Dachshund Club of America Winter 2015 Newsletter

WINTER 2015, Volume XXXIX, Number 4

The Dachshund Club of America Newsletter Lynne Dahlén, Editor 9086 Daniels 70 Siren, WI 54872 Official DCA Website: dachshundclubofamerica.org

Da chshund C lub of America Newsletter • WINTER 2015, Volume XXXVIV, Number 4

NEW VOTING PROCESS FOR DCA JUDGES NATIONAL PARENT CLUB CANINE HEALTH CONFERENCE DCA TRUST FUND DONOR REPORT 2015 HARVEST MOON FIELD TRIALS Photography © Andra O’Connell 2015

JUDGES: Sweeps: Mrs. Debby Jahnke Junior Showmanship & Conformation Day 1: Mr. Gary R. Fisher Conformation Day 2: Mr. David Brown Obedience and Rally Day 2: Mr. Elmer Willems Location: OSHKOSH KENNEL CLUB 220 W. Packer Avenue • Oshkosh, WI

Superintendent: Kathy Dachlet 7821 Morrison Rd. • Greenleaf, WI 54126 Email: K9secretary@centurytel.net

Silent auction with many special items.

Complimentary breakfast available, lunch for sale on site.

Conformation Show co-chairs: Anne M. Schmidt (stardust3940@aol.com) and Helen H. Briwa (hhale@athenet.net) Obedience/Rally co-chairs: Helen H. Briwa and Andi Baltes (abaltes@aol.com) CIMA Photography: http://cpischke.photobiz.com/ Badger Dachshund Club: http://www.badgerdc.org/ Ad design by Cathy Kelly

GCh. Sandachs Did It My Way ML X Ch. Treasuredox Revolution@Sleepytime ML

Clyde has been to just 3 shows this year and has been WD/BW at all three. He is pictured with Breeder Judge Lynne Allen at the DCA Independent Specialty winning 4 points. At the Western Pennsylvania Dachshund Club Specialty (Breeder Judge Connie Fisher) he won 5 points and at the Hoosier Dachshund Club Specialty (Breeder Judge Eric Henningsen) he won 5 points as well as Best Bred By Exhibitor all coats. Thanks to all the judges!

SUSAN JONES Dachshund Club of America

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board of directors

officers

President

2nd Vice President

Recording Secretary

Carl Holder 1130 Redoak Drive Lumberton, TX 77657 (409) 755-6569 candachs@aol.com

Fran Colonna 700 Maple Lane Lansing, KS 66043-6221 (913) 727-2246 Kanawha123@aol.com

Vicki Spencer 2650 Holland Drive Owensboro, KY 42303-2723 (270) 316-0051 lorindol@roadrunner.com

1st Vice President

Treasurer

Corresponding Secretary

Neal Hamilton 59 Cloverhill Road Flemington, NJ 08822-1947 (908) 782-4724 Applehillfarm@juno.com

Ken Levison 8155 E. Galinda Drive Tucson, AZ 85750-2420 (520) 722-9427 dazdox@yahoo.com

Cheryl Shultz 3817 Seven Oaks Drive Corona, CA 92881 (951) 279-8252 cherevee@sbcglobal.net

Class of 2015

Class of 2016

Class of 2017

Georjan Bridger P.O. Box 21352 Salem, OR 97307-1352 (503) 364-9695 artsrpassion@live.com

Jerry Cerasini 14775 Wood Road Alpharetta, GA 3004-3036 (770) 475-3152 ponyguru@aol.com

Charlotte Borghardt P.O. Box 1126 Sierra Vista AZ 85636-1126 (520) 249-5030 teckelhof@earthlink.net

Liz Heywood 39 County Rd. 30A Jeromesville, OH 44840-9650 (330) 601-6412 liz@starbarrack.net

Kathleen Lockyer 428 Salmon Road Brighton, TN 38011-7053 (360) 798-5642 tklockyer@gmail.com

Anne Carson 3520 Nancy Creek Rd., NW Atlanta, GA 30327-2406 (404) 237-9245 annecarson@mindspring.com

Paul Martin 21020 St. Louis Rd. Marshall, VA 20115 (703) 407-7327 brando2@starpower.net

Robert Schwalbe 71 Valley Way Pendergrass, GA 30567 (706) 693-7142 reschwalbe@yahoo.com

Ken Hagmueller 2160 Bells Chapel Road Waxahachie, TX 75165-6753 (214) 263-8004 kenhag@mytocn.com

Robert Wlodkowski 2710 Valley Farm Road Waxhaw, NC 28173 (704) 843-5858 Rslepyholo@aol.com

Deneice Van Hook, DVM 3 Deerwood Trail Fairview Heights, IL 62208 (618) 213-6016 k9coach@aol.com

Brian Owen 500 Crooked Creek Road Silver Creek, MS 39663-4409 (601) 886-9996 shadowdachs@yahoo.com

AKC Delegate Larry Sorenson 112 Two Does Lane Clayton, NC 27550-8492 (919) 550-7631 llsoren@earthlink.net

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Thank you Andra O’Connell for the superb action pictures for this quarter’s cover! It’s truly appreciated!

DCA is always looking for wonderful Dachshund pictures for the covers of the newsletter when multiple title holders or Nationals winners aren’t featured.

Remember members: if your dog achieves titles in 7 separate venues that are recognized by DCA, or, if your dog becomes a Triple Champion, your dog is eligible for a cover and an article in the newsletter.

Also, don’t forget that any member’s dog that achieves a DCA Versatility Certificate is eligible for a FREE black/white one page ad within 18 months of achieving that prestigious title.

Just contact the editor for more info!

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2015 National Parent Club Canine Health Conference

New Members & Applicants. . . . . . . . . .

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Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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New Voting Process for DCA Conformation Judges . . . . . . . . . .

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The AKC CHF has been in existence since 1995 and has funded over $44 million in research and educational programs. Purina has donated over $13 million in CHF since 1997. I had the opportunity to attend the Canine Health Conference hosted by AKC/CHF and Purina. The days were filled with many briefings on the up-to-date research being done in the area of canine health.

Seminars such as signs of aging in our dogs, both physically and mentally were one of the many topics covered.

submitted by Cheryl Shultz

HEALTH & WELFARE AKC CHF Health Conference . . . . . . . .

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submitted by Charlotte Borghardt

Hoosier Dachshund Club Breed Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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by Sandy Arnold

Hoosier DC Breed Seminar

DCA Health & Welfare Trust Fund Donor Report . . . . . . . . .

by Sandy Arnold

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by Ruth Robins

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In August 2013, the DCA/Hoosier specialties decided to offer a breed seminar. There was a small group that attended and I remember good interaction and questions. For illustration purposes, we grabbed a few nearby dogs when Mrs. Colonna wanted to clarify a point by showing it on an actual dog, either stacked on a table or moving. The value of having actual dogs there for the Breed Seminar became very clear.

In August 2015, Mrs. Colonna, who frequently attends our shows, approached me about holding the breed seminar again.

Understanding Your Pet’s Blood Tissue & Urine Lab Results . . . . . .

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by W. Jean Dodds, DVM

Volunteers Needed for DCA Committee Positions . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Upcoming Specialties. . . . . . . . . . . .

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AKC Delegates Report . . . . . . . . . .

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by Larry Sorenson

Tally Ho! Starting in Field Trialing

by Jennifer Milosavljevic

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My venture into the world of dog showing also brought me to other opportunities to run performance events with my Dachshunds. I wanted to try Field Trials and Earthdog. My jump into Field Trials started with reading as much as I could about it on the internet. The first time I read about a Dachshund Field Trial I was laughing so hard I was in tears. The gallery lines up, walks forward beating the brush, and once a hare is spotted yells “Tally Ho!” Not ever being involved in anything other then conformation shows, I could not imagine what this would look like.

ABOVE & BELOW GROUND Tally Ho!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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by Jennifer Milosavljevic

WEAVES & RETRIEVES Scent Discrimation Training . . . . . .

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by Karen R. Scheiner

Harvest Moon Field Trials and Earthdog Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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submitted by Cheri Faust

Scent Discrimination Training with Utility Articles Or, Things I Learned in College

Specialty Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Field Trial Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Newsletter Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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How to Think of Service Dogs

by Joanna Kimball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Letters to & from the Editor . . . . .

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2016 Nationals Event Schedule. . . .

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by Karen R. Scheiner

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As a freshman at Beaver College, I dutifully enrolled in a science class which was a requirement for all first year students.

One day, all of the freshman were told that we were required to attend a science assembly in the Little Theatre. Expecting some boring mundane science topic to be presented, I sauntered into the auditorium with my friends, taking a seat near the back.

The lights went down over the audience and the stage lit up.

Nationals 2016 Information . . . . .

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MEMBER ADVERTISERS

NEW MEMBERS:

Alvarez/Minsmere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Richard & Catherine Weise 105 W Sycamore Ave Arcadia CA 91006 626-836-0110, weise91202@yahoo.com

Arnold/Jarbsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Badger Dachshund Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Blackbourn, Jones/Ragtyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Brunner/Barkerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Cooper/Spellbound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mary Boyle 2453 Foxwood Court Apopka FL 32703 407-590-6177, maryboyle1@yahoo.com Gayle & Eldered Bell 16654 Juarez Drive San Diego CA 92128 858-618-2406, engbbell@yahoo.com

Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta . . . .78 Dachshund Fanciers of Southwestern Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Dallas/Fort Worth Dachshund Club . . . . . . . . 16

Ken Smith 6506 E. Calle de las Estrellas Cave Creek AZ 85331 480-595-1767, ken@AZ2you.com

Marianne McCullough 1922 NW 48th Ave. Coconut Creek FL 33063 954-695-1851, rudyroods@bellsouth.net Heather With 415 Greyoaks Court Debary FL 32713 386-216-6291, hwith02@yahoo.com

NEW APPLICANTS: Karen Bronson, Catawba NC Vicki Spencer and Sheila DeLashmutt Shirley Menard, Grand Forks ND David Nickel and Lynne Dahlén Akie and Sara Vemura, Kanagawa Japan Jeff Dionne and Karen Brunner

Comments, in writing, may be sent to Georjan Bridger, DCA Membership Chair.

Delashmutt/Zadox Dachshunds . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Doi/Islandach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Eltringham/TurningPt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

They have crossed the bridge...

Fisher/Beldachs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Florida East Coast Dachshund Club . . . . . . . 36 Gale, Ceplius/Galewinns, Kaycees . . . . . . . . . 53 Hall/Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Judith K. Williams

Hodges/Teckelwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Johnston/Windy Oak Dachshunds . . . . . . . . . 13 Jones/Sleepytime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jumper/Creamridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Knight/Rivercliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Please contact the editor and DCA secretary if you know of one of our members that has recently passed away.

Krieg/Daybreak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lanum/Smoke Rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Lockyer/Lockshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

http://issuu.com/dachshundclubofamerica/docs/autumn_2015_dca

McDonald/Sharpree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 McNamara, Patient/I Spy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Editor, Advertising Coordinator, Graphic Design, Layout and Production: Lynne M. Dahlén Contact: Chazlyn@sirentel.net or 715-349-2566 Editorial Assistant: Chuck Dahlén

Parish/Rosethorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Peat/Pramada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Purina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS Sandy Arnold, Charlotte Borghardt, W. Jean Dodds, DVM, Katharine Dokken, Cheri Faust, Joanna Kimball, Jennifer Milosavljevic, Ruth Robins, Karen Scheiner, Cheryl Shultz, Larry Sorenson

Schwalbe/VSchwalbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PRINTER/MAILING Sutherland Companies, Montezuma, Iowa

Snedaker-Sims/Dachshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Sorenson/Landd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Temple/Templedox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Warren/Joy-Den . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The Dachshund Club of America Inc., The Dachshund Club of America Board of Directors, and the Editor of the Dachshund Club of America Quarterly Newsletter (magazine) are not responsible for the content of any advertisement, solicited or unsolicited editorials, letters or articles that may appear in the newsletter. The content of any advertisement, editorial, letter or article that appears in the Dachshund Club of America Newsletter is the sole responsibility of its advertiser or author.

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NEW PROCESS FOR VOTING ON DCA CONFORMATION JUDGES

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t the Dachshund Club of America Annual Meeting in Chattanooga, TN on April 9, 2015, the membership adopted a new process for voting on conformation judges for our National Specialties. Instead of voting for judges at our Annual Meeting, the new process will allow our entire membership the opportunity to vote by downloading an electronic ballot and returning it to a designated teller via the U.S. postal service.

The flow chart at right outlines the new voting process.

The process for electing our National Specialty judges starts with the existing nomination process described in the DCA Newsletter, Winter 2012 Issue on page 13.

Once the top 10 judge nominees are identified, a ballot will be prepared. The ballot will be emailed via our DCA website to all members with email addresses. The ballot will also be sent out via the DCA Bulletin Board and will be mailed to the few members with no email address. The ballot will also be available on the DCA website.

Ballots will be returned to the designated teller, Mary Holub, PRP. Ms. Holub is the Head Teller for the Christopher Registered Parliamentary Unit, the same group that counts ballots for the DCA annual election of officers and directors.

If there is a tie, a second ballot will be emailed. Once the 3 judges and 3 alternates are identified, the teller will then do a blind draw to assign a variety to each judge. Alternates will not be assigned a variety but ranked in order of the votes each receives. If an alternate is needed for any variety, the 1st alternate will assume that assignment and so on.

Results of the voting and coat assignment will be published on the DCA website, in the Newsletter, as well as posted to the DCA Bulletin Board.

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This process goes into effect immediately and will be used for voting on DCA’s 2018 judges.

REMINDER TO MEMBERS: It is very important to update your correct email address with the DCA Membership Chair, Georjan Bridger, at artsrpassion@gmail.com.

Submitted by Cheryl Shultz DCA Corresponding Secretary

WB and New Champion Central Carolina Dachshund Club Thank you Breeder Judge Gale Yamaguchi

Group 1 Owner Handled Greenville Mississippi Kennel Club Thank you Judge Dr. Bob G. Smith

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Best of Variety Mississippi Dachshund Club Thank you Breeder Judge Ken Hagmueller

Group 1 Owner Handled Mississippi State Kennel Club Thank you Judge Minna-Lisa Koltes

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Welcome to the “Health and Welfare”segment of the Newsletter. It is hoped that DCA members will submit ideas for this section of the magazine as well as articles about experiences pertaining to the healthcare of their dogs that will be of interest to other readers.

Please send ideas, suggestions and articles to: Charlotte Borghardt, DCA Health & Welfare Committee, P.O. Box 1126, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-1126, teckelhofaz@yahoo.com

2015 National Parent Club Canine Health Conference

by Charlotte Borghardt The AKC CHF has been in existence since 1995 and has funded over $44 million in research and educational programs. Purina has donated over $13 million in CHF since 1997. I had the opportunity to attend the Canine Health Conference hosted by AKC/CHF and Purina.

The days were filled with many briefings on the up to date research being done in the area of canine health. Below is a brief synopsis of the presentations given:

STEM CELL THERAPY FOR SUPRASPINATUS TENDONOPATHY

by Jennifer Barrett, DVM PhD. The presentation introduced the concepts of regenerative medicine that are relevant to canine health and defined the different types of stem cells and cell therapies. Dr. Barrett also discussed the advantages and disadvantages of these therapies. She defined the clinical conditions that are relevant to efficacious stem cell therapies, defined the population of dogs that suffer from injury (it appears that shoulder injuries are most common in agility dogs –

weave pole, change of direction, etc.) and the natural history of the injury without more sophisticated intervention.

BRIGHT MIND PLATFORM

by Yuanlong Pan, BVM PhD. Most of us are familiar with the signs of aging in our dogs, both physically and mentally.

Dr. Pan has been studying the effects of aging on the canine brain. Specifically, he studied the glucose metabolism in the brain and how it changes at about the age of 7 years. In younger dogs, glucose sustains cell functions, but this does not carry over as the dog ages. The study is showing that ketone bodies may increase brain function and compensate for the reduction in brain glucose metabolism in the aging dog.

This can affect memory, learning awareness and decision making. Purina has developed a dog food that may help the aging dog. For more information on their formula and the studies go to www.brightmindeffect.com

OSTEOSARCOMA

by Bruce Smith, VMD, PhD. About 6% of all canine cancers are Osteosarcoma. Currently, the normal therapy is amputation and chemotherapy. But even with this treatments, most dogs die within one year of treatment and less than 20% live more than Dachshund Club of America

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an additional 2 years. Dr. Smith is working to engineer a virus that can multiply in the tumor cells but not in the normal cells. He hopes that the dog’s immune system will attack the virus as well as the tumor cells and leave the normal cells alone. This research is still ongoing.

DNA METHYLATION IN CANINE LYMPHOMA

by Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, DAVIM (Oncology).

Dr. Bryan’s research focuses on comparative examination of cancers in companion animals to better understand cancers in all species. His particular areas of interest are targeted imaging and therapy and epigenetics of cancer.

(Epigenetics is the study of mechanisms that

change expression of genes critical to cell growth without changing the DNA sequence by mutation.) Targeted imaging and therapy agents take advantage of particular properties of cancer to deliver an imaging or therapy payload to tumors. Bryan is leading the research projects studying an immunotherapy agent targeted to the low-oxygen environment of cancer, an herbal derivative that targets iron in tumors and a nanoparticle chemotherapy targeted to the lymphatic drainage of cancer. The agents under evaluation are destined for use in both dogs and humans to treat lymphomas as well as solid tumors like sarcomas, head and neck cancer and breast cancer. Each of these trials is designed to develop an approach that is less toxic and more effective than our current cancer treatment. DNA methylation can cause the complete silencing of genes that act as brakes on cell division without any mutation to the gene itself. Unlike mutations, which are permanent changes to the DNA, methylation can be reversed and the gene can function again, putting the brakes back on cell growth. He is investigating epigenetic causes and contributions to animal cancers to assist in identifying the most biologically relevant change to human cancers by comparison. His program operates on the evidence that understanding disease in multiple species will help us progress more rapidly in treatment than if we look at one species at a time.

PRECISION MEDICINE IN ONCOLOGY

by Doug Thamm, VMD, DACVIM (Oncology).

Dr. Thamm spoke on personalized or precision medicine in the treatment of osteosarcoma. His clinical and research interests include novel targeted therapies for animal and human cancer and ways to integrate these therapies with existing treatment. He hopes that the next several years will demonstrate whether precision medicine approaches have the potential to improve outcome in human patients with cancer.

Although canine oncology will lag behind owing to practical and financial constraints it is anticipated that individualized approaches to cancer treatment will become more common in canine oncology as well.

FUNGAL MICROBIOME OF HEALTHY AND ALLERGIC CANINE SKIN

by Jan Suchodolski, DVM, PhD. Fungi are known causes of diseases in dogs including cutaneous and systemic infections as well as inflammatory and allergic diseases. In

order to fully understand the role of fungis in these diseases, we must first have a comprehensive picture of the normal fungi living on the skin of the dogs, and then begin to cipher how these communities change when disease if present. Genetic sequencing technologies can provide a much more accurate status of commensal fungi residing on the canine skin than what has been previously shown with traditional culture based methods.

These studies will provide insight into the involvement of fungi in atopic dermatitis.

Furthermore, they will identify fungal genera that may serve as opportunistic pathogens.

Results of this study may yield potential therapies in this chronic skin disease, which affects both the canine pets who suffer from severe pruritus and their owners who must provide long term and costly care.

THE CUTANEOUS MICROBIOME AND RESISTOME OF HEALTHY ATOPIC DOGS

by Charles Bradley, VMD, DACVP. Dr. Bradley discusses canine atopic dermatitis. As in human medicine, antimicrobial resistance is increasing and presents a major challenge to successful treatment of these infections. This condition affects about 10% of the canine population and affected dogs often develop recurrent bacterial skin infections. Drug resistant diseases continue to be a challenge in both human and veterinary medicine.

GASTRIC DILATATION VOLVULUS

by Laura Nelson, DVM, MS, DACVS. Dr. Nelson discussed the current research on GDV risk, treatment, prevention and causes of GDV. Recent surveys show that risks include being an intact female, being a family pet, being fed dry kibble, spending more time with its owner and being anxious. Some risks previously thought to be true have not panned out such as restricting exercise after eating and being fed from a raised food bowl. Mortality rates have decreased probably because more owners are aware of this disease and react more quickly in getting the dog to a vet clinic. Studies also have identified a strong correlation within families and breeds. The AKC CHF is currently funding a study on this topic.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

by Kenneth Simpson, BVM&S, PhD. Dr. Simpson’s goal is to understand the interplay between bacteria and the host that leads to chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer and to effectively translate laboratory based studies to improve detection, therapy and ultimately prophylaxis. IBD is a leading cause of morbidity across species. One of the questions is whether IBD is environmentally caused or genetic. Some studies have found that this can be breed specific with various types of IBD. (NOTE: this is common in dachshunds in Japan).

CHF is supporting a study on IBD in Boxers.

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REDUCTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN CANINE GROUP SETTINGS

by Jason Stull, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM. Infectious diseases are a concern for dogs in group settings, such as boarding facilities, sporting events and shows. The co-mingling of numerous dogs allows for the rapid movement of disease between individuals, resulting in outbreaks and rapid geographic spread. Despite the importance of this topic, there are few established recommendations aimed at dogs in these unique settings. Sadly, there is no tracking mechanism in place for most canine infectious diseases, unlike the USDA that tracks livestock infections. Most canine diseases are not reportable. While we all know the risk at dogs shows and sporting events, it was interesting to learn that dogs going into health care facilities (vet clinics) are more likely to be exposed to drug resistant pathogens than other areas.

BE VERY, VERY QUIET… I’M HUNTING BRUCELLOSIS

by Matthew Krecic, DVM, MS, MBA, DACVIM. This presentation covered the significance of Brucella Canis to breeding dogs, the presence of silent carrier dogs and the current testing recommendations. Some of the key things covered was that dogs are infected for life and can be asymptomatic. Brucellosis can be transferred at insemination even if frozen semen is used. We should be very concerned about the asymptomatic dogs as the source of infection.

Luckily, the bacteria does not survive well outside of the dogs, so it is recommended that breeders practice good sanitation.

Recommended testing is for TWO negative tests (results 30 days apart) prior to adding a dog to a kennel. Routine testing prior to a planned breeding/AI should be 3-4 weeks prior to breeding, giving some lag time for antibodies to develop. NOTE: Ohio is planning to implement testing for high volume breeders.

CANINE DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY

by Joan Coates, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology).

Canine DM is similar to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in humans. It is usually a late onset disease (9 – 14 years of age). DM is degeneration of the spinal cord that manifests itself in progressive hind limb weakness. The dog is usually non-ambulatory within a year of initial symptoms. Although the average is 10 months for the dog to go from ambulatory to non-ambulatory. There is no treatment. This disease has been more common in Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Boxers and German Shepherd Dogs. The question of whether or not it is genetic remains unanswered, but researchers suspect familial influence.

There were two other presentations of particular interest on Senior/Aging dogs. I will submit that article for the next newsletter in order to be able to give a more in-depth coverage on this important subject. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on any of the above information.!

