Dog News, January 17, 2014

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Dog News Contents • January 17, 2014 10 Editorial 14 The Way It Is: Restructuring AKC By Sari Brewster Tietjen 18 Brace Yourself: Judges’ Qualifications and Approvals By Andrew Brace

22 The Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander 26 Two Shows In One Day Or Too Many Shows? By Polly Smith

90 handlers directory 92 subscription rates 94 classified advertising 96 advertising rates

30 A Different Perspective: A Winter’s Tale - The Dog Show That Almost Wasn’t By Linda More

34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Deb Cooper 42 Protection Insurance And A Lot More: The Doberman Pinscher By M.J. Nelson

50 The Selection Of Delegate Meeting Sites By Jim Crowley 52 K-9 Quartet Receives Standing Ovation By Marge Remolde

54 The Judge Speaks: Conformation Judges: The Sport Needs Your Help!! By Jim Tomsic

58 Rare Breeds Of The World: The Eurasier - Germany By Agnes Buchwald 66 Off The Leash: Winning or Losing? By Shaun Coen 68 Amsterdam All Winners Show By Vince Hogan

70 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris

72 FCI Meetings And More By Matthew H. Stander

74 Click: Brooksville Kennel Club By Hanna Sunderman 76 The Juniors Speak: Chase Koetter By Kimberly Silva Garrett

78 Click: The Way We Were By Anna Stromberg

91 The Fancy Speaks: Meet The Breeds On A Local Level By Sharon Pflaumer

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A Four-Star Rating Again!!!!!

Supporting AKC’S PAC

Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator, has once again awarded AKC’s Canine Health Foundation a FOUR-STAR rating. According to Charity Navigator only a quarter of the charities it evaluates receive this 4-star achievement and this in now the 12th review of CHF by Charity Navigator and 8th fourstar rating for CHF! That’s a record of which we should all be proud and crow about to the world at large. These evaluations are based upon sound fiscal management practices and a commitment to accountability and transparency. Receiving a four-star rating indicates that the AKC/CHF adheres to sound governance while consistently executing its mission in a fiscally responsible way. Since 1995, its founding year, CHF has funded over $40 million for research and educational programs to prevent, treat and cure canine diseases. AKC through these years has provided $22 million to CHF both as cash and in-kind services in support of the CHF. Last year alone in 2013 AKC gave CHF $500,000 and this year has promised to match that amount provided new and or lapsed donors make contributions which equal that amount. AKC will match whatever amount is reached by these new or lapsed donors be it $250,000 or the high of $500,000.

AKC will in fact provide a 1-to-1 match but only for a new donor or a lapsed one, which is defined as a supporter who last gave to CHF before December 31, 2011. This date was extended by the Board after its initial announcement that a lapsed supporter was to be defined as someone who last gave in 2012. This was considered both harsh and arrogant by many within the constituency and at least the Board took somewhat of a benevolent attitude by extending the lapse time by a year. There are many who believe there should be no restrictions whatsoever on the matching funds insofar as the consequences of supporting canine health studies are concerned but in an effort to push CHF to find new supporters that tact was adopted. A position with which these pages strongly question. Certainly a more equitable compromise should have and could have been found by Staff and the Board at AKC. The actual amount of AKC’s match will not be known until the end of 2014 when the auditors KPMG will conduct an audit of CHF’s funds to determine giving from new and lapsed supporters.

Hopefully this process and procedure will not measurably interfere with the grants and funding of CHF in the areas of canine health due to the unpredictability of the situation.

Time will tell!

Governor Cuomo of New York State recently signed into law a bill that could seriously hamper the rights of the breeder of any dog or cat in that State. While the intent of the bill is admirable-an attempt to reduce if not eliminate the puppy farmers in the State- the language is so loosely worded that the animal rights extremists have the opportunity to cause havoc within local municipalities. Giving municipalities the power to write stronger laws than is presently allowed and permitting the number of dogs to be bred in a year to be changed arbitrarily by municipal legislators will require tremendous monitoring on the part of not only AKC’s legislative department-which is presently doing a most admirable job- but will also burden local clubs and organizations devoted to the rights of the concerned dog breeders amongst us. Certainly the greatest defense we have today is the ability to vote out of office those AR extremists who persistently attempt to pass laws that hinder our legitimate rights as concerned breeders. Members of PETA, HSUS and the ASPCA will, these pages sadly predict, have a field day in many of these municipalities unless we support the AKC PAC organization in directing campaigns against individuals who lump puppy farmers with the concerned breeder as well. One of the major problems with the AKC PAC revolves around the federal laws that apply to them. Contributions are limited and not tax deductible and must be made through club memberships and not individually. Nonetheless in order to fight the adoption of more laws such as those adopted in NYS as well as those being proposed nationally a way to aggressively support the AKC PAC organization must be found.

The Growing Costs Of Veterinary Treatment As dogs become more and more a part of the family and as people attempt to extend the lives of their pets through extraordinary care the sophisticated treatments and procedures become more numerous and more expensive to boot. That’s one reason pet insurance seems to be growing somewhat in popularity in America. Hardly to the degree that it is accepted in the UK for sure but slowly growing nonetheless. AKC offers a series of pet insurance plans through its associate PetPartners, which were outlined in the January 3rd issue of DOG NEWS. There appear to be all sorts of plans at different prices from which to choose. AKC has hardly gotten behind this program to the extent it should have, which is a potentially good source of money for them what with the decline in income from the credit card sales due to the fall in registrations. And if you can’t find a plan that meets your budget or needs through PetPartners there are a bunch of other pet insurance companies to turn to as well. One of the latest innovations within that company which really impressed these pages is the multiple dog discount theory that was recently started. Look into the industry to help protect your dog or cat--there may be some good monies to be saved for us all.

Getting Numbers Out Of Akc It would appear that getting any kind of numbers out of the American Kennel Club is down right difficult if not impossible to do. Registrations-forget it. That they have dropped to below 500,000 is somewhat of an accepted fact but what are the real figures? These pages provided some six months ago and the word is that the decline has steadied somewhat but is anything formal released?

Absolutely not. Actual entries at shows--whatever happened to the listings in the printed GAZETTE? Well supposedly they are contained online! Have you ever been able to find them? These pages certainly have not negotiated that feat through that web site of theirs that’s a given. What about the attendance at the Meet the Breeds in NYC’s Javits Center? Two sets were released--one said 36,000 the other 26,000! Which do you think it was and try to get the figures from the people who attended the AENC. The first story given was that “finance” had the figures and would release them shortly--the next story was that the scanners were lost and FedEx was sending them up. That was eight days ago!! And for further mumbo jumbo there is the financial report given to the Delegates about numbers last year by the new CFO. Where’s Jim Stevens when we need him these pages would like to know.

Thought For The Week One can’t tell a ballplayer without a program was the old cry at the ballparks and the usual cry within the dog world is that it takes AKC to identify a dog, purebred or not!

Except of course in its own FAMILY DOG Magazine where the cover dog is called a Cairn Terrier when in fact it is a Norwich on the front cover!

Some judges have been suspended for doing something similar in the ring. What would the Judges Review Committee say about that one, one wonders? Perhaps send it to computer college! Well mistakes occur and but for the grace of god it could have been us nonetheless it is a funny incident to report.

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Thewayit is RESTRUCTURING AKC

By SARI BREWSTER tIETJEN

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nother year has passed and still the Delegates to the American Kennel Club either ignore or refuse to look into restructuring the Delegate Body to reflect the large, diverse organization it has become. For years now, those following the governance of the American Kennel Club have been saying that the whole governing structure needs to be revamped and brought into the 21st Century. What we currently have is archaic, cumbersome, and obsolete. From the Delegate Body to the Board of Directors, the configuration needs to be changed to reflect a complex and diverse “club of clubs” that did not exist when the AKC was established almost 125 years ago.

AKC’s founding fathers had no idea that their little organization of thirteen clubs and no money (at that time, AKC was subsidized by the Westminster Kennel Club) would develop into a massive operation of well over 600 clubs (with hundreds more potentially knocking at the door) and a $111 Million business.

As AKC has evolved, so too has the sport of purebred dogs. Whereas, the original sport consisted of clubs devoted to field trials and conformation events, today’s sport encompasses not only field trials and conformation, but also obedience, agility, rally, lure coursing, earthdog, herding and hunting trials and many other events. All of the clubs sponsoring such events should have the opportunity to become member clubs with a voice in the governing of their events, their dogs, and their “mother club” – the AKC. If all these clubs became member clubs, there is a potential for, conservatively thinking, well-over 1000 clubs with representatives to send to the Delegate meetings.

This would make the meetings even more unwieldy and unproductive than they are today. With this in mind, steps have to be taken to change the framework of both the Delegate Body and the Board of Directors.

What are some of the ideas that should be considered?

• Divide the Delegate Body into sections of interest. For example, all-breed clubs would have their own delegate meetings; national parent clubs their own; field trials their own; obedience their own; agility their own and so on. As such, they, as the major stakeholders in that aspect of the sport of purebred dogs, would deliberate on those proposals and matters that concern their section and not be dependent on the whims of others who do not understand their sport.

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• If a club has multiple areas of interest, it can have its Delegate crossover to the other sections. This can be the same person or a different club member who is versed in that additional area.

• Structure the organization so that there is only one Sectional in-person meeting a year at which time matters to be determined by a vote would occur. During the interim, use email, teleconferencing, and/or closed website for other matters that come before that particular area of interest.

• Delegate committee meetings could function via the web – with structured meetings twice a year. During the interim, use conference calls, email and/or closed website for other matters that come before the committee.

“AKC’s founding fathers had no idea that their little organization of thirteen clubs and no money... would develop into a massive operation of well over 600 clubs... and a $111 Million business.”

• Have each Section elect Delegates to serve on a Board of Representatives – weigh the number of those elected based on the number of event participants.

• Since parent clubs cross all sections, give them additional weighed representation on this Board to reflect their importance in all matters coming before the Body as it affects their breeds, in particular, and purebred dogs, in general.

• The Board of Representatives would meet twice a year to discuss and propose matters. Official conference calls, email and/or website would be used for other issues that might come up in the interim.

• Hold one General Assembly meeting a year – this would be a meeting of the Delegates representing all clubs – and would encompass all aspects of the sport of purebred dogs. It could be a week-long “salute to dogs” with special events, seminars, and discussion groups.

• A club with more than one Delegate (due to Section involvement) would have

to designate the General Assembly Delegate.

• Clubs should be permitted to designate an alternative Delegate if the General Assembly Delegate is unable to attend a G.A. meeting.

• A club would be able to designate anyone in good standing with AKC to serve as its Delegate.

• Only vote on Bylaw and Rule amendments once a year at the General Assembly meeting.

• Have the Board of Representatives elect from amongst themselves those who should serve on what we presently call AKC’s Board of Directors.

• If necessary, increase the number of Directors to represent all factions of the sport.

• The Board of Directors would establish an Executive Committee within the Board.

• This Executive Committee would be charged with overseeing the “general management of the business and affairs of the AKC . . .”

• The Executive Committee would elect the Chairman, Vice-chair and other officers of the Club.

• The Executive Committee would appoint such other committees as it deems necessary, comprised of individuals throughout the Fancy, to assist it in developing programs and resolving issues.

• The Executive Committee would meet monthly and would be limited to twelve members.

• Executive Committee meetings (and in fact all meetings) should be webcast and available to those members of member clubs who desire such access.

The above are only some suggestions as to how AKC should be restructured to meet its growing pains. There are others that are not listed. The idea is to have members of the Fancy think about the issues facing the AKC and how to resolve them. It is obvious that something needs to be done about its governance. As things stand now, we are just drifting along. The system of our forefathers does not work in today’s world.

More importantly, the piecemeal approach presently being taken by the Delegate Body (the acceptance of Agility Clubs to membership is an example of this) will not work in the long run. The Delegates are just kicking the proverbial can down the road and are either unwilling or unable to accept the realities of the future!

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Judges’ Qualifications and Approvals

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since I began travelling overseas to indulge my passion of judging purebred dogs I seem to recall that virtually every judge I ever met claimed that the approval system for judges in their own country was the toughest in the world. In some cases their opinion may have been valid, or at least gave rise to a detailed discussion, whereas in others to those of us who come from countries where the progression of judges is a lengthy and arduous process the claims were seen as laughable.

The whole question of how fanciers progress to becoming judges is a tenuous one but very few set out from the start to deliberately carve a career for themselves as judges. We all start off as pet owners, and there is no shame whatsoever in that as it indicates that we love dogs and want to share our lives with them. Pet ownership invariably leads to further study of our chosen breed and attendance at dog shows, initially as a spectator.

