September 2015 Volume 132, Number 9

INNER W BEST ONLINE MAGAZINE 2 014

Follow the GAZETTE on Facebook! C K A ©

G O D L L U B Table of Contents

President’s AKC Times Dog 3Letter 4 Updates 8Past 9 People

24 BREED COLUMNS 10 AKC Weekly Toys 24 Brussels Griffons 28 Maltese Winners Gallery 25 Cavalier King Charles 29 Miniature Pinschers Spaniels 30 Papillons August 2015 25 Chihuahuas 31 Pekingese 26 Chinese Cresteds 32 Pugs 26 Havanese 32 Shih Tzu 27 Italian Greyhounds 33 Toy Fox Terriers Secretary’s 28 Japanese Chin 59 Pages Non-Sporting 34 American Eskimo Dogs 40 French Bulldogs 34 Bichons Frises 40 Keeshonden 36 Boston Terriers 41 Lhasa Apsos 37 Bulldogs 42 Löwchen 37 Chinese Shar-Pei 42 Poodles 37 Chow Chows 43 Schipperkes 38 Dalmatians 43 Shiba Inu 39 Finnish Spitz 44 Tibetan Terriers

Herding 45 Australian Cattle Dogs 52 Collies 46 Australian Shepherds 53 Finnish Lapphunds 47 Bearded Collies 53 German Shepherd Dogs 48 Beaucerons 53 Icelandic Sheepdogs 48 Belgian Malinois 54 Norwegian Buhunds 49 Belgian Sheepdogs 55 Old English Sheepdogs 49 Border Collies 56 Pembroke Welsh Corgis Links to AKC Parent Clubs appear 50 Briards 56 Pulik * 51 Canaan Dogs 58 Pyrenean Shepherds following Secretary’s Pages * 51 Cardigan Welsh Corgis

BREED COLUMNS SCHEDULE Our Team Consulting Publisher John Woods Sporting and Working Groups Editorial Director Erika Mansourian January, April, July, and October issues Senior Editor Arliss Paddock Hound and Terrier Groups Copy Editor Bud Boccone February, May, August, and November issues Senior Designer Kate McCroary Creative Production Director Russell Bianca Toy, Non-Sporting, and Herding Groups Senior Production Designer Chris Espiritu March, June, September, and December issues SaveSaavvvee anaan avaverageavveerage ofof $5 onon yyouyourour autoaauuutto insuranceinsurance*.

ExceptionalExxcceptionanal insuranceinsurance forfofor AmericanAmeerrican KennelKennel CClublub® dogdogg owners.owners.

AutoAuto Home,Home, Condo,Condo, RentersRenters UUmbrellammbbrella & SSpecialtypecialty

SM

F O 4 U 8 8 N D E D 1

Click for a quote oror CCall:all: 8855.531.930455.531.9304

RReferenceefere ence Code:Code: KA7KA7 PRESIDENT’S LETTER GZ

hope that all of you enjoyed a summer full of relaxing vacation and much suc - cess at AKC shows, tests, and trials. As Iwe all head “back to training class,” there is a lot going on at the American Kennel Club that I wanted to share with Auto Home, Condo, Renters Umbrella & Specialty you: The AKC promotes all aspects of dog care through its public education efforts year- round, but each September, we place an extra emphasis on responsible dog ownership in celebration of AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days. Hundreds of clubs and dog

organizations are holding events this month and continuing on well into the fall. There’s still time to find one in your area or to sign up to host an event at akc.org/rdod. I also encourage you to sign the AKC Responsible Dog Owner Pet Promise, a 10-step pledge that brings the message of AKC RDO Days to life by reminding all dog owners about the train - ing, grooming, exercise, and veterinary care that go into raising a healthy, happy dog. You can sign online at gopetition.com, or you can also print out a copy to take with you for visitors to sign at your own event at akc.org (search “Pet Promise”). Lastly, the finalists for the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Awards were announced this month as well. These annual awards spotlight nine individuals who have made a national impact on the sport of dogs. I encourage you to visit akc.org and read about the inspiring things these individu - als have accomplished after spending their lives in dogs . The winners in the Conformation, Companion Events, and Performance categories will be determined by member-club vote. So, member clubs: Please advise us of your club’s selection in each category by contacting Neil Singer at [email protected] by Friday, October 9.

Sincerely,

Dennis B. Sprung President and CEO

We’d love to hear from you about what you think about our organization and our staff. Please write to us at feed - C [email protected].

AKC GAZETTE • 3 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ

EDITED BY BUD BOCCONE; [email protected] Best of Bree der Presenting this year’s Breeder of the Year group winners.

The AKC has honored seven kennels as 2015 AKC Breeder of the Year group win - ners. “The individuals who maintain these breeding programs have dedicated their lives AKC Breeders of the to the advancement of the purebred dog, producing dogs that are true to their breeds in Year appearance, ability, and temperament,” AKC President Dennis Sprung says. “I congratu - 2002 Wendell Sammet, Ale Kai Poodles; late them on their accomplishments, and we look forward to honoring these breeders 2003 Mary Rodgers, Marienburg at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship.” Doberman Pinschers; 2004 Catherine The name of the overall 2015 AKC Breeder of the Year will be announced Sunday, Nelson, Pennywise Dandie Dinmont December 13, in Orlando, Florida. The AKC will commission a portrait of a prominent Terriers; 2005 Dave and Peggy dog from the Breeder of the Year’s kennel, and the name of the breeder will be Helming, Pouch Cove Newfoundlands; inscribed on a perpetual trophy and plaque at AKC headquarters in New York. 2006 Douglas and Michaelanne Johnson, Bugaboo Old English Sheepdogs; 2007 Barbara Miller, Max- Sporting: Janet Bunce, Wochica her first dog show with her parents in Well Norfolk Terriers; 2008 Joan Golden Retrievers 1949. Her family-owned Wolfpit Kennel Savage, Stagedoor English Setters; 2009 Bunce focuses on producing sound has accounted for over 250 Cairn Terrier Claudia Orlandi, Topsfield Basset Goldens with broad chests, spring of rib, champions, including numerous top Hounds; 2010 Debbie Butt, Sporting good toplines, beautiful heads, smiling winners and producers. Fields Whippets; 2011 Pluis Davern, faces, straight tails, steady gait, and solid Sundowner Sussex Spaniels; 2012 composition. Wochica Golden Retrievers Toy: Arlene A. Czech, Coquina James Smith, Absolutely Smooth Fox have excelled in ring, obedience, and Papillons Terriers; 2013 Winifred Stout, Quissex field. In a limited breeding program, Czech Smooth Fox Terriers; 2014 Gwen has bred and shown 44 champions and DeMilta and Carissa DeMilta Shimpeno, Hound: Jay T. Hafford and James P. 44 performance-titled dogs. Her first Alisaton Doberman Blanchard, Thaon Reg. Afghan male earned a UD title at the 1964 Pinschers Hounds Papillon national and was the year’s top Thaon Reg. Afghan Hounds have won Papillon in obedience. the national seven times. Hafford and Blanchard have bred or owned seven all- Non-Sporting: Kathie Vogel, breed BIS winners who have won more Vogelflight Bichons Frises than 50 all-breed BIS. Since 1973, a Vogelflight Bichons have won many national specialties, and Working: Sylvia Hammarstrom, Breed, Winners Dog, Winners Bitch Skansen Giant Schnauzers (retiring the challenge trophy), Best In the 52 years since attending her first Bred-by, and Best in Sweeps awards. AKC show Hammarstrom has bred more than 1,200 champions, with hundreds of Herding: John Buddie, Tartanside BIS awards. Hammarstrom has put more Collies than 100 obedience titles on her dogs. Tartanside has breeder-owned over

150 champions, including 12 Register of T C E J

Terrier: Lydia Coleman Hutchinson, Merit dogs; overall, Tartanside sires and B U S

Wolfpit Cairn Terriers dams have produced 350 champions. Y S E T

Lydia Coleman Hutchinson is a sec - Tartanside stock is the foundation for R U O ond-generation fancier who attended many of today’s top kennels. C

AKC GAZETTE • 4 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ

M&E’s Platinum Pages

At last! Fifty-eight years after the final Lampert-Rudman, has been brought out edition of the original Morris and Essex in advance of the upcoming M&E show. Kennel Club Show, we now have the If the era covered in this luscious cof - fee-table book was indeed the sport’s golden age, then Morris and Essex was its platinum event. Every year for three decades (except during World War II), feel as though they are strolling the dogdom’s royalty con - Giralda show grounds in their hallowed verged on the New heyday—all that’s missing is one of Mrs. Jersey estate of M&E Dodge’s famous box lunches. The text is founder Geraldine authoritative, the photos are well chosen, Rockefeller Dodge, and the layouts are as elegant as the sub - who, William Secord ject they celebrate. writes in his introduc - The Golden Age of Dog Shows will stand tion, “with a family for - in the GAZETTE ’s library, right beside Bill tune behind her, spared Stifel’s admirable history of Westminster, no expense in making as an essential historical reference. It will Two Legends: Mrs. Dodge meets Rin Tin Tin, one of her dog show both ele - also, no doubt, be pulled from the shelf many VIPs who visited Giralda Farms. gant and prestigious.” frequently for the sheer fun of it. —B.B. The luxurious volume definitive book on the world’s most is stuffed with so many vintage photos, The Golden Age of Dog Shows: Morris & glamorous outdoor dog show. The Golden press clips, and pictures of M&E Essex Kennel Club 1927–1957, can be Age of Dog Shows: Morris & Essex Kennel ephemera (catalog pages, judge’s badges, purchased at the club’s website: mor - Club 1927–1957, with text by Debra rosettes, and so on) that readers might risandessexkennelclub.org. Nestlé Purina Donates $229,000+ to CHF The Nestlé Purina PetCare Company continues its longstanding support of canine health with a 2015 donation of over $229,000 to the AKC Canine Health Foundation. “Nestlé Purina PetCare is very proud of our long-standing partnership with the AKC Canine Health Foundation,” Ann Viklund, direc - tor of Conformation for the Breeder/Enthusiast Group at Nestlé Purina PetCare and a member of the CHF board of directors, says. “We both are passionate about the mission of helping dogs live longer, healthier lives, and research funded through the AKC Canine Health Foundation is vital to achieving that goal.” From the Affenpinscher Club of America to the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America, 191 national parent breed clubs participated in the Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) program in 2014, resulting in a contribution of $229,285.28 to the CHF. The donation represents half of the 2014 PPCP earnings. An equal donation was shared among the participating parent clubs. C K

X Established in 2002, the PPCP program enables Purina Pro Club members who participate in the program to designate a breed of E S S E

dog and submit weight circles (similar to proofs of purchase) from qualifying Purina-brand dog foods. An annual donation based on the D N A

value of the submitted weight circles is split between the parent clubs’ Donor Advised Funds at the CHF for canine health research and S I R

R the parent clubs for education, research, and rescue efforts. The PPCP program has raised more than $3 million for canine health O M

Y research in important areas such as cancer, epilepsy, cruciate ligament rupture, bloat, exercise-induced collapse, and tick-borne disease. S E T

R More at akcchf.org. U O C

AKC GAZETTE • 5 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ The Sporti ng Li fe AKC fur-and-feather paintings join major museum show

MIDDLEBURG , VIRGINIA —Paintings from the American Kennel Club collection will be part of the National Sporting Library & Museum’s Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog exhibition, celebrating three centuries of the unique partnership of hunter and gundog. This ambitious show contains American, British, and French art on loan from the collections of the Adirondack Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Genesee Country Village & Museum, Hagley Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Yale Center for British Art, in addition to the AKC collection. Founded in 1954, the National Sporting Library & Museum is dedicated to the art and literature of equestrian, angling, and field sports. The library holds thousands of new and antique volumes, some going back to the 16th century. The museum houses exhibits of American and European fine art on animal and sporting themes. Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog opens Friday, September 25, with a concert and free museum admission from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The show runs through March 20. For full details, visit NationalSporting.org. Three for the Road

Three mainstays of the AKC art collection will travel to Virginia for the Side-by-Side with Gun and Dog exhibition. Here’s a preview:

Highland Tod, Fox Hunter Artist Richard Ansdell (1815–1885) was an Englishman who was inspired by the austere beauty of Scotland. Ansdell’s 1859 panorama Highland Tod, Fox Hunter is a 65-inch-wide visual encyclopedia of the region’s dog breeds: Pictured are a Scottish Deerhound, Gordon Setter, Collie, Border Collie, the Dandie Dinmont, the Skye, Cairn, and Aberdeen terriers, and an Otterhound. Highland Tod is a dog lover’s delight and a gold mine for those interested in the clothes, firearms, and other details of old- time Highland life.

Sportsman with Setter and Pheasant Phillip Reinagle (1749–1833) became famous as a landscape artist, though he’s are visible at lower-left. The painting’s dual-purpose gundogs, proficient at both best known by dog folk as illustrator of central figure, a bold white-and-ginger upland game and waterfowl. The Sportsman’s Cabinet, William Taplin’s bird dog, is presented with Reinagle’s In W.L. Turner’s canvas Three Spaniels in treasury of sporting lore. Reinagle’s pic - usual flair. But perhaps most notable is the Landscape with Rifle and Birds, a Clumber- tures were an influence on generations of rich and varied landscape inhabited by type spaniel and what might be a Sussex hunters and breeders. hunter, dog, and prey. or Field spaniel stand in the foreground Sportsman with Setter and Pheasant, a with a brace of ducks and a typical long- shotgun-toting hunter has his dog on Three Spaniels in Landscape with Rifle barreled English rifle. In the background N O

scent in a turnip patch. There’s a pheasant and Birds another spaniel, perhaps an early version I T C

hiding right under the setter’s nose—the Before the rise of the retriever breeds, of the Springer, “springs” a bird from the E L L O C

beak and red eye of the black-headed bird English sportsmen would use spaniels as reeds. C K A

AKC GAZETTE • 6 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ American Kennel Clips

RDO Day: Kees to the City RALEIGH , NORTH CAROLINA —At a City Hall ceremony, Mayor Nancy McFarlane proclaimed September 19 “AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day” in honor of the annual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day. The festival for Raleigh residents and their dogs took place at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. After reading the proclamation, Mayor McFarlane pre - sented it to AKC officials and a Mayor McFarlane reads the proclamation as Keeshond named Uther, an AKC the AKC’s Shelia Goffe, Penny Leigh, and Canine Good Citizen who demon - Keith Frazier look on with Keeshond Uther. strated agility and flyball at the RDO event. The AKC’s 136 dog clubs throughout North Carolina give back to their local com - munities through public-education programs, dog training, and other community serv - ice. Year-round, the AKC sanctions nearly 400 educational and family-oriented dog shows throughout the state that promote responsible dog ownership and benefit local economies. This year’s activities at the flagship AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day included Bill Thayne’s “dream job” is a piece of AKC’s My Dog Can Do That! , where attendees can try beginner agility with their dog; cake. action-packed dog sport demos; face painting and activities for kids; microchipping from Wake County Animal Center for just $10; breed parades; local kennel clubs, rescue Great Thayne groups and vendors on-site; and more. We offer hearty congratulations to Dr. Bill Thayne, celebrating 25 years as a Good Clubs Make Good Neighbors Companion Events executive field repre - BEECH GROVE , INDIANA —The annual Greater Indianapolis Brittany Club all-breed sentative. “A pleasant job, a dream job agility trial was held August 8 and 9 at the Pawsitive Partners Dog Training Club. Judge really,” is how Thayne described the posi - Abbie Hanson, a Brittany breeder from Estill, South Carolina, provided exhibitors with tion to the GAZETTE in 2009. “I get to flowing but challenging courses. A Challenge Board Fund-raiser was held to support see old friends and meet new ones.” the Beech Grove Police Department K9 Association. Exhibitor participation was com - A co-worker in Raleigh wrote: pletely voluntary. “As a way to recognize Bill’s achieve - In the spirit of goodwill and fun, ment, we wanted to give the Fancy the exhibitors challenged themselves and fel - opportunity to say thank you and to low competitors to achieve a qualifying congratulate him on 25 years of out - score, along with other criteria. One standing service. Cards and letters were exhibitor was challenged to skip alongside sent in to the AKC office to congratulate her dog as it performed the weave poles, him. Bill is a valued member of our and another exhibitor earned their long team, and we surprised him with a cele - awaited first QQ. In the end, over $500 bration at the AKC Obedience/Rally was raised to help fund training, equip - Judges’ Seminar on Saturday, August 15, ment and the health care of the Beech at the AKC Raleigh office. Grove police dogs. “The celebration included an AKC Silver State KC: Hefting the big check LAS VEGAS , NEVADA —Kudos to the Resolution celebrating his quarter-cen - are, l. to r., Judy Shoup, Sharon

S Silver State Kennel Club for donating tury with AKC, a PowerPoint presenta - T

C Kingston, Noah’s founder Staci Columbo E

J $1,000 to Noah’s Animal House, a full- tion outlining his years at AKC, cake and B Alonso, shelter manager Gennifer U S Davenport, and Sandy Brannum. service pet facility on the grounds of The ice cream and a handsome watch. We Y S E

T Shade Tree, a domestic-violence shelter. were able to surprise Bill and thank him R U O

C Noah’s has provided over 65,000 boarding nights for over 900 pets, giving abused for all of the things he has done over the

S O

T women the ability to flee violent situations without worrying about their pet being years that add to the high quality events O H

P abused as payback. for our exhibitors, judges and clubs!”

AKC GAZETTE • 7 • SEPTEMBER 2015 The People’s t Choice s

a e’re getting a great response to the GAZETTE archive photos posted on our Facebook page. p

Among the most popular are shots of Shetland Sheepdogs—it seems our friends can’t get s W enough classic photos of these gorgeous little

e herders. Here, we present the best-liked retro Shelties in our col - lection, according to our readers. (Which breed makes your heart go pitty-pat? Visit the m

i GAZETTE Facebook, “like” what you love, and share your knowl - t edge and memories with fellow fanciers.)

Clockwise from top left: 1982 Cleveland Shetland Sheepdog Club independent spe - cialty: Charlotte Clem McGowan stacks her Best of Breed Am./Can. Ch. Rorralore Sportin’ Chance, CD, ROM. The judge is Maxwell Riddle. Chance won 28 specialties, three all-breed Bests in Show, and the 1984 national.

The highly influential Ch. Halstor’s Peter Pumpkin, ROM (b. 1965), was bred by Edith Overly and owner-handled by Tom Coen. At age 10, Peter took the breed at Westminster and won two all-breed Bests in Show, making him the oldest BIS Sheltie in history. He is the all-time top-producing sire of his breed, with 160 champion get.

Ch. Ashford Promises, Promises, CD, pictured at 12 years old in 1985, the year she won Best Veteran Bitch at the American Shetland Sheepdog Association national. She was breeder- owned by Dorothy and Ray Christiansen, of Homer Glen, Illinois. E V I H

Ch. Shadowhill’s Jazz on Prinhill (Garfield), a winner of multiple C R A

all-breed and specialty shows of the 1980s, was owned by Larry E T T E

and Patricia Brunner, of Charlton City, Massachusetts. Bred by Z A G Jane B. Hammett and Bunny Turner, Garfield was sired by Reg - C K

ister of Merit stud dog Ch. Macdega the Piano Man. A

AKC GAZETTE • 8 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ e l p o e p

g o d

5 Morris & Essex 1 0 2

E N

O Morris & Essex KC founder Geraldine R. Dodge with M&E luminaries, 1927–1957, clockwise from top left: C C

O Dr. Samuel Milbank; Anthony Neary with 1946/’47 BIS Ch. Rock Ridge Night Rocket; Anne Hone Rogers; Alva Rosen - B

D berg; photographer Evelyn Shafer; 1935 BIS Ch. Milson O’Boy; Anna Katherine Nicholas; Captain Max von Stephanitz; U B

© Hayes Blake Hoyt and her 1940 BIS Blakeen Jung Frau; Herman E. Mellenthin and his 1939 BIS Ch. My Own Brucie.

AKC GAZETTE • 9 • SEPTEMBER 2015 AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] AKC Winners For advertising information, call Antoinelle at 212-696-8219 or email [email protected] CHECK LIVE SHOW RESULTS ANYTIME, ALL THE TIME AT AKCWINNERS.COM

The Weekly Winners Gallery is shared with over 10 0 , 0 0 0 Active Fanciers & Over 2 Million of our Facebook Fans!

* Optimized for viewing on smart phones and tablets * Live Show Results from around the Country * Double Exposure when you advertise with the WWG * Contact [email protected] for promotions and advertising information AKC Weekly Winners Gallery GZ BREED COLUMNS Breed Columns Index ABOUT THE BREED COLUMNS Toy Group 24 Brussels Griffons The breed columns are a time-honored feature of the AKC GAZETTE . Each columnist is appointed by a 25 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels bre ed’s national parent club, which preserves the breed’s standard and helps to educate breeders, 25 Chihuahuas judges, and the public about the breed’s history, function, and possible health issues. A national parent 26 Chinese Cresteds club comprises dedicated breeders and fanciers, and it represents many years of collective experience 26 Havanese in the breed. Columnists are asked to write about topics of interest to the fancy in general as well as 27 Italian Greyhounds those of specific interest to judges and devotees of the breed. The breed columns rotate by group so 28 Japanese Chin that each breed’s column can appear four times a year. 28 Maltese Information and opinions expressed in the breed columns represent the views of their authors, not necessarily those 29 Miniature Pinschers of the breed’s parent club or the AKC. 30 Papillons 31 Pekingese 32 Pugs 32 Shih Tzu

33 Toy Fox Terriers s Brussels Griffons attending seminars cannot give the

y The Essence of the Brussels entire picture. Intelligent and alert Non-Sporting Group Griffon equates to tremendous powers of o

34 American Eskimo Dogs t reed type is generally at the cen - observation. The breed will never will - 34 Bichons Frises Bter of all discussions when it ingly let their person out of sight, 36 Boston Terriers comes to delineating those features while continually monitoring the 37 Bulldogs that make a breed identifiable. environs. They excel at devising pro - 37 Chinese Shar-Pei Type is defined as a set of character - grams, based on their observations and 37 Chow Chows istics that causes individuals (in this constant vigilance, to get what they 38 Dalmatians case dogs of a breed) to be regarded as want. Usually what they want is to be 39 Finnish Spitz 40 French Bulldogs a group. The very pared-down features with their person. 40 Keeshonden of type are generally accepted to be Their sensitive nature is evidenced 41 Lhasa Apsos head, silhouette, coat, gait, and tem - in the consequences of not getting 42 Löwchen perament. These landmarks are subjec - what they want. Easily offended, they 42 Poodles tive and easily defined and can be hold a grudge. Most professional han - 43 Schipperkes clearly illustrated. dlers dealing with the breed have assis - 43 Shiba Inu Judges are more recently being tants do the flatwork and ring prepara - 44 Tibetan Terriers asked to discuss the “essence of the tion so that the Griff will not associate breed.” The dictionary defines essence as the handler with the process and Herding Group “the basic, real, invariable nature of a therefore seek to embarrass him in the 45 Australian Cattle Dogs thing or its significant individual fea - ring, a skill so perfected by the breed 46 Australian Shepherds 47 Bearded Collies tures.” as to possibly be considered as part of 48 Beaucerons Significant individual features revert the essence! 48 Belgian Malinois back to Brussels Griffon type: the Owner-handlers have ample time at 49 Belgian Sheepdogs domed head; the large, round eyes; the home to thwart this behavior by pay - 49 Border Collies layback of nose; the pout; the bone; ing “ransom”—a walk in the park, 50 Briards the cobby, square body; the wiry or sleeping in the bed, a favorite treat, or 51 Canaan Dogs short, smooth coat; and the intelli - a ride in the car. Griffs are especially 51 Cardigan Welsh Corgis gence and alert sensitivity that, along thrilled to be singled out for these 52 Collies with their sense of self-importance, favors so that they can lord it over the 53 Finnish Lapphunds make up their personality. rest of the pack, because they are, as 53 German Shepherd Dogs While type can be learned at semi - stated in the standard, self-important. 53 Icelandic Sheepdogs 54 Norwegian Buhunds nars, in videos, and by observation, the Watching the breed ringside, attend - 55 Old English Sheepdogs other part of essence, the real and invari - ing seminars, reading the standard, and 56 Pembroke Welsh Corgis able nature of the Brussels Griffon, can watching the video will not convey 56 Pulik only be gleaned by living with them. these nuances, so the right mentor is 58 Pyrenean Shepherds Observing the breed ringside and crucial. Choose a mentor who has

