Dog News The Digest Volume 32, Issue 5
Of American Dogs $5.00
February 5, 2016
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February 5, 2016
14 The Way It Is: Judges And Delegate Eligibility By Sari Brewster Tietjen 18 Babbling: Background Checking Your Customers? By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen 22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander 26 You And Your Vet By Dr. Merry Fitzgerald, DVM 30 The British Scene By Geoff Corish 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Chad Howard 42 Bite Of The Apple 2016 By Matthew H. Stander 46 Rare Breeds Of The World: Il Mastino Napolitano or Neo (Neapolitan Mastiffs) By Agnes Buchwald 50 A Different Perspective On The Sport By Drew Deaton 52 A World Of Black And White By Nick Waters 54 Off The Leash: Oh, No In Iowa and Georgia On Our Minds By Shaun Coen 64 Rain, Sun And Fun On The Florida Circuit By Sharon Sakson 74 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 76 Click: Golden Gate Kennel Club By Remy Smith-Lewis 80 Click: Orange Empire Kennel Club - Super Bowl Predictions By The Basenji Sisters 84 Click: The Way We Were: Hill’s Science Diet Circle Awards Dinner 1997 By Phoebe Booth 89 Letters To The Editor - Rules For The Westminster KC $1 Million Bracket Challenge • 86 handlers directory • 88 classified advertising & subscription rates • 90 advertising rates DOG NEWS (ISSN 0886-2133) is published weekly except the last two weeks in December by Harris Publications, 1115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010. Periodical Postage paid at New York. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DOG NEWS, 1115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010 4 Dog News
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Ch, UK Ch. Afterglow Maverick Sabre & Jason Lynn together again for one final appearance! To be Handled by Jason Lynn for Breeders Michael Gadsby and Jason Lynn and Proud Owner Mrs. Ilaria Bondi De Ciabatti, Conditioned by Allison Foley Dog News 7
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The Editorial
A Million Dollar Bracket Game
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he announcement by Purina Pro Plan of a $1 Million Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Challenge Bracket whereby in selecting each Group Winner and the Best in Show winner of the 140th Big W caused quite a bit of excitement. It was announced on the day the contest began February 1st. The selection period runs through February 15 at 5pm after all breeds are judged during which time selections maybe changed as breed results come in! If there is more than one winner the prize money will be split amongst all the winners. Participation is somewhat limited as no individual working for any number of organizations including Purina, Westminster, the AKC and their immediate families plus a multitude of related companies are not allowed to enter the contest nor as these pages read it may any of the “Contest Parties and their immediate families enter the contest”. This is an apparent appeal to get the general public involved with the dog show, which of course is sponsored by Nestlé Purina. Read the Rules to be sure you are eligible - they are printed in this week’s Letters to the Editor (pg. 89) and have been posted to the DOG NEWS Facebook page as well. Candidly this announcement came as a surprise to many people. On the surface the idea is appealing since it takes the holding of and the winning of a dog show to an entire different level than ever before. It helps lure John Q Public to watch and or attend the show but unfortunately not necessarily due to his or her interest in the purebred dog but for the sake of making a buck. And while this is not necessarily a bad thing it is something that as far as these pages are aware has never been attempted. These pages have reached out to some Officers of both AKC and Westminster for their reactions to this contest and as their responses come in, presuming there will be any at all, these pages shall keep you posted. In the meantime take your chances on winning all or a part of that mil --that is if you are indeed eligible to participate.
A New CEO
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he exciting and good news is that it appears that AKC/CHF has a real winner in naming its Chief Scientific Officer Diane Brown as its new CEO as well. Throughout the years CHF has had a problem finding people to fill the role of CEO. All signs point to a winner in Dr. Brown, who will be moving from Colorado to North Carolina. Aside from her background which reads impeccably in the Press Release these pages have found her to be helpful and more than willing to communicate about various topics. For instance in the case of the $750,000 therio foundation awards made by AKC to the TF, which will now be administered by the CHF, and about which these pages have been ask-
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ing background questions for months Dr. Brown has been open and forthright. That’s more than one can say about the past CEOs and for that matter for most anyone at AKC. Perhaps AKC should consider her for the position of CEO in its offices since that position has yet to be filled as well. But back to the first round of therio residencies upon which her Staff is working on a general report for the Fancy at large. Finally a report is being made hopefully to justify, belatedly, the Board’s decision to give more therio residencies so that people can understand why more monies were added to the program. For sure we can now expect more detailed progress reports and outcomes from the initial round of grants to be updated for the Fancy. Since CHF will be taking over the administration of these grants there will now be more rigorous standards for regular progress reports – there is much opportunity for progress and improvements to these processes and communications. And that’s all these pages ever ask for from AKC generally, which as most of you know rarely occurs. A new day let’s hope has arrived with Dr. Brown in charge.
Show Entries On Rise
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arly show entries in the UK were on the upswing and Crufts continued the trend with its largest entries since 2010. It seems that the AKC Board will now devote a portion of each meeting to major issues facing the sport. That way perhaps they can justify two complete days of work instead of one day plus one hour as occurred at the January meeting. Its February topic will be a discussion “on the decline in conformation entries which will include a review of previous studies on that same topic.” A draft document identifying the major factors impacting participation will be provided as a starting point for a comprehensive review of the issue. The Board and staff will work tougher to refine this list per the Minutes, which sounds like a little bit of paralysis by analysis in the making to these pages. If the trend continues in the UK maybe the Board should just follow whatever formula the Brits dreamt up--do you think!!! And on another somewhat related subject it is now official that Royal Canin has replaced Eukanuba as the sponsor with AKC of the National show in Orlando. For weeks now these pages have stated this was going to happen and in next week’s issue of DOG NEWS the Orlando Panel for the AKC/Royal Canin show will be published.
The Dog News Questionnaire
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argaret Poindexter, AKC’s former Legal Counsel and one of its former Vice-Presidents, kindly agreed to ask the DOG NEWS ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE of those candidates running for the Board from the Delegate Body. All seven candidates answered these questions and on behalf of Margaret and our Staff these pages thank each and every one of you for the time and effort involved in doing this. Not that there were more questions than usual (despite the rumor spread at a Board Meeting that there were 64 questions, which of course there were not--only 20 but since when do facts enter the picture when dealing with certain mentalities?) but the questions were more demanding and factually oriented than in the past. They were tough philosophically but not “gotcha type” questions with any evil intent whatsoever. They were intended to and did test the mettle and understandings of all the Candidates. For this the Fancy has Margaret to thank!! Apparently there is somewhat of a debate about a Candidate who writes for a contemporary publication on a Monthly basis and whether or not this person has an unfair advantage over the other candidates because of this. Candidly both the publication and the writer, who has been writing in various publications for years, have every right to establish whatever relationship they choose except if the person wins a seat one would question their continuing to write for anyone. Where there is a possible conflict of interest is in the fact that the writer--NOT THE PUBLICATION--is sending these articles out to the delegate body as a whole to read. That’s a bit questionable one would think.
Thought For The Week
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ook for D THE DOG NEWS ANNUAL magazine to appear in various hotels and specialties as well as at The Garden starting Thursday of this week. It’s an issue supporting the Breeder of the purebred dog and the articles by and about Pat Trotter, Zena Thorn Andrews and Stephanie Abrahams will for sure remain a coffee table book item in your library and or your bookshelves for years to come.
American Select, Canadian Futurity Victor, Bronze Grand Champion
Stuttgart’s Now Don’t Refuse Me of Masrock Select at this year’s GSDCA Nationals
Mrs. Paula Hartinger (& the Suffolk County Kennel Club) for this Best of Breed. Mr. Joseph Lobb (& the Newton Kennel Club) for Group First, Mrs. Donna Conod (& the Worcester County Kennel Club) for this Best of Breed, Mr. Bill Shelton (& the Fredericksburg Kennel Club) for this Best of Breed, & Ms. Rita Sandell for 2015 GSDCA National Select. Owners: Stephanie Schrock, Leslie Dancosse, Autumn Dugan Breeders: Irene Hause, Leslie Dancosse Handler: Sue Condreras Dog News 11
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the way it is
By Sari Brewster Tietjen
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Judges and Delegate Eligibility
hen the Delegates to the American Kennel Club meet for their Annual Meeting on March 8th at a Newark, NJ airport hotel, they will be voting to elect three new members to the Board of Directors Class of 2020, vote on an amendment to the Beagle Field Trial Rules and vote on a Bylaws amendment pertaining to Delegate eligibility for judges who charge fees. Putting the Beagle Field Trial Rules amendment aside (dealing with a description of classes and titles) and the political jockeying for Directorship seats by the seven candidates seeking the three seats, it is the Bylaws amendment defining professional judges as someone who charges a fee of “more than an amount of $150 in excess of actual expenses” that may cause the most discussion. The subject of letting so-called professional judges otherwise known as anyone who charges a fee for judging over and above travel expenses serve as delegates has long been a hot-potato. Over the years there have been numerous attempts to revise the Delegate eligibility provision in AKC’s Bylaws to reflect a more modern and encompassing Delegate Body that was less restrictive. All of these attempts have failed for various reasons. The latest attempt of a couple of years ago failed because it removed most restrictions – not just fee charging judges – but all professions involved in the sport and would have opened the Delegate Body to everyone. This was considered by many to have been too radical at the time.
However, the present proposal brought forth by the Delegate Bylaws Committee with the endorsement of AKC’s Board of Directors concerns only judges and then only those who charge a minor fee (not to exceed $150) over and above the usual expenses of travel, meals and hotel. The thought is that this will help Delegate/Judges in defraying those other expenses incurred in the course of judging activities (i.e. AKC’s fees, educational activities, dog sitters, unexpected and unreimbursed travel expenses and the like) and would, thereby, encourage some to remain as Delegates instead of leaving because it was costing too much in out of pocket expense to serve in both capacities. In addition, the thought process is that such an amendment might encourage active judges to be willing to serve as Delegates for their clubs. Nonetheless, while many applaud the Delegate Bylaws Committee’s action, there is a serious question about the value of putting a cap on the amount a judge can charge in order to be eligible to serve as a Delegate. After all, what is the difference between $150 and $151? How can an exact amount be put in AKC’s Bylaws when such an amount may not be reflective with the changing times? And any amount a judge charges is determined by the marketplace – it is up to a club as to whether or not to hire a judge and pay whatever his/her fee is. Furthermore, the way the proposed amendment reads (“No person is eligible to become or remain a Delegate if he or she (a) is . . . a professional judge of purebred dog events, a professional judge defined as one who charges a fee of more than an amount of $150 in excess of actual expenses,”) does not really define what those actual expenses are! It has always
"Nonetheless, while many applaud the Delegate Bylaws Committee’s action, there is a serious question about the value of putting a cap on the amount a judge can charge in order to be eligible to serve as a Delegate."
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a bb ling B By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen
Background Checking Your Customers?
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ell, I am frequently asked if I don’t miss the breeding and showing part of this sport. I loved planning our litters, looking for suitable partners, dreaming of future success, looking at puppies every morning playing with them from 3 weeks old. Then came table trainingand for the Wire Fox terriers-at about 8 weeks of age making them into little miniatures to finally make our choice. Then came the part that I certainly did not enjoy: Selling the “surplus” ones- and even if we had waiting lists for show standard puppies from at home and abroad, I would rather sell them as family pets if sold at this age. An overseas breeder would have to wait until the puppy was at least 6 months old before being shipped-and preferably we wanted the buyer to see the dog first and bring them home with them. The fact that we in the meantime put in a lot of time and work to prepare these youngsters for their future life and career also made us very attached to them- so at times found excuses not to let them leave home at all… I normally hated seeing puppies leaving the farm-well, with a few exceptions.. A lot of my British friends thought I was “over sentimental”, but my dogs from a very young age were all my friends – and even if we at times had a fairly large number of both terriers, English Cockers, Greyhounds, Whippets, Norfolks the odd Pointer and my very special friend the Giant Schnauzer George- I felt I had connections with all of them. Of course like in all families there were favorites and others I did not like as much-but they all deserved a good life and being properly looked after. In many ways I envied the, particularly, British breeders with a background as stockmen, and their more rational and unsentimental attitude. Dogs were bred for a purpose, if they did not live up to their expectations, being health, temperament, looks or function they just disappeared.