Many of us are then tempted to dip our toe in the water as exhibitors and start off at ringcraft classes until we feel confident enough to handle our dog in the ring in a competitive environment. The usual course of events suggests that minor successes whet the appetite and before we know where we are we are traipsing up and down the country showing our dog at bigger and better shows and against tougher competition.

With greater understanding of the breed, the destined-to-be-successful exhibitor appraises their dog in an objective manner and makes the decision to either continue a show campaign or retire the first dog to its home comforts and obtain a better one with which more serious winning is probable. Oftentimes the second dog is a bitch when a conscious decision has been made to become a small time breeder, and the smart guys research intently until such time as a viable foundation bitch is located from a reputable breeder.

From there on in the whole

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By ANDREW BRACE thing snowballs until what was a weekend hobby can turn into a whole lifestyle. At some point the suggestion will be made after a period of visible success in the show ring (usually by one of the revered “breed elders”) that the breeder exhibitor in question should consider judging. Many are terrified at the prospect and continue their exhibiting lives without ever having tasted the experience of standing in the centre of the ring and pointing; others see judging as a logical progression to breeding and exhibiting and try their hand at it. Some fall by the wayside as they basically don’t have the personality for it.

To succeed as a judge you need great strength of character, courage and a thick skin – apart from the obvious basic knowledge of not only your own breed but

“The shrinking violets who do not relish the prospect of all eyes (and critical ones at that) being on them, and the inevitable upset and hurt they will cause by placing someone’s pride and joy at the end of the line are not ideal candidates for a career path as a dog judge...”

canine anatomy and gait in general.

The shrinking violets who do not relish the prospect of all eyes (and critical ones at that) being on them, and the inevitable upset and hurt they will cause by placing someone’s pride and joy at the end of the line are not ideal candidates for a career path as a dog judge and thankfully many realise the fact before it’s too late. Others rather like the challenge of evaluating top class breeding stock and see it as a vehicle through which they will acquire a deeper knowledge of their breed at large and something which will give them the opportunity to see what their competitors are breeding. Having the privilege of evaluating other breeders’ stock can be invaluable in determining where a judge’s own breeding program may go, given that they have seen what is out there and which dogs possess virtues they may need in their own dogs.

In most countries dogs tend to be owner-handled in the main, but in some countries the professional handler is commonplace. Whilst most of these handlers will have started out in just the same way as the ownerhandler, they have decided that their forté is in handling and so they expand their portfolio, often spending years apprenticing to some of the great and good who have already established themselves.

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People frequently say that it is very difficult to find majors and yet over 20,000 exhibits are reported to have finished in the year 2012 (2013 figures are not available yet), which comes to an average of one in every 22 dogs registered being made up as American champions. How hard is it really to find majors if so many dogs a year can be made up to an American championship?

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DARYL MARTIN I feel many of the majors are being built as kennel majors, which inflates the numbers. I understand people have to do that since the majors are sparse, or there are so many shows and people like to avoid each other the entries are smaller. I know many handlers that carry majors as well so they can finish dogs for people in a timely manor, and then they are also sure of having dogs for competition so they can charge the people to show dogs. In one of my breeds a handler totes majors with them in order to have entries for their special so no one can top their number one breed position as well.

So does it make a better champion to win and then go to the bottom of the line to make the points for the next one to finish? From winner to loser? I don’t think so. As far as I am concerned, I am from the old school and like competition.

In the long run, it improves a breed.

FRANCINE REISMAN I feel that anyone who has been going to dog shows for more than 35 years knows that exhibitors have always complained that majors are hard to find. Also, when you say “1 in 22 registered dogs” my question is how many of those registered dogs are competing at dog shows?

One other thing, with the approval of two shows on the same grounds, on the same day, now dogs could finish on a weekend...what’s next?

Glen Lajeski Is it the case where certain breeders and/or handlers are creating their own majors? Sadly, often with inferior dogs. I’m sure we’ve all seen it happen with the bulk of the entry mediocre or poor in order to finish a dog. Or maintain a major by showing a dog that finished the day before and handle it as poorly as possible hoping it won’t win. There’s also the case of judges putting up dogs BOW gratuitously when they are truly not deserving.

Bud Hidlay It is important to remember a few things about majors: 1. There are 15 Divisions in the AKC points Schedule: http:// www.akc.org/events/conformation/point_schedule.cfm 2. It takes different number of entries for most breeds to obtain a major based on the what Division they are SHOWING in. It takes at least 4 entries in some breeds and over 20 in others.

You also need to look at the difference between the sexes as JIM COVEY they can vary greatly also.

In our breed, Norfolks, majors can generally be found 3. You can become a champion (15 points) in as little as three in bitches at least within a few hours drive every shows (3 five point majors) on a single weekend or it can month or so. There are certain shows where there take 3 years to earn enough points for your championship. are almost always majors in our area. The owners/ 4. The judges have the option of crossing over by awarding handlers tend to help each other out in putting BW to a single class entry if the opposite sex has a major by together and finding shows for majors, so if you awarding the single entry (Winner) the Best of Winners. This are looking for majors, you can generally find them is used by some breeders to build their own majors. Thus in and manage to get your dog or bitch finished. the example above you could finish a dog and bitch in the However, that being said, just because you can same three shows. garner your 15 points with both majors, if it 5. The final thing to remember that just because you takes you more than a handful of shows and a have a major at entry time, some may not show up or more than a reasonable amount of money, what some entry may move up because they already have their does that say for either the quality of the animal championship thus breaking the major. you are trying to make a champion, or for the In conclusion, you need to find the ages of you champion quality of judge you are supporting with your dogs and the length of time they were showing as well as entry? To quote a dear friend and fellow judge, the number of shows they had to enter. I had a Champion retired handler, when asked if she could finish Papillon that participated in over 100 shows over a 20 a certain dog the reply was, “Can I finish it, or month period to become a champion at 2 1/2 years old.

SHOULD it be finished?”

A better way to look at percentage of majors is to look at how many dogs were entered to produce the 20,000 Betty-Anne Stenmark reported to have finished. AKC can tell you the number We show a rare breed, Dandie Dinmont of majors by dogs and bitches in each show.

Terriers, and generally find our majors on the national specialty weekend. Others Winnie Stout put together an entry of their own dogs I am not familiar with these statistics, they sound a and make their own majors but I wonder bit off unless many people resist registering pets, so how much satisfaction is there in that, that a larger percentage of dogs being registered are it makes no sense to me. Frankly I don’t show dogs. In my breed, Smooth Fox Terriers, majors think finishing a title should ever be easy, are very scarce unless it’s a specialty weekend, or a it cheapens the meaning of “champion.” bunch of us agree to get together and make a major.

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Joan Goldstein The AKC Championship designation is no longer the mark of a superior specimen. Just look at the dogs vying for BOB at almost any show, and you can see the truth in that statement. It is very rare for me to judge an entire day and somewhere along the line, not put up class dogs over “specials”. This happens frequently with breeds having 4,5 or more “Champions” in the ring. You have to wonder who gave these specimens majors! I have come to the conclusion that not a lot of “Specials” are very special. It is said that if you show anything long enough, you can finish it. Sad.

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Two Shows In One Day Or Too Many Shows?

BY POLLY SMITH

For a number of years I have been listening to the cry that we have too many shows and the quality is diluted and the shows are going down in entries. As a club that puts

on shows I can tell you it is hard to keep entries up. We have been both up and down and now are awaiting our numbers for our 2014 show. Our numbers were down this year. We

put on just a weekend show and at the present time have three Group clubs on Friday. In the first few years we piggybacked on Thursday and Friday with other more established clubs and had entries from 400 dogs to 800 or 900.

We were then able to find a facility within our territory and got a Saturday and Sunday date with originally one Group club to come in with us. Our entry for the first year dropped back to 400 dogs but then picked up the next year to 600 to 700 entries.

Because of the facility going into bankruptcy we were forced to move into a facility that is in the Virginia Kennel Club territory. This raises a whole new set of problems in receiving permission to do this. With the addition of two other Group clubs we have been able to raise our entries. This is expensive for the all-breed club as we cover rent for the extra day, but it has also allowed our entries to grow and allowed us to bring in more breeder judges.

There is no doubt about the fact that there are far more shows today then they were 10 or 25 years ago. The entries are diluted over more shows and a wider area of the country. People tend to travel more and are inclined to make only 4 and 5-day shows. With so many people making shows in motor homes one has to find facilities with ample parking and hookups, again an added expense to those putting on shows. What will happen to the medium size shows of 2 or 3 days I have no idea.

This does worry me.

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Let me be up front that I do not see the point of having two shows in one day. I have judged two shows in one day in Canada. These are allowed but only in remote parts of the country and limit on entries is 200 dogs.

As I understand this program the entry is 500 dogs. Are we still going to have the additional groups, puppies, etc? The clubs are not going to save money on the judges because we have a limit of 175 dogs a day, and you must have different judges for the groups.

(Forgot there will not be a problem with the 80 percent rule we will double our Group judges--more judges more shows.) Judges are going to charge their same fee per show. The fees are per show not per day. There is also the possibility of extra charges for keeping the buildings open and overtime pay for the building personnel.

Before the change to have concurrent specialty shows in with an All-breed show, there were night specialties. These were limited entry between 50 and 100 entries. These were stopped because of the late hour when they were over. Just remember you have pictures to take, dogs to feed and exercise after a show. With most of the toy breeds and Poodles, etc. they also have to be brushed out. The exhibitors are then going to have to find a place to eat. Then maybe some sleep. For those putting on the shows you have to clean up the building.

What are you going to tell your businesses that support your show? No one is going to have the time to go out for dinner except to the all night diner.

You will only have exhibitors in town for one day. No shopping at the local stores.

Those benefitting from the two shows will be the superintendents and the professional handlers. The handlers will be able to finish more dogs and show more dogs. They can bring two strings of dogs to each show. The records in a number of breeds will be broken easily as you can plan to make four shows in two days. As for the yearly group awards this will open up a whole new world.

I am sure there are benefits for this program, but I personally do not see the advantages. I wonder how many clubs that are within the 500 to 650 entries are going to limit their shows to 500 to fit into this program? This also could make for smaller shows. This will also cut down on the number of spectators to the shows. Many times people can only come on one day of the weekend.

This program will open up more weekends to add more shows.

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A Different

By Linda More

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THE DOG SHOW THAT ALMOST WASN’T

nce upon a time…in the olden days, when there were many fewer dog shows, and almost no clusters, and shows stayed on their dates year after year and in their own territories (yes, times have changed and we have to adjust, but still, please permit a little nostalgia here), and exhibitors didn’t fly all over the country to hit three different cities in as many days, the first New England shows following Westminster were the First Company Governors Foot Guard, in Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday, and on Sunday, the Elm City Kennel Club in New Haven. The Foot Guard show was held in an armory, and the day started with the Foot Guard trooping the colors to the accompaniment of their drum corps. Regular exhibitors knew enough to stash any less than confident, noise sensitive dogs safely in their crates until the parade was over.

As the Hartford show ended, we would all be loading up our assorted vehicles to head up the road to New Haven. There we would wait in line on the ramp to get down into the hockey arena and unload all the equipment for the next day. The wait often involved a hasty supper of Kentucky Fried Chicken, eaten in the van, until it was our turn to get in. We would then be greeted by the famous “Foley boys,” who would help unload the truck and swiftly and efficiently stack everyone’s stuff in neat rows. They knew how to get the greatest amount of gear in the smallest possible space and still leave room to work. In February 1979 (or maybe 1978, but it doesn’t really matter) things seemed to go as

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usual and expected ...until Sunday morning.

“The MBF truck has been stolen! Sometime in the night at the hotel!” was what greeted us when we arrived early at the arena to start the day. The truck contained the whole, entire dog show – rubber mats, baby gates, ring markers, judges books, catalogs, ribbons, armbands – everything needed to make the show happen. We did have some humorous moments imagining the thieves’ dismay when they opened their prize and found all those items…but their main target may have been the shiny new truck. But humor aside, what next?

It was great good fortune that one of the MBF Superintendents, Mario Fernandez, had put one (that’s ONE) Elm City KC catalog in his briefcase, and it therefore spent the night safe in his hotel room. Without that, it is doubtful that the show could have been held.

The first public announcement that I recall (and my recollection may be less than accurate!) was that the start of judging would be delayed for some as yet unspecified length of time, and we wondered how it would be achieved at all. But never, ever, underestimate dog people, including superintendents, when times get tough!

The club people were naturally upset and wondering what to do to salvage the show.

