dog news, june 18, 2010

10 ♦ Editorial

14 ♦ Inside Out

18 ♦ True North (Strong And Free)

22 ♦ Question Of The Week

26 ♦ Inside The Sport

30 ♦ Craigie And His Bedlingtons

34 ♦ Bests Of The Week

38 ♦ Ten Questions

46 ♦ Shuffle Off To Kokomo

50 ♦ The K-9 College Raises $7,500 For Canine Health Foundation

54 ♦ An Interview With Espen Engh

58 ♦ Off The Leash

62 ♦ Greenwich, The World Dog Show, FCI And More

90 ♦ The Gossip Column

96 ♦ Click – Greenwich Kennel Club

104 ♦ Click – The Way We Were

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Delegate Attendance And CostsApproximately 230 of the over 600 Delegatesbothered showing up for the last Delegate’smeeting held in Atlanta Georgia. The Junemeeting is the meeting usually held in adifferent part of the country each year andattendance is usually extremely low at thesemeetings. Better to change the By-Laws andhold only three or even two meetings a year solong as Delegate meetings must be held at all,wouldn’t you think? Of course the even moreinteresting figure to consider is that of those inattendance close to fully 80 of these Delegateswere people on elected Delegate Committees.You know those Committees which hold itsmeetings the day before the official meeting.That’s fully one-third of those in attendance buthere’s the rub on those committee members.Each and every Delegate Committee Membergets reimbursed $200 for attending themeeting!!! That’s $16,000 spent to reimburseDelegates for what is alleged to be voluntarywork. There are a total of approximately 99elected Delegate Committee members. Whata coincidence that there is an 80% turn out ofthese people as opposed to less than a one-third turn out of all Delegates. How much apart do you think the $200 reimbursement playsin getting these people to attend. Of furtherinterest of course is that one Committee metfor all of one half hour––$200 reimbursementnonetheless. That’s not a bad return is it? Twohundred dollars for a half hours “voluntary”work.

The World ShowThe World Show is coming up shortly withoutan American or British judge on the panel.That’s truly not the doing of the FCI since thehost kennel club invites the judges and forsure the Danish Kennel Club was making itsown sort of statement in excluding judges fromthese two non-FCI aligned countries. Thatboth the American Kennel Club and the KennelClub in England are two of the most powerfuland influential registering bodies in the worldcertainly seems to have not impressed theDanes. That’s their business though, isn’t it?What is our business, however, is the reportthat the Danish government recently banned,effective July 1, (immediately after the showis held) 14 breeds of purebred dog 13 of whichare recognized by the FCI! It is said, despitedenials by the Danish Kennel Club that ittacitly supported these bans which requirethe neutering of any of these breeds kept aspets once the ban goes into effect. Breeddiscrimination in itself in any form is totallyunacceptable. But for a national government toestablish this kind of precedent is morally wrongand should be declared legally unconstitutional.Certainly the explanation of the stand takenby the Danish Kennel Club in this matter wasanything but strong and the FCI insofar as thesepages have been able to ascertain has remainedtotally silent––for a change––in this crucialmatter. BSL cannot and must not be acceptedon any level and for a so-called World Show tobe held in a country enacting such laws makes afarce out of the very meaning of the words dogshow!

Seems To Be Catching OnWell it certainly looks as though many exhibitorsare getting caught up in the rush to earn Grand

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DOGNEWSEDITORIALChampionship titles.After an initial and very shortwait and see period of time it said that some handlershave trucks filled with dogs looking for these titlesonly. Financially this should make the AKC and theshow giving clubs happier and filter down to thephotographers and magazines as well. What thetitle itself proves in the long run however remainsto be seen.The “select” designation appears to belittle more than a glorified award of merit––is therestill a need for an award of merit––if there ever wasone with which to begin. Practically is it possible toforesee in the future a show for Grand Championsof record only? Does this new title have the effectdeliberate or not of cheapening the Championtitle originally offered by AKC? Should AKC haveinstead of creating a new championship title shoredup and strengthened the present requirements tobecome a champion. Under present AKC rules itis frequently said that any dog can be made up toearn its championship in America. It only takes time,location and perseverance to accomplish this today,many people opine. Right now and for the short termAKC seems to be succeeding in its goals of increasingrevenues for most in the sport, including itself byimplementing this new title. But in the long haulwill it make the sport stronger and strive for betterbreeding practises and result in a more meaningfulinterpretation of what it means to earn the title ofAKC Championship for your dog? These answersremain up in the air and are unpredictable insofaras these pages are concerned but in the long runwe would have to answer our own fears with a veryunhappy NO––the Grand Championship award neithersolves nor alleviates any of the existing problems andonly will re-emphasize the need to win mentality atany cost, which presently is so prevalent today.

