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AZAWAKH AEGIS Azawakh Aegis Fall 2015 AKC PARENT CLUB FOR THE AZAWAKH HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the President by Deb Kidwell We are moving toward full AKC recognition. I is available at these events in conformation or know this is good news to some, but fills others any of the companion or performance events. with trepidation. I believe full participation in one of the world’s largest dog registries can Dog shows are about providing an outside, provide wonderful opportunities to showcase non-biased look at our dogs and their the very best of our breed and its talents. strengths and weaknesses. Getting a group of dogs together makes it easier to see strong We currently have 221 Azawakh with 3 and weak points in a way that is almost 2015 Specialty Results generation pedigrees. We need 350. I’ve posted impossible if you see dogs one at a time. The 2015 AAA Azawakh Specialty was held Saturday, a list of dogs that AKC has listed with pedigrees July 11 in Madison, OH following Best In Show at The from 0-2 generations. Many of these dogs One of the most important things we can do Regatta Classic in Madison, Ohio actually have three gen eration pedigrees, but to right now is help people new to showing Page 7 prove this, we need documents with and/or new to the Azawakh, “get their feet registration numbers listed for all three wet” with instruction on the standard and generations. training. If you are someone who has shown before with another breed , reach out and help Our 2015 membership drive continues. Please those in your area who are new. Invite them remember to invite your friends to visit the club along...heck, show their dog for them if they blog at Azawakh.org to fill out the form for the get stage fright. free complimentary trial membership. We are well on our way to having enough club If you are an experienced breeder, help new memb ers to meet AKC requirements for 100 ones come up with good puppy contracts and memb ers geographically spread around the US. “New Azawakh Owner’s Manuals”. Community We are all enriched when we help each other Road to Full AKC Status learn how to best present this breed, With shows, come the opportunity to meet A breed entering the Foundation Stock Service® based other Azawakh owners and breed ers to learn ... continued on Page 6 upon being an established breed in a foreign registry about structure first hand and to talk in must have reached full FCI recognition to be eligible to concert about where we want to go. Any of us request Miscellaneous Class status. would be hard pressed to recreate the Page 9 learning experience and the mentorship that AZAWAKH AEGIS | Fall 2015 2 Table of Contents Club Happenings : Presidents Letter, p.1 Roster/New Members, p.2 Meeting Minutes, p.5 Show/Performance News : Performance Results, p.7 New Titles, p. 9 Features: PUBLICATION AND SUBM ISSION INFO The next issue of the Aegis will be Winter 2015. 2015 Specialty Results, p. 7 REPRODUCTION OF CONTENTS MAY BE REPRINTED WITH The AAA welcomes articles from its members. Road to full acceptance, p.9 PERMISSION OF THE EDITOR. PLEASE CONTACT EDITOR The Editor reserves the right to edit articles and TO SEND ALL ARTICLES AND ADVERTISING: letters submitted for publication. Opinions expressed in letters and articles are not necessarily those of the Editor or of the AAA. Cori Kelly, Aegis Editor at The Editor will not publish personal invectives [email protected], please include 'Aegis' in about named persons or where implication subject line makes a person's identity obvious. Roster/ New Members by Cori Kelly This year the club has seen its The memb ership includes a one year memb ership grow considerably. The electronic subscription to the AAA Aegis, requirements for full membership are: the quarterly magazine of the American You must be in good standing with the Azawakh Association as well as a AKC and/or any dog club of which you subscription to the AAA mailing list for are a memb er. important news, bulletins and announcements for one year. Patrick Guilfoyle and Jan Butterworth at the All new members must complete one 2015 Independent National Specialty held in year as an Associate Member. The offer is available to the first 100 Madison, Ohio. Photo Credit: Dianna Vout Associate membership has no voting individuals only and will expire on privileges and does not require November 30, 2015. This offer is available memb er endorsements. to new U.S. members only; current or Complimentary membership former AAA members are not eligible for a Trial Membership. For a limited time, the American Azawakh Association is offering a complimentary, non-voting Trial Membership for one year! AZAWAKH AEGIS | Fall 2015 3 STATE OR COUNTRY-REGION 2015 AAA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS FIRST NAME LAST NAME PROVINCE Brian Antolick NJ USA Kate Antolick NJ USA Fabian Arienti NC USA Carola Beranek OH USA Michele Bisbee CO USA Rebecca Blenkush ND USA Andee Burleigh CA USA Cheri Burnett OH USA Jan Butterworth MA USA The American Azawakh Association, Inc. (AAA) is the AKC parent club for the Azawakh in the US. The AAA Tony Carbera NC USA was founded on February 7, 1988, to promote the pure Bryan Cline AB Canada Azawakh and to guarantee the breed a permanent future in the US. It publishes a newsletter known as Jessica Cline AB Canada the Azawakh Aegis. Tahlee Cox VIC Australia The American Azawakh Association's Registry is Andra Crisafi FL USA recognized by the American Kennel Club Foundation Frances Daum IL USA Stock Service and as of June 30, 2011 Azawakh entered the AKC Miscellaneous Group. The club Martin Del Prince KY USA currently has approximately 70 members. Mimi Drake CA USA Officers Bavaria Germany Annette Eggerath President : Deb Kidwell Jennifer Ferguson AB Canada Secretary : Vicki Harrison Treasurer: Lisa Pinto Annie Fitt VA USA Board of Directors Deborah Gibbons VT USA Corinne Kelly Mark Gibbons VT USA Ed MacMillan Ninon Greene OH USA Norma Spivey Doris "Pippi" Guilfoyle CA USA FOR MORE INFORMATION Patrick Guilfoyle CA USA Suzanne Hamm WI USA Check out the American Azawakh Association's new website, or FB page: Janis Hannigan CA USA PARENT CLUB HOME PAGE NEW Bryan Helvey IL USA http:// azawakh.org Carl Hinton CA USA FACEBOOK PAGE Kristin Hulst MI USA https://www.facebook.com/pages/American- Azawakh-Association/200573426629552 Maryann Jahner ND USA Rodney Jones IL USA Erica Kasper CT USA Nicole Kaufman CA USA Corinne Kelly OH USA Danae Keys AZ USA Akeila Keys AZ USA Deb Kidwell VA USA AZAWAKH AEGIS | Fall 2015 4 STATE OR COUNTRY-REGION MEMBERSHIP BY AKC DIVISION FIRST NAME LAST NAME PROVINCE Ed Knight ON Canada Jennifer Lakomowski MI USA Barbara Levendahl DC USA 25% Ed MacMillan OH USA of club members are in Division 9 (Arizona, California) Sharon Marquis CT USA Jeanie Martin ON Canada Jack McGuffin CA USA Christine McIntyre Cope MI USA 18% Lorraine Mendoza CA USA of club members are in Division 3 (Washington D.C., Valerie Minto Lancashire UK Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia) Vicki Morgan TN USA Jaque Munn NC USA Katheryn Murray CA USA Cindi Palmieri NC USA 11% Chantal Parratt WA Australia of club members are in Division 15 (Illinois, Michigan, Bonni Peery CA USA Minnesota, Wisconsin) Carol Perleberg AZ USA Lisa Pinto CA USA Mark Pinto CA USA Chris Ratke MI USA 9% William Rice OH USA of club members are in Division 5 (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio) Robert Robillard CA USA Luzia Rock TX USA Chester Rose VA USA Shirley Sien CA USA 28% David Smith TN USA of remaining club members are in Division 7 Norma Spivey TN USA (Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas), Division 1 (Connecticut, Rich Spurling VA USA Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont), Division 2 (Delaware, New Jersey, New Elaine Sweet Mason FL USA York, Pennsylvania), Division 4 (Florida, Georgia, Aliya Taylor PA USA South Carolina), Division 13 (Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Terry Thomas TX USA Wyoming), Division 8 (Oregon, Washington), and Cara Wade TX USA Division 14 (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) Donna Walker PA USA Marvin Williams TN USA INTE RESTED IN ADVERTISIN G IN THE AE GIS? 0% Advertising rates: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ADS COPY RE ADY. PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY. SEND ALL CONTENT (ARTICLES, of club members are in Division 6 (Iowa, Kansas, Front Cover - with 1/2 page print inside ADVERTISING, ETC.) TO: Missouri, Nebraska), Division 10 (Alaska), Division 11 newsletter - $50 Cori Kelly, Aegis Editor at (Hawaii), or Division 12 (Puerto Rico). Back Cover - with 1/2 page print inside [email protected], please include 'Aegis' newsletter - $40 in subject line Full page - inside $35 Half page - $25 PAYMENT FOR AD MUST BE SENT TO LISA PINTO Quarter page - $15 (TREASURER). PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE AAA. SEND ALL PAYMENT TO: Letter Box/General Advertising (~. 5 lines) -$5 Lisa Pinto, AAA Treasurer, 6959 Orchard Station Road, Sebastopol, CA. 95472-6236 AZAWAKH AEGIS | Fall 2015 5 The club is still in need of someone to take over the responsibility of making the catalog and premium, this needs to be a member. Meeting Minutes Deb has the template.. by Vicki Morgan With free trial memb ership going online, there is a need for a newsletter. Co mpared to The first meeting of the American Azawakh Free Trial Membership the Sloughi site, their memb ership included a Association’s newly elected Board of The trial membership page is up and running.