dedicated behind the scenes for months. $65,000 in 10 years. to producing sounder, healthier dogs.” This year the USNMC’s board had The NCA created the TODD Award, Of course there comes a time when gone through two changes of show which acknowledges breeders and our Newfs retire from their active lives chair within a few months before owners whose dogs have been tested and enjoy their golden years. We like to someone finally stepped up to take on for (but not limited to) cystinuria, hip think their slumber is full of the good the position. Other people had been dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, and heart old days of being a Newfoundland. asked in between, but they wanted to defects. Results do not have to be clear; Thanks to Roger and Barbara Frey show their dogs or had “conditions” the dog must simply have been tested for contributing to this column. — that had to be met. The first show chair and the results posted in an open data - Karen L. Steinrock; secured our Italian judge, started the base along with a DNA profile. [email protected] AKC paperwork for his approval, con - The NCA also recognizes the oldest tacted a host hotel, inquired about ban - living Newf each year at our annual Portuguese Water quet facilities and menu, and made meeting. The pool of contestants con - Dogs contact with the Douglasville and tinues to grow with the winner being First PWD Regional Club Atlanta kennel clubs. Somewhere the oldest by months, a few weeks, or Celebrates 30th Anniversary among the three show chairs, auction even days difference between the win - all 1981: a small group of approxi - items were discussed, and some fantastic ner and the runner-up. The NCA pub - Fmately 12 to 15 PWD owners met items were on their way. Trophy pledges lishes the oldest winner and a list of all in New Canaan, Connecticut, at the were obtained by supportive Newfs reaching the age of 14 or more. home of Deyanne and Herb Miller, to Neapolitan owners through the efforts The ages of the winners for the last six organize the Fairfield County of the club’s best fund-raiser ever. years, 2005 to 2010, are 14, 15.5, 15.5, Portuguese Water Dog Club. We came Yes, everything is coming together, 15.3, 15.5, and (in 2010) 15.3 years. together all sharing a love of the breed once again. Those attending will proba - Due to the above efforts, we are see - and a commitment to its protection and bly never appreciate all the long hours ing more veterans in many events. We preservation. of phone calls and phone conferences have entries every year in veteran obe - Many of us were new to the breed that it took to get the final result—the dience, rally, and conformation. and the concept of dog clubs. We learned 2011 national. A few will appreciate all Our goal, hopefully from all the test - that the PWDCA was our “parent club” the time and work it took because they ing, awards, information-sharing, and and an “AKC member club,” with a del - have done this before—for local shows, funding to various research projects, egate and voting privileges at the AKC for previous nationals, and for the pure will be a healthier, longer-living Newf. delegate meetings. We also learned about love and devotion to our breed. — The Best of Breed at the last two the requirements necessary for becoming Donna Welty; Newfoundland nationals came from the first an AKC-sanctioned and then a [email protected] Veterans class. At this year’s national, a licensed, AKC-affiliated club. 15-year-old bitch with a Water Rescue Subsequently these requirements were Newfoundlands Dog (WRD) title strutted into the met, and we became the first licensed Long Live the Newfoundland Honors Parade, and she repeated the PWD regional club and were, and are, ver the years the Newfoundland steps when she was called up for the able to host supported entries and OClub of America (NCA) has Living Legends Award. This award, cre - sweepstakes at all-breed and Working made a concerted effort to improve the ated and supported by NCA-member Group shows in our own club’s name, welfare of our dogs, including the donations, is given to any Newf reach - rather than as the host of a PWDCA- creation of a Health and Longevity ing 10 years and over. supported entry and sweepstakes. committee and the Health Challenge. I spoke with Roger Frey, a As the years passed and the original The Newfoundland Health Challenge, Newfoundland breeder for 40 years, membership of the Fairfield County part of the Newfoundland Club of and he said, “We have had Newfs who PWDC grew and expanded throughout America Charitable Trust, was founded requalified at age 12 for NCA water- the tristate area, the club was renamed to develop funding for Newfoundland trials, including a 10-year-old earning the Nutmeg PWDC, as per recommen - health research. Over two decades the the challenging WRDX title. We’ve dation of the AKC. From that early Newfoundland Health Challenge has also had a 10-year-old go Select at a number of 12 to 15 people, the club

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g now has approximately 130 members, titles; breed confirmation classes and went to the holding facility at Lamar-

n representing mainly Connecticut, AKC titles. Dixon in Gonzales, Louisiana, and i Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, • “Picture-perfect” grooming by own - transported 144 Rottweilers to foster k

r and Rhode Island, with a few members ers and professionals. homes. We had thought this would be

o from other states as well. To the best of • Multiple numbers of PWD entries at our largest disaster in numbers of my knowledge, Sonja and Jim Santos and shows, even Westminster. Rottweilers, but we were proven wrong. w I are the only remaining original club • Nutmeg PWD Club–supported On February 1 of this year, the members from 1981. entries at AKC shows. American Rottweiler Club was con - From those early years, wonderful • Nutmeg PWD Club water trials and tacted by the Houston SPCA for assis - memories include: agility shows. tance in a seizure from a cruelty case • Obedience class lessons on the • Many, many more owners enjoying that involved 200 Rottweilers from Millers’s front lawn. the working capabilities of their PWDs Coryell County, Texas. • Grooming lessons in my driveway, while encouraging sportsmanlike com - I met with the vice president and with grooming tables and beach chairs! petition at all dog events. staff of the shelter on February 3 and • Hoping to have four to six dogs • Health clinics and continued support had the opportunity to see each of entered in a show. of health research for the breed. these dogs. It was simply overwhelming. • Beach parties for dogs and owners at • Education of the public about the My immediate concern was for the the Grauer’s Fairfield beach house. Early PWD. obviously pregnant bitches. While the numbers were maybe 10 to 12 dogs • “Encouraging and promoting quality Houston SPCA waited for court cus - attending with their owners, and subse - in the breeding of purebred PWDs. tody, they did allow us to put these quently the numbers grew to 40 to 60 Working to do all possible to bring their girls in foster homes. During the three- dogs, with owners in tow. natural qualities to perfection.” week period we waited for the dogs to • Our first Wet Dog Contest, judged • Creating a Nutmeg PWD Club be released to the shelter, 17 females by Deyanne Miller. website. gave birth. • Pool parties and beach instructions • Developing many more special and Meanwhile, requests were placed on on teaching the dogs to swim and to do lifelong friendships. the Internet asking for help in volun - water work. To simply say “thank you” to all the teers from Rottweiler rescues and indi - • Our AKC-sanctioned “B” match many people who have worked so hard viduals and for donations to help these shows and sanctioned “A” match shows to organize and support our club and dogs. On February 23, the court to qualify to be an AKC-licensed club. help it grow seems very inadequate. released the Rottweilers to the • PWD obedience classes at a Numerous Nutmeg members have been Houston SPCA, and we began the task Greenwich nursing home, with 8 of 11 associated with the club for many, many of finding foster homes and placements puppies from my first litter attending. years. for each of these dogs. • Our first formal water-training We look forward to the years ahead Numerous volunteers stepped for - classes, with thanks to Deborah Lee and to continued growth in our love and ward to temperament test each dog and Miller-Riley. devotion to the Portuguese Water Dog. evaluate them for placement. The • Our first club newsletter, The Lifeline. To all, I say, “Obrigada.” SPCA made a generous offer to spay, • Having my dog’s picture chosen for Note to all PWD owners: If you are not neuter, and vaccinate each Rottweiler the first PWD color photo in the AKC’s a member of your local regional club, before they left their facility. Other vet - Complete Dog Book, in 1985. please consider joining. Each individual erinarian clinics in the Houston area • Reading Katherine Braund and club has various programs to offer for generously stepped forward to help Deyanne Miller’s first book, The Complete everyone. For more information, please with this effort. We were lucky in that Portuguese Water Dog, published in1986. visit PWDCA.org and select “New most of these dogs were heartworm • Club meetings with guest speakers Member Area,” and then “Sanctioned negative, but we discovered that all on various educational dog-related Regional Clubs.” — Carole Prangley- were heavily infested with hookworms subjects. McIvor; [email protected] and whipworms. • Developing special lifelong Twenty-three rescue groups came friendships. Rottweilers from 16 states to foster these dogs. ... And many more happy memories. Groups Work Together, Make Private parties drove most of the dogs Now as we celebrate our club’s 30th Huge Rescue Effort a Success to each state using their own vehicles, anniversary, I think about: he American Rottweiler Club although rental vans were also used as • How honored we are to have led the Tstarted the ARC Disaster well as vehicles loaned out by profes - way for the formation of 19 regional Committee in 2005, in response to sional handlers. A few dogs were sent PWD clubs across America. Rottweilers left homeless after by Rescue Road Trips (a professional • Formal obedience classes and AKC Hurricane Katrina. Many volunteers dog-transportation service), and some

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g were flown out by volunteers who (Tracking Dog Excellent). It’s great a 3- to 5-hour and 880- to 1,000-yard-

n worked for airline companies. when owners of our wonderful breed long track with five to seven turns, and i PetSmart made a generous donation get out there and do different and the dogs have to find articles. k

r of funds for medical needs, as well as exciting things with our dogs. The AKC website has a wealth of

o crates for transporting these dogs. ARC I saw on my national Saint Bernard information on tracking and can help members and Rottweiler fanciers in list that Lovey Olbrich was competing you find tracking clubs or classes in w both Canada and the United States in tracking with her dog Sam and was your area. donated funds to help these dogs as interested in finding out more about Thanks to previous columnist Dave well. The outpouring of love and con - tracking. I called Lovey, and she gra - Maxwell for his outstanding contribu - cern from many venues helped these ciously took the time to give me some tions. — Pam Leighton; dogs in many ways. insight. [email protected] Our goal to get all these dogs to Lovey got started in tracking by tak - safety was successful. On April 6, the ing some classes with a local instructor Samoyeds last six dogs were transported out of the and read books on the subject. Sam is The Versatile Samoyed Houston SPCA. All of these dogs were the fourth Saint who she has trained in hen judging the Samoyed, it is placed in foster homes, and many have tracking. AKC tracking is a sport that Wimportant to remember that he found forever homes. This is a task that demonstrates the dog’s natural ability to is an all-purpose dog. The breed was will still take some considerable work follow a scent.When you track with a used for many purposes such as for in socialization, treating health issues, dog, the dog is in the lead and you fol - herding, for hunting, as a companion and training to place each and every low along—a big change for most for children, as a guard dog, and for one. It is an effort of large magnitude, owners. hauling over the ice. It is an error to with a large shelter (the Houston Tracking requires very little equip - consider the breed as just another sled SPCA), a parent club (the American ment, just a harness and a 20- to 40- dog … or just another herding breed. Rottweiler Club), and numerous rescue foot lead. Tracking can be in any kind The breed is much more than that. This groups working in tandem to help of terrain—grassy, wooded, or desert— should be taken into consideration these dogs. although it is mostly done in open ter - when evaluating the dog in the ring. For further information about these rain. In practice the owner lays a track Sled dogs may be bred for swiftness Rottweilers and those available for (with footsteps), and the dog must fol - and speed. But the Samoyed people are adoption, please visit rottnet.net. low it. nomads, and their dogs were bred for Thank you, Lew Olson, chairman, Before you enter a Tracking Dog test, stamina and endurance. The people and American Rottweiler Club Disaster you must have your dog certified by an their dogs traveled with the reindeer Committee. — Gwen Chaney; AKC-approved or provisional judge. herds from one grazing area to another. [email protected] The certification form has to accom - They were not trying to be the first pany the entry form. In a trial the ones to get there. Saint Bernards judge designs the track and instructs The herds moved at a moderate Tracking: Not Just for tracklayers how to walk the track, speed, grazing as they went from one Hounds! makes charts that show the tracks area to another. The Samoyed dog also racking —the word conjures an design, and approves the articles used. moves at a moderate speed, and should Timage of hunters and police Once entries have closed, there is a above all else be balanced while mov - following a pack of hounds hot on the draw to determine who will be in the ing, which should seem effortless and trail, noses to the ground searching for test. There are always more entries than energy conserving. A flying trot with all the scent. Suddenly one of the dogs spaces available because there is a big four feet off the ground is foreign to starts to bay, and the game is on. The demand for tracking tests, and the the breed. Locomotion and drive can pack races through a moonlit swamp number of dogs that can be judged in a only be obtained from contact with the on the trail of an escaped convict or day is limited. On the morning of the ground. trying to find a lost child. trial there is another draw, to decide the The breed was also used as a guard It turns out my imagination may order in which the dogs will perform. dog to warn its people against polar have been influenced by too many Tracking is heavy work. In other bears that may enter the area. The dogs movies! Tracking is a sport that can be words, the dog has to have controlled would send out a warning and then enjoyed by any breed of dog and their breathing so that he is able to follow assist the men-folk in either diverting owner. Saint Bernards have proved to the same scent for the required track. the animal or hunting it. A dog would be quite adept at learning to track. For a TD title, the dog has to follow a need some substance of bone and body There have been 38 Saints who have track that is a half-hour to three hours to withstand a swift blow, or worse yet, earned a TD (Tracking Dog) title, and old and is 440 to 500 yards long, with to withstand an attack of the jaws of two who have earned the TDX three to five turns. A TDX title requires the beast. Thick coat would help against

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g an attack by allowing the bear or wolf dog is not to be condoned and should be no hesitation presenting trimmed

n to grab a mouthful of hair instead of severely penalized. Siberians for championship presenta - i skin and bone. “It should always be remembered that tion? k

r The dog needed powerful jaws to the Siberian Husky, a very gentle, active “To quote L. Stewart Cochrane in his

o fulfill these jobs, as well as to tear at his and natural breed, is one of the easiest to preface to The Complete Siberian Husky, meal, whether it be seal fat, whale blub - groom and prepare for the show ring. A by Demidoff and Jennings, ‘I share with w ber, or fish. current tendency to over-chalk and alter many the pride in the zest and zoom The temperament of the dog would the coat by scissoring or stripping has with which the breed has taken hold. have to be gentle enough for him to become a prevalent practice in all areas But we are all well aware that popular - watch over the children of the family, of the country. The natural outline of the ity has its dangers, too. We must stay whom he would lie over in bed in Siberian is one of great beauty. alert to keeping the Siberian Husky the order to share his body heat and keep “Due to the expertise of professional great dog he has been and is.’ ” —P.B. them warm; smart enough to think handlers whose skill in sculpting is per - Thank you, Phyllis! — Jane Steffen; independently, so that he could locate mitted in many other breeds, it is not [email protected] crevasses in the glacier snow; confident always easy to detect. But we urge you enough so that he would ward off to give this serious consideration before Standard Schnauzers attacks from predators; and aware making your final decisions. The natural Apocalypse Now? enough so that he could dodge sharp beauty of the Siberian should be pro - he year 2011 marks one of New hooves of reindeer in the herd. The tected as intended by the charter mem - TMexico’s driest summers ever. dogs must always be aware of their sur - bers of the Siberian Husky Club of Temperatures and winds are high, forest roundings, and a dog staring blankly America.” fires have broken out around the state, into space or bored with life is defi - With much concern over the trim - including one across the Rio Grande nitely not exhibiting the temperament ming of the Siberian Husky coat surfac - Valley from us, and there’s a new one in of the true working dog. ing at this time, the above statement the mountains behind us. In 2000, our The current standard does take all of [from the SHCA Board of Directors], town was evacuated for three weeks these into consideration, and it is the written in 2005, addresses the concerns from a fire started in about that same tool for all Samoyed breeders to try to that existed at that time. It was written area. I shudder to think of going through emulate. Let’s keep this in mind when by the education chair at the request of that again. breeding and evaluating our dogs in the the board and printed in the fall issue of This year, the world has seen a show ring. Not as a single-purpose the AKC judges’ newsletter. What more plethora of apocalyptic natural and not- breed, but as the all-purpose dog that needs to be said to those who pass judg - so-natural disasters, some seasonal, and the Samoyed truly is. ment on a Siberian Husky in an allotted some not: fires, floods, hurricanes, torna - Respectfully submitted. — Debby two and a half minutes? does, earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, Jahnke; [email protected] “Perhaps it is time that we looked to volcanic eruptions, even famine and the owners of the Siberians who enter pestilence. What will happen next? When Siberian Huskies the show ring. Is it not their responsibil - it happens, will you be ready? ur guest columnist is Phyllis ity to oversee the grooming and han - Disaster plan. Having a disaster plan OBrayton, Siberian Husky Club of dling of their exhibit? Originally, our prepared and an emergency kit already America education chair, AKC breed Siberians were referred to as ‘wash and assembled can mitigate disaster for you judge, and Siberian Husky breeder since wear’ dogs, and they were generally and your furry companions. If you must 1946. The following originally appeared handled by owners who would not evacuate, take your pets with you. as a letter in a 2005 AKC judges’ consider tampering with the coat. Despite the heartwarming stories shown publication. However, as the popularity of the on TV, most animals left behind in disas - Siberian exploded, the situation ters are never reunited with their fami - Trimming the Husky changed and groomers/handlers entered lies; many die. Designate a family mem - “The Board of Directors of the the picture, with their expertise in trim - ber to be responsible for each pet. Siberian Husky Club of America wished ming and sculpting. Unfortunately, as Specify a meeting place for people, to remind all judges of Siberian Huskies more owners used their services, they pets, and gear—both at home before a of the section in the standard pertaining neglected (and still do) to instruct the possible evacuation, and another outside to coat. It is with increasing concern that groomers that the standard clearly says, the danger zone in case of separations. we request your particular attention to ‘Trimming of the fur on any other part Include a safe place to leave your pets in the following: Trimming of the whiskers and of the dog is not to be condoned.’ Why the event you must go to an emergency fur between the toes and around the feet to should we feel this is to be only the shelter: most shelters don’t allow animals. present a neater appearance is permissible. responsibility of the judge when we as If possible, shelter with friends or in pet- Trimming of the fur on any other part of the breeders, owners, and exhibitors have friendly hotels well away from the disas -