An Increase In Blood Banks For DogsPet owners in growing numbers are both donatingtheir pets’ blood and relying on animal blood banks toprovide it when their pets fall ill. The concept of bloodbanks for animals began in the early ‘90s and in recentyears has really taken off. As the level of patientcare increases more people are likely to do whateverit takes to make their pets better. One of the oldestbanks is the Eastern Veterinary Blood Bank in SevernaMaryland although it is said the concept originatedin California. In addition to being healthy enough todonate blood donors must meet criteria which seemto vary from bank to bank Age and weight are usualconsiderations and in addition to the well-knownblood bank at LSU in Baton Rogue there are oneslocated in Maryland, California, Michigan, Texas,Arizona and Colorado according to the Associationof Veterinary Hematology and Transfusion Medicine.Some of these are strictly voluntary while others payfor getting the blood. An easy analogy can be madebetween human blood banks and those for dogs,wouldn’t you think.

Thought For The WeekThe announcement that an actual committee headedby Bob Smith to include Bob Forsyth, Edd Bivin, RozKrause-Kramer, and Jan Smith among others to re-evaluate the existing judges approval processes wasgreeted happily by most in the Fancy. There werethe usual discontents within the Delegate Body whoobjected primarily because they were not includedon the list. The people named above could and willbe trusted by most to study and reform the existingpolicies to a level heretofore not achieved in theyears past. Our hopes and hats are riding high ontheir reports. Along with the rest of the Fancy weanxiously await the early-on signs of the direction inwhich they will be heading. •

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Whatever the enterprise, walk of life,or what-have-you “The Big Guy”always takes the heat. It goes with

the territory.“The Big Guy” in our world is, of course,

AKC… and yeah, I’m about as public as ispossible about AKC’s, er, “shortcomings.”

Trust me, guys, that’s a lot different thanany number of those people telling you onething and me something altogether different,but then a sizeable chunk of people are proneto saying one thing to someone’s face andsomething altogether different behind theirbacks.

Be that as it may, the list of things AKCdoes well is long, almost all of which aretaken for granted. That’s a good thing, inthe sense that AKC goes about its businessof operating the registry and supervising thesport smoothly and virtually trouble free – nokidding.

Something our Canadian brethren havewell reminded us, especially of late regardingfinancial management. AKC’s is first rate.And it’s long been such. Assertions AKCis rolling in dough are understandable;they might even be true depending on yourdefinition of “rolling in dough.” For certainAKC – even in these trying economic times –is financially secure.

Good for AKC.And good for us. Seriously: I want to

continue enjoying the sport as I have. Thisrequires AKC to be financially stable. So keepup the good work. You’ll get no grief from me.

Not to throw cold water on AKC’sfinancial security, but the traditional basisof that security, registrations, remains infreefall. AKC is now too embarrassed to makepublic the monthly numbers documentingregistrations’ ongoing collapse. MeaningAKC’s short term ability to produceimpressive financial results without resortingto onerous fee increases has been notable.

How much longer that will be possibleremains to be seen.

Short evidence to the contrary – of whichthere is none – registrations will continue todecline. At some point that will necessitateAKC getting more money from us for ourparticipation in the sport. Unless, of course,the impressive fiscal management AKC hasexercised continues to make it possible fornon-event revenue to support shows to theextent we have long been accustomed.

Let’s hope so… but don’t count on it.The show subsidy is a part of AKC’s

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long history worth preserving… for one reason, if no other:When participating in the sport costs such the number ofnew people coming in is significantly affected – if that isn’talready the case – we will be in dangerous territory. AKCneeds to do far more to understand how and why the newpeople coming into the sport have joined us.

