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A Bi Monthly Internet Publication
Aug/Sep 2011
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“While Kent was away, the Junior did Play!!” “Mojo” GCH CH Kennedy’s Wild Traveling Man
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2 Brothers
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Twice the FUN!
Thank you Judge Ms. Sharon Lyons for this BOB win from a very competitive lineup!
Thank you Judge Mr. Geoffrey Kill for the thrill of this Group 2 placement!
CH Kennedy’s Poetic Justice For Brickhouse
GCH Ch Kennedy’s Noble Reign Of Good Will
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Owned and Loved by Kelly Feickert, Sarah Kennedy and Margaret Noble Presented by Pamela Freeman & Margaret Noble
Owned and Loved By Thomas & Margaret Noble and Sarah Kennedy Presented by Margaret Noble
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Ch. Margrave Theodore of Grandview BISS GCH Margrave Courvoisier VSOP Exclusif x Chickadee Chamomile V Margrave
Grandview Farm Boston Terriers Angie & Cliff McFarland grandview-creations.com info@grandview-creations.com 603-724-5758
Date of Birth: March 2, 2010 AKC Reg. #: NP25871301 OFA Cardiac # BTR-CA214/15M/C-VPI OFA Patella #: BTR-PA1253/14M/P-VPI CERF #: BTR-2719/2010-8 BAER #: BTR-BR1134/8M-VPI CHIC # 73692 AKC DNA Profile # V626157
Breeder: Mary MacCollum Owners: Angelique McFarland and Mary MacCollum
Theo finished his AKC Championship at 14 1/2 months of age with owner/handler Angie McFarland and the pair are currently just 1 point away from his Grand Championship. Theo is available to approved bitches with appropriate health clearances.
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GCH Back Nine’s Ace of Happy Tails New Grand Champion!
“Dooley” Dooley earned his Championship at 14 months of age & recently completed his Grand Championship at age 3.
We are so proud of you Dooley! Owned by Pat & Loretta Phillips
Back Nine Show Dogs
Plattsmouth, Nebraska www.backnineshowdogs.com
Bred by Amy Bieri (Happy Tails Kennel) & Diane Peluso
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New Champion....
Ch. Martini’s Hey Sugah! (Ch. Martini’s Designated Driver X Ch. Martini’s Slightly Dirty)
“Sugah”
finished her championship at the Maryland Crab Cluster in Bel Alton, MD winning Best of Winners and Best of Opposite under Judge Mrs. Robert Forsyth. What an exciting ride with this special girl! Thanks to all her fans for your support and interest!
Movement - Expression- Temperment - Type
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Martini BostonsBorn June 2, 2010 Linda Martin www.martinibostons.com lgmartin@triad.rr.com
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Sooooo Proud of Richey!
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In limited showing at 5 shows he won 4 MAJORS & BOW & Best Bred By (3 at Specialties) and a BEST IN SWEEPS. Defeated only at the BTCA show & all before 11 months of age! Thank you to Dane Lajoy for this Best in Sweeps, Mr. Michael Dachel for his nice finish & Mr. Bradford Dunn for BOB over 9 specials as a move up.
All Oui Bostons are verified health tested.
Oui feed a natural RAW diet
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Judging the Boston Terrier Of the Year Is Easy... or is it?
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t is a fairly new and very special event in which the top ranked Boston Terriers are invited to participate. Only those invited may enter the competition and only those meeting specific criteria are invited. In order to be invited to this semi-formal, exclusive event, the dog/bitch must be recognized as one of the top twenty recipients of breed points in the previous calendar year, have won a breed specialty within the previous calendar year, or have won breed at the Westminster Kennel Club or the Eukanuba Invitational shows in the previous calendar year. In addition, the owner and breeder must be a member in good standing with the BTCA. Judging of this event also has specific guidelines. One judge from each of four categories is selected to judge the event. Names of potential are collected on the dates of the host club shows and put into container to be selected just minutes prior to the start of the competition. This guarantees anonymity, helps ensure impartial judging, and promotes impartiality as no one knows who will be judging until literally right before the event when one name from each category is pulled
A couple years ago, I wrote an article for The Boston Quarterly about the very first Boston Terrier of the Year event based upon my experience as an invitee and participant in the event. This year I was honored to be selected as one of the judges for the competition and wanted to share that with you as well.
