Dog News The Digest Volume 30, Issue 43
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October 24, 2014
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Dog News Contents • October 24, 2014 10 Editorial 14 The Lighter Side of Judging: Water Bottle By Michael H. Faulkner 18 Irving’s Impressions: Sparring Terriers By Ronnie Irving 22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander
54 Montgomery Round-Up Part 1 Staffordshire Bull Terriers By Ann Lettis
Norfolk Terriers By Barbara Miller
26 The Upside Of The Seesaw: World Agility Championships By Sharon Anderson 30 K9 Nose Gets Buzz On Disease Threatening Honeybees By Sharon Pflaumer
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers By Pam Mandeville
34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Matt Perchick 42 Montgomery and Morris & Essex: Future, Past and Present By Desmond J. Murphy 44 Off The Leash: Is BSL Trending Downward? By Shaun Coen 48 Affenpinscher National Specialty 2014 By Letisha Wubbell 50 How To Lose A Battle, Territorial Mismanagement, Orlando TV And More By Matthew H. Stander
66 Oregon Dog Judges Focus On The Toy Group By Rosemary Leist and Christie Smith
70 Green Dream: Montgomery County Photo Essay By Chet Jezierski 80 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 82 Click: The Harvest Cluster By Remy Smith-Lewis 84 The Fancy Speaks
By Ginny Winters, Welsh Terrier Club of America President
86 Click: Fake The Lead By Remy Smith-Lewis 90 Click: The Way We Were By Matthew H. Stander 97 Letters To The Editor 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. 4 Dog News
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ANIMAL CRUELTY-A MAINSTREAM CONCERN AKC’S involvement in animal abuse cases and how they are related to humane domestic violations situations rose rapidly in the last 5 to 7 years thanks to its founding and active participation in its recently created American Humane Fund. It’s too bad the Officers of that Fund decided to take a step backwards instead of forward when it canceled the theatre/party benefit for that organization. It “only” cost AHF $50,000 by that decision. Nonetheless the linking of animal cruelty to domestic violence and the foolish decision of the AHF should not diminish the need to remain on the alert and report cases of suspected animal cruelty with child abuse and report these instances to the police and or social service organizations. A recent drive to help veterinarians to recognize “non-accidental injuries” has proven helpful and at the moment it would seem that the activists seem to be winning the fight of at least getting the incidents properly recognized. In New York City, the Police Department took over the responsibility for animal abuse general complaints and the complaints increased close to over 250% since this was started last year. Generally there is a tendency in Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas to now seek jail time in some of these cases of major animal abuse. And a good thing too from our viewpoint!!!
PATTI’S WHITE PAPER
The need to reevaluate the
sport and financial structure of AKC was brought to the attention of the Fancy and the Board by former Board Member Haines in last week’s issue. The article written by her was historically interesting and worthwhile and was highly informative insofar as the future of AKC is concerned. Its emphasis is far away from the ever-changing judges approvals systems introduced by AKC’s Boards and Staffs on a periodic basis. It goes and went straight to the heart of the problems facing a
basically anarchistic constitution and bylaw provisions in a time of massive changes in every sort of communication imaginable in today’s society. To continue to analyze corporate problems on a piecemeal basis borders on criminal negligence while analyzing major business decisions without the benefit of outside help by relying an a Delegate Body more politically than business oriented is downright disgraceful as well. Delegate participation built upon a Committee dominated scheme only widens the gap between good and sound business decisions and those decisions shot from the hip to preserve a political power base! The time for these changes is now and if this Board does not have the gumption to exercise its true power it’s time to get people out of office who are not willing to so act and bring in new fresh business faces.
past Airlines only had to report when a dog was lost, injured or died in transit if it was classified as a pet. Animals shipped by a breeder or as a research animal did not qualify. This new rule, it is hoped, will provide all consumers with a fuller picture of an airline’s safety record than in the past. The availability of this information could in the future provide pet owners and shippers with data to help them determine which airlines to use when shipping. A petition was started for such a change after seven puppies died on an American Airlines flight from Tulsa to Chicago in August of 2010 as the airline did not have to report the deaths to the federal authorities. Zoo animals are not covered by this change and dogs and cats are the only research animals covered by the new rules but at least it seems to be a start in the right direction.
NOW EUKANUBA EUROPE CHANGES HANDS
BOARD MINUTES NEWS
In April of this year P&G announced the sale of its USA arm of Iams and Eukanuba to the Mars Group for 2.9 Billion dollars. While no formal announcement was made as to why such a split sale occurred it was reasoned by many that Mars is so strong in its UK and European pet divisions with Pedigree and Royal Canin problems could have developed with the competitive authorities abroad. Now it has been announced that an American Company Spectrum has bought the European divisions for an unspecified sum thus shedding the pet care business in the US for P&G as this consumer brand-Spectrumacts to strengthen its own pet group brands. The portion being purchased does annual sales of approximately 200 million dollars and is based in Wisconsin. How much and how long business will go on at Eukanuba US & EU as usual remains to be seen, but already some subtle and not so subtle changes can be seen in the existing USA Eukanuba show commitments. Stay tuned for what these pages trust will not be too bumpy a ride.
NEW RULES TO PROTECT FLYING DOGS Under new rules announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation starting January 1, 2015 airlines must file reports for lost or hurt animals that are being shipped commercially, such as by a breeder. In the
So far the only news these pages have gleaned from the Board Minutes of October has been that yet another new survey is to be sent to members of the Fancy (have no idea which ones yet) about judging approval procedures. Well here we go again but what is contained in this survey remains a closely guarded secret so far but once they are mailed one can be certain reams upon reams of information will be released or will it? How and who will make the final determination about this survey is unpredictable but if history is a past indication whatever is determined today will be changed tomorrow that’s almost a certainty. The long and unhappy past history of ever giving any new proposal the opportunity to be tried beyond a year or two is bound to continue as no one is ever 100% happy with any of these proposals. A fact of dog show life which the Board continues to fail to understand with each and every new change introduced.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
A Russian millionaire is selling a crystal-encrusted Mercedes in order to raise money for a homeless dog shelter that burned to the ground. The £50,000 Mercedes is covered in £20,000 of Swarovski gems. More than 60 dogs were killed in the alleged arson attack in the fire and many of the dogs that survived the blaze have found new homes with more than 3,000 companies offering their support in building the new home for free.
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The Lighter Side of Judging Water Bottle
By Michael H. Faulkner
I clearly remember the first time I saw a bottle of spring water for purchase and I also clearly remember thinking it was absolutely crazy, ridiculous, and plainly nuts. Why in the Hell would anyone spend hard earned money to drink water from a plastic bottle when they could procure it from home for free? Let alone, filling your cooler with bottles for a weekend of dog shows. In my early days of exhibiting purebred dogs, the cooler was for food, dog bait, and glass bottles of wine and beer for the adults. My beverage choices were either lemonade or tap water (...from the faucet at 9 Vorhis Street, Friendship, New York.) They were stored in one of the two vintage Coleman beverage coolers, one brown 14 Dog News
and white, the other green and white. And, on special occasions, I would be offered a Pepsi, Root Beer, or Crème Soda from a glass bottle. The evolution to plastic liter bottles took hold around the late seventies. Instead of one cooler, our trips now demanded two, one for food and bait, and one for plastic liter bottles of Tab, Fresca, wine and beer. It took another ten years, for the individual plastic bottled water craze, demanding more room, a larger cooler, more trash bags and more ice. Hell, I spent my childhood drinking from the garden hose, the faucet, and from numerous spring-fed streams, and to my knowledge there is nothing wrong with me---at least physically. Today, I forego all carbonated beverages, I only drink one cup of coffee in the morning and my dog-show-judging beverage of choice, at least during the professional hours, is water---simple, pure, clean water. On a normal dog-show-judging-day, I consume around six bottles of water and if the bottles are small, then double it. Ideally, I prefer filtered tap water to the water in individual plastic bottles. Not because bottled water is 1,900 times more expensive than tap water, it is because the FDA’s rules do not apply to 60-70 percent of the bottled water sold in the United States and a large percentage contains significant levels of chemical and bacterial contaminants. Not to mention it takes thousands of years for the pesky bottles to biodegrade and only a small percentage of them end up recycled. In packing for BIG MICHAEL’s and my recent week-long getaway to the beach, no liquids in plastic bottles were allowed. Rather, our beverage choices were contained in reusable bottles. Mine, in particular, which I selected from several that are stored on the top shelf in the kitchen cabinet, to the right of the kitchen sink, was a trendy BPAfree bottle, stainless steel, metallic blue with a sleek sporty design and user-friendly for the runner in me. “This will do the trick nicely--I can use it for hot coffee during my early morning walks on the attractive beach, for water during my late morning runs alongside the enticing waves, and for adult Continued on page 78
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Danny - TURNED THE WHITE Special Thanks To Judges Mrs. Patricia Taylor, Ms. Gloria Kerr For Great Group Firsts, And Judge Ms. Jeraldeen Crandall For Danny’s
Best In Show Number 20!
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The Number One Toy American Best In Show Number E Among Aight l Breeds l Presented By: Curtiss Smith
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Irving’s
Impressions By Ronnie Irving
SPARRING TERRIERS – AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
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he replies to the Question of the Week a couple of weeks ago certainly created quite a stir on this side of the Atlantic, and particularly in this household. It was on the subject of ‘sparring’ terriers in the breed or group ring. Most of the answers given by the respondents supported the practice – some more strongly than others. Some people tried to soften the aggressive sound of the custom by suggesting other more euphemistic names for it such as: “looking at each other” or “interaction”. Others tried to divert our attention away from the real problem by qualifying what they said about the practice being OK, by adding phrases such as: “...done correctly,” or “done properly” or “perfectly orchestrated and properly controlled.” I must say that I have great respect for many of the terrier people who supplied their answers but I do however feel that at least one person surely has to disagree with them. Why did the answers cause such a stir here? For two major reasons, firstly it implies that most terrier breeds should be suited to and enhanced by the practice. In my opinion this is certainly not the case. Admittedly some of the respondents involved did concede that it was not appropriate for every terrier breed. Secondly for me it demonstrated an almost total blindness to the fact that the dog showing fancy, declining in size and support as it is these days, ought to be trying to attract new people into its fold not ‘turning people off’.
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Most of the judges questioned seem to be totally oblivious to how this practice looks to the general public at large – and therefore to those who may be possible new recruits to the fancy in the future.