The worst disaster AKC ever experienced was 2003’smeltdown of its new registration system. The rebound fromthat horrendous episode has been impressive. So much sowe have again for years taken AKC’s Information Services’area for granted. There’s no bigger compliment.

We don’t care who’s in charge or what the technicalwhys and wherefores are. We want our registrationsprocessed quickly and correctly; obviously the same forshow results and confirming titles, only more so. AKC’swillingness to put adequate resources into their InformationServices area in the aftermath of 2003’s disaster iscommendable, if no surprise.

All the latest and greatest in hardware and softwarewon’t get the job done without good people. AKC’s NorthCarolina staff deserves major credit for running theiroperation such that we can take it for granted – as I say,there’s no bigger compliment.

This most especially means Vice President and ChiefInformation Officer Charlie Kneifel and his staff. They areeasily the best IT personnel running the best techie op inAKC’s history. And as much as it pains me, next year is thefortieth year I have been observing AKC closely – virtuallyAKC’s entire history with computerization.

AKC’s support of research benefitting dogs is at thevery top of its most important accomplishments. Beginningin the early 1950’s AKC made substantial contributions tothe James A. Baker Institute at Cornell. When the deadlymenace of parvo came out of nowhere 30 years ago, it was atthe Institute with principal funding from AKC that Dr. LelandCarmichael and his team created the parvo vaccine, still inuse and still funding Cornell research through royalties

In that same timeframe AKC supported the pioneeringfrozen semen research of Dr. Michael Seager. Today semenfrom untold numbers of the sport’s greatest producers hasbeen frozen. The ultimate value of frozen semen may beincalculable. Chilled semen, a direct off-shoot from frozensemen work, has revolutionized serious purebred dogbreeding.

AKC gets neither the credit it deserves nor does it reapthe financial rewards it could have if its leadership had beenmore farsighted concerning frozen and chilled semen.

AKC’s founding of the Canine Health Foundation – to saynothing of the millions it has contributed year in and yearout – may be its all-time most important accomplishment.Time will tell. For today it’s enough to say the sport owesAKC untold thanks for the Health Foundation – and for alltheir good work usually so taken for granted.

And, no, I’m neither turning into Pollyanna nor applyingto judge, but AKC really doesn’t get the credit it deserves forthe many great things it does in furtherance of the sport.

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Here in Canada dogshows are in full swing,

and although parts of ourgreat land were snowcovered on June first, thegreat summer show seasonis upon us!

by Allison Foley

There are many misconceptions about Canada.Contrary to popular belief not all of our police menand women are riding horseback (but many are), andwe all don’t end every sentence with “eh.” (Oops, Ijust did.)

We do, however, love our dogs and the sport ofdogs in general. When attending a Canadian dogshow there are differences that you will notice. Wepick up our armbands at a central location, not atringside and we keep them for the duration of theweekend. Almost all dog show “clusters” (wedon’t call them clusters we call them weekends) arehosted by the same kennel club. Therefore, yourarmband is good for all days. We usually judge thebreeds in more or less group order and then judgethe group right after. Often you will be showing inthe group by 11 a.m. at least once on a weekend andit can make it hectic for handlers of multiple breedsto not only be handling breed judging conflicts butgroup/breed judging conflicts at the same time. Wealways have best puppy in breed, best puppy in-group, and best puppy in show and these are judgedby the same judge, as does the adult judging.

As dog show entries have declined somewhat inthe past few years and some Canadian dog showsare being held in areas of low population, you willfind certain shows that have two dog shows in oneday! In Atlantic Canada most of these shows arejudged one show in the morning and one show inthe afternoon. You can win Best in Show by 11:30a.m. and have to start all over again by lunchtime.In most other areas of Canada if there are two showsin one day they run both shows at the same timeand do Best in Shows back-to-back at the end of theday! Imagine the scheduling horror then! But weCanadians are good at chaos so it all works out inthe end.