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g ter area; take sheets for covering beds or frantic, and you will be safer. them apart if necessary.

n furniture in your shelter destination if Are you ready for apocalypse now? It has been an exhausting day for i your pet isn’t trained to stay on the —Suzanne Smith; [email protected] the newcomer, so when everyone has k

r floor. Assure each pet has been micro- had an introduction and brief play, it’s

o chipped and registered in a national Tibetan Mastiffs time to go home. If the introductions database, and have him wear a collar Integrating the New Dog have worked, you will know; when w with both a current rabies tag and your ringing a new dog into a home you reach home, your dogs will think ID and contact information. Bwith Tibetan Mastiffs requires care. it’s their idea to invite their new play - Pet emergency kit. Your pet emergency Their “prime directive” is to protect mate in. kit should include your pets’ medical the home and repel anything or If they continue to interact well records and vaccinations in a water - anyone who does not belong. But it’s inside, especially if one of the older proof, zippered bag; food and water for imperative that things work well from dogs offers the newcomer a toy and she a week’s stay, a water bowl, and food the first. With a rare breed such as ours, accepts and they play nicely, all is well. bowls for each pet; necessary medica - a new family member may have come You may then be entertained by the tions, with instructions for use; a first- from far away. It would not be humane older dogs rushing about importantly, aid kit, including a muzzle, antibiotics, to put the puppy back on a plane, nor showing the new dog everything they bandages, thermometer, and so on (see easy to find a proper placement on the consider important at home. When akc.org/pdfs/clubs/template_evacuation_kit spur of the moment. everyone is tired but relaxed, the new _for_pets.pdf) ; treats and toys to reduce We have used the following tech - dog is “in.” your pet’s anxiety level; leash, tagged nique (adaptable for varying circum - One should remain attentive for the collar or harness, and crate with bed - stances) on several occasions to suc - first few weeks. All the scents of home ding; towels, blankets, disinfectants, cessfully integrate new dogs into our and dogs will blend as they become odor controllers, plastic pick-up bags, household. used to each other. Many factors can paper towels, and large plastic bags for You will need the help of competent affect the outcome of an introduc - general disposal; recent photos of you friends or family members who are tion—the genders of the dogs, whether with your pet(s) in a waterproof con - trusted by your dogs. First, leave some - a dog is in heat, whether a litter is pres - tainer for identification; and combs, one outside with the newcomer while ent, and so on. But if the new dog is brushes, waterless shampoo, and other you greet your dogs inside. You’ll have permitted the freedom of the home interim grooming supplies. the scent of the new dog on you. after they’ve shared toys, played Include a list of contact numbers It’s best if your dogs have been exer - together, and eaten together, she has outside the emergency area for veteri - cised and fed, to take any “edge” off. been successfully integrated into the nary facilities, kennels, animal shelters, You or a friend should leash the new - household. pet-friendly hotels, and friends and rel - comer (who will surely need “relief” When I brought home our new pup, atives with whom you might stay. anyway) and walk him or her off-site. I was simply too tired to do things Your personal emergency kit. Include in Your dogs should then be leashed and properly. Fortunately, dogs are very nice your own emergency kit, besides what taken outside, with one handler per beings, which is why humans have lived your family needs for at least a week dog. When your dogs see you or a cooperatively with them for so long. away from home, a laptop computer friend with the new dog, they will nat - The Lady TMs greeted us, surprised and recharger, cell phone and recharger, urally be extremely curious. to see me with a tall friend holding the and a hand-cranked or solar flashlight Speak calmly and encouragingly, new young lady in his arms. When she and radio for information about the walking with your dogs a slight dis - saw her own kind, she called out to emergency. tance from the newcomer. Keeping them. They leaped about excitedly, try - What to do. During an emergency or control, gradually close the distance ing to sniff her. disaster, keep your pets close at the first several times so the dogs can sniff but She was placed on my husband’s lap, sign of trouble. Don’t let them roam not engage. If at any point one of the and he crooned over her, with the your property; keep them on lead for dogs issues an invitation to play and other dogs eager to take charge. Then potty breaks. If you have time, call the others respond positively, it’s a very Tara got a look in her eyes that said: ahead to make necessary arrangements good sign. “Mine!” From then on, Tara was surro - away from the danger area for you and If possible, walk to a large, fully gate mother, and Deuce, the Senior Dog, your pets. Assemble pets, family, and enclosed area that is not on your dogs’ trained her in her new responsibilities. gear at the designated place in prepara - “territory,” and introduce each of your That’s the blessing of living with tion for evacuation. dogs to the newcomer, one at a time. If good dogs. I broke all the “rules” when If evacuation looks imminent, head all goes well, you can allow them to I brought her into our family, but it out before the official order is given— play, but keep them under close obser - didn’t matter. Dom Chen Mo was traffic will be lighter, drivers will be less vation, on long lines, so you can pull home. — Mary Fischer; [email protected]

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DELEGATES FORUM Delegate Committees BYLAWS: as of September 13, 2011 ONE-YEAR TERM SYNOPSIS OF THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 Sylvia Arrowwood DELEGATES FORUM COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Charleston Kennel Club Ruth W. Crumb, Secretary (Pro Tem) Steve Schmidt The Delegates Forum is an informal meeting Mount Vernon Dog Training Club Texas Kennel Club of Delegates that provides an opportunity for Judith V. Daniels, Chair (Pro Tem) Diane F. Taylor open discussion and expression of ideas. No Mt. Baker Kennel Club Newtown Kennel Club official business is transacted, a quorum is not Susan LaCroix Hamil required and no attendance record is kept. Shoreline Dog Fanciers Association of Orange TWO-YEAR TERM County Rita J. Biddle “FIELD EVENTS 101” David H. Hopkins Ingham County Kennel Club The presentation was conceived and developed English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Club of Judith V. Daniels, Chair by the Field Trial and Hunting Test Delegates Illinois Mt. Baker Kennel Club Committee. Speakers included Fred Kampo, Robert Neff LaBerge Dr. John V. Ioia, M.D., Ph.D Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial Club; Judy Lawrenceville Kennel Club Southern Adirondack Dog Club Tighe, American Brittany Club; Dave Hopkins, Patricia W. Laurans Nina Schaefer English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Club of German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America Back Mountain Kennel Club Illinois; Jim Corbett, Tualatin Kennel Club; and Cynthia A. Miller Doug Ljungren, AVP of Performance Events. Harrisburg Kennel Club THREE-YEAR TERM Daniel J. Smyth, Esq., Gretchen Bernardi, Secretary The purpose of the presentation was to review Burlington County Kennel Club Mississippi Valley Kennel Club the long history AKC has in sponsoring field Ann Wallin William J. Feeney events, the working traits that are evaluated by Atlanta Kennel Club Sir Francis Drake Kennel Club field events, and the importance these traits Pamela Stacey Rosman have in maintaining the essence of a breed. The ALL-BREED: Canaan Dog club of America relationship between conformation events and ONE-YEAR TERM Burton J. Yamada field events was highlighted. The breed standard Fred C. Bock II Orange Empire Kennel Club for working breeds, which is used to evaluate Key City Kennel Club dogs in conformation events, is important as it Charles J. Foley CANINE HEALTH: is meant to insure the dog is built properly to Eastern Dog Club ONE-YEAR TERM perform its function. Field events jump to the Lawrence J. Libeu Susan LaCroix Hamil, Chair bottom line so to speak by evaluating how well Santa Maria Kennel Club Shoreline Dog Fanciers Association of Orange a working dog performs the function for Andrew (Gene) Mills County which it was bred. In addition to proper Del Sur Kennel Club Joan Savage conformation, a successful working dog must Portland Kennel Club have the proper instincts, drive, intelligence and TWO-YEAR TERM Holly Stump trainability, among other traits. The presen - Robert D. Black, Secretary Staffordshire Terrier Club of America tation gave a summary of what is expected of a Key City Kennel Club dog in Retriever, Pointing Breed, Spaniel and Crécia C. Closson TWO-YEAR TERM Hound field events. It concluded by Lakes Region Kennel Club Dr. Sophia Kaluzniacki emphasizing the joy that is experienced by John L. Ronald Canada Del Oro Kennel Club dogs that are able to do what they were bred to Samoyed Club of America Dr. Harvey Morhrenweiser do and the strengthening of the bond between Ann Wallin, Chair Standard Schnauzer Club of America owner and dog when they share the Atlanta Kennel Club Peter J. See experience. Welsh Terrier Club of America THREE-YEAR TERM John A. Studebaker Nancy B. Fisk Battle Creek Kennel Club Hockamock Kennel Club Margarette (Peggy) L. Wampold THREE-YEAR TERM South Windsor Kennel Club Eddie Dziuk Carol A. Williamson National Beagle Club Houston Kennel Club

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James Efron, Secretary Nancy J. Perrell Nicklas G. Pisias Nashville Beagle Club Scottsdale Dog Fanciers Association Chintimini Kennel Club Dr. Joellen Gregory David M. Powers Otterhound Club of America Los Encinos Kennel Club TWO-YEAR TERM Margaret B. Pough Thomas Barrie Finger Lakes Kennel Club THREE-YEAR TERM West Highland White Terrier Club of Dr. Duane A. Butherus America DELEGATE ADVOCACY AND Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club Carol Clark ADVANCEMENT: Harold Miller Border Collie Society of America ONE-YEAR TERM American Foxhound Club Bonnie Lapham, Secretary Dick Blair Blackie H. Nygood Glens Falls Kennel Club Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club Mispillion Kennel Club Whitney Coombs THREE-YEAR TERM Catoctin Kennel Club FIELD TRIAL AND HUNTING TEST Gerard Baudet Carole Plesur EVENTS: Rhode Island Kennel Club Italian Greyhound Club of America ONE-YEAR TERM Dr. John S. Fitzpatrick Edmund R. Sledzik Beth Lagimoniere Mensona Kennel Club American Lhasa Apso Club American Water Spaniel Club Robert Neff LaBerge, Chair Joan S. Tabor Lawrenceville Kennel Club TWO-YEAR TERM Eastern German Shorthaired Pointer Club James R. Dok Judith H. Tighe OBEDIENCE, TRACKING AND AGILITY: Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club American Brittany Club ONE-YEAR TERM Jane F. Ruthford, Secretary, James M. Ashton Havanese Club of America TWO-YEAR TERM Obedience Training Club of Rhode Island Daniel J. Smyth, Esq., Chair David H. Hopkins, Chair John J. Cadalso, Jr. Burlington County Kennel Club English Springer Spaniel Field Club of Illinois Troy Kennel Club Marcy L. Zingler Fred T. Kampo Gail LaBerge, Secretary Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial Club Atlanta Obedience Club A. Nelson Sills Kathrynann N. Sarvinas THREE-YEAR TERM Labrador Retriever Club Dog Owners’ Training Club of Maryland Catherine Bell Lynn Worth-Smith, Secretary Tennessee Valley Kennel Club Vizsla Club of America TWO-YEAR TERM Dr. Gerry Meisels Dr. Joyce Dandridge St. Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association THREE-YEAR TERM Capital Dog Training Club of Washington Marjorie A. Tuff Alice C. Berd D.C. American Shetland Sheepdog Association English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Barbara L. Mann Association Dayton Dog Training Club DOG SHOW RULES: James S. Corbett Patricia A. Sample ONE-YEAR TERM Tualatin Kennel Club Anderson Obedience Training Club Cynthia A. Miller, Chair Kenneth A. Marden Maureen R. Setter Harrisburg Kennel Club German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America Cleveland All-Breed Training Club Charles H. Schaefer, P.E. Robert H. McKowen Kennel Club of Philadelphia Mississippi Valley Retriever Club THREE-YEAR TERM Robert A. Schroll Ruth W. Crumb, Chair Clarksville Kennel Club HERDING, EARTHDOG, AND COURSING Mount Vernon Dog Training Club John Shoemaker EVENTS: James J. Primmer Toy Dog Breeders Association of Southern ONE-YEAR TERM Portland Dog Obedience Club California Don H. Adams Larry Wilson Cudahy Kennel Club Philadelphia Dog Training Club TWO-YEAR TERM Carol Fisher Linda C. Flynn, Secretary Valley Forge Kennel Club PARENT CLUBS: South Shore Kennel Club ONE-YEAR TERM Sue Goldberg Ricky Blackman Lewiston-Auburn Kennel Club Southeast Arkansas Kennel Club

