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editorial irving’s impressions: over exaggeration/ ronnie irving the lighter side of judging: miss bess michael faulkner question of the week / matthew h. stander inside the sport: the philosophy of leo durocher/ pat trotter babbling: open critiques/ geir flyckt-pedersen bests of the week ten questions asked of ellen cottingham is debarking mutilation? /carlotta cooper new children’s book series celebrates therapy dog reading /sharon pflaumer rare breeds of the world: dogo mallorquin or ca de bou/agnes buchwald heelwork to music /richard curtis make shows, not wars /yossi guy kc of philadelphia and eastern shore classic /sharon sakson true north /allison foley sick shelters: don’t buy a sick puppy from a shelter/ patricia gail burnham american foxhound national specialty / julie lux judges’ choice: the dobermann/ reprinted courtesy of the kennel gazette off the leash: ‘no’ to no, ‘yes’ to nj / shaun coen kortrijk prepares for its jubieleumshow/ karl donvil delegate madness, events to come, cynthia schmick and more/ matthew h. stander the thanksgiving cluster/ peggy wampold german pinscher national specialty / janet oatney the gossip column / eugene z. zaphiris click - yuma kennel club / leslie simis click - the way we were / leslie simis

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THE AENC By the time many of you read this Editorial you will either be firmly ensconced in Orlando or in Cleveland Ohio or Bethlehem Pennsylvania for the shows being held there. How strange it is to think that this the last week of dog shows for the year 2012 there are only three sets of shows being held. Nothing in California or the Pacific Northwest nor in the Mid or South West either! Has the AKC Show succeeded in preempting all the other shows usually held on this day or is this merely a quirk in the schedule for this year only? Time will tell but these pages feel obliged to repeat its belief that AENC should be held on an entirely separate weekend and not in competition with any other AKC licensed event. Last week’s editorial questioned the failure of AKC to send out a Press Release announcing the entries at the show and the events attendant thereto. Well no sooner had these sentiments been expressed than on Friday November 30 at 4:53 pm did the Press Release materialize from AKC. They must have read our thoughts since the issue expressing these thoughts had not yet been distributed. In any event the headline for this release was now officially out with the following headline--” MORE THEN 15,500 CHANCES FOR DOGS TO WIN IN ORLANDO”! Well lo and behold AKC had taken it upon itself to expand the actual AENC event to include the three all-breeds and expand its two day ‘Celebration of the Dog” into a five day combined event. That’s a bit of poetic license one would suppose considering that during the three days of all-breeds there will be Delegate and Board Meetings held while the shows are going on to say nothing of other scheduled meetings and conferences. On Saturday and Sunday only will be the AENC as well as dozens of dog-centric activities such as Eukanuba SuperDogs(r), AKC Meet the Breeds(r) booths, DockDogs(r), Eukanuba Extreme Soccer Dogs, appearances by celebrity dogs and a canine shopping mall with holiday gifts for dog lovers. But 15,500 dogs hardly in those two days! Sounds like there will be more going on during those days than one can even begin to imagine. so why exaggerate the figure? Don’t forget too large Agility and Obedience trials will be in progress as well. Truly an event to take one’s breath away, that’s for sure. CRUNCHING THOSE NUMBERS The actual number of entries 4,181 is up over last years Champion only entry by approximately 300 entries. Interesting to note that according to AKC the Championship entry totals 65% of the entry with class dogs amounting to 35% of the entry. This indicates a decrease in the number of champions competing as compared to last years show. This raises the interesting question as to what the entry would have been if it remained restricted to Champions only as in the past. Did people not attend because they felt the exclusiveness factor was now missing or were class dogs substituted for Champion dogs? It will be fascinating to compare Westminster’s entries which close this Friday the 7th and see if that entry shows similarities in numbers as both events now offer Class competition. These pages are told AKC/Eukanuba expected a total of 5,000 conformation entries whilst Westminster expects a total of 3,200 entries with 10 Dog News

Class exhibits added. Comparisons to follow as soon as figures are available. It would appear that BBE are down in Orlando although it was reported to these pages that they remained “a strong 25%” of the total. Last years figures indicated a number closer to 35% but since the Judging Program for 2012 does not have the same break down as the Judging Program for 2011 insofar as BBE classes are concerned it’s hard right now to figure out those BBE percentages. The Judging Program indicated that on Saturday two breeds are to begin judging at 7:30 AM!!! Why in the world they had to do that is hard to comprehend but that’s a preventative decision for certain.

THE ‘SANDY’ FUND With the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy still gripping parts of the Northeast the American Kennel Club has intensified its efforts to help in its outreach to dogs and owners in their local affected areas with help from the “Sandy Fund”. The heart wrenching photos in the national press of family pets--dogs and cats living in make shift shelter set-ups because families have no homes to live in and care for their pets has stirred us all. Foster homes are being sought for those unfortunate pets which are part and parcel of the effort AKC has made in helping those families and their pets in natural disaster situations. The fund was originally established with $20,000 donated by the Westminster Kennel Club and the AKC Humane Fund which worked together with Jason Taylor of Eukanuba and the New York Yankees to help pet owners affected by the catastrophe by arranging for 44 tons of dog and cat food to be delivered to Yankee Stadium to assist in Yankees’ relief effort. A myriad of AKC clubs which have received grants to help others include the New Jersey Federation of Dog Clubs and the Staten Island Companion Dog Training Club to name but a few as well as the Humane Society of New York, Last Hope Animal Rescue and Bobbi and the Strays. Any club or organization interested in applying for a grant to assist Sandy-related disaster relief can send a request in writing to dxs@akc. org--anyone interested in donating to the fund can do so by contacting the same email address. Either avenue is open to you and we urge you to take advantage of this opportunity and or to donate what you can to the fund itself. THE NEW JUDGES INVITATIONAL PROCESS These pages and certain writers for DOG NEWS have been positively questioning the new process of giving as many as 29 breeds to certain aspiring breed adjudicators not necessarily in an effort to get the system rewritten or overthrown but in an attempt to better understand exactly what is going on. Officially there has been no response whatsoever although behind the scenes and in private conversations explanations may be had depending with whom one may speak. As stated over and over again people were not against the system as much as they were questioning the implementation of it without there being any real explanation. The Board murmurings notwithstanding the basic reduction of the original number on the Committee making approvals from 5 to 3 people has further added to the confusion and unhappiness in certain circles with the new system. It is the opinion of these pages that the expressed concerns of those not privy to direct explanation from the existing committee members is quite simple to rectify. Just try communicating with the Fancy at large and stop holding everything so close to the vest. These are not negotiations which affect the foundation of America. Simple explanations and statements about what is going on from the Committee as a whole would ease the present contentious situation and attitude considerably. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The seven delegates running for the Board seats open in March of 2013 will make initial presentations to the Delegate Body at large two days before the AENC begins. How nice it would be for the Staff to distribute what these people had to say at the AKC show. Really now what better place than the AKC show for AKC to open the doors to communicate directly with the Fancy than in Orlando. This is a landmark show with a landmark opportunity for AKC to show its constituents that it wants to be as frank and open with it as humanly possible. Now that’s an attitudinal change which may even be conducive to increasing registrations from the constituents themselves, do you think!

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BY RONNIE IRVING

IRVING’S

OVER EXAGGERATION

S LONG AGO AS MARCH 2008 WHEN I WAS CHAIRMAN OF TKC in the UK I wrote in the UK’s Kennel Gazette in my monthly ‘From the Chairman’ Column: “Visitors to the Kennel Club, or to its various public events such as Crufts, often ask me as Chairman, ‘What’s your biggest current concern for the world of dogs?’ My answer is simple. ‘The trend towards over-exaggeration in some of our breeds.’” And that was written about six months before that TV show brought the whole issue into greater public focus. I then went on to say: “You may well ask what brings me to make that comment? Again the answer is simple. As I sit at the group ringside at Crufts in the presence of our many dog-loving guests – all of whom have a great interest in dogs but not all of whom show dogs - I can’t help looking at some of the breeds brought into the ring and wondering just where they are heading in terms of exaggeration? Most breeds are fine, but there are a few where excess has taken over. Whether this exaggeration is of presentation, of coat volume, of obesity masquerading as body substance, of over-angulation, of shortness of muzzle, eye formation or excess skin - it all shows that we have allowed some breeds to stray a very long way from their original purpose. The Kennel Club itself, and those of us who are enthusiastic about ‘normal’ breeds, must start to persuade all judges, breeders and exhibitors to tackle these issues and do much more to eliminate the worst excesses. If we don’t, I am sure that there will be people other than us who will come along and do it for us. Other outsiders will take action to force a change of ways.”

IMPRESSIONS DAMAGING TO THE SPORT In that article nearly five years ago I was concentrating on the effect that such exaggerations might have on the outside world and externally with the general public as a whole. I also think however that some of those over exaggerations are actually also internally damaging to the future of dog shows because they discourage people from coming into the sport in the first place. That is simply because newcomers either don’t like what they see or they don’t think that they could ever achieve the levels of show presentation that are expected of successful exhibitors in some breeds. By the way I don’t think that the problem of exaggeration extends only to conformation dog shows. I believe that it is also an emerging problem in various performance events as well.

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Sports such as obedience and agility also suffer from exaggeration in a way that could be damaging in the long term. Too much precision in obedience and too much attention to speed in agility cannot be in the long-term interest of either these sports or of the dogs that take part in them. MORE IS BETTER? In the area of conformation dog shows, one of the biggest problems for breeders, and to a certain extent for judges as well, is that there is a view in some people’s eyes that if something about a dog’s conformation is good – then more of it must be better. That is far from the case but in so many breeds and so many of our canine activities that idea seems to rule. (By the way I imagine that my old friend Geir FlycktPedersen will take strong exception to

that particular philosophy. His views on such issues - certainly as far as Wire Fox Terriers are concerned - are almost one hundred percent diametrically opposed to my views of my own breed and its moderation. But then he would probably argue that you couldn’t expect anything better from a Border Terrier enthusiast!) It gives me no pleasure to say it but my opinion is that in some breeds in the USA, breeds such as some of the Spaniels and Setters, coat presentation in the show ring is to a UK eye so much over the top as to make the dogs look ridiculous. I would also go so far as to say that it often makes it seem that the dog’s ability to do its original job of work has been totally forgotten. The same overpresentation also, in my eyes, seems to affect some breeds where the working aspects cannot even be used to justify greater moderation. In this category I would place Poodles and Shih Tzus and maybe some

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BY MICHAEL FAULKNER

Lighter Side of Judging MISS BESS

ery seldom does Big Michael accompany me to dog shows. When he does, it is usually because of the location and has nothing to do with the captivating experience of watching me count canine teeth and caress dogs---and their nether parts---in public. Needless to say, when Rony invited me to judge the Amsterdam Winner Show, over two years ago, Big Michael’s dog show enthusiasm intensified daily, leading ultimately to our departure together--in anticipation of returning to Europe and reconnecting with Big Michael’s numerous international colleagues. My excitement grew daily, knowing we were leaving a week early and to reconnect with my English Mum, Peggy Grayson, her daughter (my English Sister) Storm and her new girlfriend Miss Bess. The week prior to our departure, Sister Storm and I exchanged a flurry of Facebook messages, in hopes of nailing down all necessary details, to wit: ME I am coming to Europe in November to judge the Winner Show in Amsterdam. Michael and I will be arriving a week early to visit friends in Brussels and Paris, and I would like to plan two or three days to visit you and Mother…sometime between November 19 and 22. Would this be OK for you? Let me know as I am getting excited…Love, B STORM Hi Bro That sounds great. Mum isn’t too well at the moment. She had a bad fall last week and is now in bed with a heavy cold. Can’t wait to see you and I can’t wait for you to meet my new friend Bess. Sis xx

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ME OK....My love and prayers always and please tell your friend Bess I too am excited about meeting her. It sounds as if you have someone special in your life. STORM Thank you – Also, bro if you can confirm which day you will be able to come and see Mum, I will book a day off or two. My cell number is xxxxxxxxx. Mum is worried about you coming as she is embarrassed about how old she is…her sight and hearing are so bad. I told her to get over it. ME Tell her I’m not too far off – old, bald, fat and hard of hearing…we make a good pair and this way she can’t see me…LOL ME Hey Sis! I’m looking forward to see you in less than a week. I plan on taking the train from Brussels to London, then transferring to Malmesbury or the closest station. So, I will be there Sunday afternoon / evening, Monday and return in the evening or Tuesday morning. Please let me know the location and name of closest B&B or hotel. Oh, what can I bring for mother? I am at a loss.....and, don’t say---“nothing”....love, Bro STORM Hi Bro! Looking forward to seeing you. Mother is in a state. She says she is an old woman, nearly blind and VERY deaf and she is embarrassed as she is so different from when you last saw her. I have told her to get over it! Honestly don’t bring her anything as she won’t be able to see it and she has a dodgy

diet now… so nothing edible. A bunch of flowers would be fine. BUT, you could bring me a couple of tubes of Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Toothpaste as I can’t get it here. Kemble is the nearest station, or Swindon, which is a bit further. Let me know what time the train gets in and I will come and collect you. If you leave Tuesday, I can take you back as far as Basingstoke, as I am doing a day’s work there. And, the train only takes 50 min. back to London. Below are some ideas for lodging: Marsh Farm House, Whychurch Farm Bed and Breakfast Hotel, BEST WESTERN Mayfield House Hotel, The Rectory, and The Olde Bell Hotel Restaurant. ME Thanks....I am planning on booking at the Rectory, as I do believe it is the Old Crudwell Court, where I have stayed many times over the past twenty five years or so. This way I can visit your father who is buried next to the hotel in the church cemetery. How about skin lotion, powder or something nice that smells good for mother? If she can’t see or hear me, I want to make sure I stimulate at least one of the senses during my visit. ME Happy Sunday---OK--- What is your address? I am assuming you are no longer at the cottage. Also, when taking the train from Brussels, which London station is the best for transferring to Kemble? ME Don’t worry I have the station thing all figured out…I will be taking the Eurostar to St. Pancras (switching) to Paddington (switching) to Reading to Swindon......YIKES – LOL! CONTINUED ON PAGE 86

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even less, and has no knowledge of the breed outside of the show ring. This is, of course, particularly true of the rare breeds. GEORGE WRIGHT I think its one of the best ideas they’ve come up with in a long time. It gives breeders the chance to judge their breed without the hassle of jumping through the hoops of applying to judge. Especially as many of them don’t aspire to be a career judge. And it gives handlers who don’t want to retire but to continue to show dogs and also handlers who do retire after many years of showing dogs (since it might take them til they are 100 years old before they get to judge 5 or 6 groups - but that’s a question for another day) a chance to judge the breeds they have showed and/or perhaps bred themselves. Opening it up to people like this will bring a fresh perspective to whatever breeds they judge.

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What is your reaction to the newly adopted Rule/Policy which allows Parent Clubs to select ANY AUTHORITY in its breed to adjudicate at its national??

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ROBERTA LOMBARDI I think it opens it up and gives the parent clubs more options for good quality breed judges. Not everyone that probably should, but for one reason or another never will get their license and therefore otherwise would never be eligible to adjudicate at a National Specialty can now be considered. So I am comfortable with the rule change. Sounds like a good idea to me.

KAROLYNNE MCATEER At the National, I am all for it. Parents clubs do have different ways of selecting their judges for Nationals, in Irish Setters, we have a ballot system where annually the membership votes, votes are tallied and the top votes are selected by the Board for their assignments (we have multiple judges over multiple days). We have always had a “write in” section for say foreign judges, and now that would include ANY AUTHORITY. You’d have to imagine that if the vote was for the non-regular judge the majority of the membership must have felt they were highly qualified and had great knowledge of the breed.

DEBORAH COOPER I am not at all comfortable with this policy. As AKC Sanctioned events, I feel it is necessary to apply the relevant rules and guidelines to national specialties, in fact, ESPECIALLY to national specialties. A breed’s national specialty is a very important event for each breed. I have often said that because of the varied quality and numbers at a national, it is critical to get the MOST experienced judges to adjudicate these events. Often we see even the most experienced judges get lost in a very large entry. It is my feeling that we cannot expect that inexperienced individuals will be able to stand up to the challenge of sorting through large numbers of varied quality, etc. It is my understanding that the AKC has issued NO guidelines for national breed clubs to follow. This to me is unacceptable, as is the practice of allowing breed clubs to hire unlicensed, inexperienced individuals to judge their national specialties. DOROTHY MACDONALD In answer to your question I think that AKC’s new ruling allowing a breed authority to judge their National Specialty Show is one of their best new rules. There are many individuals who are not interested in becoming a judge but who have the knowledge and the ability to evaluate their own breed very successfully. A person who has had years of exposure to their breed and has successfully bred and campaigned them in varying endeavors is far more likely to properly evaluate them in the show ring than an AKC licensed judge who has had their hands on a mere dozen, or

ARMANDO ANGELBELLO I’m in agreement with the new policy, provided the Breed Authority is selected by Parent Club membership vote. LORENE HOGAN I feel that many of us that have been breeding and showing for many years could do as well as some of the judges that have done the Nationals. It all boils down to the clubs making an informed decision on someone that will judge the dogs solely on their merit. WALTER SOMMERFELT In my opinion this is a recipe for disaster for many breeds for a number of reasons. 1st. If a club wishes to have a “non-approved” judge at their nationals, the option has always been to have the person of their choice officiate at the sweepstakes level. This has proved to be a great learning ground for the person judging as well as for the breed. It also allows the breeders and the exhibitors a chance to evaluate that person’s knowledge and ability in their breed. 2nd. Officiating at a National Specialty is one of the greatest honors and responsibilities a club can bestow on any Judge. With that in mind I would think the club would want a judge that has a proven record of study and evaluation of the breed, and one who has done all of the preparation for the evaluation of that breed through the education and evaluation process of the AKC. 3rd. National Specialties can “overwhelm” an inexperienced judge when it comes to their ability to manage their ring in a uniform and timely manner with the sorting, judging, keeping notes for future critiques and narrowing down the large entry to eventually select the various winners. As we have all at one time or another witnessed some individuals simply lack the ability to sort, evaluate and place the classes in a consistent and timely manner. Our AKC judges are by many considered the “most qualified, and experienced judges in the world”, I believe it is because of the time, effort, and expense put into the “Learning Process” as well as the testing and evaluation CONTINUED ON PAGE 98

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEO DUROCHER BY PAT TROTTER

e was one of baseball’s all time greatsnoted for his fiery temperament as well as his Hall of Fame status and skills. Leo Durocher once stated: “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” Perhaps that thinking could be applied to the dog show itself-many attend, few understand. The dog show as it once existed was a stage where true dog people came together to evaluate breeding stock. Both those who judged and those who exhibited were diehard fanciers whose lives revolved around the care, selection and improvement of their stock. The dog show was the place you put your heart, your soul and your dogs on the line to determine if you were getting it right. It was the great learning experience that measured the quality and breeding worth of the individuals, and you stayed there studying from the opening class until BIS was done. Decades ago we all understood this. Today, like Durocher’s observation, many attend, but few seem to understand. The concept that we are evaluating breeding stock has given way to counting the points, keeping score, making grand champions, socializing and networking. Because it seems that more people want to judge dogs today than breed dogs, we have a troubling and convoluted situation. Once I asked: When did we as a fancy start placing more emphasis on judging than on breeding? Today I ask: Why did we as a fancy start placing more emphasis on judging than on breeding? Now obviously we need judges and judging is a major part of our entire dog show world. However, exactly why so many are attracted to it and want to do more and more of it is unclear. Nonetheless it behooves us to continue to analyze the ongoing judging process and address its issues, especially as they apply to the revised Judging Approval Process and the negative responses to it. (After all, don’t squeaky wheels get the oil?) Many judges view the new judging approval process as some secret underground party where only a few of the “in crowd” are invited. They are not unlike high schoolers who are terribly hurt, yes even enraged, when some of their friends get invited to a party and they did not. Especially since they themselves had known the party-giver far longer than the invited newcomer! Is their some validity to their complaints? Perhaps, but some of it might very well be caused by a combination of confusion regarding the process and/or an unrealistic self-evaluation. When the “Dr. Bob Smith Committee” of knowledgeable dog people from across the sport first convened, it dedicated itself to the premise that it would craft a judging approval process that would be objective and fair as well as be the system that would

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encourage and reward excellence in judging. It did not interfere with the process in place that allows approved judges to apply for one-half of a group, and this process can still be utilized by those who desire more breeds. The desiring of more breeds by more judges is a subject that is much discussed in certain areas, all the more so if said individuals are less than competent in their own breed. If a breeder had less than modest success in their own breed before they became a judge, does that speak to one’s need for further education before advancing? And what about self-designated professional handlers who picked up their neighbors’ dogs to support their weekend trips to the dog shows? Are those potential judges of the same caliber as the true professional handler who is on the job 24/7 from early AM until the end of an exhausting day? And does it mean that all great breeders will become good judges? And all great handlers too?