IS IT SUITABLE FOR MOST TERRIER BREEDS? Let me take each of these two issues separately. First of all there is the implication that ‘sparring’ is something in which most terriers should be involved? Let’s not dress the custom up in fancy words. Let’s use the word honestly for that is what it is; and it only works as a way of making dogs look as if they are on their toes just because it is precisely that – sparring. It is not simply ‘looking at each other’ with admiring thoughts in mind. It is not innocent ‘interaction’ or ‘facing off’ to quote some of the alternative words used by some of the responding judges. It is as plain as a pikestaff to anyone who sees it being carried out that it is instead, however well controlled by the handlers, using the dogs’ ‘hostility’ to one another to get them to stand up and show themselves off. Is this right and should dogs show themselves off in this rather dominating way? This is not what many terrier breeds are about. In the case of any terrier that was initially supposed to work amicably with a pack of hounds in performing its original function, it is just totally inappropriate. Such behaviour, whether aggressive at worst - or dominant at best, could indeed even be fatal for the terrier involved. The terrier would be useless to perform its primary purpose and would also be in grave danger of being chopped by hounds. As for terriers that probably never had to work with hounds, even their aggression or dominance is
probably not a feature to be sought after – and certainly not nowadays. It is for that reason that most of TKC’s terrier breed standards in the UK although some of them may use words such as: “On the tiptoes of expectation” or “Game” or “Courageous” or “fearless” or even “assertive”, usually they add words such as “not aggressive” or “not quarrelsome” to ensure that such anti-social tendencies are not encouraged. The Irish Terrier breed standard is probably one of the most extreme and says in the UK: “There is a heedless, reckless pluck about the Irish Terrier which is characteristic. They develop a great devotion for their masters. Good-tempered, notably with humans, it being admitted, however, that he is perhaps a little too ready to resent interference on the part of other dogs.” As for the AKC terrier breed standards, perhaps one of the most worrying again is for the Irish Terrier which still, these days, in an echo of the UK standard, says something a shade more daring: “There is a heedless, reckless pluck about the Irish Terrier which is characteristic, and which, coupled with the headlong dash, blind to all consequences, with which he rushes at his adversary, has earned for the breed the proud epithet of “Daredevil.” That, though it may be traditional, is in my view a little worrying and certainly makes no concessions whatsoever to political correctness. Even the Irish KC’s breed standard is not as strong as that of the AKC when it says in its own lyrical way: “The Irish Terrier, while being game and capable Continued on page 79
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QT UH EE SW TE I E OK N O F By Matthew H. Stander
The condition of a dog is much more than just hair as emphasized in a recent article by Linda More. The Question for this week is how well-conditioned do you think today’s exhibits are and how much attention does a judge know to give to conditioning? kenneth kauffman I thought Linda’s article was very good and quite timely, as I was just having a conversation about this very subject, with another exhibitor recently at a show. As a judge, and as an exhibitor, I put a great deal of emphasis on conditioning. When I was working, I would get up at 4:00 am to take the dogs for their walks. Now I do it right after my first cup of coffee in the morning, and it has paid off. On more than a few occasions, judges have remarked what great condition they’re in. Unfortunately not all of my fellow exhibitors or judges do the same. I have seen far too many judges do a cursory going over of a dog and not even bother to feel for hard muscle. And as a judge I have had many exhibits brought to me with beautiful presentation, but no conditioning under that coat. I’m not sure if people just don’t have the time, or they think that their dog gets enough exercise running around the yard or the kennel run. Remember, substance does not mean fat. As with any athlete, your dog requires a regular exercise routine, to stay in the best physical and mental state possible. The exercise won’t hurt you either. Kerrie Kuper I think it depends on WHAT you are referring to by well conditioned. IF you are talking about grooming, in the highly groomed breeds condition ( how they are groomed ) is everything. I see well groomed breeds with MANY structural faults that do a lot of BIG winning. I often wonder how some even finished their championships let alone go on to be a top winning special. IF you are talking about muscle tone etc as referring to conditioning I think it really depends on who is judging. In my experience ( 45 plus years showing dogs ) some judges seem to go over the dogs and check very carefully their muscle tone, weight for example. BUT often their placements don’t always reflect the condition of the dogs from my outside the ring observation! I think it is difficult for the people watching judging outside the ring to really discern how well conditioned the dogs in the ring are unless you see a very obvious problem such as a very skinny or very fat dog. I like to believe that most people judging try to pay attention to condition but outside factors do play a role at times in my humble experience! Bergit & Hans Kabel The overall conditioning of our dogs is general speaking very good . You have be at the top of your game to be competitive and conditioning is a part of it. If Judges use it in their decision , is sometime hard to tell, that is a question you can ask them after Judging is done.
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The Upside OFThe world agility championships
Seesaw By Sharon Anderson
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gility at its finest is the World Agility Championships. The AKC/USA team made a wide path of winning this year. It was held in September in Luxembourg with perfect weather and running surface conditions. It has been a couple of years since the AKC team enjoyed such winning ways. The Medium Team took “GOLD”, first place followed by France and Brazil. This team consisted of three Shetland Sheepdogs with handlers from the East Coast and one Miniature Poodle whose handler was from the West Coast. These dogs are required to jump higher than their AKC competition height of 14”, which in FCI is 18”, and ran some very challenging courses that they would not see in the USA. The handlers were all previous team members but interestingly two were with different breeds than previously owned by them. The Poodle turned in the fastest times as did the Miniature Poodle that ran on the Small Dog team that jumped 14”. Finally the USA has produced Poodles to rival Russia in speed. A fun comparison was the names of the dogs from the USA to the second place French dogs, ours were Michael, Rush, Whimsey and Switch. France was Demeter, Curley, Aqua and Dawa. Another impressive Large Dog accomplishment was the overall “Bronze” Medal for Desiree Snelleman with her Border Collie, Pace. The fierce competition in the Individual Standard and Jumpers runs makes this win very special. Other wins were second place or “Silver” for the Small Dog Team in Standard, 4th Place Large Dog Team jumping, 7th Place Small Dog Team Jumping, 26 Dog News
Desiree Snelleman with Pace, BC Bronze Medal.
10 Place Large Dog Team jumping, 10th Place overall for Large Dog Team. In the Individual 7th Place Medium Dog Combined classes was Geri Hernandez and her Poodle Switch, 10 Place Individual Large Dog Jumping was Desiree Snellman and Pace. Roseanne DeMascio and Strafe her Border Collie that competed at the Crufts Dog Show placed 10th in Large Dog Team Jumping. Winners in the overall of Large Team were France, Great Britain and Switzerland. One of the amazing accomplishments was Japan coming in fourth. They may not have made the podium but it has been a first for them to rise to this level. Medium was USA, France and Brazil and Small Dog Team was first Russia, second Italy and third Germany. Small Individual Jumping winners were Slovenia, Japan second and third Switzerland. Again JaContinued on page 88
Team Medium receives the Gold.
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The Top Winning Miniature Schnauzer of All Time Wins the Breed at Montogmery! Again!
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Thank you to Breeder-Judge Mrs. Margo E. Klinger We are so very proud of Justin’s accomplishments! Our gratitude to Bergit and Hans too! Handled Exclusively By Bergit & Hans Kabel Assisted by Shougo Sugiyama Dog News 29
Honeybees
A specially trained Labrador Retriever safeguards the commercial honeybee population as well as that of backyard keepers by sniffing out the presence of bacteria known as American Foulbrood. By Sharon Pflaumer
photos by Marie Odell, of The Governor of Maryland’s Photography Office.
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Klinker (Anthracite Klinker of Honeyfield) is the only specially trained Disease Detection Dog that’s legally certified to sniff out diseased honeybee colonies.
Klinker and her handler, Bill Troup, inspect a beeyard during the winter months.
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o many of us, honeybees are nothing more than an annoyance that one must contend with in the summer and early fall months. Few realize what a vitally important function they perform. In fact, 38% of everything consumed in the U.S. is pollinated by honeybees. They pollinate crops worth more than $40 million in the state of Maryland alone. “If not for honeybees, there wouldn’t be enough food on the planet earth to support life,” says Jerry Fischer, who recently retired from his position as Manager of the Apiary Inspection Program for the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA). Since the 1970s, beekeepers have reported drastic decreases in honeybee populations and the rise of a recent phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder where bees abandon their hives. In addition to the American Foulbrood bacteria, other factors contributing to the decline include pesticides, parasites and the stress associated with relocation when colonies are shipped from state to state or even coast to coast. Klinker’s vitally important role Since 2000, Bill Troup has been a regional Apiary Inspector for MDA. In that role, he handles a Labrador Retriever named Klinker. She is a Disease Detection Dog tasked with detecting the presence of American
Foulbrood when she inspects the approximately 9,200 honeybee hives in Montgomery, Howard, Washington, Frederick and Carroll counties. Maryann Frazier, an Entomologist at Penn State, is credited with developing the MDA Disease Detection Dog Program in 1982. She came up with the idea of having dogs do the inspections instead of human staff members when seeking a better, more efficient way to regulate and inspect the honeybee industry and thus be better able to eradicate any threat of disease. Before a dog was used, colony inspections were done by human staff members. It was a time consuming, laborious procedure that involved opening up each individual colony and visually inspecting it for evidence of American Foulbrood. By contrast, Klinker need only sniff around the exterior of each colony for a few seconds in order to determine if the bacteria is present. American Foulbrood American Foulbrood poses one of the most common and destructive threats to commercial and backyard beekeepers in Maryland as well as across the country. The bacteria form microscopic spores that kill bee larvae. The disease is easily spread from one colony to another and survives for decades. Once present, it necessitates the destruction of infected colonies and any equipment that came into contact with them—a costly reality for the commercial or backyard beekeep-
“The handler must never encourage his dog to do a false alert and must always be aware of his dog’s reaction to odor and read that reaction accurately,” Troup says. “This solidifies the bond between the dog and handler.” (Regardless whether it’s an explosive, narcotic or a disease like American Foulbrood, dogs can be trained to detect almost any odor. As a result, MDA officials have considered adding detection dogs to their staff to sniff out the Emerald Ash Beetle whose larva feed on the inner bark of ash trees and thus has killed millions of trees in Midwestern and Eastern states.)
er. If the disease is detected when still in an early stage, however, it can be treated successfully with antibiotics. That’s why the role played by a Disease Detection Dog is vitally important. Faster and more accurate Klinker is extremely successful at detecting the odor of American Foulbrood and thus the presence of infected colonies according to Troup—and he should know. Whenever Klinker alerts to the presence of disease in a particular colony, by law, Troup is required to go back and do a follow-up verification, i.e., he must take the suspected colony apart and look for physical evidence of the bacteria; then, submit a sample of it to the United States Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD for testing to confirm the presence of American Foulbrood. “So far, Klinker has a 100% success rate,” he says. “She’s never made a false ‘alert.’” (See below.) Because human inspection is a slow, laborious process as already indicated, only several 100 honeybee colonies can be inspected in a day. By contrast, Klinker can inspect 100 colonies in as little as 1530 minutes! Plus, she’s more accurate. On at least one occasion, she discovered a diseased colony missed by a human inspector. Klinker is the only specially trained Disease Detection Dog that’s legally certified to sniff out diseased honeybee colonies. Given her high success rate and greater efficiency, it’s surprising other state jurisdictions with a large commercial honeybee population haven’t developed similar Disease Detection Dog Programs. Klinker’s Training Since 2009, the 7 year-old black lab has been doing disease detection for MDA. She was trained to perform this task when she and Troup enrolled in an intensive 14-week, K9 Drug Detection Training Program held by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in Hagerstown. “The work she does is comparable to that done by a Drug or Explosives Detection Dog,” Troup says. “Although Klinker doesn't search for narcotics or bombs, she was trained in the same way that Drug and Explosives Detection Dogs are. The only difference is she was trained to detect the odor of American Foulbrood instead.” (Klinker was not trained to detect the odor or presence of other threats to honeybee populations like parasites.) During the training process, Klinker was rewarded with a tennis ball every time she made a correct “find” in order to reinforce the behavior and increase the likelihood she would do it again on command. “We used a series of boxes that looked like large Tupperware® storage 00 Dog News
Bill Troup holds a frame infected with American Foulbrood.
containers. Each one had a hole in the lid. One of them had the training aid—the odor of American Foulbrood—inside of it as well as a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a tennis ball. As soon as Klinker detected the odor of the disease in that container and alerted to it, I activated the plunger by remote control and the mechanism launched a tennis ball for her to chase. The play and praise that followed were of the utmost importance in the training process,” Troup says. Whenever Klinker detects the odor of American Foulbrood, she was trained to do a passive alert: she sits and stares at the suspect honeybee colony. In that way, she tells Troup exactly where she found the odor or which colony is diseased. A passive rather than an active alert, such as pawing at the source, is important in this context for obvious reasons. With a passive alert there is no risk of Klinker damaging colonies during inspections or disturbing the clustering honeybees inside of them. The latter could result in Troup or Klinker being stung. (Klinker and Troup only do inspections during the winter months when honeybees are inactive to reduce the risk of bee stings. Likewise, Klinker cannot contract American Foulbrood by sniffing for its odor because the disease is species specific, i.e., only Honeybees contract it.) Klinker’s certification and ability to detect disease are kept current throughout the year with constant exposure to the training aid odor, i.e., American Foulbrood. Whenever she finds it during an inspection, a second sample is taken and placed in a mock honeybee yard setup for her to find. Then, Klinker is put through detection exercises to keep her nose sharp.
Klinker is the 4th Disease Detection Dog Before Klinker came on the job, Troup handled another Disease Detection Dog named Thorne between 2000 and 2009. Thorne, who was a female yellow lab, had to be retired due to chronic arthritis in one of her shoulders. “When the program began in 1982, a yellow lab named Max was the first dog trained to inspect honeybee colonies for MDA. He worked for approximately 10 years and was handled by Maryann Frazier initially. After Frazier left the program, Max was handled by Jerry Fischer, who was an inspector at the time. When Max was retired in 1992, Fischer trained with and handled another yellow lab named Bino who did inspections until 2000 when he was retired,” Troup says. Like most Law Enforcement K9s, MDA’s Disease Detection Dogs live with and are cared for by their handler. When they retire, the dogs become their handler’s permanent pet and family member. For more information about the MDA Disease Detection Dog Program used to regulate and inspect statewide commercial honeybee populations, visit www.mda.maryland.gov. For information about commercial beekeeping, visit the American Beekeeping Federation’s website: www.abfnet.org.