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as the participants stand by, ready to present their top ranking Bostons. The four judges are comprised of a multi-breed judge, breed judge, breeder, and professional handler. To qualify as a multi-breed judge, you must be licensed to judge at least one other breed in addition to Boston Terriers. In the event there is no Multi-Breed judge present, a breeder may be selected. Obviously, the breed judge must be AKC licensed to judge Boston Terriers. To participate as a breeder, you must be a breeder of Boston Terriers for a minimum of 10 years, and the professional handler must be a handler that charges a fee for services and handles multiple breeds including Boston Terriers. In the event no professional handlers are present, a breeder may substitute for this category. And of course, dogs owned by any of the selected judges cannot participate in this event. I was selected as the judge from the breeder category and was joined by Donna Cole as the multi-breed judge, Beverly Staley as the breed judge, and Judy Pasbrig as the professional handler judge.
So, now that you have the background on the event and how it is judged, you would think the judging part would be easy, right? After all, we all know what a nice Boston looks like, right? Well, at least we have an idea in our mind’s eye... but how does that truly align with the standard? My vision of what a truly correct Boston should look like was surprisingly challenged when I was selected as one of the judges for this year’s Boston Terrier of The Year competition at the National Specialty. Keep in mind that the judges must judge according to the STANDARD, not according to their “vision” of a correct Boston. During the event, judges are given sheets for each dog presented with the list of points for each scorable attribute. All dogs are evaluated by each of the four judges. Judges have five minutes to examine each dog during which time the dog is gaited completely around the ring, is presented on the table, and then performs two “down and back” gaits and free stacks to the judges (two judges are sta-
tioned one corner of the ring and the other two judges are stationed in the opposing corner) so movement, expression, and overall structure can be observed. This is all done to music (selected specifically for each dog by the owner) and IN the spotlight...literally.
the competition wore on. The goal was for each judge to be consistent and fair and judge each dog just as you did the one before it.
In addition to the four judges, two committee members not participating in the event are delegated as score keepers. Judges were also instructed to All score cards are collected be consistent with their judging immediately after each dog throughout the competition. is judged and the scores are In other words, if you were tabulated separately by each highly critical and deducted of the two scorekeepers. The dog/ bitch with the highest points close to 400 (100 possible points x 10 - General Appearance 4 judges’ scores) 10 - Expression will be the “Bos15 - Head (Muzzle, Jaw, Bite, Skull & Stop) ton Terrier of the 5 - Eyes Year”. In the 5 - Ears event of a tie, 15 - Neck, Topline, Body & Tail the dogs/bitches 10 - Forequarters would be asked to 10 - Hindquarters return to the cen5 - Feet ter of the ring for a tie breaker. At 5 - Color, Coat & Markings that time, all four 10 - Gait judges would se100 - Total lect the winner by unanimous agreeTo date, ment. points for every, tiny imperfec- this procedure has not been tion, you should do that for all necessary; however, it could dogs from the beginning to very easily be called into play the end and refrain from start- at one day. A little known, yet ing off very critical and then very interesting, fact is that the becoming more forgiving as top three scores this year were
Scale of Points:
within one point of each other, so as you can see, it was a VERY close race! But even with specific guidelines and well orchestrated procedures as each judge is still required to individually “score” each dog. And, therein lies the challenge, because how does one breakdown or separate the points for each characteristic? Let me give you an example. The total number of points allocated to hindquarters is 10. The Standard provides the following information about hindquarters: “The thighs are strong and well muscled, bent at the stifles and set true. The hocks are short to the feet, turning neither in nor out, with a well defined hock joint. The feet are small and compact with short nails. Fault: Straight in stifle.”
