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Dog News Contents • February 13, 2015 10 Editorial 14 The Way It Is: Agility Wisdom By sArI BrEWsTEr TIETjEn 18 The Lighter side Of judging: I Am What I Am By mIchAEL h. fAuLknEr 22 Question Of The Week By mATThEW h. sTAndEr 26 Irving’s Impressions: not Quite so Encouraging By rOnnIE IrvIng 30 remembering Patricia A. scully By suE BALLArd 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Brianna Bischoff 42 The dog news Top Ten List 50 The dog news Top Ten Best Of Breed List 54 Bite Of The Apple By mATThEW h. sTAndEr 56 Brace yourself: do We Take Our veterans seriously? By AndrEW BrAcE 60 ‘utter futility’ At Westminster: A Book review By dEnIsE fLAIm 64 The 2015 Akc Board of directors candidates Questionnaire By matthew h. stander • compiled By shaun coen 68 selective dog Breeding may have Begun 1,400 years Ago In America By shArOn PfLAumEr 72 Words you don’t Want To hear By mj nELsOn 80 Big W Personalities: geraldine r. dodge By chET jEzIErskI 84 PETA Billboard At The rocky mountain cluster Of dog shows By LOuIsE LEOnE 114 The British scene By gEOff cOrIsh 126 The upside Of The seesaw By shArOn AndErsOn 138 Off The Leash: unite and fight/Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Westminster stories & memories By shAun cOEn 150 new faces On The Israeli dog scene By yOssI guy 161 True north: A report from canada By ALLIsOn fOLEy 162 Akc’s new Web site, chicago’s International And more By mATThEW h. sTAndEr 174 Barktoberfest: The giant schnauzer club of America national specialty By hOWArd POsTOvIT 236 The gossip column By EugEnE z. zAPhIrIs 258 click: sahuaro state kennel club By LEsLIE sImIs 262 click: Indy Winter classic By BOOTh PhOTOgrAPhy 266 click: Blackhawk kc & Ikc of chicago By BOOTh PhOTOgrAPhy 270 click: The Way We Were By LEsLIE sImIs 274 Letters To The Editor 282 handlers directory • 284 suBscription rates • 286 classified advertising • 288 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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B I N G O The Number One Bichon Frise All Systems 2014

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The Number Four* Non Sporting Dog 2014

Best In Show & Specialty Best in Show Winner

GCh. SAKS Winning Card Breeders Roberta Bleecker Shirley Hamilton

Owned by Sarah Ayers Cecelia Ruggles, High Ridge Kieth and Sandra Hanson, Saks

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The world is watching … The dogs are always the stars at Westminster Welcome to Westminster Week 2015! With an already incomparable legacy born of 138 years of dedication to dogs, the Westminster Kennel Club in 2015 will once again add to its annual Westminster Week, expanding on its already spectacular blend of competition, celebration, education and excitement for the dog-loving public. The crown jewel of “Westminster Weekend” will always be America’s Dog Show, of course, the sport’s ultimate event – the iconic 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show that takes place on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 16-17. And before that, on Saturday, Feb. 14, America’s oldest organization dedicated to purebred dogs will also present its 2nd Annual Masters Agility Championship at Westminster and, for the first time, The Westminster Kennel Club presents AKC Meet the Breeds brought to you by Purina Pro Plan. There will be millions watching – in person at Madison Square Garden and New York’s Piers 92 and 94, and on television and computer screens all over the world. Westminster Week – where the dogs are always the stars. 6 Dog News

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alko, entered his first dog show in the USA at the end of August, 2014 at the 5 day Bluegrass Cluster show in Lexington, KY. He finished in Lexington with 17 points, 5 Majors (3 x 3 point majors and 2 x 4 point majors) and 3 group placements 1 Group 3rd and 2 Group 4ths. In 2014 Falko finished the year as the highest ranking Wirehaired Vizsla in all breed points*. He has been invited to Westminster Falko is a true ambassador for the breed in both Canada and the United States, as seen by his successes in the ring and in the field. Our mission for the breed is to have both a high quality show and field dog with good conformation, wonderful temperament and strong hunting abilities. We believe Falko has all of these qualities. He is not only a pretty face. He obtained his NA with NAVHDA and enjoys many days hunting with Anton. On behalf of Falko and the Sagh Family we would like to extend heartfelt thanks to all of the judges in Canada, United States and Europe who have thus far graciously acknowledged Falko at the beginning of his career as well as a big thank you to Greame (team) and Amanda for their wonderful handling. Owner: Anton Josef Sagh Breeder: Zoldmali Kennels, Hungary Handlers: Graeme Burdon CPHA & Amanda Shea *The Dog News Top Ten List

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EDITORIAL It’s both FashIon Week and WESTMINSTER WEEK in the Big Apple to say nothing of it being Valentine’s Day and President’s Day as well! That’s a lot to take in particularly since Westminster Week now takes in the Take the Lead Theater Party and Dinner as well as its second Major Agility Masters Competition, the AKC’s Meet the Breeds project and of course the amazing main event the two-day Westminster Dog Show. The staying power of Westminster continues to grab headlines throughout the land and the impact of the show on the imaginations of the people of America is just outstanding. There are significant Specialties both in the City and in Rye, New York and ancillary meetings, seminars and parties, and other celebratory events held making this week probably the most important dog-oriented scene in the world today. Of course New York City is home to Westminster, the American Kennel Club and DOG NEWS so that there is a vested interest on all of our parts to see everything succeed and more importantly hoping that it succeeds in spectacular fashion. Sèan McCarthy and Tom Bradley are at the center of most of these happenings and their devotion to the Westminster week together with that of Florence Foti and David Frei result in a team effort unsurpassed in the dog world. The entire effort is finalized about 10:PM on Tuesday night when the 2015 Winner of the Show itself will be crowned Best in Show on National live TV! And then you know what it all starts off all over again as the Road to Westminster 2016 becomes the next reality for the American dog show world.

A BUSY NEW YORK WEEKEND

ContaIned In thIs Issue is the DOG NEWS annual Board Questionnaire for the upcoming March elections-- this time for the Class of 2019. All candidates were kind enough to answer the questions even though it took considerably of their free time. DOG NEWS thanks them all for this. Analyzing the answers is not an easy thing to do as the body language of some of the candidates is less than positive in some cases and particularly helpful in others. Much may depend on your own knowledge and relationships with the candidates. You will have to make the best use of these answers along with other writings from these candidates and questions put to them say as which appear in the Letters to the Editor column from Delegate Shoemaker to decide upon whom you would support for re-election or election to the Board as the case may be. This Questionnaire will also be online on the DOG NEWS web pages as an exclusive presentation from DOG NEWS. DOG NEWS will happily provide Clubs, Delegates and individuals with copies of these answers if you want to pass them out at your Meetings or to individual people. Please email us for this permission as DOG NEWS has been doing this service to the Fancy for the past several years now.

THE BOARD QUESTIONNAIRE

the peta bIllboard sIgn put up opposite the Rocky Mountain Cluster Dog Show event being held this very weekend at the National Western Complex Show is an affront to every dog owner in America. Hopefully this is not an example of PETA becoming more aggressive in our playing field and is something which CANNOT BE IGNORED. This was the advice allegedly given by AKC to people who called in asking for help! If this is how the Edelman PR firm has advised AKC to react and these pages cannot get an answer on that from anyone associated with Edelman they should be fired forthwith and anyone listening to them at AKC chastised severely. Fortunately for all Patti Strand and her NAIA got involved in the matter and as explained in this week’s DOG NEWS article offered pro-active means to fight these dreadful negative animal rightists. The Board as usual remains silent as though the happening has not occurred. PETA has a long and inglorious history and as far as these pages can see the Kalter/Amen team in the PR area has offered not an iota of public resistance to fight them. Perhaps Patti Strand, who is a former Board Member, should have her name written in on the March ballot and teach our social media people and our Board and Staff how to react to these real and dangerous threats from PETA.

PETA AND COLORADO AND THE AKC

these pages have been reportIng about how AKC has reacted to the FCI threats towards American judges if they adjudicate at unrecognized FCI Kennel Club events within a so-called FCI County. It is the belief of these pages that the action taken by the Asian Section of the FCI division in akC’s revamped Web sIte is scheduled to be unveiled on this situation was prompted by AKC’s recognition of the NGKC February 10th-a bit late in scheduling and alleged to have instead of the Chinese Kennel Club recognized by FCI. Whatgone way over budget. But if the project turns out to be huge ever the case this has been going on for years now and in success what with the site having over 60,000 pages this could South America as well. AKC published its letter to Rafael Santibe a major turning point for AKC. That’s a major overhaul which ago, the President of FCI from Puerto Rico, which of course has required outside contractual assistance as well as help from its special status from FCI, as Puerto Rico is not officially a sepaown MARK/COM department and its NC IT people. In the eyes rate country with which to begin. He has either not answered of these pages the major overhaul if successful will or his answer has not been made public. Rightly or wrongly only make AKC all the stronger in its ability to comone of our Board Members (these pages call him Netanyahu) municate with its constituents and the American dog meet with Rafael to discuss this matter. While some called it seeking and loving public, too. Sincere good luck self-promotional since he has of late been seen judging an to all is the attitude here and forget the internal awful lot at FCI shows at least he had the gumption to stand bickering, as in the long run the dog’s health and up and be heard. Whether the response from Mr. Santiago is welfare will benefit immensely from these changes ever made public presuming he even answers AKC is doubtful as will the overall image of the AKC itself. but at least Steve Gladstone took a public stand, which is more than any of the other Board Members have done. 10 Dog News

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It seems the members of agility clubs may be every bit as smart as their dogs. In last October the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club reported: “To date AKC has not received an application for AKC membership from an Agility Club. Feedback from clubs is that the clubs do not see the value of being a member club. While the initial cost is nominal, the cost of sending a delegate to the meetings can be expensive. They do not think it is a good use of their resources. They feel the sport is being well managed as Regulations under the current system. They believe the field reps are approachable and listen to their input, and they feel the periodic advisory committee system process is successful and is a logical and organized way to provide input for change.” There are over 500 Delegates to the American Kennel Club representing conformation, obedience, field trial and other performance clubs. They meet quarterly to discuss matters pertaining to their clubs, the AKC and the sport in general; they vote on issues coming before the house, especially those affecting the By-laws and annual election of AKC Directorships; and they also vote on Rules applying to Dog Shows.

Less than half of all eligible Delegates attend the official quarterly meetings, which tend to be rather dull and are usually over before lunch. For anyone flying/ driving a distance or someone who has to take time off from work or someone who is used to getting things done, it seems like a giant waste of time and money unless there is an ulterior motive (i.e. meet other delegates to swap judging assignments – yes, that still goes on!). Of course, there are the various Standing Delegate Committees (whose members do receive a minor stipend to offset expenses of incurring an additional hotel night for committee meeting) where members meet to discuss pertinent issues coming before the committee based on their assigned topic of interest. Unfortunately, these Committees and the closed caucus structure that envelops the Delegate meetings before they officially start have evolved into being almost a replacement of the Delegate Meeting, itself, hence the brief official session where little is said from the Delegate Body leaving many with the impression that little occurs. It is from this understanding that we return to the Agility Clubs’ feedback. They are spot on CoNtiNueD oN page 76

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By Michael H. Faulkner Starting the new Year after finishing a grueling dog show schedule the prior year, with only a week off for the holidays often seems a daunting task for professional handlers, dedicated breeder/ owner handlers, and judges. Not to mention the clubs, which are challenged with energizing their base, increasing entries and wanting to make a financial difference for organizations such as Take the Lead. During the middle of winter, on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, at the Middle Peninsula Kennel Club of Virginia Kennel Club Shows (MPKC), middleminded individuals bring divergent sides together and achieve positive, productive outcomes in a creative, fun fashion for a worthy cause. Yes, with an all-star judging panel, a great venue, and with DR.BOB 18 Dog News

and MS.P directing the show, MPKC hosts a weekend that inspires goodwill, compassion, love, and trust, and also offers many of us the opportunity to travel back to the origin of Take the Lead and realize how truly ahead-of-its-time the organization was in the early 90’s. Moreover, the weekend reinforces how thankful we are that the organization is stronger than ever today, due to clubs such as MPKC willing to create and host fun events that inspire giving. I sit behind a long table covered in white and black checkered plastic (Checkered Flag Cluster) and to the left of a large, colorful sign selling the few remaining tickets to tomorrow evening’s event – “An Evening at GODFREY’S Nightclub & Restaurant” – Hosted by Madames HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY, ALVION ARNELL DAVENPORT and A Cast of Fabulous Female Illusionists---A Middle Peninsula Kennel Club Event in Support of Take the Lead.” MR.RM, taking a break from judgCoNtiNueD oN page 88

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Question of the week By Matthew H. Stander

The WOOF TEAM (whomever they are) at AKC’S Woofipedia Web Site recently named the 10 Most Intelligent Dog Breeds. It was stated that the decision was based upon that breed’s ability to perform a specific individual task. To me it sounds more Pavlovian in reaction than intelligence in the breed however the Breeds named in reverse order as listed by the WOOF TEAM were 10-Border Collie,9-German Shepherd,8-Bloodhound,7-Beagle, 6-Labrador Retriever,5-Newfoundland,4Belgian Malinois,3-Siberian Husky, 2-Golden Retriever and 1-Australian Shepherd.

What’s your reaction to this listing of 10 Most Intelligent Breeds by AKC?

JIM COVEY

Without seeing the specifics of the study re: number of dogs per breed tested, ages of the dogs, and the testing process used, I can’t comment except to say that I am surprised by some of the dogs included near the top of the list from personal experience.

JaCkIE BEaudOIn

I personally do not understand what the common denominator for one single task might be for all of these various different groups. I think it might be hard to come up with one individual task that was not oriented more towards one group than the others. I guess they could throw a towel over their heads and see which breeds got out the fastest but I think that in order to gauge a breed’s true intelligence they would need to give several generally oriented tests and see which dogs managed to excel at things that were not breed inherent. Did they test every single AKC registered breed? I am also surprised that Poodles were not in there anywhere as historically they seem to rival Border Collies for number one in intelligence!

JudY COlan

I don’t believe you can determine intelligence by a specific task. That is being obedient. I always tell prospective new Weim owners that they are intelligent and manipulative. IMO, manipulation takes intelligence. Figuring out how to open a door or dispense ice cubes from the ice dispenser takes intelligence. Unfortunately I don’t think it is possible to determine intelligence in dogs. CoNtiNueD FRoM page 96

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Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Number Two Dog Among All Breeds

Owners: Bonnie Bird and Udomisin Littichaikun Presented By: Curtiss Smith *The Dog News Top Ten List

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Irving’s Impressions By Ronnie Irving

NOT QUITE SO ENCOURAGING No sooner do I find myself using the words ‘Encouraging Signs’ about the UK dog scene than I then have to report a couple of facts that make that optimism just a little bit less appropriate. I reported in this column last time that entries at the first two major shows in the UK in 2015 were up by nearly 9% and 8% respectively on last year. I then said: “The entry at Crufts in March, when it is known, will no doubt be a clearer sign as to whether or not entry trends really are on the up, or whether these first two shows are just a flash in the pan.”

ince then two sets of figures have been reported by TKC, neither of which give as much ground for optimism as I had envisioned.

CRUFTS ENTRY STABLE

The first is the Crufts entry for the 2015 show. The event has this year attracted nearly 24,000 class entries from 21,477 qualified dogs. This is only 137 dogs down on last year (just over half a per cent down). That sounds pretty good overall but it is the detailed shape of the entry that is not quite so encouraging for the UK shows as a whole. The ‘ordinary’ shows don’t normally attract the kind of entry of dogs from overseas that Crufts does. The entry of foreign dogs at Crufts is actually up by 13% from 2,655 in 2014 to 2,995 dogs this year. That is an increase of 340. That therefore means that the decrease in UK based dogs entered at the show is some 2% - nearly 500 UK dogs down. It is not clear why, with lower fuel costs being experienced here at the moment, the UK Crufts entry should be slightly down while those other shows at the beginning of the year have been up. Having said that, with some breeds habitually attracting over 250 dogs at Crufts, some as many as 500 +, a mere 137 drop in entries can be accounted for by a poor entry in just a couple of breeds. And the other thing we must always remember about Crufts is that the dogs that CoNtiNueD oN page 100

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Remembering

Patricia A. Scully Submitted By Sue Ballard (Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s niece)

Ms. Patricia a. scully, 78, died January 31, 2015 in Ridgewood, NJ. Services & interment are private. Born in Newark, NJ, Ms. Scully grew up in Caldwell / West Caldwell and lived in Piscataway NJ prior to moving to Suffern, NY in 1970. She graduated from Cornell University and was a Cardiovascular Pharmacologist for 25 years at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Pearl River, NY. Ms. Scully was very active in the Sport and Pug breed for over 50 years and finished Pugs in Obedience and Confirmation in the United

States, Bermuda, Canada and Mexico. She was a former Director, President, National Show Chairman, and Honorary Lifetime & Hall of Fame Member of the Pug Dog Club of America; Director, President, and Obedience Chairman of Tuxedo Park Kennel Club; Honorary Lifetime Member of K-9 Obedience Training Club of Essex County, NJ; Former Director, Obedience Chairman, and Honorary Lifetime Member of Ramapo Kennel Club; a member of and Judge for the Obedience Training Club of Hawaii; the 1988 winner of Richard H. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ambrisi Obedience Award; and three-time recipient of the Gaines Sportsmanship Award. Ms. Scully was an AKC Delegate since 1985, and served four terms on the AKC Board of Directors. She chaired the Delegate Obedience, Tracking and Agility Committee, judged the Westminster Dog Show and was the 2012 Companion Events recipient of the American Kennel Club Lifetime Achievement Award. As an equestrian, Pat won local qualifying classes to ride at the finals of the prestigious American Horse Show Association Hunter Seat Medal in Harrisburg, PA and the ASPCA Alfred B. Maclay horsemanship class at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. She is survived by her brother, E. Richard Scully, her cousins, Kathleen Scully, Sallie Sullivan and Sue Kaulkman, and her niece Susanne Scully Ballard. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Baker Institute for Animal Health would be appreciated. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY 14835.

JOJO & Jack J Four Group Wins and a reserve Best in shoW so Far in 2015! the number eight* rhodesian ridgeback 2014

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BESTS WEEK Hoosier Kennel Club - Friday & Sunday Chinese Shar-Pei

Maryland Kennel Club - Saturday German Shepherd Dog

GCh. Shine N NuStars Deck The Halls Ming Yu

GCh. Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It v. Kenlyn

Judge Mr. Darryl Vice Judge Mr. Houston Clark Owners Deb and Robert Cooper, Linda Teitelbaum and Rebecca Pentecost DVM Handler Nina Fetter

Judge Ms. Minna-Liisa Koltes Owners Pamela McElheney, Deborah Stern, & Kent Boyles Handler Kent Boyles

Maryland Kennel Club Portuguese Water Dog

GCh. Claircreek Impression De Matisse Judge Mr. Charles E. Trotter Owners Milan Lint, Peggy Helming & Donna Gottdenker Handler Michael Scott Central Indiana Kennel Club Doberman Pinscher

GCh. Kamterra’s Legato Judge Mr. Steven Seymour Owners K & M Moats Handler Vicki Seiler

First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Athletic Association - Saturday Bearded Collie

GCh. Classical’s My Turn Judge Mr. William G. Daugherty Owners Wendy Marciante, Julie Kempster, Bea Sawka Handler Clifford W. Steele First Company Governor’s Footguard Athletic Association - Sunday Golden Retriever

GCh. Nautilus KeyStone Judge Dr. Anthony D. DiNardo Owner Julie A. Mackinnon Handler Mark Desrosiers

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BRIANNA BISCHOFF

BORN: HOUSTON, TX RESIDES: HOUSTON, TX MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: TAURUS

When did you start showing dogs, with what breed and how did that first show go?

I was 10 years old when I showed for the first time with my mother’s Irish Setter and lost my Junior Showmanship Class. That night I stayed up all night reading Marsha Hall Brown’s book on handling, hoping to improve. I placed in the class the next day.

How difficult was it to finish your first champion?

It was pretty difficult for a kid showing a Golden Retriever in those days. My bitch had 23 major reserves, if you can believe it. Finally we got it done.

Other than your own breed, which breed would you like to own? I’ve always loved Shelties.

Which canine person of the opposite sex would you be? Derek Beatty.

How do you feel about AKC’s role in our sport?

I really support AKC, and I understand marketing dogs to the general public. But I wish they paid more attention to the sport and those who are the heart and soul of it.

How many shows do you attend a year, and which three are your favorite ones?

About 150 shows a year with my favorites of course Westminster and the Golden Retriever National as well as the River City Cluster in San Antonio when it was held at the site near the Riverwalk.

Who from dogs would you like to see on the television show “Duck Dynasty?” Michael Faulkner.

What things in the world of dogs bring you the greatest joy?

Seeing a dog I bred that can serve a purpose and make a meaningful contribution to the Golden gene pool.

What characteristics do you admire in others and strive to emulate?

Those who are hardworking with determination and show professionalism and class.

If you could afford to host an elegant catered dinner party, name at least three dog people you would like to invite. Carl Liepmann, Desi Murphy and Justin Smithey-we’d have a lot of fun. 38 Dog News

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top ten dogs As of JA JAnuA nuAry 31, 2015 Top Ten In Group

Based on All-Breed Competition The Dog News Top Ten List contains Best In Shows, Reserve Best In Shows, Group Firsts and all Group Placements.

Top Ten All Breed

5 GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse Portuguese Water Dogs M Lint/P Helming/D Gottdenker

(M) 8320

1 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn (F) 15625 German Shepherd Dogs P Mcelheney/K Boyles/D Stern/A Derose/M Derose

6 GCH CH Bugaboo’s Picture Perfect Old English Sheepdogs R Scott/D Burke/C Johnson/H Johnson

(M) 7679

2 GCH CH Hitimes What The Inferno Pomeranians B Bird/U Littichaikun

7 GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power Shih Tzu P Shaw/L Ehricht/D Ehricht

(M) 6672

3 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome (M) 9641 Brittanys C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone

8 GCH CH North Well Vivian Jp Rose Queen Poodles (Toy) T Sosnoff/M Sosnoff

(F) 6424

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

9 GCH CH Dawin Hearts On Fire Poodles (Standard) L Campbell

(F) 5965

10 GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC Doberman Pinschers J Wendt/A Wendt/H Zimmerman 2628

(F) 5687

Based on All Breed Competition

SPORTING GROUP 1 GCH CH rainbow Splash’s ruggedly Handsome (M) Brittanys C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 2 3 4 5

(M) 10025

(M) 8699

9641 6 GCH CH Weymouths en Fuego (M) Setters (english) p Disiena/G Godley/S nordstrom GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey (M) 5465 7 GCH CH Ashdown’s Time To Thrill (M) 2494 pointers (German Shorthaired) Spaniels (Cocker) Black V Atkinson/A Manning/Y Hassler-Deterding C Douglas/J Beaudoin/B Van Deman/G White Jones GCH CH Telltale American ride (M) 4998 8 GCH CH Sandpiper’s Let Freedom ring (M) 2206 Spaniels (english Springer) retrievers (Golden) C Florence/D Strong/B Fink/r novack/D Van Vorst/C Van Vorst T Tsumura GCH CH Stargaze’R ‘N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’T Tell (M) 3593 9 GCH CH Linwood resolute’s new Beginning rn CGC (M) 1915 Setters (english) Setters (english) D Coller/p Coller/e Hackett r Lloyd/W Lloyd GCH CH Clussexx over The Legal Limit (M) 3050 10 GCH CH Legacy random Titleist (M) 1755 Spaniels (Clumber) Spaniels (english Springer) J Sanchez/C Sanchez r Mockoviak/S Mockoviak/K Fitzgerald

HOUND GROUP 1 GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess Bloodhounds S Carter/S Vancamp/H Helmer/Z Helmer

(M) 4685

2 GCH CH Vin-Melca’s Daggarwood Delight norwegian elkhounds p Trotter

(F) 2862

3 GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless Whippets D Butt/A Giles/B Call

(F) 2672

6 GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due process of Law Black and Tan Coonhounds G rezendes/D rezendes/J Stora

(M) 1610

7 GCH CH Walmar-Solo’s Iou Sl Dachshunds (Longhaired) S Snyder

(M) 1534

8 GCH CH Tells Matrix reloaded Afghan Hounds M Galloway

(M) 1527

4 GCH CH Starlite’s Made of The Best Stuff on earth Bn rn (M) 2655 Salukis T Turley-Kocab/M Kocab/S Middlebrooks

9 GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson American Foxhounds e Charles/L Miller

(M) 1416

5 GCH CH Grandcru Giaconda Greyhounds M Steele/A phelan/r Tomlin/r Gaudet

10 GCH CH Winway ramona Quimby Whippets S Fosnot/V Atkinson

(F) 1401

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(F) 2242

WORKING GROUP 1 GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse portuguese Water Dogs M Lint/p Helming/D Gottdenker

(M) 8320

2 GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC Doberman pinschers J Wendt/A Wendt/H Zimmerman

(F) 5687

3 GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak of The Devil Boxers J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum

(F) 5039

4 GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC Mastiffs L Watson

(M) 4798

5 GCH CH Sondaisa Fyre When ready CD rn Akitas C Sullivan/J ellis

(M) 3925

6 GCH CH Seacrest’s I’M not What You Think newfoundlands J Taylor/D nelson/D nelson

(M) 3471

7 GCH CH pebbles’ run play It Again Ham Samoyeds A Kiell Green/A Green/B Bruns/W Stamp

(M) 3252

8 GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs S Copeland

(M) 2837

9 GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur newfoundlands K Caesar/W Caesar

(M) 2566

10 GCH CH Kamterra’s Legato Doberman pinschers K Moats/M Moats

(M) 2507

TERRIER GROUP 1 GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie Skye Terriers V Malzoni/Cragsmoor Knl

(M) 8699 6 GCH CH Absolutely Signature Fox Terriers (Smooth) J Smith/D Gabel

2 GCH CH Andover See-Z The Moment Welsh Terriers p See/J See

(F) 5540 7 GCH CH Hampton Court Broxden What In Carnation (F) 1305 Fox Terriers (Smooth) V Malzoni/A rodrigues

1 GCH CH Dawin Hearts on Fire poodles (Standard) L Campbell

(F) 5965

3 GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor Welsh Terriers S Abmeyer/K Bailey/T Lee/X Xie

(F) 3658 8 GCH CH Imaginabull’s First edition Miniature Bull Terriers T Moffitt

(M) 1304

2 GCH CH Skyline’s unit of Measure Keeshonden K Cullen/S Cullen/J Gauchat-Hargis/J Hargis

(M) 3464

4 GCH CH Meadowlake pants on Fire (F) 3269 9 GCH CH regency’s play For Keeps Miniature Schnauzers Border Terriers D Lewis/K Lewis/B Verna K Fitzpatrick/D Tack/S Tack/K richardson/K Courtelis

(M) 1236

3 GCH CH Shine’s Deck The Halls Chinese Shar-pei D Cooper/r Cooper/L Teitelbaum/r pentecost

(F) 3058

(F) 2292 10 GCH CH Abbeyrose Black Diamond Welsh Terriers J Anspach/M Duafala/p Allen

(F) 1102

4 GCH CH Kumi Kian Strike A pose Lhasa Apsos T Mclaughlin/A Lanterman

(F) 2348

5 GCH CH Del Zarzoso Salvame From Afterglow poodles (Standard) S Barnett/G Lindemann/M Gadsby/J Lynn

(M) 1846

5 GCH CH Joval Sweet Time Airedale Terriers L Bryan/V rickard

(M) 1423

TOy GROUP

NON-SPORTING GROUP

1 GCH CH Hitimes What The Inferno pomeranians B Bird/u Littichaikun

(M) 10025

6 GCH CH pequest General Tso pekingese D Fitzpatrick

(M) 2401

6 GCH CH Dowats The Gladiator Bulldogs J Vasquez/r Jenkins/L Scott

(M) 1569

2 GCH CH Hallmark Jolei rocket power Shih Tzu p Shaw/L ehricht/D ehricht

(M) 6672

7 GCH CH Kaylen’s Kahlua Chinese Crested V Dorris/K peiser

(M) 1830

7 GCH CH eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe Chow Chows M Fan/K pratna

(M) 1517

3 GCH CH north Well Vivian Jp rose Queen poodles (Toy) T Sosnoff/M Sosnoff

(F) 6424

8 GCH CH Hill Country’s Tag I’M It pugs C Koch

(M) 1390

8 GCH CH Iacta Alea est De La Bete French Bulldogs p Shaw/B Hamman/p photos

(F) 1460

4 GCH CH Fist Face A penny For Your Thought Brussels Griffons L pagacz/C pagacz/K Catterson

(F) 4405

9 GCH CH Maibee orlando english Toy Spaniels (Blenheim & prince Charles) C Williams

(M) 1358

9 GCH CH Merry Go round Coach Master Dalmatians p Filho

(M) 1359

5 GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez) Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat) J Moses/J Moses/r Sanchez-Torres

(M) 2670

10 GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann Italian Greyhounds C Harris

(F) 1256

10 GCH CH rivendel’s Barefoot Bandit Schipperkes A Halterman/S Middlebrook

(M) 1315

HERDING GROUP

GCH CH De Joie Du Chateau rocher CA 1 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ rumor Has It V Kenlyn (F) 15625 5 Beaucerons German Shepherd Dogs M palmer p Mcelheney/K Boyles/D Stern/A Derose/M Derose GCH CH Classical’s My Turn CGC 2 GCH CH Bugaboo’s picture perfect (M) 7679 6 Bearded Collies old english Sheepdogs W Marciante/J Kempster/B Sawka r Scott/D Burke/C Johnson/H Johnson CH Alenclaud Vicenta 3 GCH CH riverside Telltail Coco posh (F) 3075 7 pembroke Welsh Corgis Cardigan Welsh Corgis B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams/D Salow D planche/D Shindle/J Divens GCH CH Sylvan Argent Hollywood And Vine 4 GCH CH Wind Spirit rod’s Amazing Grace (F) 2863 8 Collies (rough) Australian Shepherds C Dubois/C Bossart M Bertero/C Bertero

(M) 2376 (M) 1617 (F) 1607

9 GCH CH Coventry Just A Little Crush (F) 1224 pembroke Welsh Corgis J Johnson/J Johnson/B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams 10 GCH CH Tang Dynasty rocky Border Collies n Tang

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The Dog News Top Ten List Presents

The Dog News Top Ten List is comprised of: • Best In Shows • Reserve Best In Shows • Group Firsts • Group Placements

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Based on All-Breed Competition

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THE SPORTING GROUP Brittanys

1 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 2 GCH CH Sanbar’s Ride The Winds R West/P West/C West 3 GCH CH Brigadier’s Lightning Strikes Twice M Lee 4 GCH CH Triumphant’s As Good As It Gets JH L Mccartney-Roy/K Mccartney 5 GCH CH Britt’s Ramblin’ The Perfect Cut J Larson/N Larson/K Schoppa 6 CH Glynloen Mark Of Distinction M Tate/E Tate 7 GCH CH Big Oaks Mamma Mia’s Star Sophia B Brannan 8 Hi-Britt’s Rj’s Bailey’s N Cream K Kanemoto/D Hisanaga

Pointers

1 GCH CH Hipoint Here Comes The Sun L Cayton/F Depaulo 2 CH Prosperity’s Dirty Little Secret D Cantor/A Cantor/B Imler 3 GCH CH Solivia’s Champagne Taste D Brown/K Brown/S Thompson 4 GCH CH Oncore Mykyna Run To Daylight P Haines/T Haines/P Davis/E Dziuk 5 GCH CH Penpoint In Dress Blues L Stagg/S Ward/J Medlin 6 CH Seasyde Holly Golightly J Kempster/H Medeiros /S Mccarthy 7 CH Chesterhope Honour N Glory A Romo

Pointers (German Shorthaired)

1 GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey V Atkinson/A Manning/Y Hassler-Deterding 2 GCH CH Ehrenvogel Achy Breaky Heart C Swensson/M Lara 3 GCH CH Kan-Point’s Makin’ The Chase R Stanley/R Stanley/L Coonrod 4 GCH CH Crk On The Double M Farone/W Farone 5 GCH CH Hunterspride Moonstruck Farook JH R Cooper/M Moinier 6 GCH CH Kan-Point’s Leading The Chase R Stanley/L Stanley/L Coonrod/A Hagood 7 GCH CH Shade Mountain’s Cane Bello Moon Dancer P Busso-Campana

Pointers (German Wirehaired)

1 GCH CH Harvest Meadow’s Money To Burn J Bish/M Bish 2 GCH CH Weidenhugel Luca V Sep JH F Ely/P Ely 3 CH Highfield Heywire Reece Best Of The Best At Dd’S D Donohue/A Johnson/B Green 4 GCH CH Neudorf’s Cool Hand Luke Afterhours F Newwirth/C Whitmore 5 GCH CH Windmill Wireworks Chance Of Rain B Watkins/A Kostishak 46 Dog News

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 6

9641

(M)

1476

(F)

237

(M)

210

(F)

158

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

524

(F)

399

(F)

185

(M)

172

(M)

152

(F)

146

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1

5465

(M)

1101

(F)

679

(M)

379

(M)

254

(M)

210

(F)

150

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

489

(M)

461

(F)

224

(M)

148

(M)

125

Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay)

1 GCH CH Albridens The Show Must Go On S Larson/D Baker 2 GCH CH Shiloah’s Harvard Girl One Smart Spicy T Coene/S Grasso 3 GCH CH Chesabar Cricket’s Key To Heaven’s J O’Dell/P Barber 4 GCH CH Monarchs Zero Cool T Dennis/D Glasser/C Dennis 5 GCH CH Chesacolahardwoodbaltimoreraven G Sheetz 6 CH Birch Meadow Just Add Water CGC R Butler 7 GCH CH Cabin Ridge’s Mega Margarita C Meyer/H Bremmer/K Bednar 8 Musky Bay’s Countryside Turbo Diesel J Baughman/E Baughman

Retrievers (Curly-Coated)

1 GCH CH Riverwatch Grand Illusion M Meek/G Meek

Retrievers (Flat-Coated)

1 GCH CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music JH R Rickert/S Rickert/L Selof/M Bettis 2 GCH CH Windy Hill God Of Fire RN JH CGC K Johnson/C Johnson/R Rickert/S Rickert 3 GCH CH Blazin’s Karibbean Black Sparrow C Wildeman/T Stewart 4 GCH CH Westlawn Free Born Man E Fino/D Fino

Retrievers (Golden)

1 GCH CH Sandpiper’s Let Freedom Ring T Tsumura 2 GCH CH Easthill Broxden Woodland Lettuce Entertain C Collins/L Fernandes/J Supple/J Ovalle/A Rodrigues 3 GCH CH Summits The Vanilla Sky R Lee/B Johnson 4 GCH CH Rush Hill’s Drama’Geddon JH T Struble/M Struble/C Meddaugh 5 GCH CH Emery’s White Out P Sherry/R Sherry/B Bischoff 6 GCH CH Avalors Big Kahuna L Reuter 7 GCH CH Scion Thank God I’M A Country Boy P Simpson/E Howlerda 8 GCH CH Forever’s All Jacked Up CGC J Hoffmann/C Nee 9 GCH CH Goodtime’s Sweet Talkin’ Guy RN C Corral/K Smith/J Corral 10 GCH CH Hytree Top Gun C Ulm

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1205

(F)

456

(F)

198

(M)

131

(M)

117

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

1550

(M)

763

(M)

246

(M)

142

(M)

2206

(M)

1409

(M)

1108

(M)

1022

(M)

605

(M)

487

(M)

399

(M)

315

(M)

291

(M)

211

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

179

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents Retrievers (Labrador)

1 CH Everland Gone In Sixty Seconds To Clovercreek K Dotson/C Dotson/S Parsons 2 GCH CH Chambrays Tucker Everlasting CGC G Etzig/M Etzig 3 GCH CH Dogwood Cool Mkt Run D Scott/S Scott 4 GCH CH Barra’s Saturday Knight Special CGC L Halterman 5 CH Hidden Brook Accolade Opal A Robertson 6 GCH CH Fortune’s Feet Don’T Fail Me Now E Bowron/J Bowron 7 Shadowmyst Dark Side J Mcvay 8 CH Thimbles Tantalize To Bellwether T Barks 9 GCH CH Glacieridge Tabatha’s Granite M Henricks/B Skow 10 GCH CH Double Dutch Raised On Rock ‘N Roll E Crisafulli/R Hilgendorf

The Top Ten Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

392

(M)

364

(F)

350

(M)

254

(F)

146

(M)

134

(M)

116

(F)

113

(M)

111

(M)

1 GCH CH Javahill Surf2 An 8 Second Ride BN RN (M) K Schultze/L Fitzmaurice/A Pasko 2 GCH CH Star Crowned Javahill 2sexy4my Genes RN (M) L Fitzmaurice/K Webb/V Anderson/L Smith/W Gearhart/M 3 GCH CH Water’s Edge Mr Majestyk BN RN (M) D Rode 4 GCH CH Lennoxlove Susqudilla’s Mini Cooper CD RN (M) R Haskin/M Waterstreet/J Hamilton

371

299

249

Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)

Setters (English)

1 GCH CH Stargaze’R ‘N Wingfield Wait Wait Don’T D Coller/P Coller/E Hackett 2 GCH CH Weymouths En Fuego P Disiena/G Godley/S Nordstrom 3 GCH CH Linwood Resolute’s New Beginning RN CGC R Lloyd/W Lloyd 4 GCH CH Sagebrush’s Simply Irresistible J Harris 5 GCH CH Indian Bend Kelyric Heart And Soul S Mccue/J Mccue/M Mccue 6 GCH CH Merriman & Stardom Fire At Hiddenlane JH H Wooding/K Lishinski 7 GCH CH Esthete Topsails Vjk London BN RN OA OAJ J Warren/J Necker/L Matter 8 GCH CH Blu’Star’s Who Called The Cops J Flaherty/M Dunsmuir

Setters (Gordon)

1 GCH CH Blazen Spellbound’s Wonder Woman C Gold 2 GCH CH Saranac Toblerone E Fisher/W Fisher 3 GCH CH Skara Braes I Was Worth The Wait SG 4 GCH CH Timbaray N’ Sastya’s Outlaw CD M Leonard/B Meining 5 GCH CH Fair Isle Black Tie CD JH C Obrien/K Mccartney 6 GCH CH Sandpiper’s Castles In The Air D Grant/P Reilly

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

3593

(M)

2628

(M)

1915

(M)

241

(F)

223

(M)

122

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

627

(M)

351

(M) 0 rober (M) 0

326

272

(M)

223

(M)

169

as of January 31, 2015

Setters (Irish)

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

Spaniels (American Water)

1 GCH CH Beavercreek’s Secret Celebration RN RATO L Mcgrath/L Thorsness/H Pemble 2 GCH CH Carolina’s Running With The Hare BN RN L Mccracken 3 CH Kei-Rin’s Wile E. Coyote P Kozak/K Kozak

Spaniels (Boykin)

1 GCH CH Larley’s Nothing But the Truth P Stevens Knudsen/J Sexton

Spaniels (Clumber)

1 GCH CH Clussexx Over The Legal Limit J Sanchez/C Sanchez 2 GCH CH Nexus Roundhay Cmdr Adam Dalgliesh B Hoyle/K Hoyle 3 CH Big Boom’s Limited Bugs Bunny CGC M Dellinger/C Jaynes/L Levai 4 GCH CH Chiffon Revolution A Ries/D Wahman

Spaniels (Cocker) ASCOB

1 GCH CH Be-Fit’s N Arikara Too Hot To Touch C Thompson/P Nazarko/D Christian 2 GCH CH Krismyth Sterling Silver K Ahlquist 3 GCH CH Trinity’s Tucked Under His Wing S Gray/S Dobmeier 4 GCH CH Blondheim’s Easy Matters S Blondheim/B Blondheim 5 CH Dr. Tischer’s Leopold Edwards K Edwards

Spaniels (Cocker) Black

1 GCH CH Ashdown’s Time To Thrill C Douglas/J Beaudoin/B Van Deman/G White Jones 2 GCH CH Mar-K’s Sunrise At Midnight J Hanlin/M Ragusa/M Ness 3 GCH CH Mar-K’s Prologue K Blouso/R Gray/M Ness 4 GCH CH Pbj’s Black Superlative B Pruitt/M Pruitt 5 GCH CH Mar-K’s Black Diamond R Paz/D Paz/M Ragusa/M Ness 6 GCH CH Mar-K’s Hot N Spicey M Ragusa/M Ness/J Curry 6 GCH CH Gold Icon’s Dolce & Gabbana M Gourdin 8 GCH CH Bib ‘N’ Tux Diamonds Are Forever B Warren 9 Ky-Ann’s Echo ‘Cross The Tundra T Mulligan/P Mulligan CoNtiNueD oN page 186

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1092

(F)

934

(M)

692

(F)

637

(F)

629

(F)

426

(M)

325

(M)

274

(F)

195

(M)

187

(F)

259

(M)

201

(M)

150

(M)

3050

(M)

204

(M)

160

(M)

101

(F)

488

(M)

322

(M)

283

(M)

239

(M)

2494

(M)

530

(M)

238

(M)

210

(F)

162

(F)

159

(M)

159

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Sporting Group

Brittanys

135 GCH CH Rainbow Splash’s Ruggedly Handsome C Douglas/J Andras/A Andras/K Hogan/A Cone 130 GCH CH Sanbar’s Ride The Winds R West/P West/C West 47 GCH CH Britt’s Ramblin’ The Perfect Cut J Larson/N Larson/K Schoppa 45 GCH CH Dream Hi’s Don’T Hate The Player Hate The T Rickard/L Rickard 38 GCH CH Brigadier’s Lightning Strikes Twice M Lee 33 GCH CH Marsport Hot To Ride Lucky Seven MH P Snider/L Snider 25 GCH CH Star Flight Jumpin Jack Flash RN OA OAJ J Ceres 20 CH Mt View’s Finnegan The Hooligan SH J Mclaine/L Mclaine/M Breininger/P Ortelli 19 GCH CH Shiloh Swiftrivers Victory A Ryan/S Ryan 19 GCH CH Labyrinth N Illusion Slippery When Wet K Hanson

Pointers

48 GCH CH Hipoint Here Comes The Sun L Cayton/F Depaulo 42 CH Seasyde Chesterhope Bingo! A Siddle/H Medeiros/D O’Neill 31 CH Seasyde Holly Golightly J Kempster/H Medeiros /S Mccarthy 28 GCH CH Penpoint Win’Ter Games E Coogan 24 GCH CH Penpoint In Dress Blues L Stagg/S Ward/J Medlin 18 GCH CH Solivia’s Decadence Of Beagood L Goodman/A Nash/K Brown/S Thompson 18 GCH CH Penpoint Puff The Magic Dragon L Stagg/S Ward 14 Chesterhope Never Ask Why For Daykeyne T Buckley/C O’Neill 13 CH Perryglens Justdoitat Coquetel G Munro/A Hay/J Munro/J Munro 12 CH Paladen’s The Coast Is Clear K Detterich/D Whitehead

Pointers (German Shorthaired)

219 GCH CH Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey V Atkinson/A Manning/Y Hassler-Deterding 139 GCH CH Shannon’s Celebration At Springrun T Depietro/C Trost/T Feneis/L Handschumaker/P Crowley 81 GCH CH Ehrenvogel Achy Breaky Heart C Swensson/M Lara 68 GCH CH Crk On The Double M Farone/W Farone 57 GCH CH Kan-Point’s Makin’ The Chase R Stanley/R Stanley/L Coonrod 54 GCH CH Shade Mountain’s Cane Bello Moon Dancer JH P Busso-Campana 48 GCH CH Kan-Point’s Leading The Chase R Stanley/L Stanley/L Coonrod/A Hagood 39 GCH CH Pointsetter Pride And Joy A Johnson-Edwards/C Edwards 37 GCH CH Huntrspride Sweetdreams Farook JH CGC M Moinier/D Moinier/M Farley 25 GCH CH Seven Hills HurriKane Force T Mack/A Mack 50 Dog News

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Pointers (German Wirehaired) 47 GCH CH Hh Lookout Celtic Field Of Vision JH

(F)

(M)

32 23 23 20 12 12 10 9

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

(M) (F) (M)

(M)

(M) (M) (M) (M)

Retrievers (Golden) 483 GCH CH Easthill Broxden Woodland Lettuce Entertain You

(M)

421

(M)

252

(F)

221

(F)

220

(M)

C Collins/L Fernandes/J Supple/J Ovalle/A Rodrigues GCH CH Sandpiper’s Let Freedom Ring T Tsumura GCH CH Summits The Vanilla Sky R Lee/B Johnson GCH CH Emery’s White Out P Sherry/R Sherry/B Bischoff GCH CH Rush Hill’s Drama’Geddon JH T Struble/M Struble/C Meddaugh GCH CH Goldruls It’s All Greek To Me CD JH M Sarkin GCH CH Tamarack Billions Of Stars Over Poeticgold L Simmons GCH CH Brookshire’s Croak N Dagger S Donahey-Feeney/W Feeney GCH CH Avalors Big Kahuna L Reuter GCH CH Nautilus Keystone J Mackinnon

(M) (M) (M)

Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay) 45 GCH CH Quailridge’s Against The Wind

(M)

138

(F)

130

(F)

123

(F)

112

(M)

Retrievers (Labrador) 412 GCH CH Barra’s Saturday Knight Special CGC

(M)

(F)

189

(M)

(F)

173

(F)

152

(F)

135

(M)

113

(F)

102

37 36 33 28 20 17 16 15 15 15

(M)

J Boyd/M Boyd/J Witt/E Shupp GCH CH Harvest Meadow’s Money To Burn J Bish/M Bish GCH CH Hilltops Winter Scotch At Inverness B Stroh CH Kimmax Katch Me If U Kan At Claddagh SH C Bastian/W Bastian GCH CH Weidenhugel Luca V Sep JH F Ely/P Ely GCH CH Neudorf’s Cool Hand Luke Afterhours F Newwirth/C Whitmore CH Highfield ‘N Heywires Legacy Of The Best J Robertson GCH CH Windmill Wireworks Chance Of Rain B Watkins/A Kostishak CH Blueline’s Grand Finale JH H Baumbarger CH Am Idawire Friends In Low Places S Oslander/J Quesnell

29 CH Uran Black Wind Of Varazdin S Ferlan-Horvat/K Hamilton 28 GCH CH Jubilee’s Curveball Legend JH P Mcclain 23 GCH CH Kistryl Happy Together JH P Ronin/H Ronin/M Wilcox 19 GCH CH Victory’s Just What The Doctor Ordered CD BN K Poole-Price 19 CH Fishercreeks Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh J Kuchinos/T Kuchinos/B Harrison/C Kelley

D Cuevas GCH CH Cabin Ridge’s Mega Margarita C Meyer/H Bremmer/K Bednar GCH CH Blackwood-Deadstream’s Justice Is Served A Wallace/E Wise CH Irish’s Darkness Of The Royal Knight G Irish/D Irish GCH CH Monarchs Zero Cool T Dennis/D Glasser/C Dennis GCH CH Albridens The Show Must Go On S Larson/D Baker CH Shocktop’s Power To Act K Wright GCH CH Cal-I-Co Hope On The Rocks J Colvin GCH CH Shiloah’s Harvard Girl One Smart Spicy Cookie T Coene/S Grasso GCH CH Bowie’s Brown Twister SH C Morath Sedgeblac’s Gunnar Keeps On Tracking M Messer/K Hitt GCH CH Chesabar Cricket’s Key To Heaven’s Reflection J O’Dell/P Barber

Retrievers (Curly-Coated) 23 GCH CH Riverwatch Grand Illusion

M Meek/G Meek 11 CH Sun Devil Ive Gotta Feeling For CudyNCae A Eales/J Kofron/G Kofron 4 GCH CH Amberlea’s Faultline Rattle CD BN RE CGCA W Reed

Retrievers (Flat-Coated) 91 GCH CH Windy Hill God Of Fire RN JH CGC

K Johnson/C Johnson/R Rickert/S Rickert 80 GCH CH Windy Hill Dance To The Music JH R Rickert/S Rickert/L Selof/M Bettis 63 GCH CH Timberblac’s True Brew J Martin 51 GCH CH Huntlover’s Readymade From Denmark L Michaelson-Cohn/C Cohn/N Hanover 40 Fox Creek’s Black Arrow SH H Hebert/M Hebert

140

(M)

L Halterman CH Everland Gone In Sixty Seconds To Clovercreek K Dotson/C Dotson/S Parsons GCH CH Trendmaker’s Make You Wish K Singh Walia CH Hidden Brook Accolade Opal A Robertson GCH CH Shalimar’s The Animator M Frisbie/J Frisbie GCH CH Dogwood Cool Mkt Run D Scott/S Scott GCH CH Foxrush See The Stars M Corley/J Corley GCH CH C.R. O” What A Blue Bird Morning CGC” C Ramsey/J Gillespie/C Gillespie GCH CH Eagertrieve Shadow At Everwood W Cook CH Mainland Little Ricky Ricardo P Guttenberg CH Bellathatch Dancing In The Rain F Jones

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(M)

Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 70 GCH CH Water’s Edge Mr Majestyk BN RN (M)

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

D Rode 60 GCH CH Javahill Surf2 An 8 Second Ride BN RN K Schultze/L Fitzmaurice/A Pasko 38 CH Brynwood’s On The Edge G Boryczka/E Boryczka 38 GCH CH Star Crowned Javahill 2sexy4my Genes RN L Fitzmaurice/K Webb/V Anderson/L Smith/W Gearhart/M 26 GCH CH Littleriver’s Brynwood Celtie CD RN E Boryczka

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Setters (Irish Red and White) 16 GCH CH Truly Gotta Have Faith JH W Bockman/L Bockman/R Bockman 13 CH Truly In Good Faith JH W Bockman/H Riggle 12 GCH CH Aramis Farms High Road To Killary D Peterson/J Zawikowski 6 CH Redbranch Let It Shine D Wurz 4 GCH CH Paterjay Analita T Orcutt/C Orcutt/Z Orcutt

S Crocker/K Crocker GCH CH Jadestar Remington Special J Sullivan GCH CH Leatherhead’s Don’T Do Me Like That K Young/J Young/M Mato GCH CH Tramore Notorious S Hassler/L Hassler/G Swanson GCH CH Abbeylane Tramore Above The Limit D Michaelson/B Rasmussen GCH CH Lucky Morn Firecracker J Ziech GCH CH Seafarer’s Red Hot And Green J Clay GCH CH Evergreen Good Intentions M Merlo GCH CH Militza’s My Cherie Amour T Mcneal/R Mcneal/K Wall/J Fisher GCH CH Bellary N Beaubriar Dazzler C Raposo/M Dechambeau

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C Douglas/J Beaudoin/B Van Deman/G White Jones GCH CH Mario N Beechwood’s Midnight Express CGC F Charest/C Charest/M Ragusa/P Ragusa GCH CH Pbj’s Back In Black B Pruitt/J Pruitt GCH CH Lehi N Sunhaven’s East Coast Connection C Chand/H Armour GCH CH Mar-K’s Sunrise At Midnight J Hanlin/M Ragusa/M Ness CH Brandia’s Esperanza S Smythe Lydgate Let Her Flye J Kimes/J Breckenridge GCH CH Mtp Tis A New Jenaration C Plemons GCH CH Pbj’s Black Superlative B Pruitt/M Pruitt GCH CH Mar-K’s Prologue K Blouso/R Gray/M Ness

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve decIded to wrIte the BIte oF tHe APPLe a bit differently than in the past for a number of reasons. Practically the new size of doG NewS truly does not lend itself to an over expansive writing style. the article could take up the entire magazine! Secondly I really was tired of the format after all these years and thirdly I never really was totally convinced about the impact tHe BIte had on our readership. I know that certain people did rely heavily on it for their visits to New York but candidly many of those people have passed onto to greener fields while the computer and/or Facebook has made every-

one into a food critic (or a critic of every topic under the sun) whether or not they are qualified. All opinions are in all too many situations given equal airings and unless you know and respect the people involved how does one know really what to believe or think? So the following is what I have devised in the way of restaurant recommendations for the Fancy--like it or not this is how this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BIte is being presented and I am not giving any addresses nor phone numbers either--Google them!

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ertainly two of the most discerning foodies in the dog show world are CiNDY and DaViD VOGELS so i would suggest they try BÂTarD, which is the former location of the now defunct Montrachet. Food critics love it and it is hailed as the best new restaurant in NYC. The wine list is said to be amazing and who would know better than David? Personally i found the food a bit pretentious and the portions on the small size although the service was precise and caring. Certainly worth the visit if you can get in there. Then there is BETONY on West 57th Streetbe sure to eat upstairs where you could easily find SEAN and TAMMY McCARTHY open for lunch and dinner- it is a fabulous addition to that Street not known for the best of restaurants. Portions decent sized and food very american and beyond delicious and priced not too o u t r a g e o u s l y. For ABBE SHAW and her Santa BetoNY Barbara crowd of sophisticates i would suggest a place called of all things THE UPLAND. Supposedly inspired in some ways by the cuisine of their home state California there is a “five lettuce” Cesar salad, which is as refreshing as they get. SHUKO is one of the newer sushi places with an omakase option, which is incredibly good, while its kaiseki tasting menu is wildly

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Do We Take Our Veterans Seriously? By Andrew Brace

f ever a column was mistitled it must be Geir Flyckt-Pedersen’s “Babbling,” as of all the writers in the sport this eloquent Scandinavian seems less capable of babbling than anyone I know, his DOG NEWS offerings being laden with common sense and thought provoking opinions. (Ed. note: Geir loves the title!!) I was therefore a little taken aback when I began to read Geir’s thoughts on the showing of veterans and at first found myself at odds with him, however as I got further into the article I realised that we were actually in total agreement. Some years ago I was judging an international show in Finland, which was part of an ambitious weekend (remember that the Europeans are not used to the mammoth “back to back” events now so familiar in the US) – a whole bunch of breed and group specialties on Friday, a national Championship show on Saturday, and then an international Championship on the Sunday. This gave some exhibitors four chances to show their dogs over the weekend. On Saturday I had the pleasure of judging Best in Show – a mixed blessing as two dogs in particular that would, from my ringside opinion, have been easy contenders for the top spot placed second in their respective groups – but on Sunday, after some mighty breed entries I had been invited to judge Best Veteran in Show. As is traditional at the large Scandinavian shows, this competition was “pre-judged”, in other words all the competitors are examined and moved individually in another ring, and then just brought into the main ring for the judge to make his cut and then the placings. This speeds things up considerably when a lengthy program is scheduled in the Best in Show ring, though some foreign judges seem to have difficulty grasping the principle and have been known to start from scratch again, exasperating stewards and show officials alike … to say nothing of the ringsiders. But I digress … into the pre-judging ring came what seemed to be a cast of thousands – in reality over a hundred dogs, each past their seventh birthday

and almost without exception in superb condition and coat, showing well and giving of their best. Making a short list was going to be difficult as dozens of these dogs could easily and happily have won BOB under me in good competition. So many of the dogs in contention were still, although in the September of their years, clearly of “Certificate Quality”. Once in the big ring I was asked to make a very short cut, as the skies were threatening, but try as I might I had to pull out ten and work them one more time, not that any were giving an inch. Eventually a decision had to be made and I opted for an Australian Terrier, the much titled Bluepeppers Woody Woodpecker, then almost ten years old but showing like a young freshman. I had admired him many times before but never actually laid hands on him. Having done so, I would say he was one of the great dogs of our time, having those vital ingredients of type, quality, soundness and natural charisma. I seem to recall that an enchanting Papillon and graceful Saluki, both of whom could still take on the very best in their breeds, closely followed him. It is interesting to see how the Scandinavians regard their Veterans, as many of them show dogs will into their golden years, provided they are still looking good. Perhaps one of the reasons is that so many of their show dogs are first and foremost household companions, lovingly cared for, exercised well on a daily basis and treated as family members. Oftentimes they live in a household where they may be the only dog, or be one of two or three, and so their owners have limited numbers to campaign. Their show lives tend to be a lot longer than the dogs in Britain and, dare I say it, the United States. Sadly these days we tend to live an instant society, which permeates the dog fancy, and most of our exhibitors seem to think that if they haven’t finished a dog’s Championship before its second birthday then there is something amiss. Whilst it can be said that most of the Toy breeds CoNtiNueD oN page 120

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Imitation is supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery. It just doesn’t always feel that way when it arrives in the form of a parody.