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Patricia W. Laurans, Chair Patricia Reynolds American Water Spaniel Club— Beth German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America Yorkshire Terrier Club of America Lagimoniere Karen Mays, Secretary Daniel J. Smyth, Esq., Anderson Kennel Club— Phillip D. Sample Burlington County Kennel Club Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Anderson Obedience Training Club, Inc.— Sherry E. Wallis Association Ms. Patricia A. Sample Basset Hound Club of America Ann Arbor Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary A. Peter G. Piusz Barbara Wicklund Brocious American Rottweiler Club Basset Hound Club of America Antelope Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— William QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE DELEGATES Daniels TWO-YEAR TERM OF Arkansas Kennel Club, Inc.— Pamela J. Arwood Constance Butherus THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc.— Ann Wallin Afghan Hound Club of America SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 Atlanta Obedience Club, Inc.— Gail A. Ruth Ann Naun DENNIS B. SPRUNG, President LaBerge Border Terrier Club of America PRESENT Back Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Nina John P. Nielsen Abilene Kennel Club— Neil A. Bates Schaefer English Setter Association of America Afghan Hound Club of America, Inc.— Ms. Baltimore County Kennel Club— Lucy C. Larry Sorenson Constance Butherus Campbell-Gracie Akita Club of America— Sherry E. Wallis Dachshund Club of America Basenji Club of America, Inc.— Mr. Jon Curby Alaskan Malamute Club of America, Inc.— Basset Hound Club of America, Inc.— Mrs. Mrs. Virginia P. Grefe THREE-YEAR TERM Barbara Wicklund Albany Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary M. Bayou Kennel Club, Inc.— Wayne Boyd William Blair MacCollum Progressive Dog Club American Belgian Malinois Club— Ms. Nancy Bayshore Companion Dog Club, Inc.— Gloria Marshall Karen Burgess L. Bennett Bearded Collie Club of America, Inc.— Kathy Greater Clark County Kennel Club American Belgian Tervuren Club, Inc.— Ms. Janina K. Laurin Coxwell Karen R. Spey American Bloodhound Club— Mary L. Belgian Sheepdog Club of America, Inc.— American Pointer Club Olszewski Barbara Swisher American Bouvier des Flandres Club, Inc.— Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America, EDITORIAL STAFF: PersPectives Patte Klecan Inc.— Sara Karl ONE-YEAR TERM American Boxer Club, Inc.— Bruce E. Voran Bexar County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Gerald American Brittany Club, Inc.— Judith Tighe Bonnie Lapham H. Yarbrough American Bullmastiff Association, Inc.— Alan Glen Falls County Kennel Club Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc.— George Kalter Dr. Gerry Meisel Sikes American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel St. Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association Club, Inc.— Carol Williams Birmingham Kennel Club, Inc.— Martha Monica Henderson Stoner American Fox Terrier Club— Connie Clark Griffin Saluki Club of America American Foxhound Club, Inc— Harold Miller Border Collie Society of America— Ms. Carol Sylvia Thomas, Secretary (pro tem) American Maltese Association, Inc.— Mr. Clark Kennel Club of Riverside Richard W. Glenn Borzoi Club of America, Inc.— Barbara American Manchester Terrier Club— Roberta O’Neill Carol A. Williamson, Chair (pro tem) Berman Boston Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Mrs. Houston Kennel Club American Pointer Club, Inc.— Mrs. Karen R. Kathleen M. Kelly Lynn Worth-Smith Spey Briard Club of America, Inc.— Michael Gibson Vizsla Club of America American Rottweiler Club— Mr. Peter G. Bronx County Kennel Club— Ms. Alexa Piusz Samarotto TWO-YEAR TERM American Sealyham Terrier Club— Kenneth W. Brookhaven Kennel Club, Inc.— Marie A. Mader Sylvia Arrowwood American Shetland Sheepdog Association— Fiore Charleston Kennel Club Marjorie Tuff Bryn Mawr Kennel Club— Ruth A. Williams Dick Blair American Shih Tzu Club, Inc.— Mrs. Sally L. Bull Terrier Club of America— Dr. Dale R. Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club Vilas Schuur American Spaniel Club, Inc.— Julie Virosteck

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Bulldog Club of America— Robert L. Newcomb Mrs. Maureen R. Setter Forsyth Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Almira B. Bulldog Club of New England, Inc.— Clumber Spaniel Club of America, Inc.— Judy Dallas Francesca J. Castaneda Hiller Fort Lauderdale Dog Club— Charles Arnold Bulldog Club of Philadelphia— Lynn E. Smith Collie Club of America, Inc.— Mr. Harold W. Fort Worth Kennel Club— Mr. Harry G. Burlington County Kennel Club, Inc.— Sundstrom Ottmann Daniel J. Smyth, Esq. Colorado Kennel Club— Louise Leone Framingham District Kennel Club, Inc.— Cairn Terrier Club of America— Pam Davis Colorado Springs Kennel Club— Sidney L. Lynda Kenney California Airedale Terrier Club— Kayla Marx French Bulldog Club of America— Mrs. Ann Kurucz Columbia Terrier Association of Maryland— M. Hubbard California Collie Clan, Inc.— Robette G. Johns Norma J. Ryan Galveston County Kennel Club, Inc.— Cathy Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club— Mr. Concord Dog Training Club, Inc.— John De La Garza Wayne F. Harmon Adams Genesee County Kennel Club, Inc.— Connie Canaan Dog Club of America— Pamela S. Conyers Kennel Club of Georgia— Michael S. Clapp Rosman Houchard German Shepherd Dog Club of America— Dr. Canada Del Oro Kennel Club— Dr. Sophia Cudahy Kennel Club— Don H. Adams Carmen L. Battaglia Kaluzniacki Dachshund Club of America, Inc.— Larry German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Capital Dog Training Club of Washington, Sorenson America— Mr. Kenneth A. Marden D.C., Inc.— Dr. Joyce A. Dandridge Dalmatian Club of America, Inc.— James W. German Wirehaired Pointer Club of America, Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America, Smith Inc.— Ms. Patricia W. Laurans Inc.— Ms. Eugenia B. Bishop Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America, Gig Harbor Kennel Club— James R. Dok Carolina Kennel Club, Inc.— Jaimie Ashby Inc.— Karen Dorn Glen of Imaal Terrier Club of America— Bruce Catoctin Kennel Club— Whitney Coombs Dayton Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Groeschel H. Sussman Catonsville Kennel Club— Beverly A. Drake Del Monte Kennel Club, Inc.— Merlyn A. Glens Falls Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Bonnie Cedar Rapids Kennel Association, Inc.— J Green, D.C. Lapham Richard Seelbach Del Sur Kennel Club, Inc.— Andrew G. Mills Gloucester County Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Central Florida Kennel Club, Inc.— Julian Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club— Dr. A. D. Carole L. Richards Prager Butherus Golden Retriever Club of America— Ellen Central Indiana Kennel Club, Inc.— Sally Des Moines Kennel Club, Inc.— John D. Hardin Allen Hughes Gordon Setter Club of America, Inc.— Nance Central Ohio Kennel Club— David W. Detroit Kennel Club— Mr. Erik Bergishagen O. Skoglund Galloway Doberman Pinscher Club of America— Mrs. Great Dane Club of America, Inc.— Thomas Chaparral Kennel Club, Inc.— Pam Goldman Naomi R. Shorr Sandenaw Charleston Kennel Club— Sylvia Arrowwood Dog Owners’ Training Club of Maryland— Great Pyrenees Club of America, Inc.— Dr. Chattanooga Kennel Club— David Gilstrap Kathrynann Sarvinas Robert M. Brown Chicago Bulldog Club, Inc.— Janis L. Mullin Durham Kennel Club Inc— Linda C. Wozniak Greater Clark County Kennel Club Inc— Ms. Chihuahua Club of America, Inc.— Rey Eastern Dog Club— Charles J. Foley Karen J. Burgess Burgos Eastern German Shorthaired Pointer Club, Greater Collin Kennel Club, Inc.— Barbara Chinese Shar-Pei Club of America, Inc.— Inc.— Mrs. Joan Tabor Shaw Marge B. Calltharp Elm City Kennel Club— Dr. Gregory J. Paveza Greater Fredericksburg Kennel Club— Patricia Chintimini Kennel Club, Inc.— Nick Pisias Empire Beagle Club, Inc.— Christopher Keenan B. Staub Chow Chow Club, Inc.— Mrs. Ginny Atkinson English Cocker Spaniel Club of America, Greater Lowell Kennel Club, Inc.— Virginia Cincinnati Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Patricia H. Inc.— Barbara A. Penny McEvoy O’Connell Haines English Setter Association of America, Inc.— Greater Murfreesboro Kennel Club, Inc.— Clarksville Kennel Club— Robert A. Schroll Mr. John P. Nielsen Margaret DiCorleto Classic Toy Dog Club of Western English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Greater Naples Dog Club— Steven D. Massachusetts— Dr. Stephen Lawrence Association, Inc.— Mrs. Alice E. Berd Gladstone Clearwater Kennel Club— Daniel T. Stolz English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Club of Greater Ocala Dog Club, Inc.— Linda Clermont County Kennel Club, Inc.— Illinois— David H. Hopkins LaFrance Marjorie Underwood Erie Kennel Club, Inc.— Peggy Helming Greater Philadelphia Dog Fanciers Cleveland All-Breed Training Club, Inc.— Farmington Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Terrie Association— Marlene Steinberg Breen Greenville Kennel Club— Linda A. Knorr First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Greenwich Kennel Club— Margaret K. Curtis Athletic Association— Lt. Col. John L. Greyhound Club of America— Melanie S. O’Connell Steele

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Harrier Club of America— Kevin Shupenia Lakeland Winter Haven Kennel Club— Bruce W. Crumb Harrisburg Kennel Club, Inc.— Cindy Miller Walsh Mountaineer Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Rebecca Hatboro Dog Club, Inc.— Mr. Robert D. Black Lakes Region Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Crecia S. Stanevich Havanese Club of America— Jane F. Ruthford C. Closson Mt. Baker Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Judith V. Heart of the Plains Kennel Club— Patricia M. Land O’ Lakes Kennel Club, Inc.— Jan Croft Daniels Cruz Langley Kennel Club— Ms. Dianne E. Franck Nashville Kennel Club— James Efron Hockamock Kennel Club, Inc.— Nancy Fisk Lawrenceville Kennel Club, Inc.— Robert N. National Capital Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Houston Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Carol A. LaBerge Catherine B. Nelson Williamson Lehigh Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Dominic P. National Shiba Club of America— Maggi Huntingdon Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Dick DiBalsi Strouse Blair Lewiston-Auburn Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Naugatuck Valley Kennel Club— Viola Burgos Huntington Kennel Club, Inc.— Gwen Sue Goldberg Nebraska Kennel Club — Jennifer Toebben McCullagh Lexington Kennel Club Inc— Anne Kemp New England Dog Training Club, Inc.— Hutchinson Kennel Club, Inc.— David Long Island Kennel Club— Mr. William B. Virginia Rowland Helming Tabler, Jr. Newfoundland Club of America, Inc.— Mrs. Ibizan Hound Club of the United States— Longshore-Southport Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary W. Price Luane V. Williams Mrs. Joan L. Fisher Newtown Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Diane F. Idaho Capital City Kennel Club, Inc.— Los Encinos Kennel Club, Inc.— David M. Taylor Wyoma M. Clouss Powers Nisqually Kennel Club— R. H. Hachtel Illinois Capitol Kennel Club, Inc.— Ann Louisville Kennel Club, Inc.— Judy R. Melear North Shore Kennel Club— Richard F. Coletti Cookson Magic Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Sandra B. Northwestern Connecticut Dog Club, Inc.— Ingham County Kennel Club, Inc.— Rita J. Barker Billie Ponton Biddle Manitowoc County Kennel Club, Inc.— Norwegian Elkhound Association of America, Irish Setter Club of America, Inc.— Karolynne Romana Arnold Inc.— Margaret Mott McAteer Marion Ohio Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. J. C. Norwich Terrier Club of America— Betty Irish Terrier Club of America— Bernard F. Garvin McDonnell Ferry Mastiff Club of America, Inc.— Dr. William R. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club Irish Wolfhound Club of America— Linda Newman (USA)— Marile A. Waterstraat Souza McKinley Kennel Club— Herman H. Tietjen Oakland Dog Training Club, Inc.— Lynette J. Italian Greyhound Club of America, Inc.— Memphis Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Robert D. Saltzman Carole Plesur Smith Obedience Training Club of Hawaii, Inc.— Jaxon Kennel Club, Inc.— Sally McNamara Merrimack Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Patricia C. Scully K-9 Obedience Training Club of Essex Jeannette Nieder Obedience Training Club of Rhode Island— County, NJ, Inc.— Dave Morgan Mid-Hudson Kennel Association, Inc.— Gayle James M. Ashton Kalamazoo Kennel Club, Inc.— Joanne E. Bontecou Okaloosa Kennel Club— Mrs. Gayle G. Kinnelly Middleburg Kennel Club— Shelley C. Roos Stillwell Keeshond Club of America, Inc.— Mr. John D. Miniature Bull Terrier Club of America— Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern Sawicki Giselle Simonds Virginia, Inc.— Martha Nazak Kennel Club of Beverly Hills— Thomas Powers Miniature Pinscher Club of America, Inc.— Old English Sheepdog Club of America, Kennel Club of Northern New Jersey, Inc.— Sandee White Inc.— Christiana Gaburri Dr. Suzanne H. Hampton Minneapolis Kennel Club, Inc.— Ralph Old Pueblo Dog Training Club, Inc.— Felice Kennel Club of Philadelphia, Inc.— Charles H. Hogancamp Jarrold Schaefer Mispillion Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Blackie H. Olympic Kennel Club, Inc.— Harvey A. Kennel Club of Riverside— Sylvia A. Thomas Nygood Mueller Kennesaw Kennel Club— James F. Gibson Mississippi Valley Kennel Club— Gretchen Orange Empire Dog Club, Inc.— Burton J. Komondor Club of America, Inc.— Michael Bernardi Yamada Harman Mississippi Valley Retriever Club— Robert H. Orlando Dog Training Club— Mary L. Jensen, Kuvasz Club of America— Maria Arechaederra McKowen Ph.D. Labrador Retriever Club, Inc.— Mr. A. N. Sills Mohawk Valley Kennel Club— Sandra Haber Otterhound Club of America— Joellen Gregory, Lackawanna Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Virginia Monmouth County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. D.V.M. Van Doren Helmi Konderock Pacific Coast Boston Terrier Club— Mr. Carl Ladies’ Dog Club, Inc.— Kathi Brown Montgomery County Kennel Club— Ms. Ida E. Gomes Ladies’ Kennel Association of America— Ruth E. Weinstock Parson Russell Terrier Association of Winston Mount Vernon Dog Training Club— Mrs. Ruth America— Gary Koeppel

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Pasanita Obedience Club Inc.— Sheila Miller Scottish Deerhound Club of America, Inc.— Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of America— Pasco Florida Kennel Club— Patricia J. Heather Smith Jenny Merritt Lombardi Scottish Terrier Club of America— Helen A. Staffordshire Terrier Club of America— Holly Pharaoh Hound Club of America— Dominic P. Prince S. Stump Carota Scottsdale Dog Fanciers Association, Inc.— Standard Schnauzer Club of America— Dr. Philadelphia Dog Training Club, Inc.— Larry Nancy Perrell Harvey Mohrenweiser Wilson Seattle Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Frei Staten Island Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Bernard Pioneer Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Shenandoah Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Sharyn E. McGivern, Jr. Margaret Vohr Y. Hutchens Suffolk County Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Robert Plainfield Kennel Club— John McCullagh Shoreline Dog Fanciers Association of Orange Eisele Plum Creek Kennel Club of Colorado— County— Susan L. Hamil Sun Maid Kennel Club of Fresno, Inc.— William E. Ellis Shreveport Kennel Club, Inc.— LuAnn Moore Marcy L. Zingler Pocono Mountain Kennel Club, Inc.— Sandra Siberian Husky Club of America, Inc.— Ms. Sussex Hills Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Florence Krieger Donna Beckman Duggan Poodle Club of America, Inc.— Mary Ellen Silver Bay Kennel Club of San Diego— Nancy Taconic Hills Kennel Club, Inc.— Marylyn Fishler Dandrea DeGregorio Port Chester Obedience Training Club, Inc.— Sir Francis Drake Kennel Club, Inc— William Tampa Bay Kennel Club— Mary Manning- Robert A. Amen J. Feeney Stolz Portland Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Joan Savage Skokie Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Pat Terry-All Kennel Club, Inc.— Kelly Yarish Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, Grossmann Texas Kennel Club, Inc.— Steve Schmidt Inc.— Mrs. Janis C. Watts Skye Terrier Club of America— Mr. Walter F. Tibetan Spaniel Club of America— Mr. Herbert Progressive Dog Club— William H. Blair Goodman H. Rosen Pug Dog Club of America, Inc.— Michelle R. Skyline Kennel Club, Inc.— Gloria Shaver Tibetan Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Stacey Anderson Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of La Forge Puli Club of America, Inc.— Maggie Witwer America— John Mandeville Tidewater Kennel Club of Virginia, Inc.— Jane Putnam Kennel Club, Inc.— Florence R. Laicher Somerset Hills Kennel Club— Billie McFadden Brumley Puyallup Valley Dog Fanciers, Inc.— Frances South County Kennel Club, Inc.— Richard Topeka Kennel Club, Inc.— Robert E. Bostrom Stephens Grant Toy Dog Breeders Association of Southern Ramapo Kennel Club— Mrs. Rose J. Radel South Jersey Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Linda B. California— John Shoemaker Rhode Island Kennel Club, Inc.— Gerard Willson Trap Falls Kennel Club, Inc.— Christopher L. Baudet South Shore Kennel Club, Inc.— Linda C. Sweetwood Richmond Dog Fanciers Club, Inc.— Jan M. Flynn Trenton Kennel Club, Inc.— Joseph Martyn Ritchie South Texas Obedience Club, Inc.— Mrs. Troy Kennel Club, Inc.— John J. Cadalso, Jr. Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club— Gerry Dalakian Tualatin Kennel Club, Inc.— James S. Corbett Ronald H. Menaker South Windsor Kennel Club— Margarette Tucson Kennel Club— Pat Jacobs Rubber City Kennel Club— Cathy Gaidos (Peggy) Wampold Twin Brooks Kennel Club, Inc.— Patricia C. Samoyed Club of America, Inc.— Mr. John L. Southeast Arkansas Kennel Club— Ricky Sarles Ronald Blackman Union County Kennel Club, Inc.— Carlotta San Francisco Dog Training Club, Inc.— Southern Adirondack Dog Club, Inc.— Dr. Dennie Stanley S. Saltzman John V. Ioia United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club, Inc.— Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Tom Southern Colorado Kennel Club, Inc.— Lee Mr. Carl C. Ashby, III Brown Arnold United States Lakeland Terrier Club— Alfred J. Santa Barbara Kennel Club, Inc.— Abbe R. Space Coast Kennel Club of Palm Bay— Ferruggiaro Shaw Glenda Stephenson Upper Potomac Valley Kennel Club— J. M. Santa Clara Valley Kennel Club, INC.— Spinone Club of America— Karen Luckey Haderer Audrey Sutton Springfield Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Thomas M. Upper Snake River Valley Dog Training Club, Santa Maria Kennel Club, Inc.— Laurence J. Davies Inc.— Sharon Sakson Libeu St. Bernard Club of America, Inc.— Kit A. Valley Forge Kennel Club, Inc.— Mrs. Carol Saratoga New York Kennel Club— Wanda H. Bostrom Fisher Allen St. Croix Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Deborah J. Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association— Saw Mill River Kennel Club, Inc.— Dr. Ralph Wilkins Mr. William F. Dumas Reuter St. Joseph Kennel Club, Inc.— Dale Hunsburger Virginia Kennel Club, Inc.— Bradford W. Noyes Sawnee Mountain Kennel Club of Georgia— St. Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association— Dr. Wachusett Kennel Club, Inc.— Suzanne Gray Kay Allred Gerry Meisels Wallkill Kennel Club, Inc.— Rose M. Robischon

