Dog News, January 8, 2016

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January 8, 2016

Best In Show

Reserve Best In Show

Best Veteran

Obedience Winners

NOHS Best In Show

Breeder of the Year

Top Five Agility Dogs

Best Bred By Exhibitor

Best Junior Handler

Contents

January 8, 2016

10 Editorial 14 R. William Taylor Remembered By Andrew Brace 18 Babbling: A Blind Leading A Blind By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen 22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander 26 Views From A Delegate By Johnny Shoemaker 30 You And Your Vet By Dr. Merry Fitzgerald, DVM 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Jen Krieger 42 The Dog News Top Ten List 2015 Final Statistics 44 European World Challenge...Second Time Around By Vince Hogan 48 Briard Club of America 2015 National Specialty By Terry Miller 52 The Chairman’s Report By Ronald Menaker 54 Dog Art In Cambridge By Nick Waters 56 Off The Leash: Mandatory Microchipping By Shaun Coen 60 The Bulldog Club of America National Specialty By Elizabeth Milam 68 The Pluses And Minuses Of The AENC, AKC Going Totally Electronic And More By Matthew H. Stander 80 Stars In Star City: American Manchester Terrier Club National By Tonya Sims 120 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 122 Click: The Orlando Cluster By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 126 Click: The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 130 Click: The Way We Were: Land O’Lakes Kennel Club 1997 By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 137 Letters To The Editor 134 h andlers directory • 136 classified advertising & subscription rates • 138 advertising rates DOG NEWS (ISSN 0886-2133) is published weekly except the last two weeks in December by Harris Publications, 1115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010. Periodical Postage paid at New York. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DOG NEWS, 1115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010 4 Dog News

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TEAM GUS Earns Show Dog Of The Year Award For Most Working Group Firsts In 2015!

Team Gus thanks Judge Mrs. Judy Daniels and Judge Dr. Steve Keating for these huge wins as well as the Judges who gave Gus a Group First last year and thanks to Purina & Dogs In Review for sponsoring the Winkie Awards.

Multiple Best In Show, National Specialty Best In Show

GCh. Derby’s Toast With Gusto Owned By: Rick & Sue Copeland Richmond, Texas

Bred By: Kristin Kleeman Robyn & Kenneth Toth

Presented By Scott Sommer Assisted by Connery Cole Dog News 5

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The American Kennel Club and Eukanuba congratulate the following winners from the largest ever AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. The show’s evening live stream is available for replay at live.eukanuba.com, alongside on-demand coverage of the Bred-By Exhibitor groups, Veteran groups, agility and obedience. The show will also re-air on the FidoTV Channel (channel 245 on DISH) at 6:00 pm EST and 10:30 EST on December 24 and December 25, 2015. Best in Show: GCH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn, a German Shepherd Dog known as “Rumor,” owned by Deborah Stern, Pamela Buckles, Patti Dukeman, Pam McElheney and Kent Boyles of Maumee, Ohio. Reserve Best in Show: GCH Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot, a Scottish Terrier known as “Queenie,” owned by Amelia Musser of Mackinac Island, Michigan. Best Bred-By-Exhibitor in Show: GCH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey, a German Shorthaired Pointer known as “CJ” bred, owned and handled by Valerie Nunes-Atkinson of Temecula, California was awarded Best Bred-By-Exhibitor in Show. Group Winners: • Sporting: GCH Darnelle’s Pennies From Heaven, an Irish Setter known as “Penny,” owned by Melinda Higby and Susan Schafer of Jacksonville, Florida. • Hound: GCH Sporting Fields Shameless, a Whippet known as “Brazen,” owned by Dionne Butt, Barbara Call, Jane Cooney-Waterhouse and Amanda Giles of Brooksville, Florida. • Working: GCH Aviators Lady’s Man De Remis, a Portuguese Water Dog known as “Manly,” owned by Remy Smith-Lewis and Julie Conger of Sonoma, California. • Terrier: GCH Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot, a Scottish Terrier known as “Queenie,” owned by Amelia Musser of Mackinac Island, Michigan. • Toy: HIDDEN VALLEY B R8, a Toy Poodle, owned by Gilje Seong of South Korea. • Non-Sporting: GCH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe, a Chow Chow known as “Co Pilot,” owned by Matthew Fan, Kiki Pratna and Layla Loveless of Lubbock, Texas. • Herding: GCH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn, a German Shepherd Dog known as “Rumor,” owned by Deborah Stern, Pamela Buckles, Patti Dukeman, Pam McElheney and Kent Boyles of Maumee, Ohio. Best Veteran in Show: GCH Cashnross’ First Griff Tina Fey, a Brussels Griffon owned by Felicia Cashin and Carole Ross of San Luis Obispo, California was awarded Best Veteran in Show at the AKC/ Eukanuba National Championship. AKC National Owner-Handled Series Finals Best in Show GCH Ripsnorter Reigning At Thunder Myst, a German Wirehaired Pointer known as “Reggie” owned by Steve & Betsy Bernock and Lisa George of Fenton, Michigan won the AKC National Owner-Handled Series (NOHS) Finals Best in Show, prevailing over an invitation-only entry of 677 dogs. Best in Miscellaneous Group: Eidi N’ Amanar Gaeraat Starfire, an Azawakh - owned by Jose Cabrera and Fabian Arienti of Hendersonville, North Carolina, won the Miscellaneous Breeds competition. Junior Showmanship: In the Junior Showmanship competition, for handlers from between 9 to 18 years of age, Raina Moss with her Clumber Spaniel GCH Clumon Ragin Cajun At Breakaway was awarded the coveted title of Best Junior Handler, along with a $2,000 scholarship. AKC Obedience Classic: Four obedience dogs and their owners – one dog/handler team in each of the four classes – were crowned at the AKC Obedience Classic, which brought together 217 dogs from across the country and beyond. Placing first in their class (Novice, Open, Utility and Masters respectively) were: • Novice: Goldstar Steadfast Nathan CD, a Labrador Retriever owned by Constance Cleveland and Judy Rasmuson of Fountain Inn, South Carolina. • Open: Katwalk Extra Special CDX BN, a Border Collie owned by Kathleen Walker of Flemington, New Jersey. • Utility: GCH CH Wyndale’s Enchantress Of Gwynedd UD CGC, a Labrador Retriever - owned by Karen Vare of Ambler, Pennsylvania. • Masters: OTCH Rhumbline’s Once In A Blue Moon OM1 BN GN RE, a Labrador Retriever - owned by Linda Brennan of Columbia, New Jersey. AKC Juniors Obedience/Rally Classic: Juniors who participated in the AKC Juniors Classic competed in Obedience and/or AKC Rally®. In Obedience, Juniors competed in two divisions (Obedience Junior Titled (OJT) – where the Junior earned all the titles on the dog that met the requirements and Obedience Junior Handled (OJH) – where the Junior may handle any dog that met the requirements). The Juniors competed in the Beginner Novice, Preferred Novice and Preferred Open classes twice, based on their AKC obedience accomplishments. Placing first in their divisions were: Obedience Junior Titled (OJT) • Beginner Novice: Cassy Didelot, Ruby Red Didelot, Labrador Retriever • Preferred Novice: Brittaney Allen, Allen’s Ollie CD BN RN CGC, All-American Dog • Preferred Open: Mara Wacker, Sandy Creek Wanna’Be Like Me CDX BN GN RN, Miniature American Shepherd Obedience Junior Handler (OJH): • Beginner Novice: Anneka Mikel Dahle, Western Hills Texas Ranger AX MXJ XF, Australian Shepherd • Preferred Open: Avery Adams, Smokingold Vibrant Spark CDX RA MX MXJ XF, Golden Retriever In AKC Rally®, Juniors competed in Rally Novice, Rally Advanced or Rally Excellent, based on the dog’s class eligibility (qualifying scores and/or titles earned).

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Placing First In Their Class Were: • Rally Novice: Mara Wacker, Sandy Creek Wanna’Be Like Me CDX BN GN RN, Miniature American Shepherd • Rally Advanced: Brittaney Allen, Allen’s Ollie CD BN RN CGC, All-American Dog • Rally Excellent: Destiny K. Lytle,Veniaminof Vom Lytle RE NAP OJP CA, German Shepherd Dog AKC Agility Invitational: Five agility dogs and their owners – one dog/handler team in each of the five height categories – were crowned as the 2015 winners of the AKC Agility Invitational, which brought together more than 700 dogs from across the country and beyond. Placing First In Their Height Division (8”, 12”, 16”, 20” And 24” Respectively) were: • 8” – NAC MACH12 Wildfire Heavens To Betsy MXG3 MJB4 OF T2B2 (“Gigi”), a Papillon owned and handled by Lisa Evans of Miami, Florida. • 12” – OTCH MACH7 Triune’s Baby’s Gone Shopping UDX3 OM4 VER RAE MXC2 MJC2 MXF T2B (“Visa”), a Shetland Sheepdog owned and handled by Angela Evers of Collinsville, Illinois. • 16” – CH MACH3 La Brise Moustique Bleu MXS MJG NF T2B (“Skeeter”), a Pyrenean Shepherd owned and handled by Kelly Maier of Monroe, Washington. • 20” – MACH13 Rivercity Outrageous MXG4 MJC4 FTC2 MFC2 TQX T2B9, a Golden Retriever owned and handled by Patricia White of Sacramento, California. • 24” – MACH5 Hildidan’s Some Kind Of Magic MXB2 MJB2 MXF MFG TQX T2B7, a American Foxhound, owned and handled by Candy Gaiser PHD of Vacaville, California. AKC Juniors Agility Competition Juniors who participated in the AKC Juniors Agility Competition competed in either the Junior Excellent or Superior Classes, depending on whether they had achieved an agility title. Placing first in their height division (8”, 12”, 16”, 20” and 24” respectively) in the Junior Excellent class were: • 8”- Kayangee Dorothy Parker (“Dot”), a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel handled by Anthony Rotelle • 12”- PACH5 General Tommy Franks AX MXJ MJB MXP12 MXPC MJP16 MJPS2 PAX5 XF OFP T2BP (“Tommy”), a Parson Russell Terrier handled by Deva Wilson • 16”- Foxglove Tempus Fugit MX MXJB OF T2B (“Zippy”), a Shetland Sheepdog handled by Tessa Winialski • 20”- MACH Pine Run Pity The Fool (“Mr. T”), a Golden Retriever handled by John Rotelle • 24”- MACH3 Zonkers Texas Hold’em CDX VCD2 RE XF (“Ace”), a Golden Retriever handled by David Frasca Placing first in their height division (8”, 12”, 16”, 20” and 24” respectively) in the Junior Superior class were: • 12”- Pinky’s Rockin’ Rio CGC RN BN (“Rio”), an All-American Dog handled by Kailyn Merkle • 16”- Kaiden’s Blue Blaize RN BN CGC (“Blaize”), a Miniature American Shepherd handled by Kaiden Snider • 20”- Eyespy Cech (“Check”), a Border Collie handled by Karr Hersh • 24”- Sergeant Spencer (“Spencer”), a Golden Retriever handled by Emily Tregler North America Diving Dogs AKC Eukanuba National Championship: A record entry of 276 dogs entered the NADD/AKC Eukanuba National Championship. The NADD World Record was set not once, but twice during the Elite Finals. “Prospect” jumped 30’6, followed by “Storie” jumping 30’7. The Championship Winners Include: • Elite Division: Storie, a Labrador Retriever owned by JD McKnight (Score: 30’7) • Master Division: Malek, a Dutch Shepherd owned by Kathryn Schreiner (Score: 24’) • Senior Division: Surge, an All-American dog owned by Suzanne Rider (Score: 22’5) • Veteran Division: Arran, a Weimaraner owned by Sheila Cook (Score: 20’6) • Junior Division: Cita, a Belgian Malinois owned by Victoria Harter (Score: 17’5) • Novice Division: Eddy, a Dutch Shepherd owned by Melissa LaMere Dragovich (Score: 14’) • Air Retrieve Elite: Gunner, a Labrador Retriever owned by Jason Young (Score: 22’) • Air Retrieve Master: Jovi, a Belgian Malinois owned by Tim Boyd (Score: 20’) • Air Retrieve Senior: Cody, an All-American dog owned by Mindy Len (Score: 18’) • Lap Elite: Kaya, an All-American owned by Keri Caraher (Score: 18’) • Lap Master: Cane, a Parson Russell Terrier owned by Mindy Lytle (Score: 17’) • Lap Senior: Hoodlum, a Boston Terrier owned by Jennifer Zimmerly-Offinga (Score: 14’6) • Lap Junior: Bandit, a Rat Terrier owned by Rochelle Fugate (Score: 8’1) • Lap Novice: Macho, a Russell Terrier owned by Lori Signs (Score: 6’) AKC Breeder of the Year: John Buddie, Tartanside Collies AKC Meet the Breeds®Best Booth in Show: Chihuahua Club of America For more up-to-the-minute results, video and photo coverage of the show, visit www.akc.org and to receive daily updates and show results via Facebook, visit www.facebook.com/americankennelclub

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The Editorial Here We Go Again

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ith the start of the New Year the conformation competitions have begun in earnest again as has the entire cycle of revolving events and happenings have been renewed with vigor and excitement. Who knows what 2016 has to offer generally but for sure those of us involved with dogs look to have our work cut out for ourselves. Whether limited to campaigning a dog or having a deep involvement in AKC in one matter or another there has certainly been a resurgence of activity within AKC insofar as its higherlevel personnel has been concerned! Surely the long rumored and awaited announcement about the appointment of a newly titled individual to become the Executive Vice-President and Chief Growth Officer was finally made public by AKC on January 3rd. The person appointed is Alexandra Aleskovsky, a total neophyte to the dog world but obviously a hugely successful business person. How this will work out in the long run remains to be seen since AKC’s history with non-dog people in major positions has been anything but sterling and if indeed Mrs. Aleskovsky is being groomed for an even higher position one would really have to question AKC’s overall planning on succession within the organization. Furthermore the title of Chief Growth Officer has never been used before at AKC and these pages are told is an unusual title for any “not-for profit organization” notwithstanding the fact that within the past several years the title has become popular within corporate America itself. And then comes the appointment on December 31st, which has yet to be publicly announced as of this writing on January 7th, of the newly appointed Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel for AKC Jay Waks, Esq. Why this has yet to be announced remains a mystery to most since both people were basically Board hirees and were decisions without any Staff input. Which of course any Board has the power to do but has rarely exercised in AKC’s recent history. The last time AKC had a Senior Executive Vice President was in 1996 when Mrs. Daniels was so anointed. She was elected President the next year by a Board but it is unlikely that will be the case with Mr.

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Waks, a highly respected and well liked individual within AKC who has served as outside Counsel for the organization these past several years. One would presume that Mrs. Aleskovsky is the person so being groomed. So far no organizational plan has been released concerning these appointments or the expected to be announced appointments concerning IT and Marketing heads as well. The cost salary ways must be tremendous so let’s hope everyone works out successfully and profitably!

R. William Taylor

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he passing of Bill Taylor at age 88 was not too surprising as Bill had been seriously ill the last several years however his death marks the near end of the true dog man of yesteryear. A consummate gentlemen both in attire and attitude Bill grew up as a dog man in an era basically unknown or practiced in the sport today. His concern when judging or breeding was purely to better the breeding of an individual breed generally or his own specific breed his beloved Pekingese. Politics in judging was unknown to him, as he would enter the breed ring strictly to adjudicate upon the positive factors of the dog being presented to him. The exhibit whether owned or shown by friend or foe was always treated equally. He was one of the few Canadians grandfathered to judge as many times as he was asked to judge in America and together with his partner Nigel AubreyJones were a formidable team of knowledgeable dog people. His loss in today’s American dog world insofar as knowledgeable dog people is concerned is one from which the sport will never recover.

A $432,000 Grant

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he AKC/CHF has announced the funding of an exciting grant that aims to better understand and prevent hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer in dogs. Three groups whose dogs have been affected by this cruel disease -- the American Boxer Charitable Foundation, the Golden Retriever Foundation, and the Portuguese Water Dog Foundation -- are taking a unique, collaborative stand against cancer by pledging $432,000 to support this research effort. What a powerful

statement for CHF to make and for the three Breed Clubs named above to endorse. And yet the majority on AKC’s Board continues to hold back on direct funding of this incredible organization called the CHF. True, internally, problems continue as difficulties in naming and keeping chief executive officers persist but continue nevertheless the successes of this organization cannot be ignored and must be encouraged at all and every level! If AKC can afford to pay the salaries plus the bonuses on top of the salaries it pays its employees than it must certainly and 100% must directly support CHF as it used to do prior to four years or so ago!

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First Ivf Puppies Born In America

scientific team at Cornell has produced the world’s first litter of puppies using in-vitro fertilization (IVF). It seems that since the mid-1970’s people have been trying to do IVF in dogs and have been unsuccessful. The immaturity of canine eggs and the fact that dogs only come into season once or twice a year were the major problems in developing the process until researchers found that adding magnesium during the process ensured fertilization. The reaction to this success has been a mixed one as some claim this IVF can identify certain genes that cause disease and fix them before the dogs are even born while others are uncomfortable with it saying gene editing technology may be more of a novelty than a necessity when it comes to domestic dog breeding.

Thought For The Week

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he website Rover.com has released the top dog names for 2015 and Max and Bella have topped the list. In addition to Max for males Charlie, Buddy and Cooper were other top names while for females Bella was followed by Lucy, Daisey and Molly for females. Today people seem to be naming pets with proper names as opposed to the old days as there has been a 30% increase with dogs having human names from 2013 to 2015. 10% of all dog names were inspired by pop culture (Hunger Games names up by 19%, Harry Potter by 10% and Star Wars names up 5%). Food and drink names come in as the 3rd highest category while 1 in 20 so-called pet parents have social media accounts for their pets!!! GO FIGURE.

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R. William Taylor Remembered By Andrew H. Brace

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ays before Christmas 2015 I spoke to Bill Taylor on the telephone, as I had done most weeks keeping the promise I made to Nigel Aubrey Jones before he died twelve years ago, and I realised this would probably be the last time I would hear his voice. Bill had battled bravely with terminal cancer for a few years and had coped remarkably well but the day before Christmas Eve he left Twynn Ponds, the beautiful home he and Nigel shared for many years, for the last time as he moved into a care home, knowing full well he would never return. On the 29th of December the dreaded call came to tell me that Bill had passed away. Bill’s life in the dog world was a fruitful one and his achievements were many. As a young man he had become enchanted by the Pekingese breed and had begun breeding on a very small scale in his native Canada when he and Nigel Aubrey Jones first became pen pals and discovered a common passion. Eventually Bill came to Wales on what was supposed to be a brief visit, but turned into a much longer stay when he and Nigel realised that their futures were destined to be spent together. Bill possessed an inherent sense of style and dignity but was frequently the butt of Nigel’s good-humoured jokes. Nigel would often tell the story of his receiving Bill’s first letter. Not only was he rather taken with the accompanying photograph of the tall, handsome Canadian, he was equally impressed with Bill’s personal stationery … lavender notepaper with gold-embossed print which proclaimed “Elsdon … where Pekingese breeding is still an art”. Bill, quite self-deprecatingly, later admitted that at the time he had bred just one litter! Nigel and Bill became the perfect partnership as they complemented each other so beautifully. Nigel was the entertainer, loud and outrageous when it was appropriate, whereas Bill was considerably quieter, always happy to let Nigel take the limelight. I would love a dollar for every time I heard Bill comment, after Nigel had been amusing the company at the time, “He’s such a character”. However they shared the same beliefs, ideals and principles and together they pursued the quest to breed perfect Pekingese. They were utterly devoted to each other and Bill never fully recovered from Nigel’s passing. The development of the St Aubrey grooming product range at a time when the choice was rather limited led to Nigel and Bill’s involvement with Shaws. The couple enjoyed the high-life in New York and after a spell of running homes in both the USA and Buckinghamshire in England in the Shaws days, they settled to a more sedentary lifestyle near Montreal where they had previously run a grooming

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shop which had a phenomenal reputation, always with the emphasis on quality. St Aubrey Elsdon created a benchmark in quality where only the best would do. The successes of the kennel, the key dogs that were imported and the homebred dogs that had phenomenal careers in the show ring, would literally fill a book, but without doubt the acquisition of American & Canadian Ch St Aubrey Laparata Dragon from Lilian Snook was the most significant as far as the Pekingese breed is concerned. Long before Dragon of course it was Nigel and Bill who brought Chik T’Sun to the United States along with countless other Pekingese – and other breeds – and Nigel always had the knack of placing the right dog with the right owner at the right time in the right place. Whilst “The New Pekingese” – now widely accepted as a classic work on the breed - was published in Nigel’s name, he was the first to admit that much of the substance of the book had actually originated with his partner. One of the many memorable quotes I attribute to Nigel Aubrey Jones when giving seminars and discussing the definition of “quality” is “Quality is the difference between pottery and porcelain”. Before Nigel died, he admitted to me that it was actually Bill who coined the expression but Bill was of course happy for his partner to take the credit. Bill was a connoisseur and he and Nigel surrounded themselves with beautiful things; not just dogs but porcelain, bronzes, paintings, furniture and books. He was also a great Anglophile and fervent monarchist. When, in 2013, he was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his “lifetime commitment to purebred dogs” he was hugely touched. He had a unique sense of style and was always immaculately attired. Patronising the most bespoke of tailors in London, Bill’s wardrobe was sheer quality … always the best suits, shirts, ties and shoes … he was an arbiter of good taste. Bill adored his gardens and following Chelsea Flower Show on television was an annual highlight for him. Till his death he subscribed to ‘Country Life’ magazine. The vast garden at Twynn Ponds was breathtaking when in full bloom and his love of gardening was shared with Nancy Allen who has been with Nigel and Bill for all her adult life, caring so selflessly for “Mr

Jones” and “Mr Taylor” as well as the Pekingese which she groomed so impeccably, having been taught by the Masters. As a judge Bill had no equal in my eyes. Not only was he hugely knowledgeable of all the breeds he judged but his integrity was unquestionable. He always judged with ruthless honesty and fairness, regardless of whether or not he was faced with friend or foe. Internationally he was admired and respected as not only were the mechanics of his judging so flawless, his stately demeanour and impeccable manners were appreciated by show organisers and exhibitors alike. Bill’s last show was judging the Toy Group for the American Kennel Club at its 2009 National Championship show where Ron Menaker was determined to make Bill’s assignment a memorable one, though at the time he hadn’t actually made the decision to retire. However as his mobility became limited he decided that the AKC would be an appropriate farewell and that he could “finish at the top”. He may have stopped judging but Bill never lost his interest in the dog world. Until the time of his death, he would quiz me about dogs that I had judged when I made my weekly telephone calls. If there was anything that I was obviously excited about he demanded a photograph by email and within hours I would receive a detailed critique of the dog. Thankfully we seldom disagreed but when Bill did think differently he would question my judgement in the most tactful of ways. During his 87 years Bill was fortunate in that he spent most of them pursuing his passion. It was a life rich and full during which he made many true friends who appreciated him for the loving, giving person he was. He was thrilled to encounter young people who shared his fascination with purebred dogs and many will be thankful for the time he gave them, sharing the vast knowledge he had accumulated over the years. My sympathies now go to Bill’s devoted niece Norah and of course to Nancy who was such a support for both Nigel and Bill for so many years. Nigel was my mentor and idol. Bill continued my link with him. Now he has gone. In our last tearful telephone call Bill reminded me that it was always understood that his ashes should come to me so that I could scatter them in the same spot where we scattered Nigel’s twelve years ago, on the Welsh mountaintop overlooking his family home, Abernant-y-Groes. That is the last thing I will be able to do for my friend. As I grieve I try to console myself with the fact that Nigel and Bill are together again. The dog world has lost a very, very special person. I have lost someone I admired and loved deeply.

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A Blind Leading A Blind?

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ever sounded like a good idea and do you really think it would work- or even be safe? The reason I came up with this well used phrase: During my Christmas holidays and prior “lay off” due to some health issues, I have had time to read and try to digest some of the so very excellent publications who also take it upon themselves to educate the world about a variety of breeds. Must admit I found an article about PBGVs very informative and educational. As I might have bragged about in a previous article, my wife imported the very first PBGV to Sweden some 46 years ago. Purchased at Harrods, just an impulse falling for the charm of the puppy without even having heard about the breed before. She was of course delighted to get his pedigree later on and find that he was bred by the famous Basset breeders, my friend Joan WellsMeacham and her “partner in crime” Mildred Seiffert. His litter brother was sold to an American buyer the same day and we have always wondered if anything was ever heard of him again!!! My wife named the dog Hubbestad Harrods and as the breed was unknown he caused a lot of discussion about whether he was a Petit or a Grand being on the large side, which made me investigate the difference between the two breeds to find that they were definitely not two varieties of the same breed divided by size alone which many people seemed to believe. Too many differences in ears, head shape, balance etc., etc.- and this was all so well explained in this current article. So in this case, no guide dog required! At least not for me as I probably don’t know enough to be critical about the finer points which make this breed special. Even after having kept trying for years -and actually judged a number of them in the UK. When it came to another writers attempt to teach you differences between all the breeds in the Terrier Group I of course feel that this is my territory and find it harder to accept any deviations from my own opinion, based on a long time as a student of all of them. And as one who still has a lot to learn! I am fully aware of the fact that a number of AKC standards deviate from the UK and FCI in essential details such as height at the with-

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ers and bite, but apart from these areas there should be virtually imperceptible variances. Well, with a few exceptions. The fact that dogs from the terrier group, probably more than dogs from any other groups, have travelled the world and done extremely well, including a few Best in Shows even at Crufts -should be a good indication. Although I grew up in a small country with fairly small entries in many terrier breeds, what really made an impact is my impression from Great Britain where the majority of breed judging was done by “single breed” judges. Many of them without any desire to judge any breed other than their own. So many clever breeders – but also a number of rather eccentric breeders who seemed rather stubborn, sticking to their own guns and ideals, which most other breeders never appreciated or even recognized. The number of evenings and nights I spent as an un-paying houseguest at a number of homes belonging to famous breeders of a variety of breeds, discussing dogs and watching slides well into the early hours I don’t really know, but hopefully I picked up a little bit of wisdom. And the same at dog shows and regular kennel visits. In some cases I left one place feeling I had learnt a lot, just to have it wiped out by the next successful and famous breeder. As an example: One summer I focused on a number of terrier breeds. Airedales included. Had a number of conversations with the Jackson’s and Mary Swash of Jokyl fame, then onto Arthur and Mavis Lodge of the equally famous Mynairs (Mavis always served an excellent Yorkshire pudding), then onto Mollie Harmsworth whose Bengals were more well-known than most- and onto Jean Campbell whose Loudwells did so well for a number of years. The Jokyls and the Bengals were probably the most similar in type- and as any Airedaler knows- the Siccawei’s have also hugely impacted the breed. But in reality they all preached a different message about a number of essentials of the breed. They all ended up as my good friends, always challenging any theory I had picked up from someone else. Sadly most of them are no longer with us, but I will forever remain grateful for teaching me to follow my own ideal, but Continued on page 124

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WHAT DID YOU ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT THE RECENT AENC HELD IN ORLANDO AND WHAT IF ANYTHING DISAPPOINTED YOU THE MOST?

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Dr. Greg Paveza

I enjoy almost everything about the AENC. It offers the chance to see many of the best dogs from around the country in a single venue. It offers the closest thing we have to a fair for all things dog. It provides an opportunity to see examples of most of the breeds in the “Meet the Breeds” area, and it is always fun to see how the various participants are going to make the booths interesting and different. I enjoy the opportunity to steward at the show, since it gives me the opportunity to see a few breeds up close and personal, as well as having the opportunity to work with judges that I normally don’t see very often (even for someone who stewards close to 20 weekends a year). Also get to visit with folks I have known in dogs for a very long time, but generally only see now, because we live in different parts of the country, at this venue. A bit of a busman’s holiday for Sulie and I, as I said, it really is the closest thing we have to a fair, and has become a mini-vacation for both of us. Disappointments. The only one I had this year was the seating for groups. With the decision to reduce seating to one section, as opposed to previous years, where there was a VIP section and a general seating area, it was simply too crowded. While I’m sure this looked better for the cameras, it made viewing and enjoying the groups at times difficult.

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Gay Glazbrook Beautiful oversized rings, the attention to detail is unmatched in every aspect. My disappointment - I am a professional photographer. When shooting the dogs in the group rings, we’ve always been able to use the full length of the ring, on each side, to get our shots. This year they had very small boxes taped off on the floor. We were crammed in there like sardines, all getting the same shots. There was a tremendous amount of space around us that we were not permitted to use. Less shots for us, the exhibitors, publications as well as Eukanuba & the AKC.

Dr. Gerry G. Meisels It was a great set of shows in one of the best, perhaps the best, venue for a large show. Rings, grooming, vendors etc. were well set up. Loading and unloading were well organized as well. There was however an annoyance with parking afterwards since one had to go through a garage under the building and make a large and confusing set of turns. Also, motor home parking fees (without any services) were exorbitant. But overall - a great set of shows that were very well managed. We loved seeing so many people who have been friends for a long time during those few days. Kudos to the clubs and AKC.

Peter A. Gaeta The AENC

has not been the same for me since entries have been opened to class dogs and bitches. The excitement, mystique and drama are tempered. Now it more closely resembles just another, albeit larger, dog show. To restore the original aura, entries could be limited to champions, and the top five or ten dogs in each breed could be invited to compete with no entry fee. This done, the show would become a truly and exclusively “Championship” show. It is always great to see old friends, wherever, and I did get to see a number of them in Orlando. If the show was held in a more central part of the country, it would likely attract a larger entry and we would all get to see more old friends.

Gabriel Rangel What I

enjoyed the most is that everything was sooo well run! From the unloading and parking to the grooming set ups, everything was so well done and everyone was working great together! For selfish reasons: I just wish that once in a while the show was back in California.

Cathy de La Garza

Sorry I wasn’t there this year. The Winter Classic in Northern California is one for you and your organization to watch. This was their first year and I predict it won’t be long until it wins “Show of the Year” from Dog News. The Clubs involved were Salinas and Santa Cruz.

