Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc. Winter Bulletin 2015

Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc. Winter Bulletin 2015 Directors: Winter Bulletin 2015 Officers: Kathy Andrew Karen Chesbro Judy McNamara, President Gail Antetomaso, Vice President Katherine Dillon Nancy Noonan, Corresponding Secretary Kieth Hanson Diana McFarlane, Recording Secretary Shauna Scarborough Lillian Endo, Treasurer Myra Wotton

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Officer Reports Enclosures: President 3  2017 Specialty 2nd Round Judge Selection Ballot Recording Secretary 4  Health Times On-line judging and Amazon report 5 New Board Nominations 6  BFCA Boutique Treasurer Amended Report 7 Current Report 9

Committee Reports Agility 10-11 Bulletin Report 11 Delegate Report 11 Friendship Report 12 Raffle 12 Membership 13 Membership Corrections 14 Rescue 15 Rescue—Financials 16 ROM/ROMX 17 Obedience 18 Sales 18 2015 National Specialty 19 Hotel Reservations 19 Local Clubs 18 BFC of San Diego 20 Bulletin Editor: BFC ofWestern Pennsylvania 21 Shauna Scarborough WINTER BULLETIN 2015 2015 National Specialty 22 8501 Andover Dr. Silsbee, TX 77656 409.386.2095

BFCA BULLETIN: The BFCA Bulletin is the official newsletter of the Bichon Frise Club of America, Inc. and is published quarterly. Subscriptions by members of BFCA are paid as a portion of annual membership dues. Bichon Frise Club of America President’s Message—Judy McNamara

Happy New Year! I hope you all had joyous holidays with family, friends and pets.

We are getting closer to our 40th National Specialty. The flyer will be in the mail very soon. Since we are with three all-breed shows it is very important that you pay close attention to the hotel reservation deadline. There is a schedule of events elsewhere in the bulletin. I hope that even if you can’t attend you will support your club with an ad in our catalog or trophy donation. The club can only be successful if we all lend our support.

The second round ballot for 2017 judges is in the bulletin. You can vote by paper ballot or you can vote with Constant Contact. The first round about 60 of you used the CC and it is an easy and fast way to get it done before you forget about it. Don’t forget to type your name on the ballot as it will not be counted with out it.

I am sad to report that George Sikes is retiring as our delegate. I would like to thank George for all of his efforts on behalf of BFCA. George and Avanell have both been dedicated and hardworking members for many years.

The board will have a new delegate in place very soon.

Until I see you in May, happy dog showing. I am wishing you all many winning ribbons.

Judy

PAGE 3 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Officer Reports—Diana McFarlane, Recording Secretary I hope you all have had a good holiday.

The 2015 National Specialty to be held in Topeka, Kansas on May 7-8th is our 40th which should be fun for all. Mr. Frank Sabella will judge Conformation and Jr. Showmanship; Mr. Rick Garvin will judge Obedience and Rally, Mr. Rick Day will judge Sweepstakes; Ms. Lorrie Carlton will judge the Bred-by-Exhibitor and Ms. Fatima Crump will judge 4-6 Month Begin- ner Puppy. Make your reservations early to secure your choice of rooms. Look for the upcoming Flyer and website for other pertinent information.

Notice: The Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, May 6th at the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Topeka, Kansas.

We have set up the on-line balloting for the second round of judges selection and emails will be sent to all members who have provided us with a valid email address and have subscribed to [email protected]. If you have been receiving our communications through Constant Con- tact you are subscribed. If not and you wish to vote on-line, please send me an email at [email protected].

Ballot Proposals 2015 Winter Bulletin Board Members 10-14A Andrew, Kathy Approve Antetomaso, Gail Approve Chesbro, Karen NA Dillon, Katherine Approve Endo, Lillian NA Hanson, Kieth Approve McFarlane, Diana Approve McNamara, Judy Approve Noonan, Nancy Approve Scarborough, Approve Shauna Wotton, Myra Approve

Board Proposals: 10-14A – The BFCA shall continue Directors and Officers insurance with Equisure at a yearly premium of $1,006.00.

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 4 Officer Reports—Diana McFarlane, Recording Secretary

On-Line Judges Balloting Second Ballot You can vote on-line if you have an valid email address on file and have subscribed to [email protected]. If you are continuing to receive mail from the BFCA via Constant Contact, you are subscribed. If you are not receiving mail, please contact me at [email protected]. You will receive an email (household members will receive two). Click on the link VOTE HERE to vote. Be sure to sign your name or your vote will not count.