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Wampanoag Kennel Club, Inc.— Ms. Naida L. 2004. Parker The Chair reported that the Board of Waukesha Kennel Club, Inc.— Mary A. The Executive Secretary read the names of Directors and the Executive Officers hosted Eschweiler Delegates seated since our last meeting: the orientation for new Delegates on the Weimaraner Club of America— Judy Colan Maria Arechaederra, to represent Kuvasz Club preceding evening. It was very successful and, Welsh Springer Spaniel Club of America, of America he believed well received. Inc.— Donald Ong Dominic Carota, to represent Pharaoh Hound The minutes of the June 13th, 2011 Delegates Welsh Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Peter J. Club of America meeting which were published in the July See Esther Cassatt, to represent Kennel Club of 2011 Gazette, were approved as published. Western Reserve Kennel Club, Inc.— Mr. Niagara Falls The Elmira Kennel Club was elected a William A. Russett Joseph Franklin, to represent Pekingese Club member of the American Kennel Club. Whidbey Island Kennel Club Inc— Colleen of America McDaniel Yale Goldman, represent Jacksonville Dog The Chair introduced Chairman, Ronald Wilmington Kennel Club, Inc.— Candace Fanciers Association Menaker, who spoke as follows: Mogavero Linda LaFrance, to represent Greater Ocala Good morning. This November 19th and Windham County Kennel Club, Inc.— Dog Club 20th, AKC Meet the Breeds will return to Frederick R. Vogel Sally McNamara, to represent Jaxon Kennel New York City for its third spectacular year at Windward Hawaiian Dog Fanciers Club the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Association— Mrs. Karen Mays Carole Plesur, to represent Italian Greyhound Sponsored by Pet Partners, Inc., your partner Wisconsin Amateur Field Trial Club, Inc.— Club of America in Pet Health Care, AKC Meet the Breeds is Fred T. Kampo Sharon Sakson, to represent Upper Snake one of our largest public outreach opportu - Women’s Field Trial Club— Judy Rasmuson River Valley Dog Training Club nities of the year. Over 39,000 people Worcester County Kennel Club— Debra A. Karen Sen, to represent Anatolian Shepherd attended last year, and we achieved more than Hokkanen Dog Club of America 700 million media and ad impressions. Yakima Valley Kennel Club, Inc.— Richard Kevin Shupenia, to represent Harrier Club of This year we have a bigger space--160,000 Lewis America square feet-- where we hope to welcome an Yorkshire Terrier Club of America, Inc.— Robert Urban, to represent American Black even larger crowd of dog and cat lovers. We Patricia D. Reynolds & Tan Coonhound will also be joined by a new partner, the Club of America International Cat Association (TICA), the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB Suzanne Warfield, to represent Japanese Chin world's largest genetic registry of purebred Delegates Meeting Club of America cats. September 13, 2011 The current lineup of activities includes The following Delegates, who were attending demonstrations of agility, obedience and rally, Dennis B. Sprung, President, called the their first meeting since approval, were Frisbee Disc Dogs, and flyball. We'll see meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. introduced from the floor: Beagles, Belgium Malinois and other breeds There was a vote for the Delegates on the Maria Arechaederra, to represent Kuvasz Club used by United States Customs and Border Standing Committees. (See the first page of of America Protection show off their skills at detecting the Delegates Meeting for results). Esther Cassatt, to represent Kennel Club of narcotics in suitcases and boxes. The Chair introduced the persons seated with Niagara Falls Border Terriers and Dachshunds will race him on the dais: Chairman, Ron Menaker; Linda LaFrance, to represent Greater Ocala through an above ground see through tunnel Vice Chairman, Dr. Thomas Davies; Doris Dog Club in the Earthdog demo, and United States Abbate, Professional Registered Martha L. Nazak, Old Dominion Kennel Police Canine Association officers and their Parliamentarian; James Crowley, the Executive Club of Northern Virginia canine partners will apprehend suspects in a Secretary; and court reporter, Mark Schaffer. Sally McNamara, to represent Jaxon Kennel demonstration of the dogs' masterful If a Delegate makes an amendment to the Club obedience and agility skills. Bylaws or Rules to be voted upon today, Carole Plesur, to represent Italian Greyhound Thank you to the many parent clubs that have please provide a written copy to the Club of America already signed up to participate. Your support Executive Secretary. It is most important that Sharon Sakson, to represent Upper Snake over the past two years has been instrumental the Chair has the specific wording, as this will River Valley Dog Training Club in making this event a tremendous success. If greatly enhance our ability to project the Kevin Shupenia, to represent Harrier Club of you are a parent club that has not signed up, precise words to be considered on the screens. America we encourage you to do so soon. For more The Chair reported on the passing of Jean Heather Smith, Scottish Deerhound Club of information about breed booths, please Anderson on July the 5th, Delegate for the America contact Gina DiNardo at [email protected] or Penn Treaty Kennel Club since January of Jennifer Toebben, Nebraska Kennel Club 212-696-8350. We look forward to seeing you

AKC GAZETTE • 48 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting all there. Thank you very much. scenes facts. But I knew then and there: The American It was very much a shared success. Delegate Kennel Club did the right thing. It was really The Chair spoke as follows: Tom Davies’ Springfield Kennel Club was the the most emotional moment of my life. The Before I give the President’s Report, we have very first sponsor, and many clubs followed. streets lining our departure had tens of some late breaking news. This morning the FedEx, IAMS, J.P. Morgan and Hartz became thousands of people waving flags and Board discussed a proposal on Judging major corporate sponsors. Before too long, cheering us. But I knew a lot better -- they Approval, which was submitted by Dr. Robert numerous other organizations heeded our call were cheering you, the AKC family. Smith's committee. Feedback from the Fancy for support, and we received help from many In the back of my mind was another thought: will be welcomed for a 21-day period, once more household names. We could do more. So the idea for DOGNY the proposal is made public. On behalf of the It took until the following evening for me to actually evolved just two days after 9/11, Board of Directors and the Staff, we thank all arrive home. The Ladies Kennel Association eventually raising over $3.5 million dollars for of the committee members for your hard was holding a meeting in my house, so one search and rescue organizations throughout work. could find me in the basement. our country as we worked with fanciers, Next is the President's report. Please stand for CBS Radio began broadcasting a plea for the corporations and the public. In fact, it was a moment of silence in memory of the donation of a portable x ray machine for with these funds that the AKC CAR Canine tragedy which occurred during our meeting rescue dogs that were hurt searching through Support and Relief Fund was begun. Since ten years ago. the rubble. My thought was: Dog people that time, AKC CAR has made numerous (A moment of silence was observed.) could do that, so I went up the stairs and significant grants nationwide. asked the ladies to post an on line request to Interestingly, following 9/11, the government Thank you. A great deal has changed in each purchase an x ray machine. About nine p.m., a chose to keep secret which search and rescue of our lives as a result of that day. Let's share call came in, and we were able to get organizations came to the three cities with some of what occurred and AKC's everything we needed from a salesman in their dogs but AKC staff did the research and accomplishments in this area. West Virginia. identified over 90 amateur and professional That morning, Ron and I were in the lobby Our next challenge was how to transport the organizations that went to all three cities. of this very hotel, when Blackie came up and x ray machine, cartons of film, aprons and Each organization was sent several thousand said that a plane had hit the World Trade gloves. So another request went out to relay dollars as a thank-you and as a way to defer Center. We walked over to the deserted bar the equipment to Ground Zero. Dozens of their costs. After all, this could occur again -- area in the lobby where an elderly gentleman our own caring dog people called throughout where you live. was watching the news. When we approached, the evening, and by early morning the race Looking back, the project almost didn't he said to us, "My son called last night. One was on. From West Virginia to Maryland to happen. Daphna Straus was hired as a of our planes is missing and they're coming to Pennsylvania, ending up in New Jersey with consultant. Today she is our AVP of Business get us." Moments later, the second plane hit. Afghan Hound breeders Bob and Angela Development, and she, along with our legal When we turned around, the gentleman was DiNicola, who passed it off for the final team, began working through the maze of red gone. delivery. tape necessary for the City to give us That day, we were all together. There were Luckily, AKC had presented one of our very contractual permission to have statues 284 Delegates in attendance, approximately first ACE awards to a member of the K-9 displayed on the streets to commemorate the 152 of you are still serving. Naturally, the Unit at the Queensboro Kennel Club the year very first anniversary of 9/11. For some meeting bordered on chaotic. We hugged and prior, through the courtesy of Linda Lacchia unknown reason, the newly elected reassured each other outwardly, but inside and Rey and Viola Burgos. A call was made to Bloomberg administration, taking over from many of us felt fear and anger. There were Lieutenant Donadio, and he instructed us to everybody's hero, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, many valid but opposing thoughts of what to have the equipment brought through the seemed to concentrate on things other than do. After a discussion about the agenda and a Lincoln Tunnel and to proceed down 11th the AKC -- can you imagine? Almost two vote for the standing committees, we Avenue until we were stopped. And indeed months into the project, it was time to call Co adjourned and helped one another begin we were stopped, and allowed to make one Chair Karen LeFrak, and tell her about my going home or finding safe haven for the phone call to the lieutenant. Within minutes frustration. night. we were surrounded by police and unmarked Actually, I bitched a whole lot. This project In reflecting upon the 9/11 anniversary, the cars with sirens blasting, and escorted to the may not go anywhere. Surprisingly, early the thought that always resonates with me is the very street corner of Ground Zero. Just as the next morning I received a call from the First type of special people that make up our car was coming to a stop, the veterinarians Deputy Mayor stating the City was ready to community. I recall how the DOGNY project from the Suffolk County SPCA, headed by sign. After patting myself on the back about a came about, allowing the American Kennel Gerald Lauber, came running towards us and hundred times I mean, this was like going Club to honor search and rescue dogs that started to assemble the x ray machine. We best -- I remembered to call Karen to tell her helped in Pennsylvania, Washington and New weren't there long enough to see it in use, as about this coincidentally good news, which I York City, and will provide some behind the we soon were escorted out of Ground Zero. did -- dead silence. "Can you hear me?"

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There was more silence. "Okay, what's going supported this public art exhibition and fund in September, 2002 as a guest of this body on?" After my call the previous day, Karen raiser. Rubenstein Associates, American's when he presented a check to Ron Menaker walked over to Mayor Bloomberg's premier PR firm, required a presentation for $775,000. Soon after, Hartz donated an townhouse and left a note on his kitchen before agreeing to work on the project. additional $500,000. Ron did a great, great table. Midway through, they proclaimed, "We're in." deal as co Chair throughout the entire We had to figure out how to transport 111 With their efforts, AKC benefited by a wide DOGNY project. raw sculptures from the foundry to different variety of media appearances. Sculptures TFH published a commemorative book and artists’ studios around the city, then have each bearing AKC's name that were displayed for after the public art display Sotheby's auction one individually picked up and brought to the first anniversary still remain in some house donated their main gallery, along with another company to be mounted on bases. We places: St. Vincent's Hospital, PACE University, the services of Vice Chair Benjamin Dollar as reached out to fancier Honi Reisman who the Fire Department Museum, the Veterans auctioneer. Famed columnist and dachshund arranged a conference call with Ken May, the Administration Hospital, Purina Farms, fancier Liz Smith also donated her time as Senior Vice President of Fed Ex. Again, AKC Station One of the Portland Fire Department, Guest auctioneer, and graced us with more was lucky, perhaps because we were doing the and at AKC headquarters. Statues were publicity. right thing. painted live on The Today Show during This gives you a bit of history about He said, "We can do this." but I missed his numerous segments, and the NASDAQ screen DOGNY and its accomplishments during a meaning, as my response was, "I know you in Times Square featured our program. time of crisis in our nation and the numerous can do it, but can we pay for it?" Ken's answer In Georgia, Governor Sonny Perdue unveiled reasons to be proud of yourselves, your clubs, was astounding. He said, "You're paying for a bronze DOGNY statue at the State Capitol and the many special people in our nothing. Your company's a hero. We're just Building in Atlanta with Delegates Ann community, as well as AKC CAR and the going to help make it happen." And they did, Wallin, Karen and Asa Mays, and Carmen American Kennel Club. Thank you. providing tens of thousands of dollars of free Battaglia representing 32 clubs and associ - (Prolonged standing ovation) shipments and logistics. ations. In Oklahoma, Onofrio and four of our I'll also tell you about what was a guarded All Breed Clubs dedicated a statue near the Thank you very much. But I must repeat secret for quite a while with another member site of the bombing of the Federal building. A what I said during my speech. It was a shared of our family. AKC received a call from the bronze version marks the entrance to the success and you deserve the applause. Police Department that some of the approxi - world headquarters of Hartz in New Jersey, mately 300 dog teams that came to New York and one welcomes visitors to our Operations The Chair called on James Stevens, CFO, for were injured and were being treated at an Center. the financial report. A summary follows: animal hospital, but their owners were being AKC was made appealing to the public from Total revenues of $36.1 million for the first charged, so I called a member of their Board a canine perspective and a human one. For eight months of 2011 were 5% lower than last of Directors to ask who I could speak with. shoppers and tourists, when Saks Fifth Avenue year. The major sources of our revenues The response was quote: "Dennis, I'll make blackened all but two of their 34 windows to continued to be adversely impacted by the you a deal. I will pay for the care of every commemorate the anniversary, both windows sluggish economy. Successful cost single dog, if you keep it a secret between the displayed only DOGNY dogs. Broadway buffs containment efforts resulted in total year-to- two of us." Well, that deal is long over and saw a pair of sculptures over a three month date expenses being slightly less than the that angel is Tony Sosnoff, another example of period in the heart of Shubert Alley, where previous year. the quality people with whom you and I are two and a half million people visit every This resulted in a year-to-date operating blessed to share our passion. week. In the sports arena, we were fortunate deficit of $2.3 million. However, operations The cooperation amongst our clubs, fanciers, that the three year wait for a special event at maintained a positive cash flow due to certain corporate America and the media was Yankee Stadium was handled in one week, expenses being of a non-cash nature. extraordinary, growing into our largest public and their organization offered DOGNY Day, A difficult stock market environment in July outreach up until that time. However, without at which 25,000 special edition pinstripe and August of this year resulted in a year-to- passionate dog people, it would have been "Help a Hero" toys were donated by Hartz. A date investment loss of $652,000. simply another good idea. statue purchased by breeder/exhibitor Amy (applause.) I’m just going to stop my speech because I Kiehl bears the signatures of the entire Yankee want you to take a good look at this statue. team. Major League Baseball as well as the The first Bylaw vote is on the proposed This is a handsome German Shepherd in New York Mets organization and their amendment to Article VI, Section 5 of the good coat, just what it should look like. But owners, obedience exhibitors Fred and Judy Charter and Bylaws of the American Kennel there's a lot of passion and emotion behind Wilpon, also sponsored statues. Plush dog Club which would apply identical restrictions this statue. The coat is made up of the name, mementos carrying AKC's messaging to someone who misappropriates funds from age, city and state of every person in America appeared in over 12,000 stores across the AKC or an AKC subsidiary or affiliate organi - who perished on that day. I am very proud to country. Some will recall that the President of zation, as we now do for someone who tell you AKC's Board of Directors instantly Hartz, Robert Devine, attended our meeting misappropriates funds from a AKC sanctioned,