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he purpose of this Report is to tell you of the American Kennel Club Delegate Meetings in Orlando, Florida that happened on Thursday and Friday. I arrived in Orlando on Monday and went to the beautiful Hyatt Regency Hotel, which is connected by walkway to the Convention Center where the Seminars and the AKC Eukanuba Championship Dog Show was held. My first event was the seminars. The next two days were devoted to Delegate duties. On the first day is the committee meetings and the next day is the official Delegate meeting. Before the meeting date I was asked if I could serve as a Delegate Mentor for a new Delegate. That new member was Pat Putman representing The Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America. Pat will make a great delegate and it was a pleasure to “show her the ropes” at her first Delegate meeting. As my committee on which I serve (Dog Show Rules Committee) was in the afternoon, I attended the All Breeds Clubs Committee in the morning. This committee discussed a survey sent out by the committee to All Breed Clubs Committee on November 18th and has received 180 back. Another mailing will be sent out after the Delegate meeting. There was a discussion by Sid Marx, Delegate from the Colorado Springs KC, on his proposal of setting up tiers for dog shows. The explanation by Sid is below: (I have modified the size of the font for the proposal for space purposes)

Tier One Dog Show Proposal Exhibitors: One stated significant reason for the ever-changing judge’s approval process is that exhibitors get tired of showing to the same judges again and again. The “success” of NOHS is further proof that owner-handlers feel there is an uneven playing field when competing against top dogs and top handlers. New exhibitors are not staying with the sport in part because they feel they get lost at larger shows and cannot compete against handlers. Clubs: Approximately half of our all-breed shows had 750 or fewer dogs actually competing in 2014.If based on entries the number would be closer to 40% of the shows being under the 750. 50 % of the events had 600 or fewer dogs competing. Clubs holding shows with smaller entries (under 700?) face problems when completing judging panels: In order to cover group and best in show judging clubs have to hire judges with multiple group approval. Most judges in this category charge higher fees plus expenses making it more difficult for clubs to remain solvent. Due to the limited number of all-rounders and judges with multiple groups these clubs continue to hire the same judges which negatively impacts entries - creating a vicious downward cycle. Proliferation of shows and clusters is making it more difficult for smaller clubs to stay afloat Judges: New judges find it very difficult to get assignments and smaller shows cannot hire

them because these judges are limited in how many breeds they can judge. As a former trainer I know that one of the most important parts of adult education is that the adult uses his or her knowledge immediately. Many new judges have to wait more than a year before judging (using their new knowledge). Length of time between assignments for newer judges does not lend itself to improving skills. New judges spend a lot of money and time going to seminars and national specialties, and then they may not judge for months. For this reason, some qualified people are deciding not to apply. The best way to learn to judge is to judge. There are fewer match shows available for new judges to practice. Judging at a match is not the same as judging at a point show. Honing good judging process requires judging repetition. AKC: Losing exhibitors, shows, and clubs is certainly not good for AKC’s health. If we can help these clubs get strong, and keep exhibitors, they may continue to be breeders and register more dogs. It would be GREAT publicity and improve relationships between smaller clubs and AKC. Instead of AKC Representatives continuing to monitor the procedure of the same judges over and over, they could be of great value in assisting new judge’s hone their skills at these shows.

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My dog just ate 15 twenty dollar bills! Thankfully, she left the money clip, credit card and my

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license, but should I be worried? I am very sorry for your loss! This happens more often than you would think. We know that swallowing coins can result in serious toxicity and require surgical removal. Today, US dollar notes are made from cotton fiber, unlike most common paper, which is made of wood fiber. The dollars should pass through a dog’s digestive tract without causing any damage. In this case, since a large amount of bills was ingested, there is a slight potential for intestinal obstruction to result. Monitor your dog closely. Should your dog begin to vomit, contact your veterinarian immediately. If you see your dog eat dollar bills, or know that the money was ingested less than 2 hours ago, you could induce vomiting to retrieve the bills. Emetics are drugs that intentionally cause vomiting. Some of the more common emetics are listed below. Hydrogen peroxide 3% can be given orally at a dose of 1 teaspoon (5 mL) per 5 pounds of body weight, not to exceed 3 tablespoons (45ml). This will result in the dog emptying their stomach. Syrup of ipecac is a liquid preparation that acts by causing irritation to the stomach. In dogs, 1 mL/pound (not to exceed 30 mL) is given by mouth. The syrup should only be used once because repeated dosages can be toxic to the heart. Apomorphine is a powerful, fast-acting emetic which veterinarians may administer either by intravenous injection or dissolving a small amount in water and placing a few drops under the lower eyelid. Do not attempt to induce vomiting in dogs that are weak, sick or debilitated. Many times the swallowed dollars will be passed in the stool intact. After a thorough washing rinsing and drying, damaged dollar bills can sometimes be exchanged for fresh bills at your bank. In order to replace dollar bills that have been shredded, most banks require the bill to be more than two-thirds intact with the serial number and denomination clearly visible. If the bills are too damaged for the bank to exchange, the fragments can be sent by registered mail - return receipt requested, to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Replacements may take 6 months to 2 years to process, depending on the condition of the currency. For more information on exchanging mutilated money: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/damagedcurrencyclaim. html Continued on page 92

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The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship German Shepherd Dog

GCh. Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It v. Kenlyn Judge Mr. Robert Stein Owners Deborah Stern, Pamela Buckles, Patti Dukeman, Pamela McElheney & Kent Boyles Handler Kent Boyles Kennel Club of Salinas - Thursday & Friday Santa Cruz Kennel Club - Saturday Akita

GCh. Mojos Continuation Of A Myth Judge Ms. Laurie King Telfair Judge Ms. Margaret Reed Judge Mrs. Polly Smith Owner S Borrmann Handler Beep Lee Granite City Kennel Club of St Cloud MN - Saturday & Sunday Saluki

GCh. Starlite’s Made of the Best Stuff on Earth Judge Mrs. Judy Webb Judge Mr. Jon Cole Owners Tina J. Turley-Kocab & Mark S. Kocab & Sandra Middlebrooks Handler Erin J. Roberts Lehigh Valley Kennel Club Papillon

GCh. InVolo Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Judge Ms. Shirley Limoges Owners Madeline Mosing & Donna & Michael & Gia Garofalo Handler Brian Livingston

To report a AKC All Breed Best In Show or National Specialty Win Call, Fax or Email before 12:00 Noon Tuesday. Fax: 212 675-5994 Phone: 212 462-9588 • Email: dognews@harris-pub.com

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Ten Questions asked of

Jen Krieger

Born: Northboro, MA• Resides: Charlton, MA Marital Status: Married • Astrological Sign: Gemini

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When did you start showing and how did that first show go? I got interested in competitive obedience while I was pregnant, and couldn’t ride my horses. My first obedience dog was a Siberian. She was high in trial first show I brought her to. I was hooked and got my first conformation dog shortly after.

How difficult was it to finish your championship? My first championship was easy. I had a beautiful bitch and she finished in a few weekends.

Other than your own breed, what other breeds do you like? I would have a managerie of breeds if my husband would allow it :)))). Other than the breeds I am personally involved with I am in love with toy breeds and deeply intrigued with Dobermans.

Which dog person of the opposite sex would you be? My husband, of course. He’s the best person I know!

How do you feel about AKC’s role in our sport? I believe AKC needs to be more proactive for the breeders. They need to counteract the effects of PETA and other extreme groups. I know resources are limited, but we also need to combat legislation that can and will interfere with breeding dogs. I also feel there needs to be more action taken against poor sportsmanship. I am tired of seeing such bad behavior at shows.

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How many shows do you attend a year, and which three are your favorite ones? Way too many (120 give or take). My favorite shows are: Springfield, Springfield and Springfield.... And Eukanuba.

Who from dogs would you like to see on the television show “Duck Dynasty?” Joseph Vergnetti

What things in the world of dogs bring you the greatest joy? I enjoy bonding with new dogs. Once you understand one another and the team melds into place. I love the relationships I have with each individual dog.

What characteristics do you admire in others and strive to emulate? Sportsmanship, class, integrity.

If you could afford to host an elegant catered dinner party, name at least three dogs and/ or people you would like to invite. If I could afford an elegant party... I would use the money for a giant casual party instead. Complete with a DJ and open bar. Everyone would be invited!!

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THE Westminster TIMES 140th Anniversary Dog Show, Meet & Compete — And Now Obedience, Too

Bigger. Better. Even More To See and Do. As the premier celebration of the dogs in our lives, the legacy of The Westminster Kennel Club balances solid tradition with innovation and expansion. For 140 years, the world-famous dog show has brought the best examples of their breeds to the viewing public, starting in 1877 with a three-day show that expanded to four days to accommodate the huge crowds that gathered, and now draws millions via TV in addition to live streaming on Westminster’s website and mobile App plus social media.

The 140th Anniversary Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show, on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 15-16 in New York City, reached an entry this year of 2,752 dogs. The breeds with the largest entries are Labrador Retrievers (51), followed by Golden Retrievers (50) and French Bulldogs (48). Plus, seven breeds are making their first Westminster appearance this year: Sporting Group - Lagotto Romagnolo (9), Hound Group - Cirneco dell’Etna (10), Working Group - Boerboel (11), and Herding Group - Berger Picard (20), Miniature American Shepherd (14), Bergamasco (8) and Spanish Water Dog (10). There are 130 foreign entries and 91 entries in Junior Showmanship.

PHOTO BY Sandra Dukes

This year, Westminster Week starts off on Saturday, Feb. 13 with “Meet & Compete” – the 3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster and 7th Annual AKC Meet the Breeds. Due to overwhelming response to Meet the Breeds last year, in this second year of Westminster’s collaboration with the AKC on Meet the Breeds, this fun and educational event will expand onto both Piers 92 and 94 while the exciting agility competition takes place again on Pier 94.

Judging at the breed level, along with benching and Junior Showmanship preliminary competition, will take place during the daytime on Piers 92/94 on Manhattan’s West Side. An internal staircase between the Piers will make it even more convenient to see the dogs on the bench and being judged. Breed winners will then go to Madison Square Garden for the evening competition: four Groups on Monday, with Junior Showmanship Finals, the remaining three Groups and Best In Show on Tuesday.

But Wait – There’s More! As if that wasn’t enough, Westminster is adding another sport that celebrates the dog-and-human bond: Obedience. On Monday, Feb. 15, the inaugural Masters Obedience Championship at Westminster will be held on Pier 94 along with the breed judging. There are 34 Obedience dogs entered from 17 states, with Golden Retrievers (13) representing the largest entry. The combined entry brings more than 3,000 dogs to New York City for Westminster Week.

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WESTMINSTER WEEK SCHEDULE (for judging panel, program, and broadcast schedule visit www.westminsterkennelclub.org)

On Saturday, Feb. 13, Westminster’s 3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship competition on Pier 94 features dogs at the Master level racing the clock to see who in their size category can make it cleanly, accurately and in the shortest time through jumps, weaves, tunnels and other course apparatus. Dogs of 75 breeds plus 26 All American (mixedbreed) dogs will follow their handler’s directions to make it through the courses to determine the finalists. The exciting finals on Saturday night will be televised live on FOX Sports 1 from 8pm-10pm.

3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster Saturday, February 13, 2016 Preliminaries: 8am – 4pm Championship Finals: 8pm – 10pm Pier 94: 711 12th Avenue (at 55th Street), New York, NY 10019 Championship Finals televised live on FOX Sports 1 7th Annual AKC Meet the Breeds Saturday, February 13, 2016 10am – 5pm Piers 92 / 94: 711 12th Avenue (at 55th Street), New York, NY 10019 The Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual All Breed Dog Show Monday and Tuesday, February 15-16, 2016 Breed Judging and Benching (plus Obedience on Monday) Monday and Tuesday, 8am – 4pm Piers 92 / 94: 711 12th Avenue (at 55th Street), New York, NY 10019

PHOTO BY Jack Grassa

Hound, Toy, Non-Sporting & Herding Group Judging Monday 8pm–11pm (benching area opens at 6pm) Madison Square Garden: 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 Group Judging televised live on CNBC Junior Showmanship Finals, Sporting, Working & Terrier Groups, Best In Show Tuesday 7:30pm–11pm (benching area opens at 6pm) Madison Square Garden: 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001

BREED JUDGING ON STREAMING VIDEO Live video of breed judging in every breed during the day will again be streamed on the Westminster App as well as the westminsterkennelclub. org website. The videos will also be available for viewing on the website soon after breed judging.

MERCHANDISE & POSTER Official Westminster merchandise including the 2016 poster “Haunt of the woodcock” featuring the famous WKC Pointer Sensation, as well as notecards and guidebooks, are available on the Westminster website. These and many more Westminster-branded items will be available in the vendor area on the Piers beginning on Saturday. ESB TO AGAIN BE LIT IN WKC COLORS Since 2004, visitors to New York during Westminster, plus millions of television viewers, have enjoyed a spectacular sight during the show – the Empire State Building lit in Westminster colors of purple and gold. The “World’s Most Famous Building” will show off WKC purple and gold on Tuesday, February 16 to conclude Westminster Week. See www.esbnyc.com.

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Inaugural Westminster Masters Obedience Championship On Monday, Feb. 15, another wonderful dog event joins Westminster Week – Obedience. Canine obedience competition highlights the responsiveness of dogs to their handlers’ commands. At this special event, dogs and handlers will be judged on a combination of exercises selected from Open and Utility competition. It is a terrific demonstration of how training and teamwork can make an incredibly close dog and human bond.

PHOTO BY Jack Grassa

Also on Saturday, the Piers will be full of opportunities to interact with dogs from more than 100 breeds at the 7th Annual AKC Meet the Breeds. This event focuses on helping people learn about responsible dog ownership and which breeds may be right for them. For this second annual AKC/WKC joint effort, Meet the Breeds will take place on Pier 92 and on Pier 94, with an internal staircase making the experience seamless and convenient for visitors.

HOTELS AND TRANSPORTATION Three Madison Square Garden-area hotels have been designated by Westminster as 2016 Gold Star Hotel Partners: The Wyndham New Yorker, the Hotel Pennsylvania and the Affinia Manhattan. Please see the westminsterkennelclub.org website for more information and special rates.

Follow Westminster Online: Use: #WKCDogShow Web: www.westminsterkennelclub.org Facebook: facebook.com/wkcdogshow Twitter: @wkcdogs Instagram: @westminsterkennelclub Pinterest: pinterest.com/wkcdogshow Continued on page 45

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2015 FINAL STATISTICS

top ten dogs

1 GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak Of The Devil Boxers J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum 2 GCH CH Pebbles’ Run Play It Again Ham Samoyeds A Kiell Green/A Green/B Bruns/W Stamp 3 GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs S Copeland 4 GCH CH Hijinx This Is How I Roll Boxers B Nunn 5 GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC Mastiffs L Watson/P Winter 6 GCH CH Mojo’s Continuation Of A Myth Akitas S Borrmann 7 GCH CH Kamterra’s Legato Doberman Pinschers K Moats/M Moats 8 GCH CH Seacrest’s I’M Not What You Think Newfoundlands J Taylor/D Nelson/D Nelson 9 GCH CH Gamegards I’Ll Have Another V Braeside RN Rottweilers H Eldred/G Bach/D Bach 10 GCH CH Sondaisa Fyre When Ready CD RN Akitas C Sullivan/J Ellis

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The Dog News Top Ten List contains Best In Shows, Reserve Best In Shows, Group Firsts and all Group Placements. THE DOG NEWS TOP TEN LIST is a monthly listing of the Top Ten Dogs All Breeds and the Top Ten Dogs in each Group. There is also a listing of the Top Ten Dogs in Each Breed. All of these statistics are based on All-Breed competition.

Sporting Group Hound Group 1 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome (M) 53561 Brittanys C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 2 GCH CH Telltale American Ride (M) 35963 Spaniels (English Springer) C Florence/D Strong/B Fink/R Novack/D Van Vorst/C Van Vorst 3 GCH CH Stargaze’R ‘N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’T Tell (M) 34412 Setters (English) D Coller/P Coller/E Hackett 4 GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey (M) 33968 Pointers (German Shorthaired) V Atkinson/A Manning/Y Hassler-Deterding 5 GCH CH Ashdown’s Time To Thrill (M) 31066 Spaniels (Cocker) Black C Douglas/J Beaudoin/B Van Deman/G White Jones 6 GCH CH Doc’s Greyborn North Star Of Acadia (F) 26464 Weimaraners R Sanborn/P Christopher 7 GCH CH Legacy Random Titleist (M) 23220 Spaniels (English Springer) R Mockoviak/S Mockoviak/K Fitzgerald 8 GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour (F) 20506 Setters (Irish) T Mcneal/R Mcneal/K Wall/J Fisher 9 GCH CH Wynmoor Sweetgrass White Diamonds (F) 19602 Spaniels (English Springer) E Kerfoot/B Kerfoot/A Smith/R Gatlin 10 GCH CH Cerise Blindside (M) 17862 Spaniels (English Springer) D Cherry

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1 GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless (F) Whippets D Butt/A Giles/B Call 2 GCH CH Torquay Midnight Victory (F) Beagles (over 13 in.) M Chagas/M Botelho/A Botelho/R Travis 3 GCH CH Baghdad Eleganza Extravaganza (F) Salukis L Ackerman 4 GCH CH Grandcru Giaconda CGC (F) Greyhounds M Steele/A Phelan/R Tomlin/R Gaudet 5 GCH CH Foxtail’s Race For The Chase (M) Beagles (over 13 in.) S Berndt-Smith/D Smith 6 GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process Of Law (M) Black and Tan Coonhounds G Rezendes/D Rezendes/J Stora 7 GCH CH Starlite’s Made Of The Best Stuff On Earth BN RN (M) Salukis T Turley-Kocab/M Kocab/S Middlebrooks 8 GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess (M) Bloodhounds S Carter/S Vancamp/H Helmer/Z Helmer 9 GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson (M) American Foxhounds E Charles/L Miller 10 GCH CH Raydachs Ride My Ducati Sw (M) Dachshunds (Wirehaired) S Ray

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GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie Skye Terriers V Malzoni/N Shaw/Cragsmoor Knl

(M) 60551

GCH CH Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot Scottish Terriers A Musser

(F) 44437

GCH CH Hampton Court’s Monte Cristo Fox Terriers (Wire) V Malzoni

(M) 31029

GCH CH Hampton Court Broxden What In Carnation Fox Terriers (Smooth) A Booth/P Booth/V Malzoni

(F) 21217

GCH CH Allaruth Carmel Still Kidding V Sole Baye Miniature Schnauzers Y Phelps/C Ewer/R Ziegler

(M) 16498

GCH CH Joval Sweet Time Airedale Terriers V Rickard/J Rickard/L Bryan

(F) 15624

1 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn (F) German Shepherd Dog D Stern/P Buckles/P Dukeman/P Mcelheney/K Boyles

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2 GCH CH Hitimes What The Inferno (M) Pomeranian B Bird 3 GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie (M) Skye Terrier V Malzoni/N Shaw/Cragsmoor Knl 4 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome (M) Brittany C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 5 GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power (M) Shih Tzu P Shaw/L Ehricht/D Ehricht

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GCH CH Teritails Loyal Knight Welsh Terriers T Lohmuller

(M) 15424

GCH CH Yanga’s All The Time Miniature Schnauzers R Martinez Rahme

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GCH CH Meadowlake Pants On Fire (F) 12720 Border Terriers K Fitzpatrick/D Tack/S Tack/K Richardson/K Courtelis GCH CH Invercrest Gotcha Girl Scottish Terriers D Eggert/J Eggert

Toy Group

1 GCH CH Hitimes What The Inferno Pomeranians B Bird 2 GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power Shih Tzu P Shaw/L Ehricht/D Ehricht 3 GCH CH Pequest General Tso Pekingese N Shapland/D Fitzpatrick 4 GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez) Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat) J Moses/J Moses/R Sanchez-Torres 5 GCH CH Hill Country’s Tag I’M It Pugs C Koch 6 GCH CH Fist Face A Penny For Your Thought Brussels Griffons L Pagacz/C Pagacz/K Catterson 7 GCH CH North Well Vivian Jp Rose Queen Poodles (Toy) T Sosnoff/M Sosnoff

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(M) 53115

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(M) 32717

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(F) 19388

Based on All-Breed Competition

6 GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless (F) Whippet D Butt/A Giles/B Call 7 GCH CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible (M) Boston Terrier J Sanchez/C Sanchez/S Saberton 8 GCH CH Pequest General Tso (M) Pekingese N Shapland/D Fitzpatrick 9 GCH CH Round Town Queen Of Hearts Of Maryscot (F) Scottish Terrier A Musser 10 GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak Of The Devil (F) Boxer J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum

52856

49955

49262

44437

38820

8 GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann Italian Greyhounds C Harris 9 GCH CH Involo Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Papillons M Mosing/D Garofalo/M Garofalo/G Garofalo 10 GCH CH Wingssong Singular Sensation Papillons P Jones/C Jones

(F) 16680

9 GCH CH Jcrv-Klasse Warrior Raising The Banner French Bulldogs N Shaw

(M) 13353

(M) 13673

10 GCH CH Qazara Ti Amo French Bulldogs D Burvee

(F) 11275

1 GCH CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible Boston Terriers J Sanchez/C Sanchez/S Saberton 2 GCH CH Skyline’s Unit Of Measure Keeshonden K Cullen/S Cullen/J Gauchat-Hargis/J Hargis 3 GCH CH Merry Go Round Coach Master Dalmatians P Ribeiro/S Carter/P Strand 4 GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe Chow Chows M Fan/K Pratna/L Loveless 5 GCH CH Gala Brighton Lakeridge Reflections Of Me Poodles (Standard) D Scott/R Scott 6 GCH CH Iacta Alea Est De La Bete French Bulldogs P Shaw/B Hamman/P Photos 7 GCH CH Wilson’s I’m Your Handyman Bulldogs J Serion 8 GCH CH Barberry’s Take A Chance On Me Bichons Frises E Charles/P Abbott/M Abbott/L Bettis

(M) 49955

Non-Sporting Group

(M) 13167

(M) 28394

(M) 22325

(M) 20873

(F) 20666

(F) 16783

(M) 15216

(M) 13801

Herding Group

1 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn (F) 133487 German Shepherd Dogs D Stern/P Buckles/P Dukeman/P Mcelheney/K Boyles 2 GCH CH Stonepillar’s Steel Blu (M) 20560 Bouviers des Flandres D Garrison/J Garrison/E Paquette 3 GCH CH Classical’s My Turn CGC (M) 18276 Bearded Collies W Marciante/J Kempster/B Sawka 4 GCH CH Wind Spirit Rod’s Amazing Grace (F) 16540 Australian Shepherds M Bertero/C Bertero 5 GCH CH De Joie Du Chateau Rocher CA (M) 15688 Beaucerons M Palmer 6 GCH CH Brocade Lil Deuce Coupe Barjen (M) 13035 Bouviers des Flandres S Brind/J Brind/Y Savard/R Waterman 7 GCH CH Thunderhill’s Apple Bottom Jeans (F) 12348 Shetland Sheepdogs M Miller/M Miller/A Power 8 GCH CH Kokopelli’s Sobe It (F) 11852 Australian Cattle Dogs J Rowland/H Warn/K Watkins/C Kurpas 9 GCH CH Coventry Just A Little Crush (F) 11477 Pembroke Welsh Corgis J Johnson/J Johnson/B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams 10 GCH CH Lambluv’s Sultry Sensation (M) 11348 Old English Sheepdogs J Marder/K Richardson Dog News 43 Continued on page 46

European World Challenge...

SECOND TIME AROUND Early December is an incredibly busy time for the international world of dogs with one particular canine hotspot being the Amsterdam Rai, home of the Amsterdam Winner Show and now the Eukanuba World Challenge. BY VINCE HOGAN Editor in Chief, WWW.OUR DOGS.CO.UK

T

imes have changed and the political landscape around the world is ever moving and so too the world of dogs. For a number of years when you mentioned the words December and Eukanuba, the two were synonymous with The Nationals and the newly created Eukanuba World Challenge (EWC) eight years ago. But, as we reported last year, the brand is now owned by two different companies in two very distinct parts of the world and so the bias of the competition tends to lean more towards Europe and also the emerging Far East in terms of entries. The Mars Corporation...for those who still do not know... well, they own the Americas side of things whilst a multinational called Spectrum Brands owns Eukanuba in Europe and the Far East (by and large). So it’s a little confusing with these changes especially when you factor in the budgets have also changed and it is no longer possible for Eukanuba to bear all the travelling costs of some of the contestants. It’s also strange not to see involvement from the USA when we were so used to the finals being staged there. Very simply, under the new ownership, the situation is this. The top winner from the USA can attend if they’d like, but at their own expense. Eukanuba (Europe) told me, “We invited last year’s AENC to compete but they declined”. Ed. Note: Whomever told you that last year’s AENC winner was invited was totally incorrect. No one on team “Charlie” received any invitation!! Additionally we are told that neither of the other two eligible dogs the Westminster winner nor the Number One dog all breeds the PWD winner received invites either.!! Not unnaturally, European countries owned by Spectrum brands will have their expenses covered. The FCI invites other countries but expenses are not covered. So whether you like it or not, agree with it or not, that’s it! In fairness, the event has moved on and the staging

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From France this year’s winner in Amsterdam was the American Cocker Spaniel,Very Vigie I Don’t Know,American Cocker Spaniel owned by Mathilde Leonard-Nolle, handled by Hugues Schuh, bred by Laurent Pichard from Switzerland. The presentation party was from left to right, Gerard Jipping President of the Dutch Kennel Club, the Judge Rafael de Santiago from Puerto Rico, Matthias Schiller Managing Director Europe Spectrum Brands, Vince Hogan Managing Director of OUR DOGS the International Media Partner, with Jose Luis Ibanez Eukanuba Europe (Breeder) and Show Chairman (EWC). for the Challenge has improved no end. So Amsterdam really did rise to that challenge! Saturday night saw a spectacular finale to a year of qualifying for this very popular event which saw 31 dogs from all around the globe (including Australia and New Zealand and the Far East) compete for the ultimate prize of 7,500 Euros and the title of winner of the Eukanuba World Challenge. Continued on page 96

140th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Entries There are 199 breeds and varieties eligible for this year’s show: Labrador Retrievers, the most-registered AKC breed every year since 1991, lead the way with 51 entries, followed closely by Golden Retrievers (50), French Bulldogs (48), Australian Shepherds (42) and a tie for 5th place between Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and Siberian Huskies (39). Combining their three varieties, Dachshunds have 63 entries and Poodles 35. Sporting Breeds (476): Brittanys 13, Lagotti Romagnoli 9, Pointers 22, Pointers (German Shorthaired) 34, Pointers (German Wirehaired) 7, Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 17, Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 5, Retrievers (Flat-Coated) 22, Retrievers (Golden) 50, Retrievers (Labrador) 51, Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 15, Setters (English) 29, Setters (Gordon) 10, Setters (Irish) 18, Setters (Irish Red & White) 7, Spaniels (American Water) 1, Spaniels (Boykin) 5, Spaniels (Clumber) 7, Spaniels (Cocker) ASCOB 6, Spaniels (Cocker) Black 11, Spaniels (Cocker) PartiColor 8, Spaniels (English Cocker) 15, Spaniels (English Springer) 27, Spaniels (Field) 10, Spaniels (Irish Water) 5, Spaniels (Sussex) 4, Spaniels (Welsh Springer) 8, Spinoni Italiani 11, Vizslas 28, Weimaraners 12, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 5, Wirehaired Vizslas 4. Hound Breeds (390): Afghan Hounds 25, American English Coonhounds 2, American Foxhounds 3, Basenjis 13, Basset Hounds 12, Beagles (13”) 11, Beagles (15”) 21, Black and Tan Coonhounds 8, Bloodhounds 9, Bluetick Coonhounds 4, Borzois 18, Cirnechi dell’Etna 10, Dachshunds (Longhaired) 14, Dachshunds (Smooth) 21, Dachshunds (Wirehaired) 28, English Foxhounds 2, Greyhounds 14, Harriers 1, Ibizan Hounds 8, Irish Wolfhounds 9, Norwegian Elkhounds 11, Otterhounds 6, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeens 16, Pharaoh Hounds 16, Plotts 4, Portuguese Podengo Pequenos 14, Redbone Coonhounds 6, Rhodesian Ridgebacks 38, Salukis 7, Scottish Deerhounds 5, Treeing Walker Coonhounds 4, Whippets 30. Working Breeds (448): Akitas 12, Alaskan Malamutes 8, Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 1, Bernese Mountain Dogs 27, Black Russian Terriers 15, Boerboels 11, Boxers 19, Bullmastiffs 19, Cane Corsos 15, Chinooks 0, Doberman Pinschers 28, Dogues de Bordeaux 18, German Pinschers 5, Giant Schnauzers 14, Great Danes 28, Great Pyrenees 15, Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs 13, Komondorok 2, Kuvaszok 4, Leonbergers 20, Mastiffs 17, Neapolitan Mastiffs 1, Newfoundlands 13, Portuguese Water Dogs 21, Rottweilers 28, St. Bernards 6, Samoyeds 25, Siberian Huskies 39, Standard Schnauzers 14, Tibetan Mastiffs 10. Terrier Breeds (319): Airedale Terriers 19, American Staffordshire Terriers 7, Australian Terriers 11, Bedlington Terriers 16, Border Terriers 18, Bull Terriers (Colored) 2, Bull Terriers (White) 3, Cairn Terriers 12, Cesky Terriers 10, Dandie Dinmont Terriers 3, Fox Terriers (Smooth) 11, Fox Terriers (Wire) 11, Glen of Imaal Terriers 9, Irish Terriers 2, Kerry Blue Terriers 16, Lakeland Terriers 11, Manchester Terriers (Standard) 6, Miniature Bull Terriers 10, Miniature Schnauzers 11, Norfolk Terriers 9, Norwich Terriers 14, Parson Russell Terriers 5, Rat Terriers 7, Russell Terriers 19, Scottish Terriers 10, Sealyham Terriers 2, Skye Terriers 5, Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 18, Staffordshire Bull Terriers 16, Welsh Terriers 9, West Highland White Terriers 17.