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Sounds like it should be easy, doesn’t it? But, is it? Think about it... if hindquarters is equal to 10 points (10% of the entire score), how many points should be associated with each of the individually described characteristics? Perhaps 2 pt for strong & well muscled thighs? 2 points for stifles that bend? 1 pt for stifles that are set true? Short hocks - 1 point? Correctly set hocks (“turning neither in nor out”) - 1 pt? Strong hocks - 1 pt? Small, compact feet - 1 pt? Short nails - 1 pt? Even if the points were broken down to that level of detail, is my opinion of strong and well-muscled the same as the other judges’? Or what is “too short” or “too long” for the hocks and nails? And further what does “bent at the stifles” really mean? We know it is meant to describe correct rear angulation. As
breeders, when we discuss angulation in the breed, we can generally agree that Bostons should be “moderately angled dogs” and should not be over or under angulated. None of us want to see a Boston that is straight in stifle nor do we want to see the exaggerated angulation we see in a German Shepherd Dog. I think we can all agree on those extremes, but opinions on angulation vary greatly. Many exhibitors like to see LOTS of rear angulation, but is that really correct? I think it goes beyond simply interpretation of the Standard, but also our own impressions, opinions, and definitions of the various adjectives and adverbs used within the Standard. “Small”, “compact”, “well-muscled”, “strong”, and “bent” are all words used to describe the hindquarters, but the specific meanings to each
large before it becomes too large? Should the points be allocated such that wide apart = 1, large = 1, round = 1, dark = 1, set square in the skull = 1, or should they be grouped somehow or perhaps weighted based upon importance. For example, is a large, round eye more or less important than a dark eye, or is it of equal importance and therefore should carry the same point allocation?
of those words likely vary by each judge. While we know how many points are allocated to the high level trait such as “General Appearance”, “Head”, or “Feet”, how are the points allocated for the detailed characteristics within each high level trait? Even for the traits with fewer points such as “Eyes”, which is allocated five points, applying a set number of points is difficult. The Standard describes the eyes in this way: “The eyes are wide apart, large and round and dark in color. The eyes are set square in the skull and the outside corners are on a line with the cheeks as viewed from the front. Disqualify: Eyes blue in color or any trace of blue.” How far is “wide apart”? How big is
We all know what we “like”, but how correct is that personal perception when compared to the Standard? Not to mention that breeders often have their own pet peeves that they cannot get past, even if it is not specifically called out in the Standard. I know breeders who don’t care how nice a Boston is otherwise, but if it has even the slighted roachy topline, high toes, soft ears, light eyes, or any number of other single characteristics, the Boston should not be shown. And quite frankly, if that were true, we would have no show dogs as there is no perfect Boston, right? This was a wonderful and eyeopening experience for me. It taught me to be a little less critical of dogs when the criticism is based upon my own interpretations, likes, dislikes, or “weighted” scoring of specific
traits rather than characteristics as a whole as described within the Standard itself. It also showed me that as breeders (and hopefully as future judges), we continue to study the Standard, attend seminars on structure and movement, and learn all we can about Boston through independent study, as well as through breed-specific courses. We will never be able to improve the breed itself or even the dogs in our own lines, if we don’t understand the Standard, have knowledgeable mentors, or can’t evaluate a dog on its own merits according to the Standard and not our own preconceived ideologies. This year the lineup was just as spectacular as prior years. While not all the invitees participate, the entrants this year came from all over the country and even included a very lovely, veteran bitch (#17). 1. GCH Lick-Ya Weywood Rockin Kid a Cruisin 2. CH Merrygold’s Charrming Chelbe of C and C 3. CH Alexander’s What Did Dela Wear 4. GCH Oui’s Midnight Maverick 5. CH Bramley PNW Family Tradition 6. CH Kennedy’s Wild Fairy Tale at MtnView
7. C H WyNot Squeeze the Charmin 8. G CH Sunwood Cosmic Wind to Victory 9. G CH Raising the Bar at Dabs 10. CH Flying Ford N Sunglo Dragon’s Bordeaux 11. GCH Sharon Valley Stryk’N’It Rich 12. CH Kissme Candar’s Classic Rebel 13. GCH Mejo’s Swimmin In Debt 14. GCH Hanson’s Zack Daniels 15. GCH Fivefork’s Baubles and Bangles 16. CH Hobet’s BosArt Jitterbug 17. CGH Ken’s Loos Lips Sink Ships 18. GCH SK Danson’s With The Stars 19. GCH Ken’s N’Roobarb N’the Horse Ya Rode In On As everyone was anxiously waiting to hear who the winner was, while the committee was calculating the scoring of the judges’ sheets, Ola Jeane McCullough and Sharon Stoll performed a beautiful duet. What a lovely surprise and wonderful entertainment for all! Congratulations to all the invitees and participants, with special congratulations to Helen Brunning, owner and
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handler of Breezie, GCH Sunwood Cosmic Wind to Victory, this year’s Boston Terrier of the Year winner - she was simply stunning!!!
the greatest contribution to breed recognition in the previous calendar year as well as to recognize their breeders, owners, and handlers. Well done BTCA, well done!