AKC GAZETTE • 24 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ lived with, bred, and successfully between 13 and 18 pounds to be As judges we should strive to reward s

shown Brussels Griffons for many well proportioned. breeding stock that best exemplifies y

years. The essence of the breed can - The standard also states that “a this ideal. o not be experienced by meeting only small, well balanced dog within —Dr. John V. Ioia, MD, Ph.D., t one or two specimens, as each are these weights is desirable” but that [email protected] unique individuals with very differ - “these are ideal heights and weights, American Cavalier King Charles ent personalities that figure into but and slight variations are permissible.” Spaniel Club, ackcsc.org cannot define the essence of the Important operating terms are Brussels Griffon. Variations exist as ideal and slight, and while the stan - Chihuahuas well between rough- and smooth- dard addresses a smaller dog, no Choosing a Performance coat, generally (or jokingly) mention is made of larger speci - Chihuahua explained by those of us who’ve mens. The 12 to 13 inches and 13 to onformation, obedience, lived with both in saying the 18 pounds is a pretty large variation Cagility, and rally are wonderful smooth is more —more sensitive, in a toy dog. events for participation with the more observant, more vindictive, One can’t discuss size without Chihuahua. These dogs are trainable and more self-important. also addressing substance and pro - and driven to please their owners, And there are misconceptions. portion. The sizes and weights speci - making them fun teammates in the Just because they have a terrierlike fied in the standard require a speci - ring. coat does not mean they have a ter - men of good bone and substance. What makes them such good can - rierlike personality. Just because they Good bone is a very important didates for performance? First, they are a small breed does not mean characteristic for the Cavalier. don’t even know they are the small - they are “yappy.” To be able to artic - Cavaliers are not to be weedy, frail, est of all dogs. There is no obstacle ulate the essence of a breed takes a or slight in structure. We strive for they won’t attempt when lovingly concerted effort to talk to breeders, good bone. Yet in saying this, it exposed to it by the one they adore. meet their dogs, and ask the right would suggest that dogs at the upper They are extremely intelligent and questions. end or above the stated height use their large brains to “reason,” —Anne K. Catterson, might weigh in excess of the stan - making them easily trainable. [email protected] dard, perhaps 20 pounds; that’s a big Second, these little dogs are American Brussels Griffon Cavalier. extremely agile and healthy. Quality Association, brussels-griffon.info Even at that, the standard allows breeders have done all the hard variations in height and weight in work in breeding a mentally and Cavalier King order that correct type should pre - physically healthy dog with a strong, Charles Spaniels vail over adherence to precise meas - sound body. When bred well, these Size, Substance, and Propor - urements. A small dog of good sub - little dogs can perform as well as any tion in the Cavalier King stance and bone should “feel” large big dog. Charles Spaniel to the examiner. The fabulous “Iron Dog Izzy” is hile watching breed judging The body approaches squareness, just such a dog. WynJyn Isadora Wthe other day with several but that doesn’t mean we desire a (Izzy) and her owner Kelley friends, the subject arose of the size square or cobby dog. When meas - Trombley competed in the Vermont of the specimens being shown. ured from point of shoulder to point Iron Dog Challenge along with the Questions concerned the disparity of buttock, a Cavalier is slightly Rottweilers from the Working in size as well as a statement that longer than the height at the with - Group, German Shepherds from the “Some Cavaliers seem to be getting ers, and height from the withers to Herding Group, and many other a little big.” I thought it worthwhile the elbow is approximately equal to large-breed dogs. This little five- to address the breed standard as it the height from the elbow to the pound dog didn’t blink an eye when pertains to size, proportion, and sub - ground. It is important to keep these she was asked to go though some of stance. height and length proportions in the toughest challenges for any dog. The Cavalier King Charles context with the withers-to- She is the first Iron Dog Chihuahua. Spaniel is a toy dog whose height is elbow/elbow-to-ground propor - Izzy continues to perform and is measured at the withers; the point at tions, as ignoring this can lead to all currently competing in agility com - the base of the neck and between forms of imbalance. petition and will attend the AKC the shoulders is 12 to 13 inches. A As breeders we strive for the ideal National Agility trials in the future. dog of this height should weigh and do our best to achieve this goal. When choosing your perform ance

AKC GAZETTE • 25 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

dog, make sure you do your home - good thing, and informed buyers are populated areas, often attracted by s

y work. Be sure you are getting a qual - more likely to be happier dog own - garbage cans. As civilization

o ity dog. There are many people out ers. However, there are also things encroaches on the wilderness, the t there boasting about their dogs, so that a breeder should expect from animals that used to find their food beware. Go to events and look at the potential owners, and questions that there must now forage in cities and dogs. Talk to their handlers and ask they should ask, too. suburban areas in order to survive. where they got their dog and if they It’s important to know about the This means that pet owners must be are happy with their choice. puppy’s (or even older dog’s) ever vigilant in order to keep their Look for certain attributes when prospective living environment. animals safe. choosing your puppy. Watch them How many people live in the While it is a sensitive issue, it is move and play. Do they gait well, do house? How many are under the important to be sure that a prospec - they seem to want to “problem- age of three? Are there any people tive owner will be able to afford to solve,” and are they happy with new in the household with special needs? care for their dog. High-quality places and things? I personally look This could include elderly people or food is expensive. Routine health for the explorer of the litter. Do people with health issues or mental care costs are high. What if the dog they take off to explore their sur - illness. Not that all of these things gets sick? A red flag goes up for me rounding without fear? How would mean not placing a dog anytime someone asks me to lower quickly do they bounce back after a there, but not every dog can cope the price that I’m asking for a dog. scare? Are they curious and confi - with every issue. The initial price of a dog is insignif - dent? These are all things to con - How many hours a day is the icant compared to what is spent sider when choosing a performance house empty? Do work schedules over the lifetime for its care. dog. mean that the dog will be alone for A contract with someone who Let’s not forget about those cute long hours? How much time do the buys a dog is essential, but in truth, little trick dogs we see in the humans have for socializing, train - once they go out the door, the con - movies. These little dogs are quite ing, and just playing? ditions are very difficult to enforce. happy to “play” tricks. They love Are there other dogs in the There must be trust on both sides. If dancing, jumping, playing dead, and house? If so, what are their ages? I can’t feel confident that my dog any other thing their beloved owner Size? Breed? Placing a Crested will get the same quality of care wants to try with them. They are so puppy in a home with a very large, with a new owner as he would with happy to give you what you want dominant dog could easily spell dis - me, then I just can’t sell him. just because they love you. I’ve aster. Likewise, a very old, infirm And, of course, there are those never seen any other breed that is so dog would probably not appreciate a who ask whether I make a lot of devoted to their owner and so will - lively puppy invading his space. money selling puppies. (These folks ing to please them. How about other pets? Cats? would never get an intact dog from So if you have the desire to bond These are probably OK with me. Probably not any dog.) As we all with your dog more, the perform - Cresteds. Birds? Maybe not. We had know, this is such a funny joke. ance ring is something to consider. one disaster with a Crested who Nobody who does it right can even Both dog and owner will benefit “played too hard” with a beloved break even, right? from the devotion and dedication parrot, and the result was heart - —Sue Klinckhardt-Gardner, required between both man and breaking for the owners. Common [email protected] animal. sense goes a long way here. American Chinese Crested Club, —Virginia (Jenny) Hauber, What about a fenced yard? It’s accc.chinesecrestedclub.info [email protected] maybe not a necessity, but how will Chihuahua Club of America, chi - the new owners handle “going out - Havanese huahuaclubofamerica.com side”? It is essential that a Crested he following was written by be a housedog; he simply cannot be TJoan Ambrose. Chinese Cresteds an “outside dog.” Letting him go Questions to Ask out on his own using a doggie-door Havanese Coat lot has been written lately can be dangerous, since predators At judges’ education presenta - Aabout what potential puppy- are everywhere and an unsupervised tions, there are often questions buyers should expect from a breeder dog is just a snack. Coyotes are in about Havanese coat. Some want to and what questions they should ask the cities. Owls and hawks are com - know, “What type of coat is pre - before they buy. This is certainly a mon. Even bears can be found in ferred?”

AKC GAZETTE • 26 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

Our standard describes the coat as groomed. Our standard is clear breeder-referral person for the s

a “profuse mantle of untrimmed about this; it repeatedly calls for a Italian Greyhound Club of America, y

long, silky, wavy hair.” It goes on to natural dog, as in saying the coat I frequently receive communications o say, “An ideal coat will not be so should be clean and well-conditioned, from people wanting to acquire an t profuse nor overly long as to obscure that the coat may fall to either side Italian Greyhound puppy. The the natural lines of the dog.” down the back but it should not appear inquiries come in the form of e- As a dog suited to the tropics, the to be artificially parted, and the head mail, snail mail, and telephone calls, breed’s coat must be very light, furnishings may fall forward over the as well as the occasional in-person although double. Outdoors, a slight eyes. When showing a Havanese it is conversation at a dog show or other breeze blows away the most careful almost impossible to keep hair out canine event. grooming! However, since these are of the dog’s face! It is also permitted In most cases the issue is carefree, fun-loving, companion to braid two small sections of hair approached with, “We would like to dogs, coats that are a bit tousled above the eyes, or to cord the dog. adopt an Italian Greyhound. Do you seem to suit their personality. As for trimming, it is permissible have any puppies?” In most cases the Age changes a Havanese coat. A to trim anal and genital areas for follow-up on this is that I tell them puppy coat will turn into an adoles - hygienic purposes only, but this that I handle breeder-referrals but cent coat and then finally into a should not be noticeable on presentation. can give them the contact informa - mature coat. The transition to an It is also permissible to trim the hair tion for the rescue persons in their adolescent coat starts at around 1 to on the feet and between the pads for area. However, the temptation is 2 years, with variation according to the express purpose of a tidy presenta - always there to ask if they are truly the lines and the individual dog. tion. Any other trimming or sculpting of looking for a dog who is homeless This change produces mats, which the coat is to be so severely penalized as and needs to be rescued, or if they need constant attention and fre - to preclude placement. want to (Heaven forbid) purchase a quent grooming. The Havanese coat Some exhibitors complain that puppy from a responsible breeder. changes again, to a mature coat, this directive is not honored, and Well, I don’t want to offend anyone’s between ages 2 and 3—again, the they worry that our breed will lose sensitivities. exact timing varies. Mercifully, this its natural appearance. Many I sometimes find it difficult to time it changes without as much Havanese owners and breeders show understand how the animal-rights matting. Then it seems that around 3 their own dogs. Our entries are gen - people have been able to do such a years of age their coat “settles,” as erally large, so having a coated breed number on the general public that it the last of the adolescent coat works an owner can show and groom has even affected our vocabulary. its way out and disappears. The final seems to be very much appreciated. After all, it hasn’t gone out of style to coat may be gorgeous, or a disap - It is wonderful also to have a acquire real estate, clothing, jewelry, pointment, or something in breed where the dogs at home can other items of value, and even food, between. The ideal final coat is beau - be kept in full coat and, for the most by buying these from the appropriate tiful; it is soft and light in texture part, look like they did in the show vendor. Well, at least a few intelligent throughout, though the outer coat carries ring. It is the reason so many retired people have not been brainwashed slightly more weight, and it is ideally champions are able to go right back into going to a shelter and adopting a wavy. into the ring to become Grand dog that may be totally unsuited to We show our dogs young, and Champions! —J.A. their needs and their lifestyle rather many finish before the age of one The Havanese Club of America, than acquiring a purebred with the year. There are often some very Inc., havanese.org qualities they are seeking—qualities young dogs in Best of Breed com - like predictable adult size, low levels petition. To have all these coat stages Italian Greyhounds of allergens, easily maintained coat, in one class to judge can be chal - Dirty Words appropriate activity level, and general lenging. When judges ask about the e have known, I suppose, for personality. different types of coats we have, it Wsome time that purebred and Then there is the whole idea of may be that they are seeing the vari - breeder have become dirty words— mandatory spay/neuter in a growing ety of age-related stages. but since when have such staples of number of communities. I suppose There is a second coat issue that the English language as buy, purchase, these laws are necessary to maintain our HCA members have com - and sell turned into blasphemous order among people who don’t mented about. Members say some verbs as well? seem to know what causes puppies Havanese are being shown over - You don’t believe that? As the and kittens. I would like to think

AKC GAZETTE • 27 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

s that most of us in the dog fancy are withers to the ground and horizon - For those of you who judge,

y not quite so ignorant, and that edu - tally from the point of the shoulder remember that Chin keep growing

o cation rather than brute force is the to the pin bone. in height, probably on average for a t answer to the problem. The standard says, Proportion— year. At some point in their growth I know the animal-rights people Length between the sternum and the they will be longer as their height have infiltrated veterinary schools, buttock is equal to the height at the grows to their length. There are also or why would the young veterinar - withers. Substance—Solidly built, com - growth stages when they may some - ian to whom I brought my preg - pact, yet refined. Carrying good weight times be higher in the rear than at nant, obviously purebred bitch to be in proportion to height and body build. the withers. X-rayed ask me if the breeding had Further, in the section for “Body,” it The hardest thing to discern on a been “intentional”? I found the says, Square, moderately wide in the Chin is possibly the coat. Chin actu - question insulting, if not actually chest with rounded ribs. Depth of rib ally have hair, and as with people, no offensive. extends to the elbow … Forequarters— hair is the same. How the coat As a community of lovers of dogs Legs—Straight and fine boned, with the stands away from the body or hangs and dog-related activities, we des - elbows set close to the body … down really changes the proportions perately need to fight back. We are Hindquarters—Legs—Straight as of what your eye tells you that you not bad people just because we breed viewed from the rear and fine boned. see. The topic of coat is for another dogs and we carefully sell a few pup - For a dog of substance and good time, however. Just remember that pies to appropriate homes. weight to have this square appear - adding a proudly carried head and a As far as I know, the words per - ance, he balances this solidly built plumed tail carried over the back to taining to legally acquiring a puppy body with half his height attained a square body defines the Chin out - are still in the dictionary and in by fairly long, straight legs. line. —C.J.R. common use regarding the buying or It takes a practiced eye to discern Japanese Chin Club of America, purchase of other things. Please use this squareness because of the large japanesechinclub.org them when you are looking for a ruff that sticks out the front of the puppy. You won’t have your mouth dog, and the heavy “culottes” or Maltese washed out with soap because you “pants” off the back. Of course as a A Discussion About Type did, and the person with whom you judge, one can put hands on either any people confuse type are communicating will have a end to feel what is actually the body Mwith fashion or their own much better idea regarding what it and not hair. preferences of what they want to is that you want. When judging, feel for the solid see in a dog. Type in a breed is set —Lilian S. Barber, body, and do not put your hands so and defined by the standard. The de - [email protected] as to look just for a straight topline. scription of breed character and Italian Greyhound Club of Feel for what is the actual underline correct silhouette, head, movement, America, italiangreyhound.org of the body, and what is simply hair coat, and overall balance is told to hanging down. The amount of the breeders by our AKC standard Japanese Chin hanging hair can affect the appear - for our breed. The standard is what he following was written by ance of the proportions. It is impor - breeders should be trying to repli - TCarla Jo Ryan. tant to feel for yourself what is dog, cate to create our ideal Maltese. The and what is hair! standard is the keeper of our breed. A Practiced Eye Another good way to judge It is written to set the bar and de - Many people believe that a breed squareness is to observe the dog on scribe what makes our breed spe - should be identifiable by its outline. the move. When the dog is in cific and different from other The last sentence in the “General motion, the hair should flow so that breeds! Appearance” section of the breed’s it is possible to see the proportion of At one of our national specialties, AKC standard is of primary impor - the legs to the body more clearly. Mr. Richard Beauchamp gave one tance in distinguishing a Chin from When evaluating stock, always of his famous and informative pro - other breeds: The dog’s outline presents look for the shortest puppy. It seems grams about the “five elements of a square appearance. that in this breed (as in others) pup - type,” and a breeder stood up and This sounds so simple. However, pies grow longer with age, so start as said they liked the baby-doll heads in breeding, this proportion is often short as possible. This is also some - and the big eyes. Mr. Beauchamp’s the hardest to attain. The dog should thing to keep in mind when buying polite response was, “Then you need measure the same vertically from the a show prospect. to breed another breed, as you are

AKC GAZETTE • 28 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

not breeding what your standard Miniature Pinschers example, their toplines (backs) must s

calls for in a Maltese.” That was so “Pet Puppy” or “Show be level, their feet “catlike,” neck y well said. Puppy”—What’s the arched, and their toenails black. The o The standard calls for type in its Difference? breeder carefully analyzes the pup’s t description of an ideal Maltese. hat’s the difference be - eyes, where the tail is set, how his When people say there are different “W tween a pet puppy and a little bones are aligned, and how he types in various parts of the coun - show puppy?” Those of us who moves going away from you, coming try, they are referring to styles. These breed get that question from back to you, and around in a circle. terms should not be interchanged. prospective owners every time we The ones that are labeled “show Just because one part of the country have a litter. puppies” will go on to compete in may have dogs who are little and Some people think there must be the show ring. small boned, and in other areas the something “wrong” with a puppy It’s exciting to see your little one dogs may be bigger, with different whom we’ve labeled a pet. Some in the ring and showing off, but heads or coats, that is not referring think there are difficult require - sometimes he will have to leave you to type. Yes, there is a range within ments that come with having a for the weekend to go to shows. If our standard; that does not make show puppy as a pet, and then oth - you are not willing to let your one style right or wrong, providing ers think that the price they pay is Miniature Pinscher travel, maybe it is still within what the standard too much for them to be bothered your breeder will agree to meet you calls for. with working toward an AKC at the show ring each day. Proper balance is very important, championship. It might take six months to a year as our standard states in many places A show puppy and a pet puppy for your Miniature Pinscher to that everything is medium, with are not different; both will be part of complete an AKC championship, neither extreme. their family for their whole lives. No depending on the number of com - There are people who talk about difference —that’s the full fact. petitors and the points that can be “angles,” but our standard never When you come to the house to won. You can discuss with your mentions angles—or planes, or see the breeder’s puppies, they are so breeder the point requirements for other terms written in other stan - cute and playing and jumping in the AKC championship so you dards. their playroom. All of them rush to understand how the system works. It is also interesting to note the you for snuggling, and maybe a little Continue to talk with your styles of topknots used by those puppy-nibble to say hi. breeder as your puppy grows up. who are trying to create round You select a puppy, and your Competition may begin at 6 months heads and short noses. Again, this is breeder says, “This is a show puppy.” of age. However, this period of com - not what our standard calls for. What does that mean? petition lasts only a short time in Unfortunately, many of the new Congratulations! You have your Miniature Pinscher’s life. The beauty aids, like hair-straighteners selected a little four-legged baby rest of the time spent together with and other new products, have been Miniature Pinscher who will love you is much longer than the time used to change what our dogs look you his whole life. However, there spent in competition. One your dog like, and many coats are not what are some things you will need to has earned all the points for his title, they actually appear. Any breeders know before agreeing to living with you will receive his AKC champi - who rely on such products are only a show puppy: onship certificate and all the ribbons fooling the mselves to the detriment • Socializing is very important. won. By participating in dog events of their breeding programs by creat - • Feeding good-quality food is a you will meet other competitors ing coat qualities that the dog does must. and learn about showing dogs, and not have naturally. • Sufficient exercise and play are you will see how much fun the Even though different breeders required. camaraderie with other Miniature like different styles of dogs, they all • Grooming is imperative. Pinscher owners can be. should be breeding sound dogs who • The pup’s training is different. Or perhaps you select a puppy, and are of the same type as described by What, you ask, is the difference your breeder says, “This is a pet our AKC Maltese standard. between the pups? The differences puppy.” What does that mean? —Daryl Martin, may not seem to be much, but your Congratulations again! You have [email protected]; breeder has studied the litter for been selected by a little four-legged American Maltese Association, weeks to see which little ones come baby Miniature Pinscher who will Americanmaltese.org closest to the written standard. For love you his whole life as a compan -

AKC GAZETTE • 29 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

ion. Your puppy is really no different These four volumes included pedigrees.org ) that emerged from the s

y than the show puppy, except that he pedigrees of Papillon champions work of its founder, Nicholas Forbes

o may have long toes, a soft topline, number1 through number 389, and (Dreampaps). t round eyes, or an odd marking in his covered the years from 1915 In the spring of 2006, after coat. These things don’t affect the through 1968. importing his Papillon show dogs enjoyment of having a Miniature The membership welcomed these Nicholas wanted to compile pedi - Pinscher; your breeder simply has to volumes, not only for the pedigrees, grees that would provide a linkage be very selective when deciding but for the historical content it pro - between his Papillons and their for - who to show or not to show. A vided by Virginia’s comments based eign ancestors. He also wanted to show puppy represents years of on her research and personal famil - advance his kennel quality, ensure work in studying pedigrees and iarity with many champions and health histories and through pedi - matching a stud dog and a dam to their owners and breeders. gree research, and improve genetics. continue quality, healthy Miniature Dick Richards (Lurich) continued His inspiration emerged from a Pinschers for the future. with champions number 390 discussion with Ruth Ann Ford —Kim Byrd, through 2,500 and published, copy - (Forevr) about how nice it would be [email protected] righted, and sold the entire volumes for breeders to have an online data - Miniature Pinscher Club of from number 1 through 2,500 to base to research prospective matings, America, minpin.org club members, along with separate see dogs’ ancestry, and choose qual - books for Canadian and English ity and healthy candidates for their Papillons champions. They also included a list - breedings. He had the knowledge to Papillon Pedigrees, Then ing of dams and sires of champions, create a website database of over and Now the offspring of champions, and an 10,000 records, and with a little n early times, pedigrees were index of cross-referenced kennel research he found Alfirin’s Pedigree Ihandwritten by breeders all over names. Central. He realized many other the world. Many were hard to deci - After a time lapse, the pedigrees breeders had done this, and with a pher, and therefore the spelling of were continued where Dick little help from Jim Trethewey, his dog’s names often varied each time Richards left off by Marie F. “dream” became a reality. they were transcribed and translated. Vihonsky, a Sheltie-breeder friend of Once the Global Papillon Also a cloudy area was the naming of Charlotte McGowan (Rorralore). Pedigrees Organization was colors, which depended on a person’s These were Volumes 6 through 14, launched as a free and open database perception of color and what that which spanned from 1988 to 1997 incorporated as a not-for-profit color was called in their country. and covered the listing of champions website, several others were offered Many pedigrees, even those provided number 2,501 through 4,457. up, from the U.K., Australia, and by the national kennel clubs, con - However, because of possible copy - Canada. He merged these with the tained errors. The most reliable right infringement, Marie did not information he accumulated, source of information was the stud - include champion numbers on her thereby greatly increasing the avail - books of the breed’s country of ori - pedigrees, but she carried through ability of information. From there gin. with the same numbering scheme on, show dog owners and breeders Compiling the pedigrees of early based on the AKC GAZETTE ’s date of began submitting their dogs’ pedi - AKC champion Papillons was not champion completion. Gone were grees, health certifications, and pho - an easy undertaking. They were Virginia’s wonderful comments, but tos for inclusion in the database, adapted from a set of AKC records still most valuable were the pedigrees. along with publicly available infor - and typed by Mrs. Mary S. Brewster Fast-forward to today, where mation. (Robwood), a former AKC judge unfortunately there is little interest It was decided early on that in and mother of Sari and Joy, also for print volumes of pedigrees tak - order to ensure the quality of the both AKC judges. Mrs. Catherine D. ing up space and killing trees. dogs in the database and not depart Gauss (Cadaga) compensated Mrs. Thanks to computer technology, we from its founding ideal, each Brewster for her work, then kindly now have pedigrees of Papillon Papillon in the system needed to be loaned her private collection to champions available online, with a registered with the AKC, CKC, KC, Mrs. Virginia Newton (Mariposa) to wealth of information made avail - or an FCI-affiliated organization and publish by the Papillon Club of able by the Global Papillon have at a minimum been shown America and be distributed to its Pedigrees Organization. It’s an open itself or be the ancestor of a show members early in 1975. and free Papillon database ( papillon - dog or the immediate get of a show

