Dog News The Digest Volume 26, Issue 40
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October 8, 2010
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CONTENTS October 8, 2010
14 ♦ Inside Out
BY JOHN MANDEVILLE
18 ♦ The Way It Is
BY SARI BREWSTER TIETJEN
22 ♦ Question Of The Week BY MATTHEW H. STANDER
26 ♦ Celebrating The Terriers BY NICK WATERS
30 ♦ Life After Dog Shows Or Terriers Really Need A Job BY MJ NELSON
34 ♦ Bests Of The Week 38 ♦ Ten Questions BY LESLEY BOYES
42 ♦ 20 Dogs Compete At WKC Hunting Test BY DAVID FREI
48 ♦ Rare Breeds Of The World: The Cesky Terrier BY AGNES BUCHWALD
52 ♦ Brace Yourself BY ANDREW BRACE
56 ♦ The Santa Barbara Kennel Club - Part I BY DESMOND MURPHY
60 ♦ Judges Choice: Smooth Fox Terrier COURTESY OF THE KENNEL GAZETTE
64 ♦ Off The Leash BY SHAUN COEN
68 ♦ A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...And More BY MATTHEW H. STANDER
72 ♦ American Pointer Club National Specialty BY LISA CANFIELD
100 ♦ The Gossip Column BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
112 ♦ Click – Westbury Kennel Association BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
120 ♦ Click – The Way We Were - Brookhaven, Suffolk & Westbury BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
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CONTENTS October 8, 2010
14 ♦ Inside Out
BY JOHN MANDEVILLE
18 ♦ The Way It Is
BY SARI BREWSTER TIETJEN
22 ♦ Question Of The Week BY MATTHEW H. STANDER
26 ♦ Celebrating The Terriers BY NICK WATERS
30 ♦ Life After Dog Shows Or Terriers Really Need A Job BY MJ NELSON
34 ♦ Bests Of The Week 38 ♦ Ten Questions BY LESLEY BOYES
42 ♦ 20 Dogs Compete At WKC Hunting Test BY DAVID FREI
48 ♦ Rare Breeds Of The World: The Cesky Terrier BY AGNES BUCHWALD
52 ♦ Brace Yourself BY ANDREW BRACE
56 ♦ The Santa Barbara Kennel Club - Part I BY DESMOND MURPHY
60 ♦ Judges Choice: Smooth Fox Terrier COURTESY OF THE KENNEL GAZETTE
64 ♦ Off The Leash BY SHAUN COEN
68 ♦ A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...And More BY MATTHEW H. STANDER
72 ♦ American Pointer Club National Specialty BY LISA CANFIELD
100 ♦ The Gossip Column BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
112 ♦ Click – Westbury Kennel Association BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
120 ♦ Click – The Way We Were - Brookhaven, Suffolk & Westbury BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS
116 dog show calendar • 122 handlers directory • 124 subscription rates • 126 classified advertising • 128 advertising rates All advertisements are copyrighted and owned by DOG NEWS, Harris Publications, unless received camera-ready. Permission to reprint must be requested in writing. 4 Dog News
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DOG NEWS EDITORIAL Setting The Standard
Last week’s Question of the Week indicated that there was a certain unhappiness within the Fancy at-large over the fact that Members of the Delegates Committees were being paid $200 per person for the Committee meetings they attended. These pages certainly agree with those people who consider these payments not to be within the spirit of having been elected as amateur representatives of their clubs. It is hard to conceive of a so-called amateur body of representatives being paid on any level by the organization it is supposed to represent. Equally difficult to understand is how the Board members--all thirteen of them --are paid $1,000 each on top of expenses 12 times a year for attending either Delegate meetings or Board meetings. True it is that two of the thirteen members do not accept these fees but shockingly the $1,000 per meeting is paid according to reports reaching these pages whether or not the Directors attend the meetings!!! At least those Delegates who miss their committee meetings are not paid the $200 fee. It’s questionable enough that a fee is paid on top of expenses for a 501c4 organization representative but to take this fee when not attending the meeting is downright unacceptable and in fact amounts as far as these pages are concerned to an unauthorized form of salary for those Board members accepting these fees. How can anyone really criticize the Delegates for taking the $200 when their leaders are taking even more on a monthly basis whether or not they attend the meetings?
Nine Petitioners
It is said so far nine Delegates have put their names into the Nominating Committee as potential candidates for the March 2011 election. Of these, one is a sitting Board Member unaffected by term limits and three are former Board members who could not run again due to the existing one year term limit Bylaw. Some of the other five have run from the floor before unsuccessfully while some are brand new names. Whatever the case let’s hope all nine take the position if asked by the Nominating Committee that they will waive the existing $1,000 monthly fee payment or alternatively are in favor of doing away with it. If they are not asked to take such a position they should be required to do so. Of interest of course is that traditionally only three people have ever been nominated by the Nominating Committee to fill the three expiring seats. Now comes a new wrinkle causing confusion on ever so many levels. It is unclear as too how the question was raised but someone seems to have concluded that for the last 100 years AKC has been incorrect in naming only three people to run for the open seats and that under Roberts Rules of Order the Nominating Committee may nominate as many people as they deem fit to serve on the Board as they wish. So that in fact all nine people who have petitioned the Nominating Committee may be eligible for nomination. It seems that legally AKC’s Bylaw may have been written so loosely as to be so interpreted. Seems ridiculous after all these years to discover and then implement such a decree but don’t be too surprised if that’s not the case. One would think that tradition and usage would play a major role here but from what these pages are hearing it may not apply at all.
Changing The Make-Up Of The Delegate Body
It may be beating the proverbial dead horse but unless there is a ground swell of action by the Fancy-at-large no change in the make-up of the Delegate Body will be forthcoming. And with no changes being made in that area AKC will remain an outdated, antiquated sort of representative body, 10 Dog News
which in reality represents the viewpoint of a minority and not the majority of the constituents of the American Kennel Club. So long as the status quo persists in being maintained by the majority of the Delegates the only way to truly fight them and beat them is to start petitioning member clubs to force their Delegates to open the body to professionals within the sport as well as amateurs. Watch for this kind of movement to develop in the near future as people across the country become more and more fed up with this insulated body of representatives more concerned with preserving their own power bases than in truly offering all segments of the dog world representation within the sport.
And Yet Another Term Limit Proposal
The problem with tackling any problem on a piece meal basis is that the issues never seem to die or get completed. Just last month the Delegates approved for the second time within a three or four year period the same one-year term limit they had approved in the past. Badly written and self-defeating, this amendment was overwhelmingly approved by the Member Clubs and its Delegates given the alternative of doing away with term limits in the altogether. Now comes yet another term limit proposal to be considered--this one for four years instead of the existing one-year term limit. The existing one year resulted in nothing more than a recyclable turn around of people. The proposed four-year term limit will effectively bring to a halt any attempt at long term planning for the corporation known as the American Kennel Club. It is as though these Delegates are out to destroy AKC rather than to ensure its long term perpetuity. Term limits just do not work for corporations the way in which they may work for legislative bodies. AKC has a process for changing the guard when its representatives are unhappy. It is called elections provided in the Bylaws. Not term limits, which in the long run are more mischievous and debilitating than can be imagined. This four-year term limit concept must be defeated for the very sake of the existence of AKC.
Dogs Of War
Marines in Afghanistan want to more than double the number of bomb-sniffing dogs at their disposal in the battle against record-setting attacks by insurgents using makeshift explosives. More Labrador retrievers are being sought to sniff for bombs than ever before. The Pentagon announced last week that it will pay as much as $34 million to a Virginia firm to supply it with IED-detector dogs and provide care for them until September 2012. The Labs undergo rigorous selection and training. Trainers will look at 400 dogs, buy 200 and settle on 100 for training. They work with the Labs for four months, training them to detect the scents found in homemade explosives and other elements in IEDs. Dogs that achieve certification as bomb sniffers will ship out to Marine units for training that takes several more weeks. Then it’s off to war! Law enforcement agencies are first in line to claim Labs that wash out or can no loner be deployed. Some get cases of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) --these are sent home for adoption. Handlers, too, get a crack at adoption once the dogs are retired. Indeed Lackland Air Force Base, home to the Defense Department’s working dog program, has a website for those interested in giving the dogs a home, too.
Thought For The Week
Hard to believe yet another Montgomery has come and gone. Say one thing about this grand old show it just gets stronger with age and matures beautifully. The entire weekend is one of the best dog show weekends in the world of the purebred dog competition. These are events to savor and remember as our best foot is put forward during these incredibly fine sets of competitions.