HOOSIER BREED SEMINAR

by Sandy Arnold

In August 2013, the DCA/Hoosier specialties decided to offer a breed seminar. This consisted of Fran Colonna leading a PowerPoint slide presentation that DCA had created for such purposes.

There was a small group that attended and I remember good interaction and questions. For illustration purposes, we grabbed a few nearby dogs when Mrs. Colonna wanted to clarify a point by showing it on an actual dog, either stacked on a table or moving. The value of having actual dogs there for the Breed Seminar became very clear.

In August 2015, Mrs. Colonna, who frequently attends our shows, approached me about holding the breed seminar again. I knew right away that if we were going to hold it, it was going to include a hands-on portion. Having seen the breed presentation a number of times, from different presenters, it seems never as effective without a hands-on element.

We “advertised” the seminar in our Premium List and on our club’s facebook page. I asked a non-dachshund breeder judge that I knew to post the information I sent to him to the judges lists that he was on. I asked a number of different people that might be attending our shows to see if they had dogs that were not entered that could be used for the hands-on portion--our goal was to use non-entered dogs. To ensure a larger variety of sizes & coats, we did end up with a few that were entered over the weekend. The seminar was held 30 minutes after the Friday specialty was completed (judging began at 1:00 pm & wrapped up around 4 pm). We set up a screen, projector and snacks and Fran began to go through the PowerPoint presentation. When that was complete, we set up 4 grooming tables lined up for participants to go over each dog. After everyone had gone over the first four dogs and evaluated them on the table, each one was moved down & back and

then across to see side movement, again with Mrs. Colonna leading the group on what to look for in each exhibit.

We had an audience of all skill and experience levels. There were 26 that signed in, but there were even more participants. There were several AKC judges, experienced breeders as well as some very new people to showing dogs and to dachshunds. I can't count the number of people, from every level, that told me the seminar was very successful. Even those very experienced said they learned something. We did have 2 AKC judges that are planning to apply for dachshunds that not only attended the seminar on Friday, but did ringside mentoring at all 3 of our specialties. We are very fortunate to have a number of those on the DCA Mentors list that regularly attend our show, so the two prospective judges had mentoring from at least 4-7 different mentors, over the 3 show weekend.

This event propagated rich discussion among newbies to experienced breeders to judges. They were all in the same room, and I felt humbled to be a part of it. I would strongly encourage clubs to consider offering a breed presentation and inviting prospective judges from your area. Make sure that all are invited and welcomed. The opportunity for learning, education and growth is priceless.

I would like to extend great thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Colonna for the presentation, and to the many that helped set up chairs, tables, who listened attentively, asked questions and especially to those that shared their dogs in the hands-on. Many many thanks to you all for helping further breed education in dachshunds. I believe that both breeders and judges, (current or future), have a responsibility to the breed. I hope this inspires more educational opportunities for both breeders and judges to improve our beloved dachshund breed. Please contact Ken Levison, Chair of the DCA Judges Education Committee or any of the Committee members, for more information on how to hold such an event. (Mr. Levison’s email is dazdox@yahoo.com) !

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Blessed Indeed!

First weekend out Khloe wins BOV and a Hound Group 4 for a 5 point major from the puppy class!

(GCh. DC Walmar-Solo’s OMG SL JE X GCh. Solo’s Twelve Bells SL)

Thank you Judge Mrs. Linda C. More for finding our baby girl!

Khloe is bred by Kimberly Vidrine, & Paula Carter, and Walter Jones & Mary Jones.

Always owner handled by Kimberly C. Lanum

(GCh. Twelfth Night ‘Xpress Legacy L X GCh. Twelfth Night Sabrina Fairchild L)

Introducing the lovely LENA HORNE Special thanks to Judge Eugene Blake for Lena’s first major win in limited showing.

Lena is bred by Mrs. Anne H. Carson, Jim Carson and Kimberly C. Lanum.

Always owner handled by Kimberly C. Lanum

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designate your donations for the year. It’s also very important to have the Trust Fund listed as a memorial recipient in your obituary and/or to remember the Trust Fund in your will as these gifts are ones which truly “live on” and have an ongoing impact. As you can see below, this year the Trust Fund was notified that a long time dachshund owner named the Trust Fund as a beneficiary of her estate.

BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2014 AND OCTOBER 1, 2015, THE TRUST FUND RECEIVED DONATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING: Donations from Organizations AmazonSmile Carrie Medhi Foundation Membership of the Dachshund Club of America Paypal Giving Fund Donations from Individuals Karen L. Butler Estate Donations in Honor of or to Acknowledge Individuals Cynthia Cero – to acknowledge a “gift of love” and to honor Brownwood Kennel Beth Goode – to honor Henry Segal and his family (including two dachshunds) and to acknowledge Chanukah Adam D. Orkin – to honor Brownwood Farm

DCA HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND DONOR REPORT The Officers and Board of Directors of the DCA Health & Welfare Trust Fund thank the generous donors who have made contributions in support of the fund’s goals of promoting education and research aimed at eliminating health and genetic problems within the breed. The majority of donations continue to be given by individuals in memory of or in honor of special humans and canines — however, other kinds of gifts are always welcome.

Donations in Honor of Dogs Susan A. Nolen – in honor of Robb-K’s Frankly Fredrick “Fred” MS VCD2 AX AXP OJP owned and handled by Carol Clifton Amanda Walker – in honor of Robb-K’s Frankly Fredrick “Fred” MS VCD2 AX AXP OJP owned and handled by Carol Clifton Memorials for Dogs Robert and Jean Burnett – in memory of CH MT’s Connecticut Yankee Carrie Medhi Foundation – in memory of Culdach’s Ben-Hur V Fleming “Ben”, CH Hildisvin Eclipse “Phineas”, and CH Schoolhouse Francis Rocks CGC THD “Francis” Carrie Medhi Foundation – in memory of MBISS Am/Can CH Souvenir of Wagsmore ML, ROMO Meredith Taylor – in memory of MBISS Am/Can CH Souvenir of Wagsmore ML, ROMO Memorials for Individuals Bayou Dachshund Club of New Orleans, Inc. – in memory of James Forrester Anne H. Carson — in memory of Valerie Diker Connecticut Yankee Dachshund Club – in memory of Gwen Wexler Barbara Keck — in memory of Joan Botknecht Barbara Keck – in memory of Gwen Wexler Pete and Barb Skaer – in memory of Marilyn Mitchell

GIVE TO THE TRUST FUND WITH YOUR AmazonSmile PURCHASES Instead of just making a purchase from Amazon, make that purchase through AmazonSmile (use smile.amazon.com) and designate the DCA Health &Welfare Trust Fund as the charitable organization of your choice. The Trust Fund will then receive a donation from Amazon amounting to 0.5% of The Trust Fund is a 501-c-3 tax-exempt, non-profit the price of your eligible AmazonSmile organization and, to the extent allowed by law, gifts purchases. In 2015, the Trust Fund received are considered tax-deductible charitable $65.91 from AmazonSmile – but just imagine contributions. All donations are acknowledged and how much larger that figure could be if more donors receive a receipt for tax purposes. You may people named the Fund as their chosen make a gift to the Trust Fund any time you wish by charitable recipient! mailing your check made out to DCA H & W Trust Fund to: Ruth Robins – Trust Administrator, DCA OTHER WAYS TO GIVE Health & Welfare Trust Fund, c/o 4314 Westport Don’t forget to use Google’s Goodshop, Terrace, Louisville, KY 40207-7014. If at any time Goodsearch and Gooddining to benefit the you have questions regarding a gift to the Trust Trust Fund. And, if your company matches Fund, contact the Trust Administrator by phone at gifts made to non-profits and charities, please (502) 893-2237 or via e-mail at be sure to list the DCA Health & Welfare ruth.robins1@gmail.com.

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DCA HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND OFFICERS Chairman: Deneice Van Hook, DVM; Secretary: Vicki Spencer; Trust Administrator: Ruth Robins BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cheri Faust, Jolanta Jeanneneny, Monica Martin and all members of the DCA Board of Directors

Submitted by Ruth Robins, Trust Administrator

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The Dachshund Fanciers of Southwestern Washington would like to thank all their members, mentors, competitors, supporters, and sponsors for a fantastic 2015 season.

We have planned an equally wonderful 2016.

Tournament of Champions: May 20 Spring field trials: May 21 and 22 Spring hunt tests: dates tbd* Earthdog: June 11 and 12 Stefan Fuss Workshop: October, date tbd* Fall field trials: dates tbd* Earthdog: November 5 and 6 Winter field trial: December 17 plus as many practices and seminars as we can put on!

Please join us if you are out our way!

* To be determined

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A legacy of performance, the best team mate ever, and a dog that brought a smile to all who observed her.

Thank you Sierra for your awesome companionship.

You made me proud!

I miss you every single day!

Your legacy lives on through Gee!, Megan and Casey and their offspring.

Bred, owned and cherished by: Sharon McDonald Sharpree Dachshunds River Ridge, LA

I'll see you again ... you'll know me ... I'll have the pinata.

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(Ch. Sleepytime’s Legacy ROMX X GCh. Jarbsy’s Mama Mia ROMO)

Hunter is Mia’s 9th Champion and I can’t thank Susan Jones enough for letting me use Andy and adding to his lengthy list of Champions. We look forward to her major pointed sister “Cleo” (Jarbsy’s Make Up Your Mind) in the ring with co-owner James Hall.

Bred by: Sandy Arnold Owned by: Sandy Arnold, Jarbsy Dachshunds sandyarn@aol.com • 812-322-1842 Dachshund Club of America

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Sire: Ch. Dollidach Waldmeer Blue Chip ~ Dam: Ch. Ragtyme Run Around Sioux

Finished with back to back Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best Bred-by in Specialty at the Minnesota Dachshund Specialty under Judge Lori L. Nelson and Breeder Judge Dave Peat.

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(Ch. Sleepytime’s Legacy ML x Ch. Sleepytime’s Repetition ML)

Is shown finishing his championship from BBE under judge Micheal Faulkner.

Charming is owner handled and is co-bred and co-owned by Susan Jones.

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In four months of showing as a special Cash has three specialty variety wins.

Thank you judges: Breeder Judge Mrs. Dianne Graham (pictured), Breeder Judge Mr. Ken Hagmueller and Judge Ms. Helene Nietsch As of September Canine Chronical statistics: #1 Owner Handled Longhair, #9 Longhair in Breed Bred, owned and shown by: Thomas and Kathleen Lockyer & Denny VanHook, DVM Lockshire Dachshunds tklockyer@gmail.com

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(GCh. Woldorfs v Sausage Stables Tyler x CanAmGCh. Barkerville Angel Child)

Nelson is shown winning Group 1st in Canada under respected breeder-judge Mr. Ray Smith. En route to his Canadian title, Nelson was awarded multiple group placements and was Best-Bred-By-Exhibitor in Show (All-Breed special event) under Mr. Charles Olvis.

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Understanding Your Pet’s Blood, Tissue & Urine Laboratory Results Dr. Jean Dodds’ Pet Health Resource Blog Considered one of the foremost experts in pet healthcare, Dr. Dodds focuses on vaccination protocols, thyroid issues and nutrition.

Visit Hemopet.org or Nutriscan.org for more information.

Blood and urine tests help determine causes of illness accurately, safely, and quickly allow us to monitor the progress of case management and medical treatments.

This guide can help you understand your pet’s laboratory diagnostic test results. Proper communication with your veterinarian is essential regarding interpretation of any lab results. Normal reference laboratory ranges are not provided here, as these may vary depending upon the type of instrumentation and reagents used. Each veterinary diagnostic laboratory or in-clinic diagnostic test machine comes with its own normal reference ranges.

Complete Blood Count (CBC) A CBC gives information on hydration status, anemia, infection, the blood’s clotting ability (platelet count), and the ability of the immune system (white blood cells) to respond to a stress or other disease event. This test is important for pets with fevers, vomiting, weakness, pale gums, or loss of appetite. If your pet needs surgery, a CBC may detect a potential bleeding disorder or other unseen abnormalities.

Hematocrit (HCT, PCV) measures the percentage of red blood cells in the sample to detect conditions such as anemia and dehydration.

Hemoglobin (HGB) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) measures the oxygen-carrying pigments of red blood cells.

White blood cell (WBC) or leukocyte count measures the body’s ability to respond to stress or a variety of conditions. Increases or decreases indicate certain diseases or infections.

Granulocytes (neutrophils; PMNs), lymphocytes and monocytes are specific types of white blood cells.

Eosinophils are another specific type of white blood cell that may indicate allergic or parasitic conditions.

Platelet count measures the tiny cells that help form blood clots.

Reticulocytes and nucleated red blood cells are immature red blood cells. High levels indicate a regenerative anemia.

Serum Blood Chemistries These tests evaluate organ function, electrolyte status, and hormone levels. They also give barometers of adrenal function and other diseases. We use these tests for base lines as pets age, pre-anesthetic evaluation, monitoring long term medications, as well as evaluating sick animals.

Albumin (ALB) is an important serum protein that helps evaluate hydration, presence of blood loss from hemorrhage, and intestinal, liver, and kidney disease. It maintains the oncotic pressure that keeps the fluid within the blood vessels rather than allowing it to leak out into the tissues, Alkaline phosphatase (ALK P) elevations may indicate liver damage, Cushing’s disease (overactive adrenal function), and active bone growth in young pets. Levels rise slightly as animals age. This test is especially significant in cats as even slight elevations may indicate of liver disease.

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, SGPT) is an indicator of active liver cell damage but does not identify the underlying cause. Liver cleansing herbs such as milk thistle or SAMe are used along with a grain-free liver sparing diet, once more definitive diagnostics are completed.

Amylase (AMYL) elevations show pancreatitis, when the serum lipase is also high, or become increased in the presence of kidney disease.

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, SGOT) increases may indicate liver, heart, or skeletal muscle damage, but this is an enzyme released from many injured cells.

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) indicates the amount of protein nitrogen in the blood and usually reflects kidney function. An increased blood level is called azotemia and may be caused by kidney, liver, heart disease, urethral obstruction, shock, dehydration, impaired intestinal food absorption, or an intestinal or stomach foreign body. A low BUN may indicate a cirrhotic liver or portal caval liver shunt. It can be elevated normally as a result of eating a raw diet.

Calcium (CA) deviations may indicate a variety of diseases. Cancers, kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism, and anal gland tumor, are just a few of the diseases that alter calcium levels. In dogs, but not cats, the calcium concentration is corrected upwards when the Dachshund Club of America

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albumin level is below 3.5 mg/dl. The result is the corrected calcium.

Cholesterol (CHOL) may be altered in hypothyroidism, liver disease, Cushing’s disease, high fat diets, and diabetes mellitus.

Chloride (CL) is an electrolyte often lost with vomiting and in Addison’s disease (underactive adrenal function). Elevations may indicate dehydration.

Cortisol is a hormone released in pulsatile fashion from the adrenal glands in response to stress or certain adrenal diseases. More specific, dynamic diagnostic tests of adrenal function (ACTH stimulation test, low-dose dexamethasone suppression test, and urine cortisol-creatinine ratio).

Creatinine level reflects kidney function. This test helps distinguish between kidney (renal) and non-renal causes of an elevated BUN. Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGPT) is an enzyme that specifically measures bile flow through the liver. Stasis of bile flow is seen in liver or gall bladder disease and in corticosteroid excess.

Globulin level reflects all the blood proteins other than albumin, and typically increases with chronic inflammation and certain diseases such as feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Low levels are seen in the very young and in immune deficiency states, Glucose is a blood sugar. Elevated levels may indicate diabetes mellitus (cats, dogs). Low levels can cause fainting, collapse, seizures, or coma.

Potassium (K) is an electrolyte lost with vomiting, diarrhea, or excessive urination.

Increased levels may indicate kidney failure, Addison’s disease, dehydration, and urethral obstruction. High levels are normal in the Japanese dog breeds because of their unique red blood cell membrane. In disease states, high levels can lead to cardiac arrest. Low levels may occur with loss of appetite especially in cats.

Lipase is an enzyme that may indicate pancreatitis, when the serum amylase is also elevated.

Sodium (NA) is an electrolyte lost with vomiting, diarrhea, kidney disorders, and Addison’s disease. This test helps indicate hydration status.

Phosphorus (Phos) elevations are often associated with kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, and some bleeding disorders.

Bilirubin elevations may indicate liver, gall bladder, or hemolytic diseases.

Total protein indicates hydration status and provides additional information about the liver, continued on page 26...

Handled by Deedy

Handled by Larry

By Ch. Briardach’s Uncle Sam and Ch. Landd Party of One

Finished from BB Class at Central Carolina Dachshund Club, July 25, 2015 • Judge Gale Yamaguchi Reagan finished with 4 majors and Libby finished with 3 majors 2 days before their 1st birthday.

Owners and Breeders Deedy & Larry Sorenson, and Paul & Monika Martin 112 Two Does Lane • Clayton, NC 27550-8492 • (919) 550-7631 llsoren@earthlink.net Dachshund Club of America

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DC Stardox Twist And Shout X DC Dollidachs Forget Me Not

Multiple group winning, multiple RBIS, multiple Specialty BOV... and Absolute Field Trial winner.

I believe that Blue is also the first Platinum GCh. DC of All Breeds!

Nicole Cooper 204 Edgebrook Drive Spring Creek, NV 89815-5704 (971) 506-4722 • Spellboundachs@gmail.com Dachshund Club of America

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“Breeze� finishing big by going WB/BOW/BOS over 5 bitch specials from the BBE class for a 5 pt. major at just over 18 months old.

Thank you Dr. Dale Simmons for appreciating my girl!

GCh. DC Bensarka Phoenix Sun X Ch. Spellbounds Winning Hand SS

BOV and Group 4 as a new champion!! Thank you Pat Trotter for these lovely wins!!

Announcing a planned breeding with Blue and Breeze in 2016!

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DCA IS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THESE POSITIONS: Brochure/Audio Visual Program The duties entail: • Receiving requests for DCA informational brochures and sending them out as needed • Keeping records of expenses for mailings, supplies, and all monies spent • Keeping inventory of brochures up to date, re-ordering as needed • Arranging to have a table set up at the DCA National Specialty to display and sell brochures. Unless DCA is within driving distance, supplies need to be shipped ahead of time to DCA show site • Working with the DCA web page to keep information up to date •Sending all checks monthly to the DCA treasurer for deposit

Understanding Lab Results continued from page 22 intestine, kidney, and presence of infection.

Thyroid tests (T4, FreeT4, T3, FreeT3, TSH, and TgAA) are performed to measure thyroid function. A complete thyroid antibody profile id much preferred over a simple total T4 test, which can be misleading. Age- and breedspecific normal ranges should be taken into account. Genetic screening of dogs intended for breeding is important, as up to 90% of canine thyroid disease is due to heritable autoimmune thyroiditis. Dogs testing positive for this heritable disorder need to be treated with thyroid hormone and should not be used for breeding purposes. Decreased levels may signal hypothyroidism, non-thyroidal illness or use of certain drugs, while high levels indicate hyperthyroidism in older cats, may also occur from eating the throat or gullet part of red raw meat and in thyroid tumors.

TLI, B12, Folate are intestinal tests to indicate malfunction of the digestive tract of cats and dogs.

Illustrated Standard The Committee Chair’s job is to: • Keep up with any changes and/or additions to the I.S. which comes down from the BOD • If anyone has any ideas to improve or change the I.S in any way, the Committee Chair would bring that to the Board or vice versa, for discussion and approval prior to production Anyone who would like to reproduce the I.S. in any manner must get prior written permission from the Committee Chair.

The responsibilities are: • To write, or coordinate the writing of articles by others for the DCA Newsletter covering all events considered a part of Nationals, including Conformation, Obedience, Rally, Agility, Tracking, Earthdog, and Field Trials • To write articles for external publications such as Dog News, etc., which must be approved by the Public Relations Chair prior to submission

Newsletter Advisor (to work with Ann Carson) The Newsletter Advisory Committee acts as just that - an advisor to the Newsletter Editor. This committee is not an editorial or censorship committee, nor does it act as a proofreader. The editor may consult the committee, usually comprised of 2 or 3 people familiar with writing and/or publishing, if there is a question to the appropriateness of a submission, either article or advertisement. The committee also advises the BOD if there is a need for a change in charges either for subscription or for advertisements, and monitors negotiations between the BOD and the Editor. Policies regarding the Newsletter are set by the BOD and reviewed from time to time by the Committee by the request of either the Editor or the BOD.

Public Relations The duties consist of: • Maintaining DCA’s advertising in publications such as Dog Fancy, Puppies 101, etc.

• Respond to requests submitted to DCA by AKC, various clubs and publications for articles, quotes, photographs and other input regarding the breed or DCA. If interested in a position, please contact Vicki Spencer, Recording Secretary lorindol@roadrunner.com 270•316•0051 26

Fecal exams analyze for intestinal parasites of various types.

Urinalysis (UA)

National Specialty Showcase (to work with Paul Martin)

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Bile Acids are measured as a specific test for liver function, including congenital liver shunts (portacaval shunts, microvascular dysplasia), cirrhosis, and active liver disease. They can also be measured in urine.

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Evaluates kidney function, bladder pathology including tumors, urinary tract infections, urine concentration, presence of bladder stones and crystals.

Urine-Cortisol Creatinine Ratio (UCCR) is a simple screening test for Cushing’s disease.

Must be performed on urine collected at home, first thing in the morning and before exercise.

Urine-Protein Creatinine Ratio (UPCR) measures kidney function and is abnormal in kidney failure.

Cytology is performed by a pathologist looking at a tissue or body fluid sample for evidence of any abnormality.

Culture and Sensitivity is measured on a body discharge or urine sample to determine the type of bacteria or fungus present, and the best antibiotic or antifungal drug to treat the condition.

Biopsy is a sample of tissue sent to a pathology laboratory for analysis. Histopathology is performed on specially prepared stained or frozen sections of the tissue to identify any abnormality.

W. Jean Dodds, DVM Hemopet / NutriScan 11561 Salinaz Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92843

MBISS Bronze GCh. Pramada’s Living Legend L x Ch. Pramada’s Queen B of Melrose L

In just 22 shows thus far in 2015, Charles is a Top 10 Longhair Dachshund including the following highlights: BV at CVDC Host #1 DCA, AOM at DCA, BOS-V at Met Atlanta DC, BOS-B DC of California, Group 1 Mensona KC. Charles is always breeder-owner-handled by Maggie.

Pramada Kennels, Reg. Maggie E. Peat 415-309-0103

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Bred/Owned By: Karyn and Jeff Dionne Wagsmore Dachshunds

Co-owned by: Jean and Bob Burnett Kentfield, CA

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Rest, dear dog, And when we come, We shall romp and play.

So rest, dear one And we shall call When we arrive there too.

Rest, dear friend, And when we come, We shall spend the day.

We’ll walk along Leash in hand Just like we use to do.

Recalling times That were so sweet, Ones we cannot forget.

Knowing well Our scents and pace Floating through blue skies

From early times To later years We’re left with no regret.

Enjoying eternity As well we should, Telling our own sweet lies.

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Latest achievement: Group 4 in Helena, Montana with Jennifer Milosavljevic handling.