The event itself is not an easy affair to put on as it requires Although definitely more a monumental amount of work thought-provoking and chalto validate wins and rankings, lenging that I had anticipated, organize the staging, prepare it was much more enjoyable the music and overall coordi- than I expected as well. It was nation, and recruit qualified, truly an honor and privilege possible to judge judges. the crème GCH Sunwood Cosmic H u g e de la kudos crème of Wind to Victory, go to the Bosthis year’s Boston Terrier K e n ton TerR o u x rier show of the Year winner (Futurity w o r l d she was simply stunning!!! Direcand is a t o r ) , memory Jason that I Shuckhart (Music Coordina- will cherish for many years. I tion and Spotlight Production), look forward to watching, and and Dane LaJoye (Master of hopefully participating, in fuCeremonies), as well as to the ture years. entire committee for doing an outstanding job and continu- P.S. I would like to give a “special ing to make improvements to thank you” to Margaret Noble the event each year. And of and Charlie Gerson for allowing course, to the many breeders me to use their candid photos of and exhibitors as well who the event - thank you Margaret & make this such a special event. Charlie - great job! -- Pamela Preston The Boston Terrier of the Year competition continues to get better and better every year. It is a wonderful opportunity for the Boston Terrier Club of America to acknowledge the Boston Terriers that have made
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How Does Your National Rank?
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ttending the national is an exciting event that not everyone is
So when the opportunity affords us we burn up our phone minutes, whip off emails and start the many lists of what we will need for a trip to the national. Where else can we have the opportunity to make new friends and visit with old friends from all around the world wrapped around a dog venue?
watching the conformation dogs gobble up the hot dog while their owners are begging them to come in the hopes of rescuing some piece of hot dog to place in the class.
By Karen McNamara
able to enjoy every year.
but the side splitting laughter
Over the past year I have had the opportunity to attend over a dozen nationals as the official videographer of their national events. Some on the west coast, some on the east coast, some in the north, some in the south and even a few in the middle. So with all the recent discussion about where the National should be held I thought it might be a good time to talk about some of the other events that other National clubs have hosted. While we might not admit it, deep down we all attend the National with the hopes and dreams of bringing home a ribbon. Some people might say well it’s an honor just to make the cut, or place in the class but who’s kidding who,
we all want that piece of the pie, that class win or dare I say it, even winners or breed and yet these people are a very small percentage of the population who attend a National. Some clubs have made it about so much more than winning, its about having fun with your friends and your dog, even if you aren’t winning in the breed classes. The English Springer Spaniel Club offers a relay race competition. Imagine dressing your dog in boxers, a T-shirt and socks on their 2 back legs and running across the ring? Or what about the Hot Dog Toss… granted the obedience dogs win
Costume team obedience where the handlers and the dogs were dressed in assorted costumes and asked to perform assorted obedience commands including dropping to the floor with a huge whale tail dragging behind them. Then there was the club that offered the rubber ducky toss. A toy dog size blue dog bed was placed in the middle of the ring and people who purchased tiny rubber ducks tried to toss them into the “dog bed aka pond” to win a prize. The Bulldogs have a costume party and there was nothing funnier than seeing a male bulldog dressed in fish net panty hose especially when he was going away from you. They also had a different regional club put on a free theme dinner every night as part of hospitality. The Chinese Crested people
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had a fun match where everyone including the dogs was dressed in the Mardi Gras theme. The Papillion Club of America had an over 60 handling class. All of the exhibitors had some form of butterfly costume on and even the AKC judge was dressed for the occasion. At the Portuguese Water National 2 of the get in the stud dog class were longhaired Chihuahuas. At the Mastiff National exhibitors were supplied with a small lanyard that listed their name and Kennel affiliation. It also held a bit of cash and their room key! In this day and age with face book and twitter the lanyard was a great way to find that face book friend that you hadn’t actually met. Most of the clubs have a rescue parade with not a dry eye in the house by the time the last dog enters the ring. There are the Parade of Champions and or Titleholders, which are another way for people to show off their dogs.