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I remember so well visiting a kennel looking at a whole litter of a large breed in southern England after Crufts one year. Seven weeks old all very cute. Coming back to the same place 6 months later -of the 6 only 2 were left. When asking if the rest had gone to show homes the answer was simply: They were not up to par, so they ended up just down the road. Well, I happened to know that was where their veterinarian was located-so had my own theory about what had happened to them. But that was how many breeders operated in the old days. Eliminating anything not up to par. Breeding selectively from the best one. Following the same procedure generation after generation. Nobody shared any secrets with anybody as they knew then as we do today that too much honesty and openness about your problems would be used against them… Most breeds were developed and improved by following the same practice and philosophy- so we really owe these old time breeders a lot. Some would of course not dispose of the “disappointments” so drastically but if the breed was considered a suitable family pet, sold without papers and any chance to be registered. Where then does the background checking come into the picture? It certainly did not seem to be of importance to many of the top breeders. But it mattered to us. We had a number of countries where we, due their attitude towards animals in general, would never sell a dog- and for a short period we were inundated with enquiries for Wire Fox Terriers from a few of these countries. Huge offers for dogs currently in the ring were politely turned down. One person seemed very persistent, made countless phone calls, sent letters, etc. But we never changed our mind. Continued on page 60
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Question the
Of the week By Matthew H. Stander
Bruce R. Schwartz
How do Delegates elect Board Members who believe that this reduction will either “save” kennel clubs or a $1 reduction in entry fees will actually increase entries?
Charles Olvis
While not certain that $1/dog reduction in cost could save some of the shows that are threatened by rising venue costs to the point of having to give up holding shows for financial reasons, at least passage of the motion would show some compassion by the American Kennel Club for the clubs that serve its goals and understanding of the financial difficulties more and more clubs experience in putting on AKC events with costs increasing dramatically each year. Perhaps the second was withdrawn if the discussion indicated that a vote would defeat the motion.
Wayne Ferguson
At the last Board Meeting a Director, according to the Board Minutes, made a motion that in order to help reduce costs for Show Giving Clubs that the Event Fee be reduced by $1 per dog for the remainder of this year. The motion was seconded (although the Minutes did not reflect by whom) and a discussion took place amongst the Board Members after which the second was withdrawn so that no vote on her Motion was ever taken. MY QUESTION FOR THE WEEK IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT MOTION AND WHY DO YOU THINK THE BOARD REFUSED TO ACT UPON IT?
Three cheers for the Director who made the motion and please step forward to be congratulated. Too bad the Director who seconded it withdrew theirs. I can only imagine that after the motion was made, the board was lectured by someone who said the reduced fee would somehow cause a hardship on the AKC’s finances and as we know nothing could be farther from the truth. Unfortunately, too many small clubs are struggling to present a fine show and also remain in the black financially. A club holding a show with 1000 dogs would have had an additional $1,000. in their Treasury if this motion had passed.
Peggy Wampold
I am not a show chairman, so maybe it is not appropriate for me to respond to your question of the week, but I will. Since I was not party to the discussion that took place at the AKC Board of Directors meeting, the thinking behind the motion, and the reasons that the second was withdrawn, I can only comment from my perspective as an active member of several AKC member clubs. Obviously, 22 Dog News
the show giving clubs would benefit financially from a reduction in the Event Fee paid to AKC, just as AKC would suffer financially from the reduction. The reduction would be more advantageous to the more financially stable clubs with large entry shows (who probably need it less) than it would be to the smaller clubs with smaller entry shows (who might benefit more from it). I would think there were more equitable ways to help our clubs who most need help. I would need a lot more information in order to understand the Board’s decision not to act on it.
Dennis B. Sprung
I personally am in favor of this concept as I believe AKC has the responsibility to help our clubs remain in business. Of course there are numerous avenues to assist, for example by marshaling knowledgeable chair people and staff to share best practices as it relates to individual events or specific clusters. Communicating best practices is an action some Delegate committees are already undertaking. Other opportunities for assistance from AKC could include using our data, IT, and communications resources to help clubs run their events in a businesslike manner by driving entries and/or growing membership. The January meeting was not the first time this subject was discussed in the Board room, and the simple answer for it not being adopted after a reasonable discussion was that the majority of the Board was not in favor of adopting this measure.
Bob Smith
First, I think there are a number of ways that AKC could better help clubs (especially small ones) through these financially hard times. However, this suggestion is a worthwhile one if done properly. As presented it would be unfair to those clubs that have already had their shows this year. If adopted, the reduction should run for a full year so as to include all shows. As to why the Board refused to act, the answer is very simple - $$$$.
Polly Smith
This is a proposal I have felt was needed for a long time. AKC is now having all of the results of a show sent in by computer both by the official superintendent, and the AKC field representative. So with the click of a mouse it can be recorded in all of the official files. With the AKC service fee and superintendent fee taken out of the entry fee there is little money for the clubs to work with. This motion if passed certainly would be a Good Will gesture from AKC to all of their show giving clubs. It should cover all clubs for the year. The reason the board refused to act on it was AKC WANTS THE MONEY.
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Should I have my bitch spayed, now that I am finished breeding her?
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By Merry Fitzgerald, DVM.
Yes, it is definitely a good idea to spay bitches that are no longer in the breeding program. The traditional surgery is an ovariohysterectomy, which means removal of the ovaries and uterus. Surgical excision of the ovaries removes the normal reproductive hormones, estrogen and progesterone, responsible for heat cycles, breeding and pregnancy. The best time to schedule a spay surgery is between the bitch’s heat cycles. This is generally 2-3 months after she has been in season. If the bitch has recently had a litter, she can be spayed one month after the puppies are weaned. At this point, the uterus and mammary glands should have returned to their non-pregnant/nursing shape and size. Body condition and weight is a serious consideration for an ovariohysterectomy, especially in an older bitch. While the surgery is routinely done, it is not always a simple procedure. Excess body fat makes it difficult to visualize the organs and blood vessels. Fat in the abdominal cavity also increases the chance of surgical complication. The ligatures surrounding the blood vessels may slip out of place, resulting in life-threatening hemorrhage. The anesthetic risk is higher in bitches that are overweight, as they cannot expand their lungs as well. Unless the uterus is damaged or diseased, I do not recommend spaying a bitch at the time of a Caesarian section. This additional procedure can double the amount of time the bitch is under anesthesia and prolong the amount of time before she can be returned to her puppies. Bitches should be hospitalized and closely monitored for at least 24 hours following a c-section and ovariohysterectomy. This necessitates bottle or tube-feeding puppies and a delay in the puppies receiving colostrum from their mother. Several serious conditions can be avoided by spaying your older bitch. Pyometra is the term for an infected uterus which develops after a heat cycle. Progesterone stimulates thickening of the lining of the uterus. Estrogen dilates the cervix during estrus, allowing bacteria, especially E. coli, to ascend into the uterus. Bitches with pyometra can be critically ill. They can develop a toxic shock condition. If the uterus ruptures, septic peritonitis will result. Emergency surgery is expensive and would be necessary to remove the infected uterus. In one study, 25% of bitches developed pyometra by 10 years of age. Cancer of the uterus and ovaries is prevented by ovariohysterectomy. Mammary cancer is the most common type of tumor in female dogs. Unspayed bitches have a seven times greater risk of developing mammary cancer. While the benefit of spaying decreases with each estrous cycle, some benefit has been shown in bitches even up to 9 years of age. The exact cause-and-effect relationship between remaining intact and the development of mammary cancer in female dogs has not been identified. Avoiding accidental pregnancy is an obvious advantage of having bitches spayed. In situations where intact males and females live together, reducing the number of bitches coming Continued on page 62
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Her debut weekend, the JR Granddaughter
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Presented by Cecelia Ruggles, High Ridge Kennels
Many thanks to the Judges for their warm welcome, Mrs. Barbara Alderman, Mrs. Polly Smith, and Dr. Robert D.Smith
Ch. High Ridge The Sky’s the Limit with Gaylor Owned by Cecelia Ruggles, High Ridge Scott Sommer Laurie Scarpa, Gaylor Krista Fileccia
Bred by Cecelia Ruggles Scott Sommer Billie H. Steffee
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By Geoff Corish
BRITISH
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It’s not often l mention myself in this column, but this time l have to take the credit for the following news. My application to The Kennel Club, for recognition of Jack Russells, has been approved by the General committee.
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ack Russells of course originated in England, created by The Rev. Jack Russell. In England they are well known by everyone. All the stables and farmers had them, for keeping vermin down but they were the short legged type. It was when l was judging Sealyhams at Montgomery about 3 years ago, that l noticed this smart little breed in the next ring. I had no idea what it was but it certainly took my eye. I judged the Sealys and then didn’t see the dog again until the next year when l saw a ring full of them. I asked what they were and the answer ‘Russells’ as you call them. Well l was hooked and set about trying to get them recognized in the UK. It’s quite a process, and for me, with all my years in dogs, l had no idea how to go about it. So of course if you don’t ask, you don’t find out!! So I applied for the relevant form and away l went getting all the relevant documentation to go with the application. Of course l did have some help, l couldn’t do it all on my own. Gaining different pedigrees of different bloodlines, trying to find anyone that had the ‘new’ Jack Russell and in November 2015 l received a letter from the Kennel Club informing me that my application had been approved. The news actually hit the daily newspapers over here, such was the excitement. I had journalists phoning me for info on the breed and photos of this ‘new’ breed. So now we are in the process of forming a club and that will have to go forward again to The Kennel Club for approval. The breed will be officially recognized for exhibition on 1st April 2016 and we have our first breed classes at the National Terrier on 2nd April, how fortunate was that? One of the hot topics at the moment is the Crossbreed debate, or as others would call them, designer dogs. For me they are crossbreeds/mongrels, no way can they ever be called purebred for obvious reasons. The crossbreed debate became national news, with one of our national newspapers announcing that the Kennel Club was about to welcome ‘puggles and labradoodles’. It said, “For nearly 150 years the KC had defended the purity of breeds but was now embroiled in a row over whether ‘fashionable crossbreeds’ should be held on a par with pure-bred dogs. The KC was considering setting up a register of designer dogs, allowing it to regulate the health and sale of crossbreeds while “responding to the changing tastes of dog owners”. The paper quoted General Committee member and Crufts chairman Gerald King from the recent special meeting when he said, “If the KC is to represent 30 Dog News
all dogs and have credibility with Government and the wider public, the KC must consider the cultural shift and large increase in crossbreed dogs over the last few years”. The issue could no longer be ignored, members were told at the Special General Meeting, and so the club was to consider opening a unique register for crossbreeds. But not everyone is happy with the idea. Miss Jean Lanning, a prominent Kennel Club member and Crufts best in show judge whose idea it was to set up a working party, “to review the current registration policy, comparing and contrasting the approaches to pure breeds and crossbreeds with fancy names bred to make a huge profit”, she believes. “Registration of purebred dogs is dying and entries falling-all quite likely because of designer dogs,” she said at the SGM, “It’s time to re-educate the public, tell them that there’s nothing better than a well-bred dog with no health problems. We’ve been honest about health problems but because there’s been so much publicity the public quite often gets hold of the wrong end of the stick. She also said that the first duty of the KC should and must be to purebred dogs. This doesn’t always seem to be the case,” she said. When the dog press broke the story there were howls of protest, one person saying, “That’s it, more puppies to line the back-street breeders pockets. How can you KC?” Another saying, “Every year it seems like the KC does something to upset the hard working breeders who support it. Why should they be registered? It’s just a way for bad breeders to make themselves credible.” Another saying, “Puppy farmers will be clapping their hands and jumping for joy.” So as you can see it has roused a lot of bad feeling amongst breeders of pure-bred dogs. It is likely the issue will be debated and voted on at the KC’s annual meeting in May.
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Bests of the
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Orange Empire Dog Club I & II Boston Terrier
GCh. Sabe’s Simply Invincible
Judge Mrs. Alane Gomez Judge Mrs. Lowell (Arlene) Davis Owners Joe & Carla Sanchez and Sharon Saberton Handlers Jorge & Susie Olivera Middle Peninsula Kennel Club of Virginia Boxer
GCh. Mephisto’s Speak of the Devil Judge Mr. Ramon Podesto Owners Mrs. Jack Billhardt & Sergio Tenenbaum Handler Diego Garcia Baton Rouge Kennel Club - Thursday & Friday Puli
Ch. Cordmaker Mister Blue Sky
Judge Mr. Jon Cole Judge Mr. Dana Cline Owners J. Beaudoin, L. Pitts, P. Kelly & S. Huebner Handler Linda Pitts Potomac Hound Club - Friday 15” Beagle
GCh. Torquay Midnight Victory
Judge Mr. Thomas L. Kirstein Owners Marcelo Chagas, Marco Flavio & Alessandra Botelho and Dr. Roger P. Travis Handler Marcelo Chagas
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Ten Questions asked of
Chad Howard
Born: Akron, Ohio • Reside: Damascus, MD Marital Status: Single • Astrological Sign: Taurus
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When did you start showing and how did that first show go? My first time in the ring was at the Rubber City
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How many shows do you attend a year, and which three are your favorite ones?