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American Foulbrood is a disease that occurs naturally in nature and was first found in honeybees in the late 1800s. After its discovery, laws were adopted to regulate and inspect commercial honeybee populations. The disease has become more of an issue in recent decades due to its potential to drastically affect commercial beekeeping by killing off entire honeybee populations. Dog News 31
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OF Bests THE WEEK
GCh. Claircreek Impression De Matisse Judge Mrs. Chris Walkowicz Judge Mrs. Barbara Dempsey Alderman Owners Milan Lint, Peggy Helming & Donna Gottdenker Handler Michael Scott Bell County Kennel Club – Sunday Bichon Frise
GCh. Saks Winning Card
Judge Mr. Allen Odom Owners Sarah Ayers, Sandra & Keith Hanson, Cecelia Ruggles Handler Scott Sommer Douglasville Kennel Club Of Georgia - Friday Skye Terrier
GCh. Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie Judge Mr. Edd E. Bivin Owner Victor Malzoni, Jr. Handler Larry Cornelius
Mattoon Kennel Club - Friday Welsh Terrier
GCh. Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor Judge Mr. Houston Clark Owner Keith Bailey, Sharon Abmeyer, T. Lee & X. Xie Handler Luiz Abreu Gloucester County Kennel Club - Friday & Saturday Pembroke Welsh Corgi
GCh. Aubrey’s Moon River Judge Ms. Betsy Horn Humer Judge Ms. Kristen L. Francis Owners Cynthia & Vincent Savioli Handler Sherri S. Hurst
Field Spaniel Society of America National Specialty
GCh. Promenade Pay it Forward
Judge Mrs. Anne Savory Bolus Owners Jane Chopson, Jane Schildman, and Nicki Kuhn Handler Elizabeth Jordan Nelson
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How did you decide on your kennel name? Hawkhill Irish Wolfhounds. My mom, dad and I came up with it in a family decision years ago.
3 2 What was your most important dog show win?
Who is/was your mentor in dogs?
My personal one was the first BIS on my homebred Irish Wolfhound. My favorite win since marrying Sarah was her SBIS at Poodle Club of America with her wonderful “Hearts on Fire.”
4 56 What was your most disappointing dog show loss? All of them are disappointing, yet there’s always another show.
8 7 10 Joe Napolitano and Jeff Brucker.
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The last book you read?
You get your news from CNN, Fox News, PBS, local or none? Fox.
Phil Robertson’s Bio.
Would you rather judge or win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club? Win!
Can you forgive and forget?
Yes, I can forgive but I don’t forget.
Which two people would you have face off on “Survivor”? Clint Livingston and Doug Carlson.
Questions ASKED OF:
MATT PERCHICK
You would like to be remembered as? A good husband and a caring person.
BORN: CLEVELAND, OH • RESIDES: OLD MONROE, MO • MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED • ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: PISCES 38 Dog News
All Buff, No Fluff...
Here’s THE Real Deal In Steel:
GCh. Gladiator S Zolotogo Grada Thank you to Judge Mrs. Barbara Dempsey Alderman
Handler: Jennifer Bittner The Number Two Black Russian Terrier*
Breeder Svetlana Zolotova Moscow
Consistent Working Group Placements Even Though Only Shown On Occasion *The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed & All Breed
Owner Sarah E. Gaunt Chattanooga, TN Dog News 39
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Group First - Beaver County Kennel Club Thank you Judge Mrs. Loraine Boutwell Thanks also to Judge Mr. Dana Cline for the Group First at the Fort Steuben Kennel Association Show.
Multiple Best In Specialty Show & Multiple Group Winner
Gold GCh. Stonybrook’s Phinito
Sire: Ch. Gerihil’s Prince Georgio
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Dam: Ch. Stonybrook’s Paula Jean SL
Shown By Karen and Sam Mammano Assisted by Vesta Rash
Bred By Robin Gianopoulos & Michele Kepalas
The Number One* Longhaired Dachshund Correct in structure, type, and temperament
*The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed points
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Montgomery and Morris & Essex
Future, Past and By Desmond J. Murphy • photos by barbara miller
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riving back to the hotel after BIS, I could not help but think this year seemed extra special. The weather was absolutely perfect for a dog show. The judges could keep the dogs out in the sun so people from all over the globe could see the dogs at their best. As a judge it is a luxury to be able to do this without worrying about the comfort of the dogs and handlers. Having attended Montgomery for the last 50 plus years, I cannot remember a show that had better weather. We all remember the years that were brutally hot and humid. It has always been debated if the show should be moved indoors. I believe it is the years we have perfect weather that makes up for the horrific years. No indoor facility could be so beautiful as outdoors in perfect weather. Watching Peter Green winning BIS with a homebred Norfolk was so meaningful to so many. It was in 1965 we saw Peter, as a handler, go BIS. Through the years we saw Peter capture BIS nine times. Then in 2009 we watched Peter judge BIS. Now in 2015, we witnessed Peter piloting a homebred to the top spot. I am sure nobody else has ever come so much full circle. Most of us will never live long enough to see anything like this again. It was a great boost to the entire sport to see a new exhibitor to showing place second in the group. This young lady won the breed in Lakelands from the 12-18 month bitch class and then went second in the group at one of the most competitive shows in the entire world. This has to be an inspiration for all owner handlers. Facebook and so many threads are full of owner handlers complaining they cannot compete on a level playing field. If they got a top dog like this lady
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Present Best in Show from the first Morris & Essex Revival Show.
and put the time into it they would see how competitive they could be. It is also a great example of dogs that can win big without any advertising. To my recollection, I have never seen an ad on any of the four placements. I can only recall that the Norfolk was the only one to win the breed all four days. In so many breeds, it was a different breed win all four days. The top five Terriers in the country all lost their breeds several days. This shows the depth of quality was so deep in so many breeds. Of all the judging I watched over the four days, I only saw one breed that I felt was judged really badly and many people felt the same way. There are so many shows today that get an entry of 20 or less terriers and yet Montgomery is a living legend. Just the weekend prior, I judged the Terrier group at Michigan Terrier Club. It is very rare that I ever make a cut, but did so there. I cannot tell you how many superior quality Terriers went without a ribbon. The Wire Fox that won the group at Crufts and the World Show was present and won the group all three Barnum and Bailey used 70,000 square feet days. I believe he was the only one over the three days of tenting for its “big top” circus in 1939 in Michigan to place all three days. He continued his while M&E used 160,000. winning streak by going BIS the first day at Hatboro and Reserve Best the next day to “Matisse” who captured his 204 BIS. The Wire was not shown at Devon and Sunday bowed to a beautiful Wire from Japan. This dog, bred and handled by Hiroshi, was a dream come true. Hiroshi told me he has been going to Montgomery for so long and it was always a dream to win Wires. That is why Montgomery is a “Field of Dreams”. It is now three days after Montgomery and while waiting for my room to be cleaned, I was sitting in the lobby of the Wyndam in Shunde China. This gave me a chance to read the October 3rd issue of Dog News. Hopefully everyone will read the tributes to Continued on page 64 Trophy Display from A 1940’s Morris & Essex Show. Dog News 43
April of 2014, Utah became the nineKentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Washington, Breed-specific Ibynteenth state in the union to protect dogs West Virginia and Wisconsin. prohibiting breed-specific laws, joining Aurora, Colorado has also banned pit bulls legislation is one South Dakota, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, (American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Nevada, Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and any dog of the most widely Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Minnesota, that “substantially conforms to the standards of Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, these breeds”) in the city since 2005 despite the reported canine California and South Carolina with simistatewide restrictions. A federal court dismissed lar laws. Some states (Colorado, California, a challenge to Aurora’s ban in 2009, so the situlegislation issues Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, New York, Florida, ation remains that dogs deemed to be of those Rhode Island) have restrictions on BSL but breeds on the restricted list can be impounded posing a threat to have some form of BSL enforced in place. So and euthanized unless the dog is transferred to far this year there concrete efforts have been someone outside the city limits of Aurora. dog owners and made and legislation introduced to prohibit Thankfully, Aurora residents have another BSL in Georgia, Missouri, Vermont and Washchance to reverse this discriminatory practice. A breeders and their ington. These are all encouraging signs for all mail-in ballot will be sent to residents in the comresponsible dog owners, especially champiing weeks that includes Question 2D, which asks, ons of the bully breeds that are so often un“Shall the people of Aurora adopt an ordinance ability to own and fairly the target of BSL. allowing pit bulls back into their city?” All Aurora However, that enthusiasm must be temresidents are urged to vote YES on this ballot. breed the purebred pered somewhat when one realizes that the Those residents who aren’t familiar with these National Canine Research Council estimates breeds of dogs or who are not dog owners should dogs of their that some 300 cities and counties currently be made aware that these bans are expensive to have BSL in place. So, while significant strides all taxpayers, as they force the city to house and/ choosing. Akin to have been made, there is much more work to or euthanize dogs that are impounded, they do be done in the areas of educating the gennot protect residents against irresponsible dog racial profiling, BSL eral public about responsible dog ownerowners and they unfairly discriminate against reship, enlightening elected officials about the sponsible dog owners and innocent dogs. These wrongly assumes a problems inherent with such discriminatory laws address a dog’s appearance, not its behavlegislation and the nearsightedness of BSL, ior. The old adage, “You can’t judge a book by its dog is dangerous which proves to be costly to communities and cover” applies in this instance and so does the taxpayers while doing nothing to protect the mantra to “punish the deed, not the breed”. based solely on its public from the actions of irresponsible ownHopefully, Aurora, Colorado will be added ers. to the list of municipalities that are seeking to physical attributes There is an ardent faction at work that still put an end to BSL. 2014 has already seen the seeks to promote BSL despite the evidence defeat of BSL in several other municipalities and or appearance and that it has been ineffective and costly wherever states, which may bode well for the future. A bill it has been enacted. Further complicating the Rhode Island that sought to roll back the state’s penalizes responsible matter is that even in states where restrictions inprotections against local BSL by allowing the City are in place, there are movements to seek BSL of Warwick to enact ordinances requiring the dog owners without on local levels and communities that have im- spaying/neutering of all “pit bulls” and Staffordplemented bans despite the state restrictions. shire Bull Terriers did not advance this session. holding owners of The list of states that have municipalities In Georgia, an ordinance that would’ve required with BSL – 43 in total - is a far longer list than registration of “pit bull” dogs and required owndangerous dogs the number of states that restrict BSL. Over ers to maintain $100,000 liability insurance or a 700 U.S. cities have enacted breed-specific surety bond was tabled, and Maryland accountable for their laws, including Denver, Colorado, which has $15,000 saw the repeal of the Tracey v. Solesky Court of banned “pit bulls” for decades. That ban was Appeals ruling that declared all “pit bulls” inheractions. In recent upheld by the state Supreme Court in 1991. ently dangerous. In addition to Colorado, appellate courts in All dog owners are urged to remain vigilant in years great inroads an 11 other states, as well as the District of fighting BSL, as there remains a large contingent Columbia, have upheld the constitutionality of AR extremists and their disillusioned supporthave been made of BSL laws: Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, ers who would like to put an end to ownership of all dogs in general and of certain to eliminate breeds of dogs in particular. Still, the Canine Research Council Is BSL Trending Downward? National BSL on every offers this upbeat assessment on the issue: “There is a growing awareness level, though it that BSL does not improve community safety and penalizes responsible still crops up, dog owners and their family companions. From January 2012-May mainly on the 2014, more than seven times as many American communities have either considered and rejected a breedlocal level but specific ordinance, or repealed an existing one, as have enacted BSL.” on some state That’s certainly welcome news to all dog owners, and owners of the bully levels as well. breeds specifically, and an encourag-
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Yarrow - Hi-Tech Three Days in Arkansas Gives “Went South” A Whole New Meaning!
