The Daily Drool December 2019 Meet “Sera” and her pups! Newsletter of the Northern and Southern Chapters of BLOODHOUNDS WEST Table of Contents Bloodhounds West Officers and Directors ........ 3 More on our Cover Dog .................................... 4 President’s Message, North .............................. 5 President’s Message, South ............................. 6 Bloodhound Calendar ....................................... 8 Bloodhounds at Work ....................................... 9 Minutes, North, Oct. 4 ..................................... 11 Minutes, South, Sept. 28 ................................ 12 Dues are Due.................................................. 14 Election Results, North ................................... 15 New Board Members, North ........................... 16 Election Results, South ................................... 18 New President, South ..................................... 19 Bloodhounds in Literature ............................... 20 Remembering “Jezabel” and the Irish Litters .. 22 Conformation Show Results ........................... 24 Bloodhound Brag, “Boots” .............................. 28 Bloodhound Brag, “Ruby” ............................... 29 2020 National Specialty .................................. 30 Bloodhounds in the Movies ............................. 31 Bloodhounds in the News ............................... 32 Remembering “Belle” ...................................... 35 Bloodhound Health ......................................... 37 Introducing The Bloodhound’s Kitchen ........... 39 Bloodhounds in Art ......................................... 41 Bloodhound Trailing Camp, October .............. 42 Bloodhound Trailing Camp, November ........... 43 Bloodhound Trailing Trials .............................. 44 Bloodhound Story, “Sadie”.............................. 45 Bloodhound Rescue ....................................... 46 Hounds and Holidays...................................... 47 The Last Page, Thank You ............................. 52 Membership and Renewal Forms ................... 56 New Member Application, North ........................ 57 Member Renewal Application, North ................. 59 New Member/Renewal Form, South ................. 60 Visit our website: www.BloodhoundsWest.org Bloodhounds West 2 December Bloodhounds West Officers and Directors Northern Chapter Southern Chapter Officers Officers President President Aldo Branch Evelyn Jones Vice President Vice President Lisa Jones Lyn Sherman Treasurer Treasurer Debbie Pray Lynne Aguirre Corresponding Secretary Corresponding Secretary Suzi Paine Jan Stallings Recording Secretary Recording Secretary Pat Moffitt Stacy Mattson Directors Directors Jennifer Addison (2019-20) Desiree Pinckney (2019-20) Diane Branch (2019-20) Lisa Jones (2019-20) Jessica Dickson (2019-20) Tina Kocar (2019-20) Debbie Levy (2020-21) Charlene Eden (2020-21) Erica Weis (2020-21) Marti Michalis (2020-21) Membership Chair Membership Chair Cindy Goble Barb Copeland Contact the Northern Chapter: Contact the Southern Chapter: Aldo Branch, President Evelyn Jones, President [email protected] [email protected] Meet our Cover Dog! Our newsletter is published on the first Owner: Dave Lockridge of March, June, September, and December. Name: “Sera” Editor: Mike McMillan Age: 1995-2004 [email protected] About: “Sera” was bred from Assistant Editor: Amanda Gardner Reporters: Kay Schmitt, Cindy Judy McBride’s Windsor Goble, and Claudia Myers kennel and Ray and Kay Schmitt’s Maple Hill kennel Contributions to your newsletter are always welcome! Bloodhounds West 3 December More on our Cover Dog By Dave Lockridge with Kay Schmitt “Sera,” Windsor's MH Autumn Serenade, was born on September 23, 1995, and was just over nine weeks old when I got her. She was bred from Judy McBride’s Windsor line and Kay Schmitt’s Maple Hill (MH) line. Judy arranged to have three of us puppy buyers show up the same weekend, I got first pick among them. My first bloodhound was a Humane Society rescue, “Sera” was my second. I'd never done a dog show and there I was buying a show dog. Ray told me “Sera” was originally his pick, but because Kay and he had just lost a black and tan girl and they didn't want any ghosts running around they picked “Ruby,” a red. The whole thing was a little overwhelming at the time. “Sera” was just an OK show dog. She had the looks but didn't really like doing it. Not a lot of “prance and dance,” probably the noob handler had something to do with that. She did get both American and Canadian championships though. She liked going and being with Dad (me) and later with her pups. Her biggest win was winning puppy sweeps at the ABC Nationals in 1996. Kay Schmitt and Cindy Wolfrom with “Celine” The best thing “Sera” ever did was her litter of pups. It started with a last-minute cancel by the promised stud. Fortunately, Judy knew this guy named George who had some frozen semen from a show dog named “Sam.” We got the stuff ordered, shipped, and implanted in less than six days. I implanted her on Halloween. Of course, that meant if there was a