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THE DOBERMAN PINSCHER

PROTECTION INSURANCE And A Lot More

by M.J. Nelson

Nobody

loves the tax collector. It doesn’t matter whether that entity is as large as the Internal Revenue Service or as small as a single individual charged with the task of collecting taxes for a tiny rural municipality, the tax collector is not about to win a popularity contest and that has been the case down through the ages.

In some eras and countries, the job was just plain dangerous. Not only was the tax collector at risk of incurring the wrath of the people who were being taxed but the roads on which he traveled were the province of thieves looking to steal the tax money.

Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann was a tax collector in Germany in the midto-late 1800s. Not only did he have to worry about irate taxpayers seeking revenge but his collection routes ran through many dangerous areas infested with bandits. Dobermann clearly needed protection and since he also ran the local dog pound, with access to dogs of many breeds, he decided to use that access to his advantage by developing a breed that would possess the perfect combination of strength, speed, endurance, loyalty, intelligence and ferocity needed to protect him on his tax collection rounds.

The exact breeds he used and the ratio of the mixing he did, other than the documented crossing with the Greyhound and the Manchester Terrier, remain uncertain to this day. But in the end, he created the Dobermann Pinscher and joined a tiny list of people for whom a dog breed is named–Parson John Russell, the Duke of Gordon, Bernard of Menthon, King Charles II and L. Whitaker Boykin being the others among the breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club. The breed Dobermann created did possess all the traits he needed for protection in his work. So much so, in fact, that during WW II, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the Doberman as its official war dog although the Corps did use Charlie other breeds in this role. But, Brown takes the Doberman today is much a jump at

the DPCA Nationals.

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Laura (Ch Foxhall’s The First Lady IPO3 ROM CD VCX), Jill Graves’ Doberman, is the first female Doberman to earn an IPO3 (formerly known as SchH3).

Charlie Brown (UDC/ AKC Ch Viking’s Charlie Brown CDX ROM IPO3 VPG3 AX AXJ VCX ZTP1A CGC), Lyn Kergaard’s Doberman, has obedience, Schutzhund/ IPO and obedience titles to go with his conformation championships.

more than a war dog or a protection breed. There are stand-out Dobermans in obedience, tracking, lure coursing, agility, fly ball, rally, therapy work, conformation and many other dog sports in addition to Schutzhund/IPO work and other activities that would be considered part of the historical tasks for which the breed was developed.

“Dobermans are a renaissance breed–the Leonardo da Vinci of dogdom because they are capable of performing in multiple venues.

But, like da Vinci, they must have the inherent genetic make-up to create the groundwork for those abilities. They were developed with a purpose and though not many tax collectors require a canine bodyguard in today’s society, they are still a true working breed,” said Tiffany Brizendine, who owns Orinoco (Int’l UDC Ch First Stryk Deadliest Catch EOD WAC ATT BH ATP-SG1 HD-1A). “A Doberman that can excel in multiple activities demonstrates that they have the temperament for actual work, the character to compete and work and the fortitude to withstand the rigors of multiple, high-stress activities. In addition to good health and conformation, temperament, character and fortitude are the most important traits of this breed. But, there are no genetic tests available for these abstract abilities and we can’t take a wicket to a show dog to determine ‘fortitude.’ So the only way to evaluate potential breeding stock for these intangible concepts is through practical field work. This is why a Doberman that is well-rounded and can excel in multiple fields is important to the breed. It demonstrates that the dog is sound in both mind and body.”

“Dobermans are smart and they want to work,” said Lyn Kargaard, whose dog Charlie Brown (UDC/ AKC Ch Viking’s Charlie Brown CDX ROM IPO3

Orinoco (Int’l UDC Ch First Stryk Deadliest Catch EOD WAC ATT BH ATP-SG1 HD1A), Tiffany Brizendine’s Doberman, does some law enforcement work with her husband, Jess.

VPG3 AX AXJ VCX ZTP1A CGC) has obedience, Schutzhund/ IPO and obedience titles to go with his conformation championships. “They are working dogs with strong drives to work and they were bred to work with humans and to help their owner/ handler do a job whether walking a night watchman’s beat, helping protect the home or playing dog games.

Unfortunately, most people don’t have the time or the desire to do as much as it takes to be successful at multiple activities. It takes time, money, desire and a family that either does it with you or doesn’t see you very often.”

“They are capable of being successful in a wide range of activities,” said Jill Graves, who owns Laura (Ch Foxhall’s The First Lady IPO3 ROM CD VCX), the first female Doberman to earn an IPO3 (formerly known as SchH3). “They are athletic, determined, devoted, smart and very quick to learn. They thrive on activity and interaction with their owners. Their willingness to please is so evident when they give you that ‘What are we going to do next?’ look with intense desire. It’s important that we be out in places where the public can see just how versatile they can be and with their performances, dispel the ‘aggressive’ Doberman public image. We have had many opportunities to do positive public relations for the breed at shows, trials and demonstrations at schools.”

Training can be a challenge with a smart dog like a Doberman, according to Loel Turpin, who owns Case (Am/UDC Ch Chaos vom Koby Haus CD SchHIII IPO3 FH2 AD ZTP-1A WAC ROM VCX CGC TDI), who, at least so far, is the only conformation champion Doberman to have reached Schutzhund III/ FH2 status. “The problem with a quick learning dog

like a Doberman is if you teach them an exercise with multiple training steps in the final product, sometimes they decide to ‘help’ by just going to the end rather than performing all the steps.

You have to remain patient and reinforce EACH step of the training process. Dobermans respond far better to positive reinforcement, by the way, than they do to correction. I have found that there is a bias against Dobermans in many German Shepherd Dog Schutzhund working dog clubs. I was lucky to have been in a club that looked at the qualities of the dog rather than the breed. If you want to be involved in Schutzhund with your dog, the first rule is to find the right dog and the right training program. The rest is just hard work which means that it is also important to remember that you are doing this to have fun.”

“Patience and perseverance are essential,” said Kargaard. “A good instructor can help guide you in your training but you must follow through with the time and practice. Both agility and Schutzhund bring out the drive in your dog. When I started protection training with Charlie, he would surge forward, barking his excitement and literally pull me to the field. Schutzhund is about drive and CONTROL. Without control, a dog with high drive will not succeed or at least will not do as well in almost any performance sport. Charlie would leak drive, barking and barking, and losing points when do-

ing the transports to the judge. I spent hours asking him to pay attention to me while we heeled around with his favorite toy was on the ground next to us.

When he was looking at me and not at the toy, I’d release him to get the toy.

It was a lot like asking a chocoholic to go to the candy store, greet all the customers as they came and went but not allowing the chocolate addict to have even a tiny taste. We worked and worked and when he would look at me regardless of what temptation was on the ground next to us, then we’d go back on the protection field and do our transports.

In that way, he got better although not perfect.

But there was never any question about whether he possessed drive! The Doberman Club was slow to realize that Schutzhund was a fantastic sport that built a strong relationship between dog and owner.

A well trained Schutzhund dog is probably the safest dog to have in crowds and was a fantastic ambassador for the breed. Once the leadership began to understand that Schutzhund was not about biting people but about training, control and mutual respect, the support from the DPCA came.”

For Brizendine, the show ring was the problem for Orinoco. “He was bored. The sport fields and the work that he does are very self-enforcing for the dogs–adrenaline

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The Selection of Delegate Meeting Sites

by Jim Crowley

Ed. Note: The following letter was sent to all Delegates in an apparent response to an ongoing Delegate e-line discussion concerning where to hold Delegate meetings.

Dear Delegates, There has been a lot of discussion on this Delegate list regarding the location of Delegate meetings. Most of what I have read refers to issues of perceived fairness, wanting attractions outside of the meeting venue, and enabling all Delegates to attend at least some meetings with less travel. While not a Delegate, I have attended about 170 Delegate meetings over nearly 43 years and am involved in preparing and making the recommendations to the AKC board regarding the selection of meeting dates and locations. The purpose of this letter is to provide the basis upon which meeting sites are selected and to provide actual numbers, broken down so that anyone may use and configure them differently to make whatever case they wish.

In making its decision on the location for the future business meetings of AKC, the prime objective determining factors for the AKC staff making the recommendations, and the AKC Board acting on those recommendations are the fiduciary and management responsibilities they have to the organization.

The former involves the cost of meetings and the latter involves trying to make sure that the largest number of 50 Dog News

member club Delegates possible participate in meetings where Bylaws governing the organization and rules governing the sport are adopted or changed and where important discussions take place at the committee level. In the absence of any provision for mail ballots or proxies to enable every member club to have input on amendments, the latter means trying to select sites that give the best chance of having the maximum number of Delegates attending a meeting. Looking at past history definitely plays a part in that decision-making process.

For over a century, all AKC membership meetings were required by the Bylaws to be held in the organization’s headquarters city, which is not uncommon for any national corporation’s meetings. In 1992, with rising hotel costs in NYC, the Bylaws were amended to permit meetings within 50 miles of NYC. In 1996, the 50 mile restriction was removed, so the Board could schedule the meetings anywhere.

The June meeting has traditionally been the smallest.

In the five years between 1993 and 1997, the June meeting in the NYC area averaged about 285.However, whether held in NYC or in NJ the meetings were always attended by over half of the Delegate body at

that time, and at times attendance exceeded 60% of the body at that time. The first attachment is the location and attendance for the June meetings between 1998 and 2012, when the meetings were held away from NYC. The number in parenthesis is the percentage of Delegates eligible to attend the meeting, who actually attended. The 2006 meeting in Nashville was the only one held away from the east Coast where at least 50% of the eligible Delegates attended. Only five during this period had as many attendees as the previous meetings in New York/ Newark with only one of those being off the east Coast. They are 2001, which was in Newark, 2004 in Nashville, where we voted on points for Reserve at a national, and 1999 and 2006 in Raleigh, the latter where we voted on allowing Delegate judges to charge a fee. The fifth was the Boston area, which some would consider even more East Coast than Newark. Meetings around the country thus did nothing to increase attendance or the number of member clubs participating, and in fact had the opposite effect. While the basic core that attends most meetings, e.g. committee members and board members, attended the rotating meetings, many Delegates on the East Coast, where there is by far the largest concentration of Delegates, simply did not travel to the June meetings across the country. That was true for the decade long experiment, and it would undoubtedly be true in the future.

There is another reason why maximum attendance is important.

At this moment, there are 584 Delegates ( that number is constantly changing with resignations, new Delegates approved , and a three month approval process ). A quo-

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K-9 Quartet Receives Standing Ovation The Delaware County Kennel Club was proud to welcome four new Haverford Twp K-9 officers in 2013. Haverford Twp is located in Delaware County’s suburban Phila area. All of the K-9’s came from Europe, now live at home with their handlers, are qualified for patrol, drug, tracking, and received their qualifications at Castle K-9 Training facility, 20 miles south of Harrisburg, PA.

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L to R: Stephen Gill and K-9 Jaeger, Doug Linker and Jango and John Valvardi and K-9 Barr

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he Kennel Club’s ongoing mission is to support and honor the K-9 Officers. Having 4 new K-9 Officers gave the club the opportunity to donate K-9 Stab/ballistic K-9 vests, K-9 First Aid Kits, K-9 Oxygen Masks and last and most important to the K-9’s, a personalized K-9 TREAT BAG. In addition the club also presented each officer with a Citation of Merit from PA- US Congressman Patrick Meehan and PA Representative Daylin Leach.

It was a pleasure and honor for the

Kennel Club to Microchip all four K-9’s. This was done in September at beautiful Rose Tree Park. Dr Alex Daley met each K-9, chatted with them a few minutes and then in a flash they were chipped. To conclude the FUN DAY sponsored by the club, we were privileged to have a K-9 demonstration. Oh my, was the crowd pleased. They never had the opportunity first hand to observe a K-9 in action. K-9 Jango

L to R: Officer Mark Semerad and K-9 Kato, John Valvardi and K-9 Barr, Doug Linker and K-9 Jango and Lieut. Michael Glenn and Jaeger

was the star and was handled by his partner Officer Doug Linker. Officer Mark Semerad volunteered (we think -probably drafted) to don a bite suit and play the criminal. Officer John Valvardi narrated the 10 minute action. The spectators were just plain amazed at what the K-9 was able to do and how quickly K-9 Jango reacted to his commands which were in German. The crowd stood for 5 minutes cheering and took the time to thank the officers. (Special THANKS goes to the Police Chief for scheduling all 4 K-9 Officers and their handlers to attend our Fun Day).

