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March 2016 Pawprint Official Publication of The Lakes Region Kennel Club-NH AKC Member Club www.lakesregionkennelclub.org Editor Ken Polakowski 33 Hackberry Lane Next Meeting Laconia, NH 03246 973-735-3174 [email protected] April 4th Deadline 15th of each month OFFICERS ________________________ Meredith Center Fire Station President Linda Heath 6:00 PM Board Meeting [email protected] ________________________ Vice President 6:30 PM General Meeting Corina Alexander [email protected] ________________________ Recording Secretary Deborah Mardin [email protected] ________________________ Corresponding Secretary Susan Blake [email protected] ____________ Treasurer Barbara Champaigne [email protected] ________________________ AKC Delegate Crecia Closson 520-648-7432 [email protected] _____________________ B.O.D. Debbie Cost 2016 366-4083 [email protected] Nancy Large 2017 [email protected] Cathy Barber 2015 We’re looking for pictures and brags about your 254-5237 [email protected] dogs along with interesting articles to share with _______________________ our community. Excellent ones later in this issue. Send them to [email protected] Meeting Minutes Meredith Center Fire Station March 7, 2016 Meeting Called to Order: 6:32 Members Present: Linda Heath, Cathy Barber, Debbie Cost, Susan Blake, Nancy Large, Barb Champaigne, Deb Mardin, Corina Alexander, Mike Tierney, Cathy Bourne, Ken Polakowski Introduction of Guests: Julie Boyer Motion made by Nancy Large to accept the February meeting minutes as published. Seconded and passed Presidents Report: No report Recording Secretary Report: No report Corresponding Secretary Report: No report Treasurer Report: Motion made by Debbie Cost to accept the treasures report subject to review. Seconded and passed Committees Reports: Agility: No report AKC Delegate: Received a report from out AKC delegate. Report is embedded within this newsletter. Barn Hunt: An email was sent to secure the rats for the event. The portable toilets have been reserved. 4H horse club will be on site doing concessions. There are 10 camping slots on site with water and electrical (30amp and 15amp) hook ups. There is no dumping station on site. D.O.G.S: Meeting on weds March 9th. The Legislative update is embedded within this newsletter. Handling, Obedience, Performance Classes: Many participants enrolled this session. Pet Oxygen Mask: No report Spring Match: Received the ribbons. Money is being sent to Meredith Community Center to secure the center for use. Paw Print: Please send interesting articles or other information for the newsletter to Ken. Rally trial: Community center is secured for October 15th. Contract has been sent to the judge, Lynda Moore. Responsible dog owner day: Will be at Tractor Supply in Tilton in September date to be announced at a later time. Scholarship: Contacted UNH to let them know that we were offering the veterinary technician scholarship. The dead- line for the veterinarian scholarship applications is May 1, 2016. The veterinary technician scholarship will be given out at awards night, May 6, 2016 at 5pm. Tracking: Correspondence from Maine tracking club members, one member is possibly going to come to the April meeting to talk to the club about tracking. The Southern New Hampshire German Shepard club will be putting on a tracking seminar this spring, we will post more information as we receive it. Website: Being constantly updated as needed. Going to look into seeing if there is a way to track hits on the site. New Business: Nose Work: Looking into getting a nose work class and a trial started. The venue that is being suggested is Performance Scent Dogs out of Cambridge Mass. Will be looking into how much expense and equipment the club would need to initially invest in to be able to put on a trial. Information on the venue can be found at: www.performancescentdogs.com. Meeting adjourned at: 7:13 Respectfully submitted, Deborah Mardin, Recording Secretary Next meeting: April 4, 2016 Meredith Center Fire Department April 2016 The calendar lists LRKC events and a sampling of AKC sanctioned events in New England. A complete listing of AKC events can be found at: https://www.apps.akc.org//apps/events/search/index.cfm Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 29 6 Novice & Open 1 2 Colonial Shetland Obedience Sheepdog Club - Sure Fire - 6 S.T.A.R Puppy Westborough,MA 7 Basic Manners CGC 7 Novice & Advanced Rally 3 Colonial Shetland 4 5 6 Novice & Open 6 7 8 Cheshire Kennel 9 Troy Kennel Club, Sheepdog Club - Sure Obedience Club, Inc. - Eastern Inc. - Eastern States Fire - States Expo West Expo West Spring- 6 S.T.A.R Puppy Westborough,MA Springfield,MA field,MA 7 Basic Manners CGC American Beauceron TarTan Gordon Setter 7 Novice & Advanced Club - American K9 Club - American K9 Rally Country