Toy Breeds (345): Affenpinschers 6, Brussels Griffons 8, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 39, Chihuahuas (Long Coat) 17, Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat) 17, Chinese Cresteds 22, English Toy Spaniels (Blenheim & Prince Charles) 6, English Toy Spaniels (King Charles & Ruby) 6, Havanese 24, Italian Greyhounds 14, Japanese Chin 6, Maltese 18, Manchester Terriers (Toy) 6, Miniature Pinschers 10, Papillons 16, Pekingese 9, Pomeranians 17, Poodles (Toy) 7, Pugs 31, Shih Tzu 14, Silky Terriers 9, Toy Fox Terriers 11, Yorkshire Terriers 32. Non-Sporting Breeds (281): American Eskimo Dogs 7, Bichon Frises 14, Boston Terriers 27, Bulldogs 15, Chinese Shar-Pei 8, Chow Chows 5, Cotons de Tulear 9, Dalmatians 24, Finnish Spitz 2, French Bulldogs 48, Keeshonden 15, Lhasa Apsos 13, Lowchen 5, Norwegian Lundehunds 0, Poodles (Miniature) 11, Poodles (Standard) 17, Schipperkes 13, Shiba Inu 14, Tibetan Spaniels 12, Tibetan Terriers 15, Xoloitzcuintli 7. Herding Breeds (369): Australian Cattle Dogs 11, Australian Shepherds 42, Bearded Collies 15, Beaucerons 7, Belgian Malinois 16, Belgian Sheepdogs 14, Belgian Tervuren 13, Bergamascos 8, Berger Picards 20, Border Collies 17, Bouviers des Flandres 11, Briards 14, Canaan Dogs 6, Cardigan Welsh Corgis 16, Collies (Rough) 12, Collies (Smooth) 16, Entlebucher Mountain Dogs 5, Finnish Lapphunds 5, German Shepherd Dogs 11, Icelandic Sheepdogs 9, Miniature American Shepherds 14, Norwegian Buhunds 4, Old English Sheepdogs 17,PHOTO BY Jack Grassa Pembroke Welsh Corgis 18, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 12, Pulik 2, Pyrenean Shepherds 9, Shetland Sheepdogs 13, Spanish Water Dogs 10, Swedish Vallhunds 2. Entries by State: Alaska 3, Alabama 16, Arkansas 5, Arizona 24, California 219, Colorado 37, Connecticut 116, Delaware 13, Florida 118, Georgia 54, Hawaii 11, Idaho 9, Illinois 65, Indiana 41, Iowa 9, Kansas 9, Kentucky 26, Louisiana 24, Maine 7, Maryland 79, Massachusetts 102, Michigan 82, Minnesota 40, Mississippi 6, Missouri 28, Montana 3, Nebraska 9, Nevada 11, New Hampshire 23, New Jersey 190, New Mexico 8, New York 270, North Carolina 80, North PHOTO BY Jack Grassa Dakota 1, Ohio 118, Oklahoma 36, Oregon 15, Pennsylvania 203, Rhode Island 14, South Carolina 48, South Dakota 4, Tennessee 31, Texas 113, Utah 7, Vermont 13, Virginia 113, Washington 66, West Virginia 8, Wisconsin 40, Wyoming 4. Others: District of Columbia 3, Puerto Rico 1, Argentina 1, Canada 113, Brazil 1, France 1, Germany 4, Italy 1, Japan 3, Malaysia 1, Mexico 3, Norway 3, Slovenia 1, Thailand 1. Junior Showmanship: 91

3rd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster Entries: There are 330 dogs entered representing 28 states with the largest numbers coming from New Jersey (81), New York (75) and Connecticut (31). The biggest entries are Border Collies (49), Shetland Sheepdogs (29), All American Dogs (26), Papillons (19) and in 5th a tie between Golden Retrievers (17) and the combined Poodle varieties (17). AGILITY Entries by BREED: Alaskan Malamutes 2, All American Dogs 26: American Staffordshire Terriers 4, Australian Shepherds 14, Basenjis 1, Beagles 2, Bearded Collies 4, Beaucerons 1, Belgian Malinois 2, Belgian Tervuren 1, Berger Picards 1, Bichon Frises 3, Border Collies 49, Boston Terriers 1, Boxers 4, Briards 1, Brittanys 1, Brussels Griffons 1, Bull Terriers 1, Cardigan Welsh Corgis 1, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 9, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers 1, Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat) 1, Chinese Cresteds 3, Cocker Spaniels 9, Cotons de Tulear 1, Dachshunds 1, Dalmatians 2, Doberman Pinschers 2, English Springer Spaniels 4, Field Spaniels 1, German Shepherd Dogs 3, German Wirehaired Pointers 1, Giant Schnauzers 1, Glen of Imaal Terriers 1, Golden Retrievers 17, Icelandic Sheepdogs 1, Irish Red & White Setters 2, Irish Setters 2, Labrador Retrievers 14, Lagotti Romagnoli 1, Lowchens 1, Miniature American Shepherds 4, Miniature Schnauzers 4, Nederlandse Kooikerhondje 1, Norfolk Terriers 1, Norwegian Elkhounds 1, Norwich Terriers 2, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers 3, Papillons 19, Parson Russell Terriers 3, Pembroke Welsh Corgis 10, Pointers 1, Pomeranians 4, Poodles (Miniature) 5, Poodles (Standard) 8, Poodles (Toy) 4, Portuguese Water Dogs 6, Pugs 1, Rat Terriers 2, Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 1, Rhodesian Ridgebacks 1, Rottweilers 5, Russell Terriers 1, Schipperkes 1, Scottish Terriers 1, Shetland Sheepdogs 29, Shiba Inu 1, Siberian Huskies 1, Sussex Spaniels 1, Toy Fox Terriers 1, Vizslas 2, Weimaraners 1, Welsh Springer Spaniels 1, Welsh Terriers 1, West Highland White Terriers 2, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 1, Yorkshire Terriers 2. Agility Entries by State: Arizona 4, California 18, Colorado 1, Connecticut 31, Delaware 4, Florida 2, Georgia 1, Illinois 6, Indiana 1, Kansas 1, Louisiana 2, Massachusetts 20, Maryland 6, Michigan 2, North Carolina 4, New Hampshire 11, New Jersey 81, New Mexico 2, New York 75, Ohio 12, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina 1, Tennessee 2, Texas 3, Virginia 9, Vermont 2, Washington 1. AGILITY Judges: Ms. Kitty Bradley of Boulder, CO and Mr. Nalle Jannson, Röke, Sweden. Inaugural Masters Obedience Championship at Westminster Entries: There are 34 dogs from 17 states led by New Jersey and Ohio with 5 each. Golden Retrievers have the largest entry with 13. Obedience Entries by Breed (34): Belgian Tervuren 2, Border Collies 4, Doberman Pinschers 1, German Shepherd Dogs 2, German Shorthaired Pointers 1, Golden Retrievers 13, Labrador Retrievers 4, Papillons 1, Pomeranians 1, Poodles (Toy) 1, Rottweilers 1, Shetland Sheepdogs 2, Standard Schnauzers 1.

Best In Show Judge: Dr. Richard Meen of Toronto, Canada. Group Judges: Ms. Bonnie Threlfall of Cary, NC, Sporting; Ms. Virginia Lyne of Saanichton, B.C., Canada, Hound; Mr. Norman Kenney of Crossroads, TX, Working; Mr. Geir Flyckt-Pedersen of Pinehurst, NC, Terrier; Mr. Jason Hoke of Madison, WI, Toy; Mr. Luc Boileau of Lake Geneva, WI, Non-Sporting; and Ms. Dorothy Collier of Sapphire, NC, Herding.

Obedience Entries by State: California 2, Connecticut 1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Illinois 2, Louisiana 1, Maryland 4, Michigan 2, North Dakota 1, New Jersey 5, New York 3, Ohio 5, Pennsylvania 1, South Carolina 2, Tennessee 1, Wisconsin 1, Washington 1.

Junior Showmanship Finals Judge: Dr. Wyatt Delfino of New York, NY.

All entry counts are subject to final audit.

Obedience Judge: Ms. Sharon Ann Redmer of Whitmore Lake, MI.

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The Dog News Top Ten List Presents

The Top Ten Dogs The Dog News Top Ten List is

comprised of Best In Shows.Reserve

Sporting Group Brittanys 1 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 2 GCH CH Sanbar’s Ride The Winds C West/R West/P West/W Pepin 3 GCH CH Dream Hi’s Don’T Hate The Player Hate The T Rickard/L Rickard 4 GCH CH Triumphant’s As Good As It Gets JH L Mccartney-Roy/K Mccartney 5 GCH CH Brigadier’s Lightning Strikes Twice M Lee/J Lee 6 GCH CH Rivermist Broxden Make Mynah Double JH A Godfroid/A Booth/E Edgerton 7 GCH CH MACH Brookewood’s Just Too Hot UD RE E Drazek/C Miller 8 GCH CH Triumphant’s Chances Are K Mccartney 9 GCH CH Millette’s Sweet Memories BN JH AX AXJ W Archinal 10 GCH CH Sovereign’s Chasing Legends D Droel/J Droel/J Carlson

(M)

GCH CH Hipoint Here Comes The Sun L Cayton/F Depaulo GCH CH Chesterhope Never Ask Why For Daykeyne T Buckley/C O’Neill GCH CH Seasyde Holly Golightly H Medeiros/J Douthit/J Kempster GCH CH Oncore Mykyna Heisman Run P Haines/T Haines/P Davis GCH CH Penpoint In Dress Blues L Stagg/S Ward/J Medlin GCH CH Yakityak’s Reindeer Games R Ace/K Ace/H Medeiros GCH CH Chesterhope Honour N Glory J Mosing/A Abajoromo GCH CH Solivia’s Dexterity At Skyhi J Krohn/M Krohn/S Thompson/K Brown CH Valcopy Wynot Rich N’ Rare D Plonkey/R Davis GCH CH Edgehill’s Hot Toddy L Wittenberg/T Wittenberg/M Lane

GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey V Atkinson/A Manning/Y Hassler-Deterding GCH CH Ehrenvogel Achy Breaky Heart C Swensson/M Lara GCH CH Crk On The Double M Farone/W Farone GCH CH Shannon’s Celebration At Springrun T Depietro/C Trost/T Feneis/L Handschumaker/P Crowley GCH CH Kempfers Follow Me JH K Fulk GCH CH Relentless Country Wind Tornado JH K Neuwirth GCH CH Legacyk Breakfast At Tiffany’S N Koutstaal GCH CH Kan-Point’s Makin’ The Chase R Stanley/R Stanley/L Coonrod GCH CH The Dutchess Vom Deppe-Haus JH DS M Feinberg/M Feinberg/J Deppen GCH CH Silverlakes Taittinger Millesime B Mcneill/G Mcneill

6

5

53561

1

12

18

12

1

9906

3

9

10

6

12

6876

(M)

0

1

6

7

6

7

4763

(F)

0

0

1

7

5

9

3513

(M)

0

0

0

4

7

11

2659

(M)

0

1

1

1

2

2

1688

(M) 0 0 1 1 3 1 928 (F) (M)

0 0

0 0

0 0

3 2

0 3

0 0

738 698

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

310

(M)

0

0

2

1

0

1

281

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

245

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

222

(M) 0 0 0 0 2 0 161 (F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 101 (M) 0 0 0 0 1 0 80

(F) (M) (F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 4

0 1

1

2 1

14

11 4

10

21 5

12 7 9

4

9 5

10742 6720 4542

(M)

0

1

3

2

4

2

2092

(M)

0

0

1

3

5

4

1119

(F)

0

0

0

2

2

1

991

(M)

0

0

2

5

6

3

934

(M) (M) (F)

(M) (M) (M)

0 0 1

0 0 0

0 0 2

3 2 0

2 0 0

1 1 0

775 660 615

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 10 2 2

8

1 2

35

17 11

13

25 11

14

26 7

10

16 7

33968

10303 5864

(F)

0

1

5

8

9

6

3960

(F)

0

0

1

4

3

2

1222

(M)

0

0

0

3

3

4

899

(F) (F) (F) (M)

1 GCH CH Harvest Meadow’s Money To Burn J Bish/M Bish 2 GCH CH Weidenhugel Luca V Sep JH F Ely/P Ely 3 GCH CH Mt. View’s Ripsnortersilvercharm V Malzoni 4 GCH CH Neudorf’s Cool Hand Luke Afterhours F Newwirth/C Whitmore 5 GCH CH Hh Lookout Celtic Field Of Vision JH J Boyd/M Boyd/J Witt/E Shupp 6 GCH CH Windmill Wireworks Chance Of Rain B Watkins/A Kostishak 7 GCH CH Ripsnorter Reigning At Thunder Myst S Bernock/L George/B Bernock 8 GCH CH Highfield Heywire Reece Best Of The Best At D Donohue/B Green/A Johnson 9 CH Lookout’s Eye’Ma Carbon Copy T Marshall/H Witt/J Witt 10 Jed’s Autumn Storm M Tilly/C Tilly

(M)

1 2 3 4

(F)

(M) (M)

0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0

0 1 3 1

0 1 0 4

2 0 2 3

2 1 1 2

776 705 642 589

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

1 0

0

0 0

1

2 0

6

5 0

5

4 0

7

2 1

2828

2307 600

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

2

415

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

2

394

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

0

346

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

260

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

224

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

1

159

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 131

Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay)

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21

3

Pointers (German Wirehaired)

GCH CH Shiloah’s Harvard Girl One Smart Spicy T Coene/S Grasso GCH CH Albridens The Show Must Go On D Baker GCH CH Snowy River’s Black Diamond C Shea GCH CH Monarchs Zero Cool T Dennis/D Glasser/C Dennis

109

2

Pointers (German Shorthaired) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

18

(M)

Pointers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

35

(M)

Lagotti Romagnoli 1 CH Gladiator Dei Boschi D’Oro S Lopez 2 GCH CH Pinon Massaggero Di Pinon CM A Shaffer/R Morehouse 3 GCH CH Angelus Mei Cael CM4 CGC A Shaffer 4 CH Rozebottel’s Big Mack At Grandcru M Steele/R Gaudet CH Febo 5 L Campbell Dolce Vita Pienza CGC 6 C Stenner 7 EROS DEL FIUME (Foreign Dog - Registration Pending.)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

2

6

11

12

3193

(M)

0

2

3

2

3

1

2047

(M)

0

1

2

1

3

2

2026

(M)

0

0

0

2

5

6

1407

FINAL 2015 STATISTICS Based on All-Breed Competition

Best In Shows, Group Firsts & Group Placements

5 GCH CH Cal-I-Co Hope On The Rocks J Colvin 6 GCH CH Redlion’s Brutus Of Bloodsworth SH R Schauber 7 GCH CH Chesabar’s Mr. Doots Mason RA W Matthias/J Matthias/B Matthias 8 GCH CH Poisett’s Doctor Mallard P Henshaw/A Henshaw GCH CH Quailridge’s Against The Wind 9 D Cuevas 10 GCH CH Chesabar’s Veruca Salt JH R Mcewan

(F)

0

0

0

3

5

5

1386

(M)

0

0

2

0

0

0

578

(M)

0

1

1

0

0

0

419

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

319

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GCH CH Sun Devil Ive Gotta Feeling For CudyNCae A Eales/J Kofron/G Kofron GCH CH Riverwatch Grand Illusion M Meek/G Meek GCH CH Amberlea’s Faultline Rattle CD BN RE CGCA W Reed GCH CH Kurlykreekhudson’s Mahem M Shifflett/S Shifflett GCH CH Clarion’s Blackberry Bramble J Gentry/P Gentry GCH CH Kurly Kreek Rose Of The Wild Bunch At M Mcgroarty/M Shifflett/S Shifflett GCH CH Skywatcher’s Busy Bein’ Fabulous JH C Buchanan/E Buchanan GCH CH Cottage Toll Newcastle Upon Tyne CD BN P Stearns/M Stearns/P Sleeth

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music JH R Rickert/S Rickert/L Selof/M Bettis GCH CH Windy Hill God Of Fire RN JH CGC K Johnson/C Johnson/R Rickert/S Rickert GCH CH Blazin’s Karibbean Black Sparrow C Wildeman/T Stewart CH Artic Sun’s Hot Pursuit L Mihm-Kunz GCH CH Shasta’s Western Samurai L Dunn/D Kerschner GCH CH Gamekeepers Prince Charming RN JH M White/M White GCH CH Stormwatch Enclave Genesis H Hector/M Hector GCH CH Kippenhill Home Is Where The Heart Is R Aronoff/K Aronoff GCH CH Flatford Ruffles And Flourishes MH M Farwell/M Farwell/K Welke/T Farwell GCH CH Windy Hill God Of War M Fertitta/R Rickert

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Sandpiper’s Let Freedom Ring T Tsumura/T Schultz GCH CH Rush Hill’s Drama’Geddon JH T Struble/M Struble/C Meddaugh GCH CH Summits The Vanilla Sky R Lee/B Johnson GCH CH Forever’s All Jacked Up CGC J Hoffmann/C Nee GCH CH Avalors Big Kahuna L Reuter GCH CH Easthill Broxden Woodland Lettuce Entertain C Collins/L Fernandes/J Supple/J Ovalle/A Booth GCH CH Emery’s White Out P Sherry/R Sherry/B Bischoff GCH CH Nautilus Keystone J Mackinnon GCH CH Rioosobroxden Wrestle With The Figures Of J Ovalle/L Fernandes GCH CH Alliebeckscion Love On The Rocks D Senterfitt/G Weisbart

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Everso’s Toein’ The Line JH M Mossman/S Perrine GCH CH Everso’s Elephants & Flowers JH S Perrine/J Acker GCH CH Chambrays Tucker Everlasting CGC G Etzig/M Etzig GCH CH Barra’s Saturday Knight Special CGC L Halterman GCH CH Hiview’s Blue Moon D Black GCH CH Glacieridge Tabatha’s Granite M Henricks/B Skow GCH CH Everso’s Who’s Pimpin Who J Acker/S Perrine GCH CH Zinfndel’s Spanish Oak J Saldana/G Saldana GCH CH Double Dutch Raised On Rock ‘N Roll E Crisafulli/R Hilgendorf GCH CH Bellwether Paradocs Valley Vista T Barks/K Helmers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Javahill Surf2 An 8 Second Ride BN RN K Schultze/L Fitzmaurice/A Pasko GCH CH Water’s Edge Mr Majestyk BN RN NA OAJ D Rode GCH CH Star Crowned Javahill 2sexy4my Genes RN L Fitzmaurice/K Webb/V Anderson/L Smith/W Gearhart/M GCH CH Lennoxlove Susqudilla’s Mini Cooper CD RA R Haskin/P Campanella/M Waterstraat/J Hamilton CH Katyra Because Avatar Said So K Adorjan/S Einck-Paul/J Baylis GCH CH Seastar Dtails’ On Course CGC D Bennett GCH CH Quill’s Cradle Of Wilderness CD RA JH R Harrold/W Shumway GCH CH Redstarr’s Texan Storm Brings Sunny Skyes J Westhoff-Knight GCH CH Water’s Edge Duck, Duck, Goose M Ward/C Leary/D Rode/D Ward GCH CH Aqueus Walks On Water OA OAJ AXP AJP W Johansen/D Bannasch

(M) 0 0 0 2 1 0 279 (F)

Retrievers (Curly-Coated)

0

0

0

0

1

2

266

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

1

4

8

3

10

4278

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

1

556

(M)

0

0

0

0

3

1

549

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

1

532

(M)

0

0

0

0

3

2

273

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

2

252

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

82

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

73

Retrievers (Flat-Coated)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

2

6

16

7

7

8029

(M)

7

3

19

10

6

4

6152

(M)

0

1

2

4

2

0

2171

(M)

3

2

6

1

1

1

2092

(M)

0

0

3

3

5

5

1604

(M)

0

0

2

4

4

6

1374

(F)

0

0

3

3

1

2

1289

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

0

417

(M)

0

0

0

1

3

0

369

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

3

294

Retrievers (Golden)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

5

28

24

14

9

17772

(M)

2

4

18

10

5

2

8880

(M)

3

2

10

8

14

8

7750

(M)

3

1

9

4

6

1

4642

(M)

1

1

8

5

4

1

4139

(M)

0

1

4

5

3

7

3668

(M)

0

2

11

6

4

8

3144

(M)

1

0

4

6

5

2

2926

(M)

0

0

5

4

8

6

2923

(F)

0

1

2

6

5

1

1999

Retrievers (Labrador)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

3

1

4

2

2179

(F)

0

0

1

2

1

2

1340

(M)

0

0

4

0

4

3

1256

(M)

0

0

0

3

5

5

1087

(M)

0

0

0

3

5

1

1062

(M)

0

0

2

3

4

2

968

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

2

953

(M)

0

1

1

1

0

0

843

(M)

0

1

1

7

2

1

729

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

2

699

Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

5

7

3

9

3368

(M)

0

0

2

7

9

5

2630

(M)

0

0

1

6

8

11

2475

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

6

671

(F)

0

0

0

2

0

1

446

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

364

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

308

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

290

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

3

263

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

216

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Stargaze’R ‘N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’T D Coller/P Coller/E Hackett GCH CH Indian Bend Kelyric Heart And Soul S Mccue/J Mccue/M Mccue/S De Fonte GCH CH Esthete Topsails Vjk London BN RN OA OAJ J Warren/J Necker/L Matter GCH CH Country Squire Cotillion S Jordan/D Jordan/D Jauron GCH CH Set’R Ridge’s National Pride N Glory P Miller/A Miller GCH CH Weymouths En Fuego P Disiena/G Godley/S Nordstrom GCH CH Linwood Resolute’s New Beginning RN CGC R Lloyd/W Lloyd GCH CH Esquire Fourwinds Travel’N Man S Rundle/A Quigley GCH CH Set’R Ridge’s Legend Of Sleepy Hollow L Mowery GCH CH Birdhaven Mood Indigo J Harmon/M Ptacek

(M)

16

9

62

30

26

7

34412

(F)

0

2

7

10

8

6

5386

(M)

2

0

2

6

5

2

2793

(F)

0

1

1

5

5

2

2788

(M)

0

0

5

5

6

4

2630

(M)

2

1

4

2

4

0

2628

(M)

0

1

2

0

1

1

1915

(M)

0

0

6

6

2

3

1691

(F)

0

1

4

3

1

2

934

(M)

0

0

1

5

2

1

883

Setters (Gordon) 1 GCH CH Skara Braes I Was Worth The Wait S Grober 2 GCH CH Saranac Toblerone E Fisher/W Fisher 3 GCH CH Blazen Spellbound’s Wonder Woman C Gold GCH CH Amberlove’s Are We A Pair? JH 4 C Kushell 5 GCH CH Timbaray N’ Sastya’s Outlaw CD JH CGC P Boldt/M Leonard/B Meining 6 GCH CH Mcq Time To Crank It Up C Cazier/D Cazier/R Quaco 7 GCH CH Brynbar Tamarack Sonic Boom JH D Brnger/M Brnger/E Shanahan 8 GCH CH Sastya Bit O’ Gold Babybel M Leonard 9 GCH CH Black Anvil Rampant Lion K Davidson-Christman 10 GCH CH Wildwood’s Affirmed B Bjerkestrand/B Bjerkestrand

(M)

1 2 3

(M)

6

24

12

10

4

13196

0

1

9

11

8

3

4216

(M)

0

1

4

7

1

2

1960

(M)

0

0

3

3

2

3

1562

(M)

0

0

1

3

2

0

980

(M)

0

0

1

2

2

3

893

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

3

483

(M)

0

0

0

2

0

1

414

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

367

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

2

1

1

3

445

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

232

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

5

206

1 GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour T Mcneal/R Mcneal/K Wall/J Fisher 2 GCH CH Vermilion’s Sea Breeze M Foote/B Foote/S Nordstrom 3 GCH CH Tramore Notorious S Hassler/L Hassler 4 GCH CH Kellyglen’s Twilight Affair M Title/C Mckenzie/S Walker/P Kudla 5 GCH CH Stoneypoint’s Time To Reign J Mcclure/D Demorest/J Arch/R Arch 6 GCH CH Evergreen Good Intentions M Merlo 7 GCH CH Windrose Dressed To Kill C Horner/C Pearen/L Van Borssum 8 GCH CH Lucky Morn Firecracker J Ziech 9 GCH CH Courtwood Whirly Girl M Annandale 10 GCH CH Darnelle’s Pennies From Heaven M Higby/S Schafer

(F)

1 2 3 4 5

(M)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 11

7

35

13

7

3

20506

5

2

18

17

10

4

13759

(M) 1 3 20 23 14 12 10480 (F)

1

1

11

18

11

2

6710

(F)

0

2

13

8

9

4

5986

(M)

1

3

10

5

3

3

5175

(M)

0

0

3

4

5

3

2057

(F)

0

0

0

3

1

2

1224

(F)

0

0

2

3

3

4

1211

(F)

0

0

1

0

1

0

1042

Spaniels (American Water)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

5

8

16

17

5282

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

259

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

1

257

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

1

166

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

150

Spaniels (Boykin) 1 GCH CH Larley’s Nothing But the Truth P Stevens Knudsen/J Sexton 2 GCH CH Top Gun Lone Wolf R Baebler/J De Angelo 3 GCH CH Texas Trace Hunter JH G Copeland/M Copeland CH Saint Thomas Justanislandboy 4 P Kadlec/S Reel

(M)

1 GCH CH Clussexx Over The Legal Limit J Sanchez/C Sanchez 2 GCH CH Clussexx Man Of Steel J Haverick/D Johnson/J Hubbard 3 GCH CH Nexus Roundhay Cmdr Adam Dalgliesh B Hoyle/K Hoyle 4 GCH CH Clussexx King Of Hearts C Dorris 5 GCH CH Chiffon Pistol Annies D Wahman/G Wahman CH Clussexx Atlas Primordial Titan 6 W Mellon/S Macquiddy 7 GCH CH Nautica’s Foolish Pleasure P Mccune 8 GCH CH Big Boom’s Limited Bugs Bunny CGC M Dellinger/C Jaynes/L Levai 9 GCH CH Nexus Summer Shower P Scholey/C Scholey/J Fankhauser 10 GCH CH Clumon Ragin Cajun At Breakaway J Scott/D Starr/R Moss

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

2

4

8

1286

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

170

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

169

(M) 0 0 0 0 1 0 118

Spaniels (Clumber)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 2

2

18

17

15

15

12302

(M)

2

2

13

14

13

10

8294

(M)

0

0

1

3

3

7

1612

(M)

0

0

0

0

9

3

1125

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

5

581

(M) 0 0 1 1 0 1 427 (F)

0

0

0

1

0

2

330

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

277

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

220

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

203

Spaniels (Cocker) ASCOB GCH CH Blondheim’s Easy Matters S Blondheim/B Blondheim GCH CH Be-Fit’s N Arikara Too Hot To Touch C Thompson/P Nazarko/D Christian GCH CH Silverhall Strike Force R Beinhauer GCH CH Mardi Gras La Dolce Vita R Logrie GCH CH Sunhaven American Ride BN RN CGC S Chan/J Rowlett/A Lawrence/S Lawrence/C Omatsu GCH CH Krismyth Sterling Silver K Ahlquist GCH CH Beachstone’s All American Girl P Grutzner/M Adkins GCH CH Trinity’s Tucked Under His Wing S Gray/S Dobmeier

3

(F)

Setters (Irish)

GCH CH Carolina’s Running With The Hare BN RN L Mccracken GCH CH Beavercreek’s Secret Celebration RN RATO L Mcgrath/L Thorsness/H Pemble GCH CH Waterway Pistol Packin’ Dixie Pixie SH CGC J Rose/S Rose/L Hattrem CH Kei-Rin’s Bandida De Offshore K Hayes/P Kozak/K Hayes/K Kozak CH Kei-Rin’s Wile E. Coyote P Kozak/K Kozak

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M) 0 1 6 9 8 8 4223

Setters (Irish Red and White) GCH CH Aramis Farms High Road To Killary D Peterson/J Zawikowski GCH CH Tullamore Toffi JH A Jones GCH CH Laurel Oak Santana Heart Of Red Rocks JH A Lonardi/S Lonardi

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

2

10

9

3

9

5811

(F)

0

2

3

6

5

8

2492

(M)

1

0

2

0

1

1

1741

(M)

0

0

0

3

1

3

790

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

3

391

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

322

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

307

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

283

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents The Top Ten Dogs YEAR END STATISTICS FOR 2015

Setters (English)

9 10

CH Vista & Dirtypaws Turn Back Time W Barbano CH Silverhall Silverado W Pike/B Pike

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Ashdown’s Time To Thrill C Douglas/J Beaudoin/B Van Deman/G White Jones GCH CH Beachstone’s Blacklist K Osper/J Legath/R Cardoso Da Silva/P Rambo GCH CH Mar-K’s Sunrise At Midnight J Hanlin/M Ragusa/M Ness GCH CH Be-Fit’s Grand Lover Boy D Christian/C Thompson GCH CH Toybox Little Bunny Foo Foo D Paull GCH CH Mar-K’s Black Diamond R Paz/D Paz/M Ragusa/M Ness GCH CH Pbj’s Black Superlative B Pruitt/M Pruitt GCH CH Mar-K’s Prologue K Blouso/R Gray/M Ness GCH CH Bib ‘N’ Tux Diamonds Are Forever B Warren GCH CH Mar-K’s Hot N Spicey M Ragusa/M Ness/J Curry

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

(M)

0

0

0

0

31

235

Spaniels (Cocker) Black

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 13

10

70

41

12

10

31066

(M)

3

2

11

5

5

11

7063

(M)

0

2

6

1

6

5

3721

(M)

0

0

1

8

5

2

1814

(F)

0

1

3

2

3

3

1479

(F)

0

0

2

2

4

4

1189

(M)

0

0

0

2

3

1

823

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

2

814

(F)

0

0

1

2

2

5

672

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

1

481

Spaniels (Cocker) Parti 1 GCH CH Lomapoint Dangerous Intentions K Olsen/L Tarantino/J Bjelland/T Pittman 2 GCH CH Riverwood N Dal-Mar Dream In Color D Close/J Downing 3 GCH CH My-Ida-Ho N Jems Captain E Ross/S Gerling 4 GCH CH Galaksi This Is Me M Kristensen 5 GCH CH Lomapoint Mythology J Bjelland/L Tarantino 6 GCH CH Pbj’s N San Jo’s Born To Rule B Pruitt/S Bell/M Pruitt 7 GCH CH Tri-Pod’s Sweet Symphony D Podratz 8 CH Bow-K’s Fashionista L Bowers 9 GCH CH Royalty Inc Beat It J Brickett 10 GCH CH Julre Mystic Rodeo J Turner-Hayes

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

1

1

0

8

1076

(F)

0

0

0

3

7

5

997

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

0

752

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

1

561

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

1

316

(F)

0

0

0

4

1

0

266

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

3

213

(F) 0 0 0 0 1 1 188 (M)