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Yarrow - Hi-Tech
“Lionel” YARROW HI TECH THRILLS N SPILLS
National Specialty Winners Dog - Best of Winners Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club - Winners Dog Best of Winners Handled By Ernesto Lara Judge Mrs. Loraine Boutwell
“Witchy” Yarrow Hi-Tech Witches Moon
Toy Dog Club of Central Arkansas - Winners Bitch New Champion National Specialty Award of Merit Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club - Select Bitch Handled By BETH SWEIGART
Judge Mr. Ashley Reid
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Judge Mrs. Loraine Boutwell
Best In Show - Toy Dog Club of Central Arkansas Best In Specialty Show, Group First, Best In Show Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club - Saturday Group First - Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club - Sunday
GCH. YARROW’S HI-TECH BEN THERE DONE THAT HANDLED BY CARLOS DE LA TORRE At this Specialty, Ben retired the Hi-Tech Challenge Trophy for his Owners Dr. & Mrs. Truesdale & Letisha Wubbell Dog News 47
Affenpinscher National Specialty 2014 By Letisha Wubbel
Photos by Doug Wolfe and Letisha Wubbel
By Lilian S. Barber
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ome like it hot” and it sure was hot this year in Hot Springs, Arkansas for the Affenpinscher National Specialty held Sept 26-28. Affen lovers came from as far away as Australia and England to mingle with fellow breeders and see our American affens shine. The weekend started Friday afternoon with the judges’ education seminar presented by Pam Peat and a grooming seminar presented by Letisha Wubbel. The Toy Dog Club of Central Arkansas judging began at 5pm with an entry of 50 affens. The judge was Mr. Ashley Reid from Australia. GCH Yarrow’s Hi Tech Ben There Done That owned by Dr. and Mrs. Truesdale and Letisha Wubbel and handled by Carlos de la Torre began his 3-day sweep by going best of breed and toy group 1 under Judge Reid. Best of Opposite went to GCH Xela’s Party Hat owned by Stephanie Hill, Sandy Jones, and A Romero. Fol-
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lowing breed judging many club members attended the first RV Affen rescue party! Everyone was a little tired on Saturday morning as judging the night before didn’t end until 10:30 pm. But everyone was up and ready to go for the National sweepstakes judging by Mr. Dan Haley at the Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club! Mr. Haley had an entry of 24 affens. Best junior puppy was Tamarin True Grit owned by Tamarin Kennels. Best senior was Ferlin’s Black Jaguar owned by Sharron Rafferty and Linda Ferris.
Before the classes began the Affenpinscher Club of America president Jude Daley presented an engraved bowl to the late Connie Clapp’s husband. Connie was a lifetime member of our club and her continuous support for the club will never be forgotten. Mrs. Lorraine Boutwell was the judge for the regular classes. She had an entry of 60 monkeys!!! Her final choice was GCH Yarrow’s Hi Tech Ben There Done That for best of breed. This win retired the CH Yarrow’s Super Nova Challenge Trophy. Best of opposite sex went to CH Avantgarde Moon Song owned by Sandra Lex. Best of Winners was the 12 to 18 month puppy, Yarrow Hi Tech Thrills N Spills, owned by Mrs. Truesdale, Yarrow Kennel, and Letisha Wubbel. Winners bitch was bred by exhibitor bitch, Xela’s Eye Candy,
owned by Sandra Jones, Stephanie Hill, and Alexandra Romero. Select dog was Ch Tamarin Tanner owned by the late Connie Clapp, Select bitch was GCH Xela’s Party Hat, awards of merit went to veteran CH Hilanne’s Reach for the Stars owned by Sandra Lex, GCH Seamonkey’s Bazinga owned by Debra and Danielle Nelson, Ch Yarrow Hi Tech Witches Moon owned by Mrs. Truesdale, Yarrow Kennel, and Letisha Wubbel. “Ben” and Carlos went on to win the toy group under Mrs Delores Burkholder and BEST IN SHOW under Mrs. Judy Webb!! The annual meeting was held following breed judging with many club members in attendance. The always fantastic club dinner and auction was held later in the evening. Our outgoing president was presented with a painting of a likeness of one of her favorite affens as a big thank you for all her hard work.
Sundays judge was Mrs. Judy Webb. She awarded GCH Yarrow’s Hi Tech Ben There Done That Best Of Breed and CH Avantgarde Moon Song best of opposite sex. “Ben” went on to win the toy group under Mrs. Judy Webb and Reserve Best in Show under Mr. Ashley Reid. A special thanks to show chair Melanie Potter and Linda Ferris for making this a fantastic weekend and to our President Jude Daley for making the impossible possible for this club. See y’all in St. Louis in 2015!!
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M re by Matthew H. Stander p h o t o s o f t h e h AR V E S T M OON c l u s t e r b y RE M Y S M I TH - LEW I S
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ay after day, week after week, month after month, year after year we write and some of you read about the way the American public is turning and has turned away already from owning a purebred dog. The apparent new status symbol insofar as dog ownership is concerned is to own a so-called adopted dog rather than to have purchased one from a breeder. That’s not to say people who want to own a new dog still do not go after a purebred dog but in a growing number of circles the prospective purchaser is looking to “do the good deed� and save the life of a dog from a shelter or pound or puppy mill. More often than not the cost is not the main factor, as the adopted dog in many instances costs the same if not more money than the pet does from the breeder. It is the concept of doing the right thing and of saving a life that prevails as an argument hammered without challenge by the extreme animal rights organizations into the minds of the American public. Unfortunately for decades now and until most recently have the purebred organizations even remotely begun to counter these arguments with any appreciative efforts explaining the advantages of purebred ownership over those of mixed dog ownership. AKC as a corporate body in particular has been slow and continues to walk rather than run to react in these areas at all. It seems to talk the good game but the leadership at all three levels be it the Board, the Staff or the Delegate Body seems far more preoccupied with judging concerns and competitive conformation internal problems than in mastering a method to re-attract the purebred dog as the top commodity to consider when buying a dog. Indeed at one point early on in the term of the Kalter-Sprung administration Mr. Kalter expressed just that as one of his primary concerns and both spoke and wrote about using the new public relations firms, the Edelman Company, to work on and achieve such goals. As far as I can see years after his stated goals were announced little if any actual work
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Montgomery Round-Up PART ONE
Staffordshire Bull Terriers story and photos By Ann Lettis
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h Oh Oh Canada! Tracy Dineley and her husband Steve have rarely missed MCKC in over 20 years and why should they as one can always look forward to what Stafford’s they are bringing from their home in Canada. Thursday at Hatboro, which I’ll refer to as Hatboro 1, their class dog Clandara’s Cowboy Cassinova went WD and BOW, and continued to remain in that winning spot for our Supported Entry at Hatboro 2, Devon, and Specialty at MCKC. This was the dog’s first time in the ring, and he is now an AKC Champion. Congratulations to Tracy who is also the breeder, handler, owner. Actually within this article when I mention “Clandara”, both the Sire and Dam of these dogs were also bred/owned/handled by Tracy Dineley. Quite a testimony to one’s breeding program. CH Candara’s Outlaw went BOB at Hatboro 1, 2 and Devon, and then took Select at MCKC. Moving from Canadians to Australians, Jodie West, who we are now fortunate to have living in MA with her husband Dion. Jodie owner/handled her Ciera Homebrewed Born Free (“Elsa”) bitch from the 12-18 class to WB and BOS to finish her at Hatboro 2, this was extra special as it was Elsa’s birthday. Jodie moved up this new champion at Devon to BOB and took BOS again, and a Select at MCKC. Devon WB was awarded to Moonstruck Double Bubble owner/breeder/handled by Judith Heller. Select was awarded to GCH Massie’s Momma’s Boy
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owner/handled by Charlene Elizabeth Addison coowner Janet Massie, who then jumped to BOB at our MCKC Specialty; and Select bitch went to GCH Trugrip Summer Dayz also owner/handled and also jumped into BOS at MCKC. The puppy sweepstakes results were CH Bonnair’s Notorious D.O.G. bred/owned/handled by Jennifer Irwin and he went BOSSW, with his litter sister CH Bonnair’s Last Dance with Mary Jane of Eclips going BSW; she was shown by her owner Denise DeAcosta. I truly can’t recall such a small list of winners from 4 days of shows, but for the most part the judges all seemed to be on the same page with what they liked. Montgomery weekend seems to always conjure up nothing but rain and mud memories in the hearts and minds of many. True, Devon had quite a heavy downpour and I have to say I have never seen such a small handicapped parking area. Since, as chairperson for the Supported Entry shows and Specialty, I can only vouch for the fact that Fri. at Hatboro was beautiful and Mother Nature apologized for Sat. on Sun. by providing a lovely fall day. This probably sounds like a repeat, however can never ever give enough thanks to Carol Carlson and Bruce Schwartz for their help each year. Have no doubt I bombard them with the same questions year after year, and yet their patience remains calm, and their helpfulness only minutes away. Thank you both so very much. No one can be a true terrier person without experiencing Montgomery at least once. Kudos to all the MCKC members because each year it gets better and better; your efforts are much appreciated.
PHOTO BY JOHN ASHBEY
Norfolk Terriers story and candid photos By Barbara Miller
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t’s that first weekend in October. My usual travel companions, Louise Leone and Kathy Kopack, arrived at my home the day prior to our departure. Hot on their heels was Mariano Gomez from Chile. We sidetracked for Mariano dropping him off at the Scottie host hotel closer to Hatboro and from there off we went to Ft. Washington and the Holiday Inn. The Norfolk Club has been the guests of this hotel for years and we’re always welcomed back. Unfortunately next year we more than likely have to change hotels as the current one is nearing a closing with new owners and the possibility of a Holiday Inn Express in the future. Thursday morning we were up early, arriving at the Fair Grounds in Wrightstown, PA we immediately set up our chairs ringside. Pia Lundberg from Sweden was the judge of the day having an entry of thirty-four Norfolk with three absent. Watercroft Diamond Dealer captured the Winner’s Dog ribbon piloted by Roxanne Sutton and owned by Toni Harrold and Ruth Gee. This stunning two year-old, bred by Ruth Gee in the UK, sired by Wharfvalley Diamond Bright at Moortop out of the bitch Watercroft Hot Stuff, undocked tail and all took to the ring as if he owned it earning a three point major. Breeder, owner, handler, Lori Pelletier guided her lovely bitch, Avalon’s Redcoat Invasion, sired by GCH Dexter out of the bitch, Ch. Avalon’s First Glisten to the Winners Bitch/ Best of Winners position for a four point major. This was a nice win coming from the Bred By Exhibitor class. Mrs. Lundberg obviously knows type in our breed as she selected littermate Hubbestad Wee Mollie, handled by Geir Flyckt-Pedersen (mate of the Reserve dog) as her Reserve Winners Bitch. Please note both the dog and bitch were bred by Geir Flyckt-Pedersen and Gerd Flyckt-Pedersen. Breeders/owners Lori Pelletier and Sheila Foran happily accepted the Best of Opposite Sex ribbon for their girl, GCH Avalon’s Come
Fly With Me sired by GCH Abbedale’s A Cut Above out of the bitch Ch. Avalon’s First Kiss. The Best of Breed Ribbon was awarded to the newcomer, Ch. Yarrow Winning Ticket bred by Pam Beale and Beth Sweigart and handled by Peter Green. The Norfolk Terrier Club held its Annual club meeting at the Holiday Inn Thursday evening with President Nancy Wise presiding. The election of new board members took place with no opposition; Marion Shaw DVM has been seated as a governor and Andrew Kramer as the Delegate to the AKC. In attendance were members/ guests from Australia, the UK and Chile. There was a short break after the meeting before Dr. Sharon Center took to the floor with a discussion concerning liver shunts. I was not in attendance but was told it was unfortunate she wasn’t able to show the slides that accompanied her discussion due to a lack of a projector.