Kennel Club match in the 70’s. The experience
About 50 shows per year, some of my favorites
was life changing. I was first in my class of one,
are Westminster, The National Championship,
I remember it like it was yesterday.
Montgomery and Bucks, and Somerset and
How difficult was it to finish your championship? The first Champion I owned and handled was a Boston Terrier, he was a gift and a good dog. I was proud to show him and would be today. He finished rapidly.
Other than your own breed, what other breeds do you like? I am passionate about the breeds I have bred in addition to those Great Danes, Greyhounds and Pointers.
Which dog person of the opposite sex would you be? Susan Sprung.
How do you feel about AKC’s role in our sport? The AKC continues to evolve in the everchanging landscape of the sport of purebred dogs and dogs in general. It is a constant challenge to be everything to everyone.
Westchester.
Who from dogs would you like to see on the television show “Duck Dynasty?” Pick one, Dana Cline, David Fitzpatrick, Larry Cornelius, Dr. Jerry Klein.
What things in the world of dogs bring you the greatest joy? The unconditional love from my dogs and my friends.
What characteristics do you admire in others and strive to emulate? The ability to enjoy a BITE of cake not the entire cake!
If you could afford to host an elegant catered dinner party, name at least three dogs and/or people you would like to invite. Chuck Winslow and Lina Basquette and all their stories. Joining us would be Ttarb the Brat, Rojons Rumor Has It, Iowana’s Fancy Flair, and Aroi Talk of the Blues.
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Bite of theApple By Matthew H. Stander
I intend for this BITE to be a bit different than those of the past since what with Westminster becoming a four-day event primarily at the Uptown Piers in New York City and with the Conformation Groups and BIS being held at Madison Square Garden the needs and priorities of many a dog show goer have shifted somewhat. And the fact 42 Dog News
of the matter is that while the immediate area around the Garden is basically unchanged the development of some of its neighborhood communities from commercial to residential during the last 10 or 15 years or so have resulted in an inundation of all sorts of restaurants and hot spots in the Flatiron district particularly on 24-25th and 26th streets between Park Avenue South and Sixth Avenues.
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ou can stroll those streets easily and walk into any variety of restaurants and indeed be delighted with virtually anyone of those arrays of varying tastes. Candidly it would take weeks to do this properly so diverse and widespread are these eateries. Sort of a New York type of attitude that would never be understood nor appreciated from the Canadian born Senator from Texas--say! HOWEVER THERE is always an exception to the rule and I will finish this report telling you about the new EVENTI HOTEL and perhaps no better new restaurant in town than L’AMICO on 6th Ave between 29th and 30th a short walk from the Garden, the Affinia and the Pennsylvaina. What a welcome and needed addition to the area! There is little doubt in my mind that right now, today the most talked about and difficult to get in and possibly number one place in the City to eat at is COSME at 35 East 21st 212-913-9659. It is Mexican food seen in new ways that has captured the imagination of all New Yorkers. Perhaps SÊan McCarthy could help you get a res there but I doubt it-you may have to be one of those who settle for a 5pm opening or a 10pm slot but even those are hard to come by from what I hear. The room itself is large and spare, which I like since so many of those Flatiron places are too cute and itsy for me while the bar itself is a great hangout. The cooking is subtle and sensitive examples of Mexican tastes and traditions. In that same general area is UPLAND at 45 Park Ave South with its entrance
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Rare Breeds of the World
IL MASTNO NAPOLITANO or NEO (Neapolitan Mastiffs) Club And Breeders In And Out Of Italy
By A g n es B u c h w al d
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t might be strange to talk about an officially recognized breed under the title of Rare Breeds of the World, but my dear readers will understand why I have decided to make some considerations about the breed/ breeders of “NEOs”. The truth is that I have many Italian born or Italian descendent dog people as my friends. Persons whose information is trustable and had the feeling that I should as a dog (animal) lover talk about the “extreme” dog breeds using this Italian Mastiff as an example. I consider an “extreme” size breed from the tiny Chihuahua to the gigantic Mastiff size group of dogs. First of all, it’s worrisome how fast the “extreme dog breeds” fall in the favor of persons who have no clue how to handle the tiny or the enormous dogs that are adorable puppies but exactly because of their size and sometimes their coat become very quickly a difficult puzzle to solve. When taken from a serious breeder the “extreme” dogs mostly end up with other breeders, persons interested to preserve their history, making them a part of their breeding program, or simply are interested in dog shows. Unfortunately many are taken to homes where the only reason is to show out with a very tiny (the pet-shops “cup size”) or an enormous (bigger than the owner) dog. No matter the breed no matter the size, or coat, the only request is to be in some way impressive (when the novelty becomes a problem the shelters, human societies, or compassionate dog lovers are called to help). A Hungarian immigrant, I grew up in Sao Paulo – Brazil. The state has an enormous Italian colony, maybe the largest in South America. It was large before WWII, after the war it tripled. No matter where they live, the Italians are proud of their origins and about all that reflects or involves Italy. No matter if they are born in Roma or in Sao Paulo, they make a point about, and adore –with reason- all which is/was “Made in Italy” from the Pizza to the NEOs, and everything in between. In my life as a dog fancier I have met many, mostly the second or third generation of Italians, who
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A Different Perspective On The Sport
our sport is dying because its people are dying. Ok- so how do we save it? Obviously, there is no way for us to stop time from running its course…that is just beyond our control. So in anything, how is one generation replaced once they are gone? With a NEW GENERATION. “Oh but we offer Junior Handling at shows to reel the kids in!”…NO. Everyone reading this knows as well as I do that kids can’t just walk in with their dog and say “Hey, I think I want to try this! Sign me up mom!”… not even close. Juniors is a wonderful thing but if you really pay attention it is mostly children of parents who breed, show, or are even professional handlers themselves. Though they are young, that is not the new blood we need to target. We want to expand, we want to grow! Now, if no one has ever told you, let me be the first. The veterans of this sport make it INCREDIBLY difficult for us newcomers to love this sport. Myself, I am only still around because I tend to ignore the way people treat me… not everyone is like that, especially not in my generation. If you do not know my generation well, we ecently I read several very well written articles are extremely over-sensitive and we are offended by on the “fall” of Dog Shows as a sport. The reaEVERYTHING. That is why it takes about 10 minutes for sons targeted in these articles were all cora newcomer of my generation to get ticked off at a dog rect, they are all problems that do reside in show. I have tried to bring family members and friends our sport and it certainly would be nice to see them that have never even experienced anything like a dog eliminated. However, are they the true reason our show along with me and they leave HATING it. Let me sport may be dying? No. Now you are probably wontell you why, I don’t have all the answers but I guarantee dering by now what my credentials are to be so brilyou that with just a little thought, the more experienced liantly informed that I could diagnose the problem that folks may be able to figure the solutions out. is killing our favorite past-time, our sport, for some of When I started showing I was merely helping out a us- our livelihood. Well as much as I hate to disappoint friend of mine in Chinese Cresteds who was generously I am somewhat of a “newbie” to the sport. I am only donating his time to teach me the basics. We were at 20 years old and have been showing for less than two a show one day, it wasn’t my very first show but it was years. I did not participate in Juniors, I hold no degree of the first five, I was handling a small and timid Chirelated to dogs at all, and no one in my family but myhuahua client dog of his while he was in another ring. self has ever even seen a dog show. I am so new that I waited very patiently right by the steward’s table you could almost call me an outsider… with the number “9” wrapped around my left arm. I and this makes me the perfect person to “Obviously, could not move away from her table because I was tell you why it is so difficult to love this sport there is no so nervous that I would miss my ring-time if I left. as much as I do. So I waited, finally my class came up but I did not way for us Our sport is dying, stop attaching all really have a full enough understanding of the class of these excuses about the frequencies of to stop time system to know that was my class. As it turns out, shows and entry fees are too high for this from running the steward had called my number and she was and too much for that…though you are an older lady with a gentle tone, I had mistaken her its course… not incorrect…that is not the reason our calling out the number “5” but she was actually callsport is dying. Hear me carefully for this is that is just ing my number, “9”. She called for a second time not a metaphor…our sport, meaning its beyond our and I then realized my mistake and rushed in the athletes, supporters, and donors are literring, my nerves had tripled. As I fell in line to stack control. So ally dying. I am talking about physical and my little Chihuahua, a VERY well known handler in spiritual death. The great breeders, the fa- in anything, front of me turned around and remarked, “How mous handlers, those who grew up with how is one many times were you going to make her shout their family showing dogs…they are dyyour number before you finally came in? Some of generation ing! Dog Showing once thrived in generaus have other dogs to show.”… I was appalled that tions that were not this one… now that we replaced someone would make such a remark to someone are in this generation all of the old genera- once they are so obviously new, just because the steward had to tions are slowly, literally dying. Our sport is call my number twice. The judge finally directed us gone? With not dying because it is simply a rich man’s to go around the ring. I stood up and looked down sport…that is a lie, this is a sport than can a NEW GENbut the already timid dog that I was handling had all be played in a financially smart way. No, ERATION.” Continued on page 70
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A WORLD OF BLACK B y Ni ck Wa ters
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he Victorians invented branding as we know it today and the Buchanan’s Whisky Black and White brand is one of the world’s most famous and its trademark used the longest. With clever marketing there is a whole industry of merchandise that has helped promote it and for collectors of breweriana this ranges from ‘growing on trees’ to ‘as rare as hen’s teeth’. The reality is that for the dedicated researcher or collector a whole book on the subject could be written. James Buchanan began his whisky career in 1879 as a London agent but it was not long before he ventured out on his own. His Buchanan Blend became relied upon for its consistency and quality at a time when this was not always the case and marketed in its black bottle with a white label customers simply started referring to it as ‘that black and white whisky’. Before the name of the blend was officially changed to Black and White another name was introduced – Buchanan’s House of Commons Scotch Whisky – for Buchanan was contracted to supply the House of Commons with whisky. With all the problems
today of members’ expenses, could they charge whisky against expenses? Buchanan merged with Dewar in 1915 and the following year became part of the Distillers Company Limited, which in 1987 became United Distillers and Vintners (UDV). The brand is now owned by Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company with twenty-eight malt whisky distilleries alone. Buchanan was an ardent animal lover and one story goes that he was returning from visiting a dog show in the closing years of the 19th century when he conceived the idea for the now famous trademark. The early dogs were black and white Scottish Terriers or probably more accurately black and white terriers of Scottish origin. As the years went on and the Scottie and Westie became established as two separate breeds with their own defining characteristics, these two breeds became the motif used the longest and most frequently, one we all know and which is still in use today. It is roughly possible to date the Scottie and Westie pieces by the Westie for as the years progressed the Westie’s head became more and more like the chrysanthemum head we know today. The favourite tipple of such celebrities as Dean Martin and Cary Grant and drank by James Bond in the Ian Fleming novel, Moonraker, Black and White Whisky is still a universal favourite and one of the most popular brands in some countries. Black and White memorabilia remains popular with collectors worldwide with a host of advertising merchandise, mostly utilitarian – water jugs, ashtrays, cigarette dispensers, book matches,
“Many of the by-lines used by Buchanan to promote his whisky were a play on words.”