UtterFutility atWestminster By Denise Flaim Westminster, with its gilded history and oftentimes outsized cast of characters, is a natural target. The best known send-up of our sport is unquestionably “Best in Show,” the improvisational “mockumentary” written and directed by Christopher Guest. The 2000 film is set at the fictional Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show in Philadelphia, but the faux event’s gravitas and global reputation have no parallel in the dog world other than the Big W. “Best in Show” spawned a yowling litter of iconic lines – “You’ve got your Busy Bee! Do you want your Busy Bee?” – and introduced a flamboyant cast of characters: Financially challenged Cairn fanciers Gerry and Cooke Fleck, living embodiment of opposites attracting, as she keeps rubbing up against old flames and he bumblingly navigates life with – literally – two left feet. Meg and Hamilton Swan, self-absorbed yuppies who obsess about Starbucks, mailorder catalogs and their child replacement, a neurotic Weimaraner named Beatrice. Sherri Ann Cabot, a collagen-overloaded trophy wife whose geriatric husband finances her lifestyle and 60 Dog News

the career of their top-winning Standard Poodle. Scott Donlan and Stefan Vanderhoof, a campy gay couple whose sexual doubleentrendres are about as subtle as Scott’s black leather pants. And of course, Harlan Pepper, the drawling Bloodhound man whose recitations of nuts – “Pistachio nut. Red pistachio nut. Natural, all natural white pistachio nut” – is as captivating as it is nonsensical. But “Best in Show” isn’t the only satirical riff on Westminster out there. One wintry February several years ago – probably over some manner of big salad at the Tick Tock Diner – Paul Lepiane of Poodle Variety recommended I get hold of a copy of “The Winning of Westminster.” Written in 1966 by the late Kurt Unkelbach, who with his wife Evelyn bred and showed Labrador Retrievers under the Walden prefix in Connecticut, the novel has a canine protagonist who tells you all you need to know about its tongue-incheek tone. He is, of course, the great black Standard Poodle Ch. Utter Futility of Mud Hollow. According to his Hartford Courant obituary, Unkelbach was a “playwright, actor, radio writer, chicken farmer, salesman and advertising executive,” but his book leaves no doubt that he was very much a dog man, too. (He was also the author of “The MasCoNtiNueD oN page 124

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2015 AKC Board of Directors

: Bios DOG NEWS is pleased to bring our readers the ANNUAL BOARD QUESTIONNAIRE asked of those Delegates seeking Board Seats for the Class of 2019 to be held in the March election of this year. There are three open seats with five Delegates seeking these seats. The three people endorsed by the Board appointed Nominating Committee are Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia and Steven D. Gladstone, both presently seated Board Members, and Dr. Thomas Davies, a former Board Member and former Vice Chairman of the Board. Running by petition from the floor are Robert Amen, a present sitting Board Member, and Dr. Gregory Paveza. All bios and answers are printed in the order received in the DOG NEWS offices and we thank all the candidates for being so cooperative in answering the questions. Shaun Coen compiled the results and these answers will be on the DOG NEWS WEB SITE as well. We trust this project will be of further assistance to you in directing your Delegate as to how to vote in the upcoming election and will serve as helpful information about these candidates generally. 64 Dog News

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of Brimfield, Massachusetts, and with his wife, Roberta, lives with several Siberian huskies, a Belgian Tervuren and a cat. He was introduced to the world of purebred dogs with Old English Sheepdogs in 1967. He soon discovered the Bearded Collie, and began a long time involvement with the breed. He was President of the Bearded Collie Club of America and shepherded its entrance into the AKC Stud Book. He co-authored the Bearded Collie standard. Later, Dr. Davies became deeply involved in Siberian Huskies and Belgian Sheepdogs. He and his wife have bred and finished many champions in all three breeds. Today, they concentrate almost exclusively on Siberians. He is especially proud to have coowned top winning and top producing Bearded Collies and Siberian Huskies. Dr. Davies was first approved to judge Old English Sheepdogs and Bearded Collies in 1992 and today judges Akitas, Siberian Huskies and the Herding Group. He has served as President of the Springfield Kennel Club and is currently the club’s AKC Delegate. He has served for many years as show chairman for the Springfield Kennel Club and the Connecticut River Working Group Association, for which he is vice-president. He has served in various offices and capacities in many all-breed and specialty clubs. He has been a Delegate for 40 years, and served as a Director in the past. Dr. Davies is retired after more than 30 years in various areas of scientific research, and product and market development.

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Roswell, GA Selected by AKC Nominating Committee Education: Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate - Florida State University. Employment History: Assistant Dean, Emory University; Regional Administrator – US Department of Education. Florida State University, DeKalb College, University of Tennessee Space Institute. Business Experience: President -Atlanta Student Aid; President/owner of two post-secondary schools. Family: I am married to Nancy Hart and have four children and five grandchildren. Two of my children were juniors. Dog Experience: An AKC Breeder of Merit of German Shepherd Dogs. Produced one of the top brood bitches and many champions. An active writer and researcher and serves as an AKC expert witness in dog legislation cases. I was appointed chairman, by the DeKalb County (Georgia) commissioners, to write new county dog legislation which resulted in the model that is used in several states. I have written three books on dogs and have published more than 50 articles on breeding and legislation. In 1986, 1999 and 2005 my writings about dogs were selected by Dog Writers Association of America for recognition. Published books: Breeding Better Dogs; Breeding Dogs to Win; and Caring for the German Shepherd. Veterinary Journal Publications: Early Neurological Stimulation of Puppies (2009) and Risk Factors for Bloat (2010) President/CEO of AKC/CAR (Reunite) which resulted in three million plus enrollments. AKC Committees - chaired: 1. Committee for the Future 2. Business/Planning. Delegate Committee Board liaison: • Health • Parent Club • By-Laws • HEC Committees • All-Breed Club Affiliation: • AKC – Director • AKC Museum of the Dog – Past Director • GSDCA – Current Delegate and Past President • GSDC Atlanta – President , current Editor and current Director • Dog Writer Association of America – Past President and current Director • Atlanta Kennel Club – current member • North Georgia Dog Group Association

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D r . g regory J. P aveza

Delegate for the Elm City Kennel Club, Connecticut. I have been involved in the sport of pure-bred dogs for over 35 years. My wife, Sulie Greendale- Paveza, and I started out raising Shelties, breeding the 1987 Winner’s Bitch at the ASSA National Specialty. I have been a member of the ASSA since 1983. We have owned and bred champions in other breeds most recently Longhaired Dachshunds. I have been a member of several clubs during my career, serving as a club president, club board member, member of the show committee, and show chairman. I remain actively involved in the sport by stewarding 20 – 30 times a year. My career has taken a road different from many of the other board members since I am neither a lawyer nor business executive. After obtaining my MSW, I provided psychotherapy, serving as the evening supervisor of emergency psychiatry at a major hospital in Chicago while maintaining a private practice. After obtaining my doctorate, I entered university life, progressing from Assistant Professor to Professor. I established a research unit focusing on geriatrics and elder mistreatment, garnering at its height over $1.5 million annually in grants and contracts. At the University of South Florida, I served as faculty senate president, a member of the Board of Trustees, and as the Chief Academic Officer at its Lakeland Campus. In 2007, I assumed responsibilities as Dean of Health and Human Services at Southern Connecticut State University and currently at the request of the President, as Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.

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40 years in Corporate and Financial Public Relations, 30 years in dogs. Career spans senior executive posts with Fortune 500 companies; managing own consulting business, and as President, Ketchum Global Corporate Relations practice. New York Times: began career in Business News Department; Bell Telephone Labs Corporate Vice President for three companies with sales in excess of $2 billion, including Norton Simon, Inc., Gulf & Western Industries. Formed consultancy in 1980, in Greenwich, Ct., providing financial public relations services to Campbell Soup, AT&T, John Wiley & Sons, et al. Elected to Board of National Investor Relations Institute (3500 members), Washington, D.C. in 1987, and Chairman of the Board, 1988-89. Sold firm in 1992 to Ketchum Public Relations, one of the nation’s top PR firms. Elected President of the Global Corporate Practice, which included public affairs, Reputation Management. Delegate since 2006. Elected to AKC Board, 2011; Chairman, AKC Audit Committee. AKC obedience judge, exhibitor. Earned OTCH on four dogs. Qualified for National Obedience Championship 10 years in a row. Obedience Training Director, PCOTC, White Plains, NY. Past Director, U.S. Australian Shepherd Association; wrote Obedience column for USASA Journal. Won Dog Writers of America Maxwell Award, 2013, for Family Dog article. Dogs shown in conformation, lure coursing, agility, dock diving; trained in tracking, hunt test work. Editorial Board of Front & Finish magazine. Member: U.S. Australian Shepherd Association, Australian Shepherd Club of America, Golden Retriever Club of America. Education: Stuyvesant H.S., N.Y.C.; Baruch College; City College of New York (B.A.); Columbia University Graduate Faculties. February, 2015, Robert Amen, Delegate Port Chester Obedience Training Club Member, AKC Board of Directors Chairman, AKC Audit Committee

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I see little point in reciting paragraph after paragraph of my education, business and dog world resume. Suffice it to say that I attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and Wharton School of Business, with a Juris Doctorate in 1979, and have practiced law and run my own real estate businesses since then. I have served the All Breed and Parent Clubs of which I have been a member, in most every position, as Show Chair, President, Delegate, Treasurer, and Parking Attendant. Marieann and I got our first Cardigan Corgi in 1974. Under our Aragorn prefix we bred over 100 AKC titled Cardigans, in all disciplines. I have judged since 1989 and now judge 3 Groups. I served on the AKC Board from 2001 until 2009 (when term limits intervened) and from 2011 until now. I have been Chair of the Board Audit Committee, overseeing the hiring of and transition to the new external audit firm of KPMG. I was Chair of the Board Business Committee, which helped structure the AKC Global Services division of AKC. The Boards of our AKC affiliate companies have sought my help as well. I have twice served on the AKC Canine Health Foundation Board at the request of the then Chairmen, and continue to serve AKCCHF today. I was Chairman of AKCCAR until retired by term limits, and led that company into the profitable microchip sales and enrolment business. I continue to serve on the AKCCAR Board. CoNtiNueD oN page 164

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The findings of a recent study, which investigated early migratory patterns, suggest selectively breeding dogs for specific traits may have begun between 660 and 1350 years ago in North America.

Selective Dog Breeding May Have Begun Nearly 1400 Years Ago in the Americas

By Sharon Pflaumer Unlike their wild wolf ancestors, early dogs learned to accept human companionship. With the exception of being the main course at dinner sometimes, they otherwise benefited from the association by gaining access to new food sources, enjoying the safety of human encampments and spreading their species as they traveled the world with their two-legged masters. the research A recent study of early dog remains examined the species’ migration in the Americas during ancient times. Although the research aimed to fill in gaps in the knowledge of early human migration, it also enriched the understanding of how early dogs were used and thereby suggests what their relationship with humans was like. Its findings also suggest when selective dog breeding may have begun in North America. “Early dog remains were chosen for study because ethical concerns often limit the research of human remains when descendants oppose destructive analysis. Studying dog remains was the next best thing to studying human remains because dogs were the only domestic species to migrate with humans across the Americas in ancient times,” Kelsey Witt says. She is the study’s lead investigator and a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois. Five of the dog skeletons studied came from the Dionisio Point site in British Columbia and two from the Albert Porter Pueblo site in Colorado. The remaining CoNtiNueD oN page 128

A recent study suggests dogs may have first migrated to the Americas with humans about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first humans crossed a land bridge between Siberia and north America. the research analyzed the genetic characteristics of 84 individual dogs from more than a dozen sites and was the largest analysis of ancient dogs in the Americas to date. the limited diversity found among the dogs suggests selective breeding for specific traits may have begun in north America almost 1400 years ago. Photot: Angus Mcnab, Julie McMahon. 68 Dog News

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Major Dan Ross and one of the dogs await the return of a full fuel tank after the duck boat’s motor ran out of gas a good mile and a half by water from the truck.

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Over the years, afield with my dogs or judging hunt tests, I’ve noticed that certain words or phrases are just not something you want to hear. The reason? They are almost always the precursor of something bad. Take, for example, the words “uh-oh” or “oh-oh.” By themselves, they seem pretty harmless. Sometimes they are as when they are the lead-in for something as innocuous and easily remedied as “Oh-oh, I forgot the dog’s show collar.” A simple trip to one of the dozens of vendors at any dog show provides a remedy for that particular “oh-oh.” But there are other times when “uh-oh” or “ohoh” are the equivalent of the blaring klaxon of the diving alarm aboard a submarine followed by the shouted command, “Dive! Dive! Take her down fast!” because life and limb are in serious jeopardy. These two phrases can also be the harbinger of something that lies between innocuous and getthehelloutofhere but is nevertheless most unpleasant. One of those “in between” situations happened to me a few years ago while judging retrievers doing upland work at a hunt test. My co-judge wanted to set the test along a crick. English majors, you can stop reaching for your blue pencils right now! Further upstream, this body of moving water was definitely a creek but where the test was to be run, it had deteriorated to crick status. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the difference between a creek and a crick, it’s time for some enlightenment. A creek is a sophisticated, pristine water that sparkles and burbles through scenic landscapes over a clean gravel bottom. A crick slogs along through pastures and gurgles through culverts beneath roads. You never know what sort of bottom a creek has because it is obscured by mud, bovine, porcine, avian and equine waste, and God-onlyknows-what-else, which is why being up that most famous of cricks, with or without a paddle, is something to be

“For those of you who are unfamiliar with the difference between a creek and a crick, it’s time for some enlightenment.”

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and one cannot blame them for feeling this way. Any club paying thousands of dollars to send someone to a Delegate Meeting – much less four meetings a year – needs to examine what it is receiving in return for an official meeting that lasts approximately three hours where little is said or reported. Unless one serves on a Committee or has a desire to do so (Committee membership seems to be based on name recognition and friendships), most Delegates are shut out of active meaningful participation. There is a tremendous turnover of Delegates during any given year with an estimated hundred changing every year. The largest meeting during the year is usually the March Annual Meeting (when the Directorship election is held) with over 300 in attendance; the next is the September meeting (Delegate Committee elections). Some clubs pay all Delegate expenses, some partial, some none – meaning some Delegates are footing the bill themselves. A lot of people become Delegates with great expectations, but soon reality sets in. They realize there is little going on during the official meetings and not much of an opportunity for them to participate in any viable discussions except around the luncheon table. Yes, they can attend

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the day before Committee meetings, they can hang out at the bar the night before, they can do all the socializing things, but it takes time and money for them to feel they are part of the “Delegate Scene.” For many new Delegates, this is not what they had in mind and soon they tell their club to find another person to serve as its Delegate. All of this just points to the fact that the Delegate Body needs to roll up its proverbial sleeves and tackle the hard job of restructuring itself to make its meetings more inclusive, more meaningful, and more valuable for the time and money being spent. A number of solutions have been suggested over the years to deal with the expanding Delegate Body, the varied interests of an AKC “mother” club in its governance procedures and methods, and the need to make all parts of our sport feel that each has a vested interest in the success or failure of the future of AKC. It has been suggested that the Delegate Body could be broken into subsections of the country meeting quarterly on a local level while sending representatives to national meetings; or separate the Body into areas of club interests – one for conformation, one obedience, one field trial, one agility and so forth; and/or hold one national week-long meeting/

convention a year to bring all aspects of AKC interests under one roof while allowing for Delegate online voting to attend to matters that must be handled during the year. It has also been suggested that the Delegates need to consider how their Board of Directors is structured: does the Board really need to meet eight or so times a year; could matters be handled better through online resources; should non-Delegate Board members be considered; is the Board too large, too small, too restrictive; should it be mandated that each of the club interests be represented on AKC’s Board by a member who actively participates in its sport – to name but a few suggestions. There is no doubt that AKC needs to be restructured and its governance level is sorely out of date. Our forefathers never envisioned the vast expansion of clubs and the varied areas and interests of participation that our dogs would and still can bring under AKC’s umbrella. Only the Delegate Body through its powers to oversee the Club’s Bylaws has the authority to take steps to bring about necessary changes to take AKC governance out of the 20th Century and put it into the 21st Century.

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PETA Billboard at the Rocky Mountain Cluster of Dog Shows

By Louise Leone, Cluster Chair and President of the Colorado Kennel Club I know that thIs has happened at other show sItes and to other Kennel Clubs but when it happens to you at your show site, at your Kennel Club, it hits home. This is what happened to the Rocky Mountain Cluster Dog Show held at the National Western Stock Show Complex. This is a huge complex where we hold five days of dog shows with an entry of around 3,000 dogs each day. The billboard, located on a major roadway into the National Western Complex, shouted out these words: “AKC breeders KILL shelter dogs’ chances. Always adopt and never buy. Spay and neuter. PETA”. 84 dog news

At first it turned my stomach. It is upsetting to do all we can as a Cluster of Dog Clubs to promote the well being of purebred dogs. The Delegate from Colorado Springs Kennel Club, Sid Marx, contacted AKC. The President of AKC, Dennis Sprung, responded very quickly with the advice that it’s better to ignore something like this rather than call additional attention to it or result in unintended consequences. Rather, AKC offered to send out an e-mail blast to dog owners in the area, highlighting the positive functions that AKC members and breeders do in the community and for purebred dogs. Truthfully we cannot get on Continued on page 140

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ing, walks over and engages me in conversation. “What do you think - maybe we should play this before the start of group judging? His hand-held device is activated, he scrolls through various song choices and taps play: I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook or the ovation I am what I am It’s my world that I want to take a little pride in My world and it’s not a place I have to hide in Life’s not worth a damn Till you can say, “Hey world, I am what I am” I am what I am I don’t want praise, I don’t want pity I bang my own drum Some think it’s noise, I think it’s pretty And so what, if I love each feather and each spangle Why not try and see things from a different angle? Your life is a sham till you can shout out loud I am what I am I am what I am And what I am needs no excuses I deal my own deck Sometimes the ace Sometimes the deuces There’s one life And there’s no return and no deposit One life, so it’s time to open up your closet Life’s not worth a damn till you can say, “Hey world, I am what I am” While listening to the words, I quietly and joyfully recall the multiple times I have seen La Cage aux Folles on stage and at the movies, and I also recall my personal journey that was and remains respected and celebrated within the sport of purebred dogs. The singing stops, I visually scan the spacious building and take note of two of my favorite judges, DR.JRN and DR.RM, from Canada. Reinforcing my own personal “Hey world, I am what I am” with dignity. Directly in front of the black and white checkered clubtable are six tables arranged in a U shape. MS.JS energetically and creatively works her magic with the most wonderful collection of raffle baskets, donated by individuals and businesses from all over the country---wine baskets, liquor baskets, beauty supply baskets, coffee/espresso baskets, chocolate baskets, a Cabela’s basket, an auto emergency basket and more. The visual display is yet another sign of the good things to come in the New Year and the desire to be part of a “MAKE A DIFFERENCE” team. Shortly after MS.JS completes her raffle basket beauty

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makeover, four Take the Lead Board Members - MS.MM, MS.PB, MR.RG and MS.RK, along with DOT (Daughter of Thor), arrive in support of the dog show weekend and in support of MPKC fundraising efforts. All five, including my enthusiastic self, joyfully engage any and all in buying event tickets, raffle tickets, memberships to TTL and a chance or two at Chucka-Duck. It truly is wonderful seeing the twinkle in a mature man’s eye when he purchases a bag full of small rubber ducks to throw in a ring before Best in Show in hopes of winning half the money, and only later donating it back to Take the Lead (Thank you MR.WB!). Day two, Saturday of the three-day-CheckeredFlag-Dog-Show-weekend proves to be a race to the finish. With GODFREY’S Restaurant and Night Club tickets sold out, the volunteers’ focus is raffle tickets, Chuck-aDuck, and TTL memberships. The selling and buying is fast and furious. Included in the spontaneous group of energetic raffle participants is a beautiful young girl (BYG) around the age of nine or so. BYG walks slowly from one end of the raffle tables to the other, stopping and quietly staring at a beautiful basket display filled with assorted fox-themed items. Not saying a word, BYG continues to quietly traverse back and forth until I choose to recognize her. “Hello. Can I help you?” A bit shy she looks the other way, towards the hunt/fox basket and returns. “What is this about?” “Well it’s a raffle, we are selling tickets. You buy your tickets and then you put them in the bag associated with the basket. Later this afternoon we will pull one ticket from each of the bags

and if your name is on the ticket that is pulled, you win the basket.” “Oh, Okay… ..I would like to buy as many tickets as I can with this amount.” BYG hands MS.MM a twenty. MS.PB gives her tickets. Once she has written her name on each of the red tickets, BYG, once again, slowly proceeds to the far end of the table and carefully places each ticket, one at a time, into the fox basket. We look at each other and collectively send positive energy her way, in hopes of her winning the basket. An hour later BYG returns with her father, purchases more tickets and places each one in the Fox Basket. Mid-day, before the start of the Group judging, the selling of tickets comes to an end. MS.PB, TLL Board President, reaches in the first bag to pull the winning ticket. Yes, it is the Fox Basket. BYG is seated at the opposite end of the table, head down, and praying for positive results. MS.PB reads the winner’s name and yes...SHE WINS. At first, BYG remains seated. She looks a little bewildered. But, when it sinks in that the Fox basket is hers to keep, she rushes forward giving hugs along the way. After each of the winning tickets is pulled from the various brown paper bags, anxious individuals flock the tables to retrieve their treasured baskets, and MR.RG, MS.PB and MS.MM prepare for the CHUCK-A-DUCK TOSS. DROID vibrates from within the left pocket of my blazer. “Hello! This is MICHAEL.” “Hey Michael, this is ROBERT from James River Transport. The Motor Coach is parked outside and I am ready to take you and your guests to Godfrey’s when you are ready.” “ROBERT, I will be right out. Thanks!” DOT, CoNtiNueD oN page 92

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MR.TS (judge from Wisconsin) and I collect a large cooler filled with champagne and ice, cases of multi-colored champagne flutes, and party favors for each guest as they board the motor coach. Best in Show is selected by the ever charming, beautiful, and lovely MS.BAS, and the crew begins to board. Once the official show photographs are completed, the remaining few are welcomed aboard with a glass of champagne and colorful beads around their necks. The energy is positive, alive and refreshing and I could swear I can hear MR.RM’s hand held device in the background “I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook or the ovation I am what I am” Along with fellow TAKE THE LEAD Board Members, I graciously continue to offer champagne during the fifteenminute drive to GODFREY’S Night Club and Restaurant and in preparation of our exciting night with HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY, ALVION ARNELL DAVENPORT and a Cast of Fabulous Female Illusionists. Putting most flight attendants to shame, I manage to stay vertical through city traffic and pour champagne without soaking any of the guests. “Michael over here! Can we get some more please? This is the best champagne I have ever had, and I hate champagne! WOW, I am having fun and we are not even there yet!!” The conversations are joyful and the sense of common purpose fills the space. Before our arrival---and before greeting the several members of our party who chose to drive to the event, I make change using one-dollar bills, so everyone will have tipping funds for the Female Illusionists. All twelve bottles of champagne are consumed during the short trip. The motor coach pulls directly in front of the main entrance to GODFREY’S. I am the last to exit the motor coach, ROBERT confirms our return time of 9:15 PM and I enter. The space is fun, colorful, intimate, eclectic and filled with old-world SoHo charm. BIGMICHAEL, DR.LW (Murphy French’s personal physician), his lovely wife MS.AW (the woman who tried to kill me on the river), MS.PHJ (My run92 Dog News

ning buddy) and her husband, MR.JJ, wave from the middle of the restaurant, and have saved me a seat. They car pooled from home--arrived thirty minutes earlier---and were already on round number two. So far, so good. Everyone is happy, everyone arrived in one piece, and no one has to worry about driving back to the show ground or to their hotel. And, I do not have to worry about the final bill. Because of relationships, the Middle Peninsula Kennel Club of Virginia, and because of the great service that TAKE THE LEAD provides, we are able to start the evening paid in advance, because of a handful of dedicated fanciers and friends who were determined to believe in the concept and the quality of the event. GODFREY’S kind and efficient staff tends to our needs, serving cocktails and appetizers. Guests order directly from the menu and the food is prepared fresh to order – Sesame Ginger Chicken, Beef Tenderloin, Southern Style Meatloaf, Herb Crusted Salmon, Crab Cakes, Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms, and the list goes on. “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to GODFREY’S. My name is...” And with that said appears the most lovely, beautiful and seductive HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY, our hostess for the evening. She immediately engages the crowd through laughter, questions, comments, song, and dance---leaving everyone applauding for more. Like a fine tuned piano, each Female Illusionist takes their respective turn to perform, working the crowd from the front of the restaurant to the back. No one is left untouched by their seductive charm and artistry, including several judges who manage to dazzle us with their dancing abilities, while clutching HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY for support. This event, as I said, is sold out. But, there is another small group that booked a table for our performance before we booked the event. Sitting across from the bar,

against the wall is a group of all-African-American-Church-Ladies from a local Baptist church choir celebrating together, clapping their hands and singing along. The visuals are priceless and their reactions to the performances are even more fabulous. They hoot and holler….and so do we. Nearing the end of her performance, HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY dramatically changes the mood of the event. “Darlings, can I tell you my heart is broken. I recently lost my dog and I am currently searching for a new dog to share my life with. I found a breeder of Coton de Tulear puppies in Tennessee and contacted her about acquiring a puppy. While waiting for her response, I contacted our mutual friend and my Cousin-in-Law, MICHAEL (that’s me, as she is actually BIG MICHAEL’S cousin) to ask for his professional guidance. Well, in the meantime the breeder from Tennessee did a GOOGLE search and found out that I was transsexual. Her response was extremely hurtful and she refused to sell me a puppy.” There is total silence in the room while everyone attempts to comprehend the hatred displayed by a fellow purebred dog breeder. In a matter of seconds, people respond, shouting “Don’t you worry; we will find you a puppy. What a shame. Hang in there; we are all not like that. We love you!” I am personally moved beyond words as GREG STRONG and CARLA VIGGIANO approach HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY and offer to assist her in acquiring a new puppy and to give her a puppy from their next litter. Tears of joy are shed, and the show continues with the three final performances of the night featuring: INDIA SPAULDING, MERCEDES DOUGLAS and STASHA SANCHEZ. In closing, HEAVEN-LEIGH KENNEDY graciously, like a true DIVA, walks through the motor coach, personally thanking each guest for attending. MS.PB and I stay behind to settle our account. “This has been so much fun and we hope you come back next year and your event will better than ever. Let us know and we will do whatever we can to make it special for your club and for TAKE THE LEAD,” the owner states, while shaking my hand. I turn around before exiting GODFREY’S Restaurant and Night Club and visually scan the bar, the tables, the lights, the remnants of a successful MPKC fundraiser in support of TAKE THE LEAD and I cannot help but think about all of our friends who passed away from AIDS, our friends who initially inspired the formation of TAKE THE LEAD through their personal struggles, and who inspired the organization to be inclusive and assist all people in need within the fancy. “Yes my, friends, tonight is for you---Michael Zolo, Richard Guevara, Scott Proctor, Bobby Peebles, Mark Shanoff, Carlos DeBango, Garrett Lambert, Skip Piazza………” (the mental list goes on and on). There’s one life And there’s no return and no deposit One life, so it’s time to open up your closet Life’s not worth a damn till you can say,

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Question of the week

What’s your reaction to this listing of 10 Most Intelligent Breeds by AKC?

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JOn COlE

I really have no thought one way or another about the list. I have had many different Breeds over the years and found some to be very intelligent, while others are not. That includes some on the list.

JOE JOlY

An interesting list of breeds names by the WOOF TEAM. I question if the team is made up of dog people. Intelligence has nothing to do with the ability to perform a single task. This sounds more like rote memory. A truly intelligent dog is one who can decide whether or not to perform a task if it means putting someone in a dangerous situation. Dogs, like people, have multi intellegences.

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The listing of the 10 most intelligent breeds made me smile and reflect on the recent work on canine cognition by Dr. Brian Hare presented at the 2013 AKC National Parent Club Canine Health Conference, AKC Canine Health Foundation. Dr. Hare authored a book, “The Genius of Dogs,” and a website where you can use a tool “to see into the window of your own dog’s individual cognitive style,” which is a blending of five core traits in how your dog behaves and interacts with the world—empathy, communication, cunning, memory, and/or reasoning. https://www.dognition.com/. Dr. Hare’s work with canines and “intelligence” made me think of the theory of multiple intelligences for humans that was developed by Dr. Howard Gardner in 1983 (8 intelligences, not just one designated by an IQ score). A blending of canine core cognitive traits makes sense to me; different dogs have been chosen for a wide variety of jobs. The best dogs for each job type often vary in their blend of empathy, communication, cunning, memory, and/or reasoning. Pure bred dogs are often said to be “purpose bred,” in other words, the breed evolved because dogs were bred to be able to do certain tasks predictably and well. At the time of Dr. Hare’s key note speech (see a recording of the speech on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7wnb7KjgFgc), he did not have enough data to tell him whether the five core traits would show a specific blending that tracked to specific breeds of dogs. He announced that he hoped to get the needed data from a website, published in 2013, that invites owners all over the world to contribute data about their dogs. My reaction to the listing of 10 Breeds…A smile and then a BIG question, “Has crowdsourcing like Dr. Hare’s provided answers about canine cognition for specific breeds, or was this just a fun list of breeds that have identifiable jobs in today’s society?” 96 Dog News

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gives details of rankings. That is a pity and doesn’t say much for the AKC’s attempts to be open and use social media to keep in close touch with its supporters and with the public at large.

TKC NUMBERS AND RANKINGS

The last published figures for TKC give the following as the top breeds in the popularity stakes:

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are exhibited at the show all have to qualify in one way or another to be there. That is a deliberate policy on behalf of Crufts to keep the numbers under control. The event already spreads out over 25 acres of the National Exhibition Centre in which it is held. The organisers wouldn’t want it to be any bigger!

REGISTRATION STATISTICS

The other set of figures released by TKC last week was the detail of the 2014 KC Registration numbers. They totalled 222,638. That is slightly less (half a per cent less) than they were in the previous year when they numbered 223,770. This is a fall of 1,132 for the year and as such actually indicates that the numbers are reasonably stable. Although last year’s figures are the lowest number of annual registrations recorded by TKC since 2001, the figures have held up really well as compared to those that have been experienced by the AKC during that identical period. In 2001 TKC Registrations numbered 220,821 dogs. In that same year AKC Registrations numbered 1,081,335 almost five times more than here in the UK. Nowadays TKC still has 222,638 dogs registered while the AKC’s figures (usually cloaked in a good deal of secrecy) had fallen to 479,404 by 2013. (I don’t think we have the AKC’s 2014 figures yet.) That means that while in 2001 the AKC in the USA registered nearly five times as many dogs as TKC in the UK, nowadays the AKC is only registering just over twice the number that the UK has. Considering that the human population of the USA, at about 320 million, is about five times that of the UK at 63 million, the registrations of purebred dogs in the USA seem to have taken a dramatic fall. And considering that there are actually said to be more dogs per head of population in the USA than there are in the UK, that fall is even more dramatic than it at first seems. That means that in market share terms the AKC Registered purebred dog has lost far more ground in the USA than the TKC registered pedigree dog has here in the UK. Sadly we are not able to compare the actual registration numbers of various breeds as between the USA and the UK because the AKC has stopped publishing its figures. Nowadays it just

RANK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

BREED NUMBER Labrador Retriever 34715 (English) Cocker Spaniel 22366 English Springer Spaniel 10616 French Bulldog 9670 Pug 9245 German Shepherd Dog 7926 Golden Retriever 6977 Border Terrier 5988 Bulldog 5958 Miniature Schnauzer 5481 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 4937 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 4931 Boxer 4146 Shih Tzu 4017 Chihuahua (Smooth Coat) 4012

AKC RANKINGS

The top fifteen rankings from the AKC in the USA in 2013 were: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Labrador Retrievers German Shepherd Dogs Golden Retrievers Beagles Bulldogs Yorkshire Terriers Boxers Poodles Rottweilers Dachshunds French Bulldogs Doberman Pinschers German Shorthaired Pointers Siberian Huskies Shih Tzu

Of course in the UK for Dachshunds and Poodles each variety is recorded separately but if they had been combined, their registrations would have put Dachshunds in 11th position but Poodles would not have appeared in the top fifteen breeds at all. So that means that of TKC’s top fifteen breeds only eight also appear in the AKC top fifteen. Even more astonishing is that of the UK’s top fifteen, some appear very low down the list in the USA. English Cocker Spaniels (what we call the Cocker CoNtiNueD oN page 104

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Spaniel) at number 2 in the UK end up ranked as number 62 in the USA. There are probably two reasons for that. The first is that in the UK there are a large number of working Cockers registered which never go anywhere near the show ring. The second probable reason is that in the USA the Cocker Spaniel (what we call the American Cocker Spaniel) is rather more popular than it is here in the UK and ranks number 29. Then there is the UK’s number 5 – the Pug – which only manages to be number 31 in the USA. My own breed – the Border Terrier – ranks number 8 in the UK but in the AKC rankings comes as low as number 81 and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier which is 11th in the UK can only reach number 79 in the USA. That latter may be caused by the fact that in the UK we don’t register American Staffordshire Terriers at all. Why it should be that some breeds go through periods of popularity in different countries at different times is not easy to work out. We normally simply put it down to ‘fashion’ but what we mean by fashion and what causes it is rather more difficult to define.

ANOMALIES

Even within the UK there are some anomalies and while we are on the subject of numbers this week, we might as well look at yet another strange thing. That is that some breeds in the UK, though not anywhere near the top in terms of popularity with the general public, are far more popular in the show ring than they are with the world outside. A simple look at the top fifteen breed entries at Crufts shows just that phenomenon. The breeds with more than 250 dogs entered at Crufts this year are: Breed

# of Entries Crufts 2015

Number UK Regs.

Labrador Retrievers Golden Retrievers Whippets Flat-coated Retrievers Staffordshire Bull Terriers Irish Setters (English) Cocker Spaniels Border Collies Cav. King Charles Spaniels Shetland Sheepdogs Bearded Collies Border Terriers Pugs Beagles Bulldogs Rough Collies Afghan Hounds Papillons

5393 532 435 390 375 372 343 320 313 303 301 289 278 276 261 258 258 257

4715 6977 3294 1180 4937 829 22366 2142 4931 1060 371 5988 9245 2512 5958 793 165 486

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Irving’s Impressions So that means that though Labrador Retrievers have the top entry at Crufts, only one dog is shown at Crufts for every 64 dogs registered annually. In Afghan Hounds the figure is almost the other way around and that is that for every dog registered annually, 1.5 dogs of the breed are shown at Crufts! Indeed there appears to be very little correlation between KC Registrations and Crufts show entries. There are probably many reasons for that being the case. One is that some breeds have more overseas dogs entered at Crufts than others. But probably the most relevant reason is that some dogs are more difficult for the public to groom, maintain and house than others, and so expert exhibitors and breeders are more likely to be able to keep and show them. There again, however, that doesn’t explain why Whippets are third in the popularity stakes at Crufts but are not even in the top fifteen as far as registrations at TKC are concerned.

CONFUSED AND WORRIED!

If all of these numbers haven’t confused you, they certainly have confused me. I simply have no idea what causes some breeds to be fashionable with the public and others to be unfashionable. All I can say is that a breed being swept up in increasing numbers because of fashion, is seldom a good thing. Yes it enables its existing devoted supporters to find good homes for their surplus puppies more easily than otherwise. But it also brings along with it an influx of people who are only interested in the breed for its commercial success and to make money and not because they are genuinely interested in the welfare of the breed. Of all the breeds increasing at an alarming rate here in the UK at the moment, and doubtless one which will suffer for it in the long run, the French Bulldog is the most obvious example. I see that in the USA the breed has gone from 54th ranked position in 2003 to 11th position in 2013. In the UK the increase is even more dramatic. The number of French Bulldogs has gone from only 349 in 2003 to a staggering 9,670 last year! All I can say is that if I were a long term supporter and breeder of French Bulldogs I’d be really worried. Wouldn’t you?

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expensive. it’s a perfect place for the aMY/aNDrEW GrEEN crowd and their contemporaries. it’s near Union Square and the crowd is hip and with it and if you like no adore Sushi a visit here is a must. Now then if you are looking to see Mr. and MRS. MENAKER I would suggest your going to the new chophouse THE BOWERY MEAT COMPANY. The rib-eye cap is unbeatable, highly marbled and super succulent making this a meat experience for a steak lover beyond compare. if it’s New York Deli you hanker join “THE PURINA LADIES” at the legendary KATZ’S DELI, where the pastrami and corned beef sandwiches can’t be beat except perhaps at SarGE’S much further uptown but don’t expect the excitement and crowds as you’ll find at KATZ”s. On the other hand you might find these “girls” at the ultra swank and sophisticated ARMANI RESTAURANT located in the store itself with a private entrance off of 5th Ave. This is quite the posh place with prices to match! Now then

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if i were DaViD FrEi i would probably be found in the more gracious and lovely NOMaD restaurant in the NOMAD HOTEL, which has one of the most beautiful bars in NYC--remember tHe BowerY MeAt coMPANY if you can’t get a reservation the chic thing today in New York City is to sit at the bar and eat although the new POLO RESTAURANT and BAR, which is as hot a place to go as there is in NYC today, still won’t even let you in the room as the bouncers there are truly firm about thisjust ask CHUCK WINSLOW. Even he couldn’t talk his way in this new “gentleman’s Club sic restaurant” -- Bradley Cooper could I betcha! if it’s large italian portions in Little italy you are keen to try CarBONE where FLOrENCE FOTi is likely to hang out at and probably does. The baked clams can’t be beat and there is a giant sized veal schnitzel that overwhelms even the hardiest. it’s sort of like going back in time to the Italian gangsta films of yesteryear. It’s just not the pizzas which would drive the LiNT/ HELMING Crowd to the new Danny Meyer’s MarTa - the wood burning ovens are spectacular as are the lamb chops and other dishes but believe me when i tell you the pizza is the thinnest, most delectable you have ever eaten. There’s a potato Carbonara treated as a spaghetti carbonara, which outdoes Gene’s recipe, which he learned many years ago from the italian Countess CoNtiNueD oN page 112

Precious GCh. Toucheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Snap Dragon Thank you Judge Mr. Ronald Menaker for awarding Precious Group First at Middle Peninsula Kennel Club of Virginia. Owned by Bill Gorodner and Alan Bower Handled by Angela Lloyd, AKC reg. assisted by Erin Nesbitt, AKC reg. apprentice Bred by Touche

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Tizziani! There’s something new in NYC a good if not great Mexican restaurant!!! You’ll find LESLIE BOYES there hopefully next year, as there is nothing Les loves better than Mexican food except perhaps Sushi but if you are Mexican food oriented certainly this is the best in New York City-called COSME (THEY ARE CLOSED SUNDAYS) but it is more than just good Mexican food it is an overall highly sophisticated dining emporium. RUSS & DAUGHTERS, long a favorite of mine for take-out ethnic New York Eastern European Jewish food for sure, the new and very modern sit-down branch would offer the rEiSSMaN SiSTErS a great place to entertain or to be entertained at. While the lower East Side probably has an overabundance of places to eat anyways this one just feels as though it belongs and will catch on for years to come. and on the exact opposite end of the scale on the SIMoNe

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Upper East Side in a sedate townhouse with waiters in vests and tightly knotted neckties is the SiMONE, probably New York’s least trendy restaurant. Where old-fashioned niceties (even signs asking employees to wash hands after using the facilities are acceptable) you will find some of the best and most classic French cooking in the world! That’s a pretty broad statement but i am sure the SHAWS - NANCY and MIKE- would happily entertain there. ask the owner’s wife Ms. Vaughn to pick out the wine for you and with a minimum of fuss and a minimum of “winespeak” there’s no doubt in my mind it will be done exquisitely. If its a prime rib you hanker you may find JOHN SPURLING at CHERCHE MiDi where the considerable portion served with pommes soufflés and a nothing fancy salad will warm this Brit’s heart and where the prices are comparatively reasonable not like the thinly disguised attempts at pickpocketing, as is the case with all too many restaurants specializing in this kind of food in the city. and if it’s a French Onion soup you hanker on one of those cold winter nights we have been being treated to of late everything you

THE BOSS!! This exciting young Westie is conditioned and shown by Rebecca Cross, assisted by Kelsey Jesseph. Thanks to all of the Judges who have appreciated his type, attitude and spirit.

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GCh. The Boss de New Gryffindor Sire: Ch Alborada Federer Dam: Ch Up-To- Date Du Moulin De Mac Gregor

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here was never any doubt, by the middle of the year, that the Top Dog for 2014 was going to be the Wire Fox Terrier Ch Travella Striking Steel, owned by Victor Malzoni and bred by Bill Browne Cole and handled by Richard Allan. Ending up with twice the number of points as his nearest rival, he smashed the alltime record for best in show wins of 21. “Oliver” is sired by Ch/Am/Int Ch Travella Starlord, himself a dual BIS winner and Crufts group winner ex Travella Scarlet Rose. The Travella kennel has been producing champions since the 1940’s, started by Bill’s father and now taken over by his son. Runner-up and the top working dog is the Bullmastiff Ch Old Manila’s Whisky Mac for Optimus, owned by Pete Myers and bred in Norway by Hilde Kjeldby by frozen semen from the American dog Am Gr Leathernecks Stealin Hearts used on Norw/Sw/Dan/ Ch Old Manila’s Echo Springs. He was best in show at The National Working Breeds show plus several group wins and a couple of reserve best in shows at general championship shows. Just one point behind him and is the top toydog, the Longcoat Chihuahua Ch Hollyel Topaz Chancer, owned and bred by Lesley Adams by Japanese -bred Ch/Int/Jap/Dutch/Bel/Ger/ Lux Ch Peregrine JP Cup O Gold ex Ch Hollyell’s Topaz Angel. His highest win was best in show under Bill Browne Cole plus several other group firsts. In fourth was another from the working group, the Alaskan Malamute Ch Chayo My Prerogative, bred and owned by Sue Ellis by US import Int/Am/Dutch/Bel.Lux Ch Sno Quests Limited Edition ex Ch Chayo Better Than Chocolate, he gained his place by winning 6 group firsts and is now the breed’s cc record holder. Remarkable there are two Chihuahua males in the top five! Fifth is the Smooth Ch Sundowner

Play Misty for Me at Dachidas, bred by Jean Day and co-owned with her and handled by Aimee Davies. He is sired by Ch Veejim Delta Force at Taradona ex Sundowner Spice Girl. Dachidas has been one of the top producing Chihuahua kennels for many years for its owner Carol Davies. The leading hound is the black and cream Saluki Ch Classikus Cassandra, owned by Jeanette and Alan Glaister with his breeder Mary Sanders Parker. He is by the Australian import Ch Baghdad Karim ex the Swedish-bred Ch Khalils Phaedra of Classicus. Showing how strong the toy group is in the UK, is the fact that at number seven is another toy, having been top toy in 2012 and joint leader in ‘13. Its the Pekingese Ch Yakee Oooh Aah Cantona, bred and owned by Bert Easdon and Philip Martin. He is sired by ch Livanda Santana ex Ch Yakee Of Noble Birth. He took the breed’s record for cc wins and his highest award was under me at Birmingham National where he was reserve best in show. The top non sporting is the history-making German Spitz Klein Ch Longsdales Jen You Win, which not only became the first German Spitz of either variety to win BIS at a UK allbreeds championship show, but then repeated this again a few weeks later. Bred and owned by Dale Francis and Gary Pearce by Ch Terendak Bubble Baileys ex Stormavon Skies The Limit of Lonsdales. She is now the variety’s bitch cc record-holder. Just one point behind her is another non-sporting dog and is the Toy Poodle Ch Vanitonia As You Wish, owned by Tom Isherwood and Ann Evans, bred by Tom with Lee Cox. She is sired by the runner-up Top Dog of 2012, eight-times BIS winner Ch Vanitonia You’ll See ex Vanitonia If So. Top hound is the Norwegian elkhound Ch/Irish ch Ennafort The One And Only, bred in Ireland by

Top dogs all breeds 2014. Ch Travella Striking Steel. Photo by Alan Walker

Nancy and Gerry Daly and owned by Nicola Croxford and her son Will and Robert Greaves. She is campaigned by Will, Junior Handler of the Year in 2013, who trained with ourselves for a while, so especially satisfying for us. She is sired by Ch/Irish Ch Whittimere Pandemonium ex Irish Ch Barbelka Lila. Topping the herding group is Debbie Pearson’s blue merle Shetland Sheepdog Ch Edglonian Singin The Blues, by Ch Milesend Night Force ex Ch Edglonian Kiss N’Tell. He has been a consistent winner over several years, with group wins in 2009, ‘11 and ‘13, but his great day came at the Three Cts where he not only took the breed record but went on to win his first general ch show best in show under Marc Cocozza and then repeated this at Leeds under Espen Enge from Norway. Later in the year he was myself and Michael Coad’s winner of the Eukenuba Champion stakes final, and represented the UK in the World Challenge at Amsterdam where he reached the final 12. The top gundog competition has been quite open this year and in the end it was a breed that does not have cc approval for its breed yet, the Spanish Water Dog, Valentino’s Castro, which is also the top rare breed too. He is owned by the Egginton family and sired by Spanish ch Coco De La Galea, from the country of origin, ex Valentinos Gordviday. I believe that the AKC has just recognized this breed and will compete from January 1st 2015.

s the year draws to a close we have a couple of shows that take on the Christmas effect. The first is BUBA or to give its full title-The British Utility Breeds Association Ch Show, or to shorten it, the non-sporting group ch show, the only one we have for this group. On days gone by the biggest breeds were the coated ones, Lhasas, Shih Tzus, etc. Now its the Bull breeds, Bulldogs, with French Bulldogs having the biggest entry of 163 dogs entered. Frenchies are one of the top 5 most popular breeds in the UK. Sadly because of this demand, there has been an influx of dogs being imported from Eastern Europe, not always the best quality either, which is sad for this most lovely of breeds. I have been hooked for over twenty years with the breed, they are the best companions you can have in your home. The overall entry was 1850 dogs and being so close to Christmas, each judging table

had a little Christmas Tree on it, a very nice festive feeling for the show. Breeds here are usually judged by breed specialists as it’s the breed clubs that are allowed to select their own judge. Best in show judge however has to be multi breed approved and this year that honor fell to Tom Mather, a toy specialist and Crufts committee member. It was a new face to the top spot (no pun intended) which fell to the Dalmatian bitch Ch Dalliviro Reba Mac at Ellemstra, in fact every placing was a new face to group winning. In reserve best in show place was the grey and white Lhasa Apso bitch Marnbri Miss Miranda owned by Mark Nutley and Brian Agnew. Into third was the red Chow male Ch Kwaitang Kristian at Kyong winning his 23rd certificate. In fourth it was the untitled Shar Pei Loupei’s Three little Birds at Pontshannon. It is rare here for a Bulldog to win best of breed from the puppy class but it did here and also went onto best puppy in show and it was the all white bitch Pheorn No Surrender. The nearest big win for an import was the the Schipperke that won the Eukanuba champion stakes, Tricia Morley’s Ch/Am Ch Chatalat Aradet Rugby handled by Mary Deats. And final show of the year, and one of the most popular of the year, is the Ladies Kennel Club. The Kennel Club has set up a working party to look at new ideas for shows to encourage more participants. One of those ideas is that championship shows ought to be able to apply for ALL breed status. Many believe that the LKA should be one of those such is its popularity, as this society has been in existence for 100 years. The venue can well accommodate the increased number as it’s the same venue as Crufts!! It was certainly very chilly outside, with thick frost, but once inside it was a hive of activity. 10,126 were entered with Labradors being the top entry of 219 dogs, so you can well understand the thrill of winning a cc or even best of breed in an entry of this size. But this year the entry was slightly down as it clashed with the huge Amsterdam Winners Show, which of course this year incorporated the Eukenuba World Challenge. Holland is very close to these shores and several British exhibitors tried their luck there instead, AND were successful too. It was a 13th best in show for the Wire Fox Terrier Ch Travella Striking Seal, owned by Victor Malzoni. Reserve best in show was the Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Ch/Finnish Ch Miletreee Montesuma of Lodoncor for Cesar Cortes and Marte Londono. I judged the non sporting group and my winner was the gold Lhasa Apso bitch Chethang Petronella for Jacquie and David Chalmers, interesting as l see she is sired by my dog certificate winner at Crufts Ch Chethang Nikodemus. Jenny Dove, famous for her Saringas Afghans, judged the hounds and her winner was Steve Rose’s Mini Wire Dachshund Ch Ridanflight Ricardo, Steve is better known for his Ridanflight Pointers. Sandra Marshall did the gundogs and her winner was the BIS winner from Belfast Karen Whitehead’s Weimaraner Show Ch Gunalt De Ice at Strideview. Bred by Stephen and Patsy whose phenomenal kennel have now bred 80 UK champions, quite a record. Meg Purnell-Carpenter did the working group and her winner was the Doberman Ch Jovavik Midnight Express. Stella Clark did the herding and it was the 18th group win for the Australian Shepherd Angie Allan’s Ch/Finnish Ch Allmark Fifth Avenue, sired by Am/Braz Ch Dazzles Bill-A-Bing Bill-A-Bong. Dog News 115

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ever wanted in that kind of soup plus a marrow bone speared with a spoon and plunked in the middle of the bowl can be found at M. WELLS STEAKHOUSE where no doubt you’ll find LINDA LOW with one of her kids on one of her rare trips out of Scottsdale to the City she loves and in which she should be living. as we all know the City is thick with italian restaurants but there is one standout when it comes to unusual selections of italian wines, which is aLL’ONDa. a Venetian restaurant in Greenwich Village explores some of italy’s less-traveled wine provinces and will test the mettle of MarTiN SOSNOFF (husband of TONI) as to what he learned on his trips to the wineries in those provinces. it is said that there is a 2011 Vesppaiolo from Contra Soarda for $67 that is a revelation, intense yet graceful, while for bubbles fans, the selections of prosecco and Lambrusco are superb.

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admit to being one of the original Food Hall Junkies of all time. The first thing I try to do when visiting a foreign country is to seek out the Food Halls or Farmers markets, which they turn out to be say in Nice. These bounteous markets are not new to the City: MaCY’S opened its Cellar nearly 40 years

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ago. in l997 the former Nabisco factory was transformed into CHELSEA MARKET on West 15th Street, setting off the modern proliferation of indoor markets with restaurants in the City. One of the latest to open is HUDSON EATS on the second floor of Brookfield Place, formerly the World Financial Center. it has magnificent views of the Hudson with 600 seats for Num Pang sandwiches, Umani Burger, Blue ribbons sushi to go and Black Seed Bagels. Here’s a list of some of the best--my favorite of course is EaTaLY, which is right next door to our offices. They are planning at least one or two more Halls in the City alone, which i hope will not dilute and take away from the original. Like Danny Meyer’s emporium they are all over the country or will soon be for sure. Here all things Italian are under one roof and some of the finest produce in the City is to be found. The incredibly excellent and stocked fish market, as well as the cheese and meat markets, are well worth the trip just to stare at the well-stocked shelves. La PIAZZA is the only restaurant here without long lines (there must be 4 or 5 restaurants within the complex), which is in the center of the

bustling market that supplies its menu. Snack on cheeses, charcuterie, seafood and vegetables with wine at stand-up tables. Very New Yorkie--very KAREN LEFRAK (i.e.)--I love grabbing a bite there with her. Then there is the PLAZA FOOD HALL, which has improved tremendously, as has the remade and stunning new PALM COURT, which is now so updated it actually has a bar today!!! The soaring palms and the mirrored tables make this room an ideal place for daytime entertaining where no doubt VICTOR MALZONI and his stunning bride SUSAN would easily be found. and let’s not forget the GRAND CENTRAL MARKET, which serves many of the commuters to and from the City. Upscale but disjointed for me--i am subject to the Penn Station doldrums commute-- i suppose if those of us subjected to the Penn commute had what they have in Grand Central we would be jumping for joy. Nonetheless it is a bit disjointed weaving in and out of the Grand Central Food markets.

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I trUSt you all will have a great time enjoying the City and that you all do well at THE BIG W and come back for more in 2016.

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are fully mature at this age, the bigger boned and physically larger breeds take a long time to reach their peak. When I first began handling Afghan Hounds it was rare to find a dog in the Open class younger than 5 years, yet today many of these very dogs are already retired! It has amused me no end to hear some exhibitors enquiring of the owners of top winning dogs that began their successful careers very young when they are going to retire them. In many cases these dogs are winning Best in Show before they are at their mature best, because of their exceptional quality and attitude to the job. But why should they be taken out of the ring when they are not yet at their peak? I have to say I was lost in admiration for the strength of character shown by Mike Gadsby and Jason Lynn when they decided that Crufts this year was to be Ricky’s last show, having won Dog of The Year in the UK and the Eukanuba World Challenge in Florida, regardless of how he fared at the world’s most famous show. As it happened, Ricky did pull off the big one, but as planned he left the UK the following April when he competed at the Poodle Club of America, returning to his new home in Peru with Poodle and Shar Pei enthusiast Ilara Bondi de Ciabatti, who has continued to campaign him whilst giving him an idyllic home life. We seem to want our dogs to start winning at six months, and we want them hitting the high spots long before they are often ready. In some ways I rather like the American approach which seems to be – bring them out, finish them, then leave them at home to really mature, bringing them back out when they’re bang on form. That is not, sadly, the British way. We panic simply because if a dog is out of the limelight for six months it will be forgotten about! So many dogs in so many breeds, like good wine, get better with age and my experience with the Finnish veterans proved that in many ways they can continue to take on the best for many years. Indeed, when I judged in Kotka in Finland last year no fewer than three of my BOB winners came from the Veteran class. How short sighted it is for us to give a dog a year or two of heavy campaigning and then retire them to a kennel life or a pet

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home? Having a wonderful dog that is capable of holding its form into its twilight years is a great advertisement for both the breed and the individual. In the UK I do feel for exhibitors when they show their dogs in the Veteran class (and often these golden oldies are in much better condition and frequently with cleaner teeth than the younger dogs) and then in the challenge barely get a second look. It is almost as if the judge doesn’t take the Veteran winner seriously, as if it were some form of novelty class. Last year at Three Counties my Pembroke Welsh Corgi Bitch CC winner was 10½ years old. She won the Certificate because I felt she was the best bitch on the day; for me she had breed type and quality, and was a superb mover. I was astounded to hear that this was her first CC. I was further amazed at the reaction of some people to this award. Some remarked that it took a lot of courage. Why? Isn’t judging all about putting up the best dog on the day? Others said it was “a waste of a ticket”, suggesting that at that age she wouldn’t get made up. That’s not my problem. How could the CC be wasted when it was merely proof of my opinion of the bitch on the day? Far too many people worry about what happens to their winners in the future. It is irrelevant. It is true that many breeders tend to retire a dog after a couple of successful seasons because they have younger dogs coming along. They are to be admired for that, but far too often great show dogs are taken out of the ring before they have actually peaked, and that is as big a travesty as showing dogs until they are well past their sell-by date … a sad mistake made by many exhibitors who have had one great one but then nothing of the same calibre with which to follow it up. Of course people only remember those dogs as sad, tired old dogs rather than the great dogs they were at their peak. There is a happy medium and the important

thing is knowing when to take a dog out of the ring. Sometimes young dogs come along that are capable of beating the golden oldies, oftentimes the reigning Champion is the best on the day, but frequently the Veteran gets dismissed for the serious awards simply on the grounds of age. That is not judging dogs, it is judging birthdays! That said, I sympathised with Geir when he told the story of a dog he had greatly admired being brought to him when he was well past his sell-by date and the effect that final image had on him. I too had a similar disappointment, though nothing like as extreme. Many years ago a very dear friend of mine was showing a Pomeranian bitch that I considered to be one of the best I had ever seen. It was a photograph of her I chose to represent the breed in my book THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO JUDGING DOGS. When she was at her peak she was up against another very good bitch that was owned by some very good friends of my friend, and when I came to judge the breed she chose not to show the bitch I rated so highly, fearing (quite rightly I suspect) that I would have put up her bitch and caused some ill feeling between them … something that mystified me as all parties involved were experienced judges themselves. Some years later I was again judging the breed and on this occasion the great bitch was brought to me, missing several teeth and lacking the charisma she had exhibited so forcibly as a youngster, but still good enough to win the Bitch CC though I felt on the day she could not beat a young male who went on to win hugely including a Reserve BIS at Crufts. I can’t say that the picture of her that day tarnished the memory I have of her at her best, but it might just have taken a little gilt off the lily. As Geir says so rightly, there is a time when the greats should be retired gracefully and remembered when at their most impressive.