Another big difference that I would like to pointout is Junior Showmanship. Here in Canada it iscalled Junior Handling. You do not have to be li-censed to judge Juniors, this in itself is a big mis-take as far as I am concerned but that is for anotherdebate! The other noted difference is that the Juniordoes not have to enter by the entry closing but anenter up to one hour before Junior Handling is tobegin. Juniors do not have to own or co-own thedog they are going to show and this is a rule I like asit allows and encourages the Junior to try differentbreeds as most Canadian exhibitors are more thanwilling to lend a dog to a well meaning Junior. Wedo have Regional and National competitions withour National winner competing at Crufts each year.The first Canadian to win Best Junior at Crufts wasTaryn Hamilton who won in 2008 so the Junior han-dling program here in Canada is alive and well.

In other Canadian news at the Bernese MountainDog Club of America National Specialty, best puppy

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Am/Can GrCH Backcountry Hemmental, DD, CGN (Hemmi) Bestof Breed at the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America 2009 anddam of this years Best puppy at the BMDCABackcountry Live Laugh Love (Liv)

Backcountry Live Laugh Love (Liv)Best puppy Specialty at the 2010 Bernese Mountain Dog Clubof America, daughter of the 2009 BOB winner

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NOTE: I sent email requeststo the following Delegates––All Members of the DelegateAdvisory Committee as wellas several Delegates whohave come out in favor ofthe concept of term limits.

CARL ASHBY IIIUnited States KerryBlue Terrier ClubNo response.

DICK BLAIRHuntingdon ValleyKennel ClubNo response.

WHITNEY COOMBSCatocin Kennel ClubNo response.

JUDITH V. DANIELSMt. Baker Kennel ClubNo response.

WILLIAM DANIELSAntelope ValleyKennel ClubHe wrote back, ”Judiis out of town takingcare of her mother andcannot answer.” I wroteback to him that as aCommittee Member hetoo is included in thequery - No response.

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of theof theBY MATTHEW STANDER

In the matter ofterm limits, ifyou believe inthem for BoardDirectors do you:1) Believe theyshould applyto DelegateCommitteeMembers aswell?2) And thenshould they alsoapply to theDelegate Body-At-Large?

JIM DOKGig HarborKennel ClubNo response.

CHARLES GARVINMarion OhioKennel ClubNo response.

MERLYN GREENDel MonteKennel Clubemail bounced

GERRY MEISELSSt. PetersburgDog FanciersNo response.

HARRY OTTMANNFort WorthKennel ClubNo response.

JOHN RONALDSamoyed Clubof AmericaNo response.

JANE RUTHFORDHavanese Club ofAmericaNo response.

ED SLEDZIKAmericanLhasa Apso ClubNo response.

DAN SMYTHBurlington CountyKennel ClubNo response.

MARJORIE TUFFAmerican SheltandSheepdog AssociationNo response.

BURT YAMADOrange EmpireDog ClubNo response.

(Does one concludefrom the total failureof these people torespond that theirsupport of term limitsis a way to pave theirown election to theBoard and at the sametime permit committeemembers (themselves)to stay on a committeewithout term limits?This ensures theirpower status tocontinue. -- MHS)

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If you ever want to go searching for your youth,try the Woofstock Cluster in Vallejo staged bythe Contra Costa County Kennel Club and theLake County Kennel Club of Northern California.What a hoot! Woofstock definitely has somethingfor everybody––music, decorations, beads, funkyclothes, costume contests, barbecues, and concertsand, oh yes, four great dog shows. And guess what

else? Ever increasingentries topped outthis year at 2,000+dogs with entriesof 7,553 for the fourdays.

Conceived bythe innovative KimMeredith-Cavannaand embracedand expanded byPresident Phil Freilich,treasurer Ken Bergand secretary EvaBerg along with theirfellow club membersat Contra Costa, Woofstock has caught on withNorthern California dog folk like iPads havewith the techies. Kim and her supportive crewwanted to do “something different” with theirshows, and indeed they have. Because it’sso much fun, it’s become the in place to be inCalifornia in June. The upbeat music providedby Bob Birdwell, the “Music Man,” keepseveryone energized, tapping their feet andsinging along with the sounds. So specialized isBirdwell that each day he plays specific songssuited to each of the group and BIS judges.