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bar trays, mirrors, early advertising, flat-back bar models of the two dogs in cast iron, rubberised material and plastic, and a host of other things as well. Many of these were available only to the drinks trade and would have been seen in bars and public houses. In the early years of the 20th century in addition to the Scottie and Westie Buchanan used other black and white themes to promote his brands and with his love of dogs most had a dog theme. A black FlatCoated Retriever holding a white Ptarmigan; a Landseer Newfoundland with a small black and white terrier; a black and a white Greyhound coursing; a black Scottie and a White Bull Terrier and others. Many of these pieces are extremely rare such as a water jug with the Landseer Newfoundland and terrier on of which possibly only one example is known. This jug, along with rare Scottie and Westie jugs, was made by Frank Beardmore & Co. at their Sutherland Pottery in the Staffordshire Potteries. An exception to the dog theme were black and white Belted Galloway cattle. Many of the by-lines used by Buchanan to promote his whisky were a play on words. Examples include ‘Grand Spirits’ referring to the behaviour of the dogs as well as the famous product; ‘Good Spirits’ to the antics of the two playful terriers as well as the whisky, and ‘Still Watchers’ to the dogs sitting waiting patiently for the return of their master and the device which is at the centre of the process which produced Buchanan’s famous product. There are rare examples in which a
AND WHITE single coloured dog appeared, such as a rare bar tray with four inquisitive Westies all standing in a row. If these were individual portraits the identity of the dogs is lost to the passage of time. This along with the Scottie and Bull Terrier and Flat-Coat were all from paintings that Buchanan commissioned from Maud Earl. The title of the Westie picture is The Highland Light Infantry and is from a series Maud Earl completed between the years circa 1912 to soon after the outbreak of war and her departure to America where she made her home. Others in the series included The Yorkshire Light Infantry – three Yorkshire Terriers, The Dublin Fusiliers – Irish Terriers, The Guards – three Bull Terriers and The Black Watch - Scottish Terriers. They were all commissioned by James Buchanan and many of them and further paintings by Maud Earl hung in Buchanan House, St James’ Square, London until 1987 when the property of the Distillers Company was sold at auction by Christie’s of South Kensington.
The Highland Light Infantry was not included in the sale and may not have been part of the collection at the time. Alternatively, senior executives of the company were given the opportunity to have a picture of their choice and The Highland Light Infantry could have been one of these pictures.
“There are rare examples in which a single coloured dog appeared, such as a rare bar tray with four inquisitive Westies all standing in a row.”
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Off The Leash By Shaun Coen
Oh, No In Iowa And Georgia On Our Minds
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ll eyes were on Iowa this week those behind them have a very clear agenda: to and not just because of the cauregulate breeders out of business or, at the very cuses that kicked off the 2016 least, out of state. Presidential Election Primaries. With such broad definitions of “commercial While those historic caucuses breeder” and “pet shop” already on the books certainly received deserved atand the addition of these new bills, the number tention, it’s feared that they may have taken of people who would have to purchase multiple, some away from proposals that would be detexpensive licenses would dramatically increase. rimental to Iowa’s dog lovers. An effort to esAnyone who meets the definition of a “commertablish “Puppy Mill Awareness” resolutions in cial breeder” and also boards a dog or transfers every county as well as the state is underfoot, animals in conjunction with a rescue would have as the so-called animal rights activists are to get licenses for each activity. All of this new again spouting inaccurate information about revenue collected would be deposited into a new breeders and seeking further unreasonable “animal rescue remediation fund” to reimburse regulations that would drain state resources local authorities for “expenses incurred for the even though Iowa already has some of the rescuing of an animal from a commercial esmost restrictive breeder regulations in the tablishment” as well as the maintenance of the country. animals and their disposition if required by the A pair of bills – Senate File 502 and House court after a hearing. These fee increases could Study Bill 560 – that were originally introduced significantly burden breeders in 2015 threatens to require and small businesses and are the purchase of multiple li- “These superfluous actually unnecessary, as current censes, increase the fees law already allows the court to proposals are either for licenses, create new require those accused of animal licenses for hobby breed- misguided or those be- cruelty to post a bond during the ers, mandate inspections hearing to pay for the care of the of all licensees and pro- hind them have a very animals. hibit breeders from being Just as residents in all couninvolved in certain rescue clear agenda: to reguties of Iowa were caucusing for activities. These can only Republican and Democratic Preslate breeders out of be viewed as an all-out idential candidates last Monday, attack on breeders, as business or, at the very expect a similar scene as AR excurrent Iowa law already tremists seek to establish “Puppy requires licensing and least, out of state.” Mill Awareness Days” in each regulation as a commercounty in the state. A bill was procial breeder for anyone in posed in Illinois last year seeking to establish a the state who maintains four or more intact “PMAD” but that effort was thwarted by the vocifdogs and receives any kind of consideration erous opposition of the American Kennel Club’s for breeding or transferring even a single dog. Government Relations Dept., the AKC’s Illinois’ The common practice of offering a stud dog federation, and dog owners. But the movement and receiving a puppy back from the resulthas apparently caught on, as has the effort to ing litter could result in being considered a equate all USDA-licensed breeders with “puppy commercial breeder and having to adhere to mills” and proposals to require pet stores to sell expensive licensing and onerous regulations. only “shelter or rescue pets.” These typically inFurthermore, current Iowa law also devolve vague numbers that aren’t substantiated fines a “pet shop” as an establishment where with hard facts or figures. Rather than addressa dog is bought, sold or offered for sale and ing unregulated breeders importing dogs from the only ones who qualify for exemptions are out of state and owners who fail to properly those who receive less than $500 a year for identify or microchip their pets to aid in recovery, the sale of animals or those who sell or exthese bills paint all breeders with the same broad change fewer than 6 dogs. Considering that brush and blame them for the propagation of an adoption fees in many states cost more than unregulated shelter and rescue system. Repu$500 for a single dog, it’s hard to fathom how table hobby breeders aren’t puppy mills nor do one can sell five dogs for under $500 in order they contribute to a pet overpopulation problem to not be considered a pet shop. These su(whether real or exaggerated), but they do vet perfluous proposals are either misguided or their potential owners and guarantee their dogs.
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Supporters of such bills are either barking up the wrong tree or they’re falling for the crafty tactics of the AR extremists who use incendiary language and inflated figures to veil their true agenda. Illinois managed to rustle up the necessary support to defeat a similar proposal, and it’s hoped that Iowans didn’t get their fill of political mudslinging this week and were able to do the same. Dog owners in Georgia are facing a proposed ordinance that would require spay/neuter for all impounded dogs and cats regardless of the circumstances. The Augusta-Richmond County Commission was scheduled to vote this week on a provision that would require a dog or cat that is impounded for any reason to be sterilized. This is particularly troubling in light of the fact that stories abound of animals being unjustifiably impounded and also raises concern due to the plethora of legislation being proposed that would allow people to remove animals from cars if they perceive them to be in danger. A combination of these two would be a recipe for disaster. The Augusta-Richmond proposal refuses to take into consideration whether or not it was the animal’s first time at large, whether it was transferred from another shelter, whether the animal escaped by accident, was let loose by a postal or utility worker, or whether the animal is clearly identified or microchipped. The wording is such that an unrestrained animal that never leaves its owner’s property could be subject to impoundment and sterilization. This is one of those proposals that is met with an attitude of “it can’t happen here” but it can and it does. Mandatory spay/neuter made up 16.9 percent of all local canine legislation matters in 2015, a year in which nearly 1800 bills were tracked by the AKC’s GR Dept., and it has already been considered in other localities this year. Dog owners everywhere should be prepared to combat it in their local legislatures or better yet, enlighten their representatives about responsible dog ownership before the issue appears.
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The Rockwall Cluster Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, February 26, 27 & 28, 2016 Supported Entries ALL THREE DAYS ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Wallkill Kennel Club Friday Feb. 26, 2016 Best In Show Mr. William R Russell Sporting Group: Mrs. Sheila DiNardo Brittany Lagotto Romagnolo Pointer German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Chesapeake Bay Retriever Curly-Coated Retriever Flat-Coated Retriever Field Spaniel Irish Water Spaniel Sussex Spaniel Welsh Springer Spaniel Spinone Italiano Vizsla Weimaraner Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever English Setter Gordon Setter Irish Setter Irish Red and White Setter American Water Spaniel Boykin Spaniel Clumber Spaniel. Mr. Eugene Blake: Cocker Spaniel Black English Springer Spaniel Daniel G Sena D.D.S. Cocker Spaniel ASCOB Cocker Spaniel Parti English Cocker Spaniel. Mr. William R Russell: Golden Retriever Labrador Retriever Hound Group: Mr. Nathaniel Horn Afghan Hound American English Coonhound American Foxhound Basenji Basset Hound Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Borzoi Cirneco dell’Etna Dachshund (Longhaired) Dachshund (Smooth) Dachshund (Wirehaired) English Foxhound Greyhound Harrier Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Norwegian Elkhound Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pharaoh Hound Plott Portuguese Podengo Pequeno Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Saluki Scottish Deerhound Sloughi Treeing Walker Coonhound Whippet. Mr. Eugene Blake: Beagle (13 in. and under) Beagle (over 13 in.) Working Group: Mrs. Sheila DiNardo Rottweiler Samoyed Samoyed Tibetan Mastiff Mastiff Mastiff. Carolyn A Herbel: Akita Alaskan Malamute Alaskan Malamute Alaskan Malamute Boxer Doberman Pinscher German Pinscher. Mr. Robert J Caswell: Black Russian Terrier Cane Corso Cane Corso Dogue de Bordeaux Giant Schnauzer Great Dane. Mrs. Gay Kuehnel-Hisatake (p): Boerboel Bernese Mountain Dog Bullmastiff Bullmastiff St. Bernard Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Komondor Kuvasz Leonberger Standard Schnauzer. Mr. James R Deppen: Newfoundland Neapolitan Mastiff. Terrier Group: Carolyn A Herbel Airedale Terrier American Hairless Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Colored Bull Terrier White Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Wire Fox Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Standard Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Toy Group: Ms. Gay Dunlap Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Long Coat Chihuahua Smooth Coat Chihuahua Chinese Crested Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel King Charles & Ruby English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Maltese Toy Manchester Terrier Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Toy Poodle Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier Non-Sporting Group: Mr. Eugene Blake American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-Pei Chow Chow Coton de Tulear Finnish Spitz French Bulldog Keeshond Lhasa Apso Lowchen Norwegian Lundehund Miniature Poodle Standard Poodle Shiba Inu Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Xoloitzcuintli. Mr. James R Deppen: Dalmatian. Mr. Nathaniel Horn (p): Schipperke. Herding Group: Mr. Nathaniel Horn Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bergamasco Berger Picard Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog Mr. Robert J Caswel: Cardigan Welsh Corgi Rough Collie Smooth Collie Entlebucher Mountain Dog Finnish Lapphund German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog Miniature American Shepherd Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi Polish Lowland Sheepdog Puli Pyrenean Shepherd Shetland Sheepdog Spanish Water Dog Swedish Vallhund Miscellaneous: Ms. Gay Dunlap Azawakh Belgian Laekenois Dogo Argentino Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen Nederlandse Kooikerhondje Norrbottenspets Peruvian Inca Orchid Portuguese Podengo Pumi. Junior Showmanship (Indoors ): Mr. William R Russell
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Field House, 145 College Rd. Suffern, New York 10901 Rockland County Kennel Club Saturday Feb. 27, 2016