The rest of the time he is shown as a special with Handler Cathy Sorenson.

Breeder/Owner: Amanda Hodges

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Ch. Criscross Super Delegate V Laurjosh X Lex-An Fantasiar

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We would like to thank all the Judges who found this young dog.

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Stormy was bred by Sheila DeLashmutt and Cris Natali. She is owned by Charles and Sheila DeLashmutt.

Our deepest gratitude to Cris Natali of Criscross Dachshunds for giving us a start in pure bred dogs.

Sheila & Charles DeLashmutt

The judge for the CVDC concurrent Specialty in March of 2014 was Gloria Geringer.

The judge for the September 2015 Chattanooga Kennel Club show where Stormy finished, was Dr. Anthony D. DiNardo.

csdzadok@comcast.net www.zadoxdachshunds.com

SHE IS OUR POT OF GOLD!

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Beldachs is very proud to present our newest champions…….

“Vincent” (CH. Beldachs’ Vermilion Villon) and “Vango” (CH. Beldachs’ Valiant Vangogh) “Vincent” finished his championship with four 4-point majors from the Bred-by class at Dachshund specialties. “Vango” was also WD and RWD at Dachshund Specialties. Thank you to all of the knowledgeable judges and breeder judges for their kind comments and for their recognition of these littermates beautiful fronts, shoulders, ribbing & keel, and correct movement.

The brothers will be selectively shown as specials.

GCH. Beldachs’ Vivacious Valadon V Dachsadore SL We also want to congratulate the boys’ sister, “ViVi” who just completed her Grand Championship. She began her show career by going BOS at the MWDC Specialty in 2014 winning over specials from the classes for a 5-point major.

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CH. Beldachs’ Umber Ulrich x INT & AM CH. Beldachs’ Rosee Robiquet

CH. Beldachs’ Vermilion Villon

CH. Beldachs’ Valiant Vangogh

Connie and Gary Fisher Beldachs@gmail.com · www.Beldachs.com Berryville, Virginia 22611 Dachshund Club of America

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Reprinted from the AKC Events website as of 11/30/15 Contact the secretaries of these events with any questions.

Only those events approved by AKC before this publication is printed are listed.

Florida Gulf Coast Dachshund Club January 22, 2016 Florida Classic Park 5360 Lockhart Road, Brooksville, FL Web Site: http://fgcdachshundclub.com/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Florida Gulf Coast Dachshund Club January 23, 2016 Florida Classic Park 5360 Lockhart Road, Brooksville, FL Web Site: http://fgcdachshundclub.com/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Sierra Dachshund Breeders Club of Los Angeles County January 29, 2016 San Bernardino County Fairgrounds 14800 7th St., Victorville, CA Web Site: http://www.Sierra-Dachshund-Breeders-Club.org

Dachshund Club of America, Inc. February 12, 2016 Hilton Westchester 699 Westchester Ave. Rye Brook, NY Web Site: http://www.dachshundclubofamerica.org

Knickerbocker Dachshund Club February 14, 2016 New York Hotel Pennsylvania 401 Seventh St. (at 33rd St.) Penn Top Ballroom (18th Floor) New York, NY

Golden Gate Dachshund Club, Inc. February 19, 2016 Santa Clara Fairgrounds 344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA Web Site: http://www.goldengatedachshundclub.org Total Entry Limit: 100

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352 mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352 mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 For additional information contact: Lea Plaut, Event Secretary 16760 Paradise Mountain Rd. Valley Center, CA 92082-7454 (760) 749-4100 dogshowsecretary@yahoo.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 For additional information contact: Kathy Berkheimer, Event Secretary P.O. Box 6898, C/O Rau Dog Shows Reading, Pa 19610-0898 (610) 376-1880 barbara@raudogshows.com

Judges Breed:

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352 mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W) Intervariety

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 For additional information contact: Bonnie Prato, Event Secretary 5252 Shafter Avenue Oakland, CA 94618 (510) 653-8883 bonnie.prato@yahoo.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

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Larry Sorenson Larry Sorenson Larry Sorenson

Sweepstakes: Mr. Edward McCallister

Mr. Edd E. Bivin Mr. Edd E. Bivin Mr. Edd E. Bivin

Sweepstakes: Mr. Margaret McLean

Mrs. Barbara G. Pepper Mrs. Barbara G. Pepper Mrs. Barbara G. Pepper

Junior Show: Mrs. Barbara G. Pepper Sweepstakes: Mr. Robbie Addison

To be assigned

Sweepstakes: Kerrie Kuper

Mrs. Frances H. (Marci) Forrester Mr. Thomas W. Coen Mrs. Gayle Bontecou Dr. Robert A. Indeglia

Junior Show: Dr. Robert A. Indeglia

Obedience:

Dr. Kenneth H. Levison Dr. Kenneth H. Levison Dr. Kenneth H. Levison To Be Assigned

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All dates, times and addresses are as accurate as possible before the newsletter deadline date. Please consult the show secretaries or superintendents for any further information.

Golden Gate Dachshund Club, Inc. February 19, 2016 Santa Clara Fairgrounds 344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA Web Site: http://www.goldengatedachshundclub.org Total Entry Limit: 100

Dachshund Club of St. Louis, Inc. March 4, 2016 Purina Farms 300 Checkerboard Loop, Gray Summit, MO Web Site:http://www.dachshund-stl.org/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Dachshund Club of St. Louis, Inc. March 4, 2016 Purina Farms 300 Checkerboard Loop, Gray Summit, MO Web Site:http://www.dachshund-stl.org/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Florida East Coast Dachshund Club March 11, 2016 South Florida Fairgrounds 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL Web Site: http://www.dachshund-fl-eastcoast.org/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Florida East Coast Dachshund Club March 11, 2016 South Florida Fairgrounds 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL Web Site: http://www.dachshund-fl-eastcoast.org/ Total Entry Limit: 100

Badger Dachshund Club, Inc. March 19, 2016 Oshkosh Kennel Club 220 W. Packer Avenue Oshkosh, WI Web Site:http://www.badgerdc.org

Badger Dachshund Club, Inc. March 20, 2016 Oshkosh Kennel Club 220 W. Packer Avenue Oshkosh, WI Web Site:http://www.badgerdc.org

Closing Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 For additional information contact: Bonnie Prato, Event Secretary 5252 Shafter Avenue Oakland, CA 94618 (510) 653-8883 bonnie.prato@yahoo.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Event Chair: David L. Brown, 18545 Melrose Dr. Wildwood, MO 63038 valordachs@aol.com, 636-346-6195 For additional information contact: Foy Trent Dog Shows, Superintendent P.O. Box C, Sturgeon, MO 65284-0397 573-881-2655, info@foytrentdogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Event Chair: David L. Brown, 18545 Melrose Dr. Wildwood, MO 63038 valordachs@aol.com, 636-346-6195 For additional information contact: Foy Trent Dog Shows, Superintendent P.O. Box C, Sturgeon, MO 65284-0397 573-881-2655, info@foytrentdogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Event Chair: Raymond Chaplin 941 Paseo Castalla West Palm Beach, FL 33405-2024 dachsiedad@aol.com, 561-832-7655 For additional information contact: Ray Chaplin, Event Secretary P.O. Box 22107, C/O MB-F Inc. Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 Closing Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Event Chair: Raymond Chaplin 941 Paseo Castalla West Palm Beach, FL 33405-2024 dachsiedad@aol.com, 561-832-7655 For additional information contact: Ray Chaplin, Event Secretary P.O. Box 22107, C/O MB-F Inc. Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 Closing Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 For additional information contact: Kathy Dachlet, Event Secretary 7821 Morrison Rd. Greenleaf, WI 54126-9455 (920) 864-2752 k9secretary@centurytel.net Closing Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 For additional information contact: Kathy Dachlet, Event Secretary 7821 Morrison Rd. Greenleaf, WI 54126-9455 (920) 864-2752 k9secretary@centurytel.net Dachshund Club of America

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Mr. Ryan Lee Horvath Mr. Ryan Lee Horvath Mr. Ryan Lee Horvath

Sweepstakes: To Be Assigned

Ms. Carol A. Reisman Ms. Carol A. Reisman Ms. Carol A. Reisman

Sweepstakes: Honi Reisman

Mrs. Lorraine Simmons Mrs. Lorraine Simmons Mrs. Lorraine Simmons

(336) 379-9352 approvals@infodog.com Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mrs. Lorraine Simmons Mrs. Lorraine Simmons Mrs. Lorraine Simmons

(336) 379-9352, approvals@infodog.com AKC National Owner-Handled Series Judges Breed: (L) Mrs. Carol Ann Klein (S) Mrs. Carol Ann Klein (W) Mrs. Carol Ann Klein Junior Show: Mrs. Carol Ann Klein (p) Sweeptakes: Carol Underwood

AKC National Owner-Handled Series Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mr. Gary R. Fisher Mr. Gary R. Fisher Mr. Gary R. Fisher

Sweepstakes: Mrs. Debby Jahnke

AKC National Owner-Handled Series Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W) Obedience:

Ms. Lena S. Tamboer Ms. Lena S. Tamboer Ms. Lena S. Tamboer Mr. Elmer Willems continued on page 48...

CH Wagsmore’s Low and Beehold ML, ROMO x GCH Kaycees Galewinns All Revved Up MLD, ROMO

Photo by Claire Suzuki of Hawaiian Impressions

Embers blazed new paths in Hawaii with great achievements in limited showings.

Ranked #1 Hound in Hawaii for 2015, she continues in the Top 10 - All Breed in longhaired dachshunds.

She is also only the second miniature long haired dachshund bitch to be awarded a BIS in dachshund history.

Thank you Judges Lee Ann Bateman and Wendy Paquette for the Group One wins at the recent show in Hawaii.

s Islandach s Bred by John and Terrilynn Carlson JT’s Dachshunds.com

Mini Longhaired Dachshunds in Hawaii Kathleen Doi Islandach@yahoo.com Dachshund Club of America

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Expertly handled by Jennifer Gonzales

SIRE: CH. JOY-DENS MIRROR IMAGE SS

DAM: CH. JOY-DENS JOLENE-JOLENE SS

He is pictured going Best of Variety under Mrs. Prudence Hlatky at the HAHA show.

I would also like to thank Sherry Dahly and Jessica Montanez for their help with Handsome.

Breeder-Owner-Handler: Joyce Warren • joydenknl@verizon.net Dachshund Club of America

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by Larry Sorenson AKC Delegate for Dachshund Club of America

Delegate’s Report for September 12, 2015 Held in Newark, NJ These are the highlights of the Delegates’ Meeting; a complete set of Delegates’ Meeting Minutes is located at: http://cdn.akc.org/Delegates_Portal_PDFs/Mee ting-Minutes-September-2015.pdf Highlights from the September Meeting 2015 Delegate Meeting: The President’s report was very long and was a recall on 9/11/2001. LLS The Chair called on Joseph Baffuto, the CFO, who gave the Financial Report as follows: Good morning Everyone! Thank you very much for joining us here today on this Saturday morning! I am here to provide you with a financial performance report of The American Kennel Club through August 31, 2015. Let’s begin with an examination of our core registration volumes year-to-date. Through August 31, we have registered grand totals of 141,348 litters and 330,721 dogs. Our litter volume has decreased by three-tenths of one percent from the same eight month period in 2014, while our dogs volume has increased by 1.2% during the same period. Our breeder initiatives and heightened customer-service focus have helped us in these core categories.

We hope to continue to improve in both areas and aspire to report to you increased volumes in BOTH items by the end of 2015. As we compare our total revenues this August 2015 year to date, to those of 2014, we have analyzed an overall favorable increase of $1,829,000 or 4.8%. Let’s drill down in our revenues to assess the increase. First, Electronic Advertising has increased year over year by $532,000. Our digital team has increased their efforts and forged new relationships which have garnered us great success this year. Interest and dividend income has also increased by $460,000 through August 2015 as a result of our portfolio allocation adjustments. Sponsorships have increased by $386,000 which was mostly attributable to our Meet The Breeds event held earlier this year.

Finally, Total Registration items have increased by just over $300,000 during the eight month period ended August 31, 2015 as compared to

the similar period ended August 31, 2014. Next, we will compare our total expenses this August year to date, to those of 2014. We have a minimal overall increase of just $249,000 or seventenths of one percent.

Mixed reviews on registrations, however AKC may be hitting the bottom for registration. Let us hope it goes up from here. LLS The Delegate Body’s voting.

There was a vote on a proposed amendment to Chapter 16, Section 1, of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows, in which a new Section 1 would allow for the awarding of CM points in the regular puppy classes. All other sections to be renumbered accordingly. Dogs that earn a CM title would be awarded one point toward its CH title. The Chair proposed that without objection, the portion of the proposal on the one championship point be withdrawn.

There was a motion made and seconded and it was voted to return the amendment back to the Board.

By going back to the Board it will be at least one year before it can come back to the Delegate Body again. LLS Proposals to be voted on at the December Meeting The Chair called on the Executive Secretary who read the proposed amendments ARTICLE VII, SECTION 1, of the Charter and Bylaws of the American Kennel Club as follows: The proposed amendment is to ARTICLE VII, SECTION 1, of the Charter and Bylaws of the American Kennel Club. The adoption of this amendment would give the Delegates the ability to make what they consider to be the best choices for the organization and the sport when they elect Board members by eliminating term limits. The decision on whether or not to reelect an incumbent would rest strictly with the Delegate. The amendment was proposed by the Clarksville Kennel Club and supported by the Delegate Bylaws Committee, and the AKC Board voted to support the decision of the Bylaws Committee. It will be published in two issues of the online AKC Gazette, and you will be asked to vote on it at the December 2015 meeting. The full text is on the worksheet previously e-mailed to you.

The Chair called on the Executive Secretary who read the proposed amendment to Chapter 4, Section 2, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows, as follows.

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The proposed amendment is to Chapter 4, Section 2, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows, which would allow clubs to utilize electronic documents for premium lists. It was submitted by the Dogs Shows Rules Committee, and will be published in two issues of the online AKC Gazette. You will be asked to vote on it at the December 2015 meeting. The full text is on the worksheet previously e-mailed to you.

The Chair called on the Executive Secretary who read the proposed amendment to Chapter 7, Section 12, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows as follows: The proposed amendment to Chapter 7, Section 12, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows, would allow clubs to utilize electric documents for judging programs. This change allows clubs to utilize electronic documents unless the exhibitors specifically request a hard copy. It will be published in two issues of the online AKC Gazette, and you will be asked to vote on it at the December 2015 meeting. The full text is on the worksheet previously e-mailed to you.

The Chair called on the Executive Secretary who read the proposed amendment to Chapter 12, Sections 1, 3, 4 and 6, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows as follows. The proposed amendment to Chapter 12, Sections 1, 3, 4 and 6 of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows, would allow clubs to publish their catalogue electronically if they wish to do so. It will be published in two issues of the online AKC Gazette, and you will be asked to vote on it at the December 2015 meeting. The full text is on the worksheet previously e-mailed to you.

The Chair called on the Executive Secretary who read the proposed amendment to Chapter 16, Section 7, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows as follows: Mr. Crowley: The proposed amendment to Chapter 16, Section 7, of the Rules Applying to Dogs Shows would recognize multiple levels of grand championship titles. It will be published in two issues of the online AKC Gazette, and you will be asked to vote on it at the December 2015 meeting. The full text is on the worksheet previously e-mailed to you.

We will evaluate these proposals at the next DCA Board meeting. LLS Things happening with AKC Allowing Deaf Dogs to Participate in Agility, Rally and Tracking Events The Board voted to allow deaf dogs to participate in Agility, Rally and Tracking events effective October 1, 2015.

Fast CAT - A New AKC Sport The Board VOTED to approve a new AKC sport called Fast CAT. Fast CAT is a straight race of 100 yards where a dog chases a lure.

Dogs are run singularly and earn points based on their handicapped speed. There are no placements. Titles are issued at designated benchmarks. The event will be open to all breeds and Canine Partners. Dogs must be registered/listed with the AKC. Fast CAT is meant to be a fun and healthy activity for dogs continued on page 47...

(Ch. Karchaus Dachshire Untouchable SL X Ch. Dachshire Perfect Ten of Lockshire SL)

Thank You Judges Aubrey Nash and Mrs. Jacqueline Stacy for the Awards Of Merit during Nationals week host shows.

Special thank you to Kenneth Hagmueller for the Award Of Merit at the DCA Nationals.

This was a great start for Dillinger’s new show adventure with Team Angie.

*Dog News Top Ten

Breeder: Cheryl Snedaker-Sims • Dachshire Dachshunds Owner: Rhoda Weinman, Nantucket Island, MA Presented by: Angela L. Lloyd, AKC Registered Handler Assisted by: Erin Nesbitt, AKC Registered Apprentice Dachshund Club of America

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by Jennifer Milosavljevic

As a kid, the family Dachshund was my dog: “oh, that line is too old”. I had no idea what was really going on. I left the one that I taught to skate board, play cards with, dress up, and slept rather confused, but spent the next three seasons showing up in April, in my bed. My grandmother’s Dachshund, “Mr. Bojangles,” and the other September and October for Field Trials. I learned more along the way two she had, were not my friends. Maybe they were throwbacks from and actually had a dog that placed and one that was getting better at it. the days of the more aggressive Dachshunds? The ones that bit first and In 2006 I made the decision to take the judges seminar. Not wanting to asked questions later. That type of aggression was utilized back in the judge at that time, I took the seminar to learn more about the sport and day when the Dachshund was created to fight the badger and any other maybe judge in the future if I chose to. critters that burrowed underground in the farmer’s fields. When you Where the past meets the present: Twelve years later I look forward think about it, it takes a lot of courage to go down a tunnel or flush out to every Fall in the Pacific NW. It is Field Trial season. What have I game that may be larger then you. The ability to hunt or find game is a learned over the years? I have learned to identify early the dogs that I sought after trait in many breeding programs. Aggression is not a trait want in my breeding program - those that have the natural hunting we are looking for in the Dachshund. ability. As a breeder and an exhibitor, I have found that keeping the form My venture into the world of dog showing also brought me to other and function of the dog along with conformation is where I want to be. opportunities to run performance events with my Dachshunds. I wanted Conformationally sound dogs are the building blocks of a good breeding to try Field Trials and Earthdog. My jump into Field Trials started with program; however, failing to breed in or keep natural instincts may be a reading as much as I could about it on the internet. The first time I read disservice to dachshunds, or any breed for that matter. Does that mean about a Dachshund Field Trial I was laughing so hard I was in tears. you have to go out and get a performance event title on your dog? No. It The gallery lines up, walks forward beating the brush, and once a hare means that the dog should have some inclination or be able to perform is spotted yells “Tally Ho!” Not ever being involved in anything other the tasks for which they were bred. Not then conformation shows, I could not every dog I breed is going to be a Field imagine what this would look like. It About the Author: Jennifer Milosavljevic is an AKC Champion.

I would, however, like to see was 2003 before I drove down to my first Field Trial and Earthdog judge. She resides in some hunting and scenting instincts.

Field Trials in Castle Rock, WA. I spent Kalama, WA. She owned her first Dachshund at the What happens when we have a bunch of the entire day in the gallery, never age of 11 yrs. She breeds, owns and shows pretty dogs that can no longer perform seeing a rabbit nor having any idea how their job? Having had both standards my dog had actually done. There were miniature smooth Dachshunds and occasionally a and miniatures in two coat varieties, I something like 14 dog braces, lots of standard or miniature longhair. She is a member of have learned personality can go a long stopping and waiting around. People the Dachshund Club of America, the Cascade way. This also comes out in the hunting yelling “Tally Ho!” with others following Dachshund Club and the Dachshund Fanciers of style. This is my opinion and not always up with “oh, that rabbit is too small”, Southwestern Washington. the case, but just some observations “oh, that rabbit ran toward the river”, Dachshund Club of America

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rabbit makes its way around. Yes, I said dead rabbit. They have been along the way. I have seen standards in all three coats “blow out” a used for lines to train new dogs. I kept one deceased rabbit until my little faster then some of their miniature counterparts. Some get the line freezer quit working one day. I decided I was no longer going to have and off they go. Some do not get the line and still off they go. That is such a thing in my freezer again after that mess. I also found that my true in any size. Some circle back and around to find the line again, and dogs were tracking my scent too. Having another handler run the line some have made up their mind they are going to hunt what they want on is helpful. that day. Some longhairs will “Snarffle” or air-scent, picking their head The best part of a Field Trial is actually seeing your dog run the line. up off the line scenting through their nose and out their cheeks. I have There is a lot of pride when you see your dog turn onto rabbits for the seen miniatures run the line at a very slow pace. I see this in very young first time and actually make a nice run. I dogs also. Often they start to find the line, recently saw my standard longhair nose around, follow a portion of the line, and then turn back To obtain a Field Trial find the scent for the first time, and she was off. looking for guidance from their owner. Scent Championship for Dachshunds It was like she was on crack the way she itself is a funny thing. It wafts up in the air, reacted. Then she actually saw a rabbit run in taken by a breeze. If the ground is damp, the you must accumulate a total of scent will stay longer. The scent is lost faster on 35 points, three placements, not front of her later. It was very difficult to get her back to the car that day. dry, hot days. The scent line can travel off the under the same set of judges, Getting to run a second series is the highlight line and be nearby. It is acceptable for the dog and one 1st place. you are waiting for, besides winning. For most to not be on the exact line the rabbit traveled. of us it means we are in the points. Second It always depends upon the conditions of that Every qualifying dog counts as series is where the judges announce who will be days wind and temperature.

1 point in that brace for a 1st running for 1st through 4th place. Each dog There are so many aspects when it comes to placement, 1⁄2 point for a 2nd must run again until the winners are Field Trials. Just wait until you get to the 1 determined. Other notable highlights are being portion where you, as the handler, are the placement, ⁄3 point for a 3rd outdoors and meeting some really awesome reason your dog did not place because you did placement and ¼ point for people who have a vested interest in the future something to throw them off. Being able to read a 4th placement. of the breed at heart. If you are a conformation your dog when you are Field Trialing with them judge, I highly recommend coming out to see is key. The dog looks to you to be the leader. the dogs in action. Every judge I have spoken to after their experience They want to please you. At the same time, your dog needs to have the has been so glad they came out to watch and learn. We welcome new confidence to leave your side. If you release your dog and they do not go exhibitors also. Please contact your local Dachshund club or look for anywhere, some training is needed. People ask: How do you train your Field Trial events on the AKC calendar. !

Dachshund for Field Trials? There are many ways to start your dog out.

I took the advice of a long time Field Trial judge and a person that has many field champions, Dr. Jean Dieden. Her advice is to start your dog off with tracking. Now, I have not participated in tracking nor have I ever had a tracking dog. I have taken a few tracking seminars to get some basics. I train with the basic knowledge that I have. I also introduce my dogs to rabbit scent items. I have picked up actual rabbit cotton tails from the field over the years and let the dogs smell them. I gives me a good indicator of who actually has an interest in the “bunny.” Seeing puppies eyes light up as they try to grab the cotton tail are the puppies I start out with first. I also do some off-lead work. I pair up a new dog with an experienced field dog. I have bells on their collar so I can hear them and let them offlead in a place where I know rabbits are. Be careful about what you have on the collar as the dog can get their collar stuck in the brush. I also work on calling them back to me and send them back off. Dogs must have a recall or they can be timed out at a Field Trial. Sometimes a dead

Delegate’s Report continued from page 44 and their owners. One unique feature of Fast CAT will be a Top 20 Fastest Dogs by Breed by Year national standings, which will be posted on the AKC Fast CAT website. Clubs may start applying to hold Fast CAT events on February 1, 2016.