Exhibitors, spectators, judges and evensome of the dogs were sporting tie dyeand psychedelic fun attire becauseWoofstock is so infectious! There wasno problem if you came on the sceneunprepared for this wacky world. Clubmembers and vendors were sellingT-shirts, sweatshirts, aprons, andWoodstock, oops. Woofstock items tomake you feel at home. Furthermore,beads with peace symbols wereeverywhere. It was hard not toparticipate and all seemed willing. Theidea of love and peace was so fulfillingeven the losers happily took it in stride.

Kudos to winning hippies BillMcFadden, Ed Thomason, Mike Stone,Jeff Heim and others for sparking upthe costume contest. McFadden’s JimiHendrix outfit went so far as to include

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He was known and admired for his flat, almost two-dimensional forms and simple icon-like compositionsand his distinctive subject matter consisting of still lifes,landscapes, portraits, nudes, crucifixions, sheep, andhis beloved Bedlington Terriers, all rendered in vibrant,luminous colour. His abbreviated and delicately drawnBedlingtons are instantly recognisable.

His death was featured in the Daily Telegraph, whichsaid, “He conformed to no school or fashion but earnedcritical esteem and public popularity as an artistic loner;his spare but powerfully evocative style remained moreor less unchanged for 50 years ...

“At first glance his paintings could appear childlike,but it was precisely that quality of innocent spontaneitythat admirers so like in him – as seen, for example inWayney Going to Heaven, in which one of his belovedBedlington Terriers floats skywards under a new moon.”

Craigie Aitchison was born in Edinburgh in 1926 andstudied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1952-54. In1954 he was one of ‘Six Young Contemporaries’ at GimpelFils Gallery and the following year was awarded a BritishCouncil scholarship to study in Italy.

He fell in love with the country and eventuallybought a farmhouse, Montecastelli, near Siena. On oneoccasion when he and the dogs were staying there, twowere stolen. Christmas escaped immediately while theywere trying to load them into the car and made her wayback to the house. The other, Honey, was dumped on themotorway 25km away and found by someone who took her to arescue vet in Montevarchi, who then notified Craigie by phoninghis London telephone number obtained by scanning her as shewas microchipped.

His first one-man show took place in 1959 at the BeauxArts Gallery in London. In 2003 he was honoured with aretrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts; Craigie

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OneofBritain’smostpopularandrespectivefigurative artists, Craigie AitchisonCBE, RA died recently at the age of 83.


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Taconic Hills Kennel Club - Thursday & FridayBulldogCh. Kepley’s Showbiz Razzle DazzleJudge Mr. Kent DelaneyJudge Mrs. Dorothy CollierOwners J. Fisher, R. Speiser, B. WolfeHandler Phoebe Booth

Colorado Springs Kennel Club - SundayWhippetCh. Starline’s ChanelJudge Mr. Edd Embry BivinOwners Lori and Carey LawrenceHandler Lori Wilson

Lake Minnetonka Kennel ClubAmerican FoxhoundCh. Devlon’s Fame And FortuneJudge Ms. Jane RoppoloOwners Don and Kelly LeonardHandler Stan Flowers

Lake County Kennel Club of Northern CaliforniaWeimaranerCh. Silhouettes Life in the Fast LaneJudge Mrs. Paula NykielOwners Bruce & Cindy CassidyHandler Keith Pautz

Paducah Kennel Club - SaturdayPomeranianCh. Char’s I Wanta Talk About MeJudge Mr. Walter J. SommerfeltOwner Charlotte MeyerHandler Lynn Meyer

Calcasieu Kennel Club - Saturday15” BeagleCh. Torquay Midnight ConfessionJudge Mrs. Lesley E. HiltzOwner Mr. & Mrs. Marco Flavio Botelho andMarcelo ChagasHandler Marcelo Chagas

Mount Pleasant Michigan Kennel Club -Saturday & SundaySmooth Fox TerrierCh. J’Cobe Kemosabe Vigilante JusticeJudge Mr. Robert SlayJudge Mrs. Evie SullivanOwners Howard & Sandra Hoffen and Phil & Amy BoothHandler Amy Booth

Lake County Kennel Club Of Northern CaliforniaTibetan MastiffCh. Seng Khri Bartok of DawaJudge Mrs. Doris CozartOwners Zane Smith, Dan Nechemias & Lois ClausHandler Ed Thomason