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InsideOut by John Mandeville
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t’s a good day… if you’re eyeballing this sometime during the day on Sunday, October 10, 2010, on the grounds of Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Hopefully, you’re also enjoying a perfect Fall day. Crystal clear, cool enough in the morning a heavy sweater, jacket, or sturdy sweatshirt was needed; warming as the day progressed so that sweater under your tweed isn’t required, but never getting warm enough long sleeves and a jacket aren’t comfortable, even when the sun is out, which it is regularly as the cumulus clouds pass by carried on a breeze sufficient to make it comfortable for even the most heat adverse of terriers… A great, great early October day in southeastern Pennsylvania: Exactly what the incomparable Montgomery County Kennel Club’s 76th annual terriers only show deserves…. although what makes Montgomery one of the best of the best is that it is a great show regardless of the weather… Bad weather? Are you kidding? Bring it on. It only adds to Montgomery’s storied history. Well… let’s not go crazy. No one needs lousy weather, but once every five years or so, just to demonstrate terriers, their owners and handlers can cope with anything Mother Nature serves up… What, are you nuts? Tempting the fates when this is the sixth Montgomery at the Community College with scarcely a blip weather-wise since the first? You do remember 2005, don’t you? Rain began midway through Hatboro on Friday, became a deluge later in the day, and continued unabated through Saturday midnight. The storm that deposited 10 inches, or more, of rain on southeast Pennsylvania, including most of Montgomery County and which proved drainage at the Community College is near miraculous. In the dark, sometime near 7PM that Saturday, in driving rain with water ankle deep in most places under the tents, Pam and I set up crates and grooming tables… then while driving away looked at each other, agreeing, “We’re insane; there’s no way there will be a dog show here tomorrow.” There was. The weather was pleasant and while there were puddles, mud and squishy places on the grounds, the site was in strikingly good condition. The rain actually softened a horrid, hard, dried marsh grass that though mown approached embedded spear status – definitely dangerous underfoot without the rain’s having softened it. Or everything happens for a reason. Three factors comprise Montgomery’s 14 Dog News
greatness: Its storied history, its people and the dogs. With Group shows common these days it bears mentioning Montgomery was for many, many years from its first event in 1929 the only Group show, although the club was, at least in years past, quick to point out – for reasons escaping me – they were an all-breed club putting on a terrier only show. Montgomery was prickly about its status. Meaning they opposed other Group shows. AKC then had no provision whatsoever for Group clubs/events. Even the combined efforts of David Merriam, in his first incarnation on AKC’s Board, and his fellow Board member, the late, great Ted Eldridge, could not overcome Board opposition to Group events. Although somehow two Toy shows (Progressive in New York City and Metro Mile Hi in Colorado) had slipped in. I always thought that was a combination of luck and AKC oversights. Any concerns Montgomery had about AKC recognizing group clubs were illusory. Today there are 115 recognized group clubs; 25, 22%, are Terrier Group clubs. It is better to suggest the 24 new Terrier Group clubs have more aided Montgomery’s preeminence than to say they have somehow impinged upon it. Certainly Montgomery’s stature and prestige – worldwide – has grown exponentially. The serious dog community around the globe recognizes Montgomery for what it is – great and truly special. No question a major factor in Montgomery’s greatness is the people who have been associated with it. The club’s succeeding generations of leadership have recognized they are custodians of something special. They have striven, with an astonishing degree of success, to make Montgomery a show without peer.
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sure way to get in trouble in dogs is naming names when passing out kudos, especially when crediting those responsible for putting on a successful show. It’s too easy to overlook a vital contributor. That, of course, in Montgomery’s case makes it easy to cite the late, legendary Dr. Josephine Deubler, Montgomery’s show chair for 30 years, from 1977 to 2006. During her long tenure Dr. Deubler took Montgomery to unparalleled heights in the dog world. Because they’re friends of mine, and because each has made invaluable contributions to Montgomery for decades, and because I will never, ever think of Montgomery without thinking of them, not enough credit can be given to Walter Goodman, Montgomery’s president since 1986; Jim McTernan, who as Grounds Chair was responsible for more years than I’m sure he would ever care to admit for assuring Montgomery’s show came off without a hitch; and Carol Carlson, club Treasurer, who has put in more hours, behind the scenes, on Montgomery’s behalf than any other individual. Finally and above all Montgomery is a living, vibrant evolving tribute to those special members of the canine kingdom, Canis terrier. May it thrive as long as man reveres his best friend.•
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the Way Itis by Sari Tietjen
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his is a subject that has been written about many times by many writers for years now, but no one with authority seems to be willing to tackle the issue head-on and resolve it once and for all. The subject is the rating systems, the number of dog shows, the number of times a dog is shown throughout the year, and the basic fact that a high ranked dog has to be owned by someone of wealth or a consortium of individuals who pool their funds to campaign a particular dog. While this is never a poor quality dog, it is not always the best dog of its breed in the country: it is just the one that is shown the most by handlers (usually) with wealthy backers/owners and, therefore, highly ranked by a system that at the end of the day means little. Who remembers the top dogs of past years? Who recalls the names of the owners? The handlers? Frankly, it is nothing more than an ego trip – and one short-lived at that! How did we get here? How did these systems spin out of control? To get to the basics, most systems are dependent on the number of dogs defeated – the more a dog is shown, the better the chance is of increasing the number of dogs defeated. The more shows we have during the year, the more of an opportunity for a dog to be shown more times as long as the dog has the desire, the handler the stamina, and the owner(s) the dollars to finance the whole expedition. It has gotten to the point where something must be done because if someone wants to have a highly ranked dog that dog needs to be shown on just about every day there is a dog show regardless of what part of the country it is being held. A missed dog show is a missed opportunity to increase those numbers of points/wins. For instance, in 2010 up to the end of September, there were approximately 185 days of dog shows being held someplace in the United States. 185 days of shows out of 243 days in the year to the end of that month. This leaves only 58 days for travelling to and from the shows – that is one heck of a schedule. Grueling for the handlers (and at this level they are almost always handlers), hard on the dogs who have little down time to just be dogs, and extremely expensive. What we now have are situations where several of the top-ranked dogs are criss-crossing the country to be shown almost every day in order to maintain or increase their rankings. It is not unusual for a dog to be shown on the West coast one week and then on the East the next, Midwest the following, and so on. It is also not unusual for a handler to size up the competition at a cluster and depart the night after having lost to head for another group of shows in some other part of the country. That loss does not have to be at just the breed level, but Group 1 and Best in Show as 18 Dog News
well – so high are stakes considered to be. Furthermore, for those clusters within driving distance of eight hours or so, a dog may be shown under a particular judge on two days and then driven or flown to the other cluster the following day. This happens even if it is the same judge who is judging on different days at both clusters and the dog wins on the same level of competition at both clusters under the exact same judge! When a judge sincerely thinks the dog is that good that it beats all competition regardless of the day or the show and regardless of the fact that he put the dog up previously, then he is judging dogs; if a handler knows his heavily campaigned dog has an opportunity to win at both clusters, then that handler is doing the job he is being richly rewarded for – but, at the end of the day, what is the value of this other than feeding an owner’s (or owners’) ego in being able to tout a particular ranking? Certainly, the owner(s) is not seeking a judge’s opinion – much less an opinion of breeding stock. This is the crux of the problem – we have totally gotten away from the concept that showing dogs is suppose to be an evaluation of one’s breeding stock. Instead for too many it has become a game – a game to be won at all cost! It is ego-driven, ego-fed and ego-inspired! The dog, itself, is just the tool. What can be done about the situation? It has often been suggested that the American Kennel Club needs to step in and take ownership of these ranking systems, get everyone on the same page and devise a single system that takes into consideration the health and well-being of the dogs. Suggestions for such a system have been many, including placing a limit on the number of times a dog can be shown in a month, in a week, establishing distance markers between shows (except for special events, such as specialties) for when a dog can be shown, counting a win under a particular judge at the same level to once a year for the purpose of such a ranking, putting a cap on the number of wins counted within the system, and developing a concept of weighing the overall number of dogs defeated against the number of times a dog is shown. AKC needs to take a leadership role in this area because the current systems are hurling down an unstoppable path unless AKC steps in. After all, it approves shows and oversees all aspects of its member and licensed events. Establishing a fair and equitable ranking system for itself and its vendors just plain makes sense. By taking the proverbial bull by the horns in doing so, AKC would be demonstrating that it has the health and welfare of the dogs being shown foremost in its mind. •
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BY MATTHEW STANDER
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of t Week What Terrier Breed Or Breeds, If Any, Do You Think Have Improved The Most In The Past Ten Years?
Cindy Vogels Undoubtedly, for me, the Parson Russell Terrier. Since their recognition, the breeders have worked to create uniformity in type, and a vast improvement in soundness. In the early years, there was tremendous diversity in outline, substance and head characteristics: often poor construction precluded soundness. The breed has truly evolved into an upstanding, stylish, hunting Terrier. Lydia Coleman Hutchinson There seem to be a good number of Terrier breeds that are generally quite strong right now. The ones that especially come to mind are Am Staffs, Smooth Fox, Norwich, and Westies. I’m seeing lovely heads on many Am Staffs with less divergence of type. Smooths are often a joy to judge with lovely outlines and heads. Norwich are so much sounder on the move than in previous decades, and the same can be said of Westies; also, size seems to have stabilized in Westies. Beth Sweigart Well I hate to appear negative but I have thought long and hard and I think the question is more appropriately, which terrier breeds are holding their
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own? The terrier group as a whole is in a sorry state with entries either small or non existent at many shows. I think the reason for this is most terrier coats require too much long term preparation. For example if you want to show a Norfolk or similar coated breed at Montgomery in October you had better start work in June. The finesse with which handlers can put down Wires is such that few breeder exhibitors even try to compete. Enter the Parson Russell NOT TO BE OVERLY TRIMMED, Now one of the more popular terrier exhibits and one with some depth of quality. There are also quite a few lovely Smooth exhibits with more depth of quality than most of the hard coated terrier breeds. There are few dedicated breeder exhibitors today willing to put in the long term hours of conditioning required for most of the terriers. I may sound old and negative but when I bred Labs in the 70’s I had a few Airedales and at that time the number of male Airedales required for a major in Virginia was 8 the number for Labs was 9. Now Labs are in the 20s for a major and Airedale dogs only 5. What happened? I hope that wasn’t too depressing but I think Terriers are about to become an endangered species.