AKC GAZETTE • 30 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ dog. The information listed ranges The Pekingese Club of America and judge of Pekingese. Along with an s

from sire and dam, registration sent to Elizabeth Tilley-Poole, ancient history of the breed, the y

information, and health clearances Treasurer, Pekingese Club of author also presents a history and o to recognized titles and BIS and America, 9455 S.W. 140th Ave., development of the breed in t BISS win information. Dunnellon, FL 34432-3973. England and America, citing the The database is maintained by The Complete Pekingese, written by well-known dogs and their kennels. 100-percent volunteer labor, with Liz Stannard, was published in 1999 She explains the standard along with Internet and state fees paid for by in England by Ringpress Books Ltd. breeding, training, and showing the donations, and it is currently operat - Liz Stannard has been involved with Pekingese. Also included are chapter ing at just under 67,000 Papillons. Pekingese for many years as a on nutrition, illness, and general care Presently, one of the major health breeder, exhibitor, and judge and and management. information and pedigree contribu - was considered Britain’s top The Quigley Book of the Pekingese, tors is Stephanie Koeniger Pekingese breeder throughout the by Dorothy Quigley, was published (Steneko). Those involved with the 1980s. In this comprehensive book in l964 by Howell Book House. database have one driving passion, of the breed, the author traces the Dorothy Quigley was a breeder- and that is to provide a resource to origin of the Pekingese up to the exhibitor of Pekingese and owned serious Papillon show breeders that present day. She also offers advice on the famous Orchard Hill kennels in will allow them to knowledgeably grooming and showing, along with Pennsylvania. Included in this book improve the breed. analyzing the breed standard in are chapters on history, care, breed - —Roseann Fucillo, detail. ing, and whelping and raising pup - [email protected] The New Pekingese, by Nigel pies. She has also written an excel - Papillon Club of America, Aubrey-Jones, was published in lent chapter on judging the papillon club.org 1990 by Howell Book House. To Pekingese that is very applicable to quote the publisher, “ The New today’s standard. Pekingese Pekingese is the finest book in print This Is the Pekingese, by Rose arol Kniebusch Noe con - on this extraordinary toy dog and Marie Katz, was published in l962 Ctributed the following column. merits a place of honor in the by T.F.H. Publications. Mrs. Katz was libraries of all whose lives are a breeder-exhibitor of Pekingese for Books About the Pekingese brightened by ancient China’s royal many years and finished many Many people who own and love a favorite.” Along with William Taylor, champions. There are the usual Pekingese want to read and own Nigel Aubrey-Jones owned the St. chapters on breeding, feeding, and some books on the breed to learn Aubrey Pekingese kennel in Canada training. The highlight of the book more about its history, the standard, and bred some of the finest exam - is a special chapter on eye diseases and proper care. This month I’d like ples of the breed. The history of the written by the author’s husband, Dr. to tell you about the most well- breed in China and England is I. Herbert Katz. whose specialty was known and available books written included in the book, along with a eye disease in humans. on the breed. detailed interpretation of the stan - Rose Marie Katz’s famous quote The newest booklet available, The dard. There are also chapters on is “The Pekingese dog should be Pekingese Study Guide, is available breeding, care, showing, and groom - judged as a whole. It must present a from The Pekingese Club of ing, along with a special chapter fea - picture of balance and type. It must America. You can read about it and turing the Westminster Best in Show be evaluated for its good points see pictures of it on the PCA web - winners. rather than torn apart for its faults. site. The booklet available now is the Nigel Aubrey-Jones notably said, In evaluating a Pekingese, one must third edition, approved in 2015. This “The Pekingese head is the stamp of keep in mind that it is a toy dog of 35-page booklet is designed and the breed, and no matter how won - great substance and character for its written to explain a brief history derfully conformed a Pekingese is or small size.” along with a discussion, pictures, and how typically it moves, without a There are several other well- explanation of the Pekingese stan - good enough head its progress will known books on Pekingese that dard. There is also a discussion on be minimal.” were published in England and are judging and examining the The Book of the Pekingese, by Anna difficult to find today: The Book on Pekingese on the table. The Pekingese Katherine Nicholas, was published Pekingese, by Queenie Verity-Steel; Study Guide can be ordered by send - in 1975 by T.F.H. Publications. Miss The Popular Pekingese, by John ing a check for $21 made out to Nicholas was a breeder-exhibitor- Vlasto; The Pekingese Dog, by Mrs.

AKC GAZETTE • 31 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

Ashton Cross; and The Lion Dog of dard for the kids to read and keep. lowed by a heart. —L.S. s

y Peking, by A.C. Dixey. If you are able They were thrilled!) Pug Dog Club of America, pugs.org

o to find these books, get them, read Are Pugs good with other dogs and t them, and treasure them. —C.K.N. pets? Yes. Shih Tzu Thank you, Carol. What can I do with a Pug? Encourage the Newcomer —Susan Shephard, PCA Everything from having it be a lapdog ewer and fewer people today are Publications Chair, to doing conformation, performance, Finvolved in the sport of showing [email protected] junior handling, pet therapy, and dogs, in conformation at least. In The Pekingese Club of America, other fun activities. part, this is because fewer people thepekingeseclubofamerica.net Where would we get a Pug? From seem to have the time and emotional rescue organizations or responsible and physical energy to learn what Pugs hobby breeders. they need to succeed, both in the isa Sheeran contributed this col - Why shouldn’t we buy Pugs from pet ring and in the whelping box. Lumn about a wonderful way to stores? (This was followed by a long We often get buyers who expect “pay it forward” to the next genera - discussion about “puppy mills.”) to win instantly if they have paid a tion of Pug fanciers. All the kids, even the shyer ones, lot of money for a purebred dog, and warmed up to Ame and Dr. John, and even more so if they have also hired Pug Show and Tell after just a little while all were petting a handler. This is particularly true Our local Pug club in Northern the Pugs, holding them, kissing them, with a coated breed like the Shih California received a request to visit a or laughing hysterically over being Tzu, where increasingly elaborate ninth-grade science class at Berkeley “misted” by Dr. John. grooming techniques are hard to High School, in Berkeley, California. By the end of the presentation, Dr. master and often not freely shared. The students had been studying dogs, John was stretched out asleep on a Dog shows have become more and the teacher, Mr. Kirschner, desk, photos of kids and Pugs were expensive at a time when the econ - thought it would be fun and educa - snapped, and finally Mr. Kirschner omy is in a rough patch, making it tional to invite some Pugs and their asked the students to write down a harder for many to accept the fact people to his class to top off their few answers to questions based on that perhaps a better dog won, week devoted to dogs. our talk. despite the hours and money they I picked up my friend Rebecca What touched me most was the spent preparing their entry. and two of her Pugs, Ame and Dr. response from a girl who at first Restrictions introduced by animal- John—a mommy Pug and her 6- wanted nothing to do with the Pugs, rights activists who would like to month-old puppy—and off we went claiming they were “boring.” By the end pet ownership altogether have for a morning of “Pug Show and end, when her teacher asked, “What also made it more difficult to carry Tell.” are Pugs bred for?” the girl immedi - on a responsible home breeding pro - While we didn’t know what to ately wrote in big letters, “LOVE.” I gram. expect, we soon learned that the thought it amazing that our special For these and a variety of other effort was very much worth the time. breed was able to pull that perfect reasons, conformation entries are Only a few of the kids knew that word from a girl who 30 minutes declining, along with the market for these were Pugs, and between our prior assumed she had Pugs already well-bred purebred dogs. presentation, passing the dogs from figured out. Nevertheless, some of the respon - kid to kid, and answering a slew of So if you ever have the opportunity sibility for the drop-off in newcom - questions, we packed a lot of Pug and to pay it forward by providing public ers to our sport rests with those of us pet education into a small amount of education to kids, jump at the chance. already actively involved in it. We time ( multum in parvo )! These kids Children are the future stewards of need to think more about how we asked the questions we Pug people all our breed and all dogs. Plus, it is so became interested in showing dogs, want newbies to ask. Following are much fun! and try to emulate the people who some of them and our responses. At the end of the day, the teacher helped us along the way. What were Pugs bred for? asked the class, “What do you think Of course, all of us have been Companionship. would be your favorite pet—a dog? A burned by someone claiming to Where did they come from? China. cat? What kind?” Here is how one want to show a dog who just Are they nice? Yes. student responded: wanted to breed to make money, or What does “Pug standard” mean? (We “A dog, a Pug like the ones the who lost interest once they found passed out our breed’s illustrated stan - ladies brought to the class!”—fol - out how much hard work the show

AKC GAZETTE • 32 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ ring involved. Yet we may want to G. Beauchamp. Mr. Beauchamp was length of the head approximates that s

reconsider policies such as restric - owner and publisher of Kennel Re - of the neck, never erring on the side y

tions on breeding and on placement view magazine for 30 years and au - of being too short. Erect ears—an o of show prospects. Do you never thor of Solving the Mysteries of Breed absolute must on any dog over the t sell a show prospect to anyone who Type. An esteemed AKC judge, as a age of 6 months—are set high and has not already been showing dogs breeder he was especially known for rearward on the skull. for years, or do you refuse to breed his Beau Monde line of Bichons The head is set on a gracefully to a quality bitch if the owner isn’t Frises, and he also had a special in - arched neck that descends into part of your tight little circle? Why terest in the Toy Fox Terrier. He well–laid-back shoulders. The cor - must newcomers be forced to hire a passed away in April 2014, and the rect transition at the neck/shoulder handler rather than show their dogs American Toy Fox Terrier Club’s na - junction is a soft curve—never themselves? Must contracts impose tional specialty last fall was dedicated forming an abrupt angle. The such onerous terms that they reduce to him and all the wonderful work topline is straight, short, and strong, the new owner to tears when their he did for this breed. with a gently rounded cr oup. The implications become clear? Does it tail is set on level with the topline matter how long it takes for a dog Toy Fox Terrier Silhouette and carried erect. you sold to finish, so long as the It is impossible to fully recognize Describing hindquarter angula - novice is trying and learning and and appreciate type in the TFT tion in purebred dogs presents a bit having fun doing so? Maybe your without a clear picture of the sec - of a conundrum, in that the dog won’t earn the record as that ond element of breed type—the descriptive words slightly, moderate, year’s top producer, or his offspring’s correct silhouette. The breed stan - and well vary in meaning as we faults won’t be camouflaged in the dard clearly indicates that the length move from breed to breed. The ring by skillful handling. What’s of the TFT’s body is approximately TFT standard calls for “well angu - more important than having a the same as its height at the withers. lated, strong and muscular” novice experience the same the joy (The italics are mine.) Just so there hindquarters. Currently the breed you did when you owner-handled is no misunderstanding, the standard has a problem with poker-straight, your first Shih Tzu to his title? states that length of body is deter - “one-piece” hindquarters, with no Newcomers who genuinely care mined by measuring “from point of delineation between upper and about our breed and enjoy our sport shoulder to buttocks.” lower thigh. Therefore, the properly ought to be encouraged, not bad- Correct length of body is angulated rear-quarter with a mouthed. Too often, exhibitors stand achieved through a long rib cage strong upper and lower thigh at ringside criticizing the novice and and short loin. If on were to vary at should be rewarded. (Keeping in his/her dog rather than trying to be all from the classic square, it would mind, of course, that the TFT is not welcoming and helpful. Of course, if be in allowing just enough addi - a German Shepherd!) a dedicated newcomer learns the tional length of body to adhere to The TFT underline tapers ropes, it means more competition. the standard’s “impression of effort - slightly from a deep, muscular chest Yet almost all of us were once begin - less movement and endless (which extends to the point of the ners, even if it was decades ago. endurance.” The overly short-cou - elbow) to the flank. Forelegs are If we don’t practice good sports - pled dog is limited in the “effortless straight and strong, with small, manship and mentor newcomers, movement” and athleticism, while tight, oval feet. The forelegs extend one day the sport we love so much excessive length would conflict with down from a well-made front that will die of old age, and it will be in the “endless endurance” element of includes a nicely developed forech - large part our own fault. the equation. This, of course, is in a est. —Jo Ann White, highly miniaturized and refined There are no secrets to the T FT [email protected] package. If one were to look to silhouette. There is no coat to American Shih Tzu Club, another breed with which to com - either camouflage faults or create americanshihtzuclub.org pare the TFT silhouette, that of the faults where there are none. What Doberman Pinscher—in minia - you see is what you get. —R.G.B. Toy Fox Terriers ture—would not lead one far astray. —Katherine La Rue, he following, originally appear - Beginning at the head, in profile [email protected] Ting in the March 2004 issue, is we find the TFT’s muzzle and skull American Toy Fox Terrier Club, another excellent article on the balance each other in length and atftc.com breed written by the late Richard maintain parallel planes. The overall

AKC GAZETTE • 33 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

effortless movement, giving the ing more than 40 AKC champions.

g American Eskimo Dogs impression that he could trot for an n i he following was written by extended period without tiring. The Dangers of the Cuterebra t

r Tguest contributor Diana L. dog will have good reach in the Fly, or Botfly

o Allen. forequarters, reaching to the point Owners of cats and dogs need to

p of the nose, with the actual set- be aware of the dangers of the

s American Eskimo Dog down point of the foot being under Cuterebra fly, also known as the - Movement the eye. The rear leg extends fully botfly. One of these tunneled n The American Eskimo Dog stan - behind the dog. The front and rear through my Bichon’s brain! o dard is very descriptive of the cor - foot will meet under the body. They My champion Bichons enjoy very n rect movement for the breed as well will not overreach. sheltered lives, spending their time as the structure that is required to When viewed from the front or mostly in the house, on my deck, or facilitate this movement. rear, the dog will follow its longi - in the dog run, and seldom on the The forequarters are described as tude center of gravity under the grass. If this could happen to one of follows: Forequarters are well angulated. body. It will not cross over its center my dogs, it could happen to any dog The shoulder is firmly set and has ade - of gravity but will follow it, with if you live in North or South quate muscle but is not overdeveloped. one foot in front of the other, con - America. Cats are also at risk, with a The shoulder blades are well laid back verging to a single-track. This is higher incidence than dogs. and slant 45 degrees with the horizon - done cleanly, easily, and effortlessly, On a hot day in August 2014, my tal. At the point of shoulder the shoulder without any winging, paddling, or Bichons were basking in the sun on blade forms an approximate right angle pounding. The feet will only be my deck, barking intermittently at with the upper arm. picked up high enough to clear the people in my yard, playing, and all Under “Rear quarters,” it reads: ground; anything further is wasted acting normal. Perhaps 15 minutes Hindquarters are well angulated. The lay action. The dog has excellent foot- elapsed when we discovered one of of the pelvis is approximately 30 degrees timing. The back remains firm and my dogs lying on her side on the to the horizontal. The upper thighs are strong. The head will drop slightly to landing of the deck below 10 stairs. well developed. Stifles are well bent. keep with the forward momentum She was almost unconscious, bleed - Hock joints are well let down and firm. of the dog. ing from her right nostril, and Under “Gait,” the standard says: A head that is held up too high drooling foamy saliva from her The American Eskimo Dog shall trot, when moving can be caused by mouth. I grabbed her and quickly not pace. The gait is agile, bold, well bal - steep, upright shoulders that prevent transported her to the emergency anced, and frictionless, with good fore - the required reach. Although a few vet clinic. She was close to death, quarter reach and good hindquarter may find this movement flashy, it is with a loss of her swallow and gag drive. As speed increases, the American completely incorrect, according to reflexes (which indicates brain dam - Eskimo Dog will single-track, with the the standard. age), increasing the risk for aspira - legs converging toward the center line of An American Eskimo Dog with tion of oral fluids into the lungs that gravity while the back remains firm, correct movement will present a could cause breathing problems and strong, and level. picture of strength, beauty, agility, pneumonia. The standard also says that the and balance. —D.L.A. The staff quickly started an IV, dog is compactly built and well bal - —Debbie Mitchell, drew blood samples for testing, and anced. At the same time, this not a [email protected] gave her oxygen. Soon her eyes square-built dog, as the standard also American Eskimo Dog Club of would open, but she was not reac - says, The body of the American Eskimo America, aedca.org tive to her environment and was not Dog is strong and compact, but not cobby moving. and that the length of back from point Bichons Frises Her name is Quiche, more for - of shoulder to point of buttocks is slightly ur guest columnist is Vickie mally Ch. Petit Ami’s Non-de- greater than height at withers, an OHalstead, RN, CVNS, CLNC, Plum. She was imported from the approximate 1.1 to 1 ratio. This means relating a terrible episode affecting Petit Ami kennel in Norway. She is that the dog is just off square. A one of her dogs—and an insect that 5 years old, an AKC champion, and square dog is incorrect. it’s important for dog owners to produced two lovely litters. Quiche When the American Eskimo know about. Vickie has been actively had always been a very lively, sweet, comes into the ring, remember that involved in breeding and showing and healthy Bichon Frise—until this this is a trotting breed. He will have Bichons Frises since 1990, produc - happened.

AKC GAZETTE • 34 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

Signs of Brain Damage The neurologist, Dr. Christina to two months and then drop off in g Being an ER nurse, when Quiche Wolf, did a superb job of caring for the early stage of a fly. Veterinarians n showed signs of brain damage I real - Quiche with the help of the ICU usually find the larvae in lesions on i t

ized this was a critical event and that techs at Blue Pearl in Eden Prairie, the skin. r

she may need to be euthanized. I Minnesota, where she spent five days o

took her to Affiliated Emergency in ICU. ICU and Recovery p

Veterinary Service in Blaine, For five days in the ICU, Quiche s - Minnesota, where she spent the first The Cuterebra Fly, Also Known as slowly made progress. She did not n night in ICU and received incredi - the Botfly recognize me, however, which made o ble care. I transported her the next Dr. Wolf diagnosed Quiche with visits difficult. She was making n day to another clinic for access to a cerebral cuterebriasis—brain infesta - attempts to stand, holding her head neurologist and an MRI scanner. tion of the larva of the Cuterebra fly, up, and continuing to tightly tilt her Our first suspicions were that she the scientific name for the botfly. head and neck to the left. She was had suffered head trauma from The theory is that Quiche sniffed a starting to respond to humans but falling down the stairs, and/or she botfly egg into her nose; the egg was still blind in her right eye. They had a seizure. Her blood tests were then hatched into a larva, evidenced began to hand-feed her and she was all normal, however, indicating no by the initial bleeding from her drinking water. After they removed cause for a loss of balance or a right nostril and the inflammation her urinary catheter she could be seizure. She had no further seizures, of the right nostril and sinuses visi - taken outside with the aid of a har - which tended to rule out an initial ble on the MRI scan. Then it bur - ness to support her torso to prevent seizure, and her vital signs were nor - rowed through the roof of her her from falling over. mal on oxygen. She maintained a mouth into her brain, and quickly The day I took Quiche home was posture of a tight circle to the left tunneled through her brain. awesome! With the aid of the har - with her head and neck—a sign of It’s truly creepy! ness, Dr. Wolf had Quiche standing brain damage. The techs lovingly High doses of steroids were added on a rug. I squatted to her level. called her the “pretzel dog.” to her medications, antibiotics were Quiche took a couple of steps, Her overnight stay in the ICU continued to prevent brain infec - wagged her tail for the first time, revealed small improvements: mov - tion, and an injection of Ivermectin and gave me some kisses. She recog - ing slightly, and the return of gag was given to kill the larva in case it nized me! At that time I knew that and swallow reflexes. The staff gave was still alive. Euthanasia was still a every penny of the thousands of her IV antibiotics to treat possible consideration. dollars I spent was worth it. aspiration and a medication to The botfly is a large, beelike fly Quiche went home on antibiotics decrease brain swelling. Her blank present in both North and South and high doses of steroids (pred - stare persisted; she did not seem to America. It lays eggs in late summer, nisone), which were tapered off over register seeing humans, nor recog - primarily in grass near rodent or a period of about three weeks. I was nize me when I visited her. She was rabbit burrows and sometimes in afraid that she would deteriorate blind in her right eye and possibly rocks. The eggs need a warm host to after the steroids were completed, deaf, and she was still not attempting hatch and to develop into larvae, but she continued to improve. I to stand. also called warbles. The larvae added regime twice a day of giving Euthanasia was still a considera - become parasites in mammals. The her therapeutic-grade essential oils, tion. common hosts are rabbits, rodents, including lavender, lemon, heilchyr - The next day, her MRI showed a cows, deer, horses; less commonly, sum, cypress, brain power, aroma life, tract (tunnel) through her brain on dogs and cats; and rarely humans. clary sage, valor and frankincense. the right side, starting from the The eggs enter the hosts through These were applied via diffusion or frontal lobe of the brain (forehead body orifices such as nose, mouth, topically to the skin or pads of her area) and ending in the brainstem— eyes or skin wounds. After penetra - feet, chosen due to their effect on the region at back of the brain that tion the larvae migrate to an area brain function and in fighting controls breathing and vital signs. under the skin, where they break inflammation and infection. The MRI also revealed inflamma - through and form breathing holes. Quiche is a miracle! Dr. Wolf tion in the right nostril of her nose The larvae can travel through the informed me that dog brains are and right sinuses, and no signs of host via the brain, spinal cord, lungs, capable of healing quickly, which head trauma. Blood tests and spinal throat, gastrointestinal tract, or skin. I’ve witnessed firsthand. Nearly tap were normal. They live in the skin lesions for one three months since the injury,

AKC GAZETTE • 35 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

Quiche has continued to gradually sores where the Cuterebra eggs can from being thrown out by family g recover to my estimate of 90 percent enter the body. members. I’d like to thank everyone n i of her baseline. When she came Strategies to deter insect/pest who saved this part of the Boston t

r home, she was walking in circles and interest in your dog during trips Terrier history for others to enjoy

o still needing the aid of the harness. outside: and buy.