Amherst,NH Country Amherst,NH 10 Trap Falls Kennel 11 12 6 Novice & Open 13 14 15 Bearded Collie 16 Bearded Collie Club, Inc. - Eastern Obedience Club of America, Inc. - Club of America, Inc. - States Expo West American K9 Country American K9 Country 6 S.T.A.R Puppy Springfield,MA Amherst,NH Amherst,NH 7 Basic Manners CGC TarTan Gordon Setter Club - American K9 7 Novice & Advanced Country Amherst,NH Rally 17 Bearded Collie 18 19 6 Novice & Open 20 21 22 Springfield Kennel 23 Pioneer Valley Club of America, Inc. - Obedience Club, Inc. - Eastern Kennel Club , Inc. - American K9 Country States Exposition Eastern States Exposi- 6 S.T.A.R Puppy Amherst,NH Grounds West Spring- tion Grounds West 7 Basic Manners CGC field,MA Springfield,MA 7 Novice & Advanced Rally 24 South Windsor 25 26 27 28 29 30 Kennel Club - Eastern States Exposition Grounds West Spring- field,MA Please Join Us for a Discussion of AKC Tracking Events When: April 4, 2016 Immediately following the LRKC business meeting (approximately 7:00 PM) Where: Meredith Center Fire Station (our regular meeting place) What: A presentation and discussion of what it takes to hold an AKC Tracking event. Space requirements, people for the com- mittee and workers, timeline, equipment, associated costs, pitfalls to avoid, what makes a great trial. Also motivation for a novice dog and handler, resources for beginners. Who: Presentation will be given by Lynn Jones from the Maine Tracking Club. Lynn is the proud owner of a Bernese Mountain Dog. Tesa N Hightide Unforgettable Sonshine RE, NA, NAJ, CGCA "Tux" owned by Linda Heath earned his Rally Excellent at the Collie Club of Maine show on Oct 3rd. The Lakes Region Kennel Club Sponsored a poster contest for students from the third and fourth grades attending The Strong Foundations Schoolin Pembroke, NH The theme of the poster was “My Pet Makes Me Happy Because”. Students submitted nu- merous entries . Club members had a difficult time choosing the winners. The following were selected as the winning entries. Grand Prize Winner Fourth Grade Winners 1st Place 2ond Place 3rd Place Third Grade Winners 1st Place 2ond Place 3rd Place LRKC has received THANKS for donations that we have made to other organizations in our area: FROM Does Breed Popularity Go Up After A Dog Wins At Westminster? Hal Herzog Ph.D. How we tested the "Westminster surge hypothesis" Animals and Us Posted Feb 19, 2016 For me, nothing beats the midwinter doldrums like spending a couple of nights watching the Westminster Dog Show on TV. This canine beauty pageant is one of my guilty pleasures. I agree with critics who point out problems in the show dog world – the elitism, the terrible genetic disorders that plague purebreds, and the moral argu- ment for adopting mixed-breed shelter dogs. But when February rolls around, I am drawn to the pageantry, the bizarre names of the dogs (“Ch Flatout Fuzzy Green Fruit”), and the lineup of obscure new breeds like the truffle-hunting Lagotto Ro- magnolo. I am fascinated by the arcane judging system, and "voice of Westminster" David Frei’s descriptions of canine personality traits (“The Irish Setter is a dog you would like to have beer with.”). And I’ve hung around with dog show people long Source: Photo by Hal Herzog enough to appreciate their enthusiasm and dedication to chasing an arbitrary pla- tonic ideal – the American Kennel Club’s breed standards. In the finals this year, I was rooting for Rumor, a handsome German shepherd. However, the judge, a Canadian psychia- trist named Richard Meen, awarded the top prize to a lanky three year old German Short-Haired Pointer named CJ who seemed a bit mystified by all the hoopla. Based on American Kennel Club registrations, German Short-Haired Pointers are the 16th most popular purebred dog in the United States. Conventional wisdom holds that over the next couple of years we should see a dramatic rise in their popularity. I call this the “Westminster surge hypothesis. The Rise and Fall of Doberman Pinscers In 1953, a Doberman Pinscer named Rancho Dobe's Storm was named Best in Show at Westminster. What was unusual was the fact that Rancho had just won the prize the previous year. Did this two-fer spark a run on the demand for Dobie puppies? No. over the five years following Rancho’s consecutive victories, the annual number of Dobermans registered with the AKC dropped five percent. Dobermans, however, did have their proverbial 15 minutes of fame, but it did not occur for another 8 years. In 1961, Doberman puppy registrations began to sky rocket, They rapidly rose from 3,619 in 1961 to 82,000 in 1978 and they be- came the second most popular dog in America. In the years between 1968 and 1973, Doberman registrations were rising about 24% a year. No one really knows why the popularity of the breed suddenly skyrocketed. (In her wonderful new book.