The Poodle Club of America probably has the best venue, with indoor sod, topiaries of giant white Poodles, giant screen TV’s with live video seen anywhere in the arena and held at the same location for the past 8 years. An old favorite at the DCA is the Wine Party. A new feature at DCA this year was the Decorated Dals. They raised a lot of money and generated a lot of excitement but neither one of these events included the dogs. I believe once upon a time Dalmatians were considered circus dogs and as we all know they are performing some ridiculous feat every day so imagine a ring full of these spotted wonders acting like clowns and having fun. To add some fun entertainment to a National doesn’t need to cost a lot of money it just requires some volunteers and an ability to think outside the box.
Late Summer Majors anyone ?? Join us at the
37th & 38th Annual St. Clairsville, Ohio Kennel Club , Inc. shows Saturday, August 20, 2011 & Sunday, August 21, 2011 James E. Carnes Center Belmont County Park 45300 Roscoe Road St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950 http://www.jamescarnescenter.com
Judges for Boston Terriers Saturday-Mr. Luc Boileau Sunday-Mr. David R. Miller
Our wonderful features
- Non sporting breeds judged indoors in our air conditioned building. - Cheese and cracker table for Groups and Best in Show each afternoon. - Complimentary gift for exhibitors who participate in our “Meet & Greet The Dogs� media event Saturday - Free gift for each junior handler entrant courtesy of Diamond T Siberian Huskies - Discounts from area restaurants. Entries close at NOON Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Superintendent: MB F http://www.infodog.com/clubs/2011258301.HTM Sponsored by Annamaet Pet Foods http://annamaet.com (215) 453-0381 and JST Pet Supplies (740) 733-7585 Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/stcohiokennelclub
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Belmont County Ohio wants you to,
Discover the Possibilities! We are located in Southeastern Ohio nestled in between rolling hills, along the Ohio River. We are just 8 minutes from Wheeling, West Virginia, 70 minutes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 120 minutes from Columbus, Ohio and 190 minutes from Cleveland , Ohio. Located off I-70 exit 213 Enjoy shopping, dining, golf and historical attractions.
Affordable, enjoyable, friendly, Belmont County. http://www.belmontcountytourism.org/
Boston Terrier Club of Western Washington
Nestled between the clear waters of Puget Sound and the majestic Olympic Mountains. BTCWW holds several fun and exciting events. If you are planning a trip in our area, we hope you will consider joining us!
Back to Back Specialties Aug 26-27 2011, Redmond WA Friday:
Conformation: Warren Hudson Sweepstakes: Dana Plonkey
Saturday:
Conformation: Teril Udenberg Sweepstakes: Maxine Uzoff
Dedicated to Ann Sunday and Harriet Kolias
Show Chair: Diana Terry dterry5858@aol.com
And also.... MACH Mtn. View on the Half Shell, “Pearl” & MACH Maier’s Tuck Everlasting (Kelly Maier)
oud r p e r ’ e W st e t a l r u o of MACHs!
All-Breed Agility Trials Have a Happy New Year Earning Qs! Dec. 31 2011-Jan 2 2012 Judges: Ann McQuillan & Paula Ratoza Enjoy a beautiful Spring weekend March 23-25 2012 Judges: Jack Cadalso & Dan Butcher Trial Chair: Helen Johnson claypup@comcast.net
MACH2 JeanE’s Mr. Donovan (Donna McKay-Randozzi)
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Make Plans To Attend Friday, September 30, 2011
THE BOSTON TERRIER CLUB OF DETROIT SPECIALTY SHOW Monroe County Fairgrounds 3775 S. Custer Rd Monroe, MI 48161
Breed and Junior Showmanship Judge: Marcie Dobkin Sweepstakes Judge: Cindi Pagurski All Breed Shows same location October 1 and 2, 2011
Veterans classes Brace class
Junior Showmanship classes
BAER clinic
If planning to attend BAER clinic please e-mail shell3366@yahoo.com subject BAER testing Closing Date: September 14th
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PLEASE JOIN US!! FOR OUR OWN BACK-TO-BACK SPECIALTY SHOWS!