LL OF THESE QUESTIONS COME WITH VARYING answers, for certainly not all successful handlers and breeders become outstanding judges. And yes, some who had modest success in those endeavors can become excellent judges. If this sounds like doubletalk, consider that the new Judging Approval Process of Dr. Smith’s committee understands what a runt like me has known for years: ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL! NO MATTER WHAT THE ADVERTISEMENT SAYS. The admirable purpose of the committee’s program was to open the door for those outstanding judges to advance, and it truly is a case by case situation. Its purpose is to acknowledge the existence of talent in judging and utilize that talent for the good of the fancy. It didn’t do anything to stop the usual application process of recent years still open to all those who want to judge. So let’s address one of the many complaints that have been shared with me and that is the invitation to a 43-year old individual for rapid advancement. This action sparked an outrage on the Internet and furious response from many members of the judging community. Although I haven’t seen this person in a number of years, I remember his California years when he worked as a PHA assistant handler for the late Leroy Stage for four years before going to another California handler to learn the details of terrier grooming. These crews were on the show grounds caring for dogs from 6 AM until 10:00 PM or so and working even harder preparing their charges during the week-stripping, conditioning, training etc. Anyone putting in these years has certainly paid their dues! But life in dogs for this person began far earlier than that. In 1975 his parents got into German Shepherds. One of the great assets for those involved in GSDs is that they learn structure. Dogs with upright fronts and poorly assembled forequarters are not kept in their breeding programs. In time the family also bred Great Danes and Dachshunds. Dachshunds are another breed where fanciers learn the intricacies of the front assembly-in this case the wrap-around front. As a kid he had helped Dachshund expert Bobby Fowler and assorted all breed handlers forever. Early on he was a dogman’s dogman. In time he went on the road with America’s Pekingese expert carrying his own string of BIS Great Danes and other breeds, winning BISs and groups in every group with various

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OPEN CRITIQUES

I cannot imagine that handlers and exhibitors in this country would enjoy staying in the ring with their dogs, while the judge elect explains to the ringside what is right and wrong and then tell the ringside why the dogs are placed the way they are... Or spend an extra 5 minutes in the ring when the critique is written-or be willing to pay higher entry fees as you would need twice the number of judges as they could only cope with 50% of the entry they can judge under the current system? It is my feeling that most

exhibitors -at least the professional handlers- if they don’t win, just move on to the next ring. So for some reason I don’t think it will ever become part of the ritual at shows here! I suppose that if involved with German Shepherds, you are accustomed to that practice even in this country- and probably love it as part of the procedure and culture? When my wife went through the week long prep course for judges in Sweden, the candidates were immediately told: “Those of you not prepared to give an Open Critique may leave the room NOW!” I happen to know that nobody left, but also that some of them never opened their mouth in the ring ever… And I do understand them. As you had to give each and every dog a written critique, the easy way out was naturally to read your written words out loud to the ringside, but for many of those who did not, the open critique often turned into disaster. An example which involved one of our own dogs, an English Cocker, a big winner all over Scandinavia: We were thrilled to have a young up and coming English All-rounder at the Oslo show- the entry was excellent and we brought along a great team. One of our dogs got the

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following critique which the steward translated to the ringside: “An excellent dog in every way. He has a copybook outline and the breed standard could have been based on this dog in every detail. He is beautifully presented and his movement is flawless. Simply outstanding.” My wife was handling, but I heard every word dictated to the steward as well as the translation and was naturally thrilled and excited. It was a fairly big class, but when the competition for best male was over, the outstanding dog with a copybook outline (still behaving perfectly) was placed Second. To a dog whose critique was rather unimpressive! And to this day I - and surely many of the ringsiders- still wonder WHY? Well, we just moved on , but the incident was never forgotten- neither by us nor many at the ringside… There are too many judges, mainly male, in Scandinavia and on the Continent who love to hear their own voices and act as some kind of Educators for the exhibitors and ringside alike. Without, in some cases, having either the knowledge- or even tact to do this properly. So if you decide to do this, make sure you know what you are talking about. And it might also help to have a good memory. And be prepared, as you leave the ring, to have your comments discussed and challenged.

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t a recent show a lady exhibitor, after judging, mentioned that she wished AKC had a system with written or at least open critiques like in Europe. Her argument being that in this country you never get to know what the judge really thinks- or why he or she placed the dogs the way they did… I see her point in many ways, but the “structure” of dog shows here is so very different from “over there”. In Scandinavia nearly every dog is owner/handled, the majority also spend their life as treasured house pets and there seem to be a steady stream of new people entering the ring all the time. And the breeders seem to keep an eye on sold progeny and make sure that the good ones are not simply “wasted”, but get their chance to shine – on behalf of themselves as well as their breeders. The critique, at least if written by a breed authority, is an important document and may inspire the owners to keep showing.

In the 1960’s I was showing a number of Giant Schnauzers. One weekend at the International show in Copenhagen I won the breed with a lovely dog whose only visible flaw was his ear-carriage, but otherwise a lovely sound moving dog with excellent coat and color. He needed a Danish certificate for his Danish title, so was shown in the Open class. CONTINUED ON PAGE 102

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Questions

What person do you most look forward to seeing at the dog shows? THE ONES WHO HAVEN’T STABBED ME IN THE BACK. What is your greatest extravagance? JEWELRY; GOLD AND DIAMONDS.

What do you dislike most about your appearance? MY FAT BUTT.

What dog person would you like to see on ‘Dancing With The Stars’? PAULA NYKIEL.

BORN: HONOLULU, HI RESIDE: AMBOY, WA MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED

10 If you were to have a tattoo, what would it be of? I WOULD NEVER HAVE A TATTOO.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? MY HUSBAND, MY CELL PHONE AND ONE OF MY CHESSIES.

When and where are you the happiest? AT A DOG SHOW WHEN I’M WINNING. Other people think I am? INTIMIDATING.

What did you want to be when you were growing up? A PROFESSIONAL HANDLER SINCE I WAS 12. What would be your last request? THAT EVERYONE BE HAPPY WITH THEMSELVES.

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IS DEBARKING “MUTILATION”? BY CARLOTTA COOPER

housands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of pet owners and quite a few people who breed and show dogs have had their dogs debarked over the years. If you have tried to find a veterinarian to perform this procedure for you in recent years, you have no doubt discovered that there are fewer and fewer vets performing it, or who know how to do it. Like many once-common procedures, debarking (or “devocalization,” or bark softening, or “devoicing” or “ventriculocordectomy” or any other term you want to use for the procedure) is now considered controversial because it has been targeted by the animal rights movement. They consider debarking to be mutilation or animal abuse. As with many animal rights positions, this stance is largely based on ignorance, or it may even be part of an effort to make pet ownership more difficult. If you have ever had a dog debarked, or lived with a dog after it has been debarked, then you probably already know that this is a relatively simple veterinary procedure, if it is done by a competent veterinarian. You also know that dogs do not suffer following the procedure. It is not intended to stop a dog from barking. Instead, it lowers the volume of their barking so they no longer bother neighbors and others who might complain about their barking. The dog can bark to their heart’s content and they don’t seem to mind that they are no longer barking at a loud volume. Debarking is a surgical procedure applied to dogs where tissue is removed from the animal’s vocal cords in order to permanently reduce the volume of their vocalizations. This is typically done by removing or reducing the vocal folds using a biopsy punch, cautery tool, scissor, or laser. It requires a general anesthetic. Risks for the procedure include a negative reaction to anesthesia, infection, bleeding, and pain, or the same kinds of risks associated with any minor surgery. There is also the risk of the removed tissue growing back, or of scar tissue blocking the throat, both requiring further surgeries, though when the procedure is done by an experienced vet with good surgical technique, these risks are minimal. Debarking has been compared to a tonsillectomy for a child. It is a less invasive and painful procedure than spaying a bitch, which is done millions of time each year in the United States. Obviously, animal rights activists have no problem with spaying and neutering pets, but they are currently pushing to categorize debarking as animal abuse and would like to see state laws against it. Currently debarking is illegal in Massachusetts and in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is also illegal in the UK and other countries that have signed the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) supports the use of surgical debarking, though they recommend it as a last resort when other methods of trying to stop barking have been tried and failed. Other animal veterinary organizations agree, such as the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). CONTROVERSY And, yet, in the summer of 2012, the International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR), centered in Pennsylvania, launched a campaign to “Stop Devocalization Now.” They refer to debarking as a “mutilating procedure” and urge people to join their campaign to lobby legislatures to make the procedure illegal. Around the same time, two dog owners named Sue Perry and Karen Mahmud also became involved in trying to make debarking illegal. Countless stories, all basically the same, with the exact same quotes from the women, started appearing online. Perry is described as “ a 58-year-old Connecticut bookkeeper” and Mahmud is a “43-year-old New York nu42 Dog News

trition blogger,” which, of course, makes them experts about dog care. In both cases the women have rescue dogs which had been debarked before they got them. They are part of a group called the Coalition to Protect and Rescue Pets, an activist group that helped get debarking outlawed in Massachusetts. Now they are trying to get the AVMA to change their stance on the procedure. They have a Change.org petition online which has received more than 140,000 signatures. How many of the people signing that petition have ever had a dog that was debarked, I wonder? I also wonder how many of those people send HSUS $19 a month and think the money goes to help pitiful puppies and kitten? Make no mistake, whether or not Sue Perry, ISAR, and other animal rights activists can change the AVMA’s position, they are preparing to try to make debarking illegal in your state – in all states. Dozens of stories about the horrors of debarking, the way it “mutilates” a dog, how it keeps a dog from barking naturally, and about Sue Perry have appeared on the Internet in the last 3-4 months. This kind of public relations push to change public opinion doesn’t happen without a legislative agenda. The stories also emphasize the fact that if you have a dog that barks too much, it’s your own fault. You must be too “lazy and ignorant” to properly train your dog, according to more than one article. WHAT’S THE TRUTH ABOUT DEBARKING? I think just about everyone who has had a debarked dog or is familiar with breeds where debarking is sometimes utilized would tell you that the AVMA currently has the correct position. Debarking is a method of last resort for most owners and breeders, but it is necessary. There are other methods you can try to stop a dog from barking, such as training, providing more exercise so the dog will be more likely to rest, providing toys and chews so the dog won’t be bored, spray or other correction collars, and so on. However, there really ARE some dogs who don’t respond to these methods. If you have never had a dog with a barking problem, then you have been lucky. If you stay in dogs long enough, you probably will. If you have a Sheltie or, in some cases, one of the Hound breeds, you can expect dogs to bark, and once in a while you might have a dog that barks so much you get in trouble with your neighbors or even with animal control. Charlotte McGowan has written an excellent overview of debarking on the NAIA site: “Debarking (Bark Softening) - Myths and Facts” <http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/article/debarking-bark-softening-myths-and-facts> I had an English Setter who came to me after she had already been debarked and I can say, unequivocally, that she never had a bark or throat-related problem in 13 years. It’s also a good thing she had been debarked because even with her lower, husky voice she was a hopeless barker. She would go into a barking frenzy. She LOVED to bark – squirrels, cats, a bicycle going up the street – they would set her off. She didn’t care at all that her voice didn’t carry very far. It gave her pleasure to bark. I would never have been able to keep her if she hadn’t been debarked. But I loved her deep, husky voice and she was very happy. It would truly be a shame for debarking, which is a necessary procedure for many dogs, to be outlawed. Without it, many owners would not be able to keep their dogs. In some cases those dogs would be turned into animal shelters where they would be euthanized. Dogs that bark too much are not necessarily very adoptable, especially if training and other ways to stopping their excessive barking have failed. When you read these anti-debarking articles or hear people talking about debarking, please set the record straight and inform them that this is not a dangerous or “barbaric” or “mutilating” procedure. Far from it. Debarking is an important way for many dogs to keep their homes when other methods have been tried and failed. People who have their dogs debarked are not “lazy and ignorant.” Instead, it’s often the people trying to ban this safe procedure who are ignorant and uninformed.

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A New Children’s Book Series Celebrates Therapy Dog Reading BY SHARON PFLAUMER

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ome dogs work on farms, some help people who can’t see and Danny helps children who find it difficult to read. He usually visits schools and libraries but today he is being given a special award for his work and he is going to London to collect it.” The above quote is from the children’s book, Danny Goes to London, by JudyBee and Anna Kecskés. It tells the story of Danny, a real life Greyhound, who went to London to receive the Amazing Animal Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare for helping thousands of children improve their reading skills. The award was presented in May 2012 at the House of Lords by Brian May of the legendary recording group Queen. Danny helps children improve their reading skills by working as a “listening dog” and was one of the first Reading Education and Assistance Dogs (READ) in the United Kingdom. In that role, he visits schools and libraries where children read stories aloud to him and in so doing not only improve their reading ability but build self-esteem. DANNY HEADS TO AMERICA In May 2013, Danny and his owner, Tony Nevett, will visit the United States to promote the release of the second book in the series: Danny Strikes Out in America. They will be hosted by Corridor Therapy Dogs, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in Cedar Rapids, IA. Like Danny and Nevett, “Many of Corridor Therapy Dogs’ teams participate in the READ Program. It’s a literacy support program created to help children read that actually was started in the U.S.,” says Janet Holtman, the organization’s President. Nevett first visited the Corridor Therapy Dogs’ group in August 2012 to promote the release of Danny

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Goes to London. Unfortunately, Danny was unable to accompany him on that trip due to the airlines’ ban on transporting dogs because of the extreme heat. Despite Danny’s absence, Nevett and the group promoted the book and the program by holding reading sessions at local schools and libraries. They also attended book signings at local bookstores. Danny and Nevett and the Corridor Therapy Dogs’ group will be involved in similar activities while promoting the release of the second book during the upcoming visit. Profits from the sale of the twelve books in the series, which is being published by MX Publishing, will fund The Bark and Read Foundation. (See below.) THE FIRST PROGRAM The READ Program in the U.K. was inspired by therapy dog reading programs in the U.S. Nevett learned of them and how beneficial they are for participating children, while completing a degree in Animal Assisted Therapy. Knowing literacy was

a serious issue in the U.K. as well, he was determined to set up the first READ program there and use Scotts, his first Greyhound, as its first READ Program dog. Nevett contacted Intermountain Therapy Animals in Salt Lake City, Utah,-the organization credited with starting the first READ Program in the U.S.--to find out how to set up a READ Program in the U.K. He learned the first step was to become a certified therapy dog and handler team. In order to do that, there were some requirements to be met. “I had to complete a questionnaire, while Scott’s temperament and behavior had to be evaluated. Scott’s also had to be examined and certified as healthy by a veterinarian,” Nevett says. After they were certified in 2004, Nevett began volunteering with Scotts at local libraries and working with children who visited them. That led to a READ pilot program being done in two schools in Kent during the fall term in 2010. The pilot program was so successful—reading ability improved by 75%--READ programs were begun in some mainstream and special needs schools. As interest grew and more schools began starting READ Programs, more therapy dogs were needed. That led to other interested dog owners getting their dogs certified so they could participate as well. “We now take our dogs all over the U.K. to promote the READ Program and encourage the establishment of therapy dog reading programs across the country,” says Nevett, who receives numerous emails each day from teachers asking him to start a READ Program at their schools. “We go in [to their schools] and show them how the program works so they can set up one themselves and bring in their own dogs,” he says. THE BARK AND READ FOUNDATION In 2011, the Kennel Club in the U.K. founded The Bark and Read Foundation to help fund READ activities and those of other organizations involved in therapy dog based literacy programs. In addition to the READ Program, the foundation works with Pets As Therapy through their Read 2 Dogs project, and Dogs Helping Kids, whose volunteer therapy

Tony Nevett and Danny

Stephanie Giesel feeds her two-year-old Great Dane, Halo, as she practices “pass-bys” with Jolanta Benal and Juniper at a 2005 Peaceable Paws Reactive Rover workshop.

Danny visits a group of babies at the Hub, a library in Derby, England.

Nevett’s first greyhound, Scotts, with a reading group.

dog handler teams also go to schools around the U.K. with their specially trained dogs. Nevett would like to see the American Kennel Club set up a similar foundation to fund therapy dog reading programs in the U.S. IT’S MORE FUN TO READ TO A DOG The READ Program is so successful because it turns reading into a fun activity and, therefore, a positive experience for children. “Some children aren’t happy reading aloud. For many of them--especially if they’re shy or have a learning disability-reading aloud is a struggle that can damage their self-esteem if they mispronounce words or read slowly in front of their mates. The READ program not only helps them develop their reading skills but increases their confidence.” That’s because the dog won’t correct or criticize the children when they read. The dog also won’t judge or at laugh them and is willing to listen no matter how slowly they read. Because the dog is unconditionally accepting, reading becomes fun and the children are motivated to practice doing it. Instead of dreading reading, the children look forward to the day dog the visits. And, instead of wanting to quit after only a few minutes of struggling, they’re willing to practice reading longer. And that’s key to the program’s success: practice improves reading ability. “One of things I’ve found that motivates children to read CONTINUED ON PAGE 106

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Rare Breeds of the world BY AGNES BUCHWALD

DOGO MALLORQUIN OR CA DE BOU - MALLORCA

ossibly all of us have family history regarding tales, and beliefs - mine is not an exception. Grandma (mother’s mom) never used, never gave, and always advised her three daughters against pearls. She was raised believing that pearls are oysters’ tear drops, and may bring bad luck over the user - therefore it should be avoided. Mom, a good daughter, passed this superstition to my sister and me. Consequently even loving pearls the two of us never use, give or receive any pearl jewelry - not that we are any luckier for this - but you know the saying; I do not believe in witches – but they surely exist, and I do not want to bother them. Finally the two of us decided not to repeat this old tale to our own family members in the hope that they - especially the girls - could have the pleasure to enjoy this rare and beautiful gift of nature we sisters will never know. By the other hand, - as grandma never told anything about false pearls - I discovered the worldwide famous Majorica man made pearls which are fulfilling my desire to own this jewel without offending my beloved grandma’s memory. (Majorica is the brand name given to organic man-

made pearls from the island of Majorica, Spain. Produced by Majorica S.A. since 1890). Of course the island of Mallorca has many other important “pearls”, interesting and real with several ethnic influences. After having heard a lot about this part of the world I decided to visit the Baleares, and needless to say I was amazed by the island’s beauty, and the marvelous hospitality of its habitants. I admired Mallorca’s people enormous heart (I am sure that our readers also will) when found out that; On 28 February 2007, the Balearic Parliament of Mallorca approved a Proposition, to support to the legal recognition of nonhuman apes and at June 2008 the Spain’s Parliament has voiced its support of Mallorca for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Parliament’s environmental committee approved resolutions urging Spain to comply with the Great Ape Project, http://mallorcaincognita.com/greatapes_english.html Spain’s Baleares are formed by the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Mallorca is the largest of the four with 3,640.11 km2 (1,405.454 sq mi). Its current population is over 500,000. The capital city is Palma de Majorca. The isle is two hours of flight from most major European Capitals easy to reach by tourists looking not solely for the famous beaches but for culture, history, and beautiful scenery (Mallorca’s famed caves have centuries old written documentation; the first recorded found dates as early as 1338). Majorca is the birth place of the painter Joan Miró (Palma de Majorca), and the tennis player champion Rafael Nadal (Manacor). Evidence of the first human settlement of Majorca is centuries CONTINUED ON PAGE 110

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Trying out moves in front of an audience helps you to know what to work on

ver the last month I have started to think more about the forthcoming Crufts semi finals which will take place in January. Some people don’t realise that some of the routines that they will see at the semis might have taken a year to generate. Creating a good routine is not something that can be done overnight as it takes a while to come up with the idea and then develop it. For the two dogs that I have qualified for the semis I have had pieces of music in mind for their next routines for a while. As I have mentioned many times before in this column it takes ages to find the right music. Choosing something that people might recognise can play to your advantage although taking a risk and using

an unknown piece can stick you out from the crowd. My first place to start is to think of some moves which reflect the music as these are the things which I want to get on with teaching early so that they are fixed in the dogs’ minds. I would much rather take the time over many months to train something new and drip feed it so to speak rather than have to rush the training at the last minute. Even though I start early with the moves that I have in mind, it doesn’t mean that I will use everything I teach as sometimes what you think will work does not seem to fit when you put it in the routine. Also the dog might do a move in training but over time you don’t feel that it is reliable enough to put into the routine. Just recently I have had this situation with Whizzy where the move we had been practising was going ok but I felt her heart was not in it. If she is not totally enjoying it then there is a good chance on the day when I ask her CONTINUED ON PAGE 114

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TRAINING FOR THE SEMIS AND FOCUS ON ATTENTION

Make Shows,

n the midst of massive rocket attacks, counter attacks and an exploding bus, we crazy Israeli dog people decided the best way to counter the bloodshed and terror was to hold a dog show. In our own special way we showed the enemy that they can perhaps kill some of us but not our show-going spirit! 52 Dog News

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or Lubov (Luba) Rojba, a nurse whose family lives in the city of Ashdod, some 30 miles north of the Gaza Strip, life over the past weeks has not been easy. Sirens going off at all hours of the day, rockets landing not far from her home, the dogs feeling the stress and reciprocating with stressful behavior of their own. Nothing “normal” there. However, when she heard the Herding Club was holding a show, she immediately entered her two Rough Collies. So did Paz Davidovich, a young woman whose family lives even closer to the Gaza Strip. Her younger sister, Yael, an avid junior handler, was sleepless from spending night after night for the past few years (yes, years) under fear of rocket attacks, but she too woke up early that Saturday to go to the show. As president of the Herding Club, my concern was whether our Hungarian judge would cancel at the last moment, or come despite the “fireworks” she saw on the news. On Thursday, her local friend, a new immigrant from Hungary, announced the judge, Ildiko Muzslai, a Rough Collie and Bearded Collie breeder, was definitely coming and we heaved a sigh of relief – no last moment change of heart here. I sat down and composed a symbolic certificate for our brave judge, which I planned to award at the show, expressing

our gratitude at the fact she had not backed down despite the situation. One of the characteristics of this type of situation is the will to help out those suffering from the bombings. Several members posted on the club Facebook page their willingness to take in other members living in danger zones, with their dogs of course, until things calmed down again. The entry was impressive. We are among the largest breed clubs in Israel and this show drew an entry of 90 for Mrs. Muzslai and an additional entry of 100 dogs for a local judge, Mrs. Myrna Shiboleth – we were planning a back-to-back double show. Just to put things into perspective, the average entry at local all-breed shows in Israel is around 600-800 dogs, so 180 entries for a club show is definitely an impressive figure by our standards. One person cancelled because of the alarms. Actually, their house is situated north of Tel Aviv and was in no apparent danger. Another cancelled because their dog had injured its foot, nothing to do with bombs, a mundane thorn. On Saturday morning, they all arrived at Kibbutz Givat CONTINUED ON PAGE 120

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STORY & PHOTOS BY SHARON SAKSON

NTRIES WERE UP THIS YEAR FOR THE KENNEL CLUB of Philadelphia/National Dog Show. 1500 dogs made the trip to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, a sprawling convention center that easily houses 1500 dogs plus the people who accompany them. Philadelphia had more than 10,000 spectators roaming the aisles, grinning broadly whenever they found their favorite breed. People snapped photos of a long line of Gordon Setters up on grooming tables, and bent down to see Pugs tucked into plastic airline crates that were barely visible. Why were entries up at Philadelphia? John Constantine with his Best of Breed Miniature Schnauzer may have put it best, “It’s all about the TV cameras.”