Lesley Boyes Certainly if you measure the number of Smooth Fox Terriers that week after week are competing for tops in the Groups as well as Best in Shows that must be the first breed to come to mind. There are 7 or 8 Smooths across the country that fall into that category. Betty-Anne Stenmark The Glen has become more uniform in appearance, the silhouette is more uniform, not so many long and low, and the front assemblies improved overall. The Norfolk is sounder, better fronts, better rears. The Norwich is better balanced than it once was, the silhouette more correct, and fronts have vastly improved. In years past almost every Norwich came back to you with very wide fronts, now it’s properly wrapping around and inclining ever so slightly with increased speed. The Parson too has become more uniform, better silhouettes, front assemblies have some angles, overall better type.
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hilst Montgomery is home to one of the most prestigious terrier shows in the world, Great Britain is the birthplace of most of the breeds within that group. To coincide with the great show my column this time looks at some of the terrier pictures housed in the Kennel Club in London and all the dogs featured have in some way made a contribution to their breed’s evolution. One of the earliest, ‘Fox Terriers at Newstead Abbey’, was painted circa 1870 for the 6th Duchess of Newcastle. It was painted by the Nottingham based artist, William Eddowes Turner, a self-taught sporting painter. A composite picture, it is reasonable to assume that not all the dogs were still alive when it was painted. Historically important, it shows thirty-one dogs at a transitional time for Fox Terriers when the breed was moving from being purely a hunt terrier to one destined to conquer the show world. Trimmer, the dog in the foreground to the right of the rabbits, was the first Fox Terrier to win a prize at any British dog show. In the early years the two coats were very much interbred and in common with many other breeds,
Smooth Fox Terrier, Vesuvienne
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Airedale Terrier, Ch. Brewer’s Dictators
Irish Terrier, Ch. Belfast Erin
CELEBRATING THETERRIERS by Nick Waters
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Life After Dog Shows Or Terriers Really Need A Job S
o your terrier’s show career has wound down. You’ve packed away all the ribbons and trophies for this dog. You figure the dog should be happy to be out of the stress of the show circuit and content to just lie about doing nothing. But within days, perhaps hours, the dog demonstrates that they have an entirely different idea about “retirement” and if you don’t immediately begin providing them with some meaningful experiences, they are going to invent their own job description and duties, most of which will be as disruptive to your sense of peace and harmony and destructive to your home’s interior design as possible. If it is any comfort, you are not alone. This is a situation faced by many show dog owners but
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Ch MACH6 Connemara’s Tuff Act To Follow MH CDX TQX2 JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC (“Kaleigh”), Deeann CorbyLulik’s Airedale, is the only dog in that breed to earn an AKC master hunter title.
probably none more than those folks whose dogs were competing in the terrier group. According to the people who own them, most terriers are dogs that challenge their owners every step of the way and many determine their dogs need some sort of job long before their show careers end. “We discovered that we had to find a job for our Lakeland Terrier when she was two months old,” said Pia Paulsen who owns Ch Cherry Creek One Love TD ME CGC (“Ziggy”). “We investigated several training methods and finally found someone who knew what we were going through and offered some sensible advice. One of the things we learned right away was that terriers need you to be consistent and fair. The notion that terriers are difficult to train and hyper has not been the case for us because Ziggy has a job, more than one actually, and she knows her place. She has ‘on’ and ‘off’ switches and has been prepared to deal with different situations that arise. She has earned all three AKC earthdog titles and she has proven that Lakeland Terriers can track. She is our pet first, an earthdog and tracking dog second and finally a champion Lakeland Terrier.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 84
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The Bests oftheWeek
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Rockford-Freeport, Illinois Kennel Club - Sunday Tibetan Terrier Ch. Ri-Lee’s Stellar Performance Judge Dr. Roger Pritchard Owners Barbara Bruns, Wolfgang Stamp & Nikkie Kinziger Handler Nancy Martin Warrenton Kennel Club - Friday Toy Poodle GCh. Smash JP Moon Walk Judge Ms. Joy Brewster Owners Ron Scott and Debbie Burke Handler Kaz Hosaka Warrenton Kennel Club - Saturday Old Dominion Kennel Club of Northern Virginia Bulldog Ch. Kepley’s Showbiz Razzle Dazzle Judge Mrs. Karen Wilson Judge Ms. Bonnie Threlfall Owners J. Fisher, R. Speiser, B. Wolfe Handler Phoebe Booth Suffolk County Kennel Club Irish Terrier GCh. Fleet St Fenway Fan Judge Ms. Patricia M. Lapinski Owners Anthony Barker & Victor Malzoni, Jr. Handler RC Carusi Monroe Kennel Club - Sunday Whippet GCh. Starline’s Chanel Judge Ms. Linda Robey Owners Carey & Lori Lawrence Handler Lori Wilson Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club II Kuvasz GCh. Szumeria Wildwood Silver Six Pence Judge Mrs. Nancy Liebes Owners Mercedes Vila, Lynn Brady, Connie Townsend & Claudia Muir Handler Lynn Brady
Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club - Saturday Rottweiler Ch. Cammcastle’s Friar Tuck Judge Mrs. Patricia Leakey Brenner Owners Anthony & Vicky O’Brien Handler Holley Eldred
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Elmira Kennel Club - Thursday Finger Lakes Kennel Club - Sunday Irish Setter GCh. Shadagee Caught Red Handed Judge Mrs. Betsy Horn Humer Judge Mrs. Anne Savory Bolus Owners Debra Burke, Nancy Lee Conner Handler Adam Bernardin Heart of the Plains Kennel Club - Sunday Rough Collie GCh. Gentry’s Braveheart Judge Mrs. Linda Scanlon Owners Patty Gordon, Dr. Gerard Nash and Jeff Greer Handler Jeff Greer
Burbank Kennel Club - Saturday Irish Setter GCh. Greengate Buzz Lightyear Judge Mrs. Vicki Abbott Owners Judy and Mark Killam, Bernadette Elliott and Loran Morgan Handler Loran Morgan Grand Valley Kennel Club Welsh Terrier GCh. Bayleigh Shaireab’s Super Hero Judge Ms. Joyce Vanek Owners Marilyn Jacobs, Keith Bailey & Sharon Abmeyer Handler Jorge Olivera Monroe Kennel Club - Saturday Miniature Pinscher GCh. Marlex Classic Red Glare Judge Mr. Joseph Gregory Owners Leah Monte & Armando Angelbello Handler Armando Angelbello Wichita Kennel Club - Friday Maltese Ch.Ta-Jon’s Just Bee-Ing Silly Judge Miss Maxine Beam Owners Tammy Simon & Tim Lehman Handler Tim Lehman Terrier Club of Michigan Border Terrier GCh. Tyrolian Eight Belles at Meadowlake Judge Mr. Robert D. Black Owners Thomas H Bradley III and Karen Fitzpatrick Handler by Karen Fitzpatrick
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Wins three in a row again!
Thank You Judge Mr. Luc Boileau
Thank You Judge Mr. Terry Stacy
Multiple Best in Show, Multiple Best in Specialty Show Winning
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Taffe is so proud of her boys! Thank you to Breed Judge Mr. Jerry M. Watson, Group Judge Mr. Adrian W. Woodfork and Best In Show Judge Mr. George Murray
CH. LEXINGTON DIVINE’S PUT ME IN, COACH handlers BILL AND TAFFE MCFADDEN breeders VALERIE AND JOHN TORTORELLA, ERICA TORTORELLA owners JOE AND CARLA SANCHEZ, MARY DELISA, ERICA TORTORELLA 36 Dog News
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When I met my dear friend’s daughter What is for the first time, Miss Charlize Sutton. your favorite dog show moment exclusive of a win?
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To be able to read music and Which play an instrument. talent would you most like to have?
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Who is your real life hero or heroine?
“It’s around” and Which “Another day words or phrases do another dog show”. you most overuse?
My mother Leona, for putting up with me and my husband, Jason, for understanding that this is my passion and supporting me through the bad and the good.
5 6 7 If you could I need more patience. change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Other people think I am: I am too nice.
How would you describe yourself in a personal ad?
8 9 What was your most embarrassing moment at a dog show? I will let you know when it happens.
Happy go lucky, always looking for a good time.
Which judge, no longer alive or judging, do you miss the most? Stephen Shaw.
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10questions What do you miss the most at dog shows? Camaraderie, and people who want to learn about grooming, showing, and taking care of dogs.