OCTOBER 8 & 9, 2011 AT THE CHICOPEE DAYS INN 450 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, Massachusetts Saturdays Judges: K aren Billings (conformation) Ann Celiba (Sweeps) Sunday Judges: L ois Sanford (conformation) Marlene Dunbury (Sweeps)
We look forward to seeing everyone at our shows.
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BOB – Vintage walnut trophy, Boston Terrier Club of America Plaque and $100.00 BOW – Vintage walnut trophy and $50.00 BOS – Vintage walnut trophy and $100.00 WD – Vintage walnut trophy RWD – Vintage walnut trophy WB – Vintage walnut trophy RWB – Vintage walnut trophy Best Bred By Exhibitor – Vintage walnut trophy and crate Best Puppy in puppy class – Vintage walnut trophy Best Veteran – Vintage walnut trophy Best in Junior Showmanship – Vintage walnut trophy, groom bag & grooming supplies Best Puppy in Sweeps – Vintage walnut trophy Best Junior in Sweeps – Vintage walnut trophy Best in Sweepstakes – Vintage walnut trophy Toy for first in each class
Come and join us for lunch, breed auction and Boston Social Club after the show. We will have a special item in our auction, an early 1900’s cast iron, Boston Terrier doorstop by Hubley
Conformation: Mary Miller Sweeps: Paul Catterson Entries close: September 28, 2011 Superintendent: Jack Onofrio www.onofrio.com Show Secretary: Jane Blackerby email: dynastypugs@earthlink.net
donated to the club by member Avis Odenbaugh. There will be possibility of 3 majors. Lawrence Jayhawk Kennel Club will be hosting the all-breed shows on October 15 & 16, 2011.
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FLORIDA SUNCOAST BOSTON TERRIER CLUB In conjunction with Florida Combined Specialties Group
Visit our website @ www.flsuncoastbostons.org
Invites you to its
Fall Specialty Show & Sweepstakes Friday, November 11th, 2011 Florida Classic Park, Brooksville, FL www.floridaclassicpark.com
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Conformation: Mrs. Sandra Goose Allen, St. Petersburg, FL Sweeps: Mrs. Linda Stevens, Louisville, KY
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WRESTLING ALLIGATORS BY MICHELE
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he Conformation Ring. It can be the most wonderful or awful place in the sport of dogs. Exhibiting in conformation is the opportunity for you to showcase the best of your breeding program. How many times have you sat ringside and watched a dog and its handler gait effortlessly around the ring, the dog moving in perfect cadence as it glides into a perfect stack at the end of the lead. You can see the chemistry between
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dog and exhibitor and if you happen to be the person at the end of the lead it feels like magic. It would be wonderful if every day and every dog were like this but that would be too easy. These dogs of ours have a way of keeping us humble. We have all walked into the ring on those days when it seems like nothing can possibly go right. On those days what we do feels less like exhibiting dogs and more like wrestling alligators.
I will be the first person to admit that training puppies is not my best thing.