Friday Hatboro held its second show with Daniel Augustus judging and thirty-six entered with three absent. Again The Norfolk Terrier Club considered this as a supported entry. Winners Dog and Reserve Winners Dog did a repeat performance as the day prior. In bitches there was a complete change. The judge selected Bethany Beach Dancing in the Moonlight for his Winners Bitch/ Best of Opposite Sex ribbons for a four point major certainly making her breeder/ owner Beth Kravitz pleased. She is all Anderson bred; sire Ch. Tenterra Dance Man and dam Ch. Tenterra Kate so Great. Best of Winners was awarded to the Winners Dog, the import, Watercroft Diamond Dealer for another four point major. The Breed win went to Ch. Yarrow Venerie Winning Ticket who won the breed the day before. Peter Green, noted international judge, was the breeder-handler for owners Yarrow Venerie Kennels, breeders Beth Sweigart and Pam Beale. The dam of this young dog is Ch. Yarrow Venerie Versailles. If you haven’t been to Bridget’s restaurant in Ambler where some of us decided to dine Friday evening, next year I’m suggesting you give it a try. Once you get past the noise of the bar the dining rooms offer ample comfort and the food quite good. The club held its annual dinner on this night at the newly refurbished Blue Bell Inn. Continued FROM page 58
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Generation after Generation culminating with our latest star kick-starting his specials career with Best In Show at the World’s Greatest Terrier Show under Judge Mrs. Rosalind Kramer
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evon Dog Show Association was held in Ludwig’s Corner on the old horse show grounds. Parking at this site is difficult enough, couple that with pouring early morning rain it became a challenge. Judge Vandra Huber had an entry of thirty-eight with eight absentees. Once again the exhibit with a tail, Watercroft Diamond Dealer, captured the Winners Dog ribbon going on to the Best of Winners for a four point major. Geir Pedersen’s homebred Hubbestad Wee Mollie, yesterday’s Reserve Winner on this day, floated around the ring capturing Winners Bitch for a four point major. Her face alone is enough to grab your heart. The big day arrived with Norfolk judging to begin mid morning. The Norfolk Terrier Club considered this our National specialty. Parking pass and all we pulled into the lot early enough to ensure a perfect spot. At 7:00 a.m. many of us gathered at the Bell, located on the campus of Montgomery County Community College, to honor those we remember who passed this year and to those who are ill. Lydia Coleman Hutchinson is to be thanked for her continued service to this Memorial in honor of those who have given so much to the canine world. Walter Goodman passed last year on this day and Jim McTernan passed a few weeks ago on the day of the Montgomery board meeting, of which he was a member. Jim was a longstanding member of the Norfolk Terrier Club having served as co bench show chair and served on the club’s nominating committee. He gave of his time to Montgomery as their grounds chair and show chair. He will be missed. 58 Dog News
The day was bright and sunny with a strong wind making for the wearing of jackets. The Norfolk Terrier Club set up a pop up tent under which throughout the day food was available. Spectators set up their chairs ringside waiting for the judging of Sweepstakes with Joan Eckert as the judge to commence. She’s a longtime breeder of Norwich and Norfolk having produced some lovely dogs. All Norfolk are eligible for Sweeps as long as they are 6 months of age and under 18 months of age on the day of the show. Fifteen youngsters were entered with seven absentees. Owners Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Giroux DVM gladly accepted the Best in Sweeps with Watermark Leonardo at Locklan taking the honors. Margaret (Meg) moved her ten month-old Norfolk around the ring with authority. This little guy is sired by Ch. Watermark Valentino out of the bitch Ch. Watermark Lardy Gaga. Breeders are Phyllis Giroux DVM and Jack Jagoda. Best of Opposite Sex was awarded to Nan Anderson’s, Tenterra Dancing to the Beat sired by Ch. Tenterra Dance Man out of the bitch
Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers By PAM MANDEVILLE
PHOTO BY JOHN ASHBEY
Ch. Tenterra Kate so Great. Congrats to the winners. Mrs. Connie Clark, petite and looking every inch the part, entered the ring ready to assume her assignment of fifty Norfolk terriers with six absentees. Thanks to Henrietta Lachman’s selection Julep cups, Tankards and Revere bowls were awarded to the class winners and sponsored by club members. Norfolk terriers are happy little fellows and certainly Watercroft Diamond Dealer proved that as Roxanne Sutton moved him around the ring. He stepped right out showing off a good front and Wee Mollie, on this day, went Winners bitch for a four point major. Piloted by one of her breeders, Geir Flyckt-Pedersen, this little girl proved to be a good mover covering ground going around the ring. The Specials entered the ring and that always makes one heart throb. The judge’s choice for Best of Opposite Sex was awarded to Ch. B-Joli Honey B; bred by Elizabeth Moran and owned by Moran along with Brooks Kelly. She’s all Joli bred with B-Joli Red Sky at Night her sire and dam B-Joli Thank Heaven for Little Girls. Best of Breed once again was awarded to the Peter Green handled Ch. Yarrow Venerie Winning Ticket, which then went on to capture the big prize at the end of the day going BEST. We had an Owner Handler winner too; GCh. Rightly So Smart Syndicate bred by Toni Harrold and owned by Robin Newton and Michelle James. I believe Robin was the handler. Judging complete it was time for picture taking for the winners. Congratulations to all. Chairs were folded with some of us heading home and others moving on to the group ring. Again best wishes to the Norfolk for capturing the big ribbon at day’s end.
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retty faces and coats and personalities galore… along with smart and talented dogs and dedicated people. What else could it be but the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America’s National Specialty weekend in conjunction with MCKC 2014? Specialty Coordinator Karen Mueller planned a great weekend for us and it came off without a hitch. As proof of the specialty theme “Not Just A Pretty Face”, the week kicked off with Agility trials. On Monday at the Montgomery Terrier Agility trial in Palmyra, PA, the 11 Wheatens entered with 4 qualifying in Standard and 2 in JWW. Day 2 on Tuesday brought out 13 Wheatens with 7 Standard Qs and 4 JWW Qs. The event wrapped on Wednesday, with 12 Wheatens who turned in 3 Standard Qs and 6 JWW Qs.
The smart kids were also out on Wednesday at the Middletown Grange for the Garden State All Terrier Obedience Trial and Rally. Two trials were held with Wheatens winning Obedience Open A and qualifying in Open B. Thursday brought the last day of the Montgomery Agility trial. Fourteen Wheatens competed with 4 qualifying in Standard and 4 in JWW. But Thursday also brought out the Conformation Wheatens to the Hatboro Dog Club and the SCWTCA supported entry. Judge Mareth Kipp gave the first big award of the weekend to Lovesong’s Racing The Dawn, bred by Nona Mansfield and Ruth Markwardt and owned by Nona. Shown by Laura King, Continued on page 62
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“Finn” earned his championship with this time member, former Board memwin from the Open class. ber and retiring Benchmarks magaThe class bitches came next with Winzine editor Molly O’Connell. The ners, and eventually Best of Winners, gosecond was the well-earned Rescue ing to the Open bitch Legacy Glenngay At Person of the Year award to Karli Bonney, handled by Bonney Snyder who Mueller. When a local small-time co-owns “Aydan” with breeders Jon Caliri miller was busted by authorities in and Robert Green; Gay Dunlap is the othApril, Karli took on the task of caring er co-breeder. for and rehoming 26 Wheatens. She The first BOB of the weekend went to raised over $25,000 from Wheaten “Ash”, GCH. Bryr Rose Phoenix Rising, lovers to help with the monumenbred and owned by Carolyn Garrett, cotal medical bills and just plain basic owned by Jeanne Ferris and shown to his care. Every dog, save 2 euthanized win by Gwen Meyer. due to health, was rehomed…oh, We all went our separate ways for dinyes, and Karli was preparing for her ner but 70 fanciers reconvened at the headwedding at the same time. We are quarters hotel, the DoubleTree in King of all in awe of this young woman. Prussia, to hear from Melissa Goodman, Ah, the Saturday of DVM on Stud Dog ManageMCKC weekend…the only ment. Warming to her topbad weather of the weekic, Dr. Goodman answered end, to show to substiquestions from the fully entute judge Rodney Herner. gaged audience long past Those hardy souls included the intended time. Lana Campbell who ownerFriday morning, everybreeder handled her Bred one appreciated our leisurely By dog CanCH Tyrone’s Revstart time as we headed back olutionary Road to WD and to Hatboro for the Delaware eventual BW. Valley Soft Coated Wheaten The WB also came from Terrier Club specialty judged Bred By, Holly Craig’s ownerby Margaret Moeller-Sieber PHOTO BY BARBARA MILLER breeder handled Cuileann of Germany’s “Wheaten Dirty Laundry. A new BOB Rebel” fame. Another dog new Chamfor the weekend was Carol Shaltz pion was made when Liz Jamiolkowski and Joe & Laura Guibord’s GCH finished her Bred By dog, Clover’s In The Lil’Town Fiddler’s Lullaby of ArdKnick Of Time. nacassa; Fiddler was bred by Carol It was a day for new champions: Bonand Donna Ambrose and is handled ney Snyder’s Aydan won again from the by Allison Sunderman. BOS went Open Class to get her title and would to Dawn Sealy and Nancee Bailey’s again go onto BW. GCH Shandalee Fireworks, bred by A slightly different ending to the day Sue & Harvey Goldberg and hanas Elena Landa’s Derby picked up her 15th dled by Laura King. Specialty win by going BOB. A shot down the highway to the Again back to the hotel for the much mecca…the Montgomery County anticipated Boutique where our creative Community College where Wheatclub members and Wheaten lovers enens take up early residence. The gaged in some heated commerce! Our club has long held an obedience Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation trial on Saturday and this year, it was followed. Many of the awards were for dedicated to the late Bob Nerrie, outstanding performances in the ring and a long-time member who with wife whelping box but two were for outstandElaine bred under the name Hullaing people. The first was the Jan Linscheid baloo and who competed in conforFellowship Award given to deserving long mation, obedience, tracking, agility 62 Dog News
and rally. He is missed by many. The weather cleared nicely and the afternoon brought Beverly McDonald of Greentree Wheatens to judging Puppy Sweepstakes. From the entry of 39, she found her winner in the 6-9 month bitch Legacy Kalohe Summer Wind, owned and bred by Mary Brown, cobred by Sandra and Glenn Amorosia, co-owned by Karen & George Davis and Jon Caliri and handled by Jon. It was the best Montgomery weather in years and it greeted our third breeder judge of the weekend, Richard Urquhart of Marquee Wheatens. Another new champion was made up, a dog who’d come so close in the preceding days, “Henry”, Gwen Meyer’s owner-breeder handled Reyem’s Hot Tin Woof. Susan Ratliffe showed her coowned and co-bred Open Dog, Whindancer Burning Down The House to a Reserve win. Kristen Shea co-owns him and he was co-bred by Abby Kochan and Dana Meath. Onto the girls…a few of whom reminded Richard why they’re called “bitches!” His Winner came from the 15-18 class, Denise Daniel and Diane Brus’ Star’s Just Sayin’, bred and handled by Denise, who would go onto Best of Winners later. Back for all those specials. With 3 different breed winners during the weekend, the crowd wondered if anyone would repeat? One again “rose” to the top…Ash, GCH Bryr Rose Phoenix Rising, handled as always by Gwen Meyer. In a repeat from Friday, Elena Landa and Derby, GCH Doubloon’s Extreme Play, took BOS; she and Derby would go onto win NOHS Best of Breed and show the crowd what a dedicated breeder-owner handler can do by going NOHS Group 3. As if that wasn’t enough… .a casual farewell dinner back at the hotel allowed us to wind down, rehash the weekend and plan for next year. And one person got to celebrate both a successful weekend and a birthday: Specialty Coordinator Karen Mueller!
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Walter Goodman, Judy Averis, Dr. Deubler and Jim McTernan. It is the likes of these legendary fanciers that made the World of Terriers so special. Just these four individuals could have volumes written on their contributions to the entire sport. When I got on the plane in Hong Kong last night, I learned of the passing of Buffy Stamm. I had known Buffy for over fifty years. Her Amstamm Kennel has been legendary in Scotties for over half a century. It was just a very short time that “Sadie” passed away suddenly. She was one of the few Scotties to go BIS at Montgomery and also the Garden. “Sadie”, officially Ch. Roundtown Mercedes of Maryscot, has also become a great producer. Gabe Rangel, in limited showing, has done some big winning with a daughter. There is a younger daughter that has only been shown once. This resulted in going BOB at the Great Western Specialty earlier this year. These two daughters were shown together in the Breeder’s Showcase at SBKC this year. Gabe had planned to bring “Sadie” for all of us to see since she looked as good as ever. Her untimely death denied us that privilege. I would have given anything to see “Sadie” and the two daughters together. Sires also have to be credited for outstanding offspring. The younger “Sadie” daughter has the same sire as a “Phoebe”, Ch Lomondview Clementina, son Ernesto Lara debuted at Montgomery. This youngster was BOW and also BOS. The sire has returned to the Lomondview Kennel in Britain. Hopefully some semen was collected on him while staying in the States.