p Now she walks well, sometimes in a • Apply an essential oil to your One of the main things discussed

s slight diagonal line, runs and dog by either misting the coat or by people was to leave in their will - bounces, plays with the other dogs, applying it to your palms and rub - Boston items to friends who would n goes up and down stairs, and is back bing it through the coat. Essential cherish them. The items could be o to being happy and very friendly to oils that are effective include laven - sold at specialty shows, which would n people. She compensates well for a der oil, Young Living purification help to raise money for a club, and slight weakness in her right front oil, Animal EO away oil, and cedar sold to people who appreciated the leg. Rarely her balance is slightly oil. You can also mist your dog with years of hard work someone did to off. She has a head-tilt to the right one of these products: Espana Silk collect such wonderful items. when you talk to her, a sign of brain all-natural bug spray, RediCare heal - These items included some old injury in dogs, but it’s very cute. Her ing spray, and insect repellant. photos. While looking at the beauti - hearing is intact, and she regained • Supplement your dog daily with ful dogs pictured, old breeders her eyesight in the right eye! In garlic, increasing doses in summer remembered the great bloodlines of addition, her cognition seems to be months. the past and wished provisions had back to normal—she is back to For more information from the been made to preserve the lines. being smart and mischievous, and experts about the botfly and pets, Years ago one could look at a dog still rings the bell to go outside. I am see this article in the Seattle Times : and know who bred it. I’ll name so amazed at her progress! seattletimes.com/html/pets/202504580 some bloodlines that are not still 9_flydogqaxml.html seen in four-generation pedigrees: Prevention Quiche will enjoy a very quality Tops Again (Andy Turner), Royale Dogs and cats are at risk of expo - life. —V.H. Command (Mrs. Parker Grant), sure to the Cuterebra fly if they Thank you, Vickie, for this amaz - Zodiac (Robert Breum), Regal have access to areas with numerous ing story. Legacy (Jose F. Negron and Tony rodents, rabbits, and rodent burrows. —Stephanie Uva, Antolics), Simm’s Hihope’s At highest risk are pets who are low [email protected] (Margaret Simms), and Clasen (Mr. to the ground (cats and short-legged Bichon Frise Club of America, and Mrs. H.N. Clasen). These are dogs) and terrier breeds that go to bichon.org just a few. ground to kill rodents in burrows. Going to the national specialty is Measures of prevention include: Boston Terriers like going to a family reunion, see - • When walking on a leash, keep The Boston Terrier Club of ing cherished friends who are only your dog close to you, and avoid America Specialty Show seen once a year. It’s a carnival areas of rodent burrows. he Boston Terrier Club of atmosphere that makes you feel high • Keep your cats in the house. TAmerica’s 2015 national spe - on life. • Prevent your dogs from hunting cialty show was held at the Lancaster An evening highlight was the rodents. Host Resort and Conference Cen - “Top 20 Dogs in Conformation.” • Deter flies by picking up feces ter, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in For this each dog-and-owner pair is in dog runs daily. April. Each year the event is held in introduced by a special theme song. • Frequently wash rocks or sur - a different state, hosted by the Many of the handlers are in evening faces in dog runs, in case Cuterebra Boston Terrier club in that area. attire, and the dog parades his attrib - eggs were deposited there. It was a week of things to do—if utes while four judges decide who is • Watch for bleeding or irritation you don’t have a dog to show at the the big winner. Watching will bring in the nose that might indicate pres - national, you’ll still have a ball. There cold chills. It is one of the few times ence of the eggs or larvae. are lots of vendors selling all types of during the year to see the best of • Inspect the skin of your dogs or things at their booths. You’ll see old the best Boston Terriers. cats for Cuterebra lesions. If found, Boston items that have been col - Some people at the show look for see your veterinarian. lected for years, including items that a stud dog to breed their female to. • Use more caution outdoors if were owned by old breeders who Many are looking for a special dog your pet has any skin wounds or have passed away that friends saved to buy. Newcomers try to meet old

AKC GAZETTE • 36 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ breeders who will share knowledge concerns by some who wanted to the ‘hippopotamus’ muzzle shape g of the breed. There is an annual be sure that BCA did not dominate and the high-set tail impart to the n meeting where difference commit - all Bulldog activities. They agreed Shar-Pei a unique look peculiar to i t

tees report on club functions and that the specialty clubs in the coun - him alone. r

news. During the week a time is set try were very important and must “While the topline is not specifi - o

up for health testing. be recognized and respected, and cally mentioned in the general p

On the last night there was a ban - that the BCA would have local appearance section and the absence s - quet where for dessert there was a chapters throughout the country. of a correct topline is not listed as a n cake made up with beautiful pic - Hence the divisions were born. It major fault, the Judges’ Education o tures of Boston Terriers. It was a was proposed that the country be Committee places a high value on a n good way to end a wonderful week divided into sections, and each sec - correct topline in evaluating of fellowship and fun. tion would have a BCA chapter. Chinese Shar-Pei. Save up your money and go to At present we have eight divi - “The slight rise in the topline next year’s show. It’s a good way to sions. It was also proposed that each should be visible on the dog in pro - learn more about the Boston division and each specialty club file—while both standing and mov - Terrier, see beautiful dogs, meet new would be free to conduct its own ing. Care should be taken to observe friends, buy a little history, and have activities. the dog in a natural state. Through a great time. The main duty of the BCA is to handler error, a topline may be —Patricia S. Johnson, member of protect and maintain the breed’s unintentionally flattened by incor - DWAA, [email protected] standard and to promote the breed rectly setting the rear legs. Some Boston Terrier Club of America, to the public and to its members. dogs may be tense and not show bostonterrierclubofamerica.org Each division elects people who their topline best upon a standing or represent them on a national level. hands on exam. Bulldogs These elected individuals decide and “Dogs with a correct topline Parent Club History discuss questions and policies that should not appear high in the rear; s you read this, the 2015 Bull - come to their attention. The council the slight dip behind the withers Adog national specialty, to be meeting held each year at the should rise to a level allowing the held at the beginning of November national is where discussions of per - front and rear ends to appear in bal - in Cromwell, Connecticut, will be tinent issues take place. ance—at the same, or nearly the almost here. Plans have been under - —Amelia Averill, same height. way to make this a very successful [email protected] “The slightly rising topline and event. Plan to attend and visit with Bulldog Club of America, high-set tail contribute to a truly old friends and make new ones, and bulldogclubofamerica.org unique look for the Chinese Shar- of course this is a wonderful oppor - Pei. This characteristic is valued by tunity to see dogs you do not other - Chinese Shar-Pei breeders and is something breeders wise have the opportunity to see. Topline cherish and that the Judges’ The national is an excellent learning topic recently visited by the Education Committee would like to experience also. Hope to see you all ACSPCA’s Judge Education see preserved and rewarded.” in November in Connecticut! Committee is the breed’s topline. —Grace Fritz, The first Bulldog Club of Following is an excerpt from the [email protected] America (BCA) national took place parent-club–approved “Commen - Chinese Shar-Pei Club of in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October tary on the Topline of the Chinese America, cspca.com 1, 1949. Shar-Pei.” I thought I would write a brief “The opening paragraph of the Chow Chows history of the BCA. In 1948 a com - Chinese Shar-Pei standard describes General Appearance: mittee was formed to make the club the breed’s general appearance: Comparing Chow Chow a truly national organization. Up to “An alert, compact dog of Breed Standards this point it was a New York–domi - medium size and substance; square og fanciers throughout the nated club. The goal was to make in profile, close-coupled; the well- Dworld have witnessed an in - the BCA a club not dominated by a proportioned head slightly, but not credible evolution of breeding op - small group of people or one section overly large for the body. The short, portunities via advances allowing of the country. harsh coat, the loose skin covering the use of frozen and chilled canine The committee recognized the the head and body; the small ears, semen as well as dog import and ex -

AKC GAZETTE • 37 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

port capability internationally. As active, alert, and agile. Clothed in a

g Dalmatians this has occurred, the importance of smooth or an offstanding rough The Making of a Super Dog n i consistency in breed standards and double coat, the Chow is a master - ou can’t help but wonder t

r health-certification requirements is piece of beauty, dignity, and natural - Ywhat that little scrap of dog,

o increasing. ness. Essential to true Chow type are only minutes old and cradled in

p The following are excerpts from his unique blue-black tongue, your hands, will grow up to be -

s three existing Chow Chow breed scowling expression, and stilted come. Will he have BIS, GCh., or - standards. These excerpts defining gait.” OTCH in front of his name? Or n the breed’s general appearance con - From the FCI standard for the will she have UDX or TDI after o sistently include the requirements Chow Chow: her name? Only time and the com - n for balance, naturalness, and an “General Appearance: Active, mitment of the puppy’s eventual active, alert demeanor. However, it is compact, short-coupled, and essen - owners will tell. Unless a dog re - worthwhile to examine the detail in tially well balanced, leonine in mains in our care, we as breeders your breed’s standard or health-cer - appearance, proud, dignified bearing; unfortunately have a very limited tification requirements for inconsis - well knit frame; tail carried well amount of time—8 to12 weeks, de - tencies that may affect a breeding over back. Should always be able to pending on the breed—in which to program. A characteristic that is move freely and must not have so make a lasting impression on this allowed in another country may not much coat as to impede activity or little one’s life. be acceptable in yours or desirable cause distress in hot weather. A However, in the 1970s, the in your breeding plan. bluish-black tongue is characteristic. United States military developed a From the official AKC standard IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS: program that we can use to our for the Chow Chow: The distance from withers to elbow advantage, maximizing our influ - “General Appearance: is equal to the distance from elbow ence during this minimal time - Characteristics —An ancient breed of to ground. Compact, short-coupled, frame. Originally known as the northern Chinese origin, this all- and well-balanced dog, well knit in Super Puppy Program, the Bio purpose dog of China was used for frame, with tail carried well over Sensor method was conceived in an hunting, herding, pulling, and pro - back.” attempt to develop the consummate tection of the home. While prima - From the Canadian Kennel Club canine. Knowing military dogs face rily a companion today, his working standard for the Chow Chow: the ultimate in demanding situa - origin must always be remembered “General Appearance: A cobby, tions, studies were done, and it was when assessing true Chow type. A powerful dog of medium size, active determined that providing early and powerful, sturdy, squarely built, and alert, with strong, muscular uncharacteristic neurological stimu - upstanding dog of Arctic type, development and perfect balance. lation could jump-start the part of medium in size, with strong muscu - Body squares with height of leg at the brain that processes and deals lar development and heavy bone. shoulder; head is broad and flat, with such s tress. And don’t think The body is compact, short coupled, with short, broad, and deep muzzle, that just because you’re not doing broad and deep, the tail set high and the whole supported by straight, your duty in some far-off, hostile carried closely to the back, the strong legs. Tail carried well over land (and God bless those of our whole supported by four straight, the back. Clothed in an off-standing countrymen who do) that there strong, sound legs. Viewed from the smooth or rough double coat, in the aren’t benefits from producing side, the hind legs have little appar - rough variety the head is accentu - and/or owning civilian “superdogs.” ent angulation, and the hock joint ated by a ruff; dogs to look mascu - Breeders who employ the Bio and metatarsals are directly beneath line. Bitches to look feminine. Sensor method have noted these the hip joint. It is this structure When comparing the different puppies have a greater degree of which produces the characteristic sexes, allowance be made for bitches physical and emotional stamina, an shorter, stilted gait unique to the who may not have as much head advanced level of confidence in breed. The large head with broad, and substance. The Chow is a mas - potentially stressful situations, better flat skull and short, broad, and deep terpiece of beauty, dignity, and problem-solving skills, and may even muzzle is proudly carried and untouched naturalness.” housebreak easier than puppies who accentuated by a ruff. Elegance and —Love Banghart, do not undergo the program. substance must be combined into a [email protected] Having used the Bio Sensor well-balanced whole, never so mas - Chow Chow Club, Inc., method on my last several litters, I sive as to outweigh his ability to be chowclub.org can personally attest to its effective -

AKC GAZETTE • 38 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ ness, having received rave reviews eyes appear round instead of

Finnish Spitz g from buyers reporting what well- uest columnist Peggy Urton almond-shaped, especially if a flash is n adjusted and social dogs these pup - purchased her first Finnish used. Shots not taken at eye level i G t pies have become. And the best part, Spitz in 1992. An AKC Breeder of with the dog can distort leg and r

aside from producing these canine Merit, she has also served many body proportions, giving the o

wunderkinds, is how incredibly easy years both on the board of the appearance of a dog that is too short p it is to do. FSCA and as chair of various com - on leg or too long in the back or s - The method employs a series of mittees. loin. n five exercises performed on each How you bait a dog can also affect o puppy once per day for a maximum Every Picture Tells a Story his or her appearance. Finnish Spitz n of five seconds, starting on Day 3 Twenty years ago, pictures of top- often crouch when being baited, and running through Day 16. winning Finnish Spitz were only making the hocks appear sloping Note: Increased frequency and/or available as advertisements in maga - instead of straight, as they should be. duration of the exercises can actually be zines catering to the fancy or photos When a dog has correct forequar - detrimental to the puppies’ develop - shared directly with interested indi - ters, a vertical line can be drawn up ment—more is not better. viduals. Smart owners were careful through the legs to the withers, but So, during your daily cuddle-ses - to choose photos that displayed the holding bait too high will make the sion (and I know you all do it!), best qualities of their dogs. They dog throw its head back, changing consider investing a few seconds in understood that anyone unable to that angle so that the line moves order to get your puppies off to see the dog in person would evalu - incorrectly up through the neck. their best start by performing the ate it based on what could be seen Thus the legs no longer appear following—again, a maximum of only in the picture. under the body as they need to be five seconds for each: Today, electronic images are for support and correct movement. 1. Tickle the puppy between the shared instantly via Facebook, And speaking of movement, these toes of one foot with a Q-tip. Instagram, Pinterest, e-mail, and a types of photos pose their own spe - 2. Hold the puppy head upright. whole host of other online media. cific challenges. If taken while the 3. Hold the puppy head down. Although it is delightful to be able dog is gaiting down even a slight 4. Hold the puppy supine (on its to see so many examples of our incline, he or she may appear to be back). breed, I often wonder if those post - high in the rear. Side movement 5. Place the puppy on a damp ing these instant pictures are aware photos should show a dog who is washcloth that has been cooled in of exactly what information they are placing the inside rear foot in the the refrigerator or freezer for a few sharing about their dogs to the spot just vacated by the opposite minutes. The puppy is allowed to worldwide audience. Cute photos front foot. If the inside rear foot wiggle off the washcloth. Don’t are enjoyed by family and friends crosses in front of the front foot, the worry; this momentary chill won’t alike for just what they are, but win dog is overreaching. This indicates hurt a puppy unable to control his pictures are often evaluated by incorrect structure, not wonderful body temperature, as he goes back prospective breeders and judges in reach and drive! to mom and siblings immediately. an entirely different light. If you take the time to evaluate Using these techniques for less A good tip is to keep the breed your photos before posting them on than two weeks, you too can create standard in mind and review your the web, you will present your dog a Dog of Steel. OK, so he won’t be photo carefully before posting it. in a way that will highlight his or hurdling tall buildings in a single Make sure you understand the ter - her best features instead of leaving bound in the obedience ring, nor minology used to describe canine people with the impression that displaying a side gait that is faster anatomy so you can evaluate your your dog is incorrect in any way. than a speeding bullet in the confor - dog intelligently, keeping in mind Remember … every picture tells mation ring, but he will be a dog that terms used with other breeds a story! with strengths and capabilities other may not mean exactly the same What story do you want your dogs may not have. And wouldn’t thing when used to describe a dog’s picture to tell? —P.U. that be worth it? Finnish Spitz. Peggy, thank you for this article. —Jan Warren Linné, Camera angle can often distort —Sue Marshall, Column [email protected] what may otherwise be a good Coordinator, Finnish Spitz Club of Dalmatian Club of America, example of a breed characteristic. America, thedca.org Head-on shots may make your dog’s [email protected]

AKC GAZETTE • 39 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

why this is so. He said, “Pieds are that a pied has more energy and a

g French Bulldogs There Is Something About more striking as art objects and greater sense of humor than that n i a Pied more interesting than painting possessed by the other colors. Ms. t

r welve years ago I drove over porcelain a solid color.” Ecarius says, “The pied talks more, is

o Teight hours to a breeder’s ken - We now see pieds frequently in more clownish and more fun.”

p nel to view a brindle puppy who the show ring, television commer - There is something very special

s was available for purchase. However, cials, and movies and being escorted about a pied, and everyone agrees - there were two puppies in the ex- by celebrities. We don’t always see that a beautiful pied is a work of art. n pen, and the other one was a 10- the best specimens. What we want I admire the breeders who accept o week-old pied. I could not take my to see is a pied with symmetrical the challenge of breeding for perfec - n eyes off of him. This was most curi - markings, excellent pigment around tion. ous to me, because I had never once both eyes, and the white areas of the —Sande Abernathy, desired to have a pied Frenchie. coat thick and free of ticking. Yes, [email protected] But there he was, with his double we want a dog of sound structure French Bull Dog Club of hood, perfect saddle, and bull’s-eye who meets our breed standard, too. America, frenchbulldogclub.org rear-end, with heavy bone and Is it too much to ask for perfection? Resources: cobby, too. This puppy had to go There are a few breeders who homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/alleles.ht home with me, and it only took a strive for perfection in the breeding ml (for Sheila Schumutz) mere six hours to convince the of the pied Frenchie. Jean-Pierre bouledogues-landouar.com/carnet - breeder to let him leave with me. Girard in France considers the pied rose.html (for Jean-Pierre Girard) This was the beginning of a love to be his specialty. Mr. Girard says, affair with pied Frenchies. My hus - “The pied dog is more spectacular Keeshonden band was totally smitten with him than brindle or fawn. It looks like a Pedigrees and and referred to him as “eye candy.” clown and the eyes are more expres - Performance Our beloved Gus died two years ago sive. It is more difficult to produce a We have more tools to analyze and left a hole in our hearts and well-spotted dog, without ticking, pedigrees now than we did years emptiness in our visual field. with symmetric spots, black nose, ago. The custom pedigree databases Of course we wanted another lids, and eyelid margins, and a pure allow us to easily go back as many as pied, but it had to be just the right white coat.” Mr. Girard says that it is six, seven, and eight generations. pied. Actually I stalked breeders at a challenge that is not easy but fasci - Personally I always work from at shows wanting the most beautiful nating. He says, “A lot of breeders least a five-generation pedigree to one in the ring, and justifiably, they give up breeding pied because it’s start, and then, depending on the wanted to keep their marvelous cre - necessary to be very patient and pedigree, I may also go back to six ations. Eventually patience gave us a have a perfect knowledge of the or seven. However, the influence is lovely girl who is related to our genetic heritage of your dogs on strongest in the grandparents and in Gus. We are now content with our several generations.” Mr. Girard dogs who are repeated in the pedi - dog family again but realize we must relayed to me that he never breeds a gree. Databases let us quickly look at always have a pied. dog with ticking. trial matings and will tell us the What makes a pied so special? Janice Durr Grebe, Ph.D., author inbreeding coefficient for sire and They have not always been popular of “Healthy Frenchies,” says, “Sheila dam—the higher the coefficient, the in the United States. Jim Grebe Schumutz lists the genes that have more genetic power the dog will referred me to a book published in been mapped, and Ticked is not one pack. This cuts both ways, as highly 1926 titled The French Bulldog. This of them. As she notes, those are alle - inbred pedigrees will concentrate gives the early history of the pied in les that have been postulated to exist both positive and negative qualities. Europe and its immense popularity based on breeding data, which is The higher the coefficient of and chronicles the importation of how they were all discovered back inbreeding, the more information pieds to this country and their win - in the days before gene mapping you tend to have regarding every ning records. was possible. Until it is identified fault and virtue in the pedigree. I have noticed that most of the and mapped, no DNA test can be When planning a mating, how gorgeous Frenchie porcelains avail - made.” can we make a pedigree a useful able from Europe in the early 1900s Debbie Ecarius, of Suirac French tool and not let it tempt us to do are pied in coloring. I asked Bulldogs, is an artist by trade and something we will regret? First, any renowned collector Gary Bachman breeds for pieds. It is her opinion breeding should begin with a criti -

AKC GAZETTE • 40 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ cal analysis of the bitch. What are the choice of stud. If she is very laid yourself, and perhaps with your g her strengths and weaknesses, and back, you may want to choose a dog mentor and vet, before hard deci - n most importantly, what are her one with a little more energy. If she is sions are demanding your answer. i t

or two traits we would most like to high-energy, you may want to select Only you can decide. r

enhance or correct? Now, look at a dog who is a little more compla - Unless there are unusual circum - o

her pedigree, and find out which cent. Pedigree also a plays a part stances, these are key times to make p dogs in her pedigree contributed to here; look at the history of the tem - selections based on your goals for s - that weakness, and which may have peraments behind your stud-dog the litter. Some are tough decisions. n strength in that area. If you are not candidates for clues on the tempera - • Birth —Examine for physical o familiar with dogs in the pedigree, ment that may be expected. abnormalities. I feel those with n get some help. Finally, there are dogs who look obvious serious defects such as a You want to repeat the dogs in wonderful on paper and not so cleft palate or deformities should be the pedigree who have strength in wonderful in person. You are not humanely euthanized. The dam will what you are trying to correct, and breeding pedigrees, you are breeding either reject these puppies or fret avoid the dogs in the pedigree that individual dogs, and these two dogs over them, so your decision helps carry the fault. Sometimes breeders should be of high quality and com - her. will get all caught up in the famous plement each other if the mating is • 4 to 12 weeks —Assessment of names and think that if they just to be successful. conformation, markings, dentition, repeat that name and linebreed on There is so much to consider in movement, attitude and tempera - it, very exciting things will happen. breeding, it can be confusing. When ment. Which puppy meets your The problem is that even famous all else fails, remember the classic goals? This is the first cut for pet dogs have faults, and repeating them breeder’s formula, “Breed the best to homes. Does that cute little one you in the pedigree will only strengthen the best, and hope for the best!” saved that adores you meet your those faults in the puppies. —Debbie Lynch, needs? Here are the steps to follow: First, [email protected] • 4 to 6 months —Bites are in and critically and honestly evaluate your Keeshond Club of America, body proportions, attitude, and bitch, and ask others whom you keeshond.org movement are settling. Which puppy respect for their opinion. Second, epitomizes your goals? Those who analyze the dogs in her pedigree for Lhasa Apsos repeat their parents’ faults should their strengths and weaknesses. Be Ruthlessly Selective leave. Third, select stud-dog candidates reeders must continually con - • 6 to 9 months (roughly)—Ignore who complement your bitch’s Bsider decisions of what to keep, them! It’s called the “6–9 uglies” for strengths and weaknesses and have what must go, and how that will good reason. Time to have faith. pedigrees that reinforce those quali - happen. To ignore these decisions • 12 to 18 months —Is the dream ties. violates our mission as breeders: to becoming a reality? If goals are not In Keeshonden there are a num - preserve and improve. met, time to go. Perhaps “the one” ber of dogs available at stud whom The selection process begins with has issues that can’t be resolved. you may have seen at the shows. In a carefully screened sire and dam Which prevails—the head, or the addition to pedigree, you will also whom you believe will yield pup - heart? want to look at the health informa - pies with improvements you need • 18 months and over —If maturity tion available on the dogs. Go to the yet maintain existing strengths. is kind to them, their future is excit - OFA website and look up all of the The decisions you make when ing. Now they need to be tested as potential candidates and examine these puppies are on the ground to how they will produce. If they their tests and those of their rela - might be personally painful, so it produce faults that you are trying to tives. helps if you understand yourself and eliminate, they must go in favor of Another aspect to evaluate is tem - your limits before embarking on this those who do not. By now, some are perament. Ask questions, and evalu - journey as a breeder. Does your champions. However, champions ate the attitude of the stud dog for heart rule your head? Do you must serve your future to be of yourself. There are a range of tem - believe in saving every puppy, no value. peraments in our breed that are matter the effort and cost? Do you We can’t be ruthless, but we must acceptable in terms of energy and espouse survival of the fittest? Or do be selective—even when it hurts— attitude. You will want to comple - you fall somewhere in between? It’s to preserve and protect the future of ment your bitch’s temperament in best to have this conversation with breed the breed we love.

