THE BOYKIN SPANIEL STANDARD the Official Newsletter of the Boykin Spaniel Club & Breeders Association of America, Inc
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THE BOYKIN SPANIEL STANDARD The Official Newsletter of the Boykin Spaniel Club & Breeders Association of America, Inc. ISSUE 11 OCTOBER 2013 this issue A PRESIDENT’S LETTER P. 1 Notes on the Article “Little Brown Dogs” P. 3 AKC Meet the Breed in Houston & New York P. 4 News Items from the BSCBAA P. 5 Committees and Volunteers P. 6 Thanks to Harold P. 7 Boykin Brags P. 8 Upcoming Events P. 9 AKC Tips for the Holidays P. 11 AKC Boykin Spaniel Titles 2012 & 2013 P. 12 Doggie Dos & Don’ts for Mealtime P. 14 Government Relations & Legislative Updates P. 15 Featured Photo is Hollow Creek's Jake-Watts BN RE JH, jumping in the Rally AKC Information Excellent Event at the Trial in Spartanburg, SC June 2013; owner—Beth For AKC Registration visit this link: Crocker. Photo Credit: Dean Lake Photography http://www.akc.org/reg/index.cfm? nav_area=registration Interested in a Health Care Plan for your Boykin visit this link: http://www.akcpethealthcare.com/ Upcoming Events Exploring open source software opportunities. Visit our website at: BSCBAA President’s Letter TheBoykinSpanielClub.com Dear BSCBAA Members, For upcoming AKC Events visits:akc.org The time of year sporting dog owners look forward to has ar- Contact Information rived; hunting season. During this special time we get to take Club Address: our Boykins to the field or lake to enjoy hunting with them. I PO BOX 42 Gilbert, SC 29054 hope those of you that get to hunt with your dogs have a Membership Address: successful and productive year. I’m hopeful this fall that my PO BOX 781 young Boykin has a good learning season of duck hunting Cypress, TX 77410 and hopefully we can be able to send pictures of our hunts. I Club Email: encourage our members to send pictures of your fall experi- [email protected] ences with your dog to [email protected] so we Newsletter Email: can all enjoy your adventures with the Little Brown Dogs. [email protected] Website: TheBoykinSpanielClub.com By the variety of titles that I see being awarded it is apparent Boykins owners, both members and non- © 2013The Boykin Spaniel Club and Breeders Association of America, Inc. 1 BSCBAA President’s Letter Continued members, are increasing the breed’s exposure to the AKC BSCBAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS & dog world. I encourage more OFFICERS (May 31, 2013) of you to try the various ven- ues available to our dogs. Class of 2014 When meeting other Boykin Tina Hamrick - MD Carol Hill - TX owners encourage them to Dan Kauzlarich - IL join us as I hope we can offer Rose Leale - TX them a positive experience. If DeVon Ruth - SC you are not sure how to get Class of 2015 started in a particular event, Harold Stanlick - WI reach out to others in the Greg Copeland - TX Roslin Copeland - TX club. There is an “Expert” in Randall Benzel - TX almost every venue AKC has Michle Machala -TX to offer. It is very rewarding to Class of 2016 compete with your Boykin Troy Blalock-SC and educate people about our pating in Meet the Breed at Jacquelin “Jackie” DeAngelo-NY wonderful breed. But as you the Eukanuba National Cham- Jeff Engelmann –TX venture into new activities be pionship all breed dog show Heber R. “Butch” Norckauer, Jr. –AL prepared to repeat over and in December 14-15 in Orlando Dan Reel - GA over “It’s a Boykin Spaniel”. Fl. Anyone wishing to help The Officers support Meet the Breed President - Dan Kauzlarich On the subject of events I please contacts Butch Vice-President - Greg Copeland would like to remind you of Norckauer. Secretary - Roslin Copeland our planned Club AKC Spaniel Treasurer - Michle Machala hunt test the first weekend of I am sad to report Harold Alternate - Dan Reel March 2014. The tentative lo- Stanlick has tenured his resig- Executive Administrator - cation will be in the Carolina nation from the board of di- H.R. "Butch" Norckauer, Jr. area. Details are being final- rectors. Harold has requested ized by the Hunt committee this due to health issues that and this year’s hunt test chair he is experiencing. Harold has Dan Reel. Should you like to served the club in various po- help the team please contact sitions during some of the Dan or Devon Ruth. The club Club’s most challenging times. is also planning another sup- His support and guidance will ported entry Conformation be missed. We wish Harold a event in the spring of 2014. speedy recovery and hope he The details are being worked is able to participate in club on and will be published as events in the near future. soon as location and times are Daniel L. Kauzlarich approved by the Board. In ad- Beth Crocker and Jake competing dition the club will be partici- President in Rally Excellent. 