In HAVERFORD the Twp Police Department was formed 6/5/1916 with 10 Officers - now in 2013 there are 70 officers with a gigantic plus of 4 K-9 Officers joining the force in 2013 to serve the 50,000 residents. To quote Police Chief Carmen Pettine, “The mere presence of police K-9’s on the street can have a tremendous effect on criminal activity. Patrolling in a well marked K-9 vehicle can be a very effective deterrent to crime.”

The club members were delighted to meet the officers and K-9’s. The first K-9 officer Jango, graduated 4/24/2013 , K-9’s Jaeger and Barr graduated on 5/24/2013 and last but not least, K-9 Kato graduated 8/18/2013. They all reported to duty immediately after their certification. Kato was the star of his training class because he had 4 weeks to train and work with his other 3 K-9’s before he reported for his formal training at Castle K-9 School. K-9 Barr is a German Shepherd, Jango, Jeager and Kato are German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix.

Believe it or not, all the K-9’s are bilingual and so are their handlers.

Commands are given in German, and of course being American K-9 Police officers living at home with their handlers Memorial in Rose Tree Park for they quickly learn Officer Norman Barr, who was killed in the line of duty. K-9 Barr English. was named after him.

NAMING THE K-9’S

was interesting and unusual. Each officer was required to submit a name or names plus explain the reason the names were chosen.

Jango is a Star Wars character and was chosen by officer Linker’s children. Jango is also a celebrity because of his meeting and interview with Arnold Palmer in June when the US Open was held in Haverford Twp. Their picture made the local papers. Jango is also given “Hats Off” for finding a stolen Fireman‘s helmet after searching a large area.

Barr was named after Officer Norman Barr who lost his life in the line of duty 11/10/1967. The Haverford Twp Police building is also named after Officer Barr and Officer Barr is immortalized in Rose Tree Park along with many other fallen Delaware County officers.

Jaeger means “hunter - seeker“ and a perfect name for this K-9.

Kato was the side kick of the Green Hornet. This name was selected

by Officer Semerad’s son. Kato now has another assignment and is now the side kick of Officer Semerad.

OFFICER BIOs:

JOHN VALVARDI has been a Haverford Twp. Officer since 1997. He is also qualified K-9 trainer, has a Search, Rescue and Cadaver dog K-9 Yama. His previous S & R K-9 pal Nemo, along with John, volunteered after Katrina to help search for victims. John has double K-9 duty.

MARK SEMERAD has been a Haverford Twp. Officer since 1994. He was also a K-9 handler for Conrail prior to joining Haverford Twp. Police.

DOUG LINKER has been Haverford Twp. Officer since 2000, at this time he and his partner Jango are delighted to demonstrate to groups the skills Jango has in chasing and cornering a criminal.

STEPHEN GILL has been a Haverford Twp. Officer since

2007

The Delaware County Kennel Club is proud of its service to the community and to date has donated: 24 K-9 Ballistics Vests, 39 K-9 First Aid Kits ( 15 of these to the PA State Police) 110 K-9 Oxygen Masks ( every county K-9 Officer has one - the balance were distributed to the Fire Departments and Paramedics in the John Valvardi and K-9 Barr county).

625 Delaware County dogs were micro chipped FREE of charge including the four Haverford Twp K-9’s.

(Delaware County Council joined the club in sponsoring two of the seven microchip clinics sponsored by the club and held throughout the county).

Early in 2014 we are committed to outfit two new Radnor Twp K-9s. They are presently in training at the Philadelphia Police K-9 Training Facility and are expected to report to duty the end of February 2014.

For information about Officer Mark Semerad and K-9 Kato being the Kennel Club, www.Delcomicrochipped by Dr. Alex Daley. kennelclub.com

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TheJudge

Speaks

By Jim Tomsic

Conformation Judges: The Sport Needs Your Help!!

The future of our sport is in trouble.

Conformation entries are down, shows are going away, and dedicated exhibitors are leaving the sport. If changes are not made, the sport that we all love so dearly will either morph back into the sport for the wealthy, or disappear completely.

Judges, if you enjoy what you do, and would like to see the sport grow, thrive, and be around for future generations, please be aware that the decisions and choices that you make today have a direct correlation on the future viability of our sport. You have a unique opportunity to make or break the sport of dog showing.

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n his November 26, 2013, Chairman’s Report, Alan Kalter, Chairman of the Board of the AKC, writes: “Participation in Conformation, Obedience and Rally declined in the past year. As I stated in my November report, the issues impacting our sport today have been clearly identified and discussed.

They can be collected into three categories - societal, economic, and legislative. While the apparent reasons are simple to discover, the solutions are significantly more complex. It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our goal of bringing more participants to our events and more members to our clubs. We are not only up for addressing it - we are capable of delivering it.”

Mr. Kalter has ignored a major issue that is chasing exhibitors

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away from conformation rings in droves. Economics has definitely had an impact on our sport, but it is not the real reason that exhibitors are staying home. The recession has forced many breeder/ owner/exhibitors, both young and old, to re-evaluate their involvement in the sport. In many instances, the result of this evaluation is that these individuals have decided to either cut back, or quit altogether. One must realize that many of these breeder/owner/exhibitors are so dedicated to their dogs and the sport that they will spend money on their dogs even when they don’t have much to spend. They will pay entry fees for upcoming shows, then worry how to pay for the gas to get there.

So, you might ask, what is the real reason that is driving these dedicated breeder/owner/exhibitors away? The answer is simple.

These hard-working individuals exhibit animals that are quality representations of their particular breed, well-deserving of equal consideration in the ring. Yet, they continue to be ignored by judges, particularly in the Best of Breed competition, in favor of professional handlers who often exhibit lesser-quality dogs.

The AKC has acknowledged that over 80% of dog show exhibitors are owner/handlers, yet this same group is awarded Best of Breed less than 10% of the time.

This should not be a surprise. Just look at the group rings and count the number of non-professional handlers in the ring. They can typically be counted on one hand, and in many cases, on one or two fingers. Unfortunately, this trend continues to get worse, as breed/ group domination by professional handlers continues to grow.

This dilemma is not the fault of the professional handler, as they are just doing the job that they are being paid to do. It is the fault of the judge who will not look beyond the professional handler to put up quality exhibits, or who is not willing to take the risk of putting up an “unknown.”

So, how do we go about stopping this slow death spiral?

It is very easy, and it is in the hands of dog show judges. All a judge needs to do is judge dogs.

Simple. If you as a judge are not confident in the breed that you are judging, make the effort to become more confident. If you are not comfortable in putting up an individual that is not familiar to you, it may be time to re-evaluate your role in the sport. Your mission is to judge each dog on that particular day, not who is on the other end of the lead.

If a breeder/owner/exhibitor believes that they have an equal opportunity to win, they will continue to exhibit their dogs.

If these individuals believe that they do not have an equal opportunity and are wasting their time and money, the future of our sport will continue to look bleak, no matter what sort of carrot the AKC holds in front of them.

Conformation judges: the future of our sport rests in your hands.

(In case you are wondering, my wife and I have been involved in the sport for over thirty years, as exhibitors, breeders, and as a judge. We have finished champions, specialed dogs, bred/owned a #1 pug, advertised, used handlers, and spent thousands of hours at ringside observing.)

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is not only the country of famous brand cars, technology, arts, beer, sausages, and Oktoberfest, this is overall a gigantic, interesting large nation. 82 million people live in Federal Republic of Germany (2012). The country’s biggest city is the Capital Berlin. This is a very literate land where over 99% of the population can read and write. Germany is the second most populous country in Central Europe after Russia. Its highest mountain is the Zugspitze with 2,963 meters (about 10,000 feet), and it is Germany’s top attraction. The visitor can take a cable car up to the top of the mountain and enjoy the spectacular views of the Alps and of the Bavarian countryside.

The Eurasier – Germany

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he country is well known for its great poets like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Grimm brothers, and Thomas Mann, for inventors and scientists like Albert Einstein, Robert Koch or Gottlieb Daimler, therefore often referred to be the “Land der Dichter und Denker”(country of poets and thinkers). The Germans love sports, and sport idols like Sebastian Vettel (Formula 1), Michael Ballack (soccer) or Maria Riesch (skiing) are supported by most Germans proudly. The Bayern Munich is a favorite soccer club, and the most popular sports in Germany are soccer, tennis, swimming and skiing.

The German food is famous for its bread (hundreds of different kinds, and there are

even bread museums), the beer, the sausages, and of course the Sauerkraut (Sauer cabbage). Their pastry is famous and the Black Forest Cake is a universally acclaimed dessert. The country is a great vine producer, the Rhine-and Mosel-valleys are famous for their wines.

German is the official language of 5 countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. It is also spoken in Northern Italy and the French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.

There are curiosities as for instance the first Oktoberfest, which was a wedding celebration of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to build. (Bill Bryson wrote: “It is absolutely immense, over 500 feet long and more than 200 feet wide. It can hold 40,000 people. You can understand why it took 700 years to build”).

There are over 150 castles in Germany. The first printed book was in German. Famous Bavarians include Pope Benedict XVI, Richard Wagner, Richard Straus, Thomas Mann, Levi Strauss, and Rudolf Diesel. Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz created the first motor-driven vehicles. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the X-rays in 1895. There are more than one hundred German Nobel Prize laureates.

Notable German inventions include: the telephone, diesel engine, aspirin, fluorescent lamp, and the pregnancy test. Adidas was founded by the Bavarian, Adolf “Adi” Dassler. His brother, Rudolf Dassler, founded Puma.

Famous German composers include Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Wagner, Strauss, and Handel. Famous philosophers include Nietzsche, Marx, Kant and Hegel.

The world’s tallest cathedral is in Ulm. Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany. Finally, The Christmas tree (Tannenbaum) tradition came from Germany.

Did you know that there are about 45 dog breeds that originated in Germany? I could use hundreds of pages, thousands of words, and it wouldn’t be enough when we talk about Germany, but it’s such a pleasure to talk about Germany’s dogs.

Undoubtedly any newly created breed needs a rare person who has a strong opinion and great imagination. Germany regarding dogs, has some very well known figures collaborating, and sometimes even changing a given breed. What would be the modern Boxer without Frau Stockman, or the German Shepherd without Max von Stephanitz? How would we have the so popular Doberman without Louis Doberman, and so forth?

Between many others I elected a personage who liked to play cards with God. (In my opinion serious dog breeding is like playing poker with God. Sometimes He lets us win a hand). This great dog lover pursued a private alchemy to bring Asia and Europe together in “inventing” a new and unusual dog breed, which today is admired, loved, and which instantaneously turned into a heart stealer.

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he year was 1960, the man was the late Julius Wipfel (19122002), from Weinheim, Germany, and the dog is the Eurasier, a result of the successful marriage of the Keeshond with the Chow-Chow.

Mr. Wipfel’s main idea was to create a trustworthy and attractive family dog, and due to his meticulous care the history of the breed is carefully registered since the very Continued on page 88

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n 2011 the actor Charlie Sheen took to social media and the airwaves with the phrase “winning” in answer to critics who said the dangerous path of debauchery and destruction he was on was bound to end in tragedy. Though he was the highest paid actor on television his dalliances with drugs and prostitutes and a history of failed marriages and stints in rehab led some to believe that he was morally bankrupt. If Charlie was winning, his children, family and friends were certainly losing as they wondered whether he would survive the scrutiny and the spotlight and remain sober.

Yet, people were mesmerized watching the train wreck that was Charlie. The number of people following him on Twitter increased exponentially, shattering records and landing him an endorsement deal. He booked prime time interviews with the major talk shows and even an arena tour. He lost his role on a top-ranked television series but landed the starring role on another, Anger Management, in a deal that could result in a $200 million payday if it produces 100 episodes. Nobody does celebrity bigger or better than Charlie, taking risks and providing all the sordid details of a rock star-all starporn star lifestyle, laughing all the way to the bank and leaving a trail of doubters in his wake. There are lessons to be learned from Sheen’s apparent public meltdown.

He took all the punches, answered all the questions and somehow got back on his feet, an achievement Governor Chris Christie is trying to accomplish in the wake of the ‘Bridgegate’ scandal this week.

In the animal welfare and public relations battle, there have been clear winners and losers as well. Right now, the animal rights extremists are clearly winning the PR battle.

The Humane Society of the United States, PETA and

other organizations of their ilk have ratcheted up the hyperbole and managed to foist their agendas across all media outlets as well as into local, state and federal legislatures.