0

0

0

0

0

3

168

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

108

Spaniels (English Cocker) GCH CH Foxwoods Rock Of Cashel D Mauterer/K Lyons GCH CH Dawnglow Knight Rider E Neff/S Laflamme GCH CH Winfree’s Tearin’ Up The Town J Holmberg/L Ross/J Johnson GCH CH Golden Gait’s Dance To The Groove D Owczarzak GCH CH Edgewood Devilish Design S Loritz/B Threlfall GCH CH Foxwoods Midnight Romance N Pearson/D Mauterer/K Lyons GCH CH Winfree It’s Raining Men L Ross GCH CH St. Rock’s Latin Lover S Knowlton/M Knowlton GCH CH Jolyn N Indigo’s Rions Flag E Matuk/L Dobbins/C Bono/C Schlecht GCH CH Sapphyre’s Justaswingin Soul Sister A Calabrese/T Langley

248

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 3

1

13

16

21

15

10976

(M)

1

1

5

2

2

2

4153

(F)

0

0

2

1

4

10

2685

(F)

0

1

3

3

3

6

2283

(F)

0

2

4

0

0

0

1547

(M)

0

0

1

1

4

7

1111

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

523

(M)

0

0

0

0

2

1

351

(M)

0

0

2

1

1

0

308

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

0

303

Spaniels (English Springer) 1 GCH CH Telltale American Ride C Florence/D Strong/B Fink/R Novack/D Van Vorst/C Van 2 GCH CH Legacy Random Titleist R Mockoviak/S Mockoviak/K Fitzgerald 3 GCH CH Wynmoor Sweetgrass White Diamonds E Kerfoot/B Kerfoot/A Smith/R Gatlin 4 GCH CH Cerise Blindside D Cherry 5 GCH CH Foxboro N Shardust Authentic S Perreira/R Dehmel 6 GCH CH Ocoee Away We Go S Pelissero/E Cottingham 7 GCH CH Anli Castle’s Celtic Sorceress J Hansen/C Giampapa/L Giampapa 8 GCH CH Cerise Celtic Thunder Y Nobechi 9 GCH CH Monarch’s Playboy M Cotter/M Cotter CH Wallylama’s Behind The Scenes 10 C Saavedra/M Aya

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Sandscpe-Windwrd Seasons Of Dust & Glory J Constance/J Constance/N Dooley Bunch GCH CH Sandscape Pardon Me Boys G Perry/C Dooley/N Bunch GCH CH Killara’s Brighter Than The Sun TD K Balinski/G Kofron GCH CH Northaven Sandscape Chances Are S Stebbins/N Dooley Bunch GCH CH Nautica’s Causing Drama K Gault/P Gault/D Brewer GCH CH Killara Ticket To Ride At Greymorn CD PCD C Dillberger/S Mcatee/J Dillberger/K Balinski GCH CH Calico’s Back In Black J Zachow/B Hirschy/K Hirschy-Seivert GCH CH W-Haven’s Shades Of Pemberley CGC V O’Toole GCH CH Wyldkatz King Of The Night BN RN NJP CA D Stover CH Nautica’s Like No Other J Thibault/D Brewer

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Stanegate It’s Showtime JH SHU S Duncan GCH CH Poole’s Ide Last Dance G Siner/T Owens/B Urban GCH CH Beaufield’s Boundary Waters At Poole’s Ide B Kvarnlov/G Siner/D Patterson GCH CH Poole’s Ide Reversal Of Fortune T Urban/B Urban/G Siner GCH CH Mallyree Here Comes The Son CD RA JH A Getchell/P Manus/P Getchell GCH CH Whistle Stop’s The Wind On Fire G Siner CH Quiet Storm My Boy’s Wicked Smart CGC M Barker/S Barker CH All Green Wi’Envy V Alpha Nordic RN M Mcmunn GCH CH Cat N Pats Luck Of The Irish K Dassel GCH CH Tara’s Utter Chaos T Darling-Lyon

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 18

9

78

34

18

2

35963

(M)

8

7

46

27

10

4

23220

(F)

8

7

36

12

10

4

19602

(M)

7

3

46

29

17

5

17862

(M)

6

3

26

11

10

11

12094

(M)

1

1

13

14

17

9

6390

(F)

0

0

3

2

1

2

1100

(M)

0

0

1

2

1

0

829

(M)

0

0

2

3

1

2

695

(F) 0 0 0 1 1 0 581

Spaniels (Field)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

1

4

4

5

1835

(F)

0

0

0

3

1

4

1188

(F)

0

1

3

1

2

2

1145

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

1

563

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

3

421

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

2

379

(M)

0

0

2

1

2

3

335

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

1

297

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

191

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

99

Spaniels (Irish Water)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

2

2

0

1

2050

(F)

1

0

4

6

3

2

1999

(M)

0

0

1

6

6

0

1546

(M)

0

0

0

3

0

0

565

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

539

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

367

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

3

315

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

286

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

0

268

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

193

Continued on page 66

Dog News 47

By Terry Miller

T

he 2015 Briard Club of America National Specialty was held in Gettysburg, Pa, October 3-11. It was judged by Mrs Thora Brown from Almonte, Ontario Canada. Quite a few nationals have been held at the Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg. This was our

first time at this site, a location steeped in the history of the famous battle of the Civil War and the many National Specialties which have taken place at this location before us. Briard fanciers were able to sample all the Civil War historical options and/or the Briard events and educational choices throughout the week. Gettysburg Pa is a compelling and charming place. Its many attractions range from the cute and touristy, well preserved and somber Civil War battle- fields, a wonderful array of ways to tour the battlefields, learn about The Civil War and experience the ghost and supernatural activity allegedly rampant in those parts. One evening the club offered a barbecue and ghost sto- ries around a fire pit, which then moved into town for one of the many “ghost tours” of haunted houses and historic ghost spotting sites. Some returned to the hotel with ghostly “orbs” recorded on their cell phones! As is usual for Briard nationals, there was an entire week of performance events prior to the start of conformation. Our overachieving breed and their owners compete pas- sionately in agility, herding, rally, obedience, carting and any other event Briard fanciers can cook up. We love barn hunt, lure coursing and tracking too. Being a Continued on page 100

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The Chairman’s Report By Ronald Menaker, AKC Chairman

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en years ago, the American Kennel Club took a bold step with a communications campaign that became the catalyst for a new corporate effort – to clearly establish and reinforce the American Kennel Club as the authority and advocate of purebred dogs in the eyes of the American public. Since then, AKC has made tremendous strides in bolstering our influence in the media, staking our claim in the digital space with stellar social growth. We have been supported along the way by organizations like Eukanuba, Royal Canin, Nestle Purina and others who have played an important part in making our messaging bout responsible dog ownership accessible to so many. I am happy to say that we can now count a recently launched cable television network, FidoTV, among our important advocates as well. This new television venture, which went live on October 14, is a twentyfour hour a day, seven-days-perweek network that features content devoted one hundred percent to dogs. Because our sport will have a significant role in the programming line-up, its creators believe FidoTV will allow the dog fancy to capture at last our rightful share of the television market. Of course we are living in the Internet age, so some of you may ask, why does AKC care about cable TV when it comes to dogs? We know that 54.4 million households in this country own approximately 77.8 million dogs. We also know there are 116 million television viewing households in the United States. The number of people in American TV households is estimated to be nearly 300 million. Approximately 95% of all U.S. homes with televisions are receiving traditional TV signals via broadcast, cable, satellite or the Internet. And cable plays a major part; about 83% of all households nationwide subscribe to some form

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of pay TV service. While it is true that people are spending somewhat fewer hours a month watching TV, it is also still true that people spend on average more than one hundred hours a month watching television. And TV still leads every other device among consumers, by a lot. People watching video on the Internet is up to about 17.5 hours per month. This is why those in the business say “TV is still king.” The fact that there is such a broad television audience means that there are channels for everyone. FidoTV will become the one for those of us who are truly passionate about dogs. And while there will be the types of shows one might expect to capture a mass audience, the purebred dog fancy and AKC events will be given a strong voice. As you may know, the upcoming AKC Eukanuba National Championship will be shown live on FidoTV, close captioned in real time. Past AENC highlights also aired this past week on the network; FidoTV began airing the 2013 Groups on December 4th in Prime Time, with one Group featured per evening. The 2014 AENC will be aired tonight, December 11th. The 2015 live events follow this weekend, on the 12th and 13th. And there will be an Encore Presentation of this year’s show on Christmas Eve and Christmas Night. Notably, a great deal of new dogrelated content is being produced now. Twelve breed shows are in production now for a series called “Which Woof’s For Me?” This educational series will begin airing in February and will feature experienced AKC breeders and quality dogs with successful records in our events. There is also the plan to televise some AKC events hosted by our clubs so that the public can see and experience a wide variety of dog competitions. This channel is bringing all dog-related interests into the fold – and AKC’s interests will be given precedence wherever possible. There will be general interest shows and feature length movies, all featuring dogs. Rescue shows, for example,

will feature the AKC rescue network. FidoTV also has a mobile app, where you can see short form videos and a “find a puppy” function which links directly to AKC.org for information about breeders and the AKC Rescue Network. FidoTV has been in development over the past five years and is the brainchild of Vizsla fancier and AKC Hunt Test Judge Tad Walden. As a dog lover with a professional background in television production and programming, Tad was inspired to fill what he saw as a void in the menu of viewing options for people who are passionate about dogs. Many of us know Animal Planet, but keep in mind, that channel is targeted for all kinds of animals and not specifically dogs, as FidoTV is. Animal Planet’s catchphrase is “Surprisingly human.” FidoTV’s brand position slogan, on the other hand, is All dogs, All day.” Its primary demographic is women 25 and older. FidoTV is currently carried on Dish Network – its home on that satellite service provider is channel 245. Dish is the third largest carrier in the country, with 14 million households. The FidoTV team is in negotiation with other carriers at this time. I would encourage all of you to contact your carrier and tell them you want FidoTV. Visit fidotvchannel.com and click on TV Partners. A list of cable providers will come up, and an easy form will help you tell your carrier that you want FidoTV. AKC recently started spreading this news, and in our first effort, over 13 thousand phone calls and emails to carriers were achieved. Approximately two and a half million people have been engaged in FidoTV’s publicity so far, and I hope you will all be a part of that growing number. For those who do not have Dish satellite service, there are other ways to view the AKC Eukanuba National Championship: In addition to FidoTV’s live airings, the evening competition will be streamed live beginning at 6:00 pm each night on akc. org and live.eukanuba.com. The Bred-By Exhibitor groups, Veteran groups, Junior Showmanship Finals, agility and obedience will be taped and will be available on demand at akc.org and live.eukanuba.com. During your time at the Convention Center, I encourage you to visit FidoTV’s booth on the show floor. They will have a live feed of the channel and they will have laptops on site for people to email and contact their respective cable companies via Facebook and Twitter, urging them to carry the channel. A five-minute visit to the FidoTV booth will go a long way in telling the cable companies that “life is better with dogs!” Let’s show them dog people are as passionate and as economically important as sports fans. Let’s do our part to bring dogs, our sports and the AKC to broader audiences in living rooms across the country. I hope everyone has a wonderful time this weekend in Orlando. Here’s to a happy, healthy holiday season filled with family, friends, and of course -- dogs.

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here was a time when England was the epicentre of the dog art world. Auction house Christie’s held two specialist sales a year and Sotheby’s one but Bonhams, who relocated their sale to New York some years ago to coincide with Westminster, were the leaders with their sale held to coincide with Crufts when it was still held in London. In addition Richard Green Fine Paintings, Grosvenor Prints and the Cadogan Gallery all held themed exhibitions, and if all that was not enough there were four specialist dealers from the provinces with booths at Crufts. London was abuzz with collectors and enthusiasts from around the world who were passionate about dog art. All that has now gone, thanks in part to Crufts relocating to the National Exhibition Centre outside Birmingham. Cheffins auction house in the ancient university city of Cambridge are making tentative steps to fill the gap in England, and whilst this is encouraging for those of us dedicated to the subject, they still have a long way to go. Working to build up and promote the dog section in their ‘The Fine Art Sales’ is Cheffins sporting art specialist, Martin Millard. He has more than a passing interest in dogs and sport being a shooting man himself and whose wife, Jennifer Fairhall,

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is a Welsh Springer and German Wire Haired Pointer enthusiast who regularly contributes to Dog World in the UK. Cheffins set their ball rolling in the summer of last year selling a group of pictures led by John Charles Dolman’s portrait of the English Setter, Field Trial Ch. Dash II. Dash had once been owned

by sportsman George Bewis, one of the founder members of the Kennel Club in 1873. It sold way above expectations at £13,000, the Kennel Club being the under-bidder. The picture gave the auction house some credibility on the subject and focused attention on it. Their latest sale in November had no star lot like Dash but nevertheless did contain a few interesting lots in the more collectable price range. With more than one sale a year and with a small section of dog pictures now in each, one wonders if it would make a greater impact and generate more interest if they were all held back for one sale, thus creating a much larger dog section. Leading the dog section in the November sale was a very appealing portrait of a handsome Dandie Dinmont Terrier painted in 1916 by the Scottish painter Robert L. Alexander who numbered the Duke of Portland as one of his patrons. The Dandie had come to auction from a private Norfolk vendor and was purchased by a Suffolk collector and long-time Dandie owner for £3,800, over three times its top estimate. G.A. Stirling Brown’s head-study of the Pomeranian Tito came from the same vendor and sold to an American bidder online just within estimate at £500. Tito was owned by Adeline, Duchess of Bedford who was one of the original members of the Ladies Kennel Association and who served on its Grand Council. Until Crufts moved to the NEC and was able to open up its

qualifier, the LKA had the distinction of running the world’s largest dog show. The Victorian and Edwardian era was the heyday for British sporting art and many of the artists working at that time defined how these sporting breeds looked. The red and white Setter, recently revived as the Irish Red and White Setter, played a major roll and Colin Graeme Roe’s picture painted in 1905 of one beside a dead cock pheasant is a fine example of an early red and white. It sold to the UK trade at the top end of its estimate for £1,100. Winifred Joan Gordon Bell’s watercolour study of Welsh Corgis is typical of the illustrative dog art that was being done in Britain around the time of the Second World War. The dogs are typical of the Corgis that were first owned by the British Royal Family. It sold just below estimate for £140. Master M’Grath is arguably the most famous Greyhound ever. He earned his place in Greyhound legend by winning the Waterloo Cup three times, 1868, 1869 and 1871. He was considered a freak of nature being a little black dog who weighed only 54 pounds, small even in those days, but on the field he proved virtually unbeatable. He was owned by the Irish peer, Lord Lurgan, over whose estates in what is now Northern Ireland some of the most extraordinary coursing meetings of all time were run. He was bred by Lord

Lurgan’s confederate, James Galway, and was reared in County Waterford and attended by a little orphan boy whose name he was given. When he ran in the 1871 Waterloo Cup gossip of the time claimed that Lord Lurgan backed him to win £150,000 and insured him on his sea-journey from Belfast for £6,000. As the ultimate honour Master M’Grath was taken to Windsor at the request of Queen Victoria, who disapproved of betting and racing but knew a public hero when she saw one. His was the only royal audience for a dog in history. He died of pneumonia on Christmas Eve shortly afterwards and at his post-mortem his heart was found to be twice the usual size. He is buried below a life-size replica of himself in the gardens of a country house in Hampshire, still owned by Lord Lurgan’s descendants. There is always a ready market for anything connected with Master M’Grath and the lithograph published by George Rees that Cheffins offered sold to a collector in the North of England for an above estimate £190. There was a good take-up of the dog pictures, one of the failures (which had also been a failure at Bonhams in New York in 2007) being the only picture with connection to the show world; an oil by Frances Mabel Hollams of the Cairn Terriers Gavin of Fair City and Cluasag of Fair City. They were owned by the Misses D. and M. Bell who had the breed for many years and made up two champions.

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Off The Leash By Shaun Coen

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law passed in the U.K. last year makes microchipping of dogs mandatory as of April 6, 2016 and every dog owner in England, Wales and Scotland must register their dogs in an authorized database or ‘registry’, register the details of any new owner before they sell or give a dog away, and keep their contact details up-to-date on the microchip databases. Those who fail or refuse to comply can face fines of up to 500 pounds ($733 U.S. at the current exchange rate). The Kennel Club (U.K.) has campaigned since 2009 to make identification compulsory for all dogs as part of the Microchipping Alliance, which is comprised of a number of animal welfare and assistance dog charities, veterinary organizations and dog membership organizations. It reportedly conducted a survey in which 83% of people were in favor of mandatory microchipping and studied data from 23 other countries where a mandate was implemented and estimates that annual taxpayer savings could be in the range of 20 and 23 million pounds in the U.K (almost $35 million U.S.). Denmark was the first country to introduce compulsory microchipping in dogs, requiring every puppy to be microchipped before eights weeks of age, and by 2010 reported no stray dogs and only 200 lost. Austria, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan and others followed suit. Parts of other countries, Prague in the Czech Republic, several states in Australia and Northern Ireland also made microchipping of dogs compulsory. The Independent (U.K.) news source estimates that there are over 100,000 stray dogs in the U.K., a number supported by Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, which is offering free microchipping at mobile drop-in events and at its two rehoming centers in Scotland, where the stray dog population is 1,400 dogs.

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Dogs Trust also reported “An estimated 50% of stray dogs were reunited with their owners” in the period between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015 and that 5,142 dogs were put to sleep in this same period, down from 7,805 the previous year. Some 48,570 dogs were reunited with their owners in the U.K. in this period and for 20,016 of those the methods in which they were reunited were also determined, with microchips alone accounting for 9,430 or 47% of those reunions. There are, for obvious reasons, many proponents of mandatory microchipping and every time a pet is reunited with its rightful owner there are more cries to implement such a mandate but for skeptics many questions remain. Could the movement catch on elsewhere? Will the United States implement a similar mandate? Would such a mandate drastically reduce the number of dogs that end up euthanized or in shelters? Are there any dangers or side effects to microchipping? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? I posed these and other questions to veterinarian and Dog News columnist Dr. Merry Fitzgerald, DVM, who replied, “I am in favor of microchips as a way to get lost dogs home as well as the permanent identification aspect, which is especially important for our show and breeding stock. My opinion is that mandating microchipping will probably be similar to rabies vaccines, which are required by law in most states. Many people will comply and other people will refuse. I think it would have some effect on the number of at large and euthanized dogs, but I don’t know about considerable. Anything that helps those two scenarios would be a positive step, in my opinion. More likely, each state would determine a policy for microchipping dogs.” The American Kennel Club supports and recommends microchipping and not just because it derives income from its microchipping service, AKC Reunite. “AKC supports the concept that all dogs re-homed from a shelter or rescue should be microchipped,” said Sheila Goffe, head of the AKC’s Government Relations Department. “Likewise, there may be benefits in requiring all dogs imported into the US for retail to be microchipped and scanned at points of transfer as part of reporting procedures that provide better information on pet imports and distribution, and possibly even tracking for public health issues such as rabies or other diseases that have been brought into the US from such imports.” AKC Reunite reports that one in three dogs go missing at least once in its lifetime, an alarming number that causes any dog enthusiast to shudder at the thought. Continued on page 135

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The Bulldog Club of Am T By Elizabeth Milam

he most anticipated event of the year for all Bulldoggers is the National Specialty. This year, marking the 125th Anniversary of the BCA, National Week was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, Connecticut. We were blessed with unseasonably warm weather and enjoyed the last remnants of the spectacular Autumn foliage. Bulldoggers arrived early, some as early as Halloween, and were treated to the last part of the rather interesting convention that occupied the hotel prior to the dog show. BCA is an extremely well run organization and a good part of the very important committee work gets done during National Week. The host clubs for this National were BCA Division 1 and the Bulldog Club of New Jersey. The Show Committee did an outstanding job of providing hospitality to all attendees and the many foreign guests that made the journey. This year we had guests from at least 15 countries. Starting first thing Monday morning, BCA Obedience and Rally was judged by Elizabeth Chase of Monson, MA. High in Trial from Open B was Showbiz Ampirion Start Spreading The News, BN, CGC. Bred by Joan Fisher, R. Speiser, B. Wolfe and P. Booth. Owned and handled by Anne M. Heir. Monday afternoon began the anticipated BCA Sweepstakes. Everyone looks forward to seeing the future stars. Judges this year were Soya Cardello of Homosassa, FL judging bitches and for Dogs and Best in Sweeps, Cathy Eke of Knightstown, MI. Best in Sweepstakes was awarded to the 12-15 dog, Martin’s Sting Like A Bee, bred and owned by Suzanne Martin and Julie Supple, shown by Suzanne. Best of Opposite was the 6-9 month winner, D’Toledo Queen of the Night “Gala”, bred and owned by L. and A. Toledo, shown by Ricardo Blanco Vazquez. Tuesday evening had two educational seminars plus a wonderful hospitality. Dr. Paula Henthorn from the University of Pennsylvania discussed her work with cystinuria and later in the evening a seminar by Dr. Melissa Goodman on “Maximizing Conception” was very well attended. Wednesday dawned bright and early for the BCA Class judging. Judging dogs this year was Carolyn Miller of Derby, Kansas. Bridgett Higginbotham of Grass Valley, CA judged the bitches. Winners Dog from the 9-12 Month

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erica National Specialty class was Cody Sickle and Connie Chamber’s Cherokee Legend John Henry, bred by J. Burns. Reserve went to the Open dog, imported from England, Nobozz Enter the Dragon. This win finished this dog’s championship. Bred by Rob Harris and owned by Carolyn and Fred Haynes. Winner’s Bitch was the 15-18 month old Cherokee Legend Light My Fire, bred and owned by Cody Sickle and Connie Chambers. Interestingly enough, the last time a BCA National Winners Dog and Winners Bitch were owned by the same owner, it was again Cody Sickle taking home all the hardware. Reserve bitch for a nice major was the 6-9 Puppy, Delenclos Miracle Queen Hexa, bred by C and K Pelter and owned by Linda Fiordiliso and Christine and Knut Pelzer. Wednesday evening’s hospitality featured a great live band and the Bulldogs 101 seminar featuring breed history and the standard by Elizabeth Milam. Anne Heir’s BCA Judges Education was well attended as usual and this year included incoming BCA President Dr. John Little as a copresenter. Thursday was the day we all wait for. The day the BCA National Best of Breed will be crowned. Prior to Breed judging, Junior Handing was judged by Ed Kozatek. He found his winner in Open Jr. 9-12, Allison Berenbrock of Kent City, MI showing Berenbrock’s Lil Touch of Sass. Judging Best of Breed, Veterans, Stud Dog and Brood Bitch classes was Duwane Miller, of Derby Kansas. We were first treated to a ring full of beautiful Veteran Dogs a n d Bitches. Winning the Dogs was past BCA National BOB Winner, GCH Itsa Brix, bred by Mary Grider and owned by Mary and Blake Grider. Shown proudly by Mary. The Veteran Bitch Winner was Mike and Christy Otten’s homebred, GCH Louisiana Tech of Bulldog Univ. Co-owned with Jack and Elizabeth Milam. Lizzie is always expertly shown by Mike. As expected, the crowd went wild with each beautiful Veteran and there were not many dry eyes in the room. Both Veteran winners were shown in glorious condition, doing our breed very proud. The ring was then turned over to the Specials. After thoughtful consideration, Mr. Miller found his Best of

Breed in GChH Wilson’s I’m Your Handyman, bred by C and J Wilson and shown by owner Jay Serion. Best of Winners went to the Winners dog. Cherokee Legend John Henry was automatically awarded Best Puppy. Best of Opposite Sex for a second time was GCH Imperious Hamitup Southern Bell, bred by S and R Glover and R and K Franz, owned by Ellen Charles, Jean Hetherington, Imperious and Hamitup. Select Dog was Betsy Love’s BreederOwner-Handled GCH Beloved’s Nothing But Net. Select Bitch went to George Lai’s homebred, Ultimate Audrey, shown by George. Awards of Merit were as follows; GCH Cherokee Legend Cowboy, bred by Cody Sickle, Connie Chambers and C and K Pelter. Owned by Cody Sickle and Connie Chambers GCH Just LoneStar Bright Lights Big City, a former BCA National winner, bred by Katherine Rodriguez and Nikki Bermea, owned by Kara Gordon and Eduardo Paris, shown by Eduardo Paris. GCH Tumbleweed’s George Rhodes, owned by Alin Retezatu and bred by Alin and S. Rhodes Calhoun. Shown by Alan GCH Kokopelli’s D1 Wild Electric Storm, bred by D and C Garza and owned by Cynthia Carlson and Dino and Christie Garza. Shown by Brett McDonough GCH Dayanna Hernandez/ Aquilar. Bred, owned and shown by Dr. Eduardo Hernandez from Mexico. Stud Dog Winner was GCH Cherokee Legend Cowboy. Winning Brood Bitch all three days was Creekside’s Mrs. Bungles, bred by A. Atherton and C. Conklin and owned by Katherine and Mathew Smith. The Best of Breed winner “Decker” will have his portrait added to the BCA Gallery of Winners. This gallery travels with the National and features portraits of all past Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex winners. Annabell, the Best of Opposite Sex winner, already has her portrait in the gallery. The shows continued Friday morning with the local host club, The Bulldog Club of New Jersey, holding their specialty. Judge for dogs was Randy Kilgus of Congerville, Il and for Bitches, Teresa McDermott of Norman, Ok. Mr. Kilgus found his Winners dog, again from the 9-12 month class. By-Buls Billy The Kid was bred by B Continued on page 64

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and C Byrd and owned by Billy Byrd. Reserve from the 12-15 class, the Best in Sweepstakes winner, Martin’s Sting Like a Bee. Mrs. McDermott, from a strong group of girls, found her eventual winner in the Bred-by, Sunray’s Skylar, bred and owned by Ray and Alana Brzezinski. Reserve was National Winners Bitch, Cherokee Legend Light My Fire. The National Awards banquet was held Friday night. This is where we honor our Hall of Fame inductees as well as the Platinum Ambassadors for Health. In addition, BCA honored long time and very special members Jim and Marilyn Dundas with an individual contribution award for their hard work and devotion to the club. Saturday Morning came and another day of judging. This time, Mrs. Doris Boyd from Carmichael, CA would select winners from the beautiful array of Champions. First though, the lovely Veterans. Repeating his National Veteran win was GCH Itsa Brix. The lovely Veteran Bitch with the loud cheering section was Ch. OhNo Cleopatra, bred and owned by Brett and Christy McDonough Mrs. Boyd chose the previous day’s National winner, “Decker” as her Best of Breed. Best of Winners and automatic Best Puppy was the 9-12 Winners dog, owned by Billy Byrd. Repeating Best of Opposite Sex was GCh. Imperious Hamitup Southern Bell. Select Dog was last year’s National Winner, Ch.

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Coster (Soto) from Mexico. Bred by Melchor Soto, and owned by Guillermo Quiroz, Coster, the current World Champion, is always shown by Ricardo Blanco Vasquez. Select Bitch was awarded to Ch. Just Lonestar Bright Lights Bada Bling, bred by K Rodriguez and N Bermea and owned by Kara Gordon and Dennis Murphy. Shown by Eduardo Paris. Stud dog winner was GCH Wilson Dixon’s WD-40, bred and owned by J and C Wilson and W and R Dixon. The last day of the long week was the host Division 1 Specialty. Judging Dogs was Doris Boyd, replacing Chris Neilson. The judge for bitches was Jan Lewis of Waverly, TN. Mrs. Boyd selected as her winner, the 12-15 dog, Tycor’s Soul Man, bred by owner Jennifer Bass and shown by Julie Crook. Reserve was the 9-12 Winner from the New Jersey Specialty, By-Buls Billy The Kid. Mrs. Lewis, after sorting through the lovely bitches, awarded the big major to the 6-9 month old Delenclos Miracle Queen Hexa, the Reserve Winner from National day. The Reserve ribbon went to Kepley’s North Country Snow Girl from the Open class. Bred by M and J Kepley, she is owned by Jeslyn and Mark Hastings. The final event of the week was judged by Mr. Wayne Brower of Pleasant Hills, MO. Mr. Brower pointed to Fred Haynes and his homebred GCH Lakewood Infinitum as his Best of Breed winner. Caroline Hayes is also breeder and owner. For the third time during the week, the Best of Winners was the automatic Best Puppy. This time the puppy bitch, Queen Hexa. What a great week for this baby and her proud people. Best of Opposite Sex and the big red and white ribbon was handed to My Heart Loves Princess Di, proudly shown by her owner, Tom Noyce, also owned by Kathy Noyce. Bred by the Noyces and Anna Figueroa. The Select Dog was Decker who was also coming off of an amazing week. Repeating for Select Bitch was Kara Gordon and Dennis Murphy’s Ch. Just Lonestar Bright Lights Bada Bling, shown by Eduardo Paris from Brazil. The Veteran Winners for Division 1 were GCH Faithful Resolute Lazarus, bred by the Faiths and J and D Prager and owned by the Faeths winning Dogs, with Veteran Bitch going to D. J. Laythe’s Ch. LaBonte’s Kaesance Pied Piper of Isabully4U, bred by Laura and Gary LaBonte. Stud Dog winner was GCH E Clive’s Blooming Skirt Chaser, bred by N Kirkes and L Mikesell and owned and shown by Kimberly West. Another big highlight of the National Banquet is the “Big Reveal” of the specifics for the next year’s National. Show Chair Jeff Ryman and members of Division 5 and The Bulldog Club of Greater Seattle will host us over Thanksgiving in 2016. We are all looking forward to visiting The Emerald City, more specifically, The Bellevue Hilton. See you there!