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before Hatboro the Greyhound Specialty was held. Again this year, the show was dominated by the Gradcru Kennels of Jack and Melanie Steele. I was particularly pleased to see how some of the youngsters I judged last year have matured out to be. It is always rewarding to see dogs mature to be even better than predicted. After Roz Kramer awarded the Norfolk Best she told me she had judged him at his very first show. I judged him several weeks later awarding him the breed and a placement in a very tough group. In less than five months he has matured out to be better than I predicted. This young Norfolk is a great grandson of the legendary “Coco” that went Best at Crufts and Eukanuba. The first time I ever saw “Coco”, I said to Beth and Peter she was the best I had ever seen. Now several generations later she has continued a line with one maybe better than herself. What a shame Elizabeth Matell, the breeder of Coco, is not still alive to see this young dog. This was the twenty-fifth year that Robert Black was Show Chair for Hatboro. He and a great committee developed this show into one of the most enjoyable shows in the country. Since it is on the Montgomery weekend that adds to its great atmosphere, but in turn it also adds to the buildup of excitement to Montgomery. Hatboro and Montgomery have always worked together to make for the greatest Terrier weekend in the world. Devon does not work with the other clubs and never is very Terrier friendly. Even though Devon is held on Saturday, the Friday Hatboro show draws just about as many entries. Many Terrier fanciers skip the Devon show. If Devon would move to the Hatboro venue, they would get larger entries and save a lot of money. It would be so much more pleasurable for so many exhibitors and handlers. It is amazing how just a few people can make things so difficult for a vast amount of people. Without the Terriers, the overall entry at Devon would be so small they most likely could no longer put on a show. I imagine next year when Morris & Essex will be holding a show, making it a five-day weekend that a lot more people will skip Devon. Just a few days after Montgomery, the Terrier World suffered another great loss. This was Ch. Banbury Bedrock Bright Star Bright, “YumYum”, the gorgeous Colored Bull Terrier bitch. Not only was she greatly admired by all Bull Terrier fanciers, the Terrier fanciers appreciated her overwhelmingly. Just two weeks before her death I had the privilege of judging her at the Michigan Terrier Club. I commented to Mary Remer that she never looked better. It was a great shock to all that just hours later she was in renal failure. This glorious Bull Terrier, like Rufus, was such a diplomat
for Bull Terriers. She got non Bull Terrier people to take an interest in the breed and try to learn more about the breed. So many were so disappointed not to see her competing over the Montgomery weekend. I never heard one handler or exhibitor complain when “Yum-Yum” placed ahead of them. Her untimely death will certainly put a damper on the great Silverwood show next weekend. I only regret I never had the opportunity to judge her for BIS at an all breed show. Hopefully her litter sister, a super white bitch, will produce a litter with another “Yum-Yum”. It was a great disappointment to me that Michele Billings did not live to judge BIS this year. I was so excited when several years ago Montgomery invited her to do Best in 2014. Mike never judged Best at Montgomery. She judged twelve different Nationals at Montgomery. She called me immediately when she received the invitation, which I knew was on the way to her. We talked about how she would not judge any of the previous days, etc. Upon her death, Roz Kramer was elected to replace her. I was so happy because Mike adored and had the utmost respect for Roz. When Roz had a slight setback with a health issue this summer, there was some concern she would be well by Montgomery. I got released from a conflict in case they needed a replacement for Roz. I was truly honored to be thought of, but truly would not have enjoyed judging it this year. I’m not sure I could have been at the top of my mark. The whole time in the ring my mind might have been sidetracked thinking how Mike would have placed this group. I’m not sure I would have been comfortable in that I could replace her expertise. Mike was the greatest mentor to me on judging dogs and the philosophy of the sport in general. Her death has left a big void in my life. When I would become negative about certain aspects of the sport, she always had a way of making me feel positive. It was a great pleasure to me watching Roz filling the shoes of Mike. Hopefully someday I will live long enough to watch a homebred of Roz capturing BIS at Montgomery. The win this year
was extra special for Peter, Beth and the Beale’s coming from Roz. This year Montgomery offered the owner-handler class. There was a great deal of concern before the show because of the mechanics. It is up to the steward on how well or how poorly it works. Here at Montgomery you have huge specials classes and stewards who might never have stewarded before. As per the events department, if an owner-handler received the first AOM it would not be automatic since AOM’s are not an official win. It ran much better than had been anticipated with few exceptions. You could see it did take a little bit of extra time with the judging process. What was wonderful was when the owner-handler group entered the big ring and had so much depth of quality. David Kirkland judged it and made a large cut. There were many fine specimens that were not able to make the cut. It made one realize just how many owner-handlers are showing such top quality dogs. The depth of quality was as strong, if not stronger, than is witnessed at some very large shows. It was a very challenging assignment for David, who is one of our foremost judges, especially for Terriers.
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lready people are looking forward to showing youngsters that are in their whelping boxes. A large group of Terrier experts were viewing a litter of Skye Terriers bred by Matt and Gene and people were making their picks of which ones would do well next year. One has to remember that their breeding program started out based on the legendary “Glamoor” Skyes of Walter and Adele Goodman. It was just a year to the day of Montgomery we received the news of the passing of Walter. It was very fitting that in celebration of Walter, Dog News reran the wonderful tribute his partner Bob Flanders and I co-authored for the show last year. All of those pictures again brought back such wonderful memories. In this age of concentrating just on the very present achievements we tend to forget the past. I am sure many people see that AKC nominated Matt and Gene for Terrier Breeder of the year. They might have already forgotten about so many wonderful Airedales they co-bred
with Maripi and Jennifer. One has to be in the sport for a very long time to remember the large presence they enjoyed in Bloodhounds and several other hounds. Last year when Winnie Stout was Breeder of the Year hardly anyone remembered the legendary “B” litter she bred of Bloodhounds containing many BIS winners, but that was about close to sixty years ago. I find it hard to realize I have known Matt and Gene for over 50 years and even showed some of their Bloodhounds. By the time anyone might be reading this article the panel for M & E will have been released. With M & E having a show next year it will make this weekend a super spectacular weekend. Close to 100 breed clubs are holding specialties or supported entries. I feel extremely privileged to be part of the weekend. In 1958 I watched my father win the Hound group with the Whippet, Ch. Laguna Lucky Lad. This was also the first Whippet to win the group at the Garden. I cannot express how honored I feel about my assignment for M & E next year. The horse drawn carriages at M & E next year will be such a spectacular sight. Steve Sansone has to be credited with making next year M & E back to a wonder that even Mrs. Dodge would be in awe of. Nobody will realize just how much time and effort Steve and Wayne Ferguson have put into arranging this. How fitting it will be to have Jane Forsyth judge BIS at M & E. It was five years ago that Bob Forsyth judged BIS at M & E, which was his last assignment. Clay Cody does BIS at Montgomery and Clay is one of the last legendary Terrier handlers. Next year at Montgomery we will see some great Terrier handlers and breeders judging. This will be Amy Rutherford and Bill McFadden. We see Amy and Bill as such leading handlers, but forget what great breeders they have been. Amy bred “Dover”, Ch Aimhi Type Cast, the great Smooth Fox. I make Dover one of the greatest Terriers I have ever seen and maybe one of the ten best dogs I have ever seen. It was at Hatboro the first time I ever saw him and I will never forget the feeling that came over me. She also bred the top winning Smooth bitch of all time. She was Ch. Aimhi Avalon Renaissance, handled by Dan Buchwald. Both of these Smooths were campaigned on a shoe string without big ad campaigns or money to fly with. Bill, who is still breeding Wires, bred a dog he won the group with at the Garden. This great died before he accumulated a very large career. Bill also bred one of the best Cairns I have
ever seen. Amy and Bill will be taking a large financial loss in judging over the Montgomery weekend. It is a shame AKC will not allow them to handle other breeds over the weekend. What a shame we most likely will not be seeing Gabe Rangel judging at Montgomery in the near future. Besides Gabe, there are many other handlers it would be so great to see judging at Montgomery. AKC and the policies hinder us from some great experts being able to judge. How thrilling it would be to see the likes of Maripi, Larry Cornelius and a host of others judging at Montgomery.
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over 50 years and being at the last M & E staged by Mrs. Dodge, I have such memories that could fill volumes. I believe next year will be the most memorable weekend over these past 50 plus years. Just returning from a dinner here in Shunde, China. I am so pleased to know many of my great friends from China will be there to share my joy. We have to thank so many people that will make the weekend extra special. Purina Pro-Plan is rising once again to being a major sponsor of M & E. We take it for granted that shows like Westminster, M & E, KC of Philadelphia, SBKC, Houston etc. could not do what they do in the style they do it without Purina ProPlan. Besides the financial support the Pro-Plan team has become family to so many clubs they sponsor. The emotional support means as much as the financial support does to a great many of us. Also just ask how many of the handlers look upon the team as family. Please remember that Purina built an Event Center that is host to so many National Specialties and many all-breed shows. Look at how many shows that have suffered greatly when Pedigree stopped sponsoring shows. Purina Pro-Plan has enabled so many shows to restore themselves to the “Glory Days”. At one time the great shows of America were Westminster, International, Eastern Dog Club, Philadelphia, Santa Barbara and Beverly Hills. International, Santa Barbara and Philadelphia fell upon very hard times. SBKC and Philadelphia and International made a comeback with the help of Purina. Philadelphia and SBKC could not have risen again without their support. We owe them a huge thank you for all they have done and continue to do. Dog News 65
Oregon Dog Judges by Rosemary Leist & Christie Smith Our breed presenters are always parent club approved and superb advocates for their breeds with the breeders giving helpful insights as to what they want the judges to know and recognize. We commend and thank the parent clubs, as they have been, without fail, helpful and cooperative. We began on Friday with a comparison of the Affenpinscher presented by Pam Peat and the Brussels Griffon presented by Karen Wisnieski. After a break we then did a comparison of the Silky Terrier presented by Donna Renton and the Yorkshire Terrier presented by Sharon McCadam. We allowed 3 hours for each comparison therefore giving us full credit by AKC. All four breeds had several dogs of various ages and both sexes, which the judges examined and placed. There was a mini-competition amongst the handlers (all volunteers needed as there were many fine examples of each breed), as to whose dog would be 66 Dog News
the highest scorer among the student judges. It was an educational and entertaining time for us all. We adjourned in time to meet with AKC Field Rep Mary Dukes who reviewed the “new” (at the time) application process with us. Some questions resulted in Mary calling AKC for clarification. We had some laughs and enjoyed seeing a side of Mary some of us did not know existed. She was able to answer all of our questions and was very informative and encouraging. Early Saturday morning we started with the Japanese Chin presented by Jane Pearson, then went on to the Chinese Crested presented by Karen Cooper and Carolyn Strunge. The Toy Fox Terrier was presented by Jane Reed and Karen Bray and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel by Cindy Huggins and Patty Kanan. At this point we adjourned for the Breeder’s Sweepstakes and dinner.
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regon Dog Judges Focus on the Toy Group was a huge success. On the winter weekend in January 2014 approximately 40 judges from around the US and Canada convened at the Rose City Classic Dog Shows in Portland, Oregon. On Sunday we started the morning with David Krogh presenting the Miniature Pinscher, the Havanese presented by Jane Ruthford and finally the Italian Greyhound presented by William Monohon. Oregon Dog Judges strives to present quality seminars at a fair price and seeks accommodations that are also reasonably priced with free shuttles from the airport to the hotel and the show site. Because of the continued support of the local clubs we have been able to continue to keep prices for the seminars within reach of the judges that wish to attend. A huge Thank You to Clackamas Kennel Club, Dog Fanciers Assoc. of Oregon, Greater Clark County Kennel Club, Nisqually Kennel Club, Portland Kennel Club and Tualatin Kennel Club. January 2015 Oregon Dog Judges will Focus on the Herding Group. Breeds included will be the Australian Shepherd, Border Collie, Australian Cattle Dog, Bearded Collie, Icelandic Sheepdog, Finnish Lapphund, Norwegian Buhund, Swedish Vallhund, German Shepherd Dog, Bouvier des Flandres, Entlebucher Mountain Dogs and the Briard. We hope to see you there.