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he Westminster Kennel Club held its third annual Licensed Hunting Test for Pointing Breeds on Sunday, Sept. 26, at Tamarack Game Preserve in Millbrook, NY. Returning to the activity that led to the formation of the club in the 1870s, Westminster hosted 20 dogs in the competition, with seven dogs earning qualifying scores from Judges Gail K. Ryan, John Morris, Donald W. Bristol, and Laura K. Bedford. Under the leadership of Hunting Test Committee Chairman Steven M. Bedford, Westminster has returned to its roots with this event. The Westminster Kennel Club was begun back in the mid-1870’s as a gentlemen’s sporting club, with its primary activity being bird hunting and primarily with pointing breeds, Pointers in particular. Beginning in the late 1800s, Westminster gradually began to shift its focus a bit to that of the dog show ring. There, they could show their own dogs and also help dog fanciers exhibit their own dogs for the world to see. But at the same time, the original intent of the club’s forefathers was firmly evident: protect and promote the purebred dog and its abilities to do what it was bred to do. A hundred years later, in 1986, the American Kennel Club created a hunting test and Westminster hosted the first demonstration in Pine Plains, NY. The February 1987 issue of Town & Country reported: “Top pointers, spaniels and retrievers were sent afield under the whistles of amateur handlers, while about 800 members of the bird dog fraternity from across the country stood staunchly on the rolling hillsides to honor the AKC’s new, noncompetitive program for judging a dog’s handiness to wing and shot.” Many specialty clubs have staged hunting tests since then, but up until September of 2008, no all breed club had done so. It was appropriate that the Westminster Kennel Club, the country’s oldest organization dedicated to the sport of purebred dogs, would do the honors as the first all breed kennel club to hold an American Kennel Club licensed hunting test for pointing breeds. • 42 Dog News
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og fanciers in general, my friends in particular, and many persons who know me, associate my name to the breed of my hearth; the Boxer. Besides the ones we had at the kennel, we always had one or two (sometimes even three) as our house pets. Even with my several changing of addresses, I never could imagine my life without a dog. Moving so frequently a Boxer would be difficult to put under my arm and carry along for I never would leave any pet of mine behind. So I had to reconsider. My first house pet changing went to a lovely and playful breed the West Highland White Terrier. For a long time Lady the Westie was my life and traveling companion. After her tragic death in Las Vegas, NV, my son and Norra gifted me with my dog-their Sara Sarafina, a Yorkie, and with her my love affair with the Terriers deepened. To be honest I really learned to see and better understand a Terrier with the greatest of the teachers the record breaker Smooth Fox Terrier “Gracie” (BIS.Ch. Aimhi Avalon Renaissance). Having her in my lap, watching her sleep, wake-up, play, having puppies, just being herself; happy and beautiful –which she thank God still is- it’s like having a professor showing me how a true Terrier must look like physically and mentally as well. I learned, and I think that many persons
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The Cesky Terrier Bohemian or Czech Terrier who had a similar experience will agree, that Terriers in general have something different in their essence. I can’t explain the feeling; you have to live with one to understand what I am saying. It is like trying to explain a flavor in words. How can one explain what sweet, bitter or sour is without really having tasted it? So I went looking after a different kind of Terrier, and found one that caught my curiosity: the Cesky Terrier. The current Czech Republic is formed by Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. These 3 parts can be described as “Czech lands”, with Czech language being spoken in all three. In 1918, the state of Czechoslovakia was constituted to reflect the union of the Czech and Slovak territories that were merged together after WWI. The former Czechoslovakia was created from territory that had previously been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Czech Republic is located in Central Europe. Its area is 78,866 sq. km. The country is slightly smaller than South Carolina. Prague, founded in 870 A.D., its capital city, is situated on the Vltava River in central Bohemia, and has been the political, cultural and economic centre of the Czech state for more than 1,100 years. Prague was also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire (1346-1378). Since 1992, the historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, making the city one of the most CONTINUED ON PAGE 92
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The Changing Face of British Terriers
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have always considered myself extremely fortunate to have grown up in the South Wales valleys. The valleys were filled with dog owners and small time breeders who would not have necessarily been offended by the “back yard” term that was often applied to them in a somewhat derisory manner. There were not that many large kennels owned by fanciers who could afford to employ staff, but most towns boasted at least one major breeder who kept a sizeable kennel, and invariably the inhabitants were terriers. Sometimes such kennels were not even be adjacent to their owner’s home. Rather they would be situated on a plot of land – an “allotment” – where the kennels sat alongside vegetable patches, chicken coops and flower pots.
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ftentimes these kennels were owned by working men, miners or tradesmen, who would complete a full day’s hard toil, return home, get washed and fed and then spend the evening with their dogs, cleaning up the facilities and working on coats, always by hand, and often in very poor light. Oftentimes clever scouting stockmen – the Percies and Nigels of their day – would visit such breeders with a pocketful of cash, knowing full well that if they stumbled across something special its owner would simply be unable to refuse a serious offer. These were not wealthy landowners, but fanciers who had an uncanny knack of knowing what dog would suit what bitch and being very clever at second-guessing the kind of whelps that would result. They would support the local dog matches and the smaller sanction, limited and open shows. Sometimes, given a suitable incentive, they would venture off to a Championship show, often travelling by railway train and frequently in the company of fellow exhibitors. Although my grandfather had given up showing his Wire Fox Terriers before I was born, I remember being fascinated by the stories he and my grandmother told about how they ran their small kennel behind the family bakery. Dogs were kept in cinder runs, cinders being plentiful in an area that grew up around the coal industry. Having a bakery, bread was plentiful and baked in the oven provided all the dog meal that was necessary. In the village where I grew up was a miscellany of terriers. Apart from the Wires that were owned by successful exhibitors, our next door neighbour was the local Baptist minister and his housepet was a very strong minded Sealyham. The local butcher kept two – as I recall huge – Airedales as guard dogs and they patrolled the gates at the side of the shop with a fierce determination. In the road where I grew up were two single gents of a certain age who kept two immaculately groomed Westies as pets. I recall as kid hearing the expression “confirmed bachelor” being used in this context and wondering what on earth it meant. Today I suspect they would have been described rather more directly. There were dozens of Staffordshire Bull Terriers in the village, and most of them were owned by decent, honest family men who would never have dreamt of pitting their dog against another, but sadly as I got older I learnt that not every Staffie owner in the village was as scrupulous as they could me, as some of their dog’s war-wounds often bore out. Welsh Terriers abounded as pets, they were literally two-a-penny, and thinking back were remarkably consistent. Some of them could have held their own in the show ring today, given that their coats were worked on by someone who knew what they were doing. Strangely I remember most of them were naturally richly coloured; none of my neighbours would have ever heard of daffy, much less know what to do with it. The local pub had a Scottie as a pet. I was not allowed across the threshold as a child, but do remember seeing Mac (not the most original of names) being walked by the landlady on a very smart tartan collar and leash. There were even a couple of Bull Terriers kept by one of the better-off property owners who was rumoured to own half the village. I 52 Dog News
remember one of them being a lot heavier than the other and having an eye-patch that made him look naturally amusing. The two spinster sisters who lived in the corner house had an eviltempered Cairn who would happily sink its teeth into any passing child who attempted to tease it – or who didn’t, come to think of it. So my childhood was in a period where the majority of pet dogs were Terriers. I don’t recall any of the now popular working breeds such as Dobermanns and Rottweilers but I do remember various Collie types being kept on nearby farms and several Pekingese were hideously spoiled by their pampering owners. However Terriers were definitely the dogs of the day. How all this has changed. I can’t remember when I last saw a Wire walking on a leash in the valleys, and seldom do you see any terriers as the more fashionable wash-and-go dogs from exotic parts have taken over. Today someone who would have bought an Airedale now has an Akita or a Malamute. Lhasas, Shih Tzus, Bichons and Cavaliers have taken over from the smaller terriers as the entire group has gone into a decline. Worryingly, we see the same at dog shows. The terrier group is not attracting the young people it needs to keep the various breeds going. Whilst Staffords continue to maintain their incredible popularity, despite the awful press they have received in recent years, the serious coated Terrier breeds are in decline. The young people of today do not want the hard work that goes with a labour-intensive hand-stripped breed. The idea of finger-and-thumbing a dog’s coat in the garden shed at midnight holds little appeal when the seduction of the internet beckons from a warm bedroom. There are no young people apprenticing to professional handlers whose mainstay was the trimmed terrier breeds – because there are no professional handlers. Well, arguably one or two who actually handle for a living. Those who want a companion dog they can show now and again tend to go for low-maintenance breeds or something that can be clipped and bathed the day before if the mood takes. Investing in a wire coat for months on end is not for the faint-hearted, and only in countries where there is a hard core of serious breeders and moneyed clients who can afford to employ handlers are these breeds likely to survive and prosper. Some of our once popular terrier breeds are now officially classified as “vulnerable” by our Kennel Club. The breeds have not changed that much, but today buyers have more choice and maybe the appeal of the more trendy breeds eclipses the more tried and tested stalwart terriers. Do the breeders do enough to promote and market their breeds? Do they want new young people to join their ranks if there is a danger they might be so successful that they end up beating them and presenting their dogs more adeptly? Whatever the answer, one thing is for sure. The terrier group in the UK has certainly seen its heyday and it will need a radical shot in the arm to recover. Remember the year that four foreign visitors took the places in the group at Crufts? I rest my case. •
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his year Conejo Kennel Club joined forces with Simi Valley Kennel Club and Santa Barbara Kennel Club to make it a four-day weekend. Conejo had lost their location and after a long search could not find a site in their area. When Conejo approached SBKC about coming in on the weekend they were welcomed with open arms. Being that it was to be a Monday event there was some apprehension that the entry would not be a financial success. Most Monday shows have notoriously low entries. Everyone was hoping there might be a thousand entries. When entries closed with Conejo having an entry of 1,130, we all heaved a sigh of relief. Ron Mattson, President of Conejo, knows the grounds like the back of his hand, since he has handled the parking for this weekend for many years now. In an effort to insure cost saving, many of the SBKC members offered their judging services free of charge to Conejo for their first year. This resulted in about half the entry being judged for just a few extra nights hotel cost. The success of Simi Valley and Conejo adds to the success of SBKC. Like all clubs today they are controlled by financial factors and the availability of suitable sites. SBKC no longer can use the Polo Field and the University also is no longer available. The Santa Barbara weekend date is controlled by the Earl Warren Showgrounds, not the AKC dog show calendar. The shows have to be on the very last weekend of August, sandwiched in between two major horse shows. The rent
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for Earl Warren is very costly and they charge for every part of the grounds that is used. For example, the small area used for the judges luncheons, the adjoining small parking lot for VIP parking and a number of other things are additional individual costs. Like so many other clubs SBKC became a back to back show for financial reasons. The club tries to make the Sunday show slightly different than Saturday. David Powers, as show chairman, has always felt Sunday was the “real” SBKC show because there was a day when Sunday was the only show that Santa Barbara Kennel Club did. By making the group ring a bit dressier with the over 20 magnificent Challenge Trophies, only offered on Sunday, this helps to make Sunday a special show. This year there were four days CONTINUED ON PAGE 96
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Judges’ Choice
The Smooth Fox Terrier Courtesy of Kennel Gazette
We asked a number of Championship Show judges to select their three greatest Smooth Fox Terriers of all time. The dogs could be from the past or the present and from anywhere in the world. We have asked our judges to avoid choosing dogs with which they have been closely associated. However, they can make reference to them if they are signiďŹ cant.