By taking their cues from Hollywood, these organizations have realized that celebrity, nudity, violence, action and music can all help to sell a product or a brand. They also understand how to capture different audiences, tailoring campaigns to different age groups, such as preaching to vulnerable, impressionable children that meat is murder and encouraging vegetarianism or veganism. Like the tobacco companies featuring beautiful, fit models and cartoon animals in their advertising campaigns, they know that if they hook their target audience when they’re young, they’ve got clients for life. The more outlandish the campaigns — dousing fur wearers with blood, featuring celebrities in the buff — the better for gaining attention and awareness. Television viewers (and despite the AKC/ Eukanuba National Championship eschewing television coverage of a signature event in favor of exclusive streaming, there are still millions of regular television viewers) are subjected to graphic visuals of diseased and malnourished dogs accompanied by Sarah McLachlan’s achingly angelic voice urging them to remember — and to donate money to the cause.

While those of us of a certain age are used to and impervious to these obvious campaigns — hardened, wizened and enlightened over the years about the AR extremist agendas— to the untrained eye or those uninitiated to their ways, these campaigns still sway and influence public opinion and are successful in reigning in new members, something that purebred dog shows and the American Kennel Club have been struggling to do. By now the AKC is used to The New York Times attacking the registry’s credibility, as every Westminster it seems as if a story bashing purebred breeders appears to coincide with coverage of the purebred dog world’s crown jewel. In tandem with the blatant, in your face attacks on purebred dog owners and breeders there have

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been subtler, better disguised assaults. Well respected scholars and authors have taken to the press, the airwaves and social media to advance these agendas, attempting to elevate the status of animals beyond property, as they are currently considered under law. This movement is a serious threat to the ability to own and breed dogs. For nearly twenty-five years AR extremist groups have been seeking to change the term pet owner to “guardian,” a term that implies there are limits on a person’s right to own, breed or sell animals and to participate with them in events such as dog shows. The AKC is staunchly opposed to this movement, providing this official position statement on the issue: “The AKC believes that the term guardian may in fact reduce the legal status and value of dogs as property and thereby restrict the rights of owners, veterinarians, and government agencies to protect and care for dogs. It may also subject them to frivolous and expensive litigation.” Other groups such as the Animal Health Institute and the AVMA also oppose this movement, yet it seems to be gaining steam.

A new outlet was launched this week that may advance this agenda, the start-up website thedodo.com, and it demands attention. Hailed by Business Insider as “Arguably The Smartest Idea For A Media Company In The World,” it is run by Salon’s former Editorin-Chief Kerry Lauerman and co-founder Izzie Lerer, whose father Ken Lerer co-founded The Huffington Post with BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti. BuzzFeed had 130 million unique visitors to its site in November due in large part to posting videos of cute animals that went viral, a strategy sure to direct traffic to thedodo.com site, which will “embrace animal rights.” The site has funding from Greycroft, Softbank Capital, Sterling Equities and RRR, with Fred Harmon of Oak Investment Partners also personally invested. Columnist Frank Bruni of the The New York Times wrote about the launch of the site the day before it went live, disclosing that co-founder Kerry Lauerman was a friend of his. In announcing plans for the site last summer, Ken Lerer said, “Our thinking is that the topic of animals, animal rights and the relationship between animals and people is an issue that’s on the cusp of exploding…Look at the front page of The New York Times — they have a significant animal story on the front page every week. It’s our plan to launch a site to try to own that topic.”

In Lauerman’s initial post to the site he writes that there

has been “a revolutionary shift in our relationship with animals.”

That relationship, he writes, goes “beyond the various demographics who list animal rights as the top issue that motivate them, even beyond the growing number of people changing their diets out of ethical concerns. Many of us have always felt, deep in our bones, that the rational arguments (“speciesism”, academics call it) that allowed us to feel superior over our furrier, scalier counterparts were intellectually flimsy, emotionally false.” He then cites the work of Emory University’s Gregory Berns, who wrote an article that appeared in -where else? - The NY Times in October titled Dogs Are People,Too, in which he opined that dogs should no longer be considered property but should achieve some level of “limited personhood.” Lauerman notes of Berns’ work, “This has fueled the burgeoning ‘nonhuman personhood’ movement that’s challenging the way we can legally treat animals…” All pet owners should be on the alert, as establishing legal rights for animals bolsters the efforts of extremist groups to eradicate the rights to own and breed pets.

Meanwhile, the AKC, in the wake of last year’s NY Times hatchet jobs, vowed to take a more proactive role in bolstering its public image, ramping up its social media presence and hiring a new PR company, Edelman. It now has over 1.1 million ‘likes’ on Facebook, for whatever that’s worth. On the same day thedodo.com went live online with its animal rights propaganda, fueling the guardian/ limited personhood/nonhuman personhood movement, the AKC also managed to garner national media attention on the Fox and Friends television program on the Fox News network. In a segment celebrating something called “National Dress Up Your Pet Day,” an AKC representative introduced a parade of costumed dogs, from a Brussels Griffon dressed as Superman to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in a custom gown bedecked with sparkles and sequins to a Boston Terrier outfitted as a “quarterbark” for the Super Bowl to a Yorkshire Terrier wearing a sweater that had multicolored tassels dangling from it that the rep warned could be “dangerous”. The AKC’s web site touted the appearance and offered tips on how to safely dress your dog in costumes. On the positive side, under the gaudy costumes were purebred dogs; on the negative, it implied that purebred dog owners were like the cast of eccentric weirdos lampooned in the film Best In Show. The jury is still out on whether or not Charlie Sheen is winning, but the AKC is clearly losing this PR battle.

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The Best in Show up at the 124th Amsterdam All Winners show was the Great Dane, Diamante Della Baia Azzurra, owned by Fabio Ottaviani and handled by Fabio Allegra from Italy.

(Pictured)BIS was judged by top Belgian all rounder Liliane de Ridder (with rosette) seen here with the President of the show Frank Bonefacio, Chairman Hildeward Hoenderken, Vince Hogan the International Media Partner OUR DOGS and the famous ‘Winner’ ladies who always adorn the podium in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam All Crufts Vice Chairman Anne Macdonald meets a Russian exhibitor.

Junior handling final winners pictured with the judge and sponsors.

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Reserve BIS was judged by Liliane de Ridder seen here with the President of the show Frank Bonefacio, Chairman Hildeward Hoenderken, Hugo from the Dutch Kennel Club, Vince Hogan the International Media Partner OUR DOGS and of course famous handler Maripi Wooldridge from the USA, with the Japanese Chin, Ch Nisyros Al Pachino co-owned by breeders Ian Watt and David Anderson from Scotland and Jennifer Stevens and Maripi Wooldridge from the USA.

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he 124th Amsterdam All Winners dog show was itself a winner in deepest December at the Rai Centre in Holland.

And there were American connections too as the Japanese Chin went Reserve Best in Show having just been flown in with handler Maripi Wooldridge and co-owner Jennifer Stevens.

For anyone who does not know the European scene or Holland specifically, this is their Westminster, their Crufts dog show…the biggest they hold in the Netherlands.

Normally held over two days in late November, the organisers decided to move from their traditional date to accommodate an extra days

showing and in order to facilitate a transition to a better hall. The extra day became the National Show on Friday offering CACIB’s or FCI versions of Challenge Certificates in the UK. The move to the better hall was from the older Europa Hall into the more modern side of the Rai. (Pronounced ‘Rye’…) This typical Expo or event centre is on the outskirts of the historical city of Amsterdam, obviously known for its infamous ‘Red Light’ district and liberal attitude to smoking a certain type of plant, but equally one of the great European capitals with superb sights and culture if you ever want to mix dog showing and an interesting weekend away. Continued on page 93

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ig news in New York, GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO has signed a bill giving local municipalities the authority to regulate pet dealers. That responsibility was previously given to the State Department of Agriculture and Markets. But according to Assemblywoman LINDA B. ROSENTHAL, sponsor of the bill, the state “doesn’t have a sufficient number of staff to handle the issue…This gives localities the authority to make laws that are more stringent.” The American Kennel Club has elected to change restaurants for the upcoming AKC/Humane Fund Theatre Benefit après dinner following a performance of the musical Kinky Boots. Not changed is the generous underwriting of the evening

by PET PARTNERS, the pet insurance company. Previously held at the 21 Club, the new selection is the Russian Tea Room. For those unfamiliar with this once very fashionable eatery, slightly east of Carnegie Hall, it has gone through several owners and renovations and while keeping it’s very flashy Russian decor and now less than fabulous menu it isn’t on many people’s must go to list. Sadly, you can’t eat atmosphere. A strange selection, which leads me to believe if it ain’t broke don’t fix it and that’s no borscht…...

Happy blinis. It is true that the American Kennel Club and English Kennel Club have

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stopped doing a print version of their respective monthly Gazettes.

However, the American Kennel Club still prints “The Family Dog” and if you had a subscription to the Gazette they sent you this magazine in its place. Its direction is towards the pet owner and this month’s featured breed was the Cairn terrier, sadly the dog on the cover was a Norwich terrier.

It must have some pet owners questioning their dog’s breed characteristics with that of the cover dog and those in the dog showing community scratching their heads in disbelief. Heads up all you members of the Morris & Essex Kennel Club. The general meeting will take place on Sunday, February 9th at 1 P.M. in the ballroom of the Affinia Hotel.

As the 2015 show approaches, this meeting should have a large turnout. Happy Anniversary to LESLEY & EDDIE BOYES and HARRIET & GEORGE MURRAY. Celebrating Birthdays…

JEAN HETHERINGTON, PAT TROTTER, MATT STANDER, BILL SAHLOFF, DARYL MARTIN, PENNY DUGAN, MIKE WORK, NANCY MARTIN, JOHN WADE, NEIL O’SULLIVAN, GLORIA GERINGER, AMY GREEN, MANDY CARLSON, R. WILLIAM TAYLOR, KAREN BRUNEAU, SARAH LAWRENCE, LINDA HOF, JESSICA PLOURDE, CHUCK KROTHE, JO ANNE MITTLEMAN, CATHERINE BELL, MARCELO VERAS, RHANDA GLENN, PEGGY HELMNG, SHARON NEWCOMB, and SUSAN GILES.

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ometime in very late December the new President of FCI wrote a letter (reprinted herein), which is referred to in certain dog circles as the first State of the Nation address ever given by an officer at FCI. Whether this will become an annual occurrence is unknown and is hardly the reason for my bringing the letter to your attention. In this letter you may note that President de Santiago announces that FCI will be holding meetings with both the Canadian Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club the first week in January. That now is over at least two weeks ago and not one word about the meeting has been announced as of January 15 by AKC itself although the Canadian Kennel Club and the FCI have released what I considered to be a meaningless statement about

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its meeting, which is also printed herein for one to see. I first learned unofficially about the meetings at the Palm Springs shows two days before they were to be held and referred to them in last week’s issue. I checked with AKC and was told a joint statement would be released by AKC and FCI about the meeting which I have yet to see but of interest of course is the fact that photos of the meeting were released by FCI, which I also reprint herein for your edification.

Please note that the Americans who attended are pictured except for Mr. Hendricks, the new COO, who was there too but for some reason not in the photo. And on the subject of the new COO I find him to be a nice sort of guy who of course is faced with the major obstacle of having no true dog background. Staff in NC I understand can be critical of him not so much on that score but because it is said that he makes little effort to get to under-

stand dog people and their thinking. I do not know if this is the case on a day to day basis as whatever conversations I have had with him --and I admit to not having had too many-- he seemingly was very interested in learning diverse opinions. Perhaps when one has to work with him he reacts differently, I really do not know. I am not too certain as to why the powers that be at AKC never let the constituents know about either the fact that these meetings were going to be held or were held at all. nd speaking of meetings the Board at A long last held a two-day Special Meeting last Monday and Tuesday the 13th

and 14th of January. I am led to believe this meeting may be extended to March as well but not too certain about all that.

My understanding is that the discussions at these meetings are not to be made public unless of course bits and pieces are leaked, which is always a possibility. I think it’s sad that Mr. Kalter waited so long Continued on page 97

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How did you become involved in the sport?

I began showing dogs when I was 10 years old.

My mother has shown performance dogs for over 20 years but never in conformation; so it was my mom that got me into dogs and a neighbor down the road who got me into junior showmanship.

I showed my neighbor’s Australian Shepherd, Bentley, for about a year then began searching for my own juniors dog. I had settled on a Papillon and after a difficult journey finally received my current juniors dog, Tinkerbelle.

My mom and I still travel to nearly every show together and still show in agility and obedience as well.

What is your favorite dog show moment, exclusive of a win?

I have so many great dog show moments but my very favorites are when I am showing and Tink does some little act of cuteness that makes me smile. She loves doing tricks in the ring and her two favorites are barking and sneezing on command so she occasionally throws them in during her free stacks as a little personal touch. She really is one unpredictable dog and I always love seeing what she will twist into our performance. I love her little challenging spirit and can’t help smiling when she lets it shine.