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For those of you who haven't used this link, go to the www.bichon.org website under the SHOP menu--and click the link called AMAZON PARTNER. Please bookmark this link or "right click" and drag it to your desktop as a shortcut.

Whenever you want to shop at Amazon.com, use this link or shortcut to start shopping so that the BFCA will get credit. This is at no cost to you and all purchases are anonymous.

PAGE 5 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Officer Reports—Diana McFarlane, Recording Secretary Nominations for the New Board of Directors For May 2015 - May 2017

The BFCA Nominating Committee for this year is Karen Chesbro Nominating Committee Chairman, Mayno Blanding and Sandee Hanson. Thank you for all your work in putting to- gether the new proposed slate of officers.

In Accordance with the BFCA Constitution, Article IV, Sub.Sec.(a), the following slate of candidates is submitted to serve as Officers and Directors for 2015-2017. Along with the names of each individual is listed the state where they reside.

PRESIDENT: Judy McNamara -- Oklahoma .

VICE PRESIDENT: Gail Antetomaso -- New York .

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Nancy Noonan -- Connecticut .

RECORDING SECRETARY: Diana McFarlane -- California .

TREASURER: Lillian Endo -- California .

DIRECTOR: Matt Abbott -- Pennsylvania .

DIRECTOR: Kathy Andrew -- California .

DIRECTOR: Lynn Ramich -- Pennsylvania .

DIRECTOR: Shauna Scarborough -- Texas .

DIRECTOR: John Wise -- Texas .

DIRECTOR: Myra Wotton -- Minnesota .

Additional Nominations: Additional nominations may be made by following the procedure as outlined in Article IV, Sec. 4, Sub Sec (b) of the Constitution and ByLaws. All nomination conditions must be met and received by the Recording Secretary before April 1, 2015. All nominees must agree to sign the BFCA Code of Ethics for Officers and Directors. A copy of the code may be obtained from the Recording Secretary.

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 6 Officer Reports—Lillian Endo, Treasurer

PAGE 7 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Officer Reports—Lillian Endo, Treasurer

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 8 Officer Reports—Lillian Endo, Treasurer

PAGE 9 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Committee Reports—Agility, Shirley Hamilton

Announcing BFCA’s 2015 Agility Trial

Thanks to all of the members who helped, in numerous ways, to make last years 1st annual BFCA Sponsored All-Breed Agility Trial a smashing success. We raised approximately $3,000 for our national club. As far as agility trials go, it was a “Best in Show!”

It is almost that time of year again. The BFCA sponsored, 2nd annual All-Breed Agility Trial will be held April 24-26, 2015 in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

If you compete in agility with your Bichon, please make it your highest priority to find your way this year’s trial. While this trial is a “random draw,” all Bichons will be guaranteed entry.

We are asking for your help and involvement to make this year’s agility trial even more successful than last year’s trial. There are several ways to be involved, even if you are not an agility exhibitor. It takes 40 to 50 volunteer workers to make a smooth working trial. We can use your help at the trial itself in volunteering to help with any of the volunteer positions, i.e. ring steward, leash runner, gate steward, timer, scribe, assistant scribe, or help with volunteer food and snacks, set up, or tear down.

If you are not able to attend and would still like to help make this trial successful, we can definitely use donations to our “worker raffle” gifts in the $10.00 to $30.00 range. Agility trials rely on a large number of competitor volunteer workers who tend to rate a club on the quality and quantity of the raffle gifts. This is an area where we really want to shine, as it almost guarantees that workers will volunteer for our agility trial in years to come.

We will be awarding a trophy for the highest scoring bichon in trial. If you are interested in sponsoring this National BFCA trophy, please contact Shirley Hamilton.

If you are able to attend to help, want to donate a “worker raffle” gift, or are wondering how you can help even if you are unable to attend, please call or email Shirley Hamilton at 715- 259-7513 or [email protected].

Thanks in advance for your support.

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 10 Committee Reports

Agility Message

Shirley Hamilton is asking that members send their Agility stats to her for the 2014 year. Her email address is [email protected].

Bulletin

To the local clubs—If your club is preparing an article for the BFCA bulletin, please remember that it should be only one page in length. Also, please send the article to me in a written form, not just random information. This would be very helpful for me.

Deadline for the Spring Bulletin

Is March 21, 2015

Delegate Report

Because of health issues, I was unable to attend the December 2014 Delegates meetings and the Eukanuba National Championship. Therefore, I do not have a report. The minutes can be found and read on the AKC website.