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he timing of a recent series of events compelled me to revisit the ongoing saga of Michael Vick, the most high profile, notorious dogfighter this country has ever known. This being the Montgomery all terrier week in Pennsylvania, Vick regaining his starting quarterback job for the NFL’s Eagles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and author Jim Gorant releasing a book The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale or Rescue and Redemption this month all factored into the decision to re-examine the story. Vick, of course, was once on top of the world, the highest paid player in the NFL, but he became one of the most despised celebrities on earth when a dogfighting operation was uncovered on his property in Surry County, Virginia. Vick reportedly was responsible for drowning, beating and electrocuting dogs that failed to perform to expectations and subsequently spent 19 months in a federal prison. He has since admitted that if he hadn’t gone to the Leavenworth facility he would’ve continued to fight dogs. Now, he claims to be rehabilitated. Amazingly enough, so were most of the dogs confiscated from his property. Americans love their NFL football but they also love redemption stories and particularly ones involving dogs. Jim Gorant’s book details the outpouring of love and support that Vick’s dogs received, while Vick was being vilified by the press as individuals heckled and protested at his every court appearance. Now that some of the dogs have been rehabilitated and rehomed, and Vick has returned to the football field in a starting and starring capacity, many of those jeers have turned to cheers. This unlikely chain of events led Gorant to state in an article in the October 4 issue of Sports Illustrated, “…in some bizarro way, Vick may be the best thing that ever happened to pit bulls and the antidogfighting effort. His arrest and the investigation into his enterprise, Bad Newz Kennels, shone a light onto a widespread but underground culture. The eventual treatment of the dogs—a process of individual evaluation with a goal of saving those capable of being rehabilitated—set a precedent that has now replaced mass, unconsidered euthanasia as the standard practice.” It’s an interesting point and there’s a lot of truth in it. If these weren’t the dogs of a much-heralded athlete, they wouldn’t have received the same evaluation and rehabilitation. Such a process requires a lot of manpower, time and money. Sadly, euthanasia is often an easier,
more economical choice. Nevertheless, the outpouring of sympathy and determination shone by these individuals has indeed shed light on these dogs in a positive way. Those unfamiliar with the breed have come to an understanding that there is something special about these dogs and that they are worth saving. As Gorant notes, “…the Vick case marked the first time that fighting dogs were seen as victims of a crime rather than perpetrators, thus educating the public about pit bulls as a breed. These dogs have begun to be seen not as reflexively and incorrigibly vicious, but as misunderstood and mistreated creatures that have a lot to offer if they are properly cared for and handled.” Indeed, there have been recent reality shows dedicated to the rehabilitating and rehoming of these highly intelligent, easily trainable, fiercely loyal, wonderful family dogs that adore children. It’s these traits that, ironically, dogfighters have been exploiting for so long that the general public is starting to notice and understand. Another positive result of the Vick case, according to Gorant, is “…legal authorities learned that dogfighting cases have value. Their prosecution is viewed favorably by the public, and they almost always turn up other types of high-level criminal activity. In the three years since the Bad Newz raid, there has been a string of dogfighting busts, including one of the largest in history, which involved a ring that spanned eight states and involved more than 500 animals.” By enforcing existing laws (not creating new, superfluous breed specific legislation that bans certain breeds of dogs, i.e. the “pit bull”) authorities have been able to bring more dogfighters to justice. Many of the dogs found during these raids have also been rehabilitated and rehomed. Other measures have been put in place since the Vick case first came to light, including the launch of a database to identify dogs that have been used for fighting. DNA is gathered by taking a cheek swab of the dogs, and then logged into a database so lines of dogs bred and kept for fighting can be identified. (Though, it should be noted, there are some who worry that such a marker may actually harm the chances of these dogs finding homes). It would be nice if Vick made some other gesture, such as donating money to local shelters each time he completes a pass or scores a touchdown (though, granted, he is $20 million in debt from
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legal expenses and declaring personal bankruptcy). Gorant reports, “The Eagles have donated $500,000 to animal-welfare causes and pit bull issues in particular.” But half a million is a drop in the bucket to an organization that ranks as the seventhmost valuable NFL franchise, at upwards of 1.1 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which also pits the worth of the team’s owner, Jeffrey Lurie, the former Hollywood producer, at $1 billion. Without money, the rehabilitation simply wouldn’t have taken place. Vick was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution, which allowed for the dogs’ rehabilitation. Of the 51 dogs removed from Vick’s property, it was originally assumed that they would be too dangerous, vicious, scarred, or scared to ever be trusted as pets. But of those 51, only one had to be euthanized for behavior and one for injuries. The other 47 were given reprieves. Of those, 21 went to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, which is the largest no-kill shelter in Utah, and 10 of them went to BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit bulls). The rest of them found foster homes or are in permanent homes, and some have even become therapy dogs, working with children to help them read and overcome shyness. Dr. Stephen Zawistowski, a psychologist and ASPCA animal behaviorist who has worked in the field for more than 20 years and followed the surviving 49 dogs belonging to Vick recently told NPR, “… when we did dog busts at the ASPCA, typically the dogs were euthanized. Part of it was because our ability [to understand] dog behavior and knowledge hadn’t really developed to the point where we really understood the opportunities and the trajectory of a rehabilitation program.” Of the Vick case, Zawistowski said, “It was one of the handful of times that the nation was focused on a dogfighting case. The resources that were available were as good as we think we were ever going to get. So that if we failed, the question was going to be: Was another chance ever going to come? So we really wanted to make our best effort, and it’s one of the reasons why if we could only pick out at least just the 10 best dogs, that would be a really great step forward for us. And what we have seen going forward with this case, is that this has now really become a standard practice in many dogfighting cases. They look to bring in a team of behaviorists. They look to have the dogs evaluated. I will say that many of these cases, they haven’t saved 95 percent of the dogs in the case. It’s been a third of the dogs in the case. It’s been a quarter of the dogs in the case. But that’s still better than not making the effort at all.” In Gorant’s book, Donna Reynolds, one of the founders of Bad Rap, sums up the positive aspects that came out of the horrendous Bad Newz kennel situation: “Vick showed the worst of us, our bloodlust, but this showed the best. I don’t think any of us thought it was possible — the government, the rescuers, the people involved. We like to think we have life figured out, and it’s nice that it can still surprise us, that sometimes we can accomplish things we had only dreamed of. We’ve moved our evolution forward. Just a little bit, but we have, and I’m happy to have been a part of that.” •
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A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...