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VIDEO!!! Never go in the ring without having someone videotaping or at least taking pictures of you. It is amazing the difference between what you think looks good and what it really looks like. Your perspective of your dog is completely different from the judges- especially with toy dogs-so record your performances and see what the judge is seeing. I have learned so much watching myself over the years and realizing that what I think looks good really may look terrible from where the judge is. Also practicing in front if a big mirror is very helpful.

To this day, my mom records every single one of my trips into the ring and then we watch it together, find the points I could improve on and then I try to fix my errors in the ring the next day.

If you could change one thing that you feel would improve the sport what would it be?

Chase Koetter

By Kimberly

What is the best advice you can give to potential and current juniors?

In my opinion, I think clubs need to be more supportive of juniors.

The number of kids showing these days is a fraction of what it was ten years ago. To get the numbers back up clubs need to just put a few more dollars towards better ribbons or try to

Silva Garrett

get more prizes donated.

I see best junior handler as being best in show for people under 18 so why don’t we get the same ribbon (different colors) as the best in show winner? The one other change I would like to make would be televising junior showmanship finals at Westminster and Eukanuba. I think the public would love to see the kids showing and it may encourage kids watching to join the sport. I think juniors deserve more recognition for the hard work put into training, showing and owning their own dogs. After all, juniors are the future of the sport and if we aren’t encouraged to keep showing, who is going to be left?

What are your plans for involvement within the sport once you age out of juniors?

I will definitely continue to show for the rest of my life and plan to finish Tink’s MACH next year. After juniors I see myself splitting my time between performance and conformation depending on the dogs I have at the time.

I would love to help other kids get into the sport because it truly has changed my life and taught me so many lessons that I want to share with other juniors.

I plan to attend college next year, majoring in biology and continue with medical school.

Showing may have to take a backseat for a while but I know for certain that dogs will always be a part of my life!

JT

aka Ch. Blackrock’s Suit and Tie

I am very proud to own this little boy!

JT Owned by

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example, the vast majority of judges at our mighty all breed Championship shows tend to be breeder-judges; enthusiasts who are committed to one breed and have no interest in judging any other. Their aspirations are – by choice - limited and most of them never bother to try their hand judging even related breeds. That is fine, though in my experience the knowledge and aptitude that some true specialists display when officiating could very easily – and to the benefit of the sport – be applied to breeds other than their own after appropriate study and practice.

The British Kennel Club in recent years has established an organised and formal education system which sets out in black and white what is expected of a would-be Championship show judge. After successfully passing both theoretical and practical examinations, and stewarding at a given number of shows, they are required to practice on the paying customer by judging their breed at Open shows up and down the country. True, these shows do not produce the weighty numbers they once did (I happened just the other day whilst checking my records on a show where I judged 98 Afghan Hounds in four classes at an Open show in the south of England; these days some breed specialties fail to pull that number), but they still attract healthy numbers in most of the popular breeds and provide the ideal practical scenario for learning one’s craft.

Whilst the number of classes and dogs required before the Kennel Club will approve someone to award their highly prized Challenge Certificates varies from breed to breed, what does not is the time scale. It is required that a judge should have officiated at Open shows for a minimum of seven years before they can award CCs in their first breed. In subsequent breeds they can be approved after five years judging a particular breed. So you can see in the UK the apprenticeship is quite lengthy and the five year ruling applies throughout a judge’s career. It is not reduced as they gain more experience (and hopefully knowledge) and approval for each single breed has to be given individually, one breed at a time.

The UK has a huge advantage in that it does still have a lot of large Open shows (and then of course the breed clubs run Open shows that are specialties in their own right, albeit not with CCs on offer), whereas other countries do not have that luxury. In such situations then the processing of

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Judges’ Qualifications and Approvals

judges has to rely more heavily on theory than practical and it is debatable whether or not this is actually an ideal alternative.

In many countries around the world it is possible for someone to make a conscious decision that they wish to judge dogs and there is a system in place with their national kennel club for them to follow that through. In the UK this is not possible as approval revolves entirely around first receiving an invitation. In recent years however there is a facility in place where judges can progress through the Kennel Club scheme and receive what is in essence approval in principal, but they still need an invitation from a show for their approval to be rubber-stamped.

Once judges are approved in their own country and their reputation spreads they may be fortunate enough to get invited to officiate elsewhere. The opportunity to monitor one’s own breed in a foreign land is an exciting prospect and also contributes hugely to a global understanding of the breed. Generally approval in their own country will suffice for another country to accept a judge’s qualifications but in the past the British Kennel Club has been reluctant to approve overseas judges automatically, based on the fact that they would not wish to be seen to be giving foreigners special treatment by approving them on what could be considerably lesser qualifications than they would expect of their domestic judges.

“In my experience I have found that whilst I have witnessed some utterly brilliant breed specialists sorting out their breed I have also seen very successful breeders make a complete hash of things when they turn to judging...”

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The mighty Federation Cynologique Internationale, under whose umbrella an ever increasing number of countries fall, has a policy by which it will allow any judge from an FCI country to judge in any other member country breeds and groups for which they are approved in their homeland. This is fine in theory but it does raise the contentious issue of judges being asked to judge breeds in countries where that breed is very strong in both numbers and quality when they may have never judged the breed at home. Many of the smaller countries will approve judges to judge entire groups in one fell swoop. That may suit their home environment, satisfying the domestic market and providing all-rounder judges for what are in reality quite small shows, but it is questionable whether they are ipso facto sufficiently equipped to tackle large numbers in a breed with which they are unfamiliar overseas.

This brings us to the age-old question of what actually makes a great judge. Is it a prerequisite that someone should have proved themselves as a breeder and handler, or is it sufficient that someone is born with the much talked about “natural eye” and have an inherent gift which they can apply to virtually any breed once they have read through the relevant breed standard?

In my experience I have found that whilst I have witnessed some utterly brilliant breed specialists sorting out their breed I have also seen very successful breeders make a complete hash of things when they turn to judging, often because they have over the years developed fetishes and hang-ups for particular faults – usually coloured by their own experience as breeders and what they have had to wrestle with in their own breeding lines.

By the same token I have also seen judges whose success in the ring themselves has been somewhat unremarkable, yet when they come to judge they seem perfectly capable of appreciating excellence and establishing absolutely logical and credible orders of merit. It is impossible to generalise and make bold statements as to which category of enthusiast will develop into the better judge; there are good and bad all-rounders and breederjudges just as the theory and practical judges vary in their expertise.

Equally there are excellent judges to be found in all countries, in varying numbers of course.

Whilst so many judges today may think that their particular governing body makes it hard for them to progress I believe that in the majority of cases the cream still rises to the top. In some places it just takes a little longer.

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were no point shows – yup, actual whole weekends with no point shows, unless you drove many, many hours). Bob and Jane Forsyth had not yet retired from their long and highly successful handling career, and Janie reports that Mario Fernandez came to her saying “Mother, it’s a good thing you are here because I need people who know what to do.” The Forsyth’s thus became superintendent assistants, or maybe office help, to get the show going. (And no, lest you ask, Janie was not Mario’s mother but he and others used and still use that nickname for her.)

From that one catalog, a whole show would rise from, as it were, the ashes. Bob went to copy pages for every breed from the catalog, and using those Janie filled out judges books. There were of course others helping; they started with the first breeds scheduled and just kept going until all were done. Since the rubber ring mats were gone with the truck, the rings would have to be on the unmatted composition panels that covered the ice (I did say it was a hockey arena, remember?). The blue paint on the panels tended to flake a little and slightly adorn dogs that sat on them but no harm done, and the surface was not as slippery for the dogs as one might fear. Folding chairs with string delineated the rings.

Ring numbers and placement markers? Paper plates. Each ring steward had photocopies of the catalog pages for just the breeds being shown in that ring. Ribbons? Well of course there weren’t any, but the resourceful show photographers

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borrowed ribbons won at previous shows from many exhibitors’ tack boxes, for photographs. I would bet that many who were there kept those photos as reminders of a memorable day!

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ow many years later, I do not remember what time judging actually started, but joint recollections suggest it was probably 10 AM. What does stand out in memory was the way everyone chatted with everyone else, about the events of the day, and perhaps more importantly, about “what dog is that?” and “what’s the breeding on your bitch?”…and numerous conversations resulted simply because no one could look at a catalog. There was a slightly odd – for a dog show feeling of relaxation, and a definite air of camaraderie and enjoyment.

We were all in it together, doing what dog people do, putting differences aside and making it work. I know some of us went home from that show with a warm and fuzzy feeling that it had been an especially good day.

Oh by the way, yes, the truck was recovered; it might have been hard to hide that bright yellow truck. The only items missing were the walkie-talkies and the PA system. The thieves must have been bitterly disappointed!

There have been other “interesting” dog shows, though some storied events were not ones in which this writer participated. But there was the early 90s year that Spaniel Club (the one in January) was held in New Jersey and a feet-of-snow, high wind, major drifts sort of blizzard blew in. No one could leave or arrive; we were all marooned to-

gether in an ocean of snow for a couple days. The elevators stopped running for a while, and then only one was working (9 flights was quite a hike up to the room, but the downhill part was easier); the hotel kitchen was short of staff, and there was a limited variety of food.

Dog people to the rescue!

Helping in the kitchen, serving food (it all became buffet style). A couple enterprising Cocker breeders organized a “match” in which people played the part of dogs.

There was handling instruction for juniors. Another activity was a scavenger hunt, and we just hoped everyone would get their own things back after they were scavenged by the contestants.

There were of course a few whiners, but in general good cheer and conviviality ruled. I don’t recall how well the beverage supply held up…what a way to start a new year!

Dog people are at their best when faced with adversity, when all pitch in and devote their energies to the common cause. Most – though sadly not all – people in dogs have a good sense of humor (how can you not, when living with dogs?) and employ it to advantage in unusual situations. One could only wish that the “we can do it, together” attitude would always prevail with us.

Here’s to 2014.

Thank you to Jane and Bob Forsyth for their memories of Elm City, and to Dorie Crowe and Kellie King at MBF for filling in some blanks.

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THE DOBERMAN PINSCHER Continued FROM page 43

builds up and endorphins are released–BAM, instant gratification. Conformation isn’t anything like that from a dog training perspective.

But, I firmly believe that if the dog is not structurally sound, they will not have the physical ability to perform their jobs no matter how much drive they possess. Additionally, a dog that is not put together in a manner that supports the work they will be doing risks serious injury especially in police work or search and rescue.

These fields are very physically demanding and when other peoples’ lives are on the line, there can be no room for error. To make the show ring more entertaining for Orinoco, we had to incorporate some of his bite-work training into that activity. My husband or I would play tug with him, pull out a soft sleeve to get him excited before showing and then always reward him with a couple of turns on the sleeve when the class was over. One of the problems we face in the breed is that there aren’t enough working and sport Dobermans in the AKC conformation ring to help educate judges, handlers and other breeders as to why we breed what us ‘working folk’ breed. There are a lot of very large Dobermans in the show ring.

When Orinoco was being shown, we had a couple of judges tell us that he was too small even though he stands 27 inches at the shoulder and weighed 93 pounds. In the case of a working Doberman, bigger is not better. It’s just bigger and sometimes it’s dangerous. An 85-pound police canine can catch and restrain a 200 to 300 pound man. In search work, there is a reason that most handlers prefer a mediumsized breed. They tend to be more agile, able to work scent more efficiently since they are closer to the ground and they are easier to carry out if they get hurt.

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Case (Am/UDC Ch Chaos vom Koby Haus CD SchHIII IPO3 FH2 AD ZTP1A WAC ROM VCX CGC TDI), Loel Turpin’s Doberman, is the only conformation champion Doberman to have reached Schutzhund III/FH2 status.

to carry your dog for miles.

Fortunately the pendulum seems to be swinging back to more mediumsized Dobes in the show ring but it is going to take more people with working dogs putting them in the show ring so more judges understand the breed was developed for a purpose and that purpose must be supported from a conformation standpoint.”

A frequent issue for Doberman owners who want to participate in Schutzhund is finding a trainer who works well with the breed. “It’s not easy to find a trainer in protection work that understands Dobermans are not German Shepherds,” said Graves. “We were lucky to find trainers that were good and consistent. Our other problem was that we didn’t have a local club to train with so on weekends, we traveled more than four hours one way to train for a few hours, then turned around and drove home the same day. Several days during the week we went tracking very early before work, then did obedience over the lunch hour and finally protection work at night. I’m fortunate that I can take my dogs to work with me and I also have a husband who is willing to be the decoy for protection work. Obedience is really the most time-consuming of the three phases of Schutzhund training since it is an integral part of the protection work as well. Obedience while the

dog is ‘in drive’ and highly stimulated by the decoy can indeed be very challenging.”