Don’t get me wrong. I love puppies and the promise that comes with that frenetic bundle of energy at the other end of the lead. Puppies are a clean slate. Their show career is yet to be defined. Anything is possible - once of course we surmount what seems to be the immediate impossibility of getting four paws on the floor in the correct order at the correct time. Puppies are cute for a reason. It guarantees that they will live to see adulthood. We start our pups out like everyone else, stacking on the grooming table when they are about 5 or 6 weeks old. They are never as well trained as they should be for their first stacked photos, and a quick look at pictures from any of our recent litters is evidence of that fact. We don’t push our pups very hard, believing that it is better to have a happy, spirited pup to take into the ring. This has its advantages and disadvantages. More often than not I err on the side of too much spirit and that can make for some entertaining times in the ring. Once our pups have their full set of vaccinations they head out to the big world. For some pups the transition from home which by now has become predictable and familiar to the big world is a smooth one. For others, it can take some time. You can find yourself apologizing for the pup that insists on crawling up into everyone’s lap to cover them in sloppy puppy kisses or trying your best to coax a reluctant pup to take the treat out of the nice stranger’s hand. Each pup is different and they all come along in their own good time. And
just when you think that you have the boldest brassiest pup to place its paws on the planet, your master of the universe goes into retreat. If you are like me, you wonder what you did wrong. Was it too much at once or not enough? What we would all give to know what goes through their little minds! Most likely it is just another stage in the development process, one that they seem to manage through better than us! The prudent puppy owner, along with frequent outings in the big world, will also enroll their pup in puppy kindergarten and start attending the local handling class if one is available. Both provide comfortable environments to introduce and encourage desired behavior. It is a great place to work on socialization with dogs and humans and provides a great prelude to what lies ahead in the show ring. With the pup reasonably well trained and the landmark six month date fast approaching, it is time to enter that first show and demonstrate the fruits of our practice. The prudent puppy owner will test the waters with a match, but this is the same person who also faithfully went to class every week. The adventurous (translation: foolish) owner will head straight for an AKC show, and the really bold - okay crazy person- will skip past all of this and enter a specialty show for the puppy’s debut. When we were starting out in dogs, I used to hear the veterans of the sport joke about stopping at rest stops as they traveled to dog shows so that they could train their new pups for the upcoming show. I used to look down my nose at people who brought puppies into the ring that were not well trained. Let’s
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just say that we are kinder and humbler folk these days. It is not always easy or possible to get to a match before the first AKC show. Real life often gets in the way of best laid plans, and so in March we found ourselves driving 600 miles to a specialty show with a newly trained puppy in tow. I looked at my husband and said “You know most people would take a young puppy to a local show to start out, but not us. We drive 600 miles to a specialty show with a dog that has never set foot on a show ground.” We have become the crazy people. There is no magical Cinderella ending to my tale. Our young lad did not go BISS from the puppy class. He behaved just well enough to earn his right to stay in the ring but not an iota more. I don’t even think he won a class. But one thing is certain. Our young pup had a great adventure. He learned about staying in hotels, stopping at rest stops and traveling distances in the car. He saw his first St. Bernard, which judging by the size his eyes grew to, was a momentous event in his young life. He learned about grooming areas and doggy hair dryers and he met lots of new people and made lots of new friends. Having a great adventure every now and then isn’t such a bad idea after all. People often say that they prefer to show males versus females. You’ve heard the reasons - the boys are more interested in pleasing you, females are independent, they can be hormonal which can cause them to gain weight and lose their interest in being in the ring. Makes sense, right? Except for one small detail. I have never had a female shut down on me because she was looking for a male
in season. Which brings me to my male Special. This dog is one of the sweetest dogs ever. He is completely devoted to me 46 weeks out of the year. But heaven forbid that we are entered in a dog show any of the other 6 weeks when one of his house mates is in season, because during those two times of the year this dog doesn’t know who I am. He stops eating around Day 7, about the same time that he loses any ability to concentrate. I foolishly thought that out of sight would be out of scent and that all would be well. Not in the case of this dog. As it would have it our local Specialty Club show weekend coincided with the heat cycle of his half sister, almost guaranteeing that we would be the entertainment for the show circuit. Some judges were very sympathetic to the plight of my young Lothario. Others just laughed. I had a very distinguished judge tell me that he was her pick until he refused to behave. Her exact words to me were “Honey, he gave you the finger”. Do you know how funny that sounds coming from someone who reminds you of your grandmother? We learn from these experiences. Wrestling alligators not only makes you humble but it makes you a better handler. For the puppy that is a bit unsteady in the ring I’ve learned to control my own nerves and be the friendly happy companion they need to bolster their confidence. I’ve learned to let my man on the hunt stack himself in the direction of the scent if that is what is working and I’ve learned to mold him into place, at least well enough to eke out a win on the worst of days. But mostly I’ve learned to laugh, at myself and at my dogs. After all, it is only a dog show, and there is always another one down the road.
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