With my resignation, I would like to thank the BFCA Board of Officers and Directors for al- lowing me to serve as the BFCA Delegate for the past 14 years.

George Sikes

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 11 Committee Reports

Friendship Committee Report

I have not received any notices about our members for this quarter. Please let me know if sympathy cards or get well cards are needed. While this is good news, we want to make sure that we are not missing anyone.

Laura Purnell Friendship Chairman

Raffle

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is staying warm, especially the folks in the East. Lately, it’s been very cold and we finally had our first snowfall this winter.

Our National is only 4 months away and it’s that time to ask you all to do some housecleaning and think about making a generous donation to our raffle/silent auction. This year I’m sad to say that I won’t be able to attend due to work obligation. However, Paula Hendricks and Lynn Ramich, two of my very hard working friends, have agreed to oversee the event and I’m sure they will do an excellent job. So, please donate some items you may have to make this year’s fundraising effort a huge success. And please remember: proceeds from your generous donations are what keeps the Club thriving.

Donations can be sent to me directly at the address below or bring it along with you. Matt will be driving our RV to Topeka so he will have the space to bring the items if you choose to mail them.

My address is: 3129 Barberry Court Murrysville, PA 15668

Thank you all in advance and safe travels. I will definitely miss seeing you all this year and, of course, the white fluffs!

Paula Abbott Raffle/Silent Auction Chair (H) 724-325-5424

PAGE 12 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Committee Reports—Membership, Karen Chesbro NEW MEMBERS (Sponsors)

Betty Conrad 32 Big Oak Court Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (Mayno Blanding & Gayle Sarner)

NEW MEMBER APPLICATIONS (Sponsors)

Jolee Hanson (Rejoining after membership lapse) 14481-268th Avenue N.W. Zimmerman, Minnesota 55398 (Roberta Bleecker & Vickie Halstead)

Nina Pellegrini 930 Locust Lane S Tacoma, WA 98465 (Barbara Barton & Ann Freeman)

All BFCA members are invited to send comments (both pro & con) regarding applicants. Comments must be received by the Recording Secretary, Diana McFarlane 3606 Haverhill St. Carlsbad, CA 92008-2174 [email protected] by February 15, 2015 .

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 13 Committee Reports

Membership Directory Corrections Winter 2015

The following members have changed their contact information. Be sure to save a copy in your directory. If you have any changes and have not submitted them to me nor indicated them on your renewal forms, please send those changes immediately to: Diana McFarlane, email: [email protected]

MaynoMayno BlandingBlanding Lynn Bortman 35153515 NW 221st St 2815 Byberry Road, Apt 136 Ridgefield, WA 98642‐8581 Hatboro, PA 19040 360‐771‐8978 • [email protected] 215‐643‐1081 • [email protected]

AnitaCarroll Kieth & Sandra Hanson 991 Ridge Rd 14704 White Oak Drive Durango, CO 81303‐6455 Burnsville, MI 55337 970‐385‐7772 • [email protected] 952‐426‐1093 • [email protected]

Patricia McAllister Dena Monson 2122 Corvus Rd #4‐14909 32 Ave RR1 Surrey, BC V4P 1A4 Sooke, BCV0S 1N0 CANADA CANADA 604 531 5520 • [email protected] 250‐642‐2310 • [email protected] Betsy Savage Lynn Ramich 6791 Black Fox Drive 523 California Ave Hoschton, GA 30548 Monroeville, PA 15146‐3921 843‐812‐9988 • [email protected] 412‐823‐6328 • [email protected] Betty Conrad 32 Big Oak Court Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925‐932‐4935 • [email protected]

PAGE 14 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Committee Reports—Rescue, Zandra Kern

BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA CHARITABLE TRUST Est. 2003

Winter 2015

2014 was a busy year for rescuing Bichons. We rescued 76 Bichons and placed 75. The one Bichon we have not placed is Cuddles. She is one of the five bichons we took into rescue from a breeder who was a long time BFCA member. This breeder had a stroke and is permanently impaired. The other four bichons were placed in adopted homes. Cuddles is 14 years old and suffers from arthritis. Cuddles is in a lovely foster home and her best friend is Anaya, the 8 year old daughter of the foster.

We have and continue to do many things to raise money for rescue. We received money from the Bichon Frise Club of Southern New England, the Bichon Bash, fundraisers, Amazon smile, individual donations and money as a result of postings on our Facebook page. Our Facebook page has been a wonderful tool. We have over 4,000 people currently following it. Lynn Ramich is constantly monitoring our page, answering questions and providing helpful information. Thanks to Lynn for all the work she has done and continues to do on our Facebook page. We will continue with these fundraisers in 2015 and have ideas for a few new ones.