What the heck, sound like wiener dog racing? Go to the September AKC Board Meeting minutes for much more information. LLS

Online Judges Education Previously the Board approved a recommendation by the Judging Task Force to create and develop a pilot program of a virtual, computer-based simulation of a judging experience for breeds. Judges Operation has reviewed the previously developed Canine College pilot program. Staff provided its vision of the ultimate scope for this program and the “next steps” for the Board’s review and discussion.

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Next Steps Proceed to hire a Project Manager as soon as possible. 2. Staff and Board reach a common understanding regarding the scope of the project. 3. Technology team research and advises how best to accomplish scope. 4.

Present to Board overall cost and time table. 5.

Proceed in the development of an educational platform. Hire Content Creation Specialist position when appropriate This program is underway. LLS

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All dates, times and addresses are as accurate as possible before the newsletter deadline date. Please consult the show secretaries or superintendents for any further information.

Dallas-Ft Worth Dachshund Club March 25, 2016 Will Rogers Memorial Center 3400 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth, TX Web Site:http://www.dfwdachshund.com Total Entry Limit: 100

Dallas-Ft Worth Dachshund Club March 25, 2016 Will Rogers Memorial Center 3400 Crestline Rd., Fort Worth, TX Web Site:http://www.dfwdachshund.com Total Entry Limit: 100

Desert Valley Dachshund Club March 26, 2016 Scottsdale Westworld 16601 N Pima Rd. Scottsdale, AZ

Dachshund Club of New Jersey March 26, 2016 New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center 97 Sunfield Ave. Edison, NJ Total Entry Limit: 100

Metropolitan Baltimore Dachshund Club April 22, 2016 Maryland State Fairgrounds 2200 York Rd., Timonium, MD Total Entry Limit: 100

Metropolitan Baltimore Dachshund Club April 22, 2016 Maryland State Fairgrounds 2200 York Rd., Timonium, MD Total Entry Limit: 100

Central Ohio Dachshund Club, Inc. April 23, 2016 Ohio Expo Center/Ohio State Fairgrounds 717 East 17th Ave. Columbus, OH Total Entry Limit: 100

Closing Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 (405) 427-8181 mail@onofrio.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764 Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 (405) 427-8181 mail@onofrio.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Event Chair: Philip Benway 1810 N 202and Ave, Buckeye, AZ 85396 philipbenway@gmail.com, 602-885-1324 For additional information contact: Jack Bradshaw Dog Shows, Superintendent P.O. Box 227303, Los Angeles, CA 90022-7303 (323) 727-0136, mail@jbradshaw.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W) Sweepstakes

Mr. Mark Cocozza Mr. Mark Cocozza Mr. Mark Cocozza Mr. James R Tysseling

Closing Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Event Chair Phyllis Meseroll 244 Mcbrydge Dr., Swoope, VA 24479-2335 jrzteckel@comcast.net, 609-712-0428 For additional information contact: Jim Rau Dog Shows, Ltd., Superintendent P.O. Box 6898, Reading, PA 19610-0898 (610) 376-1880, info@raudogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Ms. Sherrill C. Snyder Ms. Sherrill C. Snyder Ms. Sherrill C. Snyder

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352 mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Ms. Lynne Allen Ms. Lynne Allen Ms. Lynne Allen

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352 mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Lorraine Simmons Lorraine Simmons Lorraine Simmons

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Event Chair: Dave Temple 219 Baldwin Dr., Lancaster, OH 43130-3344 templedox@yahoo.com, 614-519-1046 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352, mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mrs. Debbie L. Melgreen (p) Mrs. Debbie L. Melgreen (p) Mrs. Debbie L. Melgreen (p)

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Mr. Charles J. Quinlan (p) Mr. Charles J. Quinlan (p) Mr. Charles J. Quinlan (p)

Junior Show: Mr. Charles J. Quinlan (p) Sweepstakes: Lexa Richmond

Mrs. Darcy A. Quinlan (p) Mrs. Darcy A. Quinlan (p) Mrs. Darcy A. Quinlan (p)

Junior Show: Mrs. Darcy A. Quinlan (p)

Sweepstakes: Claire Wisch AKC National Owner-Handled Series

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Central Ohio Dachshund Club, Inc. April 23, 2016 Ohio Expo Center/Ohio State Fairgrounds 717 East 17th Ave. Columbus, OH Total Entry Limit: 100

Dachshund Club of Southwestern Ohio, Inc. April 30, 2016 Preble County Fairgrounds 722 S Franklin St., Eaton, OH Web Site: http://www.dachshund-dcswo.org Total Entry Limit: 100

Cumberland Valley Dachshund Club April 30, 2016 Williamson Co. Ag. Park 4215 Long Lane, Franklin, TN Web Site:http://www.c-v-d-c.com Total Entry Limit: 100

Cumberland Valley Dachshund Club May 1, 2016 Williamson Co. Ag. Park 4215 Long Lane, Franklin, TN Web Site:http://www.c-v-d-c.com Total Entry Limit: 100

Metropolitan Washington Dachshund Club May 3, 2016 Best Western Premier 800 East Park Dr., Harrisburg, PA

Metropolitan Washington Dachshund Club May 4, 2016 Best Western Premier 800 East Park Dr., Harrisburg, PA

Dachshund Club of America, Inc. May 6-7, 2016 Best Western Premier 800 East Park Dr., Harrisburg, PA Web Site: http://www.dachshundclubofamerica.org

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Event Chair: Dave Temple 219 Baldwin Dr., Lancaster, OH 43130-3344 templedox@yahoo.com, 614-519-1046 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352, mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mr. Dan J. Harrison Mr. Dan J. Harrison Mr. Dan J. Harrison

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Event Chair: Kathy Maehler 6424 Amber Ct., Mason, OH 45040-1179 kamaehler@embarqmail.com, 513-398-0901 For additional information contact: MB-F Inc., Superintendent P.O. Box 22107 Greensboro, NC 27420-2107 (336) 379-9352, mbf@infodog.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mrs. Gretchen Bernardi Mrs. Gretchen Bernardi Mrs. Gretchen Bernardi

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Event Chair: Wayne Beard 45 Frenchman Cv., Eads, TN 38028-6200 waynebeard7903@comcast.net, 901-488-3085 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 (405) 427-8181, mail@onofrio.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Event Chair: Wayne Beard 45 Frenchman Cv., Eads, TN 38028-6200 waynebeard7903@comcast.net, 901-488-3085 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 (405) 427-8181, mail@onofrio.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016 For additional information contact: Jim Rau Dog Shows, Ltd., Superintendent P.O. Box 6898 Reading, PA 19610-0898 (610) 376-1880 info@raudogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016 For additional information contact: Jim Rau Dog Shows, Ltd., Superintendent P.O. Box 6898 Reading, PA 19610-0898 (610) 376-1880 info@raudogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 For additional information contact: Jim Rau Dog Shows, Ltd., Superintendent P.O. Box 6898 Reading, PA 19610-0898 (610) 376-1880 info@raudogshows.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

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Sweepstakes: Mr. Charles C. Scott

Mr. William S. Geshwiler Mr. William S. Geshwiler Mr. William S. Geshwiler

Junior Show: Mr. William S. Geshwiler

Mr. Bradley Jenkins Mr. Bradley Jenkins Mr. Bradley Jenkins

Junior Show: Mrs. Janet M. Schwalbe

Obedience:

Mrs. Sue-Ellyn Rempel Mr. Daryl J. Turner Mr. Frank Canestrini Mrs. Catherine M. Thompson

Patricia Taylor Mrs. Frances T. Roush Ms. EmmaJean Stephenson

Junior Show: To Be Assigned

Mr. Robert J. Wlodkowski Mrs. Constance (Connie) Fisher Eric Henningsen

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was never particularly interested in taking as 100 times better than ours, making it science courses in college, always the most sensitive and vulnerable part of its gravitating toward taking the English and body. While humans may have five million writing classes. However, as a freshman at scent receptors, in comparison, a Beaver College, I dutifully enrolled in a science dachshund has 125 million scent receptors class which was a requirement for all first year in their nose. Dogs also have forty times students. One day, all of the freshman were told more scent processing cells in their brains that we were required to attend a science than humans. Another factor for the dog's assembly in the Little Theatre. Expecting some superior sense of smell is its ability to boring mundane science topic to be presented, I collect air in a special chamber of their sauntered into the auditorium with my friends, nose. The air stays in the chamber when taking a seat near the back. the dog exhales, so scent molecules The lights went down over the audience and accumulate there until there is a sufficient the stage lit up. The presenter was an elderly concentration available for the dog to gentleman who had trained his cute little dog identify an odor. my best recollection was that it was a terrier Besides being able to discriminate mix - to perfectly select, every time, the between different smells, a dog has a dumbbell that had his owner’s scent on it. This phenomenal olfactory memory. A dog can feisty dog did the exercise on stage, happily and remember smells long after being exposed repeatedly, without a hitch. At that moment, I to the original odor. If we know this inforwas awe-struck. As I sat there in the audience, mation, we can understand how our dogs I thought, what an amazing ability the dog has; have the ability to recall their owner’s scent, Dog Supplies, and Scent-A-Bells. They can it would be so incredible to be able to teach that after it is “hot-scented” on the dumbbell article. assist you in selecting the correct size. trick to a dog of my own.

As an aside, for those who have not trained Although I have experienced different ways In fact, at the time that I witnessed this in obedience, be forewarned that the Utility to teach articles to my dogs, I have found that program, I had never formally trained any dog level is the highest and most challenging level the most reliable way to train is using the for performance. Although we did have a of training in AKC. In order to begin training Janice DeMello’s “Around the miniature dachshund in the house, Clock” scent discrimination he was pretty much a lap dog; in method. That is the method that any event, I was away from home, I will describe in this article. I living at college. I knew nothing am purposely not duplicating a about training dogs, except that I photo of DeMello’s diagram for thought this presentation was setting up articles, nor am I marvelous. At the time, I certainly using her exact language, as I could never have anticipated that assume that it is copyrighted this freshman science program material. Instead, in this article, would have a lasting effect on my I will offer you my own abbrelife to this day!

Scent Discrimination Training viated instructions, which I have Fast forward 40 years. My house is now successfully used, based on her program. If filled with miniature dachshunds for show with Utility Articles wish more specific details, Janice and performance. I have trained many of Or, Things I Learned in College you DeMello’s DVD of her training technique, them to retrieve the correct utility article,

By Karen R. Scheiner step-by step, can be purchased on-line. yes perfectly, every time!! My recollection of To begin, you should get your dog used to that man and his dog has hardly faded in time, this level, your dog should have mastered the both the metal and the leather articles, one at a but instead that program inspired me to go on dumbbell retrieve, which is an exercise of the time. Spend a week getting the dog to retrieve and train my dogs past the Novice level, onto less advanced Open class. At the Open level, the metal article; and then another week, Open, and finally reaching the goal of training there is only one dumbbell; it is wooden or and competing in Utility exercises. plastic. The handler throws the dumbbell at the getting him comfortable with the leather one.

Some dogs can do it in less time; you be the The purpose of that college freshman judge’s command, dog learns to “wait” until judge. As an aside, I have been asked about assembly was to put in perspective the being sent by its owner. Once sent, the dog using a tie-down board to train scent articles. I remarkable ability that dogs have to discern briskly runs to the dumbbell, picks it up, and have pretty much found a tie-down board and remember scents, far superior to that of a brings it to “front” of its owner. Consider this human. A dog's sense of smell may be as much basic retrieve exercise a prerequisite to training (which is not part of the Around the Clock method) to be a waste of time and money; the Utility articles. dog doesn’t learn anything except to pull on the Teaching Scent Discrimination wrong articles. with Utility Articles In order to teach the dog which article is To begin, you need some equipment. You should start out with a full set of articles, composed of six metal dumbbells and six leather dumbbells. (As an aside, the AKC recently approved the use of wooden articles, however I have always trained with leather and metal, and intend to continue to do so.) Be sure to measure your dog’s muzzle so that you order the appropriate size that fits snugly in the dog’s mouth, sitting just behind his canine teeth. There are various vendors who sell articles on-line, including Max200, J&J

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“yours” every time, use some canned cheese, like Cheez Whiz. Then think of an imaginary clock on the floor, without the corner numbers 2, 5, 7 and 11. Then put the letters, A, B and C in a line between 6 and 12. (It might be easier for you to draw it on paper, rather than just using your imagination.) You will be placing the articles one by one, on the floor, about 2˝ apart, starting with where 6 would be on your clock.

The program is a seven-week training program. Although this may seem long and daunting, at the end of the seven weeks, your dog will know how to perform the exercise perfectly.

For the first two weeks, start by “warming up” the dog by throwing the metal or the leather article, as you would throw the dumbbell in the Open exercise. This gets the dog excited about going out and retrieving. In the very first week, choose one metal article you will use. Don’t touch the others, but use tongs to handle them, unless you have a helper. Remember, the goal is for the dog to find your scented one. You should “hot scent” your article. That is, spend about 20 seconds rubbing the dowel with your hands. Then put a little dot of cheese on your metal article, and put it on the floor about six feet away from you. For the sake of this discussion, let’s say that you start with #3. Have the dog sitting and facing the #3 metal article.

Tell him to get it, find it, or whatever command you like. Just be consistent.

The dog will go to the article and lick the cheese; you may have to tell him to “take it” if he is spending too long licking it. You may need to spend a few days on this part before moving on.

Next you need to add another unscented metal article to the process.

Put it in the place where your #3 article was (at 6 o’clock); hot scent and put a dot of cheese your #3 metal article, but move it to the left on the clock, so it would be at the 8 o’clock spot. Send the dog to find it, and telling him to “take it” whenever necessary. Since there is cheese on the dowel, it is not likely that he will select the wrong one. Continue to do the process of hot-scenting and dotting with cheese, moving #3 around clockwise on the imaginary clock, replacing its former spot with an unscented article, using metal first, then leather, from the number 6, all the way around the clock to the number 5, and using two more spots in the middle of the clock until you have 11 articles out on the floor. The dog should get the idea that he has to search through all of the articles on the floor, to find #3, the correct one. This exercise should be done daily for a week.

In the second week, use the leather

article #3 as the one for the dog to find. Hotscent and put a dot of cheese on the leather article #3, moving that one around the clock, and asking the dog to find it. If he brings back

the wrong one, correct him by taking him to the right article. Do not return any article to the pile that the dog has mistakenly identified in that training session. It will have his scent on it and he will want to get it again.

In the third week, put out both metal and leather articles, alternating each and putting the first leather article in the middle “B” spot, and unscented leather at 4 o’clock spot. Continue to set up the articles one by one, in the clockwork frame, putting a dot of cheese on the one that you have hotscented. Always remember to re-heat and re-cheese. The dog will learn that the one with the cheese has your scent, and this will be the one he learns to retrieve. To be clear, you should have only one scented article out in the pile at any given time. That is, choose either leather or metal, but never both.

In the following weeks, continue to mix up training leather and metal articles, and the start place, as you set them up. In the fifth week, put the cheese on the underside of the article, rather than on the top where it is very obvious. By the sixth week, eliminate the cheese altogether, but remember to re-scent and re-heat the article you are using. By the seventh week, if you have taught it correctly, the dog will be able to identify your article without using any cheese. If your dog makes any mistakes, then go back to a prior week’s lesson, using a dot of cheese.

It is always a thrill when the virtual lightbulb goes off in your dog’s head and you know he “gets it.” I can honestly say that once the dog understands the exercise and knows what he is expected to do, he will be right 98% of the time. (The 2% error is normally with a green dog, or as a result of some distractions, stress, or an unanticipated event.) Even when not in the formal obedience ring, my doxies have been able to thrill audiences, family, elementary school students, and even had an audition for David Letterman’s “stupid pet tricks” with this particular exercise – which, by the way, is not so stupid. It can stand alone as an admirable presentation of what a well-trained dog can be taught to do!

Epilogue: As I will be celebrating my 40th year since graduating from Beaver College (now known as Arcadia University) this May, 2016, this article serves as my personal tribute to a school that changed my life forever, in many unexpected and wonderful ways. !

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Sire: GCh. DC Rivercliffs Jazz Master, MW X Dam: GCh. Rivercliff’s Rhythm and Rhyme, MW We wish to thank Judge Carol Makowski for awarding JP a five point Grand Champion Major for being placed Best of Variety at the Burlington County KC show to finish his Grand Championship. We also want to thank the other judges who awarded JP majors: Dr. Eric Liebes, Janet Schwalbe, Frances Roush, Laura Abbot-Licht and Mary Ann Alston.

We want to thank Nancy Kast and Chris Schulke for breeding such a wonderful all-around dog who loves people and dogs and is always ready to hunt or whatever else his family wants to do.

JP has been owner-handled in both the breed ring and field through all of his titles.

JP has correct structure and substantial bone that allows him to move with a strong steady gait and run like the wind. His coat is the ideal wire coat that requires minimal grooming. He has a good nose that he continues to learn how to use and is becoming an accurate and enthusiastic hunter.

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Introducing

GCH. Galewinns Kaycees Partner In Crime (CH. Harbormyst Beach Boy ML x CH. JT’s Kaycees Too Tough To Tame MLD)

Pam Gale Galewinns Irish Setters & Miniature Dachshunds www.Galewinns.com Sherry Ceplius Kaycees Miniature Longhair Dachshunds Shea Jonsrud Breeder/Handler Extraordinaire

Introducing

CH. Galewinns Kaycees Sea Man ML

(CH. Kaycees Galewinns Pucker Up MLD x CH. Harbormyst Beach Boy ML) Thank you to Schuylar Moore for his fabulous handling!

Introducing

CH. Galewinns Kaycees Treasured Gem MLD

(GCH. Galewinns Kaycees GoldenTicket MLD x CH. Galewinns Kaycees Partner In Crime ML) “Gem” Finished her championship at 8 months old with 4 majors and a Best Of Breed!! (Pictured at 6 months old).

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he Fourth Annual Harvest Moon Classic was held at the Northern Illinois Brace Club (see sidebar article) in Roscoe, Illinois, October 2nd - 11th. We celebrated with good friends, good dogs, and had a great time. There were eight field trials over 10 days, plus two earth dog tests. We also held a Canine Good Citizen Test that included CGC Advanced and Urban tests, and had a seminar on Trapping and Trap Safety for Dog Owners.

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Mother Nature was kind to us with cool temperatures and “none of that wet stuff.� The sumac at Roscoe is one of the first visual clues of fall and it was gloriously red again this year.

The attendees once again came from all across the nation to compete. This year the competition produced 13 new Field Champions, which is a tie for our previous record of new Field Champions at this event. However, this year one of those 13 is (pending AKC verification) a new Gold Grand Champion Dual Champion and the first one in our breed. Congratulations to Gold GCH DC Raydachs Wildcard Walt (Walter) and his owners (Melissa Fritz & Kevin Fritz & Rachel Fritz) for this wonderful accomplishment! We would also like to congratulate all of the other new Field Champions: Jolt (Gloria LaTour), Snoopy (Linda Alkema), Bodi (Wendy Snyder), Smudge (Gloria LaTour), Ben (Carolyn Lewis), Piper (Dave Lantung), Lincoln (Lori Isaacson), Carrie (Carolyn Lewis), Uecker (Debby McNamara), Jetta (Brian Hibbs), Ripley (Linda Alkema), and Lupe (Brian & Leah Rhea).

There were two absolutely amazing raffles to support the tractor fund and to maintain the grounds over the winter. Sherry Ruggieri was the chief organizer and she puts together a raffle like no other. With her guidance, we were able to collect $1688 to help pay for the equipment for the grounds. The second raffle was conducted after the Wild Thing Dinner and then Stan Knoll and Charlie Snider delighted us with their auctioneering skills for a

few specialty items. Thank you to all who donated so generously to support the NIBC and Dachshund Field Trials!

The field trials began on Friday, October 2nd with Badger Dachshund Club hosting the first two days. The next two field trials were hosted by Minnesota Dachshund Club. Then Minnesota Dachshund Club hosted two earthdog tests on Tuesday, October 6th. The CGC tests and Trapping and Trap Safety for Dog Owners seminar were both on Wednesday. Several dogs were able to certify for tracking on Wednesday as well. On Thursday, the Dachshund Club of the Great Lakes hosted the first of their two field trials and the last two field trials were hosted by the Madison Area Dachshund Club.

We enjoyed bonfires on many evenings and one night Bill Dyer brought out his cotton candy machine and spun strawberry cotton candy for everyone to enjoy at the bonfire. As a tradition, there was the annual Wild Thing Dinner on Saturday night of the second weekend. Everyone brings something wild to eat or something that makes them feel wild. This year we enjoyed Armadillo eggs, Hasenpfeffer, Elk tenderloin tips in mushroom gravy over penne pasta, Venison Italian sausage, apple roses, spiced peaches, Walleye, Crappie, Salmon, and Halibut as well as many other fine contributions to the event. It is great fun and we sit down and eat like one big happy family. This is truly a demonstration of love for one another and our wonderful dogs.

We celebrated several birthdays during Harvest Moon and at the morning photo opportunity, we had an interesting combination of voices to sing the traditional birthday song to the birthday boy or girl.

This year we added a Facebook page for everyone to share their wins (placements and raffle prizes) and their personal photos of the event. For those who are unable to attend, the Facebook page helps us to share our activities in the event from afar. We would love to have you join us!!

contributed by Shawn Nies and Cheri Faust

The last day is done, The Harvest Moon is setting, We had lots of fun, So we're hoping and betting, You will share our good cheer, With friends far and near, To join us for Harvest Moon Classic next year!

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Northern Illinois Beagle Club in Roscoe, Illinois is now the

Northern Illinois BRACE Club As some of you may be aware, the number of brace beagling clubs across the country is diminishing. Due to an aging membership, decreased entry numbers, increased property values and other factors, many club grounds have been sold.

With brace beagle grounds being ideal for use by Dachshund field trialers, this has a direct effect on our future. The threat of losing the Northern Illinois Beagle Club grounds in Roscoe has loomed for years, but in 2015 that threat was about to become a reality.

Larry Gohlke worked quickly to secure a rather complicated arrangement with the ten beaglers and three widows of beaglers that formed the corporation that owned the property.

First, pending a purchase agreement, Northern Illinois Beagle (Club), Inc. gave a new corporation (Northern Illinois BRACE Club, Inc.) a ten-year lease on the property. This was necessary to guarantee the use of the grounds in case anything went wrong with steps two, three and four! Second, the corporation

distributed the property to each of the thirteen shareholders in exchange for their shares. Finally, seven of the beaglers sold the property that now belonged to them personally (about 58%) to Northern Illinois Brace Club, Inc. Jim Garard, Irv Schirmer, Don Howard and the three widows continue to own their share of the property (about 42%).