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ter of Sunnybank,” a biography of Rough Collie breeder Albert Payson Terhune, who famously wrote “Lad: A Dog.”) In both the movie and the book, the competition to win the big show provides the dramatic engine. But unlike “Best in Show,” which parodies the different archetypes that surface whenever the fancy is fictionalized (many of the same turned up on that short-lived, wince-worthy reality series “Dog Show Moms and Dads”), “The Winning of Westminster” goes a level deeper, drilling down to that oft-ignored stalwart on whose shoulders the whole endeavor stands: the breeder. The brightest star in that constellation of canine midwives is Lillian Chadwick Grumb, known as Countess Poodle in the fancy for her sheer mastery of the breed. So absolute is Lily that she speaks only in capital letters. She lives with her daughter Millie, a Great Dane breeder, and their home is overrun with dogs, much to the exasperation of Lily’s long-suffering son-in-law, Bob. Lily is a life form that is on the endangered list in our sport – the breed doyenne. Single-minded in her focus, she churns out great one after great one, setting the bar for all who aspire, but ultimately fail, to follow her. Her success often results in a trail of charred relationships along the way – or maybe her refusal to invest in any meaningful exchanges that don’t have to do with dogs is what gives her the latitude for her accomplishments to begin with. “I couldn’t sleep, I kept rereading Bob’s farewell note,” Lily’s daughter weeps when her husband leaves her. “I thought that life without him would be meaningless and that if I shot myself he’d be sorry. Didn’t you feel that way when Daddy left you?” “I DID NOT THINK OF MYSELF,” replies Countess Poodle. “I WAS TOO BUSY HELPING AN APRICOT BITCH IN WHELP.” Lily’s current high flier is the aforementioned Ch. Utter Futility at Mud Hollow, a stallion of a Standard Poodle. Despite her longstanding feud with Westminster – the club refused to admit her, a slight she never forgot – Lily decides to enter “Utty” at the big show. Enter A. Lexington Bromley, a Texan who made his fortune in doughnut-shaped dog biscuits that appeal, inexplicably, to people. Despite having kennels designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the best dogs money can buy, Bromley’s one wish has eluded him. “When a man wants something for almost forty years, the want must be his greatest desire,” the book explains. “It was that way with A. Lexington Bromley, the man who had everything – except a great dog. He had certainly tried his best to breed a great Poodle and failed. He knew that he was the object of pity in the eyes of thousands of dog fanciers, and that hurt.” 124 Dog News

Bromley is determined to acquire Utter Futility, and decides to get at Lily through her son-in-law Bob, who, conveniently, works at the advertising agency that has all Bromley’s business. With his job on the line, Bob does his best to convince his mother-in-law. But any check Bromley could write would not hold a candle to the feeling of a breeder-owner-handled win at Westminster. “She had even laughed at Bob’s final offer of ninety thousand dollars,” Unkelbach writes, “and then had tried to soothe the hurt look in his eyes by saying: ‘DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND, BOB? HOW COULD I EVER SLEEP AGAIN, WONDERING IF UTTY WAS HAPPY OR NOT EATING OR BEING BRED TO THE WRONG BITCHES?’” To be sure, there are other delicious characters in the book, including the semi-autobiographical Larry, who, like Unkelbach, is married to a Labrador Retriever breeder, and has guaranteed himself a perennially good night’s sleep by erecting a $3,000 chain-link fence around his bed. And of course, there’s the Best in Show judge, Walter Smythe, a suspender salesman from Iowa renowned for his honesty – and who relies on a “tinge” that starts at the base of his spine to tell him he has found his big winner. But for me, the real star of the book is singleminded, megaphone-voiced Countess Poodle. With her polar-bear coat (a gift from a fellow breeder in Nome) and plunging décolletage gown that she wore when presented to Queen Victoria, she is a dying breed herself, the well-heeled, died-in-thewool dog woman who values her family of dogs above all else. “IT HAS TAKEN ALL THESE YEARS TO DEVELOP JUST ONE TRULY PERFECT POODLE,” she explains to her frustrated son-in-law, “AND WHILE THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE TO EQUAL HIM, HIS GENES WILL BE HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, AND ALL FUTURE POODLES WORTHY OF THE NAME WILL BE INDEBTED TO HIM, AND I MEAN ALL DOWN THROUGH THE INFINITE FUTURE OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD. NOW TELL ME IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSLATE A DOG LIKE THAT INTO DOLLARS AND CENTS?” Suspense is Westminster’s coin of the realm, so I won’t spoil the object of Mr. Smythe tingle-induced finger-pointing for you. Suffice it to say that the ring contained four contenders newly purchased by Mr. Bromley, the indefatigable Countess Poodle with her Utty, and a dark horse Beagle with a knock-out of a handler capable of inducing tingles of her own. (And if that adds up to only six Best in Show finalists, remember this was before the Working Group was split to create Herding.) The Beagle, as it turns out, was bred by Countess Poodle’s estranged husband, now living in Louisiana and running a frog-leg empire. She is the only one of his dogs that has done any winning, and her name is Frog Legs Lil. “HE KNOWS FULL WELL THAT I WATCH THE SHOW RESULTS, AND THAT I KNOW HE HAS NAMED HIS BEST BITCH AFTER ME,” Lillian Grumb, the Countess of Poodles, declares after reading Lil’s name in Pure-Bred Dogs magazine. “I CONFESS THAT I AM TOUCHED, AND I DO HOPE THAT THE BITCH IS BROAD IN LOIN.” Here’s to another wonderful Westminster, and to all the Countess Poodles we are fortunate to still have in our midst.

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The end of The yeAr statistics always tell the tale of any aKC event. agility has always been the winner by far in the numbers game for percentage of growth. It did take a number of years to obtain the goal of most entries in any of the sports and number of events held. The year of 2014 the numbers showed a maturity in the sport. The event growth was 8.1% achieving 3,533 with a 265 increase in trials held. The surprising number is entries were 1,235,952, which is a minus .005 %. although this is a miniscule decrease, compared to the continuous positive growth in the past it does say that the

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constant pressure of other agility venues may be taking a small toll. What this equates to is the loss of less than two entries per trial. The buzz in agility rings in any state is the same, “we are preparing for nationals on this run.” This is because the upcoming aKC agility national Championship is almost upon us. on March 27-29, 2015 in reno, nevada 1, 104 dogs will converge on sparks arena to run on four dirt rings and try to reach their goal of becoming the 2015 Champion in their jump height. I for one will be competing in the 20” class with my Border Collie along with 310 other 20” dogs. My goal is to compete for the first time in an event that was created under

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my stint as director of agility. This will be a long awaited achievement. The Championship has been held in reno before, which is such an advantage for exhibitors to understand where to stay, park, camp and of course eat. The Westminster show is all about where are the very best dining opportunities as well as the prestigious competition for many experiencing new york. The Championship has six judges and it is interesting to see that none of them are from out West but two from Pennsylvania, two from Tennessee, one from new Jersey and one from Indiana. reno does not have an agility judge so none were available to honor in their home town. The crating for exhibitors is echoing the large conformation shows these days. There is free crating available but if you want Premium stalls or Preferred crating it will cost a fee. The stalls will hold several dogs/crates and handlers, which brings the cost down. each day the event will start at 6:00 aM and most likely go until that time in the afternoon. Wisely the staff is offering a Friday warm up type of competition in the morning and in the afternoon will be offering a new class that will most likely become a titling class down the road. This class is called Premier. There will be 565 dogs competing in this class and will provide all the data necessary to finalize any regulations that might need tweaking. They also offer the IsC class that is geared toward International competition and there will be 245 dogs entered. Most of these dogs will be World Team hopefuls gaining experience on international type of courses and jump heights. saturday will be the beginning of the actual Championship competition where all training is over and now the real work of the year will be realized. The first three events, one standard Class, one Jumpers Class and a hybrid

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class, which is a combination of the first two classes, will be open to all entrants. Those runs will set up the Challengers class, which means you didn’t make finals but you have one more chance to win your way in by earning first in the class. This is a go for broke run that is so exciting to watch as dogs and handlers lay it on the line. Then the finals will be the dogs that earned their way to the “big” competition, agility’s version of Best in show. The actual number of entries for the regular classes is 1,016 and in the Preferred classes there are 88. Preferred class meaning the dog is allowed to jump one height below what their shoulder measurement would allow in regular classes. This often could be the older dog or handler that needs more time to run the dog.

ne of the new technology offerings this year is the instant messaging on your smart phone. I have downloaded 702 751 0483 and typed in the message of @akcn. This will automatically send me updates for the event now and thru the entire weekend of competition. steve herwig is the agility rep who has done so many incredible upgrades in technology for the department. doug Lundgren recognized his extraordinary skills and steve is now working for both the obedience staff and agility staff. his shared duties will definitely upgrade the Obedience events to the quality of the agility events.

The requirements of this year’s nationals had remained the same for three years; it was time to up the ante on the requirements. skills of handlers and dogs have dramatically increased. next year’s requirements for the March 18-20, 2016 held in Tulsa, ok will be five double qualifying scores, 20 Masters legs in either standard or Jumpers and 600 MaCh points. This will make handlers who show in multiple venues most likely have to make a decision as to what venue to choose to qualify in for the Championship events. Usdaa also upped their requirements, which means more showing in that venue as well. It is a good requirement for aKC and one I will enjoy watching play out for the next year. Last year the combined event of agility, obedience and rally was held together, this year it is separated. The obedience Championship will be held at Purina Farms in Missouri on sat. and sun. March 14, 15. The rally Championship will be held on March 13 at the same location with a total entry for both at over 440. It was interesting to note that none of the judges for the two events were crossovers. one would have thought for economics that would have happened. This event will combine next year in Tulsa with agility. Currently I am taking seminars that are specifically geared to the competition on courses of the expected type at the agility nationals, but I am also preparing for the aKC World Team Tryouts, as I am the chairman of that event. This will be held in Minnesota on May 1-3, 2015 at the hopkins arena. This competition is held on carpet to help the coach and staff select the best dogs and handlers for the events in europe held on carpet. This is a must-see for the top competitors in agility. every run has to be their best for everyone entered. It is with sadness that the agility community learned of Pat scully’s passing recently. she may not have participated in the agility arena but she did take time to recognize it and support it by traveling with the World Team one year and celebrated with them when they won gold. Without a doubt obedience was her beloved sport of choice. Dog News 127

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35 came from the Janey B. Goode site located north of St. Louis, MO, which is just outside of what is now Brooklyn, IL. The research project was completed in collaboration with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, which provided access to several early dog skeletons in its possession. (While most archeological sites only have a handful of dog burials, the Janey B. Goode site was of particular interest because it has dozens. For more information, see the Sidebar article below.) ‘In all, we studied 42 additional dogs, which doubled the number of dogs investigated in this context prior to our research,” Witt says. “The 42 previously researched and also included in our study came from sites in North, Central and South America.” Witt wanted to determine how the diversity among the 42 additional dogs studied compared to what was already known about the diversity at other burial sites. To determine this, she extracted their DNA. “I extracted their DNA from the powder produced by drilling into teeth, then, examined a particular region of the genome,” she says. An Unbroken line of descent More specifically, Witt analyzed mitochondrial DNA. Whereas nuclear DNA consists of one chromosome from each parent, mitochondrial DNA comes from the mother dog only. That means analysis of it provides an unbroken line of descent to the ancient past. It also means, if two dogs have the same mitochondrial

sequence; then, they have to have the same ancestors. “Given the large number of specimens we analyzed, we expected to find a lot of diversity. Much to our surprise however, we found the 42 additional dogs we investigated were very closely related despite the fact they came from sites in Illinois, Colorado and British Columbia, which are separated by thousands of miles. In fact, 29 of the 42 additional dogs investigated had identical DNA sequences. This was in direct contrast to earlier studies where many samples were found to be quite diverse,” Witt says. One possible explanation for the lack of diversity might be there were smaller numbers of dogs brought to these regions by smaller groups of humans who only supported limited dog populations. If that were the case, then, there wouldn’t have been a lot of diversity among the dogs in the first place. (In some samples, the team found significant genetic similarities with American wolves, indicating some of the dogs either interbred with or were domesticated anew from them.) Selective Breeding For Specific Traits The other intriguing possibility is these humans may have been selectively breeding dogs for specific traits, which also would explain the lack of diversity found at the North American sites. “While the possibility that selective

breeding may have been begun is a tantalizing hypothesis, we can't say for sure whether it was the cause of the limited diversity or if it resulted from limited dog founding populations at these three sites,” Witt says. “More research involving more extensive sequencing of the dog genome is in the works to hopefully answer that question more definitively since the limited sequencing done in our study--a 300 base pair segment as opposed to all 16,000 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA sequence--may have affected our study’s results.” Perhaps the study’s most surprising finding was that dogs might have migrated to the Americas with humans much later than previously believed. Witt used analysis of the mitochondrial DNA sequences to determine how old the dog populations were, i.e., if a founding population only had a few individuals, then, how long did it take for the amount of diversity identified to develop from that number of individuals? “We expected the analysis to show dogs were brought to the Americas by humans 15,000 years ago as was previously believed,” she says. “Based on our research however, they only may have arrived 10,000 years ago. If that’s true, it suggests they may have accompanied humans during a second migration.” If dogs did not accompany humans during their first migration, it may be because dogs hadn't yet spread to the part of the world from which humans migrated, i.e., dogs were domesticated between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago in Southeast Asia or the Middle East and may have not yet spread to Siberia in time for the first human migration across the land bridge between it and North America.

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The Janey B. Goode site is located near the ancient city of Cahokia, which is just north of St. Louis, MO or what is now Brooklyn, IL. It is the largest and first known metropolitan area in North America. Occupation of it occurred between 660 and 1,350 years ago. Dozens of dogs were ceremonially buried there; suggesting the humans who inhabited it had a special reverence for them. While most of the dogs were buried individually, some were carefully placed back-to-back in pairs. The special relationship between dogs and humans may have resulted from the fact dogs were very useful. Skeletal damage from their remains shows they probably were used to haul supplies, making them a valuable resource. (No signs of skeletal damage were found to suggest the dogs buried at the site were used for hunting, i.e., there were no signs of injuries from horns or being kicked by hooves.) After humans later became agrarian in the Cahokia region, dogs were eaten, i.e., dog remains, which were sometimes burned, were found among food debris. Dog burials during this period were uncommon.

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avoided. Perhaps the easiest way to differentiate between a creek and a crick is in human terms. A creek attends the symphony on Saturday evening in white tie and tails and snacks on champagne and pâté de fois gras on artisan herbed bread rounds at intermission. A crick might be persuaded to go to a country and western night at the local saloon and snack on beer and pretzels between sets but only if it didn’t have to get cleaned up. What turned this particular creek into a crick was that it flowed past the duck pen on the game farm where the test was held. Several thousand ducks used it daily as a combination bathtub and toilet. The area downstream from the pen was an evil green sewer upon which a vast mass of feathers floated. About the length of two football fields downstream from where the test was set, the crick had to pass through a narrow culvert under a road. The bottleneck slowed the already snail’s pace of the water to the point where any movement at all was barely discernible. This lack of movement gave the duck effluent and feathers ample time to ferment and the result was a stench that drifted up from this cesspool that was so awful that crows in the area, who never tuned up their beaks at the most unspeakable road kill, did not venture within 200 yards of the

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crick and always perched upwind of it. What happened was a Labrador running the test disappeared over the edge of the crick bank and did not reappear. Concerned that the dog had fallen into the creek and been turned into a black mist by the toxic components in the water, I walked over to the bank to look for him. Unfortunately, this portion of the crick bank had been undermined by the slow but steady water flow beneath the duck feather carpet. When I stepped on the bank, my judging partner saw it beginning to crumble and uttered the words you don’t want to hear, “Uh-oh!” followed by a shouted “Jump!” Too late! Before I could scramble to solid ground, the bank gave way and I was waist-deep in the putrid water. I emerged looking like a bilious version of Big Bird but spewing language that particular avian Muppet would never have used. As I climbed up the bank, my judging partner took one sniff and yelled, “Eeeeuuuwww! Get away from me!” Not even a total change of clothing could completely eradicate the stink. On another occasion, “uh-oh” was very definitely the prelude to “Gethtehelloutofhere!” Judging pointers on a course that bordered a marshy area, my co-judge and I heard a sudden crashing like some very large animal was moving toward us and nothing was impeding its progress including full grown trees. “What’s that,” I hissed at my fellow judge. “Don’t know,” was his reply, “But it sounds serious.” The inability to identify the source of the noise lasted roughly another two seconds before it became “uh-oh” as an enormous pair of moose antlers appeared above the brush and there was no doubt, they were moving in our direction. The “uh-oh” in-

Belle was more than a bit surprised when she had to take cover a second before the gunner at a hunt test lost sight of everything in his line-of-fire except a flying quail and unloosed a load of birdshot that whistled about three feet over the heads of the dog, her handler and the judge, all of which were engaged in burrowing as far into the ground as possible.

stantly became “Look out!” and “Let’sgetthehelloutofhere!” at decibel levels usually associated with jet aircraft. Spurs were sunk home on the flanks of the equally scared horses that blew out of there like their tails were on fire. In 1973, the great racehorse Secretariat ran a hole in the wind getting the mile and a half Belmont Stakes in two minutes and 24 seconds, a world record time for that distance. This would have been just a morning gallop compared to the speed at which the three horses put distance between us and one very angry and charging bull moose whose attitude made it plain he was not interested in exchanging polite howdy-doos.

s long as we’re on the subject of horses, this falls under the heading of a word to the wise. If you are judging pointers and the wrangler says, “If you’ll grab his ear, twist it and hang on to the end of this twitch I have around his nose, I think I can get a saddle on old Milquetoast,” you know these are words you don’t want to hear. When I was young, thin and convinced of my immortality, I rode thoroughbreds over jumps on the horse show circuit and also galloped several racehorses. While I rode some really nice horses during the competitive horse show and racehorse galloping period of my life, I also got a leg up on some really fractious animals. But in all the years I rode jumpers and racehorses, including some that even the most ardent horse lover would admit deserved to be called “nasty,” I never encountered a horse as consumed by malevolence, misanthropy and sheer meanness as Milky. He would have been considered too dangerous to be included in the “rank pen” at the

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National Finals Rodeo. If ever there was a horse that needed an exorcism, it was Milky because there was no doubt he was possessed by the devil. Spending the day with Milky was a far cry from “a walk in the sun.” It was the horsey equivalent of a barroom brawl. After a pair of adventure-filled trips that contained just about enough excitement to cover two or three lifetimes, that was enough. I informed the test chair that unless he was willing to award combat pay, there had better be another horse beneath my saddle before the next brace or he would be looking for another judge.

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are other words you don’t want to hear. I once yelled the latter phrase to a judge, who like me, seemed to be coming into the line of fire of one of the gunners who seemed oblivious to anything in the vicinity of the end of his gun barrel except a flushed quail. At the same time as I yelled, “Get down” at the judge, I grabbed my dog and hit the deck a split second before a load of birdshot whistled about three feet over our heads. Not far from me, the judge was also burrowing into the ground and upon his rapid and unceremonious departure, his horse, fortunately, had wheeled and gottenthehelloutofthere also. Although everyone, horse, dog and humans escaped unscathed, it was a real changeyour-skivvies moment for the two-footed participants in this little drama. The gunner was immediately relieved of his duties, which was fortunate because once we realized we’d survived the encounter unperforated, neither the judge nor I were in any mood to exercise restraint. While we didn’t administer the thrashing he so richly deserved, some very “salty” language was directed at the offending gunner by both of us. When informed of this, the test committee later unanimously ruled that under the circumstances our profanity-laced denunciation of the gunner was “completely justified.” “Is the gauge on that gas tank accurate?” are not words you want to utter when the gauge reads “E” and you, a hunting partner and two dogs are a good mile-and-a-half down a lake in a duck boat that’s roughly the size and shape of a Los Angeles-class submarine but

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does not possess the sub’s When the Lab disappeared over the bank and did not nuclear power reappear, the fear was that the dog had become black plant. It was mist from the toxic creek water. also abundantly clear about two minutes after I asked that question when the outboard Bay Retriever’s version of paradise motor coughed, strangled and died from because they got to plunge into icy lack of fuel, that the duck boat also had water to swim after a dead, or even all the paddling characteristics of a fullybetter, a crippled duck and bring it loaded grain barge. We finally managed back. After which, they got to shake to beach it but that was just the beginthe frigid, muddy water all over the ning of a bad day as I promptly lost the guy holding the shotgun although coin toss that determined who was goRoss was agile enough to avoid at ing to hike back to the landing with the least some of the deluge. gas tank, go to town, get it filled and In payment for their services, then make the long trek back to where they were awarded all the meatloaf the boat was beached. sandwiches in my pack sack. Ross’ While I’ve never had enough evireason for giving my sandwiches to dence to prove it to even the most the dogs was that I had been gone liberal-minded judge, there are some several hours, it was long past lunchgrounds to suspect that my hunting parttime and I had most likely stopped to ner, the late Major Dan Ross, who was eat while I was in town getting fuel. the owner of the boat, motor and fuel That these assumptions were in ertank and was, therefore, responsible for ror became apparent with my howls making sure the latter held enough gas of anguish at finding a barren lunch for the trip, was using a two-headed coin compartment. I was, in fact, starving, because he insisted on calling the toss. leg-weary, foot-sore and damned I should have learned, during the years cranky because I hadn’t fired a shot I collected a paycheck from Uncle Sam, during the best part of legal shootthat officers in the U.S. Marine Corps are ing hours since I was otherwise ocnot “officers and gentlemen” when it cupied with fuel replenishment. Even comes to avoiding the “S” part of a s*** more irksome was the prospect of detail. Any tactic employed in that mismore hard labor ahead as the boat sion is deemed fair. had to be run back to the landing It was just a mile and a half to the and horsed on to the trailer since landing where the truck was parked by the landing did not have anything water but a good five miles if you had resembling a boat trailer ramp. Did to go overland. Then it was another 20 I mention that the duck boat, in admiles into town. The dogs, including one dition to looking like a submarine, of mine who was ordinarily so devoted weighed about as much as one? No? to me that he wouldn’t stray more than Well it did. ten yards from my side unless it was to make a retrieve or hunt for a bird, knew a o, for those of you who are good thing when they saw it and stayed rookies in the field, I’m passwith the boat. Not only did this provide ing along this hard-won wisample opportunity to bask in whatever dom. When you hear words warmth a mid-October sun provided such as these, you need to pay close but it also meant time for some serious attention and be prepared to also petting, ear scratching and tummy rubtake immediate action because nothbing from the major. Also, during the ing good is likely to follow the utterfour hours or so that were required to ance of these words. Even if your very walk back to the landing, go to town, survival doesn’t depend on taking get fuel and walk back to where the boat some sort of evasive action, preservwas stranded, Ross managed to shoot ing your sanity probably will. his limit of ducks. This meant the dogs had also experienced the Chesapeake

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efore getting to the wild, wacky and wonderful stories and memories of the one-of-a-kind spectacle that is The Westminster Kennel Club, dog owners should be apprised of issues of concern across the country this week. As purebred enthusiasts the world over marvel at the ideal canine specimens that will be on display in New York City over the next several days, the result of decades of dedication and devoted breeding programs, there remains a considerable faction of the population that wants to put an end to this practice. Dog owners everywhere must remain united in the effort to protect the rights to own and breed dogs responsibly and should use the platform of the Westminster Kennel Club dog show and all of its ancillary events and activities, from the Masters Agility Competition to Meet the Breeds, to espouse the virtues of responsible breeding and ownership. There

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will no doubt be detractors present along with the usual smattering of negative publicity in major publications and on television because these inflammatory stories help sell product but hopefully the American Kennel Club and its PR firm Edelman will be fully prepared and on the offensive promoting its mission statement —The American Kennel Club is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its Registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Founded in 1884, the AKC® and its affiliated organizations advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion, advance canine health and well-being, work to protect the rights of all dog owners and promote responsible dog ownership— the way that the National Animal Interest Alliance and HumaneWatch.org have vocally and publicly condemned the actions of animal rights extremist groups. Purebred enthusiasts must anticipate publicity garnering shenanigans from groups like PETA and The Humane Society of the United States,

in the form of public displays and billboards that liken breeders to murderers, as was the case last weekend at the Rocky Mountain Cluster, and campaigns to adopt shelter dogs instead of seeking out puppies from reputable breeders. Dog owners are urged to arm themselves with talking points about all of the good deeds performed by the AKC and its constituents, from the AKC Canine Health Foundation to its Canine Good Citizen program, as well as the contradictory and misleading deeds of its adversaries, such as the fact that according to its latest available tax returns (2013) the HSUS gives less than one per cent of its total budgets to grants that support pet sheltering and some states receive absolutely nothing from them (see chart on opposite page). n recent years a hot topic of contentious debate has been the use of service dogs. The canine has long been much more than just a companion to mankind, it has been man’s ears, eyes, helper, protector, defender, and assistant, and it performs myriad other tasks that help people to live richer, fuller lives and enable them to participate in society. People afflicted with a wide range of disabilities from post traumatic stress disorder, blindness, epilepsy, etc., rely on the assistance of service dogs. In recent years great strides have been made to be more welcoming and accommodating of these dogs in public places and on public transportation, but some people have been accused of fraudulently claiming their dogs as service dogs for benefits such as allowing the dog to ride in the cabin of an airplane rather than as cargo, which has hurt the cause of those who are truly disabled and in need of service dogs. These actions, along with those who anthropomorphize the dog, foster a lower opinion of dog owners amongst a certain segment of the population. For

these reasons, it’s with great interest that dog owners should keep watch on a study being considered in North Dakota under House Concurrent Resolution 3010. If the resolution is approved, it will direct staff to study the identification of properly trained assistance dogs that provide legitimate service to their owners, waivers of local registration fees, and the effect of various local ordinances on the acquisition and use of assistance dogs. This issue bears monitoring, as the ever-growing role of the dog in society and the multitude of ways in which it assists the human population must be properly recognized and the use of service and assistance dogs legitimized. Life can turn on a dime and one never knows when the use of a service or assistance dog will be required in one’s own life so proper guidelines and clear legislation is essential. Service and assistance dogs may also come in the form of a breed that is not permitted in certain locales, such as the bully breeds, Rottweilers or others that are so often the target of breed-specific legislation issues. The AKC’s position on the issue is that it supports the right of persons who require a dog to perform essential services to be permitted to keep a dog without regard to the dog’s size, phenotype or breed, and that it encourages the continuation and further development of the use of dogs for these and similar purposes. The AKC also recognizes that false claims of service or assistance dogs are detrimental to its cause and firmly states that it “strongly condemns characterizing dogs as service animals when they are not, or attempting to benefit from a dog’s service dog status when the individual using the dog is not a person with a disability.” Speaking of breed-specific legislation, the Montana State Local Government Committee is scheduled to consider a bill that seeks to protect the rights of responsible dog owners by prohibiting local governments from enacting or enforcing breed-specific legislation. While it does not restrict a local government from enacting an ordinance that applies to all dogs it expressly states that no ordinance,

policy, resolution or regulation that is specific to a breed or perceived breed of dog will be allowed. Should it pass, Montana would become the nineteenth state in the union to adopt such a measure and hopefully the first of many more in 2015. All Montana dog owners and those who participate in shows there are urged to contact committee members and voice their support for this action. All dog owners should also be aware of a bill currently being considered in New Hampshire that may be unconstitutional. Intended to address animal cruelty cases, the bill could force individuals charged but not convicted of animal cruelty to forfeit ownership of their pets, even if they are later found not guilty of those charges. The bill as written would establish a pre-trial process where a civil court may order the defendant-owner of confiscated animals to post a bond to cover the cost of caring for the animals for how ever long the proceedings continue, including any appeal period. If at any time the owner cannot pay these costs – on top of those associated with defending themselves in a criminal court proceeding – their ownership of the animals would be forfeited, regardless of the outcome of the case. Now, animal cruelty of any kind shouldn’t be tolerated and those found guilty should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law, but to take away the property rights — and we must never forget, dogs are property under the law — of an individual who may be falsely accused or found innocent of charges against him with no recourse is unacceptable, unconscionable and according to a federal court that considered a similar case in 2009, unconstitutional. The AKC’s Government Relations Dept. is urging all those who oppose to email their concerns to HouseEnvironmentAgricultureCommittee@ leg.state.nh.us and request that House Bill 624 be voted “Inexpedient to Legislate.” Now, with the serious business taken care of, it’s time once again for those wild, wacky, wonderful Westminster stories and memories and here’s hoping more magical moments are created for you all in 2015. CoNtiNueD oN page 144

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our high horse and fight back at PETA considering the amount of money they have to fight against us. The dog fancy should be able to voice its opinion without fear of opposing PETA in a court of law. A picture of this billboard appeared on Facebook. This has been all over Facebook. I have been receiving many phone calls and posts on Facebook from exhibitors voicing their concerns. Thankfully Patty Strand, President of National Animal Interest Alliance, saw it and contacted me as President of Colorado Kennel Club and the Cluster Chair. Today she sent out a press release on behalf of AKC breeders requesting that Outfront Media do the right thing and remove PETAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hateful billboard. If this is not possible, she asked that they donate another billboard to AKC or the damaged local AKC clubs. Patti Strand has also asked that all dog lovers who agree with her request to sign a petition to Outfront Media so she can forward it to Outfront before the shows. Please go to the NAIA web site and sign the petition. Here is the link http:// www.naiaonline.org/articles/article/ denver-billboard-brought-to-you-bythe-people-who-killed-Maya-PETA. Now, if the billboard is not enough, PETA was on a local radio Station tonight, KOA, mentioning the PETA sign across from the Rocky Mountain Cluster dog shows that will be held this weekend and the PETA spokesman on the radio said that breeders and show dogs are the ones promoting breeding dogs. That everyone should look into the shelters and not pure bred dogs. We are the problem. Here we are trying to educate the public and showing them that our shows are more that a beauty contest. We have health clinics, put on seminars, have barn hunt, agility and have Junior Showmanship. Agility and Barn Hunt is wonderful to see. Specta140 dog news

tors love to see the dogs in action. I believe that this all started because we did a large media campaign to promote our shows through radio, TV and the newspapers. PETA picked up on this and decided to do a major campaign in our area because of the size of our shows. Our clubs depend on our spectator gate. Will this affect our gate? Will the spectators come?? Our Cluster Club Members are very dedicated to educating the public about our wonderful world of purebred dogs. What can we as responsible dog breeders do to combat this?? Now is the time for all of us responsible dog breeders to band together and start educating the public about who we are. an edItorIaL response It certainly is interesting to see the differences in reactions between the naIa and the akC-akC tells you to ignore what is going on and patti strand from naIa offers a course of positive action to take with not only constituents of akC but with the general public as well--akC is contacting its constituents only and not appealing to its heralded list of 2 million social media people to join in the fray against peta. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting and we must say disturbing difference in approach.

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now, ice and frigid weather often encompass New York City in February, adding to the drama and ordeal of getting around the Big Apple and attending dogdom’s finest show and the accompanying Westminster related festivities. Of course, New York City is home and host to hordes of colorful characters and people from all walks of life from all over the world, but for this week they are all united in their love of the dog. Dog News asked fanciers for some of their wild, wacky and wonderful Westminster memories - a weather or traffic related adventure, a “New York” story, a brush with celebrity, an embarrassing or exciting encounter, or a favorite moment or memory from past Westminsters, and here are some of the replies.

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It was my first time covering Westminster for that once great daily newspaper, Newsday, some time in the late ‘90s. I got to the corner of Seventh Avenue and 33rd Street, and looked up at the electronic marquee, with the purple and gold Westminster promotions flashing. I had no idea where to find the press room. And at that moment, an energetic woman crowned with a swirl of gorgeous curls appeared, pointed a huge camera up at the sign and started snapping. ”Excuse me,” I said to her. “Do you know where the media go for credentials?” “Come with me,” she replied graciously, and I sure did. As she walked me through the entry to the Garden, past long lines of ticketholders waiting for 8 a.m. to strike, the barriers

melted, the uniformed guards smiled and nodded and let the turnstiles spin. My dogshow version of Virgil, she led me up the stairs, through the labyrinthine corridors, to that charming little cubbyhole of a press room. That was the first time I covered the Garden, and the first time I met Mary Bloom, photographer and human being extraordinaire. I have been dear friends with both since.

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When I was 14 years old, I won Best of Breed with my Siberian Husky Ch. Lobo Rey. Apparently I was a bit relaxed back then and was late for the group! I came running into that huge ring with no fear, I was REALLY small back then and looked about 10 years old! A very forgiving Peter Knoop placed us 4th in the group. I am horrified even thinking about it now!

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I love New York, there is always so much to do and see that’s not even on the average tourist’s sightseeing list – and always educational! The last time we were at Westminster (along with the Dog Writers Association of America’s banquet), we were privileged to have a private tour of the New York Stock Exchange. This was courtesy of my husband Carmelo’s cousin, who is a Governor on the floor. We had toured a few years ago, and this time our fellow Saint Bernard friends, Glenn and Diane Radcliffe

from Tucson, were with us. Besides viewing the busy activities (which often seemed like a quiet and controlled chaos!) on the floor, seeing the second-by-second history taking place and talking to various people, we had an extensive behind the scenes tour. This included the beautiful and majestic Board Room, where one could only imagine the world-changing history that has been made here in the last several centuries. We also sat in on a taping of CNBC’s Fast Money where our cousin is a weekly panel contributor. And in spite of the fourdegree weather, wind and lots of snow on the ground, we all had a very exhilarating time!

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ISraelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YounGer breederS, around 30 years old, .are beginning to place their mark on the kennel club and on the breeds they are involved with. Dog News interviewed two young men and one young woman using a series of questions that provide insight into the up and coming generation of breeders. CoNtiNueD oN page 152

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The ISraelI Kennel Club (IKC) is only a few decades old. Most of the accomplished breeders are now in their 50s and 60s and some of the veteran breeders have passed away or retired. However, the dog scene has been blessed with a number of younger breeders, handlers and judges who will form the backbone of future activities. They may be found in most breed clubs and training clubs, investing their energy and enthusiastically promoting their breeding after taking part in the IKC breeders’ course. The author, chairman of the IKC education committee, has had the honor of seeing the future generation growing before his eyes. They are eager to learn and many of them are already placing their mark on the different breed clubs to which they belong.

erhaps the most prominent young man in the IKC is Adv. ben Karpel (30), who breeds English Bulldogs under the Stardust kennel name. Karpel is currently the chairman of the IKC audit com-

mittee and a judge who has made an international reputation for himself in the breed. please tell us about your childhood, did you grow up with dogs? I grew up in a family of dog lovers. As a baby, my family had Samoyeds, Poodles, Belgian Shepherd Dogs and even English Cocker Spaniels. My dad’s family raised several terrier breeds and Dachshunds. A picture still hangs on the wall in my grandmother’s apartment with a collage of all her dogs. She named each and every one of them Billy and she tells fascinating, amusing stories about them. If I want to make her happy nowadays, I visit her at the retirement home with a Bulldog puppy, something that melts her heart even at the age of 102. how did you enter the dog scene and at what age? When I was around 10-11, the Internet emerged and I decided to anchor my love of animals by building a website called PETZ. The older dog lovers will remember it. It began as an unclear project and turned into a serious animal portal that provided information about many breeds of dogs, cats and horses to Israeli surfers at a time when information was not that accessible. Among oth-

er things, the website covered dog shows, and thus I was exposed to this world and immediately fell in love. did you have a mentor as a beginning breeder, what did you learn from him? Sadly, I cannot recall a particular person who mentored me and helped me whole heartedly. The Israeli dog scene, sorry to say, does not encourage new dog breeders and new faces. Of course there are exceptions but they are few and far apart, each for his own reasons. However, since nobody helped me but there were quite a few people who tried to obstruct, I now do my best to help new breeders who show potential and come to me for assistance. describe your development in dog breeding. I bought my first Bulldog, Jack, in Israel. I couldn’t say he was the dog of my dreams. As time went by, I gathered this was not the dog I would like to use as my foundation and so began searching for dogs for my kennel, Stardust. I made warm and good connections with leading European breeders when I was only 15 and have since imported 9 males, mainly from the breed’s country of origin, Britain, and 10 bitches that together provided the foundation for the Stardust kennel. What are your greatest achievements? Since I began to breed, my kennel has produced 32 champions that reside in

different countries: Israel, Canada, the USA, Brazil, Poland, Russia, Malta, Eastern and Western Europe, China and even India. Many dogs are currently competing for championship titles around the world. My dogs have provided the foundation for a large number of kennels in different countries, providing me with a sense of success and great satisfaction. The dogs I have in Israel have won every possible title. Many times they went BIS at the Israeli Doga Club shows, as well as junior and puppy winners. They also have done very well at CACIB shows – puppy, junior and adult group and even one all-breed BIS and reserve BIS, in addition to the achievements made by dogs from my kennel around the world. My stud dogs are the proud parents of over 50 champions throughout the world, including Junior European Winners. In 2007, I published a study I worked on for over two years in the form of a Hebrew book with a complete survey of bloodlines in the world and for the past two years I have been working on a second, updated version of this book. do you have a particular concept when it comes to breeding? A breeder without a concept cannot be called a breeder. I see too many “breeders” who breed based on external look only, a terrible mistake in my opinion. For me, breeding is like art and the first thing you need is knowledge and the more the betCoNtiNueD oN page 156

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ter. Knowledge allows to you be a better breeder. I travel to conventions all over the world, have close relations with breeders from different countries, read every article and study published on the breed on both health related issues as well as conformation and behavior. I also make my own personal studies and records about my dogs. The second point is that I try to be honest with myself when it comes to my breeding, in order to breed better, healthier and higher quality dogs. The third point is the breeding itself. I am a fan of the line breeding method and am convinced that when used in an informed and proper manner results will soon follow. do you have a particular position in a breed club, how did you get there and what do you want to do subsequently? I have held many positions for a long time now including board member of the Israeli Doga Club for several terms, member of the Doga Club audit committee, chairman of the above committee, secretary of the Israeli Kennel Club and am now chairman of the IKC audit committee. I am a regular lecturer in the IKC breedersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; education course. I have also been fortunate enough to qualify as a judge and have been an international judge since 2007, authorized to award national and international titles around the world. I have judged my breed and several other breeds in the following countries: Israel, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, Russia, Romania, Sweden, Denmark, Siberia, Finland,

Ireland and England and in most countries more than once. Next year I have been invited to judge in some exciting new destinations.

are there advantages when you begin to breed at a young age? There are a lot of advantages to that. Breeding and being in the dog sport has contributed a lot to who I am now, for better and for worse. One of the major advantages is the fact that I can realize my goals at a relative early age. The drawbacks are the mental and physical difficulties experienced by breeders who dedicate their lives to dogs. Where do you see yourself in the future as a breeder and what is the highest achievement you would like to obtain? I am extremely satisfied with my achievements. Many years ago I wrote an article on an Israeli website after I visited a prestigious show in England, that Israeli breeders are light years away from the quality they have. I now believe my dogs and breeding are on par with the most prestigious, top quality kennels in the world. I then could not imagine ever being invited to judge in the world capital of Bulldogs, England, an honor very few judges outside of England have had, and I have realized this dream too. I always strive to develop, not necessarily increase the number of dogs in my kennel, but raise quality and health of the dogs, and the greatest achievement I would like to accomplish is to win World and European Winner titles with dogs bred by me.

he second subject is danIelle SChIndler (33), who breeds American Cocker Spaniels with her mother, Dr. Stella Schindler, under the Fairies Cockers kennel name. please tell us about your childhood, did you grow up with dogs? I have lived with dogs throughout my life. As a baby, we had an American Cocker at home and when I was about 7 we had a German Shepherd bitch from one of the leading German kennels. She was the best nanny I could have, as well as my bodyguard. She left two puppies that were also good representatives of the breed. In my teens (16) I began to train the two puppies for obedience and defense. All our dogs were naturally pure-bred and with pedigrees. how did you enter the dog scene and at what age? I entered at 22 with American Cockers because my mother decided she wanted to start breeding them after the German Shepherds had reached a ripe old age. did you have a mentor as a beginning breeder, what did you learn from him? When I entered the dog breeding scene many Israeli breeders were unwilling to provide us with information, on the contrary, they treated us as competition. The true guidance and consultation was provided by famous breeders and re-

nowned judges of the breed in the USA. I learned a lot from them and from the many books we bought, and of course online information. I also took the Israeli Kennel Club breeders course that provided me with knowledge that I lacked and extended existing knowledge.

describe your development in dog breeding. The first dog we bought and studying bloodlines taught me a lot of things that I would need in the future and what we were actually looking for. We did a lot of homework, initial litters to learn what results we could get, follow-up of offspring in other countries and acquaintances with leading

global breeders. After we saw and learned about the different types, we understood what we were looking for and we now have our own line that we yearned and searched for over several years. What are your greatest achievements? The greatest achievements we have are the starring puppies from our kennel. They have gone Best in CoNtiNueD oN page 160

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Show several times, placed in the group dozens of times and of course our dogs win in many shows in Israel and overseas. My greatest success in breeding is to achieve the maximum (and of course strive even higher) through teamwork with my dog in the ring and outside it and the sense of victory is more from the breeding aspect, not necessarily my ego at shows. do you have a particular concept when it comes to breeding? I have several concepts that naturally guide me with every dog and bitch from my breeding. do you have a particular function in a breed club, how did you get there and what do you want to do subsequently? I am now a breed supervisor for American Cockers and want to become a judge. After taking the IKC course I got better acquainted with the kennel club and the different functions. are there advantages when you begin to breed at a young age? There are lots of advantages to beginning at an early age, it opened a lot of horizons and led me to consider what I would really like to do when I’m older.

Where do you see yourself in the future as a breeder and what is the highest achievement you would like to obtain? The highest achievement I would like is for my kennel to be recognized all over the world, reach the stage in which my kennel name is leading and known to all breeders. The objective is, of course, to bring the breed to a much higher quality and better awareness (quite difficult in itself). I would like people to show more interest in the breed and consult me on any related matter.

he third interview was held with avI ConSTanTInI (KoSTa), aGed 31, who breeds White Swiss Shepherds under the Star of David kennel name. Avi began breeding seriously only about 5 years ago but has made some very nice achievements and is now the secretary of the Israeli Herding Dog Club and a student judge. please tell us about your childhood; did you grow up with dogs? As a child, I grew up around dogs. I didn’t really take care of them but we had a German Shepherd, Rottweiler, American Staffordshire Terrier and Pug.

how did you enter the dog scene and at what age? I got my first White Swiss Shepherd dog when I was 7. I didn’t know what I was getting into, but the breeder asked me to come to a show. did you have a mentor as a beginning breeder, what did you learn from him? When I set off, I didn’t have a mentor, but subsequently I got acquainted with various veteran breeders at dog shows and they helped me. I also made friends with overseas breeders who accompanied me and taught me about the breed. describe your development in dog breeding. I was lucky to begin with. The first breeder I met decided I would be her successor and gave me the best female puppy in the litter. I really was unaware of bloodlines, types and where I could buy additional dogs, but my ambition to learn and study helped me and through additional European breeders I got to know and were happy to teach me, I managed to acquire the appropriate tools. What are your greatest achievements? My dogs have consistently won the breed at most club and all-breed shows, mainly handled by my girlfriend,

Dana Harel. Many of them have obtained various championship titles. do you have a particular concept when it comes to breeding? My approach is that you have to try and do your best in order to improve the breed. We breeders bear great responsibility and must do the best we can. I therefore do not compromise when it comes to medical tests, the dogs’ temperament and the type I breed. do you have a particular position in a breed club, how did you get there and what do you want to do subsequently? I am currently the secretary of the Israeli Herding Dog Club, manage the club website and about to take over the role of treasurer. I am also learning to judge White Swiss Shepherds. I try to help out at shows by serving as a steward. are there advantages when you begin to breed at a young age? I think the greatest advantage is that at a younger age you are free to do more things, you have more time and veteran breeders are happy to see an energetic young person willing to learn and continue in their footsteps. Where do you see yourself in the future as a breeder and what is the highest achievement you would like to obtain? I hope to be able to enjoy breeding dogs the way I do today. The greatest achievement I can think of is that one day a dog I bred manages to win BIS at an important European show.

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ell we are well into the second week of February. It is that time of year again when all of the dog enthusiasts from the True North are getting ready to make their annual trip to The Westminster Kennel Club. Travel preparations are made and changed and changed again as Mother Nature tries her best to throw everything in our path. But like the postman (and better than the postman on my rural road) neither rain nor sleet nor a nasty blizzard will keep us away. The trip must be made, the dogs must be shown. What would Westminster be without her hardy cousins from the North coming to try and steal the spotlight! One of the reasons that we try so hard to make it to Westminster is to see a dog show! Here in the True North it is the second week of February and we have seen only two all breed conformation shows in the entire country! When you consider that this is the second largest country in the world this is quite a feat in itself! We have even seen some February dog shows changed to a later date as there have been problems with all the ice and snow that even the buildings cannot be opened in time to facilitate a dog show. CoNtiNueD oN page 283 Newly elected Canadian Kennel Club Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Larry Kereluke, Brian Reid, Russell Fletcher, Richard Paquette, Bob Rowbotham, and Peter Wolfish

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Photos of IKC of Chicago by Booth Photography & Sahuaro State KC by Leslie Simis I am now Informed that the long awaited unveiling of AKC’s revamped web site is scheduled for February 10th a Tuesday. The person seemed not very sure of himself but seemed hopeful that indeed it was going to happen. Chris Walker wrote in last weeks DOG NEWS, (he the VP of Marketing and Communications, which I think now has the acronym of MARK/COMM) that this project has been in the works for 12 months (it certainly seems like a lot longer time than that to me). Among other people and organizations AKC asked for input from was both Mars and Purina. Mars I guess due to its recent purchase of Eukanuba and hopefully it was from the Eukanuba brand the information was sought and not the corporate brand, which is anything but friendly to the development and continuation of the purebred dog. Purina of course would be a most logical organization to turn to for advice in this area. What Chris failed to say and I suppose there was really no absolute need to mention it is that this web site is over 60,000 pages of varying information. Just think of your own web site and then think in terms of 60,000 pages--that’s overwhelming in size to say the least. So that it is totally

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understandable that AKC was forced to go outside its own employees and departments and hire and bring in an expert company that specializes in revamping sites of all sizes to assist if not actually do the revamp work based on information supplied to them. As I understand it from people I know outside of dogs who coincidentally happened to work for this company--remember it’s a very small world we live in--they were working primarily with both the heads of MARK/COMM and NC’s IT. Both departments I am told were alleged to be very cooperative and helpful according to these folks. On any project of

this size and magnitude it would be expected that problems and differences in opinion would arise and cause delays in scheduling when a finalized revamped web site would occur. And with delays of these kinds one must anticipate added expenses and costs far above the budgeted amount. These figures are obviously unavailable from AKC presuming my presumptions about added costs are correct and as with any intra-corporate project when these differences occur blame is attempted to be placed on one or the other of the competing parties. And there was, from what I have heard, plenty of that going on--still going on as I understand it. Nevertheless in mid-January with the project facing an early February deadline there were between 3,000 to 5,000 pages of unusable materials to have be repaired or redone. In computer language I have learned this is a skinning issue, which can be costly. Outside help in the form of independent contractors were called in by the expert company to try and get these pages done. Happily, but at what cost, they were successful and now the unveiling is scheduled or should I say is rescheduled for 2/10. From what Chris wrote last week in DOG NEWS this new web site will be of a greater assistance to both constituents and dog owners and lovers generally and put AKC at the forefront of the leaders in dogs in America for now. As they say let’s hope this is the case. It takes more than time and money to make this kind of project a success and the input from knowledgeable individuals and corporations is a major player for sure in this kind of development.

hicago’s International Dog Show is truly one of the treasures of the dog show year. For years it was a must go-to-show in the category of Westminster, Philadelphia, Eastern, Detroit, Westchester and Beverly Hills. As many of these inner city shows lost venues and membership changes occurred and with the notable exception of Westminster all have gone through various phases of change including Chicago. It was not that long ago that Chicago was on its skids and happily was rescued by Lew Auslander, who

with the help of Purina re-established this privately owned kennel club closer to the greatness it once held on the competitive dog show circuit. This lasted for perhaps the last 15 years or so and International was considered a jewel and entries kept going up and crowds and attendance were like Topsy. However with venue changes and the loss of a major sponsor for the last two years or so things have not been that rosy there. During the past decade rumors were afloat that it was up for sale or not up for sale depending upon to whom one spoke. 2013 was a year for concern in Chicago for the show and certainly 2014 was not a particularly spectacular year but sadly 2015 was a major downer primarily due to the weather, which just about eliminated the Sunday gate altogether. Saturday from what I have heard was an acceptable gate but Sunday a disaster. Entries were down and not due to the judging panel as far as I was concerned but due to both a date change and a building change within the McCormick Place complex. I have never been the greatest fan of that Complex and the constant shifting of buildings and now dates while perhaps necessary has been very distracting if not downright inconvenient. It is my hope that if a seller is found or should the Auslander family continue to operate the show that it receives all the support it can get from the show goers themselves. This is one of our few remaining stars on the circuit and it needs to be protected and nurtured by us all. well of courSe one of the major topics du jour as we approach Westminster week is the weather. Mother Nature has not been too kind to we folk in the Northeast this year and the 5 to 10-day forecast is not the greatest but we shall survive for sure. There is no hardier a group of sub-culturists than those of us in the dog world so watch the competitiveness of our followers outthink and out do whatever trick nature may have up its sleeves. Have a great Westminster that’s for sure.

ust a reminder too that D magazine is in the mail and is available for purchase at the DOG NEWS BOOTHS AT THE PIERS OR BY MAIL FOR $20 PLUS $5 POSTAGE.

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DAVIES: I believe that my background and experience and passion will permit me to make a significant contribution to the American Kennel Club, especially in the area of event modernization. My ideas for outreach have already proven successful as we strive for a 21st Century AKC. BATTAGLIA: In the book … Boards that Make a Difference by John Carver, the world’s leading authority for Boards of private and public organizations, Carver says that the best boards are made of people with diverse skill sets that include “subject matter specialists, generalists, lawyers and businessmen”. Given his expert opinion, let me tell you about my background and skills. I thank the Nominating Committee for recognizing my unique and diverse set of skills as a person well qualified to sit on the Board of Directors. I began my professional career as Assistant Dean at Emory University. Then I became the Associate Commissioner of Education for the US Dept. of Education. Next I was promoted to the top job of

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Regional Administrator for the US Dept. of Education, with responsibilities for the 300 colleges and universities in the eight Southeastern States, with responsibilities to work with presidents, deans and business managers. Before retiring, I owned and was president of two schools and then the CEO and president of a Financial Aid consulting firm. Throughout those years I have continued to do research which I still do as well as continuing to breed German Shepherd dogs, many of which became champions, futurity and maturity winners. My assignments in the dog world and with the AKC have been varied and meaningful. As a board member I was honored when asked to chair the Committee for the Future. Out of that effort came the DNA program we have today and the policies on importing dogs. I also chaired the Business and Planning committee for the Board. For 10 years I was President and CEO of AKC/CAR, now (Reunite). I am proud to say that we accomplished getting more than 300,000 dogs micro chipped and enrolled during that time. I have been President of the German Shepherd Dog Club of America (GSDCA) and the Dog Writers Association of America. I am a member of two all-breed clubs and I judge the Herding and Working Groups, Chinese Shar-Pei, Labs, Golden’s and Weimaraners. I have the honor of having been asked to judge 11 different national specialties. For more than 20 years I have been the delegate for the German Shepherd Dog Club of America and I am well versed on the prob-

lems and issues facing the sport of purebred dogs as well as the business challenges facing AKC. I have written three books on dogs and more than 50 articles, many of which have appeared in the Canine Chronicle, AKC Perspectives and in many other dog magazines and journals. In these articles I have raised questions and offered solutions regarding the concerns of the dog world. In closing, I thank all the members of the nominating committee for placing me on this year’s slate. PAVEZA: I believe that my personal statement delivered at the December Delegates’ Meeting best sums up my reason for running for the Board. A video of that statement is available at the following website, https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7o3x6Wio0Pk. I believe that the Board could benefit from having a member whose experience has been in organizations with a governance structure similar to and as complex as the governance structure of the AKC. Moreover, in my service on the Board of Trustees of a major university when I was faculty senate president, and as an administrator at that same university, I have had the opportunity to experience that complexity from the vantage point of the equivalent of being a delegate, being a board member who is also a delegate and being a member of staff. I believe that experience has taught me much about how the governance structure can be successful, and when that governance structure can become strained. Unfortunately, my experience as a delegate has suggested to me that some of the things that lead to a strain in the governance structure are currently in play, and I would hope to be able to lend a voice that can reduce that strain. AMEN: I am running for a second term on the Board because CoNtiNueD oN page 168

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I enjoy the JOB! I find it energizing (but at times frustrating), and in general, rewarding. Why have I referred to a Board seat as a JOB? In 2014, I spent 17 days in Board meetings plus countless hours reviewing the Board Book and preparing for our meetings. I also was involved at the AKC New York City offices on another 14 dates, in meetings with AKC staff-- on public relations, marketing, finance and accounting projects. If elected for a second term, I want to continue my efforts: a) to represent Companion Events, Field work and Lure Coursing, and contributing to Board discussions on these sports; b) to provide the Board and AKC staff with advice and counsel on Public Relations and public outreach issues, based on my 40 years of executive experience in those specialized fields; and c) serving as Chairman of the AKC Audit Committee (AKC’s Board Chairman makes this appointment), to “...help fulfill the AKC Board of Directors oversight responsibilities related to internal and external audit functions, financial reporting, requirements of the “Conflict of Interest and Ethical Conduct Policy”, required under the New York State Non-Profit Re-Organization Act of 2013. (This is an appointment made by the Chairman.) The next few years are unusually important for the AKC. The leases on the New York and North Carolina offices will be coming to an end, and there are many issues to be resolved involving the AKC’s future location. In addition, there are major projects under

way in AKC’s Marketing (web site, product initiatives, programs to promote breeders and clubs, etc.), Communications (social media, public outreach, database enhancement), Government Relations, Companion Events (growing Agility and Obedience, implementing the Obedience Advisory Committee’s recommendations et al), on which I can contribute to the Board’s discussions. GLADSTONE: I am pleased to have been nominated for another term on the Board by the Nominating Committee comprised of Wayne Boyd, Chair, Linda Ayers Turner Knorr, Connie Clark, Gail LaBerge and Steve Schmidt all experienced knowledgeable Delegates. Thanks to each of them for their confidence. I believe they selected me because diversity of people and personalities in the Boardroom makes for a successful and functional Board. I add diversity. I ask hard questions and expect reasonable answers. I know rubbish when I hear it! That’s why I was Chairman of both the Board Business Committee and the Board Audit Committee. Whether fellow Board members ultimately agree with my conclusions or not, they are certainly better educated on the issues because of the discussions raised by my questions. Those discussions yield better decisions. I always seek to bring to AKC fair, equitable and impartial

governance. I advocate a common sense approach to administering our sport and spending our money. Every decision I make is based on what I perceive to be in the best interests of AKC, our sport and, above all else, the dogs we seek to promote and protect.