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A two-hour version of the show was played on Thanksgiving, after the Macy’s Day Parade and before the football game. Then it was replayed in prime time on Friday night on all NBC channels across the country. A news release from the sponsor, Purina, said, “Total audience figures for the two broadcasts are likely to exceed 25 million viewers,” easily making it the most watched dog show in the country. This was the best rating for the show in eight years, an 11 share on Thanksgiving Day CONTINUED ON PAGE 122

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BY ALLISON FOLEY Well they say that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door. This adage seems very true when applied to the Caledon Kennel Club.

fter its remArkAble feAt lAst year of bucking the trend and actually increasing their entries by more than 30% over 2010 again in 2012 the entries increased yet again. Their formula? Give the dog show fancy what it wants. And the formula seems to be-an international of judges, specials events including judges education, breed seminars, veterinary seminars, and a Junior Showmanship Spectacular where all the class winners from the weekend compete together before the final Best in Show for cash prizes. By far the biggest special event of the weekend was the Royal Canin Breeders Classic where an international panel of breeder judges judged teams of dogs bred by the same breeder. The Judges for this event were Luke Ehricht, Patricia

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Breeder: Kim Ramey-Leblanc MBIS MBISS Am/Can Ch Snowmist’s Legally Blonde MBPIS Ch. Snowmists’s Up The Ante Ch Snowmist’s Winter Pride Snowmist’s Yours Truly Congratulations to all the winners. The junior showmanship winner was Susie Emmerson. Caledon Kennel Association also made an announcement over the weekend that through the generous sponsorship of Royal Canin that the 2013 shows would be once again held at the International Centre in the greater Toronto area, and very convenient to the Toronto International airport. This is a welcome change as in 2013 it will be the only show to be able to afford a Toronto venue. The 46th Annual Show of Shows, a competition open only to Best in Show winners was held earlier in November. The international panel of judges included, Luis Silva, Barbara Dempsey Alderman, Fred Dewsbury, Maida Putterman, Larry Kereluke, Jack Ireland, and Jackie Rusby. The group winners were, American Cocker Spaniel Ch Mario n Beechwood’s Midnight Express, Beagle Ch Tashins Looking for Trouble, the Siberian Husky Ch Tokima’s Intermezzo, the Lakeland Ch Northcote’s Don’t Look Back, the Pekingese Ch Schuyler’s Laparata Robert, the Standard Poodle Ch Vetset Kate Winsit and the GSD Ch Signature’s Phillip Marlow V Kridler. Fittingly the American Cocker Spaniel, the crowd favourite and the uncontested leader for Canada’s top dog all breeds “Ace” came away the winner. Congratulations to handler Marlene Ness and breeder owner Mark Ragusa on a job well done. With just 3 weekends left in the Canadian show calendar the entries get a little bigger and the stakes get a little higher. Consider it “Final Jeopardy” for Top dogs here in the North. The Top Dogs as of November 28, 2012 according to Canuck dogs look like this. #1 Am Cocker Ch Mario n Beechwood’s Midnight Express #2 Karelian BD Ch TsarShadows I Speak of War #3 Borzoi Taugo’s Ulric #4 Kees Ch Cinnakees Christian Louboutin #5 Welsh Ter Ch Darwyn’s I’m Not Arguing That #6 Eng Setter Ch Sagebrush Bulls Mtn Judee #7 Westie Ch Whitebriar Jawdropper #8 Malamute Ch Mytuk’s Technical Knockout #9 Corgi Ch Coventry How High the Moon #10 Std Pood Ch Vetset Kate Winsit Top Toy Brussels Ch Hilltop’s Zoom Zoom That’s it for know from the True North.

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KISS Owners/Breeders: Susan LaCroix Hamil Heather Whitcomb Laguna Beach, California Handlers: Bruce Schultz Tara Schultz

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SICK SHELTERS: DON’T BUY A SICK PUPPY FROM A SHELTER BY PATRICIA GAIL BURNHAM

helters can be notorious for exposing their animals to contagious diseases. Both cats and dogs have a variety of diseases that kittens and puppies are very susceptible to. In the case of cats the cat population used to be kept in check by feline distemper. Each spring millions of kittens would be born. Those that didn’t get drowned as excess would live until fall when feline distemper outbreaks would come through and kill the majority of the young cats. Those kittens with the genes to resist distemper would survive. Most animals maintain their populations by reproducing just enough to replace the animals killed each year. Prey animals have lots of young to get a few of them to live until reproduction age. Predators have fewer offspring. They just have to get enough young to adulthood to produce the next generation. Now that feline distemper is mostly controlled by vaccinations, the cat reproductive rate exceeds what is needed to produce the next generation of breeders. So shelters kill millions of surplus cats. But shelters also harbor both healthy and sick cats. (They usually kill the sick ones as soon as they notice them, but by then they have already spread the germs.) And the same applies to puppies. Canine distemper used to control the dog population. Vaccines for distemper were developed at the urging of show fanciers who didn’t want to take their young dogs to shows and bring them home incubating distemper. Before the development of the vaccine it was actually a practice to take litters of young puppies to shows to expose them to distemper while they still had enough maternal antibodies to help some of them survive the disease and become immune to it. How very scary that must have been. But there are still canine distemper outbreaks wherever unvaccinated dogs are clustered together. Shelters can do just that. We are used to not worrying about distemper, thinking it is a disease of the past. But there is a new variety of distemper that can kill dogs that have been vaccinated against normal distemper. (The new type is thought to have mutated through raccoons.) And now we not only have distemper to worry about, there is parvo to kill off young puppies. Veterinary schools have entire programs called “shelter medicine” aimed at teaching shelter folks how to combat contagious diseases in their dogs and cats. Many of these diseased are airborne or carried on clothes and shoes. You could not pay me enough to walk through a shelter when I have puppies that are not fully vaccinated yet. The University of California Vet School has the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program about

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which they say, ”Millions of animals die in shelters each year, often as a result of preventable illnesses. This doesn’t have to happen. Something as simple as a missed vaccine or dirty cage can mean the difference between life and death for a homeless animal. At the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine program, we use veterinary science to protect the health of shelter animals so that more survive to find lifelong homes. We accomplish this goal by: • Training veterinary students, veterinarians and shelter professionals in all aspects of shelter medicine • Consulting directly with shelter veterinarians and managers to improve animal care and health • Conducting research into the most pressing issues affecting shelter animals.” The program is funded by public donations. There has been a lot of publicity about new puppy buyers who are sold a puppy that is carrying parvo or distemper. When the puppy dies the evil pet stores or breeders are blamed. But the truth is that young puppies are incredibly susceptible to the main canine diseases. And puppies that spend time in a shelter are nearly certain to be exposed to those diseases. I learned firsthand the heartbreak involved in adopting a puppy from a shelter. Fifty five years ago my first dog was a four-month-old collie puppy (named Lad or course) adopted from the Sacramento SPCA. We took Lad to the vet the same day that we adopted him for his distemper shots. But that was not enough. He had already been exposed at the shelter. A month later we took him back to the vet to be euthanized. He was in convulsions from distemper. Thinking about it still makes me sad. A couple of years later my father took me to a backyard breeder to buy another collie puppy. He said later that if he had known how serious I was about dogs he would have seen that I had a puppy earlier than that. Saint lived 12 years, was intricately trained, and convinced me that my next breed would be shorthaired. Later when I did shelter rescue I only adopted adult dogs, not wanting to risk another sick puppy dying. The adult dogs that I adopted and trained and placed in homes were healthy. One of the cats that I adopted did have feline distemper but the vet pulled him through. Shelters should quarantine incoming young animals to reduce the spread of disease. Nearly half of the animals killed at animal control are killed because they become sick with contagious diseases that they are exposed to at animal control. That is shameful. It is NOT TRUE that all shelters have the same disease rate. And shelters should be public about their disease rates. When you see all those ads advocating adopting (buying) a pet from a shelter, they don’t mention the disease risk. They don’t mention it for fear of scaring buyers away. Nobody wants a sick puppy or kitten. When I was involved in a meeting with the head of Sacramento’s animal control over their proposed new ordinance she finally admitted that most of the animals that they euthanized were killed because they came down with contagious diseases. They were using death as a disease cure. She flinched a little when I told her that it wasn’t our fault that animal control was a cesspool of disease. After all Sacramento is 15 miles from the University of California at Davis Vet School with its Shelter Medicine Program. Since that meeting, Sacramento spent 25 million dollars to build a brand new shelter. The former head of animal control moved on to nearby Stockton’s animal control where she is again in a storm of bad publicity. If you are going to adopt a puppy from a shelter, be aware of the possible risks of disease and the extraordinary vet fees it will cost to pull that puppy through parvo or distemper.

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BY JULIE LUX

American Foxhound National Specialty The American Foxhound Club headed to Knoxville, Tennessee for its annual national specialty held in conjunction with the Great Smoky Mountain Cluster November 1–4, 2012. In addition to the national specialty, a regional specialty and three days of supported entries were offered making five majors available for American foxhounds.

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R. JOE C. WALTON PRESIDED OVER an entry of 28 for the national, which was held as a concurrent specialty with the Tennessee Valley Kennel Club allbreed show on Saturday, November 3. Ms. Susan Stacy Lowder judged an entry of 10 puppies and 3 veterans in Sweepstakes. The classes of the Oak Ridge Kennel Club show on Friday were designated an AFC regional specialty. Mr. James G. Reynolds judged a regular class entry of 21 and Ms. Claire Newcombe had a Sweepstakes entry of 8 puppies and 3 veterans. Both Mr. Walton and Mr. Reynolds chose GC Ch Kiarry’s Pandora’s Box as Best of Breed. “Jewel” is owned by Ellen M. Charles and Lisa Miller and bred by Lisa and Harry Miller. Ms. Lowder and Ms. Newcomb also agreed on their Bests with Hillwood’s Matilda, owned by Stephen Grossman and bred by John Allen, being named Best Puppy and Ch Kiarry’s Reflections of the Sun, owned by Lisa and Harry Miller and bred by Lisa Miller and Donna and Les Millman, named Best Veteran. Friday’s Winners Dog was Kiarry’s TheGreat8 and Winners Birth and Best of Winners was Kiarry’s Knock Knock Knock both bred and owned by the Millers. On Saturday, Mr. Walton chose Crossroads Full Throttle, owned and bred by Ann Whitfield, as Winners Dog and

Best of Winners and Tricounty Crossroads Calamity Jane, owned by Angela Hodges and bred by Ann Whitfield as Winners Bitch. In addition to crystal trophies presented to the winners, all entrants in the regular classes at the national specialty received a commemorative silver keychain with the AFC logo engraved on it. Both Mr. Walton and Mr. Reynolds commented on the depth of quality in the American foxhounds brought to them to judge as well as on the good

sportsmanship and camaraderie of the exhibitors. The Club offered judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; education with a classroom presentation on Friday evening and ringside mentoring during the national judging on Saturday. At the annual meeting on Saturday, AFC President Harry Miller thanked members Carol and Walter Sommerfelt for their work to make the 2012 national specialty weekend a success. Carol chaired the national and Wally is chair for the Cluster. President Miller also presented to the Club a plaque from the American Kennel Club recognizing the American Foxhound Club for 100 years of membership in AKC. The plaque will be displayed in the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booth at Meet the Breeds and other educational events. The American Foxhound Club will host its next national on January 26, 2013 as part of the Middle Peninsula Kennel Club all-breed shows in Richmond, Virginia. Information about AFC-sponsored events and the Club is available at www.americanfoxhoundclub.org.

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Judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Choicen The Dobermann

Reprinted with permission from The Kennel Gazette

We asked a number of Championship Show judges to select their three greatest Dobermanns Dogs of all time. The dogs could be from the past or the present and from anywhere in the world. We have asked our judges to avoid choosing dogs with which they have been closely associated. However, they can make reference to them if they are significant.

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‘NO’ TO NO; ‘YES’ TO NJ

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HE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS HELD DEAR BY MANY, not just its inhabitants or its ravenous New Orleans Saints football fans, but by anyone who has attended its famed Mardi Gras celebrations and Jazz fests or sampled the local cuisine. It’s been called many things (Nawlins, NOLA, The Big Easy) and has bounced back from adversity and hardships (see Hurricane Katrina) and yet it continues to draw tourists and revelers from across the country and around the world. But there is a mighty rad gumbo of proposed changes to New Orleans’ animal ordinances being considered, and the city that is home to a hodgepodge of culture may no longer be hospitable to dog owners and to the challenge of hosting a dog show in The Big Easy will certainly be big but it won’t be easy. Some of the proposed changes have been met with open arms by dog owners and animal welfare enthusiasts, such as changing vaccination requirements to every three years, limiting the practice of dog tethering, requiring dogs to be moved indoors during extreme weather and adding a designation of “potentially” dangerous dogs. Hard to find fault with any of those proposals. However, a proposal is included that will change the definition of “exhibition” that will include conformation shows and other AKC-sanctioned events, such as the growing in popularity agility, flyball, rally and obedience events. Such a proposal would be a disaster for the AKC and for its member clubs in and around New Orleans, which can forget about any prospect (however slim) of ever landing the AKC National Invitational at the Superdome, or hosting any dog show or event for that matter. For should this change in the definition of ‘exhibition’ come about, dog clubs would be required to obtain a permit from the city for their events and would also be required to provide “veterinary health certificates from a certified veterinarian issued prior to performance dates” for each dog entered, prior to the issuance of the aforementioned exhibition permit. It would be an impossibility for clubs to comply with such a proposal. What’s even more puzzling about such a proposal is that cats that are entered in animal shows in the city are exempted from laws regarding licensing, impoundment, dangerous or vicious animals or spaying and neutering requirements, as they are merely ‘passing through on business’ if you will. Why wouldn’t the same exemption be applied to dogs that are descending upon New Orleans for a dog show? For a city in which the bulk of its tax revenue comes from the tourism industry to shun dog owners and the potentially lucrative dog show industry is simply mind-boggling. Dog shows not only pull local and regional entries but national and international entries as well. All dog owners and fanciers must speak out on such a proposal in case it is introduced elsewhere. Could anyone imagine what the entries at The Westminster Kennel Club, the Kennel Club of Philadelphia,

or the AKC National Invitational would look like if such a proposal were passed in New York, Philly, or Orlando? They would resemble nothing like these dog shows as we currently know them. There are other proposed changed to New Orleans’ animal ordinances that are cause for concern as well, if not as drastic as the one outlined above would be to clubs and fanciers. The cost of an initial intact dog permit application fee would rise from $10 to $75 under the proposal, allegedly in an attempt to encourage more owners to spay or neuter their dogs. Needless to say, many responsible dog owners and breeders oppose such a massive fee increase, as does the American Kennel Club, which is opposed to breeding permits of any kind and views this effort as an attempt to target the responsible breeders and owners who already pay a premium for licensing their intact dogs but who are not the ones responsible for the costs incurred by animal law enforcement. Another measure in the proposal called for animal ownership to revert to the Louisiana SPCA if certain living conditions were not met. A legislative alert issued by the AKC Government Relations Department stated, “The AKC believes that these provisions are constitutionally questionable by empowering local enforcement officials to deprive dog owners’ rights without, in the case of Sec. 18-2.1, a judicial process that results in the determination that the owner maintained an animal in a substandard manner that was not remedied appropriately; or, in the cases of Secs. 18-296 and 18-297, a judicial process that should result in a judgment lien for damage caused to property.” The AKC coordinated a letter writing campaign for concerned dog owners to contact members of the New Orleans City Council to voice their concerns respectfully and concisely, and offered a customizable sample letter as an example on its website. Apparently, the AKC’s efforts were successful — for the time being. As we were preparing to send this week’s issue to the printer, we learned that the proposed changes to the animal ordinance were pulled from

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the New Orleans agenda. However, it’s believed that the proposal will likely be back in about a month or so, as the city is facing a major budget fight right now, and will likely focus on that before they get back to these issues. Indeed, government agencies at every level are looking to pare back expenses and beef up revenue but this is a misguided attempt that will do neither. Punishing responsible owners of intact dogs won’t bolster NOLA’s bottom line, but welcoming dog shows, entrants and enthusiasts would be a big boon to the Big Easy’s coffers. The AKC estimates that a three-day dog show can generate $1, 075,000 for a local community. For a city that sure knows how to throw a party, it’s missing out on a potential gold mine of a dog show ‘carnivale’.

n a positive note on the legislative front, the state of New Jersey has introduced two bills, Senate Bill 1804 and Assembly Bill 3445, that will aid pet owners during emergency evacuations. In light of the devastation absorbed by the Garden State in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it’s hoped that these bills are fast tracked through the approval process. These two bills would permit pet owners to board public transportation with domesticated animals during emergency evacuations. This is a vitally important measure for disaster preparation and one that every state in the nation should have in place if it doesn’t already. New Yorkers can site the passing of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act of 2006 as a major reason why many pets and their owners’ lives were spared by Sandy, as they were allowed to board trains, buses and taxi cabs and were accepted at all NYC evacuation shelters. Past disaster experience has proven that the human-animal bond is so great that owners won’t abandon their pets even under the order of evacuation, which can put first responders’ lives in jeopardy and further hinder the rescue, relief and recovery efforts. For this reason, FEMA funds are earmarked to go towards the welfare of animals in disaster zones. Whether or not one believes that global warming and greenhouse gases are responsible for recent natural disasters we must all be prepared in the event they strike again. Nobody plans to fail but the failure to plan can be fatal for pets and their owners. These NJ bills deserve the support of all.

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Kortrijk prepares for its Jubileumshow STORY & PHOTOS BY KARL DONVIL

his year no less than 173 dogs crossed the channel to participate, the fourth nationality of the show and even better represented than Germany. And this counts only for the participants of the show. The Handling competition for example has its regular British competitors. Besides this, there are more judges from the UK invited than from Belgium and any other country. A slight decrease once more in absolute number for the show. We count 2987 entries while last year there were 3066. The organizers claim to have 4500 dogs on the show, including the participants for the many competitions like Agility, Fly-ball, Obedience and the dogs giving demonstrations. But I count 300 entries for Agility, 80 for obedience. The catalog says there are 29 countries represented and 65 judges from 16 countries. For the show I count 42 judges and dogs from 21 different countries. These numbers are at least very

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Indeed 49 editions ago it all started in 1964 in Menen, a small town in the neighborhood of Kortrijk. Now it is, without any doubt, the number one show in Flanders and the strongest competitor of the national show of Belgium in Brussels. It is the most famous and best known in Belgium, but also in Europe. For Britain this show has always been the most important â&#x20AC;&#x153;overseasâ&#x20AC;? show.

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BY MATTHEW H. STANDER

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Delegate Madness, Events To Come, Cynthia Schmick...

was recently sent a copy of a conversation which appeared on the infamously closed Delegate e-line. God forbid that Delegate comments were made public as in many instances the possibility exists that some members of Member Clubs would rise to demand a replacement for the existing Delegate based upon what he or she had written. This particular posting ended with the fascinating observation "Remember we vote for the Board AND THE STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE TO US". (Meaning the Staff is responsible to the Delegates!!! ) What a novel interpretation of AKC's Constitution and Bylawsthe Staff being responsible to the Delegates!!! Now then not only is this expressly NOT the case but it is an irresponsible untrue statement which must be repudiated immediately. Amazingly I was sent nothing indicating such a reaction. Indeed the posting was seemingly accepted as fact by the Delegates. Perhaps it is because the writer of that statement has a reputation for stretching facts anyways. But one would have thought that at least one of the two monitors and owners of the Delegate e-line would have contested this obvious incorrect statement. After all both are or were Board Members of AKC. And can you just imagine what other flagrant misleading and untrue statements appear on this closed e-lineunchallenged and accepted by some as factually correct. Are the inmates running the asylum one must ask in wonderment? In case you have not noticed the Board has called a special meeting in January to discuss registration. Of course there are three days of meetings for the Delegates and Board in December. THIS TIME prior to the AKC/Eukanuba event. In the past these meetings were held after the AKC/Eukanuba event which I call "the National". I am told that within the Fancy it is called "the Eukanuba" although I have never heard it called that by anyone. Then this same authority told me that many still call it "the Classic" which was the first iteration! But internally within the hallowed halls, of AKC, again I am told, it is referred to as"the AENC". Am not too sure how to pronounce it so I will continue to call it the National as this is how its logo reads or read if it has not been changed. Don't confuse this National with the Philadelphia National seen on TV which is hardly a national at all, is it? But that's another story in the altogether. I would think that someone as involved as Mr. Kalter was in the pr and advertising game would come up with a catchy lasting name for this great event, do you think! But back to my original point-why is it necessary to hold

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a special meeting on registration when there are days of meetings prior to the National, the AENC, the Eukanuba, the Classic or whatever it may be called which are available. True it is that at this particular Delegate meeting the candidates running for the March Board election are to be heard some for the first time-Mrs. LaBerge and Mr. Wooding for example but the other speakers everyone has heard ad nausea for years on end now. If Board Members are seen roaming around the three all-breeds held prior to whatever the AENC is called one may want to stop and ask them why are they not discussing the budget or staying over a day in Orlando to discuss it instead of going to New York in January and spending all that money when they are already in Orlando. You cannot tell me they cannot find three to five hours sometime in Orlando instead of this special trip to NYC come January. And this should be a good time for the Fancy to be introduced to Mr. Hendricks the new COO as well as to meet and greet Messrs. Rudd and Gainey--do you think?

n the subject of registration and ways to get people to use AKC again one tempting idea I wrote about in last week's Editorial other than a single tier system is the idea of giving away free or reduced micro chipping through CAR as a means to stimulate interest or even increase the length of time Pet Insurance can be given when legally possible as another inducement factor. Let's see if either of these ideas get any sort of credence at the meeting to be devoted to registration. I would certainly be remiss in not devoting a part of this column to the passing of Cynthia Schmick. Cynthia was the wife of the late Bill Schmick who was a major Staff player in the Bill Stifel days of the AKC. Bill hired Terry Stacy who of course in turn hired Dennis Sprung as a Field Rep so that even today decades after Bill's untimely death in 1984 from cancer those appointments still have an affect upon we AKC constituents today. Cynthia Paisley Schmick, Bill Schmick, Ed Jenner and Peggy Westphal were all originally from Lake Forest in Illinois. Although Cynthia, Bill and Ed went off to Cornell together and Peggy did not they were a fiercely loyal quartet joined somewhat later by Ruth Cooper, all of whom were devoted to the world of the purebred dog. And whether we realize it or not all four of these people to this very day have had a very positive influence on the sport as we know it today. Cynthia was a loyal friend and a very good evaluator of breeding stock. She was particularly trustworthy and great fun in company or in one-on-one situations. She was an accomplished bridge player and could play with the best of them. She was intelligent and diverse in thinking and someone with whom Gene and I spent considerable time together with Bill too of course. When they lived in NYC their apartment basically faced ours in the East 20's which sort of threw us together through this period of time. We then became even closer due to our mutual relationships with Ed and Ruthie but in the past several years Cynthia basically reclused herself from the dog scene which she loved so dearly. She became ill and was cared for by her devoted son and his family and her daughter and her family and passed away contently I am told in her 86th year at home. I will think of her often as the years go on and remember her with a special kind of love and regard. My thoughts are with her family and others who were close to her.