AKC GAZETTE • 41 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

—Cassandra de la Rosa, come from? We assumed someone ing things about, Prada watching TV, g [email protected] must have given it to her, so I called or Vogue sunbathing on my deck n i American Lhasa Apso Club, her over, and we continued our with all four legs in the air, belly t

r lhasaapso.org visit. exposed, they are the most enter -

o A few minutes later I watched as taining bunch you can imagine.

p Löwchen Stella quietly left the group again Life is never dull when you own a

s The Unique Löwchen and went over to a walker that had Löwchen … thank goodness! - y friend Shari recently re - been set aside by its owner. It had a —Gillian Robertson, n minded me of the time I basket on the front, and Stella ever [email protected] o M took my two Löwchen girls, Prada so gently placed her two front paws Löwchen Club of America, n and her daughter Stella, to visit her on the basket, leaned over, and thelowchenclubofamerica.org mother’s retirement home. retrieved another cookie. The most Both Shari and her mother, interesting fact to me was that she Poodles Ombra, have Löwchen, two litter- was so quiet with her retrieval and Reaching Out Through brothers, Hogan and Riley, and since eating that none of the other dogs New Technology Ombra moved into the building noticed she had a cookie, and they am a creature of habit. I have al - Riley has been quite the attraction. were missing out. Iways been averse to change. Even Riley was the first Löwchen they Shari reminding me of the retire - though I consider myself young at had seen, so the room was packed ment home incident brought back a heart, in terms of modern technol - the afternoon we arrived. few other incidents with Miss Stella. ogy I am a dinosaur. I grieve the loss Of course the first thing noticed There was the summer she decided of hard copies of the AKC GAZETTE was that both my girls, unlike Riley she loved tomatoes, and she’d gently and our own Poodle Club of Amer - and Hogan, were in the traditional pluck them from my father’s tomato ica newsletter. For some of us, con - “lion clip,” with their fur left long at plants and we’d find half-eaten red quering the world of computers, the front but shaved from the last rib or green tomatoes on the deck. She iPads, and smartphones is daunting. to rear, with fur bracelets on each has done the same with my straw - (I have embraced my Kindle, leg and a plume on their tails com - berries this summer, picking them though, and it has become an addic - pleting the look of a lion—thus the off of my patio strawberry plant. tion.) In order to not become ex - name Löwchen or Little Lion Dog. When did this behavior start? Her tinct and remain viable, in the spirit As usual, a lively discussion pursued first Christmas. She was just over a of growth and the future, incorpo - about the clip and what people pre - year old, and I kept finding my plas - rating technology into our parent ferred. tic Christmas-tree ornaments in the club and its affiliates is a necessity. As I talked, the dogs were loose oddest places. I couldn’t figure out A study reported in January 2015 and wandering the room. Prada, the what was happening until I caught that 58 percent of U.S. adults have a social butterfly, led the pack with the her one day gently lifting one off of Facebook page. Social-media web - meet-and-greet, and all four dogs the tree and carrying it away. So it sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, were enjoying the attention as much started then, and as she got older it MySpace, and YouTube boast a as the residents were enjoying hav - developed into picking fruit and combined total network of over 500 ing them there. stealing cookies. million user profiles. Incorporating As everyone was chatting and pet - I don’t have nor have I ever heard new technology into our club and ting the dogs, I noticed out of the of another Löwchen who carries its affiliates is an effective way of corner of my eye that Stella had things in their mouths by choice as reaching our existing members and wandered off by herself. Now, if she does, or is so quiet or sneaky a new youthful generation. This is Stella were a person she would be about it. Clearly the day at the imperative for the future of our the polite, unassuming child who retirement home, she knew if she sport. keeps herself entertained and occu - drew attention to the fact that she’d The Poodle Club of America has pied. Everyone is a friend to Stella, found a stash of cookies, she’d have an active website and Facebook and of the two girls, Stella is the one to share! page. These forms of media are the you don’t notice at first, as she does - Why do I love this breed so fastest and most effective way to get n’t expect or demand from anyone. much? Well, they truly are individu - the word out about events, educa - However, it’s the quiet ones you als, each with their own uniqueness. tion, member information, and so have to watch! Stella was eating They amaze and entertain me at the on. Publicity generated from these something. A cookie! Where did it same time. Whether it’s Stella carry - media outlets plays an important

AKC GAZETTE • 42 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ role in attracting an increased num - theories about our little black devils. after 13 attempts and promptly quit g ber of entries and spectators. The It’s not scientific, and I certainly obedience. n Poodle Club of America encourages can’t boast that I’ve put advanced Like kids from the same family, i t

its affiliate clubs to set up and take performance titles on any of the different Schips have different per - r

advantage of the benefits of websites Schips I’ve had. In fact, the best I sonalities and learning abilities. Argo, o

and social media. In the modern-day ever accomplished were the basic Monkey’s half-brother, had been p tech era, there is no reason to not titles: Companion Dog and Novice shown in breed, and he won an s - use these resources as aids in the Agility. (I suppose I could throw in AOM at Westminster. When he n exchange of information. the CGC title as well. Hercules, my retired, I had him neutered and o The AKC website ( akc.org ) has 3-year-old neutered boy, earned his started him in obedience. Heeling n tutorials available to help clubs set at Meet the Breeds, in the noisy, posed no problem as long as I had up their own profiles on Facebook crowded Javits Center. Yet to see treats, but sitting when I halted and Twitter, and the AKC’s him lunge at a bicycle rider or a didn’t register with him. Learning Communications Department ( com - motorcycle as we cross the street, seemed a chore. Clearly, Argo was [email protected] ) has a wealth of barking like crazy, you’d wonder if not as bright as Monkey. sample press releases, media alerts, he deserved it.) It took a while, but we finally got pitch letters, and additional materials In my opinion, Schipperkes are two legs toward the CD, though we that clubs can use as templates to let not hard to train. They are intelli - never finished. At Argo’s last trial, he the public know what exciting work gent and eager to try new things, caught a whiff of hot dog from the your club is doing and what your especially when the payoff is a treat. food vendor at the other side of the members are involved in within the The trick is trying to keep them arena. He zoomed toward the exit. sport of purebred dogs. focused. I believe they get bored Luckily the stewards blocked his If you have not yet visited the easily, more so than other more escape. The judge told me, “He’s Poodle Club of America’s website “obedient” breeds, such as those very handsome, but you don’t qual - (poodleclubofamerica.org ) or Facebook belonging to the Working or ify.” I’d had enough, and so had page, please take the time. There is a Herding groups. Argo. tremendous amount of information I once had a Schipperke named Are Schipperkes hard to train? available, including details about our Monkey. We went to dog school, No. I believe they are tricky to train. upcoming national in April and all and she quickly learned all the You need to find a way to keep of its events and seminars, and our Novice obedience exercises. The their interest, avoid repetition so exciting regional in September. inducement, of course, was the they don’t get bored, and make each With all of this said, and in the treats. As I started to withdraw training session seem fresh and new. spirit of advancing into the modern them, she lost interest in me. She’d And to that, I say, “good luck!” — tech era, this is one dinosaur fighting approach other people in the class, M.C. her way out of the tar pits and hop - especially on the heel-free, and give Schipperke Club of America, ing you and your clubs will do the them that cute Schipperke look, schipperkeclub-usa.org same. hoping for a reward—a reward for —Mary Ellen Fishler, having done nothing. Shiba Inu [email protected] We’d practice heeling on walks, Cyberbullying Poodle Club of America, and after a few steps, she’d trot out n recent years, electronic commu - poodleclubofamerica.org in front of me. I’d say, “Monkey, Inication, the Internet and social heel,” and she’d come right back for media have provided some wonder - Schipperkes a step or two, then scoot ahead ful benefits to the world of national he following was contributed again. This became a game, which I dog clubs. The use of online forms, Tby Melanie Coronetz. soon stopped. I didn’t want her to bulletins, surveys, and balloting have try these antics in the ring. expedited and simplified all aspects Are Schipperkes Hard to Monkey was the kind of Schip of business within clubs and with Train? who’d lie down on the long sit at the AKC. It has saved time and Are Schipperkes hard to train? You every trial, even though she’d done money not to mention paper and can pose this question to 10 owners the exercise perfectly in class week postage. As the AKC and state gov - of the breed, and probably half of after week. At one trial, as she lay ernments continue to embrace addi - them would say “yes,” and the other down, she yawned, as if to say, Ha, tional forms of electronic half would say “no.” I have my own ha—take that! We got our CD title communication, national clubs re -

AKC GAZETTE • 43 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

vise their bylaws to accommodate moves ringside gossiping and nit - Dogs placed in pet homes g these changes. It is a win-win situa - picking into a public forum without There are two subcategories to n i tion. intimate interaction and allowing for this Bermuda Triangle of lost TTs. t

r With these bylaw changes, par - unrestrained interchanges that First, there are the puppies whom

o ent clubs are able to conduct busi - would never occur in an in-person the breeder has inaccurately evalu -

p ness online as their boards are in conversation. If the bullying is bol - ated. Who hasn’t heard of the dog

s daily communication and all mat - stered by additional participants, that was placed in a pet home and - ters receive immediate attention. then the whole process takes on a when seen once mature, the breeder n Issues that previously took months mob mentality and loses sight of all is astounded to find it has grown o to resolve may be handled in min - reason. In non-confrontational com - into an exceptional-quality TT? n utes and the public knows or bat participants do not see the Tragically, many dogs in this cate - expects to know all that transpires “enemy’s” faces or the consequences gory have already been neutered or immediately after it happens. of their actions. They cannot see the spayed, which is why it might be Transparency has become the pain it inflicts or the damage it does. wise to contractually delay such a buzzword from small organizations Inhibitions to violence and personal procedure, not only for health rea - to international governments, pri - conflict are removed when the tar - sons but to retain the ability to use vacy is almost nonexistent, and get is invisible. the TT in a breeding program. information as well as misinforma - Cyberbullying is an attack with Second is the case of the breeder tion is rampant. It only takes one serious collateral damage but no who knowingly has a nice prospect incorrect tweet, one misleading observable bloodshed. To put this in and places it in a presumed trusted Facebook post, or one deceptive doggy terms, it’s fence-fighting at its pet home to keep intact, with YouTube video, and it’s the old highest level. allowances for the breeder to finish “whispering a secret” game, magni - —Jacey Holden, and use the dog later. Few breeders fied by millions. With cell phones [email protected] have escaped the occasional sorry carrying all this communication at National Shiba Club of America, outcome of this scenario. The warp speed, from the positive Amber shibas.org trusted friend/pet home who Alerts and natural-disaster warnings claimed they would condition and to the chilling possibility of organ - Tibetan Terriers train the dog, be an enthusiastic sup - ized terrorist attacks, all this infor - The Greatest Dogs You’ll porter ringside, and become an afi - mation is in everyone’s pocket or Never See cionado of the breed essentially purse at the same time. recently viewed a video of one of ruins the dog. The dog is overweight The immediacy of cell phones, Ithe most beautiful, balanced, and unconditioned, the coat has electronic communication, and typey TTs I’ve ever seen. She was been scissored/chopped, and the social media has also spawned a dark gaiting around her backyard amid a temperament is now suited for a side with the potential to harm any - few other TTs as if in a show ring of carnival sideshow rather than the one at the most personal level: her own making. The much-re - show ring. The dog who formerly cyberbullying. Lately, much atten - spected breeder who posted the had eye-catching carriage and was a tion has been given to the fact that video lamented that it was too bad self-stacking maniac now has the bullying has moved from the she could not champion this TT, as demeanor of Droopy, the Warner schoolyard into social media, where the dog hated showing but was one Bros. cartoon dog. Best of luck to those who might not feel comfort - of the finest she had bred. any breeder who can still champion able confronting people face-to-face This got me thinking about this once-promising prospect. Can harass them from the safety of something my mentor told me the dog still be used in a breeding cyberspace. Young people have even nearly 20 years ago that has stuck program? Certainly. But it is a soul- committed suicide because of this with me. She proclaimed that some crushing experience for breeders. harmful practice. This goes on at of the nicest TTs you’ll see will every level, from young children never be found in a show ring. The puppy who is not a show prodigy harassing classmates online to adults There are at least three categories This category of great but over - using it as a venue to critique and of forgotten TTs that I think are looked dogs is noteworthy. TTs can criticize others without having to important for breeders to remember have bloodlines that take two to five see their faces or possibly incur tan - when considering which dogs years to mature, with the peak of gible retribution. should be included in their bree d- maturity being anywhere between 7 In the world of dog shows, it ing program: and 10 years of age. Sometimes a

AKC GAZETTE • 44 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ puppy is all put together at 8 weeks puppy who disappoints as a mature tion were restricted to just TTs who g and never falls apart; other times, the adult. How a dog ages is a critical love the show ring, one can imagine n puppy who was “pick” at 8 weeks aspect of choosing breeding stock. the overall negative impact on the i t

falls apart and doesn’t come back Many would love to see AKC breed. Often the same TTs who r

together until he’s at least 3 years implement a championship scheme shun the show ring are intelligent, o

old. That’s why good breeders keep that includes at least one major after bold, playful, confident, and sensitive p a long-term view, trust their obser - the dog has reached the age of 2 or companions at home and in other s - vations of the puppy, and patiently 3 for this very reason. venues. They can also self-stack and n wait until the time is right to take move like poetry in motion. o the dog out to champion or to spe - The dog who has a private persona Some of the most enriching n cial. Sage breeders know that pro - that differs from his public persona experiences I’ve had are visits with ducing TTs possessing excellent type Just like in the video taken in the breeders and observing their TTs in and structure are worth the wait. backyard, there are fantastic TTs environments other than dog shows. Finishing the dog by the time he is who never warm up to the show- My mentor was correct: Some of 1 year old is a low priority in ring environment. The TT tempera - the best TTs out there will never be achieving long-term goals. ment is discerning and chary, and seen in a show ring. It is worth find - It is also worth mentioning that this characteristic is possessed by ing them, making note of who they there is an inverse to this category— many TTs to some extent. It is per - are, and including them in the that is, dogs who are puppy prodigies haps the odd TT who enjoys pranc - appropriate breeding program. can grow up to be mediocre adults. ing around in an often tight circle in —Andrea Reiman, Again, any breeder worth her salt a big, echoey show venue full of [email protected] would prefer a puppy dunce and an strangers. It is really fun to have a Tibetan Terrier Club of America, adult knockout over a knockout TT like that, but if breeding selec - ttca-online.org

verse hinges around the people in ficient number of times to really g

Australian Cattle their lives. Good companion dogs learn it. However, research is indi - n Dogs will leave food, fun, friends (human cating that dogs learn quicker, i As You Think, So It Is or animal), absolutely anything to be require fewer repeats, remember the d r id you ever wonder why with or near their people. They may material longer, and learn new exer - e sometimes all of your training be playing and having all kinds of cises faster using a more positive sys - D h works exactly as you wanted it to, free recreation, so long as you are in tem of communication that that even in public—or better yet, in the the picture, but the minute you go achieved by harsh corrections and ring—while on other days ab - “out of frame,” they become anx - force tactics. solutely nothing goes your way? ious and start trying to get back into When teaching the stay, for There are some interesting bits of your zone. example, the handler sets the dog research floating around that might Over time, dogs can learn to up, gives the command, and leaves. give some real insights into what is make do with those periods of time The handler should be thinking: You really going on that maybe you when they are out of contact, but are the best dog in the world; I know never actually thought about. I most require a certain amount of you can do this. When the dog tries finally read a book that triggered a training and help. to follow, the handler, making no chain of thinking for me that helped Training that leads to your “cor - negative sound or movement, explain why this happens and what recting” the dog with any form of should quietly return to the dog and we might be able to do to stop the verbal or physical negative vibrations reposition him and leave quietly, still bad days and trigger more of the will most likely lead to an upset dog thinking how great the dog is and good ones. who is bent only upon getting you projecting the thoughts that you Dogs live in a very small universe, back in a good frame of mind. A know the dog can do it. Giving the of which we, the dog’s major per - dog who is upset is not a dog capa - “chain-breaker” command at this son(s), are the center. The individuals ble of learning what you are trying point (described in previous col - in a dog’s life are the beginning, the to teach. umn) really helps the dog internalize middle, the top and bottom, and the It is necessary to help the dog this exercise. end. Everything in their little uni - successfully repeat any activity a suf - Once the dog stays and you can

AKC GAZETTE • 45 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

return and reward, the thought the sport and working together to ment in local breeds …” g should be bright and aimed at the best of your abilities. In the book the author mentions n i telling the dog how great he did and When you know you and your the Iberian strain, “as it was known,

d how happy and proud you are. dog are on the same page, you will and which is thought by some to r Eventually the dog gets the mes - realize that no matter what happens, have been brought to the Irish e sage that you are happy when he you two will go home together and monastery farms by monks return - h stays and that you will be back and continue to develop your partner - ing from Spain to Portugal.” She also have loads of happy thoughts and a ship and improve your performance points out that Ireland and Wales reward. This may sound unnecessary skills in a friendly manner. were landing places for priests who to some, but believe me when I tell —Dr. Mary Belle Adelman, came from France and Spain cen - you it really works. It also opens the [email protected] turies ago. door for all future learning. Australian Cattle Dog Club of Those old Welsh farm dogs that The process of engaging in this America, acdca.org strongly resembled early Australian type of thinking, which many han - Shepherds in both type and tem - dlers will have to work at in the Australian perament almost died out. In 1997, beginning, will set you up to start Shepherds The Welsh Sheepdog Society thinking of all these positive scripts eanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor wrote (Cymdeithas Cwn Cymreig) was you are going to mentally use when Jthe following article about the formed to register and protect the training. You can say these things out breed’s history. indigenous Welsh sheepdogs from loud to the dog before and after the becoming absorbed by Border exercise, but not so much during, as Australian Shepherd Ori - Collies and to preserve the role of that will interfere with his learning gins and History the breed in livestock farming. the exercise. Smooth-faced Pyrenean sheep - These sheepdogs have been As your training progresses, you dogs have always existed, but most described as being adaptable in their will find yourself with a much hap - people are familiar with the longhair work and are good watchdogs, bark - pier look, walk, attitude, and overall variety. Natural bobtails (of varying ing at intruders, but normally good feeling of wellbeing. This runs lengths) do occur in some lines of with children. Sources have noted straight to the dog, and you will this breed. Occasionally puppies the following regarding these dogs: quickly see him begin to develop a with white and copper (tan) trim “They have a natural instinct for happy, bouncy approach to the are produced, but they are not stock work and are capable of using training. exhibited in the breed ring, as tan their own initiative as well as being The side effect of this method is trim is faulted in the breed. directed, which makes them very going to bring you great joy when The type of Basque shepherd that useful when working big groups of you start to show your dog off to once herded sheep across the sheep in open country. They will the public whether just for fun or in American West can still be found in spring to flush sheep from rocks or actual competitions. Because you remote regions of the Pyrenees undergrowth and have tremendous have trained yourself to think posi - mountains, but it is seen very rarely agility and stamina.” tive thoughts to your dog, you will in the show ring. “Equally at home in enclosed not be able to stop doing it when It is an established fact that ances - land or in the handling pens, they you perform. As a result, you will tors of colley dogs accompanied the will bark strongly if necessary, and not be worrying about what others Iberians, the ancient people of some will run across the backs of think, the possibility of failure, or northern Spain, as they migrated to sheep if they become jammed. A any of the many negative outcomes the British Isles. The following is strong dog can catch and hold a hill that plague most exhibitors. You will noted in Herding Dogs: Their Origins ewe at command; most will catch a know that if anything goes wrong, and Development in Britain, by Iris lamb for treatment. They have you and the dog will simply con - Combe: immense courage—a good Welsh tinue to work on it later until the “From customs records it appears dog weighing in at about 20 kg can problem is fixed. You will not worry that a few sheepdogs arrived in easily turn a 750 kg cow.” about true accidents that happen, Ireland with the Merino sheep from These Welsh sheepdogs were because they really are few and far Spain and Portugal in the early part taken to Australia with Welsh settlers between. You will be concentrating of the eighteenth century. The sheep and are believed to have contributed on doing the best job possible for from that area were being exported to the origin of the Australian both you and your dog and enjoying all over the world to effect improve - Koolie, formerly known as the

AKC GAZETTE • 46 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

German Koolie (or Coolie), one of anyone his size to play with and tion is right around the corner, g Australia’s oldest working breeds, keep him entertained. And no one climbing out of the puppy pen, test - n which appeared in the middle 1800s to teach him bite inhibition—which ing their new teeth on the furniture i in New South Wales. is when he finds out how much a and getting into wrestling matches d r In 1911, Robert Kaleski, who bite hurts when a sibling bites back. in the wee morning hours. But just e wrote the original breed standard However, putting a positive spin on one pup can be a breeze in compar - h for Australian Cattle Dogs, said, “At the situation, there are definitely ison. No rush to find his ideal for - this time there are many varieties of advantages to having just one pup. ever home. It almost seems like a working dogs. One particular one First, you don’t have to count. waste of money to advertise just one called the Welsh Heeler or Merle is Anyone who has had a multiple-pup pup. Someone will come along. commonly referred to as the litter knows exactly what I mean. Boomer was a case in point. A German Koolie.” Every time you look in the whelp - single pup, he was 4 before he went The following has been said of ing box, you count pups. You just to his forever family. He was easygo - the early Koolie: want to make sure mom hasn’t ing, congenial, well-behaved, and “They were highly adaptable and plopped down on one of the kids or quiet. When he was a pup, folks who would work in all terrain and if a particularly precocious pup called wanted a female or a male of weather until they dropped just for hasn’t left the premises to go explor - a different color. So he stayed. the sheer love of working, yet at the ing. Beardie pups do that. Eventually, he was shown through to day’s end were still devoted com - Second, you don’t have to worry his championship. Someplace along panions. They were bred for what if he’s getting enough to eat or a the way, a family with three high- was needed at the time. Truck and sufficient amount of attention. He’s energy children bought a pup from transport workers required a small, getting all of it. There’s no one to me, though I did not approve of agile, hardy dog that could move crowd him off a nipple or shove him their pick. She was a rambunctious quickly and work hard. For paddock away from the food dish. Not only is girl, overloaded with energy and a work on the station or for droving every bit of nourishment his and his nonstop nature. But they insisted she they wanted a dog that could eat up alone but he has mom’s undivided was what they wanted. the distances and have great stamina, attention—and yours too since he’s A few months later, I got a call. with a shorter coat to keep off the the only one to cuddle. No surprise; they couldn’t control burrs. In the snowy high country, Third, single pups are generally her. When the children raced around double-coated dogs with a soft, not much trouble at all. They are outside, she chased after them, even water-resistant undercoat were bet - minimal mess as compared to a clan nipping at them. If tied up, she ter suited to keep out the chill. In of seven or eight. Clipping nails, a barked incessantly. Inside, she ran the north, stockmen handling semi - bit of brushing and combing, and over the furniture as though it was wild cattle sought a well-built dog you’re done in minutes. an agility course. with strength needed for the job.” Four, he’s definitely Pick of the She wasn’t a bad Beardie, she was —J.J.H.-T. Litter. just in the wrong home. United States Australian Shepherd Five, your vet bill for exams, vac - I talked at length to the mother. Association, australianshepherds.org cinations, health certificates, and so She wanted a Beardie who would on is going to be minimal—or as be a companion to the children but Bearded Collies minimal as vet bill is likely to be also a calm, good-natured housepet. One Singular Sensation these days. Which does not exactly “I think I know the personality hat’s it? That’s all? Just one? fit the definition of “minimal.” you want,” I told her. “I’ll be happy TOne. Uno. Ein. One and only. Six, potential puppy purchasers to take your pup back and replace One singular sensation. I’ll sing you don’t have to make a choice her with a more relaxed pup from One ho, green grow the rushes, ho … between a boy or girl, black or the next litter. I have an adult dog That’s enough. You get the idea. brown and so on. He is what he is. who has the temperament I think After waiting 63 days for the litter A word of warning here: If the you’d like. Why don’t I let you take to arrive, at 8:30 in the evening, pup is somewhat laid-back, you him for a week or two and see if Friday delivered the first—and might forget to sell him. That’s not that’s the personality you had in only—pup. True, he’s a handsome the case when there are a half-dozen mind?” blue boy … but just one? or more pups gnawing at your So Boomer went off to spend There are a few disadvantages to ankles, going through that expensive some time with the family. And having a singleton. Like not having puppy food like they’re afraid starva - never came back. After two weeks,