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beverages during my personal escape/spa time,” I say to myself while driving with my left hand on the steering wheel and my right hand resting around the neck of the metallic-blue-stainless steel water bottle (MBSWB), filled with tap water for the five and one-half hour journey to the beach. My first beach morning I choose to savor my one cup of hot coffee, with light cream in a proper mug prior to my morning six-mile run with MBSWB filled with cold water and ice cubes. It is a gloriously morning---cool, slight breeze, high-tide, and the rising sun flickers off MBSWB, as I propel myself forward through the hard packed sand. Every mile or so MBSWB provides me refreshing water, which I sip and suck like a gerbil through the sporty nipple design. After the run, I retreat to a beach chair, with my current best seller and read for a relaxing day, with MBSWB, refilled with water. Sitting on the very welcoming chair, with a full view of the shoreline, I watch and marvel at the continuous stream of beachgoers that passes by with their dogs in tow. Burly man walking his shaved down Shih-Tzu, our friend Rossie with her large-eared Yorkshire Terrier, an older couple with two boxers, a young boy and his Labrador and many others. Yes, the connection between human and canine at this beach is inspiring and it also reminds me of a dear friend with Irish Setters, who lives nearby. I place MBSWB toward the back of my beach chair in the sand, collect DROID and send a text message to Irish Setter Friend. “Hello! BIG MICHAEL and are in the neighborhood and I would love to get together. We are here all week. Let me know.” Within short order a reply is sent and we make plans to meet. “Great, vacation with a touch of dog. I am a happy man,” I say to myself before returning to the beach condo to fill MBSWB with my after 3:00 PM adult beverage, followed by another bottle of tap water before bed. Day two---BIG MICHAEL sets his alarm for 5:45 AM. “Time to 78 Dog News
get up, hurry, we need to get our coffee and head to the beach to see the lunar eclipse, at 6:22, followed by the sunrise at 7:12. Come on---let’s go!” BIG MICHAEL enthusiastically remarks while shaking my shoulder at the same time. Again, with MBSWB filled to the brim with fresh coffee, we walk to the beach and witness the marvels of the lunar eclipse and the sunrise within an hour of each other. It is simply amazing! Oh, and we spy, one Poodle, two Chihuahuas, one Pug, one Dachshund and Burly Man with Shih-Tzu all within a forty-five minute period. Instead of a morning run, today I opt for numerous laps in the pool, including MBSWB rinsed and filled with Naked Berry Blast---5 Blackberries, 4 Raspberries, 4 Strawberries, 3.5 Apples and ½ of a banana all blended and neatly stored neatly in my reliable sports bottle. My late morning and afternoon routine remain consistent---beach, MBSWB filled with water, followed with adult beverage. Before retiring to bed, BIG MICHAEL and I stroll the beach, guided by the Harvest Moon. I strike up a conversation with a couple walking their livercolored German Shorthaired Pointer. I take pleasure in listening to them describe their uniquely colored dog, never once letting them know of my passion. “He is a German Shorthaired Pointer. The color is liver and you do not often see it. Stay down boy, stay down. Ralphie, I said down!” The husband instructs emphatically while tugging Ralphie’s leash. Ralphie soon spots our friend Rossie and Scout, her large-eared Yorkshire Terrier and turns the other way. BIG MICHAEL and I retire for the evening. Along the way back to the condo, I collect two empty, half-crushed plastic water bottles nesting on the beach, and toss them in the trash can before going to bed and before rinsing and filling MBSWB with filtered tap water. Over a five-day period my
relationship with MBSWB becomes more than just a vessel to carry liquid refreshment. MBSWB supports my every move. It guides me through numerous physical workouts, it pilots me through my latest read, it relaxes me in times of need and it provides secure companionship throughout the day. Having finished my novel before my last day at the beach, I choose to spend my last day at the beach swimming, walking and people/dog watching. Low tide offers an expansive beach. After careful consideration, I find just the right spot for my beach chair, towel and MBSWB. Closing my eyes, I listen to the rhythmic sounds of the ocean, feel the warm sun on my half-naked body and almost jump out of my chair when Seymour, a joyful Basset Hound on the loose, manages to cover the top of my bald head with saliva and sand while knocking MBSWB over and into the current. The small, low beach chair falls over and collapses. I scramble forward in a successful attempt to rescue MBSWB from being taken out to sea with Seymour along for the ride. “Seymour!!! NO!! Stop that Seymour. Sir, I am so sorry. Seymour, I MEAN IT NOW! ---NO!” screams. a large woman, whom I perceive to be in her early seventies. Lying on my back, thrilled that MBSWB is safely in my right hand, I hold Seymour at bay with my left hand until the owner attaches her leash to his bright pink collar and pulls him back. I could not help laughing hysterically at Seymour’s enthusiastic response and greeting, even though his master was totally mortified. Crawling to my knees, I pull myself up from the water’s edge, reposition my beach chair and towel and then slowly lower myself with MBSWB between my legs. Feeling a bit thirsty after the experience, I release MBSWB’s black tip, raise the bottle to my lips and suck in a stream of cool, clear, filtered tap water. I pull MBSWB away from my face and take a little extra time to appreciate its purpose, its function and its design. In the process, I begin to chuckle while I read the faint silver logo embossed on MBSWB’s side---Susquehanna Basset Hound Club. “One of the best Judge’s gifts ever!”
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of holding his own with other dogs, is remarkably loyal, good tempered and affectionate with mankind, but once he is attacked, he has the courage of a lion and will fight to the bitter end. The dog’s reputation for getting into scraps with others, sometimes even in the showring, is undeserved. Though the terrier may be fierce when the circumstances call for it, the Irish Terrier is easily trained and a gentle pet, living up to his early description as “the poor man’s sentinel, the farmer’s friend and the gentleman’s favorite”.
DISAPPOINTING It is disappointing to me, that many of the AKC breed standards make no reference whatsoever to temperament. I know that the breed clubs are in charge of standards in the USA but still, in this day and age, it seems to me to be just a shade irresponsible that temperament can be totally ignored in a breed standard. It plays nicely into the opinions of the anti purebred dog lobby who argue that we in the fancy are not interested in anything but the way a dog looks. Even the AKC’s own ‘Guide to Writing Breed Standards’ pays scant attention to temperament. Apart from a bland statement that “It is important to keep in mind those features that make the breed unique, those qualities the breed must possess to do the job for which it was created. A standard should emphasize what is important in the breed,” the only other reference to ‘Temperament’ in the AKC Guideline is where it says: “Such temperament description as is appropriate for the breed should not, in any way, bear on the examination requirements of any dog brought into the show ring.“
UNFAIR Anyway, returning to the issue of sparring, it seems to me that the practice could ever be said to be appropriate, if at all, only for a few terrier breeds and not for the majority of them. And also, is it not more appropriate for dogs than it is for bitches – and certainly if comparing dogs against bitches in the Best of Breed Ring or Group ring, it would seem to me to give the males a distinct and unfair advantage? And besides, is it right to use this method of comparing dogs in the Group Ring where it is totally inappropriate for some of the breeds though perhaps less so for others. Can it be right to judge different breeds in the groupring in different ways and to pay some breeds more attention than others? Surely all dogs should be given the same chance and should be adjudicated in a broadly uniform way. That addresses the wisdom or otherwise - from a fairness and show ring point of view - of sparring terriers in the ring. What of the other issue, namely whether or not this practice is one that would look good to the outside world and would be likely to attract new people into the sport of purebred dogs? UTTERLY APPALLED Our daughter, who is a terrier owner who understands dog shows but does not often get actively involved in them, was utterly appalled when casually reading the ‘Sparring Question Time’ piece in Dog News which she came across in our kitchen the other day. Perhaps her view as a person who is only indirectly involved with dog shows, is in many ways more relevant than the views of those of us who are regularly and directly involved in the fancy. She perhaps sees things more clearly than we do and not through rose-tinted spectacles! Her opinion was that it was truly disappointing that
not one of the respondents involved actually expressed any antipathy at all towards the practice of sparring. She felt that the custom sets a very bad example to those members of the general public outside the world of dogs who, she thought, would think that the practice was simply an encouragement towards aggression amongst the dogs at shows. Certainly that is why TKC in its Code of Conduct for UK dog shows comes down firmly against the custom. It has not been regarded as acceptable in the UK for many years. TKC’s Code states quite briefly and simply: “Sparring between dogs is discouraged.”
TIME RESTRAINTS OR COMMON SENSE? One of the respondents to the Question Time point mentioned: “Unfortunately at some major shows the time restraints brought about by TV coverage may not allow for this (sparring) and that is regrettable.” I wonder if it is really the time constraints that prevent sparring at these major shows. Might it just possibly be that the TV show producers know just exactly what the reactions of the general public at large would be if the practice was shown on TV? Maybe they are protecting themselves, and us terrier dog show people, from the wrath of the general public against what by most standards would be regarded as somewhat ‘odd’ behaviour, if not bizarre and maybe even irresponsible. I have no doubt that many will accuse me of being against sparring simply because I have become too accustomed to pedalling political correctness. On the other hand I would defend myself by saying that I do believe that one of the reasons for the fall in the popularity of dog shows these days – and as much in the USA as elsewhere – is that not enough attention is being paid to what the outside world thinks of the fancy when it looks in at us and at some of our peculiar tendencies. If a little more attention were paid to “seeing ourselves as other see us” – then perhaps more people would actually come and join us and the fancy would become more prosperous. In that respect sparring can scarcely be regarded as being in any way helpful. If because of taking that line, I am condemned by some readers as being “politically correct” then so be it. Long live that kind of political correctness – it could in my view be more accurately described as: “Good PR sense”! Dog News 79
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forerunner of funding health projects for dogs and other animals, will be moving to new headquarters on November 1st. Still located in Denver since 1956, their new address is 720 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80246. This past weekend, TAKE THE LEAD held a benefit in conjunction with the Harvest Moon Cluster in Pleasanton, California. The theme Fake The Lead had fanciers in various forms of dress, lip syncing to their favorite artists. It was a huge success, with over 200 tickets sold for the event. Photos appear in this week’s issue of DOG NEWS taken by REMY LEWISSMITH, who wore his own clothes. Judge and DOG NEWS columnist JOHNNY SHOEMAKER was married last Sunday to his partner of 22 years, PHIL RINKER. Our best wishes to the happy couple, and I think after 22 years together this one will last. On October 29th, MURRELL & JOE PURKHISER will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary; another sure bet that this marriage will last as well… our best wishes. SHELLEY & SID MARX are off to judge hounds and sporting dogs, early in November at the Sunbury Kennel Club and Victoria Gun Dog Club in Australia. Happy 17th birthday to the O’BRIEN TWINS, KASEY & KRISSY. Hard to tell apart, as they are both accomplished junior handlers and they are a real asset to the sport. With young
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ladies like this in the wings, the future of our sport is looking bright. Sorry to hear that DOUG HYMAN was hospitalized, hope all is well. Following a successful win, some athletes go to Disney World, but after organizing and running an exhausting four-day cluster of dog shows MR. & MRS. BEN THUM (you know her better as BETTY-ANNE STENMARK) are off for a two-week Hawaiian holiday… Mickey’s loss…Aloha. Congratulations to Smooth Fox Terrier breeder and handler ANNMARIE RUGGIERI (as I like to say the dead ringer for KALINDA on the Good Wife) and MICHAEL ARMAND on their recent engagement. Our deepest sympathies to sporting group judge and Parson Russell Terrier breeder PATTY LAPINSKI and family on the passing of her husband PETER J. LAPINSKI on October 21st. PATTY is the mother and PETER the stepfather of American Kennel Club field representative JANE MYERS. CARRIE RUSSELL-SMITH, partner of photographer LISA CROFT-ELLIOTT, has been hospitalized and underwent surgery. Happily the surgery was a success and not as serious as they originally thought. Isn’t it great when the doctors make a wrong diagnosis that goes your way. Great news for CARRIE who is now on the road to recovery. It’s been quite a year for those ladies, between the auto accident that almost took their lives, the long recovery (still ongoing) and now this. Hang in there the year is almost over!