How many dog events did you attend last year and in what capacity-as a judge, exhibitor, spectator or observer? Were you paid by your Club or by AKC to attend these events and do you think Board Members should receive a $6,000 annual stipend to attend certain of these events? Do you think Board Members should continue to be allowed to apply for and be awarded new breeds while sitting on the Board or should the old policy be reinstated of not permitting this to occur? Should sitting Board Members be allowed to charge fees for speaking at AKC related events? DAVIES: Probably around 50 dog shows and/or trials, as judge, spectator, exhibitor and worker. If one includes other dog events, such as seminars, meetings, etc., around 30 more. All were on my own dollar, except for having my expenses covered when I judged. Directors, when travelling and participating in approved events as a Board member, should have their expenses covered. I suppose a maximum stipend (currently $6,000) is necessary. The stipend covers a Board member’s

expenses in attending Board meetings as well as other events. I see no issue with a seated Director applying for and being granted new breeds, as long as the same requirements and process are in place and adhered to with all applicants. Seated Directors should not charge a fee for participation in AKC sponsored events. That should be covered as part of their responsibilities as a Director. Obviously their expenses should be covered. Since almost everything we do is “AKC related”, and if a Director participates in a dog-related event (not AKC sponsored), I see no problem with a fee for that participation. That would be an agreement between the individual and the “dog-related” organization. Certainly in these cases, expenses should not be covered by the AKC Directors stipend. BATTAGLIA: In 2014, I judged 28 dog shows including three national specialties (Belgium Sheepdog, Border Collie Club, and Icelandic Sheep dog) and two specialty shows (St. Bernard and Samoyed). For all of these shows, I was only reimbursed for travel, lodging and meals. I do not charge a fee to judge. During the past year I spoke at 12 club meetings on: breeding, puppies, structure and movement and received a small honorium. My travel on behalf of the AKC board is reimbursed but only for actual expenses (travel, food and lodging). The AKC board expects board members to attend events outside their area of specialty. In this regard, I attended obedience, CoNtiNueD oN page 172

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large not-for-profits to reimburse board members for organization related travel. In fact several smaller not-for-profit boards on which I have been a member reimbursed members for travel and other expenses when we were asked to attend a function. If one believes, as I do, that it is important for board members to be out at shows in areas outside of one’s own geographic location, then reimbursement is perfectly reasonable and appropriate. If taking on a speaking engagement requires that the board member travel, that he/she must forego his/her normal source of income in order to engage in this activity, then I believe it is reasonable for the event giving organization and the individual to arrive at some compensation for the activity. If we want a truly diversified volunteer Board, then we need to ensure that we are not asking persons to make unreasonable sacrifices to serve on the Board. It is important to remember that the concept of volunteer does not inherently imply that this is a gratis endeavor. Rather it means that one freely chooses to take on the responsibilities of an office, that it is not mandated that you serve in a specific capacity. As a fancy we need to avoid setting up a set of expectations about what makes for a good or bad notfor-profit board which basically says “only retired or semi-retired relatively well-off white men need apply.” Finally to the issue of Board Members being able to apply for additional breeds, my sense

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agility and companion events and was reimbursed for only travel, lodging and meals. Travel to a wide range of events and educational seminars are how I stay in touch with the fancy and come to understand the problems of the people “on the ground”. Board members can apply for new breeds with the same limitations and restrictions as all other judges with one exception. Board members have no rights to appeal. The record shows that board members have had no advantage and have not advanced faster than others. I do not charge a fee for speaking to clubs about AKC programs. PAVEZA: I attended approximately 25 – 30 shows last year, including my club’s own shows. I attended some as a spectator (most often in that case accompanying my wife who is a judge) but most as a steward for conformation. While I was not paid by my club for attending these shows, nor by the AKC, I was reimbursed at varying rates, as has now become the custom for stewarding at conformation shows. As to the reimbursement of Board Members for traveling and attending events on behalf of the AKC, the stipend seems reasonable to me. It is not an uncommon practice among

is that as long as appropriate safeguards and firewalls are in place to protect those making the determination about whether a Board member should be granted additional breeds, and as long as the same criteria are being applied to the Board member as to any other applicant for judging approval, I see no need to restrict the Board Member’s ability to apply for additional breeds. AMEN: I went to many events in 2014, as a judge (in addition to judging obedience trials, I was on the panel for the National Obedience Championship in Harrisburg, PA); and as an exhibitor (I competed with two Golden Retrievers: my nine-year old bitch, Pepsi, completed her UDX 7 and UDX8 and she achieved her Obedience Grand Master title after five years’ of winning points). As to attending other AKC events, I went to two field trials and a number of agility trials and lure coursing events. In addition, I competed in Dock Diving with two of my Golden Retrievers. I also attended two regional “Meet The Breeds” events, where I appeared with my dog, Pepsi, demonstrating obedience exercises; and participated in a number of AKC “My Dog Can Do That” events. I also attended a one-day workshop, with the AKC’s Controller, on “Auditing for the Non-Profit Corporation”, hosted by KPMG (AKC’s external audit firm), and learned of ideas that staff is evaluating. I believe it is important that we encourage Board

members to spend time in the “field”, at activities other than their own special areas, to learn all they can in the interests of contributing to Board discussions. The stipend that allows the AKC to cover authorized expenses (covered by Board policies), supports those efforts. I do not have enough information to comment on whether board members should be allowed to apply for new breeds. But if I was a Conformation Judge, I would want to continue judging in the breed ring, while serving on the Board. GLADSTONE: I judged at about 30 all-breed shows in the US last year and several national and regional specialties. Additionally, I judged overseas in Europe and Asia a number of times last year. I personally exhibited my bred-by puppies at the Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America’s national specialty. (Ribbons for all notwithstanding my own awful handling efforts!) I attended field trials, agility and obedience events as a spectator. I served as a Steward at other AKC shows. I actively travel to and attend dog events all over the US and the world giving me a global perspective of our ever-shrinking worldwide sport. My weekly involvement with our sport keeps me well informed of and involved with the current issues of importance to fanciers. No club has ever paid me to attend a dog show. I never charge a fee for judging at a show, and CoNtiNueD oN page 176

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nd so it was for the Giant Schnauzer Club of America (GSCA) 2014 National and Regional Specialties held at Purina Farms at the end of October and beginning of November. The week was packed full of fun and competition with everything from carting, agility, obedience, and rally, to sweeps and breed. Not to mention a Halloween costume contest, the ghoulish annual general membership meeting, the annual awards banquet and auction, and a post-National hors d’oeuvres & cash bar. To recap some of the highlights: The week started with Carting and Agility events sponsored by The American Bouvier des Flandres Club, which was holding its National at Purina at the same

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time. Kellie Verrelli took advantage of the opportunity to earn a carting title with her girl, “Vesper” MACH Momentumm From Russia with Love RN MX MXB MXJ MJB NF CA; Vesper’s carting advanced title was the first earned by a Giant. Two days of agility saw a number of Giants running the courses. Beth Unser and “Hank” A Bach Elberfelds Aeris Heinrich AX AXJ OAP AJP MXG IFP CGC claimed the High Combined award the first day. Kellie Verrelli and “Martini” MACH 2 Momentumm Vodka with a Twist VCD1 RE MXG MJS MXP MJP XF, took High Combined on the second day. At 10½ years old, Tini has had a very long and successful agility career, and the 2104 National was her retirement show. Going out on top was the way to go Tini.

oberfest! 2014 National & Bernie Tuerler was the Obedience and Rally chair and orchestrated three days of events under judges Virginia (Ginger) Kinion, Charlotte Mietziner, and Margery West. Each day saw a different High in Trial from a mix of classes. HIT at the National Obedience Trial was Karen Mancini and “Reo” GCH Kenro’s Stealing Time CD BN OAP NJP CA, out of Novice B. The HIT at the Eastern Regional was Tarja Ahlgren and her boy, “Teemu” CH Riesenrad’s Never Say Never NA NAP, out of Novice B; the Midwest Regional HIT was Howard Postovit and his girl, “Eve” CH Momentumm Fade to Black UD GO RAE, out of Open B. That all of the HIT Giants had titles on the

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front and back end of their names is a testimony to the versatility of the Giant Schnauzer. Only one Giant showed in Rally Excellent and Advanced, but the team of Robyn Elliott and her boy, “Scout” CH Elliott Unique Saphire Scout VCD1 RE OAP NF earned High Combined two of three days. Scout is 12, which we all know is 84 in dog years, so we need to cut him some slack for only missing one qualification out of six runs. While the companion events were underway, the grooming area was abuzz with dogs being washed, blown, and groomed in advance of three days of Conformation that started and ended with Regional Specialties

and the National sandwiched in between. At the National, Dr. Klaus Anselm had the tough job of judging and having to select winners from a large field of impeccably groomed and presented Giants. In the end, Dr. Anselm singled out Christine Lietzau and her beautiful girl, “Marquee” GCH Momentumm Stars and Bright Lights for BOB. This win was a stellar moment for Christine, who has taken Best Opposite at more than 15 GSCA Specialties over the years. The photo of Chris and Marquee that was taken as Dr. Anselm pointed to them for BOB is a classic picture of

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Were you pleased with what the Board accomplished in the last yearif so please cite those accomplishments you consider to have been successful. If not where did this Board fail to perform as well as it could have and what did you do or what would you have done to help modernize the Rules and policies under which AKC seems to be operating today? Do you think for instance that the Board is in need of exofficio Members who are strictly business men/ women with little or no dog backgrounds to sit as Members to add diversity to the business decisions of the Directors? DAVIES: I find it difficult to identify any particular Board accomplishment of consequence

to be either pleased with or not. A background in dog-related activities is an absolute necessity, in my opinion, for effective, ongoing contribution as a Director to the organization. When it appears that specific questions regarding business decisions need to be addressed, experts in those areas can be engaged on a consulting basis. I do not believe that there should be representation on the Board of Directors by members with little or no dog-related background. BATTAGLIA: Your first question first. Some have said the performance of the board has earned a grade of B+ meaning there is room for improvement. It takes a lot of time, information and energy to make big things happen. Fewer meetings mean we have less time to discuss, study and address concerns that come before the board. We do not want to become a “caretaker” board, and that means we need more time for the important issues. See my remarks above about John Carver’s book Boards that Make a Difference. During the year the board made several strides. I will name a few. The Judges Approval Process which had the overwhelming support of the dog community, the NOHS which is showing success at all-breed shows; the domination presence of our social media efforts and the two step process that involves a health survey and a health plan for new AKC breeds. Second part of your question. “What did you do or what would you do”. I have been active in many areas of the AKC for several years including my involvement on several committees. I continue to conduct research in order to find new ways to make improvements and I have published the results of these efforts. Specifically, I

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receive no income from judging dogs other than reimbursement for travel expenses. AKC reimburses me for my Board related travel expenses and additional event travel expenses in accordance with AKC policy. I have no problem with the current Board travel policy and think it is reasonable and appropriate. There is no good reason for Board members to be prevented from applying to judge new breeds. History has shown that Board members have been treated no better than other applicants. Board members are appropriately not permitted an appeal. I have never charged a fee for speaking at an AKC related event on any topic. If a Board member speaks on a subject other than AKC governance then a fee may be appropriate.

have written three books on dogs, published more than 45 articles and have had two research studies published in professional Veterinary Journals. Two of these research articles were: Early Neurological Stimulation in puppies and the Risks of Bloat. I am also delighted to report that a new follow-up study (2014) on Bloat which is related to my study on Bloat was published by Dr. Jerold Bell, entitled “Inherited and Predisposing Factors in the Development of Gastric Dilatation Volvulus in Dogs”. Currently I am the lead researcher on another study involving the AKC Junior Showmanship program. I presented the first part of the results at the AKC Delegates June meeting. I have also written four proposals to the board on ways to improve AKC programs. They are: 1. a new way to increase the litter registrations on-line, 2. upgrade to the on-line breeders classified, 3. the breeder’s portal (MY AKC) and 4. a method that will help clubs increase entries via the “Star Versatility Achievement” program. All four will help breeders and clubs and are currently being studied and evaluated for implementation. Over the years the Board has relied on several outside men/women for advice, counsel, recommendations and suggestions on a wide range of subjects. They include: IT development, investments, the pension and employee compensation plan, public relations and animal rights. Bringing in outside talent has been useful and cost effective because we get the benefit of expert outside from independent talent. My goal is to assure that we use our finan-

cial resources to support our mission and that we invest in the dogs and our sport. That requires some continuity and expertise that may not always be available. The use of an outside advisory group to advise us from time to time has merit but the overall accountability must always rest with the elected AKC Board of Directors. PAVEZA: I found this to be a difficult question to answer. As a person who has sat on several boards of directors including a university board of trustees, it is often difficult from the outside to determine whether a board is being successful. Minutes, when they are true minutes as opposed to a transcript of a meeting that substitutes for minutes, simply indicate informational items that were discussed, motions made and actions taken. Moreover, if a board is functioning as a board and principally addressing policy decisions with directions to staff to implement the policy, which may take several months or even a year or two to enact, it can be difficult to say from the outside whether the Board is being successful. Where I think the Board has not been successful recently is in keeping the broader governing structure, this includes the delegate body and in some cases the staff, informed of its thinking and actions it is taking. This is an area where I would hope to improve Board functioning by establishing whenever possible clearer and more frequent communication with the fancy. As to the other issues you raise in this question about modernizing the Rules and policies under which AKC seems to be operating today, with specific reference to the concept of including strictly business CoNtiNueD oN page 180

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asset acquisition for many years. My legal training, entrepreneurial experience and business savvy are valuable additions to the Board in such an investment environment. The Board has always had the ability to reach out for expert advice when it deems it appropriate. It does so regularly in many areas. The Board Chairman in one of his “Chairman’s Reports” announced in words to the effect that one of AKC’s prime goals would be to strive to increase the value and role of the purebred dog to the American public as opposed to the notion that adopting a dog from a shelter is preferable to buying one from a breeder. What specific steps have been taken in this area? Has the Edelman pr firm been used to further this critical notion and if so what interaction did you or the Board have with Edelman to pursue these efforts? If a non-Board member have you heard of any specific actions taken by the Edelman pr firm to advance AKC’s ideas and philosophies? DAVIES: It is a noble goal, indeed. Other than our usual response (predictability), I wonder what has been put forth. I am not aware of any specific initiatives undertaken by or with Edelman. BATTAGLIA: This is a good question because it recognizes the need to address and reach out to the public about the value of purebred dogs and AKC registrations. The board regularly receives reports on a number of projects that will significantly make a difference and reach the public with our message. What works for baby boomers isn’t always the best for millennials. AKC has a strategy to communicate

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least currently, like it or not, the delegates have no particular interest in changing. While I have seen other suggestions about how to address this issue of the current governance structure, none in my estimation would not result in extended legal action that for all intents and purposes would result in the demise of the AKC. AMEN: The primary role of the Board, in addition to “general management” of the company, is to shepherd the company’s assets (including the brand, employees, registry, et al), while optimizing their use not only for the near future, but for the long term. I think the Board did a fine job in achieving those objectives during 2014. As for the make-up of the Board, I think we already have at least four individuals who would be considered to have “strictly business” backgrounds (depending on your definition of that term). If we need more advice, the Board has the authority to seek outside experts. GLADSTONE: Thankfully, through the foresight of Chairmen Merriam and Menaker, AKC has millions of dollars in reserves (savings accounts) to invest for its future accomplishment of our mission. The Board and Staff have finally begun the process of trying to identify sound investment opportunities for AKC to finance its future. Registrations will no longer pay for all we need to further our mission. Although I will not discuss individual investment decisions, the Board has recognized the need for entrepreneurial endeavors and is finally acting upon that recognition. I have advocated sound business investment and

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men/women with little or no dog background to sit as Members to add diversity to the business decisions of the directors, here are my thoughts. First let me note that the limitation on who can be a board member is neither a rule nor a policy, it is a by-law. With the exception of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows, which are covered in the by-laws as well, most of the rules and policies can be changed by a simple majority vote of the board or in some cases the delegates. The current by-laws are rather clear, and in fact are rather standard in this regard, of requiring a 2/3 vote of those in attendance to change a by-law. Part of the very purpose of my candidacy is a history of working in an organization with a complex governing structure in which making changes is often difficult and cumbersome. We can complain about how out-of-date and arcane the structure is, or figure out how to work within that structure. A perfect example of working within the structure is Mr. Menaker’s decision to include on his committee looking at the future space needs of AKC persons with expertise in real estate. Moreover, what would be the enticement for a non-dog person to serve on the Board? Generally persons make a decision to serve on a not-for-profit Board because of some affinity to the cause and a clear understanding of the purpose and mission of the organization. While I could see adding someone to the Board, who while not a delegate, has a relationship to the world of pure bred dogs and has a particular business expertise not currently represented on the Board, this would require a by-laws revision that at

across all groups using social media as well as more traditional means. These efforts include a massive social media effort via Facebook, Twitter and YOUTUBE; when coupled with a remake of the AKC website along with a new online breeder classified website, we will improve the AKC message about purebred dogs. These are only a few of our new efforts. The board is also revisiting the Breeder of Merit program, the Canine Good Citizen program and many others. Edelman has been key in many of our public relations efforts… especially television. We have used Edelman effectively to prep our spokespeople training them to stay on message. A number of press releases have been driven by Edelman to capitalize on opportunities presented by the animal rights groups and others. A good public relations firm acts in the background and Edelman has done just that allowing AKC to take the lead and carefully advising us on how to be most effective. PAVEZA: This question, as is implied in the way it is stated, is really directed toward sitting board members. You do inquire as to whether I am aware of any specific actions taken by Edelman as our PR firm to advance AKC ideas and philosophies. It assumes that I would be able to differentiate between an in-house generated campaign and one generated by Edelman. For instance, the whole ad campaign making the point that the AKC is not only Champion Dogs but the Dog’s Champion, while building on a concept that was developed CoNtiNueD oN page 184

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testing recommended by their Parent Clubs), c) support for the growth of the National Owner Handled Series, d) voting to produce a two-hour cable TV program, “AKC Celebrates Dogs”, showcasing the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, which aired on January 3l, “to include all of the associated events and activities,” including breeder interviews, and the Bredby championship; e) reviewing the AKC’s “Care and Conditions Policy” related to breeder inspections; f) re-stating the AKC’s position on “Breeding Restrictions and Regulations”(to protect the welfare and health of dogs, and to prevent restrictions and protect the rights of breeders who meet their responsibilities). Edelman’s Public Relations services have included advice on the broad objectives of this effort, with special emphasis on the legislative arena, and the grassroots efforts needed to fight the impact of the AR community. The latter has included building a social media outreach on many levels (from Facebook to Pinterest), to reach the average American family, with information on responsible dog ownership, and how to raise a healthy, happy canine companion. As indicated above, I have provided advice and counsel to AKC staff on a number of Public Relations and Marketing issues and projects during my term, and hope to continue these activities. GLADSTONE: One of the most important messages we should be espousing is that an AKC purebred dog is right for the American family’s pet. We should be encouraging our breeders to breed more and to

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before Edelman was brought on board, as it has been expanded over the past couple of years, and particularly the most recent ads, may in fact have been an Edelman concept. As a non-board member I would have to assume that some of the expansion was Edelman’s, which was brought to the board and approved by them. Furthermore, I personally do not know the impact or input that Edelman may have had in the recent AKC Celebrates Dogs presentation, both in the choice of title and in the special features surrounding the groups and BIS, as well as the decision to make sure that all breeds were shown during the groups. Assuming they had some role in the development of the ad campaigns and the recent television event, from that perspective, I would suggest that Edelman is helping to advance both AKC’s ideas and philosophy. AMEN: The Board recognizes the crucial role of the breeder as expressed in the AKC’s “Objects of the Club,” (Article III, Charter and Bylaws....”): “...generally to do everything to advance the study, health, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purebred dogs.” During 2014, the Board had major discussions on increasing public awareness of the importance of AKC breeders and Parent Clubs. These resulted in major initiatives on: a) re-design of the website to offer enhanced user-friendly sections for Parent Clubs and breeders, b) a Breeder Recognition Program (to recognize those breeders who perform health

readily place their pups in the family home. AKC should proudly exclaim the virtues of purebred dogs and of the value of an AKC purebred in particular. Of course, that is the very reason I strongly supported the recommendations of the 2002 High Volume Breeder Committee proposal that every AKC dog be micro-chipped and that our studbook be DNA verified. The point was to have a registered purebred dog that was differentiated from others for the purpose of proclaiming AKC superiority. We didn’t and have paid a high price for the last 13 years. What specific steps have been taken in this area? None, over my continuing strenuous objection. Has the Edelman pr firm been used to further this critical notion and if so what interaction did you or the Board have with Edelman to pursue these efforts? I have no idea what the Edelman PR firm does or has helped to do. I have never met anyone from Edelman, have never seen a report or recommendations from Edelman and have had no contact or exposure to Edelman. Little if anything is shared with the Board as a whole about our PR efforts. Apparently, only a few select board members are advised or informed of Edelman’s activities. The NBC News Today piece and interviews of AKC representatives by the media raise into question any value to the PR strategy we are following. AKC seems to always insist on taking the “high road” while our opponents slander and defame us. I am more of a street fighter and would prefer a more aggressive PR approach. I ask, “Have you seen any substantial change in AKC’s reputation as a result of our PR efforts with Edelman?” I haven’t.

What suggestions have you made to increase registrations or would you make were you to be elected to the Board? How do you think the Registration Department has performed within the last two or three years? Do you think the Board has been successful in the hiring of employees to be officers within AKC considering that both the COO and the CFO’s job positions were terminated within one year of hiring? Do you think AKC should have named a new head of its legal department considering the resignation of its last person who headed the Department? Did you agree with the decision not to rehire a new COO? and... Do you think there is an excess of Executive Sessions within the Board Meetings? DAVIES: A multitude of sub-questions… Obviously, what needs to be done is to give the dog owner a reason to register their dog. While some good efforts have been made, the major recipients of these efforts have been the existing base of constituents. More can be gained with rewards for good CoNtiNueD oN page 188

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1 GCH CH Pineridge Cathedral Black Tie Affair E Lindsay/L Pray 2 CH Edgewood First’N Foremost B Threlfall/E Threlfall/S Threlfall 3 GCH CH Foxwoods Rock Of Cashel D Mauterer/K Lyons 4 GCH CH Dundee Dancin’ In The Dark J Mcclure/D Demorest 5 CH Daybreak Brookswood Hooray4hollywood S Patten/L King 6 GCH CH Irish Eyes Mighty Casey At Bat L Bern/J Bern

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1 GCH CH Kamand Tangled Up In Blue K Toner/A Toner 2 GCH CH Lexxfield Stonybeck Bob J Hepper 3 GCH CH Clussexx Howdy Doody Time J Haverick 4 GCH CH Remedi’s Whirlwind N Little/J Little

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446

318

317

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1 GCH CH Collina D’Oro Rock You Like A Hurricane S Dean/S Belt 2 GCH CH Javal I’M Movin On To Hootwire BN RN D Perrott/S Knipe/K Mcleland 3 GCH CH Lancetta’s The Heart Of Rock & Roll J Joens/M Fornens-Joens

Vizslas

1 GCH CH Szizlin Rhapsody Never Say Never Y Kourtei/M Porfido/C Phelps 2 CH Tierah’s Hijacked At 20000 Feet J Mccafferty/D Mccafferty/E Markham 3 GCH CH Solaris Smokin’ Hot Habenera A Martin/D Martin/B Kirven 4 GCH CH Relwood’s Mgm Grand L Pang/D Oakley/J Gaidos 5 GCH CH Hilldale’s Protector Of Prosperity R Sachs

Weimaraners

1 GCH CH Doc’s Greyborn North Star Of Acadia R Sanborn/P Christopher 2 GCH CH Diamond Mk The Eagle Has Landed M Wilson/N Lane 3 GCH CH Graysong N Silhouette’s Heyjude S Burns/J Schulz 4 GCH CH Trifar’s Earth’s Shelters Of Moonstone JH J Aune 5 GCH CH Silveroaks Surfcity Shades Of Grey B Rosenberg/J Rosenberg/J Logan 6 GCH CH Harline Winweim Encore Bravo Love Y’All S Line/A Andras/D Johnson 7 GCH CH Silhouettes Fast Enough C Cassidy/B Cassidy 8 GCH CH Camelot’s Stairway To Heaven II C Cassidy/B Cassidy 9 GCH CH Nani’s Tsurutani Schon Breeze By Me JH K Taniguchi/C Grisell 10 GCH CH Kristen’s On The Record With Ashmore T Sanders-Milan/P Ernst/G Thornton/M Richard

Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

1 GCH CH Glacier’s Gertie Queen Of Spades L Durand/A Durand 2 CH Fireside’s Spontaneous Leap Of Faith S Young/N Nunn 3 GCH CH Bear Hug High Explosive J Goldman/M Potter

Wirehaired Vizslas

1 CH Zoldmali Csongor CM SH M Goodwein/B Goodwein 2 CH Zoldmali Cetli A Sagh

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

367

(M)

102

(M)

366

(M)

247

(M)

151

(F)

384

(M)

302

(M)

272

(M)

262

(M)

107

(F)

1514

(M)

773

(M)

460

(M)

323

(M)

283

(F)

194

(M)

110

(F)

504

(F)

123

(M)

533

(M)

292

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The Top Ten Dogs Basset Hounds

HOUND GROUP Afghan Hounds

1 GCH CH Tells Matrix Reloaded M Galloway 2 GCH CH Agha Djari’s Eye Candy Of Sura CGC J Dalton/S Neill/J Souza 3 GCH CH Exlysta Aries Ciel Noir P Rooks/C Smith/P Schafmayer/S Ferraro 4 GCH CH Silhouette’s Starlet E Berman/R Berman/J Fisher 5 GCH CH Regimes Thriller Of Elmo N Shaw/R Godfrey/M Viveiros 6 GCH CH Criston Enchanted C Pinkston/N Shaw 7 GCH CH Zen-Pahlavi You Ain’T Seen Nothing Yet JC E Klosson/K Wagner 8 GCH CH Elmo’s Martian Chronicles CGC C Harker 9 GCH CH Jolie Pagliaccio JC C Cochrane/D Cochrane/J Taylor/J Taylor 10 GCH CH Brilliant Night Jp Dear Zeus T Tevlin/B Tevlin

American English Coonhounds

1 CH Color Me Bad Like My Grandad A Alexander

American Foxhounds

1 GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson E Charles/L Miller 2 CH Crossroads Full Throttle A Whitfield 3 CH Kiarry & Deluxe Adam’s Rib R Lux/J Lux 4 GCH CH Crossroads Josie’s Dunwishin J Rathbun/T Mulhausen

Basenjis

1 GCH CH Jasiri-Sukari High Win Warning J Jones/K Jones/C Kok 2 GCH CH Signet Meisterhaus Gossip Girl E Johnson/B Cassell/T Brooks/S Middlebrooks 3 CH Sirius Works For Me M Work/C Lewis/T Curry 4 CH Nelsons Friendship Of Magnificent 7 In Flight L Nelson/D Nelson 5 GCH CH Dragonete Itapuca JC J Morgan/S Morgan 6 GCH CH Reveille Waltz Me Around D Bolte’/J Lodge 7 GCH CH Svengali’s What’s Not To Love Of Zindika E Biller/W Kanouff/C Wyatt 8 GCH CH Ahmahr Nahr’s The Lost Angel Gabriel J Behles/R Walley 9 GCH CH Teazer Kazor Ekundayo For Johari C Garcia/D Yeager/J Gaidos 10 CH Kokopelli’s Onawa C Frederick/G Van Alstyne

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(M)

1527

(F)

937

(M)

551

(F)

187

(M)

166

(F)

158

(M)

145

1 GCH CH Topsfield-Sanchu Eenie Meenie Miney Moe S Shor/C Orlandi/C Steidel 2 GCH CH By U Cal’s Monkey On The Bayou S Calhoun/S Calhoun/B Williams 3 CH Ure My Aimwell V. Grunsven B Brandt/D Coker 4 GCH CH Craigwood Solow Been There Done That S Campbell/L Cain/J Becerra 5 GCH CH Plumcrazy’s The Inimitable S Floyd/D Jones/R Blommel 6 GCH CH Classic Barnyard Juju C Lane/V Mcmackin/C Star/P Harder 7 GCH CH Kaskade N’Pync E Mcdonald/D Bee 8 GCH CH Olde Fashion Affare D’Amore Italiano B Berger/J Baetz

(M)

124

Beagles (13 in. and under)

(M)

1416

(M)

205

(F)

486

(F)

247

(M)

155

1 GCH CH Torquay Midnight Victory M Chagas/M Botelho/A Botelho/R Travis 2 GCH CH Foxtail’s Race For The Chase S Berndt-Smith/D Smith 3 GCH CH Tashtins Lookin For Trouble L Crandlemire/K Crandlemire/E Dzuik 4 CH Starbuck Torbay Scandal At Woodland West L Hiltz 5 GCH CH Windstar’s Magnum Opus K Lockwood/H Lindberg/R Lindberg 6 CH Blueprint’s Top Of The Line B Ayala/R Ayala/R Dirksen 7 GCH CH X’Plorer’s Destiny Done It L Bryson/R Ott/P Kanchana 8 BARTAG SERIUS TROUBLE (Foreign Dog - Registration Pending.) 9 Aloha Spirit Girls Girls Girls Of Cabaret D Shimasaki/L Shimasaki/T Olson

(F)

142

Black and Tan Coonhounds

(F)

105

(M)

1 GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process Of Law G Rezendes/D Rezendes/J Stora 2 GCH CH Southchase’s Wilbert Roy J Lobb/J Lobb/E Mccarthy 3 GCH CH Kalan’s Ramblin Rose Of Oak Hill O Owens/A Willard/K Willard/K Settle

(M)

Bloodhounds

(M)

(F)

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

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1 GCH CH Shoreviews Raise Your Glass B Tague/C Herr 2 GCH CH Lanbur Thompsons Eye Candy J Woodring 3 GCH CH All Around I Wanna Dance J Rodes

Beagles (over 13 in.)

1 GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess S Carter/S Vancamp/H Helmer/Z Helmer 2 GCH CH Badgershill Muldoon Of Heather L Sherman 3 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Limited Edition S Lacroix Hamil 4 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Double Take S Hamil/L Burch/E Jones 5 GCH CH Soonipi Friends In Low Places Mlh K Dewey/S Katos 6 GCH CH Cufola’s Thunderstruck K Sias-Lombardi/L Lombardi 7 GCH CH Citation’s First And Foremost C Mcardle

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

1116

(M)

429

(M)

351

(M)

134

(M)

100

(F)

611

(F)

120

(F)

1337

(M)

798

(F)

601

(M)

470

(M)

294

(M)

240

(M)

218

(M)

(F)

(M)

1610

(M)

340

(F)

100

(M)

4685

(M)

469

(M)

320

(M)

264

(M)

153

(M)

102

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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so the new owner can have a dog registered in their name. I was a major supporter of the Breeder of Merit program which is now making a difference. Recently I made another proposal aimed at increasing registrations. My proposal is called “Register a litter online in three minutes with six pieces of information”. This proposal is being reviewed and it is moving forward. The reason for my proposal is that a large number of breeders get frustrated with the current computer system and quit before completing their online registration. My proposal takes the frustration and confusion out of the process and lets a breeder register a litter in three minutes with six pieces of information. This change will significantly increase registrations. The registration department has made steady progress slowing down the decline of dog and litter registrations via a number of programs. Soon you will see a report that shows a reduction in the annual decline of these registrations. The American Kennel Club is undergoing significant change. The need for specific talent is very much a part of that transition. The Board is determined to lead an AKC that is more nimble, able to capitalize on opportunities in the pet sector, and to invest in dogs and our sport with the surplus we generate. We are a much smaller organization today than when we initially established the Chief Operating Officer position. Additionally the actual job and title may not fit today’s world. There have

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behavior than with punishments for bad behavior. Without a major shift in perception, I fear that the cachet of registration may be a thing of the past. The issue transcends the Registration Department. I know little about the departure of the COO and the CFO. I do believe that whomever fills such positions (principally the COO) should have an involvement and interest in dog-related activities. The AKC has (I believe) two staff attorneys. While the former department head was a definite asset, replacement is a question to be discussed. The Raleigh office certainly needs a “person in charge”, but whether or not that individual should be designated COO, is also a question to be discussed. It would seem that there is an inordinate plethora of executive sessions at Board meetings, It is difficult to comment on the need, since we do not know what those sessions addressed. BATTAGLIA: Dog registrations have stabilized but litters continue to be a challenge. Litters drive registrations and there are lots of reasons for the continued decline of registrations including the aging of the breeder community. Over the past ten years I have written many articles and made many proposals on ways to increase registrations including incentives to breeders, the clubs and others. The “conversation rate” for most breeds is less than 50%. This means that the blue slips are not being sent to AKC

been personnel changes but those occur in any organization for a variety of reasons. What is important is to make sure we understand our expectations and to do our very best to match those expectations with the very best individuals possible, whether dog people or not, to allow us to fulfill our mission for dogs. There is much to consider and understand with this question. There is the issue of the time required to learn this new job and whether to fill this vacancy if the two offices are combined. For example, could one person reasonably be expected to supervise the New York and Raleigh operations if they were combined when the leases expire? These were questions along with the issue of the duties of a COO and a CFO. The president, chairman and the board discussed these questions. A final evaluation regarding how well it is working has not been finalized. AKC has access to the best legal minds in the country through our on-going retainers. In most cases we use others when we need counsel across the country. For an organization our size I feel that a staff of two attorneys is sufficient using our outside counsel as we have in the past. I do not think that our legal department should supervise programs such as inspections, investigations or DNA. The legal department should be charged with the review of legal issues and provide advice to the president and the board. Yes, at the time we made that decision, the recommendation by the Chair and president was to try a new arrangement. The reader should consider this an experiment that has yet to be

evaluated. My own inclination would be to hire a COO because we need a person in place as part of the secession program should the president leave or retire. No, the board considers many new business opportunities and they should not be discussed in the minutes. When the board agrees on a strategy we should not report in the minutes or expose our plans to our competitors. Business decisions should be held close until the contracts are finalized and the opportunity for others to bid and become involved has concluded. PAVEZA: Increasing registrations ties to so many things. First and foremost we need to figure out how we bring new breeders into the fancy. Any demographer could have predicted that with the general aging of the fancy, and what over time to me has appeared to be a slowing in the replacement rate of breeders, that inevitably we would see a drop in both litter and individual registrations. Add to this the need to increase fees for registration, since this is an important source of income, and you have the equivalent of the tuition spiral in public higher education. Faced with fewer registrations needed to maintain a level of income, raise the price of registration. However, as with most cost increases, one reaches a tipping point where the average person decides it is no longer worth the price to register his/her companion animal, resulting in fewer registrations, and the spiral continues until either you shift the income model or go out CoNtiNueD oN page 192

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go through this from time to time. It most often happens by the way when the new hire is replacing a longtime incumbent and no succession planning was in place. The new person simply doesn’t measure up, leaves or is fired within a brief period of time, and the next hire is the one who succeeds. As to the questions concerning the chief legal counsel and the decision to not hire a new COO, as an administrator, and as a person who has served on Boards of Directors, it seems less than useful for me to spend time second guessing decisions already made where I have incomplete information at best. The question or questions the board must answer concerning each of the positions are “Is the current structure working?”; “Was it working better when this position was occupied?”; and depending on the answer to those two questions: “What should be the role of this position as we go forward?” From there the CEO can write an appropriate position description and a search can go forward. Finally, as to whether the Board has too many executive sessions, again, the need for such sessions in most organizations varies. Personnel issues, discussions that might involve proprietary products, and in some cases certain fiscal issues, need to take place for the protection of the individual, the protection of the product launch or the protection of the organization itself in executive session. If my earlier comment has merit, that we need a different income model, and assuming the Board is working

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of business. We also need to address the question of “What is the value added part for the companion animal buyer in registering his/her dog with the AKC?” Unless the buyer is interested in participating in AKC events, and many folks in the fancy with whom I’ve talked have pointed this out, there is no value added for the companion animal buyer to register his/ her dog. One option to consider and this is a series of steps which all have to come together to be implemented, but is probably worth discussing, is getting registration with an accompanying three generation pedigree down to a minimal price that would make it worthwhile for the companion dog owner to register his/her dog. However, in order to make this shift, the AKC will have to shift its income model and its principal sources of income will need to be something other than registrations and entry fees. In effect, the new sources of income will need to support the principal functions of the AKC, registrations and events. As to how the registration department has performed in the last two or three years, do you mean in customer service, which as far as I can tell based on conversations with others seems to be okay, or are you suggesting that it is the Registration Department’s responsibility to increase registrations? To which I would probably suggest is not that department’s responsibility. As to the recent hires and quick departures, all large organizations

on this, then there will be a need for more executive sessions. While transparency should be the general approach to decision making, we are a notfor-profit business facing important mission critical problems and the resolution of some of those problems will require at least for a time certain levels of secrecy. AMEN: It is well known that registrations have been declining since 1992. At the core of this issue are the changes in our society and culture. The American family continues to change the way it spends its time and money. Economic and societal changes, et al. have put pressure on how much time gets spent on purebred dogs, and what people expect of their canine family member. I think we need to continue staff efforts to find ways to encourage the American family to consider the purpose-bred, purebred dog for their companion animal. Staff has targeted two primary audiences -youngsters under 12, and the 50-plus age group- for marketing focus, and we should continue to strengthen our activities in this area. The registration department has made progress in improving the processes, but more needs to be done. I do not understand the question: what does employee relations have to do with registrations? I have no comment on AKC employee relations, whether at the general staff or executive level. Nor will I comment on the process of Board Meetings, which is governed by Roberts Rules.

GLADSTONE: Registrations fall into numerous customer bases, and each must be addressed separately. One of the biggest challenges to AKC registration department employees is that there are so many different customer profiles that we need to appease and attract in order to recapture the marketplace. It is also a challenge to increase individual dog registrations when litter applications, the basis for individual registrations, continue to decline, even as individual registrations level off. Ultimately, registrations will depend on our success in turning around the “adopt don’t shop” mantra being pitched to the American people. We must put our efforts into proclaiming the superiority of an AKC registered purebred dog as a family pet. We also need a feasible strategy to expand our outreach to all dogs using our Canine Partners program in the shelters from which the public is being told they should be adopting their pets. We have no viable program. Only then will AKC registrations truly recover. Do I think the Board has been successful in the hiring of employees to be officers within AKC considering that both the COO and the CFO’s job positions were terminated within one year of hiring? Obviously not. However, the actual interviewing and hiring advice for these Officer positions were again done by only a small group of select board members with no opportunity for the full board to meet and interview the candidates. The obvious failings of the hiring process might well CoNtiNueD oN page 196

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be a lesson in how not to hire in the future. Do I think AKC should have named a new head of its legal department considering the resignation of its last person who headed the Department? No. Did I agree with the decision not to rehire a new COO? No. Do I think there is an excess of Executive Sessions within the Board Meetings? Litigation, sensitive personnel issues and strategic business policies and efforts should be subject to “Executive Session” secretiveness. Nothing more. The current policy of silence and “confidentiality” is excessive. We should be much more transparent in sport governance issues and policies.

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What do you think about the staff morale in NYC and Raleigh? Do you believe that anyone person or department has been given unchecked authority such that there is a loss of a system of checks and balances in both the hiring of personnel and in the running of individual departments? How do you react to Woofipedia? Do you think AKC’s investment in the announced new dog collar was a wise one and what do you think of that concept? How much real money do you expect AKC to make from this collar and who will do the marketing considering AKC’s reputation as being anything but a successful marketer in non-AKC products? DAVIES: I am in no position to comment with confidence on morale at AKC. My sense regarding Raleigh is that the staff there would prefer a “person in charge”. This may be suggesting a perceived “loss of a system of checks and balances”. This perception may be a result of a lack of communication between those involved. I think that Woofipedia is an interesting approach to reaching out to the general public and complements the social media efforts. I have no first hand knowledge regarding the dog collar issue. I assume it is some sort of a tracking collar. It’s an interesting idea, but if it will require a substantial cost to the user, both in initial outlay and periodic maintenance, I don’t expect

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that it will result in AKC making much. BATTAGLIA: This question is repeated in question # 8. See my answer there. I think it is fair to say that we are an organization in transition as revenue streams begin to shift to more a “commercial” nature. That is causing us to be driven by different forces and that has caused discomfort for some. AKC is operating today in a new world and that world is wholly different from five years ago when registrations and entries generated more revenue. These changes can lead some to have concerns about resource allocation and lead to morale issues. In every organization including colleges and universities, there are always rumors about morale and favoritism. Most of the time they are promoted by individuals for their own purposes. My own experience, based on my travels to NY and Raleigh, is that this is a rumor with little or no basis. However, there is always room for better supervision and more training. See my remarks below to a related question. This is a new and different idea, we should not judge it until it is fully explained and evaluated. This is a sensitive business matter and one it is not appropriate for discussion at this time. That said, I am confident that there is a great potential in the market, especially with the millennial base that it is designed to attract. Based on the staff presentations and the information presented to the board thus far, we have learned much about this new product. I have met with some of the companies who will provide parts and services and have seen prototypes of this product. There are questions about the rev-

enue and expenses which will continue until the new product launched. Again, this is a sensitive business matter which should not be discussed; we wouldn’t be addressing this market segment if we didn’t believe there was a very good upside potential. PAVEZA: This is one of those questions that is difficult for me to answer as someone not currently on the Board. My interactions with staff are limited to my encounters with the Field Representatives at shows, and to those staff in attendance at Delegate Committee and Delegate meetings. So to be honest, any comment I would make on Staff morale at either location would be so speculative, that any thoughtful person would have to question whether I would make a good board member. As to whether any one person or department has been given unchecked authority with a loss of checks and balances around hiring and in the running of other departments, certainly from a distance one might come to that conclusion, but I suspect that conclusion might be erroneous. Every large organization goes through times when a particular unit may be given broader authority and operational responsibilities. Whether that decision by the CEO, with support of the Board, was the right one given the problems currently faced by the AKC will only be determined over time. In order for me to effectively answer this question I would have to have some knowledge of the criteria set for determining the success of both the department and the individual running that department. Moreover, when these power shifts take place in organizations, some folks will decide that the new direction is not something they wish to be part of and leave. It doesn’t inherently mean that the apparent imbalance is CoNtiNueD oN page 208

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Borzois

1 GCH CH Raynbo’s Foolish Pleasure J Spiers/R Zucker/J Zucker/S Mcgraw 2 GCH CH Aashtoria Wildhunt Hidden Agenda R Riel 3 GCH CH Avatar Sedona Evermore T Carey 4 Jubilee Sixteen Going On Seventeen M Boyd/J Boyd/C Grandorff

Dachshunds (Longhaired)

1 GCH CH Walmar-Solo’s Iou Sl S Snyder 2 CH Jt’s V Islandach Blazing Embers Of Kilauea ML K Doi 3 GCH CH Dikerdachs Blake V Diker 4 GCH CH Sleepy Hollow Carolina Special M Taylor/B Wlodkowski 5 GCH CH Stonybrook’s Phinito T Durvin/B Durvin/R Gianopoulos/M Kepalas 5 GCH CH Isledox Longfellow Serenade F Overdahl/R Overdahl 7 GCH CH Poulstead’s Moon Shadow - Faithful Light D Humphrey/S Humphrey 8 GCH CH Leoralees Little Bitofheaven @Jbs Sl J Scott/M Singleton 9 CH Pramada’s Xavier With Jorddachs Sl M Peat 10 GCH CH Dachshire You Got Me Nantucket SL C Snedaker-Sims/R Weinman

Dachshunds (Smooth)

1 GCH CH Leoralees Barstool Boogie Ms R Addison 2 GCH CH Bessdachs Jaguar Jubilee G Lopez/M Lara 3 GCH CH Lindmont’s Maid In The Shade M Smith/M Smith

Dachshunds (Wirehaired)

1 GCH CH Raydachs Ride My Ducati Sw S Ray 2 GCH CH Leoralee’s Supernatural Mw M Singleton 3 GCH CH Raydachs Fire Down Below V Gleishorbach S Ray/J Sakoda/M Sakoda 4 GCH CH Twinkle’s Corbin At Carowynd Mw C O’Neil 5 CH Daybreak’s Blossoms And Bows W D Krieg 6 GCH CH Tarabon Willowood Man With The Golden S Wang 7 GCH CH Ragtyme Couldnt Help Myself Sw THDN S Roth/K Roth/H Jones 8 GCH CH Gleishorbach Quest For Fire V Raydachs Sw J Sakoda/M Sakoda/J Smith/S Ray

Greyhounds

1 GCH CH Grandcru Giaconda M Steele/A Phelan/R Tomlin/R Gaudet

Harriers

1 GCH CH Pacific Happytail’s Heartbreaker E Biles/S Biles/W Mccleery

Ibizan Hounds

1 CH Serandida & Sikora’s Fantasia R Stark/J Stark/L Sikora 2 GCH CH Paradise Bette Davis Eyes L Puskas/N Pusta/W Anderson

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

277

(M)

204

(M)

143

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1534

(F)

272

(M)

218

(M)

208

(M)

189

(M)

189

(F)

166

(F)

141

(M)

(F)

678

(F)

179

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1005

(M)

424

(M)

163

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

2242

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

144

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

104

(F)

101

as of January 31, 2015

Irish Wolfhounds

1 GCH CH Kuriann Of First Avenue J Ryan 2 GCH CH Absolut Cru J Gifford/D Gifford 3 GCH CH Riverlawn Exit Of Aerie D Marx/A Benjamin 4 GCH CH O’Quinn’s Bowman Archer I Campbell/J Campbell/M Horton/J Horton 5 CH Sandstorm’s Last Hurrah L Breidenstein 6 GCH CH Ierne’s Saltimbanco T Ritzenthaler/S Ritzenthaler

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

585

(M)

240

(M)

159

(M)

143

(M)

(F)

2862

(M)

324

(M)

192

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

1 GCH CH Aberdeen’s Ultimate Addiction (M) J Mullen/D Blunt/J Mcilwaine/A Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine

Norwegian Elkhounds

1 GCH CH Vin-Melca’s Daggarwood Delight P Trotter 2 GCH CH Tioka’s American Ride L Webster 3 GCH CH Aspen’s It Takes A Thief R Rhoden/R Rhoden 4 GCH CH Legend’s Silver Raid K Bruce/D Wallace 5 GCH CH Somerri Dunharrow’s Dynamo J Silker/W Totten 6 GCH CH Highpoint’s Cosmopolitan K Molloy/B Molloy 7 GCH CH Somerri Jamieson’s Echo Of Whiskey J Lewis/A Lewis/L Lewis 8 GCH CH Silhouettte’s Au Fish E Olsen/K Olsen/S Kaplan

Otterhounds

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens

1 GCH CH M&M’s Fear The Beard D Moore/J Hayes 2 GCH CH Iceage V. Tum-Tums Vriendjes N Frost/G Huikeshoven 3 GCH CH Icecream V Tum-Tums Vriendjes J Hurty/C Hurty/L Florian/M Florian/B Sittibavornsakul 4 GCH CH Lacey’s Deck Plate Leader W Craigmiles/J Lacey-Black/D Bruce/J Neuschaefer 5 GCH CH Mirepoix’s Figgy Pudding J Zigich/R Litman 6 CH Nykarth Moonlite With Soletrader C Orzechowski 7 CH Suton Crepu Visage My Funny Valentine S Cooper/S Bustin/C Rangel 8 GCH CH Celestial Cj’s Ringmaster At Talus C Wilt/P Wilt 9 GCH CH Bubblegum V. Tum-Tum’s Vriendjes D Planche/G Huiheshoven/D Bolak 10 GCH CH Tetu Comedie Francais De Bordeaux R Claude/D Claude

Pharaoh Hounds

1 GCH CH Farao Anubis Inferno BN RN SC J Mosing/D Cooper/B Clooten 2 GCH DC Hallam’s Jake Of Arolet SC S Sipperly/D Carota 3 GCH CH Siphra’s Wish You Were Here L Lysher 4 GCH CH Bazinga A Dream Of Spring For Mia P Haig/R Newman 5 GCH CH Osiris Cowboy Casanova T Del Duca/B Carella/K Carella/T Del Duca 6 CH Galadrial’s Its In The Stars Du Ciel DJ CGC S Swanson/L Flanagan 7 CH Xo’s Invincible JC K Carella/B Carella

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896

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1186

(M)

1040

(M)

516

(M)

224

(F)

124

(M)

112

(M)

105

(M)

(F)

(M)

558

(M)

201

(F)

139

(F)

123

(M)

(F)

(M)

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The Dog News Top Ten List Presents Portuguese Podengo Pequenos 1 CH Radical De Viamonte S Carter

Redbone Coonhounds

1 CH Sidearm Just Forget About It J Mills/L Mills/T Mills

Rhodesian Ridgebacks

1 GCH CH Kimani’s Indelible Impression JC A Walls/A Hanna/E Demopoulos/R Porter 2 GCH CH Spring Valley’s Jojo J Hlis/M Hlis 3 GCH CH Celtic Lore’s Moonlight And Magic CGC D Garbett 4 GCH CH Shadowridge One N Only At Firedance M Sorosky/L Hellinge/D Karlson 5 GCH CH Courage Hilltop U Don’T Mess With Zohan S Buss/J Buss/J Gentzen 6 GCH CH Azize’s Purple Heart SC T Olson/W Olson 7 GCH CH Crosswick’s Bohdi Hearts Disco Baby Of K Murphy 8 GCH CH Kuba’s Call Of The Wild By Copperridge SC K Bains/J Bains 9 GCH CH Lionlamb’s Taigh Movourneens Bruadar C Mcmahon/J Mcmahon 10 GCH CH Lyonnese Master’s Blend By Kimani M Tauber/F Depaulo 10 CH Mystiko & Adili’s Can’T Stop The Reign At Quest D Melear/J Melear/T Lynch

Salukis

1 GCH CH Starlite’s Made Of The Best Stuff On Earth T Turley-Kocab/M Kocab/S Middlebrooks 2 GCH CH Baghdad A Missdemeanor D Pfeil/L Ackerman/A Chato 3 GCH CH Baghdad Eleganza Extravaganza L Ackerman 4 GCH CH Appalachia’s Allamyrra Hajji P Arwood/M Mccowan/G Thornton 5 GCH CH Takara The Time Is Now J Rimerman/P Mohr 6 GCH CH Baha Persian Of Interest CD RN SC OA AXJ C Coile 7 GCH CH Impala Ladies Love Outlaws L Snyder/D Aube 8 GCH CH Silvershadows Secretariate Elessar F Broadway/L Rooney-Flynn/W Flynn/I Christensen

Scottish Deerhounds

1 GCH CH Foxcliffe Chelsea Piers C Dove/R Dove 2 GCH CH Kininvie D’Lux JC E Winter/K Winter 3 GCH DC Cu Liath Rhionnach SC LCX L Kiaer/C Edwards

Treeing Walker Coonhounds

1 GCH CH Cherry Creek Confetti A Alexander/S Houston 2 CH Lost Heritage Cherry Crk Gone with the Wind C Vanover/A Carter

(M)

(F)

The Top Ten Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

137

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

909

(M)

857

(F)

477

(F)

209

(M)

177

(M)

129

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

2655

(F)

954

(F)

823

(F)

582

(F)

232

(M)

177

(M)

149

(M)

129

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

1012

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

604

(F)

103

as of January 31, 2015

Whippets

1 GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless D Butt/A Giles/B Call 2 GCH CH Winway Ramona Quimby S Fosnot/V Atkinson 3 GCH CH Starline’s Jimmy Choo S Laws/D Laws/L Lawrence/L Wilson 4 CH Solaris Saxon Shore Born To Beguile P Magette/D Lockhart 5 GCH CH Debmar Lovin’ Dixie D Bahm 6 GCH CH Karasar’s Masterpiece K Kuper/N Barthelette/K Mlynar/W Othick 7 GCH CH Karasar’s Resurgence K Kuper/N Barthelette/K Mlynar 8 CH Oxford’s The Dalles Of Mariner K Fredericks/K Lee 9 CH Rainier’s Class Act At Endeavor J Shepherd/L Stewart 10 DC Hound Hill Tobias MC C Miller

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

2672

(F)

1401

(M)

1269

(F)

616

(F)

611

(F)

243

(F)

188

(F)

179

(F)

168

(M)

152

(M)

3925

(M)

2040

(M)

1320

(M)

443

(M)

419

(F)

181

(M)

181

(M)

147

(M)

129

(M)

113

(M)

1502

(M)

257

(F)

234

(F)

153

(M)

135

(M)

109

(F)

103

(M)

WORkING GROUP Akitas

1 GCH CH Sondaisa Fyre When Ready CD RN C Sullivan/J Ellis 2 GCH CH Mojo’s Continuation Of A Myth S Borrmann 3 GCH CH Cr - Wicca’s Trade Secret A Bavaria/C Burke/T Bavaria/J Charnik 4 GCH CH Wicca’s Rule The Air R Stark/L Stark/J Charnik 5 GCH CH Stardust’s Broadway Joe RN T Witte/R Witte 6 Daykeyne Save Your Breath T Buckley 6 GCH CH Daykeyne Eatin My Cake Too T Buckley 8 CH Ali’I Ak’s Majer Carbon Copy V Mcconnell/M Goss 9 GCH CH Chujitsu’s Empire Maker CGC D Berg/J Berg 10 CH Ocean’s Hurricane Nakodo RN CGC M Lees/C Downing/P Mills

Alaskan Malamutes

1 GCH CH Peace River’s Gathers No Moss At Sunstra T Robinson/A Syar/M Coburn/K Robinson 2 GCH CH Ice Fall’s Locked N” Loaded” L Ryer 3 Kumata’s Elevate Your Game J Dewing/R Dysart 4 GCH CH Ixa’s Addicted To Love A Mayberry-Welch 5 GCH CH Kaviak’s Lord Of The Dance M Richards 6 GCH CH Wolfholic’s Extraordinary Y Choi 7 GCH CH Joshua’s Guns And Roses C Chauvie/C Sires

Anatolian Shepherd Dogs

1 GCH CH Full Circle Tip Of London Tower N Ward 2 GCH CH Lucky Hit Bethany Beyaz Kumru J York/E Conard

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Bernese Mountain Dogs

1 GCH CH Villairns Tag You’re It RN S Slade/K Hodgson 2 GCH CH Vinn October It Had 2VV You E Buonpane 3 GCH CH Witchways Here Comes The Magic R Harrison/J Dickhoff 4 GCH CH Nashems In Wine There’s A Friend A Deboer/S Karl 5 GCH CH Alpenspirit It’s Our Game D Kelley/B Bauersfeld/M Turbide 6 GCH CH Blackrock Jungle Juice RN K Greenwood/R Greenwood

Black Russian Terriers

1 GCH CH Aristes Paint It Black D Poulson/R Looker/C Stumm 2 GCH CH Gladiator S Zolotogo Grada S Gaunt 3 GCH CH Russian Bears Not Just Another Rock Starr D Kremer/H Haldi 4 GCH CH Arisha Krasa Russkaya Nochnaya Zvezda D Hawkes/R Hawkes 5 GCH CH That’s What’s In A Name C Cassidy/J Cassidy/D Scheiris/D Scheiris 6 CH Blackberry Uragan CDX CGC R Moore

Boxers

1 GCH CH Mephisto’s Speak Of The Devil J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum 2 GCH CH Hijinx This Is How I Roll B Nunn 3 GCH CH Brisbane N” Blue Monday’s Diamonds Are W Truesdale/Z Truesdale/M Mckamey/E Mckamey/J 4 GCH CH Encore’s Sovereign B Andreu/M Andreu/C Cates/J Mumford 5 GCH CH Vixayo’s Golden Hammer K Vixayo/B Barnhart 6 GCH CH Inspiration’s Breath Of Heaven G Freer/W Truesdale/Z Truesdale/M Young/J Young 7 GCH CH Cherkei’s Dick Tracey C Robbins/K Robbins 8 CH Newalba N Pekeapug’s Nightmare T Postma/J Minks 9 GCH CH Shadigee’s Sequel To Legends L Nowak/M Nowak/R Hallock/G Hallock 10 GCH CH Rummer Run’s Black Magic A Anderson/S Anderson

Bullmastiffs

1 GCH CH Dal Primo The Jester Of Nv K O’Brien/C Corner/M Harwood 2 CH Stoneguards Mugsy Malone D Lawson 3 GCH CH Affinity’s 3-Sheets To The Wind A Mcateer/C Lane 4 GCH CH Far Isle The Wizard Of Bullrinkle M Hellmers/J Matano/A Oakerson 5 GCH CH Burningwood’s Up And At ‘Em B Jacobs 6 GCH CH Dal Primo In 7he Making C Corner 7 CH Home Runs Bruno Bonacquisto CGC J Bonacquisto 8 GCH CH Middlemarch’s Abbeyroad Of Royale Guard A Immerblum/T Padilla 9 GCH CH Baron Dye Of Ridgetop R Wynes 10 CH Banstock N Highpoint’s Ours Yours And Mine M Mcgovern/H Nietsch/J Davis

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

283

(F)

155

(M)

138

(M)

132

(M)

128

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

503

(M)

367

(M)

295

(F)

176

(M)

107

(M)

101

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

5039

(M)

1731

(F)

899

(M)

663

(M)

533

(F)

465

(M)

436

(M)

331

(M)

236

(F)

173

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

810

(M)

395

(M)

338

(M)

248

(M)

205

(M)

165

(M)

140

(F)

133

(M)

108

(M)

Cane Corso

1 GCH CH Italica’s Fifty Shades Of Grey CA Z Devita 2 GCH CH Armstrong Della Porta Dipinta D Musto/A Erukhimovich/L Parschauer 3 GCH CH Castleguard’s Riddle Of Steel Di Serafina S Demoss/T Dragan

Doberman Pinschers

1 GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC J Wendt/A Wendt/H Zimmerman 2 GCH CH Kamterra’s Legato K Moats/M Moats 3 GCH CH Alisaton Saboteur V Raklyn Ciden N Bosley/J Margeson/J Dale 4 GCH CH Phillmar Superman T Stone/J Stone/C Green 5 GCH CH Marienburg’s Spec Ops Commando R Kusumoto/J Kusumoto 6 GCH CH Mistel’s Can Can R Vandiver/N Vandiver 7 GCH CH Sherluck North By Northwest V Olympic Cove K Rasmussen/F Strauss 8 GCH CH Rio’s Luca Brasi Monster RN CA M Michael 9 GCH CH Excelsia’s He Thinks He’s Wonderful S Loshin-Tsantiotis/C Tsantiotis 10 Liberators Triple Crown S Mctavish/B Allbury/B Casey/P Blenkey

German Pinschers

1 GCH CH Daveren’s Party Girl S Harlow/J Eastman

Giant Schnauzers

1 GCH CH Kenro’s Time Is Money M Mcgee/R Greenslade 2 GCH CH Nightline Viking A Tanglewood J Erath/C Erath/E Fojtik/C Watterson/J Watterson 3 GCH CH Skansen’s Backatchababy D Mcmullen/B Mcmullen

Great Danes

1 GCH CH Journey’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes L Hotchkiss/P Hix 2 GCH CH Old Mission’s Lucid Dream D Loops/S Cummings/K Toomey/S Blades 3 GCH CH Fame & Vwf’s I’ Have Another A Eckenrode 4 GCH CH Alpines Song Of Thesouth K Paulson/R Paulson 5 GCH CH Rojon’s Cast Fate To The Wind J Sheridan/R Majewski 6 GCH CH Sweet’s Firenrain V Saravilla BN RN CGC P Sweet/J Lilliston 7 GCH CH Tue-J’s Pacific Category Five T James/H James/S Taylor/J Apuna 8 GCH CH Gracyn N Lost Creek’s Cinco Peso Badge Bd J Bailey 9 GCH CH Divine Acres Ring Leader C Cataudella/J Cataudella 10 GCH CH Sunquest’s More Of A Good Thing P Koerper/K Burkhart

Great Pyrenees

1 CH Monark Nobody’s Fool B Ducker/K Bruneau 2 GCH CH Rivergroves Enough Said J Boyd/M Cox/M Stewart 3 GCH CH Rivergroves Chateau De Castelnau M Falatach 4 GCH CH Rivergroves Sky’s The Limit J Hanover/J Hanover/J Boyd

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

232

(M)

209

(M)

(F)

5687

(M)

2507

(M)

1118

(M)

969

(M)

440

(F)

426

(M)

299

(M)

272

(M)

247

(F)

244

(F)

964

(M)

632

(F)

104

(F)

802

(F)

631

(M)

451

(M)

435

(M)

286

(F)

218

(M)

207

(M)

164

(M)

139

(F)

104

(M)

1062

(M)

706

(M)

406

(F)

128

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

227

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs

1 GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto S Copeland

komondorok

1 GCH CH Nagyalma Yes I Can N Liebes/V Mcnelis/A White

kuvaszok

1 GCH CH Glacier Creek’s Silver Bullet D Blank 2 Taliszman Pull The Perfect Pint CGC G Hayes/K Knapp/M Lee

Leonbergers

1 GCH CH A. Feiner Eros L Bazlen 2 GCH CH Yuhar Vom Kaniberg CGC C Barnum

Mastiffs

1 GCH CH Goldleaf’s Trouble Coming CGC L Watson 2 GCH CH Millenniums Ain’T No Stopping Us Now T Plezbert/C Jones 3 GCH CH Pioneer’s Shabri-El’s Shaken Bacon E Hamilton

Newfoundlands

1 GCH CH Seacrest’s I’M Not What You Think J Taylor/D Nelson/D Nelson 2 GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur K Caesar/W Caesar 3 GCH CH Darbydale’s The Journey Continues C Bergmann 4 GCH CH Kilyka’s Three Sheets At Aegir RN N Dobson/M Vanek 5 GCH CH Shadrack’s My Hearts Darling E Murphy/J O’Neill 6 GCH CH Bear N Mind’s Code Of Honor D Gorsuch/C Gorsuch

Portuguese Water Dogs

1 GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse M Lint/P Helming/D Gottdenker 2 GCH CH Seabury’s Final Voyage R Eskind/J Brown 3 GCH CH Valkyrie I’M All That Neocles J Parker/L Afong 4 GCH CH Dandelion’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer RN V Morro/W Varr Iii 5 GCH CH Dacher’s Rock And Roll D Smith/C Smith 6 GCH CH Estrela Norte Capitao Leal RN S Rady 7 GCH CH Stowaway Drive It Like U Stole It J Boyd 8 GCH CH Cold Harbor’s Rock’N The Boat In Baypoint S Weyland/B Greenspan 9 GCH CH Claircreek Lusitano Oceano Atlantico D Gottdenker 10 GCH CH Aviators Blackjack Legacy RN CGCA J Brock/S Brock

(M)

The Top Ten Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

2837

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

215

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

853

(M)

694

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

4798

(M)

641

(F)

552

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

3471

(M)

2566

(M)

644

(M)

550

(F)

174

(M)

8320

(M)

310

(F)

276

(M)

255

(M)

211

(M)

167

(M)

149

(M)

145

(M)

137

(M)