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others. In some of the terrier and other breeds where presentation has reached such a high art as to virtually exclude newcomers, you can see just why the breeds are not as popular in the show ring as they once were. Any newcomer turning up at a show with his or her first time show dog must look at it, and then look at the winning exhibits and wonder if it will ever be possible to aspire to such dizzy heights of presentation! In other areas such as excessive skin and breathing difficulties amongst show dogs, the issues have I believe been historically rather more serious in the UK than in the US – depending on the breed. That may partly be because there are more multi-breed judges in the USA while in the UK it is specialist judges that tend to be in the majority. Sometimes this emphasis on specialists means that the “Something is good – therefore more of it is better” syndrome takes over to greatly negative effect. But in other breeds I personally think that breeders, exhibitors and judges have taken the exaggeration issue on board very thoroughly in the UK and are managing to create fitter and healthier dogs as a result – without losing breed type. NOT WHAT THE BREED STANDARD ASKS FOR In some other aspects such as over-angulation of hindquarters it is my view that it is actually the all-rounder judges in the USA that have often caused excesses to take place there. In some breeds dramatic gait when viewed in profile has become the order of the day. Many breed standards ask for only ‘moderately bent stifles’ or for ‘strides of moderate length’. Despite that, many dogs in some breeds in the USA seem to me to follow the pattern of the generic dog: flowing long strides with a great deal of forward reach in front and much driving power behind. That is not always what is asked for by the detailed standard of the breed itself. Some breeds, not the majority, possess so much coat that it must simply be impossible for them to be living the normal life that a dog should expect to live. Can that be right and can it be justified? I think not. In many cases this excessive coat development prevents the dog from taking adequate exercise. Other breeds in the show ring, again very much the minority, are being allowed to become more and more obese with the excuse that the breed standard asks for them to have ‘substance’ or be ‘thick set’, ‘strongly built’ or ‘barrel ribbed’. Equally the requirement for ‘a certain amount of loose skin’ is being construed in certain breeds as a reason for encouraging masses of loose skin. This, in the end, can create discomfort for the dog at best and serious skin problems at worst. DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES So exaggeration is something which we are almost bound to experience in the show ring unless we do something to curb the worst excesses – but how to do that? There are different approaches in different countries. In Sweden for example a total of forty six breeds have been highlighted in what is described as a Breed Specific Instructions (BSI) Programme where any potential detrimental exaggerated features of those breeds have been identified by judges, by the Swedish Kennel Club and by the breed clubs. Judges are all warned to look out for those things. On each occasion they are judged, a form has to be completed by the adjudicator commenting on these issues and the results must be submitted to the Swedish Kennel Club for analysis. It is interesting to note that in the most recent survey carried out in Sweden in 84% of cases the judges felt that it was correct for the breeds to be so listed and right for them to be included in the BSI program. 82 Dog News

In the UK, fourteen breeds are listed as ‘High Profile Breeds’ and again judges are required to submit reports of those issues to TKC. In addition the best of breed winners in these breeds have to undergo a simple veterinary test to ensure that they do not suffer from any exaggerated point which is causing them any health problem or discomfort. They must have that positive approval before being permitted to proceed to the group or to have their champion titles confirmed. In addition in the UK there are a number of other breeds where particular points of concern which, though they are not specifically highlighted in the breed standard, are considered worthy of special attention by judges and are included in a programme entitled ‘Breedwatch’. TKC Website says: “The features listed (in Breedwatch) are derived from health surveys, meetings of Kennel Club Group Judges, feedback from judges at shows and consultation with individual breed clubs.” These include such issues as for example - loose eyelids in Great Danes, misplaced lower canine teeth in Staffordshire Bull Terriers, weak hindquarter construction and unstable hock joints in Great Pyrenees or excessively long coats in Keeshonden plus many more points in a number of other breeds. THE AKC APPROACH Not surprisingly in my view, the AKC hasn’t said much about exaggeration in the show ring. If you feed the word ‘Exaggeration’ into the AKC’s website search engine, you do get 95 replies. About 94 of these are where the word appears as something to be avoided in breed standards and to that extent this gives another example of how an attempt can be made to avoid exaggerated features. Namely by the breed standard asking for exaggeration to be avoided. The only other mention of the word ‘exaggeration’ comes in a piece written in 2007 in the AKC Breeder Newsletter by Joseph Vergnetti, who says about breeding dogs: “Keeping a balance of the total package and developing a family to build upon are the goals. But staying with moderation is hard when exaggeration is more eye-catching and easier to achieve. In breeding dogs one must stick to one’s convictions, and not be swayed by fads or excessiveness. It isn’t easy. Each breed has its own trends toward extremes.” Other than that the AKC remains pretty silent on the matter of exaggeration. I must however admit that most of the exaggerations which I have noticed in the USA are probably less of a problem for the health and welfare of the dogs as those seen in other countries. Is that because you have fewer breed specialists and because all-rounder judges are more able to see the wood for the trees? Whatever is the case, if we want our sport to be seen as progressive and we want to attract new participants into the fancy, we must surely all try – yes to show dogs of good type – but equally we must at the same time try to avoid allowing damaging over-exaggerations of any kind to take over. Will the fancy in the USA ever get that message? I doubt that it may only do so after it is too late to recover the situation.

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STORM What time does it get here? You should only have to change at Swindon (I think!) you’re a big boy now, so I am sure you will cope. Mum’s address is 13 Milbourne Park, Milbourne Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9JE (It will show on google maps. I will drive back from Wales (my home) on Sunday. Mum likes soap. ME OK - this provides a bit more clarity..... Soap, powder or lotion it is. OK....Now..How far away is the Bristol airport? Much cheaper to fly than the trains.....I save almost $300.00. What is the best route from Bristol to Malmesbury? Thanks in advance--- your grateful and coping brother....LOL....trust me… I have been all over the world and manage rather nicely. STORM About 45 miles, but I could pick you up on my way back from Wales. I am well experienced in coping! Won’t know what to do when I don’t have to do all this coping any longer. ME OK....a few more questions---I thought you lived with Mother---I take it you live in Wales---correct? Are you working on Saturday? Would it be easier for you if I arrived on Saturday and returned on Sunday---as not to screw up your mid-week? STORM I have a home in Wales---mother lives in Wiltshire. I stay to keep an eye on her during the week, since starting work in Devizes (Wiltshire) last August. I am taking my annual leave Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday and the weekend is free. So, it makes no difference to me. I don’t know your schedule, so cannot suggest. You are welcome to stay a night or two in Wales before seeing mother. Let me know. X ME I am starting to see things a bit clearer and please forgive my ignorance....LOL. OK---This is what I propose based on flight availability. How about I arrive Saturday morning (I arrive in Amsterdam on Friday.) We will have Saturday, all day Sunday, and I will fly back Monday to meet Michael R. in

Amsterdam, and then we depart to Brussels. Would this work for you? STORM Whatever! Let me know times--- I will pick you up from Bristol and take you back to my home then we will drive to Mum’s (1hr and 1/2 ) Sunday. This way you only need one night B&B. Will you go back via Bristol? Off to bed now, as have an early shift tomorrow. Xxxxx ME OK...keep you posted and the extra night is no big deal. We can discuss in more later... sweet dreams. ME Sis---This is the latest and the last. Big Michael now wants to come and explore Wales and the countryside (by train) while I spend time with you and Mother. We are arriving in Bristol on Saturday, November 17th at 9:45 AM and I am booking rooms at the Rectory Hotel (Old Crudwell Court) for Saturday and Sunday evening. Our return to Amsterdam is Monday at 4:25 PM out of Bristol. Will this work for you or should we arrange to get from Bristol to Crudwell? Please let me know if you would able to take us to and from the airport---Big Michael will sort out his travel arrangements once he arrives. Love, Bro ME OK.....latest--- If you can meet us at the airport, I will go back home with you and Big Michael is going exploring. He will meet up with us on Sunday in Malmesbury. I have made a reservation at the Rectory for Sunday evening...So, you and I can spend Saturday and Saturday evening together....YIPPEE! STORM Sounds like a plan, so you will be able to see my little house and spend more time with Bess. She is lovely and I know the two of you will get along well. We can always drop big Michael in Cardiff on our way home. Then, we can tootle back to Mum on Sunday. She is threatening to cook lunch! ME I LOVE IT! Perfect...I will let Big Michael know...YIPPEE it is finally all set. Love, BRO Tell Mother we will bring lunch and not to stress.......!!! STORM I love it when a plan comes together.

What flight are you on, just so I can track you…LOL Bess is very excited she has never met a real American before. ME We arrive on EasyJet from Amsterdam--Flight#EZY6164---arriving in Bristol around 9:45 AM. Our departure is Monday afternoon---out of Bristol on flight#EZY6167 at 16:25. Tell Bess not to get too excited, as I am really NOT your typical American.....LOL! But, I could always embarrass the hell out of her and wear my Stetson and a pair of cowboy boots. Yahoo!!!. STORM Fab :) The evening before our departure, I pack and unpack several times before I am confident all luggage space is efficiently utilized. Big Michael--- working at his office in Washington, DC---has agreed to meet me at the Richmond International Airport, tomorrow at 11:00 AM for our 1:00 PM departure to Amsterdam. The last items packed are Channel #5 powder and lotion for Mother Peggy and two large tubes of Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Toothpaste for Sister Storm. I take comfort in knowing I am giving Mother Peppy something that smells nice---while also worrying about the fact that she might not be able to see or hear me. “It makes no difference, I will make the very best of a difficult situation and reflect on the decades of canine and equine knowledge she shared and the many laughs along the way,” I say to Murphy French, sitting at my feet, and to Sam the cat, nestled in the side compartment of my black-ballistic-nylon-garmentbag. “It will also be so nice to spend quality time with Sister Storm and meet her new girlfriend, Bess. God knows, after her numerous marriages and boyfriends, she finally has come to her senses and found a nice woman.” I add to the conversation with a wicked chuckle--not ever knowing Storm felt that way about women. “Oh well, no need to worry---I will love and welcome Bess like my own sister. If she makes Storm happy---that is all that matters,” I continue to ramble to Murphy French and Sam. Finding it difficult to fall asleep, I toss and turn most of the evening, thinking about Mother Peggy, Big Michael making the flight on time, seeing Sister Storm, and worry about how awkward it might be for her when I finally meet her partner Bess. CONTINUED ON PAGE 90

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hanksgiving in New England is always a busy time for dog people, not just for cooking and cleaning, but grooming and showing. The Thanksgiving Classic Cluster (Holyoke, Windham County, South Windsor and Springfield Kennel Clubs) is a very cohesive cluster. The cluster can and does offer so much more than just being four dog shows at the same site on the same weekend. We can do all that we do because everything is done by the cluster, not the individual clubs. We all help each other out. We laugh and say that we wear green on Holyoke’s and Windham’s days, purple on South Windsor’s day and blue on Springfield’s day. In other words, the club members of the four clubs work the four days, regardless of which club they belong to. We have gotten to know each other and our strengths and weaknesses because we do this and there is no competition among the clubs. Our Show Chairs meet, Tom Davies plugs in his trusty laptop and they discuss which judges they want to hire, they call them and if they say yes they can judge those dates, Tom enters their names in on his laptop as to what breeds they are going to do on each day. In one afternoon the four panels are put together and everyone is happy. Ed Lyons sends out all of the judges’ letters and handles the judges’ hospitality for the four shows. What could be easier and more efficient? We share in everything and we work together to make the cluster a success and welcoming to dogs, exCONTINUED ON PAGE 132

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DROID---along with Norah Jones (no I have not changed my alarm tune)---gently call me to the morning. With everything packed and ready to go, a simple cup of coffee, shower, and settling Murphy French and Sam before my departure, is all that is needed. At 9:45 AM, I depart for the airport. My friends JoJo Ruffa and Linda Gilchrist (Linda was one of the Night In Vegas girls) graciously offer to shuttle me to the airport, keeping Big Michael and me from spending double on airport parking. Big Michael actually arrived at the airport before schedule (never happens) and greets me at the USAIR check-in counter. Thankful for my premier status, we suffer little through the process and proceed to our gate. The flight from Richmond to Philadelphia departs and arrives on time, leaving us one hour and forty-five minutes until our Amsterdam flight. The flight to Amsterdam follows suit with no delays and promptly parks us at the scheduled time at Schiphol Airport. Unlike in the USA, immigration and customs is a breeze. We collect our bags and head to shuttle pickup for our transfer to the Mercurer Airport Hotel---the same hotel that will host the dog show judges for the Amsterdam Winner Show. Big Michael sits up front with the driver chitchatting in Dutch, while I stare aimlessly out the left side-window watching the cold rain hit the glass. Within ten minutes, we arrive at the Mercurer. Big Michael arranges the luggage, tips his newfound friend, the driver, and I proceed to check in. “Hello! My name is Michael Faulkner and we have reservations for one night, starting tonight and we will be back one week from today for an additional three nights with the Kennel Club.” The lovely young lady takes an extra second or two to process what I have said.“Sure--OK. I have your reservation for tonight, checking out in the morning. Is this correct?” She politely asks. “Yes,” I reply. “Perfect,” she continues, “Now you said you will be returning on Friday. Oh, yes I have your reservation. You are all taken care of. Here are your keys and your room is through those doors over there (she directs with her right hand), the elevator is on your left. Have a nice evening.” Before she addresses the next customer waiting in line, I make one last request, “Also, could we please have a wakeup call for 6:00 AM, as we need to take the 6:30 AM shuttle 90 Dog News

for our flight to Bristol in the morning.” “No problem---I have you all set,” she finishes and proceeds to help the next in line. Big Michael and I locate our room, semi-unpack our clothes and fall on the bed for a three-hour nap, before heading into Amsterdam for dinner at Cafe Luxembourg, one of the world’s great cafes, a bohemian, see-and-be-seen grand spot. A past hang out of Big Michael’s when living in Europe. I too am quick to call it my own having dined there…twice before. We sit down at a cozy table for two in the corner, enjoy several glasses of wine, great food, and hours of live jazz, before grabbing transportation back to the hotel. Fat, happy, and exhausted from traveling, we have little difficulty falling asleep. Big Michael rises in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. “OMG---we have overslept. They failed to call us. Quick--we must hurry, if we expect to make our flight.” I fly out of bed, run around the shower---taking no notice to the four long black hairs stuck to the side of the tub prior to my entry---dry off, brush my teeth, slide under-arm deodorant across my pits, dress, grab my two bags, and run down to the front desk. “Excuse me---we did not receive our wakeup call as asked and we are running late for our flight. When does the next shuttle leave?” The desk attendant in a very pleasant voice remarks, “We are so sorry for your troubles. The shuttle will be leaving in five minutes. Please go out and tell the driver you would like to join.” Dashing through the doors, I wave at the driver who crawls down from the driver’s seat. “Can I help you?” Thankful everyone speaks beautiful English, I reply, “Yes, my partner and I need to make this shuttle--we are running a bit late…He will be right down.” “No problem – I will wait,” He says. I leave, run up the stairs and down the hall to help Big Michael with his luggage. We deposit two large bags at the front desk for keeping until our return to Amsterdam on Monday and run to the shuttle. Big Michael and I begin to enter the side door and the driver yells, “Wait, I am sorry I only have room for one passenger.” “But sir, you told me there was room for two and I went to help my partner with his bags.” “I am so sorry, another man came down and I thought he was your partner and I was waiting for you,” the driver says genuinely sorry. He starts to drive forward and I tap on the side of the vehicle and say, “Sir, we need to get our bags out of the back of the shuttle before you leave.”

We collect our bags and go back into the hotel. “No problem gentlemen, we will call you a taxi and it will be no cost to you. The hotel will pay the expense,” the desk clerk informs us. “OK, that will work for us,” I say, while we both step back outside to wait for the cab. Within minutes, the driver arrives and takes us directly to Schiphol. He drops us off at the same curbside location where we were picked up the day before. Big Michael hands him a five Euro tip, knowing the hotel has paid the fare. The cab driver looks at the two of us, hold out his hands and says, “That will be another twenty three Euros.” “We were told the hotel paid for this ride,” I proclaim. Thankfully Big Michael had extra Euros in-hand and pays the driver. I vow to settle the score with the hotel upon our return---black hairs in the tub---no wakeup call---and failed transportation. We head to the ticket counter for our first experience on EasyJet---a discount airline with direct service to Bristol from Amsterdam. Having not paid much for the tickets, we had no expectations for quality service and are pleasantly surprised by the efficient check-in, prompt service, and the clean, spacious airplane and friendly crew. The flight is only an hour. We barely finish our coffee before the flight attendants--all decked out in orange and black uniforms---collect trash and signal it is time to land. Upon landing in Bristol, the bright orange plane is parked on the tarmac, forcing us to use stairs to exit. I am thrilled to see the sun is peeking through the clouds as we exit the plane and head to customs and immigration. Once again…no problems. We collect our belongings, exit the small airport, and I send Storm a Facebook text message. For some unknown, but irritating, reason, Big Michael and I are not able to make calls using our DROIDS, but we can activate the internet using WI-FI (Obviously, a total waste of time at the Verizon store prior to our trip). ME We are here…No phone, only Facebook. At airport arrivals STORM Wonderful! Meet me at quick airport pick up! “Let’s go! She is waiting for us at quick airport pick up---over there.” I lead the way with Big Michael following closely behind. We wrap around and through a series of covered walkways and are finally deposited into a congested parking area. I look around CONTINUED ON PAGE 94

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and do not see Storm. “There she is!” yells Big Michael. “How would you know? Have you ever met her before?” I ask. “Well, I am assuming it is she. That lady is looking directly at you, waving her arms, and saying your name,” Big Michael adds with a bit of sarcasm to his voice. Storm has not changed a bit since the last time we met in London. We load our bags into the back of her new estate wagon, with Big Michael in the front seat and with me in the back seat behind Storm. We begin the short journey to Cardiff, Wales. Our plan is to take a quick tour of the port in Cardiff, have coffee, drop Big Michael off at the train station for his two-day journey around Wales, have lunch, and return to the Rhondda Valley for a relaxing evening and dinner with Bess. Storm maneuvers her new estate wagon through the side roads around the city center and eventually conveys us to the historic, beautiful waterfront area full of shops, restaurants, theaters and art galleries. We walk around, taking in the juxtaposition between old and new and settle for a coffee at a trendy waterfront outdoor café. After which, we quickly return to the car to transport Big Michael to the Train station for the start of his personal train journey through Wales. “Do you know where you are going?” asks Storm. “Nope---not really. I have an idea of what I would like to see in two days and I will know more when I see what trains are available and what the time schedule looks like. You both will see me when I return---either back in Bristol on Monday---or I will try to make it Malmesbury on Sunday evening, Big Michael shares with little-boy wonder filling his eyes. At the station Storm and I both get out, give Big Michael hugs and return to the Cardiff waterfront for lunch at a quaint Italian bistro. We talk non-stop and quickly catch up on lost time. I listen to Storm share stories of her work, her past involvement with kennel clubs, her dog judging, and her horse judging. But, I notice a genuine sparkle in her eyes when she briefly speaks of Bess. I do not push the subject, as I know Storm will open

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up and tell me when she is good-and-ready. It also gives me comfort knowing she fully understands my unconditional love for her and for whomever she chooses to share her life with---be it a man or be it a woman. I sip my glass of white wine and try to imagine what Bess is like. Is she tall? Is she short like Storm? What color is her hair? What color are her eyes? Will she like me? Does she like to play sports? Is she domestic? Does she like to travel? What does Mother Peggy think of her? Does she like dogs? Yes, so many questions to ask and I choose to sit, finish lunch, and not yet say a word, knowing full well my questions will be answered shortly. We finish lunch, return to the estate wagon and head towards Rhondda Valley. “So, tell me about the area you and Bess live in?” I ask, trying to dig up a bit more information relating to their personal lives. “The Rhondda Valley consists of sixteen communities built around the River Rhondda. The Valley is actually made up of two valleys, the larger Rhondda Fawr valley and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley. The area is most notable for its historical link to the coal mining industry and is famous for strong masculine cultural ties within the social community--- you know sports, male choirs and stuff like that,” Storm shares. “Ah-ha! That’s it! She and Bess moved to this area for the strong masculine ties. Bess must be the man in the relationship as Storm is far too feminine to carry out the masculine role and the social demands of the Rhondda Valley,” I privately surmise. The drive to Rhondda Valley takes approximately twenty minutes. I am impressed by the beautiful landscape, the mountains, the running streams of water, and the architectural landscaping, depicting a rich history of hard-working, honest people. (Good Britons!! Neither the Saxons nor the Normans could lay them low!) Storm parks the estate wagon on a steep mountain incline with her attached row house and garden immediately to my right. The row of heavy stone, stucco and wood houses extend horizontally across the side of the hill as far as I can see. Storm enters through the front door first. I hold back, allowing for private time with Bess before our initial meet and greet. “OK. Get your things and come on in. Take your things straight upstairs and your room is the first door on your right. Take your time and when you come down, I will introduce you to Bess--who is quite busy in the back garden. It really

is great having you here, Bro!” Storm adds. I unpack a few things, and collect Storm’s two tubes of Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Toothpaste and carry them downstairs. Storm walks in from the kitchen and I hand her the toothpaste. “Here ya go---Don’t say I didn’t bring you anything from America… and speaking of America…I think it’s time Bess finally met her first real American. Where is she? I can’t wait to meet her!” Storm---grinning from ear to ear, full of love and pride---goes back into the kitchen. “Bess! Come here! We have company.” Storm returns through the kitchen doorway and seconds later, Bess appears. “OMG!” My face turns twenty shades of red. I begin to laugh and the laughter becomes stronger and heavier within. Bess walks directly toward me and then walks completely around me---getting the full view of my presence. She then jumps up and begins licking my arm. Not a masculine lesbian as I supposed, but rather a beautiful liver and white field English Springer Spaniel, welcoming me into her home. Sharing my preconceived perceptions with Sister Storm, we both continue laughing and she reaffirms her preference for men and her love for her new canine companion Miss Bess. MISS BESS Miss Bess at work and play. A very enchanting Springer Spaniel with lots to say. You can follow her on Twitter@mistressbess and on her Blog at missbesss.wordpress and also on Facebook. Description The life and times of a very busy dog – much traveled with many friends. Stay tuned for more adventures of Miss Bess, Sister Storm, Mother Peggy, Big Michael and a slew of characters from the Amsterdam Winner Show.