male puppy it would be "Son of Sam." Next thing I knew I had a list of serial killers for puppy names, I was a little short on female killer names though. Then we counted the days and realized New Year's Eve was the due date so we started coming up much more festive names. The litter was a day late, first one came out at 12:35 AM, January 1,1999. They were: Champagne Toast, “Chammie” New Year's Morning, “Monty” New Year's Celebration, “Celine” Pasadena Rose, “Rose” New Year's Bash, “Bash” Auld Lang Syne, “Addie” became “Queenie” New Year's Resolution, “Louie” Hand Full Of Confetti, “Fetti” became “Maggie” Bloodhounds West 4 December President’s Message Aldo Branch, President Bloodhounds West, Northern Chapter Hello Northern Chapter Members and Friends, What a wonderful time we had in Mesquite, Texas, at the ABC National Specialty, hosted by the South Central Bloodhound Club. Sure, it took three days of driving to get there and three days to get back, making it a 12- day round trip of over 3,500 miles. But we had a great time visiting with old friends, breeders, and bloodhound “friends” we only know through Facebook. We participated in trailing and conformation. We saw the nation’s top bloodhounds and their owners. We ate great food and generally had a wonderful adventure. Our girls, “Saidee” and “Ruby,” handled the trip well and enjoyed the company of their friends “Wanda,” “Mack,” “Molly,” and “Lilly.” If you have never been to an ABC National Specialty, I strongly encourage you to take advantage of the fact that the 2020 ABC National Specialty will be in San Diego and hosted by our club mates in the Southern Chapter. It will be a few years before it returns to the west coast. Where else can you see over 50 bloodhounds in one place? Drool heaven!! Even with the conclusion of the National Specialty, there is still more bloodhound fun to be had in Northern California before the year’s end. We have our final trailing camp on November 23 and 24 in Windsor, CA, and we will host the Judy Robb Memorial Trailing Trial on December 7 and 8. I encourage you to get involved. Let your bloodhounds do what they are good at…mantrailing. Come to Pleasanton to watch the mantrailing in action. Be a runner for the trial. Help with the event by shuttling dogs and handlers to their trails, or just come and share in the camaraderie of the event. It is a lot of fun, and we would love to see you there. It is also time to sign up to attend the Golden Gate Dog Show on January 25 and 26, at the Cow Palace in Daly City. You don’t have to show your dogs to participate. You can enter for exhibition only and essentially treat the event as opportunity to educate the public on the joys of bloodhound ownership. It is one of the few bench shows left in the country. You will be surprised at how many people have never met a bloodhound in person, and just love meeting and petting our dogs. Please contact me if you are interested in participating and would like more information on how to sign up. The entry deadline is December 11. A special thanks to Diane Branch and the Nominating Committee for selecting the Club’s next group of officers and directors. I look forward to returning for another year as President. See you soon. Aldo President, BWNC [email protected] Bloodhounds West 5 December President’s Message Evelyn Jones, President Bloodhounds West, Southern Chapter As 2019 quickly comes to a close, I hope this message finds each of you in a good place, ready to enjoy the Holiday Season. I think our club has had a good year and I hope for an even better year in 2020. Looking back on 2019, we increased our membership, educated the public at the pet expo, and had a very successful regional. The club was honored to have awarded our very own Junior Handler, Maddie Eden, a small gift at the Regional and would love to have more Junior Handlers in the future. Bloodhounds West had many fantastic representatives at the ABC National and the Top Twenty this year in Texas bringing home many gorgeous ribbons made by our own talented Tina Kocar. I hope we were supportive and encouraging to all members and their dogs in all venues. AKC has many new titles to encourage all dogs and owners to explore and enjoy working your dogs in so many exciting activities such as Scent Work, Dock Diving, and Trick Dog titles. I would encourage all bloodhound owners to look into some of the old and new activities that are available and enjoyable to us and don’t forget trailing which our dogs were bred to do. You will be shocked at how much your show dog or couch potato will enjoy learning new things and, an old dog can learn new tricks. We have started the groundwork for ABC’s 2020 National and Regional, to be hosted by BWSC in San Diego the last week of October 2020. Putting on a National is a huge undertaking. Lisa Jones and Lynne Aguirre, the show chairs for 2020, will appreciate ANY and ALL help from ANY and ALL members. This is my last President’s message. I have been honored to be the BWSC president, but…it is time to hand the reins over to the enthusiastic and highly capable Jan Stallings.