128

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

Rottweilers

1 GCH CH Gamegards I’Ll Have Another V Braeside RN H Eldred/G Bach/D Bach 2 GCH CH Ivoss Super Cop’s Tank R Edwards/L Dibernardi 3 GCH CH Avatar Cosmac Storm M Brennan/J Mcilwaine/G Bidgood/A Mcilwaine 4 GCH CH Bigluv’s Lady Isabella RA CGC S Abel 5 GCH CH Big Beach’s Rhumba Man E Namour 6 GCH CH Von Wilhelms Over The Rainbow D Mclaughlin/S Mclaughlin/D Nardini 7 GCH CH Von Marc’s Victory V. Stoneridge CD RA T Tresino/C Hagen

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

2342

(M)

564

(M)

539

(F)

419

(M)

308

(M)

(F)

1 GCH CH Pebbles’ Run Play It Again Ham (M) A Kiell Green/A Green/B Bruns/W Stamp 2 GCH CH White Eagle’s The Sky’s The Limit For (M) T Litton/C Montgomery/M Augustus/J Augustus/C Mcnellie 3 GCH CH Celticfrost Ranger N West Free (M) P Kreif/F Kreif 4 GCH CH Polar Mist Cruz’N Zhivago’s Party (M) R Stern 5 GCH CH White Magic’s Seasoned Traveler-Trek”” (M) M Matto 6 GCH CH Snoline ‘N Snowater’s On A Roll (M) K Granacki/S Alexander/N Alexander 7 GCH CH Skilo Bear’s Lady Tessa Of Downton (F) H Sullivan 8 GCH CH MACH Starquest’s What Comes Around (F) M Lageschulte/A Mast/R Mast 9 Polar Mist White Shadow Aurora (F) M Mitchell 10 GCH CH Sanorka’s Jennie Wade (F) J Hovelmann 10 GCH CH Kimchatka Frozen In Time (M) D Hollingsworth/V Leary-Majda/J Hollingsworth-Gardner 10 GCH CH Storytales Past Present & Future (M) B King/K King/N King

3252

1353

589

474

331

279

251

205

151

141

Samoyeds

Siberian Huskies

1 GCH CH Highlander’s Rumour Has It M Ralsky/C Pacht 2 GCH CH Davik’s Snowstorm Gussit D Piercey/T Teralla 3 GCH CH Paragon’s Absolutely Entertaining O’Kristari S Osharow/O Kanjanachusak 4 Jes Some Eye Candy N Char/D Char/J Gonzales 5 GCH CH Saroja’s Strange Love At Kyger J Stodghill 6 GCH CH Tackora’s Cookie Cutter D Studwell/P Benincasa 7 GCH CH Nykiska’s Dancing In T’Dark S Hamblin Barnhill/C Harris 8 CH Northern Light’s Shimmering Moonglade S Blanker/C Blanker/R Blanker 9 GCH CH Diamondt’s Sharp Dressed Man CA S Wells/T Wells/J Lerby 10 GCH CH Trillium Blue’s Skyfall E Demartino/R Fleming/K Fleming/L Tobey

St. Bernards

1 GCH CH Aksala’s Peyton CGCA L Baker/E Baker/S Lewis/R Lewis

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

819

(M)

796

(M)

227

(F)

218

(F)

161

(M)

135

(M)

127

(F)

114

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

547

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Standard Schnauzers

1 GCH CH Keygolde Red Hot Diamond Lil CGC K Busco 2 GCH CH Blue Lines Asta E Davison 3 GCH CH Abracadabra Of Cindy Land At Crivitz A Shaffer 4 GCH CH Shalimar’s Tribute To Gone With The Wind K Crist/D Crist 5 GCH CH Mistic’s Longfellow Serenade S Marsh/A Derenzis 6 GCH CH D’Lacie’s Baroness Von Purple Rain RN CA M Campbell/P Ames/M Campbell 7 GCH CH Katon’s Eye Of The Tiger V Morgenwald K Koehler/P Duffee/C Reidner 8 GCH CH Crusade Rock Crystal N Lomando/M Thomas 9 GCH CH Cortaillod Dexter C Davies/M Davies 9 GCH CH Halycon’s Be The Change You Wish To See S Cukier/J Pennella/R Miller

Tibetan Mastiffs

1 GCH CH Drakyi Lion Of Judah M Lott

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

731

(F)

324

(F)

232

(M)

217

(M)

195

(F)

163

(F)

153

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

TERRIER GROUP Airedale Terriers

1 GCH CH Joval Sweet Time L Bryan/V Rickard 2 CH Wildside Windancer N Strohmaier/W Strohmaier 3 GCH CH Penaire Cash Game At Longvue T Clyde/A Clyde/J Clarke/W Clarke 4 GCH CH Darling Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds E Darling/G Darling 5 GCH CH Blackwatch In Control D Spendolini 6 GCH CH Epoch’s New York Minute A Moore/D Moore 7 GCH CH Jet Aire’s Voyager To The Stars D Turba/J Turba 8 Reydaleterrydale Playing For Keeps G Reyes

American Staffordshire Terriers

1 GCH CH Angarda Deja Vu Looking At You E Mckee-Heath/D Berrey 2 GCH CH Explicit’s Full Throttle To Alpine B Mosing/J Branch 3 GCH CH Sierra’s Ground Zero R Sampson/L Wilson 4 GCH CH Barberycoast Trademark Of Taz K Widing/C Prothro 5 GCH CH Vaca Valley’s Bold Ruler For Frajaec G Brown/K Rudzik/B Gottier/D Pesenti/J Mccartney 6 CH Ko Bo’s Prometeus M Gittelman/K Gittelman 7 GCH CH Red Warrior Geneva Z Smith 8 CH Risso’s Chevy W Risso 9 GCH CH Vaca Valley Castle Rock War Admiral C Edler

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

2292

(F)

327

(F)

315

(F)

252

(M)

(F)

(M)

1000

(M)

234

(M)

128

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

Australian Terriers

1 GCH CH Benayr Nick Of Time M Porter 2 CH Dreamweaver’s Abeyta Abeona B Chambers

Bedlington Terriers

1 GCH CH First Class Willow Wind The Phoenix S Friedemann/J Fogel 2 GCH CH Lamz Strike A Pose RN CAA CGC L Zembrzuski/G Gilbeau 3 Willow Wind Money’s Still Talkin’ At First Class J Fogel

Border Terriers

1 GCH CH Meadowlake Pants On Fire K Fitzpatrick/D Tack/S Tack/K Richardson/K Courtelis 2 CH Gusto Beautiful Thing C Olson 3 GCH CH Full Throttle’s Wee Drop Of Mischief O’ D Bartholomay/G Bartholomay 4 GCH CH Benchmark’s Winning Goal P Humenny/R Humenny 5 GCH CH Lyrical’s Stake And Shake A Moore/A Hargrave 6 GCH CH Surefyre’s Once In A Blue Moon J Gibson/A Gibson/C Bartlett 7 CH Meadowlake I’Ll Have Another K Shorter/K Fitzpatrick 8 GCH CH Giles Hill Apache Plume C Simpson/R Simpson

Bull Terriers (Colored)

1 GCH CH Notorious Never Say Never A Woodman-Jaspers/P Jaspers 2 GCH CH Glentom’s Dirty Harry Z Smith/G Wright 3 GCH CH Bestuvall On Easy Street M Aten/J Dykema 4 CH Action Spark Of The Divine CA CGC D Dean/F Berez

Bull Terriers (White)

1 CH Aragon’s A Perfect Storm At Ruffin B Wyckoff/M Bankus/P Grecco 2 Stonebull Matrix Revolutions CA R Macdonald

Cairn Terriers

1 GCH CH Hjohoo’s Save Hjour Love For Me V Malzoni/E Theodorsson 2 GCH CH Caledonian Tea Time Of Wolfpit L Hutchinson/V Malzoni 3 GCH CH Stonebridge Just A Little Bit Better D Reynolds 4 Rocky Creek’s Sundance Kid D Cook 5 GCH CH Janwell Midnight Ryder E Grabow/K Loken 6 CH Deran The Chosen One D Rogers/R Rogers 7 CH Stonehavens Mark Harmon Of Foxhills C Burleson 8 CH Mc Alister’s Wish Me Luck J Sowards/T Mathari 9 GCH CH Hampton Court’s Bryan V Malzoni 10 GCH CH Captain’s Destiny Taylor Made C Mittelstaedt

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

200

(F)

(M)

658

(F)

241

(M)

(F)

3269

(F)

220

(F)

166

(M)

131

(M)

114

(M)

106

(F)

(M)

266

(M)

170

(F)

(M)

(F)

186

(F)

453

(M)

165

(M)

163

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

The Dog News Top Ten List Presents Cesky Terriers

1 GCH CH Milenka’s Hector In Act Four L Kapustina/A Kapustin/L Marino

Dandie Dinmont Terriers

1 GCH CH King’s Mtn. Angelina Ballerina P Stephens/D Chambers-Rau 2 GCH CH Derrydown Can Webe Frank G Myers/K Dorn 3 CH Aranisle’s Brute Force S Mcdannald/B Mcdannald

Fox Terriers (Smooth)

1 GCH CH Absolutely Signature J Smith/D Gabel 2 GCH CH Hampton Court Broxden What In Carnation V Malzoni/A Rodrigues 3 GCH CH J’Cobe Broxden Accidentally On Porpoise R Looker/M Jacobs/L Aune/J Aune 4 GCH CH Lil’Itch Pretty Woman At Foxwatch W Perry/W Perry/S Hoesman 5 GCH CH Springhill Street Smart M Briceno/J Possenti 6 GCH CH Harewood Blackthorn Onyx M Aroney/A Peterson 7 GCH CH Broxden Waybroke Simphuni Burlesque B Huntington/D Simpson 8 CH Clayco High Mtn Rattlin Bones C Snavely/S Mills 9 GCH CH Nileefox Taylor Made D Rathgeber/S Rathgeber 10 CH Centary Oona Queen Of The Faeries M Rafanan

Fox Terriers (Wire)

1 GCH CH Reignon Lutra Fastest Girl In Town J Lange/J Moses/T Szaras 2 GCH CH Fyrewyre Fit To Be Tied K Courtelis/D Benn/J Wilkinson/D Ryan 3 GCH CH Tsarshadow Kentucky Windage At Foxheart J Ashburn/B Ashburn/D Belter/D Deeley 4 GCH CH Commander’s Bold Stryker Of Foxchase D Bohle/F Bohle 5 CH Edenshire Cricklewood Black Orchid P Harrison/M Raggett 6 CH Beinnein Heaven Sent D Heck 7 CH Tes She’s Crafty E Singer 8 CH Fyrewyre Flashdance A Pertuit/H Cole/K Harris 9 CH Foxhaus Skyfall At Foxhollow D Barish/A Digiorgio/W Voss

Glen of Imaal Terriers

1 GCH CH Emerald Isle’s Keely With Daulton T Thomas/S Thomas/J Daulton/P Estes

Irish Terriers

1 CH Rockledge Ms Lexi Of Meath L Honey/J Wilson 2 GCH CH Sharob’s Commander In Chief S Lindgren/R Lindgren

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

kerry Blue Terriers

(M)

1423

(F)

1305

(M)

582

(F)

233

1 GCH CH O’Mara’s Mr Blue Sky C Gacetta/R Plain 2 GCH CH True Blue Midnight Sun H Cregor/E Randall 3 CH True Blue Mistletoe Kiss S Govier 4 GCH CH Aristocrat’s Firestone Of Cross The Rubicon G Lee/L Lee/D Beaulieu 5 GCH CH Aristocrat’s Firelord Of Cross The Rubicon N Kunze/D Beaulieu 6 CH Teagan’s Cosmic Cruiser B Hunter/H Hunter 7 CH Valtera’s St Patrick’s Party Time T Worful/M Lagassa 8 CH Dandy Black & Blue Fire & Ice B Price/T Dulaney/E Abe 9 GCH CH Cheron’s Dirty Water C Purcell/R Purcell 10 Keribou’s Flight Of Fancy E Conti

(M)

117

Lakeland Terriers

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

403

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

(F)

1 CH Snowtaires Next Generation B Decker/L Parker 2 GCH CH Brocair’s Hrh Prince Harry L Rogan/K Rogan

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Manchester Terriers (Standard)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Cashlane’s Cabana Boy J Hickey/D Hickey 2 GCH CH Wilane’s Midnight Rydor R Gates/B Wood/K Brewer

Miniature Bull Terriers

(F)

853

(F)

465

(F)

276

(M)

169

1 GCH CH Imaginabull’s First Edition T Moffitt 2 GCH CH Cambria’s Kid N Play L Baggenstos/R Baggenstos/A Guerrero/D Guerrero 3 GCH CH Dytona Vip M Jacobs/A Klishas/E Feuz 4 GCH CH Vip’s Playtime Prince K Toomey/S Cummings/F Milteer

(F)

143

Miniature Schnauzers

(F)

(M)

(F)

(F) (M)

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676 239

1 GCH CH Regency’s Play For Keeps D Lewis/K Lewis/B Verna 2 GCH CH Allaruth Carmel Still Kidding V Sole Baye Y Phelps/C Ewer/R Ziegler 3 GCH CH Yanga’s All The Time R Martinez Rahme 4 CH Sparx Rich Dark N Delicious C Krohn 5 GCH CH Blythewood Commodor Baron T Barrone/B Barrone/J Huber 6 GCH CH Manit’s Kir Royale M Murphy/M Itriago 7 Kwic Reverie Nelson Max Speed T Villar/M Villar/L Muramaru

Norfolk Terriers

1 GCH CH Max-Well’s Cradle Robber B Miller 2 CH Caprock’s Fast And Furious E Davenport/J Harper/D Harper

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

336

(F)

288

(F)

224

(M)

213

(M)

(F)

690

(M)

324

(M)

1304

(M)

636

(M)

510

(M)

1236

(M)

1078

(M)

273

(M)

110

(M)

(F)

(M)

816

(M)

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to succeed or fail. If I’m on the board will I be willing to make that assessment; certainly. AMEN: I communicate with the staff in both North Carolina and New York offices, as often as necessary and/or in response to their calls. As I said above, I was in the New York office on 14 different days – at least once a month -- during 2014, for meetings with various departments. Morale seems to be fine in both offices. Your question on the AKC management of “system of checks and balances.... in the hiring of personnel...” and “running of individual departments” leaves me confused. The Board should not be involved in day-to-day management of the company. In addition, during my 40-year career, I have worked with literally hundreds of corporations; only a handful had a workable system of checks and balances. Every company is unique, regardless of the size of the organization, and its culture and structure depends on the business, markets, distribution channels, customer base, demographics, et al. Woofipedia is the AKC’s offering of a broad range of products (like the BFF gift package, Woofipedia Puppy Package), articles (such as how to train your dog to roll over, done by a trainer from my club), stories on dogs, coverage of events – Agility, Dock Diving, etc. Staff reports that Woofipedia has “attracted more than 500,000 unique page views a month.” I hope we can develop similar ideas, such as Wooftag, which staff believes will at-

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wrong. In terms of my reaction to Woofipedia, I enjoy it, it is a way of getting information out, and of drawing people into our web of influence. However, again, without knowing the criteria set to measure its success, it is hard to pass a final judgment on it that would be anything other than purely subjective. As to the question about the collar, I have no idea what figures were provided to the Board in terms of when AKC would see a return on investment, and how much that return would be. Do I think Woofipedia will be successful in its marketing of the collar, given AKC’s lack of success in the past? I would hope that when the Board was considering this venture it asked the hard questions to determine whether staff had learned anything from previous mistakes around marketing products. Assuming those questions were answered in a fashion that suggested that this approach to marketing would be different, and that the figures suggested a reasonable return on investment, then only time will tell if this was a wise decision. This organization is going to have to take some risks, and some of them are going to be rather big and substantial calculated risks, if it is going to survive. The real questions are: “Do those risks allow us to meet our core values and mission more effectively?” and “Does the data suggest the risk is likely to be successful?” If the answer is yes to these two questions, then we need to take the risk, if the answer is no, then the risk should be avoided. Clearly the board felt this was a risk worth taking, and I need to give it a chance

tract the interest of the American public. Wooftag is a product that will track and measure their dog’s activities, and increase the interaction between owner and canine. Eventually, it will be offered to consumers beyond our immediate core audience, and hopefully, link us to a new customer group. We do not discuss budgets and specific product plans for competitive reasons. GLADSTONE: We on the AKC Board are told that the hiring, firing and other personnel issues of the AKC are not our business and that we are only entitled to vote for the four officers named in the Bylaws. After that we are told that there is no place for Board member involvement in upper management’s personnel decisions. I do not believe in that rhetoric. I believe to ignore management’s personnel decisions is to abdicate the Board’s fiduciary obligations to the corporation. However, I have been prevented from discussing personnel issues in the Boardroom. Therefore, I cannot very well comment on employee conduct or morale here. How do I react to Woofipedia? Do I think AKC’s investment in the announced new dog collar was a wise one and what do you think of that concept? How much real money do I expect AKC to make from this collar and who will do the marketing considering AKC’s reputation as being anything but a successful marketer in non-AKC product? No comment. This question addresses ongoing business potentials that are not appropriate for public comment.

Do you think this Board spends too much time on Judges Approvals processes and not enough on updating conformation shows and rating systems? Do you believe there are too many all-breed shows and if so how would you change the existing system? If AKC has established a Rating System for the Owner/Handler series should it do the same for other conformation events? How will you vote on the new Judges Approval system or do you think a vote should be delayed and the proposed system reanalyzed? DAVIES: I don’t agree that the Board spends an inordinate amount of time of judge’s approval. This is obviously a “hot” topic throughout the constituency, whether one is a judge or an exhibitor. I think that there should be more attention to the various rules and regulations regarding our events, however. There is a multitude of issues that could streamline the way in which our clubs interact with AKC. The question of too many AKC events (specifically all-breed shows) is one of perception. Depending on where (in the country) one lives, there either is or isn’t too many shows. I believe in a “free market” philosophy when it comes to this discussion. Those that succeed are necessary, and those that fail aren’t. I don’t believe that AKC should be involved in rating systems, other than to “keep the count”. The reason that AKC established the ratings for the Owner-Handled series is probably the fact that no one else was interested in doing so. I am sure that AKC would be delighted CoNtiNueD oN page 210

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Out of the 750 responses, 108 individuals offered suggestions and 37 made complaints of various kinds. The volume of information gathered would probably have been lost if not for the rather tedious effort to code and classify into categories the suggestions and complaints. The results show that an overwhelming number of replies expressed appreciation for the opportunity to provide input to the proposed judge’s approval policy. Given the widespread support for the Judges Approval Process (JAP), we learned there is clear 210 Dog News

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if someone took on that effort. As far as the “New” Judge’s Approval process is concerned, I will await the final proposal to decide how I would vote. As it currently now stands, I think some massaging is necessary. The concept has some appealing issues. As I have already said, there needs to be some kind of evaluation ability built into the process. BATTAGLIA: I think we have done our homework on the JAP. The board sent the fancy the Policy, Q&A’s, an Overview and Matrix. I was asked by the board to collect code and analyze the responses. My responsibility involved reading, coding and analyzing all of the 750 responses. This involved developing tables, charts and summaries and working with the staff to develop other related information needed by the board. The intent of the proposal was to provide a policy designed to meet three objectives at AKC events: 1. Provide knowledgeable judges. 2. Develop credibly trained judges. 3. Better prepare judges for multiple assignments. Given that 27% of the judges adjudicate 80% of the entries, the focus of the JAP was to provide a process that is simple and well- defined, ultimately providing exhibitors and Clubs with more choices. The proposal was intended to provide AKC clubs with access to more judges at all levels of competition while providing current and aspiring judges with a clear path to breed and group status based on their training and educational experiences. My report included data that compared the greying effect on the number of judges available, their years of experience and the number of judges available to judge more than two groups, which is in decline. Of the 750 individuals who responded, six areas received the most attention. The category and average score is shown in the chart. A perfect score of 5 shows total agreement and support for the proposal. A score of 1 indicates no support.

and widespread support across all sectors of the dog fancy for the proposed Judges Approval Policy. However, input from the staff coupled with the suggestions and complaints from the fancy, have been incorporated in the final recommendation which will show that the board did listen to the concerns about accountability and oversight. My recommendation is to vote on and approve the JAP program in February. The months invested in this project were needed but now the board must go on and manage other important business. If you ask the exhibitor, breeder and the public, I do not think they believe we have too many shows. What they would say is that there is a need for the better management of time and a way to improve the show environment. Dog shows are the only sport that takes 8-10 hours and before the end of the event the seats are vacant. Who leaves the football, basketball or baseball game before the winner has been determined? The Owner/handler series is proving to be an asset for many clubs, driving up entries by an average of about 20%. We need to make improvements and scheduling. The exhibitors like and support it. In my earlier remarks above I explained that the JAP program has widespread support by the judges and the exhibitors. We received over 750 responses that show the dog world is waiting. I have spoken with other board members and they tell me they want to vote on this matter at the February meeting. Changes have been made in response to many good suggestions and complaints.

There is no reason to delay the program. . PAVEZA: You begin by asking whether I think the Board spends too much time on Judges’ Approval processes and not enough time on two other areas. As an outsider, I sometimes think the Board spends far too much time on tasks that should be turned over to staff once the Board has set some guidelines for what needs to be accomplished. However, how could the Board not spend too much time on Judges’ Approval processes, this is the Grail Quest of the fancy when it comes to conformation shows, finding the perfect system that will ensure that all judges are superior. The fact is that the fancy has never had only superior judges, the only reality is that we have forgotten those who were poor and mediocre and have come close to canonizing those who were superior and exceptional. The reality is like all Grail Quests, what we are seeking is unattainable. The real question and answer that seems to elude us is can we devise a process that the majority of the fancy believes is good enough to provide us with the range of quality in judges that has always been there? You then suggest that the board should be spending more time on updating conformation shows and rating systems. I am assuming that by updating conformation shows you mean changing the rules, regulations and procedures associated with conformation shows. First, I need to note that the rules are the province of the CoNtiNueD oN page 216

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Norwich Terriers

1 GCH CH Dancy’s Rough Rider N Lentz/D Lentz 2 GCH CH Roserock’s Atticus Finch A Garcia Gomez/M Lopez 3 GCH CH Taliesin Twice As Nice L Sons/J Eckert 4 GCH CH Michan’s Rider On The Storm L Marshall/H Marshall 5 GCH CH Camio’s Educated Exemplar C Rogers 6 GCH CH Bronwyn He’s A Heartbreaker M Koltes 7 CH Loxwood Sweet Suzy Q D Gonzalez/S Miyasa

Parson Russell Terriers

1 GCH CH Ardsley Run Heaven Sent J Smith/J Gardner 2 GCH CH Posey Canyon Classic Stun Gun T Stanczyk/J Johnston 3 CH Posey Canyon Classic Hijinx T Stanczyk/J Johnston/D Rathgeber/W Schwery

Rat Terriers

1 GCH CH Felixvilles Traveling Pooch T Little/R Little

726

(M)

580

(M)

476

(M)

190

(M)

150

(M)

121

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

Russell Terriers

1 GCH CH Mon Amour Jp Rainbow Blossoms (M) A Barker/K Miichi 2 GCH CH Baylock Heart Of Fire (M) M Ulrich/L Ulrich/K Azzorpardi 3 GCH CH Goldsand’s Billie Jean CA (F) M Wooldridge/J Stevens/C Manelopoulos/R Corbin/M Bark 4 GCH CH Rivendell’s Tinker Toy (F) M Title/C Mckenzie/S Sobel 5 GCH CH Dbf Woodsong Mayflower Madame (F) C Mascuch/A Kiell Green 6 GCH CH Kajsenborg’s Dirty Harry (M) B Akin/J Ferrera 7 CH Lyrical’s Preachin’ To The Choir (M) A Hargrave 8 GCH CH Dbf Woodsong Of Kcr (M) C Florence/C Van Vorst/R Novack 9 CH Falling Branch Never Ending Story (M) L Mckinney/L Grimsley

Scottish Terriers

1 GCH CH Roundtown Everyday Magic Of Maryscot A Musser 2 CH Fireheart’s Over The Rainbow S Sacchetti/M Sacchetti/M Melucci/J Melucci 3 GCH CH Mcvan’s To Russia With Love M Khenkina 4 GCH CH Dynasty’s Br Donald Rockfeller D Burge/R Cross 5 GCH CH Invercrest Gotcha Girl D Eggert/J Eggert 6 GCH CH Kelwyn’s Gm Freestyle Flyer K Edell/D Edell 7 GCH CH Anstamm Benscot Vamp Of Savannah Anstamm Knl/E Hernandez 8 GCH CH Wilscot’s Luck Of The Draw A Carlton/D Carlton 9 GCH CH Anstamm Sodak Go West Young Man P James/K James

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

851

746

614

283

196

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

723

(F)

694

(F)

385

(M)

332

(F)

264

(F)

253

(F)

178

(M)

143

(M)

Skye Terriers

1 GCH CH Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie V Malzoni/Cragsmoor Knl 2 GCH CH Kuhlbreeze Voice Of Reason D Ridley/D Divis/E Ridley 3 GCH CH Talakan Trumpeter Swan J Davis 4 CH Blaze Of Glory Of Wallace’s Coven K Case/S Ahuja 5 GCH CH Jay-Roy Byrne ‘N Hot For You D Salandro 6 GCH CH Solana Demolition Man M Shiue 7 Seamist Knight To Remember E Hersey/S Hersey

Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers

1 GCH CH Bryr Rose Phoenix Rising C Garrett 2 GCH CH O’Lorcan’s Mystery Writer J Snoddy/P Snoddy/R Shumate

Staffordshire Bull Terriers

1 GCH CH Cumhil Hell Raiser Z Smith 2 CH Trugrip Rebelside Golden Bear B Aslin/R Aslin/D Merritt/J Merritt 3 GCH CH Vomhausharrock Dondiegoredrock L Heimbuch/T Alberg 4 Sheaman’s Keep Calm & Irish On A Shea-Ashmore/M Skeffington/A Skeffington 5 GCH CH Shortyrocks Jasper By Dumbriton M Bryant/S Carter 6 GCH CH Rockstaff Celtic Guardian E Harris/S Harris/P Briasco 6 CH Shortyrocks Cisco Simmer Down Girls L Lavender/J Steinle/K Sheppard/M Bryant 8 CH Cornerstone Soliloquy M Goethals/L Goethals 9 GCH CH Ciera Homebrewed Born Free J West/D Berry/L Craig 10 GCH CH Claymore’s Enduring Freedom V Marsh/P Marsh

Welsh Terriers

1 GCH CH Andover See-Z The Moment P See/J See 2 GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid Of Honor S Abmeyer/K Bailey/T Lee/X Xie 3 GCH CH Abbeyrose Black Diamond J Anspach/M Duafala/P Allen 4 GCH CH Teritails Loyal Knight T Lohmuller 5 GCH CH Darwyn Here For A Good Time L Hotchin/S Cornick 6 CH Bayleigh Shaireab’s Iceman K Bailey/S Abmeyer

West Highland White Terriers

1 GCH CH Tullybloom’s Classified Credentials P Cohen/C Cohen 2 GCH CH White Oaks Invincible Snowplow S Meisels/G Meisels 3 CH Shalreign’s The Love Bug C Kniola/T Vacha/K Kittle 4 GCH CH The Boss De New Gryffindor F Askin 5 GCH CH Laurelwynds Mikayla D Singletary 6 GCH CH Elsinore Love That Dirty Water L Servin 7 GCH CH Comdale Delightful Doris J Auger Maw 8 CH The Dashing Devil’s Magic Bells D Spivey

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

8699

(M)

172

(M)

792

(M)

162

(M)

124

(M)

105

(M)

(F)

5540

(F)

3658

(F)

1102

(M)

299

(M)

135

(M)

(F)

232

(M)

222

(M)

175

(M)

149

(F)

139

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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TOy GROUP Affenpinschers

1 GCH CH Yarrow’s Hi-Tech Ben There Done That W Truesdale/W Truesdale/L Wubbell 2 GCH CH Seamonkey’s Bazinga D Nelson/D Nelson 3 GCH CH Tamarin Tanner A Shultz 4 GCH CH Tony Baloney V. Tani Kazari E Shoemaker/L Ferris 5 Tamarin Truly At Donnybrook T Langston/J Ward

1 GCH CH Carmas Penne Pasta At Crizwood A Crizwood Kennel 2 GCH CH Mayfield Charming Chester M Mayfield 3 GCH CH Piccadil’s Twist And Shout CD BN RE J York 4 CH Bloomfields Inpursuit Atmsfizz K Hamel/M Kalyniuk 5 GCH CH Manorhouse Right As Rain P Mccaslin 6 GCH CH Miletree Joshua B Henry/S Henry 7 GCH CH Quail Garden Loch Lomond Deja Vu J Mittelman/K Subramanian 8 GCH CH Cuyuna Kimark Ace Of Diamonds D Eckardt 9 GCH CH Kingly’s Clint Black Of Bekenhall J Herrington/F Hall 10 GCH CH Forestcreek Brass In Pocket M Mayfield/K Chandor

Chihuahuas (Long Coat)

1 GCH CH Mst United Jp Kobushi K Kumagai 2 GCH CH Neo Fabulous Sky’s The Limit K Han 3 GCH CH Ouachitah Diamond In The Sky At Lone Pine J Finkel/M Blank/A Finkel/N Finkel 4 GCH CH Dazzles Touch Of Midas D Jensen 5 CH Promenade Gummy Bear L Hughes 6 Mirasous’s Coco Rosie M Awram/S Emery 7 GCH CH Lamaki Taser Bright L Maki 8 GCH CH Bramver’s Black Dynamite C Kadowaki/R Murphy 9 GCH CH Mgm Spellbound B Gentile/S Guthrie 10 GCH CH Starlit Step Up To The Plate P Shew

4405

932

430

200

Chinese Crested

1168

(M)

858

(M)

564

(M)

187

(F)

1 GCH CH Fist Face A Penny For Your Thought (F) L Pagacz/C Pagacz/K Catterson 2 GCH CH Hilltop’s GQ Cover Boy (M) P Brown 3 GCH CH Seagryphs Sleeping With The Anemone (M) K Rogers/M Rogers/A Bernardin/M Kornfeld/E Kornfeld 4 GCH CH Cashnross’ A Brief Furlough (M) F Cashin/C Ross 5 GCH CH Krossfire Dealer’s New Deck (M) D Henderson/W Napieraj 6 CH St Johns Maximus (M) St Johns Knl/E Hole 7 GCH CH Sunny Bear’s Sonic Boom At Shar’s (M) S Massad/V O’Brien Humbird 8 GCH CH Chismick’s Boop Oop A Doop (F) L Straub

Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat)

1 GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez) J Moses/J Moses/R Sanchez-Torres 2 GCH CH Ouachitah One Life To Give L George 3 GCH CH Kirin Abracadabra B Gossett/S Johnson/D Blank 4 GCH CH Angelic Thumbalena R Bigford/C Bigford 5 GCH CH Koniki’s Queen Of De Nile 4 Bellachi S Molash/K Hirn-Sheppard 6 GCH CH South Fork’s Sweet Harmony M Held 7 CH Dartan Reach For The Moon At Rayburg V Raymundo 8 Silver Bluff High Voltage P Scott/K Davis 9 GCH CH Dartan Diamonds Are Forever At Viva C Bozzo

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Brussels Griffons

Cavalier king Charles Spaniels

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

743

(M)

579

1 GCH CH Kaylen’s Kahlua V Dorris/K Peiser 2 GCH CH Kulana’s Sh-Boom S Frumkin/M Frumkin 3 GCH CH Palmetto’s Flying Dutchman B Kruse/G Kruse 4 GCH CH Zen’s Cirque Du Soleil N Feldman 5 GCH CH Storytime’s Rocky Road For Gingery M Fields/A Butterklee/J Temple 6 Candycresteds I Made A Deal With The Devil E Present/T Kiernan 7 CH Destiny’s Passionate Kisses OA OAJ L Pabst/L Jacobsen

(M)

288

English Toy Spaniels (Blenheim & Prince Charles)

196

171

170

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

210

(F)

207

(M)

146

(M)

143

1 GCH CH Maibee Orlando C Williams 2 GCH CH Sanchi Pleasant Surprise B Miller 3 CH Xela’s Et Phone Home S Hill/M Hill/A Romero/A Romero 4 GCH CH Loujon Thornwood Little Jacob K Miller/J Ward

(M)

138

English Toy Spaniels (king Charles & Ruby)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

384

(M)

320

(M)

178

(M)

160

(M)

123

(F)

121

(M)

112

(M)

107

(F)

(M)

1 GCH CH Novel Backroads Run For The Roses S Plance/H Reid/M Reid 2 CH Lto Destiny S Knaus

Havanese

1 GCH CH Qbin’s Strictly Confidential At Enginuity A Liebing/A Welling 2 GCH CH Bellatak Vallee’s Maximum Dream K Patrick 3 GCH CH That’s Adorabull’s Dreaming Of You D Scheiris/J Chavez/D Scheiris/P Lucas/S Lucas 4 GCH CH Prairiwind’s N Lordoc’s Marco Island L Jergenson 5 GCH CH Oeste’s Stealing The Starlight M King/J Vogel/R Schindler/T Mcfadden 6 GCH CH Surluv Lickin Larrgo De Grace D Heydt/E Heydt 7 CH Prairiwind’s Red Hot Original T Mccheyne 8 GCH CH Prairiwind’s Spice It Up H Stoll/L Wanamaker 9 GCH CH Yayas Dancing Through Life D Planche/C Livingston/K Livingston/B Callahan 10 GCH CH Ji Jo’s And Shatara’s High Voltage M Soave/S Tomassi CoNtiNueD oN page 224

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

2670

(M)

743

(F)

342

(F)

332

(F)

220

(F)

162

(F)

119

(F)

100

(F)

(M)

1830

(F)

1089

(M)

370

(M)

110

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

1358

(M)

233

(M)

128

(M)

(M) (M)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

288

127

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

689

(M)

651

(F)

484

(M)

467

(F)

344

(M)

279

(M)

193

(F)

114

(M)

100

(M)

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interview process, and a delineated process with clear criteria for observing and reviewing performance. The last area I will address in this question is your query around too many dog shows and how should it be addressed. As I have talked with members of the fancy from different geographic areas, the answer to this question is that it is largely geographic. While there may be too many dog shows in the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic States, and the DelMarVa corridor, members of the fancy in other areas do not have the perception that there are too many shows. As to what I would do about it, this reflects the very purpose of my candidacy. It assumes that I have a right answer for this problem. What I have consistently stated in conversations with members of the fancy is that the resolution of “wicked problems” like this require involvement of persons from across the fancy so that, if in fact the general conclusion is that there are too many shows, or that there are too many shows in one area, that the resolution will be as fair to all as possible. Every scenario I have played with has almost as many, if not more negative consequences, than the positive outcomes around reduction in shows. Let me give an example, and please note this is an example, not my suggestion for a resolution. One way to address too many shows would be to increase the mileage between show locations from the cur-

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delegate body. While the Board certainly can propose rule changes to the delegate body, I believe this requires working cooperatively. But more on this later. I’m not sure we should have developed a rating system for the Owner Handled Best of Breed, but understand how we got there in terms of its inclusion in the AENC events and determining which dogs and owners to invite to the AENC. Overall however, I think rating systems should be left to those who have an interest in having a rating system. However for AKC to engage in setting up a rating system would require someone to convince me that this is worth the staff time and the money to do so and that there would be some return on investment to the AKC if we were to establish a rating system. So my question to the fancy and the dog press would be, “What are you prepared to pay the AKC for a single rating system in subscription fees, particularly if those fees were then used to offset the cost of registration?” In terms of voting on the new Judges Approval system, assuming that some of the issues raised by the fancy are addressed, I would vote yes. It addresses the basic issues that any professional education system needs to address; education in the subject matter, with a recognition that the amount of education differs as one progresses in a profession and provision of a source to verify that the education was obtained. What I think needs to be added are mechanisms that assess the level of knowledge attained through some type of examination process, and I have no problem with a combination of open book exams and an

rent distance to let’s say 400 or even 600 miles. But then we have to determine which club gets to keep the show date, member clubs first, but what if both are member clubs. Licensed clubs after member clubs, but what if the licensed club had the show date first. Other considerations arise as well, what if without the particular show date a club is likely to go out of existence, do we want to put clubs out of existence, is this inherently a good thing? Do we need to address the problem, yes, but we are going to struggle to find a “good enough” solution. This will require bringing together a group from across the fancy, to propose a solution which all, including the delegate body who will have to change the rules, see as the “good enough” solution. AMEN: How much is “too much time”, to spend on the Judges Approval Process? Entries in Conformation shows are basically flat from year to year. The Board believes that the Fancy, Judges and staff want improvements in the Judging Approval Process. We are now on our third attempt in the past four years to develop a process that helps the Clubs, Judges, Exhibitors, Superintendents and AKC management enhance the sport. There are obviously many significant issues, and all of them require consideration. On October 28, 2014, AKC’s Chairman sent 70,000 e-mails to a broad audience within the dog world, asking for comments and suggestions on the proposed Judges Approval Process. It has taken some time to evaluate those responses, and the results are still being evaluated. Hope-

fully, we will create a process that can serve the AKC and its constituents for many years. In answer to your query on “too many all-breed shows”, management completed a study a few years ago revealing that there did not seem to be a glut of shows in general, but in certain areas changing demographics indicated the need for continual review. GLADSTONE: The need for a revamped Judging Approval Process is obvious to nearly all in the fancy except for those who are the beneficiaries of our current system, our small cadre of multi-group judges. Many of them are seeking to hold onto the economic advantages enjoyed from having been advanced in our current system. The analysis of the 750 comments received about the proposed revised system that was published in October makes it abundantly clear that the fancy is in favor of the changes recommended. Over 80% supported the proposal and the need for change. The time the Board is spending on revising the process will be well spent in arriving at a fair and equitable compromise, serving the needs of the exhibitors, judges, breeders and the obligations of the regulator, AKC. I continue to propose reasonable accommodations for the needs of each of these constituencies. My latest proposal includes significant changes to the published proposed process taking into consideration the 750 received comments, the AKC staff’s memos to the Board with their recommendations, and the CoNtiNueD oN page 220

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to Nevada or New Mexico. We need to find answers that work regionally. To do so will take some imagination and flexibility, and perhaps some sacrifice as well. The overall health of our sports must be our guiding principle. If AKC has established a Rating System for the Owner/Handler series should it do the same for other conformation events? No. How will I vote on the new Judges Approval system or do you think a vote should be delayed and the proposed system reanalyzed? See 7 above.

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“petition” of the mostly multi-group judges. Under my latest proposal Field Rep interviews with all applicants will be restored and Field Rep involvement with reviewing newer judges will be revived. I have ignited the current discussion of our judging approval system because of my belief that our current system is fundamentally flawed and has proven over the past decades to be completely ineffective in providing for the needs of the fancy. I believe our current system is driving away qualified judges, depriving the sport of their expertise. I believe the current system is driving away exhibitors because many of them perceive our judging to be unfair and on a playing field that favors professionals. I believe our current system is costing our clubs thousands of dollars every week in unnecessary and inappropriate judging fees. I believe our current system is helping to destroy and diminish our shows. While I have my opinions on what the content of a new system should be, I am most interested in forcing the conversation to address the issue. Whether we adopt my suggestions or stay with what we have, or find other answers, what is most important is to discuss, consider and resolve the issues. I am the catalyst that creates the environment for that discussion and not enough on updating conformation shows Conformation shows have indeed been significantly updated. The Grand Championship rule amendments have been hugely successful. The NOHS is popular and growing. 4-6 month

puppy class competitions are successful and encouraging dog show participation by new exhibitors weekly. and rating systems? Any perceived deficiencies in a rating system are entirely upon the magazines and websites that rely upon them. AKC provides the data for the results of its shows, for a fee, to any that wish it. How the magazines or websites chooses to use the data is not AKC’s concern. Thus, if Dog News wishes to have a ranking system to publish as its content it can choose how to apply the data it receives from AKC any way that it finds appropriate. The Phillips system that started all of the ranking systems was developed by and maintained by individuals for their own use in their own way, not by AKC. That has not changed. Do you believe there are too many all-breed shows and if so how would you change the existing system? Yes I believe there are too many allbreed shows, but national one-size-fits-all answers will not work. As a Delegate for a western club (Reno Kennel Club) for many years, I am sensitive to and understanding of the challenges facing clubs and exhibitors in different sections of the country and the need for differing local rules and regulations. The density of shows held along the eastern seaboard cannot be regulated in the same way and with the same restrictions as shows held along the spine of the Rockies from Montana

What condition do you think morale among Staff is in both NYC and Raleigh? Do you think that the social media department is running unchecked within AKC and has this resulted in a total disappearance of checks and balances within AKC such that one department appears to be in control of all the departments? Do you think Woofipedia will be successful in selling and putting over the new dog collar and was the alleged two million dollars spent in the development of this dog collar a wise investment? DAVIES: See answers to Question 6, although this one refers to the social media department specifically. There are many facets of the social media experience that I take great issue with, however it exists and is a major factor in today’s communication. To ignore it would be a significant mistake. As long as AKC uses social media in a responsible

manner, I think it is an excellent method for getting out our messages to, and communicating with, those who otherwise wouldn’t be aware of us. If, indeed, AKC spent 2 million dollars (or any significant portion thereof) in the development of this collar concept, I am concerned. BATTAGLIA: I have been to NYC and Raleigh several times over the past two years and find that employees are not unhappy. I do note that there are some who continue to speculate about the organization when the leases expire and the board must decide what to do next. This will take a year or two given the time needed to plan and implement these matters. The social media department is charged with many projects and activities. They are creative people and think out of the box. In the short time they have been with us AKC has become dominant when searches are made for dogs, puppies and other related matters. We will evaluate the total effort in the near future. The cost of Woofipedia is not yet known, only estimates have been provided and many of the details involving supplies and partners are yet to be finalized. The cost of the investment is not yet known. We need to be patient and see the final proposal before making a decision. PAVEZA: Unless I am missing a nuance here, this question seems to be a duplicate of Question 6, so I am referring folks back to that answer. AMEN: I believe it would be inappropriate to discuss your assumptions and comments on employee relations, corporate structure, new product development, “alleged” amounts of CoNtiNueD oN page 256

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Italian Greyhounds

1 GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann C Harris 2 GCH CH Gdm Zenyatta At Lakeside M Manning/D Snoble/J Kulic 3 GCH CH Integra Maja Scattered Pearls M Lucas/R Weyer/T Catterson 4 GCH CH Fiore Viva Lady’s Tresses M Smart/C Resnick/D Stutzman 5 GCH CH Infiniti Holding Kryptonite K Frennier/R Frennier 6 GCH CH Maplewood’s The Next Big Thing M Caton 7 GCH CH Piason Make My Wish Come True K Gibson 8 Marchwind’s Winter Solace @ Marlord F Marron 9 CH Piason’s Blue Calypso D’Lorac C Wiedmer/S Mckay 10 GCH CH Kashmir’s Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! C Weatherhead

Japanese Chin

1 GCH CH Touche’s Snapdragon B Gorodner/A Bower 2 GCH CH Dojo’s Suikoden Tenmei D Jobe 3 CH Touche’s Angel Trumpet R Wilson/D Martenson 4 GCH CH Touche Lion’s Share R Wilson/D Martenson 5 GCH CH Genki’s Blue Moon L Marshall/H Marshall/J Dalton

Maltese

1 CH Euphoria Rhapsody Locked In A Tower J Anderson 2 CH Rhapsody’s Poker Face K Morris 3 GCH CH Sands Rs More Than A Crush J Ray/A Preuett 4 CH Vellavica’s Fabulous Dior V Chedygov 5 GCH CH Divine’s Let Em Talk About Me A Stanberry/S Newton 6 GCH CH Limited Edition Of Snow County Kr K Morris 7 CH Martin’s Huggy’s Rocket Bear Puff D Martin 8 CH Ta-Jon’s Sinfully Delicious T Simon/T Lehman

Manchester Terriers (Toy)

1 GCH CH Rosewood Casanova D Texter 2 GCH CH Cottage Lake’s Our Lady Of Fatima R Travis/M Chagas 3 CH Lani’s Marilyn Monroe L Miner 4 GCH CH Rustic Lane Sunshine Daydream C Horowitz/M Lee 5 GCH CH Bayside’s Beginning D Texter

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

1256

(F)

553

(F)

254

(F)

187

(M)

141

(M)

140

(M)

121

(F)

109

(M)

100

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

400

(M)

282

(F)

159

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

640

(M)

222

(M)

188

(M)

187

(M)

178

(M)

166

(M)

103

(M)

742

(F)

480

(F)

169

(F)

132

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

Miniature Pinschers

1 GCH CH Marlex N Kisa Set Fire L Uhacz/A Angelbello 2 GCH CH Wannabee M’Daddy’s Hooked On Hooch M Keyser/D Keyser 3 CH Kimro’s Kaddy Shack R Greenslade/K Pastella Calvacca 4 GCH CH Flashfires Dark Shadow @ Spiva’S J Spiva/K Swilling 5 GCH CH Kimro N Spiva’s Super Trooper K Pastella Calvacca/R Greenslade/H Schwell/J Spiva 6 GCH CH Marlex N Marisol Bold Moves A Angelbello/M Hackett 7 GCH CH Envi Mi The Quarterback K Winters/M Green/J Berg 8 GCH CH Blythewood Golden Warrior J Huber

Papillons

1 GCH CH Wingssong Singular Sensation P Jones/C Jones 2 GCH CH Involo Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ M Mosing/D Garofalo/M Garofalo/G Garofalo 3 GCH CH Wildfire Uncensored N Shaw 4 GCH CH Mgl-Isle Royal Ransom Of Vw B Winthers/C Peel/R Winthers 5 Patuxent’s Gold Mine Of Dogwood NA NAJ NF T Fleming 6 GCH CH Mystery’s Question Mark J Widing/K Widing 7 GCH CH Fenice Le Beaudreaux E Akers-Perry/M Perry/L Jaeger 8 Andali La Ren He’s Still The One A Meloon/J Mclaren 9 GCH CH Lacros Sweet Talking Guy @ Way to go E Rudolph/N Rudolph/S Hannon 9 GCH CH Brookfield’s Can’T Stop Me Now S Duhigg 9 CH Starsign’s Fuel The Fire At Roakwood L Dyer

Pekingese

1 GCH CH Pequest General Tso D Fitzpatrick 2 CH Imperial Palace Dunkirk Candy Kisses T Reese/M Merrill/R Winters 3 GCH CH Pekeden Phd For Schuyler T Curley/D Bell 4 GCH CH Da Mao’s I’M Not Telling The Truth BN RA C Chang/K Chang/A Chang

Pomeranians

1 GCH CH Hitimes What The Inferno B Bird/U Littichaikun 2 GCH CH Char’s Seattle Slew For Triple Crown M Lyons/C Meyer 3 GCH CH Brytstar’s Super Nova J Brink 4 GCH CH Moxiepoms’ Diego Gabriel Chavez S Panpruet 5 GCH CH Starfire’s Spank Me Hard Call Me Crazy M Koga/J Fabian Arienti 6 CH Alexandroff Carnell Joy Box G Hoenig 7 GCH CH Woodrose’s Power Play C Oganeku/Y Oganeku

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

357

(M)

179

(M)

165

(M)

123

(M)

114

(M)

110

(M)

105

(M)

654

(M)

379

(M)

367

(M)

264

(M)

155

(M)

127

(M)

122

(M)

2401

(F)

211

(M)

113

(M)

10025

(M)

982

(M)

344

(M)

271

(M)

218

(M)

135

(M)

129

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Poodles (Toy)

1 GCH CH North Well Vivian Jp Rose Queen T Sosnoff/M Sosnoff 2 GCH CH Smash Jp Beauty & Beat R Scott/D Burke 3 CH Foxmore Boxwood Bodeen I Gram/J Reed 4 GCH CH Lomar Swag’s One Tin Soldier L Logli/T Meyers

Pugs

1 GCH CH Hill Country’s Tag I’M It C Koch 2 GCH CH Careva’s Boodelicious M Henricks/P Stoltz/R Stoltz 3 GCH CH Bookmark’s Uncommonly Good P Caldwell/R Caldwell 4 GCH CH Double D Got Be Real D Beloff/S Vettorazzo 5 GCH CH Chelsea’s Fantasy Dressed To Impress J Black 6 GCH CH San Remo’s Valentino B Glazer/M Glazer 7 GCH CH Kngz Barney Rubble At Pugapooh’S K Grueninger/M Graham/B Murray 8 GCH CH Winsome-Nirvana’s Golden Eagle E Veltman/V Cox-Flatley 9 GCH CH Pocket’s Jato Jetliner R Robles/J Bale-Woodside/W Woodside 10 CH Hill Country’s Let’s Get Ready To Rumble K Ratliff/K Ratliff

Shih Tzu

1 GCH CH Hallmark Jolei Rocket Power P Shaw/L Ehricht/D Ehricht 2 GCH CH Symarun’s Endless Love C Randle/C Randle/A Carlson 3 GCH CH Xeralane’s Just Face It Xeralane Knl/B Prato/E Takamoto 4 GCH CH Ista’s Southern Gentleman R Marshburn 5 CH Miralan’s Star Struck J Ryan 6 GCH CH Indigo’s Golden Elegance C Garretson 7 GCH CH Marja-Tu Chu’s Solar Flare K Kwait/M Stempel/J Stempel

Silky Terriers

1 GCH CH Lamplighter Bendill Tails I Win B Beissel/M Benson/J Dillman 2 GCH CH Karisma Heart And Soul M Hodge/K Gilbert/M Gagliardi/P Laperruque 3 GCH CH Tumbelle ‘N Silkyence Eye Candy J Bell/V Bratton/S Bunnell

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

Toy Fox Terriers

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

6424

(F)

370

(F)

349

(M)

320

(M)

1390

(M)

1126

(M)

912

(M)

757

(F)

612

(M)

389

(M)

333

(M)

317

(M)

310

NON-SPORTING GROUP

(M)

108

American Eskimo Dogs

(M)

6672

(M)

577

(M)

232

(M)

155

(F)

117

1 GCH CH Sierra’s Hallmark R Sampson/S Schuldt 2 GCH CH Eskyblue Fuji Ltd Dom Perignon S Ray/B Davidoff 3 GCH CH Nuuktok’s Atka Inukshuk S Robertson 4 GCH CH Anana’s Where Legends Are Born C Seymour/K Seymour 5 GCH CH Anana’s Champagne Wishes B Brown 6 CH Sierra’s Glory Days H West/L West

(M)

115

Bichons Frises

(M)

(F)

197

(M)

135

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 GCH CH Ultra Quest Go For The Gold NAJ W Howard 2 GCH CH Valcopy Gunslinger D Plonkey 3 GCH CH Dejavu’s Big Dog Daddy J Spence 4 Skylocke’s I’M A Tuffy Two P Watson

yorkshire Terriers

1 GCH CH D’Arleen American Idol K Vega/K Garcia 2 GCH CH Stringer’s So Amazing P Gregson/A Stringer 3 GCH CH Rosemark’s Saint Or Sinner R Fett 4 GCH CH Artistry’s Cole Train S Todd/M Todd 5 GCH CH Trio’s Big Shot K Goldfarb 6 GCH CH Fenway’s Hot Shot B Faunce 7 GCH CH Riverdel’s Making Memories J Lamborn

1 GCH CH Kman’s Miss Fancy Pants N Pellegrini/K Andrew 2 GCH CH Saks Winning Card S Ayers/C Ruggles/K Hanson/S Hanson 3 GCH CH Belle Creek’s All I Care About Is Love P Odette/L Van Keuren/L Carlton/L Letsche 4 GCH CH Barberry’s Take A Chance On Me E Charles/P Abbott/M Abbott/L Bettis 5 GCH CH Cher Ami’s Toast With Remy Martin D Mathog/R Mathog/R Wolfe 6 She Bichons Betsy Ross S Fishell/S Hunkins 7 GCH CH Karmel’s Fairspride Lord Jasper E Fair/S Fair 8 GCH CH Chilleykings That’s A Little Twisted D Scheiris/D Scheiris 9 GCH CH Ecco Lormi’s True Grit Of Dove-Cote M Fahy/P Schafmayer/M Hyde/M Small 10 Cher Ami’s Center Of Attention D Mathog/R Mathog/L Bettis/R Wolfe

(M)

308

(M)

143

(M)

(F)

(M)

311

(M)

294

(F)

257

(M)

238

(M)

193

(M)

136

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

249

(M)

189

(M)

115

(M)

113

(M)

(F)

788

(M)

629

(M)

251

(M)

247

(M)

173

(F)

125

(M)

113

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Boston Terriers

1 GCH CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible S Saberton 2 GCH CH Naughty Norteno’s Clik Clik Bang M Fish/K Norton 3 GCH CH Kc’s Rolling And A Strolling K Bogenholm/J King/M Klein 4 GCH CH Ken’s Always Gets The Last Laugh K Roux/C Dickinson/B Dickinson 5 GCH CH Martini’s Jameson Nightcap J Donahue/L Martin 6 GCH CH Windermeres Mystify J Covill 7 GCH CH Eviedobees Envy Of All At Oui S Uzoff/D Powers 8 GCH CH Danicrest Bullet’s Brunello’s Rare Essence M Brown/J Royce/D Butler/N Brown 9 GCH CH Fiveforks’ Geometry Matters At Kayas A Hullender/L Gregory 10 GCH CH Acorn & Gumbo’s My Dad Wanted A Ferrari C Mcenaney

Bulldogs

1 GCH CH Dowats The Gladiator J Vasquez/R Jenkins/L Scott 2 GCH CH Wilson’s I’m Your Handyman J Serion 3 GCH CH Pat-A-Bull’s Don Ciccio Di Pj J Pietrantonio 4 GCH CH Evergreen’s Hey! Look Me Over J Flowers/S Flowers 5 GCH CH Just Lonestar Bright Lights Big City K Gordon 6 CH Dulin Tango The Perfect Man M Dulin/M Watkins 7 GCH CH Hilltop & Toby Tubby’s Slim Shady K Harris/M Thomas 8 GCH CH Harmony’s Spirit Of A Storm M Moffitt/D Wilson 9 GCH CH Three Pound Charlie K Kasuri/R Jose 10 GCH CH Pajo’s Tight Fitting Jeans J Bowser/S Aspey/S Aspey

Chinese Shar-Pei

1 GCH CH Shine’s Deck The Halls D Cooper/R Cooper/L Teitelbaum/R Pentecost 2 GCH CH Jade East Catch Some Z’S L Anders/E Minne 3 CH Blackwitch In It To Win It D Beagle 4 CH Jade East Does She Or Doesn’T She L Anders/E Minne 5 GCH CH Blurubein Aged To Perfection J Lockery/R Steinke

Chow Chows

1 GCH CH Eastern-Magic Fly Me Safe M Fan/K Pratna 2 GCH CH Chowlamars Rebelrun Mr Kidd R Bailey/S Raposo/A Raposo 3 GCH CH Padow’s Too Hot To Handle R Sampson/K Willaims 4 CH Flamingstar The Lion King V Degruy/P Degruy 5 GCH CH Are-Jay’s Harlem Renaissance R Jackson/G Kantak 6 GCH CH Fu San Texas Legend CGC D Shook/M Shook

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BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

620

(M)

234

(F)

192

(F)

191

(F)

151

(M)

149

(F)

100

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1569

(M)

997

(M)

654

(M)

304

(M)

170

(M)

133

(M)

103

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

3058

(M)

220

(F)

119

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1517

(M)

221

(M)

143

(M)

129

(M)

as of January 31, 2015

Coton de Tulear

1 GCH CH Mi-Toi’s Icon CM L Ortiz/C Ortiz 2 GCH CH Just Incredible Chanel CM2 J Romano 3 GCH CH Mi-Toi’s Burberry At Justincredible CM J Romano 4 GCH CH Hopecrest’s Monkey Business CM14 A Dering 5 GCH CH Hayden De L’Etoile Procyon D Kuhn

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1046

(F)

168

(F)

156

(M)

1 GCH CH Merry Go Round Coach Master (M) P Filho 2 GCH CH Blackflash Star’s Comet (M) M Smith/J Mirro/E Mirro 3 GCH CH Spotted Bliss Oreo Delight (M) D Brumfield/K Smith 4 GCH CH Rockstar Thanewood Freewheeling (M) C O’Brien/P Fisher/S Stafford 5 GCH CH On The Spot’s Chase Me Charlie (M) L Stevens/B Rose 6 GCH CH Tramac Just Watch Me Shine (M) J Smith/M Callea 7 GCH CH Kastle’s Go Speed Racer (M) M Squire 8 GCH CH Cottondale Timelessdal Whirligig (M) S Boyd 9 GCH CH Canal-Side’s Imperator (M) H Masaschi/J Eversole/J Langevin/P Masaschi/B Little/D 10 GCH CH Bret D N Troika N Engine Co Timeless (M) J Bachey/L Maloney/J Shupp/M Zink

1359

651

446

232

224

179

174

168

149

145

Dalmatians

Finnish Spitz

1 GCH CH Kunniakas Whizz Bang Wallop S Krupski/B Krupski 2 GCH CH Dv9k9’s Red Hot Star A Bruce/E David 3 GCH CH Marblehill’s Gleaming Icecaps D Tyree/B Isacoff/T Davies/L Saari/J Anastas 4 GCH CH Suomi’s Set Fire To The Rain C Stone/D Stone 5 GCH CH Mickywins Mainio Skandia CGC P Urton 6 GCH CH Finkkila’s Pentu T Walker/M Walker

French Bulldogs

1 GCH CH Iacta Alea Est De La Bete P Shaw/B Hamman/P Photos 2 GCH CH Jcrv-Klasse Warrior Raising The Banner N Shaw 3 GCH CH Qazara Ti Amo D Burvee 4 CH Moonshadow Ormolu A Halaburt/G Halaburt 5 GCH CH Lebull’s Reverie Jaunty Allouetta A Alford/Z Sanchez 6 GCH CH Escada Del Veintisiete At Qazara D Burvee 7 GCH CH Napachai Hilsman Throw Caution To The V Phrukwattanakal/R Hilsman 8 GCH CH Peche Mignon’s Elementary My Dear... D Mattingly/K Mattingly/R Smith/S Miller 9 CH Lisa’s Midnight In Paris Suzette L Fulcher 9 Beans Relentdstar Mythibul Milton J Bean