2 The Boykin Spaniel Standard ISSUE 11 October, 2013 Exclusion of Liability for Mislead- ing Statements in Print and Adver- tisements "All material is copyright and may not be published without written permis- sion" "The Board of Directors of the Boykin Spaniel Club and Breeders Association of America, Inc. (BSCBAA) (i) reserves the right to decide in its absolute dis- cretion what material of any nature Meet the Breed at the Reliant Dog Show including but not limited to articles and advertisements ("material") will NOTE ABOUT: “Little Brown Dogs” By M. J. Nelson in Dog News be published in The Boykin Spaniel Standard (BSCBAA Newsletter), (ii) The Boykin Spaniel is featured in the August 23, 2013 issue of Dog News. The story, titled “Little reserves the right to refuse to publish Brown Dogs”, is available online at the magazine’s website (www.dognews.com) under any material, to edit and/or change “archives.” Outside of newsletters and self-serving online forums there is very little written the format of any material and to about Boykin Spaniels so we encourage you to read it if you have time. place conditions on the publication of any material and (iii) accepts no re- Individuals interviewed for the article and quoted in the article are all BSCBAA members in good sponsibility for error in the publication standing and were interviewed on their own and not as representatives of the BSCBAA. of any material." "The opinions ex- pressed in any material in The Boykin The BSCBAA is the AKC Parent Club for the Boykin Spaniel but finds it necessary to set the rec- Spaniel Standard are not necessarily ord straight for those misinformed on various online forums who are not aware of the facts or those of the BSCBAA. The BSCBAA will not do their homework regarding the UKC’s Best In Show (BIS) and Best In Multi-Breed does not represent or warrant that the Show (BIMBS). information, statements or represen- The article states “…Pat Watts, whose dog “Gus” (BIS UWP GRCH Hollow Creek’s Gus CGC) has a tations contained in any material in- weight pulling title and is the only Boykin Spaniel in North America, so far, to have earned a cluding but not limited to statements best-in-show.” If you do your historical research as M. J. Nelson obviously did and check with as to the condition or attributes of any the UKC, the UKC will tell you there has in-fact been only ONE Boykin Spaniel awarded Best In dog are correct and is not to be held Show: UWPO UWPCH GRCH Hollow Creek’s Gus on March 1, 2003. liable or responsible in any way what- soever for any mis-statements or error There have been other Boykins granted lesser honors: Reserve Best In Show, Best In Multi- in the information, statements or rep- Breed Show, Or Reserve Best In Multi-Breed Show, but to date there is only one Boykin Spaniel resentations contained in any materi- Best In Show. al." From page 63 of the UKC Conformation rulebook: "The BSCBAA Best In Show consists of the first-place winners of each Group class. Board of Directors and Editor reserve the right to refuse advertis- Best In Multi-Breed Show: "If no Group classes are offered, this class consists of the Best of ing or submissions which are not in Breed winners from all breeds offered at the show. When one or more Group class is offered, the best interest of the breed, the club, the Best in Multi-breed Show class shall consist of the first-place winners of each Group and or dog sports. Items included in this those remaining Best of Breed winners who were not defeated in any Group class." newsletter do not necessarily reflect the views of the Club, the Board, or Weight pulling is an International dog sport involving a dog pulling a cart or sled loaded with the Editor. The Editor reserves the weight a short distance across dirt/gravel, grass, carpet, or snow. It is a modern adaptation of right to edit and/or verify all copy. freighting, in which dogs were used as freight animals to move cargo. Many breeds participate Submissions transfer ownership and in this sport, with dogs being separated into classes by weight. Supporters say it is great exer- copyright to the BSCBAA. " cise, critics say it is animal cruelty. The BSCBAA has no position. 3 AKC MEET THE BREED EVENTS (Houston/New York) Meet the Breed (Boykin Spaniels) Event sponsored by the BSCBAA was held at the Reliant Center (Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows) on July 21, 2013. It was very successful event with hundreds of interested people wanting to meet the Boykin Spaniel.