AKC GAZETTE • 50 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting licensed or member club. Delegate whose eligibility would be The proposal was read in June; it has been Mr. Sprung: Jim? challenged would be able to present their published in two issues of the Gazette, and it own case at the Delegate meeting. was on the worksheet previously distributed. Mr. Efron: My understanding was originally That has been the practice and that would The proposed amendment was approved by that a rule change would be read by you, Mr. continue. So you could have somebody else the Board of Directors. Crowley? speak on their behalf, but that Delegate There were two thirds in the affirmative and themselves would be able to speak at the the amendment was adopted. (The Mr. Crowley: Correct. meeting on their own behalf. amendment is effective September 15, 2011). Mr. Efron: If it was presented to AKC for a Mr. Efron: Based on that, and in an effort to The next Bylaw vote was on the proposed rule change, or if someone was appealing the keep costs down, I would take the Staff amendment to Article VI, Section 7 of the Board ruling member out and just leave it by a Delegate of Charter and Bylaws of the American Kennel the club's choosing. Club, which would allow that when the Mr. Crowley: Right. In a case where the Board has determined that a seated Delegate Board has determined that an individual is Mr. Sprung: Let just change the wording on is ineligible to serve under Section 5, the ineligible, they are appealing that, and you the screen. Delegate's club may appeal to the Delegate want the Staff person to advocate that appeal, Is there any objection to taking those Body. The Delegate's club has been permitted contrary to the Board decision. highlighted words out? Is there any further to appeal that decision under Section 7, even discussion of this proposed amendment? Then though this is not specifically provided for in Mr. Efron: So if the club presented an appeal we will vote on inserting the words "by a this section. So this amendment would make without any designation, it would be read by Delegate of the club's choosing." such provision, thus bringing this section of you? There were two thirds in the affirmative and the Bylaws into alignment with actual the amendment was adopted. (The practice. The proposal was read to you in June Mr. Crowley: If submitted, I would read it. amendment is effective September 13, 2011). and published in two issues of the Gazette, and was on the worksheet previously Mr. Efron: Yes, to the Delegate Body. The first Dog Show Rule vote is on the distributed. The amendment was approved by proposed amendment to Chapter 3, Section AKC's Board of Directors. Mr. Crowley: I thought you actually wanted 17, of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows A two thirds affirmative vote will be required the person to argue in favor of it or to Dog Show Classifications; Chapter 4, Section for adoption. advocate it. 1 of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows Is there any discussion? Approval of Judges' Panels and Premium Lists; Mr. Efron: No. Chapter 5, Section 1 and 7 of Rules Applying There was a discussion as follows: to Dog Shows Ribbons, Prize and Trophies; The Chair recognized James Efron, Delegate The Chair recognized Carl Holder, Delegate and Chapter 6, Section 2A of Rules Applying for the Nashville Kennel Club, who spoke as for the Beaumont Kennel Club, who spoke as to Dog Shows Premium Lists and Closing of follows: follows: Entries; and Chapter 7, Section 13 and 19, My club's has asked me to add some language By "Delegate or Staff member," and it doesn't Rules Applying to Dog Shows Judges; all of to clarify. On Line 10, after the word designate any Staff member, "of the club's which would establish a reserve Best in Show. "Delegates," they have asked that I include choosing," so this means if this is adopted, These proposals were read at the June, 2011 "by a Delegate or Staff member of the club's they can choose any Staff member they want meeting and were published in two issues of choosing." Thank you. and they'd have to be flown here. Doesn't this The Gazette and distributed on the sort of come under a conflict of interest? It worksheets. The amendments were submitted Mr. Sprung: Is there a second on this? could come under a conflict of interest; by the Delegates Dog Show Rules couldn't it? Just a question. Committee and approved by AKC's Board of Unidentified Delegate: Second. Directors. Without objection, since all of these Mr. Sprung: It could, because the Staff reports amendments establish a Reserve Best in Show Mr. Sprung: We have a second. Is there to the Board, and if the Board has made its and they do not stand alone, they were discussion? decision, so absolutely it could. considered as one vote. A two thirds for affirmative vote will be required for adoption. Mr. Crowley: Just one point. In adding the Mr. Crowley: Just one other point. Based on There was discussion as follows: Staff there, you are actually asking a Staff practice, which would continue here, until the The Chair recognized Cynthia Miller, person to advocate a position contrary to appeal is actually heard and decided by the Delegate for the Harrisburg Kennel Club, what the Board has decided. I don't know if Delegates, that person would remain a who spoke as follows: that's really appropriate. Delegate during that appeal period. So the We suggest that the word "dog" is removed

AKC GAZETTE • 51 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting from "Best Dog in Show." This is suggested Mr. Sprung: Thank you. 5, Section 7 through 12." by Barbara Shaw of the Greater Collins Those opposed, please stand and remain Kennel Club and was discussed and approved standing. Thank you. Mr. Sprung: Is there a second on this? by our Dog Show Rules Committee (A count is conducted by Mrs. Spector.) yesterday. Unidentified Delegate: Second. Mrs. Spector: 85. Mr. Sprung: do we have a second? Mr. Sprung: We have a second. Is there any Mr. Sprung: There are 248 in favor, 85 discussion? Unidentified Delegate: Second. opposed. There are two thirds in the majority We are going to a vote on this amendment. and the amendments are adopted as amended. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Mr. Sprung: We have a second. Is there any Thank you, Paula. Thank you. discussion? Those opposed, please raise your hand. We'll take a majority vote. Please raise your The next vote was on the proposed The amendment passes by a majority vote. hand if you are in favor of this change. amendment to Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Those in favor, please raise you hand. Thank Rules Applying to Dog Shows Dog Shows The question is on the proposed amendment you. Defined; Chapter 1 and a new Section 8 of to Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Rules Applying Those opposed? Thank you. the Rules Applying to Dog Shows Dog to Dog Shows Dog Shows Defined; Chapter The majority has it, and the word "dog" is Shows Defined; and Chapter 2, Sections 11 1 and a new Section 8 of the Rules Applying taken out of this amendment. through 15 of the Rules Applying to Dog to Dog Shows Dog Shows Defined; and Shows Making Application to Hold a Dog Chapter 2, Sections 11 through 15 of the The question is on the proposed amendments Show; Chapter 3, Sections 12 through 23 of Rules Applying to Dog Shows Making to Chapter 3, Section 17 of the Rules the Rules Applying to Dog Shows Dog Application to Hold a Dog Show; Chapter 3, Applying to Dog Shows Dog Show Show Classifications; and Chapter 6, Section Sections 12 through 23 of the Rules Applying Classifications; Chapter 4, Section 1 of Rules 8, of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows to Dog Shows Dog Show Classifications; Applying to Dog Shows Approval of Judges Premium Lists and Closing of Entries, which and Chapter 6, Section 8, of the Rules Panels and Premium Lists; Chapter 5, Section are all housekeeping changes. Applying to Dog Shows Premium Lists and 1 and 7 of Rules Applying to Dog Shows Closing of Entries Ribbons, Prizes and Trophies; Chapter 6, The proposals were read at the June 2011 There were two thirds in the affirmative, and Section 2A of Rules Applying to Dog Shows meeting. They were published in two issues of the amendments were passed as amended. Premium Lists and Closing of Entries; and the Gazette, and are on the worksheets (The amendments are effective September 13, Chapter 7, Section 13 and 19 of Rules previously distributed. The amendment was 2011). Applying to Dog Shows Judges. submitted by the Delegates Dog Show Rules There were two thirds in the affirmative, and Committee and approved by AKC's Board of The Chair called on the Executive Secretary the amendment was adopted as amended. Directors. to read the proposed amendment to Chapter (The amendments are effective July 3, 2012). Without objection, these were all considered 7, Section 1 of the Rules Applying to Dog together as one vote. A two thirds vote is Shows Judges. The Chair recognized Stanley Saltzman, required for adoption. Delegate for the San Francisco Dog Training There was discussion as follows: Mr. Crowley: This amendment is to Chapter Club, who spoke as follows: 7, Section 1 of the Rules Applying to Dog May we have a division to see if that count Ms. Miller: Can we go to Chapter 6, Section Shows Judges. It eliminates the prohibition was correct, please? 8. of a person connected with dog food, dog remedy or kennel supply companies in the Mr. Sprung: We sure can. Mr. Sprung: Yes. capacity of solicitor or salesman from becoming an AKC judge. The full text is on Mr. Saltzman: Thank you. Ms. Miller: We would like to change "for the worksheet previously distributed. This outright award" to "in accordance with amendment was brought forward by the Mr. Sprung: What we'll do is a count. So are Chapter 5 Section 7 through 12." This is Colorado Springs Kennel Club, and was you on board with that, Stan? suggested by Julian Prager of the Central disapproved by the AKC Board of Directors. Those in favor, please stand and remain Florida Kennel Club. It was discussed and The Colorado Springs Kennel Club has standing. Thank you. approved by the Dog Show Rules demanded that it be noticed per Article XX, (A count is conducted by Paula Spector.) Committee. Section 36 of the Charter and Bylaws of the American Kennel Club. Mrs. Spector: 248. Ms. Miller: "Outright award." Right. There It will be published in two issues of the on you go. And add "in accordance with Chapter line AKC Gazette, and you will be asked to

AKC GAZETTE • 52 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting vote on it at the December, 2011 meeting. The paragraph as presently constituted denies The materials include a newsletter article, some people the opportunity to even apply to screen saver, several visuals that can be used as There was discussion as follows: judge, and denies the dog show populace the handouts or posters, and news on the The Chair recognized Sidney Marx, Delegate opportunity to have new blood enter the marketing changes to the litter kit. As you for the Colorado Springs Kennel Club, who judging ranks. In our part of the world, we know, the marketing campaign focuses on spoke as follows: see the same 15 to 20 judges over and over reasons to register. We continue to count on Fellow Delegates, on behalf of the Colorado again. There is nothing wrong with some of you to help carry the message by asking all Springs Kennel Club, I am asking Delegates these judges, but once they have seen the your club members to assure that 100 percent to consider this change to the Rules Applying same dogs five times a year, it kind of of their puppies are AKC registered. This is to Dog Shows. Before I go any further, I'd eliminates any suspense. I know that this critically important to the future of this like to address something. It was stated in the situation also hurts entries in our region. I organization. list of items to be voted at this meeting that believe the original reason for the present Now on to our awards. The AKC the proposal made by the Colorado Springs ruling was a concern for integrity. If we are Community Achievement Awards are given to Kennel Club was disapproved, and that the truly concerned about conflicts of interest, do clubs and AKC federations and their members Colorado Springs Kennel Club demanded to we stop judges who hold seminars on who have made outstanding contributions to have this proposal presented to the Delegate breeding, showing or canine movement? Do public education or canine legislation Body. I will assume that this is Robert's Rule we eliminate judges who still breed dogs and activities. Each honoree receives an AKC of Order terminology, because at no time did sell puppies from time to time? Some judges Certificate of Recognition, and the AKC we demand anything. have a grooming shop, sell canine accessories donates a thousand dollars to each honoree's at shows or teach handling classes. Do we club or federation. Details about the honoree's Mr. Crowley: It's the wording in the AKC eliminate these from the potential judging accomplishments are featured on the AKC Bylaws. pool? I hope not, since many of these website. activities are beneficial to the Fancy, both The third quarter honorees are Barbara Mr. Marx: That's fine. I just wanted that novice and experienced. Do we really believe Wicklund of the Berkshire Valley Basset clarified, so thank you. We simply believe that that if Steven Gladstone buys five bags of food Hound Club, and Donna Herzig of the this proposal should be heard by the entire from a judge, and I only buy one, that Mister Louisville Kennel Club, Delegate Judy Melear. Delegate body, and not just by a few Gladstone will win? Of course not. I have a Please join me in congratulating them. Delegates who sometimes change viewpoints better dog and I am nicer. (applause) when they become Board members. The (Laughter.) Delegates Advocacy and Advancement It is once again time for us to recognize Committee states that among the unique Mr. Marx: I thank you for your consideration. Delegates for their meritorious and long term powers of the Delegate are to approve rules contributions to the sport. Each individual has governing dog shows and field trials and Mr. Sprung: We thank you. served in this body for 25 years, and they join amendments to the AKC Bylaws. Since AKC 79 previously honored Delegates. This is a club of clubs, it is right that the entire The Chair called on John Lyons, AKC's Chief medallion program recognizes our core body decides this issue, not a few individuals. Operating Officer, to talk to you about how constituency, and allows a grateful American Among the many problems we are facing is you can share our "Good Things We Do" Kennel Club the opportunity to honor our the aging of our judges. This is obviously one campaign with your clubs, and present some own. reason that a committee has been working on awards and to honor Delegates. Will the following Delegates please come ways to change or improve our judges forward: Richard F. Coletti of the North approval system. The proposal by my club fits Mr. Lyons spoke as follows: Shore Kennel Club; John P. Nielson, the in with the possible changes to the judges Good morning, everyone. At the June English Setter Association of America; Rose J. approval process. Simply put: In Chapter 7, meeting, as you recall, our new Vice President Radel, Ramapo Kennel Club; James W. Smith, Section 1 of Rules Applying to Dog Shows, for Marketing, Lisa Gonzalez, gave a presen - Dalmatian Club of America; and John S. we propose elimination of the phrase "persons tation outlining the beginning phase of our Whitaker, the English Springer Spaniel Club connected with dog food, dog remedy or new AKC marketing campaign. Then on of the Central States. kennel supply companies in the capacity of September 8th, we e mailed you a follow up (applause.) solicitor or salesman" for Paragraph 2. note on the "Good Things We Do" campaign. There is no reason to limit the pool of Since then, many of you have requested The Chair called on James Crowley to honor possible new judges with this prohibition. information and graphics on the campaign two of our member clubs. Mr. Crowley spoke Times have changed, and there are many that you can share with your clubs. I'm as follows: reputable and knowledgeable breeders and pleased to tell you that you can access these I would like to take this opportunity to exhibitors who supplement the cost of materials on the Delegates page of the AKC congratulate the Eastern Dog Club and the breeding by selling dog food or other supplies. website. Montgomery County Kennel Club, which are