While many of you know how beautiful and well stocked with rabbits the Roscoe grounds are, you may not know that 34 licensed events (Beagle traditional and gundog brace trials, Two Couple Pack tests, Dachshund field trials and Earthdog tests for Small Terriers and Dachshunds) were held at this location in 2015. Thanks to the commitment of Jim Garard, Irv Schirmer, Don Howard, Larry Gohlke, Cheri Faust, Stan Knoll and the Madison Area Dachshund Club, along with the support of the other Dachshund clubs and field trial community that call this home, these grounds will continue to be available in the future. Long live the new NIBC!

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4th Hidden Cedars Hot Rod Lincoln MS L. Isaacson/G. La Tour Open All-Age BITCHES (26 Starters) Judges: L. Gohlke, W. Nugent 1st Blackhawk Piper ML D. Lanting 2nd Hidden Cedars Cya At The Finish Line MSB G. Latour 3rd Short Shadows In The Crosshares SW CA C. Casoria/C. Casoria 4th Dayton’s Kamora Copper V Hoppledachs J. Dayton/P Hopkins ________________________________

Minnesota Dachshund Club October 4, 2015 Badger Dachshund Club, Inc. October 2, 2015 Field Champion DOGS (25 Starters) Judges: S.L. Ruggieri, P. Leonberger 1st FC Longtime’s Milo Vom Nordlicht R. Schwarz/J. Schwarz/C. Faust/ L. Gohlke 2nd FC Nix Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd DC Credere’s Gunnery Sergeant Windspirit C. Snider 4th GCh. DC Townfarm Emmett Sweeps The Spotlight JE RATN CGC C. Yeager Field Champion BITCHES (21 Starters) Judges: W. Nugent, R. Schwarz 1st FC Tusoksori-Ugraszto Husniya S. Ruggieri 2nd FC Longtime’s Copper Vom Nordlicht C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd FC Lykke Von Lowenherz L. Whistance-Smith 4th FC Seiko V Dorndorf L TD T. Knoll/L. Knoll/A. Knoll Open All-Age DOGS (19 Starters) Judges: P.A. Nance, P.D. Bethke 1st Hidden Cedars Sudden Impact MS G. Latour 2nd Baldwins Peanut Snoopy Doo L. Alkema 3rd GCh. Raydachs Wildcard Walt M. Fritz/K. Fritz/R. Fritz 4th Serenity’s 10,000 Reasons W. Snyder/R. Cooper/P. Baker Open All-Age BITCHES (30 Starters) Judges: L. Gohlke, W. Snyder 1st Hidden Cedars C N Double MSPB G. Latour 2nd Stardust’s Good Luck Charm RN CGC A. Schmidt

3rd Jetta Riggan Hibbs Vom Hessenjaeger SW B. Hibbs 4th Blackhawk Piper ML D. Lanting ________________________________

Badger Dachshund Club, Inc. October 3, 2015 Field Champion DOGS (28 Starters) Judges: W. Snyder, P. Bethke 1st FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 2nd FC Hidden Cedars Jango Bling L. Isaacson 3rd FC Pocketpack Smooth Operator MS K. Johnson/L. Ballard 4th DC Hoppledachss Ottowa V Sho Me ML RN P. Hopkins/P. Wells Field Champion BITCHES (23 Starters) Judges: L. Ballard, P.A. Nance 1st DC Sagerun’s Keturah MW CGC P. Leonberger 2nd FC Longtime’s Copper Vom Nordlicht C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd DC Hoppledach’s Legacy From Rigel ML RN JE CGC P. Hopkins/C. Kalista 4th FC Dobre Butelka Wino Z Goodwood NAJ ME CAA RATN A. Leonberger Open All-Age DOGS (14 Starters) Judges: S.L. Ruggieri, D. Faust 1st Short Shadows Ben Dare Dun Dat C. Casoria 2nd Stardust It Had 2bu Vo Skaer SL CGC N. Yeoman/M. Kendall 3rd GCh. Ragtyme Worth The Wait SW RATN H. Jones/K. Roth

Field Champion DOGS (27 Starters) Judges: S.L. Ruggieri, R. Brandemuehl 1st FC Strolch Von Lowenherz L. Whistance-Smith 2nd FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd FC Longtime’s Milo Vom Nordlicht R. & J. Schwarz/C. Faust/ L. Gohlke 4th GCh. DC Rellih’s Little Indian MW TD SE L. Snyder Field Champion BITCHES (21 Starters) Judges: R. Brandemuehl, P. Bethke 1st FC Sylvan Von Lowenherz L. Whistance-Smith 2nd FC Uta Von Moosbach-Zuzelek SW C. Faust/J. Jeanneney/L. Gohlke 3rd GCh. DC Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD JE CGC L. Snyder 4th FC Von Schatten Knight Of Mischief S. Nies

Dachshund Club of the Great Lakes October 8, 2015 Field Champion DOGS (22 Starters) Judges: J. Garard, P.D. Bethke 1st GCh. DC Townfarm Emmett Sweeps The Spotlight JE RATN CGC C. Yeager 2nd FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd FC Hoppledachs Keokuk MS RN ME P. Hopkins 4th FC Bry-Wyn’s Have It Your Way MW W. Nugent Field Champion BITCHES (20 Starters) Judges: P. Leonberger, S. Davidson 1st FC Seiko V Dorndorf L TD T. Knoll/L. Knoll/A. Knoll 2nd DC Hoppledach’s Legacy From Rigel ML RN JE CGC P. Hopkins/C. Kalista 3rd FC Uta Von Moosbach-Zuzelek SW C. Faust/J. Jeanneney/L. Gohlke 4th FC Von Schatten Heavenly Body S. Nies Open All-Age DOGS (12 Starters) Judges: S.L. Ruggieri, P.D. Bethke 1st Vonbork’s Inspector Baynes T. Pepe 2nd GCh. Donegal Georgia Dachs Jedidiah S. Hass/N. Thompson/D. Hass 3rd Duchwood’s Sam Spade MS S. Russell 4th GCh. Raydachs Wildcard Walt M. Fritz/K. Fritz/R. Fritz Open All-Age BITCHES (19 Starters) Judges: J. Garard, Mrs. L. Isaacson 1st Guadalupe Rhea Von Skaer SL L. Lindstrom 2nd Aurora Light’s August Moon Of Hundeleben, ML D. Murdoch/J. Boehne/C. Puig 3rd Hidden Cedars Written N The Stars MS G. Latour 4th Hoppledach’s April In Paris ML P. Hopkins ________________________________

Open All-Age DOGS (13 Starters) Judges: L. Gohlke, S.M. Nies 1st Hidden Cedars Hot Rod Lincoln MS L. Isaacson/G. La Tour 2nd GCh. Raydachs Wildcard Walt M. Fritz/K. Fritz/R. Fritz 3rd Duchwood’s Lord Yorick MS S. Russell 4th Cedarhurst Cbwags4u Shade O’Gold MLC B. Wagner

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Open All-Age BITCHES (28 Starters) Judges: L. Ballard, W. Snyder 1st Baldwins Ritzy Ragz Ripley L. Alkema 2nd Blackhawk Piper ML D. Lanting 3rd Stardust’s Good Luck Charm RN CGC A. Schmidt 4th Jetta Riggan Hibbs Vom Hessenjaeger SW B. Hibbs _____________________________

Field Champion DOGS (18 Starters) Judges: P. Leonberger, P.D. Bethke 1st FC Hidden Cedars Jango Bling L. Isaacson 2nd DC Credere’s Gunnery Sergeant Windspirit C. Snider 3rd FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 4th GCh. DC Rellih’s Little Indian MW TD SE L. Snyder

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Fall, 2015: Best of Breed Alabama Dachshund Club Judge: M. Houston-McMillan Group 1 Illinois Capitol Kennel Club Judge: R. Spritzer Group 1 Rockford Freeport Kennel Club Judge: B.D. Alderman Group 2 Rockford-Freeport Kennel Club Judge: D. Johnson Group 2 Danville Kennel Club Judge: W.F. Potter II Best of Variety Hoosier Dachshund Club Judge: D. Peat

2012 DCA National Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta (host 2012 DCA), 6-9 Puppy Class, Reserve Winners Dog Judge: Ron Spritzer 2013 DCA National Open Miniature Class Reserve Winners Dog Judge: Lynne Allen

2014 DCA National Golden Gate Dachshund Club (host) Select Winners Dog Judge: Marci Forrester 2014 DCA National 1st Dog AOM Judge: Jane Fowler 2015 DCA National Sire of wirehair WD/BW and sire of the winners of the dog and bitch bred by classes-wirehair Judge: Peggy Guerrz-Otero

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Field Champion BITCHES (20 Starters) Judges: P.A. Nance, S. Davidson 1st FC Longtime’s Copper Vom Nordlicht C. Faust/L. Gohlke 2nd GCh. DC Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD JE CGC L. Snyder 3rd FC Seiko V Dorndorf L TD T. Knoll/L. Knoll/A. Knoll 4th FC Dobre Butelka Wino Z Goodwood NAJ ME CAA RATN A. Leonberger Open All-Age DOGS (13 Starters) Judges: S.M. Nies, Mrs. L. Isaacson 1st Forest Hills Mr. Baseball CA RATM D McNamara 2nd Vonbork’s Inspector Baynes T. Pepe 3rd GCh. Raydachs Wildcard Walt M. Fritz/K. Fritz/R. Fritz 4th Ch. Lone Pine’s Ruff N Ready MW RA JE S. Miller

Open All-Age BITCHES (21 Starters) Judges: K. Snider, C.A. Yeager 1st Jetta Riggan Hibbs Vom Hessenjaeger SW B. Hibbs 2nd Vschwalbes Queen Of Naboo MW M. Powell/J. & R. Schwalbe 3rd Hidden Cedars Ringtone MS G. LaTour 4th Ch. Duchwood’s Alizarine MS S. Russell ________________________________

Field Champion BITCHES (18 Starters) Judges: W.R. Dyer, Mrs. L. Isaacson 1st DC Sagerun’s Keturah MW JE CGC P. Leonberger 2nd FC Jetta Riggan Hibbs Vom Hessenjaeger SW B. Hibbs 3rd FC Tusoksori-Ugraszto Husniya P. Ruggieri 4th GCh. DC Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD JE CGC L. Snyder

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Open All-Age DOGS (13 Starters) Judges: K. Snider, S.M. Nies 1st GCh. Raydachs Wildcard Walt M. Fritz/K. Fritz/R. Fritz 2nd Stardust Jumpin’ Jack Flash A. Rapraeger 3rd GCh. Ragtyme Worth The Wait SW RATN H. Jones/K. Roth 4th Ch. Lone Pine’s Ruff N Ready MW RA JE S. MillerOpen All-Age BITCHES (18 Starters) Judges: S.L. Ruggieri, M.M. Powell 1st Guadalupe Rhea Von Skaer SL L. Lindstrom 2nd Verde Hills Shes My Best Friend MLD M. Williams 3rd Ch. Duchwood’s Alizarine MS S. Russell 4th Roundabout Camilla Parker Bowles T. Wright _______________________________

Field Champion DOGS (24 Starters) Judges: W. Nugent, P.D. Bethke 1st FC Hidden Cedars Jango Bling L. Isaacson 2nd FC Longtime’s Milo Vom Nordlicht JE R. & J. Schwarz/C. Faust/L. Gohlke 3rd FC Nix Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke 4th FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke

Madison Area Dachshund Club October 11, 2015 Field Champion DOGS (20 Starters) Judges: S.M. Nies, Mrs. L. Isaacson 1st GCh. DC Townfarm Emmett Sweeps The Spotlight JE RATN CGC C. Yeager

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2nd GCh. DC Stardust N Windrose Magestic Blaze Of Glory SL C. Day Campbell 3rd FC Longtime’s Milo Vom Nordlicht JE R. & J. Schwarz/C. Faust/L. Gohlke 4th FC Longtime’s Tatanka Vom Nordlicht JE C. Faust/L. Gohlke Field Champion BITCHES (16 Starters) Judges: K. Snider, P.D. Bethke 1st FC Anja Von Moosbach-Zuzelek RN SE P. Ruggieri 2nd GCh. DC Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD JE CGC L. Snyder 3rd FC Longtime’s Copper Vom Nordlicht C. Faust/L. Gohlke 4th FC Dobre Butelka Wino Z Goodwood NAJ ME CAA RATN A. Leonberger Open All-Age DOGS (8 Starters) Judges: P. Leonberger, A.L. Leonberger 1st Vunderkind JE C. Mancha/J. Gallamore 2nd GCh. Donegal Georgia Dachs Jedidiah S. Hass/N. Thompson/D. Hass 3rd Duchwood’s Lord Yorick MS S. Russell 4th Duchwood’s Bowie Blade MS S. Russell Open All-Age BITCHES (18 pts) Judges: D. Faust, S. Davidson 1st Vschwalbes Queen Of Naboo MW M. Powell/J. Schwalbe/R. Schwalbe 2nd Ch. Hale’s Winnebago Girl SL H. Briwa 3rd Ch. Duchwood’s Alizarine MS S. Russell 4th Hidden Cedars Written N The Stars MS G. Latour

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All dates, times and addresses are as accurate as possible before the newsletter deadline date. Please consult the show secretaries or superintendents for any further information.

Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta May 21, 2016 Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport Georgia International Convent & Trade Ctr. 1900 Sullivan Rd., Atlanta, GA Web Site:http://www.dcma-atl.org

Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta May 22, 2016 Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport Georgia International Convent & Trade Ctr. 1900 Sullivan Rd., Atlanta, GA Web Site: http://www.dcma-atl.org

Closing Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 For additional information contact: William S. Geshwiler, Event Secretary 696 Baker Rd. Columbia, TN 38401-5557 (931) 381-7926 wgesh18@aol.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 For additional information contact: William S. Geshwiler, Event Secretary 696 Baker Rd. Columbia, TN 38401-5557 (931) 381-7926 wgesh18@aol.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

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Dianne R. Graham Dianne R. Graham Dianne R. Graham

Junior Show: Dianne R. Graham (p) Sweepstakes: Sandi Myers

Mr. Richard L. Reynolds Mr. Richard L. Reynolds Mr. Richard L. Reynolds

Junior Show: Mrs. Janet M. Schwalbe Sweepstakes: To Be Assigned

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Sierra Dachshund Breeders Club of Los Angeles County May 26, 2016 Los Angeles County Fairplex 1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA Web Site: http://www.Sierra-Dachshund-Breeders-Club.org

Dachshund Club of America, Inc. June 24, 2016 Hotel Claremont 840 South Indian Hill Blvd.

Claremont, CA Web Site: http://www.dachshundclubofamerica.org

Dachshund Club of Santa Ana Valley June 25, 2016 Hotel Claremont 840 South Indian Hill Blvd.

Claremont, CA Web Site: http://www.dachshundclubofamerica.org

Dachshund Club of Santa Ana Valley June 26, 2016 Hotel Claremont 840 South Indian Hill Blvd.

Claremont, CA Web Site: http://www.dachshundclubofamerica.org

Mission City Dachshund Club of San Antonio July 13, 2016 Joe & Harry Freeman Coliseum 3201 East Houston St., San Antonio, TX Total Entry Limit: 100

Mission City Dachshund Club of San Antonio July 13, 2016 Joe & Harry Freeman Coliseum 3201 East Houston St., San Antonio, TX Total Entry Limit: 100

Columbine Dachshund Club August 19, 2016 Island Grove Regional Park 501 N 14th Ave. Greeley, CO Web Site:http://www.columbinedachshundclub.org/

Closing Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Event Chair: Merilynn Hurd 75825 Dillon Rd., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92241-7959 merilynn56@aol.com, 760-333-4466 For additional information contact: Lea Plaut, Event Secretary 16760 Paradise Mountain Rd. Valley Center, CA 92082-7454

(760) 749-4100 dogshowsecretary@yahoo.com Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W) Junior Show:

Ms. Bonnie Linnell Clarke Ms. Bonnie Linnell Clarke Ms. Bonnie Linnell Clarke Catlin Cahill (p)

Closing Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 For additional information contact: Eileen Parr, Event Secretary 18780 Munsee Rd. Apple Valley, CA 92307-1426 (760) 946-9048 parrkees@mac.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Aubrey Nash Aubrey Nash Aubrey Nash

Closing Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 For additional information contact: Eileen Parr, Event Secretary 18780 Munsee Rd. Apple Valley, CA 92307-1426 (760) 946-9048 parrkees@mac.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 For additional information contact: Eileen Parr, Event Secretary 18780 Munsee Rd. Apple Valley, CA 92307-1426 (760) 946-9048 parrkees@mac.com

Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Closing Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 Event Chair: Carol McLean 321 Leisure Village Dr., New Braunfels, TX 78130-8716 willowwire@att.net, 830-606-5821 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 Closing Date: Friday, June 24, 2016 Event Chair: Carol McLean 321 Leisure Village Dr., New Braunfels, TX 78130-8716 willowwire@att.net, 830-606-5821 For additional information contact: Onofrio Dog Shows, L.L.C., Superintendent P.O. Box 25764, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0764 Closing Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Event Chair: Eugenia K. Mahaffey 1109 E. Flint St., Laramie, WY 82072-2836 lovesdoxies@outlook.com, 307-742-5314 For additional information contact: Ms. Jan D Curtis, Event Secretary 2837 49th St., Evans, CO 80620-9516 (970) 339-3272, jdc_showsecretary@msn.com Dachshund Club of America

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Junior Show: Aubrey Nash (p) Sweepstakes: Carol R. Hamilton

Frederick R. Vogel Frederick R. Vogel Frederick R. Vogel

Junior Show: Adrian Quesada (p) Sweepstakes: Adrian Quesada

Ms. Georjan Bridger Ms. Georjan Bridger Ms. Georjan Bridger

Junior Show: Ms. Georjan Bridger Sweepstakes: Victoria Ronchette (405) 427-8181, mail@onofrio.com Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mrs. Jacqueline L. Stacy Mrs. Jacqueline L. Stacy Mrs. Jacqueline L. Stacy

(405) 427-8181, mail@onofrio.com Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Mr. Terry Stacy Mr. Terry Stacy Mr. Terry Stacy

AKC National Owner-Handled Series Judges Breed: (L) (S) (W)

Aubrey Nash Aubrey Nash Aubrey Nash

Junior Show: Aubrey Nash (p)

Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes: Railway EJ Light Up The Skies MW Judge for Regular Classes: Mr. Aubrey Nash Total Entry Per Coat: Longs 20, Smooths 34, Wire 20 LONGHAIR WD/BOW Duchwoods Deja Vu All Over Again ML WB Fantasia Silk Teddy ML BOV GCh. Leoralees Little Bit Of Heaven @JBS SL BOS GCh. Gemdach’s Red Rocker SELB DC Jewels Peridot & Pearls MLC

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Western Pennsylvania Dachshund Club May 23, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Suzanne M. Digby Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: Long 7, Smooth 9, Wire 3 BOV Longhair: Fantasia Silk Teddy ML BOS Longhair: Prestige’s Die Hard With A Vengence BOV Smooth: Rhill’s Leaugue of Legends MS BOS Smooth: Rhill’s Divergent MS BOV Wirehair: Lone Pine’s Bahn Frei MW BOS Wirehair: Jyenan Backroad By The Stroke Of Midnight MW Breed Judge: Mrs. Constance (Connie) Fisher Total Entry Per Coat: Long 32, Smooth 28, Wire 16 LONGHAIR WD/BOW Sleepytimes Everythings Eventual ML WB Mardigras’ Royal Grace MLBC BOV GCh. Gemdach Jaeger Bomb BOS GCh. Jarbsy’s MaMa Mia SELD Ch. Tarabon Tuxedo Junction SELB DC Jewels Peridot & Pearls MLC SMOOTH WD SummerHill Face The Music SS WB/BOW Stardom Pretty Little Angel Eyes BOV GCh. DC Stardox When Irish Eyes Are Smilin’ BOS Mardigras’ Bijou D’Artagnan SELD Rhill’s’ League Of Legends MS SELB Ch. DuFailloux Summerhill Mon Amie

WIREHAIR WD/BOW Jyenan Backroads By The Stroke Of Midnight MW WB/BOS Taralyn’s Maggie May MW BOV Ch. Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams SW SELD GCh. Tarabon Willowood Man With The Golden Gun _________________________________

Bayou Dachshund Club of New Orleans, Inc. August 1, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Alice W. Brock Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: 9 combined coats Best in Sweepstakes: J-Walk Across the Border SW (Wire) Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes: JTS Kerrybrook Rumple Minze ML (long) Judge for Regular Classes: Ms. Dianne R. Graham Total Entry Per Coat: 21 Longs (8-10-2-1), 13 Wires (3-6-1-22), Smooths (4-10-5-3) LONGHAIR WD Jesstar Defiance WB/BOW Dorae’s Front Page News ML BOS BOV

Ch Lockshire’s Cash Only Please SL SELD Ch. Grace Acre 3 MJ’s Moves Like Jagger SELB Ch. Kerrybrook Xclusive Edition ML

SMOOTH WD Duchwood’s Tye Dyed Pye MS WB/BOW Dynadaux Sorority Girlicious MS BOV GCh. Ch Toskydox Karate Do SS BOS GCh. Ch Dynadaux Hillbilly Kind of City Girl MS

SELD TC Duchwood’s Tangled Web MS MX MXJ SELB GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS WIREHAIR WD Hunu Ruff E Nuff MW WB/BOW J-Walk Across the Border SW BOV GCh. Raydachs Fire Down Below V Gleishorbach BOS Ch Longfellow’s Touch of Class MW SELB J-Walk Across Blazing Hot Coconuts SW BOB BOS

GCh. Raydachs Fire Down Below V Gleishorbach GCh. Dynadaux Hillbilly Kind of City Girl MS

Best Junior: Hanna Sunderman _________________________________

Western Pennsylvania Dachshund Club August 2, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Donna Stoey Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: Longs 2, Smooths 6, Wires 3 Longhair BOV: Mayapple It Wasn’t Me Smooth BOV: Mom’s Photo Opportunity SS Smooth BOS: Summerhill Fatal Attraction At Desara Wirehair BOV: Jyenan Backroad By The Stroke Of Midnight MW Wirehair BOS: Railway EJ Light Up The Skies MW Best in Sweepstakes: Mom’s Photo Opportunity SS

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GCh. Rags N’Mystic’s The Big Bang MS SELB GCh. Leoralee’s Barstool Boogie MS

WIREHAIR WD Julissa Lisant Lagerfeld WB/BOW EJ’s Pick A Bit Of Sweetness MW BOS BOV Ch. Leoralee’s Supernatural MW SELD Ch. Twinkle’s Corbin At Carowynd _________________________________