AKC GAZETTE • 47 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

the mother called. “Could we just encroaching on the cheeks so as to dogs than you or I do, and they get g keep Boomer, and forget about give the dog a strange, made-up to nudge the breed in the direction n i another pup?” she asked cautiously. look. On the chest, the markings are that they choose. Of course, breed -

d He was exactly what they wanted, distinct and also blend into the coat. ers nudge the breed, too. While our r and he lived out the rest of his long In the past, Beaucerons came in judges are sifting through what e and happy life with them. many other colors. In 1911, there breeders have presented to them, h Just for the record, the wild and were six coat colors listed among what are they thinking? crazy pup went to an obedience the “most liked” in the 1896 statutes I asked a sample of Belgian home and became a well-mannered of the Club du Chien de Berger breeder-judges what they felt were pet. Français (Club of the French the most serious faults seen in My lone blue boy will not be tak - Shepherd). These were black; black Malinois in the show ring. I was ing up permanent residence here, and rust; grey and fawn; tawny; astonished to find complete una - despite his excellent construction, tawny with charcoal wash; and grey nimity on the most serious faults despite his adorable expression, despite with black patches. Yet show catalogs currently being observed in the his go-get-’em attitude, despite his and LOF entries indicate that about ring: straight/forward-placed fronts, authoritative gait. And that’s one of 10 colors were seen in the show lack of type, and incorrect tempera - the disadvantages of a single pup. He ring between 1896 and 1920. In ment. In addition, they were in can steal your heart. 1923, the revised standard limited broad agreement about the percent - —Alice Bixler, [email protected] these colors to the six preferred col - age of exhibits that display these Bearded Collie Club of America, ors. faults: Poor fronts, 40–60 percent; bcca.us In the 1960s, Harloup du Val lacking type, 20–30 percent; incor - Redon and Dorette de l’Etoile des rect character, 10–25 percent. These Beaucerons Neiges, both grey, became champi - judges also believe that while type he following was written by ons and transmitted the grey reces - has improved over time, structure TClaudia Batson. sive gene through a large progeny has not. well-represented in most established This strong and consistent chorus Color and the Beauceron French kennels, consequently infil - is not at all what I expected. This Today there are two recognized trating the breed’s U.S. gene pool. unanimity sends its own message: coat colors for the Beauceron: the The 1969 standard reduced the coat Listen up! black and the harlequin. colors to the black and rust and har - We think of the Malinois as an The harlequin coat is bicolor, lequin, as the rarer mouse-grey and athletic breed; poor fronts are com - with an even blend of grey and brown colors were eliminated. pletely antithetical to athletic per - black; it does not include any white. Nowadays, it is a rare occurrence to formance. As one judge noted, (White patches can easily be over - run into a grey or brown “Straight shoulders throw the gait looked, however, especially on and Beauceron, yet it can happen. off and limit the longevity of a dog’s under the chest.) A well-marked Gone are the days of multiple col - athletic career. Straighter angulation harlequin Beauceron is a handsome ors—today two coat colors remain, limits the length of stride, leading to animal; unfortunately, this coloring the black and the harlequin. —C.B. inefficient movement, never good is not always stable. Many harlequins —American Beauceron Club, for a working dog.” Another said, “A lose the striking marbling of grey beauce.org dog with straighter shoulders can and black they show when young sometimes look more elegant stand - and mature into black and rust dogs. Belgian Malinois ing still. But breeders, owners and Upon close examination of these Front and Center! judges need to understand that the dogs it is possible to see lighter ver the course of three ‘look’ isn’t as important as being able flecks in the coat; the black will not Odecades, I have had ample op - to work for a full day.” be pure and deep. portunity to observe for myself how Have you noticed poor structure The Beauceron’s markings of a an effective Malinois moves and to in dogs at performance venues? I deep rust color contrast nicely with develop my own opinions. In this sure have. I sit ringside for agility the dog’s coat—either the deep, pure column, however, I wanted to focus trials weekend after weekend, mark - black or the harlequin’s evenly mar - on the opinions of some of the peo - ing the difference between dogs bled grey and black. On the muzzle, ple with the strongest influence on who are built for easy movement the rust color must blend in gradu - our breed: breeder-judges. They get and those who struggle over the ally and not appear painted on and the opportunity to see a lot more jumps on heart alone, their discom -

AKC GAZETTE • 48 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ bobulated front and rear ends mak - clude dry food, freeze-dried food, such as “All natural and made in the g ing their separate ways over the raw, and homemade, and there are so USA.” n jump, somehow keeping most of the many different types of ingredients, I do not have multiple dogs, so I i bars up, the two halves never seem - too. There are a variety of protein do not worry so much about the d r ing to re-synchronize from one sources, from the traditional of beef, cost of dog food. For those who do, e jump to the next. These dogs are just lamb, and chicken to the more un - however, cost can play a major role h a collection of parts, not the kind of usual, such as bison, herring, and in your pet food selection. Dietary balanced athletes needed for long, rabbit. Grain, no grain, brown rice, needs can change as a dog ages or healthy, top-flight careers in any sweet potato, no potato—it seems has health issues. When my older sport. like the choices are endless. dog seemed to have problems eat - I dare to make a suggestion for What do you feed, and why? Is ing, I chose to cook her meals for your consideration: It has been the your choice based on what you have her. I worked with my vet and an fashion for a very long time to show always fed your dogs for years? Is it animal nutritionist and worked out dogs in display ads and on websites because they thrive on the food? several recipes for her. Yes, it was in a three-quarter view. This maxi - Does cost play a role, or have you time consuming, but it was worth it mizes the “look of eagles.” chosen different foods for different to me, and she gobbled up every Unfortunately, it also completely dogs based on age or health condi - meal. Diet is also critical to your obscures the quality of the dog’s tions? There are so many different dog’s energy and well being. neck, topline, and front and rear reasons why people choose what So remember: Have fun, hug your assemblies. Why not include, at least they feed their dog. Then there are dog, and smile. as an inset, a simple, honest photo of supplements and vitamins that we —Andrae Kipin Acerra, the dog properly stacked and baited, can include in our pet’s meals as [email protected] shot directly from the side, in every well. Belgian Sheepdog Club of ad and website? It will help every - I am not a nutritionist nor a vet - America, bsca.info one understand your priorities, even erinarian, but I like to feel that I if one standing photo cannot possi - make informed choices when I feed Border Collies bly represent all the good qualities my dog (well, all of my pets). I talk New Game for Old Bones of your dog. with my vet, my fellow competitors, and Young Brains Do not imagine, however, that and other dog club members as well he Border Collies are a pack of our judges have not forgotten about as do research online and attend Tfour at our house, with a spread type. Said one, “Head faults are not nutrition lectures. But most impor - in age, drive, and mobility. At 12½, as serious to the entire dog, but a tantly, I watch my dog: Does she eat Jinx is the matriarch, able to settle correct head makes a correct all of her food? Is her coat shiny? And disputes with a slight curl of her lip, Belgian—as much as silhouette in of course, look at her bowel move - and able to teach puppies impecca - my opinion … but on any given ments. ble boundaries and manners with a day, even if it’s the worst Malinois in As I write this, it made it think confident stiffening of her spine. the ring, I’d still take one home, back to my childhood dog, who ate Her son, Satch, is 8 years old, a blue- because life is not the same without wet and dry food for every meal. eyed blue merle with a calm de - a Belgian in it!” There were no “designer kibbles,” meanor and unflappable nature. Her Or, put another way, at the end of and she thrived and lived to be 14 daughter, Rogue, is 7, a tricolor the dog show, you always go home years old and had no problems asso - shaded sable—insistent, intense, and with the best Malinois in the world. ciated with her diet. I wonder how keenly observant. Banner is Rogue’s Right? Of course right. much we have affected the change lanky, leggy blue merle son, just over —Carilee (Cole) Moran, in our pets’ dietary needs—or is a year old and the most destructive [email protected] there a difference in the quality of puppy we’ve ever owned. Child - American Belgian Malinois Club, ingredients that perpetuates the proofing and puppy-proofing have malinoisclub.com/abmc change? Some ingredients are out - taken on new meaning and urgency. sourced from different countries and We developed a new game this Belgian Sheepdogs may not have as stringent food regu - summer, at the peak of 108-degree You Are What You Eat lations as we do in the United weather in southern Oregon and at here are so many choices avail - States. Labeling can be confusing, as a time when the arthritic older dog Table to the dog owner today on companies use different language to needed a gentle game that appealed what to feed your dog. Options in - describe their products, using terms to her keen work ethic but didn’t

AKC GAZETTE • 49 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

stress her joints. At the same time, The younger dogs practiced impulse Certainly, the dog world must rate g the youngest dog needed a game management and competed to find right near the top of the list. Not n i that tested his impulse control, the toy. It involved minimal pound - only has the AKC added a number

d worked on his stay command, and ing on their joints and posed less of new canine competitions such as r allowed him to use his brain more risk for injury from repetition. I rally, barn hunt, dock diving, agility, e than pure brawn and speed. loved watching their different styles and all-breed lure coursing with h A corner of our property is heav - and persistence. their own sets of titles, but also the ily shaded by a high canopy of oak, We’ll play a similar game with older dog sports have had additional sequoia, and fir trees, and there is teabags during rainy months spent tests and titles appended to the almost always a breeze moving indoors. basics. And let’s not forget the new through the branches, even in —Mary Fish Arango, (to the U.S.) breeds that have exceptionally hot weather. The dogs [email protected] become part of the scene such as the are keen retrievers, and they would Border Collie Society of America, PBGV, its big brother the GBGV, fetch toys for hours if allowed to bordercolliesociety.com and the more conventional ones that keep obsessing. But I discovered that have long been known by initials we could slow down the game and Briards such as the OES and GSD. change the challenge: I began leav - An Alphabet in a Blender Remember not so long ago when ing the dogs in a long down at one he gal in the medical office the only official conformation title end of the yard and walking away Tasked, “And the last four of was “champion”? Presently there’s from them with the toy—a bumper, your sins?” now the Grand Champion title, a fleece tug, or a tug toy made of Huh? She was taking down all the with several stages of degrees desig - fire hose. I would zigzag through pertinent info they always seem to nated by precious metals. It helps to bushes and under trees and wind ask like name, age, address, rank and have a degree in metallurgy to know around in a giant oval back to the serial number, blood type, and which ranks highest. We have a lan - dogs. Along the way, I would hide mother’s maiden name. But my sins? guage all our own that sometimes the toy, sometimes on the ground, My life has not been very exciting resembles an alphabet in a blender. sometimes two or three feet above lately, and frankly, I couldn’t think of Just imagine someone from a the ground in dense brush. I would any recent sins, or at least any worth national security agency tapping return to them and release them bragging about. into emails between two very active with “Find it!” Tired of waiting for my answer, and involved members of the dog The older dogs would bound off she tried again. “Your sin,” she community. It might go something excitedly, noses to the ground. insisted, “You know, SSN—the last like this: Rogue would retrace my footsteps four digits of your social security “Hi, BJ, big news from the week - and gradually close in on the loca - number.” Oh. end. Gabe earned his final UDX leg tion. Satch would wait until some - Some years ago, when you Saturday and took HIT from Open one else found it, poised to steal it. wanted a shorter version of a word, on Sunday. BTW, he NQd in Utility Jinx, with fading eyesight and you just eliminated the last few let - Sunday. In the signals exercise, his painful toes, would systematically ters. So, for instance, corporation brain was MIA. But the HIT made air-scent, using her nose to narrow became corp. Later, the post office up for it. We’re trying for his OTCh. the cone of odor. Banner seemed to stepped in and gave all the states just He has his OM1 now. His son, search in a disorganized way, but he two-letter designations. I still haven’t Ransom, was in the rally trial there often came up with the toy first. been able to figure out if AK stands on Sunday and got the final leg on With the toy returned to me, they for Arkansas or Alaska, and AL could his RA. Next up will be his RE. So would get ready for another round. be Alaska or Alabama. Don’t bother the weekend was definitely OK. Down. Wait. Hide. Wait. Release. to explain. I won’t remember. How did your weekend go? Reward. Play. Repeat. Anyway, now we’re down to just AJ.” This new game became our single letters representing whole Hey, AJ, we were in agility, and favorite pastime during brutally hot words, and some letter combinations Sterling Q’d in both JWW and T2B summer weather. The old dog are so familiar they need no translat - both days. Remember Carol, who searched at her own pace, using her ing—fr’instance, AKC. got one of my pups, Zip? She considerable experience and Each sport, interest, occupation or earned her MACH last week! And advanced technique. The lower- industry has its own vocabulary with did I mention that her litter-sister drive dog observed and played thief. accompanying abbreviations. Nifkin got her CAX about a month

AKC GAZETTE • 50 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ ago? She’s a born lure courser. speaks this aunt of a very large fam -

Cardigan Welsh g We’ve really got a versatile breed. ily and who has the photos to prove Corgis n Our Briards can do just about any - it. ur guest columnist for this i thing—except maybe earthdog. Such is the case with young dogs, issue is Adrienne Alexander. d O r Well, TTFN. particularly those of less than 18 Adrienne lives in Maine with her e —Alice Bixler, [email protected] months of age. My pups played for a husband, a pack of Cardigan corgis, h Briard Club of America, briard - few minutes with the tennis ball, tug and a very senior Whippet. Her clubofamerica.org rope, and squeaky toys that I threw grown children refer to the dogs as out for them, then decided that they their “furry siblings.” She is a mem - Canaan Dogs would much rather play with twigs ber of the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Canaans and Their Odd and small branches from the back - Club of America. Toys yard deciduous tree, small cones umerous Internet sources list from the pine tree, an empty paper Target Sticks, Reachers, and Nthe annual economics of the towel roll from the recycle bin, and Tugs, Oh My! pet industry as a multibillion-dollar long stems of grass from the fence It’s never too early to consider business, broken down into the line. It seemed to me that my pups how we’d interact with our dogs major purchases of the pet itself and played with the odd toys far longer through temporary, permanent, or its food, veterinary care, boarding, than with the more costly commer - progressive changes in our or our and grooming. cial toys. dogs’ mobility as a result of tempo - Though not a major item in the I checked with a couple other rary setbacks such as surgery, pro - pet budget, the acquisition of toys owners of young Canaan Dogs and gressive medical conditions includ - for the furry members of our house - found similar results, as well as some ing degenerative myelopathy (DM), hold is one that owners give due other unusual toys—rocks of any and age-related changes in ability to consideration, especially dog own - size, empty water bottles, hair - “get up and do.” ers. Plush or hard? Natural or artificial? brushes, TV remotes, facial tissues, Rather than present a how-to, I Squeaky or silent? Stuffed or flat? and underwear (it made a superb hope sharing some of my pre-emp - These are just a few deliberations, tug toy for the two sub-adult tive strategies in the face of a pro - with cost being the counterpoint to Canaans, until it was removed by the gressive neuromuscular disease them. embarrassed owner in front of her would change the way I A 2004 AKC online pet-owner - family). approached working with my dogs ship cost survey of 1,001 partici - So, with this information in mind, may help others to initiate some pants found that the average annual will we dog owners no longer spend games and training tactics that can cost of toys was $217 our hard-earned money on a piece be fun for dogs and their humans. (akc.org/pdfs/press_center/costs_of_dog_ of plastic or soft fabric in favor of Dogs of any age can enjoy fol - ownership.pdf ); considering the one of these odd toys to amuse our lowing a target stick and receiving increased costs of consumable items Canaan Dog? Probably not; we are a reward. Though telescoping or within the decade since this survey still a product of that other multi- folding target sticks have their was taken, it is easy to see that the billion dollar business of advertising, place, a garden stick with a piece of price of any dog toy is something which counts on our emotional hot dog stuck on the end is all you that should be regarded as an attachment to our pets. I will still need to get started. After a dog gets expense. wander through the pet department the idea about following the stick, However, recently as I was sitting aisles of the supermarket, peruse the one can dangle from the end a outside watching my 12-week-old vendors at dog shows, and search stuffed-toy carcass rubbed with hot puppies playing in the backyard, it online for that “perfect” dog toy that dog or cheese to turn the stick struck me that puppies and very will satisfy my Canaan’s need to game into a predator-and-prey ses - young children have a lot in com - chew and/or play. And all the while sion. mon with regard to toys. More often knowing that in my house and back - I’ve found that target-stick games than not, a young child between 1–5 yard lurks the next odd toy that my are super while I am in motion, years of age, when given a present dog will prefer to whatever I buy . whether on my feet, seated in a for a birthday or holiday, will invari - —Denise A. Gordon, chair, or wheeling. Remember that ably abandon the commercial toy in [email protected] these unstuffed toys can usually be favor of the box (if it’s big enough) Canaan Dog Club of America, thrown in the wash . or the wrapping for amusement. So cdca.org A reacher is handy, too. Trouble

AKC GAZETTE • 51 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

bending to pick things off the floor? conversation. This way everyone can

g Collies Prefer to work seated? Arms not An Ounce of Prevention understand what adjustments will be n i long enough? A reacher (or several, ccidents, mistakes, misjudg - needed for the time it takes for the

d in a variety of lengths) may be in ments—we humans are prone! dog to acclimate. r A your future. I use a reacher in several Sometimes our dogs are the unfortu - Even the best of circumstances e different ways when I train from a nate recipients of our being “only can go wrong. Recent owners can h standing or seated position. In addi - human.” Whether you buy, sell, place, think their dog is adjusting beauti - tion to retrieving things from the foster, board, or transport dogs, there fully and in one instant of misjudg - floor, it lets me grab training tool, are times when our dogs are at risk ment, regardless of how well social - toys, and treat bags from a table that of getting away and getting lost. By ized and trained the dog is, find is at a distance. thinking in terms of prevention we themselves in a bad situation. Although I could just teach a can avoid a lot of stress and potential The important thing to realize is, directed retrieve, we’re having fun tragedy. without being paranoid, we should playing with a longer reacher to Remember the bumper sticker take off the rose-colored glasses and teach a vertically challenged that says “Assume Nothing”? Have “nothing bad will happen” attitude Cardigan corgi to pick an object you ever witnessed something you and understand this from the dog’s from the floor and bring it to me. later wish you’d addressed—the point of view. Hope for the best and She’s already learned that following loose dog in the car, the ill-fitting plan for the worst is a sound philoso - an unstuffed carcass dangling from a collar, the short nylon lead, the little phy when dealing with a new dog. reacher to put her foot on a touch- kid holding the dog? If you are bringing a dog home, spot on the floor elicits a reward Trust your instincts, and speak up: the first rule is make plans for walk - when she returns to me. So we have Put the dog in a crate, tighten the ing and transporting. A martingale the “go out and come back” com - collar, lend a longer lead, ask the collar, well-fitting and well-made ponent. Our next step will be to go adult to hold the dog. harness, or slip collar are a necessity. to the touch-spot, pick up the When a dog goes into a new Any collar or harness should fit unstuffed carcass that I release from home, it is important to explain to snugly for the first few months and the reacher, and bring it back to me the owners that they are strangers to while traveling. My preference is a for a reward. their newly acquired pet, and every - six-foot cotton lead (nylon is slip - This type of short-distance work thing is foreign and unfamiliar. pery and shorter, and it gives no can be modified in myriad ways. It Under the best of circumstances it space to relax the lead), and can be fun for dogs and humans, can take months for a dog to accli - absolutely not a Flexi-lead. Hold the even for dogs with limited mobility. mate and bond with his new family. leash so that if the dog balks or For dogs who can no longer fetch Observe how the dog lives at pres - pulls, rather than tightening the lead but might enjoy a gentle game of ent. It’s probably a fairly regimented you can step toward the dog and tug or grab-and-release-for-reward, and predictable life. For example, we create some slack. tug toys are invaluable. have our dogs restricted to the back Even puppies who adjust quickly We’ve been inspired by several half of the house, where doors only can be frightened by unfamiliar friends who have earned rally titles open to fenced yards. If a new dog is things such as a neighbor’s fero - with their dogs while working from given free rein of the house at his cious-sounding dog or a garage scooters and motorized wheelchairs. new home, he might dash out the door opening. When you are the They’re working with taller dogs, front door to a street. So that dog stranger taking the dog to some - and though it’s somewhat more must first learn to not dash through where unknown (as the dog per - challenging to work with a verti - doors, be restricted, and taught to ceives it), take extra precautions. cally “challenged” dog from a wait and stay at the door. Teach your dog some basics before motorized chair, I’m finding it If the dog is not well socialized, or he travels, too: a rock-solid sit, a stay, doable and fun. There’s now a is fearful or anxious, anything differ - and most important, a come when Facebook page called “Dog Sports ent can be stressful. Every prospec - called. If your dog is accustomed to for Handlers with Mobility Aids.” tive owner should have a frank dis - coming and being rewarded, it could All are welcome. —A.A. cussion in order to understand if the save his life someday. —Jeff Welch, dog is socialized to traffic, trucks, —Marianne Sullivan, [email protected] other animals, children, noises, or [email protected] Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of even to life as a housedog. All family Collie Club of America, coll - America, cardigancorgis.com members should be included in the lieclubofamerica.org

AKC GAZETTE • 52 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

Two weeks later, Ryp made her somewhat longer hair extending to

Finnish Lapphunds g Breed Firsts dreams come true when they earned the pastern and hock respectively. n eing a breed relatively new to their OTCH together. Faults of coat include soft, silky, too i

the AKC, the Finnish Lap - Lorraine keeps it all in perspec - long outer coat, wooly, curly and d B r phund breed has plenty of “firsts” to tive, saying, “Ryp is by far the best open coat.” e happen. Our first champion (Linda dog I have ever owned, and he is my Of what importance is the correct h Marden’s Sugarok Champagne on soul dog, but most important, he is a coat of the German Shepherd Dog? Ice), our first MACH dog (Donna great bed-warmer and my team - Here are several reasons why the Cupka’s U-GRCH MACH2 Valkea mate. My husband, Blaine, and I love correct coat is vital: Summit, CD, RE, XF, OJP, NAP, him to bits. Endless thanks to Linda 1. To provide protection against CGC, IT, TDI), and this quarter we Marden and Sugarok Finnish the elements. celebrate not one but two hard - Lapphunds for breeding such a mag - 2. Dense coats make it difficult for working dogs in our community, nificent dog.” fleas and ticks to penetrate to the and two more firsts for the breed in Our second “first” (grin, yes, I skin. the AKC. went there): For the breed this quar - 3. Hot spots are less prevalent in Lorraine Paglini is a name well ter is a lovely bitch named correct coat. known and loved to those in com - Mysidekick Cracars The Iron Lady 4. The correct coat allows the panion events, both in Siberian Margaret Thatcher, HT, BN, NA, GSD to work in less than optimum Huskies and in Lappies. She’s out in HSAd, owned by Meredith Webb. conditions (such as snow or freezing potato-land, and everyewhere else Meredith and Thatcher are the first rain) when herding sheep. she and husband, Blaine, can get to team to earn an AKC started herd - Inheritance of the long coat gene in their RV, trialing the workhorse, ing title—or any herding title above is a simple recessive pattern. Many Ryp. Ryp is officially the first tested. Meredith and Thatcher people brag about their dogs being Finnish Lapphund (and Lorraine’s earned their Herding Started A “coat free.” Many spay and neuter first dog ever) to earn an OTCH Course Duck just a few weeks ago, long-coat puppies. Several other top title—Obedience Trial Champion. and we are very proud of them as breeders have kept their long-coated Ryp is also the first (and to date well! puppies and bred them to dogs who only) Lapphund to have earned —Tish Brockmire, do not carry the long-coat recessive, both OTCH and MACH. Lorraine [email protected] resulting in a litter with beautiful says “He has not only met but far Finnish Lapphund Club of furnishings. surpassed all of my expectations. He America, finnishlapphundclubofamer - Judges often overlook a dog with loves any task that I set for him and ica.org a long coat, when it is only a simple is a dream partner!” fault—no greater than any of the Ryp’s official name is German Shepherd other minor faults listed in the stan - OTCH/MACH Sugarok Dogs dard. This is wrong and must be Harkaryppy, UDX3, OM4, MXS, elen Gleason contributed the brought to the attention of all who MJS, MXPB, MJP3, MJPB, PAX, Hcolumn below. judge our wonderful breed. NF. The SV, located in Augsburg, In 2013 they were invited to the German Shepherd Dog Germany, the worldwide parent AKC Obedience Championships, Coat organization of the German where they finished fourth in the The following is from the breed’s Shepherd breed, has approved classes Herding Group, and 13th overall AKC standard: for all ages of the Long Hair German (that’s all-breed—for the whole “The ideal dog has a double coat Shepherd Dog. This dog must have a country!). In March 2014 Ryp of medium length. The outer coat dense undercoat. —H.G. earned his MACH, and in March should be as dense as possible, hair —German Shepherd Dog Club 2015 Ryp qualified and competed straight, harsh and lying close to the of America, gsdca.org in the AKC Agility Nationals in body. A slightly wavy outer coat, Reno, Nevada, where he placed often of wiry texture is permissible. Icelandic Sheepdogs 12th in his jump height for the The head including the inner ear ur guest columnist is Kathryn entire country. He is only the sec - and foreface, and the legs and paws OAnanda-Owens ond Lappy to have competed in this are covered with short hair, and the ([email protected] ), an Icelandic Sheep - event—the first being Lorraine’s first neck with longer thicker hair. The dog Association of America Judge Finnish Lapphund, Tavvi, in 2005. rear of the forelegs and hind legs has Educator.