AKC GAZETTE • 53 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting celebrating 100 years of membership in the haven't had time to address you, please send should be going to certain shows. American Kennel Club. The Chairman will your resume directly to me. Thank you. present each club with a plaque to Patricia Laurans, Delegate for the German commemorate this occasion. The Chair reported that the December Wirehaired Pointer Club of America, If the Delegates of those clubs are present, Delegates meeting will be held in Orlando, commended the Doberman Pinscher Club of please come to the front of the room. Florida. The meeting will be held at the America for providing every Veterans (applause.) Rosen Centre Hotel on Friday, December Administration hospital in the United States 16th, 2011. with a copy of the DVD "Dog of War" and The Chair explained that the Teller's Report the DVDs of the centennial for their libraries. was not yet completed and stated that it The following Delegates spoke during New Those DVDs have been sent to 169 Veterans would be announced during lunch. Some of Business: Administration hospital libraries. it was available, however, as there was no election required for the Herding, Earthdog Sidney Marx spoke about the Moratorium on Kathrynanne Sarvinas, Delegate for the Dog and Coursing Events Committee. The Group Clubs. He explained that they have Owners' Training Club of Maryland, Delegates nominated for these committees Group Clubs in Colorado, and requested that explained that her State is required to have a were seated. the moratorium be looked at on a regional balanced budget. In order to balance the basis and be lifted in Colorado as it will do budget for the past three years, State The Chair called on the Executive Secretary nothing but increase the entries for the All employees have lost 30 days of pay. She asked who read the names of the Delegates who Breed Clubs. The All Breed Clubs are in favor whether AKC was going to take some kind of will serve on this committee as follows: of that, so he wanted the Board to consider action among the Staff to maybe furlough Delegates who self nominated, and will serve moving this item along instead of waiting to Staff for a couple of days to make up some three year terms on Herding, Earthdog and discuss it in October or November. money. Coursing Events Committee are: Gerard Baudet, John Fitzpatrick, DVM, and Robert Nancy Perrell, Delegate for the Scottsdale Sue Goldberg, Delegate for the Lewiston LaBerge. Dog Fanciers Association, thanked the Auburn Kennel Club, complimented the Delegates, including the four Board members President on his moving tribute to 9/11. She Mr. Crowley gave the report on the who were present on the 9/11 Memorial at also pointed out that Paula Spector was Nominating Committee as follows: Liberty Park. She thanked CAR for providing unbelievable during the 9/11 Delegate The next item is a report on the a bus, and Paula Spector for getting the bus Meeting, helping out the Delegates, and appointments to the Nominating Committee. ready for the Delegates, and the Doberman staying to the bitter end. At the August meeting, the Board of Pincher Club of America for the donuts and Directors selected the following Delegates to coffee. Harold Miller told a story that relates to AKC, the Nominating Committee to select and spoke as follows: candidates for the Class of 2016. Rebecca Stanevich, Delegate for the Early in May in 2011, in the Kunduz Harold Miller, Chair, American Foxhound Mountaineer Kennel Club, stated that as a Province in Afghanistan, there was a severe Club; Erik Bergishagen, Detroit Kennel Club; member of the search and rescue community, and bitter firefight. Many innocent children James S. Corbett, Tualatin Kennel Club; Dr. she wanted to thank the President and the were left orphans. A soldier put a thought out Patricia Haines, Cincinnati Kennel Club; AKC as a whole and AKC CAR for all the to his wife on the Internet that he wished Ruth Winston, Ladies Kennel Association of grants that are being given to search and that she could get the surviving children some America. rescue groups. toys to help them forget the severe poverty Alternates: Gretchen Bernardi, Mississippi that they are now faced with. Valley Kennel Club and James Efron, Marjorie Tuff, Delegate for the American Someone at AKC saw this, and immediately Nashville Kennel Club. We would now like to Shetland Sheepdog Association, called on the wanted to help. The donation of some balls ask Harold Miller, the Chair of the AKC Board to cut down on trips to shows and frisbees for the children were sent out, committee, to address the Delegates. paid for by AKC, and requested that the AKC along with some other donations by other CFO provide a breakdown of such expenses. members of our dog family who were aware Mr. Miller spoke as follows: Mr. Menaker, AKC Board Chairman, of the situation. On August 29th, I received Yes, at this time I'd like to say we had our first explained that he has never accepted the this letter and was asked to forward it to successful meeting last night, and at this point $1,000 stipend nor has he been reimbursed AKC. every member of the committee, including for attending events. He also indicated that "From the soldiers and children of the the alternates, are now actively seeking most of the Board members use none of the Islamabad, Afghanistan, thank you for qualified applicants for these committees. $6,000 annual allowance money to attend donations and support. We truly appreciate all If you feel that you have been overlooked by events, and the policy was set forth when the you sent to us. We are sorry that we lost the any means, or that we've forgotten you or Delegates complained that Board members camera on the way back to our compound, as

AKC GAZETTE • 54 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting we took heavy enemy fire once again. We will request from her club to lower jump heights exception, the committees agreed. try to get more photographs to you as soon as for Basset Hounds in Agility. They have written a letter as an offer to the possible. As my gunner had turned to return Directors to accept this in good faith as a win fire, and in turning Islamabad, and the Glenda Stephenson, Delegate for the Space win situation, as a no cost effort. They are northern town and province of Kunduz. The Coast Kennel Club of Palm Bay, spoke about very hopeful and looking forward to having men of Bravo Company and Sergeant Adam a Reserve Junior Handler Award. She is Staff back. Miller." Thank you. working on it with Mari-Beth O’Neill. At her (applause.) (applause.) last show in June, she worked with Ms. O’Neill and Robin Stansell to have an Carl Ashby III, Delegate for the United States Carl Gomes, Delegate for the Pacific Coast Honorable Mention Award, which is given to Kerry Blue Terrier Club, spoke for the CAR Boston Terrier Club, spoke in support of the Second Place Best Junior in the ring. Board and Tom Davies, the Chairman, previous speaker Sidney Marx and for the indicating that there will be additional grant Mile High Sporting Dog Fanciers. Blackie Nygood, Delegate for the Mispillion cycles through AKC CAR. It is extremely Kennel Club, stated how valuable the Staff important that all be aware of those cycles, so Lee Arnold, Delegate for the Southern liaisons are and greatly assist all the Delegate that Delegates can look in their area and see if Colorado Kennel Club, spoke as follows: committees and asked that they be permitted there is a deserving search and rescue or other This past Sunday, the AKC Canine Health to attend committee meetings. organization that can take advantage of these Foundation Board met, one of our quarterly grants. meetings, to consider the recommendation for Ann Wallin, Delegate for the Atlanta Kennel Somewhere in the neighborhood of 325 - a budget for grant research for the following Club, thanked AKC CAR for an initiative 350 thousand dollars this past year was year. I am pleased to announce that every that they began which reached out to local granted. A lot of these grants are small, but grant that was recommended to the Grants kennel clubs around the United States to assist that means that many groups can get them. Committee we were able to support with the presentation of grants for the search But just as importantly as the money, is that financially this year, because of the excellent and rescue teams. She indicated that with the they put a really public face on the American financial health of the AKC Canine Health assistance of Gail LaBerge, who's with the Kennel Club and local clubs. So when you Foundation, due to the generosity of our Georgia Canine Coalition, Dr. Carmen need help, you now have people you can go corporate sponsors: The American Kennel Battaglia and herself, they were able to put to. He thought the response by the number of Club, Nestle, Purina, Pfizer, and most together a presentation, representing a lot of clubs who wanted to be part of these check importantly you, individuals and club the local clubs in Atlanta. They were able to presentations was impressive. members who have been so supportive of the do this at the capitol, and had the Governor Mr. Ashby urged Delegates to look around work and research at the Canine Health of Georgia there, the Commissioner of and see where they can apply for them and Foundation. Agriculture, the State Veterinarian and some encouraged local groups to apply for those Last year, we supported 1.3 million dollars in very important local legislators to be present grants as well, and if awarded, to be part of the research. This year, we were able to increase while a check was given to one of the local presentation process. that by $200,000 and support over one and a search and rescue teams. half million dollars to support over 22 Crecia Closson, Delegate for the Lakes research grants at our veterinary schools Judith Daniels, Delegate for the Mt. Baker Region Kennel Club, concurred with Mrs. around the country. We also approved, I think, Kennel Club, explained that the Chairs of the Nygood and Mrs. Daniels on the need to almost $260,000 in grants for our Acorns. So Delegate committees met the previous have more Staff at Delegate meetings to we thank you individually, collectively from Sunday night because they were concerned answer question as they arise. the AKC Canine Health Foundation. Thank and wanted to find any way to possibly offer a you. solution to the problem of no staff liaisons. Dr. Gerry Meisels, Delegate for the St Because they felt that the Staff liaisons for Petersburg Dog Fanciers Association, stressed Sydney Marx stated that the President Delegate committees are an absolutely vital that nationally, we are struggling with all kinds indicated that Dr. Davies told the Delegates part of their work and feel that it's a leg of of things economically and some of the sacred that communication from Staff to Delegates, and cows that have existed for a long time are Group Realignment is being reconsidered. He Delegates to Staff, that is very important for being addressed. However, he cautioned that requested that if we are going to accept new both. one of the great risks is when people start to breeds, that they have some form of education In an effort to mitigate the cost that was distrust each other and not work with each to go along with it. He volunteered to help going to be saved by them not being in other for the common good. them put together the PowerPoints. Committee meetings, the Chairs asked He suggested that the Board and Staff look at committee members if they would be willing whatever sacred cows that may be around that Barbara Wicklund, Delegate for the Basset to relinquish a portion of the stipend that are usually considered as untouchable, that Hound Club of America, spoke about a they give for the extra work. Without they leave no stones unturned in seeking to

AKC GAZETTE • 55 • OCTOBER 2011 GGZZ delegates’ quarterly meeting balance our budget, and all that can be done like Skype and conference calls and there are to assure that our communications are various ways to have virtual meetings on the adequate and we are not acting in an offensive computer. way to any other part of the organization, whether that be Delegates, whether that be Dale Hunsburger, Delegate for the St. Joseph Staff or whether that be Board. Kennel Club, who advocated reinstating Staff He asked them to please be extremely liaisons as he saw Delegates as the heart of this sensitive to the way things are done and the group, the Board as the head of this group, way they respond to the Delegates and and Staff as somewhat the soul. He felt if we communicate with the Delegates. don’t have all three of those parts then we may not have anything. Mary Lou Olszewski; Delegate for the American Bloodhound Club, stressed that Carlotta Dennie, Delegate for the Union transparency was important for all and that we County Kennel Club, relayed a story of how work together as a club of clubs. She also was she was able to coordinate collecting very grateful to know she had a new CAR desperately needed veterinary supplies for the award in her geography. It was presented at a search and rescue teams at Ground Zero, and ceremony with the County Executive, the also delivering them. She was contacted by a Sheriff and the club is making a huge deal of police captain, who had one of her Papillons. it, with a lot of radio coverage. It’s become a She urged everybody in every club to contact forum for her club to be able to do some the police department in their area and let good community service. She encouraged them know that if this happens in their town, others who are doing Responsible Dog they would be able to get supplies and know Ownership Days to take the opportunity to where to reach immediately for help and to get to bring some of these search and rescue clubs these to our precious search and rescue dogs. in as part of what clubs are trying to achieve, and let everybody else see how great they are, The meeting adjourned at 12:26 p.m. as it brings the AKC front and foremost. The opinions expressed by the speakers may Margaret Curtis, Delegate for the Greenwich not necessarily reflect those of The American Kennel Club, urged the Board to accept the Kennel Club. suggestion that has been given, and to reinstate Staff attendance at Delegate meetings.

Carol Williamson, Delegate for the Houston Kennel Club, gave a quarterly reminder for Perspectives. The issue coordinator for the next issue of Perspectives will be Bonnie Lapham. The deadline is October the fifth and you can find both of their email addresses in the issue of Perspectives which was sent to you. If anybody has any questions about writing for Perspectives or has an idea and would like to discuss ways they can flesh it out, committee members, who are also listed in Perspectives, are available to talk with you.

Nancy Bennett, Delegate for the American Belgian Malinois Club, stated that there are very few organizations that fly their Staff around the country these days to answer questions. The technology is there with things

AKC GAZETTE • 56 • OCTOBER 2011 GZSECRETARY’S PAGE MISSION STATEMENT: The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Founded in 1884, the AKC and its affiliated organizations advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership.

Attention Delegates July 10, 2011 event. Ms. Clark was charged Notice of Meeting with inappropriate public criticism of a judge’s The next meeting of the Delegates will be decision that caused a disruption to the event. held at the Rosen Center Hotel, Orlando, FL, The Staff Event Committee reviewed the on Friday December 16, 2011. It will begin no committee’s report, found it in order and set earlier than 10:00 am, and will follow the 8:30 the penalty at a three-month event suspension a.m. Delegate Forum. and a $300 fine, effective July 10, 2011. (Vizsla)

Membership Application Notice Leonberger Club of America Ms. Donna Smith (Grafton, IL) Action was taken by the Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Delegates Credentials Club for conduct in connection with its June Dr. Lisa A. Boyer, Loomis, CA, 25, 2011 event. Ms. Smith was charged with American Wirehaired Pointing Griffon failure to properly control a dog at an event. Association The Staff Event Committee reviewed the Juxi Burr, Albuquerque, NM, committee’s report, found it in order, and set Rio Grande Kennel Club the penalty at a three-month event suspension Kimberly Demchak, Mayer, AZ, and a $500 fine, effective July 11, 2011. Giant Schnauzer Club of America (Borzoi and Keeshond) Margaret Doster, Hamburg, NY, Kennel Club of Buffalo Notice Jacquelyn Fogel, West Bend, WI, Ms. Judy Diekman (Northwood, OH) Action Kettle Moraine Kennel Club was taken by the Fort Detroit German Anne Midgarden, D.V.M., Wirehaired Pointer Club for conduct in Wapakoneta, OH, Lima Kennel Club connection with its June 18, 2011 event. Ms. Stephen Owens, Cumberland, RI, Diekman was charged with failure to properly Providence County Kennel Club control a dog at an event. The Staff Event G. Robert Stevens, Hancock, NH, Committee reviewed the committee’s report, Cheshire Kennel Club found it in order, and set the penalty at a three- Carolyn Vack, Gordonville, PA, month event suspension, and $500 fine, Lancaster Kennel Club effective June 18, 2011. (German Shepherd Dog) Notice As a result of an Event Committee determi - Notice nation the following individual stands Mr. Stan Chiras (Waynesboro, TN) Action was suspended of AKC privileges. It should be taken by the Lincoln Trail Retriever Club for noted that this determination may still be conduct in connection with its May 7, 2011 appealed and may be reversed. Upon event. Mr. Chiras was charged with abusive or expiration of the appeal process, an appropriate foul language/verbal altercation in connection notice describing the status of the individual’s with an event. The Staff Event Committee suspension, if any, will appear in this column: reviewed the committee’s report, found it to be Mr. Vladimir Goldin,(Sylvania, OH) in order, and set the penalty at a three-month Mr. James Chiddister (Wolcottville, IN) event suspension and $300 fine, effective July 2, Ms. Ava Tyree (Marietta, GA) 2011. (Labrador Retriever)

Notice Notice Ms. Laraine Clark (Amarillo, TX) Action was Mr. Randy Huenergardt (Stevensville, MT) taken by the Ventura County Dog Fanciers Action was taken by the Treasure State Association for conduct in connection with its Retriever Club for conduct in connection