by Matthew H. Stander
wo weekends a year, once in May and once in late September or early October, the magnificent old Coe Estate, now a national state park in Oyster Bay, Long Island, is turned into a showcase for purebred dog show competitions. In May, Ladies Kennel Association uses these unusually fine grounds for a Friday and Saturday back-to-back whilst two “out-east” (Suffolk) shows together with what was once a show referred to as (and in reality was) the show of distinction-Westburyuse them in early autumn. If the weather is good--as it was this past Saturday-- the grounds and the environs are as good if not better than any in the country. (An ideal setting for say Queensboro or Westchester particularly the latter since it oozes the traditions and stateliness Westchester seems to so covet. And what difference does it make anymore where a club holds its show as both of the aforementioned clubs are in foreign territories anyways--one in Massachusetts the other in New Jersey? Why not get Tuxedo Park, Westchester and Queensboro to change their dates and move to the Coe Estate on Long Island or even London, England at the rate AKC seems to ignore geographic requirements forced on some and ignored by others. But I digress for a change.) But if the weather is horrendous as can happen during East Coast hurricane season and did occur this year on Friday, at least one of the shows may be and in fact was cancelled! This is not the first time this has happened on these weekends. Weather plays an instrumental part in the success or failure of the weekends. Friday was of course cancelled, Saturday had glorious weather and atmosphere and Sunday was basically cold and dreary. Where the show is held on the old wheat fields of the Estate with little or no protection from the elements is a fact of life and if there are heavy rains the damage to the property can be truly horrendous. Entries hover in the 7 to 800 area for both sets of weekends. Some blame the history of low entries for these weekends on travel to “the Island”, which is absurd as far as I am concerned since the LIE is no better nor worse than any other urban area’s traffic-some blame it on the expense of the Island, which is absurd, too, since there are plenty of reasonable motels and restaurants to attend--some blame it on the judging panels, which could be the case this past weekend but in reality is not the case most of the time--others say it is the plethora
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American PointerClub NationalSpecialty By Lisa Canfield
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he 2010 American Pointer Club National Specialty was held at the Crown Plaza at the Crossings in Warwick, RI. The sight is conveniently located to TF Green International Airport making it easy for people to attend from all over the country. The hotel staff was friendly and accommodating. I would recommend this sight to any club looking to hold a national in New England. This year’s show was dedicated to Dolores McCosker Allsworth, Worthall Pointers. The National was a week-long celebration of beautiful pointers and great friends. The entry was
large - 199 dogs entered for a total of 348 entries and 32 rally entries and 65 agility entries. The celebration began on Monday evening, Sept. 20, with a puppy fun match judged by Dr. Howard Spey. Dr. Spey’s Best in Match was Seasyde Wynot Can Only Imagine- Kathy Shorter & Helyne Medeiros. Tuesday morning began with Futurity and Maturity. Ms. Britt Young had 28 Futurity entries and 11 Maturity entries. Her Best in Futurity winner was CH Terrapointe I Got It Made-Kate Hornick & Kasie Podojil opposite went to Edgehill Thankful For The Finishline- Jason & Laurie Palmer & Megan Lane. The Maturity winner was Ch Penzance Jackpot- Rachel Ertle & Maggie Platt. The afternoon events were Obedience and Rally. Ms. Elizabeth Chase had 14 obedience entries and 32 Rally Entries with 28 qualifiers in Rally. There were 2 qualifiers in obedience and High In Trial was awarded from the Novice B class to Mooreland’s Licorice Twist-Allen & Chris Armistead. It is wonderful to see our pointers competing in multiple venues; the pointer is certainly a versatile breed. On Tuesday evening we had our annual health seminar. This year’s topic was Emergency First Aid care, our guest speaker was Dr Elizabeth Rozanski, board certified in Emergency and Critical Care, Internal Medicine Tufts University. The seminar was very well attended, participants had a chance to ask many questions on how to handle specific emergencies and they even had a chance to practice CPR on the canine dummy CONTINUED ON PAGE 114
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GCh. Glennhaven’s Danny Boy O’Donnybrook Sire: Best In Show, Best In Specialty Show Winning Ch. Donnybrook’s George
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Multiple Specialty Wins, Group Wins and Group Placements in 2010
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!DANNY! Group First Butler County Kennel Club September 26, 2010 Our sincere appreciation to Judge Mrs. Lydia Coleman Hutchinson
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Cairn Terriers, Ch. Felshott Bryany, Ch. Felshott Taste of Honey and Felshott Honey Dancer some breeders closely inbred to establish type. So close that today it would be seriously frowned on by the Kennel Club. One example is the Smooth Fox Terrier, Vesuvienne, who was the tap-root for what her owner, Robert Vicary J.P. called ‘scientific inbreeding’ which he practised with a vengeance. Vesuvienne was mated to Result and Rational, the daughters from these two unions being put to Venio, and their progeny mated again, the result being Veracity and Veracious, who were sold to America for an undisclosed but sizeable sum. Vesuvienne’s portrait was painted by John Emms, now regarded as one of the most important of the 19th century British dog artists, whose pictures of Fox Hounds frequently dominate sales of dog and sporting art. By the 1920s the Wire Fox Terrier was amongst the breeds that virtually dominated the show ring, one being Ch. Kemphurst Superb who was owned by George Howlett. She was one of the top winning Wires of the time, winning five Best in Show awards in 1927, including the Kennel Club’s own show. She was bred by Bob Barlow, probably the most successful terrier man who ever lived. Her portrait was painted by Nevison Arthur Loraine who specialised in painting horses and rustic scenes. Largely through the intervention in 1895 of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, the cropping of dogs’ ears was banned. The Irish Terrier was one of the breeds affected and Ch. Belfast Erin was one of the first champions with natural ears. She was owned by F. Clegg and was a granddaughter of the celebrated Ch. Brickbat, winner of the 60-Guinea Challenge Cup twelve time in succession. 76 Dog News
Her portrait was painted by Maud Earl, one of the best-known and highly regarded of all dog artists whose list of patrons read like a Who’s Who of the good and the great in dogdom. It was she who also painted the Welsh Terriers, Ch. Longmynd Chamberlain and Ch. Longmynd Enchantress. Both dogs were owned by Mrs. H.D. Greene, who also had a successful kennel of Welsh Springer Spaniels and a stud of Welsh Ponies. Chamberlain was out of Mrs. Greene’s first Welsh terrier champion, Ch. Cambrian Princess, who was from unregistered parents. Enchantress was out of Brynhir Bride, bred in the famous kennel of W.S. Glyn and related to the well-know Ch. Brynhir Ballad, who in 1902 was considered to be ‘the best Welsh Terrier of either sex that has ever appeared on the show bench’. Frederick Thomas Daws’ painting of the Airedale Terrier, Ch. Brewer’s Dictator, is one of two pictures of the breed in the Kennel Club’s collection. Bred by H. Keighley and owned by Keighley and H.H. Wilson, Dictator’s portrait was painted when the dog was just twelve months old and at the start of a highly successful career, which included the dog CC at Crufts in 1923. He was sired by Warlord Ditto, a champion on both sides of the Atlantic who had a profound influence on the breed. Dictator was one of nine champion children he sired in the UK and there were countless others in America CONTINUED ON PAGE 80
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and worldwide. The Border Terrier, Ch. Themis, was bred and owned by G. Thompson of Northumberland and won seven CCs between 1923 – 25. She also held a Master of Fox Hounds working certificate. Her mother was an unregistered bitch named Tatters, and her father was Gyp, a much sought after sire of the day and described as the ‘North Tyne type of Border Terrier.’ She was the fourth Border Terrier champion and is behind many of today’s well-known dogs. Themis’s portrait was painted by Reuben Ward Binks who travelled extensively and few other artists gathered around them the society patrons Binks did – King George V, the Maharaja Dhiraj of Patiala, Mr. & Mrs. S. Hallock du Pont, Mrs. Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge and others. Marjorie Cox was one of Britain’s most prolific dog artists. Her initial output was chiefly pet dogs for the county set but the Cairn Terrier introduced her to the world of show dogs. The three Cairns featured are Ch. Felshott Bryany and her daughters, Ch. Felshott Taste of Honey and Felshott Honey Dancer from the famous kennel founded by Dorothy and Margaret Hall in 1925. After the war the sisters were joined by Miss Peggy Wilson who helped rebuild the kennel and establish a quality line of their own. Bryany, an outstanding brood and dam of four champions, was the first champion. Arguably the breed which has changed the most in the terrier group over the last 100 years is the Sealyham. Efbe’s Hidalgo at Goodspice is a very different breed to Ch. Chawston Whiskey Bach as portrayed in 1915 by E. Marion Nelson, who was proud to claim such clients as H.H. Princess Toussoun, Lady Ebery and Lady Cooke. Whiskey Bach was the breed’s fifth champion who won an impressive fourteen CCs, including two at Crufts. He was bred by Fred Lewis and owned by William Baker who bought him for £20. He was a grandson of Peer Gynt who was whelped in 1903 and owned by Major Harry Jones. Peer Gynt was the earliest great pillar of the breed and the progenitor of many of the breed’s successful show dogs. All the pictures featured are part of the Kennel Club’s collection and can be seen by appointment at their offices in Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London. •
Sealyham Terrier, Ch. Chawston Whiskey Bach
Welsh Terriers, Ch. Longmynd Chamberlain and Ch. Longmynd Enchantress
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Thanks to all the Judges who have recognized Jack’s breed type, soundness and showmanship!