AKC GAZETTE • 53 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

From Novice A Agility to DVD, which is a great way to start good judge educators? Encourage g Judges’ Education off a judges’ education seminar. them to learn more about the n i To outsiders, the conformation Actually, with my first seminar, process.

d world can be something of a mys - presented last February to a group Are you an AKC judge interested r tery. Even those showing in the of Minnesota judges at the Twin in learning more about the Icelandic e breed ring may never give much Cities Obedience Training Club in Sheepdog? Find the illustrated breed h thought to the education of confor - Minneapolis, the seminar began standard at icelanddogs.com/Illustrated- mation judges, or wonder what it with an enthusiastic greeting from standard.html and request a judges’ might take to become involved with the Icelandic Sheepdogs available for tutorial DVD from Thordur judges’ education for their breed(s). illustration and examination. While Runolfsson, ISAA Judges Education Judges’ education needn’t be a mys - it’s important that these dogs are Chair, at [email protected]. tery! Even if you start as a novice, excellent examples of type, it’s help - Happy learning! —K.A.-O. you can one day find yourself hav - ful to provide dogs with different The Icelandic Sheepdog ing a heartwarming time presenting strengths. One of my example dogs Association of America, to AKC judges about your dog’s was an ideal greeter, so the judges icelanddogs.com breed. got to see the “cheerfulness, friendli - I became involved with the ness, and curiosity” mentioned in Norwegian Buhunds Icelandic Sheepdog Association of the temperament section of the Barn Hunt PART TWO America, the AKC parent club for illustrated breed standard. his is the second part of my in - the Icelandic Sheepdog, when my We followed the greeting with a Tterview with Brenda Lund, first dog and I began to compete in viewing of the tutorial DVD. The owner-handler of Comet (Ch. agility. At the time, the Icelandic DVD helpfully introduces the Norskwynd’s Comet Absolutt, RN, Sheepdog was an FSS breed—not Icelandic landscape—judges can RATI, RATCHX2), the first Nor - yet fully recognized with AKC but understand why the Icelandic wegian Buhund to complete his registered with the Foundation Sheepdog is structured the way he is Barn Hunt championship. Stock Service—so I followed the when viewing the breed’s native ter - What are your thoughts on the future move toward full acceptance and the rain. of this activity? Do you see it becoming development of the breed standard, We proceeded section by section more popular in the future? and I learned from breed experts the through the breed standard, refer - Hunting is a natural activity that ISAA brought to national gatherings. encing photographs and descriptions most of our dogs do not get to do. Mostly I wanted to know more from the illustrated breed standard, Barn Hunt gives them an outlet for about the history of the breed and and went over the example dogs this while keeping the rats safe. its status as part of the cultural her - according to the sections of the Many breeds besides earthdogs were itage of Iceland, but I began to breed standard as well. expected to control vermin. Barn learn about structure and type and My secret weapon for the evening Hunt provides a means to test this genetics as well, from such wonder - was an example bitch who was ability and instinct that we never ful experts on the Icelandic included in the illustrated breed had before. Sheepdog as Gudrún Gudjohnsen, standard. I was able to quiz the Tell us about the rats that you keep Hans-Åke Sperne, and Wilma judges present on their evaluation of for Barn Hunt training. Are they stressed Roem. Icelandic Sheepdog owners the bitch and compare their com - at all? in the United States owe a tremen - ments with the comments of an Pet rats are very intelligent ani - dous debt of gratitude to them, and international expert on the breed. mals, and most of them are very to Sigridur Pétursdóttir, for their I am pleased to report the judges willing to participate in this activity. efforts to educate ISAA members did very well on the quiz. I’m also There are several videos on YouTube and AKC judges as the breed pleased to report that I’m pretty sure showing rats getting in and out of moved from FSS to the Herding I learned as much from them in tubes on their own, and some in Group. ISAA judge educators owe February as they did from me. clear training-tubes going about them a particular debt of gratitude, Are you interested in getting their business and even trying to because they made our job so much involved in judges’ education? interact with the dogs. easier with their contributions to an Contact your parent club to find out I understand that you are a judge illustrated breed standard. more about judges education for with the Barn Hunt Association. Can Additionally, ISAA judge educators your dog’s breed. Do you know you tell us a little about that? use the association’s breed tutorial people who you think would be From the beginning of my

AKC GAZETTE • 54 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ involvement with Barn Hunt, I real - Learning to read what your dog is chewing at the foot or discoloration g ized that I needed to be part of telling you is key to this activity. of the hair so that turns pink or red - n organizing events and practices to Barn Hunt requires handlers to dish brown. You may even notice a i help it grow. I traveled six hours to learn to read and trust their dog— yeasty smell. d r compete in the first titling trial in and those things can really enhance This is one of those cases where e Columbia, Missouri, and seven any dog-human relationship. an ounce of prevention is worth a h hours to our second trial in Thank you, Brenda, for sharing your pound of cure. The obvious solution Durham, North Carolina (where thoughts about Barn Hunt. is to trim the hair between the pads Comet finished his Novice title and —Jasmine Tata, on a regular basis. A small pair of earned his Open title). By the end [email protected] sharp scissors will do the job. of that trial, I knew that I wanted to Norwegian Buhund Club of However, there is always a chance of become a judge and started working America, buhund.org nicking the foot, so the author to fulfill the requirements (which prefers a high-speed clipper with a can be found on the Barn Hunt Old English size 5/8 blade. This is narrow website, barnhunt.com ). Sheepdogs enough that can get below the Overall, how would you compare Hair, Hair Everywhere tightest mats and clip them out. Barn Hunt to other events in which you he rough, shaggy coat of an Once the hair and mats are have participated? Is Barn Hunt easier TOld English makes it one of removed, the exposed skin should to train for compared to other events, or the most recognizable breeds in the be checked. If it is reddened or more difficult? canine world. When the dogs are in shows other signs of distress, applica - Compared to obedience and the show ring clean, brushed, and tion of something topical would be agility, Barn Hunt has very few fluffed up, their coats are certainly in order. Two possibilities are hydro - behaviors to train. You do need to their crowning glory. However, as is gen peroxide and Betadine. If there recognize your dog’s indication, have often the case, one can have too are signs of a more serious infection, cues for climbing and tunneling, and much of a good thing, especially then a visit to your veterinarian is in be able to get the rat tube from your when the hair is growing in the order. dog. The rules make sure that the “wrong” places. Two of these wrong If you live in an area where fox - dog is successful every time, even places are the hair growing between tails or other invasive grass or weed when they do not cue, because you the pads of the feet, and between seeds are prevalent, you know the can show them the rat. the toes. Each of these areas is dis - hair between the toes can also be a Comet loves Barn Hunt! He has a cussed below. problem. The grass seeds can lodge natural tendency to worry and The hair that grows between the between the toes and then work wants to be right every time. That pads is subject to more rigorous their way under the skin. Soaking made agility and rally very stressful conditions than the rest of the coat, the foot in a warm solution of for him. Our biggest challenge in due to contact with the ground and Epsom salts may help draw the seed Barn Hunt is completing the tunnel. the rubbing of the pads against each out. However, this type of puncture He knows that the rat is not in the other. If the ground is wet, the hair wound typically ends up with a trip tunnel—so why should he go in between the pads will also be wet. the vet’s office for treatment. there? We spend time training every The result is a high likelihood that If you are not showing your OES, week with just tunnels and lots of the hair will form hard mats one way to avoid such a problem is his favorite treats when he comes between the pads. If left unchecked, to give your dog “Poodle feet.” This out. As long as I keep his “tunnel these can cause a number of prob - involves keeping the entire foot bank account” full, I can usually get lems. Since the mats are hard, they shaved below the top of the pha - them in trials now. Before I started start to splay the feet. This can affect langes. Here a number 10 blade is a doing that, he would pin his ears the dog’s gait—something to keep good choice. Shaving eliminates the back and ignore me, and we would in mind if you are showing in con - hair that is likely to catch a foxtail NQ just because of no tunnel. formation. and makes it easy to do daily foot The biggest difficulty in training Since the mats have a tendency to checks to be sure the spaces for Barn Hunt is finding access to remain wet, the zone beneath the between the toes are clear. If you rats and straw. Then the handler has mats will be anaerobic. As a result still want to retain that shaggy look, to learn that the dog is really in the skin below the mats can become simply leave the hair above shaved charge of the hunt; the handler just a breeding ground for bacterial and area long, trimming so it just reaches assists the dog. fungal infections. Telltale signs are the ground. This will cover the

AKC GAZETTE • 55 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

shaved portion so most people never ing, he knew when to offer his serv - friend any one could ever hope for. g notice the “clean” feet. ices. We visited a friend with cancer He never shredded toys or chewed n i Bottom line, keeping your Old several times; he knew when to sit thing he shouldn’t. He got along

d English Sheepdog’s feet healthy is with her and when to leave. He with all animals. It was so easy to r fairly simple. It just takes a good periodically went to school with take Mr. Perfect anywhere, as he e clipper, appropriate blades, and a lit - me. The students loved him and he always rose to the occasion. h tle time. Of course it helps if you returned their affection. He told me While Clipper shared parts of his have conditioned your dog so that when a student was having a bad life with everyone, I am most grate - he doesn’t fuss when you work on day. He visited both my father and a ful that he shared his whole life with his feet. friend in rehab centers. He would me. —Joe Schlitt, quietly sit with them as well as any —Lynda McKee, [email protected] roomies, until they had no more to [email protected] Old English Sheepdog Club of share. He watched over my elderly Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America, oldenglishclubofamerica.org father at home, and upon his passing America, pwwca.org turned his attentiveness to me. Pembroke Welsh He shared his love of life in Corgi Pulik Corgis fun days. He cheerfully bobbed for asked Nancy Kelly Sharing Clipper hot-dog slices after observing an I([email protected] ) to join me as a had to let my oldest Pembroke go older housemate grab the hot dogs coauthor this month, since she has Iat the beginning of May. Clipper without dunking his nose in the trained and competed in obedience was just under 16 years old and had water. He comically and fittingly with several Pulik, starting in 1990. been successfully fighting liver dis - wore Peter Pan outfits as he truly Nancy has served as the obedience ease for almost four years. His inter - was the little boy who never grew statistician for the Puli Club of nal medicine specialist said what was up. While he was always ready for a America (PCA) since 2003. We wrong this time was neurological, handout, he enjoyed being petted thank PCA historian Patty Anspach and my heart knew there was noth - and admired. He had a passion for for her assistance with tracking ing more to be done. I held him in riding in golf carts. He spent part of down historic records, as well as my arms as he left me, breaking the his time at the last national specialty Barb Edwards, who previously heart that he has been mending just enjoying catching up with his served as obedience statistician and since he arrived as an adorable 12- many friends. helped us fill in information gaps. week old puppy. Clipper shared his breed’s natural I was overwhelmed at the sheer work ethic in obedience, agility, Puli Participation in number of messages I received tracking, and herding. While not a Obedience regarding Clipper’s passing. One high scorer in obedience, he was The AKC began offering obedi - friend called him a great ambassador very reliable and yet had a manage - ence competitions in the late 1930s for the breed. Another characterized able entertaining streak to him. His (akc.org/events/obedience/history ), him as a true Southern gentleman, early days in agility were spent hav - around the same time that the AKC and that he was: gracious, welcom - ing attacks of “woofies” and recognized the Puli as a breed. ing all, naturally very well-man - “zoomies,” along with visits to the Dongo (Kurucz Legeny, CDX), nered. Yet another friend said thank ring crews. Later he snuck peeks on owned and handled by Harriet K. you for sharing his life with us. the contact obstacles to see just how Ewing in 1947, was the first Puli to The “sharing” comment hit home many people were watching him. earn a CD and CDX. As of around and helped explain my tremendous He loved herding, and his gentle June 2015, 646 Pulik have earned a grief. Clipper had joyously shared nature shone there. He found his combined 995 titles in the regular his life. He was a natural “people tracklayer’s lost pencil on his way to obedience classes. (Note: The statis - person,” and he was as gregarious as earning his TDX. He tolerated hav - tics for 2015 are incomplete.) Titles they come, without being effusive ing his feet cleaned for the breed are awarded for each level of obedi - about it. He awoke each morning ring. In his final foray into the ring ence in the Novice, Open, and with a smile on his face and a song at just under 15 years of age, he Utility classes, with continued in his heart. He never had a bad day. sported a spiffy black bowtie in titles—UDX, OTCH, and OGM— He shared this attitude wherever honor of the occasion, exuding his requiring a sustained level of he went. He was a natural therapy personality. achievement for combinations in dog. With no formal therapy train - Mostly, Clipper was just the best the Open and Utility level classes.

AKC GAZETTE • 56 • SEPTEMBER 2015 BREED COLUMNS GZ

Pulik have earned 646 CD titles, RN, NA, NAJ), owned and handled The coat of the Puli in obedience g 227 CDX titles, 93 UD titles, 14 by John D. Landis. is not as important as it is in confor - n UDX titles, 14 OTCH titles, and 1 Interestingly, 64 percent (nine of mation. The coat can be any length i

OGM title. The number of Pulik 14) of OTCHs are female—so it and can be corded or brushed, and d r earning titles drops sharply after the seems that maybe the bitches are the hair can be tied back in a top - e CD—only 35 percent of Pulik have taking their obedience jobs much knot. Frequently, the coat is h earned titles past the CD. more seriously than the males! trimmed to a short length to pre - In 1978, the first Puli to earn What makes a good obedience clude problems of the cords hitting a OTCH, the highest obedience title, prospect? A dog who: (1) is fit and jump and causing a bar to fall or be was Buksi (Ch./OTCH athletic, with good physical structure; interpreted by the judge as the dog Pulikcounty’s Omar Khayaam), (2) has good energy and sustained “hitting” the jump instead of clear - owned and handled by Julius interest in working with their ing it. Hidassy. human; (3) is intelligent and confi - The PCA has always felt it is Following are the other 13 Pulik dent; (4) is biddable (willing to please important to showcase all of the earning the OTCH title: and has a desire to learn); and (5) has attributes of the breed including Effie (OTCH Pulikairn Effie Lou the ability to stay focused. conformation, obedience, herding, Plunket), owned and handled by Looking at dog breeds competing and agility. The national specialty Mary Jane Richert; in the obedience ring, the Puli is sel - includes conformation, regular obe - Huggy Bear (Ch./OTCH dom seen, compared to other breeds dience, and rally each year, as well as Prydain Edyrnion), owned and han - like the Golden Retriever. While herding and agility in most years. dled by Leslie Leland; Pulik are not as numerous as, say for The list of High Scoring Puli in Hety (Ch./OTCH Prydain example, Golden Retrievers, and Trial may be found at the PCA Hetyke, TD), owned and handled by correspondingly, there are also fewer website. Nancy Etchell; Pulik successfully competing in obe - Since 1995, the AKC has held an Pumpkin (OTCH The Great dience than there are Golden annual National Obedience Pumpkin), owned and handled by Retrievers—there is actually a higher Invitational, which is now called the Robyn Broock; percentage of individuals of the breed National Obedience Championship. Boo (Ch./OTCH Prydain earning the OTCH in Pulik than in The top OTCH or OTCH-pointed Jocko), owned and handled by Golden Retrievers, relative to the dogs from each breed are invited to Nancy Patton; total number of dogs registered in compete. As a point to note, in spite Muffy (OTCH Kelseys Midnight each breed. This interesting fact is of the relatively small numbers of Star), owned and handled by Elaine something of which we Puli people Puli compared to other breeds (like Brock; can be really proud. the Golden Retriever), at least one Ozzie (OTCH Prydain Ozzie The Puli is particularly bright and Puli has been invited every year Plunket), owned and handled by must be kept challenged. The Puli since the event began. This means Mary Jane Richert; quickly figures out that if the there have been one or more Pulik Pici (OTCH Windkist Bartok’s sequence is A then B then C then D, who have earned OTCH points and Pici, UDX2), owned and handled by why shouldn’t she simply go from A could be invited; many breeds can - Nancy Kelly; to D? The human part of the team not say this. Mandi (OTCH Bartok’s must keep the Puli on her toes and The years 1965–1995 saw the Miraculous Mandarin, UDX8) engaged. The sport is about having largest number of Pulik competing owned and handled by Nancy Kelly; fun and presenting new challenges to in obedience classes. There has since Pepper (Ch./OTCH Bartok’s maintain the interest, while also pro - been a decline in Puli participation Magyar Csardas, UDX11, HSAs) viding precision. Neither the Puli nor in the regular obedience classes. owned and handled by Nancy Kelly; the handler can think of herself as an Concurrent with this decline is the Kicsi, owned and handled by individual, but as a part of a team. fact that the AKC has added many Nancy Kelly; An obedience dog can complete more dog sports and venues in Eb (OTCH Bartok’s Little Black for many years. There are physical which to participate, including rally, Note, UDX2 OM4, HSAs), owned demands, and it is important to have as well as a number of titling classes and handled by Dottie Culpepper; regular health-checks done. Hips, in obedience not considered in the and elbows, eyes, heart, and patellas are three obedience classes of Novice, Fizz (OTCH Meadow View important to have checked on your Open, and Utility statistics. Silver Fizz, UDX2, OM4, GO, VER, dog. However, obedience remains an

AKC GAZETTE • 57 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ BREED COLUMNS

important foundation for many of and has three Pyr Sheps, finds her willing to put their hearts and souls g these other venues. dogs so intelligent that it can be into it. They excel at herding, track - n i —Dagmar Fertl, scary. She said that their quickness to ing and obedience as well as agility.

d [email protected] learn sometimes is accompanied by Puck and Valentine, who run agility r Puli Club of America, puliclub.org strong opinions that their way of and track with this columnist, both e accomplishing a task is better. They earned Tracking Dog Excellent titles h Pyrenean Shepherds like to figure things out, and if at very young ages. Valentine was Watch Out! Pyrenean Shep - they’re not sure what to do next in just six days past his first birthday herds Can Be Addictive training or performing, they’ll when he completed the advanced e prepared: If you open your quickly take what they think should AKC tracking title. Bheart to a Pyrenean Shepherd, be the next logical step, such as The breed’s late obedience star, you’re apt to end up with more than going over an off-course jump. UDX8 Chica, who died in one of these engaging, very bright The breed’s intelligence and November 2010, enjoyed obedience herding dogs, especially if you’re in - problem-solving skills also appeal to so much that she took her owner terested in dog sports. Kelly Maier, who lives in Monroe, and handler, Marilyn Abbett, to the Their busy, devoted natures, Washington, and concentrates on AKC Obedience Invitational five which lead them to enjoy hanging agility and conformation with her times and qualified to go more often out with their humans and sticking dogs. Maier, who competes in agility than that. As they continued to their helpful noses into whatever’s at the national level, also appreciates compete at the highest levels, Abbett going on, often cause hapless owners their athleticism and attentiveness. expected Chica to start goofing off to accumulate one little French Like many Pyr Shep owners who in the ring, but she never did. herder after another. enjoy their dogs’ responsiveness, Instead, she just kept getting better. They tend to be physically fearless Maier has found that some can be And, of course, Abbett has a sec - and surefooted, thanks to their her - very sensitive to their environments. ond Pyr Shep. Lucy joined her itage of herding in rough, moun - That trait, most likely a natural off - household while Chica was still tainous terrain, and they are shoot of the breed’s long history of alive, making Abbett yet another extremely quick both physically and working with large flocks of sheep fancier who couldn’t stop at just mentally. Those characteristics make and just one shepherd in the one. them a natural choice for dog-sport Pyrenees Mountains of France, can Don’t say you weren’t warned … enthusiasts. include wariness or shyness with Columnist Kathleen Monje lives with Agility aficionados are particularly strangers. Puppies and young adults three Pyrenean Shepherds in the Oregon drawn to the breed, in large part require thoughtful and ongoing countryside. because of the Pyrenean Shepherd’s socialization to help them be com - —Kathleen Monje, success in agility rings around the fortable in complex environments. [email protected] country and overseas. Kay Johnson, Whatever their jobs may be, these Pyrenean Shepherd Club of who lives in Shelton, Washington, speedy and serious little workers are America, pyrshepclub.com

AKC GAZETTE • 58 • SEPTEMBER 2015 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 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 276 17 owners and promote responsible dog ownership. 260 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ATTENTION DELEGATES NC Customer Call Center ...... (919) 233-9767 Staff Event Committee reviewed the NY Telephone ...... (212) 696-8200 NOTICE OF MEETING Event Committee’s report and set the Fax ...... (212) 696-8299 The next meeting of the Delegates will penalty at a six month suspension from all Website ...... www.akc.org be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel, AKC privileges and a $500 fine, effective Orlando, FL, on Friday, December 11, May 10, 2015. (Labrador Retriever) BOARD OF DIRECTORS RONALD H. MENAKER , CHAIRMAN 2015 , beginning no earlier than 10:30 a.m. CARL C. ASHBY, III , VICE CHAIRMAN It will follow the 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. NOTICE Class of 2016 Class of 2018 Delegates Forum. Mr. Nicholas Grubb (Madison, OH) PATRICIA M. CRUZ JAMES R. DOK Action was taken by the Ashtabula Kennel WILLIAM J. FEENEY DR. J. CHARLES GARVIN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Club for conduct at its July 11, 2015 THOMAS S. POWERS, ESQ. RONALD H. MENAKER Bell Vernon Kennel Association event. Mr. Grubb was charged with inap - Class of 2017 Class of 2019 LEAP Agility Club of Central propriate public criticism of a judge, not LEE ARNOLD DR. CARMEN L. BATTAGLIA CARL C. ASHBY DR. THOMAS M. DAVIES Massachusetts, Inc disruptive, but demonstrating a lack of ALAN KALTER STEVEN D. GLADSTONE, ESQ. sportsmanship. The Staff Event HARVEY M. WOODING DELEGATES CREDENTIALS Committee reviewed the Event DENNIS B. SPRUNG, Ex Officio Bryna Comsky, Hoffman Estates, IL Committee’s report and set the penalty at Chicago Collie Club a reprimand and a $50 fine. (Norfolk EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Keith Hicks, Stanton, CA 90860, Santa Terrier, Redbone Coonhound) DENNIS B. SPRUNG JOSEPH V. BAFFUTO, JR. Ana Valley Kennel Club President Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Celia L. Hoffman, Wind Gap, PA, NOTICE Plainfield Kennel Club Mr. Randy Weber (Franklin, WI) Action JAMES P. CROWLEY Executive Secretary Sonja J. Ostrom, Denver. CO, Terry-All was taken by the Central Wisconsin Vizsla Kennel Club Club for conduct at its May 17, 2015 VICE PRESIDENTS Julie W. Parker, Erie, PA, Erie Kennel event. Mr. Weber was charged with abusive MICHAEL BASONE DOUG LJUNGREN Club or foul language/verbal altercation. The Technology Sports & Events Linda Duggan Reiff, Chalfont, PA, Staff Event Committee reviewed the GINA DINARDO DAPHNA STRAUS Bucks County Kennel Club Event Committee’s report and set the Assistant Executive Secretary Business Development Maria Sacco, Bethlehem, CT, United penalty at a reprimand and a $100 fine. MARK DUNN States Lakeland Terrier Club (Weimaraner, German Shorthaired Registration & Customer Development Barbara Schwartz, Mancos, CA, Pointer) German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America NOTICE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS Richella Veatch, Crossville, IL, Tennessee The AKC’s Management Disciplinary KEITH FRAZIER MARI-BETH O’NEILL Committee has suspended Mr. Brian Audit & Control Sport Services Valley Kennel Club Mohrfeld (West Point, IA) from all AKC NOTICE privileges for six months and imposed a TRIAL BOARDS Ms. Judy Stephenson (West Mifflin, PA) $500 fine, effective September 10, 2015, APPEALS TRIAL BOARD TRIAL BOARD MEMBERS Action was taken by the Western for refusal to make his dogs and records RALPH DEL DEO, ESQ., DR. KLAUS ANSELM Pennsylvania Dachshund Club for conduct available for inspection when requested. CHAIR CHARLES FOLEY MARTHA FELTENSTEIN, ESQ. ROGER HARTINGER at its May 31, 2015 event. Ms. Stephenson (Multiple Breeds) BARBARA W. MIENER, ESQ. MEDORA HARPER was charged with disruptive behavior at an DR. ROBERT MYALL event. The Staff Event Committee NOTICE TRIAL BOARD CHAIRS BERNARD SCHWARTZ LAURIE RAYMOND, ESQ. BETTY-ANNE STENMARK reviewed the Event Committee’s report The AKC’s Management Disciplinary DANIEL SMYTH, ESQ. JAMES WHITE and set the penalty at a reprimand and a Committee has suspended Ms. Shannon RITA BIDDLE, ESQ. $100 fine. (Dachshund) Huffman (North, SC) from AKC registra - THERESA DOWELL, ESQ. JAN RITCHIE, ESQ. tion privileges for three months and NOTICE imposed a $500 fine, effective September PERFORMANCE TRIAL BOARD Mr. Lawrence Domas (McCormick, 10, 2015, for her submission of an online DAVID HOPKINS, ESQ., CHAIR TIM CARWILE, ESQ. SC) Action was taken by the Cooper litter registration application and causing to JOHN RUSSELL River Retriever Club of South Carolina be submitted two dog registration applica - ALTERNATES for conduct at its May 9, 2015 event. Mr. tions, on behalf of the co-owner without MIKE NECAISE BILL TEAGUE Domas was charged with improper treat - filing a properly completed Power of ment in connection with an event. The Attorney form. (German Shepherd Dog)