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with its June 19, 2011 event. Mr. Huenergardt Notice SECTION 1. Any reputable person who is was charged with abusive or foul The AKC’s Management Disciplinary in good standing with The American Kennel language/verbal altercation. The Staff Event Committee has suspended Ms. Jennifer Thon Club may apply for approval to judge any Committee reviewed the committee’s report, (Saint Charles, MI) from AKC registration AKC recognized breed or breeds of purebred found it in order and set the penalty at a privileges for six months and imposed a $500 dogs, which in his or her opinion he or she is reprimand and $100 fine. (Labrador fine, effective September 12, 2011, for qualified by training and experience to pass Retriever) submission of an online litter registration upon, with the following exceptions: application containing the false certification as Persons connected with any publication in Notice to the signature of the co-owner of the dam. the capacity of solicitor for kennel Mr. Richard Glenn (Clarkston, MI) Action (Dachshund) advertisements, persons connected with dog was taken by the Laurel Highlands Kennel food, dog remedy or kennel supply companies Association for conduct in connection with Notice in the capacity of solicitor or salesman, its May 27, 2011 event. Mr. Glenn was The AKC’s Management Disciplinary persons who buy, sell and in any way trade in charged with neglect at or in connection with Committee has suspended the following or traffic in dogs as a means of livelihood in an event by an individual. The Staff Event individuals from all AKC privileges for one whole or in part, professional show superin - Committee reviewed the Event Committee’s year and imposed a $1000 fine, for non- tendents and their employees, and persons report, found it in order and set the penalty at compliance with AKC’s record keeping and who show dogs for others will not be a reprimand and $100 fine. (Multiple Breeds) dog identification requirements: approved if still engaged in such activities. Effective September 12, 2011 No Judge shall be granted a license to be a licensed Notice Txt Mr. Paul Yoder (Millersburg, OH) superintendent. Mrs. Ann Glenn (Clarkston, MI) Action was Multiple Breeds No person shall be eligible for approval to judge if taken by the Laurel Highlands Kennel he or she resides in the same household with a Association for conduct in connection with Notice professional handler or licensed superintendent. its May 27, 2011 event. Mrs. Glenn was The AKC’s Management Disciplinary No Judge may accept an assignment nor officiate at charged with neglect at or in connection with Committee has suspended Ms. Laura White any event where a member of his or her household an event by an individual. The Staff Event (Blue Creek, OH) from all AKC privileges for is involved to the extent that there might exist an Committee reviewed the Event Committee’s six months and imposed a $500 fine, effective actual conflict of interest or the reasonable report, found it in order and set the penalty at September 12, 2011, for refusal to make her appearance of a conflict of interest a reprimand and $100 fine. (Multiple Breeds) dogs and records available for inspection when requested. (Multiple Breeds) APPROVED HAVANESE BREED STANDARD Notice The AKC’s Management Disciplinary Notice general appearance Committee has suspended Ms. Susan Lybrand The AKC’s Management Disciplinary The Havanese is a small, sturdy dog of (Allen, TX) from AKC registration privileges Committee has suspended the following immense charm. The native dog of Cuba, he for six months and imposed a $500 fine, individuals from all AKC privileges for five is beloved as a friendly, intelligent and playful effective August 15, 2011, for submission of years and imposed a $1000 fine, for refusal to companion. He is slightly longer than tall, registration applications containing the false make their dogs and records available for with a long, untrimmed, double coat. The certification as to the signature of the co- inspection when requested: Havanese has a short upper arm with owners of the dam. (Multiple Breeds) moderate shoulder layback and a straight Effective August 8, 2011 topline that rises slightly from the withers to Notice Ms. Terri Wylie (North Benton, OH) the croup. The plumed tail is carried arched The AKC’s Management Disciplinary Multiple Breeds forward up over the back. The unique springy Committee has suspended Ms. Margaret Effective September 12, 2011 gait is a result of the breed’s structure and MacDonald (Apopka, FL) from AKC Ms. Pam Conn (Johnston, OH) Yorkshire playful, spirited personality. These character - registration privileges for six months and Terrier, Maltese istics of temperament, coat, structure and gait imposed a $500 fine, effective September 12, are essential to type. 2011, for submission of litter registration Proposed Amendment to Rules Applying to application containing the false certification as Dog Shows Size, proporTion, and SubSTance to the signature of the co-owner of the sire. The Board of Directors has approved the The ideal height is between 9 and 10 1/2 (Boxer) following amendment to Chapter 7, inches, with an acceptable height range from SECTION 1, of the Rules Applying to Dog 8 1/2 to 11 1/2 inches. Height at withers Shows, to be voted on at the December 16, under 8 1/2 inches or over 11 1/2 inches is a 2011 Delegates Meeting. disqualification, except that the minimum Chapter 7 height shall not apply to dogs or bitches

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under twelve months of age. long, silky hair. The tail plume may fall The Havanese gait is springy. The charac - The height is slightly less than the length straight forward or to either side of the body. teristic spring is the result of the short upper from the point of shoulder to point of While standing, a dropped tail is permissible. arm combined with the rear drive. Front legs buttocks, creating a rectangular outline. The The tail may not be docked. reach forward freely matching the moderate Havanese is moderately boned and should extension in the rear. On the move, the pads never appear coarse or fragile. ForequarTerS may be visible coming or going. The head is The tops of the shoulder blades lie in at the carried high and the slight rise in the topline Head withers, allowing the neck to blend smoothly holds under movement. The expression is soft, intelligent and into the back. Moderate shoulder layback is mischievous. Eyes are large, dark brown and sufficient to carry the head and neck high. TemperamenT almond-shaped. Chocolate dogs may have The upper arm is short. Elbows are tight to The Havanese is friendly, playful, alert and somewhat lighter brown eyes. Eye rims are the body and forelegs are straight when intelligent with a sweet, non-quarrelsome solid black for all colors except for chocolate viewed from any angle. The length from the disposition. Aggression or shyness should be dogs which have solid brown eye rims. foot to the elbow is equal to the length from faulted. Incomplete or total lack of pigmentation of elbow to withers. Pasterns are short, strong the eye rims is a disqualification. Ears are and flexible, very slightly sloping. Dewclaws preSenTaTion broad at the base, dropped, and have a distinct may be removed. The feet have arched toes Havanese should be shown as naturally as is fold. They are set high on the skull, slightly and point straight ahead. Pads and nails may consistent with good grooming. They may be above the endpoint of the zygomatic arch. be any color. shown either brushed or corded. The coat When alert, the ears lift at the base but always should be clean and well conditioned. In remain folded. Ear leather, when extended, HindquarTerS mature dogs, the length of the coat may cause reaches halfway to the nose. The skull is broad The hind legs are muscular with moderate it to fall to either side down the back but it and slightly rounded. The stop is moderate angulation. Hocks are well let down; pasterns should not be deliberately parted. Head and the planes of the head are level. The are parallel from hock to foot. The croup is furnishings are long and untrimmed, and may cheeks are flat. Length of muzzle is slightly slightly higher than the withers. Dewclaws fall forward over the eyes or to both sides of less than length of skull measured from stop may be removed. The feet have arched toes the head; they may also be held in two small to point of occiput. The muzzle is full and and point straight ahead. Pads and nails may braids secured with plain elastic bands. The rectangular with a broad nose. The nose and be any color. braids start above the inside corner of each lips are solid black for all colors except for eye and extend at least to the outside corner, chocolate dogs which have solid brown coaT forming the appearance of eyebrows. No pigment. Incomplete or total lack of pigmen - Silky to the touch, the coat is soft and light in other hair accessories are permitted. Minimal tation of the nose or lips is a disqualification. texture in both outer and undercoat, although trimming of the anal and genital area is Any color pigmentation other than black or the outer coat carries slightly more weight. permissible but should not be noticeable on brown on the eye rims, nose or lips is a The coat is long, abundant and wavy. It stands presentation. Hair on the feet and between disqualification. Small depigmented areas on off the body slightly, but flows with the pads should be neatly trimmed. No other lips due to rubbing against canine teeth will movement. An ideal coat will permit the trimming or sculpting of the coat is permitted not disqualify. A scissors bite is ideal and a full natural lines of the dog to be seen. Puppy coat and is to be so severely penalized as to complement of incisors is preferred. may be shorter and have a softer texture than preclude placement. Havanese should be adult coat. A single, flat, frizzy or curly coat presented at a natural speed on a loose lead to neck, Topline and body should be faulted. A coarse, wiry coat is a properly assess the characteristic springy gait. The neck is slightly arched, of moderate disqualification. A short, smooth coat with or FaulTS length, blends smoothly into the shoulders without furnishings is a disqualification. The The foregoing description is that of the ideal and is in balance with the height and length coat may be corded. Corded coats will Havanese. Any deviation from the above of the dog. The prosternum is evident but not naturally separate into wavy sections in young described dog must be penalized to the extent prominent. The chest is deep, well developed, dogs and will in time develop into cords. of the deviation. and reaches the elbow. The straight topline Adult corded dogs will be completely covered rises slightly from the withers to the croup. with a full coat of tassle-like cords. DISQUALIFICATIONS 1 Measured from point of shoulder to point of Height at withers under 8 ½ or over 11 ⁄2 inches buttocks, the body is slightly longer than the color except that the minimum height shall not apply to height at the withers. This length comes from All colors and marking patterns are dogs or bitches under twelve months of age. the ribcage. Ribs are well sprung. The loin is permissible and are of equal merit. The skin Incomplete or total lack of pigmentation of the eye short and well muscled. There is a moderate may be any color. rims. tuck-up. The tail is high-set and arches Incomplete or total lack of pigmentation of the nose forward up over the back. It is plumed with gaiT or lips.

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Mrs. Karen Burgess (94221) WA Mr. Dana P. Cline (7276) IL Any color pigmentation other than black or brown (360) 885-8382 (815) 218-5247 on the eye rims, nose or lips. [email protected] [email protected] A coarse, wiry coat. Chinese Shar-Pei, JS-Limited Brussels Griffons, Chihuahuas, Havanese, A short, smooth coat with or without furnishings. Mr. Aaron Goldfinger (7302) NY Border Collies, Bouviers des Flandres, Old (631) 880-3814 English Sheepdogs, Pyrenean Shepherds Approved August 9, 2011 [email protected] Mr. Gary Cooper (69704) MI Effective September 28, 2011 Parson Russell Terriers (517) 347-1022 Mr. Duff M. Harris (91790) CA [email protected] JUDGES (714) 531-5125 German Shorthaired Pointers, German [email protected] Wirehaired Pointers, Chesapeake Bay As a result of the October 2010 Board Bull Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, Meeting, publication notice in the Gazette Mrs. Julie M. Lux (94129) MO Newfoundlands was combined into one notice, therefore the (816) 628-7319 Mrs. Judith V. Daniels (4160) CA [email protected] (661) 269-1331 judging approval process continues to include American Foxhounds, Beagles, JS [email protected] an opportunity for the fancy to respond to Mrs. Shelly Spencer Marx (94215) CO Akitas, Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese each provisional judge. (719) 495-6625 Mountain Dogs, Black Russian Terriers, Letters concerning judges and provisional [email protected] Cane Corsos, Dogues de Bordeaux, Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat Coated German Pinschers, Giant Schnauzers, judges should be addressed to the Judging Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Vizslas, JS Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, Neapolitan Operations Department at PO Box 900062, Mr. William Gregory Roadhouse (93104) Mastiffs, Portuguese Water Dogs, Saint Raleigh, NC 27675-9062. Letters concerning KY Bernards, Standard Schnauzers, Tibetan Agility, Obedience, Rally, Tracking, and VST (502) 361-0376 Mastiffs [email protected] Mrs. Cathy H. Daugherty (6219) CT applicants should be addressed to the American Staffordshire Terriers (203) 266-5496 Companion Events Department in North Mrs. Carol Steiner (94113) IL [email protected] Carolina. (815) 485-7022 Balance of Working Group (German The American Kennel Club will, at the [email protected] Pinschers, Giant Schnauzers, Great Collies Pyrenees, Komondorok, Kuvaszok, request of a judge or judge applicant, provide Neapolitan Mastiffs, Saint Bernards, that individual with copies of letters received Approved Breed Judges Standard Schnauzers) by AKC concerning their qualifications. As a Ms. Susan Abraham (81989) NY Mr. Paul C. DeBene (59264) FL (716) 731-4947 result, it should be understood that any such (813) 949-1376 [email protected] [email protected] correspondence will be made available, upon Shetland Sheepdogs, Junior Showmanship- West Highland White Terriers request, to the judge. Limited Mr. Gary A. Dunlop (7280) OR It is the responsibility of all Conformation Mr. Gary L. Andersen (6176) AZ (503) 634-2663 (480) 991-7485 [email protected] and JS judges to notify the Judging [email protected] Balance of Non-Sporting Group Operations Department of any changes or Balance of Non-Sporting Group (American Eskimo Dogs, Lowchen, corrections to their address, phone, fax or (American Eskimo Dogs, Finnish Spitz, Poodles, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Terriers), emails. These changes are very important Keeshonden, Lowchen, Norwegian Akitas, Boxers, Samoyeds, Tibetan Mastiffs Lundehunds, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Mrs. Gloria Geringer (5157) LA because they affect your judges’ record, the Terriers), Alaskan Malamutes, Siberian (225) 665-3707 web site and the Judges Directory. Please Huskies [email protected] notify Judging Operations at (919) 816-3593 Mrs. Sherry L. Anderson (91198) OK Balance of Terrier Group (Bull Terriers, or email, [email protected]. (580) 242-1316 Cesky Terriers, Dandie Dinmont Terriers, [email protected] Glen of Imaal Terriers, Lakeland Terriers, Golden Retrievers Miniature Bull Terriers, Sealyham Terriers, Provisional Judges Mrs. Shilon L. Bedford (15789) MN Skye Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, The following persons’ have been approved (320) 485-4825 Welsh Terriers) [email protected] on a Provisional basis for the designated Mrs. Peggy J. Hauck (6793) FL Akitas, Bullmastiffs, Doberman Pinschers, (407) 971-6234 breeds in accordance with the current judging Giant Schnauzers, Great Danes, Great [email protected] approval process. They may now accept assign - Pyrenees, Mastiffs, Portuguese Water Dogs, Australian Shepherds, Bearded Collies, ments and the fancy may still offer comments Standard Schnauzers Border Collies, Bouviers des Flandres, Mrs. Gretchen Bernardi (22568) IL to Judging Operations. Briards, Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Collies, (618) 656-0900 Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Shetland [email protected] Sheepdogs New Breed Judges Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Petits Bassets Mrs. Sharon Bartosh Kinney (5139) CA Mr. Robert R. Aubrey (94071) NH Griffons Vendeens, Rhodesian Ridgebacks (714) 532-4582 (603) 228-3456 Mrs. Terry L. Berrios (7393) GA [email protected] [email protected] (678) 447-6383 Basenjis, Beagles, Dachshunds, Ibizan Saint Bernards [email protected] Hounds, Otterhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Affenpinschers, Cavalier King Charles Rhodesian Ridgebacks Spaniels, English Toy Spaniels, Maltese, Miniature Pinschers, Pomeranians, Silky Terriers, Toy Fox Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers

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Dr. Jerry Klein (4430) AZ added to the list of regular approved judges. [email protected] (773) 868-6251 Balance of Toy Group (Affenpinschers, [email protected] New Breed Judges Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Chinese Balance of Terrier Group (American Mrs. Lori Bentine (91800) OH Cresteds, English Toy Spaniels, Havanese, Staffordshire Terriers, Bedlington Terriers, (614) 488-9461 Italian Greyhounds, Maltese, Papillons) Bull Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Dandie [email protected] Mr. Dean Dickey (59042) MO Dinmont Terriers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Labrador Retrievers (816) 914-3393 Manchester Terriers, Miniature Bull Ms. Denise Borton (91682) MI [email protected] Terriers, Norfolk Terriers, Norwich (269) 375-0059 French Bulldogs Terriers, Parson Russell Terriers, [email protected] Ms. Barbara A. Finch (7567) NC Staffordshire Bull Terriers) Bullmastiffs (828) 693-8353 Mr. Ralph M. Lemcke (1320) IN Mrs. Delberta Gogulski (42968) MI [email protected] (317) 858-7521 (616) 897-4211 Bullmastiffs, Giant Schnauzers, Great [email protected] [email protected] Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, Dalmatians Afghan Hounds, Petits Bassets Griffons Mastiffs, Samoyeds Miss Joan E. Luna (6515) CA Vendeens Dr. Anne P. Gallant (7047) TN (925) 447-4500 Ms. Nancy Olson Handgraaf (91720) WA (615)384-1315 [email protected] (360) 686-3079 [email protected] Australian Cattle Dogs, Australian [email protected] Balance of Hound Group (American Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Beaucerons, Old English Sheepdogs English Coonhounds, American Border Collies, Collies, German Shepherd Mr. Steven L. Klein (90824) AZ Foxhounds, Basenjis, Black and Tan Dogs, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Shetland (602) 237-2965 Coonhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Sheepdogs [email protected] English Foxhounds, Harriers, Ibizan Ms. Sue N. Melancon (41991) LA Whippets Hounds, Otterhounds, Plotts, Redbone (504) 779-6716 Ms. Jennifer M. Krawsczyn (91688) OH Coonhounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, [email protected] (740) 416-1661 Treeing Walker Coonhounds, Whippets) Brittanys, Golden Retrievers [email protected] Mr. Patrick Garcia, Jr. (34211) CA Ms. Lori L. Nelson (32409) AZ Golden Retrievers (760) 749-5382 (480) 488-3801 Mrs. Tracie Laliberte (6322) MA [email protected] [email protected] (508) 409-9776 Dachshunds, Scottish Deerhounds Beagles, Dachshunds, Greyhounds, Ibizan [email protected] Ms. F. Susan Godek (6796) AZ Hounds, Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens, Lhasa Apsos (480) 614-5768 Pharaoh Hounds, Scottish Deerhounds, [email protected] Italian Greyhounds Approved Breed Judges Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Giant Ms. Holly Scott (75555) CO Ms. Christine Salyers Anderson (6474) Schnauzers, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss (970) 669-0977 AR Mountain Dogs, Newfoundlands, [email protected] (501) 525-4016 Portuguese Water Dogs, Saint Bernards, Dogues de Bordeaux, Great Danes [email protected] Standard Schnauzers Mrs. Karen B. Seriana (65782) AL Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Giant Mrs. Lisa Graser (37267) WI (256) 310-7570 Schnauzers, Portuguese Water Dogs, (608) 655-1942 [email protected] Rottweilers, Saint Bernards, Siberian [email protected] Whippets, Dalmatians Huskies Bearded Collies, Belgian Sheepdogs, Mrs. Diana L. Skibinski (7258) IN Mr. Fabian Arienti (66407) FL Bouvier des Flandres, Old English (219) 662-7725 (305) 257-2818 Sheepdogs [email protected] [email protected] Ms. Jane Haefner (6202) WI American Eskimo Dogs, Boston Terriers, Poodles (262) 490-1566 Bulldogs, Lowchen, Xoloitzcuintli Ms. Nancy Bodine (3209) VA [email protected] Mrs. Pamela Waldron (56812) WA (804) 492-4824 Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Bullmastiffs, (360) 770-2403 [email protected] Doberman Pinschers, Portuguese Water [email protected] Tibetan Mastiffs Dogs, Siberian Huskies Maltese, Yorkshire Terriers Mrs. Terrie Breen (65930) CT Mrs. Edith Tichenor Hanson (5268) UT (860) 285-0499 (435) 229-9203 Junior Showmanship Judges [email protected] [email protected] Mrs. Karen Bodeving (90939) OR Doberman Pinschers Dachshunds (541) 592-6529 Dr. Mary-Helene (Mimi) Brown, M.D. Ms. Carolyn A. Herbel (4112) OK [email protected] (34835) AZ (580) 661-3299 Miss Riley DeVos (93867) IA (602) 228-9386 [email protected] (712) 546-6163 [email protected] Alaskan Malamutes, Boxers, Doberman [email protected] Portuguese Water Dogs Pinschers, German Pinschers, Great Ms. Deborah Gallegos (93737) TX Mr. Bob Busby (38467) NC Pyrenees, Komondorok, Kuvaszok, (210) 656-5996 (704) 904-4214 Samoyeds, Siberian Huskies [email protected] [email protected] Ms. Victoria M. Jordan (7084) OH Alaskan Malamutes, Bullmastiffs, Mastiffs, (614) 395-3641 [email protected] Provisional Assignments Completed Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards, Norwich Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, German Shorthaired Pointers, The following persons’ have completed Weimaraners, Bouvier des Flandres, their Provisional Judging assignments in the German Shepherd Dogs Ms. Betsy Dale (4275) MI Briards, German Shepherd Dogs, Old breeds listed, and their names have been (517) 851-8781 English Sheepdogs, Pulik, Pyrenean

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Shepherds, Shetland Sheepdogs Mrs. Carol Spritzer (6660) OH Mrs. Kathy Lorentzen (15475) MI Mr. David J. Kirkland (6340) NC (513) 831-8412 (989) 845-5740 (919) 774-0989 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Brittanys, German Shorthaired Pointers, German Shorthaired Pointers, German Balance of Non-Sporting Group German Wirehaired Pointers, Irish Red Wirehaired Pointers, Chesapeake Bay (American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese Shar- and White Setters, Spinoni Italiani, Retrievers, Curly-Coated Retrievers, Flat Pei, Chow Chows, Finnish Spitz, Lhasa Wirehaired Pointing Griffons Coated Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Apsos, Norwegian Lundehunds, Mr. Jon Titus Steele (55162) MI Labrador Retrievers, English Setters, Schipperkes, Tibetan Spaniels, (989) 642-5093 Gordon Setters,. Irish Setters, Clumber Xoloitzcuintli), Australian Shepherds, [email protected] Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, English Cocker Border Collies, Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Afghan Hounds, Basset Hounds, Spaniels, English Springer Spaniels, Field Collies, Shetland Sheepdogs Dachshunds, Salukis Spaniels, Sussex Spaniels, Welsh Springer Ms. Judy Lowther (17491) OH Ms. Judy E. Thill (23393) IA Spaniels, Vizslas, Weimaraners, Bouviers des (216) 402-9022 (563) 588-9380 Flandres [email protected] [email protected] Emeritus Judge Rhodesian Ridgebacks Airedale Terriers, Australian Terriers, Mrs. Cassandra F. Becker Ms. Elizabeth Muthard (6689) VA Bedlington Terriers, Border Terriers, Bull Ms. Marion G. Durholz (610) 360-1778 Terriers, Kerry Blue Terriers, Staffordshire Miss Mary E. Flounders [email protected] Bull Terriers, Welsh Terriers, West Highland Mr. Francis J. Holzer Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Black Russian White Terriers Mrs. Cynthia P. Jennings Terriers, Bullmastiffs, Dogues de Bordeaux, Mrs. Deborah J. Wilkins (18907) MN Ms. Patricia Morehouse Samoyeds, Border Terriers, Bearded (952) 440-5040 Mrs. Margretta Patterson-Kauffman Collies, Briards, Icelandic Sheepdogs [email protected] Ms. Millie Paul Mrs. Sharon Newcomb (2799) NM Akita, Bullmastiffs, Doberman Pinschers, Great Pyrenees, Mastiffs, Samoyeds, (505) 983-0444 Resigned Judges [email protected] Siberian Huskies Australian Cattle Dogs, Australian Ms. Barbara J. Young (5811) OR Mrs. Evelyn J. Mayer Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Belgian (541) 342-3459 Ms. Joetta K. Melton Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Border [email protected] Mr. Robert Paust Collies, Briards, Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Balance of Sporting Group (Nova Scotia Mrs. Sally E. Redin Old English Sheepdogs, Swedish Vallhunds Duck Tolling Retrievers, Irish Red and Ms. Thomas S. Powers (5903) CA White Setters, Boykin Spaniels, English Deceased Judge (818) 343-2239 Cocker Spaniels, Field Spaniels), Basenjis, Mr. Furman L. Cunningham [email protected] Beagles, Dachshunds, Norwegian Mr. Michael L. Gardner Glen of Imaal Terriers Elkhounds, Finnish Spitz Mr. John A.E. Hannum, Jr. Ms. Robin K. Riel (7006) WA Mrs. Bessie V. Pickens (509) 952-9563 Ms. Vivienne (Rickie) Richards [email protected] Junior Showmanship Judges Mr. Robert “Mac” Rood Balance of Hound Group (American Ms. Pluis Davern (17422) CA Mr. Raymond Ryan English Coonhounds, American (831) 768-1255 Provisional Obedience/Rally/Tracking Foxhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, English [email protected] Foxhounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Ms. Brandi L. Smith (18313) SC Judges Otterhounds, Petits Bassets Griffons (205) 266-1258 The following persons have been approved Vendeens, Pharaoh Hounds, Plotts, [email protected] as judges on a Provisional basis for the Redbone Coonhounds, Treeing Walker Ms. Anita Stelter (81538) WI Coonhounds), Pekingese (715) 453-5975 class/test indicated in accordance with the Dr. Alan C. Santos, M.D. (73979) NY [email protected] Provisional judging system. They may now (504) 232-7316 accept assignments. [email protected] Best In Show Thomas Hacholski (91598) TX Golden Retrievers, English Springer 972-771-5156 The following persons’, having successfully Spaniels [email protected] Ms. Diane Shearer (69554) PA completed the required Group Assignments Tracking Dog Excellent (717) 732-5561 in the first Variety Group for which they were Kenneth Kincaid (91228) FL [email protected] approved , have been added to the list of 407-405-3193 Weimaraners [email protected] Mr. Michael A. Silva (24924) NJ judges eligible for approval to judge Best In Obedience – Novice (908) 996-7766 Show. Glenn Pollock (27332) VA [email protected] Mrs. Lois A. Sanford (6100) CT 434-736-2619 Golden Retrievers (860) 908-5391 [email protected] Mr. Lawrence (Larry) J. Sinclair (7419) [email protected] Obedience - Novice WA Ms. Linda Tilka (17413) FL Christopher Smith (94083) AZ (509) 922-8173 (727) 647-2243 520-297-8779 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Black and Tan Coonhounds, Bloodhounds, Rally All Greyhounds, Harriers, Otterhounds, Nancy Watson (26243) FL Pharaoh Hounds, Scottish Deerhounds, Reinstated Judge 813-503-9464 Bulldogs The Judging eligibility of the following [email protected] person has been reinstated. Obedience - Open

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Obedience/Rally/Tracking Judging Registered Name Prefixes Granted Applicants The following applications for a breed- The following person is applying for specific Registered Name Prefix have been Provisional Judging status for the class/test as granted: specified but is NOT eligible to accept assign - raVenridge – Standard Schnauzers – ments. Christina E. & David M. Kidd Janet Induni (93291) VT cHaSinWaVeS – Portuguese Water Dogs – 802-879-6526 Bonnie Chase [email protected] Rally - All belleSTeVe’Sun – Havanese – Anne Stevenson Provisional Obedience/Rally/Tracking FiddlerS green – Australian Shepherd – Judges Completed Lori L. Brewster The following persons have completed brookSHire – Golden Retrievers – Julie their Provisional Judging assignments and M. Guay their names have been added to the list of allure – Bichon Frise – Lisa Des Camps regular approved judges. pbJ – Cocker Spaniels – Beate & Jamey Elizabeth Baird (34861) MI Pruitt 734-604-1551 alFa – Papillons – Salwa S. Alfadl [email protected] Tracking Dog Excellent palm gladeS – German Shorthaired Katie Maess (62012) OH Pointers – Mark A. & Cheryl A. Brent 513-459-9613 o’dobHailien – Irish Red & White Setters [email protected] Rally All – Evangeline L. & Robert F. Devlin Toldin – Vizslas – Martha & Frank Lacko Application for Breed-Specific Registered Hidden-Trzure – Australian Shepherds – Name Prefix Diane S. Harney The following applications for a breed- Sleepy HolloW – Border Terriers - Victoria specific Registered Name Prefix have been M. Mather submitted to The American Kennel Club. nikiT – Labrador Retrievers – Krista S. Brazel Letters in regard to these applications should laelia – Labrador Retrievers – Viola L. be addressed to James P. Crowley, Executive Charo Secretary: HeriTage – Cavalier King Charles Spaniels – norTH HaWk – Tibetan Mastiffs – Efrain Janet M. Villasenor Torres & Susan Abrams redForeST – Cavalier King Charles SWeeTbriar – Spinoni Italiani – Dana & Spaniels – Shirley A. Groom Daniel Graff y-FarmS – Labrador Retrievers – Jennifer L. bar-lar – Shih Tzu – Barbara Ann & Larry Young Ewer Hyline – Golden Retrievers – Amanda L. kizmar – Vizslas – Kathy A. Rust Dorner pJScoT – Scottish Terriers – Judy & Phil comancHeria – Tibetan Mastiffs – Glenda DiGirolamo A. Nunnally creekWood - Collies – Virginia Reed-Mehr lomar – Poodles – Lori A. Logli & Robin B. Reed EVERGLO-BO’S – Lhasa Apsos – Betty L. dorraTz – Vizslas – Doris M. Ratzlaff & Ingram Donna M. DeFilippis royalFluSH – Bulldogs – Kim M & eXmoor – Yorkshire Terriers – James J. Michael C. Hansen Hupp & Bret E. Walker elan – Afghan Hounds – Rachel D. Irvin WindyHill – Havanese – Julie Souza kayS – Poodles – Kay Amen blackamoor – Labrador Retrievers – H. WaypoinT – Brittanys – Morton V. Williams Price & Sherry S. Jessup & Joyce E. Roberts bliSSFul – St. Bernards – Tricia A. Kenworthy SilVerVeil – Boxers – Catherine L. Harber

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Cocker Spaniel Curly-Coated English Cocker English Setter English Springer Retriever Spaniel Spaniel

Field Spaniel Flat-Coated German Shorthaired German Golden Retriever Pointer Wirehaired Pointer Retriever

Gordon Setter Irish Red & Irish Setter Irish Water Labrador White Setter Spaniel Retriever

Nova Scotia Duck Pointer Spinone Sussex Spaniel Vizsla Tolling Retriever Italiano

Weimaraner Welsh Springer Wirehaired Spaniel Pointing Griffon Parent Club Links d n u

o Afghan Hound American English American Basenji Basset Hound Coonhound Foxhound H

Beagle Black and Tan Bloodhound Bluetick Borzoi Coonhound Coonhound

Dachshund English Greyhound Harrier Ibizan Hound Foxhound

Irish Norwegian Otterhound Petit Basset Pharaoh Hound Wolfhound Elkhound Griffon Vendéen

Plott Redbone Rhodesian Saluki Scottish Coonhound Ridgeback Deerhound

Whippet Parent Club Links g n i k Akita Alaskan Anatolian Bernese Black Russian r Malamute Shepherd Dog Mountain Dog Terrier o W

Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso Doberman Dogue de Pinscher Bordeaux

German Giant Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Pinscher Schnauzer Mountain Dog

Komondor Leonberger Kuvasz Mastiff Neapolitan Mastiff

Newfoundland Portuguese Rottweiler Saint Bernard Samoyed Water Dog

Siberian Husky Standard Tibetan Mastiff Schnauzer Parent Club Links r e i r r Airedale American Australian Bedlington Border Terrier e Terrier Staffordshire Terrier Terrer Terrier T

Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie Fox Terrier Dinmont Terrier (Smooth)

Glen of Imaal Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier Terrier Terrier

Miniature Bull Miniature Norfolk Terrier Norwich Parson Russell Terrier Schnauzer Terrier Terrier

Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Staffordshire Wheaten Terrier Bull Terrier

Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Parent Club Links y o T Affenpinscher Brussels Cavalier King Chihuahua Chinese Griffon Charles Spaniel Crested

English Toy Havanese Italian Japanese Chin Maltese Spaniel Greyhound

Manchester Miniature Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Terrier (Toy) Pinscher

Poodle (Toy) Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier

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Lhasa Apso Löwchen Norwegian Poodle Schipperke Lundehund (Miniature)

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Belgian Belgian Border Collie Bouvier des Briard Sheepdog Tervuren Flandres

Canaan Dog Cardigan Welsh Collie (Rough) Collie (Smooth) Entlebucher Corgi Mountain Dog

Finnish German Icelandic Norwegian Old English Lapphund Shepherd Dog Sheepdog Buhund Sheepdog

Pembroke Polish Lowland Puli Pyrenean Shetland Welsh Corgi Sheepdog Shepherd Sheepdog

Swedish Vallhund

AKC REGISTERED HANDLERS

The American Kennel Club Registered Handlers Program establishes criteria and standards for responsible, knowledgeable professional handlers. All handlers enrolled in the Program have met these criteria and made the commitment to follow the guidelines and Code of Ethics as set forth by the AKC.

For additional information concerning the Registered Handlers Program, click here: http://www.akc.org/handlers/

To view the AKC Registered Handlers Membership list, click here: www.akc.org/handlers/states/allstates.cfm

For information on upcoming RHP Handling Clinics: http://www.akc.org/handlers/jr_clinics.cfm

http://www.akc.org/handlers/adult_clinics.cfm