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

453

(M)

223

(F)

221

(M)

207

(M)

104

(M)

(F)

1460

(M)

1162

(F)

335

(M)

105

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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1 GCH CH Skyline’s Unit Of Measure K Cullen/S Cullen/J Gauchat-Hargis/J Hargis 2 GCH CH Trumpet’s No Questions Asked B Blankenship 3 GCH CH Trumpet’s Gimme Back My Bullets B Blankenship 4 GCH CH Trumpet’s You Could Be Mine B Blankenship 5 GCH CH Dreamwoods On The Rocks D Tousey 6 GCH CH Kj’s Hot Date K Dowd 7 GCH CH Trumpet’s Love For Sale B Blankenship/C Boettcher 8 GCH CH Windrift’s Mo Money M Tate 9 CH Ashbrook’s Jen’Ndi The Lass T Craig/L Moss

Lhasa Apsos

1 GCH CH Kumi Kian Strike A Pose T Mclaughlin/A Lanterman 2 GCH CH Sundancer Foxy Lady K Hamilton/T Horibaugh/T Worlton/M Worlton 3 GCH CH Ta Sen Swinging On A Star S Giles 4 GCH CH Shoyu Blowin’ My Horn At Orlane M Papke/R Alexander 5 GCH CH Monarchs The Messenger K Harrison/M Stafford 6 GCH CH Ha-Lee Kiki-Ari Captain Morgan T Bagley/J Sauve/D Heller 7 GCH CH Rufkins Hunk Of Burnin’ Love R Lombardi/J Bernards/J Spiropoulos 8 GCH CH Ta Sen I Won’T Dance Don’T Ask Me J Glodek/C Williams/S Giles 9 GCH CH PhuffS & Kimik’s Nothing But Trouble” T Mcallister/P Mentiply/P Huffstetler 10 Xeralane’s Into The Storm Xeralane Knl/B Prato/E Takamoto

Lowchen

1 CH Bihar’s Defying Gravity P Dyer/L Dyer/M Cropsey 2 GCH CH Willowcreeks Fat Bottom Girl L Neel/C Wolfe/D Jones 3 CH Ikon Clap For Caveman L Harding/R Harding/E Iverson/B Iverson 4 GCH CH Madriglace Gingery Jet Setter A Butterklee/D Roder

Poodles (Miniature)

1 GCH CH Surrey Cherry Garcia K Wallen/K Hosaka 2 GCH CH Penchant Phabulous Of Kalein D James/K O’Bryant 3 GCH CH Marrett’s I Live For The Applause M Williams 4 GCH CH Jlc Exemplar J Chamberlain/E Charles 5 GCH CH Black Sky Jukka K Smith/J Smith/I Semenschin 6 CH Forever Leap Of Faith J Manders 7 Durandel Kaulana Kaila @ Special K K Arakawa/L Simis

The Top Ten Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

3464

(M)

1288

(M)

386

(M)

308

(M)

270

(M)

255

(F)

109

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

2348

(F)

1015

(F)

287

(M)

224

(M)

169

(M)

141

(M)

104

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

531

(F)

243

(M)

117

(M)

376

(F)

210

(M)

185

(M)

111

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

as of January 31, 2015

Poodles (standard)

1 GCH CH Dawin Hearts On Fire L Campbell 2 GCH CH Del Zarzoso Salvame From Afterglow S Barnett/G Lindemann/M Gadsby/J Lynn 3 GCH CH Hillwood Dassin Ouspenskaya E Charles/J Vergnetti 4 GCH CH Unique Da Maya Dancing Queen G Wolaniuk/A Shade/J Mcfadden 5 GCH CH The Siren Of The Sea Byrequest L Hughes/W Penn 6 GCH CH Litilann’s Showdown A Rairigh 7 GCH CH Wintergarden Toil And Trouble M Winters/C Bailey 8 GCH CH Safari’s Belle De Jour At Jucarta C Huff/J Haefner 9 CH Safari’s Seance C Huff/J Haefner 10 GCH CH Bar-None Pistolera N Wilson/J Thompson/S Clute

Schipperkes

1 GCH CH Rivendel’s Barefoot Bandit A Halterman/S Middlebrook 2 GCH CH Bonchien Park Place M Dauven/J Outhet 3 GCH CH Willow’s Let It Ride D Johnson/T Johnson 4 GCH CH Mardeck’s The Sorcerer’s Son E Layng/U Hutton 5 GCH CH De Lamer Overboard J Penatello/K Nuovo 6 GCH CH Hobbiton Chatelet Elijah D Dellamonica/L Gilbert/R Dillman 7 GCH CH Lackeycreek Forward Pass Fullfield A Lineberger/K Fuller

Shiba Inu

1 GCH CH San Jo Jay-Z C Mamiya 2 CH Sunojo’s Scotian Bushido Blade L Reeves/R Norris-Jones 3 GCH CH Goldkress A Horse With No Name L Kress 4 CH Ranchlake’s Sassy Sashi D Onstott/M Onstott/D Warren 5 GCH CH Jogoso’s Lucky Thirteen S Ozasa/L Huang/L Sakashita 6 GCH CH Sagewood Tsunami VCD1 RN THD RATN M Johnson/J Johnson

Tibetan Spaniels

1 GCH CH Kan Sing’s Po-Ba-Ri At Arundina M Feltenstein/J Seppanen 2 GCH CH Wassong’s Djebel Of Lollipop P Sarles/K Wassong 3 GCH CH Shilo-Gracele Tennessee Tu Step J Guimbellot/S Carroll 4 GCH CH Primah Moment In Time C Zieris/S Carroll 5 GCH CH Bb Jo’s She’s The One For Aldea N Me J Thomas/P Ford

BIs rBIs GrP1 GrP2 GrP3 GrP4 total

(F)

5965

(M)

1846

(F)

916

(F)

757

(F)

448

(M)

237

(M)

229

(F)

205

(F)

117

(F)

(M)

1315

(M)

244

(M)

104

(M)

430

(M)

216

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

806

(F)

315

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Tibetan Terriers

1 GCH CH Kimik’s Who Dunnit D Planche/M Demers/L Demers 2 GCH CH Barnstorm To-Jo B’En Wicked @ Adominos R Bailey/J Sheffield/M Lafler 3 GCH CH Zoji-La Tiesun G Mccullough/J Mccullough 4 GCH CH Aurora’s Welcome To The Jungle D Haynam 5 GCH CH Tripitaka Midas Touch S Lydon/C Lydon 6 CH Tibicinan Patricia Joli A Soderman 6 GCH CH Geribob Salishan To The Manor Born T Titus/S Carr/R Hennings

Xoloitzcuintli

1 GCH CH Bayshore Georgio Armani S Blanco/J Hanigan/L Hylton/T Johnson/J Baylis 2 GCH CH Mistli (Avalos) J Young-Johnson/C Loutzenhiser 3 GCH CH Besitos Munequita T Vila/K Crosby 4 GCH CH Bayshore Stonehaven Espiritu Isabella De D Voss 5 CH Bayshore Stonehaven Manny Machado S Blanco/J Hanigan/J Baylis/L Hylton 6 GCH CH Himnotico Caliente CA CGC A Wise/K Wise

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

577

(M)

328

(M)

190

(M)

112

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

780

(M)

208

(F)

203

(F)

143

(M)

1 GCH CH Kokopelli’s Sobe It J Rowland/H Warn/K Watkins/C Kurpas 2 GCH CH Taylryder’s Dyn-O-Mite At Turnabout CGC D Thomas/T Wilkinson/D Mintzer 3 GCH CH Namaka’s Waltzing Matilda K Hagler 4 GCH CH Stock Options What Goes Around Comes J Lewis/K Broster/R Mccall/R Sisk 5 GCH CH Bar H Blue Bulldozer CD BN RE HSAd L Hampton/J Hampton Australian Shepherds 1 GCH CH Wind Spirit Rod’s Amazing Grace M Bertero/C Bertero 2 GCH CH Collinswood Sparks Fly T Collins/J Plourde/K Mallory/B Rhoads 3 GCH CH Propwash High Flight CD J Harrington/H Johnston/L Frank 4 GCH CH Hearthside Riveredge Sure Is Summum C Poitras 5 Propwash Iced Tea B Adams/L Frank/J Harrington 6 GCH CH Reverie Cameo L Goetz 7 GCH CH Copperridge’s Unforgettable S Blanco/J Hanigan/J Miller/S Miller 8 GCH CH Copperridge What’s Your Dream J Hanigan/J Miller/J Margeson 9 GCH CH Graffiti Mcmatt Shook Me @Lookouttrail S Gilliam/C Runkle 10 GCH CH Impact’s Golden Ticket K Hatton/J Van Der Steen

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1 GCH CH Classical’s My Turn CGC W Marciante/J Kempster/B Sawka 2 GCH CH Ha’Penny Mirimar The Fab Fawn J Schneider/M Marini/V Null 3 GCH CH Xtc’s He. Could. Go. All. The. Way! A Berry/B Szecsy/K Szecsy 4 GCH CH Wigglesworth Thriller A Yura/S Ipser 5 GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation R Harrington/K Harrington/V Shafer/S Shafer 6 GCH CH Aberlour’s Sea Biscuit D Maynard/D Mieras/S Ipser 7 GCH CH Dreamchaser Follow Your Dreams C Desmond/J Desmond/D Quadland/T Dixon 8 GCH CH Classical’s Magical Meemie CGCA J Atkins/C Namey/B Sawka

Beaucerons

1 GCH CH De Joie Du Chateau Rocher CA M Palmer 2 GCH CH Holy Grail Mes Yeux Vigilants A Scott/S Bass

Belgian Malinois

1 CH Caveats Road King CGCA N Hendricks 2 GCH CH Gothika Rose Red B Kruse/G Kruse

Belgian Sheepdogs

HERDING GROUP Australian Cattle Dogs

Bearded Collies

(F)

1121

(M)

390

(F)

276

1 GCH CH Cibola’s Brazos De Dios Of Adagio M Andric/J Niemeck 2 CH Amethyst Sugarfoot K Heck 3 GCH CH Celebre Herrera S Alligood 4 GCH CH Bonntymes Keepn It Real At Devine HSAs S Manier/B Leonard

(F)

162

Belgian Tervuren

(M)

128

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 1 1 2 1 3 0 2863

(F)

1001

(M)

787

(M)

694

(M)

643

1 GCH CH Sky Acres Maximum Altitude M Edling 2 GCH CH Sindarin’s Where The Magic Begins J Hawes/M Andric 3 GCH CH Nizhoni’s Me First (T) CAA P Morgan/S Walker 4 GCH CH Mishaook’s Lautrec K Gauchat/J Pavlichko 5 GCH CH Snowflower Tarragon BN RN PT CGC S Brewer 6 GCH CH Flynn De Faire L’Affaire BN RA OA OAJ D Dachlet/K Dachlet 7 CH Sidekicks Masters Di Villa Roma CD BN RN J Connelly

(F)

502

Bergamasco

(F)

490

(F)

439

(M)

410

(M)

362

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

1 Arabella Dell Albera Slvr Pastori K Hudson

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1617

(M)

449

(M)

419

(M)

391

(M)

301

(M)

213

(M)

107

(F)

(M)

2376

(M)

324

(M)

(F)

(M)

123

(F)

116

(F)

113

(M)

1055

(F)

248

(M)

104

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

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Border Collies

1 GCH CH Tang Dynasty Rocky N Tang 2 GCH CH Wedgewood’s Abracadabra M Wall/D Degidio 3 GCH CH Shoreland’s Only An Illusion T Parra/S Mayborne 4 GCH CH Borderton Lou Easy An I A RN PT CGC T Edwards/E Edwards 5 CH Sporting Fields Empress D Butt/D Einck/A Giles 6 GCH CH Majestic Elite Clever Endeavor PT R Johnson/J Baylis/R Delay 7 GCH CH Brittemar Sportingfields Right At Home N Mages/K Kaul/D Butt 8 GCH CH Sporting Field Robinson N Caruso D Butt 9 CH Avatar Bayshore Havoc At Katyra K Adojan/S Einck-Paul/J Baylis 10 CH C Amo Jin Of Fu You Yuan Kennel J Liu

Bouviers des Flandres

1 GCH CH Margaux’s Va Voom S Lyon 2 GCH CH Stonepillar’s Steel Blu D Garrison/J Garrison/E Paquette 3 CH Brimar’s Spirit Of A Storm M Bender/B Bender 4 GCH CH Brocade Lil Deuce Coupe Barjen S Brind/J Brind/Y Savard/R Waterman 5 GCH CH Delux Jumpin’ Jack Flash CGC J Edick 6 CH Quiche’s Madness Full Throttle B Bird/N Munneke 7 GCH CH Margaux’s Anchors Aweigh S Lyon/L Calhoun

Briards

1 GCH CH Ne Orageux’s Flash Point M Millner/T Millner 2 GCH CH Celebra’s Good Time Was Had By All C Leigh/J Feldman 3 GCH CH Deja Vu Popsakadoo It Is What It Is T Miller/D Dube 4 GCH CH Bijou Educated Guess CDX BN RAE T Thorleifson/C Wolfram/H Pemble 5 GCH CH Deja Vu Popsakadoo Grin & Bear It J Epperson/C Epperson 6 GCH CH Mon Amies Georgie Porgie Puddin And Pie G Klang/K Klang 7 GCH CH Deja Vu Mia Chain Of Fools J Holava/M Holava

Canaan Dogs

1 CH Caliente Dangerous Gale Force Winds R Davila/L Clark

The Top Ten Dogs

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

1193

(F)

1044

(F)

399

(M)

384

(F)

245

(M)

188

(F)

(M)

(F)

698

(M)

604

(M)

330

(M)

219

(M)

204

(M)

154

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

750

(F)

316

(F)

245

(M)

198

(M)

145

(M)

(F)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

107

as of January 31, 2015

Cardigan Welsh Corgis

1 GCH CH Riverside Telltail Coco Posh D Planche/D Shindle/J Divens 2 GCH CH Blackdales Larkspur C Black/K Chandor 3 GCH CH Kosmar Striking Back Of Bridgelady M Stahr/G Roach 4 GCH CH Grangefield Aberdovey Vanity S Hobbs/S Stockslager/M Mizelle 5 GCH CH Dragonpatch Thunderstruck L Kennedy/K Myers 6 GCH CH Allegro Southern Charm J Lamy 7 GCH CH Tregaron Rhys Emrys R Doggett/R Wolf 8 GCH CH Beaguile’s Suit Up F Beashau/J Beashau/N Willoughby 9 GCH CH Conifer Stuck On You M Firchow/H Firchow 10 CH Shelshire’s Redbud Sugar Coated S Shirey/R Shirey

Collies (Rough)

1 GCH CH Sylvan Argent Hollywood And Vine C Dubois/C Bossart 2 GCH CH Taradells Silent Leader C Dowling/A Dowling/L Dowling/K Hartig/C Mallonee 3 GCH CH Aurealis Endeavour D Falk/M Falk/J Falk 4 GCH CH Lochlaren Kings Valley Fire Within B Walker/B Cleek/N Mcdonald 5 GCH CH Ashbury Wild Horses P Denbow/J Caruso 6 CH Southlands Avalar Endeavor J Gorham 7 GCH CH Highcroft Worth The Wait D Jeszewski/L Jeszewski/J Belluomini 8 GCH CH Star Country Demuir I Am I Am R Veatch/D Steele 9 Jutes Nineteen Fiftyone C Lee/K Foster 10 GCH CH Travler’s Mustang Ssp C Ardizzone

Collies (Smooth)

1 GCH CH Travler Kelise Overdrive R Tehon/C Ardizzone/E Miller 2 GCH CH Windkist ‘s Ain’T No Rest For The Wicked D Dilbeck/A Harbin 3 CH Star Country’s Lady Galadriel CD HSAds AX AXJ K Evers/K Kollenberg 4 GCH CH Ceilidh’s Project Runway HSAs E Chang 5 GCH CH Mar-Jo’s Arizona Cowboy CGC J Bailey

Entlebucher Mountain Dogs

1 GCH CH Maribo Muffin Of Brunswick RA R Hahn

Finnish Lapphunds

1 GCH CH Lumiturpa Tapakka M Feltenstein 2 GCH CH Sugarok Robert Redford L Marden 3 CH Bearspaw Sampo N Prokopishyn/E Prokopishyn/S Bernardin

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

3075

(F)

304

(M)

270

(F)

266

(M)

163

(M)

120

(M)

114

(M)

(F)

1320

(M)

309

(M)

197

(M)

162

(M)

124

(M)

106

(M)

(F)

(M)

218

(M)

(F)

(M)

(F)

(M)

783

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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Q We jump through hoops to breed the complete Skye Terrier

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elcome to New York, our hometown. Home of DOG NEWS, the WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB, the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB and TUNI CLAFLIN’S favorite baseball team, the NEW YORK YANKEES (before you say anything remember who you are marrying). D MAGAZINE the DOG NEWS ANNUAL is now available and can be ordered or come by the DOG NEWS stand at the Pier. Bundle up and stay warm and for those of you who are lucky enough to live where it doesn’t snow, remember to wash your dog’s feet as the streets are salted to melt the ice. Included in this year’s extended Westminster week is the popular MEET THE BREEDS to be held on Saturday along with the Agility competition that was so well received last year. With all the time, money and talk spent by the American Kennel Club to push into social media, I didn’t see too much of it promoting Meet The Breeds. In this week’s issue you’ll be able to read the answers to the annual DOG NEWS qUESTIONNAIRE from the five delegates TOM DAVIES, CARMEN BATTAGLIA, STEVE GLADSTONE, (nominated by the nominating committee) ROBERT AMEN and GREGORY PAVEZA (running by petition from the floor), who are running for the three seats on the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club. Plus the annual BITE OF THE APPLE, a guide to New York dining, etc., by MATT STANDER. CEIL RUGGLES is off to Puerto Rico to attend the wedding of her youngest son. We send our best wishes to the newlyweds MR. & MRS. ANDREW RUGGLES. He is the last of the four RUGGLES’ brothers to be married. qUEEN ELIZABETH’S popularity might be at an all time high

but her beloved royal breed the Pembroke Welsh Corgi has now joined 29 other breeds as a vulnerable breed for the first time. A vulnerable breed is one that has 300 or less puppies registered per year. Judge DONAVON THOMPSON is home from rehab and will be back to his normal schedule in two to three weeks time. JASON HOKE and SULIE GREENDALE-PAVEZA spent last week judging in Japan. A Kansas City, Kansas jury has found DARRELL BROXTON guilty of intentional seconddegree murder in the December 2012 murder of Afghan hound breeder and judge PETER BELMONT. Sad news on the eve of the Westminster dog show. LOIS MORROW, owner of two different Bichon Frise that were Westminster group winners, has passed away. Her two group winners were shown by handlers JOE WATERMAN and BILL MCFADDEN. A power in the breed for many years, her lingering illness kept her from dog shows the last several years. Our deepest sympathies to her family. Once again, WELCOME TO NEW YORK AND GOOD LUCK AT THE SHOW.

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German Shepherd Dogs

1 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn P Mcelheney/K Boyles/D Stern/A Derose/M Derose 2 GCH CH Autumn’s Stone Ridge Mojo C Shaver/J Shaver 3 GCH CH Heidelberg’s Austin V Melissa J Schumacher 4 GCH CH Kiefernfels Divinems M Aramist E Farrell/L Cameron 5 GCH CH Signature’s Harry Nile V Kridler J Beccia/E Burdon/R Olvera 6 Kohlen’s Franchesca M Mcdonald 7 GCH CH Covy Tucker Hill’s Kean Marc Flash Drive PT J Calkins/G Birch/C Pottle/M Cox 8 GCH CH Autumn’s Bamm Bamm J Shaver/C Shaver 9 Signature’s Abby Scuito K Mcnamara 10 GCH CH Faithrock Can I Trust U With My Heart BN B Williams/J Mccune/S Williams Sucky

Icelandic Sheepdogs

1 GCH CH Enska Puck Of Caradoc RN S Sucky

Norwegian Buhunds

1 GCH CH Jotunn Bella Binna V Eberhardt/J Bradstreet 2 GCH CH Kyon’s Bold Norseman D Deeley

Old English Sheepdogs

1 GCH CH Bugaboo’s Picture Perfect R Scott/D Burke/C Johnson/H Johnson 2 GCH CH Lambluv’s Sultry Sensation J Marder/K Richardson 3 GCH CH Barkshire’s Uncle Sam J Collen 4 GCH CH Love’N Stuff Summertime Blues K Marshall/M Marshall 5 GCH CH Wynward’s Remember That E Fujikawa/R Glickman /G Fujikawa 6 GCH CH Valubal Fitch Blake M Vincent/V Bandas 7 GCH CH Shagshadow Pandamonium’s First Edition J Ogg/R Ogg/P Schneider/T Schulte 8 GCH CH Windfall Rollickin’ Rogue A Pietrocola/R Blair/S Long 9 GCH CH Haystac’s Midnight Blue J Haley/M Erickson 10 GCH CH Aryakas Phoenix CGCA D Graesser

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

15625

(M)

818

(M)

561

(F)

437

(M)

406

(F)

203

(M)

124

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

1159

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(M)

7679

(M)

843

(M)

247

(M)

102

(M)

(F)

(M)

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

1 CH Alenclaud Vicenta B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams/D Salow 2 GCH CH Coventry Just A Little Crush J Johnson/J Johnson/B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams 3 GCH CH Coventry Country Squire A Geremia/B Shelton 4 GCH CH Cityside Splitting The Defense J O’Neil/W Perry 5 GCH CH Lismore’s Phantom Legacy P Kleven/L Bullert/S Weiss/L Kleven-Peterson 6 Amsburg’s Own Thinking About U B Ames/C Ames 7 Coventry Born This Way B Shelton/B Williams/S Leyerly/D Salow 8 GCH CH Riverside Xtra Style P Panzarella/D Shindle 9 GCH CH Sundance Ringside Rumor K Janiszak/L Price/D Price 10 Edenfaire Hocus Pocus P Barton/R Barton

Polish Lowland Sheepdogs

1 GCH CH Stonebrook’s For Your Eyes Only B Wilson/M Cabral/W Lewis/L Lewis 2 GCH CH Swan Crest The Power Of Love Eternal M Hirata/L Bettis/R Wolfe

Pulik

1 CH Bowmaker Red White & Blue CGCA G Vanderhart/L Stallings 2 GCH CH Fuzzy Farm If Not Now, When? S Lawrence/A Lawrence 3 GCH CH Prydain Joshua CGC D Fields/K Edwards

Pyrenean Shepherds

1 GCH CH La Brise Sun Bear P Princehouse/K Laram

Shetland Sheepdogs

1 GCH CH Belmark Close Encounter B Thompson 2 GCH CH Solange Body Language L Nicholas 3 GCH CH Serenity’s Walk In The Park V Weis 4 GCH CH Blue Heavens Sizzling Hot W Mctague 5 GCH CH Lorra Lee’s Midnite Special A Rasmussen/G Rasmussen 6 GCH CH Leigh-Hi’s Manhattan P O’Dell/J O’Dell 7 GCH CH Kismet’s Remember When J Medley/B Medley/G Mauldin/T Mauldin 8 GCH CH Homespun Unveiled J Iverson 9 GCH CH Wistwin Tickertape D Hawes 10 GCH CH Sunburst One Cool Dude BN RA NAP NJP A Dunford/L Reed/K Alderman/K Alderman

Spanish Water Dogs

1 Jango CM2 F Ott/J Rahn 2 Casa De Rancho’s Mona CM4 S Gaines/S Gaines 3 Ariosa Fundy Bay Captain America CM L Harper

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

(F)

1607

(F)

1224

(M)

572

(M)

324

(M)

304

(F)

249

(F)

180

(M)

119

(M)

112

(F)

196

(M)

135

(M)

155

(M)

718

(F)

495

(M)

347

(M)

216

(M)

201

(M)

164

(M)

160

(F)

134

(F)

116

(M)

113

(M)

(F)

(M)

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total 0

922

BIS RBIS GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 Total

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50 GCH CH My-Ida-Ho N Jems Captain E Ross/S Gerling 49 GCH CH Lomapoint Dangerous Intentions K Olsen/L Tarantino/J Bjelland/T Pittman 33 GCH CH Nosowea’s Girl Who Played With Fire J Thorp 22 GCH CH Pbj’s Enchantress B Pruitt 15 CH Pbj’s N San Jo’s Born To Rule B Pruitt/S Bell/M Pruitt 13 GCH CH Ridgecrest Blue Collar Man S Roman/P Swanson 12 GCH CH Candy’s It’s Your Call C Cohn 10 GCH CH Kamps’-Normandy’s Calling Card R Beinhauer/H Kamps 9 CH Terje’s Torrie J Wright 9 GCH CH Tri-Pod’s Hellzapoppin M Brinker

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

Spaniels (English Cocker) 70 GCH CH Justa Swingin Rumwood’s Needles N Pins

(M)

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54 51 36 32 32 25 23 23

G Hedrick/C Hedrick/T Langley GCH CH Winfree’s Tearin’ Up The Town J Holmberg/L Ross/J Johnson GCH CH Sweet Apple Temptation N Sweet GCH CH Dawnglow Knight Rider E Neff/S Laflamme/B Hendrick GCH CH Foxwoods Rock Of Cashel D Mauterer/K Lyons GCH CH Encore’s I Need A Hero S Thaler /C Reid GCH CH Dawnglow Man In Black S Laflamme/R Vanier GCH CH Manderley’s Calypso Spirit Of Jarde’ B Barrett/D Mcclelland Indigo’s Seriously Sassy L Dobbins/C Bono/M Dobbins GCH CH Jarde’ Ever Present Past D Mcclelland/J Mcclelland

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Spaniels (English Springer) 204 GCH CH Foxboro N Shardust Authentic

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S Perreira/R Dehmel GCH CH Cerise Blindside D Cherry GCH CH Telltale American Ride C Florence/D Strong/B Fink/R Novack/D Van Vorst/C Van GCH CH Monarch’s Playboy M Cotter/M Cotter GCH CH Cerise Celtic Thunder Y Nobechi GCH CH Legacy Random Titleist R Mockoviak/S Mockoviak/K Fitzgerald GCH CH Wynmoor Sweetgrass White Diamonds E Kerfoot/B Kerfoot/A Smith GCH CH Hil-N-Don & Canyonwood Seemore Of Me S Pelissero/J Crouch GCH CH Esspecial Feeling Hott N Steamy L Balder/K Bolt GCH CH Alynn’s Sunrise Serenade SH M Winchester/A Hutchinson

Spaniels (Field) 33 GCH CH Sandscape Pardon Me Boys

G Perry/C Dooley/N Bunch 26 GCH CH Killara’s Brighter Than The Sun TD K Balinski

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12 GCH CH Upland’s Made You Look L Blaser/K Gasper 11 GCH CH Freedoms Spirit Of The Storm At Seabreez N L Carver/D O’Neil 9 CH Windward’s Are You Ready D Crosland/M Edwards/M Roehrs/J Roehrs 8 GCH CH Calico’s Back In Black J Zachow/B Hirschy/K Hirschy-Seivert 8 CH Brandywine Patriot At Pridemark T Osborn 7 CH Freedoms Just Remember J Jernstrom/E Jernstrom 5 GCH CH Killara Ticket To Ride At Greymorn CD BN RE C Dillberger/S Mcatee/J Dillberger/K Balinski 3 CH Kingsbury Run’s Ruby Begonia CGC I Jurek

Spaniels (Irish Water) 60 GCH CH Stanegate It’s Showtime JHU

S Duncan 12 GCH CH Mallyree Here Comes The Son RN A Getchell/P Manus/P Getchell 10 CH Whistlestop’s Abracadabra C Rebello 6 GCH CH Cat N Pats Luck Be A Lady RN CAA CGC M Mcleod/D Bilardi 6 Cat’s Beau Iz Hot Stuff M Mcleod/K Dassel 5 GCH CH Poole’s Ide Reversal Of Fortune T Urban/B Urban/G Siner 3 GCH CH Beaufield’s Boundary Waters At Poole’s Ide B Kvarnlov/G Siner/D Patterson 2 Ballyhoo’s Pinnacle Of Quiet Storm D Selph

Spaniels (Sussex) 27 GCH CH Clussexx Howdy Doody Time

J Haverick 10 GCH CH Wild Cherry Remedi In My World E Heiple 8 GCH CH Hiland Monarch Butterfly L Peterson/S Folsom/B Folsom/S Adams 8 GCH CH Lexxfield Stonybeck Bob J Hepper 4 CH Companionway’s Triple Treat C Holt 3 GCH CH Terreline’s Little Tug Of Old North Wharf C Peterson/M Peterson

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19 GCH CH Collina D’Oro Rock You Like A Hurricane S Dean/S Belt 19 GCH CH Adagio’s Di Sonata Al Montagna Maverick A Hanson/G Krausar/N Davis-Dodge 14 CH Ovidius Dal Podere Antico S Hudson 14 GCH CH Lancetta’s The Heart Of Rock & Roll J Joens/M Fornens-Joens 10 GCH CH Darby Canyon’s Dante’s Inferno RN CGC L Stanton 9 GCH CH Del Mare Keep My Resolution S Mcgregor 8 CH Camkota’s Starman D Folz/P Folz 8 Bella Campo N Hootwire Moon River R Estes 8 CH Sagebrush’s Ruellia Of Mountain Valley C Sobota 8 GCH CH Camkota Life Isn’t Like In The Movies A Gabler/M Campbell

Vizslas 216 GCH CH Solaris Smokin’ Hot Habenera

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A Martin/D Martin/B Kirven GCH CH Szizlin Rhapsody Never Say Never Y Kourtei/M Porfido/C Phelps GCH CH Renaissance Xxx’s And Ooo’S L Durham/T Knox GCH CH Hilldale’s Protector Of Prosperity R Sachs GCH CH Classical Elgin’s Northern Lights E Foster/C Cline GCH CH Renaissance Tambopata The Lion Hearted R Heilman/J Heilman/L Durham/M Coburn CH Russet Leather Stormwinds Lightning Strikes B Wanjon/K Davis CH Tierah’s Hijacked At 20000 Feet J Mccafferty/D Mccafferty/E Markham GCH CH Brookview Elgin Midsummer Night’s Dream S Eastman GCH CH Renaissance Wild Card A Desbon/L Durham

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Spaniels (Welsh Springer) 38 GCH CH Trystyn Statesman Cactus Blue

M Helms/P Gilson/S Doss/M Riese-Bassel/S Holmes GCH CH Crosswind’s California Poppy J Cooley CH Fox River Higgs Boson A Pease/T Pease/A Pease GCH CH Tydakys All Fired Up J Clark/C Krohn GCH CH Klass’s Action Jackson T Faires/M Faires CH Benton Famous Last Words CD GN A Bancker Hollowoak Talk Of The Town B Garaux GCH CH Statesman’s Shenandoah Summer E Hughes/M Fitzgeorge GCH CH Royailes Willem Of Windsor R Burgess/S Burgess/N Carlton/G Carlton GCH CH Farhill’s Fraternite M Hilliard

CH Redsage Pixie Dust On Briar Rose R Thompson/B Thompson/K Dahlstet

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R Sanborn/P Christopher GCH CH Graysong N Silhouette’s Heyjude S Burns/J Schulz GCH CH Diamond Mk The Eagle Has Landed M Wilson/N Lane GCH CH Calvary N Tripawd’s Footloose N Collar Free R Holman/M Wilson GCH CH Camelot’s Stairway To Heaven II C Cassidy/B Cassidy GCH CH Trifar’s Earth’s Shelters Of Moonstone JH J Aune CH Sanbar’s Sky’s The Limit S West GCH CH Silveroaks Surfcity Shades Of Grey B Rosenberg/J Rosenberg/J Logan GCH CH Northwoods Applebees Run For The Money P Sandillo/S Sandillo/H Warren/T Palmer CH Koping Win’Weim Pink Flamingo P Kopec/D Massey

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J Scarrott GCH CH Whiskeytown Xellent Emma CGC B Meadows CH Fireside’s Spontaneous Leap Of Faith S Young/N Nunn GCH CH Whiskeytown Bootlegger S Piel GCH CH Bear Hug High Explosive J Goldman/M Potter GCH CH Fireside’s Cottonwood Kaboom JH R Parks/E Hunsicker CH Capstones Midnight In Moscow H Byrne/G Curtis GCH CH Whiskeytown Absolut-Ly Wild Run RN JH A Fluck GCH CH Whiskeytown Talant C Delaney/K Rogney GCH CH Kiblan’s Point Blank JH K J’Anthony/C J’Anthony GCH CH Glacier’s Midnight Cowboy JH J Carter/R Carter

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J Daly/S Daly/N Edmunds CH Zoldmali Cetli A Sagh Hickory Creeks Memphis River CM N Edmunds CH Zoldmali Csongor CM SH M Goodwein/B Goodwein CH Palownia’s Bahama Mama CM RA N Edmunds CH Vizcaya’s Time Of The Season CM D Carithers/J Carithers/N Edmunds Point Of Honor Sophie J Zaikowski/A Zaikowski

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Afghan Hounds 116 GCH CH Exlysta Aries Ciel Noir

P Rooks/C Smith/P Schafmayer/S Ferraro 107 GCH CH Agha Djari’s Eye Candy Of Sura CGC J Dalton/S Neill/J Souza 75 GCH CH Regimes Thriller Of Elmo N Shaw/R Godfrey/M Viveiros 56 GCH CH Jakar Pamir Anam Cara Summer Storm D Jensen/G Jensen 40 GCH CH Silhouette’s Starlet E Berman/R Berman/J Fisher 33 GCH CH Elmo’s Martian Chronicles CGC C Harker 29 GCH CH Zen-Pahlavi You Ain’T Seen Nothing Yet JC E Klosson/K Wagner 25 CH Easy On The Eyes Ahava Of Meadow Valley C Bruckmann/C Bruckmann 23 Mahali Windfall Rumour Has It At High Kaliber N Johnson/J Johnson 22 GCH CH Criston Enchanted C Pinkston/N Shaw

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18 GCH CH Kiarry’s Stonewall Jackson E Charles/L Miller 4 CH Kiarry Deeprun At Last P Giroux/L Miller

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Kelly Mt.N Dakota Here To Yonder J Benoit/K Benoit/J Rea Kelly Mt Let The Good Times Roll N Jacoby/J Rea GCH CH Crossroads Josie’s Dunwishin J Rathbun/T Mulhausen

Basenjis 98 GCH CH Signet Meisterhaus Gossip Girl

E Johnson/B Cassell/T Brooks/S Middlebrooks 39 GCH DC Emerant Makindu Heez Got Game BN RN SC B Phillips 38 GCH CH Akuaba N Eldorado Bungle In The Jungle P Geoffroy/S Lund/S Coe 29 GCH CH Reveille Waltz Me Around D Bolte’/J Lodge 28 GCH CH Undercover Ab Ur A Bell Ringer W Pooley/G Whitehurst 26 GCH CH Jasiri-Sukari High Win Warning J Jones/K Jones/C Kok 19 CH Nelsons Friendship Of Magnificent 7 In Flight L Nelson/D Nelson 19 CH Borassus Who’s Your Hot Shot K Sanders 19 GCH CH Ahmahr Nahr’s The Lost Angel Gabriel J Behles/R Walley 17 GCH CH I Am Mary Fula Grace From Sonbar D Baughan

Basset Hounds 156 GCH CH Topsfield-Sanchu Eenie Meenie Miney Moe S Shor/C Orlandi/C Steidel 50 GCH CH By U Cal’s Monkey On The Bayou S Calhoun/S Calhoun/B Williams 40 GCH CH Kaskade N’Pync E Mcdonald/D Bee 36 CH 3 Oaks Doin’ The Boogaloo Boogie C Free/V Shepherd 30 GCH CH Fairytail’s Semper Fi J Aitken/S Aitken 29 GCH CH Rebel Hound’s Blues Man S Bertsch/M Meadows 28 GCH CH Rivercity Clandestine Maneuver P Palmer/G Palmer 27 GCH CH Craigwood Solow Been There Done That S Campbell/L Cain/J Becerra 26 GCH CH Cj’s Sanlyns Sands Of Time R Rees/J Rees/C Feldhausen 26 GCH CH Kahl Me Foxglen’s Cool Dude B Kahl

Beagles (13 in. and under) 51 GCH CH Torquay Midnight Interlude

B Manifold/M Chagas/M Botelho/A Botelho/R Travis 36 GCH CH Desperado’s Just Because I Am J Lawrence/J Olivera 28 GCH CH Barrister’s Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend B Manifold/S Robblee 19 GCH CH Shoreviews Raise Your Glass B Tague/C Herr 19 GCH CH All Around I Wanna Dance J Rodes 12 CH Perfect Companion’s Lintas C Phongthep/P Peerapong 11 Mtn Brook Wall Street C Marlow/P Marlow 11 GCH CH Carlota Sommerled De Suarias J Calleja/D Kirby 10 All Around I Believe N Lucy J Rodes 10 CH Fanta’s Brand Dream On At Pun Kotzky O Voloshin

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Beagles (over 13 in.)

88 GCH CH Foxtail’s Race For The Chase S Berndt-Smith/D Smith 70 GCH CH Honey Pot Bee In Love With Me C Williams/A Ferrari 54 GCH CH Windstar’s Magnum Opus K Lockwood/H Lindberg/R Lindberg 40 GCH CH X’Plorer’s Destiny Done It L Bryson/R Ott/P Kanchana 37 CH Starbuck Torbay Scandal At Woodland West L Hiltz 37 GCH CH Cherry Creek Tattletale R Biesiedzinski/V Biesiedzinski/T Skinner/S Skinner 29 GCH CH Dont Let Me Down De Br Maiorca L Norman/L Bellani/R Bellani 20 GCH CH Astro Gust Of Noreaster T Ranson/A Saunders/J Gonzalez 17 CH Pun Kotzky Fete De La Musique O Voloshin/O Gavrilova 17 GCH CH Torquay Midnight Victory M Chagas/M Botelho/A Botelho/R Travis

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J Lobb/J Lobb/E Mccarthy GCH CH CSG Windbourne Like A Rock S Campbell GCH CH Jazzman Southern Pacific Big Boy J Magenau/Z Bolin CH Jazzman Don’T Tug On Superman’s Cape At Presidio M Prendergast/T Prendergast/E Prendergast GCH CH Kalan’s Ramblin Rose Of Oak Hill O Owens/A Willard/K Willard/K Settle CH Carlin Scoutout Six Black Horses T Mitchell/A Pillow GCH CH Bayaway Jersey’s Due Process Of Law G Rezendes/D Rezendes/J Stora Jazzman Live At The Ryman H Simpson CH CCH Creeksides Running Man Of Woodwynd L Pincheck/D Pincheck/M Jensen/C Pincheck GCH CH Jazzman Comebacker Z Bolin GCH CH Carlin Life Is A Highway A Pillow/T Mitchell

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Bloodhounds 36 GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Limited Edition

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S Lacroix Hamil GCH CH Flessner’s International S’Cess S Carter/S Vancamp/H Helmer/Z Helmer GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Double Take S Hamil/L Burch/E Jones GCH CH Quiet Creek’s Kiss And Tell S Lacroix/H Whitcomb GCH CH Badgershill Muldoon Of Heather L Sherman GCH CH Quiet Creeks Double Or Nothing For Heather H Whitcomb/S Hamil GCH CH Citation’s First And Foremost C Mcardle GCH CH You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby At The M Thompson/C Kaminski Flessner’s International Nautical Mile E Corey Acadian’s Shay Trace Trail Of Slopoke A Schnepel/M Schnepel/C Blanchard GCH CH I Get A Kick Out Of You At The Magpie K Briglia/Z Helmer/K Berestecky/C Kaminski

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The Five Year Wait Is Almost Over... R

enowned judge Jane Forsyth will award Best in Show honors at the 2015 show, on Thursday, October 1, on the grounds of Colonial Park, in Franklin Township, NJ. The next Morris & Essex Kennel Club show features a total of 80 AKC judges. Group judges are as follows: Sporting Group: Karen Wilson, Hound Group: Patricia Trotter, Working Group: Klaus Anselm, Terrier Group: Desmond Murphy, Toy Group: Peter Green, NonSporting: Johnny Shoemaker, Herding Group: Dorothy Collier, and Miscellaneous Breeds & Group: Randy Garren

SOMERSET, NJ - The curtain rises on one of the dog show world’s most carefully guarded secrets: Morris & Essex Kennel Club President Wayne Ferguson, due to overwhelming requests, has decided to release the judge’s list months earlier than in past years. Best in Show from the first Morris & Essex revival show

“We are releasing the names in October because, for the first time in Morris & Essex Kennel Club history, we are nearing 100 breeds holding specialties and supported entries and want to M&E Best in reward their enthusiasm Show Trophy with the early announcement of the judge’s lists,” Mr. Ferguson announced today. The silver trophy tent is recreated at the current show/

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SPORTING American Water Spaniel Boykin Spaniel Brittany Chesapeake Bay Retriever Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel Curly-Coated Retriever English Cocker Spaniel English Setter English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Flat-Coated Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Irish Red and White Setter Irish Setter Irish Water Spaniel Labrador Retriever Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Pointer Spinone Italiano Sussex Spaniel Vizsla Weimaraner Welsh Springer Spaniel Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla

Christine Calcinari Christine Calcinari Christine Calcinari Elliot Mor Elliot More Terry Stacy Jeffrey Pepper Mary Ann Alston Lorraine Bisso Elliot More Paula Nykeil Elliot More Elliott Wess Paula Nykeil Jeffrey Pepper Lorraine Bisso Anne Bolus Anne Bolus Mary Ann Alston Michael Falkner Michael Falkner Elliott Weiss Doug Johnson Christine Calcinari Paula Nykeil Paula Nykeil Lorraine Bisso Doug Johnson Doug Johnson

HOUND Afghan Hound American English Coonhound American Foxhound Basenji Bassett Hound Beagle Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Borzoi Dachshund English Fohound 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 Treeing Walker Coonhound Whippet

Abby Shaw Robert D. Smith Robert D. Smith John Reeve-Newson Kent Delaney Howard Atlee Mrs. Robert D. Smith John Reeve-Newson Robert D. Smith Carol Reisman Luis Sosa Carol Reisman Espen Engh Michael Dougherty Helen Stein Gayle Bontecou Espen Engh Gayle Bontecou Michael Dougherty Helen Stein Michael Dougherty Kent Delaney Mrs. Robert D. Smith Frank DePaulo Helen Stein Gayle Bontecou Mrs. Robert D. Smith Michael Dougherty

WORKING Akita Alaskan Malamute Anatolian Shepherd Dog Bernese Mountain Dog Black Russian Terrier Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso Chinook Doberman Pinscher Dogue de Bordeaux German Pinscher Giant Schnauzer Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Komondor Kuvasz Leonberger Mastiff Neapolitan Mastiff Newfoundland Portuguese Water Dog Rottweiler Saint Bernard Samoyed Siberian Husky Standard Schnauzer Tibetan Mastiff

Robert Stein Ronald Menaker Robert Stein William Shelton Joan Anselm Jack Ireland Patricia Sosa Ronald Menaker Joseph Gregory William Shelton William Daugherty Joan Anselm Joan Anselm Glen Lajeski Debra Thornton William Shelton Ronald Menaker Joseph Gregory Ronald Menaker Debra Thornton Joseph Gregory Debra Thornton Joyce Vanek Robert Stein William Shelton Robert Stein Joseph Gregory Joan Anselm Joseph Gregory

TERRIER Airedale Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Cesky Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Wire Fox Terrier

James Reynolds Peggy Beisel Seymour Weiss Elizabeth Sweigart Richard Powell Rebecca Pool Kenneth McDermott Kathleen Ferris Elliott Weiss Rodney Herner Richard Powell Wood Wornall Kenneth McDermott Seymour Weiss Rebecca Pool Geraldine Kelly Rosalind Kramer Betty-Anne Stenmark Betty-Anne Stenmark Kathleen Ferris Robert Black Peggy Beisel Lydia Hutchinson Lydia Hutchinson Michael Buckley Sue Goldberg Robert Black Richard Powell Edd Bivin Michael Buckley

TOY Affenpinscher Brussells Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chihuahua Chinese Crested English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Maltese Manchester Terrier Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Poodle Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier

Evalyn Gregory Ruth Pereira Vicki Abbott Glen Lajeski Elaine Lessig Sari Brewster Tietjen Sari Brewster Tietjen Doug Johson Sari Brewster Tietjen Luc Boileau Rodney Herner Elaine Lessig Marjorie Tuff Luc Boileau Jacqueline Stacy Dennis McCoy Chuck Winslow Chuck Winslow Vicki Abbott Elaine Lessig Vicki Abbott

NON-SPORTING American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-Pei Chow Chow Coton de Tulear Dalmatian Finnish Spitz French Bulldog Keeshond Lhasa Apso Lowchen Norwegian Lundehund Poodle Schipperke Shiba Inu Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Xoloitzcuintli

Chuck Winslow Jacqueline Stacy Jean Hetherington Jean Hetherington Randy Garren Randy Garren Jacqueline Stacy Edd Bivin Luc Boileau Patricia Sosa Marcy Zingler Randy Garren Chuck Winslow Luc Boileau Dennis McCoy Luc Boileau Marcy Zingler Luis Sosa Michael Dougherty Chuck Winslow

HERDING Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog Cardigan Welsh Corgi Collie Entlebucher Mountain Dog Finnish Lapphund German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi Polish Lowland Sheepdog Puli Pyrenean Shepherd Shetland Sheepdog Swedish Vallhund

James Frederiksen William Daugherty William Daugherty James Frederiksen Linda Robey Linda Robey Linda Robey Linda More Charles Trotter Charles Trotter Linda More Stanley Saltzman Marjorie Tuff Linda More James Frederiksen James Moses Stanley Saltzman James Frederiksen Joyce Vanek Stanley Saltzman Charles Trotter Linda More William Daugherty Marjorie Tuff Charles Trotter

MISCELLANEOUS BREEDS AND GROUP Randy Garren (Breed List as per AKC which may still be Miscellaneous as of Oct 1, 2015) American Hairless Terrier Azawakh Belgian Laekenois Dogo Argentino Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen Kooikerhondje Norrbottenspets Peruvian Inca Orchid Portuguese Podengo Pumi Sloughi SPECIALTIES AND SUPPORTEDS - 97 SPECIALTIES BY GROUP : 30 SPORTING American Pointer Club Anthracite Brittany Club Cocker Spaniel Club of New Jersey English Cocker Spaniel Club of America Irish Water Spaniel Club of America Nutmeg Weimaraner Club Spinone Italiani Club of America HOUND American Black and Tan Coonhound Club Mid- Jersey PBGV Association WORKING American Boxer Club Black Russian Terrier Club of NorthernNJ Cane Corso Club of America Newfoundland Club of America Potomac Valley Samoyed Club TERRIER American Sealyham Club Bedlington Terrier Club of America Bull Terrier Club of America Parson Russell Terrier Club of America Philadelphia Kerry Blue Terrier Club United States Lakeland Terrier Club Welsh Terrier Club of America TOY American Brussels Griffon Association American Pomeranian Club Delaware Valley Pug Club NON-SPORTING American Bulldog Club, Div. I American Eskimo Dog Club of America French Bulldog Club of America Xoloitzcuintli Club of America

Irish Red & White Setter Association Jersey Skylands Labrador Retriever Club Keystone English Springer Spaniel Club Mid-Atlantic Flat Coated Retriever Club Mid-Jersey Labrador Retriever Club Vizsla Club of Greater New York HOUND Afghan Hound club of Northern New Jersey American Foxhound Club American Whippet Club Greyhound Club of America Knickerbocker Dachshund Club Pharaoh Hound Club of America Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of the United States Scottish Deerhound Club of America WORKING Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Watchung Colonial Rottweiler Club Dogue de Bordeaux Society of America Garden State Great Pyrenees Club Garden State Mastiff Fanciers Great Dane Club of Raritan Valley Komondor Club of America Leonberger Club of America Portuguese Water Dog Club of America TERRIER Airedale Club of America American Cesky Terrier Fanciers American Fox Terrier Club American Miniature Schnauzer Club Border Terrier Club of America Cairn Terrier Club of America Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America Glen of Imaal Terrier Club of America Irish Terrier Club of New York Miniature Bull Terrier Club of America Norfolk Terrier Club Norwich Terrier Club of America Raritan Australian Terrier Club Rat Terrier Club of America Scottish Terrier Club of America Skye Terrier Club of America Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America Staffordshire Terrier Club of America West Highland White Terrier Club of Northern NJ TOY American Chinese Crested Club American Maltese Association Chihuahua Club of America Delaware Valley Havanese Club Empire Miniature Pincher Club of Greater New York Meadowlands Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Pekingese Club of New jersey Watchung Mountains Yorkshire Terrier Club

HERDING German Shepherd Dog Club of America Spanish Water Dog Club of America Supporteds by Group 67

NON-SPORTING Finnish Spitz Club of America Lenape Boston Terrier Club Tibetan Terrier Club of America Watchung Mountain Poodle Club

SPORTING American Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club Eastern German Shorthaired Pointer Club Eastern Irish Setter Association Field Spaniel Society of America Garden State Golden Retriever Club Gordon Setter Club of America Hudson English Setter Club

HERDING American Shetland Sheepdog Association Caanan Dog Club of America Cardigan Welsh Corgi Club of America Collie Club of Northern New Jersey Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of the Garden State Puli Club of America

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M Fredrickson/P Dodson GCH CH CSG Cedar Creek’s Tellin Secrets B Fischer CH Evenstar Bb’s Lucille K Britton GCH CH CCH Cedar Creek Fleurdelis Howlinforyou C Petersen/B Fischer/J Petersen CH Bawlin Blues Goin’ Down Slow Z Lewis/L Snyder CH Black Knights Balu Jeti CGC K Steffen/A Alexander River Bottom Blue Rio F Williams Heritage Rzrrdge Top Me Off M Potash GCH CH Evenstar N Heritage Mint Julep B Potash

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J Spiers/R Zucker/J Zucker/S Mcgraw GCH CH Immaculate Recption In Paradise Valley T Brandtman/T Brandtman CH Maringa’s Forever Autumn JC D Hardin/S Moss GCH CH Soyara’s The Flying Dutchman P Hlatky/G Hlatky GCH DC Zoiboyz Encore SC R Rice CH Po Dusham Sylvan Risque C Neale/P Neale GCH CH Skyler Tryst’s Tribute To Khanzade R Robins/M Hundley GCH CH Aashtoria Wildhunt Hidden Agenda R Riel GCH CH Vento Danza Versachi Of The Wild Hunt D Burkholder/C Cedeno CH Windrift Uptown Girl N Reimer/J Reimer GCH CH Auroral’s Jasmine Oronzova J Steele/J Steele

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J Gates/P Qualls 26 Rockin’ Heart’s Iheart CM J Hale/N Wight 14 Prumettiri Via D’Lea A Meyer/J Gates 8 Cy’Era Paola CM3 L Prieto 7 Kr’Msun Dante C Mcdermott 7 Flying High D’Lea CM J Gates/P Qualls 6 Valencia’s First Detective CM P Farnsworth/A Meszaros/K Clements 6 Rockinhearts Sweet Basil M Busler/A Meszaros 5 Cy’Era Tazio L Prieto 5 Cy’Era Jaspar CM B Lustgarten/J Mercurio/L Prieto 5 Kr’Msun Juno CM C Mcdermott 5 Cridiri Via D’Lea CM S Heath/C Heath/J Gates 250 Dog News

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92 GCH CH Stonybrook’s Phinito T Durvin/B Durvin/R Gianopoulos/M Kepalas 88 GCH CH Poulstead’s Moon Shadow - Faithful Light D Humphrey/S Humphrey 79 GCH CH Dachshire You Got Me Nantucket SL C Snedaker-Sims/R Weinman 77 GCH CH Walmar-Solo’s Iou Sl S Snyder 74 GCH CH Leoralees Little Bitofheaven @Jbs Sl J Scott/M Singleton 73 GCH CH Jarbsy’s Mama Mia S Arnold 58 GCH CH Sleepy Hollow Carolina Special M Taylor/B Wlodkowski 55 GCH CH Dikerdachs Blake V Diker 43 GCH CH Isledox Longfellow Serenade F Overdahl/R Overdahl 39 CH Stoneriver Creamridges Something Special Ml S Hudson

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Dachshunds (Smooth) 106 GCH CH Leoralees Barstool Boogie Ms

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25 Jet’s A Smile As Big As The Moon N Soyster/M Hidinger/S Olson/J Rutherford 18 GCH CH Tyran’s The Patriot C Stumbo 14 GCH CH Helios Tulip Atheart S Bartel/E Miller 13 GCH DC Suntiger Mariposa SC E Thompson/B Gordon 11 GCH CH Sky Hi’s The Show Goes On M Bertoli/S Cinotti/A Pugh 6 DC Shefaro’s Ojo Del Tigre SC S Rodarmor 6 Mistweave Miss Splendid At Rubicon P Rubinstein/B Hargreaves 6 CH Windrock Talking Heart To Heart JC P Paterson 5 Wildwood Helios Je Ne Sais Quoi J Allred/K Henderson/S Bartel 5 CH Fleetfield Suntiger Silver Legacy S Grant/P Burnham 5 Grandcru Domaine Serene C Huitt

Harriers 10 GCH CH Pacific Happytail’s Heartbreaker

E Biles/S Biles/W Mccleery 8 GCH CH Pacific Anthem Of Rh Infinita BN RA CGC P Rhyner 5 Blythmoor Chance Encounter At Shadowmere P Miller 2 CH Bluhils Sakura Catch Me If You Can B Fox/J Fox/J Lawrence/L Johnston 1 St. Germain’s Holly Runs Bunny Act 1 Kingsbury Knl

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English Foxhounds 4 GCH CH Monocacy Bend’s Windsor T Koerber/K Eckard

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Ibizan Hounds 40 GCH CH Paradise Bette Davis Eyes

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L Reynolds/C Cahill/J Cahill GCH CH Raydachs Ride My Ducati Sw S Ray GCH CH Leoralee’s Supernatural Mw M Singleton GCH CH Treis Pinheiros Buona Sera Sw C Pedroso Neto/P Romaneli GCH CH Wiretap Ride Out The Storm A Mendenhall/G Tutt GCH CH Brodny Schoolhouse He’s So Fine E Williams GCH CH Twinkle’s Corbin At Carowynd Mw C O’Neil CH Daybreak’s Blossoms And Bows W D Krieg GCH CH Raydachs Wildcard Walt M Fritz/K Fritz/R Fritz CH Wiretaps Life Is A Highway G Tutt/P Wirries

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L Puskas/N Pusta/W Anderson CH Harehill’s More Than A Woman At Rising Sun W Anderson/D Chubb DC Kamars Xxx Bladerunner SC D Anderson/J Anderson/K Belz CH Abbaio Jakona Love Fool S Murphy GCH CH Serandida East So Bigstar J Brown/S St John-Brown/L Sikora/N Sikora GCH CH Sunrumba’s Lovestruck By Life R Castillo CH Serandida & Sikora’s Fantasia R Stark/J Stark/L Sikora CH Foxbridge Wild Wynd Rodeo V Tippens/L Thorne/C Tippens DC Kamars Final Laugh SC B Butcher/K Belz BUNNYFIELD CHICK MAGNET ABBAIO (Foreign Dog - Registration Pending.) CH Harehill’s Wild Card Race C Stefanic/B Vandyke/W Anderson GCH DC Jakona’s Swiss Miss SC S Murphy

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35 CH Folkloire’s All Jazzed Up A Schluter/J Schluter 31 GCH CH O’Quinn’s Bowman Archer I Campbell/J Campbell/M Horton/J Horton 31 GCH CH Mendes Absolut Elegance Of Eagle L Mendiones

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TheDogNews TopTenList 31 CH Kerryarc Lilliput Winged Victory M Tyler/C Tyler/C Collier 27 GCH CH Absolut Cru J Gifford/D Gifford 25 GCH CH Avoglia Lugh Celtic Sun Jadis C Avoglia/W Avoglia 21 GCH CH Avoglia’s Molly Branwen From Liamailean R Torres 19 Fleetwind Carroy Dara L Rosebrock/L Thomasson 19 Carroy Zajacz’s Lincecum C Zayac 18 GCH CH Lady Of The Lake Du Pays Rurale W Avoglia 18 GCH CH Riverlawn Exit Of Aerie D Marx/A Benjamin

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Norwegian Elkhounds 91 GCH CH Vin-Melca’s Daggarwood Delight

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P Trotter GCH CH Vin-Melca’s The Norseman P Trotter/J Reed GCH CH Quiquen Kingdom Sceptre J Woito GCH CH Tioka’s American Ride L Webster GCH CH Silver Sleuth Vikrest P Viken/L Forrest GCH CH Somerri Jamieson’s Sea Whiskey J Lewis/L Lewis GCH CH Aspen’s It Takes A Thief R Rhoden/R Rhoden GCH CH Legend’s Nydelig Hannah Av Gjonnes Gaard A Becker/J Becker GCH CH Silhouettte’s Au Fish E Olsen/K Olsen/S Kaplan CH Highland Storytime BN MX MXJ NF C Mayer/A Schokker

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Otterhounds 12 GCH CH Aberdeen’s Told You So 8 3 1

(M) A Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine/J Mcilwaine/A Constable/K Higgins GCH CH Blue Fairy’s Wizard Of Oz (M) J Gordon CH Magicwood C Major Merrily Dreaming’s 5th (M) M Hajjar Ria’s Eunice CGC (F) K Kaschak/L Kaschak

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens (M) 28 GCH CH Icecream V Tum-Tums Vriendjes 22 22 11 10 8 7 4 3 2 2