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GCH CH Bela’s This Time It’s Hudson RN JH P Miller/L Miller/K Miller GCH CH Darby Canyon’s Dante’s Inferno CD RN L Stanton GCH CH Montecani Nando’s Image JH P Beaver GCH CH Lancetta’s The Heart Of Rock & Roll J Joens/M Fornens-Joens GCH CH Collina D’Oro Rock You Like A Hurricane S Dean/S Belt GCH CH Sweetbriar’s Diamonds Are Forever JH D Graff/D Graff/D Hasley/J Roberts GCH CH Javal I’M Movin On To Hootwire BN RN D Perrott/S Knipe/K Mcleland GCH CH Darby Canyon Gracie’s Fellini VCD2 BN S Palius GCH CH Venticalmi Rumor Has It S Hudson CH Dry Grass Dagenham Girl D Forr/C Forry

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Solaris Smokin’ Hot Habenera A Martin/D Martin/B Kirven GCH CH Szizlin Rhapsody Never Say Never JH CA Y Kourtei/M Porfido/C Phelps GCH DC Boulder’s N Fusion’s Power Trip MH J Hetkowski/E Hetkowski/I Reveles/A Davis GCH CH Carillon’s Reach For The Stars B Matthew/S O’Donnell GCH CH Tierah’s Hijacked At 20000 Feet CGC J Mccafferty/D Mccafferty/E Markham GCH CH Renaissance Xxx’s And Ooo’S L Durham/T Knox GCH CH Briar N Suzu Hey You! Get Off Of My Cloud S Nakamura/P Crowley GCH CH Sunruled Lights My Fire JH S Daugherty GCH CH Berkcor’s Wrecking Crew S Thompson/B Thompson/S Bani GCH CH Dezertfyre’s Captain’s First Mate CDX RN C Slabaugh/R Slabaugh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Doc’s Greyborn North Star Of Acadia R Sanborn/P Christopher GCH CH SilverOaks SurfCity Shades Of Grey B Rosenberg/J Rosenberg/J Logan GCH CH Graysong N Silhouette’s Heyjude S Burns/J Schulz GCH CH Kristen’s On The Record With Ashmore T Sanders-Milan/P Ernst/G Thornton/M Richard GCH CH Harline Winweim Encore Bravo Love Y’All S Line/D Massey/D Johnson GCH CH Camelot’s Stairway To Heaven II C Cassidy/B Cassidy GCH CH Trifar’s Earth’s Shelters Of Moonstone JH J Aune GCH CH Silhouettes Fast Enough C Cassidy/B Cassidy GCH CH Diamond Mk The Eagle Has Landed M Wilson/N Lane GCH CH Calvary N Tripawd’s Footloose N Collar Free R Holman/M Wilson

Spinoni Italiani

Vizslas

Weimaraners

Wirehaired Pointing Griffons 1 GCH CH Whiskeytown Dalwhinnie Brie SH CGC G Troy/K Rogney 2 GCH CH Whiskeytown Si Drakes Gran Legacy CGC J Scarrott 3 GCH CH Kyjo’s Shelby Special K Miller/J Hare 4 GCH CH Wyncliff’s Dark Shadow R Baggenstos/D Baggenstos 5 GCH CH Wyncliff’s B Loved Rocket Man SH J Coughlin 6 GCH CH Glacier’s Gertie Queen Of Spades L Durand/A Durand 7 GCH CH Whiskeytown Bootlegger S Piel 8 GCH CH Whiskeytown Stolichnaya Elit J Gross/K Rogney 9 GCH CH Whiskeytown Xellent Emma CGC B Meadows 10 GCH CH Whiskeytown Glenlivet JH S Cowell/K Rogney

Wirehaired Vizslas 1 2

GCH CH Zoldmali Cetli CA A Sagh GCH CH Zoldmali Csongor CM SH M Goodwein/B Goodwein

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

0

6

10

11

24

6783

(F)

1

3

13

9

5

9

6045

(M)

0

0

2

4

7

13

4424

(M)

1

2

6

2

0

0

1913

(M)

0

0

0

0

5

7

933

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

1

384

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

0

300

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

129

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

108

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 107

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

3

8

10

11

3

3451

(M)

1

0

1

2

4

1

2614

(M)

0

0

1

1

6

3

1241

(M)

0

0

0

4

2

2

876

(M)

0

0

2

0

3

3

819

(F)

0

0

1

2

1

1

689

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

2

505

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

2

290

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

1

258

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

0

246

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

1

3

4

5

1

1812

(M)

0

0

1

3

4

2

643

(M)

0

1

2

0

0

0

555

(M)

0

0

0

0

2

1

439

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

366

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

258

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

247

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

206

(F)

0

0

1

0

1

0

142

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

123

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

1

8

1

3

6

3419

(F)

0

0

1

5

2

2

1602

(F)

0

1

1

0

0

0

1583

(M)

0

1

3

1

4

2

1310

(M)

1

0

2

3

0

2

1281

(F)

0

0

1

5

3

2

761

(F)

0

0

0

0

3

3

645

(F)

0

0

0

2

3

3

606

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

2

590

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

1

503

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (F)

7

5

47

37

19

9

26464

(M)

0

3

13

6

12

13

7951

(M)

0

1

2

5

4

6

2149

(F)

1

1

6

11

7

6

2107

(F)

0

0

2

6

6

4

1603

(F)

0

0

1

6

6

4

1457

(M)

0

0

1

5

2

1

1181

(M)

0

0

1

1

3

2

1102

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

2

868

(F)

0

0

0

4

5

0

807

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (F)

0

1

3

3

3

1

1741

(M)

0

0

1

4

4

4

1710

(F)

0

0

0

2

3

2

1265

(F)

0

0

0

4

1

2

824

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

4

746

(F)

0

0

0

1

3

3

656

(M) 0 0 0 2 0 2 435 (F)

0

0

0

0

2

1

421

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

2

322

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

261

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

0

0

1

4

3

955

(M)

0

0

1

2

0

1

763

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Continued FROM page 47

3 4 5

GCH CH Vizcaya’s Gotta Wear Shades CM CD BN B White/N Edmunds CH Quodian’s Tareck Rey D’Celis S Alonso De Celis CH Luxatori Dolmany Of Loroka K Lormis/R Lormis

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

0

1

0

79

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

43

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

28

Hound Group

Afghan Hounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Thaon’s Wallstreet J Hafford/J Blanchard/D Rogers/J Rogers/B Moore/J Moore 2 GCH CH Charteroak Blu Star M Vaccaro/G Vaccaro 3 GCH CH Agha Djari’s Eye Candy Of Sura CGC J Dalton/S Neill/J Souza 4 GCH CH Jakar An Affair Most Wicked M Galloway/S Brown 5 GCH CH Regimes Thriller Of Elmo N Shaw/R Godfrey/M Viveiros 6 GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded M Galloway 7 GCH CH Xandali Bon Vivant C Harker/C Fairleigh/L Bettis/R Wolfe 8 GCH DC Perfection Cheria Electric Ice SC N Fouts/M Dowler 9 GCH CH Jakar Pamir Anam Cara Summer Storm D Jensen/G Jensen 10 CH Jangel’s Life’N Style L Schanzle/C Rodgers/W Mines

(M) 2 5 18 6 6 1 11902

1

(M)

(M)

1

3

16

15

7

2

4700

(F)

1

1

8

4

3

0

4609

(F)

0

0

8

8

1

5

2473

(M)

0

0

8

2

5

4

1980

(M)

0

1

3

3

0

0

1867

(M)

0

0

9

5

2

4

1588

(M)

0

1

2

2

1

1

1526

(F)

0

0

3

3

2

1

1110

(F)

1

0

1

0

0

0

983

American English Coonhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

American Foxhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

GCH CH Color Me Bad Like My Grandad A Alexander

1 GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson E Charles/L Miller 2 GCH CH Kiarry Deeprun At Last J Lilliston/P Sweet 3 GCH CH Crossroads Josie’s Dunwishin J Rathbun/T Mulhausen 4 GCH CH Kiarry & Deluxe Adam’s Rib R Lux/J Lux 5 GCH CH Kiarry’s Back In The Saddle S Rogers/E Rogers/K Rogers/F Rogers 6 GCH CH Crossroads Full Throttle A Whitfield 7 GCH CH Devlon’s American Trilogy D Leonard/K Leonard/D Gibbons 8 Winquest A Shot Of Captain L May 9 GCH CH Kiarrys Foolish Jokester B Coffield/D Kipp/L Miller

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Signet Meisterhaus Gossip Girl E Johnson/B Cassell/T Brooks GCH CH Jasiri-Sukari High Win Warning SC J Jones/K Jones/C Kok GCH CH Eldorado N Akuaba Dream Lover D Deflorio/K Cabral GCH CH C-Quest Jokuba No Matter What K Noel/R Bowden GCH CH Dark Moon’s Barking Bad JC V Predale/J Predale GCH CH Africanadian James T Kirk J Behles/S Allen/A Whalen/T Whalen GCH CH Dlucks Svengali Zindika’s Overnight Sensation N Scherwin GCH CH Arubmec’s Take A Chance On Me P Cembura/K Collins GCH CH Nelsons Friendship Of Magnificent 7 In L Nelson/D Nelson GCH CH Laurel S’Simply Shocking Sabrina L Hesse

(F)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH By U Cal’s Monkey On The Bayou S Calhoun/S Calhoun/B Williams GCH CH Blossomhil’s Topsfield Sanchu A Little S Shor GCH CH Topsfield-Sanchu Eenie Meenie Miney Moe C Steidel/C Orlandi GCH CH Topsfield-Sanchu Pizza Pizza J Homen De Mello Colaco GCH CH Houndwalker’s Hush Money M Burk GCH CH Splash’s Oceanic Whitetip Shark B Nolan/J Nolan/J Nolan/W Nolan CH Ure My Aimwell V. Grunsven B Brandt/D Coker GCH CH Barnyard Classic Penelope P Harder/C Lane/V Mcmackin/C Star/B Mercer GCH CH First Class Mirror Mirror On The Wall J Fogel GCH CH Fort Merrill Skylor J Tysseling/M Tysseling

0

0

3

2

4

6

811

4

7

31

25

13

12

15315

(F)

1

1

6

6

13

13

4347

(F)

0

0

3

5

7

4

1384

(F)

0

0

0

7

4

3

829

(M)

0

0

2

2

4

0

720

(M)

0

0

1

2

4

1

591

(F) 0 0 1 2 0 1 290 (M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

98

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

32

Basenjis

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

5

5

5

4

3121

(F)

0

0

5

1

13

5

2691

(M)

1

0

4

3

2

3

1552

(M)

1

0

5

4

5

6

1368

(F)

0

1

1

5

1

2

1147

(M)

0

1

5

4

3

4

1126

(M)

0

0

4

3

3

3

1111

(M)

0

0

0

0

5

5

917

(F)

0

0

1

2

1

3

765

(F)

0

0

1

1

3

4

561

Basset Hounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

2

5

14

9

9

7

(F)

2

1

13

14

7

5

6002

(M)

0

0

2

0

0

0

1116

(M)

0

0

0

1

5

4

964

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

7

930

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

3

746

(M)

1

0

7

4

0

2

679

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

5

598

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

5

452

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

3

345

Beagles (13 in. and under)

9729

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Perfect Companion’s Lintas C Phongthep/P Peerapong 2 GCH CH Shoreviews Raise Your Glass B Ferneyhough/B Tague/C Herr 3 GCH CH Shoreviews Dark N’ Dreamy B Ferneyhough/B Tague/C Herr 4 GCH CH X’Plorer’s Star For Patriot L Bryson/T Leelaprachakul 5 GCH CH Rosend Dunwich Loverboy @ Marblehill T Davies/M Andrade/T Nesmith/L Norman/T Saari/C Saari 6 GCH CH Barrister’s Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best B Manifold/S Robblee 7 GCH CH Woodland West’s Mirror Mirror D Honey-Pippin/P Johnson 8 GCH CH Barrister’s Once In A Blue Moon B Manifold 9 GCH CH Blueprint’s Bricks N Ivy D Wolf/B Ayala/R Ayala Iii/A Wolf GCH CH Alpenglow Hullabaloo 10 E Friedlander/B Friedlander

(M)

1

1

4

12

11

12

2972

(F)

0

0

2

3

3

2

1258

(M)

0

0

0

3

4

3

818

(F)

0

0

1

1

3

2

767

(M)

0

0

0

1

4

2

605

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

1

343

(F)

0

1

1

0

0

0

327

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

3

278

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

3

243

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(F)

13

15

55

38

14

6

29029

(M)

7

9

31

27

15

7

17874

(M)

1

0

6

10

18

10

3844

(M)

0

1

10

5

9

8

2845

(F)

1

0

5

0

1

0

2681

(M)

0

0

1

5

4

9

1244

(M)

0

0

0

1

4

3

747

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 2 228

Beagles (over 13 in.) GCH CH Torquay Midnight Victory M Chagas/M Botelho/A Botelho/R Travis GCH CH Foxtail’s Race For The Chase S Berndt-Smith/D Smith GCH CH Blueprint’s Top Of The Line B Ayala/R Ayala/R Dirksen GCH CH Windstar’s Magnum Opus K Lockwood/H Lindberg/R Lindberg GCH CH Tashtins Lookin For Trouble L Crandlemire/K Crandlemire/E Dzuik GCH CH Honey Pot Bee In Love With Me A Ferrari/C Williams GCH CH Beamers Do The Dew C Long

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

8 9 10

GCH CH Till’s If Dreams Come True T Till/L Till GCH CH Cherry Creek Tattletale R Biesiedzinski/V Biesiedzinski/T Skinner/S Skinner GCH CH Gwencalon’s Tam O’Shanter K Friend/W Friend

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process Of Law G Rezendes/D Rezendes/J Stora GCH CH Cashlane Santana As The Crow Flies R Urban/S Cafferty GCH CH Jazzman Southern Pacific Big Boy J Magenau/Z Bolin GCH CH Southchase’s Wilbert Roy J Lobb/J Lobb/E Mccarthy GCH CH Windbourne Hd Ranch King Of The Road S Campbell/C Rutten/T Skinner/S Skinner GCH CH CCH Carlin Scoutout Black To The Future T Mitchell/A Pillow GCH CH CSG Windbourne Like A Rock S Campbell GCH CH Jazzman Don’T Tug On Superman’s Cape At M Prendergast/T Prendergast/E Prendergast GCH CH Oak Hill’s Heart Of Gold Z Bolin/C Drake Owens/O Owens GCH CH Kalan’s Ramblin Rose Of Oak Hill A Willard/K Willard

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (F)

0

1

1

0

2

0

674

(F)

0

1

2

2

2

0

673

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

3

614

Black and Tan Coonhounds

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 3

5

32

27

30

17

17827

(M)

1

0

8

7

3

6

3020

(M)

0

0

4

3

3

8

1426

(M)

0

0

2

1

0

2

818

(M)

0

0

2

3

1

0

781

(M)

0

0

3

1

2

3

733

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

1

420

(M)

0

0

1

1

0

2

294

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

138

(F)

0

0

0

2

0

0

135

Bloodhounds 1 GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess S Carter/S Vancamp/H Helmer/Z Helmer 2 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Limited Edition S Lacroix Hamil 3 GCH CH Flessner’s International Space Station At J Mcdonald 4 GCH CH Badgershill Muldoon Of Heather L Sherman 5 GCH CH Hickoryhollow’s Candygram For Mongo B Flessner/C Flessner/H Helmer GCH CH Cufola’s Thunderstruck 6 K Sias-Lombardi/L Lombardi 7 CH Acadian’s Shay Trace Trail Of Slopoke A Schnepel/M Schnepel/C Blanchard 8 GCH CH Soonipi Friends In Low Places Mlh K Dewey/S Katos 9 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Kiss And Tell S Lacroix/H Whitcomb/B Schultz/T Schultz 10 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Double Take S Hamil/L Burch/E Jones

(M)

1 2 3 4 5

GCH CH Black Knights Balu Jeti CGC K Steffen/A Alexander GCH CH CCH Plum Tree’N Krazy Kooter M Fredrickson/P Dodson CH Blue Power Rock My World D Stine/W Stine GCH CH CCH Plum Tree’N Hootchy Cootchy P Bodeving/K Bodeving/J Duby/D Duby CH Razor Ridge Dixie Fleur De Lis C Petersen/J Petersen

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Raynbo’s Foolish Pleasure J Spiers/R Zucker/J Zucker/S Mcgraw GCH DC Zoiboyz Encore SC R Rice GCH CH Crown Jewel Tatiana J Durdin GCH CH Avalyn’s Kahlan My Fayina M Yoesel/M Yoesel GCH CH Avatar Sedona Evermore T Carey GCH CH Aashtoria Wildhunt Hidden Agenda CGC R Riel GCH CH Laureate Higgs Boson D Maldonado GCH DC Jubilee Drop Of Golden Sun SC C Gredys/E Gauthier GCH CH Majenkir Eureka R Rice/K Staudt-Cartabona/R Ayala/B Ayala GCH CH Immaculate Recption In Paradise Valley T Brandtman/T Brandtman

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 10

6

32

18

9

4

16315

(M)

2

5

20

14

8

4

11869

(M)

0

0

4

8

8

8

1670

(M)

0

0

1

2

5

3

1057

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

5

590

(M) 0 0 2 3 6 0 479 (M)

0

0

0

4

1

4

390

(M)

0

0

2

1

1

0

320

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

312

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

264

Bluetick Coonhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

2

0

0

2

268

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

174

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

98

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

59

(F)

0

0

1

1

0

0

44

Borzois

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

3

4

4

2

6

2886

(M)

0

0

1

2

6

5

1980

(F)

0

0

0

5

6

6

1648

(F)

1

0

3

0

1

2

904

(M)

0

0

0

3

3

2

638

(M)

0

0

0

4

0

0

562

(M)

0

0

0

3

4

1

430

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

1

419

(F)

0

0

0

0

3

2

392

(M)

0

0

1

2

0

0

384

Cirnechi dell’Etna 1 GCH CH Cy’Era Paola CM3 M Prieto 2 GCH CH Vito Dell’Ovo CM4 N Wight/J Gray 3 GCH CH Valencia’s Red Moon Rising Pl G Magill Cy’Era Vidal 4 P Whitaker/R Franklin/M Prieto Cyrenensis Nicla 5 L Kieres 6 CH Cy’Era Rico RN CGC D Hickey/M Prieto 7 CH Prumettiri Via D’Lea A Meyer/J Gates 8 GCH CH Kr’Msun Juno CM C Mcdermott Rockin’Hearts Angel Kisses SC 9 L Myers

(F)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Walmar-Solo’s Iou Sl S Snyder GCH CH Dachshire You Got Me Nantucket SL R Weinman GCH CH Dikerdachs Blake V Diker GCH CH Poulstead’s Moon Shadow - Faithful Light D Humphrey/S Humphrey GCH CH Leoralees Little Bitofheaven @Jbs Sl J Scott/M Singleton GCH CH Sleepy Hollow Carolina Special M Taylor/B Wlodkowski GCH CH Bedazzled Grand Marnier Of Mt J Nielsen/M Taylor/C Trumbower GCH CH Isledox Longfellow Serenade F Overdahl/R Overdahl GCH CH Pramada’s Xavier With Jorddachs Sl M Peat GCH CH Jt’s V Islandach Blazing Embers Of Kilauea K Doi

(M)

1 2 3 4

GCH CH Passport What Did You Say Ss A Debraganca/J De Braganca/G Reep GCH CH Leoralees Barstool Boogie Ms R Addison GCH CH Bessdachs Jaguar Jubilee G Lopez/M Lara GCH CH Dublin’s Black Ice S Hagan

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

4

4

1

3

476

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

1

209

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

100

(M) 0 0 0 0 0 1 96 (F) 0 0 0 0 0 2 68 (M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

66

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 (F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

48

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 40

Dachshunds (Longhaired)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

1

11

5

10

13

6566

(M)

0

1

2

3

3

13

2792

(M)

0

0

7

4

6

10

1832

(F)

0

0

0

3

3

12

1366

(F)

0

0

3

2

8

1

1024

(M)

0

0

2

2

2

5

982

(M)

0

0

0

3

2

2

568

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

3

556

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

4

537

(F)

1

0

9

1

3

1

513

Dachshunds (Smooth)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

3

5

15

6

4

5

6912

(F)

0

0

6

8

9

9

2360

(F)

0

0

3

3

6

13

1595

(M)

0

0

1

1

3

1

481

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents The Top Ten Dogs YEAR END STATISTICS FOR 2015

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

5 GCH CH Toskydox Karate Do Ss S Lutosky 6 GCH CH Kinderteckel’s Lancelot E Williams/K Cihos-Williams/S Williams 7 GCH DC Stardox When Irish Eyes Are Smilin’ CGC C Kelly/L Simmons 8 GCH CH Windyoak’s Ms Budding Blossom E Johnston/M Johnston CH Staier’s Evdokiya 9 L Ferguson 10 CH Teckelwood Winter Sunshine Ms JE J Milosavljevic/A Hodges

(M)

0

0

0

0

5

2

419

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

4

374

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

1

345

(F)

0

0

0

2

0

1

255

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(M)

7

4

25

23

12

19

14556

(F)

0

1

14

15

10

11

4180

(M)

1

1

3

5

5

8

2807

(M)

0

0

3

9

3

10

2488

(M)

0

0

2

4

3

7

1781

(M)

0

1

2

6

2

8

1575

(F)

0

0

2

2

2

3

1529

(M)

0

0

0

6

6

8

1243

(M)

0

0

0

4

1

5

1135

(M)

0

1

1

1

1

0

787

(F) 0 0 0 1 1 0 232 (F)

Dachshunds (Wirehaired) GCH CH Raydachs Ride My Ducati Sw S Ray GCH CH Daybreak’s Country Chic W A Ferris/D Krieg GCH CH Leoralee’s Supernatural Mw M Singleton GCH CH Starbarrack ‘N J’s Sweet Dreams Sw M Heywood/S Johnson GCH CH Raydachs Fire Down Below V Gleishorbach S Ray/J Sakoda/M Sakoda GCH CH Tarabon Willowood Man With The Golden S Wang GCH CH Kadell’s Gold Dust W L Reynolds/C Cahill/J Cahill GCH CH Twinkle’s Corbin At Carowynd Mw C O’Neil GCH CH Wiretap Ride Out The Storm A Mendenhall/A Mueller/G Tutt CH Matsutake’s Somewhere In Time D Wold

English Foxhounds

0

0

0

0

0

1

168

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Monocacy Bend’s Wayward Fox CGC T Koerber 2 CH Taillis Au Birchwood Tamsall L Lindberg 3 CH Monocacy Bend’s Winning Edge T Koerber 4 GCH CH Monocacy Bend’s Windsor T Koerber/K Eckard

(M)

0

1

3

2

4

816

1 GCH CH Grandcru Giaconda CGC M Steele/A Phelan/R Tomlin/R Gaudet 2 GCH CH Grandcru Rombauer C Huitt 3 CH El Retorno Africa Mia S Lybrand/A Landarte/J Nallem 4 GCH CH Jet’s A Smile As Big As The Moon N Soyster/M Hidinger/S Olson/J Rutherford 5 GCH CH Chaparral Isle Of Skye C Marzluf/T Marzluf/C Curlee GCH CH Grandcru Alexana 6 N Billups/K Billups/K Knox 7 GCH CH Rubicon’s He’s So Fine R Paust/P Robinstein 8 CH Greycott Somethingroyal S Thomson/R Ungar 9 CH Wildwood Helios Je Ne Sais Quoi J Allred/K Henderson/S Bartel 10 CH Grandcru Peter Michael E Biles/S Biles

(F)

1 GCH CH Pacific Happytail’s Heartbreaker E Biles/S Biles/W Mccleery 2 CH Blythmoor Chance Encounter At Shadowmere TD P Miller/L Kudna 3 Blythmoors Jump At The Chance P Gowen/M Gowen 4 GCH CH Icon Oak Hill’s Harmony In The Hills M Walsh/D Percy

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10

(F)

1

3

16

13

7

8

8002

(F)

0

0

3

3

4

3

1262

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

1

576

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

5

381

(F)

0

0

1

1

0

2

285

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

2

244

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

103

(F)

0

0

1

0

0

0

98

(F)

0

0

0

2

0

0

97

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

77

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

0

77

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

117

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

86

Greyhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 13

7

54

37

22

10

20702

(M)

0

1

2

1

3

5

1127

(F)

0

0

1

3

2

5

1119

(F)

0

0

2

2

0

0

844

(F)

0

0

0

2

3

0

479

(F) 0 0 0 0 2 2 354 (M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

250

(F) 0 0 0 1 0 1 205 (F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

131

(M)

0

0

1

0

2

0

125

Harriers

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

11

18

17

6

3391

0

0

1

0

0

0

183

(F) 0 0 0 0 1 1 154 (F)

Ibizan Hounds GCH CH Paradise Bette Davis Eyes L Puskas/N Pusta/W Anderson GCH CH Serandida & Sikora’s Fantasia R Stark/J Stark GCH CH Sunrumba’s Lovestruck By Life R Castillo GCH CH Harehill’s Say No More B Phifer/W Anderson GCH DC Aliki Notanuff’s Spice It Up A Notch SC LCX R Shaw/M Pierotti-Tietje/C Shaw CH Kamars Final Rain SC D Peterson/L Mckay/K Belz CH Harehill’s Crazy Little Thing Called Love E Liebes/J Luna DC Kamars Far From Final SC CGC M Groth/K Belz Kamar Alisian Fields Final Li Lava Dear SC A Barbour GCH DC Kamars Final Laugh SC LCX B Butcher/K Belz GCH CH Alfheim’s Hawaii Five O SC K Williamson-Jensen

0

(M) 0 0 1 4 5 1 777

Irish Wolfhounds 1 GCH CH Nunneleys Francis Gorm Driller Of Wayside C Nunneley Biehler 2 GCH CH Kuriann Of First Avenue J Ryan 3 GCH CH Dragonstar’s Riley Rowan B Darnall GCH CH Absolut Cru 4 J Gifford/D Gifford 5 GCH CH Cu Muirin Dylan S Frensley/C Cobb 6 GCH CH Folkloire’s All Jazzed Up A Schluter/J Schluter 7 GCH CH Black Kaviar Of Shantamon K Boyette 8 GCH CH Sapwood’s Mystery Movie C Riggs 9 GCH CH Pinehurst Stuart K Catov-Goodell 10 GCH CH Absolut Stella By Starlight S Burleson/D Gifford

(M)

1 GCH CH Vin-Melca’s Daggarwood Delight P Trotter 2 GCH CH Silhouettte’s Au Fish E Olsen/K Olsen 3 GCH CH Aspen’s It Takes A Thief R Rhoden/R Rhoden GCH CH Tioka’s American Ride 4 L Webster 5 GCH CH Somerri Dunharrow’s Dynamo J Silker/W Totten 6 GCH CH Bristlecone Itsuitsme S Graves

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

59

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

2

2

3

1

734

(M)

0

0

1

2

0

2

585

(M)

0

0

0

3

2

1

561

(M) 0 0 2 0 2 0 546 (M)

0

0

1

2

2

2

427

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

1

372

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

3

360

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

1

324

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

249

(F)

0

0

1

1

1

0

230

Norwegian Elkhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 7

1

14

10

11

4

12230

(M)

0

0

0

6

9

6

1753

(M)

0

0

4

4

11

8

1648

(M) 0 0 5 4 6 3 1522 (M)

0

0

2

1

10

10

1244

(M)

0

0

3

1

2

1

826

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The Plusses And Minuses Of The Aenc, Akc Going Totally Electronic...

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By Matthew H. Stander

Photos of the AENC by Matthew H. Stander and Eugene Z. Zaphiris

As

I write this report on December 20th neither the Board Meeting Minutes of December 9th nor the Delegate Minutes Meeting of the 10th and 11th have been posted. Notwithstanding the fact that DOG NEWS received its Delegate Report from Johnny Shoemaker on December 15 (which is contained in whole and/or part in this issue) and the Secretary’s Pages are electronically on AKC’s web site but - and get this - the AKC GAZETTE for December is not on AKC’s web site either for December. (It was posted on AKC’s web site December 21--that is December’s Gazette). I can understand the Board Minutes not being on yet since they have to be thoroughly washed and then approved by those charmers. (Finally posted on December 22, were the Delegate Minutes and the Board Minutes, too). After all the fear of misleading or being too transparent with the Fancy is always something the Board wants to avoid doing. (ha-ha). But I truly don’t understand the delay in the Delegate Minutes being posted since these are a direct transcript of what went on there. And now with the move as reported in Johnny’s report of AKC giving the clubs and apparently the Supers the option of going totally electronic there will be less and less accountability of what is going on since most people will either not know where to look for this stuff nor have the interest or desire to do that at all. Of course what goes on at the Delegate Committee meetings is not made public by AKC nor the Committees themselves except for a sub-committee of one of the Delegate Committees called the Delegates Advocacy and Advancement Committee. (Hereinafter referred to as the DAAC). I have written before about the 2 delegates who are members of this Committee and who on their own formed a Web Site Improvement Committee. This was eventually legitimized by the Delegate Coordinating Committee and the DAAC into a sub-committee of a Committee (talk about bureaucracy) and

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tion entries of less than 600 for the past three years may opt-in to the Tier One Program. If a club optsin, this must be done at the time club applies to hold a show, and the opt-in period shall be for three years (?). Clubs applying to hold Tier One Shows shall limit entries to (700) while in the Tier One program. Shows designated as Tier One shall make every effort to hire Permit or Specialist judges where available and within financial responsibility. For these shows a judge approved for the most breeds within a group may be approved to judge that group for this specific show by the AKC Board of Directors. A judge on the panel may be approved to judge Best in Show by the AKC Board. (A Tier One show could be approved to hold a special attraction whereby an exhibitor could pay another entry fee to have her dog judged by a judge not on the regular panel and receive a verbal or written critique. In this special event there would be no further competition past the critique. This is not part of the proposal - just an idea. ) A list of approved permit judges will be supplied to Tier One Clubs by AKC. (For a Tier One show AKC will subsidize the show by waiving the per entry fee. This is not part of the proposal - just an idea) The committee also discussed the proposal and two committee members volunteered to be on the sub-committee with Sid on this proposal. The Dog Show Rules Committee also appointed two volunteers from their committee to serve along with Sid to study this proposal before submitting it to the various committees. There was a request from Companion Events Committee to form joint subcommittee with All Breed Clubs, Companion Events, Herding, Earthdog, Coursing & Field committees to discuss “Achiever Dog” Proposal.