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dogs including a favorite Bearded Collie. He even spent time with the late Ric Chashoudian improving his Wire Fox Terrier grooming skills. After a three-year stint in the world of culinary schools and restaurants, this individual came back to his doggy roots and applied to judge in 2009. After observing his skill at judging, a well-qualified friend wrote a letter on his behalf that led to his invitation for rapid advancement. Following the friend’s recommendation, the young judge received a letter from AKC’s Judges Department and started the tedious process of utilizing the program. The application required listing of sweepstakes, matches, dogs handled as well as dogs owned and bred-not unlike that of the usual judges’ application. He then was required to write an essay on the breeds involved as he viewed them and that was followed by a two-day interview with the AKC Field Rep. The interview covered 15 breeds on the first day and 11 on the second day. In other words, the process was certainly not a free pass as some would have you believe. Personally, I would not want a grueling two-day interview on 26 breeds. Because this person had been judging only a short time, the negativity about his invitation was somewhat understandable as people often labor under the misconception that practice makes per-

fect. Unless you are doing it right, practice does not make perfect! Instead, practice makes permanent. Granted, judges can become more competent as they gain experience, providing they seek the input of masters in the breeds they judge. However, few judges have had the kinds of hands-on experience prior to their judging career that the aforementioned individual brought to the table.

OME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS AKC should require a minimum number of years before a judge becomes eligible for rapid advancement. However, wouldn’t that close the door to great dog talents like Damara Bolte and Wendell Sammet should they decide to take up judging for a few years as seniors? Wouldn’t we all agree they should be given the group(s) immediately if they wish to judge? I for one would love to show any of my dogs to these great icons in our sport. So my hope is there will be no time restrictions. Let’s just trust the committee to know what it’s doing and advance those deserving individuals in executing its diligent labor-intense work of evaluating each on a case-by-case basis. Consider the work involved in this new invitational process when compared to a secretary sitting in an AKC office checking to see if all the boxes are filled. Upon reviewing the judging approval it’s comforting to know that judges have the continued option of going with the process as usual. Another positive result of the Dr. Smith chaired-committee deals with allowing parent clubs to select any authority in their breed to judge at their national. The United States Lakeland Terrier Club has exercised that privilege by inviting the one-and-only Capt. Jean Heath to judge its National at Montgomery County in 2013. Such positive elements of the new system need to be appreciated even as the kinks are worked out of it. Meanwhile, please try to understand how very complicated baseball, church and dogs can be, and realize Durocher could be right: “few understand.”

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done by the AKC itself. The Judging of dogs is a never ending learning experience for all of us that choose to enter the ring. The more exposure and opportunities to evaluate each breed assists us in our growth and understanding of each breed. Therefore one would assume a club would like to have someone that has had extensive exposure to their breed and has demonstrated an ability to sort through and recognize quality and type.There are some parent clubs that prohibit “provisional or permit” judges to evaluate at their specialties, this is just one example of how some clubs appreciate and place “value” on someone that has taken the time to at least prove that they have displayed some type of proficiency in understanding and evaluating their breed. Last but not least, depending upon the criteria used by the Parent club in the selection process the selection of a non-approved person could create a variety of “conflicts of interest” within a particular club. For while some clubs have a nomination and voting procedure by the entire membership, there are other clubs that have small committees or even individuals that do the selection of the judges and this could open a whole new “can of worms” for future discussion.

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DESI MURPHY It has to be someone who has some experience of judging very large classes and knows a lot of ring control. Can you imagine someone who has never judged before having a class of 150 Specials or more?? LEON GOETZ Speaking specifically for the Australian Shepherd, I believe this is good for our breed and think most fanciers will agree. Australian Shepherds did not gain AKC recognition until 1991 and the original registry is still in active existence. Many qualified breeders and fanciers are approved judges through that system but possibly daunted by AKC’s requirements and overall judges application process. Currently there are less than ten AKC approved judges that can be considered Australian Shepherd “breeder judges”, the largest number since recognition. This new rule will allow our parent club a larger pool of breeder judges available to judge the national specialty and hopefully give those individuals the desire and inspiration to pursue the AKC application process. JOE PURKHISER Many years ago, we allowed licensed handlers to judge specialties with, on the whole, very good results. I see no reason to feel the results would not be the same, or even better, with well respected breeders. The outcome all boils down to the Club’s choice of a judge no matter which avenue they pursue.

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For those of us on the Low-Entry Breed List (78 at last count) holding a national specialty that isn’t seen as an “add on” by host clubs, judges, other exhibitors, and our own members is a challenge. We don’t have local clubs, big budgets, or pools of volunteers with decades of experience to guide us through the maze of AKC rules, hotel contracts, logistics, and details that create a memorable event – or an event at all.

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hat you must have, if you’re lucky, is one or two dedicated individuals, a vision, and host clubs that recognize and understand that vision. If you’re really, really, lucky you join the amazing Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore, Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County, and the Harvest Moon Classic series of dog shows. From the beautiful trophies created by acclaimed glass artist (and AKC Judge) Kathy Hamilton, to the hospitality and grooming tents, the entire event was planned as a seamless, hassle-free festival of German Pinschers for exhibitors, judges, and attendees alike. Lesa Haynes & Janet Oatney were the driving forces behind the scenes, determined to stage a National Specialty that was inclusive, upscale, fun and friendly Del Valle & Skyline put out the welcome mat for GPCA club members, checking in with us every day, making sure we were satisfied with our ring, set up areas, and attending to our judging panel. They even had daily ringside ice delivery! Linda Souza, in her sturdy green golf cart, was a one person hospitality wagon – ready to solve problems with a smile and kind word. The Specialty team has developed a guide for specialty clubs that lays out deadlines, proper language, and direction for specialty clubs that should serve as a model for all large show clusters. Show Chair Lesa Haynes, Reigning German Pinschers, envisioned a five day pinscher festival with events and activities for members in all venues. Regional, Supported Entries, Sweepstakes, a dedicated 100 Dog News

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And the judge “basooned” out to the entire show, that this dog was of World Class. The following week the same judge officiated at a show in Norway-and after winning the certificate (WD) he called me into the center of the ring, asking the audience to take a close look at this dog: As this was World Class. Evidently believing it was the same dog he had seen the previous week, which is was NOT! This one was a 6-year-old dog, he had the same erratic ear carriage, his eyes could be darker, his coat and color could be better- and construction wise not at all in the same league as the other one. We struggled to make him a champion and this was his crowning win! Then followed the Champion class-and I enter the ring with “last week’s” dog. I will never forget the judges’ expression when he realized what had happened! “Last week’s” dog still won the breed, the group and res BIS, but much to my surprise the judge let me know I had been very unkind trying to “con” him like that????? Which I found very sad! I decided I would not show to him again- and for a long time I couldn’t even if I would: Later in the day he judged English Setters. Not a huge entry, but nice ones if you like the Norwegian Field Trial variety. One of the exhibits came from a remote farm in a remote valley, way deep in the fjords. This dog was the only pedigree dogs in the valley, and instead of going to church (they all seemed dressed for church, so this was a serious occasion) the entire population of some 10-12 people had joined the owners to attend this dog show. The young son of 12-13 was given the job to handle- and nervously enters the ring-where after 102 Dog News

one lap, the judge turns to the ringside and says in a loud voice: “Well the first thing that comes to my mind watching this bitch’s topline going round the ring, is a worn out mattress in a whorehouse.” The dog got a 3rd in qualityand the judge a long time ban for unprofessional behavior. The valley population returned home, tails between their legs, the little boy crying- and if they’re still alive, they probably still wonder what an old mattress in a whorehouse looks like and how the hell the judge knew…. I must admit that I have myself at times used the Open Critique system, especially at breed shows where there were lots of beginners and “new” people. And if you do it sensibly and tactfully, it doesn’t have to be such a bad experience for the exhibitors. Once at a Whippet show in Southern Sweden I was asked to do the open critiques, which I did in what I thought was a kind and constructive manner. At the ringside watching was Mrs. Morag Bolton (whose Whippet Ch Pencloe Dutch Gold went Best in Show at Crufts 1992). She had judged the breed at the sighthound show the previous day, she brought her husband along- and the club organized for them to sit with an interpreter between them to help them understand what this crazy Norwegian was saying. A couple of times I looked over just to see an expression of shock in both faces…while for the rest of the people it was simply what they were used to. She even asked me: “How do you dare??” So different strokes for different folks- and those of you who have learnt about English critique writing, which is published in the

country’s dog paper, know it is a tradition never to mention flaws or short-comings, just the positives. I was taught: Start with the nose, end with the tail. If you work by the same system consistently, people will still know your dislikes by the parts you leave out… Well, don’t get it wrong: There are judges who do the open critiques very well and the public seem to appreciate that they kind of get involved and that the judge actually think they are interested and willing to learn! Maybe a good point and maybe it makes what could be a boring experience a little more interesting. Those of you who have visited a regular European championship dog show (the UK not included) have witnessed what a long drawn out procedure it is. The judge given max 80 dogs as every dog gets a written critique…but the exhibitors seem to love it and any attempt to abandon that part has been violently opposed. In this household we have always loved the American way and best of all: You do not-like in the UK- have to spend hours and hours after each show putting together critiques for your top three in each class, just to experience that if you have “tried to be honest and open” your work appears in the press in a modified version! I still suffer from the urge to tell exhibitors why they win or don’t win. I am not sure it is always appreciated, so I try to control myself… Must admit what really made me try “not to explain” was an incident at a show in England, a lady exhibitor seemed very upset over her placing. I walked over to her, trying to explain that her dog had some serious short- comings, probably was a wonderful pet, but not a show dog. She listened quietly, totally unimpressed: Looked me in the eyes and said: “Well, you’re not exactly an oil painting yourself!” And on this high note… this is all for now!

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aloud—and this may sound silly—is they think that Danny is actually listening to the story. Some of the children actually spell out the words for him as he sits next to them,” Nevett says. The READ Program is a win-win activity all around. Not only do the children benefit from it, it’s also good for the dogs who love the attention. “We add in a little be kind to animals and be responsible with them. Dogs get a lot of bad press in the U.K.: news stories about pit bull attacks, puppy farming and the like. The READ Program helps offset that a bit.”

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WHY GREYHOUNDS? “My first dog, the one who started all of this, was a black Greyhound named Scotts who was a retired racer,” says Nevett, who volunteers for The Retired Greyhound Trust. “I started using Danny, who was found running the streets of Cork in Ireland as a stray, for the READ Program after Scotts passed away in 2010. Danny ‘learned the trade’ by going along on visits with Scotts.” (To view Danny’s “on the job training,” check out the YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bod8HRDaKi8#! ) “I use Greyhounds for the READ Program because they’ve got such a laid back nature. Danny is so big and gentle the kids lie on him like a cushion.” Nevett also uses Greyhounds because they shed

Tony Nevett and Janet Holtman, President of Corridor Therapy Dogs, and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Stella, during a READ Program session held in August 2012. The photo was taken when Nevett first visited the U.S. Danny was unable to accompany him then due to the airlines’ ban on transporting animals due to the extreme heat.

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s if being one of the first dogs to participate in the U.K.’s READ Program, winning awards and traveling to the U.S. weren’t enough to keep Danny busy; he also works as a trauma dog. “That means I take him into a special needs school where they have children with behavior problems— children who actually get violent and become aggressive. When Danny goes into the room with them, they immediately calm down. It’s really quite amazing. In all of the times I’ve done this with him, no child has ever tried to hurt him,” says Nevett. Danny also visits hospitals where he works with stroke victims. “Sometimes people get a bad attitude when they’re in a hospital after a stroke because they think they’re never going to come out so they’re not very cooperative. When I take Danny to see them, I ask them to throw a ball for him. When they throw it, they’re doing physical therapy without realizing it,” Nevett says. Danny serves as a blood donor for injured dogs in need of a transfusion as well.

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REQUIREMENTS As already mentioned, temperament and behavior must be evaluated before dogs can become certified therapy dogs. In order to pass the evaluation, they first must be conditioned to accept children in school and library environments. They also must be conditioned to accept other dogs because therapy dogs and their handlers sometimes visit in groups. “The dogs shouldn’t be afraid of loud noises like a tray full of cups being dropped because that’s the sort of thing special needs kids do.” Of course, children in mainstream schools can be noisy too. “Danny is happy to be around them even if they scream and shout.” Nevett says. Dogs also must respond to basic commands. “They must sit and stay and walk at your side. And they must be left with someone else for a few minutes to see how they behave when they’re away from their owner.”

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old. Burial chambers and traces of habitation from the Paleolithic period (6000–4000 BCE) have been discovered at the island. In fact only when the ship building and navigational techniques began to improve, and Mallorca’s rich natural harbors turned into new ports, “Baleares” became part of Cartago was when the rest of the world really took better notice of the isles. The denomination Baleares was given by the ancient Greeks because of the inhabitant’s method of fighting with a primitive sling and stone balls as their weapons. There is another less probable tale saying that the Phoenicians referred to the locale because its people were sacred to the god Baal. The Roman Empire after two years campaign conquered the Balearics (in 123 BC.) and imposed Latin as the official language. The Romans founded important cities, built avenues, aqueducts, markets, arenas, and defending from invaders enclosed the cities with strong and high stone walls. Roma’s vast culture and ruins of their edifications can be seen today. At the 5th century A.D. the isles were conquered by the Germanic Vandal tribes. The cruel and violent Vandals demolished and erased much of the Roman infrastructure. Later (534 AD) the islands were conquered by, and became part of the great Byzantine Empire. In 902, the Caliphate of Córdoba conquered Majorca. The Arabs changed the isles name “Baleares” naming it to “Oriental Islands”, and united them to Spain (until then were different countries). This was a peaceful era when new Moorish palaces and mosques were built, arts and education could be found everywhere and agricultural innovations were introduced. The four centuries of Arab dominance had a positive effect on Mallorca, and Moorish architecture and folklore influenced the isles. There are more than 4000 words in the Spanish vocabulary of Arabic origin. King Jaime I of Aragon and Cataluña in 1229 successfully captured the island. This period saw major changes on Baleares, especially regarding the language which was changed to Catalan (in 1700 changed to Castillan). King Jaime I is one of Spain’s gigantic historical figures, and beside the new language, indirectly introduced the Ca Bou to Majorca. The next centuries were times of terrible crisis, including the mortal plague, followed by Civil, Successor, and Napoleonic wars that took a toll on the isles. From the 19 the century political and economical turmoil persisted well into the 20th century. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) the governing classes were on the side of General Francisco Franco. Franco’s repression and dictatorship endured until his death in 1975. The mid-50’s was the beginning of democracy and self-government in Mallorca. Finally in 1983 the approval of the Statutes of Autonomy for the Baleares devolved the independence, and Palma de Mallorca became the capital of the Autonomous Community. Mallorca today is a democratic entity, a great touristic point, and the government is dedicated to preserving the rich cultural heritage of the island. As we can see there is much more to Baleares than Majorca, and Ibiza’s beaches. There are so many 110 Dog News

other treasures that it is impossible to describe Majorca’s real “pearl” the Ca de Bou included. As I mentioned King Jaime I arrived with great pomp to Majorca followed not only by his army, and noblemen, but with a great number of war dogs as well. Those dogs were the Spanish Presas, also called Alanos (the same Presas followed the Spaniard conquerors of South America). One of the King’s squadron the “Knights Hospitaller” was the bravest, and when fighting they were always sided by those molosser type war dogs. This fact originated the famous “White Hound” order, the most important prize given to a Spanish knight. As always the geographical isolation took its part on the Ca de Bou’s eruption. We know that at the very beginning dogs were selected in accord of the terrain where they had to live, and the work they have to accomplish for their master – therefore for practical reasons function was the most important point to consider. The selection began on the animal’s similar abilities only based on early breeders’ almost instinctive feeling (we are talking about hundreds of years behind) picking up patiently – litter after litter – the right specimens until arriving to a specific breed, as is –also- the case of the Ca de Bou. Regarding the Ca de Bou (or Mallorquin Bulldog Mallorquin Mastiff Perro de Presa Mallorquin Perro dogo Mallorquin) from an ancient molosser we have today a type of dog whose existence dates back to the 11th century. The breed’s history begins with the locals’ admiration of Spanish Presa’s ability to fight – so necessary to ancient Majorca, surrounded by water, vulnerable to pirates, and other invaders coming from the sea. The Mallorquins learned fast that Presas were very helpful not only on land but on the ships as well, so the populations began to inter breed local dogs with those ferocious dogs of Spain. The cross resulted in individuals which became better on watch duties, and on ferocity, strong and capable to open breaches of the enemy armies on land, and defend sailors on the sea. Between 1708 and 1802 England invaded Minorca and the soldiers were followed by their heavy battle dogs. Also at those times the bull fight with dogs was considered a popular diversion, and the English colonizers came with those

“ring” dogs as well. The new “sport” spread over all Baleares, and the English “bull” dogs and war dogs were quickly crossed with the locals’ Presa mixes. Years later finally liberated from the fighting rings the Majorcan new type bulldogs were basically working with the cattle and as guards of people, properties, and working along hunters in wild board and red deer hunting that those times lived all around Mallorca. In the coming years the dog population was closely watched, polished and the undesirable traits were eliminated. The need from the part of the breeders made them look for more qualities complementing the breeding, and selected infusion of some shepherd, and guard races were made. The dedication, conscience, and care of the old time breeders finally resulted in what is known today as the Ca de Bou (bull dog). It is amazing how from terrible and ferocious old war dogs the selection produced an intelligent, obedient and friendly dog, which even being a great guard and protector has a trustworthy, gentle, and balanced temperament. Presently the Ca de Bou is considered an unpaired companion for the family, especially for children. Perro Dogo Mallorquin as the breed is also known is recognized by FCI but the number of its population unfortunately is very low. Seemingly about 400 specimens exist in the world. Today the effort of the Majorcan fanciers is directed to regain the dog’s popularity, not only in Majorca but in the world. The standard created in 1946 was finally recognized by FCI in 1964. Our dear breeders can find the complete pedigree at the FCI or at the Real Sociedade Canina Espana breeds page. The Ca de Bou belongs - hopefully not for too long - to the rare dog breed’s family. However, the future looks bright as some of the dogs are being shown and having good wins at the Spanish and Balearic show rings. We wish good luck to Ca de Bou fanciers in keeping up their arduous work.