FULL METAL JACKET Thank you Group Judge Mr. Terry Stacy
Sire: Ch. Blythewood Straight Shooter
Owners: Jim & Kristi Clark and Joan L. Huber 5th Avenue, New York, New York
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Carol Perkins also discovered early on that her Fox Terriers had to do something besides be show dogs. She owns Ch Foxhunt Montgomery AX AXJ CD JE TD (“Monty”) and Foxhunt Farther On AX AXJ SE RAE (“Jack”). “Fox Terriers are, by nature, very busy creatures and very independent souls! If you have a desire for a long, productive and enjoyable partnership with a Fox Terrier, you would be well advised to provide them with activities to keep them busy and reasons to see you as the source of all things good. I have never looked at performance training and competing as something my dogs do after their show careers. My dogs all started their lives as performance dogs and then if they turn out to be show ring candidates, so much the better. Terriers are smart and bold. They will venture into just about any activity. The challenge is to get them to play games with you according to your rules.” “Terriers need jobs because they love to be active and involved with their owners,” said Sue Ely who owns Ch. Holly Beach Mack the Knife ME CGC (“Mack”), Ch Pinchbeck Headsup Harry ME CD TD (“Harry”) and Ch Pinchbeck Rainy Night in Georgia ME (“Georgie”). “They do not, except in rare cases, have the ‘couch potato’ gene. Without the focus and the discipline of a job, they can get into some bad habits as a result of their energy and curiosity about the world around them.” Most terriers are high energy dogs that need activities to keep them occupied. Left to devise their own entertainment, they get into trouble with “fun” activities that involve destruction or escape. Many terrier people have found that earthdog competition resolves this problem. “Earthdog work looked to be the right pursuit for me since Lakelands seem to take well to working quarry and they go into tunnels with enthusiasm and fervor,” said Glenis Shaffer who owns Ch Hollybriar Magic Touch ME RN (“Genie.”) “Providing them with the opportunity to go to ground is like tapping into their heritage. They demonstrate a natural affinity for the work and a real zeal and enjoyment of the experience. The junior level was quick and easy for us, senior took a bit more time because of the recall and master was the most fun and challenging. We’ve also tried rally which worked out for us because there is a lot of variety in the demands on the dog which keeps them interested and alert. Terriers tend to get bored by too much repetition and they’ll ignore your commands even though they know how to perform the exercises.” “I have a five-year-old Norfolk male that was driven to hunt and I loved watching him hunt so we went on an earned the new AKC earthdog title of EE where dogs have to earn a qualifying score in both senior earthdog and master earthdog on the same day in order to earn a leg toward their EE,” said Peggy Metcalf who owns Ch Flurries Mackinac Point ME EE and Ch Fluries Ivy Cottage Light ME CGC that has four legs toward her EE. “Busy and involved dogs are truly happier and healthier companions. While most of my dogs start with basic obedience, their unique personalities as well as their physical and emotional status determines where they will go from there.” 84 Dog News
Humvee (Ch OTCH Balgair Humvee - Let’s Roll UDX2 OM1), Lucy Berninger’s Scottish Terrier takes a jump in utility.
Monty (Ch Foxhunt Montgomery AX AXJ CD JE TD) Carol Perkins’ Fox Terrier takes a jump in agility.
One of the most important considerations when choosing the type of job a terrier is going to do is to know the dog’s abilities, according to Ely. “A dog that uses its nose a lot when you are walking in the woods and fields will probably be a good tracker and a good earthdog. Dogs with strong prey drive make good earthdogs. A dog with great attention skills will be good in obedience or agility although agility requires a dog that has a good athletic build with reach, drive and power. Obedience is the most difficult as you need a dog with a sturdy temperament that can take correction and will not wilt, one who will do things over and over again to achieve the perfection obedience competition requires.” “Just because a certain title has been achieved doesn’t mean that the dog should be retired,” said Deeann CorbyLulik who owns Ch MACH6 Connemara’s Tuff Act To Follow MH CDX TQX2 JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC (“Kaleigh”), the first Airedale to earn an AKC master hunter title. “Airedales are social dogs that love to learn, work and spend time with their owners. Put an ablebodied dog aside too soon and an Airedale just might come with new and exciting activities that will get it in trouble. It has been my experience that keeping a dog working into its later years keeps it mentally and physically fit longer. If you spend quality time with an Airedale, you might just CONTINUED ON PAGE 88
GCH. CH KOIRA GUARDIAN OF THE LONG BOW Sire: Ch. Rockstar Reconsider Me
Dam: Ch. Koira Fyrlyte Magic Happens
Multiple Group First Winner Multiple Group Placer Sincere appreciation to Judge Mrs. Janet Leslie Buchanan
Owned by Dr. Karl Feltman
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add a few more precious years to their life span.” Sometimes a terrier person’s lifestyle determines what sort of job the terrier will do. Lucy Berninger, who owns Scottish Terrier Ch OTCH Balgair Humvee Let’s Roll RE UDX2 OM1, said, “Dogs are intelligent beings so it must be terrible to have a normal energy level with nothing to do. I have always wanted our dogs to ‘have a life.’ With obedience, there is always progression to the next title so you don’t have to get a new dog to stay in the game. But there were some ‘iffy’ moments. Scotties are expected to spar in the show ring and the very sight of another Scottie would get Humvee on guard with his hackles up. One time, in novice B, he was performing in the ring right next to where the Scotties were showing with just the baby gates between him and them. I was holding my breath waiting to see if he’d keep the lid on but he did and actually won the class.” Shel Greb, who owns Lakeland Terrier Ch Cheery Creek the Outlaw Ms Wales RN SE (“Jocey”), noted that allowing a very willful 15inch dog to decide that their job is to guard your home, herd your children, dispense with the cat and attack the vacuum does not make for a wonderful companion to live with. “Lakelands, in particular, see everything as their business and they will gladly stick their nose in where it doesn’t belong. As a result, you need to provide them with an appropriate job. But, it is not difficult to find an appropriate job because this breed is so versatile. I love obedience but Lakelands demand perfection and they will let you know on each and every mistake. There are some owners who can’t handle the precision it requires to train such a dog and you need to have a great deal of humility both in and out of the ring with a Lakeland. They are, however, never dull companions but you have to have a hearty sense of humor and the ability to laugh at yourself. You can never rest on your laurels. It took me one weekend to get her JE title. In another weekend, she had two qualifying scores in senior. Then it took two years to get that third and final leg. Jocey would not recall out of the tunnel. She knew that coming back meant the game was over. A fellow terrier person, aware of the problem, asked me what she loved more than rats. I said ‘swimming.’ She said, ‘Okay, use that word’ to get her out. Okay, why not? I yelled, ‘Jocey, hurry! Let’s go swim.’ She came out immediately. We collected her SE title and hurried home to go for a swim. You have to be really creative to work alongside such sharp little dogs.” Sometimes it is the attitudes of others that have to be overcome when working with terriers in performance events. “Many people, including some judges, generalize and make assumptions about the trainability and capability of terriers,” said Perkins. “Some terrier owners also fall back on those same generalizations as reasons not to try training their terriers or excuses for why their terriers don’t achieve success. Increasing participation and successes by terriers in the performance areas has helped change those attitudes and both the dogs and their owners have been the beneficiaries of these attitude changes. One thing I would say to terrier owners is, ‘Don’t let your own perception of your terrier limit his possibilities!’” • 88 Dog News
Peggy Metcalf and Mack ( Ch Flurries Mackinac Point ME EE) do the honor at a master earthdog test. Mack has earned the new Endurance Earthdog title which requires the dog to earn qualifying scores in both senior and master earthdog on the same day.
Sue Ely’s Norfolk Ch Holly Beach Mack the Knife ME WC (“Mack”) says “Hold on to your fur, rats. Here I come” at the head of the tunnel in an earthdog competition.
Ch. Hollybriar’s Magic Touch ME RN (“Genie”), Glenis Shaffer’s Lakeland Terrier poses with her final ribbons for her master earthdog title.