Best In Show: Mrs. Sheila DiNardo NOHS Best In Show: Mrs. Sheila DiNardo Sporting Group: Mr. Nathaniel Horn NOHS Sporting Group Mr. Nathaniel Horn Brittany Lagotto Romagnolo Pointer German Shorthaired Pointer American Water Spaniel Boykin Spaniel Clumber Spaniel Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever English Setter Gordon Setter Irish Setter. Mrs. Sheila DiNardo: German Wirehaired Pointer Cocker Spaniel Black Irish Red and White Setter Cocker Spaniel Black English Cocker Spaniel Field Spaniel FlatCoated Retriever Golden Retriever Labrador Retriever. Mrs. Danelle M Brown (p): Chesapeake Bay Retriever Curly-Coated RetrieverEnglish Springer Spaniel Welsh Springer Spaniel Spinone Italiano Vizsla Weimaraner Mr. William R Russell: Irish Water Spaniel Sussex Spaniel Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla. Daniel G Sena D.D.S.: Cocker Spaniel ASCOB Cocker Spaniel Parti Hound Group: Mr. Eugene Blake NOHS Hound Group: Jennie Behles Mr. William R Russell: Afghan Hound American English Coonhound American Foxhound Basset Hound. Jennie Behles: Basenji Portuguese Podengo Pequeno.Mr. Nathaniel Horn: Beagle (13 in. and under) Beagle (over 13 in.). Ms. Gay Dunlap: Dachshund (Longhaired) Dachshund (Smooth) Dachshund (Wirehaired). Mr. Eugene Blake: Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Borzoi Cirneco dell’Etna English Foxhound Greyhound Harrier Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Norwegian Elkhound Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pharaoh Hound Plott Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Saluki Scottish Deerhound Sloughi Treeing Walker Coonhound Whippet. Working Group: Dr. Anthony D DiNardo NOHS Working Group: Mr. Ralph (Sonny) Ambrosio David Chan (p): Akita Alaskan Malamute Bernese Mountain Dog Bullmastiff Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Newfoundland Portuguese Water Dog Rottweiler Samoyed Siberian Husky Tibetan Mastiff. Mrs. Sheila DiNardo: Anatolian Shepherd Dog Black Russian Terrier Cane Corso Chinook German Pinscher Giant Schnauzer St. Bernard Standard Schnauzer. Mr. Robert J Caswell: Boerboel Boxer Leonberger Doberman Pinscher. Carolyn A Herbel: Great Dane Komondor Kuvasz Neapolitan Mastiff. Jennie Behles (p): Dogue de Bordeaux. Mr. William E Hempel: Mastiff. Terrier Group: Ms. Gay Dunlap NOHS Terrier Group: Mr. Ralph (Sonny) Ambrosio Ms. Gay Dunlap: Airedale Terrier American Hairless Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrie Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Colored Bull Terrier White Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Wire Fox Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Standard Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier. Toy Group: Mr. William R Russell NOHS Toy Group: Mr. Ralph (Sonny) Ambrosio Mr. William R Russell: Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Long Coat Chihuahua Smooth Coat Chihuahua Chinese Crested Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel King Charles & Ruby English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Maltese Toy Manchester Terrier Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Toy Poodle Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier. Non-Sporting Group: Carolyn A Herbel NOHS Non-Sporting Group: Carolyn A Herbel Mr. Nathaniel Horn (p): American Eskimo Dog Coton de Tulear Finnish Spitz Norwegian Lundehund. Mrs. Janice G Pardue: Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chow Chow Chinese SharPei Miniature Poodle Standard Poodle Schipperke Shiba Inu Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier French Bulldog Keeshond Lhasa Apso. Mr. Eugene Blake: Dalmatian. Dr. Anthony D DiNardo: Lowchen Xoloitzcuintli. Herding Group: Dr. Carol White-Moser NOHS Herding Group: Dr. Anthony D DiNardo Kathryn Madden (p): Australian Cattle Dog Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bouvier des Flandres Cardigan Welsh Corgi Norwegian Buhund. Dr. Carol WhiteMoser: Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Bergamasco Berger Picard Border Collie Briard Canaan Dog Rough Collie Smooth Collie Entlebucher Mountain Dog Finnish Lapphund German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog Miniature American Shepherd Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Mr. Nathaniel Horn: Polish Lowland Sheepdog Puli Pyrenean Shepherd Spanish Water Dog. Mrs. Danelle M Brown: Shetland Sheepdog Swedish Vallhund. Miscellaneous: Mrs. Janice G Pardue Azawakh Belgian Laekenois Dogo Argentino Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen Nederlandse Kooikerhondje Norrbottenspets Peruvian Inca Orchid Portuguese Podengo Pumi. Junior Showmanship (Indoors ): Mr. Robert J Caswell
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Rockland County Kennel Club Sunday Feb. 28, 2016 Best In Show: Mr. Eugene Blake Sporting Group: Mr. William R Russell Brittany Lagotto Romagnolo Pointer German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Chesapeake Bay Retriever Curly-Coated Retriever Flat-Coated Retriever. Mr. Eugene Blake: Golden Retriever Labrador Retriever American Water Spaniel. Mrs. Danelle M Brown: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever English Setter Gordon Setter Irish Setter Irish Red and White Setter Boykin Spaniel Clumber Spaniel. Mr. Nathaniel Horn: Cocker Spaniel Black Cocker Spaniel ASCOBCocker Spaniel Parti English Cocker Spaniel English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Irish Water Spaniel Sussex Spaniel Welsh Springer Spaniel Spinone Italiano Vizsla Weimaraner Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla. Hound Group: Dr. Carol White-Moser (p) Afghan Hound American English Coonhound American Foxhound Basenji Basset Hound Beagle (13 in. and under) Beagle (over 13 in.) Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Borzoi Cirneco dell’Etna English Foxhound Greyhound Harrier Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Norwegian Elkhound Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pharaoh Hound Plott Portuguese Podengo Pequeno Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Saluki Scottish Deerhound Sloughi Treeing Walker Coonhound Whippet. Mr. Eugene Blake: Dachshund (Longhaired) Dachshund (Smooth) Dachshund (Wirehaired). Working Group: Mrs. Gay Kuehnel-Hisatake (p) Mr. Fred G Ferris: Akita Alaskan Malamute Bernese Mountain Dog Bullmastiff German Pinscher Giant Schnauzer Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Great Pyrenees Newfoundland. Mr. Robert J Caswell: Anatolian Shepherd DogKomondor Kuvasz Rottweiler St. Bernard Samoyed Siberian Husky Standard Schnauzer Tibetan Mastiff Neapolitan Mastiff. Mrs. Gay Kuehnel-Hisatake (p): Black Russian Terrier Cane Corso Chinook Dogue de Bordeaux. Mrs. Sheila DiNardo: Boerboel Boxer Doberman Pinscher Great Dane Leonberger. Carolyn A Herbel: Portuguese Water Dog. Mr. John Constantine (p): Mastiff. Terrier Group: Mr. Fred G Ferris Airedale Terrier American Hairless Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Colored Bull Terrier White Bull Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Wire Fox Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Standard Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull TerrierMiniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier. Mrs. Christine E Calcinari (p): Cairn Terrier. Toy Group: Mrs. Janice G Pardue Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Long Coat Chihuahua Smooth Coat Chihuahua Chinese Crested Blenheim & Prince Charles English Toy Spaniel King Charles & Ruby English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Maltese Toy Manchester Terrier Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier. Mr. Eugene Blake: Pug. Mrs. Christine E Calcinari (p): Toy Poodle. Non-Sporting Group: Mrs. Christine E Calcinari (p) Carolyn A Herbel: American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-Pei Chow Chow Coton de Tulear Finnish Spitz French Bulldog Keeshond Lhasa Apso Lowchen Norwegian Lundehund Miniature Poodle Standard Poodle Schipperke Shiba Inu Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Xoloitzcuintli. Mrs. Janice G Pardue: Dalmatian. Herding Group: Mrs. Danelle M Brown Mr. Robert J Caswell: Australian Cattle DogAustralian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bergamasco Berger Picard Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog. Mrs. Danelle M Brown: Cardigan Welsh Corgi Rough Collie Smooth Collie Entlebucher Mountain Dog Finnish Lapphund German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog Miniature American Shepherd Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi Puli Pyrenean Shepherd Spanish Water Dog. Mr. Nathaniel Horn: Shetland Sheepdog. Dr. Carol White-Moser: Polish Lowland Sheepdog Swedish Vallhund. Miscellaneous: Mr. Eugene Blake Azawakh Belgian Laekenois Dogo Argentino Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen Nederlandse Kooikerhondje Norrbottenspets Peruvian Inca Orchid Portuguese Podengo Pumi. Junior Showmanship (Indoors ): Mr. Eugene Blake
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"Perhaps with the ever increasing number of judges judging more and more breeds, this is the time to just admit that we have fewer true judges that anyone could label as “professional” who actually make a living off of judging."
been thought to be travel, lodging and meals, but some Delegates with a winkand-nod have been known to take those expenses to new heights that are equal or beyond those of upfront fee-charging judges. Perhaps with the ever increasing number of judges judging more and more breeds, this is the time to just admit that we have fewer true judges that anyone could label as “professional” who actually make a living off of judging. Hence, the impact of fee-charging judges on the Delegate Body and any decisions they might make while wearing both hats would be nil. They have no say over the judging process in regards to lining their own pockets, hence no conflict of interest. Of course, the obvious conclusion to be drawn from all of this is two-fold: 1) recognize that we are dealing with an American Kennel Club Bylaw provision that cannot and should not just be changed on a whim – any change should withstand the test of time. Therefore, we must think long-range and establishing a set monetary figure in the Bylaws is short sighting the process; and 2) professional judges are dinosaurs. The judges of today who make a living off of judging dogs are few and far between and those who do so are not likely to be interested in or have the time to serve as Delegates. It goes without saying that the Delegate Body needs new blood infused with true dog knowledge and an understanding of the dog world and how it functions. While there are many Delegates who serve with good intentions and do great things, there are others who are there to keep seats warm, socialize and represent clubs as best they can. The turnover is enormous as well-meaning Delegates 58 Dog News
quickly become dissatisfied with the system, are burdened by the expense of attending meetings and/ or the need to take off from work or use valuable vacation days to attend meetings where little may be actually accomplished. Many times the official Delegate meetings are in and out affairs lasting just a couple of hours. It is important for Delegates and the fancy to recall the fact that AKC pays each member of its Board of Directors, who must come from the Delegate Body, a Directorship fee plus all expenses. Therefore, using this as a guideline, there is no reason why fee-charging judges – many of whom do not net in judging fees anywhere near as much as the Directors’ fees – should not also be eligible to be Delegates without monetary restriction. On another note, it was interesting to read in the December minutes of the Delegates’ meeting that the proposed amendment to the Bylaws to eliminate the Term Limit for AKC Board of Directors (in this case, members can serve for two consecutive four-year terms, but must sit one year off before being eligible to seek reelection) was defeated because it did not receive the necessary two-thirds “in favor” vote of those present and voting. The Term Limit as presently written in the Bylaws serves no value and this amendment should have been passed. One wonders if the Delegates really understood what they were voting for. If one believes in Term Limits then the Limit should be for a full term or four years, otherwise have no limits at all and let the Delegates make their Directorship choices from those amongst them who have been either nominated or petitioned to run. This is the most democratic way.
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Background Checking Your Customers?
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Then a couple of weeks later we had a call from a little old lady. Presented herself as a widow, desperately missing her husband and Fox Terrier who both passed away a couple of weeks ago. Came with a very believable story about her previous dogs, all from Harrow-on-the Hill. And I felt so sorry for the little lady so promised her a male, only pet quality, which she said was all she could afford, but with a lovely temperament. The joy of this message left her sobbing uncontrollably. The following day the lady turned up in a black London Cab, which probably cost more than she paid for the puppy. But with hat and handbag, her young daughter in tow it all seemed like the joy of a lifetime. It felt so good to witness her delight when she met her new friend. And as requested by all, she promised to keep in touch and let us know if there was a problem- and if for any reason she could not keep him, return him to us. For all of us a very emotional experience. Hearing nothing we thought everything was fine. Until we got the next months Kennel Gazette telling us that the KC had issued an export pedigree to a country in the Far East. I found out that the application was sent in the day after the puppy was picked up- and the new owner was by chance the guy who for months in vain had tried to buy from us. And would you believe it, the telephone she had called from was disconnected! We have friends who whenever they sell a puppy make a home visit, require references, escort their puppy to the new home to observe how the puppy fits into the family, etc., etc. All very admirable, but we have never had the time to make that kind of effort, but followed up with calls and always promised to help with any problems, grooming, etc., etc. When exporting dogs to people we did not know, we always asked for references or if knowing people in the same area trying to find out if this would be a good home.
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Despite this we sadly experienced some horror stories that will haunt us forever. When you export a couple of dogs to a couple because of glowing references from a very respected handler you wouldn’t expect any problems. When the 2 dogs seemed as if simply having vanished into thin air along with their owner, you make another enquiry to the “reference” just to be told he had only met them at a couple of shows, and they seemed so nice, but had no clue about their whereabouts. And after 30 years, we still don’t know what happened. Another story never to be forgotten. Another young couple –again with the best of recommendations-purchased a pair of WFTs from us. All seemed well until we a few months later were told that these 2- along with a bunch of other terriers- had been left at Mike Kemp’s doorstep. We were of course relieved to know they were safe-and eventually ended up in good hands in Constantine, MI. But again it is just another example of not judging a book by its cover- and at least not giving people references unless you really know them well. And as a breeder and seller of these dogs you feel betrayed yourself and that you also have betrayed your dogs. So if you wonder why I do not breed dogs on a regular basis any more, the answer is that I feel I haven’t got the time and energy to do the necessary background check on potential puppy buyers to avoid that situations like the mentioned never happen again. And which I know many responsible breeders do meticulously- and I think should be every breeder’s commitment and responsibility. It is a fact, however, that however much you try, there will always be times you make mistakes. And they can be hard to get over and most likely never forgotten.
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in season can greatly decrease the stress on the male dogs. Several studies have demonstrated that spayed female and neutered male dogs live longer than do intact bitches or dogs. Exactly why this is has not been reported. There is no evidence that shows a decrease in trainability of working female dogs after being spayed. Performance activities are easier pursued without having to sit out events while the bitch is in season. I do, however, support the concept of clubs changing these rules and allowing bitches in season to compete. An alternative to an ovariohysterectomy is a hysterectomy. In this case, the uterus is removed while the ovaries are left in place. The ovaries will continue to produce hormones. The bitch will still have heat cycles and be receptive to breeding. Some studies suggest that there is a benefit to continued hormone production. One obvious benefit of continued estrogen production is the prevention of hormonal urinary incontinence that can affect bitches following an ovariohysterectomy.