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to perform it she may not do it. I always prefer to get all the moves to as high a reliability stage as I can, which sometimes means going out and performing it in different places to try and prove the move. Then of course there are the props to make as it is important to use these as much as you can before the event so again the dog can become familiar with them. I was a bit behind with my prop making this year so it was only a few weeks ago that I found the time to make one of the props for Betty. At first she was a bit cautious about it but she has one weakness which is food. Feeding her for a few days near and on the prop soon meant she was throwing herself at it and was very comfortable performing the moves that I needed her to do with it. There are still a couple of other props to do for both of the dogs but they are not as important as this one was for Betty. I have to say that I have been a little distracted from my freestyle during the last month hence the props not having been made yet. The thing that has distracted me has been the sheepdog work that I have been doing with Tikka. Since the hay had been cut in my field it has meant that I have had the whole area to start doing some more training with her. Although Tikka can do the basic freestyle moves it is the sheepdog work which I have aimed her at. She is still not the most dynamic of dogs but that has its advantages when working her with the sheep as it gives me a chance to think. Unlike the freestyle the sheepdog work is bred into the dogs so I have never had to contend with the natural instinct of the dog coming out. Even though there is a natural instinct, you can of course still over do the training just like you can with freestyle/ HTM. I have to admit that perhaps in the first few weeks I might have done a bit too much training. Although it was only short sessions it was perhaps a little too much with Tikka as she is still very immature. If it was freestyle that I had been training I would recognise the signs that I needed to back off from the dogs’ training but with this being a new discipline to me I am still learning these signs. Training the sheepdog work has given me a new challenge and although there is a crossover be-

tween all dogs’ sports in that you need good timing, praise, etc. there are still many things specific to that sport that I need to learn. Another distraction for me has been the addition during the summer of a new collie pup. He wasn’t a planned addition but is showing some signs of being a nice dog for freestyle and sheepdog work. Some dogs seem to give you something when you train them and this pup is one of those. I love to see a young dog try to work out what is wanted and show enthusiasm. As I have mentioned before I try and sow lots of seeds for things that I want later in life when the pup is young. Then I find that the pup gets to around six months and that’s when I need to spend more time playing than doing anything technical. A pup with the right attitude to training is much better than one that can do loads of tricks in my book. All the moves can be taught at a later date as when I think about my first two freestyle dogs they were two and four when they started. They were a couple of the best dogs for attitude that I have ever had and I put this down to the fact that they had a lot of play training when they were young. Although I have been distracted away from the freestyle the rest of the dogs have still been doing freestyle in the displays. Recently I did one of my cabaret masterclass evenings which gives me a great opportunity to try out things in front of an audience. One move I had been working on with Whizzy had been her turn away command. She has been doing this really well at home and I must admit that I thought she knew it well but how wrong could I be. We tend to forget that when we practise a move, that move can become context orientated i.e. only performed in a certain area. When I asked her to turn away she got too excited and turned all the way around. After trying to show her what I required we eventually got the move but it was a good wake up call for me. Examining what happened in that situation then helped me with her training as it was the excitement of being in front of the crowd that meant she didn’t concentrate and turned all the way around. So lots to do over the coming months and only a few times have I woken up in a cold sweat at the thought of the semi finals only being a few months away.

“We tend to forget that when we practise a move, that move can become context orientated i.e. only performed in a certain area.”

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Holding the reward under the handlers chin encourages the dog to pay attention

ver the last few weeks I have been teaching a lot of workshops around the country. I tend to teach more during the latter half of the year as I am busy with the country show displays during the summer. The workshops can have a wide range of handlers with some not having done much and others competing at top level. No matter what level you are at you should never be afraid to go back to some of the more basic exercises. One exercise which I find many handlers neglect as the dog gets older is the dogs attention and focus on them. A good attentive dog is essential for the sport as some of the cues can be non verbal so the dog needs to be paying attention to the handler to observe the commands. At the basic level of teaching attention you need to help the dog succeed by having a reward held up close to your face. I find a lot of handlers hold their hands halfway down their chest rather than the face so I always get the handler to place their hand underneath their chin. A funny thing hap-

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pened the other day when I told a group to hold the treat under their chin, I turned around to see a handler putting the treat under the dog’s chin, she had obviously misheard me say under the handlers chin. With the more experienced teams I can push their training on by introducing distractions. It’s always hard if you train by yourself to introduce distractions into your dog’s attention training so you have to be imaginative. My thought has always been that if my dog can cope with its most favourite reward being held in my hand over the dog or on the ground, etc. while remaining focused to me then this must help it when it goes into busy situations like a show. So having some experienced teams allows me to show the other handlers how CONTINUED ON PAGE 118

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to progress their attention work. For me you can never do enough attention training and as well as distractions at home it’s essential to take the dog to different environments. Going out somewhere different like the local supermarket car park can be ideal for encountering different distractions. Of course this is outside so sometimes I take my dogs into the local pet superstore and you can find me doing some attention training while browsing around the shop. The benefit of the pet superstore is that it is inside just like a show is and the building will have echoes, etc. just like some show venues. Another subject that I find I am covering increasingly on a workshop is the use of the handler’s voice. It can be quite scary to come onto a floor at a workshop if you have never been to something like this before so it is understandable that some handlers are a bit quieter than usual. The problem is that your voice is the only thing which you have in the ring with you so it is essential you know how to use it within training and routines. I find a lot of handlers rely on shovelling food treats into the dog’s mouth to praise the dog for something rather than communicating their joy with their voice to the dog. Another factor which I think contributes to handlers not using their voice to encourage the dog is the increase in the amount of handlers using clicker training. Now I have nothing against clicker training and in fact I use it a lot but what I find is handlers click the dog and feed food but then don’t speak to the dog to engage it in the next piece of training. Some handlers think just by clicking the dog it is enough of a reward which is fine if your dog is constantly looking then for the next treat but if it is not then the dog needs to be kept interested between each piece of training. I try to encourage handlers to use a wide range of words when they praise the dog as this can encourage the dog to focus better as the handler’s voice changes with the different words. On every workshop you will get some handlers who have got stuck in saying ‘good boy’ again and again. These two words can make the voice boring and monotone hence the dog turns off and looks elsewhere. How loud you say the words can also affect the dog’s energy levels. If I have a very excited dog then I need to use praise almost at a whisper

and deliver it in a matter of fact manner. If I have the opposite type of dog that needs motivating then using different words at different volumes can help to keep the dog going. I also have little noises that I use which can help to either focus or engage the dog, etc. When my pups are running towards me I will often whistle and give them a food treat. This whistle then can be employed in a routine at a low level if I feel I want the dog to focus on me more as he might hear the whistle and associate that with food so it will pep him up. Another sound I can use is a “shshshshshs” noise which again can speed the dog up. Many handlers on the workshops will be using a lot of food to reward the dog but often I see them not delivering the treat correctly. For me the treat is a secondary reinforcer behind my voice so I need to make sure the treat is delivered so that the dog realises exactly what I require. Treat delivery is even more important on heelwork as you want the dog to walk in a consistent position beside the handler’s leg. Often I see a handler holding their hand on their leg while the dog is in heelwork but then when they reward it they take their hand off the leg and give the treat to the dog away from the leg. I also see a lot of handlers not feeding the reward to promote the dog to look up towards them. I always try to be very consistent with the position I hold my hand and deliver the treat to the dog when it is in the heelwork position I require, as I want to get as much consistency to their position. On a workshop I also tell handlers in their heelwork to reward the dog as frequently as they like and especially when the dog has done something good. What you tend to find is that handlers only reward the dog at the end of the exercise and not during the heelwork. A dog that has been given treats like this is easy to identify as the dog tends to lack attention on the middle piece of heelwork. We all know about random rewarding but often when a handler knows a dog can do heelwork they will only reward for a good length of work. The good thing about many of these exercises is that they can be done in a small space, so ideal for training inside the house as the nights are drawing in.

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Haim, our regular venue, in high spirits. The weather was on our side as well, with a warm but not too hot sun shining throughout the day (nothing too unusual, actually). Judging began on time and both judges started seeing class by class, breed by breed until reaching their BIS. The atmosphere was extremely relaxed, laid back even. Luba and her husband sat, waiting their turn in the ring. They did not have to think about fleeing for their lives because we were outside the rockets’ range. They could concentrate on showing their dogs. To their delight, their young bitch who had recently become European Junior Winner in Bucharest, went BOS under Mrs. Muzslai and BOB under Mrs. Shiboleth. She was also Best Junior at one of the shows – altogether a nice achievement. In one of the rings, Dan Smikin was dressed in his suit, handling a couple of Briards that had come with their owners from the other side of the country, the Golan Heights. Dan, a citizen of Beer Sheba who owns two Hungarian Vizslas and a mixed breed, is used to the everyday routine of living under the threat of rockets. His dogs, he told me, react to the alarms and bombings differently. His mixed breed bitch, the oldest of the three, is quite stressed out when she hears the alarms. Although his male Vizsla is not too frightened, he tends to commiserate with the older bitch. The younger Vizsla, though, remains completely unfazed by the sounds. His mother’s Poodle, though, has learned to run to the protected space whenever she hears an alarm. “Most apartments and houses in Beer Sheba have bomb shelters or protected spaces,” says Dan.“However, my home only has a communal bomb shelter which we cannot reach in time. Most neighbors go to the staircase, the safest part of the building apart from the bomb shelter, but because some of them don’t like dogs, I stay at home and just hope for the best.” Dan has changed some of his habits due to the situation. “While previously I used to walk the dogs in open spaces, I now walk them in town, always identifying safe spots, walls or other structures, in which we can hide in case of alarm or actual attacks.” Luckily, neither Dan nor his dogs have been injured in any way, but he recently visited a friend after a rocket had fallen near their house. “All the windows were shattered, the place was full of little metal pellets they put

in the rockets to increase the damage and it was a mess,” he recalls. For Dan, too, the show is a way of escaping the harsh reality back home. Yael Davidovich, even though she had had a sleepless night, handled several dogs to nice achievements. She also topped the list in the junior handling competition held after Mrs. Muzslai had finished her breed judging. She enjoyed doing what she loves most instead of lingering under the threat of rockets. The show proceeded and just before BIS judging, I took the microphone and announced our appreciation for Mrs. Muzslai’s dedication and fearlessness by presenting her with the special certificate I had made. Our guest was quite moved by this gesture and we both hugged and had a good laugh. This was our way of showing the world nothing would deter us from our sport. The judge proceeded to award BIS to Jaybid Dream Lover, a Rough Collie bred in England by Jayne Stretton and owned by Inna Simkin and Rami Hershman. “Arnie” had arrived in Israel just three weeks before the show and this was his first time in the Israeli ring. Naturally, his owners were elated. In the second ring, Mrs. Shiboleth’s BIS was a Welsh Corgi Cardigan, Cardiganium Aid, imported from Russia by Rita Kliener. This was the first time a dog of this breed has been put up in top position and Rita, whose emotions got the best of her, was hardly able to stack him properly, finally picking him in her arms for the obligatory photo. “I was very happy to receive the invitation to judge in Israel,” said Mrs. Muzslai after the show, “and nothing would stop me from coming. Of course, various friends and acquaintances tried to warn me off and said I was nuts for going despite the situation. However, since my Israeli friend Judith had promised me I would be safe with her in Haifa, in the north of Israel, my husband and I got on the flight and came.” The day after the show, the Muzslais visited Jerusalem. On the way back, after dark, as they were passing near Tel Aviv, they actually saw a rocket with their own eyes as it was being shot down by the Israeli military’s anti-rocket system, Iron Canopy, developed in partnership with the US military. That didn’t put them off either, and just helped them understand the situation a little better. “We totally enjoyed our stay in Israel,” summed up the judge. “We do not regret our decision to overcome the natural fears and come here despite everything. The show was very nicely managed and some of the entries were high in quality. I hope to see some of you at the World Winner Show in Budapest next May.”

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and 5 share in primetime, according to Nielsen. Viewership was up 11 percent over last year. This means people are sitting down and watching, and that NBC will keep it in the line-up. My job is to collect information from every owner whose dog wins Best of Breed and have that information for David Frei to use during the broadcast. Loretta McMullin helped me, greeting people with a big smile and “Congratulations!” and helping them fill out the card. One of the challenges is to write a little something about why the dog is special; many owners go blank when asked this, but I bet when they get home and are not under a deadline, they suddenly remember that Rover’s best friend is a hamster or that he only eats pizza with salami, the kind of funny thing that interests the audience and the NBC reporters. This year, when I asked Edwin Ostiago, the owner of BOB Bulldog Caleb, what was interesting about his dog, he said hesitantly, “Well, I’m a dentist, so he has good teeth.” We wrote that down, and David used it on the broadcast. “Anything else?” Loretta asked him. “Does he play any games at home or watch TV?” Edwin laughed. “He loves Top Chef,” he chuckled.“He loves to watch Top Chef on TV.” NBC Sports reporter and anchor Mary Carillo came by a few minutes later. “Hey, here’s a Bulldog who likes to watch Top Chef,” I told her. She thought that was hilarious and searched out Edwin and Caleb. You can see the result on the National Dog Show site on the internet, Caleb and Mary in canvas chairs, watching TV. Mary offers Caleb a local specialty, the Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich. I thought a Bulldog might lunge for something so delicious, but Caleb ate it very politely. This year, as every year, reporters asked David Frei if the real dog show was anything like the movie, Best in Show. “It’s a character-rich environment,” David admitted. “I haven’t seen the guy with two left feet yet, but I’ve seen everyone else.” The other host, John O’Hurley, told me something I hadn’t known, that the NBC president of programming for NBC Sports, Jon Miller, got the idea to broadcast the Philadelphia show from the movie. “He took home a copy and thought it would be a great idea between the parade and before football,” O’Hurley said. “He was almost laughed out of the office. But on the Tuesday morning after, I got the call.” He said the first words Miller said were, “Woof! Woof! That’s how he started the conversation.” O’Hurley has been doing the show since 2002 and loves it. This year, he had his five-year-old son, Dylan, on his lap part of the time. “It has brought so many wonderful

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things to my life,” O’Hurley said. “I got my dogs -- a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and a little Havanese -- through breeders I met here. And I’ve written two best-selling books on dogs.” During the Working Group, O’Hurley was very impressed by the Neapolitan Mastiff. The dog moved out beautifully. His coat was shining with good health. “Wouldn’t it be great if the handler had a suit in that color?” he pondered. O’Hurley rooted for the Neo to win the group; he made the judge’s cut, but the win went to the Great Dane. Backstage, Mary Carillo was hurrying along an aisle when she came face to face with the Neo and his owner handler, Jim Deppen. “I love this dog!” Mary cried, bending down until she was literally face to face with Papparazzi. “He’s like the Venus Williams of the dog world,” Deppen joked, a reference to the fact that Mary’s usual job is reporting on tennis stars. “He’s incredible,” she agreed. If you watch Best in Show, the color commentator’s comments are hilarious, as when he watches a female judge checking testicles and opines that “I would not like her to judge me.” John O’Hurley’s comments are never offcolor, often humorous and always reflecting his great love of dogs. When the Great Pyrenees moved out, O’Hurley said, “That looks like an animated snowdrift!” Watching the Havanese, he said,“We have one at home, little Lucy Goosey, but in a different color. It’s a color that matches our living room. My wife loves to accessorize.” Watching the Shih Tzu, he said, “It has a little ‘Patty Page’ flip to its hairdo.” (In the movie Best in Show, Buck Laughlin thinks the Shih Tzu is a funny name to say, and says it again and again, “Shih Tzu! Shih Tzu! Shih Tzu!”) Answering a question about grooming Poodles, David Frei told O’Hurley, “You can try to hide a bad dog with a good hairdo.” O’Hurley replied,“Oh, I know, I went to the Junior Prom!” O’Hurley recited a poem he wrote for his son that proclaimed, “The perfect dog can be small as a teacup or big as a house,” and ended with, “The most perfect dog is the one next to you.” The day ended with Sky, the Wire Fox Terrier, going Best in Show. When the photographers ran into the ring to take her picture, she barked happily at them, then posed splendidly in every direction, turning her head to everyone who called her name. With 170 breeds to feature, each one gets only a tiny amount of airtime. But – jump on your computer and go to www.NationalDogShow.com and you can see the whole show anytime you like. Or, you can select Brittanys or Bearded Collies and just watch that breed. In other words, if you win the breed at Philadelphia, your dog is online, on view for the whole world to see. That’s a lot of exposure. CONTINUED ON PAGE 124

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Talbot, Salisbury, and Mispillion Kennel Clubs combine on the second week of November to put on the Eastern Shore Classic in Salisbury, Maryland. The weather was cold, in the low 40s, and a lingering nor’easter sent high tides to almost the levels of the previous week’s hurricane – but not quite.

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ORMA SELLERS OF FENWICK ISLAND, DELAWARE, watched the inlet canal rise over the dock, over the retaining wall, and half way up her lawn – where it stopped before invading her first floor garage and storage area, an area that had been thoroughly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. When the water started to recede, she breathed a sigh of relief, brushed her Brussels Griffon puppy, and headed to the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, a venue she feels is superior to many dog show locales.“This is a great show for a puppy,” she said. Minnie pranced out to the end of her lead and stared down some spectators. “It’s spacious and it’s not noisy. The acoustics are great. It’s not scary like some big, noisy shows are.” Indeed, the rings are large, and the second floor has seating from which you can look down on all the action. At ringside, there are plenty of chairs, so no need to drag in your own. Obedience competition is well-attended and takes place in an adjoining hall. The show gets lots of ticket-paying spectators. It’s a favorite on the Eastern Shore fall weekend activities calendar.

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To make it even more attractive for puppies, Talbot Kennel Club held Best Puppy in Show competition on Thursday. Minnie the Brussels Griffon took second in the Puppy Toy group to the Pug puppy. Norma said there was an advantage to being second. “It’s perfect. We get a ribbon, but we don’t have to stay three more hours for Best in Show.” Talbot Kennel Club offered unusual trophies, lovely herons painted by local artist Bill Richardson on plaques, trays, coasters, and for the Puppy Group, towels. The elegant silver, gray and tan herons were the epitome of a purebred animal native to the Eastern Shore. David Haddock was in from Tennessee to judge eleven Working breeds and Utility Obedience. In general, at dog shows, there is not a lot of crossover with conformation exhibitors competing in obedience. Over the years, I’ve heard many people say, “I took my first dog to obedience school.” Then they discover conformation and never look back. But David says he has always enjoyed obedience training his show dogs. He stopped to speak with a woman who was glumly watching highly trimmed show Poodles running around the ring, while her white Standard Poodle in a sporting clip sat by her side. “Nice try,” he said. “He does it at home!” she said, frustrated. “He never refuses a jump at home! I don’t know what got in to him today.” She explained that her obviously healthy and happy Poodle decided to walk around his high jump and his broad jump, then performed an absolutely correct ‘Return to Handler’, as though he thought she wouldn’t notice the lack of jumping. She laughed when I reminded her that our dogs live to make fools of us. “All we need is one more leg,” she moaned. “He has two legs on his U.D. I thought for sure we’d finish it today.” Her Poodle looked at her as if to say, “I just didn’t feel it today!” 126 Dog News

David Haddock’s breed is Portuguese Water Dogs, which he was judging in place of Billie McFadden, a New Jersey judge who was Missing In Action because of Hurricane Sandy damage to her property. We talked about the PWD standard’s instruction on color, which is, “Black, white, and various tones of brown; also combinations of black or brown with white.” David said, “There is an issue in color now, because the standard says black and brown, but it does not say, ‘silver, white, blue or fawn.’ People who have those colors say,‘Well, it’s a dilute black,’ or an offshoot from those other colors.” He shrugged. “I used to take a hard line on color, and insist we have to stick with the standard. But then I became a judge. All of a sudden, you are in the ring faced with a fawn with great construction and a brown that’s a pet. What do you do? I have to put function over color.” As far as deciding Best of Breed or the points, he said, “I never had the luxury of deciding a win on color. I haven’t yet seen a great dog in a questionable color.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 128

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He mentioned what a hard job it was to pick the best Doberman in the entry at Salisbury, which was full of quality. “It’s nice to have choices,” he said. “So many times, there is an obvious winner and everybody else. It’s nice when there is more than one dog there to be rewarded. That’s where the judge can be subjective.” After praising the Best of Breed St. Bernard and Samoyed, he said,“The most exceptional dog I had was in my own breed. I’m highly critical of my own breed, much more than of others. It doesn’t often happen that you see one you would have been proud to have bred yourself.” He was speaking about Ch. Claircreek Impression De Matisse, breeder/owner handled by Donna Gottdenker. Matisse had two Group 2s and a Group 4 on this circuit. The Dobe he chose as Best of Breed, Ch. D’s Remember When, took home a Group One on Sunday. The St. Bernard, Ch. Jamelle’s Aristocrat v. Elba, was the triumphant Working dog, taking home three Group 1s and two Group Seconds. Then Haddock hurried back to Nashville to get ready to leave for China, where he’ll be judging two shows. Billie McFadden reported from her home in Flemington, New Jersey, that the hurricane had forced four pine trees down across her driveway and within six inches of her garage. She couldn’t get to the show because she couldn’t get off her property. “Two of the trees landed on each side of the garage, but didn’t hit it,” she marveled.“The roots from these trees are taller than I am. But you have to think you’re lucky,” she said. “We’re fine, the dogs are fine, and the house wasn’t hit.” The vendors at Salisbury were exceptional. Pawsaholic had copper representations of breeds done by a European artist who really understands dog structure. There was the Best Puppies on Earth Boutique, PurePaws, Walker Works Canine Art, and a booth to stop in and get your dog a massage! There was WearWuf!, Gear To Go from Ocala, Bird Dawg Embroidery, and Diane’s Dream with shelves stocked full of multicolored crate pads. Treasured Pets offered rare books and old etchings and paintings. At Pane in the Glass, bright colored venetian glass jewelry threw beams of sparkly light in every direction. The Animal Artworks booth displayed breed art by artist Dee Craig, who lives just down the road from these shows in Snow Hill. Dee used to be a regular at East Coast all breed shows, showing her Newfoundlands and displaying her art. “Now, I do mostly specialties,” Dee says. She had just gotten back from the Golden Retriever National so her booth was full of wallets, change purses and pins decorated with Golden Retrievers in every possible pose; show pose, playing, bowing, looking for their ball. Funny thing, she was holding the leash of a dog that looked like a Swedish Vallhund of poor type – but

it wasn’t.“It’s a Shih Tzu-Beagle-Russell cross,” she said.“Now that the AKC allows mixed breed dogs in obedience, you see all kinds of dogs here. But a good dog is a good dog,” she said philosophically. (It wasn’t her dog, she was holding it for an obedience exhibitor on a bathroom break.) Dee herself is currently owned by a Shetland Sheepdog who earned his conformation title and longed to get back in the ring. So Dee taught him obedience, agility, rally and other things, and he has titles in all those events. “He’s an overachiever,” she sighed.“He’s a Border Collie in a Shetland Sheepdog body.” Jennifer Vawter left her booth, International Canine Semen Bank, to watch the supported entry of the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, with 40 entered, since that’s her breed. When not ringside, she was busy collecting semen behind the demure black curtain of the ICSB, a threshold some experienced dogs were extremely eager to cross. “Someone asked me to hold a dog at ringside. It was a Great Dane I had collected before. He was delighted to see me. It was really embarrassing. He jumped on me and tried to grab me with his front legs. Finally he was knocking me down so hard I said to the owner, ‘I can’t hold him! Get somebody else to hold him who hasn’t jerked him off recently!’” David Gansz planned to show his two Belgian Tervuren puppies himself, until he hit a slippery spot on the floor and “the puppy went one direction and my legs went the other.” A sprained ankle was the result. He took photos from the balcony while Andrew Green showed one puppy and his friend Elizabeth Smith showed the other. He reported that the two Tervs had a great time in the backyard in New Jersey while Hurricane Sandy blew in around them. They were happy to play with giant branches being knocked down to within their reach. Elizabeth Smith, president of the Northern New Jersey Collie Club, had Andre the Rough Collie up on the grooming table for his weekly brush out. He has just earned his backpacking titles from the American Working Collie Association, which means verifying 12 miles of backpacking through the city and 20 miles of backpacking on country terrain. “He could earn a Grand Wilderness title for backpacking 200 miles. But I don’t think we’re going to try that,” said Elizabeth with a smile. Andre is a seasoned Therapy Dog, who has a title for doing 25 visits, and is halfway to the next title, which requires 150.“We started at a new nursing home, and on the third visit, we went into a room and the director said to the patient, who was in decline and didn’t recognize anybody, ‘We have a dog here.’The patient looked up and said,‘Oh, it’s Andre!’ We were shocked at that, that she recognized and remembered him, when she doesn’t remember anybody else.” The healing power of dogs mixed with the magic of dog shows on a deep autumn afternoon.