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popular tourist destinations in Europe. The name Prague is derived from an old Slavic root, “Praga” which means “ford”, referring to the city’s origin at a crossing point of the Vltava River. From 1948 to 1968 Prague and the country was under the military and political control of the Soviet Union. In 1967 a strong position was taken against the regime, and the secretary of the Communist Party, Alexander Dubcek, proclaimed a new deal in his city. It was the “Prague Spring”, which aimed at the renovation of institutions in a democratic way. The Soviet Union reacted with the invasion of Czechoslovakia and the capital on August 21, 1968 by tanks, suppressing any attempt at work. After the collapse of the communist government in November 1989, Alexander Dubcek was elected chairman of the Federal Assembly and was awarded the Sakharov Peace Prize. In 1993, after the split of Czechoslovakia, Prague became the capital city of the new Czech Republic. In the late 1990s Prague again became an important cultural centre of Europe and was notably influenced by globalization. There are so many things to say about this beautiful country. We have to mention the incredible Bohemian crystal. Glass production in Bohemia already has a tradition for number of centuries. What about the beers? The city of Ceske Budvar was for centuries also known by its German name, Budweis. Brewing is recorded in the city since the 13th century. The modern brewery was founded in 1795 as the Bürgerliches Brauhaus Budweis; as such it is the oldest brewery in the world to use the term “Budweiser” when referring to its beer. The Czechoslovakians gifted the world also with the beer of Pilsen. In 1842, a brewery in Plzen developed a golden Pilsner beer, the first light colored beer ever brewed. It became an immediate success, and was exported all over the Austrian Empire. A special train of beer travelled from Plze to Vienna every morning. Exports of Czech beer reached Paris and the United States by 1874. Today, the most famous beer made in Pilsen is Pilsner Urquell. There are many famous and important Czech personalities to be remembered as two Nobel laureates; J.Heyrowsky, and J.Seifert. Composers; Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana, Martina Navratilova, and Ivan Lendl tennis players, Emil Zatopek, the 1948 Olympian unprecedented holder of the triple crown; 5.000, 10.000, and de Marathon winner. Vaclav Havel a playwright, essayist, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He has written 92 Dog News
over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. Franz Kafka, famous Jewish writer of Metamorphosis. Milan Kundera, a great writer best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The well known film director Milos Foreman, and Andrew Warhola, known by the public as Andy Warhol (Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes), his parents were working-class emigrants from Czechoslovakia, and hundreds of others. The Slovak literary language as it is known today was not established until the nineteenth century, although Slovak in its different dialects had been spoken for many centuries. At various times, Latin (the official language of Hungary for a time), Hungarian, and Czech had been used as the literary language of the Slovaks. As with Czech, it was the midnineteenth century surge of nationalism that finally saw the widespread adoption of what is today’s literary language, based on the central dialects. There are five native Czech dog breeds; the Bohemian Shepherd, the Cesky Fousek, the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, the Prazsky Krysarik, and the Cesky Terrier. The Cesky (chess-key) Terrier, also known as the Bohemian or Czech Terrier, was developed by Czech geneticist Frantisek Horak in 1948. He worked crossing a Sealyham Terrier and a Scottish Terrier to create a terrier suitable for hunting in the forests of Bohemia. Although not a trained scientist, Horák worked for many years at the Czechoslovak Academy of Science, and he used the knowledge gained there in his dog breeding. František Horák died in 1997. The Cesky Terrier was recognized for international competition by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale in 1963 as breed number 246 in Group 3, Terriers. The breed is now recognized by almost all of the major kennel clubs. The Cesky Terrier is one of the six most rare dog breeds worldwide. The Cesky Terrier is short-legged and moderately long-bodied, resembling the Sealyham Terrier and the Scottish Terrier. This Terrier has a long head, bushy beard, mustache, and eyebrows. The body is solid, but not heavy. The wavy, silky coat usually comes in various shades of gray-blue with tan, gray, white, or yellow furnishings or light coffee, though puppies are born black. The coat lightens between birth and two years of age. The Cesky Terrier’s eyes are brown in gray-blue dogs and yellow in brown dogs. The noses and lips of blue-gray dogs are black; for brown dogs it is liver. The ears are triangular, folding forward close to the head. The head is long, but not too wide, with a well-defined stop. The breed standard calls for a calm dog, and aggression is a disqualifying fault. Cesky Terriers are reputed to be less active and quieter than other terriers. The coat of the Cesky Terrier is not stripped as in other terriers, but rather is clipped. The body and tail are clipped, and the furnishings under the body are left long, as is the hair on the lower legs and on the face (eyebrows, beard, and moustache.) The longer hair should be brushed daily. This is a lovely and intelligent breed. Popular in its country, and still rare abroad. The FCI standard dictates that this breed should be 27 to 35 cm (10.5 to 13.5 in.) at the withers and weigh between 6 & 9 kg. (13 to 20 lbs.) Our readers can find the complete standard at the FCI’s site, http://www.cezski-terreir-club.co.uk, and the American Cesky Terrier Fanciers Association. •
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Mrs. Paula Hartinger & Mr. Joseph Gregory Lovingly Bred & Owned By Arlene Pietrocola
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of shows and each day had its own identity. Off-hand I cannot think of any other four-day weekend that is able to accomplish this. I am not sure it is necessary, but it is a nice touch to know which show is which club. It was a major break a few years ago for SBKC when Simi Valley decided to have a summer show with us. Today the handlers and exhibitors want a three or four-day weekend. Nearly all clubs depend on a certain entry just to be able to get to the break even point. SBKC is an example in that it always tries to be a class act, but no money is squandered and it is hard to make the break even point. In days gone by, with clubs like International, Morris & Essex and Santa Barbara, finances were given little consideration when putting on the show. International had the wealth of Mrs. Groverman Ellis; Morris & Essex was financed by the legendary Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge. In the 40’s it cost Mrs. Dodge a quarter of a million dollars to stage a show we will never see the likes of again. In modern times Lou Auslander has been able to secure tremendous support from Purina in order to uphold the standards set by Mrs. Ellis. We all owe Lou and Purina a great deal of thanks for keeping the tradition ongoing. When M & E was resurrected fifteen years ago there was nobody around like Mrs. Dodge to finance this classic model of a dog show. Wayne Ferguson and a very enterprising committee came up with the private resources to be able to do it again. Fortunately we have people in the sport that are willing and are able to help finance this wonderful show again. After the demise of Ann
Stevenson, SBKC went into a spiraling down turn and it became doubtful if the club would survive. Because of the very clever thinking of Abbe Shaw, the President, and several other club members, survive it did. Abbe and her husband have a veterinary clinic in town and know many animal lovers. It was very ingenious on their part to reach out to some of the locals to be patrons of the show. Most of these people are not show people but love dogs and want the community to be able to hold a dog show. One of our very elderly patrons is a lady whose father was a founding member of SBKC – 90 years ago. Without these local Patrons the club would not have survived. Like a lot of shows in this country, the backing of major dog food companies has had a big reversal. Pedigree, since their main goal now revolves around rescue dogs, supports very few shows anymore. This has been a major blow to a lot of clubs. SBKC for a short time had a small financial support from Eukanuba, but with a change in personnel this also was withdrawn. We are all lucky that Purina ProPlan has taken their marketing in the direction that reaches out to breeders and because of this thinking has become more involved with sponsoring shows.
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of shows held in the immediate area in competition with the shows --while others say it is a combination of all the above. Whatever the reasons I believe one part of it is the history of bad weather that has jinxed certainly the fall weekend if not the spring one as well. And this being the case, one wonders whether the clubs insure against the elements as a basic part of their budgets. I would hope so but for some reason sort of doubt this is done by all of the clubs involved. Why not I must ask--certainly over the years this sort of protection seems a necessity. And on this subject of show cancellations comes the ever present question which raises all sorts of red flags. Should not exhibitors be protected and get a portion of their entry fee back and should judges be paid fees plus their expenses? Let’s take the first premise-no individual nor club should expect to lose anything as a result of a show being cancelled due to the elements. All expenses must be paid by the club-these include judges’ expenses, tenting, cataloguing, supers’ expenses and the like. But do judges’ fees fall into the area of reimbursement if the judge does not adjudicate? I think not, much to the dismay of many judges, who argue with me that they lose a day’s work when a show is cancelled. Excuse me but I thought this was a hobby and the fee a signal of the judge and the club’s estimation the worth of a day of adjudication. If you do not adjudicate why should you get paid anything more than your expenses? I never realized that judging was a form of guaranteed employment for the individual. And while on that subject why is the exhibitor the one person overlooked constantly in these instances? There should be some provision, some way to insure, some way to reimburse a portion-not all of the entry fee--to the exhibitor. If the judge gets paid everything contracted for, if the super gets paid everything including its profit margin built into the entry fee, then why can’t someone devise a method of seeing to it that some monies are laid aside to reimburse in part the people without whom a show could not be held--the exhibitor? Is that too much to ask--I think not. •
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All dog owners looking for the perfect property in the Greenville S.C. area. Wonderful 3BR/2.5BA home; private location with city convenience. Fenced back yard complete with professional kennels with indoor/outdoor access, private office and extra parking pad with 50 AMP electrical RV hook-up. maryleepate.com 864-414-5001 5.11
Great opportunity for a Handler, Breeder or just an Entrepreneur. An established 30-year kennel with an unlimited kennel license, 24 indoor/outdoor covered runs, 8 turn out paddocks, upgraded electric, newer septic and a grooming business all on 5 fenced acres. Property includes a 3 bedroom remodeled guest or managers cottage, a four car garage with a tractor bay, a four stall barn, run in shed, paddock and fenced pasture. All the property is surrounded by farm land preservation. The vintage 1840 center hall colonial has a front to back foyer, two stone fireplaces, an elegant living and dining Rottweilers and Toyroom Manchesters room, all remodeled kitchen withservice granite Puppies occasionally and stud and much more. There is an in-ground www.evrmor.com pool to complete this stunning property. evrmor@comcast.net To view this beautiful property or to rephone 800 454-5067 cieve a brochure please contact Carol Comerford fax @ Coldwell Banker 908-534303 745-7319 4085Pedigrees X 147 or myforcell 908-581-6206. done all AKC breeds
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