Dachshund Club of Greater Buffalo September 12, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Diane Sennett Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: Longs 3, Smooths 2, Wirehairs 2 Veteran Sweeps Smooth, 4 entries Longhair BOV: Ch. Fantasia Silk Teddy ML Longhair BOS: Cottons Blue Chip Smooth BOV: Vonbork’s Inspector Gregson Smooth BOS: Treslow’s Payton The Town Black & Tan Wirehair BOV: Stone’s Throw With A Smile And A Song Best Puppy in Sweeps: Vonbork’s Inspector Gregson Best of Opposite Puppy in Sweeps: Stone’s Throw With A Smile and A Song Best Veteran in Sweeps: Ch. Yorkdachs Tax Audit Best of Opposite Veteran Sweeps: GCh. OAKC Registered Handler Judge for Regular Classes: William Sahloff Total Entry Per Coat: Longhair 30, Smooth 17, Wirehair 14

LONGHAIR Mardigras’ Dark Chateaubriand ML WB/BOW Our Gang’s In The Limelight ML BOV GCh. Dachshire You Got Me Nantucket SL BOS GCh. Our Gang’s On The Wings Of Love ML SELD GCh. Dikerdachs Blake SELB Our Gang’s In The Limelight ML WD

SMOOTH WD ACEM-Summer-Surprize MS WB/BOW Treslow’s Payton The Town Black & Tan BOV GCh. DC Stardox When Irish Eyes Are Smilin’ BOS ACEM-Summer-Surprize MS SELB GCh. Treslow’s Garden Party SS WIREHAIR WD/BOW Stone’s Throw Heigh BOS Ho Heigh Ho WB Stone’s Throw With a Smile and A Song BOV GCh. Raydachs Ride My Ducati SW SELD GCh. Starbarrack NJ’s Sweet Dreams SW No BOB, not an independent speialty. _________________________________

Midwest Dachshund Club September 25, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Stephanie Hass Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: 2 smooth, 2 wires, 7 longs Longhair BOV: Mayapple It Wasn’t Me Kim M. Haupt

Longhair BOS: 12 Burdachs Heart’s On Fire ML Tammy & Ehrling Rose Smooth BOV: Summerhill Fascination SS Mike Blatz & Cathy Blatz Wirehair BOV: Country Star’s Don’t Blink@HundAcres MW Linda K Brammer & Randy Temple Best in Sweepstakes: Mayapple It Wasn’t Me Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes: Burdachs Heart’s On Fire ML Judge for Regular Classes: Mr. Tom Kirstein Total Entry Per Coat: Longs-34, Smooths-19, Wires-15 LONGHAIR MayApple It Wasn’t Me Kim M. Haupt WB/BOW Aurora Light’s August Mooon Of Hundelebben ML Carlos Puig & Diane Murdoch & Jeff Boehna BOV GCh. Gemdach Jaeger Bomb Keith & Meg Williamson BOS Bomar T’aint Nobodys Bizness But Evajoe ML Deanna Malmstrom SELD GCh. Hundeleben Jambalaya SL Chris Taylor & Brooke Aimar WD

SMOOTH WD/BOW OC’s Hunk, A Hunk of Burning Love MSD Robin Mousseau WB The Last Dance MS Cynthia Darling BOV Petalpusher Dressed To Impress MSP Laura Abbott-Licht BOS GCh. TurningPt I’m On My Game At Coniston Nancy Bischoff & Dr. Randy Eltringham

SELD GCh. Summerhill Freedom SS Cathy Blatz & Mike Blatz WIREHAIR Daybreak’s Music And Lyrics W Victor John & David Temple WB/BOW Sweetwire’s Daybreak’s Design Donna Jenkins & Lyle Jenkins BOV GCh. Daybreak’s Country Chic W Amanda Ferris & Deborah Krieg BOS Ch. Sir Benson’s Karma Angela Gainey SELD Ch. Country Time’s Little Buddy Patricia DePree SELB Ch. Kordachs’ Sandeckel’s Georgianna MW A. Janelle McCord & John Fabela

SELD GCh. Gemdach Jaeger Bomb Keith & Meg Williamson SELB GCh..Golden Days Tequila Rose Nancy E. & Randy J. Rhodes

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Best of Breed: Ch. Petalpusher Dressed to Impress MSP Best of Opposite to Best of Breed: Ch. Sir Benson’s Karma _________________________________

Midwest Dachshund Club September 25, 2015 Judge for Regular Classes: Mr. Robert Frost Total Entry Per Coat: 35 Longs, 21 smooths, 12 Wires LONGHAIR WD/BOW Hundebar Hundelben Druid’s Fluid SL Carlos Puig & Christine Taylor WB/BOS Stardust N Windrose Magic Moment SL Barbara J. Koch & Anne M. Schmidt BOV GCh. Hundeleben Jambalaya SL Christine Taylor & Brooke Aimar

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SMOOTH OC’s Hunk, A Hunk Of Burning Love MSD Robin Mousseau WB/BOW Sausage Stables V Woldorf Margrete SS Roger Becker BOV DC OC’s Mon Beau Petit Garcon MS Robin Mousseau BOS Ch. Donegal Georgia Dachs Light My Fire Stephanie Hass & David Hass & Nancy Thompson SELD GCh. TurningPt I’m On My Game At Coniston Nancy Bischoff & Dr. Randy Eltringham SELB GCh. Donegal Georgia Dachs Envy Stephanie Hass & David Hass & Nancy Thompson WD

WIREHAIR Trabeiz Hundeleben Pocket Protector MW Carlos Puig WB/BOW Sweetwire’s Daybreak’s Design Donna Jenkins & Lyle Jenkins BOV GCh. Daybreak’s Country Chic W Amanda Ferris & Deborah Krieg BOS Ch. Country Time’s Little Buddy Patricia DePree SELD Ch. Sir Benson’s Karma Angela Gainey WD

Best of Breed GCh. Daybreak’s Country Chic W Best of Opposite Sex GCh. Hundeleben Jambalaya SL _________________________________

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Metropolitan Washington Dachshund Club October 3, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Jane Bishop Puppy Sweeps Numbers for each coat: Long 2, Smooth 2, Wire - 2 Veteran Sweepstakes Numbers: Long 2, Smooth 3, Wire 1 Longhair BOV: Dachaven Mavericks Dream Catcher Alan James Longhair Veteran BOV: Ch. Briardach’s Uncle Sam Janine Finnell & Monika & Paul M Martin Longhair Veteran BOS: Ch. Beldachs’ Starlight Sisley.

Constance B. Fisher & Gary R. Fisher Smooth BOV: Dollidachs Divine SS Kandice & Dr. Andrew D. Kostic Smooth Veteran BOV: DC Hildisvin A Night To Remember RN ATTS CGC Dr. Randy Eltringham & Capt. Pete Eltringham Smooth BOS: DollidachsMephisto SS Kandice & Dr. Andrew D. Kostic Smooth Veteran BOS: GCh. DC Turningpt Nothin’ But Tail Lites, RN, CGC, ROMX Dr. Randy Eltringham & Capt. Pete Eltringham & Anna Cook Wirehair BOV: Dollidachs Silver Sky W Dianne & Dr. Andrew D. Kostic Wirehair Veteran BOV: GCh. Mar-C’s Spellbinder Margaret H. Ricks Best In Puppy Sweepstakes: Dollidachs Silver Sky W BOS In Puppy Sweepstakes: Dachaven Mavericks Dream Catcher Best In Veteran Sweepstakes: Ch. Briardach’s Uncle Sam BOS In Veteran Sweepstakes: GCh. Mar-C’s Spellbinder Breed Judge: Andra O’Connell Total Entry Per Coat: Longs - 25, Smooths - 27, Wires - 19 LONGHAIR WD/BOW Dachaven Mavericks Dream Catcher Alan James

Kochana’s Surprise Element Marie Keronyi & Lauren Berloff & Diane Poranski BOV Ch. Tam-Boer ‘N Tarlyn Silver Diamond Of Karefor ML. Lena Tamboer & Tara Hartman BOS GCh. Leoralees Little Bit Of Heaven Jyl Scott & Marietta Singleton SELD Ch. Landd’s Stars N Stripes Briardach Deedy & Larry Sorenson SELB Ch. Beldachs’ Starlight Sisley Constance B. & Gary R. Fisher

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SMOOTH WD/BOW Dollidachs Mephisto SS Kandice & Dr. Andrew Kostic WB Dollidachs Divine SS Kandice & Dr. Andrew Kostic BOV Ch. Hildisvin Wurdig Bacardi SS Denise Siemssen & Jimmie Lloyd BOS GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS Arvind & Joyce Debraganca.

SELD GCh. Turningpt I’m On My Game At Coniston Nancy Bischoff & Dr. Randy Eltringham SELB GCh. Leoralee’s Barstool Boogie MS Robbie Addison Agent: Marietta Singleton WIREHAIR WD/BOW Diagram Rags Argon MW Dianne Graham & Kimberly Ragsdale WB Fransin Stracciatella Treis Pinheiro Francesca Cassin & Hugo Avevedo Agent: Angela Lloyd BOV GCh. Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams SW Mary E. Heywood & Sharon B. Johnson BOS Ch. Jeric’s Last Dance W Lynn Cope SELD GCh. Tarabon Willowood Man With The Golden Gun Sherry Wang Agent: Tara Hartman SELB Ch. Treis Pinheiros Easy Squeezy SW Carlos Pedroso Agent: Angela Lloyd Best Of Breed: Ch. Tam-Boer ‘N Tarlyn Silver Diamond Of Karefor ML Best Of Opposite To Best Of Breed: GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS Best Junior: Gavin Reep with GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS Obedience Number Of Entries: 12 HIT

Goose Creek’s Longest Tale ML UD Nancy Andrews _________________________________

Judge for Regular Classes: Georjan Bridger Total Entry Per Coat: Longs - 26, Smooths - 28, Wires - 19 LONGHAIR Dachaven Quigley Down Under Alan James WB/BOW Briardach’s Lucky Guess Monika D. & Paul M. Martin BOV GCh. Dachshire You Got Me Nantucket SL Rhoda Weinman Agent: Angela Lloyd BOS GCh. Leoralees Little Bit Of Heaven Jyl Scott & Marietta Singleton SELD GCh. Sandachs Did It My My MLD Susan M. Jones & Catherine Deily SELB Ch. Beldachs’ Starlight Sisley Constance B. & Gary R. Fisher WD

SMOOTH Dollidachs Mephisto SS Kandice & Dr. Andrew Kostic WB/BOW Turningpt That Girl’s All About Chrome Dr. Randy Eltringham & Capt. Pete Eltringham BOV Ch Hildisvin Wurdig Bacardi SS Denise Siemssen & Jimmie Lloyd BOS GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS Arvind & Joyce Debraganca SELD Ch. Turningpt Southern Halleluiah Amen Brother Vickie Toye & Kelly Liller & Dr. Randy Eltringham SELB GCh. Leoralee’s Barstool Boogie MS Robbie Addison Agent: Marietta Singleton WD

WIREHAIR WD/BOW Roodachs Michey Rooney SW Timothy Andrews & Randall Frech WB Fransin Stracciatella Treis Pinheiro Francesca Cassin & Hugo Avevedo Agent: Angela Lloyd.

BOV GCh. Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams SW Mary E. Heywood & Sharon B. Johnson BOS Ch. Treis Pinheiros Easy Squeezy SW Carlos Pedroso Agent: Angela Lloyd SELD Ch. Leoralee’s Supernatural MW Marietta Singleton SELB GCh. Mar-C’s Spellbinder Margaret H. Ricks.

Best Of Breed: GCh. Dachsire You Got Me Nantucket SL

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Best Of Opposite To Best Of Breed: GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS Best Junior: Gavin Reep with GCh. Passport What Did You Say SS _________________________________

Dachshund Club of Metropolitan Atlanta October 15, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Patricia Thompson-Hodges Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: Wirehair 5, Smooth 4, Longhair 3 Best in Sweepstakes: Leoralee’s Sandford and Sons MW Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes: Infiniti’s Picture V Leoralee MW Breed Judge: Adrian W Woodfork Total Entry Per Coat: Wirehair 20, Smooth 23, Longhair 27 LONGHAIR WD/BOW Twelfth Night Summer Legacy Rocket’s Red Glare WB Brownwood RT’s Sweet The Sound SL BOV GCh. Poulsteads Moon ShadowFaithful Light BOS Ch. Twelfth Night Samson Of Smoke Rise SELD Ch. Vongays It A Wrap SL SELB GCh. Leoralee’s Little Bit Of Heaven SMOOTH WD/BOW Jerry’s Best Gift V Diagram BOS WB

Diagram Christmas Vacation At Kidsay MS BOV GCh. Leoralee’s Barstool Boogie MS SELD CGh. Turningpt I’m On My Game at Coniston SELB Ch. Dynasty’s Raven At Pearldachs WIREHAIR WD/BOW Leoralee’s Sandford and Sons MW WB Yuletide Wire You Still Talking SW BOV GCh. Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams SW BOS Ch. Hobarra’s Bugatti Atlantic At Brodny SELD GCh. Raydachs Ride My Ducati SW SELB Ch. Jeric’s Last Dance W Best of Breed: GCh. Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams SW Best of Opposite to Best of Breed: GCh. Poulsteads Moon ShadowFaithful Light Best Junior: Ch. Passport Love Actually SS _________________________________

Lincolnland Dachshund Club October 28, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Ms. Barbara Scherer Sweeps Entry Numbers For Each Coat: 3 Dachshunds (Smooth) (2-1) 2 Dachshunds (Longhair) (1-1) Longhair BOV: Cream Ridge What A Wonderful World Satchmo Longhair BOS: Vintage Design ML Smooth BOV: Ch. Donegal Georgia Dachs Light My Fire Smooth BOS: Bakerdachs Georgie Boy Of Rascal MS Best In Sweepstakes: Ch. Donegal Georgia Dachs Light My Fire Best Of Opposite In Sweepstakes: Bakerdachs Georgie Boy Of Rascal MS Judge For Regular Classes: Mrs. Debbie L. Melgreen Total Entry Per Coat: 45 Total Dogs 20 Dachshund (Smooth) 6-7-4-3 11 Dachshund (Wirehair) 1-6-13 13 Dachshund (Longhair) 2-7-3-1 1 Veteran Dog LONGHAIR WD/BOS Cream Ridge What A Wonderful World Satchmo WB/BOW Aurora Light’s August Moon Of BOV Hundeleben ML SELD Ch. Stardust N Windrose King Of Queens L JE SELB Ch. Stardust N Windrose Magic Moment SL SMOOTH WD Petalpusher On Parade MSP WB/BOW Hundeleben From Tippecanoe To Timbuktu SS BOV Ch. Donegal Georgia Dachs Light My Fire BOS GCh. Hunu Me-Tu Th’ Lion Roars MS SELD GCh. Rags N’ Mystic’s The Big Bang MS SELB GCh. Donegal Georgia Dachs Envy WIREHAIR WD/BOW Trabeiz Hundeleben Pocket Protector MW WB Hunu Rain Dance MW BOV GCh. Daybreak’s Country Chic W BOS Ch. Hunu Ruff E Nuff MW SELB Ch. Rags Diagram Arwin MW

Best Of Breed: GCh. Daybreak’s Country Chic W Best Of Opposite To Best Of Breed: Cream Ridge What A Wonderful World Satchmo _________________________________

East Bay Dachshund Club October 23, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Cynthia DeYoung Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: 5 smooth, 1 longhair Best in Sweepstakes: Toskydox Falina SS Sharon Lutosky Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes: Sandars Stryker MS Daryl Turner & Arthur Sanderson Breed Judge: Lisa Warren Total Entry Per Coat: 5-9-4-2 Smooth, 8-8-2-4 Longhair, 5-11-7-5 Wirehair LONGHAIR WD/BOW Glenavan Satisfaction ML Mary Olich Nie WB Dachstar Eclipse Anita Miracle Lara Moore, Clinton Werner & Donald Abrams MD BOV GCh. Corrbelle’s Fashionably Late V Solo SL Dan Burke DVM BOS GCh. Walmar-Solo’s IOU SL Sherry Snyder SELD Ch. Insight’s Out Of Left Field At Top Notch Lisa Moore SELB Ch. Setsers v Sausagestables Palin Shari Setser & Miki Perry SMOOTH WD/BOW Sandars Stryker MS Daryl Turner & Arthur Sanderson WB Victory’s Hidden Stripes MSB Vicki Antonio BOV Ch. Oshanameh’s Attention Please MS Vicki Antonio & Sharon Curry BOS Ch. Intoto Naughty Nellie Nan Waters SELD Ch. Toskydox Duesenberg Roadster II SS Sharon Lutosky SELB Ch. Intoto Humboldt Red Nectar Nan Waters

WIREHAIR Victory’s Flyball Game At Shonleh MW Vicki Antonio & Sharon Curry WB/BOW Wild West’s Ruby Leona Pedersen BOV GCh. Kadell’s Gold Dust W Laura Reynolds & Catlin and James Cahill BOS GCh. Wiretaps Life Is A Highway Patty Wirries SELD Ch. DachFyr’s Burin It Down At Kadell W Catlin Cahill, Sybyl Swan & Laura Reynolds SELB GCh. Kadell’s Absolut Gold W Richard and Catherine Weise, Laura Reynolds & Catlin Cahill

Breed Judge: Larry Sorensen Total Entry Per Coat: 10 Smooth, 11 Wire, 9 Long

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Best of Breed: GCh. Kadell’s Gold Dust W Laura Reynolds & Catlin and James Cahill Best of Opposite to Best of Breed: Ch. Oshanameh’s Attention Please MS Vicki Antonio & Sharon Curry _________________________________

Dachshund Fanciers Association of Berks County November 15, 2015 Sweepstakes Judge: Michele Kepalas Sweeps Entry Numbers for each coat: 10 Puppy Sweeps: 3 Smooth (2-1), 4 Wire (2-2), 3 Long (0-3) 4 Veteran Sweeps: 1 Smooth (1-0), 2 Wire (1-1) 1 Long (0-1)

LONGHAIR WD/BOW Our Gang Chasing Daylight MLD Nancy Prouty WB Kochana’s Surprise Element Marie Kuronyi & Lauren Gerloff & Diane Poranski BOV Ch. Our Gang’s Moonlight and Magic ML Nancy Z. Poutry BOS GCh. Dollidachs King Of The Khyber Rifles Dianne, Andrew & Kandice Kostic SELD Ch. Klein Teckel Rumour Has It ML Lorraine & Nelson Warren SELB Ch. Amtekel Encore Andra O’Connell SMOOTH WD/BOW Faethful Wall-E-Digs Foreign Contaminant @ Baylynn Beverly Harrison WB Stardox The Game-Is-A-Foot Adler Lorraine Simmons BOV GCh. Stardox Skyfall BJB Lorraine & David Simmons BOS GCh. Turningpt Ain’t No Other Woman Like You Dr. Randy Eltringham & Capt. Pete Eltringham SELD GCh. Toskydox Karate Do SS Lorene Hogan SELB Kochana’s Essential Element Diane Poranski WIREHAIR RE:Joyce Quintessential Blue SW Joyce Wilson WB/BOW Dollidachs Silver Sky W Diane, Andrew & Kandice Kostic BOV GCh. Legibach Double Rainbow SW Gina Leone Middings and Pat Leone BOS Ch. Bamblbee Noah Barbara & John Granger SELB GCh. Bedrocs Fire and Ice CGC Robin Mathews WiD

Longhair BOV: Kochana’s Surprise Element Marie Kuronyi & Lauren Gerloff & Diane Poranski Smooth BOV: Dachrolls Blaze Of Glory ConnieHarriman Wirehair BOV: Beldachs’ Appalachian Spring O’Siddachs Constance Fisher Best in Puppy Sweepstakes: Kochana’s Surprise Element Best Veteran Sweepstakes: Ch. Honeydachs Welcome Back Carter Cynthia Upton

Best of Breed: GCh. Stardox Skyfall BJB Best of Opposite to Best of Breed: GCh. Legibach Double Rainbow SW _________________________________

“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown.”