Doberman breeders and fanciers currently face a “good news/bad news” situation, according to Turpin. “Today there are more Doberman breeders in this country who are breeding working dogs than we saw 20 years ago, which is great for those of us who are looking for good performance dogs.

But, the problem is that these high drive dogs need to be placed in working homes where their drives can be channeled and a purpose found for them. A novice pet home will have no use for such drives and neither the family or the dog will be happy. It is our responsibility as breeders to do our best in matching the right puppy with the right owners. It is also our responsibility to help novice owners learn about and participate in as many activities as possible. It is so easy for Doberman novices to admire well-trained dogs like Case and not realize the time and effort it takes to reach that goal. Unfortunately, there are also a number of breeders who produce too many litters and place poorly bred pups in the wrong home without a second thought.”

Dobermans, as is the case with many purebred and even mixed breeds these days, have a number of health issues including heart disease and cancers. “It seems like many of our dogs are dying younger than in years past,” said Kergaard. “We need to push to understand the health issues and try to sup-

port the research that will help our dogs live longer.

We also need to promote the sport of owning, breeding, showing and trialing our dogs with the younger generation. As part of the baby boom generation, I realize we need to support the younger people in the breed as they move into leadership roles. In addition, we have another issue that is creating a rift within the breed. The DPCA currently is a divided nation many members and the leadership believing that every DPCA member should embrace the ‘crop and dock’ Doberman as the only option for our breed.

Basically, they believe there is no choice once you own a Doberman. I have been in Dobermans my entire life–my parents had Dobermans and showed in the breed and obedience ring.

I grew up with them. All my dogs have been and will be cropped and docked.

However, I compete in venues outside the breed ring and have met many GREAT working Dobermans that have natural ears. If our Parent Club continues to make a divide between those that believe in choice and those that do not, I’m afraid many people will be leaving the DPCA to compete with their Dobermans in events that allow them to have a choice and this will not be a positive for either the breed or the parent club.”

“We have another problem in the breed today along with health issues, breed specific legislation and the split over whether to crop and dock,” said Brizendine. “That additional problem is the lack of interbreeding between ‘show’ and ‘working’ dogs. Our breed has such a limited gene pool as it is. I’d love to see more working, sport, performance and show people coming together to breed a ‘total Doberman’ that is at home in both the show ring and the various performance activities thereby increasing the genetic diversity available to both groups and proving what a true working breed they really are.”

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The Selection of Delegate Meeting Sites Continued FROM page 50

JUNE DELEGATE MEETING ATTENDANCE 1998 - 2012 1998 St. Louis 230 (45.5%) 1999 Raleigh 265 (52.4%) 2000 San Diego 233 (45.5%) 2001 Newark 290 (53.6%) 2002 San Antonio 219 (40%) 2003 Portland 210 (38%) 2004 Nashville 285 (52.5%) 2005 Chicago 253 (45.2%) 2006 Raleigh 302 (54.6%) 2007 Las Vegas 268 (46.5%) 2008 Boston 291 (50.3%) 2009 Raleigh 279 (47.7%) 2010 Atlanta 239 (40.7%) 2011 Raleigh 254 (43.8%) 2012 Raleigh 243 ( 41.6%)

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rum for a meeting is 25% or currently 146 Delegates. However, in order to adopt a rule or bylaw change, the citation from New York State law below requires that the affirmation votes to adopt a rule or bylaw is 2/3, but only as long as the number of votes making up that 2/3 is at least equal to a quorum. Thus, at the 2007 meeting in Portland, where there were 210 in attendance, if we had the same number of seated Delegates as now, 146 votes would have been needed to change a rule or bylaw rather than 140. A change to a standing rule, or an amendment to an amendment, which normally requires a majority vote, would have also required 146 votes rather than the 111 majority.

The second attachment reflects the residences of the delegates at this moment. 232 delegates out of the 584 total reside in New England, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, and DC (41%).

An additional 91 live along the East Coast in VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL (14%). Therefore 55% of the Delegates do live on the East Coast.

By comparison, there are 85 Delegates on the West coast ( CA, OR,WA,AZ, NV), which makes up 14 % of the Delegate body. The other 31 % of the delegates are spread across the Mountain States, Great Plains, and Upper and lower Midwest, and the southeastern states away from the Atlantic coast. § 613. Vote of members. (a) Except as otherwise required by this chapter or by the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws as permitted by this chapter, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of members by the members entitled to vote in the election. (b) Whenever any corporate action, other than the election of directors, is to be taken under this chapter by vote of the members, it shall, except as otherwise required by this chapter or by the certificate of incorporation or by by-laws as permitted by this chapter, be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members by the members entitled to vote thereon. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (b), any reference in this chapter to corporate action at a meeting of members by “majority vote” or “two-thirds vote” shall require the action to be taken by such proportion of the votes cast at such meeting, provided that the affirmative votes cast in favor of any such action shall be at least equal to the quorum.

Blank votes or abstentions shall not be counted in the number of votes cast.

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first generation. (Several books have been published with a detailed history of the Eurasier, and Mr. Wipfel himself registered his ideas on breeding for future generations).

Mr. Wipfel loved animals and especially dogs since he was a young boy. He was fond of books and read a lot of stories about polar expeditions and admired especially the sled dogs. After WWII, already married, he moved with his wife Elfriede to Weinheim. After 1945, Germany was under the control of Allied troops. Canadian troops who stationed around Mannheim were withdrawn, and left behind a dog. The dog – known as “the Canadian” – was sent to an animal shelter.

At the same time Julius and Elfriede were looking for a pet, so they visited the local shelter where they met and fell in love with “Canadian” and took him home. In fact the reason for the love at first glance was caused by the fact that “Canadian” resembled a sled dog. Later, Mr. Wipfel described the “Canadian” as “something in between an Eskimo dog and a Samoyed.” Within a few days, the dog felt at home in Wipfel’s house, but could be very unfriendly to some family members and strangers. Even so he was a lovely and trustworthy friend to Rudolf, the Wipfel’s baby boy.

Mr. Wipfel’s own words in his book Eurasier, remembers “Canadian” with fondness: The dog was extremely intelligent and had “an untamable and dangerous behavior.” He howled like a wolf and killed every small animal that crossed his path. “We loved him,” Wipfel wrote, notwithstanding the dog was “a beloved devil” until the day he died.

After its death, the couple was looking for another dog, and the Wolfspitz (Keeshond) Bella von der Waldmühle

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came to their household. Bella’s appearance was somewhat similar to their first dog, but her temperament was far better, and friendly.

Nevertheless Julius and Elfriede could not forget their first dog, the beloved “Canadian”.

In an occasion talking about him Elfriede said, “Let’s breed a dog for ourselves, one that resembles both Bella and our Canadian.” From this moment on the Eurasier’s history began.

Since the beginning the couple decided on the creation of an ideal companion dog, a medium size Spitz-type that commanded respect but which also had a calm and eventempered nature, attractive, with beautiful and varied coat colours. The new breed was expected to be adaptable to different family lifestyles, from city to rural life.

Julius Wipfel had a great stock of canine literature and, of course, the articles and books written by the Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz* caught his attention. Mr. Wipfel was fascinated by Lorenz because he found his own visions of an ideal dog described in Lorenz’s books, especially one about the accidental breeding of a Chow with a German Shepherd, which resulted in an offspring of a wonderful character.

several dog breeds, and always inspired Studying

by Konrad Lorenz, Herr Wipfel’s decision went

for two well stabilized and ancient breeds: the Wolfspitz (Keeshond) from Europe and the Chow-Chow from Asia. (To obtain the final product, some years later a Samoyed was introduced into the breeding program).

The aim was to extract the best qualities from both, and create a new breed. Because of the combination of the two breeds the couple decided to call the new breed the ‘’Wolf-Chow’’ and “Wolf-Spitz” but twelve years later, after the final “touch-up” with the introduction of the ‘’Samoyed’’, the breed was ready to go, and became popularly known as the Eurasier.

The Eurasier as we know it today resulted from the joined work of the Wipfel and Baldamus Families. Across the first Wolfs-spitz litter under his kennel name “von der Bergstrasse”, the couple met the Baldamus family, who purchased a Wolf-Spitz puppy, the female Asta von der Bergstrasse. The instant friendship, and the mutual interest of Mr. Wipfel and Charlotte Baldamus (kennel “vom Jaegerhof”) was important for the Eurasier breed, as both Wipfel and Baldamus were fascinated by the idea of creating a very special dog breed.

Following Julius, Charlotte Baldamus, a studious lady, built up a line of her own of the new breed, ending up together with Wipfel one of the pillars of the breed, greatly contributing with her large, and well based knowledge and long experience in animal breeding.

“Among the first mating, the B-litter ‘vom Jaegerhof’ deserves to be highlighted, because - seen from today - it turned out to be the most important litter in the history of Eurasiers. The littermates Brumbo and Berit vom Jaegerhof were the foundation parents of the Jaegerhof line, many Eurasier kennels were founded with

their offspring. Yes, today one can rightfully state: You can hardly find a genuine Eurasier that would not have Jaegerhof blood.” — “Origins and History of Eurasiers”, by Alfred Mueller.

There is no doubt that Mrs. Baldamus influenced the Eurasier tremendously with her Jaegerhof Eurasiers. The genes she imprinted in the breed can still be found in today’s population.

Before splitting in 1973, Julius Wipfel and Charlotte Baldamus founded the Zuchtgemeinschaft fuer Eurasier e.V. (recognized by the German VDH, and by the FCI).

Considering the very short time span, (from 1960 to 2013), the breed gained an unsurpassed popularity. This is unusual for any new breed, and slightly more than in a decade after its foundation the Eurasier obtained the German Kennel Club’s and the FCI’s official acceptance and recognition. Favored by hundreds of fanciers the breed popularity to date is growing not solely in Germany but in the whole world.

In my humble opinion to reach in such a short time the glory and the official recognition besides the seriousness, and competency of the partners Wipfel and Baldamus, the public has considered the love and prize of Konrad Lorenz, a serious new enthusiast and an owner of Eurasier. (The Nobel laureate Lorenz obtained a Eurasier puppy from Charlotte Baldamus, Nanette vom Jaegerhof, whom he called “Babett”. He publicly declared that her character was the best he had ever known in any other dog breed). With such a publicly declared opinion from Dr. Lorenz, of course the sun began to rise fast for the breed.

The German breed club alerts that: Unethical breeders sometimes try to pass off a Keeshond/Chow Chow mix as a Eurasier.

While they are genetically similar, these mixes cannot be classified as Eurasiers.

A full-grown male Eurasier stands 20 to 24 inches and weighs from 50 to 70 pounds and a female’s height is from 16 to 18 inches and tips the scale from 40 to 60 pounds. The Eurasier has a wolf like appearance with its strong and well muscled body that is covered with a double medium length coat that comes in fawn, wolf grey, red, black and tan. The tail, the back of the front legs as well as the hind legs are covered with long hair.

The Eurasier has a wedge shaped head.

Strong and complete set of teeth and meet either in a scissors or level bite. The slanting dark medium sized eyes have a tight fitting and black pigmented eyelids. The wolf origin of the dog is very apparent in the triangular pricked medium sized ears that have a slightly rounded tip. The tail is usually carried rolled up over the back or bent sideways. A distinctive feature of this dog is its blue tongue. Although some dogs would have pink tongues.

A Eurasier thinks that it is a member of the family. This means that the dog should be given access to the family living quarters, and that the dog ought to be wherever the family is. Being boarded will not be appreciated by the dog. Separation from the human family

even for a short period of time will depress the dog. Eurasiers are peaceful and eventempered dogs, and have a high resistance to provocation. They are gentle with boisterous children and tolerant of other pets and animals but at the same time they can be very reserved with strangers. The dog is always alert, always watching the people that come near the family. They rarely bark and when it does it is to alert the owner that something is wrong.

These dogs would always want to please, which make them easy to train. Because they are reserved with strangers, training must be done by family members they know. This is an energetic breed that would need to be exercised. This dog is lively and active outside. A home with a fenced-in yard would be ideal as the dog would be given a place to play with the kids and do all sorts of activities that will burn up its excess energies. (Except from the Standard.)