J Hurty/C Hurty/L Florian/M Florian/B Sittibavornsakul GCH CH Iceage V. Tum-Tums Vriendjes N Frost/G Huikeshoven GCH CH Lacey’s Deck Plate Leader W Craigmiles/J Lacey-Black/D Bruce/J Neuschaefer GCH CH Jus Strike It Rich M Morey GCH CH Mirepoix’s Figgy Pudding J Zigich/R Litman GCH CH Bubblegum V. Tum-Tum’s Vriendjes D Planche/G Huiheshoven/D Bolak GCH CH Jus A Ray Of Sunshine J Shannon/N Phillips CH Suton Crepu Visage My Funny Valentine S Cooper/S Bustin/C Rangel GCH CH Celestial Cj’s Ringmaster At Talus C Wilt/P Wilt GCH CH Patorama Gadzooks L Luffel/P Ramapuram GCH CH M&M’s Fear The Beard D Moore/J Hayes

Pharaoh Hounds 14 GCH DC Hallam’s Jake Of Arolet SC

S Sipperly/D Carota 14 GCH CH Osiris Cowboy Casanova T Del Duca/B Carella/K Carella/T Del Duca 9 GCH CH Farao Anubis Inferno BN RN SC J Mosing/D Cooper/B Clooten 7 CH Galadrial’s Its In The Stars Du Ciel DJ CGC S Swanson/L Flanagan 7 GCH DC Sendji’s New Coat Of Paint RN MC LCX CGC R Phinney/C Guinn/W Martin/G Bednar 7 GCH CH Shalimar Wild Fire Osiris L Drolet 6 DC Sendji’s Step Right Up MC LCX CGC C Guinn/W Martin 4 GCH CH Bazinga A Dream Of Spring For Mia P Haig/R Newman 4 CH Sharqiya Nefer-Temu Cool Runnings T Del Duca/E Kerridge 3 GCH CH Siphra’s Wish You Were Here L Lysher

Plotts 2 GCH CH CGCH C-Cruz Mob Boss Vito’s Gotcha A Alexander

Portuguese Podengo Pequenos 18 GCH CH Anevan The Captain S Souza/J Evanoff 15 GCH CH Prairie Pond’s Born In The Usa CM C Well/M Well/J Tusten 6 CH Radical De Viamonte S Carter 5 GCH CH Heroina De Viamonte K Ganser/V Ferrari Ganser 5 GCH CH Phaererin Agustinho CM J Fitzpatrick/L Mcginness 5 GCH CH Pirata II De Viamonte CM J Evanoff/K Oglesby 2 GCH CH Miguel Da Casa De Maio CM2 R Hidlay/R Hidlay 1 Falcao’s Hummer For Walter M Hughes 1 A Esperancã Do Vale De Brookmont R Hidlay/R Hidlay

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54 GCH CH Azize’s Purple Heart SC T Olson/W Olson 44 CH Heritage Saka Kimber Of Presidio M Prendergast/C Lovell 42 GCH CH Mystiko & Adili’s Unstoppable Reign T Lynch/K Courtelis

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T Turley-Kocab/M Kocab/S Middlebrooks GCH CH Baha Persian Of Interest CD RN SC OA AXJ NF C Coile GCH CH Baghdad A Missdemeanor D Pfeil/L Ackerman/A Chato GCH CH Baghdad Eleganza Extravaganza L Ackerman GCH CH Impala Ladies Love Outlaws L Snyder/D Aube GCH CH 7seas Parfait Lunar Advantage L Good GCH CH Takara The Time Is Now J Rimerman/P Mohr GCH CH Gemini Julia C Diener-Farrell/E Steel/A Stromberg GCH CH Ladyhawks Gallant Bess D Ratliff CH Sandstorm Impromptu Rendevous Sarea B Griffith/C Rivette

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C Dove/R Dove DC Cu Liath Seaforth SC L Kiaer/C Edwards FC Cu Liath Trafalgar SC L Kiaer/C Edwards Lands End Arya Chase O’Mulberry D Berry/J Mcaulay GCH CH Jaraluv Rob Roy J Brinlee/R Brinlee Hollyrood No Egrets H Gervais/L Bruce Beardswood Quintina C Dove/R Dove/S Helps CH Lehigh G’Zelle At Foxglove SC CA L Hagey/D Hagey/P Pascoe CH Chase Farm Foxcliffe Catch The Wind J Hanson/G Hanson CH Glasdun Ella Enchanted Of Nahr-Volts D Narwold

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Treeing Walker Coonhounds 34 GCH CH Cherry Creek Confetti

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Rhodesian Ridgebacks 196 GCH CH Celtic Lore’s Moonlight And Magic CGC

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Salukis 154 GCH CH Starlite’s Made Of The Best Stuff On Earth BN

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Redbone Coonhounds 8 CH Sidearm Mufasa’s Peacemaker At Bnd D Michaud/B Michaud CH Sidearm Just Forget About It J Mills/L Mills/T Mills GCH CH Twisted Creeks Xlnt Adventure M Smith/C Smith/B Copeland Critter Creeks Strange Magic S Smith/A Wooten

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A Alexander/S Houston 20 GCH CH CCH Dry River’z Shattered Dreams J Confer/K Purchiss 5 GCH CH How The West Was Won D Planche/S Randolph/A Alexander 5 CH Lone Pine Skull N Bones Vom Stk CGCA V Brachfeld/R Brachfeld/L Ramsey 2 CSG Second Wind Deepwood Dollie A Wooten/S Smith 2 CH Cherry Creek Confetti’s Cashmere S Houston/A Alexander 1 CH Lost Heritage Cherry Crk Gone with the Wind C Vanover/A Carter 1 CH Cherokee’Z Desert Moonlight B Casner

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Whippets 260 GCH CH Starline’s Jimmy Choo

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Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 24 GCH CH Karaboudjan’s Mystic Moonspell

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Boerboels 6 Centurion Middelpos Yancy CM

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S Laws/D Laws/L Lawrence/L Wilson GCH CH Sporting Fields Shameless D Butt/A Giles/B Call GCH CH Karasar’s Masterpiece K Kuper/N Barthelette/K Mlynar/W Othick CH Solaris Saxon Shore Born To Beguile P Magette/D Lockhart GCH CH Karasar’s Resurgence K Kuper/N Barthelette/K Mlynar GCH CH Debmar Lovin’ Dixie D Bahm GCH CH Winway Ramona Quimby S Fosnot/V Atkinson GCH CH Ableaim Lemon Drop Martini At Kazbar SC S Armstrong/M Long/J Boyd/G Boyd GCH CH Longlesson Caught In The Crossfire L Griffitt/T Bootz DC Ableaim Free Flite Bedazzle Me MC G Boyd/J Boyd/D Bost/L Johnson

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Akitas 151 GCH CH Sondaisa Fyre When Ready CD RN

C Sullivan/J Ellis 67 GCH CH Stardust’s Broadway Joe RN T Witte/R Witte 63 GCH CH Mojo’s Continuation Of A Myth S Borrmann 43 GCH CH Day Dream’s Wake Um & Shake Um A Dickens Johnson 39 GCH CH Wicca’s Rule The Air R Stark/L Stark/J Charnik 38 GCH CH Absolute’s I Want To Go The Distance At Mimar M Mignogna/M Mignogna 29 GCH CH Cr - Wicca’s Trade Secret A Bavaria/C Burke/T Bavaria/J Charnik 16 GCH CH Daykeyne Eatin My Cake Too T Buckley 15 GCH CH Chujitsu’s Empire Maker CGC D Berg/J Berg 11 GCH CH Onyx Living Life Like It Is Golden S Milton

Alaskan Malamutes 122 GCH CH Kasaan Snokist Ropin ‘N’ ‘T’ Fortune

D Roberts-Burrill 92 GCH CH Wolfholic’s Extraordinary Y Choi 30 GCH CH Northern Lites Mr. Lincoln H Donovan 22 GCH CH Peace River’s Gathers No Moss At Sunstra T Robinson/A Syar/M Coburn/K Robinson 22 GCH CH Winter Park’s Look Sharp Live Smart M Park/J Park/S Park 21 CH Pale Moon’s Mad About You Of Sno Chaser RN S Kirton/S Hjermstad/T Mcbee/B Salvadore 20 GCH CH Alcan ‘N’ Snodanc Party Of One D Mccomb/D Ragsdale 17 GCH CH Alcan Disco Dancer At Ranmar A Rubenstein/H Rubenstein 16 GCH CH Kaviak’s Lord Of The Dance M Richards 16 GCH CH Koolrunnings’N’Terraglos’U’Can’T Touch This G Toussaint/T Toussaint 254 Dog News

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J Dotson GCH CH Full Circle Tip Of London Tower N Ward CH Skyview’s Canan Melek C O’Brien/K Phillips CH Islandfarm’s Ravenscourt W Vickers/S Vickers GCH CH Horizon’s Banshee At Chevaliers Du Roland D Bitz CH White Oak Wiesje J Brabyn/L Brabyn GCH CH Timaru Serag Mounir L Brabyn/J Brabyn CH Lucky Hit Bethany Yaman L Ayers/J Gunner Karaboudjan’s Dark Side Of The Moon S Dalton/S Dalton Briarpatch Indiana Rules N Ward

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J Billhardt/S Tenenbaum GCH CH Hijinx This Is How I Roll B Nunn GCH CH Encore’s Sovereign B Andreu/M Andreu/C Cates/J Mumford GCH CH Brisbane N” Blue Monday’s Diamonds Are W Truesdale/Z Truesdale/M Mckamey/E Mckamey/J GCH CH Inspiration’s Breath Of Heaven G Freer/W Truesdale/Z Truesdale/M Young/J Young GCH CH Cherkei’s Dick Tracey C Robbins/K Robbins GCH CH Encore’s Mimosa K Dye/C Cates GCH CH Rummer Run’s Black Magic A Anderson/S Anderson GCH CH R And G N’ Hunter Creek’s Mystical Attraction A Tan Chan/R Ang GCH CH Tko’s Izzy’s Mr Twisted Oliver J Kelly/M Bliss

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J Moore/S Karl GCH CH Witchways Here Comes The Magic R Harrison/J Dickhoff GCH CH Tallpine’s Life Of The Party D Hitchcock/S Crisp GCH CH Villairns Tag You’re It RN S Slade/K Hodgson CH Cameo’s Girl On Fire V Driftless D Scott/S Otto GCH CH Vinn October It Had 2VV You E Buonpane GCH CH Powder Keg Farm’s Addicted To Love D Welch GCH CH Blackrock Jungle Juice RN K Greenwood/R Greenwood GCH CH Alpenspirit It’s Our Game D Kelley/B Bauersfeld/M Turbide GCH CH Nobleheart’s Rigel C Mellalieu/J Bogdan

Black Russian Terriers 46 GCH CH Gladiator S Zolotogo Grada

S Gaunt 29 GCH CH Aristes Paint It Black D Poulson/R Looker/C Stumm 22 GCH CH That’s What’s In A Name C Cassidy/J Cassidy/D Scheiris/D Scheiris 14 GCH CH Russian Bears One Flew Over The Cuckoos E Foster/E Leisure 11 GCH CH Russian Bears Not Just Another Rock Starr D Kremer/H Haldi 10 CH Blackberry Uragan CDX CGC R Moore 10 GCH CH Arisha Krasa Russkaya Nochnaya Zvezda D Hawkes/R Hawkes 6 GCH CH Malahovskiy Graf Rossiyskiy CD RAE CA CGC E Pleskov 6 GCH CH Snowline Colby Iz Petrovich Noirstar T Mayer/B Mayer/D Lynn 4 CH Valencia’s Kali Bay C Valencia

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K O’Brien/C Corner/M Harwood GCH CH Dal Primo In 7he Making C Corner CH Domers Etched Red Ruby R Brandon GCH CH Banstock N Highpoint New Day Bruin At Kimo J Treiber/E Thomason GCH CH Marconiann’Ridgetops Thunder Road G Dittman/O Whittall GCH CH Bullstock’s Diesel Madness K Kocher CH Home Runs Bruno Bonacquisto CGC J Bonacquisto GCH CH Far Isle The Wizard Of Bullrinkle M Hellmers/J Matano/A Oakerson CH Stoneguards Mugsy Malone D Lawson GCH CH Newcastle’s Blame It On The Sun A Scully/K Spencer GCH CH Danek’s Tribute To Leatherneck J Ekstrom/D Ekstrom

Cane Corso 68 GCH CH Italica’s Fifty Shades Of Grey CA

Z Devita 61 GCH CH Castleguard’s Riddle Of Steel Di Serafina S Demoss/T Dragan 43 GCH CH Evolution’s Mclovin B Miller 38 GCH CH Armstrong Della Porta Dipinta D Musto/A Erukhimovich/L Parschauer

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Doberman Pinschers 287 GCH CH Alisaton Saboteur V Raklyn Ciden

N Bosley/J Margeson/J Dale 280 GCH CH Dezperado’s Hallelujah CA CGC J Wendt/A Wendt/H Zimmerman 253 GCH CH Kamterra’s Legato K Moats/M Moats 192 GCH CH Phillmar Superman T Stone/J Stone/C Green 143 GCH CH Marienburg’s Spec Ops Commando R Kusumoto/J Kusumoto 135 GCH CH Treu’s The Whole Truth V Touchstone N Battaglia/C Battaglia/A Brotherhood 94 GCH CH Monarch’s Empire Maker M Brucker 76 GCH CH Excelsia’s This Side Of Paradise N Barksdale/M Barksdale/D Gau/L Gau 66 GCH CH Excelsia’s He Thinks He’s Wonderful S Loshin-Tsantiotis/C Tsantiotis 64 GCH CH Sherluck North By Northwest V Olympic Cove K Rasmussen/F Strauss

Dogues de Bordeaux 67 GCH CH Woodland Park’s Low Country Benne

P Smith/V Smith 20 GCH CH Heartstrings Jasmine J Chicatelli 12 GCH CH Excaliburs Josie Jo A Page 9 GCH CH Trojans Timetobe Notice Mount Sinai’s Breitling G Rodriguez 7 GCH CH Magnus Z Orisku M Montgomery/M Rogers 5 CH Kline’s My First Felony At Calabria S Artusa/J Diaz 5 GCH CH Crimson’s Baby Got Back At Epitome C Wanderi 5 GCH CH Oak Hollows Windtalker C Middleton/W Muller 4 CH Seraph’s Beamer Let’s Roll C Ozbirn/D Morrison 4 Varela’s Majestic Valhalla”” J Stratford 4 CH Groucho Kwan De La Seigneurie Des Chartrons K Munday

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J Vandervort GCH CH Daveren’s Wolfgang Von Blitzen L Anderton CH Daveren’s Only One For You L Anderton CH Desert Moons Joline Can’T Take Her! K Radcliffe GCH CH Daveren’s William The Conqueror T Phillip/J Eastman GCH CH Windamir Lover’s Tryst C Jobb/S Morgan GCH CH Midernoch A Phortune Of Phranklins CA C French GCH CH Daveren’s Party Girl S Harlow/J Eastman CH Encee’s Taking My Love To Town Jolene N Coppinger GCH CH Diamond Bay A Chevelle Bentley Tribute BN RN V Vihlen Schluter/E Steele

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94 GCH CH Kenro’s Time Is Money M Mcgee/R Greenslade 19 GCH CH Fanta C J’s Bien Parado S Lynn/N Nier 16 GCH CH Spicerack’s Whispering Sweet Nuthins R Henderson/D Henderson 14 GCH CH Nightline Viking A Tanglewood J Erath/C Erath/E Fojtik/C Watterson/J Watterson 10 GCH CH Ramahills Big Towner Of Rw D Dayton 9 GCH CH Lindsayleigh’s Star’s Of Orion D Wood 5 Skansen’s Last Man Standing S Hammarstrom 5 Skansen’s King Of Kalifornia S Hammarstrom 4 CH Ingebar’s Night Moves M Moran/M Bisceglia 3 CH Coolhand’s Zodiac S Manning/J Poyfair

Great Danes 366 GCH CH Journey’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

L Hotchkiss/P Hix 321 GCH CH Tue-J’s Pacific Category Five T James/H James/S Taylor/J Apuna 155 GCH CH Fame & Vwf’s I’ Have Another A Eckenrode 126 GCH CH Mavro-Twinoaks Hollywood Tough E Proios/T Proios 102 GCH CH Gracyn N Lost Creek’s Cinco Peso Badge Bd J Bailey 97 GCH CH Divine Acres Ring Leader C Cataudella/J Cataudella 94 GCH CH Old Mission’s Lucid Dream D Loops/S Cummings/K Toomey/S Blades 85 GCH CH Sweet’s Firenrain V Saravilla BN RN CGC P Sweet/J Lilliston 83 GCH CH Windycity-Orion’s Guitar Hero K Wood/C Wood/B Phelan 73 GCH CH Alpines Song Of Thesouth K Paulson/R Paulson

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D Never/B Never GCH CH Wildest Dream Genuine Rock N Roll J Schottinger/T Bailey/J Bailey GCH CH Derby’s Toast With Gusto S Copeland GCH CH K2’s Gv Misty Mountain Hop K Plowucha/K Plowucha/V Mcgraw GCH CH Seneca’s Collective Soul E Coit/J Kaiser CH Land’s End That Girl At Shadetree C Cooper Painted Mtn’s Singing In The Rain CGC A Barnett/L Simonsen Nox’s Madison Square Garden M Kallina GCH CH Fire Dance Sudden Impact D Zetterquist/A Kilpatrick GCH CH Shamrock Angel Among Us CGC C Scott/J Wilson

A White Meadow View Winner Take All S Harman/M Harman Somogyi Betyar Java S Harman Baratkozo Bela The Lovable R Collado/A Collado/S Bookwalter/K Raleigh Meadow View Wildcard S Harman/M Harman

I Miller/R Miller GCH CH Glacier Creek’s Silver Bullet D Blank GCH CH Casablanca’s Vakmero Pandur T Weber/G Dash/N Berger CH Aegys Four On The Floor RN L Vogel CH Szep Tars Eros Teli Lelek D Fulkerson/M Ginther/T Ginther Budagyongye Emerald Vanity Fair E Weaver/A Hejja

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Did you agree with the manner in which AKC handled the controversy with the FCI about the manner in which American judges have been banned from judging at all FCI shows if they agree to adjudicate in FCI countries for clubs unrecognized by the FCI. Should foreign judges be permitted to judge at our shows should they receive unacceptable reports from our field reps about their performances. DAVIES: I sense that the relationship between AKC and FCI is a tenuous one. I believe it to be more of a personal than an organizational relationship. The ban on American judges by FCI was an inappropriate step in any stretch. I felt similarly when AKC attempted to penalize AKC judges for adjudicating non-AKC events in this country. We should embrace all who celebrate the human-canine bond. The response of a judge to a report of an unacceptable performance, as well as the nature of the unacceptable “behavior” should determine how the future judging by that individual is handled. I am not sure foreign judges should be treated differently than AKC judges in such instances. BATTAGLIA: The black list of AKC judges by FCI was a surprise to me. AKC has contacted the of-

ficers of FCI along with those of other countries. At the moment we are waiting to see how this will play out. I think that AKC handled this in a professional way and I agree with the strategy we are using. We have in place procedures for judges who receive poor performance reports from the Executive Feld Reps. We should follow the same practice with foreign judges and we have to American judges. There is a counseling process in place which focuses on procedure, paper work and quality of judging. PAVEZA: Yes, it seemed an appropriate response to me. We communicated with the FCI, pointed out that this was in violation of our agreement with them, noted that there would be consequences if this decision was not changed, and I assume we will follow through on this if there is no change. As to the final part of the question, in general I would suggest that if a foreign judge receives an unacceptable report that a remediation plan should be suggested. If the judge follows that plan, then they should be permitted to continue to judge. If the judge rejects the remediation plan or receives a second negative report, then the judge should no longer be allowed to judge at AKC shows. However, whatever plan is put in place needs to conform to our agreements with other kennel clubs. We can no more afford to be arbitrary

with our decision making than the FCI was in their decision making. AMEN: Yes, based on the information that I have reviewed, I agree with our response to the actions of a section of FCI’s organization. I have no comment on foreign judges hired to judge in the U.S., but in general, I support the concept of equitable treatment of both foreign and domestic judges. GLADSTONE: As of this writing, February 4, the AKC Board has not addressed the FCI issue you ask about. I do not agree with the AKC letters and actions taken up to now. I have had an opportunity to discuss with Mr. Santos, President of the FCI Asia Pacific Section, and Sr. De Santiago, President of the FCI, the FCI Asia Pacific Section’s previous announcement of the blacklisting of the three AKC Judges. The three Judges had judged at shows held by non-FCI clubs in countries where there is an FCI recognized club. The FCI or its Asia Pacific Section has a rule prohibiting such Judging assignments for Judges who wish to Judge at future FCI Shows. I confirmed, however, that no notice of the intent to begin enforcing the rule had reached the three Judges involved. Thus, I suggested to Mr. Santos and Sr. De Santiago that enforcement of the rule by blacklisting the judges without that prior notice might be premature. The FCI Asia Pacific Section has revised its prior circular explaining its position and restating its rule. The previously announced blacklist restriction of the three AKC Judges has been “renounced and lifted”. Future enforcement of the rule is, of course, up to the FCI and its members. The new Circular now states that a Judge will “run the risk of not being allowed to officiate at any further (FCI) international shows effective 1 February 2015.” Should foreign judges be permitted to judge at our shows should they receive unacceptable reports from our field reps about their performances? Our Field Reps should not be evaluating anyone’s performance other than procedurally. AKC has a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the FCI, and reciprocal agreements with most other worldwide registry organizations (Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) concerning mutual recognition of judging privileges. AKC and all other parties should abide by them. CoNtiNueD oN page 264

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92 GCH CH Yuhar Vom Kaniberg CGC C Barnum 60 GCH CH A. Feiner Eros L Bazlen 21 CH Bludrift’s Bold Solstice Bonfire Heart CGC L Moede/E Skovajsova 16 CH Skjaergaardens M.Star Per Se J Cook/J Brady 15 CH Ex Animo’s Benvenuti Amici CGC R White 13 GCH CH Panthera’s Corten V Bartholomay/G Butterfield 10 GCH CH Tempest Powerful Influence CGC M Mchale 10 CH Clandeboye’s Big N Rich CGC L Mclaughlin 8 GCH CH Bluebonnet’s Fricis Is On Fire Of Acorn BN RN A Mozeleski/W Jones/J Hatlas-Pepper 8 CH Bludrift’s Champagne Taste Of Diamonds L Moede

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L Watson 117 GCH CH Pioneer’s Shabri-El’s Shaken Bacon E Hamilton 56 GCH CH Millenniums Ain’T No Stopping Us Now T Plezbert/C Jones 53 GCH CH Kaigan’s Turbo Durant L Durant 34 GCH CH Sky High Fireside’s Hearts Desire C Sanchez/J Sanchez/D Drozdoff/M Drozdoff 21 CH Divine’s Lagniappe Meant To Bee CGC M Rawls/M Delisa 21 GCH CH Spring Hollow’s Triple Play M Horner/D Reece 21 GCH CH Isengard Glamdring-Foes Hammer J Gray/E Gray 17 GCH CH Bigdogs’ Super Stack S Miller-Brittan 17 CH Bluebonnet’s Mc Hullabaloo Caneck Caneck E Slone

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297 GCH CH Seacrest’s I’M Not What You Think J Taylor/D Nelson/D Nelson 140 GCH CH Cypress Bay’s Big Sur K Caesar/W Caesar 135 GCH CH Darbydale’s The Journey Continues C Bergmann 54 GCH CH Kilyka’s Three Sheets At Aegir RN N Dobson/M Vanek 47 GCH CH Shadrack’s My Hearts Darling E Murphy/J O’Neill 41 GCH CH Bear N Mind’s Code Of Honor D Gorsuch/C Gorsuch 39 GCH CH Bigdogfarm’s Intenso Azzurro C Hunt/A Turner-Cook 37 GCH CH Pouch Cove’s Seabrook Because He Can P Helming/K Griffin 17 GCH CH Avalon Bey’s Are The Stars Out Tonight B Bohannon/L Bohannon/L Rader 15 CH Thickish Newfoundland U Got The Look M Broihier/J Randolph

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125 GCH CH Polar Mist Cruz’N Zhivago’s Party R Stern 109 GCH CH Pebbles’ Run Play It Again Ham A Kiell Green/A Green/B Bruns/W Stamp 107 GCH CH Snoline ‘N Snowater’s On A Roll K Granacki/S Alexander/N Alexander 77 GCH CH Celticfrost Ranger N West Free P Kreif/F Kreif 76 GCH CH Polar Mist N Bark Bark’s Built Tough C O’Neill/J O’Neill 64 GCH CH Pebbles’ Run Sammantic Bentley B Bruns/W Stamp 62 CH Promise’s Mikey Likes Everything D Cassidy/D Cassidy 62 CH Couture’s You Had Me At Hello M Couture 58 CH Bruin’s One In A Million N Rathgeber/D Rathgeber 51 GCH CH White Eagle’s The Sky’s The Limit For Alpineglo T Litton/C Montgomery/M Augustus/J Augustus/C Mcnellie

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J Brock/S Brock GCH CH Valkyrie I’M All That Neocles J Parker/L Afong GCH CH Aquatass Clyde Of Camelot B Fermin/I Fermin GCH CH Dacher’s Rock And Roll D Smith/C Smith GCH CH Dandelion’s Maxwell’s Silver Hammer RN V Morro/W Varr Iii GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse M Lint/P Helming/D Gottdenker CH Asta’s Nyte Flyte CGC J Belton/P Belton/M Davis/B Waters GCH CH Allegiances Time Fortress De Sagres Pouch A Pina/A Lane/D Pina GCH CH Claircreek Lusitano Oceano Atlantico D Gottdenker GCH CH Seabury’s Final Voyage R Eskind/J Brown

H Eldred/G Bach/D Bach GCH CH Bigluv’s Lady Isabella RA CGC S Abel GCH CH Avatar Cosmac Storm M Brennan/J Mcilwaine/G Bidgood/A Mcilwaine GCH CH Big Beach’s Rhumba Man E Namour GCH CH Ivoss Super Cop’s Tank R Edwards/L Dibernardi GCH CH Parisans Stingray of RiverRidge R Ramsour/T Johnston GCH CH Nighthawk’s Limited Edition CD RE THD J Labombard/T Labombard GCH CH Wright’s The Will Of Zeus L Wright/K Wright GCH CH Von Wilhelms Over The Rainbow D Mclaughlin/S Mclaughlin/D Nardini GCH CH Wllslands Salt Rocks St James Guinez RA L Wells

M Ralsky/C Pacht GCH CH Topaz Start Your Engines C French GCH CH Davik’s Snowstorm Gussit D Piercey/T Teralla GCH CH Tamarak’s Just Jammin R Adler/S Weston/C Dowling/L Shertz GCH CH Karnovanda’s Stephen Coldbear D Thacker/D Beckman GCH CH Highlander’s All That Glitters K Wall/S Wall GCH CH Rybrook’s Appearance Rules The World J Rylander GCH CH Diamondt’s Sharp Dressed Man CA S Wells/T Wells/J Lerby GCH CH Paragon’s Absolutely Entertaining O’Kristari S Osharow/O Kanjanachusak GCH CH Saroja’s Strange Love At Kyger J Stodghill

L Baker/E Baker/S Lewis/R Lewis GCH CH Sandrimar’s Buffett Rocks Revilo S Martin/R Martin/B Oliver GCH CH Twin Branch’s Red Bull Of Empty Keg D Boyd/B Boyd GCH CH Vicdory’s Unleash The Dark Knight V Graves/D Jaeger CH Gliddens White Lite-N-Ing R Shaw/L Bulicz/E S CH Country Haven Cleopatra V Kings Row RN CGCA T Brown/V Brown CH Opdyke’s Please Drink Responsibly W Buell/C Cataldo/J Rudman CH Vicdory’s Up The Ante At Willow Creek M Swanson/D Swanson/V Graves GCH CH Szajda’s Neverending Story CGC A Szajda/B Quagliaroli GCH CH Twin Hickory Americas Anderson Cooper R Scarl

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E Davison GCH CH Shana’s Blue Bayou L Shank/C Brown GCH CH Shalimar’s Tribute To Gone With The Wind K Crist/D Crist GCH CH Mistic’s Longfellow Serenade S Marsh/A Derenzis GCH CH Katon’s Eye Of The Tiger V Morgenwald K Koehler/P Duffee/C Reidner GCH CH Keygolde Red Hot Diamond Lil CGC K Busco GCH CH D’Lacie’s Baroness Von Purple Rain RN CA M Campbell/P Ames/M Campbell CH Ernhart Rock Star S Imler GCH CH Sketchbook No Deductions BN PT CGC T Rothwell/L Hansen GCH CH Von Roth’s Paris Holiday A Gamble/J Roth/V Yantz

G Nunnally GCH CH Dreamcatcher Major Victory Of Loki CGC D Parsons Slayton/W Slayton CH Comancheria’s Walking Thunder D Templeman/G Nunnally GCH CH Himalaya’s A F Mufasa Of Stone W Puckett/D Puckett GCH CH Dawa’s Welcome Stranger From Sierras D Nechemias/L Claus/W Wickman/D Wickman GCH CH Himalaya’s Apache Eyota Ba’Cho Goshe G Nunnally GCH CH Drakyi Timberline’s Moxie D Bosak/C Radcliffe GCH CH Ayyangadoo Honcho Of Drakyi D Bosak/R Eichhorn GCH CH Dawa’s Kokopelli, Denali’s Spirit At Comancheria G Nunnally CH Dawa’s Tiberius Of Si-Je Chempo J St. John CH Saras Himalayas Chandini S Rustick/S Ochsenbein

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L Bryan/V Rickard GCH CH Epoch’s New York Minute A Moore/D Moore GCH CH Jet Aire’s Voyager To The Stars D Turba/J Turba GCH CH Penaire Cash Game At Longvue T Clyde/A Clyde/J Clarke/W Clarke CH Wildside Windancer N Strohmaier/W Strohmaier CH Airecraft Keep Her Flying K Burrier/D Burrier CH Brisline’s Baron Basil Of Woodside B Beyens-Cooney/M Beyens-Cooney/C Reynolds/G Mcrae Reydaleterrydale Playing For Keeps G Reyes CH Bobcat Deja Vu All Over Again C Denman/B Denman Joval Victorious Lawrence Beckett J Moss/B Haun/V Rickard

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V Gilli 13 GCH CH Arista Redskys Love Is All There Is CGC P Levy 12 GCH CH Abq San Isidro Christhill K Hill/W Christensen 11 Wild West’s Happy At The Plaza E Steele 8 GCH CH Christhill Morongo K Hill/W Christensen 6 GCH CH Temora Say It With Bacon Z Smith 6 CH Benayr Cleared For Takeoff T Nelson/S Bentley 5 GCH CH Rock Village Forever And Always L Violette 5 CH Redsky Come Fly With Me To Ryba S Bachman/T Schreeder 5 GCH CH Ryba’s And The Beat Goes On For Tera-K D Evans/S Bachman/T Schreeder

Bedlington Terriers 15 GCH CH Lamz Strike A Pose RN CAA CGC

L Zembrzuski/G Gilbeau 13 GCH CH First Class Willow Wind The Phoenix S Friedemann/J Fogel 11 GCH CH First Class Soul Of Rock And Roll J Fogel 8 CH Jacobine Von Münchhausen K Pankratova 6 GCH CH Lamz Eleanor Rigby CAA L Zembrzuski/G Gilbeau/L Frey 5 Bravo Carillon Opus C Bravo/L Heyman 4 Willow Wind Money’s Still Talkin’ At First Class J Fogel 3 Glaurieus Goes Supersonic L Friesen/W Friesen 2 GCH CH Wildwynd Perrier Jouet S Selmanson/T Colbert 2 Kaylynn’s Walk On The Wild Side S Beutler/R Beutler/E Beutler

K Fitzpatrick/S Moore GCH CH Ottermask Who’s Your Daddy G Duke/J Duke GCH CH Lyrical’s Stake And Shake A Moore/A Hargrave GCH CH Meadowlake Pants On Fire K Fitzpatrick/D Tack/S Tack/K Richardson/K Courtelis GCH CH Giles Hill Apache Plume C Simpson/R Simpson CH Greley’s Super Extraordinary Scout L Francis GCH CH Meadowlake Unforgetable Of Middleshires S Moore CH Gusto Beautiful Thing C Olson GCH CH Benchmark’s Winning Goal P Humenny/R Humenny CH Meadowlake I’Ll Have Another K Shorter/K Fitzpatrick

A Woodman-Jaspers/P Jaspers GCH CH Bestuvall On Easy Street M Aten/J Dykema CH Glentom Fortunate Son T Cournoyer/G Wright CH Rocky Top’s Sun And Rain L Stafford/R Poole/G Stafford/W Poole CH Action Deliciously Divine S Brown/F Berez/K Brown CH Quicksliver Wicked Li’L Sister B Ruppel/J Ruppel GCH CH Soquel Millenium Seafarer G Harlamoff/N Waynee/B Ruppel CH Action Spark Of The Divine CA CGC D Dean/F Berez Ann Dees Midnight In Mississippi R Boltwood GCH CH Glentom’s Dirty Harry Z Smith/G Wright Galactic Heart Of Steel BN CGC J Taylor CH Hawthorn Leap Of Faith M Quinn/P O’Driscoll

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S Harris/D Harris 16 GCH CH Actions Formula For A Queen K Prater-Piles/F Berez 8 CH Glentom Peppermint Twist At Byron F Pytko/T Cournoyer/G Wright 7 CH Imperials Kiss N Tell Aragon M Bankus/H Jones/J Jones 6 GCH CH Bullseye Oliver Orion N May/M May 3 GCH CH Glentom Seeking Fame And Fortune A Graulau/J Graulau/T Cournoyer/G Wright 2 Sorabully’s It’s About Time H Clayton/J Pappafotis/A Pappafotis 1 GCH CH Global Mighty White At Kilacabar C Whitmer/S Whitmer/C Kilpatrick/C Kilpatrick 1 GCH CH Rocky Top’s Rhythm Of The Rain P Tash/R Poole/W Poole 1 Ann Dee’s Eleanor Easy Like Sunday Morning D Towles

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What would you like to discuss which has not been covered by these questions-please limit these responses to 1,000 words at a maximum. DAVIES: I have had a bit of difficulty addressing some of these questions. Appropriate responses may be tendered by seated Directors, but many require more in-depth knowledge than a non-Director is privy to. One of the significant issues before us, at least in my mind, is a decided lack of communication between the Delegate body and the Board/Staff. Much of the work of the Board seems to be in “executive session”. Certainly in many cases this is necessary, but it appears to create a disconnect. I believe there is a significant opportunity for achieving success in our efforts for enhancement of AKC and our sport. Communication between the Delegate body, the Delegate Advisory Committees, the Board and the Staff – and the fancy in general – needs to be much more transparent. The fault is not a oneway issue. All of us need to make better use of the existing lines between the parties. BATTAGLIA: (No answer provided). PAVEZA: Many of the questions seemed to me to address the present of the AKC. My focus in running for the Board is on the future of the AKC. As I indicated in my most recent video to the delegate body (available at the following website: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=h4U6MmELjwQ), I believe that the AKC needs to renew itself through a deliberate strategic planning process. This process will need to engage members from all elements of the governance structure, as well as, respected individuals from across the fancy, breeders, judges, exhibitors (both professionals and owner-handlers and from all types of events), superintendents, some folks who just own companion dogs but with unique areas of expertise. We need to come together to engage in civil discourse about our future by either reaffirming our core mission or changing it to reflect the future as we think it will unfold. We need to address three critical questions: “What is it we are deeply passionate about at the AKC? What is it that we can be the best at in the world at the AKC? And finally, what drives the resource

engine in terms of time, money and brand at the AKC? (Italics are mine, the basic questions come from Collins, J. (2005), Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great. Elements Design Group; San Francisco, CA.).” If we come together to address these questions in which the myriad of voices are heard and recognized, then we will define the future for ourselves, rather than being driven by the latest wave threatening to capsize our ship. We will then be able to establish criteria for defining successful business ventures, and the success of various units within the AKC. The fancy must work cooperatively to set its future, we cannot work at cross purpose. This does it mean that there is no room for differences of opinion and civil debate around those differences, particularly when the facts are equivocal. But at the same time, when the facts point in a specific direction, I believe we need to come together as a fancy and move in that direction. We all need to understand that the issues and the problems we now face in the AKC, in my estimation, fall in that category of problems, which in the planning and crisis management fields are defined as “wicked problems,” problems that are not easily defined nor resolved, and where the solution to the problem generally has significant consequences that follow almost immediately on the implementation of the solution and cannot be easily reversed. We need to put our best minds both inside and outside of the AKC and the fancy to looking at how do we bring in new

breeders, how do we bring in and keep new exhibitors, how do we make the sport affordable again, how should the governance structure be modified to be as inclusive as possible of all types of event-giving clubs. None of these issues will be resolved quickly or easily, but they can be addressed if we have a forward looking strategic plan that provides us with an agreed to roadmap for our future. In my estimation this is an election not about decisions already made, but about our future as an organization, and it is my hope to help shape that future. AMEN: Four years ago, the delegates elected me to my first term on the AKC Board for three reasons: my experience in Companion Events – as an Obedience judge, trainer, exhibitor (with four OTCH-titled dogs); and having trained in Rally and Tracking, titled in Lure Coursing, and with experience in Field work and Dock Diving; second, my 40 years in public relations as a consultant and senior corporate executive; and, finally, my business background with three major companies as a corporate vice president, and as President of Ketchum Corporate Practice. If I am elected to the Board for a second term, I plan to continue to focus on these three areas and continue my commitment to the growth of the American Kennel Club. GLADSTONE: As usual I’ve said enough, if not too much. Thanks for the opportunity to express my views.

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T Akimoto/B Mcnamee GCH CH Stonebridge Just A Little Bit Better D Reynolds GCH CH Hjohoo’s Save Hjour Love For Me V Malzoni/E Theodorsson GCH CH Janwell Midnight Ryder E Grabow/K Loken GCH CH Connacht A Ha’ Penny Will Do M Joyce GCH CH Caledonian Earl Grey Of Wolfpit K Winkler GCH CH Hampton Court’s Bryan V Malzoni GCH CH Caledonian Tea Time Of Wolfpit L Hutchinson/V Malzoni CH Deran The Chosen One D Rogers/R Rogers CH Joywood’s Miss Brookes O’Qwentessential At D Blanchard/R Schuler/B Mcnamee/T Akimoto

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Fox Terriers (Smooth) 54 GCH CH J’Cobe Broxden Accidentally On Porpoise

R Looker/M Jacobs/L Aune/J Aune 40 GCH CH Hampton Court Broxden What In Carnation V Malzoni/A Rodrigues 25 GCH CH Nileefox Taylor Made D Rathgeber/S Rathgeber 24 GCH CH Lil’Itch Travel Aire H Looney 16 GCH CH High Mtn Warfox Peppermint Twist C Snavely/R Snavely 13 GCH CH Harewood Blackthorn Onyx M Aroney/A Peterson 10 GCH CH Broxden Waybroke Simphuni Burlesque B Huntington/D Simpson 268 Dog News

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Cesky Terriers 54 GCH CH Milenka’s Hector In Act Four

L Kapustina/A Kapustin/L Marino CH Altrincham Act Four Scene Two L Marino GCH CH Ispagnola Du Champ D’Eole L Marino/M Marino

CH Halcar Jasper Stone A Beckwith/P Castle CH J’Cobe Broxden Hampton Court Detroit Tiger H Griffith/A Rodrigues/P Booth GCH CH Bravofox Lohengrin A Williams/J Williams

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B Mcfadden GCH CH Tsarshadow Kentucky Windage At Foxheart J Ashburn/B Ashburn/D Belter/D Deeley GCH CH Reignon Lutra Fastest Girl In Town J Lange/J Moses/T Szaras CH Edenshire Cricklewood Black Orchid P Harrison/M Raggett GCH CH Fyrewyre Fit To Be Tied K Courtelis/D Benn/J Wilkinson/D Ryan CH Tes She’s Crafty E Singer CH Foxchases Ryder Cup T Severson CH Foxhaus Skyfall At Foxhollow D Barish/A Digiorgio/W Voss Warwick Blue Angel M Nemeth/C Nemeth CH Carywyre Emmwyre Breaking The Law C Mudge

Glen of Imaal Terriers 19 GCH CH Emerald Isle’s Keely With Daulton

T Thomas/S Thomas/J Daulton/P Estes 14 Keadeen’s Blue Boy For Bluesette G Dairiki/S Distefano/A Tighe/J Kindall 13 CH Liberty’s Colors Of Keadeen A Tighe/J Kindall 2 CH Daulton’s Princess C Hatteras CGC B Lorek/P Estes/C Lorek/J Daulton 2 GCH CH Finnabair Song O’My Heart JE CA M Mcdaniel/M Ewald 1 GCH CH Finnabair Waking Kilmurray THD C Dougherty

Irish Terriers 43 GCH CH Sharob’s Commander In Chief

S Lindgren/R Lindgren 24 GCH CH Red Branch D’Artagnan Of The Ring M Viel/J Metz/E Metz 7 CH Huntermoon Rocket Man B Petersen/N Petersen 6 CH Rockledge Ms Lexi Of Meath L Honey/J Wilson 6 Red Branch Winter Warrior Of Bantry Bay CGC M Pease/C Pease/J Metz/E Metz 6 Anamcara Red Sky At Night J Herring/R Hoh 3 CH Trackways Cassidy Keepsake C Rivera/K Warner/T Cassidy 3 CH Rockledge Ruari O’Mcmahon Clan D Mcmahon/J Mcmahon

Kerry Blue Terriers 31 GCH CH Soleilbleu’s Kiss Of Everglory CGC

N Westbrook/D Keene 26 GCH CH True Blue Midnight Sun H Cregor/E Randall 23 GCH CH Aristocrat’s Firestone Of Cross The Rubicon G Lee/L Lee/D Beaulieu

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14 GCH CH O’Mara’s Mr Blue Sky C Gacetta/R Plain 14 GCH CH Kallehan’s Timeless Classic Styling For Blue L Mathers/N Han 13 CH Beltane-Krisma’s Occam Razor J Deaton/L Grier 13 CH Teagan’s Cosmic Cruiser B Hunter/H Hunter 11 GCH CH Cheron’s Dirty Water C Purcell/R Purcell 10 CH Valtera’s St Patrick’s Party Time T Worful/M Lagassa 8 CH Fanfair’s Knockout U Sass 8 GCH CH Aristocrat’s Firelord Of Cross The Rubicon N Kunze/D Beaulieu

Lakeland Terriers 27 GCH CH Brocair’s Hrh Prince Harry

L Rogan/K Rogan 8 GCH CH Sheffield’s Knight At The Top Spot J Mccarthy/R Mccarthy 2 Delzar Where Art Thou Romeo A Castro 1 Sheffiled’s Brass Tail Knight J Mccarthy 1 GCH CH Northcote’s Elite Crimson Fire D Lawrence/C Lawrence/P Peters 1 CH Snowtaires Next Generation B Decker/L Parker

Manchester Terriers (Standard)

52 GCH CH Cashlane’s Cabana Boy J Hickey/D Hickey 30 GCH CH Medley’s Set Fire To The Rain V Levendi T Myers/C Caridis 21 GCH CH Medley’s The World Is Not Enough S Berrend/T Myers 20 GCH CH Jazzman Tonight’s The Night Z Bolin 12 GCH CH Jetcity By A Landslide A Cain/L Nonog 10 GCH CH Jetcity Winter Is Coming To Newbeg L Nonog 10 CH Jetcity A Storm Of Swords L Nonog 7 GCH CH Starfire’s Leave It To Me Of Subira B Odell/C Jaehnig/B Buel 6 GCH CH Medley’s War Hunt E Tonini/J Tonini/J Tonini-Zanotto 5 GCH CH Jetcitys Cactus Jack CA A Cain/L Nonog

Miniature Bull Terriers 70 GCH CH Imaginabull’s First Edition

T Moffitt 17 GCH CH Bonsai Winning Colors At Bullikountry R Kennedy/G Simonds 16 GCH CH Dytona Vip M Jacobs/A Klishas/E Feuz 10 Goblin’s Masquerade Mischief P St. Raymond 9 CH Marshside Everbody’s Talkin Ics J Rahn 9 CH Simetrabull’s Zig Zag Giddy C Hebrank 7 GCH CH Vip’s Playtime Prince K Toomey/S Cummings/F Milteer

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Daretobebare Twist Of Fate K Bisbee/M Attebery CH Amchara’s Cappuccina B Krautler GCH CH Eggstream Edwina Over Easy L Duncan Anirella’s Whizz Kid M Jacobs/A Klishas/E Feuz Badlesmere Benevolent K Coffman GCH CH Sunrise Minotaur Ready To Rock It M Dreyer/V Giamo/R Massingill/E Massingill CH Kingsmere Dark Side Of Notorious A Jaspers/L Lethin/P Jaspers

Miniature Schnauzers 222 GCH CH Allaruth Carmel Still Kidding V Sole Baye Y Phelps/C Ewer/R Ziegler 157 GCH CH Regency’s Play For Keeps D Lewis/K Lewis/B Verna 68 GCH CH Repitition’s Vincent Van Go A Mcbride/K Garmaker 46 GCH CH Yanga’s All The Time R Martinez Rahme 27 GCH CH Rivers Powerful Storm Of Nature S Gish/T Gish 24 CH Sparx Rich Dark N Delicious C Krohn 12 CH Kiss And Tell In Midnight Dreams P Rice 11 CH Earthsong Darkly Dreaming Dexter R Hoffmann/C Beagle 10 GCH CH Destineez Jump For My Love C Pendleton 9 CH Kelly’s Happiest Place At Sojourn D Kierzek/G Kelly

Norfolk Terriers 30 GCH CH Max-Well’s Cradle Robber

B Miller 20 CH Caprock’s Fast And Furious E Davenport/J Harper/D Harper 12 GCH CH Tenterra Rise To The Summit At Starmtn A Gabrielli/J Latterner 10 Venerie Yarrow Dot The I’S Yarrow Knl/Venerie Knl 6 CH Glendale In For A Shilling L Haring 5 Abbedale’s Red Mini-Cooper E Davis/W Davis 3 CH Glenelg Miss Fiona Of Nutmeg S Fleming 3 Glendale Right You Are L Haring 1 Tenterra Angel Unaware N Anderson 1 Abella’s Front Page News S O’Brian/T Smith 1 Tenterra Dancing With The Stars N Anderson 1 CH Echos M. Jp Phantom S Ptacek/S Bernhard/M Takada 1 Spring Cove’s Avalon Dory E Baker 1 GCH CH Shelly’s Simply Irresistible Of Sun Oak M James/A Sunderman 1 Abella’s Red Hot Scandal T Smith

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Norwich Terriers 132 GCH CH Dancy’s Rough Rider

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Russell Terriers 65 GCH CH Rivendell’s Tinker Toy

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Parson Russell Terriers 55 GCH CH Dream Hi’s Lil’ Surfer Dude

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Scottish Terriers 68 GCH CH Dynasty’s Br Donald Rockfeller

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Sealyham Terriers 6 CH Dunnville Da Vinci

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N Lentz/D Lentz GCH CH Camio’s Educated Exemplar C Rogers GCH CH Bronwyn He’s A Heartbreaker M Koltes GCH CH Michan’s Rider On The Storm L Marshall/H Marshall GCH CH Taliesin Twice As Nice L Sons/J Eckert GCH CH Roserock’s Atticus Finch A Garcia Gomez/M Lopez CH Loxwood Sweet Suzy Q D Gonzalez/S Miyasa GCH CH Janoras Simply A Legacy N Braun CH Ji-Ros Hotspur - Call Me Nigel CGC D Johnson GCH CH Wildgoose Runway At High Pines A Sikorski/S Sikorski

K Rickard/L Rickard GCH CH Thunder Hill Rumer Has It J Slater/V Moody GCH CH Shalimar Jack Of Diamonds J Outhet/A Hall CH Stonemaple Matinee Idol C Tippens/C Madigan GCH CH Red Rock High Roller ME K Raduziner CH Redwood Hez A Free Agent S Fuller GCH CH Panther Creek The Full Monty J Ramming/R Ford CH Highland Downs Boys Round Here N Herman/R Ford CH Shalimar Orejac’s Dignified Diplomat J Caulk/C Burgasser GCH CH Shasta N Jager Meister N Herman CH Pale Moon Rising Over The Snow M Bernard

M Title/C Mckenzie/S Sobel GCH CH Baylock Heart Of Fire M Ulrich/L Ulrich/K Azzorpardi CH Lyrical’s Preachin’ To The Choir A Hargrave CH Falling Branch Never Ending Story L Mckinney/L Grimsley GCH CH Dbf Woodsong Mayflower Madame C Mascuch/A Kiell Green CH Username Di Sutri J Faradi/K Miichi/M Title GCH CH Goldsand’s Billie Jean CA M Wooldridge/J Stevens/C Manelopoulos/R Corbin/M Bark GCH CH Kajsenborg’s Dirty Harry B Akin/J Ferrera GCH CH Mon Amour Jp Rainbow Blossoms A Barker/K Miichi GCH CH Dbf Stanley Cup P Jackson/C Lundin

D Burge/R Cross GCH CH Wilscot’s Luck Of The Draw A Carlton/D Carlton GCH CH Kelwyn’s Gm Freestyle Flyer K Edell/D Edell GCH CH Invercrest Gotcha Girl D Eggert/J Eggert GCH CH Pendragon Lady Of The Lake M Peck/P Lafontaine GCH CH Anstamm Sodak Go West Young Man P James/K James GCH CH Su-Ets Dancing In The Heather S Kent GCH CH Roundtown Everyday Magic Of Maryscot A Musser GCH CH Mcvan’s To Russia With Love M Khenkina GCH CH Toulin’s Quite The Spectacle E Lewis

Rat Terriers 72 GCH CH Felixvilles Traveling Pooch

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Skye Terriers 5 GCH CH Talakan Trumpeter Swan

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T Little/R Little GCH CH Trimark’s Ooh La-La-Polka-Dah B Veltri GCH CH Kenann’s Liv’N N Lov’ N Life CM A Agostine GCH CH Crosswind The Big Man In Town L Schroll/S Mcwilliams GCH CH Rock-E-Hill Tennesse L Hibbard CH Cal Val Stiletto’s Igo Tequila J Ferguson/M Ferguson CH King Pen Bentley Royal L Thoming GCH CH Rnb Dos Defying Gravity T Gillies/D Gillies CH Brtk Shades Of Grey At Geshan C Gesch/P Gesch GCH CH Seegmillers Dark Anthem K Seegmiller

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D Francois/J Thill/K Haugland GCH CH Wildwind Keep Your Hat On B Snyder/J Ferrera GCH CH Goodspice Efbe’s Ez Once U Know How J Cohron/M Good/F Bergeron GCH CH Eastman’s L’Plus Belle Bonwheat B Snyder CH Slyfox Busy Being Bad J Taggart/L Prather/M Taggart Forlegd Zazzy-Severus F Ahs/O Forlicz/S Sweatt

J Davis 4 GCH CH Jay-Roy Byrne ‘N Hot For You D Salandro 3 CH Dexter Jetser Bohemia Skywalker Gleanntan Knl 3 CH Blaze Of Glory Of Wallace’s Coven K Case/S Ahuja

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CH Gallondean Moonshine J Degnan/L Weber/P Zeller Seamist Knight To Remember E Hersey/S Hersey

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Sun Oak Tupelo Honey A Sunderman/J Sunderman 1 Brynmawr Dream Out Loud K Rost/J Callens 1 GCH CH Brynnmawr ‘N Seaplume’s Built Tough C Stevens/M O’Farrell

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Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers 89 GCH CH Bryr Rose Phoenix Rising

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West Highland White Terriers 108 GCH CH White Oaks Invincible Snowplow

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C Garrett GCH CH Burdigan’s Red Hot Chili Pepper J Burdick/J Burdick GCH CH Lismore V For Victory M Ryan CH Legacy Gleanngay At Bonney B Snyder/J Caliri/R Green GCH CH Villanova Blame It On The Bossanova C Phelps/B Phelps GCH CH Frolic’s Speed Demon At Fenris D Hill/T Ringstrom/E Skoglund GCH CH Reyem’s Saddle Up N Ride C Roozen/K Baird GCH CH O’Lorcan’s Mystery Writer J Snoddy/P Snoddy/R Shumate GCH CH Sundance Second Chance S Russo/F Russo GCH CH Avalon Lord Lannister S Amorosia/G Amorosia/D Ables/M Ables

Staffordshire Bull Terriers 62 GCH CH Shortyrocks Jasper By Dumbriton

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M Bryant/S Carter GCH CH Roughnecks Casual Look J Massie GCH CH Vomhausharrock Dondiegoredrock L Heimbuch/T Alberg CH Trugrip Rebelside Golden Bear B Aslin/R Aslin/D Merritt/J Merritt L-Belle’s Pin It To Win It RA TDX NA NAJ CAA C Edwards GCH CH Rockstaff Celtic Guardian E Harris/S Harris/P Briasco GCH CH Bullseye Back In Black Z Smith/A Hill GCH CH D’Spain Fuego Negro Poseidon M Shimizu/T Ejima GCH CH Classy Staffys The Jury’s Out CGC G Phillips/L Heimbuch/D Dills CH Cumhil Hell Boy Z Smith

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Welsh Terriers 35 GCH CH Andover See-Z The Moment

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P See/J See GCH CH Darwyn Here For A Good Time L Hotchin/S Cornick GCH CH Abbeyrose Black Diamond J Anspach/M Duafala/P Allen GCH CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid Of Honor S Abmeyer/K Bailey/T Lee/X Xie GCH CH Teritails Loyal Knight T Lohmuller CH Bayleigh Shaireab’s Iceman K Bailey/S Abmeyer CH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Call Me Irresistible S Abmeyer/K Bailey CH La Sierra’s Lasting Impression Of Tujays’ J Oliveri CH Sanherpinc Salsa S Pinto

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S Meisels/G Meisels GCH CH Laurelwynds Mikayla D Singletary GCH CH The Boss De New Gryffindor F Askin GCH CH Armadale’s Keep Walking M Jacobs GCH CH Mizzentop Storm King M Fiore/H Fiore GCH CH Imperial’s Major League J Parcel CH Nutmegs Fly N With Fiona M Sierra/C Schroedel GCH CH Reignwood’s Give You Joy C Lockwood/J Lockwood CH Shalreign’s The Love Bug C Kniola/T Vacha/K Kittle GCH CH Tullybloom’s Classified Credentials P Cohen/C Cohen

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Toy Group

Affenpinschers 46 GCH CH Yarrow’s Hi-Tech Ben There Done That

W Truesdale/W Truesdale/L Wubbell 38 GCH CH Tamarin Tanner A Shultz 23 GCH CH Seamonkey’s Bazinga D Nelson/D Nelson 12 CH Yarrow’s Tiarra From Schwestrn C Duran/L Duran 7 CH Yb’s Big Bang Theory S Magoss/A Magoss/K Debruin/D Debruin 6 Wildflower’s Fiddlehead At Hilane M Hammond/C Mann/M Mcquade 6 Coachlight Aff-Ter A Singular Sensation A Magoss/S Magoss/M Wymore/S Wymore 3 CH Avantgarde Moon Song S Lex 3 Afpint Homme Singe At Ruzka D Hichborn 2 Tamarin Terracotta D Olsen/M Olsen

Brussels Griffons 93 GCH CH Hilltop’s GQ Cover Boy

P Brown 46 GCH CH Sunny Bear’s Sonic Boom At Shar’s S Massad/V O’Brien Humbird 41 GCH CH Krossfire Dealer’s New Deck D Henderson/W Napieraj 29 GCH CH Norkus’ Code Red B Norkus/J Neposchlan 22 GCH CH Cashnross’ A Brief Furlough F Cashin/C Ross 22 CH Union Grif Sharpshooter R Vazquez/J Rosa 21 CH St Johns Maximus St Johns Knl/E Hole

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20 GCH CH Seagryphs Sleeping With The Anemone K Rogers/M Rogers/A Bernardin/M Kornfeld/E Kornfeld 19 GCH CH Fist Face A Penny For Your Thought L Pagacz/C Pagacz/K Catterson 14 CH I’M Just Wild About Harry V Jd M Somershoe/G Cole

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 181 GCH CH Carmas Penne Pasta At Crizwood

A Crizwood Kennel 150 GCH CH Rradac’s Left At The Top C Darr 137 GCH CH Mayfield Charming Chester M Mayfield 117 GCH CH Wandris Buttons And Bows G Reardon 113 GCH CH Miletree Joshua B Henry/S Henry 109 GCH CH Manorhouse Right As Rain P Mccaslin 101 GCH CH Piccadil’s Twist And Shout CD BN RE J York 79 GCH CH Mayfield Eva Gabor K Chandor/C Black 65 GCH CH Chantismere Pearl M Talley/J Talley 63 GCH CH Ringside’s Roscoe P Coltrane D Fullerton

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Chihuahuas (Long Coat) 107 GCH CH Jetstar’s Simply Outrageous

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J Chandler GCH CH Mst United Jp Kobushi K Kumagai GCH CH Matriart Lg Sweet Cake L Diniz Pretoni/A Paola Diniz GCH CH Bramver’s Black Dynamite C Kadowaki/R Murphy GCH CH Bk’s Wild About Harry B Smith GCH CH Ouachitah Diamond In The Sky At Lone Pine J Finkel/M Blank/A Finkel/N Finkel GCH CH Dazzles Touch Of Midas D Jensen GCH CH Neo Fabulous Sky’s The Limit K Han GCH CH Carousel’s Lovin Spoonful K Specht GCH CH Mgm Spellbound B Gentile/S Guthrie CH Destiny’s Stealing Hearts L Bowes