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3rd OC’s She’s Just A Good Girl ML Robin Mousseau 4th OC’s Love Me Tender MS Robin Mousseau NBQ Hidden Cedars C N Double MSPB Gloria LaTour Field Champion Dog Starters: 11 Judges: Patsy Leonberger, Vicki Spencer 1st 2nd

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Central Ohio Dachshund Club September 5, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 39 OAAD Starters: 9 Judges: Cynthia Yeager, William Dyer 1st Ch. Robinwoods Budwire MW Cindy Niles 2nd Damian von Tierspur Shaun Bradenburg 3rd Ch. Robinwoods A Cut Above W Cindy Niles 4th Hidden Cedars At The Crossroads MS Gloria LaTour NBQ OC’s Hunk A Hunk Of Burning Love MSD Robin Mousseau OAAB Starters: 10 Judges: Patsy Leonberger, Laura Isaacson 1st Hidden Cedars Just Sayin’ MS Gloria LaTour 2nd Trakendachs Ms Precious Bunny Joanne Fagervick 3rd GCh. Robinwoods Chanpagne and Diamonds W Cindy Niles 4th Ch. Townfarm A Mind Of Her Own Michael Pitisci NBQ OC’s Shes Just A Good Girl ML Robin Mousseau Field Champion Dog Starters: 11 Judges: Michael Pitisci, Sherry Ruggieri 1st DC Nexus V Dorndorf L, CD, TD, JE, RN, NA, VC Patricia Nance 2nd FC Hidden Cedars Jango Bling CGC Laura Isaacson 3rd FC Longtime’s Milo Vom Nordlicht Rick & Jane Schwarz, Cheri Faust, Lawrence Gohlke 4th DC OC’s Pristine Silver Snow Storm MSD JE CA RATN Robin Mousseau NBQ FC Audi Oslo Von Dorndorf CGC CA Stan Knoll

Field Champion Bitch Starters: 9 Judges: Vicki Spencer, Rick Schwarz 1st FC Tusoksori-Ugraszto Husniya Sherry Ruggieri 2nd FC OC’s Smart Lil Bewitching Mischief Maker V GGs MS CA Robin Mousseau 3rd FC Hidden Cedars Lookin’ 4 Trouble Laura Isaacson & Gloria LaTour 4th GCh. DC Grandgables Ms Witch Hazel Robin Mousseau NBQ FC Trakendachs Esther Bunny MS Joanne Fagervick Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Michael Pitisci, William Dyer Best Open Ch. Robinwoods Budwire WW Absolute FC Tusoksori-Ugraszto Husniya ________________________________

Central Ohio Dachshund Club September 6, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 33 OAAD Starters: 7 Judges: Cynthia Yeager, Michael Pitisci 1st Ch. Robinwoods Budwire MW Cindy Niles 2nd Hidden Cedars Lord of The Ring MS Joanne Fagervick 3rd Ch. Grandgables Bugs Bunny MS, CD, RA, RATN Joanne Fagervick 4th Damian Von Tierspur Shaun Bradenburg NBQ Ch. Robinwoods A Cut Above W Cindy Niles OAAB Starters: 8 Judges: Lois E. Wincel, Rick Schwarz 1st Ch. Townfarm A Mind Of Her Own Michael Pitisci 2nd Trakendachs Ms Precious Bunny Joanne Fagervick

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Field Champion Bitch Starters: 7 Judges: Laura Isaacson, William Dyer 1st DC Sagerun’s Keturah MW CGC Patsy Leonberger 2nd GCh. DC Grandgables Ms Witch Hazel Robin Mousseau 3rd FC Trakendachs Esther Bunny MS Joanne Fagervick 4th FC Seiko Von Dorndorf TD Laura, Tina and Anna Knoll NBQ FC Tusoksori-Ugraszto Husniya Sherry Ruggieri

2nd Daytons Shaken Not Stirred M.A. Klein and Jennifer Dayton 3rd Saytar’s Ember MS, RN Trudy Kawami 4th Saytar’s Jackpot Jubilee Trudy Kawami and Maryanne Santomauro NBQ Carrdox Crosstown Girl of Long Shots Holly and Alex Schotz Field Champion Combined Starters: 33 Judges: Trudy Kawami and Connie Fisher 1st FC Anja Von Moosbach Zuzelek, SE, RN Sherry Ruggerieri 2nd GCh. DC Rellih’s Little Indian, TD, SE, CGC Linda A. Snyder 3rd FC Apple Hill Digging Down Under MS, NJP, RATN, CGC; Heidi Meyers 4th DC Townfarm A Splash of Water Michael Pitisci NBQ DC Hoppledachs Ottowa V Sho, ME, RN Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Trudy Kawami and Connie Fisher Absolute FC Anja Von Moosbach Zuzelek, SE, RN ________________________________

Albany District Dachshund Club September 13, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 55

Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Stan Knoll, Rick Schwarz Best Open Ch. Townfarms A Mind Of Her Own Michael Pitisci Absolute DC Sagerun’s Keturah MW CGC ________________________________

Dachshund Club of Greater Buffalo September 12, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 53 OAAD Starters: 6 Judges: Alice Moyer, Teddy Moritz 1st Wilderness Run’s Little Bear V Jalyse ML Susan Jill & Bethany Blake 2nd Damian Von Tierspur Shaun Brandenburg 3rd Withheld 4th Withheld NBQ Daytons Macallen Neat M.A. Klein & Jennifer Dayton OAAB Starters: 14 Judges: Cynthia Yeager, Lorraine Simmons 1st Karefor’s Autumn Gold At Shadach ML Diane Sennett

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OAAD Starters: 6 Judges: Monica Galley & Phil Kirby 1st Ch. Hearthside Jack E Robinson Jack, Mary Ann Cawley 2nd Daytons Macallen Neat M.A. Klein & Jennifer Dayton 3rd Ch. Doxwoods Tails of Hoffmann John Merriman 4th Ch. Beldachs Unjoli Utrillo Constance & Gary Fisher NBQ Damian Von Tierspur Shaun Brandenburg OAAB Starters: 16 Judges: Teddy Moritz & Heidi Meyers 1st Wilderness Runs Black Bear v Jalyse Susan Jill Blake 2nd Doxikotas Penny Von Hoppledachs Pamala Hopkins 3rd Withheld 4th withheld NBQ Blackhawk Little Wing @ Wilderness Run Susan Blake & Richard Gill & Bill Boler Field Champion Combined Starters: 33 Judges: Karen Jones & Diane Sennett 1st FC Jalyses Proof Positive @ Wilderness Run Jamie Sexton & Susan Blake

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Field Trial Results continued on from page 69 2nd FC Raindox RustyRoo Meyers Heidi &Kurt Meyers 3rd FC Duchwoods Bristol Bounce Alice Carter 4th FC Harmony Hill Donder Sandy & Joan Horskin NBQ FC Hoppledachs Keokuk Pamala Hopkins Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Teddy Moritz & Heidi Meyers Best Open Ch. Hearthside Jack E Robinson Absolute FC Jalyses Proof Positive @ Wilderness Run ________________________________

Louisville Dachshund Club September 18, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 91 OAAD Starters: 17 Judges: Jan Oswald, Cynthia Yeager 1st Duchwood’s Poetry N Motion MS CD BN RA SE CA Pam Giles and Sandy Russell 2nd Ch. Duchwood’s Deja’ Vu All Over Again ML Sandy Russell, Jamie Sexton 3rd Damian Von Trerspur Shaun Brandenburg 4th GCh. Wal-Mar Solo’s SOS SL Ann Kraft and Carol Spritzer NBQ Stardust It Had 2 BU Von Skaer SL CGC Nancy Yeoman and Mary Kendall OAAB Starters: 27 Judges: Wendy Nugent, Robin Mousseau 1st W/H 2nd W/H 3rd Leoralees Footloose JE Heather With 4th GCh. Obbession V Lockshire Copacabana Thomas and Kathy Lockyer NBQ Dayton’s Shaken Not Stirred M.A. Klein Field Champion Combined Starters: 47 Judges: Wendy York, Patsy Leonberger 1st FC Seiko Von Dorndorf TD Laura, Tina and Anna Knoll 2nd FC Hidden Cedars Looking 4 Trouble Laura Isaacson, Gloria LaTour 3rd GCh. DC Hoppledachs In Formal Attire ML RN CGC Pamela Hopkins 4th FC Danika Von Nordlicht TD ME CGC EE2 ROMX Cheri Foust and Larry Gohlko NBQ FC Eliya’s Bear Witness at Wilderness Susan Blake Absolute Duchwood’s Poetry N Motion ________________________________

Louisville Dachshund Club September 19, 2015

The DCA Board is accepting proposals from clubs to host DCA 2018.

Total Number of Starters: 87 OAAD Starters: 14 Judges: Robin Mousseau, Sharon Carr 1st Hidden Cedars Sudden Impact MS Gloria Latour 2nd Ch. Duchwood’s Deja Vu All Over Again ML Jamie Sexton and Sandy Russell 3rd Bensarka Top Cat Vicki Spencer 4th Ironwoods Your A Wizard RN Lucinda Schultz NBQ GCh. Wal-Mar Solo’s SOS SL Ann Kraft and Carol Spritzer OAAB Starters: 27 Judges: Jan Oswald, Wendy York 1st Ch. Lorindol Born Free SS Bill and Vicki Spencer 2nd Ch. Obsessions Blow Me A Kiss SL JE Denny Van Hook 3rd Ch. Insights A League of Her Own RAJ1 RAJN Denny Van Hook 4th Leoralees Footloose JE Heather With NBQ Wilderness Run’s Black Bear V Jalyse ML Susan Blake Field Champion Combined Starters: 46 Judges: Mary Mackin, Lori Isaacson 1st FC Danika vom Nordlicht TD ME CGC EE2 ROMX Cheri Faust, Larry Gohlke 2nd FC Bry-Wyn’s I’ve Been Watching You MW Wendy Nugent 3rd GCH Hoppledachs In Formal Attire ML RN CGC Pam Hopkins 4th FC Harlequin Jalyse Pandora V Dominos ML CDX RE MX AXJ Jamie Sexton NBQ FC OC’s Smart Lil Bewitching Mischief Maker V GGs MS CA Robin Mousseau Best Openand Absolute Hidden Cedars Sudden Impact MS ________________________________

Louisville Dachshund Club September 20, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 78 OAAD Starters: 15 Judges: Wendy York, Wendy Nugent 1st Ch. Duchwoods Deja Vu All Over Again ML Jamie Sexton and Sandy Russell 2nd Hidden Cedars Hot Rod Lincoln Laura Isaacson, Gloria LaTour

Any club wanting a copy of the Hosting Guidelines can contact Cheryl Shultz, with proposals sent to Cheryl Shultz, DCA Corresponding Secretary.

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Field Trial Results continued on from page 71 3rd Hidden Cedars Sudden Impact MS Gloria LaTour 4th Damian Von Tierspur Shaun Bradenburg NBQ Ch. Robinwoods A Cut Above W Cindy Niles OAAB Starters: 22 Judges: Laura Isaacson, Cindy Yeager 1st Daytons Kamora Copper V Hoppledachs Jennifer Dayton Pam Hopkins 2nd Ch. Kelkor’s Unsinkable Molly Brown SS Pam Reed 3rd W/H 4th W/H NBQ Little Miss T Von Raab MS Mary Ellen Byrne Field Champion Dog Starters: 24 Judges: Jan Oswald, Sharon Carr 1st GCh. DC Hoppledachs In Formal Attire ML RN CGC Pam Hopkins 2nd FC Hoppledachs Sho Me The Beat ML BN CGC Ed and Val Higginbotham 3rd DC OCs Mon Beau Petit Garcon MS Robin Mousseau 4th FC Nix vom Nordlicht JE CGC Larry Gohlke, Cheri Faust NBQ FC Raindox Rusty Roo Meyers MS NJP CGC Heidi Meyers and Kurt Meyers Field Champion Bitch Starters: 17 Judges: Robin Mousseau, Mary Mackin 1st FC Applehill Digging Down Under MS NJP RATN CGC Heidi Meyers 2nd FC Bry-Wyn’s I’ve Been Watching You MW Wendy Nugent 3rd FC Hidden Cedars Looking 4 Trouble Laura Isaacson, Gloria LaTour 4th GCh. DCH Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD Linda Snyder NBQ FC Longtime’s Copper vom Nordlicht Cheri Faust, Larry Gohlke ________________________________

Greater Portland Dachshund Club September 26, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 24 OAAD Starters: 6 Judges: Julie Nielsen, Michael Dilley 1st Serenity’s 10,000 Reasons Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper, Patrice Baker 2nd Milo’s Just Like Jesse James Jen Milosavljevic 3rd GCh. Woldorf’s Santana SW JE Patricia Madsen

4th Code Blue Bolo Low Ridin’ V. Teckelwood Jen Milosavljevic NBQ None OAAB Starters: 7 Judges: Julie Nielsen, Gerald Price 1st Ch. Stardust N Wind Rose Enchanted Duchess Patrice Baker, Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper 2nd Ch. Hunderbars Boom Boom Pow Mary Freibert, Jordin Misfeldt 3rd Ch. Lockshire’s Beale Street Blues Ronald and Marleen Yann 4th Ch. Solo’s Obvious Choice Jordin Misfeldt, Kim Vidrine, Amber Leonard NBQ Spell Caster of Cedarcroft MLC Terri and Michael Dilley Field Champion Combined Starters: 11 Judges: Jennifer Milosavljevic, Julie Nielsen 1st FC Goodwood’s You Better Be Good Or Elsa Laura Bolin 2nd GCh. DC Serenity’s Louisiana Getaway Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper, Patrice Baker 3rd GCh. DC Serenity’s Playboy Prince Patrice Baker, Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper 4th GCh. DC Serenity’s Steel Magnolias Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper, Patrice Baker NBQ FC I Spy Anderson Cooper W BN SE CGC Chris and Karen Vallo Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Julie Nielsen, Gerald Price Best Open Ch. Stardust N Wind Rose Enchanted Duchess Patrice Baker, Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper Absolute FC Goodwood’s You Better Be Good Or Elsa Laura Bolin ________________________________

Dachshund Association of Long Island September 27, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 26 Starters: 6 Judges: Karen Jones, Teddy Moritz 1st Saytar’s Aces High Maryanne Santomauro 2nd Rellih’s Custom Cowboy v.

Gleneagle Randy Eltringham 3rd With held 4th With Held NBQ Ch. Doxwood’s Tails of Hoffmann MV John Merriman

OAAB Starters: 7 Judges: Ashley Cook, Michael D. Nothstein 1st GCh. TownFarm Mind Over Matter Michael J. Pitisci 2nd Saytar’s Jackpot Jubilee Trudy Kawami and Maryanne Santomauro 3rd With Held 4th With Held NBQ Saytar’s Ember Trudy Kawami Field Champion Combined Starters: 13 Judges: Trudy Kawami, Carrie Hamilton 1st GCh DC Siddachs Carmen MW CGC John Merriman 2nd DC TownFarm He’s So Fine Susan and Eric Pepe 3rd FC Duchwood’s Chance romance MS EE CA Alice S. Carter 4th GCh. DC TownFarm Emmett Sweeps the Spotlight, JE, RATN, CGC Cynthia A. Yeager NBQ DC TownFarm A Splash of Water Michael J. Pitsci Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Ashley Cook, Carrie Hamilton Best Open Saytar’s Aces High Maryanne Santomauro Absolute GCh. DC Siddachs Carmen MW, CGC John Merriman ________________________________

Greater Portland Dachshund Club September 27, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 19 OAAD Starters: 6 Judges: Michael Dilley, Jennifer Milosavljevic 1st Serenity’s 10,000 Reasons Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper, Patrice Baker 2nd Goodwood’s Don’t Touch The Goods Laura Stutts, Claire Mancha 3rd GCh. DC Serenity’s Playboy Prince Patrice Baker, Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper 4th GCh. DC Devanna’s Homestretch V. Three Steps Dorothy O’Devanna, Jordin Misfeldt NBQ DC Riverwind Pecos Pete Patricia Madsen OAAB Starters: 6 Judges: Gerald Price, Karen Vallo 1st Ch. Stardust N Windrose Enchanted Duchess of Serenity Patrice Baker, Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper

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2nd Ch. Teckelwood Fiesta V Code Blue J. Milosavlijevic, A. Hodges 3rd Ch. Solo’s Obvious Choice SL Jordin Misfeldt, Kim Vidrine, Amber Leonard 4th Spell Caster of Cedarcroft Terri and Mike Dilley NBQ Ch. Hunderbars Boom Boom Pow SL Jordin Misfeldt, Mary Freibert Field Champion Combined Starters: 7 Judges: Wendy Snyder, Michael Dilley 1st DC Lockshire Rain Shadow JE Ronald and Marleen Yann 2nd FC I Spy Anderson Cooper Chris and Karen Vallo 3rd FC Goodwood’s You Better Be Good Or Elsa Laura Bolin 4th DC Lockshire’s Beale Street Blues Ronald and Marleen Yann NBQ FC Barnabas of Kotati Hills SW Jerry and Pat Price Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Michael Dilley, Jennifer Milosavljevic Best Open Serenity’s 10,000 Reasons Wendy Snyder, R.J. Cooper, Patrice Baker ________________________________

SEE HARVEST MOON FIELD TRIAL RESULTS ON PAGE 56 ________________________________

Cascade Dachshund Club October 10, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 20 OAAD Starters: 6 Judges: Michael Dilley and Ronald Yann 1st Ch. I Spy Innovation W Selma McNamara, Nola Patient 2nd Ch. I Spy Valyn’s Instigator W Linda Masterson and Selma McNamara 3rd Codeblue Bolo Low Ridin’ V Teckelwood MS Jennifer Milosavljevic and Amanda Hodges 4th Buenavista A Moveable Feast Monica Alvarez, Helen Spector OAAB Starters: 8 Judges: Selma McNamara and Connie Fisher 1st Springwood’s Naomi Dubinet Brigette Walkey/Mary Taitt 2nd Ch. Buenavista Calle 8 Conga Line MW CA Monica Alvarez, Azalea Alvarez 3rd Spell Caster Of Cedarcroft MLC, Terri Dilley, Kathleen Sahlin and Michael Dilley 4th Carrig’s Doodle My Shadow, Miriam Berman Field Champion Combined Starters: 6

Judges: Connie Fisher and Michael Dilley 1st FC I Spy Anderson Cooper W BN SE CGC Karen Vallo and Chris Vallo 2nd DC Lockshire Rain Shadow SW JE Marleen Yann and Ronald Yann 3rd FC Marta Etta Of Hathor Farm SW JE Marleen Yann and Ronald Yann 4th DC Lockshire’s Beale Street Blues SW Ronald Yann and Marleen Yann Absolute Springwood’s Naomi Dubinet ________________________________

Cascade Dachshund Club October 11, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 25 OAAD Starters: 7 Judges: Connie Fisher and Marleen Yann 1st Ch. I’m Wired For Speed V Khaos MW JE Marguerite Weis and Judy Klimke-Williams 2nd Buenavista A Moveable Feast Monica Alvarez and Helen Spector 3rd GCh. Woldorf’s Santana SW JE Patti Madsen 4th Ch. I Spy Innovation W Selma McNamara, Nola Patient OAAB Starters: 10 Judges: Marleen and Ronald Yann 1st Carrig’s Doodle My Shadow Miriam Berman 2nd GCh. Hathor Farm’s Forget-MeNot SW JE CAA Monica Alvarez 3rd Hathor Farm’s Blue Bearded Iris SW SE Jean Dieden 4th Ch. Buenavista Calle 8 Conga Line MW CA Monica and Azalea Alvarez Field Champion Combined Starters: 8 Judges: Selma McNamara and Connie Fisher 1st DC Hathor Farm’s Down To The Wire RN TD ME EE2 CA Jean Dieden 2nd TC M’I Spy Of Hathor Farm SW VCD1 RN VST OA AXJ NAP OJP OF JE Jean Dieden 3rd DC Lockshire’s Beale Street Blues SW Ronald Yann and Marleen Yann 4th FC Marta Etta Of Hathor Farm SW JE Marleen Yann and Ronald Yann Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Connie Fisher and Marleen Yann Best Open Carrig’s Doodle My Shadow

Absolute DC Hathor Farm’s Down To The Wire RN TD ME EE2 CA Jean Dieden ________________________________

The Dachshund Club of America October 24, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 51 OAAD Starters: 8 Judges: Alice Moyer & Diane Sennett 1st Hatteras Frisco Rowe ML Debra Anne Etzweiler & Albert Isaac Rowe 2nd Ch. Beldach’s Unjoli Utrillo Constance B. & Gary R. Fisher 3rd TownFarm Poetic Garden Michael J. Pitisci 4th Merrymaker I’m Guilty V Ruger CA Catherine M Thompson NBQ GCh. Rivercliff’s Rebel Without a Cause MW Nancy Kast OAAB Starters: 8 Judges: Alan James & Phil Kirby 1st Withheld 2nd GCh. Hearthside Yankee Pinstripes RATO Mary Ann Cawley 3rd Stardox The-game-is-afoot Adler, K. & J. Simon & L. & D. Simmons 4th Dachrolls Lady Velvet Kevin Herkelman & Katherine Perney NBQ Shadach’s Double Dart of BocoBeah Diane W. Sennett, Frank Klemovitch Field Champion Combined Starters: 35 Judges: Connie Fisher & Carrie Hamilton 1st DC Rellih’s Little Indian MW TD SE CGC VC Linda A. Snyder 2nd FC AppleHill Digging Down Under MS CGC NJP RATN Heidi Meyers 3rd FC My Little Red Waggin’ V Ruger CD RAE CA Catherine M. Thompson 4th DC Melwyn Dreamcatcher ML BN RAE CD CGC Pat Warble NBQ FC Duchwood’s EZ Breezy Covergirl MS ME BA NA NAJ Alice S. Carter Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Carrie Hamilton & Monica Galley Absolute Hatteras Frisco Rowe ML ________________________________

The Dachshund Club of New Jersey September 25, 2015

4th Jalyse’s Teddybear V Wilderness Run ML Jamie Sexton, Susan Blake NBQ Kelkor’s Unsinkable Molly Brown Pam Reed

Total Number of Starters: 15

Field Champion Combined Starters: 34 Judges: Pam C. Reed, Sandra Russell 1st Kinder’s Impossible Pi MS Kathy Johnson, Jan Dubois 2nd Hoppledach’s Ottowa V Sho Me Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Wells 3rd Harlquin Jalyse Pandora V Dominos ML Jamie Sexton 4th Hidden Cedars A Song 4 My Heart MS Gloria La Tour NBQ Obsession’s Simply Brilliant Deneice Van Hook

OAAD Starters: 7 Judges: Connie Fisher & Alan James 1st Merrymaker I’m Guilty V Ruger CA Catherine M. Thompson 2nd Ch. Hearthside Jack E. Robinson CGC NJP OAP RATO Mary Ann Cawley 3rd TownFarm Poetic Gardet Michael J. Pitisci 4th GCh. Rivercliff’s Rebel Without a Cause MW Nancy Kast NBQ Ch. Shadach’s FourteenK GoldMiner ML Diane W Sennett & Carol Bichle OAAB Starters: 8 Judges: Alice Moyer & Phil Kirby 1st Ch. Gleneagle’s Orient Express R. & S. Powell 2nd Stardox The-game-is-afoot Adler, K. & J. Simon & L. & D. Simmons 3rd Apple Hill’s Salsa Sally ML Carrie Hamilton 4th Dachrolls Lady Velvet Kevin Herkelman & Katherine Perney NBQ Ch. Harmony Run Bold-N-Brassy MW RA Karen Schwindt ________________________________

Dachshund Club of St. Louis October 30, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 71 OAAD Starters: 12 Judges: Tracy Freeling, David Brown 1st Duchwod’s Lord Yorick MS Sandra Russell 2nd Duchwood’s Deja Vu All Over Again ML Jamie Sexton, Sandra Russell 3rd Duchwood’s Ajax MS Sandra Russell 4th Leoralee’s Fighting Irish Catherine Kalista, Marietta Singleton NBQ Moonlight’sd Hob Dacun MW Celli Jones OAAB Starters: 25 Judges: Robin Mousseau, Laura Isaacson 1st Duchwood’s Alizarine MS Sandra Russell 2nd Hidden Cedars Cya At The Finish Line MS Gloria La Tour 3rd Hidden Cedars Makes My Heart Flutter Gloria La Tour

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Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Pam Reed, Tracy Freeling Best Open & Absolute Duchwood’s Alizarine MS _______________________________

Dachshund Club of St. Louis October 31, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 74 OAAD Stake Number Of Starters: 14 Judges: Barbara Teigen, Laura Isaacson 1st GCh. Walmar-Solo’s Sos SL Ann Kraft 2nd Duchwood’s Lord Yorick MS Sandra Russell 3rd Lone Pin’s Ruff N Ready MW Sally Miller 4th Dominos Depth Of Winter ML M. Keshlear NBQ Bensarka Top Cat Vicki Spencer OAAB Starters: 27 Judges: Tracy Freeling, Robin Mousseau 1st Hidden Cedars Cya At The Finish Line MSB Gloria La Tour 2nd Hidden Cedars Makes My Heart Flutter Gloria La Tour 3rd Hoppledach’s Migina Ml Pamela Hopkins 4th Jagies At Last V Spellbound Susan And Tim Genz NBQ Leoralees Because I Said So Catherine Kalista Field Champion Combined Starters: 33 Judges: David Brown, Sandra Russell 1st Hoppledach’s Ottowa V Sho Me Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Wells 2nd Bry-Wyns Have It Your Way MW Wendy Nugent 3rd Pocketpack Smooth Operator MS Kathy Johnson, Lois Ballard 4th Hoppledach’s Keokuk MS Pamela Hopkins

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NBQ Guadalupe Rhea Von Skaer Brian and Leah Rhea Judges For Best Open/Absolute: David Brown, Sandra Russell Best Open Hidden Cedars Cyan At The Finish Line MSB Absolute Hoppledach’s Ottowa V Sho Me Pamela Hopkins ________________________________