“The healing power of dogs mixed with the magic of dog shows on a deep autumn afternoon.”

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confusing and difficult to control. But does it matter so much? Fact is that I am impressed by the number of ring stewards, 67, and collaborators, 6o plus the 23 members of the committee. Those people are responsible for bringing a show of this size smoothly to a good end. The degree of perfection of this show was and still is an example to many other shows. This show has also been copied many times for its dog-festival-aspect, bringing the positive relations between man and dog into the spotlights via demonstrations of the many canine disciplines. Besides standardizing of the breeds, this is one of the most important and nowadays maybe the most important reason for organizing dog shows. Guide dogs for the blind and assistance dogs for the disabled, sports with obedience, agility, flyball and apache, fun with Doggy Dance (heelwork to music), everything is there to entertain the visitors. No other show is a better promotion for dogs and dog sports than the Kortrijk Eurodogshow and the entry fee offers the best value for money. The entertainment for children is amazing with one carrousel and 3 big jumping castles. And for those who want to shop, the number of commercial stands is nowhere bigger than here. In Kortrijk one can expect some strong competition and winning BOB has a bigger value here than on other shows. It gives also a much stronger international radiation, adding “BOB or BOS or CACIB KORTRIJK” to the records of your dog. And you can also find some very exotic names of judges on the list, often breed specialists and also judges that come here for the first time. From the 42 judges only 8 were Belgian judges. As mentioned before 10 came from the UK. Besides the 6 judges from Germany and the 3 from France and 3 from Italy, all others came from different countries in Europe and as far as Greece and Russia. But there was only a judge from the States and one from as far as New Zealand. Very unusual was the fact that only

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10 judges officiated on both days. Top-judge on Saturday was Mrs. Dianna Spatin from the UK. She had 62 Cavalier King Charles, 33 Beagles and 18 Basset Hounds. Mr. Evgeni Rosenberg from Russia came close with 112 dogs (including 79 Great Danes) He judged on Sunday too but only had 34 dogs then. Mr. Nikolas Vazakas from Greece was also a one-day-er. He finished Saturday after having examined 86 dogs. Mr. Jean-Francois Vanaken from Belgium had a nice number of Poodles and some other breeds and that brought him altogether on a total of 83 entries. Mr. HansKarl Schneider from Germany finished his day after 82 dogs, all Pinshers and Schnauzers. Mr. Van Raamsdonk, also from Belgium had 80 dogs in his ring. There were nice numbers of Leonbergers, 59, for Mr. Guido Perosino from Italy, and Newfoundlanders, 62, for Mr. Frank Kane who finished the weekend with 164 entries, thus becoming the second most popular judge of the show. Mrs. Willemine Van Deijl from Belgium had 93 dogs on Sunday and 122 in total. Mr. Philip Docwra from the UK judged on Sunday only, both varieties of Bull Terriers, and finished his judging after 62 specimen. The American Staffordshires were reserved for American judge Mr. William Roadhouse. He had 78 in total. Mrs. Jolly Sue from Britain had the very same number, but Golden Retrievers this time while the 68 Labradors and 15 Flat Coats were reserved for Mrs. Julie Bedfort-Pope from New Zealand. All the Belgian Shepherd varieties were subjected to the verdict of Mrs. Bente Harlem from Norway. He had 73 in total, an amazing number. Mr. Javier Sanchez from Spain is a very respected all round judge. His popularity is can be read in the nice numbers he had on both days. On Saturday he had 90 dogs including 76 French Bulldogs. On Sunday the 61 Staffordshire Terriers brought his total to 79 or 169 for the whole weekend, the best score of the show.

ll BOG winners were placed for the finals and it was not easy for Mr. Sanchez. It is always much easier only to pick out 3. Now he needs to place a dog on number 10, 9, 8 etc. Notwithstanding the fact that these dogs won a whole group on a prestigious show, taking place behind number 10, 9, 8... gives a false impression of having lost. That is why I am in strong favor for placing only 3, making all dogs from 4 till 10 ex-aequo’s on the 4th place. For me they are all 4th place and that is why I start with focusing on Mr.S anchez’ 3rd place, the Beagle “Ch.Roeper’s Magic In The Air”, a dutch 3 year old female bred and owned by Mrs. Tineke Perfors. Mrs. Diane Spavin picked her out 33 Beagles to compete for BOG 6, that she won under judge Mr. Niksa Lemo from Croatia. Runner Up to Best In Show went to the English Pointer “Weimpoint Keep Smilin’”, bred and owned in Belgium by Kristina and Edwin Lenaerts. There were 6 in competition and Keep Smilin is again a bitch, little more than a year. The judge for the breed was Mrs. Danielle Letroye-Lantin and Group judge was Mrs. Adriana Griffa from Italy. There were a lot of British victories this edition, but it was a nice surprise to see a British dog win Best In Show. Mrs. Chadwick Dudleyglenys entered her Afghan Hound, in open class dogs to be judged by Mr. Massimiliano Mannucci from Italy. There was pretty strong competition, 32 in total, but her Afghan won. The victory continued later on in the Group finals when Mr. Evgeni Rosenberg decided to send this dog to the finals for Best In Show. And the rest we know, a fantastic trophy to take home to Britain. Afterglow is a 5-year-old dog, bred by Mr. Michael Jason Gatsby Lynn. Let’s hope that this British win creates the hope to win next year, wherever you come from. Next edition will be a jubilee edition, celebrating the 50th edition and I can assure you, expectations are high. The committee hopes to reach 5000 entries by turning this edition into a very special one, starting with a double CACIB. Cancel any show you have on 16 and 17 November next year and book this one. You will not regret it. It will be an edition beyond expectations.

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hibitors and spectators. We want everyone to have an enjoyable time and want them to come back next year. We have several meetings throughout the year with the show chairs, club treasurers, club presidents, grounds people, etc. so we are all in agreement as to what we want to do, what needs to be done and who is going to do it. In doing this we have all gotten to be very good friends. We also have a good time at these meetings. There is some teasing, some joking, some yelling and a lot of laughter. The weather was wonderful for the week. The sky was blue, the air was crisp and the leaves had all fallen from the trees and been swept away. The first part of the week was shirt sleeve temperature, Saturday and Sunday the temperature began to cool off and it got windy, but still perfect for the dogs. Our entries were up (not counting the 4 to 6 month puppy class entry) and that made us happy. We thank all of the judges who gave up being with kith and kin for the holiday weekend in order to come and judge our shows. As I said, our entries were up; if you have a good judging panel you should have a good entry. The groups were very strong and it was nice to see most of the top winning dogs in the country. The motor homes began arriving on Monday. Thanksgiving week, for us, began on Tuesday when our cluster chairman, Tom Davies, had us in Springfield bright and early to begin setting up the show. The MB-F truck pulled in and started setting up the rings, the American Convention truck pulled in with the 50 or more eight foot tables, 200 chairs, tent and table skirts, etc. Members from all four clubs were on hand to skirt the tables, hang the banners, set up the tables and chairs, etc. Everyone came back on Wednesday to finish up and the exhibitors and vendors began coming in Wednesday afternoon. The show is in three large buildings. The Better Living Center alone is over 3 acres, the Young Building is probably 1/2 the size of the Better Living Center and I have no idea the size of the Mallary Building. Because we are in 3 humongous buildings, it takes a good two days and a large crew of workers to get everything ready for the show. Once again, our show was filled with great dog show vendors with all sorts of items for every taste, from doggy things to high-end jewelry for their owners. There was the perfect assortment for your holiday shopping, especially for those dog club holiday party grab bag gifts and our four- legged companions. For those of you who have not price shopped dog food, I have found that it is considerably less expensive when purchased at a dog show than from a pet supply store. Holyoke Kennel Club was on Thanksgiving and I think the exhibitors like the Thanksgiving Day show because their entry was up about 200 entries. After Best in Show, some of the exhibitors put several of those eight foot tables together, covered them with table cloths and brought in a Thanksgiving feast. They 132 Dog News

had a very lovely dinner with time to visit with each other. I cannot tell you how many people told me how happy they were to be able to come to the show and be with their friends because if they had not had the Holyoke Show to come to, they would have sat home by themselves and there is nothing lonelier than to be alone on a holiday. Jane Wilkinson was Show Chair and Beverly Haramut was Obedience and Rally Chair.

indham County Kennel Club’s Show was Friday this year. Windham and South Windsor flip flop their days each year. Sulie GreendalePaveza opened the show by singing Happy Birthday to Wendell Sammet as it was his 87th birthday and everybody at the show joined in singing Happy Birthday to Wendell. At 87, he is still showing and winning with his poodles and looks fabulous. After wishing Wendell Happy Birthday, Sulie sang the National Anthem and got the show going. Since the Friday after Thanksgiving is a school holiday, this is the day for junior handlers, so to speak. We had the 4-H junior’s competition and the HANDLERS OF TOMORROW Clinic in addition to the regular junior handling competition. Jessica Thibault judged the 24 young people in the 4-H competition. Jessica is a former 4-Her and third generation dog person. These young people in the 4-H program are a pleasure to have. They seem to have a great deal of knowledge about dogs and love their dogs. They also are the most polite group of young people I have ever encountered. The show stopped at noon due the HOT Clinic (HANDLERS OF TOMORROW) so that the members of the AKC Registered Handlers Program could have the time to work with the kids. They broke the large group of 80 kids into smaller groups of 2 or 3 and helped them improve their handling skills. David Fitzpatrick brought the 2011 Westminster Best in Show winner, Malachy, for the kids to see and pet and he talked to them about Junior Showmanship and gave them handling demonstrations during the lecture part of the clinic. The kids were very impressed to be up close and personal with such a big winning dog and handler. Each participant got a goody bag and a box lunch. All of this was free and open to all of the youngsters who wanted to participate. While this was going on, John Lyons, the COO of AKC, Ed Lyons, the President and Show Chair for Windham, and Roger Gerrish, President of CDF (Connecticut Dog Federation), presented a grant for $2,000.00 to the Connecticut Canine Search and Rescue Group on behalf of AKC CAR. Linda Hothan was the Obedience and Rally Chairman. On Saturday, Sulie Greendale-Paveza opened the show with her beautiful rendition of the National Anthem for the South Windsor Kennel Club and then rushed to open her ring as she was stewarding. Saturday is the day we have the Northeast Junior Handler of the year competition for scholarship money and then award the Bill Trainor Award. I will tell you all about both later in the article. Tina Toohey was Show Chair and Lee Gerrish was the Obedience and Rally Chair Sunday is Springfield Kennel Club’s show and again Sulie

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got the show going by singing the National Anthem and then had to rush back to her ring to steward. The Event Committee consisted of Tom Davies, Show Chair, Laurie Merritt, Obedience Chair and Joyce Lak the Rally Chair. This is the final day of the cluster and the very last competition after Best In Show is the “Top Dog of the Cluster” Grace Brewin Memorial Competition for $500.00 prize money. To be eligible a dog must be entered in all four shows of the Cluster, must have gone Best in Show at one of the shows or have won four group placements each day of the Cluster. This is the most exciting competition, in my opinion, of the Cluster. There are great dogs in the ring and talented handlers. What makes it so enjoyable is that the handlers really pull out all the stops in their presentation of their dogs. In the ring are great dogs competing against great dogs; so essentially, the handlers are competing amongst themselves as to who can best sell their dog to the judge. We do not announce the judge prior to judging. Roberta Davies adjudicated this competition and her choice was the German Wire Haired Pointer presented by Phil Booth. This and the Northeast Junior Handlers winners are the only winners I will tell you about in this article. By now, you all know who did what in the Breed, Group and BIS competition. Info Dog published it and it would just bore you to repeat this information. The cluster offered Canine Good Citizenship testing on Friday, the B.A.E.R. Hearing Clinic on Saturday, the A.K.C. C.A.R (Companion Animal Recovery) Micro Chip Implant Clinic, the Well Dog Eye Clinic and semen testing and collection on Saturday and Sunday. All were well attended.

riday and Saturday Pam Beale, chairman, Pat Laurans, Mary-Beth O’Neill, Terry Hunt, Amy Green, and Peggy and Dave Helming manned the Take the Lead Booth, which was full of an extraordinary range of raffle items. On Saturday, after Best in Show, Take the Lead hosted a lovely party for the drawing of the winning numbers for those raffle items to raise money for one of the best organizations we have in and for the dog world. The party was fun and gave the attendees an opportunity to sit down, relax and visit with each other and enjoy each other’s company. Pam said that they raised fourteen thousand dollars, which was great. Take the Lead has helped so many people, Dog People taking care of Dog People. If you haven’t donated, please do. You never know when you or a friend may need their help. On Friday, Holyoke offered Best Bred by Exhibitor Competition, Windham and South Windsor offered Best Veteran Competition. I do not know about you, but I love to watch the gray faces strut their stuff. They bring tears to my eyes. Some of them may be gray in the face and long in tooth, but put a show lead on them and take them in the ring and they think they are young again and

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really love to show off. Once a show dog, always a show dog, they never forget ring procedure. The Thursday and Sunday shows offered the new Owner Handler Series competition. This is still new and somewhat confusing to some, but it appears to be gaining popularity as the exhibitors seem to love it. We had Barbara Ohmann and Pat Lejman up from Raleigh for the MY DOG CAN DO THAT on Saturday and Sunday. This is really a very popular event and they had about 90 dogs on Saturday and 80 on Sunday come to the show to try it. AKC sent out an e-mail to people who have recently registered a dog in the New England area inviting them to bring their dog to the show and try out the basic agility exercises, free of charge. Remember, I told you about the AKC CAR Grant awarded on Friday. Well, Ed Minor, who came on Friday to receive the check on behalf of the Connecticut Canine Search and Rescue Group (he had never been to a dog show before), came back on Saturday with his dog to do the MY DOG CAN DO THAT. If your club has this at your show, please plan on some of your members being there to help out. As I said, this is very popular and there are a lot of people who come who have never been to a dog show and they need help. I believe we had 4 to 6 people there to help out both days. We handed out lists of training facilities in the New England area. The people appreciated getting this information as to where they can go to train their dogs. The ones who came, who had never been to a dog show, were amazed that AKC offered other activities other than conformation dog shows. We also offered dog show tours for them and anyone else who wanted to go on a tour of the show. John Lyons and Patty Proctor gave an excellent New Exhibitor briefing for the new exhibitors each day. The 4 to 6 month puppy classes were fun to watch. On Thursday there were 44 puppies entered, Friday had an entry of 63, Saturday’s 4 to 6 month entry was 84 and Sunday 70. Judging by the calls and e-mails we received prior to the show from people, we were expecting many more people who had never been to a dog show than we actually had. Just as with the MY DOG CAN DO THAT, AKC sent out e-mails to people who had recently registered their new puppy telling them about this new program and inviting them to come and try it out. We had club members ringside to help the novices by giving basic handling lessons and to help in any way needed. It is very important that the people coming, especially if it is their first experience of entering a dog show, have a good time and want to come back. We had judges with the gentlest hands and helpers who could make the new people feel welcome. One family came all the way from New Jersey to show their German Shepherd puppy. They had never been to a dog show before. Another was a mother with two children around 8 or 9 showing their two 4 month old Poodles. The little girl was very concerned that by putting the leash under her dog’s ears that she was going to choke her puppy to death. (I should also tell you that neither puppy was lead broken when they arrived, but they were when they left.) This is really a great class and not just for newbie’s, there were a large number of well seasoned exhibitors who brought their puppies in for the competition. One thing, I will suggest to you, is to allow extra time for CONTINUED ON PAGE 136

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this class. It takes more time because we want it to be a good experience for the puppies and the new exhibitors. I think this is one of the best new ideas to come our way in a long time; this and the MY DOG CAN DO THAT. If we do not find ways to encourage new people into the sport, then we are going to be in big trouble in the future. If you are at a show where either of these two events are taking place and you see a new face, go over and talk to them, please make them feel welcome and say something to them to encourage them to want to continue. I should rephrase that sentence; if you see a new face at a dog show, go up and introduce yourself and make them feel welcome. Think back, if you can, to your first dog show and how bewildering it was. The Northeast Junior Handler of the year competition is one that we are very proud of. The winner of the competition receives a thousand dollar scholarship, the second place winner receives a five hundred dollar scholarship, the third place winner receives a three hundred dollar scholarship and the fourth place winner a two hundred dollar scholarship. Before I go forward, I want to elaborate on this. The scholarship money is paid directly to the school and we have been paying this scholarship money out for previous winners. We are proud because our juniors are going on to higher education and this makes the program very worthwhile, at least in our opinion. The juniors have to pre enter the Northeast Junior Handler of the Year competition on the official MB-F entry. Juniors must have won a first place in two or more Open Classes in Junior Showmanship classes at AKC licensed or member dog shows held between November 1, 2011 and November 1, 2012 and be at least 9 years of age and under 18 years of age at the time of each qualifying win. Also, they must be a resident of one of the Northeastern States, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, VT, or RI. Cliff Steele adjudicated over the preliminary competition of 15, narrowing it down to four. These four had to agonize over the next stage of the competition until the groups were finished. We delayed the Best in Show judging until after the final judging of the four finalists and the presentation of the Bill Trainor award. Gwen DeMilta judged the final stage of the competition. The thousand dollar scholarship was awarded to the 2012 Northeast Junior Handler of the year, Morgan Campbell showing her Australian Shepherd, second place and the five hundred dollar scholarship went to John Mark Woodworth handling his Great Dane, third place and a three hundred dollar scholarship went to Madeline McDougall showing her Siberian Husky, and fourth place went to Joshua Frenia showing a Smooth Coated Dachshund.

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he Bill Trainor Award is one of the highlights of our cluster. Each year the member clubs of the cluster recognize someone that we feel has made outstanding contributions to the sport of dogs for “Meritorious Service to the Dog World Signifying the Ideals Manifested by William J. Trainor” and we give them an award in Bill’s name. Past winners have been Grace Brewin, the first recipient, followed by Wendell Sammet, Fred Olsen, Robert Smith, Tom Davies, David and Peggy Wampold, Mari-Beth O’Neill, Virginia Perry Gardiner and Anna Goulet, Patty Proctor, Ed Lyons, Charlotte Clem McGowan, Penny Kretchmer and Ron Menaker. This year’s recipient was a young man who richly deserved the recognition. He is always helping people, such as bringing water to quite a few people who were without water for themselves and their dogs when we lost our power due to the hurricanes and tornados that have hit our area in the past two years; being the only one with the presence mind when a car was on fire at a dog show to go check to see if any dogs or people were inside the car then getting a fire extinguisher to try to put the fire out; stopping after long show weekends to help fellow exhibitors with car trouble; helping junior handlers; after the tornado clearing dog people’s driveways of fallen trees to name just a few of his good deeds. Bill Trainor and Wendell Sammet were good friends all their lives until Bill passed away. They started out together owning a pet store with a monkey that was a thief and would steal customer’s gold earrings (had to be real gold for the monkey to steal them), they handled together and traveled together in those early years. Wendell received the Bill Trainor Award in 2000. This year’s recipient apprenticed under Wendell and is still very close to both Wendell and Betty Trainor. He is currently handling an Irish Water Spaniel that is the progeny of Dugan, the great Irish Water Spaniel that Bill piloted to Best in Show at the Garden many years ago. I have had four phone calls today from people all over the country inquiring as to who won the award this year and they were very pleased when I told them the name of the recipient. The 2012 recipient of the Bill Trainor Award was Rick Krieger. Judging by the cheers from the crowd this was a very popular choice. Betty Trainor could not be at the show for the presentation; Tom Davies, Ed Lyons and Peggy Wampold made the presentation for her. Bill always told his clients and everybody else that you have to give back to the sport, you can’t just take from it and Rick certainly does gives back to the sport. It takes two days to set up for the cluster and when it is over, only a couple of hours to break down and everyone to be out and on their way home. But the planning for next year has already started. The 2013 MB-F contracts are signed and were given to Dorie as she left to catch her plane home. Next year is the calendar shift, so we won’t be on Thanksgiving again for several years. The cluster feels very strongly that we have to be innovative and try new things. We need to make dog shows fun and inviting and encourage new people to come into the sport. We need to do more public education to tell the public about our pure bred dogs and why they want to own one and all of the things that they can do with their dog in the AKC world. We need to encourage the young people to be active in the sport and we can do this by giving them opportunities to participate in our activities. I keep hearing people say “AKC should…” We are the AKC, we are the people out in the communities, and it is up to us and our clubs to do this. If your club does not have the membership, then ask the 4-H kids or the Scouts to come and help out at your shows and other events. They may never have come to a dog show before, they may have fun and next year they just may enter their dog. Enough editorializing, I hope to see you all in Florida.