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53 GCH CH Dartan Wow Factor Of Josam J Ater 50 GCH CH Sonnus Filho (Sanchez) J Moses/J Moses/R Sanchez-Torres 44 GCH CH Angelic Thumbalena R Bigford/C Bigford 44 GCH CH Ouachitah One Life To Give L George 44 GCH CH Flo-Davi ‘N Timeless Creating Havoc F Davis/D Davis/K Potts 37 GCH CH Lugari Holiday Rocco I Lugo/P Murray 30 GCH CH Kirin Abracadabra B Gossett/S Johnson/D Blank

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Chinese Crested 169 GCH CH Kaylen’s Kahlua

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V Dorris/K Peiser GCH CH Kulana’s Sh-Boom S Frumkin/M Frumkin GCH CH Deja Vu Fat Chicks Revenge R Kusumoto/J Kusumoto/K Matlock GCH CH Egillo Z Teramonu A Lynn GCH CH Kulana’s Overnight Sensation D Cullen GCH CH Zen’s Cirque Du Soleil N Feldman GCH CH Pammar I Am I Said Of Kylin L Davi/T Lodien GCH CH Shida Chanel Coco K Polczinski/J Young-Johnson GCH CH Palmetto’s Flying Dutchman B Kruse/G Kruse GCH CH Storytime’s Rocky Road For Gingery M Fields/A Butterklee/J Temple

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22 GCH CH Sanchi Pleasant Surprise B Miller 15 GCH CH Loujon Thornwood Little Jacob K Miller/J Ward 12 GCH CH Dragon’s Lair Hoard Of Treasure I Cary 10 Chaselands Tata Vega C Howard 4 CH Loujon Backroad To Lynchburg K Miller 3 CH Xela’s Et Phone Home S Hill/M Hill/A Romero/A Romero 3 CH Fox Hollow Lynchburg Lemonade A Sunderman

21 GCH CH Sirius’ The Red Saint B Maurer/P Cox/J Swanson/J Cox 9 CH Ashton Winmar Rags To Riches D Thompson/M Winters 7 GCH CH Novel Backroads Run For The Roses S Plance/H Reid/M Reid 2 CH Southwycks Send Me Home J Dooley 2 CH Danaho’s Golden Notebook D Hopkins 2 CH Dignity’s All That Jazz K Grayson/R Kibbee 2 Caledonia Win One For The Gipper At Cottage J Freni/H Reid

Havanese 214 GCH CH That’s Adorabull’s Dreaming Of You

D Scheiris/J Chavez/D Scheiris/P Lucas/S Lucas 136 GCH CH Qbin’s Strictly Confidential At Enginuity A Liebing/A Welling 77 GCH CH Bellatak Vallee’s Maximum Dream K Patrick

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Italian Greyhounds 96 GCH CH Marchwind Barbara Ann

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C Harris GCH CH Gdm Zenyatta At Lakeside M Manning/D Snoble/J Kulic GCH CH Voici Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire L Griffioen/K Gibson GCH CH Maplewood’s The Next Big Thing M Caton CH Buchio’s Cataldo C Huitt/R Guzzino GCH CH Infiniti Holding Kryptonite K Frennier/R Frennier GCH CH Kashmir’s Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! C Weatherhead GCH CH Integra Maja Scattered Pearls M Lucas/R Weyer/T Catterson GCH CH Liberty’s Gris Gris Creole Treat C Odom/T Mayers GCH CH Piason Make My Wish Come True K Gibson CH Casun Vincencia The Waits Over L Burke/T Kangas

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25 GCH CH Sands Rs More Than A Crush J Ray/A Preuett 21 Chrisman’s Legolas M Comitini/C Vicari 17 GCH CH Limited Edition Of Snow County Kr K Morris 17 GCH CH Donryn Passion For Fashion K La Rosa/D La Rosa 16 CH Rhapsody’s Poker Face K Morris 14 CH Vellavica’s Fabulous Dior V Chedygov 12 GCH CH Divine’s Let Em Talk About Me A Stanberry/S Newton

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28 GCH CH Rosewood Casanova D Texter 20 GCH CH Burmack’s National Treasure At Medley RN T Myers/J Burrows 19 GCH CH Bayside’s Beginning D Texter 13 GCH CH Baysides Cody Joy S Umlauft/D Texter 13 GCH CH Evrmor Gift Of Grace M Fox/J Morgan/L Novosad 12 CH Blossoms Life Of The Party B Scott-Heim 4 CH Burmack’s Journey To Crown G P Goss/J Burrows 4 GCH CH Rustic Lane Sunshine Daydream C Horowitz/M Lee 4 GCH CH Cottage Lake’s Our Lady Of Fatima R Travis/M Chagas 3 GCH CH Rosewood Captain Morgan B Hodges 3 CH Lani’s Marilyn Monroe L Miner

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Japanese Chin 55 GCH CH Genki’s Blue Moon

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Miniature Pinschers 141 GCH CH Envi Mi The Quarterback

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Papillons 200 GCH CH Fenice Le Beaudreaux

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77 GCH CH Peluito’s Papi Chulo A Etzig/L Curtis 68 GCH CH Love’s Havaheart Los Goodfellas K Rivera 65 GCH CH Prairiwind’s N Lordoc’s Marco Island L Jergenson 52 CH Mistytrails Reddi N’Will’N E Dorma 46 GCH CH Surluv Lickin Larrgo De Grace D Heydt/E Heydt 43 GCH CH Oeste’s Stealing The Starlight M King/J Vogel/R Schindler/T Mcfadden 38 GCH CH Yayas Dancing Through Life D Planche/C Livingston/K Livingston/B Callahan

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L Marshall/H Marshall/J Dalton GCH CH Tacori Magic Dragon On A Karousel S Fleming Balter/A Hewitt CH Solimar Rin Chin Chin J White/D Flora GCH CH Touche’ Color Me Beautiful N Mceachern/T Pizer CH Hapichin Tuff Enuff D Mccord/L White CH Touche’s Angel Trumpet R Wilson/D Martenson GCH CH Touche’s Snapdragon B Gorodner/A Bower GCH CH Touche Lion’s Share R Wilson/D Martenson Fabel-Mi So Lucky Too J Dalton/J Turjoman GCH CH Chiboya Ni Kokoro Kitto Gimme A Riesen J Valentine CH Six Gems Best Bet Yet By Chindale K Sullivan

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Maltese 60 GCH CH Southern Charmed’s Rhett Butler

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M Mullen-Wolf 53 CH Euphoria Rhapsody Locked In A Tower J Anderson 35 CH Diamond Demarco Collection D Tran/C Pearson

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K Winters/M Green/J Berg GCH CH Marlex N Kisa Set Fire L Uhacz/A Angelbello GCH CH Kimro N Spiva’s Super Trooper K Pastella Calvacca/R Greenslade/H Schwell/J Spiva GCH CH Wannabee M’Daddy’s Hooked On Hooch M Keyser/D Keyser GCH CH Brackley Amazing Grace W Boyette/P Durand CH Classic Marlex In Red L Uhacz/A Angelbello/C Rio GCH CH Marlex N Marisol Bold Moves A Angelbello/M Hackett CH Tiler’s Red Tail Salsa D Fielden/J De Belen CH Marlex Lulin Wave Rider A Parman CH Marlex Lulin Heat Wave A Angelbello

E Akers-Perry/M Perry/L Jaeger 135 GCH CH Mgl-Isle Royal Ransom Of Vw B Winthers/C Peel/R Winthers 113 GCH CH Wildfire Uncensored N Shaw 94 GCH CH Involo Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ M Mosing/D Garofalo/M Garofalo/G Garofalo

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Letters to the Editor QUESTIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS As I am very interested in who gets elected to the Board of the AKC. I have two questions I would like to ask of all of the Board members and those running for the Board in the upcoming elections. This is very important in regards to the way my club would wish me to vote and also would be of interest to the other Delegates. 1. When the NOHS opt-in program is brought before the Board again, would you be voting for the NOHS to be opt-in or vote to still make it mandatory at least one day of a two-day show? 2. Who will you be voting for the position of Chairman of the Board? Would you vote for the current Chairman or for others that may be running. I know this could be a delicate subject but I feel that if you are a Board member you should have a pretty good idea of who you would like to see as your Chairman and should have the courage and conviction to voice your choice. This is very important in the way the direction of the AKC is headed and at this time the AKC is focusing on some items that do not address on the main problem with the AKC...and that is getting the word out to the general dog loving public of the importance of getting a pure bred dog from a reputable breeder. Another is expanding the dog activities offered to attract other forms of activities that could get the name of the AKC out to a wider audience. I am sure lots of Delegates and their clubs would be interested in these answers. If there are no answers to these questions one would assume that Board member will vote the same as before on the question of the opt-in. To refresh the Delegates’ memory of the last vote of the Board on this motion it was as follows: The National Owner Handled Series There was a motion by Ms. Cruz, seconded by Mr. Feeney, to make the NOHS a completely opt-in program. 274 Dog News

This motion was defeated, with the VOTE (affirmative: Ms. Cruz, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Menaker, Dr. Battaglia, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Wooding; opposed: Mr. Kalter, Mr. Ashby, Mr. Amen, Mr. Powers, Mr. Dok, Mr. Arnold, Dr. Garvin). If you respond please respond to the Delegate L list above and not just to me. Johnny Shoemaker Delegate Redwood Empire Kennel Club QUEEN’S CORGI BREED IN DANGER AS POPULARITY PLUMMETS One of the Queen’s favourite breeds of dog, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is at risk of disappearing from our streets and parks after being listed as a vulnerable dog breed by the Kennel Club for the first time in the breed’s history. In 2014 the Pembroke Welsh Corgi numbered just 274 registrations with the Kennel Club, 16 percent lower than in 2013. The breed has been steadily declining since its peak in 2006, when there were almost double the number of the breed registered with the Kennel Club. The low point means that the breed is now officially on the Kennel Club Vulnerable Native Breeds list, which includes those native dog breeds with 300 or fewer puppy registrations annually, meaning they fall below the minimum number needed to ensure that a breed’s population is sustained properly. In total there are 29 breeds on the list, including the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, the Irish Red and White Setter and the Sussex Spaniel. There are four breeds on the ‘At Watch’ list, because they number between 300 and 450 registrations, including the English Setter and the Old English Sheepdog. The Pembroke Welsh Corgi has been on the At Watch list since 2009, when it first fell below 450 annual Kennel Club registrations. Whilst many native breeds are declining in popularity, some foreign breeds are reaching new heights. The French Bulldog (owned by the likes of Jonathan Ross, Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Jackman) has

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continued to enjoy another astronomical leap in popularity, with registrations of the breed increasing by 38 percent since 2013, making it the country’s fourth most popular breed. There has been a staggering 1,724 percent increase in the breed since 2004, with registrations increasing from 350 to more than 9,000. Other breeds on the Vulnerable Native Breeds list fared better in 2014, with the Dandie Dinmont Terrier increasing by 37 percent last year, to 144 registrations. The breed will celebrate its 200th anniversary on 24 February 2015, when 50 Dandie Dinmont dogs from around the world will gather at Sir Walter Scott’s former home in Abbotsford House, Scotland, to celebrate the day that the historical novel Guy Mannering was published, the book that first introduced the breed to the world. Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is one of the country’s most iconic dog breeds and so it is worrying to see the breed dip to a historic low and become one of our vulnerable breeds for the first time ever. “We compile a list of Vulnerable Native Breeds in order to raise awareness of some of our oldest, and historically best loved breeds of dog, that are struggling to compete with newer breeds that are more fashionable. “Crufts is coming up in March and this is a great opportunity for people to discover the 215 breeds recognised in this country, as currently half of all dogs registered in the UK are from the top ten breeds, with the other lesser known breeds sadly trailing far behind.” Mrs Debbie Richardson, a Kennel Club Assured Breeder of Pembroke Welsh Corgis whose dog Bailey won Best Dog at Crufts last year, said; “Pembroke Welsh Corgis are such fantastic all-round dogs that are intelligent, fun and incredibly loyal, but their popularity is waning as we are simply failing to attract younger people to the breed’s charm. “Sadly, it is seen as an old person’s dog and young people aren’t buying or responsibly breeding the dogs. My dogs have the most wonderful temperaments and are perfect with my young twins. It would be incredibly sad to no longer be able to see this charismatic, quintessentially British breed in our streets and parks, in a few generations’ time. Fortunately people can meet the breed at Crufts and find out what a fantastic dog the Corgi really is.” Laura Quickfall London, England

ThE AKC CANINE hEALTh FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES Animal Health and the UC Davis Center for Companion Animal 2015 CLINICIAN-SCIENTIST FELLOwS Health. The AKC Canine Health Foundation is pleased to announce Importantly, all research performed by these Fellows will be the 2015 class of Clinician-Scientist Fellows. Six promising in line with CHF’s mission and will be consistent with the foundaveterinary post docs and students were selected by their tion’s policies and guiding principles. colleges of veterinary medicine and will receive support Visit www.akcchf.org/fellows to learn more about the 2015 from the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) for their Fellows and their canine health research projects. training and research efforts. Please consider a gift to “Adopt a Researcher.” Your donaEstablished in 2013, the AKC Canine Health Foundation will help fund the next generation of scientists and will make tion Clinician-Scientist Fellowship Program seeks to encoura lasting impact on canine health research. age and support the next generation of canine health reAKC CHF searchers in order to sustain future advancements in canine Raleigh, NC and human health. “We are excited to see the impact of this program grow so quickly and to see our donors start to share in our DEAR NAIA AND NAIA TRUST SUPPORTERS, enthusiasm for supporting our next generation of veterinary Greetings! My name is Jordan Jones and I am the new govclinician-scientists,” said Dr. Shila Nordone, CHF Chief Scienernment relations director for the NAIA Trust. Let me begin by tific Officer. “As emerging key opinion leaders in veterinary thanking you on behalf of our organization for your support over medicine their relationships with our donors and their underthe past few years. Through your help, the NAIA has been able standing of the value of collaboration is critical to helping to make significant progress in promoting and preserving the true us solve our greatest health concerns faster.” animal welfare movement. We are truly humbled by this experiThe 2015 AKC Canine Health Foundation Clinicianence, but our work is far from over and we need you now more Scientist Fellows are: than ever. Dr. Steven Friedenberg, DVM, MS, MBA of North CarIn addition to hiring new team members, one of NAIA’s reolina State University. Dr. Friedenberg’s research seeks to cent developments is that we are revamping our social media understand the genetic causes of autoimmune diseases in network. Our new NAIA Trust Facebook page will be used for dogs. publishing advocacy content to equip our supporters with materiDr. Hyun Ji Noh, MS, PhD of the Broad Institute of MIT als and resources for engaging their representatives and comand Harvard. Dr. Noh’s research is focused on studying munities. We will still maintain the existing NAIA page, which has psychiatric disorders such as obsessivebeen a wonderful recompulsive disorder in the dog source in bringing toDr. Alana Redfern-Allen, DVM of gether animal welfare  Iowa State University. Dr. Redfern-Allen constituents and estabwill investigate Diabetes mellitus, a comlishing an online presmon endocrine disease of dogs and huence for the movement. mans. Our hope is that we can Dr. Christine Sibigtroth, DVM of Unitailor these pages to versity of Missouri. Dr. Sibigtroth will study our advocates’ needs as canine degenerative myelopathy (DM), time goes on, providing an adult onset progressive neurodegentwo distinct avenues for erative disease in dogs that shares many civic engagement. characteristics with inherited amyotrophic We are reaching lateral sclerosis (ALS) in humans. Dr. Sibigout to all advocates troth’s research is sponsored by the Amernow to take a moment ican German Shepherd Dog Charitable and ‘like’ our NAIA Trust Foundation, Inc. page, which we have Dr. Amelia Sinkin, VMD of University linked below. We are of Georgia. Dr. Sinkin’s research is fovery excited to share cused on myxomatous mitral valve disease these new resources with (MMVD), a condition affecting an estiall of you, but to be efmated 2 - 4.9 million dogs in the United fective we need your inStates and leads to the development of volvement. Please be on congestive heart failure in approximately the lookout for more ex15% of affected animals. citing updates from us in Ms. Emily Brown, DVM / PhD Candithe coming months and date of the University of California, Daprepare to take action! vis. Ms. Brown’s research will investigate Sincerely, the genetic etiology of Addison’s disease, Jordan Jones an endocrine disorder, in the Nova Scotia Director of GovDuck Tolling Retriever (NSDTR) and other ernment Relations dogs. Ms. Brown is sponsored by the Nova https://www.faceScotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club (USA) book.com/naiatrust and the UC Davis Center for Companion   Dog News 275

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J Blackburn/C Andrus 26 GCH CH Ducat’s Smokin’ Hot H Dorrance 23 GCH CH Anana’s Where Legends Are Born C Seymour/K Seymour 23 GCH CH Sierra’s Hallmark R Sampson/S Schuldt 18 GCH CH Anana’s Look Into The Future K Strunk/S Strunk 14 GCH CH Arctic Magic Bon Temps Yvette S Hamilton Doyle 13 GCH CH Eskyblue Fuji Ltd Dom Perignon S Ray/B Davidoff 12 CH Anana’s Most Valuable Player K Seymour/C Seymour 10 CH Ah’s Siriusdrms Saratoga Passage D Miller/R Miller 8 GCH CH Anana’s Champagne Wishes B Brown

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P Odette/L Van Keuren/L Carlton/L Letsche 66 GCH CH Kman’s Miss Fancy Pants N Pellegrini/K Andrew 27 GCH CH Cher Ami’s Toast With Remy Martin D Mathog/R Mathog/R Wolfe 18 GCH CH Ecco Lormi’s True Grit Of Dove-Cote M Fahy/P Schafmayer/M Hyde/M Small 15 GCH CH Karmel’s Fairspride Lord Jasper E Fair/S Fair 14 GCH CH Saks Winning Card S Ayers/C Ruggles/K Hanson/S Hanson 12 GCH CH Chilleykings That’s A Little Twisted D Scheiris/D Scheiris 11 She Bichons Betsy Ross S Fishell/S Hunkins 10 GCH CH Vogelflight’s Alouette K Vogel/M Vogel/B Chappell/D Ardangna 9 CH Victoire’s Basil Pesto V Halstead 9 CH Show Me It’s Love At First Sight! C Dundulis 9 CH Heights Morse Code T Roth/L Spitzer

Boston Terriers 196 GCH CH Naughty Norteno’s Clik Clik Bang

M Fish/K Norton 135 GCH CH Acorn & Gumbo’s My Dad Wanted A Ferrari C Mcenaney 88 GCH CH Kc’s Rolling And A Strolling K Bogenholm/J King/M Klein 57 GCH CH Sabe’s Simply Invincible S Saberton 43 GCH CH Candar’s This Girl Is On Fire C Gerson/D Gerson/C Gerson 36 GCH CH Danicrest Bullet’s Brunello’s Rare Essence M Brown/J Royce/D Butler/N Brown 34 GCH CH Ken’s Always Gets The Last Laugh K Roux/C Dickinson/B Dickinson 32 GCH CH Haberl’s When Lightning Strikes R Snow/B Kivimaki/B Barnhart

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N Baldwin 14 GCH CH Willowcreeks Fat Bottom Girl L Neel/C Wolfe/D Jones 12 CH Bihar’s Defying Gravity P Dyer/L Dyer/M Cropsey 10 GCH CH Sweetmeadows Don’T Make My Brn I’s Blu K Bumiller 6 GCH CH Madriglace Jj J Swindler/J Beckett 5 GCH CH Kismet’s Roseland Mercedes V Ashford S Zemrak/K Fletcher 4 Suite Stormee Knight J Mourning/F Mourning/W Koistinen/R Crowder 4 CH Musicbox Fig Newton At Alharin D Jones 2 Roseland Gypsy Boy Of Marday D Lewis 2 Sylvan Myst High Flyin’ Lion S Carter/K Roll/R Croxton

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A Halterman/S Middlebrook GCH CH Willow’s Let It Ride D Johnson/T Johnson GCH CH Telstar The Way We Wanted It R Rollins/B Burke CH Willow’s Spindrift Stowaway E Lane/M Stulting/L Brown GCH CH Bonchien Park Place M Dauven/J Outhet GCH CH Willow’s Wildwest Denim De Sang Bleu L Vizcarra GCH CH Crosswind’s Wild Risk K Davis GCH CH Tumbleweed Walkin’ Streets O’Gold J Moore/T Lucas GCH CH Lackeycreek Forward Pass Fullfield A Lineberger/K Fuller GCH CH Schipwreck Follow The Rainbow S Hamilton/D Harris/A Lessig/R Hamilton

Poodles (Miniature) 46 GCH CH Forever Have Faith In Me

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Schipperkes 114 GCH CH Rivendel’s Barefoot Bandit

Keeshonden 162 GCH CH Skyline’s Unit Of Measure

K Cullen/S Cullen/J Gauchat-Hargis/J Hargis GCH CH Nightwind’s Holy Smoke C Hales/D Hodges GCH CH Trumpet’s You Could Be Mine B Blankenship GCH CH Dreamwoods On The Rocks D Tousey GCH CH Winsome’s My Guy N Hadeishi/I Hadeishi/K Arnds CH Shoreline’s Wild Rider J Smith/M Zukus-Smith GCH CH Kj’s Hot Date K Dowd GCH CH Trumpet’s No Questions Asked B Blankenship GCH CH Trumpet’s Gimme Back My Bullets B Blankenship GCH CH Shamrock-Kealoha Plays With Knives At S Kelly/T Cook/B Cook/L Lenci CH Confetti’s Jokes and Jollies W Venable

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J Manders/J Workman GCH CH Black Sky Jukka K Smith/J Smith/I Semenschin GCH CH Clarion Karadale Better Together K Kennedy Vigil/A Kennedy/K Berlind GCH CH Surrey Cherry Garcia K Wallen/K Hosaka GCH CH Horizon’s Absolutely Me D Strumbel/T Glavan GCH CH Rosebell Pzazz Perfectly Charming C Gauche/J Gauche GCH CH Jlc Exemplar J Chamberlain/E Charles GCH CH Penchant Phabulous Of Kalein D James/K O’Bryant CH Bellefleet Don’T Pass Me By A Reichertz/J Reichertz Danfour Avalon As If D Chavez/B Cardova CH Silverado’s Singing In The Rain B Curry

L Campbell GCH CH Del Zarzoso Salvame From Afterglow S Barnett/G Lindemann/M Gadsby/J Lynn GCH CH The Siren Of The Sea Byrequest L Hughes/W Penn GCH CH Hillwood Dassin Ouspenskaya E Charles/J Vergnetti GCH CH Safari’s Belle De Jour At Jucarta C Huff/J Haefner

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S Ozasa/L Huang/L Sakashita GCH CH San Jo Jay-Z C Mamiya GCH CH Tobishi’s Heavy Hauler T Szabo GCH CH Kari-On’s Tommy Lee Jones D Chenoweth/T Houser GCH CH Lee-Fen’s Addicted To Love C Giffin GCH CH Goldkress A Horse With No Name L Kress GCH CH Morningstar Jack Sparrow Black Pearl M Peterson/D Peterson CH Marma’s Koda H Broughton/B Broughton CH Sunojo’s Scotian Bushido Blade L Reeves/R Norris-Jones GCH CH Royal’s Pistol Packin Moma J Cutting/P Peterson

M Feltenstein/J Seppanen GCH CH Wassong’s Djebel Of Lollipop P Sarles/K Wassong GCH CH Shilo-Gracele Tennessee Tu Step J Guimbellot/S Carroll GCH CH Hi-Hope First Man On The Job For Calirose E Ctibor/M Ctibor GCH CH Shang-Hai’s Leader Of The Pack S Novarra/B Patrick GCH CH Lobsang Ready Or Not C Tramaglini/L Craven

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TheDogNews TopTenList 17 GCH CH Bb Jo’s She’s The One For Aldea N Me J Thomas/P Ford 14 GCH CH Primah Moment In Time C Zieris/S Carroll 9 GCH CH Wassong’s Van Gogh B Thompson 9 CH Tibroke’s Pick Your Poison K Dickeson

Tibetan Terriers 81 GCH CH Kimik’s Who Dunnit

D Planche/M Demers/L Demers 29 GCH CH Aurora’s Welcome To The Jungle D Haynam 26 GCH CH Barnstorm To-Jo B’En Wicked @ Adominos By R Bailey/J Sheffield/M Lafler 19 GCH CH Zoji-La Tiesun G Mccullough/J Mccullough 14 CH Maitri’s Sir Perseus B Richards 11 GCH CH Tripitaka Midas Touch S Lydon/C Lydon 11 CH Tibicinan Patricia Joli A Soderman 9 GCH CH Lyrac Winter’s Monumentum Movement T Brock/M Everett/C Crouse 8 GCH CH Geribob Salishan To The Manor Born T Titus/S Carr/R Hennings 6 CH Gemm’s Irish Toast At Vanbeard Cheers E Miller/S Bowers/K Ostrander-Bowers/B Hartman/G 6 GCH CH Salishan Princess Of The Wind CGCA J Slothower/H Slothower 6 CH Ti La Shu U Make Me Happy For Gemms E Miller/G Gregerson/B Hartman/S Bowers/K Ostrander6 GCH CH Trisong’s Always After Me Lucky Charms S Schultz 6 CH Lyrac’s Calypso Gleeming Twilight C Crouse/D Shuman

Xoloitzcuintli

44 GCH CH Besitos Alegre Cielito CA P Braz/S Polk 18 GCH CH Augustine’s Kiss The Boy’S J Vawter 16 GCH CH Bayshore Georgio Armani S Blanco/J Hanigan/L Hylton/T Johnson/J Baylis 15 GCH CH Himnotico Caliente CA CGC A Wise/K Wise 15 CH Bigstar’s Unchained At Hannon Hill E Burch/L Pierce 14 GCH CH Besitos Munequita T Vila/K Crosby 12 GCH CH Bayshore Stonehaven Espiritu Isabella De Ivoss D Voss 11 GCH CH Blanch-O’s Carolina Herrera A Barfoot/D Mullusky Caponetto/J Caponetto 4 GCH CH Mistli (Avalos) J Young-Johnson/C Loutzenhiser 3 CH Bayshore Stonehaven Abrazos Y Besos T Sandy

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Beaucerons 9 GCH CH Levi De L’Amouraudiere

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Australian Cattle Dogs 215 GCH CH Taylryder’s Dyn-O-Mite At Turnabout CGC

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D Thomas/T Wilkinson/D Mintzer GCH CH Kokopelli’s Sobe It J Rowland/H Warn/K Watkins/C Kurpas GCH CH Straight Arrows The One C Giesbrecht/S Swanton GCH CH Stock Options What Goes Around Comes J Lewis/K Broster/R Mccall/R Sisk GCH CH Hardtack’s Pullin’ Leather T Hardeman/A Whittington GCH CH Onthego’s Here’s Lookin’ At Ya D Quain/P Salladay/J Pulliam GCH CH Renegades Pay’N It Forward At Dawn Heir J Rowland/L Youmans GCH CH Namaka’s Waltzing Matilda K Hagler GCH CH Edwards Rockin Filly Jo B Edwards GCH CH G’Day Mates Time To Shine D Heywood

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Australian Shepherds 423 GCH CH Hearthside Riveredge Sure Is Summum

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C Poitras GCH CH Wind Spirit Rod’s Amazing Grace M Bertero/C Bertero GCH CH Collinswood Sparks Fly T Collins/J Plourde/K Mallory/B Rhoads GCH CH Impact’s Golden Ticket K Hatton/J Van Der Steen GCH CH Copperridge’s Unforgettable S Blanco/J Hanigan/J Miller/S Miller GCH CH Copperridge What’s Your Dream J Hanigan/J Miller/J Margeson GCH CH Reverie Cameo L Goetz GCH CH Mcmatt’s Isis Of Graffiti P Rogers GCH CH Graffiti Mcmatt Shook Me @Lookouttrail S Gilliam/C Runkle GCH CH Mysharas One Night Only S Fontanini

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24 GCH CH Lynnhaven’s Joker’s Wild Of Broadcreek L Daniel/P Daniel 24 GCH CH Isell’s Itoby HSAds HIAds HXAds CGC C Kaiser/H Doucette 16 GCH CH Tbears Life In D’Fast Lane BN RA HT CGC J Lasater 14 GCH CH Turicks Trifecta UDX OM1 RN TD HSAs HIAs A Albert/A Albert 14 Burr Oak’s Ain’T No Party Like A Detroit Party R Squiers/C Squiers 12 GCH CH Conchos She’s Like Texas BN RE CGC P Tate/S Williamson 11 GCH CH Caveat’s The Road To Sturgis CD BN RE CGC S Williamson 8 CH Maski Du Van Lappeenranta Feten C Ennis 6 Belcol Chouette D Wade/M Wade 5 GCH CH Broadcreek’s Marcus Junis Brutus M Kornfeld/S Legg/L Legg/E Kornfeld 5 CH Gallent’s Texas Tea J Gallent

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Belgian Sheepdogs 45 GCH CH Isengard’s Wildflower

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Bearded Collies 57 GCH CH Dunhill Steeler Nation

R Harrington/K Harrington/V Shafer/S Shafer GCH CH Wigglesworth Thriller A Yura/S Ipser GCH CH Ha’Penny Mirimar The Fab Fawn J Schneider/M Marini/V Null GCH CH Xtc’s He. Could. Go. All. The. Way! A Berry/B Szecsy/K Szecsy GCH CH Aberlour’s Sea Biscuit D Maynard/D Mieras/S Ipser GCH CH Aellen Cara Mia R Colavecchio/J Gauchat-Hargis GCH CH Dreamchaser Follow Your Dreams C Desmond/J Desmond/D Quadland/T Dixon GCH CH Classical’s Magical Meemie CGCA J Atkins/C Namey/B Sawka GCH CH Classical’s My Turn CGC W Marciante/J Kempster/B Sawka CH Majela Chaniam Kegan Dewin Of Monroe CGC C Malone/R Malone/M Larroux/J Larroux

K Davis GCH CH De Joie Du Chateau Rocher CA M Palmer Devil Dog Mes Yeux Vigilants S Bass/A Scott

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J Winter/M Winter/L Miller GCH CH Cibola’s Brazos De Dios Of Adagio M Andric/J Niemeck CH Mika Jack Black N Hudson/A Hudson/K Sutton CH Liswyn’s Ynisette Of Shiloh L Leffingwell/B Weiner/M Andric CH J’Espere De La Terre Sauvage M Gargan GCH CH Verseau’s Pretty In Pink CD BN RA R Kraft/P King CH Laralee’s Make Me Sir Francis Drake CGC L Bellows Reverie’s Gold Standard J Miller GCH CH Sans Brancos Fire Fighter HT A Jones/M Jones/T Votava CH Liswyn’s Woodrow Call CD HSAs HIAs D Rolf/L Rolf/L Leffingwell

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Belgian Tervuren 83 GCH CH Sky Acres Maximum Altitude

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M Edling GCH CH Stonewall’s Let’s Make It A Double V Havicon/R Skief GCH DC Waldenmark’s Here’s Lookin At Ewe HSAds I Friedenson/J Friedenson GCH CH Starbright Winning Bet BN RN J Kroll/M Kroll CH Bilgay’s Single Shot J Pumo/L Wetherell Birch Gg Hermes The Herdsman CGC C Krygowski GCH CH Mishaook’s Lautrec K Gauchat/J Pavlichko

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10 GCH CH Oneida’s Serramarra Of Anduin CGC J Alexander/J Flanagan 9 CH Baku My Song De L’Aurore J Powers 8 GCH CH Bilgay’s Eye Of The Hurricane CD RN OA OAJ R Grinsell/L Wetherell 8 CH Starbright Parsons Habanero BN S Harris 8 GCH CH Kan-Do’s Shining Light D’Coeur TDX HSAs P Harcos/K Harcos 8 GCH CH Blackwater Peloton Federal Offense HSAs K Vent/L Fung

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K Hudson Herdabout Gemma Dell’Albera I Senedak Fellini Della Luna Di Lana Y Bunevich Noto CM D Defalcis

Border Collies 120 GCH CH Tang Dynasty Rocky 88 60 49 48 35 27 26 23 22

N Tang GCH CH Wedgewood’s Abracadabra M Wall/D Degidio GCH CH Shoreland Cu Reabthas Bettying On U T O’Farrell/H O’Farrell/A Mcclure GCH CH Borderton Lou Easy An I A RN PT CGC T Edwards/E Edwards GCH CH Avatar Bayshore Dare Ewe To Be A Hot Shot H Laskowski-Schramm/J Baylis GCH CH Brittemar Sportingfields Right At Home N Mages/K Kaul/D Butt GCH CH Majestic Elite Clever Endeavor PT R Johnson/J Baylis/R Delay GCH CH Riveredge N Heronwood Ura Sportingfield L Early/B Laffer/M Brill GCH CH Avatar Bayshore Blew By Ewe OA OAJ NF H Kagel GCH CH Sporting Field Robinson N Caruso D Butt

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R Davila/L Clark River Rock Right Next To You C Miller CH Orela Me Shaar Hagai RA MX MXS MXJ MJB OF J Haddy/D Haddy River Rock Quite The Comedian R Prince/N Renteria

Cardigan Welsh Corgis

113 GCH CH Riverside Telltail Coco Posh D Planche/D Shindle/J Divens 106 GCH CH Grangefield Aberdovey Vanity S Hobbs/S Stockslager/M Mizelle 93 GCH CH Allegro Southern Charm J Lamy 53 GCH CH Kosmar Striking Back Of Bridgelady M Stahr/G Roach 53 GCH CH Conifer Stuck On You M Firchow/H Firchow 30 GCH CH Tregaron Rhys Emrys R Doggett/R Wolf 30 GCH CH Ald’s Speed Racer RN CGC A Driver/I Driver 30 GCH CH Blackdales Larkspur C Black/K Chandor 26 CH Legacy Legend’s Fascinating Lady X Li/S Wilson 18 GCH CH Beaguile’s Suit Up F Beashau/J Beashau/N Willoughby

50 GCH CH Aurealis Endeavour D Falk/M Falk/J Falk 50 GCH CH Windcrest Ray Of Light L Willeford

Collies (Smooth)

171 GCH CH Ceilidh’s Deep River Haute Couture M Elliott/K Moll 66 GCH CH Colebrae Belfair Hello, I Love You J Laik/A Evans 33 GCH CH Seawhisper Mysterious R Petter/C Petter 24 GCH CH Rainbow’s Here Comes The Sun M Pickett-Landes 23 GCH CH C And J Silver Charm Of Chrysalis J Walburn/C Thompson 21 CH Snovalley Pizazz J Byrd/T Cox/M Cox 21 GCH CH Sunnland’s Top Gun RN K George/S Ray/O George 20 CH Duquesnes Absolute Belle Of Emory Pines G Foulkes/S Baxley/J Grover/S Gorup 19 GCH CH Byluc’s Divine Shepherdess PT T Byerly 17 GCH CH Chrysalis Formal Wear PT D Waelde/R Waelde

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Finnish Lapphunds 18 GCH CH Sugarok Robert Redford

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German Shepherd Dogs 218 GCH CH Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It V Kenlyn

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R Hahn CH Riverwest Asante CGC M Renger

L Marden 17 CH Bearspaw Sampo N Prokopishyn/E Prokopishyn/S Bernardin 9 GCH CH Lumiturpa Tapakka M Feltenstein 4 GCH CH Sugarok Shenya At Comancheria G Nunnally 2 My Sidekick Smokin Hot C Petersen/J Thomaschewski 2 GCH CH Teelikamentten Iikka L Marden 2 Cracar Lorrmic’s Aaaaat Laaaast C Petersen/J Thomaschewski/D Payne

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S Webber GCH CH C And J Westwood Story Book K Drabik GCH CH Sylvan Argent Hollywood And Vine C Dubois/C Bossart GCH CH Star Country Demuir I Am I Am R Veatch/D Steele GCH CH Pleasant Acre Creekwood Rock Star R Reed/M Shingle/V Mehr GCH CH Barksdale Twin City Davinci N Mcdonald GCH CH Overland Richie Rich M Fine/M Fine GCH CH Millknock Carillon NA NAJ NF D Bell

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Entlebucher Mountain Dogs 15 GCH CH Maribo Muffin Of Brunswick RA

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Collies (Rough) 104 GCH CH Laredo Here Comes The Sun

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T Miller/D Dube 30 GCH CH Celebra’s Good Time Was Had By All C Leigh/J Feldman 17 GCH CH Mon Amies Georgie Porgie Puddin And Pie G Klang/K Klang 10 GCH CH Ne Orageux’s Flash Point M Millner/T Millner 7 GCH CH Deja Vu Popsakadoo Grin & Bear It J Epperson/C Epperson 5 GCH CH Majestique Dior Forever And Ever Amen CDX J Deaver/M Warcholik 4 High Roller De L’Hermitage A Lebec D Macintyre 3 Xpress Voyager Zlota Elita C Amoroso/S Mccormick 3 CH Bijou Icing On The Cake J Holava/M Holava 2 GCH CH Briardale’s Gros Bisous De Baguett J Schantz

Canaan Dogs 6 CH Caliente Dangerous Gale Force Winds

Bouviers des Flandres 54 GCH CH Brocade Lil Deuce Coupe Barjen

S Brind/J Brind/Y Savard/R Waterman GCH CH Stonepillar’s Steel Blu D Garrison/J Garrison/E Paquette GCH CH Rocheuses Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone D Johnson/M Johnson/F Taylor GCH CH Margaux’s Bourne To Run At Warwick K Florentine GCH CH Delux Jumpin’ Jack Flash CGC J Edick CH Quiche’s Madness Full Throttle B Bird/N Munneke GCH CH Obvious Sonic Boom C Langley GCH CH Terra-Nevada’s Ruffy J Byrd/T Burian -Creel GCH CH Cobeauche Jac Sedro Woolley K Crisler/S Crisler/R Saum GCH CH Margaux’s Va Voom S Lyon

Briards 40 GCH CH Deja Vu Popsakadoo It Is What It Is

P Mcelheney/K Boyles/D Stern/A Derose/M Derose GCH CH Heidelberg’s Austin V Melissa J Schumacher GCH CH Kiefernfels Divinems M Aramist E Farrell/L Cameron GCH CH Janal’s Tempest Star J Stone/A Martinez GCH CH Windcrest Gun Powderd Led S Wendel/S Roudebush/L Wendel GCH CH Sequoia’s Contessa Of Covy-Tucker Hill T Oliphant/A Oliphant GCH CH Suboja’s & Top Hat’s Gentleman’s Quarterly S Sisemore/D Hopkins Legend’s Rohan Reville V Windcrest C Foss/L Wendel GCH CH Fairway’s Sumo V Nadelwald J O’Brien CH Greatlands Just Le Doux It K Koch

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TheDogNews TopTenList 24 GCH CH Hylowes Bitter Sweet Symphony CA J Tittl/T King

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Pembroke Welsh Corgis 170 GCH CH Coventry Country Squire

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Shetland Sheepdogs 280 GCH CH Solange Body Language

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Icelandic Sheepdogs 36 GCH CH Hidow Stassa Nella Fra Thrymheim

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Polish Lowland Sheepdogs 43 GCH CH Swan Crest The Power Of Love Eternal

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J Sanders Stefsstells Saer Seifur D Deeley Runamuck Himna Arkturus CGC M Mcauliffe GCH CH Glacier Points El Capitan X Moreno/J Ankenbruck GCH CH Vinlands Leifur CGC J Sanders GCH CH Enska Puck Of Caradoc RN S Sucky CH Stefsstells Ingalo Isabella J Sanders CH Solsteinn Keisari At Whitetail D Whitescarver/J Gohs GCH CH Fox Meadow Hausti Solstafir D Whitescarver/J Secondino GCH CH Isneista Alspora Snati Of Bayshore T Runolfsson/J Baylis CH Thordunu Leppatuska J Secondino

Norwegian Buhunds 42 GCH CH Jotunn Bella Binna

V Eberhardt/J Bradstreet 13 GCH CH Hundehaven’s Kendall CGC C Lassesen/E David/S Martinez 5 GCH CH Port Gamble Fjord’s Anders V Eberhardt/B Daniels 2 CH Trollheimen’s Devilicious Diva E Turner 2 Hundehaven’s Maud C Lassesen/M Leathers 1 CH Trollheimen Sweet Addiction At Fabrajs P Adcox/E Turner 1 Trollheimen Frankly My Dear E Turner 1 CH Caredig Naughty Nisse CD RN M Woodson

Old English Sheepdogs 57 GCH CH Bugaboo’s Picture Perfect

R Scott/D Burke/C Johnson/H Johnson 19 GCH CH Wynward’s Remember That E Fujikawa/R Glickman /G Fujikawa 19 GCH CH Lambluv’s Sultry Sensation J Marder/K Richardson 18 GCH CH Loehrs’ Island Bound D Smith 17 CH Shaggeybark Will I Am J Hewitt/G Swails 17 CH Snowdowne Cj’s Cosmo Girl D Freiheit/C Grady 17 GCH CH Blue Panda Artaius CA L Barchenger/R Randall/L Long/D Rowland 12 GCH CH Barkshire’s Uncle Sam J Collen 10 GCH CH Love’N Stuff Summertime Blues K Marshall/M Marshall 8 CH Lanward Nancy-Carrousel’s Waltz CA M Redfern/L Williams 8 GCH CH Aryakas Phoenix CGCA D Graesser

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A Geremia/B Shelton GCH CH Coventry Just A Little Crush J Johnson/J Johnson/B Shelton/S Leyerly/B Williams GCH CH Riverside My Cup Of Tea D Shindle/V Malzoni GCH CH Cityside Splitting The Defense J O’Neil/W Perry GCH CH Riverside Xtra Style P Panzarella/D Shindle GCH CH Lionhart’s Educated Guess CGC D Royster/D Hartman CH Trengate Ruby Mist H Weise/S Nolan GCH CH Lismore’s Phantom Legacy P Kleven/L Bullert/S Weiss/L Kleven-Peterson Coventry Born This Way B Shelton/B Williams/S Leyerly/D Salow GCH CH Sundance Ringside Rumor K Janiszak/L Price/D Price

M Hirata/L Bettis/R Wolfe 11 GCH CH Starpon’s Chere Brigitte B Bruns/W Stamp/C Czerechowicz 3 CH Tramperus Indian Summer In Applewood M Korzeniowska/M Hirata 1 GCH CH Ponjude’s Polish Jewel Stolen Treasure Trinka J Torge 1 CH Ponder Us This Magic Moment CGC J Gryck/B Gryck

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Pyrenean Shepherds 43 GCH CH La Brise Sun Bear

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P Princehouse/K Laram Rubi De La Brise A Johnson GCH CH Isaby De Terr-Blue D Clayton Houlette De Terra-Blue Avec Kizmet L Tully Chaparral’s Pyrenean Echo M Elkins

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L Nicholas GCH CH Belmark Close Encounter B Thompson GCH CH Lorra Lee’s Midnite Special A Rasmussen/G Rasmussen GCH CH Serenity’s Walk In The Park V Weis GCH CH Homespun Unveiled J Iverson GCH CH Serendipity Kismet Knave Of Hearts D Kendrick/S Kendrick GCH CH Suncrest Cerulean G Speeks/D Mock GCH CH Syringa Web Of Magic D Sirdofsky GCH CH Coastal’s Social Butterfly N Tappe/T Alden CH Grandgables Turn On The Charm A Buckles/P Buckles/G Jeavons/M Houston-Mcmillan

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S Lawrence/A Lawrence Piroskai The Woodlands Tx At Pajkos B Erstling/P Erstling Erdosi Rozsa A Sorkin/D Smith Bubbleton The Beautiful Sinner CGC S Martz CH Mezok Ramanok CD BN RE RATN CGCA J Schuh/I Schuh Fekete Sereg Cipo A Sorkin/D Smith CH Woodmark’s Roundabout B Tannen/R Tannen GCH CH Roundabout Midnight At Woodmark B Tannen/R Tannen CH Roundabout’s Taranis Tarvos M Sweeney/D Brock

CH Entre Nous Ivie Bien-Aimee CGC T Walker/M Elkins La Brise Wy Not A Nile Chasser La Nuit De Coolmoor A Burnette CH Drole D’Oiseau Hirondelle A Burnette Arcadia Moxi De La Brise K Johnson/P Princehouse

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S Gaines/S Gaines 10 Jango CM2 F Ott/J Rahn 9 Casa De Rancho’s Hiedra CM A Smith/S Gaines 6 Will O’ The Angels S Deangelo 2 Ariosa Fundy Bay Captain America CM L Harper 1 Atros De Anarres H Stimson

Swedish Vallhunds 25 GCH CH Minikota’s Medicine Man

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L Fisher/L Schaunaman 15 GCH CH Champoeg High Tales At Stillwater M Day/B Jette/C Vannoy 10 GCH CH Solveigco’s Gustav Vasa At Akutchi C Sayles 7 GCH CH Corval Bless Yer Cot’N Socks S Mullinix/S Keth 4 GCH CH Skyview’s Crimson Hawk RN HT S Keth/B Bandstra 3 Dlarah Little Deuce Coupe L Fisher 1 Prices Kyle E. Wile E. Coyote N Hahn

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Lacking show news to spread to you we look to the Canadian Kennel Club to provide us with news about our purebred friends. The Canadian Kennel Club is keeping itself busy. It is currently responding to a Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and a proposed position from them on humane treatment methods for training dogs. This may seem like a completely harmless letter but I believe it can be a way that the CVMA is trying to control pet owners and the things that they do. Obviously I am for the humane treatment of animals BUT this is the same CVMA that has stopped cropping docking and dewclaw removal in several Canadian Provinces.

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the letter from the CVma: • headline Humane Training Methods for Dogs • Summary Draft for Member Discussion Position “The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) supports the use of humane training methods that are built on current scientific knowledge of learning theory. Rewardbased methods are highly favoured. Aversive methods causing fear, distress, pain or anxiety are unacceptable.” 1. Prevention of animal behaviour issues through owner expectation and education of animal behaviour should be the first line of approach by pet owners, veterinarians, shelters, trainers and breeders. Education on normal species, breed and age-appropriate behaviour and development, sensitive periods for socialization and how to minimize the development of fear through appropriate environmental and social exposure should be provided prior to or soon after obtaining a pet(1) 2. Training methods that are rewardbased, such as clicker training and the use of food, toys, play and praise as motivators are strongly recommended (2). Similarly, behaviour modification through non-operanta means such as classical conditioning and/or desensitization and counter-conditioning should be performed without causing undue stress, anxiety or fear. 3. Animal behaviourists conclude that aversive training techniques do not improve dog obedience and actually increase prob-

lematic dog behaviours (3). Confrontational and/or physical methods of training such as the use of force, rolling dogs, scruffing, growling, muzzling, jowling, shaking, or staring dogs down create fear and may increase the likelihood of fearful aggressive responses in dogs (4). Similarly, the use of aversive collar devices such as choke, pinch, or prong collars are discouraged in favour of more humane alternatives such as head halters. 4. The use of shock collars is associated with short-term and long-term negative consequences including fear and anxiety (5). In particular the application of high level electric pulses and unpredictability/misuse of these devices has been shown to result in “a high risk that dogs will show severe and persistent stress symptoms” (6). Furthermore, ownerbased factors appear to determine use of shock collars, rather than animal characteristics and behaviour (7). 5. The use of non-remote (i.e. human handler not in control of remote) shock collars for invisible fencing systems may be acceptable given the risk to both animals and the public if the pet is not contained and/or the property is not amenable to fencing, and as an alternative to tethering. However, the dog must be properly trained and monitored to ensure that the application of shock is minimized. Owners should be made aware that this is not a secure system as some dogs will bolt through the invisible fence and will avoid re-entering as they will be shocked upon crossing the boundary on re-entry. Additionally, some dogs become very agitated from the shock and may even be afraid to enter the yard. Lastly, invisible fencing does not keep other animals out. The response from the CKC was swift and it was a good one, quotes from their response:

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“The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association *CVMA) supports the use of humane training methods that are built o current scientific knowledge of learning theory. Rewardbased methods are highly favoured. Aversive methods causing fear, distress, pain or anxiety are highly unacceptable.” CoNtiNueD oN page 285

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The Canadian Kennel Club supports the CVMA position statement titled “Humane Training Method for Dogs” and we agree wholeheartedly with the following: -Reward based methods are favoured -Aversive training methods are o supported We would however, like to comment on some of the points in the background section of this Position Statement.

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-We note that dogs trained for distance work, i.e. hunters or police work may benefit from the use if a training/tracking device of electronic means to ensure the safety of he animal and handler. Given the number of possible situations and the breadth of debate over their use, we recommend the deletion of references to devices from the position statement in favour of the pursuit of positive training methods and the education of dog owners. This was an example of our CKC working swiftly to avoid our rights as dog/pet owners being trampled on yet again by certain members of the CVMA. The others news is that the 2014 electoral results are in. The Canadian Kennel Club has members that pay membership dues and the membership then elects a CKC Director for each zone.

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to position our comments: The Canadian Kennel Club has published educational materiel indicating we support the following devices for training: Head halters, flat collars, pressure harnesses, front clip control harnesses and limited slip collars. We also allow the following collars in our Obedience, Rally and CGN events: A well-fitting plain buckle (metal or plastic) collar, martingale, slip or quick release collar. Slip collars of an appropriate single length of leather, fabric or chain with 2 rings, one on each end, are acceptable. In our Field events, we do allow the use of a tracking collar as well as the above. It is our belief that positive owner influence and education are paramount in the use of any training device. The CKC would like to see the emphasis on the method and application of training, as opposed to the device.

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To this end we offer the following comments: As previously mentioned Dennis Sumara has re-Most of our conformation dogs and many of our signed due to family matters. obedience dogs enter the competition ring on a thin slip collar. These thin slip collars or light choke collars do not damage the hair coat the top doGS aS of feBruary 10, 2015 and allow for subtle control by aCCordinG to CanuCK doGS are: properly trained persons. Be assured none of these dogs are 1 Standard Poodle Ch adessi elemental afterglow under any duress. -We note that any training 2 Irish Setter Ch lucky morn firecracker device, including buckle collars 3 Irish Wolfhound Ch Kuriann of first avenue and head halters may cause distress, fear and or pain when 4 Alaskan Malamute Ch Starring-maat original sin used improperly or by inexperi- 5 Portuguese Water Dog Ch Claircreek lusitano oceano atlantico enced persons. 6 American Cocker Spaniel Ch Kman’s Golden treasure - We note also that in some situations (a matter of life or 6 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Ch melrose Gold for Bonitos Companeros death of a dog or for the safety 8 Pembroke Welsh Corgi Ch Stonecroft’s Star Sighting of the owner or dog) the use of 8 Papillon Ch marron’s Jimmy Choo other devices may be indicated. 10 Shetland Sheepdog Ch Cermel Hatfield Mirror Blue Dog News 285

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the love and bond between a Breeder/Owner/Handler and one of her stars. Even nondog people see the picture and immediately recognize how special that moment was while getting a lump in their throat and a tear in their eye. Chris and Marquee were BOS at the Eastern Regional and were National Owner Handler Series winner at both the Eastern and National shows. One of Marquee’s babies, “Riot” Momentumm in the Limelight, took the award for Best Puppy in National Sweeps by judge and incoming GSCA President, Kim Demchak. “Legend” GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Legend of RW, continued his winning ways by taking BOB at both the Eastern and Midwest Regionals, and BOS at the National. Expertly groomed and handled by Leonardo Garcini, Legend has been a force at the GSCA National/Regional Specialties for the last two years. Owners Marcia Adler and JoAnn & Luke Edmonds, along with breeders Peggy Wilkes and Debbie Dayton, have to be extremely proud of their handsome boy. BOS at the Midwest Regional on Sunday was GCH Lowdown Remys Girl v Ardenhout owned by Linda Low, Janine Starink, and Lisa Hawes. Janine and Lisa also were the breeders of this exceptional girl. Up and coming dogs and bitches from the classes for the three days were:

Eastern Regional—Judge: Mr. Charles Olvis WD/BOW—Aerdenhout’s Catch the Wind; Owner: Brian Kruse; Breeder Janine Starink; Agent: Steve Fox. WB—Homestead’s and Valleesa’s Promise Remembered; Owners: Valli & Rick Rovenolt; Breeders: Ruth & William Slonaker and Karen & Jack Loch. National—Judge: Dr. Klaus Anselm WD—Ingebar’s Tynan Dances with Wildflowers; Owners: Carol Mann & Maryann Bisceglia; Breeder: Maryann Bisceglia. WB/BOW— Aerdenhout’s Best Cellar; Owners: Susan Ballinger & Janine Starink; Breeders Janine Starink & Lisa Hawes. Midwest Regional—Judge: Patricia Hastings WD/BOW/NOHS—Happy Trails Knight to a Pawn; Owners: David Sprouse, Mark Schneider, & Robin Clifton; Breeder: Robin Clifton. WB—Homestead’s and Valleesa’s Promise Remembered; Owners: Valli & Rick Rovenolt; Breeders: Ruth & William Slonaker and Karen & Jack Loch. AND tHE SWEEPStAkES WiNNERS WERE: Eastern Sweepstakes—Judge: Marianne Mazzenga Best in Puppy Sweepstakes—Happy Trails Knight to a Pawn; Owners: David Sprouse, Mark Schneider, & Robin Clifton; Breeder: Robin Clifton. BOS to Best in Puppy Sweepstakes—Momentumm in the Limelight; Owner: Christine Lietzau; Breeder: Christine Lietzau. Best in Veteran Sweepstakes—GCH Spicerack She’s All That RN CA; Owner: Melisa Davis; Breeders: Jean & Ed Biggins and Robin Henderson. BOS to Best in Veteran Sweepstakes—CH Sonnenschein Last’n Mpression; Owners: Enid & Jay Lagree; Breeders: Judy Boston Payne, Kathy Heschke, & Linda George. National—Judge: kimberly Demchak Best in Puppy Sweepstakes—Momentumm in the Limelight; Owner: Christine Lietzau; Breeder: Christine Lietzau. BOS to Best in Puppy Sweepstakes—Brighton’s Yankee Clipper; Owners: Emily Kent & Pat Gandy; Breeders: Pat Gandy & Leta Worthington. Best in Veteran Sweepstakes— CH Sonnenschein Last’n Mpression; Owners: Enid & Jay Lagree; Breeders: Judy Boston Payne, Kathy Heschke, & Linda George. BOS to Best in Veteran Sweepstakes—CH Elk Runs Sassie Girl; Owners: John & Denise Frank; Breeders John & Denise Frank. CoNtiNueD oN page 289

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To add a little levity to the week and to partake in some Halloween fun, there was a costume contest that really had to be seen to be fully appreciated. There were clowns, pirates, Mickey Mouse and of course Giant princesses. The most intriguing and intricate costumes were those of “Rory” CH Starfires Dance of Spirits, a couple of her puppies, and handler Keli Mazzenga. Rory was the Norse goddess Valkyrie who had descended to earth to gather a fallen Viking warrior (Keli) and take her to Valhalla. Attached to Rory where two of her five month old puppies dressed in bright colors to represent Aurora-Borealis; in some Norse mythology the Aurora Borealis is said to be light reflecting off Valkyrie’s armor. Quite a tale! What good sports the dogs were in putting up with their silly humans. The annual banquet had the 2013 awards presentations and we all got a chuckle as GSCA President Doug Hill tried to read the long list of titles included in the names of some overachievers. The top 2013 award winners were:

Conformation Breed & All-Breed: GCH Kenro’s Witching Hour (B) Opposite Sex Breed & All-Breed: GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Legend of RW (D) Owner Handled Breed & All-Breed - Dog: GCH Nightline Viking A Tanglewood Owner Handled Breed – Bitch: GCH Azzuma’s America the Beautiful Owner Handed All-Breed – Bitch: Riesenrad’s Kaleidoscope Obedience: TC Galilee Ingebars Inspriation VCD2 UD RAE HSAs HSCs HXCs MXS MJS MXP MJP XF OFP CGC (B) Opposite Sex Obedience and Rally: GCH Bear Creek Jack O Lantern UD RAE CGC (D) Opposite Sex Rally: CH Ramahills Ur Mama Don’t Dance VCD1 RE PT OA NAP NJP NF NFP CAX (B) Agility: MACH Classic Ike V Easentaigh VCD1 RAE2 MXS MJB MXP5 MXPS MJP3 MJPB MXF XFP T2BP (D) Opposite Sex Agility: CH Histyle’s Tantalize MX MXJ MXP2 MXPB MJP3 MJPB PAX NF (B) Herding: Black Diamond’s Wild Thing HSAd HSBs HSCs HSAsM (B) tracking: CT Riesenrad’s Midnight Rendezvous CD RN NJP (B)

he banquet also included a very touching tribute to GSCA members who have reunited with their Giants at the Rainbow Bridge. Ginny Maese, Marcia Adler, and Karen Child shared words of remembrance and lead the tribute to Dr. Sheldon Adler, Brad Child, Mickey Low, and Carol Thordsen. The night ended with the traditional auction that once again was aptly and successfully run by Canadian Giant breeder, and auctioneer extraordinaire, Janine Starink. Thanks also are due to Luke Norton, who gathered and organized items for the auction throughout the year. In wrapping up, big thanks are due to Maryann Bisceglia and Kim Demchak, who worked long and hard securing and displaying all of the great trophies and prizes given to the winners. Ginny Maese arranged for the ribbons and judge’s gifts—engraved

pens showing Giants in various poses and personalized with the judge’s name. Patricia Nemirovsky Alsina beautifully sang the StarSpangled Banner and Oh Canada to start each day. As anyone who has gone to a dog show knows, it is the stewards that make the rings run. I don’t know what we would have done without Kathy DeShong once again graciously manning the Conformation ring for all three days. The ever helpful Bernie Tuerler was the table steward for three days of Obedience and Rally trials, ably assisted by ring stewards Annette Braun, Jerry Kallett, and Liz & Kyle Taft. As in years past at Purina, Sheila and Butch Lietz worked their tails off at the registration/cashier table, with help from Brenda Cejka. Barktoberfest could not have been the success it was without the people acknowledged above and to all of the GSCA members who contributed to the Specialties through their encouragement, mentoring, and participation in the shows. Dog News 289