A new BFCACT website, www.bichonrescue.org, was created in 2014. This website has helped us immensely as a new venue to show our Bichons and an easier way for individuals to donate.

Any suggestions to help us increase our contributions for 2015 would be greatly appreciated. And, we are always looking for volunteers!

Gail Antetomaso Rescue Co-Chair, Trustee

Zandra Kern Rescue Co-Chair

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 15 Committee Reports—Rescue, Matt Abbott

BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA CHARITABLE TRUST

Est. 2003

Regions Bank Balance as of December 31, 2013 $35,927.96 Outstanding checks @ December 31, 2013 – Since cleared $ 214.27 Adjusted balance @ December 31, 2013 $35,713.69

Regions Bank Balance as of December 31, 2014 $39,361.68

YEAR-TO-DATE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

INCOME Pay Pal Transfer In 33,170.62 Contribution 10,757.01 Adoption Rescue 7,680.00 Contribution With Member Dues 1,355.00 National Specialty Rescue Auction 530.00 Relinquishment Contribution 105.00 TOTAL INCOME 53,597.63

EXPENSES Vet Expenses For Rescue 47,281.62 Expenses for Rescued Bichons 1,340.21 Tax Return Preparation 500.00 Telephone Answering System 382.21 Transportation Expenses for Rescues 150.00 Web Site 97.00 Check Image Fee 120.00 Expenses for Fundraiser 58.60 Bank Charges 20.00 TOTAL EXPENSES 49,949.64

Prepared By Matt Abbott, BFCACT Treasurer

PAGE 16 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Committee Reports—ROM/ROMX, Stephanie Uva REGISTER OF MERIT / REGISTER OF MERIT EXCELLENT AWARDS Winter 2015 – Submitted as of 1/11/15

Congratulations to the following dogs that have been rewarded ROM titles:

ROM: OWNERS: CH Capichon Dalnavert Luvit Laine Linda Ross*, Bernice & Brian Lucas*

CH Doriann Prelude Moonlitesonata Janet & Julie Weiderhold* & Amy Walters*

* Denotes BFCA Membership

Qualifications for ROM/ROMX It is the responsibility of the Owner of a proposed dog to submit the required information to the ROM/ROMX Chairman for confirmation. The Owner must be a BFCA member in good standing. To be eligible for a Register of Merit (ROM) Award, the subject dog is to have been: the Sire of seven (7) or more, or the Dam of five (5) or more, Champions of Record. To be eligible for a Reg- ister of Merit Excellent (ROMX) Award, the subject dog is to have been: the Sire of twenty-five (25) or more, or the Dam of ten (10) or more, Champions of Record. The progeny are to be Cham- pions of Record, confirmed by AKC. How to apply for your award: To apply for your ROM/ROMX please submit the following two documents: 1. An AKC Progeny Report for the sire or dam, listing the Champions of Record available from the AKC On-Line Store for $25.00; OR publications from AKC Gazette, AKC Awards, BFCA Banquet Awards Booklets or Bichon Reporters verifying the Champions of Record. 2. Copy of current AKC registration, showing all owners of the sire or dam Note: If you are unable or unsure about obtaining the AKC Progeny Report, then you may submit your request with a copy of the current AKC registration and a non-refundable check for $25.00. I will obtain the AKC Progeny Report and mail a copy to you.

Mail To: Stephanie Uva, 2015 E Vista Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 904.654.5906 [email protected]

PAGE 17 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Committee Reports Obedience Report

I need to hear from you about your Obedience titles and scores. The way that AKC has set it up, I am unable to find out unless I already know of the dog showing. In that case, I can look up scores, etc. I am not getting any info anymore that I can easily find on the AKC web site.

I need the title of any shows you have entered and qualified in Obedience, Rally and or track- ing that occurred from January of 2014 through the end of this year and I need it to continue for the 2015 year and on since I am not getting any communication from the person that does get the AKC stats. You can also give me the dogs name and/or AKC number and then I can look up the information on another site but I am at a loss for collecting stuff so I have to rely on members,

Also, I have had a request to let people know of Bichon clubs offering Obedience at their Spe- cialties and the locations/dates. Please let me know when and where you are having your shows that offer Specialty obedience and Rally classes.