Is there an injection for dogs that will prevent heartworm disease? ProHeart 6 is an injectable form of the drug, moxidectin. One sustained release injection is said to protect a dog against heartworm disease for 6 complete months. ProHeart 6 is for use in dogs 6 months of age and older. It also treats hookworm infections that are present at the time of injection. Moxidectin is a semi-synthetic mexothime derivative of nemadectin. It causes paralysis and death of the larval stage of the heartworm. Following injection, peak levels of moxidectin are seen in 7-14 days, with small amounts of the drug remaining in the system after 6 months. Little or no drug accumulation is expected to occur with repeated injections. The product is injected subcutaneously in the left or right side of the top of the neck above the shoulder blade. The location of the injection should be noted (left or right side) so that any reactions are recorded and the next injection is given on the opposite side. To ensure accurate dosing, each dose should be based on the dog’s weight at the time of the injection. Growing puppies should not be given higher doses in anticipation of their expected adult weight. ProHeart 6 should not be given to sick, debilitated, or underweight dogs. Before receiving a ProHeart 6 injection, dogs should be tested for existing heartworm infections. Dogs testing 62 Dog News
positive should be treated to remove adult heartworms. ProHeart 6 is not effective against adult heartworms, and while the number of microfilariae may decrease after treatment, ProHeart 6 will not remove them completely. ProHeart 6 should not be given at the same time vaccinations are administered. Serious reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been reported when ProHeart 6 and vaccines are administered at the same time. Other side effects include vomiting, diarrhea and sensitivity at the site of the injection. There are many medications available to treat and prevent parasites in dogs. Remembering to give them monthly can be challenging, even for the most conscientious dog owner. ProHeart 6 provides continuous protection for 6 months. There is no need for giving pills or applying topic liquids every month. ProHeart 6 has been taken safely by a wide variety of breeds, pregnant and nursing bitches, stud dogs, and ivermectin-sensitive collies.
Can my dog get his flea, tick and heartworm medication while he is receiving chemotherapy for cancer? What about his vaccinations? I would take a few things into consideration in this case before deciding what other products should be given to a dog undergoing chemotherapy. Based on where you live and the season, if the risk of exposure to fleas, ticks and mosquitos is high, you may choose to use preventive medications. Myelosuppression resulting from chemotherapy is different than immunosuppression. Myelosuppression refers to a decrease in bone marrow activity which results in reduced numbers of red bloods cells, white blood cells and platelets in the circulating blood. Immunosuppression refers to a reduction in the ability to fight infection. Dogs receiving chemotherapy, although myelosuppressed, are usually able to mount a response when their immune system is challenged with a vaccine. However, it is not certain whether certain cancers will ultimately result in a compromised immune system. Therefore, many oncologists do not recommend vaccinating dogs while they are undergoing chemotherapy to avoid any unnecessary stress on the immune system. Dogs at risk are able to receive flea, tick and heartworm preventives. There are no reports of contraindications to using these products along with chemotherapy.
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f you came to Florida for the January circuit, you got none of those. Except possibly the margarita. The weather was atrocious, start to finish, with a very few nice days thrown in. If you are a Florida Circuit aficionado, to do the whole thing, you will exhibit in 10 shows in 11 days in Brooksville, then stay on for three blank days and add four more shows in Ocala. Fourteen shows in 18 days. That is a schedule for only the hardiest of dogs. It is a grueling, ballbusting schedule that frays many human nerves. By about the 6th or 7th show, some dogs don’t want to go back in their crates, some get loose stools and others cough. The humans invent new ways to care for them. This year, many of the out-of-towners could be seen exercising dogs from bicycles, motorized scooters and golf carts. The folks in the motorhomes get a chance at making fast friends. Many ideas about breeding and showing are exchanged between the aisles of Florida Classic Park’s 350 RV sites. During wind and rain and cold, campers hunkered down on the sprawling 50 acres like General Patton’s Seventh Army at the Battle of the Bulge. The camaraderie was tight as soldiers, when you have to count on help from the guy at your side. Officials of the clubs were thrilled to find their entry was up by about 200 dogs. Each show chair had to juggle some judges and find spares for the overflow. As far as problems go, having your show overdraw is a good one. The Florida Gulf Coast Cluster is put on by five Tampa area kennel clubs: Manatee, Clearwater, Inverness, Tampa Bay and Pasco. Tampa Bay Show Chair Joe Napolitano said the club got a lot of compliments on their improvements to the showgrounds, which included a building with real restrooms. That was a hit with everyone, because there’s nothing worse than being in a plastic Porta-Potty with cold rain beating down on the roof and three-inch deep puddles waiting to trap you right outside the swinging door. The new restrooms were warm and out of the weather.
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When you think of a Florida vacation, you think of hot sun and warm beaches, gentle breezes and bare legs and sandals. You imagine yourself tanning a golden brown on a wicker lounge, then diving into a bright blue swimming pool before toweling off to sip a pink, salty margarita. By Sharon Sakson Photos by Sarah Murphy
A new pavilion put a roof over dozens of grooming set-ups. You could also rent a parking space with electric connection at the Park and leave your gear there at night. Lots of exhibitors took advantage of that. Five different clubs trying to coordinate led to some strange judging schedules. Doug Johnson found himself judging Sporting dogs Thursday and Hounds on Saturday with Friday in between as a day off. Partner and fellow judge Jamie Hubbard flew in to spend the day at Universal Theme Park in Orlando with him. “We’re doing the whole thing, Harry Potter, Skull Island, the Rockit, everything,” said Jamie with Australian enthusiasm. “He says he’s just doing it for me but once we get
there, he’s going to love that roller coaster.” One of the clubs, Inverness, is folding because of lack of members. Joe Napolitano said, “There are two clubs talking to us about possibly coming in and taking their dates. But if they don’t, we’ll be eights shows instead of ten – still a lot. Handlers told us they would still come down.” Groups and Bests in Show were won by a variety of different dogs, no one dog dominated. The Boxer Ch. Mephisto’s Speak of the Devil had the best score, with four Bests out of Brooksville’s ten shows. The Italian Greyhound, Ch. Marchwind’s Barbara Ann, won Best on Friday, January 15 and a Dalmatian, Ch. Spotted Bliss Oreo Delight, won Saturday. Nancy Shaw’s French Bulldog Ch. Klasse Warrior Raising the Banner scored a Sunday Best in Show in Brooksville followed by a Sunday Best in Show the following weekend in Ocala, which made her long trip out from Fredericksburg, Texas, worthwhile. After Monday through Wednesday off, shows started up again one-hour north in Ocala with The Greater Gainesville Dog Fanciers Association and Lake Eustis Kennel Club each holding two shows. The smooth standard Dachshund Ch. Passport What Did You Say SS took Best in Show twice for
he Florida Circuit 2016 owner/breeder/handler Arvind de Braganca. Friday’s Best in Show went to the Dalmatian Ch. Spotlight Maybe It’s Maybelline from Ohio. Another fallout of the bad weather was very few spectators watching ringside in Brooksville. One of the few was Kelly Rivers, formerly the manager of one of the five local hotels clustered near the show site. She said she came every year to look up some of the handlers and show addicts. About being front desk manager at a dog show hotel, she mused, “They all want the same style room – the down and out, so they can avoid the pet fee by keeping the dogs in their vans. Of course, some don’t keep the dogs in the vans. “The worst I ever saw was 26 dogs in one room. We had to enter as the alarm clock was going off and dogs were barking, and there was no answer on the phone or at the door. “This woman had insisted she shouldn’t have to pay a pet fee because her dogs would not be in her room. We counted 26 dogs, little dogs like Chihuahuas and Pomeranians and Dachshunds. “The club was good, though, they helped out with anyone behaving badly. Joe Napolitano came over and if people were giving us trouble, he spoke to them. That helped a lot.” “Most people were very, very nice and treated our staff respectfully and kindly. “I had one guy who came every year and always wanted the down and out room. One year, he forgot to reserve it. I said, ‘I’m going to give you a better room.’ He said, ‘No, it’s in the walkway.’ “I put him in the room. Two days later he showed up thanking me. It worked out well; he was getting more sleep than usual because it was quiet. After that, he took that same room all the time.” “We try to make everybody happy. We charge a pet fee but it all goes into the cleaning. We have to strip the room completely, fog for fleas, shampoo the carpet, and do the laundry twice. That’s because dog hair doesn’t come out of the towels. Anything from a dog room has to be washed twice. There is a three to five-day window during which we can’t rent the room because we’re treating it.” What was the worst experience she ever
had with the dog show people? “There was a lady who said that our housekeeper let two dogs out of her room.” Kelly got mad just remembering this. “The dogs were tall, like Greyhounds. We saw them run out front of the hotel and across Route 50. We didn’t know whose they were. They could have gotten killed. They ran all the way to the showgrounds and found their owner. The owner was shocked because she had left them with the handler. She came to the front desk very angry. We went out and there was the handler in her robe and slippers, calling for the dogs. She smelled like alcohol at ten o’clock in the morning. “She said the housekeeper had let the dogs out. But we showed her that the head housekeeper had documented a “Do Not Disturb” sign on that room. When the housekeepers start, they don’t enter those rooms. “We also get the people with the fake service dogs. If they can prove it’s a service dog, we can’t charge them the pet fee. A couple years ago we had a lady with a Boxer, claiming it was a service dog. But she was grooming him and going to the show just like everybody else. She was definitely faking. Maybe not so much faking as just flat out lying. “One of our housekeepers was deathly afraid of dogs. When she approached a room, she would jingle her keys, because most dogs would bark at that. This one room had no pet fee on it, but she jingled her keys anyway. No barking, so she goes in. She was face to face with two Rottweilers. She was frozen in fear. That owner was locked out of his room. We told him he would have to pay double the pet fee and a fine for not reporting the dogs. The housekeeper almost had a stroke. “It’s that type of thing that causes issues for the dog show. But most people are good. Most are friendly and respectful to the staff. You get less tips for the housekeepers from dog show people. They figure, they paid the pet fee. But the pet fee goes to cleaning supplies, not to the housekeepers. “One time, the nicest lady in the whole wide world came to me and asked if there was a taxi. I told her no. She needed someone picked up at the airport who was coming from Washington State. I said it would cost at least $100 to take taxi from
“Another guy we fined said, ‘You know, I don’t care, it was all worth it because we won Best in Show.
the airport. But let me see what I could do. I got my mother to pick her up. For people who are so nice, you really want to help them. “Another lady asked where she could get an interpreter? A guy was coming from Brazil who did not speak English. He was going to buy some dogs. She needed an interpreter for Portuguese. I could not help her with that one. This is Brooksville!” By this she means that Brooksville is primarily a rural farming community. There are more cattle and horses than residents. Interpreters are in short supply. Kelly continued, “One time my mom was watching this very stylish guy with two Poodles. The Poodles were gorgeous. The guy was dressed like a fashion model. Then he went and got into this old beat up car that sounded like it was going to die at any minute! My mom said, ‘How could that guy have expensive Poodles and such a cheap car?’ “I told her, he invested in the dogs, trying to make a name for them so he can breed them and get top dollar.” As we all know, this is the usual way non-dog show people make sense of our behavior. We must be doing it for the money. Why else would an owner of glamorous dogs drive a jalopy? Kelly chuckled about another memory. “We locked another lady out of her room when we found a dog in there. She came to the front desk and said, ‘There is no dog in my room, give me my key.’ I said, ‘Lets go down to your room together and make sure.’ She said, ‘I can’t, I’m very tired. Do it in the morning.’ I said, ‘If you’ve been gone all day, there’s no way a dog could have gotten in.’ She said, ‘Oh, for heaven’s sake, put the pet fee on the bill.’ I said, ‘There’s a fine.’ She said, ‘Put the fine on there, too.’ The way she talked, I had a feeling she didn’t have to pay the bill herself. Somebody else probably had to pay it. “Another guy we fined said, ‘You know, I don’t care, it was all worth it because we won Best in Show.’ “I like to see my customers happy! When everybody can be made happy, life is good.” For all you northerners who trekked down for the January circuit, I would like to say I’m writing this on February 1. The sun is shining and breezes are warm. In a minute, I’m going to make myself a margarita and get in the hot tub. Come back next year. We’ll see what we can do about the weather.