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Clarification of the welsh terrier club of america’s annual awards in performance events (As written by mj nelson in the sept. 27th issue of dog news) Thank you for your interesting article in the September 26, 2014 issue of Dog News entitled Earth Stoppers (pages 6869 & 112-113). It’s always good to read about Welsh Terriers. However, as the current President of the Welsh Terrier Club of America I feel I should point out that the statement “Our national club has only recently offered annual awards for achievements in performance events” is incorrect. In fact, the WTCA first started offering an Annual Award for Obedience in 1960. The Birr award was first offered by Miss Louise Patterson of Birr Kennels, and founder of the Welsh Terrier Club of Jemez (New Mexico). It continued to be awarded after her death by the Welsh Terrier Club of Jemez and has been awarded subsequently by various WTCA members. In addition, in 1984 the WTCA approved the offering of an Annual Award for Working Welsh Terriers for Welsh who earned Certificate of Gameness titles from the American Working Terrier Association. The Sunspryte Award was offered by Welsh & Wire Fox Terrier Breeder, and Past WTCA President & AKC Judge, Carole Be84 Dog News
attie and her husband Bob for the Welsh Terrier with the fastest time to quarry. It should be noted that the first six Welsh Terriers to earn AWTA CG’s were all AKC champions. The Versatility Award was started in 1986 for the purpose of recognizing Welsh terriers that had demonstrated their versatility earning titles in three of four areas. A Conformation and Working terrier title and either an Obedience or Tracking title were required. The club offered a certificate for all Welsh who met those standards. In addition, the Esty Glen Annual Award, offered by Welsh Terrier breeder and WTCA Past President Ereign Seacord, was for many years awarded to the highest scoring Versatility dog. With the addition of the Agility competitions by AKC, the WTCA added the first Agility Annual Award in 2001. The Sutops Award was sponsored by long time breeder & AKC judge Sue Weiss. So you can see that the WTCA actually has a long history of supporting the efforts of the members who have chosen to participate in Performance events, not only with membersponsored awards but also
with club-provided trophies. All the information I have provided is available in the WTCA yearbooks and much of it was included in Bardi McLennan’s book The Welsh Terrier Leads The Way. The Dog News’ article also stated that a stigma is attached to those who have achieved success in areas other than Conformation. I hope you have noticed that these Annual Awards, recognizing achievements in performance events, were first offered by members who were most active in Conformation and have served as WTCA Club officers. It is a common misapprehension that Conformation is concerned strictly with how a dog looks, but in fact the sound structure required by the breed standard to enable the dog to do the job for which it was originally bred is just as important for success in Performance events. While Conformation may be the primary interest of the majority of our members they have been and continue to be supportive of Performance events. In return, it is important for those who choose to participate solely in Performance events to realize the importance and necessity of Conformation.
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pan accomplished a first. The one course for the Small Dog team had the huge NQ rate of 45%. That is unheard of in this height category. In the Large Dog Individual competition with not even one second in time apart was Czech Republic first, second Austria and third Finland. The Individual Champion for Large Dogs was for the 4th time, Lisa Frick and her Border Collie, Hofs from Austria. She is poetry in motion with her dog without expending one extra step or second of time in her handling on the course. The coaches this year must have been so proud to see all their hard work pay off in the several trips to the podium. Good job Nancy Gyes and new assistant coach, Karen Holik. Already preparations are being made for next year. The World Team tryouts will be May 1,2,3, 2015 in Minnesota. The team will be selected at that time for the next Agility World Championship to be held October 8-11, 2015 in Bologna, Italy, a city first settled in 1000 BC. This would be the ideal trip to Europe to spend time on the rich history of the region as well as four days of cheering for the USA World Team. More information will be available on the 88 Dog News
AKC website soon. The next event on the agenda for Agility is the AKC Agility Invitational to be held in Orlando alongside conformation and obedience. This event has grown in popularity yearly. It is so common to see people working hard to be the top five in their breed to obtain an invitation in agility. This is much easier if you own one of the more unusual breeds but certainly not easy if you own a Border Collie, Golden Retriever, Shetland Sheepdog, Australian Shepherd, Springer Spaniel or Doberman Pinscher. Since I have some of the top of these breeds in our region, I watch them compete each weekend striving for the qualifying points to be added up at year’s end. This remains one of the most fair competitions in agility as it is a level playing field for all breeds since only one of its breed can be in the finals. This precludes the finals being overrun with Border Collies or Shetland Sheepdogs. As I will once again be assistant announcing this year, I look forward to watching each run. The lifetime achievement awards were announced and awarded at the delegate’s luncheon recently. As a past recipient of this award, it is always on my radar to see who the winner is for the companion events area. This year’s winner was Bob Squires, who for a short time was the vice president of companion events
Team Medium with hands over hearts while the USA’s National Anthem played.
and it was my privilege to work with him. Even though he did not participate in agility he was always very supportive. Several changes were implemented by the Advisory Committee for Agility. It was great to see the insightfulness of the changes made to further the sport. It is never easy to sort out all the suggestions and choose what was not just to support an individual’s suggestion that benefited their breed but changes that benefited all breeds. Something new for AKC is the recognizing of North American Diving Dogs that will host a championship event in conjunction with Eukanuba. This will be held in Orlando along with the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Since this is the inaugural event for dog diving it should prove to be exciting for the handlers involved in a sport the dogs seem to enjoy. AKC will recognize titles for this event in Novice, Junior, Senior, Master Elite and Lap Class for smaller dogs, Air Retrieve and a Veterans class for dogs over 8 years of age. They will present an open dock for people to just let their dogs try out the new sport. Will be interesting to see how many dogs from all the various sports give it a try.
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in that direction has been achieved much less even considered. Not only has the status quo remained constant but it seems to me that we have regressed in this area to the point that without the input from the Parent Clubs themselves in trying to change direction nothing would have been accomplished at all. The social media efforts while admirable on paper are geared from where I stand to financial attempts to make money for AKC (and if in fact this is happening there are no signs of its being successful which have been made public at any rate) whilst ignoring or else being so subtle that a person with the minimal intelligence I possess fails to recognize the dual existence of these efforts. That is to campaign for the public to buy the purebred dog over the adopted dog and to make money for AKC at the same time. At some time and in the very near future those at the head of the power chain must show their success or expect to pay the consequences! That’s how I feel anyways.
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he two shows being held in Springfield, Mass this weekend emanate out of a Borough of New York City and the eastern most County of Long Island. Both are supposedly as the crow flies across Long Island Sound within the new territorial limits of 125 miles out of their territory established in August 2009 provided the host club gave its okay which it has done close to 50 times a year. Queensboro got
its initial okay on a one-year basis which has turned into an annual okay —that’s the NYC club— whilst Riverhead is the club that early on in the year had that “very successful” two shows in one-day experiment, which is not being done next year. Makes one wonder just how successful the first two-dayer was--it does me anyways! As far as I am concerned these two shows in Springfield are a farce from the word go and are a perpetuation of an error that never should have been permitted with which to begin. Amazing to look at the memberships of the two clubs and how overlapping they are and in some instance related to the Board as well. Talk about conflict of interests--honey this is one of the fiascoes of all time. Still no word on TV for Orlando or streaming video either that I can find. There is some talk of the TV deal having been made but no particulars whatsoever. I am told no production team has yet to have been established but I do find that a bit hard to believe. As to the daytime streaming video that supposedly is still up in the air since the daytime figures last year were said to be too low for Eukanuba to support them this year and that of course is despite different reported numbers given after the show by both AKC and Eukanuba. Could be they were not on the same wave length. No one seemed to have distinguished between the evening number and the daytime numbers which was eventually done months later. That could account for the differences in both reactions and the actual figures as well.
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Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “Following on from the success of the first Breed Watch Education Day, we have organised two dates for 2015 and opened up the event to all judges as well as exhibitors and breeders. Judges have such a positive role to play in helping to secure the future of dog showing and the part it has in improving dog health, and we want to be able to help facilitate this in any way we can.” For more information on the Breed Watch Education Day or any other aspects of Breed Watch, please visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/ health/health-and-welfare-for-show-dogs/. Alternatively members of the Breed Shows team will be attending Midland Counties Championship Show 23rd - 26th October 2014 to discuss Breed Watch and the events and educational resources available to judges and dog show exhibitors. Laura Quickfall London, England DOG NEWS IS GOOD READING How happy I was to return home this week to find three issues of Dog News waiting for me to read. I was particularly happy to read about Laura Delano and the lovely Knocknagree longhair dachshunds.....and of course Ken Burns’ wonderful series on the Roosevelts. James Roosevelt was my professor at college and on two occasions I had the honor of meeting his mother Eleanor. She was a national treasure. Quite a family. Feeling pretty good since the hip replacement and should be able to put the tap dance number back in my act soon. Best regards, Charles Baris New York, NY
HOW TO KEEP YOUR DOG SAFE AT HALLOWEEN Make Halloween A Treat Not Trick For Your Dog. The UK’s largest dog welfare organisation, the Kennel Club, is calling for the owners of Britain’s 9 million dogs to keep their dogs safe this Halloween by following a few simple steps. Halloween poses a number of health and welfare risks to dogs, from eating foods that can be toxic to man’s best friend, such as chocolate and some sweets, to being scared by trick or treaters and children in costumes. Taking a few simple precautions can ensure that Halloween is a happy and healthy time for dogs: Keep chocolate out of reach of dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical called theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs. Eating chocolate can initially cause vomiting and diarrhoea, but is a stimulant and so can cause your dog to become excitable, as well as develop muscle twitching, tremors, fitting and life threatening problems with their heart. Hide the sweets. If dogs get hold of a large quantity of sweets, such as those being stored for trick or treaters, they can develop an inflammation of the pancreas due to a sizeable ingestion of sugar. Sugar free sweets can contain ingredients such as Xylitol which can be poisonous to dogs, so it is important to keep these out of reach of your dog too. Be careful of lit pumpkins. Many people enjoy putting candles inside carved pumpkins, and dogs may inadvertently cause a fire or burn themselves if they knock it over with an overzealous nose or wagging tail. Never leave your
dog unattended with a lit candle, even when it is inside a pumpkin. Beware of trick or treaters. Take extra care to ensure your dog is kept calm and happy. At Halloween it is not uncommon for strangers to knock at the door more frequently than usual, and in costume, so be aware that this can be stressful for the dog and ensure that he is kept in a quiet and safe place. For advice on how to keep your dog safe in unfamiliar situations, seek advice from a Kennel Club Accredited Instructor (KCAI) who is an expert in dog behaviour and training. Visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/kcai. Be aware of choke hazards. At Halloween there are often more objects around that could obstruct a dog’s airway if swallowed, such as sweet wrappers, small parts of costumes or decorations and hard sweets, which could require surgical intervention. Signs of an obstruction could include your dog going off his food, vomiting, lethargy and finding it difficult to defecate or not defecating at all. Have the number of your dog’s vet to hand. If your dog has eaten chocolate, lots of sweets or items which may obstruct its airway, contact your vet immediately for advice. They will need to know what was eaten, when and how much. If your dog eats something he shouldn’t, do not attempt to make him sick unless your vet advises this, as this could cause further problems. Consider walking your dog at a different time. If your dog is usually walked in the early evening, consider changing the time of the walk on Halloween to make it a bit earlier or a bit later to avoid the rush of trick or treaters, who may scare your dog or cause unnecessary stress. Also be aware that fireworks are available before Halloween and loud bangs and sudden bright lights may spook your dog. Be aware of children. Your dog is likely to come into contact with lots of children – probably more than usual – on Halloween so it is important that you are aware of your dog’s reaction to children and can prepare accordingly. Equally it is important to be prepared for children wanting to touch your dog, which can cause extra stress, particularly if the children are in costume and excitable. Visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/ safeandsound to find out more about keeping children safe around dogs. Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “Halloween can be lots of fun for humans but can be frightening for dogs or even fatal if the proper precautions are not taken. Actions as simple as keeping sweets and chocolate out of your pet’s reach could be lifesaving and will ensure that Halloween doesn’t turn into a nightmare for you or your dog. “There are lots of added stresses for dogs on Halloween, with so many people dressed up in costume and various noises that your dog may not be used to. Dogs are a part of the family, with around nine million in the UK, and as such are likely to be very much included in Halloween celebrations, so it is important that dog owners do their best to keep their pets healthy, happy and safe and can use the Kennel Club’s advice to help ensure this.” Visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/ health/dogs-at-halloween for more information on how to keep your dog safe at Halloween. Use the hashtags #DogsAtHalloween and #AllHallowsDogs on social media to encourage others to make Halloween a treat not a trick for dogs. Laura Quickfall London, England
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