Linda Ferrulo Obedience chairman

Sales report

Welcome to 2015 –

Sales have been terribly SLOW -- slower than anytime since I took over this job at least 8 -9 years ago. We really need some new items to sell. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Kathy Loynachan

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2015 National Specialty

Happy New Year to all of you!

We hope you are preparing yourselves to travel to the wonderful land of Ahhs! We are currently finishing up the last touches of the "Flyer" and it should be in the mail very soon. The premium list will be sent by email.

Our events begin Tuesday, May 5th with registration, clothing sales (we have added aprons), Welcome night and end Friday, May 8th with the Best of Breed competition.

For more information, please visit our website at www.bichon.org and don't forget to make your hotel reservations. Please be thinking about catalog ads, trophy donations and raffle items! Our club needs each and every one of you to help support us in order to make our Specialty a success!

We hope to see all of you in Topeka!

Lillian Endo and Judy McNamara

Hotel Reservations

Deadline to receive the discount rate: April 3, 2015

Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center 1717 Southwest Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS, 66612

Reservations: 281-442-5100 1-800-579-7937, www.bichon.org or reservations can be made online at www.capitolplazahoteltopeka.com. Click on “ Reservations ” and you will be redirected to the reservations page. Select your dates and room preference, enter “ Group Code ” and enter code BICHON.

If you call the hotel directly please mention you are part of the Bichon Frise Club of America or group code BICHON so you receive the negotiated rate of $92.00 a night plus tax. There will be a $35.00 nonrefundable pet fee for sleeping rooms with dogs. Limit four (4) dogs per room.

PAGE 19 BICHON FRISE CLUB OF AMERICA Bichon Frise Club of San Diego

Bichon Frise Club of San Diego -- 2014 AKC Awards

• Owner Wilson Ramirez: CH Karmel’s Flight To. Déjà Vu “Charly” NP33839305 CH Title earned

• Owner Wilson Ramirez: GCH Belamour’s White Velvet At Karmel’s “Bebe” NP33570805 GCH Title earned

• Owners Deb Gibb and Sharon Hunkins: GCH SHE Bichons Gary Cooper “Cooper" NP31688102. GCH Title earned Friday, November 28, 2014 Yuma Kennel Club

• Owner Anita Carroll, Marsi Harvey, Lois Morrow: CH Beaujolais’s Bright Reflection “Coal” NP28365304 CH Title earned Saturday, November 29, 2014 Yuma Kennel Club

• Anita Carroll and Marsi Harvey (Lois Morrow might also be a co-owner, not sure): Beaujolais’s Sassy Socialite RE OA OAJ MXP MJP CGCA “Brulee” NP11411403

Upcoming Events:

41st and 42nd Specialty Shows and 37th Sweepstakes Including two Owner Handler Series Events Friday, February 20, 2015 Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, California Details: http://bichonfriseclubofsandiego.com/2015specialty/

AKC Agility Trials June 12, 13, 14, 2015 NTC Promendade, 2875 Dewey Road, San Diego, CA 92106

WINTER BULLETIN 2015 PAGE 20 Bichon Frise Club of Western Pennsylvania

The BFCWPA activities for this quarter included Responsible Dog Ownership Day on October 12, 2014, a general meeting on November 9, 2014, and the annual Christmas Party on December 7, 2014.

RDO day on October 12th, was a presentation by Penny Layne, of Aunt Penny’s Premium Dog Sit- ting and Training Services on “Understanding Canine Body Language.” Ms. Layne is a professional member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and the International Association of Animal Behavioral Consultants. She is also a licensed expert pre- senter for Family Paws and Parent Education. The presentation was attended by members, the public and professionals and was well received.

At the November 9th meeting, Beth Caywood announced her resignation as Vice President. The Board accepted names of parties interested in the position and will announce an appointment at the January 11, 2015 meeting. There was discussion of club participation in the Pet Fair at the Galleria of Mt. Lebanon on January 31 and February 1, 2015. Other discussions included means of increasing membership attendance and sending the club newsletter to interested non- mem- bers. An announcement was made that Joe Walton will serve as judge at the club’s Specialty in 2015.

The annual Christmas Party was held at Matt and Paula Abbott’s home on Sunday, December 7, 2014. The party was well attended and a good time was had by all.

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Bichon Frise Club of America National Specialty 2015

May 5-8, 2015

Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center 1717 Southwest Topeka Boulevard Topeka, KS, 66612

1-800-579-7937

Make your reservations NOW!

Let’s travel to the wonderful land of Ahhs!