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This proposal was discussed by Dr. Carmen Battaglia and Michael Houchard. The overview is that the AKC offers many opportunities for people to participate in events with their dogs. In addition to the more that 4100 events, there are hundreds of AKC dog clubs that are in a position to assist people find their sport in AKC’s event structure. History shows that most new exhibitors begin in the venue that most interests them and when things don’t work out they quit and are disappointed about their AKC experience. In the confirmation sport the dropout rate is especially high with new exhibitors dropping out after 6 shows. These people never have the opportunity to experience the many other events that AKC has to offer or to experience the camaraderie available through our extensive network of clubs. A new program called “AKC Achiever Dog Program” is intended to encourage new and experienced dog owners to sample many of the events offered by AKC. AKC strives on three activities….Titles… Recognition and Awards. The time, cost and travel required to accomplish this- the exhibitor gets discouraged and just quits. They can not find mentors at clubs. The AKC Achiever Dog program avoids recommending the title or a certificate program. It only requires ribbons from any AKC venue. Qualifying ribbons or placements 1-4 all count towards becoming an AKC Achiever Dog. Support from the IT Department of AKC would entail tracking place-

ments. With minimal IT support those who are nearing their 4th or 5th try in a sport without success would by definition become a candidate for an AKC email that might say: “Your dog is eligible to earn and become an “AKC Achiever Dogs. Enter your dog in any sport offered by AKC; earn a ribbon in three different venues and your dog will become an AKC Achiever Dog. Any ribbon earned during the current calendar year would be considered a qualifying ribbon. To obtains Level 1 any 3 placement ribbons are required or a CGC Certificate. The summary of benefits would be: Removes winning against the pros; Focuses on achievement Identifies those who might abandon AKC as a source for fun Increases event entries Increases revenues Provides opportunities for breeders to mentor new puppy buyers. Provides clubs with access to a pool of new members. There will be more discussion on this proposal at the next meeting in March. There was also a proposal to update the Match Regulations for ages of puppies to allow 4 months puppies at A matches from the old 6 months. This does not affect the B regulations that allow 3 months old puppies. There was also a discussion on the Show & Go Ring that clubs could offer for exhibitors to practice with their dog. It will get the dog and the exhibitor use to the dogshow environment. Clubs could charge for the ring but should have a club member present to control the ring. There should be a conversation that a club could have with their superintendent as to the cost of another ring. There was also a discussion of having a defibrillator at a show. This equipment can save lives. Clubs should see if the EMT at their show (if they have one) would have one. Also there was discussion of having superContinued on page 76

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intendents have them at their shows. That of course would be an additional expense for them. More discussion will be held on this. The Dog Show Rules committee had lots on their agenda and they were all covered at their meeting. Harvey Wooding, AKC Board Liaison, discussed the real estate opportunity with keeping or closing one of the locations for the AKC offices. After much research headed by Chairman Ronald Menaker it was decided to keep both locations opened but some department may move. Cindy Stansell discussed the process of cleaning up the italicized portion of the Dog Show Rules and include those as part of the Rules and not policy. The sub-committee consisting of Cindy Stansell, Mary Manning-Stolz, Sue Goldberg and myself had reviewed Chapters 1-6 of the Dog Show Rules and submitted to the committee to approve and include in the Rules the previously italicized sections. With a few suggestions the committee voted to approve those changes in Chapters 1-6 of the Dog Show Rules. The sub-committee had a telephone conference before the Delegate Meeting and went over some of the other chapters and will present those ideas for changes at the March 2016 meeting. Chapter 16, Section 6 revisions was discussed by me and Robert Schroll who were on a subcommittee to review the inclusion of the non-regular class entries in calculating Grand Championship points. In each paragraph of that Section 6 of Chapter 16 that discusses cal-

culating Grand Championship points it was voted and approved to include the wording after “in the regular and single dog entry classes that are eligible for Best of Breed or Variety” in calculating Grand Championship points. Chapter 16, Section 1 our committee had voted to recommend the proposed amendment allowing both sexes to award a maximum of one point for Best of Winners. The section would read, “If no points are credited to the dog awarded Best of Winners, the regular class dogs of both sexes shall be counted in calculating championship points. A maximum of one championship point can be awarded when combining sexes for the Best of Winners point calculation.” Chapter 6, Section 9 deals with the rules of closing dates. The last sentence of that Section 9 states” Whenever the closing day noted above falls on a postal holiday, entries received in the first mail only on the following day may be accepted. There was an email sent out to all superintendents by Glenn E. Lyons, Director of Event Operations Support, that stated, after the part of Section 9 above....” this includes any entries received via phone, fax, online, hand delivered, etc.”As the section now only states the word “mail” this section is out of date due to the other ways entries can be received and most exhibitors do not know when the first mail is received by the superintendent. The committee voted to revise the Chapter 6, Section 9. That section would read: “Whenever the closing day noted above falls on a

postal holiday, entries received up to 24 hours from the published closing date may be accepted.” As most of you know from my previous article in Dog News I am very much opposed to the addition of an asterisk next to an exhibitors’ armband number in the JUDGE’S BOOK. This is scheduled to begin in January 2016. My thoughts on this are that a judge should learn the procedure of the NOHS of how to decide who is eligible for the NOHS final competition. This can be done with speaking with the ring steward and also be reviewing the flow chart available on the AKC website. Judges need to do their homework. To get off the subject somewhat….superintendents were ask their input by Event Operations on Table and Ramp breed identifiers for breeds. The email stated “that they had several judges request table and ramp breeds to be identified in the judge’s books. Our thoughts are that following the Breed name in the header a code in parenthesis is added to indicate the breeds examination location or option. As examples: Bichon Frise (T), Clumber Spaniel (RO) Cardigan Welsh Corgi (TO, RO) Boykin Spaniel (TO, RO, GO) Chow Chow (RM). Breeds judged on the ground would not have a code. Codes would be: T-Table only RM-Ramp Mandatory RO-Ramp Optional GO-Table Optional TO-Table Optional My thought on this is if the judge does not know if a breed goes on the table or ground or ramp….what are they doing judging the breed! Write it on your breed standard you bring into the ring for God’s sake. Write it on your hand or other part you may look at. Go to the AKC website and print out the Ramp and Table breeds’ information. If it changes note it on your breed standard until the update is available on the website. Judges we need to do our homework on this and the NOHS. Getting back to the Asterisk….I mentioned to our Board Liaison, Harvey Wooding, that I had heard at the December 2015 AKC Board meeting that the Board had received a letter from the NOHS association and they expressed their displeasure with the Asterisk being in the judge’s book. They did say they did not object to a Continued on page 128

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American Manchester Terrier Club National Specialty 2015

By Tonya Sims

Photos by Rachel & David Jonas

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anchester owners, breeders and handlers from all over the United States met in the capitol city of Lincoln, Nebraska at the Lancaster Event Center for the 77th Annual American Manchester Terrier Club National Specialty. With more than 100 entries, the Manchester Nationals is the highlight of the year for these charming, beautiful and rare dogs. This year the Nationals was held in conjunction with the Cornhusker Kennel Club of Lincoln Nebraska and Platte Valley Kennel Club of Fremont all breed cluster shows and was hosted by the AMTC Districts 4 and 5 on October 1st and 2nd, 2015. The Host Hotel was The Staybridge Suites on Fletcher Avenue. This location was very accommodating with large areas of grass surrounding the hotel. The breakfast/ lounge area provided a great place for

everyone to relax and catch up, while snacking on delicious snacks and morning fare. Preliminary events included a Welcome at the Host Hotel, Board meeting, and Judges Seminar on Wednesday. This was followed by the first day of conformation judging both Nationals and all breed, our independent Obedience & Rally trial, and the Annual General Meeting on Thursday. Friday concluded the Nationals judging but included a District 6 Specialty and opportunities for all breed agility, barn hunt instinct testing and lure coursing. Saturday offerings included a District 4 Specialty and additional all breed events.

T-shirts with a western theme were available for purchase and each exhibitor was treated to a handy tote with the same western logo emblazoned on it and breed themed magnets. The totes were filled with treats for the dogs and goodies for the exhibitors. Raffle items included a Metal Welcome Sign for Nationals and a Handmade Wooden crate offered by District 5 for their Specialty. Conformation competition for Nationals was divided so that the Standard variety was judged on Thursday and the Toy variety was judged on Friday. Best of Breed was determined on Friday after the completion of the Toy variety judging. The Nationals conformation judging began with Puppy Sweepstakes classes as well as Veterans Sweepstakes. Sweeps classes were judged by Breeder/Owner/Handler Mr. Jeremy Continued on page 84

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McClister of Kentucky. His choices for Puppy Sweeps were GSW, BVS CH Medley’s Just Reward, bred by Edwina Smargiasso & Tamara Myers and owned by Sherrill Printemps & Tamara Myers; OVS Enchante’ Camera Ready V Ambrick bred by Valerie Stanert, Marla Zoz, Judy & Gary Anderson and owned by Valerie Stanert, Marla Zoz, & Gary Anderson; OSW, BVS CH Benison’s Dance Of The Reed Pipes bred and owned by Karen Cornell; and OVS Covenant’s Fantasy Bright One bred and owned by Sondra J. Davis & Beverly E. Leidner. For Veteran’s Sweeps the winners were BVV/GSV GCH Medley’s War Hunt bred by Tamara Myers & Roger Gutierrez and owned by Ed & Jeanette Tonini & Jenell Tonini-Zanotto and OVV/OSV GCH Ambricks Tailor Made Oasis bred by Marla & Tim Zoz & Judy & Gary Anderson and owned by Marla Zoz, Valerie Stanert & Judy & Gary Anderson. Our official Nationals judge was Mrs. Carolyn A. Herbel of Putnam, Oklahoma. Mrs. Herbel has been approved to judge Manchesters since 1996, and her skill and experience was truly appreciated by our exhibitors. She carefully narrowed the field down from 47 Standard and 31 Toy entries to her final selections. Best of Breed, BOV Toy, GCH Cottage Lake’s Our Lady of Fatima, bred and owned by Dr. Roger Travis & Marcelo Chagas; BOS Breed, BOS Toy, GCH Burmack’s National Treasure at Medley, RN, bred by James Burrows & Patrick Mackensey and owned by Tamara Myers & James Burrows. BOV Standard, GCH Medley’s The World Is Not Enough, bred by Tamara Myers & Danielle C. Asplund-Green, and owned by Sarah Berrend & Tamara Myers; BOS Standard, GCH Medley’s War Hunt bred by Tamara Myers & Roger Gutierrez and owned by Ed & Jeanette Tonini and Jenell Tonini-Zanotto. Other notable wins include: BW/WD Standard Fantasy’s Doctor No CGC CD bred and owned by Beverly E. Leidner; WB Standard Ellis Isle B So Phine bred by Sara Ellis and owned by Linda Hurley; Select Dog Standard CH Enchante’ King of Queens Von Ambrick bred by Valerie Stanert & Marla Zoz & Judy & Gary Anderson and owned by Marla Zoz and Valerie Stanert; Select Bitch Standard GCH Levendi’s She Enters With Fire Medley NAJ bred and owned by Christina Caridis. Best Brood Bitch Standard GCH Ambricks Tailor Made Oasis bred by Marla & Tim Zoz & Judy & Gary Anderson and owned by Marla Zoz, Valerie Stanert & Judy & Gary Anderson; Best Brace Standard CH Oakwoods Hot To

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Trot bred by Kimberle Schiff and owned by Ellen Murtagh & Kimberle Schiff and Barrcu’s Dream Weaver V Oakwood bred and owned by Ellen Murtagh & Kimberle Schiff; Best Team Standard CH Enchante’ King of Queens Von Ambrick, Enchante’ Camera Ready V Ambrick, GCH Ambricks Tailor Made Oasis, and Ambricks Premier Showman RAE CD NAJ CGC; BW/WD Toy Dixieland ‘n Earendil Bada Boom bred by Rachel & Jeremy McClister & Jes & David Kemp and owned by Jeremy & Rachel McClister; WB Toy Kismet’s Little Light of Mine bred and owned by Mary M. Gonzalez; Select Dog Toy GCH Bayside Beginning bred by Dianna Texter & Karen Cornell and owned by Dianna Texter; Select Bitch Toy CH Toria Just Cowgirl Up UD TD MX MXJ bred by Victoria Herbert & Carol Ross & Linda Hurley and owned by Linda Hurley; Best Brace Toy GCH Blossom’s Let’s Dance bred & owned by Blossom Scott-Heim and GCH Blossoms Life of the Party bred and owned by Blossom Scott-Heim. Our Juniors were represented by exhibitors in the Open Senior and Master Class. Best Junior Handler was Marit Alsager from the Master Class with GCH Heaven Hi’s Colorado Gold bred by Jerri Hobbs and owned by Marit Alsager & Dr J. Fleischaker DVM & Dr. M Alsager DVM. Manchesters in Performance Because this venue offered such a variety of additional dog sport activities, it was perfect for showing off just how versatile and talented our Manchesters can be. Besides Conformation showcasing beautiful representatives of Toy and Standard Manchesters, the additional offerings included Obedience, Rally, Agility, Lure Coursing/Coursing Ability Tests (CAT), and the new sports of Barn Hunt and Dock Diving. Quite a full slate! Incidentally, a majority of the Manchesters, Toys and Standards, that participated in the AMTC performance events were also breed champions. Some of the Manchesters who did especially well in their performance events, competed in the breed ring as well. Not only that but during the four days of competition, the HIT agility Manchester and the HIT Obedience Manchesters also ranged from making the final cuts in tough breed competition to earning Select, or even Best of Opposites. Proving that Manchesters are not only beautiful, but are not afraid to “roll their sleeves up” and perform as well. In Obedience and Rally, Rick Garvin

judged a respectably sized National entry. Teams came from California, Minnesota, and Texas, with a majority performing qualifying runs. In Obedience, Standard Manchester Terrier, CH Just Misselle CD BN RA, owned and handled by Annette Bujold, was awarded High In Trial (HIT), while in Rally, Standard Manchester Terrier, Ch. Just Cast A Giant Shadow, CDX, RE, owned and handled by Karen Anderson, was awarded High Combined (HC). Manchester Terriers actually take quite well to training and are very bright and witty. Do not let anyone tell you they cannot be trained!!! It might take a trainer that’s willing to be patient and as crafty as a terrier, but it undoubtedly CAN be done. Those who choose to take on the challenge of the intelligence of a Manchester Terrier find them to be fun partners to work with. The Manchesters that were entered in Obedience and Rally were not only in the first, Novice levels, but covered the whole spectrum of classes, with a majority of them being in the upper classes such as Open and Utility in Obedience and Advanced and Excellent in Rally. Manchesters also got to show off how well they excel in the agility arena. Two handlers, one from California, the other from Texas, each had two agility entries. Each handler had one each of the highest level, Masters level dog, and also a less experienced, “up and coming” dog. There were some very nice courses with fair challenges for all, judged by Terry Elger. While not all were Qualifying runs, each was very exciting and our Manchesters put forth an outstanding effort and caught the eye of a number of spectators. The very consistent and lovely Bronze GCH MACH Medley’s Picante Y Sabrosa RA, MXB, MJB, OF, CGC, TT, RATN, HOF, ROM, “Bella”, with handler Christina Caridis, from California won AMTCs High In Trial Agility award. Incidentally, this lovely bitch was just recognized as the top producing dam for her breed by Dogs In Review. As you can see by her many titles, covering over 7 different venues, she is an example of just how multitalented the Manchester can be. Another area where they are excelling and proving to be noteworthy athletes is in Lure Coursing, AKC’s CAT for the nonsighthound breeds. There were about eight Manchesters that participated in the one day that the CAT was offered. Most of these were Standards but a couple of Toys proved worthy as well. While a few Manchesters preferred to stay closer to their owners, the majority thrilled the crowd as well as their owners with very exciting runs. A significant number of these were doing it for the first time, showing how strong their natural instinct to hunt is. Their owners were absolutely thrilled to see them simulate one of the functions they were originally bred to do, to hunt hare. Barn Hunt attracted quite a few Manchester exhibitors, with a majority getting to show off another reason why the breed was developed ..... to hunt rats. Most of the Manchesters, of both varieties Got It!!!

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You and your vet Continued FROM page 30

My dog seems to have an extra eyelid. Is this normal? Yes, it is normal. Dogs have a third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane or “haw”. These membranes usually rest in the inside corner of the eye but will be more visible if the eye is irritated. The nictitating membrane can be white or darkly pigmented, depending on the color of the skin surrounding the eye. Some medications, especially the tranquilizer acepromazine, cause the nictitating membrane to protrude across the eye. According to ophthalmologists, the third eyelid has 4 functions in dogs. It cleans dirt and mucus off of the cornea (the clear outer surface on the front of the eyeball). The gland of the third eyelid produces about onethird of the dog’s tears which lubricate and cleanse the eye. The nictitating membrane contains lymphoid tissue which acts as a lymph node and produces antibodies to fight infection. The fourth function of the third eyelid is to protect the cornea form injury. The glands in the third eyelid are usually hidden beneath the lower eyelid. If these glands become inflamed, they will protrude, forming a red, bulbous swelling that is called a prolapsed nictitans, or “cherry eye”. This unsightly, inflammatory condition can be resolved with medicated eye drops or a surgical procedure to tack the gland back in place under the lower eyelid.

My dog eats very fast. Does this put him at risk for bloat? It would be easier to answer that question if we knew exactly what causes dogs to bloat. The condition known as bloat, or gastric dilatation and volvulus, occurs when the stomach rapidly fills with gas and twists. As the stomach expands, blood supply to the stomach and other vital organs is cut off. The dog quickly goes into shock. Without emergency treatment, bloat is fatal. Even with aggressive therapy, some dogs do not survive. No one knows exactly what causes dogs to bloat. The risk factors are widely variable. Veterinarians continually debate what risks truly apply to the condition. Generally speaking, dogs with deep, narrow chests seem the most prone to bloat. The risk increases as the dog gets older and the ligaments around the stomach stretch out. Certain breeds are more likely to bloat, with Great Danes being at the top of the list. Other breeds mentioned are St. Bernards, Setters, German Shepherds,

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Doberman pinschers, and standard poodles. It is important to know that while bloat most often affects large dogs, small dogs can bloat as well. A key risk factor that is unrelated to diet is genetic in origin. A study done by Purdue University showed a 63% increase in risk of bloating when a dog has a close relative, such as a parent, sibling or puppy, who experienced bloat. It is unclear whether the height at which your dog’s food dish is placed plays a role in causing bloat. Studies seem equally divided as to whether elevating the food dish increases or decreases the risk. Dogs that eat rapidly and are given just one large meal per day may be more susceptible to bloat. If the dog devours their meal and swallows large amounts of air in the process, it can be a significant contributing factor to the development of bloat. Separating dogs at mealtime reduces the competition for food and may slow consumption. It is the nature of most dogs to eat quickly. They grab the food, crunch it a little and swallow. Dogs are not designed to chew their food as completely as humans. The food consumed is further broken down for digestion in the stomach. Eating fast, in and of itself, may not cause bloat, but slowing a voracious eater by wetting the food or spreading the food out in a larger, flat dish, may decrease the risk. The ingredients of a dog’s diet also contribute to the susceptibility to bloat. The majority of dry foods on the market contain carbohydrates like corn, wheat, rice, soy and oatmeal. These carbohydrates are highly fermentable, and fermentation produces gas. Dogs do not appear to require large amounts of carbohydrates in their diet, so decreasing the amount of fermentable carbs will decrease the production of gas. Excess flatulence, or farting, is a common sign that a dog is not digesting their food well. A change of food is recommended. If your dog has experienced an episode of bloating in the past or is one of the high-risk breeds, it is advisable to feed them 2 to 3 smaller meals daily rather than one large meal. Allowing your dog to drink large amounts of water or exercising right after eating both increase the chances that your dog will bloat. A gastropexy is a surgical procedure where a small area of stomach is attached to the inside of the body wall. The “stomach tacking” will not prevent gas accumulation, or bloat, but will prevent the stomach from rotating, or torsing. This prevents the devastating damage done by the loss of blood supply and allows the bloat to be resolved more easily with medication or passing of a stomach tube. Gastropexy can be done safely with either a laparoscope or traditional abdominal surgical method. High- risk, large, deep-chested breeds can have the surgery performed prophylactically at a young age before any episodes occur, or at the same time they are spayed or neutered.

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

7 GCH CH Silver Sleuth Vikrest P Viken/L Forrest 8 GCH CH Aspenrepublik Into The Wind M Kenton 9 GCH CH Somerri Jamieson’s Echo Of Whiskey J Lewis/A Lewis/L Lewis 10 GCH CH Somerri Scotch Make It A Double L Lewis

(M)

0

0

2

4

4

4

701

1 GCH CH Aberdeen’s Ultimate Addiction J Mullen/D Blunt/J Mcilwaine/A Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine 2 GCH CH Magicwood Kalevala Ohenry Otterhound W Mellon/S Macquiddy 3 GCH CH Aberdeens Under The Influence A Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine 4 GCH CH Ironquest’s Bode One’s Time R Hayward 5 Riverspruce’s No Redoubt About It OAP NJP R Abernathy/K Cheatham 6 GCH CH Dekenchar’s Raisin’ A Ruckus E Carmichael/D Carmichael/D Steffen/K Steffen 7 GCH CH Magicwood Kalevala Gettysburg Memory S Plucheck/W Plucheck 8 GCH CH Otterbee’s Killian Red S Lumbery/A Constable/A Ghione 9 GCH CH Oheaven’s Worth Repeating N Lange/K Lange CH Magicwood’s Tribute To Scentasia 10 E Conway/D Emery/J Moyer

(M) 2 1 12 18 20 17 6621

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Iceage V. Tum-Tums Vriendjes D King/B Duelks/B Major/N Frost GCH CH Soletrader Zee Or Zed D Moore/J Hayes/M Doherty/W Doherty GCH CH Lacey’s Deck Plate Leader W Craigmiles/J Lacey-Black/D Bruce/J Neuschaefer GCH CH Celestial Cj’s Ringmaster At Talus J Hurty/L Florian/M Florian/C Wilt/C Hurty GCH CH M&M’s Fear The Beard D Moore/J Hayes GCH CH Bubblegum V. Tum-Tum’s Vriendjes D Planche/G Huiheshoven/D Bolak GCH CH Jus Strike It Rich M Morey GCH CH Icecream V Tum-Tums Vriendjes J Hurty/C Hurty/L Florian/M Florian/B Sittibavornsakul GCH CH Tetu Comedie Francais De Bordeaux R Claude/D Claude GCH CH M&M’s Texas Mae West D Moore/J Hayes

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Farao Anubis Inferno BN RN SC J Mosing/D Cooper/B Clooten GCH DC Hallam’s Jake Of Arolet SC S Sipperly/D Carota GCH CH Osiris Cowboy Casanova T Del Duca/B Carella/K Carella/T Del Duca GCH CH Galadrial’s Its In The Stars Du Ciel RA SC S Swanson GCH CH Siphra’s Wish You Were Here L Lysher/B Sundquist GCH DC Sendji’s Step Right Up MC LCX CGC C Guinn/W Martin GCH CH Bazinga A Dream Of Spring For Mia P Haig/R Newman GCH DC Nefer-Temu Vou Te Contar MC LCX E Kerridge GCH CH Charmedwons Phuture’s Phortune Cookie T Andrews/J Gwin GCH CH Shalimar Wild Fire Osiris L Drolet

(F) 0 0 2 1 1 1 556 (F)

0

0

1

1

2

5

489

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

6

431

Otterhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

0

0

3

0

3

0

881

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

315

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

1

196

(M)

0

0

2

0

1

2

164

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

2

135

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

106

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

1

74

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

57

(M) 0 0 0 0 1 0 41

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

3

32

21

20

8

9956

(M)

2

1

18

9

9

7

6034

(M)

3

0

14

27

19

15

5591

(M)

0

0

2

3

7

10

1876

(M)

0

0

3

2

1

1

1186

(F)

0

0

2

1

10

7

1158

(M)

0

0

3

8

4

6

1125

(M)

0

0

2

1

3

1

776

(M)

0

0

3

0

5

4

655

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

420

Pharaoh Hounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

3

0

25

13

12

12

6834

(M)

1

0

9

12

11

8

3404

(M)

0

1

5

5

6

4

2395

(F)

0

0

0

5

5

4

1507

(F)

0

0

3

4

6

6

1478

(M)

0

1

4

4

5

2

1120

(F)

0

0

0

0

8

3

1116

(M)

0

0

2

1

2

4

772

(F)

0

0

0

0

3

2

543

(M)

0

0

2

0

1

0

312

Plotts

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 CSG Mima Creek Toadie D Van Kirk/N Cook

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 42

1 GCH CH Radical De Viamonte S Carter 2 CH Bonsai Noble Adventurer G Simonds/A Ghione 3 GCH CH Annevan The Doctor C Gordon/J Evanoff 4 GCH CH Pirata II De Viamonte CM J Evanoff/K Oglesby GCH CH Anevan The Captain 5 S Souza/J Evanoff 6 GCH CH Brokenroad Marco Polo Of Prestige D Frank 7 GCH CH Phaererin Agustinho CM J Fitzpatrick/L Mcginness 8 GCH CH Ketka’s Benchmark Pendragon C Sowders/D Kahla GCH CH Tahtitaivaan David 9 M Boisture/J Waterman 10 GCH CH Prairie Pond’s Born In The Usa CM C Well/M Well/J Tusten

(M)

1 2 3

CH Sidearm Public Enemy H Parker/L Mills GCH CH CSG Twisted Creek Gentlemen, Start Your S Dellapenta/J Kochensparger GCH CH Sidearm Just Forget About It J Mills/L Mills/T Mills

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Celtic Lore’s Moonlight And Magic CGC D Garbett GCH CH Spring Valley’s Jojo J Hlis/M Hlis GCH CH Kimani’s Indelible Impression JC A Walls/A Hanna/E Demopoulos/R Porter GCH CH Diablo’s Back Alley Brawler CGC H Rasmussen/N Faville/R Boese GCH CH Cjs Ranch The Oracles Of Zeus Hpk- C Bowers/J Bowers/H Hayek/D Hayek GCH CH Kuba’s Call Of The Wild By Copperridge SC K Bains/J Bains GCH CH Shadowridge One N Only At Firedance M Sorosky/L Hellinge/D Karlson GCH CH Mystiko & Adili’s Unstoppable Reign CGC T Lynch/K Courtelis GCH CH Lyonnese Master’s Blend By Kimani M Tauber/F Depaulo/T Lyons GCH CH Shakaridge Major League Mvp D Cherry

1 2

GCH CH Baghdad Eleganza Extravaganza L Ackerman GCH CH Starlite’s Made Of The Best Stuff On Earth T Turley-Kocab/M Kocab/S Middlebrooks

Portuguese Podengo Pequenos

0

0

0

3

3

8

995

(M) 0 0 0 1 0 0 371 (M) 0 0 0 0 4 1 286 (M)

0

0

0

1

3

1

170

(M) 0 0 0 0 0 1 155 (M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

92

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

91

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

74

(M) 0 0 0 0 0 1 70 (M)

Redbone Coonhounds

0

0

0

0

0

1

60

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

0

0

2

137

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

79

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

53

Rhodesian Ridgebacks

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

1

1

25

12

22

12

7537

(M)

2

3

13

18

12

7

5987

(M)

0

0

5

4

4

4

2047

(M)

0

1

1

2

5

4

1795

(M)

0

0

3

4

4

3

1290

(M)

0

0

2

2

5

2

1068

(F)

0

0

3

4

4

3

1046

(F)

0

0

0

2

4

4

894

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

7

714

(M)

0

0

0

1

2

5

712

Salukis

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F) (M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 9

11

45

20

13

11

22959

7

10

44

36

11

6

17517

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3 GCH CH Takara The Time Is Now J Rimerman/P Mohr 4 GCH CH Baghdad A Missdemeanor D Pfeil/L Ackerman/J Donahue/A Chafu 5 GCH CH Baha Persian Of Interest CD RN SC OA C Coile 6 GCH CH Impala Ladies Love Outlaws L Snyder/D Aube 7 GCH CH Appalachia’s Allamyrra Hajji JC P Arwood/M Mccowan/G Thornton 8 GCH CH Aurora’s The Song And Dance Man J Mueller/E Blake 9 GCH CH Ladyhawks Gallant Bess D Ratliff 10 GCH CH El-Ubaid’s Toth S Dunlea

(F)

1 GCH CH Foxcliffe Chelsea Piers C Dove/R Dove 2 GCH CH Hobarra’s I Dreamed A Dream S Hogan-Cirincione/A Cirincione/T Rizzitiello 3 GCH CH Chase Farm Midnight Rambler J Hanson 4 CH Hollyrood June Bug At Jaraluv L Bruce GCH CH Jaraluv Timeless 5 J Brinlee/R Brinlee 6 Bruach Elinas Na-H-Alba D’Crawford T Crawford/D Crawford 7 GCH CH Dhu Mohr Gentom On Wings Of Peace F Smith/W Fast/B Irwin/J Rhodes 8 GCH CH Highlander’s Celtic Carol CD BN RN CGC M Freeman/J Freeman 9 GCH CH Dunsmuir-Lehigh Ailwen Rose L Studer/P Pascoe 10 GCH CH Lehigh Guilty Pleasure C Chapman

(F)

1 GCH CH Cherry Creek Confetti A Alexander/S Houston 2 GCH CH Lost Heritage Cherry Crk Gone with the Wind C Vanover/A Carter 3 GCH CH CGCH Dry River’z Shattered Dreams J Confer/K Purchiss GCH CH How The West Was Won 4 D Planche/S Randolph/A Alexander 5 CH Southfork River Hell Raz’N Kate D Geffs/S Swenson/R Geffs 6 CH Sidearm Shootin’ The Bull L Mills/T Mills 6 Drake’s Sonya Dore B Potash 8 CH Stackem Up The Business Breed B Clary/D Lee/T Snedegar 9 GCH CH Cherry Creek Confetti’s Cashmere A Alexander/S Houston 10 GCH CH Stackem Up Man Of Mayhem At Knockhill K Block/R Schwenke

(F)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4

3

19

12

12

9

8112

(F)

2

4

18

14

7

8

7412

(M)

1

2

4

9

8

4

3852

(M)

0

0

2

10

8

4

2602

(F)

1

1

5

3

5

1

1752

(M)

1

1

4

1

3

0

1649

(F)

0

0

0

3

2

1

672

(F)

(M) 0 0 1 0 1 4 627

Scottish Deerhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 4

2

10

11

5

2

8267

(F)

1

0

10

8

6

5

3364

(M)

1

0

2

1

1

0

1698

(F)

0

1

1

1

0

0

568

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 2 503 (M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

413

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

0

357

(F)

0

0

0

1

3

2

329

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

228

(F)

0

0

1

0

2

0

217

Treeing Walker Coonhounds

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

8

5

3

11

2789

(F)

0

0

0

3

4

11

1130

(M)

0

0

1

2

2

3

847

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

3

311

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

3

242

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

71

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 71 (M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

69

(F)

0

0

1

0

0

0

56

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

53

Whippets GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless D Butt/A Giles/B Call GCH CH Debmar Lovin’ Dixie D Bahm GCH CH Starline’s Jimmy Choo K Padon/L Lawrence/L Wilson/S Laws/D Laws GCH CH Windborn Starline Heiress L Wilson/K Padon/L Lawrence/R Paust GCH CH Karasar’s Resurgence K Kuper/N Barthelette/K Mlynar GCH CH Kimera Vesper Lynd E Campbell/S House/K Thomas GCH CH Copperridge’s I Love Lucy P Heintzelman/J Miller GCH CH Kamada’s New York Minute D Davenport/K Davenport/D Kipp GCH CH Winway Ramona Quimby S Fosnot/V Atkinson GCH CH Rainier’s Class Act At Endeavor J Shepherd/L Stewart