Metropolitan Washington Dachshund Club October 31, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 49 OAAD Starters: 9 Judges: Sandy Horskin & Alan James 1st Withheld 2nd Ch. Shadach’s Fourteen KGold Miner ML Diane Sennett & Carol Biichle 3rd Arrow V.D. Kristallquelle Melissa Graham 4th Hatteras Frisco Rowe ML Debra Etzweiler & Albert Rowe NBQ Ch. Doxwood’s Tails of Hoffmann MW John Merriman OAAB Starters: 14 Judges: Mike Nothstein & Monica Galley 1st GCh. Hearthside Yankee Pinstripes RATO Mary Ann Cawley 2nd Millenia Love Hangover Kurt & Diane Miller 3rd Dachsadore’s Delightfully Devilish Sweetheart Karen & Bill Brown 4th Beldach’s Ruby Rousseau Connie & Gary Fisher NBQ Ch. Gleneagles Orient Express Richard & Suzanne Powell Field Champion Combined Starters: 26 Judges: Carrie Hamilton & Diane Sennett 1st GCh. DC Rellih’s Hopi Kachina Spirit MW TD JE CGC Linda Snyder 2nd DC Schoshire Scherizade O’Siddachs CD RN NAJ NAP NJP OJP ME EE CGC Connie & Gary Fisher 3rd FC Melwyn Under Wing Darter MW Lorraine & David Simmons 4th GCh. DC Siddachs Carmen MW CGC John Merriman NBQ GCh. DC TownFarm Emmett Sweeps the Spotlight Cynthia Yeager

Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Carrie Hamilton & Diane Sennett Best Open & Absolute GCh. Hearthside Yankee Pinstripes RATO Mary Ann Cawley ________________________________

Dachshund Fanciers Association of Berks County November 1, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 25 OAAD Starters: 9 Judges: Heidi Meyers & Nike Nothstein 1st Hatteras Frisco Rowe ML Debra Etzweiler & Albert Rowe 2nd Ch. Hearthside Jack E Robinson JE RATO OAP Mary Ann Cawley 3rd Ch. Doxwood’s Tails of Hoffmann MW John Merriman 4th Ch. Shadach’s Fourteen KGold Miner, ML Diane Sennett & Carol Biichle NBQ Ch. Honeydachs Welcome Back Carter JE Cynthia Upton OAAB Starters: 16 Judges: Alan James & Monica Galley 1st Stardox The Game is Afoot Adler K. & J. Simon and L. & D. Simmons 2nd Ch. Dachrolls Lady Velvet Kevin Herkelman & Katherine Perney 3rd Apple Hill’s Salsa Sally ML Carrie Hamilton 4th Stardox Pretty Little Angle Eyes Lorraine & David Simmons NBQ Shadach’s Double Dart at BocoBeach ML Diane Sennett & Frank Klemovitch ________________________________

Western Pennsylvania Dachshund Club November 7, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 53 OAAD Starters: 9 Judges: Monica Galley, Dennis Polka 1st Ch. Doxwood’s Tails of Hoffmann John Merriman 2nd Digalot Charleston Chew Judy Stephenson 3rd Ch. Hearthside Jack E. Robinson JE, RATO, CGC Mary Ann Cawley 4th Red’s Jack Daniels Rita Kepner NBQ Wilderness Run’s Little Bear v Jalyse Jill Blake and Bethany Blake

OAAB Starters: 6 Judges: Sandy Horskin, Claire Mancha 1st Doxwood’s Leading Lady John Merriman 2nd Blackhawk Little Wing @ Wilderness Run Jill Blake, Richard Gill and Bill Boler 3rd WITHHELD 4th WITHHELD NBQ Stardox Pretty Little Angel Eyes Lorraine and David Simmons Field Champion Dog Starters: 13 Judges: Lorraine Simmons, Claire Mancha 1st FC Longtime’s Tatanka vom Nordlicht JE Cheri Faust and Larry Gohlke 2nd FC Harmony Hill Donder Joan and Sanford Horskin 3rd FC Nix vom Nordlicht JE, CGC Larry Gohlke and Cheri Faust 4th FC Bedazzled Coopers Pale Ale MT Kathleen Newman NBQ GCh. DC Rellih’s Little Indian TD, SE, CGC, VC Linda Snyder Field Champion Bitch Starters: 25 Judges: Cynthia Yeager, David Kerr 1st FC Diamant Lily von Lowenherz ME L. Whistance-Smith 2nd FC Danika vom Nordlicht TD, ME, CGC, EE2, ROMX Larry Gohlke, Cheri Faust 3rd FC Dobre Butelka Wino Z Goodwood NAJ, ME Angelyn Leonberger 4th FC Longtime’s Copper vom Nordlicht Cheri Faust and Larry Gohlke NBQ FC Jalyses Proof Positive @ Wilderness Run Jamie Sexton and Jill Blake Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Angelyn Leonberger, Lorraine Simmons Best Open Ch. Doxwood’s Tails of Hoffmann Absolute FC Longtime’s Tatanka vom Nordlicht JE Cheri Faust and Larry Gohlke ________________________________

Western Pennsylvania Dachshund Club November 8, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 50 OPEN COMBINED Starters: 14 John Merriman, Cindy Yeager 1st (D) Hatteras Frisco Rowe Debra Etzweiler, Albert Rawe 2nd (D) Wilderness Run’s Little Bear v Jalyse Jill Blake and Bethany Blake

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3rd (B) Wilderness Run’s Black Bear Jalyse Jill Blake 4th (B) Blackhawk Little Wing @ Wilderness Run Jill Blake, Richard Gill and Bill Boler NBQ (D) GCh. Red’s Jim Beam CA Rita Kepner Field Champion Dogs Starters: 13 Judges: Diane Sennett, Angelyn Leonberger 1st FC Raindox Rusty Roo Meyers CGC Heidi Meyers 2nd FC Harmony Hill Donder Joan and Sanford Horskin 3rd GCh. DC Rellih’s Little Indian TD, SE, CGC, VC Linda Snyder 4th FC Longtime’s Tatanka vom Nordlicht JE Cheri Faust and Larry Gohlke NBQ FC Eliya’s Bear Witness at Wilderness Jill Blake Field Champion Bitch Starters: 23 Judges: Claire Mancha, Angelyn Leonberger 1st GCh. DC Siddachs Carmen CGC John Merriman 2nd FC Danika vom Nordlicht TD, ME, CGC, EE2, ROMX Cheri Faust and Larry Gohlke 3rd FC Sylvan von Lowenherz JE L. Whistance-Smith 4th GCh. DC Hearthside Yankee Pinstripes RATO Mary Ann Cawley NBQ FC Stardox Sada Lorraine and David Simmons Judges for Best Open/Absolute: Cheri Faust, Larry Gohlke Absolute Hatteras Frisco Rowe ________________________________

Dachshund Club of Santa Ana Valley November 28, 2015 Total Number of Starters: 46 OAAD Stake Number of Starters: 12 Judges: Marianne Lovejoy and Anne Carnathan 1st Carrdox S-Hummer Sky At Darshan SS Janene Oswald & Jerrilyn Smith, 2nd Aldox Sterling Character Alice Lentz, Dale & Juliet Rigtrup 3rd Ch. Gold River’s Triumph On Rodeo Drive MW Kathy Gelein 4th GCh. Rivercliff’s Rebel Without A Cause MW Nancy Kast NBQ Ch. Von Weilburg’s Caruso Holle & Theodore Cook

OAAB Starters: 20 Judges: Marianne Lovejoy & Alan Izumi 1st Ch. Kinderteckel’s Mists of Avalon Gayle Bell, K. Williams, E. Williams & S. Williams 2nd Ch. Just a Lil’ Breakfast At Tiffany’s MW Nancy Kast, Justine Espinoza & Janice McCarthy 3rd GCh. Von Weilburg’s Cosima Wunderkind Holle & Theodore Cook 4th Ch. DachsFyr’s Burnin’ Out Of The Flames SW Sybyl Swan NBQ Aldox Color My World Alice Lentz, Dale & Juliet Rigtrup Field Champion Combined Starters: 14 Judges: Marianne Lovejoy & Jan Oswald 1st FCh. Carrdox Uptown Girl Sharon & Joe Carr 2nd DCh. Doxieville That’s Why Bentley at Grd MW, RN, ME, CAX, RATS, CGC Denise Gehring & Dana Gehring

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3rd FCh. Wagsmore’s Charmed Life ML Jill Shure & Bert Shure 4th DCh. Saytar’s Raspberry Beret MS, SE, CGC Michael W. Reed & Linda Castaneda NBQ DCh. New Era For Dexmore P. McMillan, Anne & Dale Carnathan

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Judges for Best Open Absolute: Marianne Lovejoy & Anne Carnathan Best Open & Absolute Ch. Kinderteckel’s Mists of Avalon Gayle Bell, K. Williams, E. Williams & S. Williams ________________________________

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Total Number Of Starters: 41 OAAD Starters: 15 Judges: Carol Hamilton and Denise Gehring

GCh. Rivercliff’s Rebel Without A Cause MW Nancy Kast Darshan Heartbreaker Kristi Nielsen Ch. Culdach’s Magique Noir V Fleming Richard Cortez, Evelyn Bickar Ch. Von Weilburg’s Caruso Holle Theodore L. Cook Mountainwoods Personal Tail’r Luanne And Dennis Cook

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Ch. Just A Lil’ Breakfast At Tiffany’s MW Nancy Kast, Jusfine Espinoza Ch. Kinderteckel’s Mists Of Avalon Gayle Bell, K. Williams, E. Williams, S. Williams Ch. Jagies Hopelessly Devoted Kristi Nielsen GCh. Rivercliff’s Rhythm & Rhythm MW Nancy Kast And Chris Schulke GCh. Rivercliff’s Ready Made To Order MW Chris And Rick Schulke

Field Champion Combined Starters: 9 Judges: Carol Hamilton And Dale Carnathan 1st FCh. Mountainwoods Miss Conduct Luanne And Dennia Duus 2nd GCh. DC Woodwyn Independence MW JE CA Susan Goodman 3rd GCh. DC Siddachs Carmen MW CGC John Merriman 4th FC Carrdox Uptown Girl Sharon and Joe Carr NBQ DC Saytar;s Raspberry Beret MS, JE, CGC Michael W. Reed and Linda Castaneda Best Open GCh. Rivercliff’s Rebel Without A Cause MW Absolute FC Mountainwoods Miss Conduct JE Luanne And Dennis Duus ________________________________

Service Dogs From Best In Show Daily by Joanna Kimball

Yesterday we had a blitz day with the service dogs, who worked a total of six hours and were being trained for two of those. It made me think, as it often does, of how we got here.

Many of you know that Ginny decided to be Honour’s service dog before we even knew there could be such a thing for kids with emotional disabilities. Ginny was really the catalyst for almost everything – the fact that she was alerting to and responding to specific behaviors pushed us to get a diagnosis change, giving us something more useful than the words that had been attached to Honour since toddlerhood, and Ginny brought Honour to a point where she could understand her own feelings and give them a name.

During that time, we went through a lot of factual and emotional searching, since we were very, very concerned that we not do anything wrong. We were considering, after all, using a very interesting object (a dog) in a very public way, one that would bring attention to both the family and Honour.

We worked through hundreds of questions, but the most pernicious one always was (and I suspect always will be) “Are we doing this

because we have no choice? Or are we doing this because we have a choice?” In other words, if she could in any way get along without a service dog, be it ever so unpleasant, whether it meant drugging her while she was still a

ever made anyone else take notice?

The advice out there on the web varies from useful to awful. More of it is incorrect or unhelpful than good, honestly. It’s an unfortunate fact that most service dog dialogue occurs because somebody has an axe to grind. Sometimes there’s perceived to be an epidemic of fake disabled people with fake service dogs and therefore there need to be tighter requirements on what dogs can be called service dogs (and the loudest voices in that complaint tend to be people with service dogs, believe it or not; sadly, the age-old “I’m more miserable than you, so you should stop complaining” argument doesn’t stop at that threshold). Other sources of information are only there to make money – any organization offering to certify, ID, or register a dog without having trained that dog or tested that dog is taking advantage of your fear that you might have to prove that your dog is a service dog – which is illegal.

Because there are so many unreliable voices out there, I wrote up a few simple rules that I am absolutely sure are correct. image from RoxiesDoxies I don’t claim to be an authority on service dogs, but these things I DO know: growing child, whether it meant rearranging 1) Please don’t presume to know whether or our entire lives as a family to avoid her triggers, did we have a responsibility to do so in not someone has a disability. It’s not up to you. order to not ever inconvenience anyone else or continued on next page...

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Service Dogs continued from page 75 The likelihood that any human would know enough, medically and legally, about every possible disability to be able to diagnose the correct one (or eliminate an incorrect one) on sight – or even with substantial experience with the disabled person – is incredibly small. The definition of disability has a lot to do with professional medical diagnoses, but it is a LEGAL term, not a medical one. And it’s a legal term with a very wide base and very broad applicability. If you see someone who is using assistance of any kind – a dog, a crutch, a helper, visible meds, whatever – no matter how else they may behave, no matter how “well” they seem, assume they have a legal disability.

Don’t congratulate yourself on spotting a faker.

2) The ONLY applicable definition of disability is the ADA one.

There’s a service dog website that gets a lot of pageviews and claims to be an authority on what service dogs can be used for, but it gets this wildly (and illegally) wrong, especially when it comes to psychiatric service dogs. It tries to argue that people with mental illness do not qualify for a service dog unless they have a “severe” mental illness, or that there’s a legal difference between an “impairment” and a “disability.” That’s absolute hogwash.

If your condition is, OR if its effects will be, OR if people around you assume its effects will be, longterm, and if one or more major life activities are substantially impacted, then you are disabled.

Period. The EEOC has a very useful, and very long, explanation of exactly what a disability is, and if you ever have a question that’s the place to go. Not anywhere else.

3) There are no gradations of disability.

There’s not a difference between severe and mild, between extremely limiting and substantially limiting.

When someone asks me about Honour, I say the words “severe OCD” because OCD is a disorder that’s been used as a joke for years.

It’s easier to say that than to say “This is not the sitcom situation where somebody really likes a clean toilet; this is a human being who cannot touch you and cannot touch anything she thinks you may have touched, and, if something about you strikes her a certain way, she can’t touch or use anything you’ve looked at. She’s trying as hard as she can to not dwell on whether you’ve THOUGHT about that object,

because if she faces that fact she can’t touch or use it either.”

But “severe” is not a diagnosis. She doesn’t need those words added on to make it a disability. Either you’re protected by the ADA or you are not; there’s no degrees.

4) There’s no reward for having a disability and refusing to take advantage of the protections you are granted by the ADA. I’ve heard objections to ADA protections (including the use of a service dog) that basically go “Well, I have XYZ problem, and I don’t insist that anybody do anything for ME.” Personal decisions are for individuals. How you choose to address your disability, or how Honour chooses to address hers, don’t get anybody brownie points in the game of life.

That’s why the legal status of disability

protections is so vital; the entire gamut of protections MUST be there for everyone, whether or not everyone chooses to take advantage of them.

5) Mitigating the disability – whether with medication or tools or a dog or whatever – has no effect on whether or not the person is disabled.

When Honour has a dog and she’s in a grocery store, she looks like a happy kid with a little dog. You’re likely to notice the hair a lot more than you would any behavior. But that does not mean she isn’t disabled. If, someday, she chooses to take medication to help with her OCD, and it allows her to live a much more average life, she will still be disabled, and still protected.

6) The name of the condition (or lack of name) has no bearing on anything. One person may be disabled by a condition that does not disable another person.

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In other words, “I have X and I’m fine, so I don’t know why you can’t deal with it too,” is not an answer. Neither is “I have Y and I take meds for it and so should you.”

7) You do not have to be completely unable to do a life activity to be substantially limited in that life activity.

For example, someone with a certain class of disability might be able to work a full-time job where they do not have any physical contact with others. They may, in fact, do so with enormous success and rise to a position of prominence. They are still substantially limited in the major activity of working, and are still legally disabled. A wheelchair athlete is still substantially limited in the major activity of walking, and is legally disabled.

If because of severe acrophobia (fear of heights) I cannot work in an office above the second floor, I am legally disabled. It doesn’t matter that there are sixteen million jobs that are on the ground or first or second floors of buildings.

I am substantially limited from working anywhere that is above the second floor, so it is a disability.

8) Service dogs do work or perform tasks. These are two separate things.

Honour’s dogs do both – they work independently to address her disability and they obey commands and do tasks. But they are not required to do both in order to be service dogs. You do not need to see a dog obeying a command to assume it is image from imgbuddy.com a service dog. You do not need to see them on the ground to assume that they are service dogs. Sammy, in fact, does best when she is carried, so she can be near Honour’s face and can pat her and lick her and so on. Both dogs do tasking on the ground, but are frequently up in arms.

Maybe the best way I can put “work” is that when I take a Cardigan out and spend the day with them going from activity to activity, they come home excited and energized. They may snooze happily in the car, but they see the whole thing as a big fireworks festival and come bouncing out of their seats and run around with the other dogs and brag about where they went.

Similarly, when we socialize service dog prospects as puppies, they run and preen and jump and show off, ending the day even more excited than they begin it it.

That all changes when they begin to understand what the vest means. When we get in the car after working with a dog, they DROP. As soon as the vest is off, they’re barely able to

keep their heads up. They’ll sleep all that evening and barely rouse to go to bed. It’s as exhausting to them as a full day of manual labor would be.

is lying on somebody’s feet or curled around their necks. You don’t get to feel superior if you see a dog apparently pulling a person down an aisle.

9) There is no legal definition of what must be included in service dog tasking or training.

Service dogs do not need to know sit, down, stay, or come. They don’t need an out-of-sight stay. They don’t need to behave well with a strange handler away from their owner, and they don’t need to heel. All of those are test elements from specific service dog organizations, and any or none may apply to the tasks a service dog needs to do to help an individual disabled person. Service dogs need to be in control in public and they need to toilet appropriately. That’s IT. Remember that the definition of substantial limitation of a major life activity is finding difficult or impossible anything that an average person would find easy to do. That includes not just “stuff you do,” but “how your body works.”

Life activities can be seeing, hearing, responding to germs appropriately, socializing, working, and a huge number of other things.

That means your service dog’s jobs can be just as varied, and their required tasks are almost infinite. If your disability involves the major life activity of standing or walking, then your service dog may need exactly that above list of training elements (a perfect heel, stay, tug, and so on) in order to do the tasks you need for your disability. But if your disability involves the major life activity of being in crowds, then your service dog needs to work independently, often away from your body, very seldom in heel position. They should never let you out of their sight, and they should object rather strongly to being removed from you by a strange handler. If your disability involves the major life activity of moving blood around your body because you have hypertension, and your dog reminds you to take your meds, then the LAST thing you want is for him to be sleeping in the corner because you told him he was on a long down.

This once again comes back to never assuming that you know more than the handlerdog team. You’re not “spotting a fake” if a dog

10) A person with a disability may not always need a service dog. It’s normal for them to sometimes arrive with one and sometimes not.

Think of a service dog the way you would pain medication for a bad knee (very appropriate, because a chronic bad knee fits the legal definition of a disability too). If you know you’re going to be doing a lot of stairs that day, you need it, and if you forget it you absolutely cannot function. On a day that you know you’re going to be relaxing at the beach, you feel comfortable leaving the meds at home or in your purse.

We’ll rarely leave the service dogs at home, but we’ll often bring one or more with us “undressed.” They know when they’re on regular collars they can goof off and be silly and not freak out every time Honour takes a breath. If they’re undressed they do NOT come in to grocery stores or restaurants. They are off duty and not performing a service. If Honour realizes she needs them working, she puts on their vests and they turn on.

Someday, when she is living independently, she may find that she can leave her dog back in her dorm room while she goes to chemistry class, but must bring him or her to anthropology. That doesn’t mean she’s faking it in anthropology class or not disabled when she’s in chemistry class. It just means that she can see that the lab tables and stools are clean and everything gets autoclaved after it is used, but the anthropology chairs are still warm from the last person’s rear end when she comes in and has to sit in one. One place feels clean and safe; the other feels like a sucking cave of contamination. So she’ll have a dog in her lap in one class and not in the other, or she’ll someday have a dog in her lap during the lunch hour but it can be sleeping in a crate during most of the work day. That’s entirely normal for people with a disability, and has no impact on whether they’re protected by the ADA. If there’s one major overarching thing I can

Letters to and from the editor Hi Members and Subscribers, You should be receiving this issue right around the holidays! I hope all of you have many blessings this coming year...especially for peace, tolerance, and hope for the entire world.

I want to thank all the member advertisers for the wonderful response to the advertising special for this newsletter. Hopefully the club can offer the discounted ad prices for future winter issues.

Thank you to all the people that stepped up to help to write articles for the Above and Below Ground column. We will have rotating authors for the articles. This issue Jennifer Milosavljevic has

written about her first experiences and now, love of Dachshund Field Trials. Thank you Jennifer!

And kudos to Karen Scheiner for writing another wonderful article for the Weaves and Retrieves column; great advice once again.

Members, please see page 26 about volunteer opportunities for the club. Members make a club what it is, don’t be afraid to ask about helping out with committees. DCA is also looking for a host club for the 2018 Nationals. See page 71 for more information.

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say, it is this: The protections that are put in place for people under the ADA are not there so you have to treat certain people like they have a disability. They are there so you have to treat people like they DON’T have a disability. When Honour walks into Stop and Shop, she doesn’t want life to stop. She just wants to get a yogurt, pay, and leave. She is allowed to have whatever accommodations she needs to let her do those things in as close to an “average” way as possible. That is really what it’s all about. _______________________________________ Note in 2015: If you are reading this article in the years since I wrote it, I am happy to say that the statements remain true, and legally valid. A new guidance document was released very recently; it can be found at http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/ service_animal_qa.html. It addresses things like whether service dogs can be carried (yes) and whether multiple service dogs can be used at the same time (yes). If you have any other questions on what service dogs have helped us with, feel free to contact me.

Oh, and yes, every single day of our lives is still made possible by service dogs. In fact, a year ago Meriwether (Honour’s older sister) was diagnosed with an unrelated disability, and Oswin the Standard Poodle joined the family. It’s been an adventure training a big dog, but she has been remarkable for Meri. Honour continues to work with Sammy, who is now mostly retired but still sharp as a whip, and with Zola the Tibetan Spaniel and Katniss the Cardigan. ______________________________________ Joanna Kimball is woken each day by a Papillon and put to bed each night by a passel of very organized Cardigans. In between, she’s in mom jeans or yoga pants, with the camera or computer keyboard never far away. Weekends are spent running from ring to ring, cheering on dogs and their owners, which probably accounts for her staggering level of coffee consumption.

The dogs she’s bred have won plenty of pretty ribbons and letters, but she’s most proud of the ones who are full-time service dogs and working stock dogs. She is really good at being bossy, tube-feeding puppies, and tripping over things that don’t exist.

place those puppies into good homes.

Conformation shows have become few and far between for me now, living in northern Wisconsin.

It’s very hard to get to shows (i.e. - winter snowstorms) and there aren’t many local ones.

However, I went to a show this last weekend.

Only 3 longhair dachshunds were there, 2 of them were mine. I understand what is happening to our fancy: aging exhibitors, increasing expense and not enough young people interested in showing in any venue anymore. Just a thought: Try to make one of your New Year resolutions be an effort to educate new owners and maybe even encourage some young people to get involved with this wonderful sport that we’re so passionate about.

AND, it goes without saying...please remember to be a true sportsman! It doesn’t hurt to say Congratulations to our competitors!

Lynne

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