The three Eurasier Clubs are accepted by the ‘’German Kennel Club VDH’’ / FCI’’; the breed clubs are strongly cautious, and supervise the breeding in Germany. A group of very dedicated Eurasier Clubs has joined together in the International Federation for Eurasier Breeding (IFEZ). Eurasier puppies bred according to these sound IFEZ guidelines receive an IFEZ certificate.

The Eurasier breed is recognized by the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) since 1995 as a member of Group 3 (Working Dogs). The Eurasier is registered at the AKC foundation Stock Service, and by the United States Eurasier Club (contact; Ute D. Molush, President Email: udmolush@gmail.com).

Our dear readers can find the complete standard at the above-mentioned club’s breed section. * Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology, developing an approach that began with an earlier generation, including his teacher Oskar Heinroth.

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ust read your “Preaching to the Choir . . .” in the January 3rd issue. Since it’s probably not realistic to think the general public would travel to a dog show in Orlando in large numbers, why not encourage all of the larger kennel clubs across the country to hold their own “Meet the Breeds” extravaganza at the local level? In addition to posting invitations to the event on each kennel club’s website and Facebook Page, the general public could be invited to attend in the following ways: • Tweet about the event on Twitter • Post photos on Instagram and Pinterest with a caption stating the date, time and place of the club’s “Meet the Breeds” event.

• Send Press Releases and Letters to the Editor of local newspapers about the “Meet the Breeds” event, as well as, Public Service Announcements to local radio and television stations. (See the attached.) Press releases, letters to the editor and public

SAMPLE LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Insert date Insert editor’s name Insert newspaper’s name Insert newspaper’s street address Insert city, state and zip code Dear Editor: The Northville Kennel Club will hold its Annual “Meet the Breeds” event at 1 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2014 at the Wagging Tails Training Center, 100 N. Green St., Northville, IL. All dog lovers are invited to attend.

Why is it important to “Meet the Breeds?”

Because animal shelters are filled with dogs that were abandoned when they proved to be a poor match with their former owner’s lifestyle, i.e., his or her activity level, amount of dog training expertise, time available to groom or income available to spend on professional grooming, etc.

At the “Meet the Breeds” event, spectators can take a “close look” at their favorite breed and speak with responsible breeders and owners to determine whether it’s the right choice for their family. That’s possible because each breed’s adult characteristics are known. So, there’s no guesswork and no surprises when a purebred puppy grows up to be an adult dog.

More than 40 different breeds will be on display. For more information, call (815) 111-1111 or visit www.northvillekennelclub.org/ John Doe President Northville Kennel Club Northville, IL *(815-111-1111) *Some newspaper editors require a phone number be provided so they can verify the identity of the letter’s sender. The possible need for this may be determined by reviewing each newspaper’s guidelines for Letters to the Editor submission.

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service announcements should be emailed to newspapers, and radio and television stations. They shouldn’t be sent USPS. • Post “Meet the Breeds” posters with information about the event’s date, time and location on local grocery store bulletin boards.

• Create a “Meet the Breeds” display with information about the event at the local public library.

• Do a “Meet the Breeds” presentation at elementary schools, retirement centers, for other clubs, etc., i.e., explain the importance of knowing a dog’s adult characteristics before getting a puppy to help ensure that it remains in a “forever” home.

• Ten days to two weeks before the “Meet the Breeds” event, a club member should follow up by phone and request that a reporter/photographer/cameraman be sent to cover it.

SAMPLE PRESS RELEASE:

Contact: Mary Jones

Publicity Officer Northville Kennel Club (815) 100-0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE All Dog Lovers Are Invited To A Bow-Wow Pow-Wow!

Canine enthusiasts of all ages are encouraged to attend the Northville Kennel Club’s Annual “Meet the Breeds” Event at 1 pm on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the Wagging Tails Training Center, 100 N. Green St., Northville, IL. More than 40 different breeds will be on display.

At the “Meet the Breeds” event, spectators will be able to take a “close look” at their favorite breed, as well as, speak with responsible breeders and owners to determine if it’s the right choice for their family. That’s possible because each breed’s adult characteristics are known. So, there’s no guesswork—and no surprises--when a purebred puppy grows up to be an adult dog.

The Northville Kennel Club was founded in 1992 with the goal of promoting the responsible breeding of purebred dogs that win in the show ring in the afternoon after working all morning performing the task for which each breed was originally developed, i.e., herding, hunting, guarding, etc. Applications for kennel club membership are always welcome.

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This is certainly one of the draws for many of the exhibitors who come from far and wide. Each day their numbers exceeded 2000 and listening to the many accents around you realise they have been drawn from Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, many from the UK and certainly a lot from the emerging Eastern Europe, notably Russia.

In a previous DOG NEWS article from Europe, the headline stated ‘The Russians are coming!’ referring to the rise and rise of the Russian exhibitor; here we had folks who had travelled from Siberia

hands helping and common sense prevailing, you can win through…which was the case here; ask any visitor to the show and you would not have known there had been any background changes. Large open rings, a great main ring well lit, two decent sized pre judging rings, a breed club section, junior handling specials, plenty of trade stands for shopping, and this year a health centre area with regular talks. In a friendly gesture coffee and other drinks were taken round the trade stands by some of the many vet students who were helping at the show.

Smart thinking and a nice touch.

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"Economics plays a big part in any show so it was heartening to see queues developing to pay at the gate where people come in (and pay for) visitor dogs." (somewhere you hear of but never think of people breeding pedigree dogs there!) and Russia, travelling 29 hours by car to get to the show…a distance of about 2,500 miles.

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BOLD MOVE

So at a time when entries to dog shows worldwide are under scrutiny, it was a bold move by the organisers, the Dutch club ‘The Cynophilia’ to add this extra day. To add to the pressure, their previous show chairman Rony Doedijns had been elevated to the main Dutch Kennel Club, which meant a whole new team was in charge and running the show largely for the first time. That can always mean problems but as long as there are willing

Saturday night saw the judges entertained in a traditional Dutch boat club in the middle of canals and lakes…very nice in the Spring we are told! The final part of the journey was on a (very) small ferry…always funny to see dog judges out of their comfort zone! A great night though.

All of this was set off against a background where the ‘health and safety’ brigade had mounted a campaign in the Dutch press against pedigree dog breeds, labelling them as ‘extreme’. Seems to be the trendy thing to do nowadays over here. However, the show Chairman Hildeward Hoenderken (HH to his friends!) managed to use the opportunity in TV interviews to put the case for dogs and it may have even had a good effect on visitor numbers. Continued on page 95

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VISITOR DOGS

Economics plays a big part in any show so it was heartening to see queues developing to pay at the gate where people come in (and pay for) visitor dogs; this is not something you would see for example at Crufts in the UK. They came to see a wide variety of breeds judged by an international panel which belied the feeling (gained on social networks) that ‘everyone’ was in Florida for the AKC/ Eukanuba Finals. In fact this was one heck of a show weekend as the world of dogs seemed to be on the move starting with the AKC and Eukanuba weekend and the Eukanuba World Challenge; there were many of us in Amsterdam and even more it seemed in Finland for the Helsinki Winners Show where they had over 8000 dogs each day. Add to that the Ladies Kennel Association show in the NEC, Birmingham with about 10,000 dogs and you begin to get the picture! Certainly the airlines are doing good business out of dogs!

HIGH FLYING

And of course one of those flying in was the Japanese Chin G Champion Nisyros Al Pachino, who was actually bred in the UK by David Anderson and Ian Watt. Marcel clearly has great breeding; his litter sister has 22 CC’s in the UK and was top bitch 2 years ago. He has been in the USA since March of 2011. Perhaps one of the greatest highlights of his career was when he won the 100th Anniversary Japanese Chin Club of America National Specialty under Sari Brewster Tietjen, who is undeniably considered the Mother of The Breed.

So this weekend he was flying back to be reunited with his breeders and it was David

who took the group with Marcel on Saturday….ooops, big problem as he and partner Ian had plane tickets booked for Sunday during the day, not thinking they would win the group and be required to stay for Sunday night!

Hasty arrangements were made via the OUR DOGS stand and our connections so we could help locate people driving back to the UK on Sunday evening. Step up to the plate Maripi Wooldridge to take Marcel into the big ring and nearly scoop the top spot under Belgian All Rounder Liliane de Ridder, just being pipped at the post by a dog at the other end of the size scale, the Great Dane!

No shame in not getting past the big fellah, handled also by a big chap …Fabio Allegra, well known handler on the European scene, who also took BIS at the world show in Paris in 2011.

The Dane DIAMANTE DELLA BAIA AZZURRA is only 20 months old, bred in Italy (Breeder: P. Donati, Baia Azzurra Kennel) and owned

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So there you have it; a taste of dog showing Dutch style. Let us hope that the new team get the stamp of approval from the Dutch Kennel Club and that we will all be back again in old Amsterdam next Christmas for the 125th edition of the event!

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to hold this kind of planning meeting but I guess better late than never is the attitude to take and it will be interesting to see how this all develops.

dog breeding is currently emerging and we shall be helping them and guiding them in their work in order to protect dogs, issue their pedigrees and develop canine sports and activities endorsed by FCI PLANS FOR FUTURE the largest canine organisation in the world, i.e.

Rafael de Santiago, who was elected during the FCI. last year as President of the FCI, has sent the folIn preparation for the changes which we shall lowing message to the various kennel clubs that be starting to see at the start of next year (2014), are members of the FCI. we have improved our communication, with the “The last six months have seen a great deal aim of keeping both our members and the interof hard work, adaptation, changes and plannational canine community informed of the work ning. They have also been the first six months that the FCI is doing every day. In the same way of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale’s we have optimised the capacities of the various denew plan for the future and during this time we partments within the FCI in order to improve the have reached a consensus on working together to service we offer our members. At the same time, build a platform for the new FCI. we are working both to update and modernise our Ever since the very first day on which I beonline digital platforms and to make them into a came chairman, I have been determined that forum for the exchanging of knowledge and exthe FCI would begin this new era strengthened perience, where the common subject is dogs, their and united, in order to face up to the challenges health and well-being. In addition to this, thinkthat lay ahead of us all, and to make the changes ing ahead to how the FCI is likely to grow in the needed in order to convert the FCI into a proacfuture, we are embarking upon the expansion and tive organisation which would benefit not only modernisation of our headquarters in Thuin, with our members but - far more importantly - the the construction of the annex which will house an dogs of the world. advanced canine research and study centre, a liDuring this time we have created an excelbrary, offices and the Dog Museum. lent working synergy within our General ComIn order to achieve all of this and more, it mittee, with every member taking on responsiis essential for us to have our members’ support bilities in line with his or her own personal and and advice, and so - for the first time ever – we professional experience, and this has helped us have consulted all our members directly, asking to get in touch with all aspects of our organisafor their opinions about the FCI, about how we tion. We have also improved the connections to can improve bilateral relationships and, even more our sections, thanks to the leadership and dediimportantly, about how we can improve the relacation shown by their respective chairs. Another tionships between the FCI and dog lovers in their thing we have done is to identify countries where respective countries.

There can be no  doubt that dogs can help to bring about cultural unity and we need to look after their well-being and ensure that they are properly protected. With this in mind, we have embarked upon a series of meetings with organisations which do not belong to the FCI but which, like ourselves, love and value dogs. Last November we had our first meeting with the British Kennel Club and we will

be meeting both the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club in the first week of 2014.

With this edition we are celebrating the end of a year of changes, challenges, joys, sorrows and satisfactions, but we feel sure that we have all worked together on behalf of the FCI and dogs all over the world. With this edition, we are also starting a new year in which we promise to work even harder to protect the animals which look after us, help us, cheer us up and keep us company.

On behalf of all my colleagues on the General Committee of the FCI and all members of staff at the FCI’s central offices in Thuin, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!”

Rafael de Santiago President of the FCI FCI AND CKC MEET AT CKC HEADQUARTERS Rafael de Santiago, FCI President, and Michael Shoreman, CKC Chairman, are pleased to announce the outcome of a very productive meeting held at the CKC Headquarters, Toronto (CA) on January 6th, 2014; both organisations agreed on the mutual benefit of increased cooperation.

Priority will be given in the future to the following: • To facilitate the process for recognition of FCI members’ studbooks by the CKC * To assist in the recognition of more FCI recognised breeds by the CKC and of CKC (not FCI) recognised breeds by the FCI • To improve the profile of CKC representative teams at FCI performance Championships (Agility, Obedience, Utility Dogs...)

Rafael de Santiago and Michael Shoreman would like to express their appreciation and enthusiasm for a positive future for both organisations.

Rafael de Santiago FCI President Michael Shoreman CKC Chairman

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