Judge Mrs. Anne Katona

GREAT SIERRA VISTA

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names. The SCHMICKS breed and showed dogs for many years until BILL went to work for the American Kennel Club. BILL was quite the power at AKC. During their years of living in Manhattan , we were neighbors and enjoyed many happy times together. Hard to believe that BILL passed away in 1984. CYNTHIA became a sort after judge here and aboard. She spent the last decades of her life in Connecticut and Massachusetts to be near her children PAISLEY, PAMELA & CLAY and their spouses and children. All of us at DOG NEWS send the family our deepest sympathies. Celebrating Birthdays…GARY DOERGE, JUDY HARRINGTON, HARRIETTE BORSUCH, GARY STEELE, BETSY CONWAY, POLLY LAMARINE, DONNA JOHNSTON, PATTY PACE, on the same day as this writer BILL RECHLER and his mom EVELYN RECHLER, CLAIRE NEWCOMBE, CLINT LIVINGSTON, DESI MURPHY, BUD DIDONATO, that overworked blonde walking around the AKC dog show PAULA SPECTOR, CATHI DI-

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MANELOPOULOS, MARIPI WOOLDRIDGE & JENNIFER STEVENS are off to attend the dog shows in Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland. Three deaths were reported this week. WYNN GIBSON STRICKLAND, a breeder of German shepherd dogs and noted obedience teacher and author since the late 1940’s has passed away at the age of 96. Over the course of her career she earned 215 obedience titles. Our deepest sympathies to her children who have requested for those wishing to make a contribution to the Diamond State German Shepherd Dog Club (www. dsgsdc.org) which she founded in 1959. Former American Kennel Club employee and delegate JAMES CARROLL has passed away. Our deepest sympathies to his family. Our dear friend of many years, CYNTHIA SCHMICK passed away last week at the age of 86. The SCHMICKS were from an era in the Chicago area that included ED JENNER, RUTHIE COOPER, DICK COOPER, JACK FUNK and a host of other bold face

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Here we are readying for the 12th AKC/EUKANUBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP next weekend. Everything seems a little off, with the EASTERN DOG CLUB not holding a dog show this year (as they search for a new venue). The second show out of five to be held in Orlando, Florida. This years entry is up approximately 150 dogs, an increase for sure, but not as big when one factors in the addition of class dogs. I still wish the show would move to the Javits’ Center in Manhattan as a stand alone event, on dates that are not in conflict with any other show. I know another pipe dream….but one can wish. Keeping the Christmas tradition alive, since the passing of their dear friend HARRY SMITH, GARY & CAROLYN KOCH are hosting the annual party that HARRY held every year in Durham, North Carolina. With the help of DENNIS MCCOY, RANDY GARREN and HARRY’S constant companion JEAN FOURNIER the celebration of Life goes on. For those of you fortunate enough to know the KOCHS are not surprised by their caring and generosity. GARY & CAROLYN KOCH like the SAM & MARION LAWRENCE’S before them, support and underwrite many things without the benefit of a public thank you or recognition. Handlers TRACEY SZARAS & LUIZ ABREU have moved back to South Carolina, so that TRACEY can be closer to her family. Their new address is 900 Agnew Road, Starr, South Carolina 29684 telephone 864.356.3295. Norfolk terrier breeder and former handler FRITZ RUMPF has just completed running in his 8th marathon for the calendar year for a total of 15 races. Who knew “Precious” was such a jock. RACHEL CORBIN, CHRIS

GIACOMO, ERIC RINGLE, BOB FUTH, JANE DOTY, SHARON KROGH, DAVID KROGH, PATTI PROCTOR, EVAN THRELFALL, IAN PAWASARAT, SAM MCDONALD, GWEN MEYER, MAGGIE RENIHAN, ED THOMASSON, HEATHER REKOW, ASHLEY CUZZOLINO, REMY LEWIS-SMITH, ADRIAN GHIONE, JESSY SUTTON, MARCELO SANTIAGO, DAWNE DEELEY, KIMBERLIE STEELE, OSCAR QUIROS, JOHNNY SHOEMAKER and LORI LAWRENCE.

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day for companion event competitors, judges and member education and a truly independent National Specialty on Saturday provided opportunities for all owners and exhibitors to participate. “The National is not just about the dog that is awarded Best of Breed….. it’s about showcasing the versatility and athleticism of the breed. It’s about honoring and recognizing all exhibitors” L. Haynes. Event Coordinator, Janet Oatney, ensured that the committee’s vision was implemented on the ground. The committee’s organizational structure was such that everyone had a defined area of responsibility and a reporting line back to either the show chair or event coordinator. The Harvest Moon cluster provides small clubs a ready made multievent format; four agility, obedience, and rally trials, five conformation events, a fantastic Junior Handler Competition and all the support and guidance a rookie National committee needs. With 54 dogs & 101 entries – it’s apparent that owners took advantage of the multi event format. They created a show within a show for the GPCA, assigning us the same beautiful, shaded ring for four days, and then moving us inside when the rains arrived on the last day of the event. The ability to have setups and hospitality tents (including a RV spot) in place for all five days was much appreciated by the exhibitors. Saturday dawned with perfect weather and began with wonderful hospitality and puppy and veteran sweepstakes. Noted UK Doberman and German Pinscher Breeder – Jay Horgan of Aritaur Pinschers – determined best in sweeps and best veteran in sweeps. Grand Sweeps was awarded to the puppy winner (and eventual BOS) Ch Lilla Eneby’s Xip ‘Xperia, the first all natural German Pinscher to receive such honors in the US. Reigning’s Goin’ All In took the best opposite 140 Dog News

sex in sweepstakes award; Best Veteran was the lovely Am/UKC Int Ch Dabney’s Pink Gardenia RN CGC TT. Ms Horgan stated: “Movement was generally very good; some loose elbows which are the same the world over. Heads are top quality with lovely wedges, mostly parallel head planes with slight stops giving correct shaped eyes and strong underjaws. I felt the German Pinscher is as strong in the US as elsewhere in Europe and your best could give the rest a run for their money. I returned home with only glowing reports of the quantity and quality of the excellent dogs I saw and judged.” The GPCA Companion Event Nationals were held Friday in conjunction with Skyline and the Northern California Bearded Collie Fanciers. Supporting the obedience, rally, and agility German Pinscher entries at these events allowed us to have a specialty trial within the AB trials with class placements, high scoring awards, as well as a traditional High in Trial award. Providing ringside hospitality at all three venues were one of the ways the committee showed appreciation and respect for the versatility and athleticism of the working teams. It’s a credit to the breed that several dogs were entered in all four events. Prior to the Nationals Best of Breed judging, all qualifying teams from the designated Companion Event Nationals were recognized with great enthusiasm by the attendees. High in Trial was awarded to Regalane’s Elegant Lady BN (the previous days WB), HS GP in rally advanced to Dabney’s Believe it or Not RN OA AXJ NF; and HS GP in rally novice was Ch Dabney’s Rumor Has It (new RA & RN). Other qualifying teams emerged from Rally Advanced B—with a first place to GCh Spirit’s Ceriinan Enebys Chevelle BN CD RE NA AJ TT TDI, and the novice B class—GCh Dabney’s Something to Talk About RN CGC NW1, Ch Dabney’s Pink Gardenia RN CGC TT, and Legacy’s Heartbreaker (new RN), placing 1st—3rd respectively. The National Judge, Dr. Ronald Spritzer, evaluated the class dogs and bitches and selected Diamondmine’s Brave and Beautiful and Nevar’s Querida Mia Zu Den Wolken as winners dog / bitch. Angelsun Intense Attraction and Windamir’s Haute Couture V Carabella were awarded reserve winners dog / bitch respectively. Ch Dabney’s Pink Gardenia RN CGC TT was recognized as the Best Veteran in Show. CONTINUED ON PAGE 142

RUEBEN GCH. OSAGE’S U R NOT GONNA B THE BOSS OF ME

Rueben continues his march by winning Best of Breed at these shows, under Judges: 10/13 Mrs. Gloria Geringer Palisades Kennel Club 10/19 Mrs. Barbara Keenen Gloucester Kennel Club 11/3 Mrs. Dennis (Mary Lou) Kniola Back Mountain Kennel Club 11/4 Ms. Beth Sweigert Back Mountain Kennel Club 11/11 Ms. Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine Mispillion Kennel Club

Sire: CH. Osage’s U R Gonna C More Of Me • Dam: CH. Osage’s Zoom Zoom)

Owned By: Mr. Frankie Blasko

Handled and Conditioned By: Brian Meindl, M.Ed. Roxbri209@aol.com

11/15 Mr. Robert Black (pictured) Penn Treaty Kennel Club 11/16 Ms. Mary Jane Carberry Greater Philadelphia Kennel Club Dog News 141

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Best of Breed judging resumed after recognition of the performance teams and parade of titleholders. Dr. Spritzer had the tough choice of choosing between 28 specials, the WD, WB, & BV in the picturesque ring. After several cuts and much showmanship, Best of Breed was awarded to Silver GCh Oakwood V Kaitlers Revival, Best of Winners to winners bitch and Best Opposite Sex to the Grand Sweepstakes winner Ch Lilla Eneby’s Xip ‘Xperia. Select Dog / Bitch were GCh Clefell’s Romeo and Ch Diamondmine’s One Class Act. AOM GCh Dabney’s Snapdragon RE, GCh Midernoch’s a Phortune of Phranklins, and the aptly named Ch Daveren’s Party Girl rounded out the judge’s regular awards. Multi tasking Ch Dabney’s Pink Gardenia RN CGC TT was also awarded Best Brood Bitch; Best Brace in Show went to the perfectly matched pair of Gch Clefell’s Romeo & GCh Legacy’s Oh Happy Day. The lighter side of National specialties is the social events; the committee ensured that entertainment and education went hand in hand. A Canine anatomy and movement seminar was well attended, the annual awards banquet and auction at a local restaurant was a rousing success – raising needed funds to continue our efforts in health research, rescue support, and ways and means. Buckets of cake pops in the California Dreamin’ theme which included edible GP heads were the hot sellers for the evening. The GPCA demonstrated that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts—under the leadership of Lesa Haynes and Janet Oatney, many innovative concepts were implemented. By utilizing small west coast vendors for trophies, rosettes, and secretary services we were able to control cost and ensure quality while supporting local businesses. Generous product donations were solicited for

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hospitality bags and auctions. A successful fundraiser was the online ads, available only to hard copy advertisers. Having early bird, regular, and last minute pricing on all national activities and products provided cost savings to the exhibitors and initial capital for the committee. Grand Sweepstakes juxtaposed the future and the past by allowing the best puppy and best veteran to exhibit together. A free Best Bred by Exhibitor in Show special attraction paid homage to all the breeder/ owner/handlers, it is a testament to their dedication and pride in their kennels that ten dogs were eligible for this award. The special Best Bred by Exhibitor in Show honor was awarded to GCh Dabney’s Snapdragon RE and John Krukar. A successful event has many components, vision, volunteers, good judges, enthusiastic exhibitors and that undefined “something” that takes you from ordinary to extraordinary. The German Pinscher Club of America was fortunate to be welcomed into the dog fancier’s community of Del Valle & Skyline. By accessing the “plug and play” specialty show features and expertise provided by the Harvest Moon, low number breeds can have a event with all the bells and whistles. It truly was a celebration of the German Pinscher. About the Author: Janet Oatney lives in St. Helens Oregon with her husband, Ron Dunn, and three German Pinschers. Besides chasing varmints and hiking in the Oregon countryside with their dogs, they are active in conformation, obedience, rally, tracking, nose work, and barnhunting. All win pictures courtesy of Randy Roberts Photography. Except as noted, all candid pictures are courtesy of Ron Dunn and the author.

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GCh. Challenger’s Honky Tonk Man AKA

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Thank you Judges Mr. Norman Kenney and Ms. Denny Mounce for these prestigious Group Firsts and to all other wonderful Judges who have recognized this young dog.

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GROUP FOURTH Judge Mrs. Nancy Smith Hafner Fayetteville Kennel Club Nov. 11, 2012

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HOT TIME AT THE DESERT CLUSTER he place to be to see some of the top dog flesh in person at the end of November is rapidly becoming the Desert Cluster held in the sleepy little town of Yuma, Arizona. Each year the two clubs making up this cluster, Yuma Kennel Club and Imperial Valley Kennel Club are increasing the prestige with both their judge line up and the depth of quality animals each day in the breed, group and Best line ups. Dog News and Purine Pro Plan Top 100 Champion rankings were well represented the whole four days. Day one saw the currently ranked #1(GWP) and #2 dog (Springer), along with the outstanding # 21 Weimie competing in the sporting group ring. The #4 Wire Fox with strong competition in the terrier group. The #6 Kuvasz in the working, the #14 Harrier in the hound, the #7 Min Pin in the toy along with #19 Peke, #14 Std. Poodle in Non-Sporting and so on and so on. So many great representatives in each breed were present that I apologize if any are missed. Also present was outstanding representation of dogs from both China (in particular an outstanding Chow) and Japan as well as many of the top ranked #1 in many of the breeds. This year the weather gods smiled favorably on this four day event with temperatures similar to summer most places as opposed to last year’s cold. Sunny weather, great judges, great hospitality and great dogs, what makes for a better dog show? As with all events there is always the show within the show. The judges were delighted with the extreme depth of stunning quality represented in all breeds, groups and each night’s line up for Best. There are only a handful of events in the USA or elsewhere where they have the opportunity to put hands on and making judging choices on the day of the overall quality making both the group and Best an ever changing landscape due to the depth of both known and newer comers to be reckoned with in 2013 competition. Carolyn Hensley Tucson, AZ

Letters ToThe Editor GOOD DEED FOR THE DAY! I’m an airline pilot and would like to share a photo with you that one of my customers took during a mechanical delay. Pet owners who carry their pets on board have to plan for the physiological needs of their dog. Unfortunately during delays this causes a problem. Simbah’s owner, Susan, asked if she had time to walk back through security and take Simbah outside. There wasn’t time so I asked Susan to put a leash on Simbah and if she didn’t mind I would take him for a walk beneath the airplane. When I turned to walk back up the jetway steps many of the customers were up against the window watching this fun event. I have done this numerous times but having a photo taken is a first. We all know traveling can be hectic at times and when there are delays it is the time to increase the level we care for our customers. No matter which airline you fly you deserve a good travel experience. My goal in sending this photo is maybe more pilots will become aware on the needs of pet owners. May I suggest the caption; “Is This Your Captain”. This may give pet owners the idea to approach a pilot for help or pilot subscribers to your magazine will see another way they can improve the travel experience of their customers. You could also use it as a raffle and generate a buzz to identify the pilot. Capt. Denny Flanagan Richfield, Ohio

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Celebrating Grassroots Efforts by AKC Clubs ew York, NY – Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland made four very successful movies together from 1939 to 1942. Interestingly, each movie – starting with Babes in Arms – followed pretty much the same overarching storyline. In order to put a spotlight on some worthy cause, the young stars and their friends would follow Mickey’s rousing and motivating call to action: “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” Last month, the AKC put on a show with the spotlight on purebred dogs – AKC Meet the Breeds®. The “Broadway” version of the show took place in New York and was an enormous success, thanks especially to Gina DiNardo, Michael Canalizo, and the dedicated AKC Staff, and the dogs and their people who were the show itself. That very same weekend a little more than 100 miles away in Hartford, CT, another meet the breeds type-event took place (in this instance, it was acceptable to have two “shows” less than 200 miles from each other). Like the AKC Meet the Breeds New York, this “Showcase of AKC Breeds” was a rousing success in educating the public about purebred dogs. The genesis of this event was 20 years ago when the South Windsor Kennel Club and its president, Peggy Wampold, probably had the same epiphany as Mickey Rooney. This year, 14 AKC clubs, the Connecticut Dog Federation, and the Massachusetts Federation of Dog Clubs joined the chorus of “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” and delivered almost every recognized breed plus a few in FSS, hundreds of knowledgeable dog people, and some 30,000 spectators who learned about purebred dogs. This initiative is a perfect example of an important differentiator for the AKC. Unlike almost all other organizations, we have more than 5,000 clubs capable of some very effective grassroots efforts. In our mission to educate the public about purebred dogs and responsible

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dog ownership - and the necessity to educate and build relationships with legislators - the passionate, knowledgeable and dedicated fancy is the ultimate persuasion force. It is through informed interaction and positive experiences like this that the public will fully understand the important role purebred dogs play in our lives – and why having one in their lives is so desirable, also. These critical grassroots efforts are recognized by the American Kennel Club as extraordinary contributions to purebred dogs. We established the American Kennel Club Community Achievement Awards in support and appreciation of the outstanding public education and legislative efforts of AKC-affiliated clubs, AKC-recognized federations and their members. Recipients of the award are selected for successfully promoting responsible dog ownership within their communities or for effectively introducing, monitoring or responding to legislative issues affecting dog ownership. Honorees receive a certificate of recognition, and their club or federation receives $1,000 to further public education and strengthen government relations efforts within their community. Nominations are accepted throughout the entire year and awards are granted once every quarter. One year’s honorees included a federation that launched a grassroots effort to halt a piece of potentially harmful legislation to purebred dog owners, an individual club member who made presentations about responsible dog ownership to more than 1,000 school children; and a club that has consistently been an integral part of its community by donating resources to schools and libraries and participating in area events to promote the sport and welfare of purebred dogs. The third quarter 2012 winners are the Lehigh Valley Kennel Club for their two-day AKC Canine Learning Experience and the Obedience Training Club of Wichita Falls for their numerous educational events throughout the year. Complete information on the extraordinary efforts of these clubs is available here. What does it take to accomplish success like that? Eddie Rickenbacker, a World War I air ace and Medal of Honor recipient, race car driver, automotive designer, military consultant, and creator and long-time leader of Eastern Airlines gave probably the best insight into that question. His thoughts on character serve as an excellent description of the people behind the work that goes into the AKC Community Achievement Awards: “The four cornerstones of character,” he said, “are initiative, imagination, individuality and independence.” Interestingly, those appear to be four words that aptly describe the fancy. As we each consider the challenges we face from those who do not share our passion for purebred dogs, who would eliminate our right to breed, and even our right to own our dogs, it is important to remember that the will of an educated public is our path to winning. Bringing our knowledge and passion to them starts with each of us at the grassroots level possessing the indomitable spirit portrayed in the movies by Mickey Rooney. And in life by Peggy Wampold and her hardworking associates. As always, your comments are welcome atk@akc.org. Sincerely, Alan Kalter SECRETARY’S PAGE ust as a reminder that I had suggested a while ago that DN pick up copying the Secretary’s page from the AKC Minutes. There are still people lamenting about the absence of it in a print version on various email groups. You might sound people out on the reception of doing this-if it can be permitted by AKC at these last shows of the year. At one

point I had suggested to Denis that the AKC send out an email when the Minutes were up on their website. That went on deaf ears somewhere along their chain of command. Joy Brewster Newtown, CT Ed. Reply: Okay will look into it KENNEL CLUB ART GALLERY CHRISTMAS ART FAIR his Monday (3rd December), the Kennel Club Art Gallery will once again be opening its doors to the cream of the UK’s artists specialising in dogs as their subject. The art gallery, based in the Kennel Club’s Clarges Street building, hosts the festive sale every two years and this year’s will see a beautiful range of items on sale, including paintings, pastels, drawings, limited edition prints and bronze sculptures. The exhibition will include an impressive collection of works from artists represented by the Stockbridge Gallery, which specialises in dogs in art. Full details of every artist exhibiting at the Art Fair can be found at www.thekennelclub. org.uk/artgallery Luisa Pontello, the Kennel Club Art Gallery’s Collection Manager said: “The Christmas Sale is a fantastic opportunity for dog lovers. With the beautiful items we have, it is the perfect place to find a unique Christmas gift at a reasonable price. Visitors are very welcome to visit, browse and buy a perfect present for a dog lover or for their own home.” The Kennel Club Christmas Art Fair runs from Monday 3rd December 2012 until 11th January 2013. The Gallery is open Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm. (except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, News Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day). Located in central London, the nearest tube station is Green Park, which is a short walk away. For more information, please contact email artgallery@thekennelclub.org.uk or call 020 7518 1064. Laura Quickfall London, England

CANINE ART COMPETITION RETURNS IN TIME FOR CRUFTS alented Young Kennel Club members can fuse their love of dogs with their passion for art as the annual Young Kennel Club Canine Art Competition returns for the fifth year. The Young Kennel Club is calling for the finest pieces of canine art for the annual competition that will see the winning images on display at Crufts 2013. Judges are seeking artwork that reflects the meaning of true friendship as the theme for this year is ‘My Best Friend’. Vanessa McAlpine, Events & Education Executive, who is on the judging panel, said: “I’ve judged the competition for a few years now, and I am always amazed by the imagination and creativity of the aspiring artists that enter. I can’t wait to see what inspires them for 2013”. As well as having their artwork on display at the biggest dog show in the world, Crufts, winners will also receive a bumper art set to help them develop their passion, YKC goodies, and one overall winner will receive a year’s free membership of the Young Kennel Club. The competition will consist of four age categories: under 6 years, 6-11 years, 12-16 years and 17-24 years, and is open to all YKC members. The deadline for entering the competition is Friday 8th February. Entrants should send their artwork to Young Kennel Club, 1-5 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, London, W1J 8AB. Entries should include, on the back of the artwork, a full name, address and age, telephone number and email address if applicable. Laura Quickfall London, England

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