AKC GAZETTE • 59 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ secretary’s page

NOTICE ests of The American Kennel Club based Rally, Tracking, and VST applicants The AKC’s Management Disciplinary on her violation of the AKC’s Judicial or should be addressed to the Companion Committee has suspended Ms. Terri Voss Administrative Determination of Events Department in North Carolina. (Greensboro, NC) from AKC registration Inappropriate Treatment Policy. The American Kennel Club will, at privileges for three months and imposed (Pembroke Welsh Corgi, French Bulldog) the request of a judge or judge applicant, a $500 fine, effective September 10, 2015, provide that individual with copies of for her submission of two dog registra - NOTICE letters received by AKC concerning their tion applications on behalf of the co- REPRIMANDS AND FINES qualifications. As a result, it should be owner without filing a properly com - Notification of reprimands and/or understood that any such correspon - pleted Power of Attorney form. (Cocker fines imposed on clubs for late submis - dence will be made available, upon Spaniel) sion of applications, Rules Applying to Dog request, to the judge. Shows Chapter 2, Sections 4 and 9. It is the responsibility of all NOTICE Hiawatha Cocker Spaniel Club, Inc. Conformation and JS judges to notify The AKC’s Management Disciplinary ...... $60 the Judging Operations Department of Committee has suspended Ms. Betty any changes or corrections to their McAllister (Creedmoor, NC) from AKC Notification of reprimands and fines address, phone, fax or emails. These registration privileges for three months imposed on clubs for late submission of changes are very important because they and imposed a $500 fine, effective judges’ panel, Rules Applying to Dog Shows affect your judges’ record, the web site September 10, 2015, for her submission Chapter 4, Section 1. and the Judges Directory. Please notify of an online litter registration application Two Cities Kennel Club ...... $100 Judging Operations at (919) 816-3593 or and two dog registration applications, on Trinity Valley Shih Tzu Club ...... $60 email, [email protected]. behalf of the co-owner without filing a Big Apple Sporting Society ...... $60 properly completed Power of Attorney Memphis Kennel Club, Inc...... $60 PERMIT JUDGES form. (Cocker Spaniel) The following persons have been Notification of reprimands and fines approved on a Permit basis for the des - NOTICE imposed on clubs for holding an unap - ignated breeds in accordance with the The AKC’s Management Disciplinary proved special attraction, Rules Applying current judging approval process. They Committee has suspended Ms. Sarah to Dog Shows Chapter 11, Section 10. may now accept assignments and the Miller (Woodbridge, VA) from AKC reg - Great Dane Club of Cleveland fancy may still offer comments to istration privileges for six months and ...... Reprimand Judging Operations. imposed a $500 fine, effective September 10, 2015, for her submission of an online Notification of reprimands and fines NEW BREED JUDGES litter registration application and causing imposed on superintendents for discrim - Mrs. Donna Bennett (99281) OK to be submitted three dog registration ination of entry selection in a limited (918) 671-7133 applications without written permission event, Rules Applying to Dog Shows [email protected] from the co-litter owner. (Multiple Chapter 6, Section 7. Whippets, Akitas Breeds) York County Dog Training Club Ms. Ronda Bermke (94073) WI ...... Reprimand (920) 660-0299 NOTICE [email protected] The AKC’s Management Disciplinary Notification of reprimands and fines Dachshunds Committee has suspended Mr. Keith imposed on superintendents for publish - Ms. Marianne McCullough (97011) FL Caserta II (Mechanicsburg, OH) from all ing unapproved judges in the premium (954) 695-1851 AKC privileges for ten years and imposed list, Rules Applying to Dog Shows Chapter [email protected] a $2000 fine, effective September 10, 4, Section 1. (Lompoc Valley Kennel Dachshunds 2015, for conduct prejudicial to purebred Club 7/25/2015) Mrs. Doety Marks (99073) CA dogs, purebred dog events, or to the best Jack Bradshaw Dog Shows ...... $100 (949) 230-4684 interests of The American Kennel Club [email protected] based on his violation of the AKC’s CONFORMATION JUDGES Great Danes, JS-Limited Judicial or Administrative Determination As a result of the October 2010 Board Mr. J. Anthony Sheridan (99298) IL of Inappropriate Treatment Policy. Meeting, publication notice in the (847) 740-2811 (Beagle, German Shorthaired Pointer) Gazette was combined into one notice, [email protected] therefore the judging approval process Great Danes NOTICE continues to include an opportunity for The AKC’s Management Disciplinary the fancy to respond to each permit APPROVED BREED JUDGES Committee has suspended Ms. Gloria Lee judge. Mrs. Linda Berberich (38418) NJ (Las Vegas, NV) from all AKC privileges Letters concerning judges and permit (201) 385-1626 for fifteen years and imposed a $3000 judges should be addressed to the [email protected] fine, effective September 10, 2015, for Judging Operations Department at PO Vizslas, Anatolian Shepherds, Black conduct prejudicial to purebred dogs, Box 900062, Raleigh, NC 27675-9062. Russian Terriers, Boerboel, Chinook, purebred dog events, or to the best inter - Letters concerning Agility, Obedience, Komondorok, Kuvaszok

AKC GAZETTE • 60 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ secretary’s page

Mrs. Linda A. Clark (94461) OK Mrs. Barbara Shaw (6554) TX NEW BREED JUDGES (918) 995-2561 (903) 870-6425 Mrs. Michelle Conroy (95312) GA [email protected] [email protected] (678) 395-9393 Australian Shepherds, Bearded Collies, Sussex Spaniels, Alaskan Malamutes, [email protected] Beaucerons, Briards, Canaan Dogs, Boxers, Great Pyrenees Great Danes Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Pyrenean Ms. Carolyn Strunge (95845) OR Dr. Joan Eversole (97105) NH Shepherds, Swedish Vallhunds (541) 761-7341 (603) 968-7780 Mr. Sidney L. Marx (1470) WA [email protected] [email protected] (719) 495-6625 Chihuahuas, Yorkshire Terriers Dachshunds [email protected] Ms. Nancy Talbott (5898) CA Mrs. Mimi Kim (98339) OH Smooth Fox Terriers, Wire Fox (661) 547-9985 (330) 727-6928 Terriers, Miniature Schnauzers, West [email protected] [email protected] Highland White Terriers Brittanys, Curly-Coated Retrievers, Great Danes English Setters, Gordon Setters, Irish Dr. Dana Ann Smith Massey (15361) Mrs. Alice Kneavel-Craley (92740) PA Setters, English Springer Spaniels, (717) 672-8378 TX Sussex Spaniels, Weimaraners [email protected] (254) 934-2179 Mr. Darryl Vice (6255) CA Irish Wolfhounds [email protected] (760) 322-3275 Ms. Dana Lodge (95549) TX Bernese Mountain Dogs, Saint [email protected] (817) 504-8120 Bernards, Samoyeds, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese [email protected] Bouviers des Flandres Mountain Dogs, German Pinschers, English Springer Spaniels Mr. Malcolm E. Moore (23275) AL Great Pyrenees, Newfoundlands, Mrs. Diane K. Ondo (95991) PA (334) 312-3900 Rottweilers, Samoyeds, Siberian (610) 970-9122 [email protected] Huskies [email protected] Balance of Non- Sporting Group Mrs. Sherry C. Webster (6863) TN Cairn Terriers, Japanese Chin (American Eskimo Dogs, Coton de (901) 289-6239 Mr. Lex Robertson (98361) PA Tulear, Finnish Spitz, Lhasa Apsos, [email protected] (412) 888-6644 Lowchen, Norwegian Lundehund, Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Siberian [email protected] Xoloitzcuintli) Huskies Afghan Hounds, Chinese Cresteds Mr. Richard Nance (82424) NM Ms. Kathleen Rost (97953) MI (505) 685-9422 JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGES (734) 770-2706 [email protected] Ms. Tina A. Beatty (99231) HI [email protected] Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens, (808) 561-2747 Welsh Terriers Rhodesian Ridgebacks [email protected] Mr. Gary C. Sackett (96555) CA Ms. Jan M. Ritchie (96299) FL Dr. John F. Davidson (25844) IL (714) 398-7180 (267) 251-4483 (309) 251-7105 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] West Highland White Terriers American Staffordshire Terriers, Wire Dr. Casey Kristen Schieman Pawl Ms. Makeyia D. Spivey (96613) SC Fox Terriers, Manchester Terriers, (99225) OH (317) 416-4238 Miniature Schnauzers, Scottish (717) 476-8288 [email protected] Terriers, West Highland White Terriers [email protected] Bulldogs Mr. William Sahloff (28447) OH Ms. Margaret E. Rogan (99057) NY (631) 523-4432 APPROVED BREED JUDGES (419) 826-7888 [email protected] Ms. Beverly Andersen (66209) AZ [email protected] Ms. Mallary Ross (99217) WA (480) 991-7485 Balance of Hound Group (American (360) 989-6095 [email protected] English Coonhounds, American [email protected] German Wirehaired Pointers, Foxhounds, Black and Tan Labrador Retrievers, Welsh Springer Coonhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, ADJUNCT JUDGE Spaniels, Spinone Italiano, Smooth Cirneco dell’Etna, English Foxhounds, Ms. Christine Cameron (5648) OR Fox Terriers, Wire Fox Terriers Harriers, Ibizan Hounds, Norwegian (541) 598-6288 Mrs. Shilon L. Bedford (15789) MN Elkhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Plotts, [email protected] (320) 485-4825 Portuguese Pondengo Pequeno, Miniature American Shepherds [email protected] Redbone Coonhounds, Sloughi, Cane Corsos, Greater Swiss Mountain Treeing Walker Coonhounds) PERMIT ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED Dogs Mr. J.Clifford Schultz (97115) PA The following persons have com - Mrs. Lorraine W. Bisso (6094) LA (610) 458-5820 pleted their Permit Judging assignments (504) 833-1780 [email protected] in the breeds listed, and their names have [email protected] Norwich Terriers, West Highland been added to the list of regular Miniature Bull Terriers, Miniature White Terriers approved judges. Schnauzers, Norfolk Terriers, Rat

AKC GAZETTE • 61 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ secretary’s page

Terriers, Russell Terriers, Soft Coated Mrs. Sulie Greendale-Paveza (7516) CT Mr. Steven L. Klein (90824) AZ Wheaten Terriers (203) 891-7788 (602) 237-12965 Ms. JoAnne M.Buehler (22770) DC [email protected] [email protected] (301) 590-9056 German Shorthaired Pointers, Ibizan Hounds, Salukis [email protected] German Wirehaired Pointers, Flat Ms. Marilyn A. Lindsey-Miller Balance of Hound Group (American Coated Retrievers, Nova Scotia Duck (33134) MN English Coonhounds, Black and Tan Tolling Retrievers, English Setters, (651) 426-3682 Coonhounds, Bloodhounds, Bluetick Gordon Setters, Irish Setters, Irish [email protected] Coonhounds, Cirneco dell’Etna, Water Spaniels, Wirehaired Pointing German Shepherd Dogs Harriers, Norwegian Elkhounds, Griffons Mrs. Carol Makowski (18958) CO Otterhounds, Plotts, Portuguese Mrs. Judy A. Hart (70004) TN (303) 665-9007 Podengo Pequenos, Redbone (865) 693-3372 [email protected] Coonhounds, Sloughi, Treeing Walker [email protected] Basenjis, Beagles, Irish Wolfhounds, Coonhounds) Cardigan Welsh Corgis Rhodesian Ridgebacks Mrs. Deborah D. Conradt (92361) MI Mrs. Patricia (Pat) Hastings (5928) OR Ms. Edweena (Teddy) McDowell (810) 325-1688 (503) 642-3585 (17411) KS [email protected] [email protected] (913) 780-5393 Bullmastiffs, Saint Bernards Balance of Terrier Group (American [email protected] Mr. Michael W. Conradt (92360) MI Hairless Terriers, Bedlington Terriers, Cocker Spaniels, Vizslas, American (810) 325-1688 Cesky Terriers, Glen of Imaal Terriers, Staffordshire Terriers, Wire Fox [email protected] Manchester Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese Terriers, Rat Terriers, Russell Terriers, Dr. Anne Midgarden (91140) OH Mountain Dogs, Cane Corsos, Dogues Skye Terriers) (419) 753-3126 de Bordeaux, Giant Schnauzers, Great Mr. Rodney E. Herner (6081) PA [email protected] Danes, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss (610) 367-7908 Scottish Deerhounds, Whippets Mountain Dogs, Newfoundlands, [email protected] Mr. Allen L. Odom (5448) CO Siberian Huskies, Tibetan Mastiffs Balance of Non-Sporting Group (303) 371-9512 Ms. Paullet De Long (6997) OH (American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese [email protected] (510) 881-8320 Shar-Pei, Coton de Tulear, Finnish Tibetan Terriers [email protected] Spitz, Lowchen, Norwegian Ms. Nikki Riggsbee (5983) FL Chow Chows, Tibetan Spaniels, Lundehund, Schipperkes, Shiba Inu, (813) 654-3412 Xoloitzcuintli Tibetan Terriers, Xoloitzcuintli) [email protected] Dr. Kenneth A. Doeg (2798) CT Ms. Rita Holloway (24298) DE Finnish Spitz, Lowchen (860) 429-6113 (302) 738-0864 Mrs. Carolyn Taylor (17376) IL [email protected] [email protected] (217) 262-3266 Balance of Herding Group Balance of Toy Group (Affenpinschers, [email protected] (Bergamasco, Berger Picards, German English Toy Spaniels, Italian Balance of Terrier Group (American Shepherd Dogs, Miniature American Greyhounds, Japanese Chin, Hairless Terriers, Australian Terriers, Shepherds, Pulik, Spanish Water Manchester Terriers, Miniature Cairn Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Dandie Dogs) Pinschers, Silky Terriers, Toy Fox Dinmont Terriers, Lakeland Terriers, Ms. Marie Ann Falconer (51642) MA Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers), Australian Russell Terriers, Skye Terriers) (413) 433- 6474 Cattle Dogs, Australian Shepherds, Mr. Lawrence C. Terricone (4908) NJ [email protected] Border Collies, Cardigan Welsh (908) 766-7139 Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs Corgis, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, [email protected] Mrs. Janet L. Fink (6374) CA Shetland Sheepdogs Finnish Spitz, Keeshonden, Schipperkes (909) 307-9778 Dr. Thomas L. Hossfeld (36941) AZ Mrs. Lisa Warren (6013) PA [email protected] (520) 297-4227 (610) 349-7586 Australian Cattle Dogs, Belgian [email protected] [email protected] Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Belgian Bedlington Terriers Keeshonden, Schipperkes Tervuren, Finnish Lapphunds, Old Ms. Karen J. Hynek (35536) MO Mrs. Alice M. Watkins (6457) MD English Sheepdogs, Swedish Vallhunds (636) 219-6991 (410) 833-1368 Mrs. Toby B. Frisch (7248) NY [email protected] [email protected] (631) 467-7510 Boxers Balance of Non-Sporting Group [email protected] Ms. Lynn Jech (16178) AZ (Coton de Tulear, Finnish Spitz, Chinese Cresteds (623) 203-8619 Keeshonden, Lowchen) Mrs. Amy Gau (90627) MN [email protected] Ms. Sharol Candace Way (6668) PA (507) 843-5312 Akita, Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese (610) 869-3984 [email protected] Mountain Dogs, Boxers, Great [email protected] Belgian Tervuren, German Shepherd Pyrenees, Rottweilers, Samoyeds, Brittanys, Pointers, German Dogs, Old English Sheepdogs Siberian Huskies Shorthaired Pointers

AKC GAZETTE • 62 • SEPTEMBER 2015 GZ secretary’s page

Mrs. Darlene Young (27783) CA Mrs. Karen Wrey (43294) NY AVION – Poodles – Yvonne A. Hagman (209) 878-3700 (845) 592-1722 BLACK BEARD – Black Russian [email protected] [email protected] Terriers – Stewart Robinson & Christine Rottweilers Obedience – Novice Robinson PROVISIONAL COTTONDOG – Old English JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP JUDGES OBEDIENCE/RALLY/TRACKING JUDGES Sheepdogs – Johanna C. Miller Mr. Steve Dobbins (39616) MO The following persons have been DESERT DACKEL – Dachshunds – (573) 220-0623 approved as a judge on a Provisional AnnMarie Goldhammer [email protected] basis for the class/test indicated in accor - KELYN – Berger Picard – Jackelyn R. Ms. Demery Paladichuk (95295) GA dance with the Provisional judging sys - Lundy (206) 794-2730 tem. They may now accept assignments. JUMPSHOT – Beagles – Brandon P. [email protected] Mrs. Carol Heisterhagen (99293) MD Mouton Ms. Donna Renton (96253) OR (410) 253-3533 LEGACY’S – Miniature American (503) 632-6903 [email protected] Shepherds – Suzanne T. Ritter [email protected] Obedience – Novice ZERIMAR – Yorkshire Terriers – Sally J. Mrs. Nancy Tuthill (6729) MD Rally – All Ramirez (240) 675-1560 [email protected] DECEASED OBEDIENCE JUDGES Mrs. Terri Clingerman BEST IN SHOW The following person, having success - APPLICATION FOR BREED-SPECIFIC fully completed the required Group REGISTERED NAME PREFIX Assignments in the first Variety Group The following applications for a breed- for which they are approved , have been specific Registered Name Prefix have added to the list of judges eligible for been submitted to The American Kennel approval to judge Best In Show. Club. Letters in regard to these applications Mr. Dennis Morgan (5462) WA should be addressed to James P. Crowley, (360) 757-6568 Executive Secretary: [email protected] BRERETON – Bichon Frise – Mary M. Spruiell EMERITUS CONFORMATION JUDGE D’ANAIS – Poodles – Ana M. Sierra- Mr. Donald R. Henderson Honigmann DUENDES – Spanish Water Dogs – DECEASED CONFORMATION JUDGES Nancy P. Valley Mr. Erik Bergishagen HADARA – Cavalier King Charles Mr. Joseph P. Molloy Spaniels – Lorie R. Koch Ms. Joan Urban LITTLEBITTA – Miniature American Shepherds & Golden Retrievers – PROVISIONAL Harmoney C. Leavitt OBEDIENCE/RALLY/TRACKING JUDGES MAZEL TOV – Rhodesian Ridgebacks COMPLETED – Sharon E. Witherspoon The following persons have completed MERWIN – Chihuahuas – Ramona G. their Provisional Judging assignments and Craddock & Mike Craddock their names have been added to the list REDHILL – Bulldogs – Regina W. of regular approved judges. Agnew & Timothy M. Agnew Mrs. Stephanie Crawford (66279) NY STAR CROWNED – Nova Scotia (607) 237-9725 Duck Tolling Retrievers – Karen W. Webb [email protected] VERITAS – French Bulldogs – Ruben J. Tracking - VST Lemmens Ms. Elise Merkin (94837) GA VETELYTARS – Vizsla – Shane J. Pinkard (770) 982-2453 [email protected] REGISTERED NAME PREFIXES GRANTED Rally – All The following applications for a breed- Ms. Cynthia A Rustad (7509) MN specific Registered Name Prefix have (763) 228-1496 been granted: [email protected] ABBEYROAD– Bull Terriers – William Rally – All D. Burke

AKC GAZETTE • 63 • SEPTEMBER 2015 Parent Club Links g n i t

r American Boykin Spaniel Brittany Chespeake Bay Clumber Water Spaniel Retriever Spaniel o p S

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 Wirehaired Spaniel Pointing Griffon Vizsla 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 Portuguese Redbone Rhodesian Saluki Podengo Pequeno Coonhound Ridgeback

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

Boerboel Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso Chinook

Doberman Dogue de German Giant Great Dane Pinscher Bordeaux Pinscher Schnauzer

Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Komondor Leonberger Kuvasz Mountain Dog

Mastiff Neapolitan Newfoundland Portuguese Rottweiler Mastiff Water Dog

Saint Bernard Samoyed 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

Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier

Soft Coated Staffordshire Welsh Terrier West Highland Wire Fox Wheaten Terrier Bull Terrier White Terrier 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

Yorkshire Terrier Parent Club Links g n i t

r American Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Eskimo Dog Shar-Pei o p S - n Chow Chow Coton de Tulear Dalmatian Finnish Spitz French Bulldog o N

Keeshond Lhasa Apso Löwchen Norwegian Poodle Lundehund (Miniature)

Schipperke Poodle Shiba Inu Tibetan Tibetan Terrier (Standard) Spaniel

Xoloitzcuintli Parent Club Links

Australian Australian Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Cattle Dog Shepherd Malinois Herding

Belgian Belgian Bergamasco Border Collie Bouvier des Sheepdog Tervuren Flandres

Briard Canaan Dog Cardigan Welsh Collie (Rough) Collie (Smooth) Corgi

Entlebucher Finnish German Icelandic Norwegian Mountain Dog Lapphund Shepherd Dog Sheepdog Buhund

Old English Pembroke Polish Lowland Puli Pyrenean Sheepdog Welsh Corgi Sheepdog Shepherd

Shetland Spanish Water Swedish Sheepdog Dog 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/events/handlers/

For information on upcoming RHP Handling Clinic : s http://www.akc.org/events/junior-showmanship/junior-clinics/

http://www.akc.org/events/handlers/adult-clinics/