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until today are part of my life, the merriest part of course. This good humored, and positive minded people takes dog breeding and ownership as a compassionate mission, and are tutoring the newcomers day and night (of course everything has exceptions, but this is what they are: exceptions). I am lucky and proud to have Enrique Graziano, the owner of Canil di Graziano, as one of my dear friends. He is a role model of this big sized dog’s breeding referred to in the USA popularly as NEO. He is well known for his dogs not only in Brazil but worldwide. Enrique’s life is divided between his family, his NEOs, Brazil, Italy, and any part of the world where the NEO’s breeding and exhibiting shows up. In fact he is worried about the breed’s situation and its future in the modern world where the original utility of a given breed is almost totally needles, and their preservation depends on the knowledge, and good will of very serious and dedicated persons. Naturally this subject needed serious and trustable help, and Enrique introduced us to a few competent Italian Breeders who will transmit their positions concerning NEOs: Sandro Gazzolo (Aleesandria, North of Italy), Sandro Ardloino (Naples), and Nello Vaccaro (Roma), and De Falco Iovane Francesco. President of the Italian SAMN (Societa Amatori Mastino Napoletano) club. Enrique Graziano – Di Graziano Kennel – Sao Paulo, Brazil Firstly I want to introduce you Mr. Graziano, a NEO breeder for over 30 years. Enrique’s passion for these Matiffs began when he was a child. His uncles, Italian immigrants, told him histories about a brave, intelligent, heavy and strong Cane’e Presa they had working in great numbers at the farm of their father in the thirties. With the passing of time the Cane’e Presa, glorified by the uncles, turned out to be the officially recognized Mastino Napoletano. From a child’s dream to the Neo breeding some years and many experiences had passed and today he owns one of the largest and most respected NEO breeding kennels in the world. The kennel is situated in Enrique’s farm in
Jundiai, about one hour by car from Sao Paulo city and houses 30 adult NEOs. Mr. Graziano’s biggest preoccupation – not only in Brazil but in any place where a NEO shows up - is the health, the preservation of the original rusticity of the breed, and to avoid erroneous interpretation of the desired type from the written standard. Involved in Club activities for over 20 years, Enrique is the co-founder and president for two terms of the Brazilian SOMAN (Sociedade do Mastino Napolitano), and is a member of the Italian SAMN (Societa Amatori Mastino Napoletao). He is an active collaborator, counselor and planner of specific studies concerning the breed, working side by side with teachers and Veterinarians at the Veterinary and Zoo technical University of Alfenas (Minas Gerais). Mr. Graziano’s worry about the Italian Specialty Shows is the polemic point of view of some exhibitors and judges. He would like to see more requirements in the making of a champion, not only because champions are commonly favored in many breeding programs, but because of wrong influence they may spread over amatory breeding. Therefore, as in any breed, simply finishing a championship does not make a dog a qualified producer or a positive influence on a breeding program. This kind of mentality does not help in the serious breeding, and the uncontrolled popularity does not help either. In my opinion –says Enrique- the critical moment the breed went through was caused by some breeders who had no idea about the history and the development of the breed. These people hadn’t seen the golden era of the NEOs around the 80/90s. The majority of the newcomers showed up about this time when it became “fashionable” to own a NEO, and the selection was made only on impressive looks, or the exaggerated amount of loose skin, forgetting or forgiving the many important parts of the standard. Consequently these breeders lost the typical expression of the breed. It is really very difficult to preserve a breed if the people involved never bothered to see a true and typical Neapolitan Mastiff or participate in a symposium where they could see and discuss the correct specimens presented as models, he says. My greatest mission is to help the newcomers to find the correct, typical NEO and together perpetuate these noble giants showing their intelligence and working capability. This is my goal and preoccupation. There is a black hole between the group of concerned breeders, and a large group of amateur and commercial breeders. I am sure that we need to form a group that understands the expenses regarding a giant dog, and has an unparalleled dedication toward the preservation of the correct type, health, function, rusticity, and feeding of this intelligent and secular breed, selecting and overlooking, rigorously checking where we let our puppies go? In the last years I am following closely the North Continued on page 68
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American breeding that is blooming, and growing in the right direction. I am happy to see many well built dogs with great structure, and admire the North American breeder’s concern with the dog’s health, and their control over any excess, especially regarding the amount of skin covering the head, dewlap, and wrinkles. I am sure about the bright future of our magnificent breed in the North American breeder’s hands. Curious about the Italian breeder’s point of view Enrique introduced me to three respected and studious breeders in Italy, the nest of these magnificent Molossers. Sandro Gazzolo (Alevamento Di Timone – Alessandria, North of Italy)) In my opinion the future is better for the breed abroad than in Italy itself, especially in the Americas, precisely in Mexico and Brazil. One point where I disagree with the South American breeding is the confusion made between excess and tipicity of the breed, especially regarding the skin. By the other side, I like to see the careful importations they make, and the worry regarding the animal’s health, which in my opinion is the primordial factor for the dogs’ working capability and the correct breed type. Sandro Ardolino (Alevamento Santino, Naples) My worry with the breed goes far above the frontiers. I see in Italy as in other places a tendency of losing the essence of the breed. To pay attention to health and function is important; these are the pillars of any breed, but the correct selection of this True Mollosser is very difficult and only a few can look and see this important point. A Mastino Napoletano must be seen personally and shouldn’t be evaluated or acquired by photos or videos. Nowadays we have a lot of “social-net” breeders who dictate their particular taste and role models. They influence decisions, without enough knowledge about the differences of a Vero Mastino Napoletano from a dog that is big, has big bones and a lot of skin. This is what I am afraid of. I would not point out a country where the breeding is worse or better, but I can affirm that there are very few serious breeders who really know the breed and are doing a good job in their own breeding. These kinds of breeders are few, so few that if I count them in one hand’s fingers it may not reach the number five. Nello Vaccaro – (Alevamento della Rupo – Ardea, Roma) First of all I want to salute and welcome the North American NEO fanciers. I am a passionate breeder of Napoletano, a dog whose major fault is to steal your heart. I have been involved in the breed for many years, and assure you that it is a difficult and delicate breed to work with. My greatest effort is the selection of typical and functional animals considering besides the well balanced body also a trustable and balanced character, avoiding to breed spooky or vicious dogs, excessively heavy, overloaded, with a great quantity of loose skin causing problems. My Mastiffs should be heavy to a point up to preserve its agility, able to make fast movements capable to defend and guard his master and belongings. Presently it’s very difficult to select a good dog because the breed’s health problems, but I am sure that the correct and serious selection will 68 Dog News
produce healthy and strong animals, and hope to contribute breeding well balanced and typical NEOs. I see positively the evolution of the breed abroad where several conscientious and serious fanciers are taking good care of the betterment of the breed. At the moment out of Italy, Mexico and Brazil are leading the quality breeding, but Russia also is showing growing interest and a promising breeding program based on Italian bred stock. My only request to any serious old or new fancier is: Please do not forget that the true Mastino Napoletano is an Italian breed, and the apple of the eye of our country, especially of Naples, and please observe, and follow the Italian Standard. The President of SAMN - De Falco Iovane Francesco Observing the works of selection of the NEOs abroad, as the President of the Italian breed Club, I truly hope that the standard of the country following the Italian breeder’s orientation is respected. The key point for a proper selection is strongly emphasizing the type, concerning the head piece, without excessive skin and with proper amount of wrinkles. The correct eye insertion is separated avoiding the Boxer-like eye format, preserving the Molosser expression. The trunk is powerful, and covered with elastic skin. Strong bones collaborate with function when the dog is moving. In resume; the Mastino should be well balanced, have great character, and be a reliable defender of his family and household. In my opinion among others, many of the best NEO breeders are located at the Vesuvius area, at the foot of the Vesuvius Mountain. This is the locale where the old traditional breeders live, and until today are maintaining this ancient breed in its traditional format. Concerning the breeding outside Italy, the SAMN point out above any other item the health, especially regarding the life span, heart problems and dysplasia, recommending the breeding only of animals free of any inherited sickness. I hope that the North American Breeders will perpetuate the true type of this antique breed in its full splendor because they are the pride and joy of Italy, the one and only “Mastino Napoletano”. I wish you all a great work, and please accept my Best Regards from Naples. Things I learned about NEOs *Loose skin - Wrinkles and dewlaps are important BUT only to a point where looks are not impending a decent life. *These imposing giants are docile and peaceful animals but one must keep in mind that these are highly protective, strong and big dogs, therefore very early education is highly recommended for these gigantic Mastinos. *The breed is known for drool and slobs when nervous or when the weather is too warm. *These dogs can weigh over 150 lbs. *The AKC standard points out that the NEOs are as high as 90% good around children. *The Italian specialty shows used to be noisy, and breeders may scream, discuss and fight about all referring the breed, but they reunite around, and are in unison about any concept that could harm THEIR Mastinos. *In common fanciers agree that the breed is of high maintenance regarding alimentation and space. *And…..that Fang, Hagrid’s dog of the film Harry Potter, is a NEO! HA! To preserve any breed the requirements are the same: knowledge, study, compassion, patience and lots of love. The Mastino Neapoletano is a lucky breed, for he found all of this from hundreds of fanciers all around the world. The breed was officially recognized by the AKC in 2004 where we can find the complete standard, as well as at the FCI and the United States Neapolitan Mastiff Club (www.neapolitan.org), beside the Italian SAMN pages.
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but curled into a ball and was immobile. He could tell that my nerves was completely shot. I tried my best to pep him up and and eventually we made it around the ring. After the class was finished, as I was walking out the Judge grabbed my elbow and stopped me… “Don’t you let these old women walk all over you,” she said with a very tender smile. That judge is the only reason I ever set foot in the ring again. So this paragraph is for the handlers…what could you do differently to help a newcomer OR what could you be doing that might be turning away newcomers unintentionally? To the breeders… Fortunately for my mentor in my own breed, this has not yet happened to me however I have seen it many times. “We all had our first dog,” so many veterans have said to me or to friends of mine that are starting out. A friend of mine called a supposedly reputable breeder to obtain a show quality French Bulldog from “So tell me, her. They talked for months and went through the reference process, if you were the interview process and finally this a newcomer breeder agreed to sell my friend a or a paypuppy. I took my friend to shows and we met a few “Frenchie” folks ing spectaand observed their handling and tor who just their grooming. One very kind hanspent $20 dler even showed us a few of his grooming tricks. She finally got her just to park puppy and started showing him. your car… She showed him well! She gaited him beautifully and had taught him would you to hold a stack very well- but she come back?” never won. Months later while at a show we ran into the same handler who had showed us the grooming tricks and we asked him, “Why is this puppy not winning anything?” That handler whipped out his phone and pulled up the Frenchie standard and explained in exquisite detail as to why the puppy was essentially a conformation trainwreck. My poor friend had no idea, nor did she have a mentor to help her so the breeder sold her a puppy for a show quality price that was deeply pet quality. I can understand if you chose not to sell the absolute best puppy in the litter to a newcomer, but giving them the worst of the litter just because they are new…Does that seem right? That friend has never set foot on a show site again and lives quietly with her PET frenchie, Rosco. Now to the know-it-all, whether you are a vendor, breeder, handler, or even spectator. I will never forget first time I asked my mother to tag along to the dog show with me. My mother was holding one of my dogs ringside while I was competing in the ring at an outdoor show. The dog my mother was holding had a bowel movement while she was watching me, she had no idea that the dog had used the bathroom behind her. Suddenly, a ferocious vendor comes trampling between the rings and throws a “poop-bag” at my mother and shouts “It is people like you that ruin it for all of us!”