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 33

19

106

34

8

1

52856

(F)

2

3

18

24

9

10

8678

(M)

3

2

16

5

8

4

7899

(F)

5

1

14

3

4

3

6556

(F)

0

2

9

15

11

3

3587

(F)

0

2

5

10

2

5

3553

(F)

0

4

7

3

7

1

3048

(F)

2

0

6

2

4

2

2092

(F)

1

0

2

3

1

1

1892

(F)

0

0

4

4

4

7

1793

Working Group

Akitas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Mojo’s Continuation Of A Myth S Borrmann GCH CH Sondaisa Fyre When Ready CD RN C Sullivan/J Ellis GCH CH Cr - Wicca’s Trade Secret A Bavaria/C Burke/T Bavaria/J Charnik GCH CH Stardust’s Broadway Joe RN T Witte/R Witte GCH CH Day Dream’s Wake Um & Shake Um A Dickens Johnson GCH CH Onyx Gold At Last S Milton GCH CH Akiko’s Repeat Performance N Fisk GCH CH Daykeyne Eatin My Cake Too T Buckley GCH CH Ali’I Ak’s Majer Carbon Copy V Mcconnell/M Goss CH Mojo’s Lay’N Down The Law R Helmken/R Helmken

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 16

8

46

29

17

5

24226

(M)

4

0

17

20

6

5

14366

(M)

1

4

16

12

4

1

8544

(M)

0

1

4

13

5

7

3347

(M)

0

0

0

6

3

9

2058

(F)

0

0

3

3

1

5

1247

(M)

0

0

0

3

3

8

1083

(M)

0

0

2

1

1

1

666

(M)

0

0

1

2

2

3

565

(M)

1

0

4

1

3

1

475

Alaskan Malamutes

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Peace River’s Gathers No Moss At Sunstra T Robinson/A Syar/M Coburn/K Robinson 2 GCH CH Tugar’s Taking On Tyson K Hausner 3 GCH CH Silverice’s Jager Bomb A Syar/M Stone 4 GCH CH Spiritrun’s Cool Ride J Remazki/E Remazki/A Syar 5 GCH CH Kasaan Snokist Ropin ‘N’ ‘T’ Fortune D Roberts-Burrill 6 GCH CH Chikara’s Don’T Stop Believing J Dewing/R Dysart 7 GCH CH Storm Kloud’s Test Of Time CA J El Dissi 8 GCH CH Catera’s Keepin’ It World Class J Dewing/R Dysart 8 GCH CH Sno Klassic Nanuke Lifes A Dance J Taylor/P Peel/M Peel GCH CH Wolfholic’s Extraordinary 10 J Sunga/Y Choi

(M)

1

2

13

14

8

4

9346

(M)

0

2

5

2

6

3

3961

(M)

0

0

7

8

3

3

3221

(F)

1

0

1

0

0

1

1037

(M)

0

1

1

0

2

1

787

(M)

1

0

3

0

0

0

680

(M)

0

0

0

2

0

1

577

(F)

0

0

1

0

2

0

518

(F)

0

0

0

1

2

0

518

1 2

(M)

(M) 0 0 1 2 1 0 427

Anatolian Shepherd Dogs GCH CH Lucky Hit Bethany Beyaz Kumru J York/E Conard GCH CH Timaru Serag Mounir L Brabyn/J Brabyn

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

3

2

4

745

0

0

1

0

1

1

547

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

0

0

0

0

2

3

538

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

291

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Witchways Here Comes The Magic R Harrison/J Dickhoff GCH CH Villairns Tag You’re It RN S Slade/K Hodgson GCH CH American Ale Von Der Bernessehof B Hilmes/M Hilmes GCH CH Casmor’s Just On Time D Reams/K Elksnis/S Von Engel GCH CH Tallpine’s Life Of The Party D Hitchcock/S Crisp GCH CH Nashem Moore Then Friends J Moore/S Karl GCH CH Tanzanite Learning Curve RN S Montville/C Arbuthnot GCH CH Adesa’s Best In Snow W Blewett/B Kinley-Blewett GCH CH Nobleheart’s Rigel CGC C Mellalieu/J Bogdan GCH CH Avatars Let’s Try It Again J Goularte/J Goularte

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Russian Bears Not Just Another Rock Starr D Kremer GCH CH Gladiator S Zolotogo Grada S Gaunt GCH CH Malahovskiy Graf Rossiyskiy CD RAE CA E Pleskov GCH CH Arisha Krasa Russkaya Nochnaya Zvezda D Hawkes/R Hawkes GCH CH That’s What’s In A Name C Cassidy/J Cassidy/D Scheiris/D Scheiris GCH CH Aristes Paint It Black D Poulson/R Looker/C Stumm GCH CH Russian Bears Rooting Tooting Shooting H Haldi GCH CH Fun Nord’s Hariton Gavrilovich P Gladu/M Hernandez GCH CH Russian Bears One Flew Over The Cuckoos E Foster/E Leisure GCH CH Black Pearls Avatar Iz Russkoi Dinastii M Mesh/J Mesh/L Mesh/M Curtis/D Ludwig

(F) 0 0 0 1 0 0 201 (M)

0

0

0

1

1

1

184

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

182

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

165

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 76

Bernese Mountain Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

0

5

11

8

7

4779

(M)

1

0

1

3

5

4

3387

(M)

1

1

6

5

5

6

3376

(F)

0

0

1

2

7

6

1768

(M)

0

0

1

2

1

5

1197

(M)

0

0

0

2

3

2

1085

(F)

0

1

1

0

1

1

1042

(M)

0

0

0

2

3

1

950

(F)

0

0

0

3

2

3

911

(M)

0

0

1

2

1

2

873

Black Russian Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

0

1

6

5

5

2

3120

(M)

0

0

3

7

7

12

2822

(M)

1

1

7

3

4

1

1997

(F)

0

0

0

4

4

6

1427

(M)

0

0

0

3

5

2

1314

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

2

603

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

3

597

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

440

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

273

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

238

Boerboels

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 A Gallant Triton CGC M Jacoby

(M) 0 0 0 0 0 2 140

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak Of The Devil J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum GCH CH Hijinx This Is How I Roll B Nunn GCH CH Cherkei’s Dick Tracey C Robbins/K Robbins GCH CH Brisbane N” Blue Monday’s Diamonds Are W Truesdale/Z Truesdale/M Mckamey/E Mckamey/J GCH CH Encore’s Sovereign B Andreu/M Andreu/C Cates/J Mumford GCH CH Rummer Run’s Black Magic A Anderson/S Anderson GCH CH Vixayo’s Golden Hammer K Vixayo/B Barnhart/K Jones/A Jones GCH CH Shadigee’s Sequel To Legends L Nowak/M Nowak/R Hallock/G Hallock GCH CH Encore’s Mimosa K Dye/C Cates GCH CH Happy Tail’s Kit Kat Saves The Day & L Brown/H Gussis

(F)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Banstock N Highpoint New Day Bruin At Kimo J Treiber/E Thomason GCH CH Dal Primo In 7he Making C Corner/M Steigmeyer GCH CH Affinity’s 3-Sheets To The Wind A Mcateer/C Lane GCH CH Dal Primo The Jester Of Nv K O’Brien/C Corner/M Harwood GCH CH Lonely Creek’s Bruce Almighty B Britton/S Britton GCH CH Johari’s He’s All The Money On Wallstreet R Korber/V Caldas GCH CH Dal Primo’s Seventh Samurai G Vandenburg/C Corner GCH CH Bastion’s Keeper Of The Flame At Ivystone V Braden GCH CH Burningwood’s Up And At ‘Em B Jacobs GCH CH Newcastle’s Blame It On The Sun A Scully/E Gonzalez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Italica’s Fifty Shades Of Grey CA Z Devita GCH CH Leandro Di Bravado D Musto/L Parschauer GCH CH Campo’s Petros Zeus CGC R Hudgens GCH CH Evolution’s Mclovin B Miller/S Martinez GCH CH Italica’s Elisir D’Amore Numero Nove CA R Cline/C Cline/Z Devita GCH CH Red Rock Canyon’s Domnina At Bear C Gebers/S Iverson/J Day GCH CH Scandifios Boss Of Bosses Di Vitos T Scandy/D Gormley/C Norris/R Meyers GCH CH Castleguard’s Riddle Of Steel Di Serafina S Demoss/T Dragan GCH CH Chatham’s Meet Me N The Grotto CGCA C Williamson/B Williamson GCH CH Castleguard El Rey Dorado A Galliher/S Demoss

1 2 3

GCH CH Kamterra’s Legato K Moats/M Moats GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC J Wendt/A Wendt/H Zimmerman GCH CH Excelsia’s This Side Of Paradise N Barksdale/M Barksdale/D Gau/L Gau

Boxers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 21

9

77

25

9

7

38820

(M)

9

9

51

29

13

9

28356

(M)

2

3

14

20

13

11

10829

(F)

3

1

23

11

6

5

9146

(M)

2

2

10

8

5

1

5507

(F)

1

2

12

9

8

6

4939

(M)

3

1

9

1

3

1

4903

(M)

1

1

8

9

3

3

3898

(F)

2

0

11

6

5

1

2982

(M)

1

0

2

2

3

8

2062

Bullmastiffs

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

2

7

7

6

8

4863

(M)

1

1

6

4

7

6

4116

(M)

0

1

1

3

4

3

2060

(M)

0

0

0

6

5

8

1991

(M)

0

0

0

4

7

4

1850

(M)

1

1

2

1

4

5

1710

(M)

0

0

4

1

2

3

1445

(M)

1

0

2

0

0

2

1203

(M)

0

0

2

5

2

2

1160

(F)

0

0

2

3

1

1

1159

Cane Corso

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

3

1

6

7

2811

(M)

0

0

0

4

5

12

2788

(M)

0

0

0

1

5

6

2011

(M)

0

0

1

0

2

1

600

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

5

598

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

346

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

2

314

(M)

0

0

0

2

0

1

279

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

244

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

233

Doberman Pinschers

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 7

5

35

18

11

7

22421

(F)

7

4

29

6

2

1

12637

(F)

3

2

15

12

11

3

8926

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents The Top Ten Dogs YEAR END STATISTICS FOR 2015

3 GCH CH Karaboudjan’s Mystic Moonspell J Dotson 4 GCH CH Carpe Diem’s Old School S Wykle 5 GCH CH White Oak Wiesje J Brabyn/L Brabyn 6 GCH CH Full Circle Tip Of London Tower N Ward 7 GCH CH Lucky Hit Bethany Yaman L Ayers/J Gunner 8 Full Circle’s Spirit Of Aegean H Howell/D Kyres 9 GCH CH Alaturkay Demeter At Thunderpas P Pabst

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Phillmar Superman T Stone/J Stone/C Green GCH CH Alisaton Saboteur V Raklyn Ciden N Bosley/J Margeson/J Dale GCH CH Fidelis Ripcord C Mitchell/E Gould/J Huston/C Austin GCH CH Rio’s Luca Brasi Monster RN CA CGC M Michael GCH CH Mistel’s Can Can R Vandiver/N Vandiver GCH CH Marienburg’s Spec Ops Commando R Kusumoto/J Kusumoto GCH CH Cambria’s Above And Beyond CGC L Van Epp/D Van Epp/G Lajeski

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GCH CH Rising Star’s Livin’ La Vida Loca CA CGCA J Roberts/S Lynn GCH CH Woodland Park’s Low Country Benne P Smith/V Smith GCH CH Bruin’s Quarter Quell C Conway GCH CH Scarlett Bo Hara J Baez/L Baez GCH CH Grand Master’s Leap Of Faith CGC K Theobald GCH CH Imax De La Source Des Titans S Schmidt/T Schmidt GCH CH Oak Hollows Windtalker C Middleton/W Muller CH Puppycreek’s My Red Xena T White

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GCH CH Daveren’s Party Girl S Harlow/J Eastman GCH CH Oakwood V Kaitlers Revival J Vandervort GCH CH Daveren’s Life Of The Party J Eastman GCH CH Oakwoods Who’s That Girl K Schiff GCH CH Diamond Bay A Chevelle Bentley Tribute BN V Vihlen Schluter/E Steele GCH CH Nevars Jules A Issleib/F Stuby Lilla Enebys In’ Indoctro U Yee

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total (M)

1

4

21

10

5

2

7836

(M)

1

1

15

16

17

5

7687

(M)

0

3

8

9

4

5

4262

(M)

0

0

7

8

13

4

4234

(F)

0

0

14

4

8

8

3460

(M)

0

0

6

8

3

8

3376

(M)

0

1

8

8

6

4

3342

Dogues de Bordeaux

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

0

1

0

238

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

1

204

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

146

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

99

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

81

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

69

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

64

(F)

0

0

1

0

0

0

47

German Pinschers

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

0

3

8

983

(M)

0

0

2

0

1

1

446

(M)

0

0

2

0

1

0

305

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

232

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

226

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

47

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

20

Giant Schnauzers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Nightline Viking A Tanglewood J Erath/C Erath/E Fojtik/C Watterson/J Watterson 2 GCH CH Lowdown Remys Girl V Ardenhout J Starink/L Hawes/L Low 3 GCH CH Kenro’s Time Is Money M Mcgee/R Greenslade 4 GCH CH Skansen’s Jackpot R Galarneau/J Galarneau 5 GCH CH Cadbury Ingebar’s Moonshadow V Ruster R Fox/M Davis/M Bisceglia 6 GCH CH Skansen’s Lola C Sansone/S Sansone 7 GCH CH Sonnenschein Wonder Woman R Andreas 8 GCH CH Fanta C J’s Bien Parado S Lynn/N Nier 9 GCH CH Cadbury’s Wanna Go Fast? CA C Schaffer/R Schaffer/M Davis 10 GCH CH Fanta C’s Spice Of Life N Nier

(M)

0

3

13

14

7

8

6549

(F)

1

1

2

0

0

0

2291

(F)

0

0

3

5

1

2

2020

(M)

0

0

2

5

5

3

1986

(F)

0

0

0

2

3

1

1191

(F)

0

1

2

1

1

0

1005

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Journey’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes L Hotchkiss/P Hix GCH CH Old Mission’s Lucid Dream B Hainline/S Cummings/T Smallwood/K Toomey/S Blades GCH CH Gmj Daneridge Leanmeangamblingmchine G Jaeblon GCH CH Graycn Lost Creek The Descendant Of Elan J Finck/S Finck/J Gerszewski/J Gerszewski GCH CH Sweet’s Firenrain V Saravilla BN RN CGC P Sweet/J Lilliston GCH CH My-Jon’s High Society L Rees/D Jones GCH CH Neet’s Whirlwind Romance C Neet/J Neet GCH CH Tue-J’s Pacific Category Five H James/S Taylor/J Apuna/M Meyer GCH CH Trew’s Lady In Red B Joshnick/M Joshnick GCH CH Ln’M Mother Of All Dragons J Schram/C Schram/L Boa/M Boa

(F)

1

3

24

14

12

11

12539

(F)

3

5

17

9

8

4

7383

(M)

2

0

8

4

6

4

4373

(M)

1

0

5

7

8

2

3901

(F)

0

0

2

4

13

4

2350

(F)

0

0

3

2

2

6

1769

(M)

0

0

3

2

3

4

1716

(M)

0

0

1

3

1

8

1510

(F)

0

1

1

1

3

3

1283

(F)

0

0

2

1

6

3

1168

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Rivergroves Enough Said J Boyd/M Cox/M Stewart GCH CH Rivergroves Chateau De Castelnau M Falatach GCH CH Monark Nobody’s Fool B Ducker/K Bruneau GCH CH Karolaska Resurrection Bay K Kentopp GCH CH Geysercreek Starmounts Tag IM It” P Butler GCH CH Rivergroves Cloudy Bay M Wadsworth/P Wadsworth/J Boyd GCH CH Euzkalzale’s Legacy Of Hope RN W Olson/T Denney-Combs CH Pyrsong’s Let’s Make Music F Salas GCH CH Oneida’s Vale Of Onondaga B Doxtator/C Palmer-Hughes/M Hughes GCH CH Elridge’s Billy The Kid D Osborn/E Vanden Avond

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto S Copeland GCH CH Seneca’s Collective Soul CGC E Coit/J Kaiser GCH CH Trout Creek’s On Fire At Shadetree J Kalupa GCH CH Big Hunk Of Whispering Pine A Shah/K Stecker GCH CH Double Q’s Spot On At Derby! A Mcfadden/D Echols CH Bermuda High’s Ryde Into The Sunset PT CGC T Kiser GCH CH Aegis Say No More K Krumpe/K Conway GCH CH Breezy Ridge Maximus T Conway/K Krumpe GCH CH Northwoods Daddy-O Enzo CGC E Stammer/R Martin GCH CH Fireside’s Pick Me Out A Winner CD BN M Jarriel/B Jarriel

(F) 0 0 1 2 1 3 982 (M)

0

1

2

5

3

5

857

(M)

0

0

0

3

3

2

690

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

3

640

Great Danes

Great Pyrenees

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 3

8

20

12

12

9

14024

(M)

0

2

8

16

7

3

6284

(M)

1

0

5

3

7

4

4598

(M)

2

2

5

0

2

2

2882

(M)

0

0

1

3

3

2

1732

(M)

0

1

4

2

1

3

1264

(M)

0

0

2

4

3

3

1086

(F)

0

0

1

2

5

4

972

(M)

0

0

1

3

2

2

732

(M)

0

0

2

1

2

1

725

Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 23

12

81

15

15

4

33258

(F)

0

0

1

4

2

9

1854

(M)

0

0

3

4

2

2

1333

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

493

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

2

446

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

2

258

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

212

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

206

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

130

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

96

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Dog News 95

European World Challenge... Continued FROM page 44

GOING DUTCH? That’s an expression which I hope works for both sides of the Atlantic; it fits here as both Eukanuba and the Amsterdam Winner (The Winner) team seem to share the costs in various ways. The EWC benefits from a readymade show at an excellent venue and the Winner gets a real shot in the arm for its show with extra benefits like better main ring lighting, music, carpeting, live streaming and general overall look. Looking back at the original photos of the first EWC, it is fair to say that there has been a big improvement in the staging. This year’s winner was the American Cocker Spaniel, Very Vigie I Don’t Know, American Cocker Spaniel owned by Mathilde Leonard-Nolle (France), handled and prepared brilliantly by Hugues Schuh and bred by Laurent Pichard from Switzerland. Mathilde the owner said, “I have no words! It’s incredible. This is a veritable Ricky success story. Ricky is a wonderful show-man and Hugues a perfect handler groomer. Their duet is just amazing. We dream all to gain the Eukanuba World Challenge and it still has not yet sunk in!” ‘Ricky’ the American Cocker helped make history as this was the second dog to be handled by Hugues as he won the very first EWC which took place in the USA. The first Eukanuba World challenge took place in 2007 and the same handler won for Switzerland with an American Cocker, Very Vigie Vamos a la Playa, also bred by Laurent Pichard. The EWC is a truly international affair and is run in association, as explained, with the Amsterdam Winner Show which also is a combined effort of the Dutch Kennel Club and the Cynophilia KNK, the host club. That means a lot of work takes place between the various organisations and also makes for a very busy weekend for exhibitors, trade stands and press people alike! The National Cup has been added to the event which means Friday features all 10 FCI groups in one day with 2,383 dogs competing. The winner that day was the Bearded Collie, one of Holland’s top winners in 2015 and reserve the Samoyed from Denmark, now lives in Italy, supported by two Chinese Sammy people.....I told you it was an international affair! The Winner show itself featured 4,138 dogs over the two weekend days with 48 nations being represented and 1632 dogs from Holland itself. So we had a truly international weekend with many UK exhibitors also taking part, despite a big show called LKA being on at the same time in Birmingham at the Crufts venue.....plus the Swedish Winner show in Stockholm. Ironic then that the Winner of the Amsterdam Winner was a Swedish Flat Coat ‘Dublin’ owned by Anette Dyren and the BIS Judge was the Swedish All rounder Renee Sporee Willes. The English Kennel Club Chairman

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Simon Luxmoore attended all the events and was part of the main ring presentation party for the EWC. Crufts committee Chairman Gerald King was the flag bearer for Crufts in the EWC Simon also attended the daily press conferences where Crufts schedules were available for the special 125th Anniversary show. Additionally in attendance were the FCI Youth Group which was formed in 2014 and is gradually developing activities to involve younger people in the dog game in FCI countries. This is an area much loved by FCI President Mr Rafael de Santiago from Puerto Rico, who was also the judge of the final of the EWC. Rafael has had quite a difficult year in office with the FCI as a number of crises cropped up in the last few months. The China issue for the WORLD DOG SHOW 2019, how to fight the practice of dog eating in that country, the bust up with the Norwegian Kennel Club over much of the same topic, a who hah over Dinky Santos and the alleged banning of a judge in the Far East and finally demands for reform of the FCI from some of the senior countries in Europe. GENERAL PUBLIC Much work had also been done by the Winner team to attract and engage with the general public. A bigger advertising campaign had resulted in an increased attendance and the show featured a number of Demo rings, Agility, Flyball, service dogs and the finals of the Dutch Junior Handler for qualifying for Crufts. The show in general was a little more stretched out with 24 rings being placed in the far hall which made things feel slightly disjointed, but the show had to fit the shape of the halls. But the organisers had made great efforts to make improvements all round and working with EWC Show Chairman Jose Luis Ibanez, the main ring look spectacular. Excellent live streaming from the regular team who are all based in Bucharest but travel to the show; there was a new development this year with the brilliant photo studio run by Kynoweb and attached to the Eukanuba main stand. There were regular uploads on line from this team as well as providing a stunning backdrop for all the photos from the three shows and instant photos for exhibitors. The Main BIS winners received a super large print, framed on the spot. WHERE DO YOU STOP? There was so much going on over the weekend it is hard to know where to begin and end. The three semi final judges were Frank Kane from the UK, Eugene Yerusalimsky from Russia and Belgian all rounder Monique Van Brempt. Each judge chose a top four from the qualifiers on Saturday afternoon to give Rafael the top 12 dogs to go over on Saturday night. Rafael said, “I have only excellent comments

for the judging experience and for the dogs presented as finalists. Congratulations to all the exhibitors for competing, plus a very professional job from Eukanuba and the show organisers. ” The structure of the EWC of course changed with the sale of the brand by Proctor and Gamble last year as mentioned at the start, but one way another, the dog game at least in Europe remains grateful to Spectrum Brands (Eukanuba) for their commitment to pedigree dogs at this level and we all look forward to similar support for 2016. The presentation party for the EWC reflected many of the people involved with Gerard Jipping President of the Dutch Kennel Club, the Judge Rafael de Santiago from Puerto Rico, Matthias Schiller Managing Director Europe SPECTRUM BRANDS, Vince Hogan Managing Director of OUR DOGS the International Media Partner, with Jose Luis Ibanez Eukanuba Europe and Show Chairman for the EWC. The final word should be for the organising teams. Rony Doedijns and the team from the winner including John Wauben, Mieke Dekker, Richard Lensink, Maikel Koot and all of the Cynophilia team. Great job! For Eukanuba, Jose Luis and Roxanne Daunt from Geneva, Jo Fries, William Bredal and all the film crew, sound crew, and anyone who contributed. It all came together well and presented the world of dogs to its best advantage. Jose Luis Ibanez, EWC Show Chairman stated: “We are delighted to maintain the same concept of lining-up the world’s “Best of the Best” dogs. It was proven last year that this competition in high on the breeders’ list and we are deeply proud of the support we received from the breeder community. This gives us a lot of energy to improve the show, again and again” How things will pan out in the future is still under wraps and I guess under discussion. Amsterdam might not have the cache of a trip to The States (especially in cold December) but it certainly has bedded the EWC in nicely, and it’s a great hub for airlines for people bringing in dogs. Certainly the top brass from Spectrum Brands seemed to buy into the whole concept and felt the emotion and enthusiasm from dog people from as far away as Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines! The winning team walked away with 7,500 Euros...which is handy cash....in any currency! TOP THREE 1 Very Vigie I don’t know Mathilde Leonard-Nolle (France) 2 To Russia with Love “Knopa” Scottie (Qualified BIS Crufts), 3 Tirkane the Big Issue Toy Poodle (Ireland) Ann Ingram, Kay Ryan, Lisa Nelson, Leanne Bryant & Marlies Morzik

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Judge Judge Mr. Mr. Robert Robert D. D. Smith Smith

A 2015 To p 10 Bi ch on* E nde d 2015 wit h TWO Group Seconds Lo okin g F o rward to a Great 2016 Breeders: Susan Benson DVM & Elizabeth Ellis Owners: Janet & George Hartmann, ShiraYuri@cox.net Handler: Oscar Quiros, chapudog@hotmail.com, 818 421-0293 Assisted by: Carlos Avalos *The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed points

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work- ing/herding breed, it is logical to think that the breed thrives on action and activity, especially when in concert with their beloved owners. This year creativity and innovation was the common de- nominator from show committee David Sullivan, Tari Welch and Cheryl Cannon. New to us was a Top Twenty event, Cut Down Sweepstakes for shaved/cut down Briards and Breeder’s Sweepstakes where breeders entered up to five animals shown as a unit and judged by the family traits and qualities. Friday night was our first ever Top Twenty event judged by a secret panel of three judges. After almost a year of speculation, the anticipated moment arrived with the announcement of the judges an hour before the event. Lisa Miller, an American Foxhound breeder and profes- sional handler with extensive Briard experience; Barbe Lynch of Bigtree Briards, long time Briard breeder, breed expert and BCA member; and Nan Bodine, a Saluki breeder and multi

breed and Herding Group judge, long- time breed admirer and Briard judge made up the panel of secret judges. Fourteen out of the twenty invitees were in attendance. The event had an elegant flare in that many participants wore cocktail attire for drinks and hors-d’oeuvres in the grand ballroom prior to the start of the event. The spec- tacle of the country’s top Briards was a sight to behold in their fluffed and buffed splendor all bringing their best game in the face of the intense competition of the breed’s best competitors. The dogs were judged by a 100 point scale using the AKC standard as the guide. One winner was chosen to be the winner of our inaugural Top Twenty event. It was Ch Deja Vu Mia Cool As A Cucumber( Ch Deja Vu Up Close & Per- sonal x Ch Deja Vu Runaround Sue) bred by Terry Miller, A Melton, K and V Fox and owned by Terry Miller, Dominique Dube and Lynn Bernard of Cleveland Hts, Ohio, shown by Regina Keiter. At a Briard national week like so many other breeds, there are plenty of events and activities to appeal to al- most any interest. There are the performance events, health clinics, seminars, and educational events. The Bri- ard Club of America gives its members an opportunity to weigh in on the types of educational events they would prefer to see at the national. It all began with a seminar presented at our National years ago by Claudia Orlandi and her idea of Briard University. In our case, the mem- bership votes to choose which of numerous seminars and power points presentations will be offered by the Breed Education Committee. This year the members Continued on page 102

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Thank you to all the Judges that placed Monkey during his career to date and look forward to the New Year ! Multiple Best In Show, Reserve Best In Show, and Best In Specialty Show Wins during the year as well as numerous Group Placements. Select Dog at 2015 Westminster and Best of Opposite Sex at the Basset Hound Club of America National Specialty and Eukanuba

The Number One* Basset Hound Breed & All Breed FLASH Group Second a t Trinity Valley Kennel Club and Best In Specialt y Show Dal-Tex Basset Hound Club and Basset Ho und Club of Greater Fort Worth

Two Reserve Best In Shows Texas Kennel Club Judge Mr. Jeffrey Pepper Group First Judge Mrs. Loraine Boutwell Breed Judge Mr. Randy Garren

Greater Collin Kennel Club Judge Mrs. Loraine Boutwell Group First Judge Mr. Jeffrey Pepper Breed Judge Mrs. Amy Sorbie

GCh. By U Cal’s Monkey On The Bayou Breeders/Owners Sharon & Steve Calhoun & Bette Williams Handler Nancy Pearson *The Dog News Top Ten List **CC System

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Best of Breed: Ch Deja Vu Popsakadoo It Is What It Is( Ch Deja Vu Up Close & Personal x Ch Deja Vu Bridezilla) bred by Terry Miller and Dominique Dube owned by breeders and Lori Hunt DVM from Cleveland, Ohio and shown by Regina Keiter.

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chose two breed ed seminars, both with catchy titles. Thursday before the National, began with “Head Strong”, a seminar about the Briard head, its principals, its details and language from the standard. It is a wonderful presentation covering every- thing from the Briard’s unusually prominent occiput to its big black nose( it is a DQ for any Briard to have a nose which is any color other than black). The second seminar the membership requested is titled “ Do These  Genes Make My Butt Look Fat?”. It is a tongue in cheek title of a in-depth study of the hind quarters. In a breed which is pandemically challenged by sickle hocks, steep croups, long lower thighs, and a plethora of other rear ills, it is a chance to learn from live examples and power point illustrations. These mini-seminars are always very popular and well attended . They are a positive influence on improving the camaraderie and positive discourse among attendees. Rousing and spirited discussions often surface making it an intellectually and socially stimulating opportunity . What a great way to share, learn and benefit the Briard. Each year for 34 years, I have looked back at the national for months after. I ponder, I contemplate, I compare, ex- amine and reflect. What shape is my beloved breed in this year? How did my fellow breeders arrive at their re- sults, good and bad? Who saw fit to breed to whom and where did

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that take them? Where is that elusive next step to the Holy Grail I seek as a breeder? Upon examination I note a few interesting things about the breed and about the awards. Overall, the bitches were better than the dogs. There were more good ones in bitches. Not that there were not good dogs. There were. But the numbers were in the bitches. Interestingly, this was played out in Mrs Brown’s final awards-Best of Breed was a bitch, all four Awards of Merit were bitches. If my notes are right , there were 13 Briards in the final cut of the specials class. Five were dogs. Eight were bitches. They say a breed is in better shape when the breed’s strength is in its bitches. Who is “they”? The old timers. The mentors from years past. The seasoned and experi- enced founders of breeds and of purebred dogdom in general. Fun facts: Best of Breed and Best of Opposite were Win- ners Dog and Winners Bitch at the national in 2014. This I know for sure-it was a beautiful national specialty full of the cream of the crop of Briards. The grand finale might have been the Best of Breed ring replete with the glorious sight of our mature specials...but the piece de resistance was the Briard cake made by Ace of Cakes( Food Network) themselves, Charm City Cakes in Baltimore! 2015 is history. On to Portland Oregon in 2016!

Best of Opposite: Ch Hyssop de Bejaune (Ch Fairytale’s Balthazar Le Sage x Ch Diadem de Bejaune) bred by M Weitz and M Greenberg, owned and shown by Jonathan and Christie Daniels and M Weitz, Gardners, Pa. Winners Dog, Best of Winners from the Bred By class: Mon Amie Jeepers Creepers( Ch Deja Vu Mia Cake Walk x Ch Mon Amies Bellbottom Blues) bred, owned and shown by Kaycee and Gina Klang, Thousand Palms, Ca. Winners Bitch, from the 6-9 class: Deja Vu Popsakadoo Little Birdie Told Me ( Deja Vu Popsakadoo I See London I See France x Ch Deja Vu Popsakadoo Hints From Heloise) Bred by T Miller and D Dube and owned and shown by Sheryl Nelson from Orlando, Fla. Reserve Winners Dog: Deja Vu Popsakadoo Jimmy Choo ( Deja Vu Popsakadoo I See London I See France x Ch Deja Vu Bridezilla) Bred by D Dube and T Miller and owned by breeders and Lynn Bernard from Cotuit, Mass, shown by Regina Keiter. Select Dog: Ch Jambo Nearco of the Coastline (Gabriel del Conte Rissoso x Cosette of the Coastline) Bred and owned by E Myers, Bridgehampton, NY and shown by Adam Bernardin. Select Bitch: Ch Celebra’s Good Time Was Had By All ( Ch Celebra’s E Equals MC Squared x Ch Tia’s Feelin’ Groovy)Bred By C Leigh and owned by Joyci Feldman of Carlsbad, NM and shown by Jami Bernardin.

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Komondorok

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Quintessential Chauncey S Wilczewski/D Wilczewski 2 GCH CH Nagyalma Yes I Can N Liebes/V Mcnelis/A White 3 Zsoka Ohungarikum Z Smith GCH CH Meadow View Wildcard 4 S Harman/M Harman

(M)

0

0

2

0

4

5

1896

(M)

0

0

3

1

4

6

1678

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

GCH CH Casablanca’s Vakmero Pandur T Weber/G Dash/N Berger GCH CH Szumeria’s Wildwood Silver Six Pence CGC M Vila/L Brady/C Muir/C Townsend GCH CH Glacier Creek’s Silver Bullet D Blank GCH CH Gypsy Wind Purple Heart C Clegg/R Barnes/M Clegg GCH CH Rebel Ridge Blue Moon I Miller/R Miller GCH CH Ederra’s Terra Nova M Arechaederra/S Gilmore Taliszman Pull The Perfect Pint CGC G Hayes/K Knapp/M Lee GCH CH Mattiaci High Voltage At Glacier Creek D Blank

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH A. Feiner Eros L Bazlen GCH CH Vavoom Mobster V. Sanftenloewen CGCA T Rogers/K Hennefer/A Dechert GCH CH Yuhar Vom Kaniberg CGC C Barnum GCH CH Bludrift’s Champagne Taste Of Diamonds L Moede GCH CH Redwood Trail Duke BN CGC J Romney GCH CH Bludrift’s Bold Lion’s Roar CGC T Coe /L Moede CH Acorn’s Positive Ambitions At If Ever CGCA J Heger GCH CH Skjaergaardens M.Star Per Se J Cook/J Brady CH Panthera’s Eight Is Enough V Bartholomay GCH CH Leos By The Sea Kristofer B Jenkins

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC L Watson/P Winter GCH CH Friends Sargeant Breakthrough J Sanchez/J Friend/C Sanchez/D Friend GCH CH Millenniums Ain’T No Stopping Us Now T Plezbert/C Jones GCH CH Pioneer’s Shabri-El’s Shaken Bacon E Hamilton GCH CH Priderock Saddle Up For R3 CGC T Pearson/S Pearson GCH CH Autumn Oaks Silver Lining I’Ll Be Your M Mcguire/C Mcguire GCH CH Willow Ridges Risky Business J Swarts/N Walker/M Tichenor GCH CH Beowulfs Sunrise Surprise K Fong/K Fong GCH CH Bigdogs’ Super Stack S Miller-Brittan GCH CH Therecco’s Rev Mr Black G Lahart/B Lahart/D Eccles

1 2

GCH CH Ironwood’s Papparrazi J Deppen/S Van-Spruill GCH CH Vincent De Bluhouse CGC M Mcdonald/G Mcdonald

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Seacrest’s I’M Not What You Think J Taylor/D Nelson/D Nelson GCH CH Kilyka’s Three Sheets At Aegir RN N Dobson/M Vanek GCH CH Bear N Mind’s Code Of Honor D Gorsuch/C Gorsuch GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur K Caesar/W Caesar GCH CH Darbydale’s Don’T Stop Believin’ RN K Rowland/C Bergmann GCH CH Darbydale’s The Journey Continues K Kemp GCH CH Turftides Breezing Up At Bear N Mind CD J Rainey/G Lengel/C Gorsuch GCH CH Pouch Cove’s Southwind Edge Of Glory P Helming/R Seaman GCH CH Pouch Cove Goes The Distance M Grispin GCH CH Nakiska’s I Will Remember You CGC A Biggs/S Bryant

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse RN M Lint/P Helming/D Gottdenker GCH CH Asta’s Nyte Flyte CGC J Belton/P Belton/B Waters GCH CH Aviators Lady’s Man De Remis R Smith-Lewis/J Conger GCH CH Seaworthy’s Plan Of Attack CGC N Vencill/J Vencill/M Salvary/D Powell GCH CH Dandelion’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer RN V Morro/W Varr Iii GCH CH Downeast Draggen The Line BN RA B Proulx/S Dostie GCH CH Valkyrie I’M All That Neocles J Parker/L Afong GCH CH Seabury’s Final Voyage R Eskind/J Brown GCH CH Odysea Impresario At Pouch Cove M Lint/P Helming GCH CH Helm’s Alee Capercaillie C Forsythe/J Forsythe

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GCH CH Gamegards I’Ll Have Another V Braeside RN H Eldred/G Bach/D Bach GCH CH Big Beach’s Rhumba Man E Namour GCH CH Avatar Cosmac Storm M Brennan/G Bidgood/M Baldacci/R Robertson GCH CH Ivoss Super Cop’s Tank R Edwards/L Dibernardi/D Voss GCH CH Haines Abel For Queans CD BN RA CGC J Kessler-Miller/Y Gallardo GCH CH Baar’s Oh, The Places You’Ll Go! A Stelmach/B Mclelland/A Callahan GCH CH Bigluv’s Lady Isabella BN RE CGC S Abel

(F) 0 0 1 0 0 0 120 (M) 0 0 0 1 0 0 119

Kuvaszok

1

1

13

6

8

11

6271

(M)

1

0

1

0

0

0

717

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

4

699

(M)

0

0

2

1

0

0

492

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

4

359

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

283

(M)

0

0

0

0

3

1

186

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

168

Leonbergers

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 3

1

7

13

6

10

9960

(M)

0

0

0

2

0

4

766

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

2

694

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

371

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

2

364

(M)

0

0

0

0

2

1

255

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

122

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

121

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

96

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

85

Mastiffs

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 7

12

39

28

21

7

24720

(M)

0

4

20

10

20

10

13532

(M)

0

1

6

13

16

16

5820

(F)

0

0

3

1

7

5

1947

(M)

0

0

0

2

3

1

907

(M)

0

0

1

2

0

0

683

(M)

0

0

2

1

0

1

354

(F)

0

1

3

0

0

1

335

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

312

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

214

Neapolitan Mastiffs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1

0

3

2

3

6

3586

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

70

Newfoundlands

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 7

5

26

15

7

5

20956

(M)

2

2

10

10

19

14

7004

(M)

0

2

6

6

7

7

4356

(M)

1

2

5

2

2

4

3946

(M)

0

1

2

2

3

5

2386

(M)

0

0

1

4

5

5

2244

(M)

0

0

4

2

2

1

2107

(F)

0

1

1

0

4

2

1629

(M)

0

0

2

1

3

2

1506

(M)

0

0

3

3

1

1

1434

Portuguese Water Dogs

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 9

5

15

0

0

0

10488

(M)

1

1

7

7

7

5

4645

(M)

0

1

4

1

1

1

2073

(M)

0

0

1

3

3

7

1773

(M)

0

0

0

7

1

6

1360

(M)

0

0

2

1

2

5

1333

(F)

0

0

0

1

2

8

1250

(M)

0

0

0

1

3

3

1192

(M)

0

0

1

2

4

4

1175

(F)

0

0

1

4

2

3

1058

Rottweilers

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 10

9

38

20

15

12

20629

(M)

2

2

14

14

24

7

11304

(M)

0

1

4

11

12

7

4559

(M)

0

2

7

5

5

1

3171

(M)

0

0

0

8

4

2

2061

(M)

0

0

2

6

5

3

1785

(F)

0

0

2

4

2

1

1612

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8 GCH CH Chancellor Flyin’ Fifth Battalion Benelli”” W Lewellen 9 GCH CH Loral’s Trooper L Pyeatt/A Pyeatt 10 GCH CH Chancellor Hi Flyin’ Kindle Fire BN RN L Warshaw/W Lewellen

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Pebbles’ Run Play It Again Ham A Kiell Green/A Green/B Bruns/W Stamp GCH CH White Eagle’s The Sky’s The Limit For T Litton/C Montgomery/M Augustus/J Augustus/C Mcnellie GCH CH Polar Mist N Bark Bark’s Built Tough C O’Neill/J O’Neill GCH CH Glacier’s N Rowdy’s Czargent Trouble C O’Neill/J O’Neill GCH CH Skilo Bear’s Lady Tessa Of Downton RN H Sullivan GCH CH Celticfrost Ranger N West Free P Kreif/F Kreif GCH CH Elfenbein Hudson Hornet CGC E Juhl/J Miller/J Shea/E Shea GCH CH McMagic’s Mojo P Mccallum GCH CH Polar Mist Midnight Delight K Horton/C Neal/L Blue GCH CH Polar Mist Cruz’N Zhivago’s Party R Stern

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Highlander’s Rumour Has It M Ralsky/C Pacht GCH CH Paragon’s Absolutely Entertaining O’Kristari S Osharow/O Kanjanachusak/C Brownlee GCH CH Davik’s Snowstorm Gussit D Piercey/T Terella/H Shimizu GCH CH Topaz Start Your Engines C French/A Aguirre GCH CH Karnovanda’s Stephen Coldbear D Thacker/D Beckman GCH CH Inca Gold Of The Midnight Sun C Hanscom/T Schonberger/M Schonberger GCH CH Unicornhill Story Telling C Brownlee GCH CH Free ‘N Easy Of The Midnight Sun J Church/M Blanchard GCH CH Trillium Blue’s Skyfall E Demartino/R Fleming/K Fleming/L Tobey GCH CH Snocrest’s Sparkle Plenty S Barkon/M Shveima

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

0

4

5

0

1459

(M) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1011 (F)

Samoyeds

0

0

1

1

0

5

811

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 14

16

58

28

14

5

35248

(M)

3

3

15

15

4

6

9850

(M)

0

1

6

8

12

20

5470

(M)

0

0

2

5

9

11

3255

(F)

0

1

5

11

2

1

2145

(M)

0

0

2

4

3

4

1985

(M)

0

1

2

5

6

1

1739

(M)

1

0

1

1

1

0

1555

(F)

0

0

1

2

4

1

1448

(M)

0

0

1

4

4

4

1349

Siberian Huskies

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

1

22

22

17

7

10111

(M)

0

0

10

16

10

10

5245

(M)

1

2

6

7

9

7

4380

(F)

0

0

1

10

8

4

2968

(M)

1

1

6

4

3

4

2805

(F)

3

1

7

1

2

0

1882

(M)

0

1

1

1

1

0

1421

(M)

0

1

2

3

1

0

1354

(F)

0

0

1

6

4

1

1232

(F)

0

0

0

3

2

2

747

St. Bernards 1 GCH CH Aksala’s Peyton CGCA L Baker/E Baker/S Lewis/R Lewis 2 GCH CH Mahogany’s Gallant Spirit V Charley D Denis/B Denis 3 CH Cornerstones Fire N Ice V Cedar La M Balikowski 4 GCH CH Opdyke’s Please Drink Responsibly W Buell/C Cataldo/J Rudman 5 GCH CH Szajda’s Neverending Story CGC A Szajda/B Quagliaroli 6 GCH CH Trademark’s Aphrodite V Kashi BN RN R Hower/L Hower 7 GCH CH Twin Hickory Americas Anderson Cooper R Scarl 8 Nobels Fierce Warrior V Jamelles M Mulligan/D Tucker/N Tucker 9 GCH CH Beric’s Sweet Retreat N Nosiglia/M Gustavson/B Nosiglia/R Nosiglia CH Ultima Thule’s Samson 10 D Fisher/M Fisher

(M)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Crusade Rock Crystal N Lomando/M Thomas GCH CH Ogee Saltus Ze Zahrabske C Earle/E Yamada/C Cheng/B Yamada GCH CH Katon’s Eye Of The Tiger V Morgenwald K Koehler/P Duffee/C Reidner GCH CH Shana’s Blue Bayou L Shank/C Brown GCH CH Blue Lines Asta E Davison GCH CH Shalimar’s Tribute To Gone With The Wind K Crist/D Crist GCH CH Wunderkind One Golden Moment P White/M Allen/D Dalton GCH CH Mistic’s Longfellow Serenade S Marsh/A Derenzis GCH CH Keygolde Red Hot Diamond Lil CGC K Busco GCH CH Silhouette’s Dirty Harry T Descano

(F)

1 2 3 4 5

GCH CH Dawa’s Primo Argento Gomez At Tiems L Claus/D Nechemias/A Brizzola GCH CH Dreamcatcher Major Victory Of Loki CGC D Parsons Slayton/W Slayton GCH CH Drakyi Lion Of Judah M Lott GCH CH Comancheria’s Ciye Chiricahua Cochise G Nunnally GCH CH Himalaya’s Apache Eyota Ba’Cho Goshe G Nunnally

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

6

9

10

11

4668

(M)

2

0

4

5

6

7

3048

(F)

0

1

1

0

0

0

415

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

3

286

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

251

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

0

241

(M)

0

0

1

0

1

1

226

(M) 0 0 0 1 0 0 214 (M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

156

(M) 0 0 0 0 0 1 126

Standard Schnauzers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

1

3

7

4

10

4661

(M)

0

1

4

7

3

8

4154

(F)

1

1

4

5

6

8

2838

(M)

1

0

4

1

6

6

2510

(F)

0

0

1

2

3

7

1724

(M)

0

0

1

6

5

8

1487

(F)

0

0

0

2

4

3

1363

(M)

0

0

1

2

1

3

1155

(F)

0

0

0

0

3

3

1115

(M)

0

0

1

2

2

5

1079

Tibetan Mastiffs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1

0

3

3

6

2

2256

(M)

0

1

1

1

2

0

1798

(M)

0

1

1

1

2

1

1348

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

1

141

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

83

Terrier Group

Airedale Terriers 1 GCH CH Joval Sweet Time V Rickard/J Rickard/L Bryan 2 GCH CH Darling Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds E Darling/G Darling 3 GCH CH Wildside Windancer N Strohmaier/W Strohmaier 4 GCH CH Epoch’s New York Minute A Moore/D Moore 5 GCH CH Penaire Cash Game At Longvue T Clyde/A Clyde/J Clarke/W Clarke 6 GCH CH Evermay’s Lion Heart S Curran/R Berg 7 GCH CH Brisline’s Zeta Jones G Mcrae/B Fakkema 8 GCH CH Jet Aire’s Voyager To The Stars D Turba/J Turba 9 GCH CH Est Etiam Junctus Maximus At Arily F Salas/E Gualtieri 10 GCH CH Blackwatch In Control D Spendolini

(F)

1 2

(M)

(F)

8

5

39

26

9

7

15624

1

1

13

6

2

4

2310

(F) 0 0 3 6 7 2 2246 (M)

0

1

8

5

5

7

1161

(F)

0

1

2

1

0

1

1024

(M)

0

0

2

9

3

3

817

(F)

0

1

1

0

0

0

649

(M)

0

0

1

2

3

3

616

(M)

0

0

2

2

1

4

465

(M)

0

0

2

1

1

0

264

American Staffordshire Terriers GCH CH Angarda Deja Vu Looking At You E Mckee-Heath/D Berrey GCH CH Ko Bo’s Prometeus K Musto/D Musto

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

0

11

25

23

16

6378

3

2

11

18

10

18

5452

GCH CH Roadhouse’s Life Of The Party CA CGC K Rudzik/W Roadhouse GCH CH Explicit’s Full Throttle To Alpine B Mosing/J Branch GCH CH Sierra’s Ground Zero R Sampson/L Wilson GCH CH Barberycoast Trademark Of Taz K Widing/C Prothro CH Rebelandproud Nosecrets Nolies M Kanninen GCH CH Bluprints Golden Flash By Cardenas J Ortiz Ruvalcaba GCH CH Vaca Valley’s Bold Ruler For Frajaec G Brown/K Rudzik/B Gottier/D Pesenti/J Mccartney GCH CH Majestic Staffs Ca Gran Reserva CGC L Cornett

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

2

9

14

2

4

2705

(M)

0

1

12

17

18

14

2330

(M)

0

0

4

18

8

6

2020

(F)

0

0

7

3

13

7

1164

(F)

1

0

1

0

0

0

1023

(M)

1

0

2

1

2

1

794

(M)

0

0

2

2

3

5

491

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

4

390

Australian Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Dunham Lake Unanimous Decision T Goiffon/L Goiffon/E Goiffon 2 GCH CH Temora Say It With Bacon J Seaton 3 GCH CH Benayr Nick Of Time M Porter 4 GCH CH Christhill General Dwight David K Hill/W Christensen 5 GCH CH Aka Inu Jaskarin Circo Massimo K Occhiuti 6 GCH CH Arista Redskys Love Is All There Is CGC P Levy 7 GCH CH Outbackred’s Advent Star D Anderson/J Peters 8 GCH CH Wild West’s Mac Attack E Steele/D Burnham 9 GCH CH Marble Arch The Corner Man S Weigle 10 GCH CH Dunham Lake Goody Two Shoes NA OAJ CGC S Van Buren/N Van Buren/T Goiffon/E Goiffon

(M)

0

1

3

7

6

0

1440

(M)

0

0

2

9

6

10

1018

(M)

0

0

0

1

3

4

580

(M)

0

0

1

1

3

7

576

(M)

0

0

2

2

2

4

564

(M)

0

0

0

0

2

1

172

(F)

0

0

0

1

2

1

164

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH First Class Willow Wind The Phoenix A Lyberg GCH CH Lamz Strike A Pose RN CAA CGC L Zembrzuski/G Gilbeau CH First Class Hats Off To Willow Wind At Saratoga J Fogel/D Ramsey GCH CH Carillon Chazzen De Hayyim L Heyman GCH CH Pineriver’s Show Me The Money S Holden/J Berk GCH CH Patchwork’s Built To Last N Sheets GCH CH Wrightwyn’s Power Play BN RN NA NAJ NF S Bethea GCH CH Jasada Robert H. Parker J Miller-Nourse GCH CH Tiffanie’s Fame And Fortune D Smith/D Smith GCH CH Sandon N’ Oakhill Jazzy’s Top Secret C Foti

(M)

0

0

5

17

16

5

3323

(F)

0

0

2

9

8

6

1314

(F)

1

0

5

3

1

0

809

(M)

0

1

1

2

2

3

646

(M)

0

0

2

4

3

2

627

(M)

0

0

3

9

2

0

411

(M)

0

0

1

7

1

3

340

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

4

255

(M)

0

0

0

2

0

1

217

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

5

214

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Meadowlake Pants On Fire K Fitzpatrick/D Tack/S Tack/K Richardson/K Courtelis GCH CH Meadowlake Dark Side Of The Moon K Fitzpatrick/K Courtelis/K Richardson GCH CH Surefyre’s Once In A Blue Moon J Gibson/A Gibson/C Bartlett GCH CH Foxburrow Celebrity Apprentice G Scott/R Scott GCH CH Bascovail Essence Of Purple Sage D Behan/J Behan/A Hines GCH CH Gusto Beautiful Thing NA NAJ C Olson GCH CH Meadowlake Unforgetable Of Middleshires S Moore GCH CH Middleshires Walking In Memphis S Moore GCH CH Standish’s Love On The Rocks J Standish/R Maxwell GCH CH Lyrical’s Stake And Shake CA A Moore

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GCH CH Notorious Never Say Never S Nordstrom/A Woodman-Jaspers/P Jaspers GCH CH Glentom’s Dirty Harry Z Smith/G Wright GCH CH Magor Galactic Agent D Davis/G Smith/N Smith GCH CH Quicksliver Wicked Li’L Sister B Ruppel/J Ruppel GCH CH Soquel Millenium Seafarer G Harlamoff/N Waynee/B Ruppel GCH CH Action Deliciously Divine S Brown/F Berez/K Brown GCH CH Bestuvall On Easy Street M Aten/J Dykema CH Madcap Victory Garden CGC E Griffin/E Griffin/M Lindquist/J Lindquist GCH CH Winsor’s Brutus At Bur Oak C Addison/B Ralston CH Action Spark Of The Divine CA CGC D Dean/F Berez

(M) 0 0 1 0 0 2 149 (M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

112

(F)

0

0

0

0

2

0

109

Bedlington Terriers

Border Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

4

8

37

23

12

3

12720

(M)

0

1

2

2

2

6

2805

(M)

0

1

2

3

2

3

1980

(F)

0

1

4

1

5

8

779

(F)

0

0

1

3

4

2

561

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

4

420

(F)

0

0

0

1

1

4

358

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

3

296

(M)

0

0

0

3

1

5

285

(M)

0

0

1

0

0

1

264

Bull Terriers (Colored)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

0

3

5

7

4

4

4093

(M)

1

1

9

9

11

12

3308

(M)

0

0

2

3

2

2

755

(F)

0

0

0

2

1

2

556

(M)

0

0

1

2

0

0

395

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

1

216

(F)

0

0

1

0

0

1

138

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

118

(M)

0

0

0

1

1

0

104

(M)

0

0

0

0

2

3

88

Bull Terriers (White)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Lord Bull Larry Z Smith 2 GCH CH Aragon’s A Perfect Storm At Ruffin B Wyckoff/M Bankus/P Grecco 3 GCH CH Billianbully Belligerent At Bobuddy C Whitmer/C Kilpatrick/C Kilpatrick/S Roff 4 GCH CH Bullseye Oliver Orion N May/M May 5 GCH CH Imperials Kiss N Tell Aragon J Jones/M Bankus/H Jones/A Lloyd 6 CH Madcap Kiss The Bride RA TD NAP E Griffin/E Griffin/J Lindquist/M Lindquist 7 Stonebull Matrix Revolutions CA R Macdonald 8 GCH CH Glentom Seeking Fame And Fortune A Graulau/J Graulau/T Cournoyer/G Wright 9 GCH CH Action Divine Design At Old Forge D Schuur/F Berez/C Schuur Arnold’s Great White Shark 10 L Badillo

(M)

5

1

24

14

10

5

7307

(F)

0

0

5

7

10

4

1098

(F)

0

0

1

1

7

8

652

(M)

0

0

0

2

2

3

311

(F)

0

0

1

0

1

1

181

(F)

0

0

0

1

0

0

75

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

5

63

(M)

0

0

0

0

1

0

54

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

46

1 2 3 4

(M)

0

1

6

16

6

7

3407

(M)

1

0

12

15

8

4

2712

(F)

1

0

4

3

2

2

1689

(M)

0

0

0

8

5

5

1684

(M) 0 0 0 4 1 0 41

Cairn Terriers GCH CH Janwell Midnight Ryder E Grabow/K Loken GCH CH Caledonian Tea Time Of Wolfpit L Hutchinson/V Malzoni GCH CH Terriwood Leading Lady T Godwin/K Godwin/B Doyle/N Doyle GCH CH Hjohoo’s Love To Love Hjo V Malzoni

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents The Top Ten Dogs YEAR END STATISTICS FOR 2015

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

5 6 7 8 9 10

(M)

1

0

4

3

3

1

1242

(F)

0

0

3

3

4

6

755

(F)

0

0

2

3

5

6

731

(F)

0

0

1

0

2

2

601

(M)

0

0

2

2

3

2

333

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

2

281

GCH CH Angus’ Glen-Ayr’s Stevie Wonder R Perry GCH CH Lochinver Katriona Of Queenstown K Lake GCH CH Captain’s Destiny Taylor Made C Mittelstaedt GCH CH Hjohoo’s Save Hjour Love For Me V Malzoni/E Theodorsson GCH CH Deran Imprint At Shadow Rock M Reum/F Reum GCH CH Stonebridge Just A Little Bit Better D Reynolds

Cesky Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Zlatapraha Gillespie Bluefire P Huber/N Huber/T Smith/P Bale 2 GCH CH Milenka’s Hector In Act Four CGCA L Marino/L Kapustina/A Kapustin 3 GCH CH Chalma’s Fiky Dzem L Brandt-Comer/R Comer 4 GCH CH Sambarbs Cedric Diggory B Hopler 5 CH Chaser’s Calculating Charlie S Bridge-Chase/G Bridge-Chase CH Cc’s Angels Delight 6 B Goodwin

(M)

0

0

1

1

1

4

218

(M)

0

0

0

1

0

1

72

(F)

0

0

0

0

1

0

31

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

26

(M)

0

0

0

0

0

1

19

1 GCH CH King’s Mtn. Angelina Ballerina S Hickson/B Stenmark 2 GCH CH Clossongrey As You Wish M Couto/S Maehara/A Judge 3 GCH CH Pennywise On The Road Again C Nelson 4 GCH CH Derrydown Can Webe Frank G Myers/K Dorn CH Aranisle’s Brute Force 5 S Mcdannald/B Mcdannald 6 GCH CH King’s Mtn. Neville Longbottom S Hickson/J Hecker/B Stenmark 7 CH Aranisle Star Of San Jacinto C Blair/C Blair 8 CH Pastime End Of The Line K Cramer GCH CH Bellhaven Whispering Willow 9 A Simpson/G Bussa 10 Katiedid’s Winsan Dream Catcher RN JE C Hamilton/S Stuart

(F)

1 GCH CH Hampton Court Broxden What In Carnation A Booth/P Booth/V Malzoni 2 GCH CH Absolutely Signature J Smith/D Gabel 3 GCH CH J’Cobe Broxden Accidentally On Porpoise R Looker/M Jacobs/L Aune/J Aune GCH CH Absolutely Talk Of The Town 4 J Smith/E Boyes 5 CH Absolutely Stand Back Look Out J Smith/L Boyes GCH CH Raybills Yesireebob 6 B Lewis/K Andis/R Robinson/S Theel 7 GCH CH Torquay S Ravel R Neto/M Botelho/A Botelho 8 GCH CH Springhill Street Smart J Nolan/L Reece 9 CH Quissex Broxden Picture This W Perry/A Booth/P Booth 10 GCH CH High Mountain Crack Shot C Snavely/R Snavely

(F)

1 GCH CH Hampton Court’s Monte Cristo V Malzoni 2 GCH CH Reignon Lutra Fastest Girl In Town J Moses/J Moses/T Szaras 3 GCH CH Foxhaus Skyfall At Foxhollow D Barish/A Digiorgio/W Voss 4 GCH CH Fyrewyre Fit To Be Tied J Wilkinson/D Bryson Benn/K Courtelis 5 GCH CH Commander’s Bold Stryker Of Foxchase D Bohle/F Bohle 6 GCH CH Tsarshadow Kentucky Windage At Foxheart D Belter/B Ashburn/J Ashburn/D Deeley 7 CH Random Rough Diamond B Mcfadden 8 GCH CH Foxheart’s Rough And Ready J Ashburn/W Ashburn 9 GCH CH Tes She’s Crafty E Singer CH Fyrewyre Spiffy 10 H Cole/C Cole

(M)

1 GCH CH Finnabair Ardmore Ned D Doyle/A Doyle/M Mcdaniel 2 GCH CH Abberann Torcan T Nesbitt 3 GCH CH Emerald Isle’s Keely With Daulton T Thomas/S Thomas/J Daulton/P Estes 4 GCH CH Finnabair Song O’My Heart JE CAA M Mcdaniel/M Ewald 5 CH Finnabair To Infinity And Beyond H Kemp/R Terry/M Mcdaniel 6 GCH CH Daulton’s Emerald Green J Daulton/P Estes/M Greene/C Greene 7 GCH CH Rainbow Springs Wicklow’s Warrior Of Ber - W Roland/R Roland/M Carty 8 GCH CH Kilkenny’s Granite Glen Rooney S Blum/J Blum

(M)

1 GCH CH Rockledge Ms Lexi Of Meath L Honey/J Wilson/E Fugiwara/S Mansfield 2 GCH CH Irvonhill Leave It To Me A Barker/T Lahti 3 GCH CH Red Branch D’Artagnan Of The Ring M Viel/J Metz/E Metz 4 GCH CH Sugarbush’s Made In America D Miller/T Miller CH Huntermoon Heartbreaker 5 B Petersen/N Petersen/M Kowalczuk 6 GCH CH Sharob’s Commander In Chief CGC S Lindgren/R Lindgren 7 GCH CH Rockledge Mccallen Of Meath L Honey/J Wilson 8 TAKALA TRAILS DARCY (Foreign Dog - Registration Pending.) CH Geordan Tribute To Castlebar 9 D Hills/D Sackos/G Sackos 10 CH Irish Rose Coco Scolaidhe’s Cormac O’ Aran Isles R Saporito/S Skolnik/P Schlegel

(F)

(F) 0 0 0 0 0 1 15

Dandie Dinmont Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

1

5

2

1

6

2506

(M) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1812 (M)

0

0

1

0

1

2

316

(M)

0

0

2

2

0

6

299

(M) 0 0 0 1 2 6 179 (M)

0

0

0

1

0

0

175

(M)

0

0

0

2

1

3

172

(F)

0

0

0

0

0

1

129

(F) 0 0 1 2 0 0 120 (M)

Fox Terriers (Smooth)

0

0

0

0

0

1

101

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 11

15

49

27

12

11

21217

(M)

2

4

19

10

6

1

7439

(M)

0

0

5

13

14

8

2965

(F)

1

1

3

0

0

0

2472

(M)

0

2

6

5

1

3

1590

(M) 1 0 3 3 4 2 1483 (M)

0

0

4

4

7

3

809

(M)

0

1

6

4

3

4

721

(F)

0

0

2

4

8

6

655

(F)

0

0

1

3

2

2

654

Fox Terriers (Wire)