IF I am somehow able to convince my mother to come back to a show, she sits ringside and she does not move. She will not hold a dog for me and she will not walk around. She goes straight from the car to the ring and back again while hating every minute of it. So tell me, if you were a newcomer or a paying spectator who just spent $20 just to park your car… would you come back? To the owner-handlers (this is my category)… I am going to be bold with you because I have so much respect for you and love you dearly. STOP TELLING EVERYONE THAT IF THEY ARE NOT PAYING $1,000 PER SHOW TO HAVE THEIR DOG HANDLED PROFESSIONALLY THEN THEIR DOG WILL NEVER FINISH. If someone asks me “when are you putting her with a handler” again, I might just scream this at them. I have a shocking news update for the show world… some owners have finished their own dogs before. Yes it is true, there are some judges who do play favorites in the ring and put up their friends…don’t enter under those judges again and your problems are solved! An owner CAN finish their dog and an owner CAN be a great handler of their own dogs! Professional Handlers do win a large amount of the time, but has anyone stopped to think that it is because they are professionals and this is their lively-hood? The very definition of professional implies that they have the talent or skills to display a dog more professionally than a non-professional. Do not spread lies to newcomers about not ever being able to beat a handler. Owner-handler friends had me PETRIFIED to step into the ring when there was a major handler of my breed competing. Then a judge put me up with a 10-month-old puppy over two extremely nice adult dogs handled by two MAJOR handlers of my breed and I realized that is nonsense at just under 5 months of handling experience. I could sit here and go on for days with examples of situations like these that I have encountered in less than two years of people who made me want to quit. I could never quit because I love my dogs and I love the experience of being in the ring with them. I enjoy it, I have so much fun and they LOVE it too! My point is that we have to allow newcomers the chance to get that feeling, the chance to fall in love with the sport like we all did. You never know who is there for their first show, or second or third. There is too much drama in the world today, I am telling you veterans that my generation has no time or tolerance to welcome in a new activity that is surrounded by drama. If we love our sport and if we want it to be passed on through future generations and not just die off, then we must change our atmosphere. We must extend kindness and grace to those around us, we have to have fun ourselves. Make friends with the newcomers and please, PLEASE if they ask for help or guidance…help them without cruel or smart remarks. Never forget, you had your first show too. What made you come back? What did you enjoy? What did you appreciate that people did? What did you not enjoy? Did you ever not want to show again-why? What have people done in the past that have angered you or upset you? Ask yourself these questions and ponder… what can YOU do that might encourage newcomers and keep this sport alive? As a breeder, vendor, owner-handler, professional handler, or even as a spectator… How can you change our sport?
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on one of the streets I mentioned in my introductory statement East 26th Street 212-686-1006. This place uses as its roots California cuisine (of course Upland was the original hometown in California of David Merriam last year’s BIS judge at the Big W) so the California roots should come as no surprise but it mixes this base with an Italian tradition for example of bucatini cacao é pepe with a crazy sort of innovative American food. It’s a large crowd-pleasing restaurant where the food is truly worth getting excited about. Its American wine list makes a strong statement for the quality of wines produced here in the States. The general sentiment among the food critics in the City has been that 2015 was an excellent year for New York restaurants and aside from the two mentioned above there is the sprawling, cosseting restaurant somewhat eccentric in presentation and menu but a total show unto itself with wildly good exuberant and generous portions such that the place is hard to resist. Called GABRIEL KREUTHER in Midtown at 41 West 42nd Street 212-257-5826 it’s a great to do with a crowd. Some call it an homage to Alsace where one can eat rustic tarts
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flambés and liverwurst in the lounge or be blitzed by high-end precision in the dining room. If you are a foie gras lover this is the place for you but I warn you it is not inexpensive. On the other hand if pastries and breads are your thing the breads that pop up throughout the meal are unbelievable. And if it is old time clubby atmosphere you are into, as though you were at Crufts when it was in London, there is the highly acclaimed CLOCKTOWER for lunch or dinner at 5 Madison Avenue (212413-4300 across from our offices at Madison Square Park (the original site of the first Garden in NYC) just off 23rd Street on the second floor of the NEW YORK EDITION hotel, which opened in the skyscraper at the foot of Madison Avenue in May. To get there you can take the elevator from the lobby or you can disappear up what looks like a spiral staircase. That’s for Mr. Menaker’s sake, as this is exactly the sort of restaurant he would love and as most of us know elevators are basically a no-no for him for sure. The Clocktower plays a familiar game, the private club that has accidentally let you in. There are three small, connected Continued on page 78
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he numbers are in for the upcoming CRUFTS DOG SHOW. The entry is up 2 per cent to 21,919 dogs in breed, games keepers classes, obedience and agility. There are 3,396 dogs entered from overseas representing 47 different countries. Two new breeds will compete in their own breed classes, the Lagotto Ramagnolo and the Cimeco Dell’Etna. To give you the scope of the depth of entries, these are the largest entries in each of the seven groups: Toys 322 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Utility 245 Bulldogs, Working 236 Boxers, Pastoral 359 Collies, Terrier 410 Staffordshire Bull Terriers and Hound 397 Whippets. This is the 125th CRUFTS event. When the English Kennel Club bought the dog show, they left the original name of the owner CRUFTS, a maker of dog food. When the American Kennel Club decided to have its own dog show, an invitational, they looked for a major sponsor. EUKANUBA stepped up and the show was called the AKC/EUKANUBA. Not great branding by the kennel club, as the show has come to be known as the EUKANUBA show by most exhibitors. EUKANUBA, now part of the MARS Corporation that owns PEDIGREE and ROYAL CANIN among others, has ended its sponsorship and it will now be sponsored 74 Dog News
by ROYAL CANIN. So no matter what it will be called, it will take place on December 17th & 18th following the Orlando dog shows. Not unlike the PURINA SHOW DOG OF THE YEAR AWARD presentations that are beautifully hosted by DOGS IN REVIEW, which is still called the QUAKER OATS AWARD by many. AMY & ANDREW GREEN hosted a birthday party for AMY’S… birthday. Among the guests at the Ryland Inn were AMY’S parents and sisters, PETER GREEN, BETH SWEIGART, CHAD HOWARD, PATTY MCCALLUM, KAREN JUSTIN, HEATHER HUBBARD, JANE HOBSON, CHARLENE MASCUCH, RITA & DOUG HOLLOWAY, SUSAN & DENNIS SPRUNG, MATT STANDER, PEGGY & DAVE HELMING, ERNESTO LARA, KIM & TONY CALVACCA, ELAINE & BARRY REISMAN, LISA & SHEILA GALLIZZO and DEB DEFONZO. Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries TONI & MARTIN SOSNOFF, NANCY & BRYAN MARTIN, CONNIE & KEN WILLIAMS. Celebrating Birthdays BERGIT KABEL, JOY QUALLENBERG, LARRY CORNELIUS, MARCELOS CHAGAS, JANE MYERS, LORI KAUTH, R.C. CARUSI, BRYAN BOYES, JOAN FISHER, JOHN KRUKAR, SUSAN CARR, AMBER LAMBIE, SIOUX FORSYTH GREEN, KENNY WHITE, KIP KOPATCH, TONIA HOLIBAUGH, KERRY KUPER, CAROLYN HERBAL, THE HOUSE TWINS STEPHANIE & LAUREN, CELIE FLORENCE and last but not least KATIE SHEPARD.
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dining rooms. Yours has a dark green marble fireplace big enough to roast a goat. Above the wainscoting of book-matched burl and below the wedding-cake crown moldings, original fixtures ordered up by some long-dead insurance executive, hang framed photographs in black and white, one above another, gallery style. The Dover sole is as though you were in London and similarly served and priced! Many of the other main courses are creative innovative examples of a combined American/London fare, which makes you want to return to this great new spot over and over again. Two new Chinese resChomp Chomp taurants to report-both on the extreme side of the scale--First is LA CHINE, the ritzy and glitzy ultra-expensive eatery in the Waldorf Astoria surprised if your reservation is held in a timely fashion where Oscar’s Brassiere used to be so you don’t nor if the service is up to snuff--the taste of the food have to go through the hotel lobby, which to me eventually makes all those little inconveniences pale in is always a dreaded scene. Not too surprising importance. for a Chinese Restaurant to have opened here since the new owners of the W/A are a ChineseTHE DOWNTOWN WHITNEY held corporation and this goes with the tradition and an ICONIC RESTAURANT CLOSING of various foreign owners of the place opening If you do not at least go to see the new Whitney Muse“home” restaurants in the establishment. I loved um while in the City you are missing an incredible site. the food here --all sorts of exotic dishes from Located in what is still referred to as the meatpacking different areas of China--Richie Bauer, who you district of NYC on Gansevoort Street where the High may recall was a Chinese food freak, could Line begins and partially overlooking the Hudson River, have considered La Chine over the top but I truly it architecturally responds to the industrial nature of the thought this place extraordinarily good and I neighborhood and the openness of the River and the was not paying so why not go for it? Closed on High Line. It is a masterwork to behold. There is a retail Continued on page 82 Sundays--too bad as I am pretty sure Lord Spurling would love to have gone there for brunch were they The Whitney Museum to have served brunch with which to begin. 212-872-4913 for res! Then there’s CHOMP CHOMP on the other end of the Chinese scale which serves Singaporean Hawker Chinese food at 7 Cornelia Street in the West Village 212-288-2929. The menu changes daily as would the hawker Street Malls in Singapore but some of the basics such as the friend chicken wings seem to remain constant. Well with the trip downtown to catch the varieties of offerings, prices more than reasonable but do not be too
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shop on the ground-floor level that helps to contribute to the busy street life of the area. A groundfloor restaurant and top-floor cafe are operated by renowned restaurateur Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group. The restaurant is called UNTITLED with little flair for design and the view is non-existent but the food outstandingly delicious and it is open for lunch and dinner with the entrance on Gansevoort Street 212-510-3670. By the way you will find yourself sitting on Eero Saarinen chairs that retail for $1,500 and are as plush and delightful as the food itself but the prices here are more than reasonable and I think you will be happily surprised when you get the bill. If it’s a real view you want of the city go to the Cafe upstairs that overlooks the Hudson but if it’s a real meal you hanker go to UNTITLED. The people in charge of the cooking run the GRAMERCY TAVERN, one of my longtime old favorites in the City, so this reaction by me should come as no surprise to those of you who have followed prior BITES. As to the closing of THE FOUR SEASONS RESTAURANT in the Seagrams Building this was a favorite hangout for New Yorkers particularly for lunch but the bar was a great hangout in the ‘60 and ‘70’s and the dinners were grand affairs as well, since 1959. It has plans to relocate and the people behind the incredibly successful CARBONE in the lower West Village-you know the place with huge portions and even higher prices with Italian food like nowhere else and SANTINA a glass box building that stimulates a holiday Italian Riviera party which serves fish and vegetables for parties of New Yorkers and noise rules the day--it’s like going to a Broadway show
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one and usually can’t hear what he’s saying to boot! If you are looking for atmosphere and class I would go to THE NO MAD BAR in the Hotel there on W.28th Street for the best pub burger around in a great atmosphere or try the main dining room for really good unique food but of course I have been writing about this place for at least the 3 or 4 years since it opened. The roast chicken had been the best in town but No Mad is being closely pushed by HOUSEMAN in Hudson Square for that distinction. Houseman is more of a neighborhood eatery where you may find Ira Shulman the Doctor of heart fame since he lives and works so nearby but personally the entire set up of the NO MAD Hotels restaurants, bars, breakfasts are all the more appealing to me--Broadway and 28th--I know you’ll love the places involved.
OMAKASE FOREVER
MOMOFUKU KO continues on in its new setting as one if not the best of the sushi houses in the City--Now at 8 Extra Place (East First Street) in the East Village 212-2038095. David Chang’s and the entire Omakase rage seems to be stronger now than it was a full decade ago when it began. The range and quality of Ko cannot be denied. The imaginative menu at a mind-blowing 15-course tasting price of $175 is unbelievable and if you have the dineros to afford it let them pair the wine and sake off for a truly interesting meal. As most Japanese food aficionados know there is sushi and then there are sushi maestros of the old Morimoto and Masa schools, which means there’s nothing second tier about the uni or the fatty tuna belly for sure. So if that what you are looking for go to O YA in the Flat-
L’Amico
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iron district at 120 E. 28th street 212-204-0200 and you’ll get a $300 dinner of freshly flown in fish from oceans around the world with a creativity in presentation that will no doubt blow both your wallets and your mind away. SHUKO too is a cutting edge big money Omakase feast in Union Square--another fortune but that’s how that food seems to go!!
NEW AND JUST A BLOCK OR SO FROM THE GARDEN AND THE AFFINIA
L’AMICO opened recently in the Eventi Hotel on 6th Avenue on the corner of 30th Street under the versatile French Chef Laurent Tourendel so that from burgers to steaks to haute gourmet seafood which is found on the menu in true trattoria style. It is masterful Italian food right in the backyard of the Garden in a hotel whose traffic is known to tie up traffic to the frustration of all in the neighborhood of 6th Ave. Whether its slices of pear with Gorgonzola, pork and veal meatballs al forno or what have you it’s a great combo of Italian American cooking and prices are reasonable. The specialties of the house are truly the pizzas all of them looking good but the onion, sausage pepper pie is the tops. This is a great find with a lovely atmosphere--very New Yorky--make a res or stay at the Eventi hotel, it’s got to be better than those other places nearby--at least it’s newer. Open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week--big time Sunday brunch 212-201-4065
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