Asheville Kennel Club I & IIWelsh TerrierCh. Bayleigh Shaireab’s Super HeroJudge Mrs. Barbara D. AldermanJudge Dr. John SheltonOwners Marilyn Jacobs, Keith Bailey &Sharon AbmeyerHandler Jorge Olivera

McKinley Kennel Club - SundayBorder TerrierCh. Meadowlake Overnight CelebrityJudge Mrs. Meredith Johnson-SnyderOwners Ray & Ginger Scott, Tom Bradley &Karen FitzpatrickHandler Ray Scott

Flagstaff Kennel ClubSmooth Coat ChihuahuaCh. Lugari Holiday RoccoMrs. Tomas GomezOwners Ivan Lugo and Paula MurrayHandler Paula Murray

Paducah Kennel Club - SundaySmooth CollieGCh. Sunland’s Grand EntranceJudge Mr. Gary DoergeOwners Blair Mullin, Marie Mullin, Diane P. Steele,and Sue Ellen MillerHandler Diane P. Steele

Contra Costa County Kennel Club - SaturdayNorwegian ElkhoundCh. Vin Melca’s VoyagerJudge Mr. Elliott WeissOwner & Handler Patricia V. Trotter

Silky Club of America National SpecialtyCh. Baghdads Be Still My HeartJudge Mr. Jean Louis-GrunheidOwners Lyndell Ackerman, P. Bockman-ChatoHandler Don Rodgers

To report an AKC All Breed Best In Showor National Specialty Win Call, Fax orEmail before 12:00 Noon TuesdayFax: 212 675-5994Phone: 212 462-9588Email: [email protected]

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Trouble & GiambiTrouble & Giambi

Best In Specialty Show at theRedwood Empire Mastiff Club Specialty

this past May 23rd, which was inconjunction with the Pug National

Feelin’Feelin’GroovyGroovy

Trouble - All Breed Best in Show, Multiple Best in Specialty Shows,Group Winning And One of America’s Top Pugs

Ch. Winsome’s Trouble At Coral BayHandlers Bill & Taffe McFadden

Breeders Virginia Cox Flatley & Christa ReisingerOwners Joe & Carla Sanchez, Virginia Cox Flatley, Carol Anne Giles

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Trouble the Pug, wouldlike to congratulate his bigbuddy, Giambi the Mastifffor his “very boss” winsat Woofstock, we aresoooo stoked!

Group Third &Best of BreedJudge Mrs. SulieGreendale-Paveza

Best of BreedJudge Mr. Bob Busby

Best of BreedJudge Mrs. Paula Nykiel

Group FourthJudge Mr. Charles L. Olvis

Oh, and a specialCongratulations to you Bill,for winning the WoofstockCostume Contest for thesecond year! You were aperfect Jimi Hendrix

Yes, we are Feelin’ veryGroovy Baby...

Giambi, Best in Specialty, Group Winning and Multiple Group Placerand One of America’s Top Mastiffs

Ch. Lexington Divine’s Put Me In, CoachHandlers Bill and Taffe McFadden

Breeders Valerie and John Tortorella, Erica TortorellaOwners Joe and Carla Sanchez, Mary Delisa, Erica Tortorella

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questionsquestions

What is yourfavorite dogshow momentexclusive ofa win?

Whichtalentwouldyou mostlike tohave?

Whichwords orphrases doyou mostoveruse?

Who isyourreal lifehero orheroine?

If you couldchange onething aboutyourselfwhatwould it be?

OtherpeoplethinkI am:

How wouldyou describeyourself in apersonal ad?

What was yourmost embarrassingmoment at adog show?

Which judge, no longer alive orjudging, do you miss the most?

What do you miss the mostat dog shows?

Lea setting Ric straight To be better coordinated

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Sue Vroom

Learning to relax.

Obsessive anddetermined Selective

Knocking down the cameracrew in Portland while workingfor Bruce Schultz, running tomake the Samoyed ring.

Judy & Pat Doniere

Corky Vroom––He was a legend,a dear friend, a great mentor, andan Era. I will miss him.

Asked ofTiffany Saxson

Born: San Clemente, CaliforniaResides: Fallbrook, CaliforniaMarital Status: Single

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a Hendrix look-alike guitar, and he was boththe crowd’s choice and judges’ choice for tophonors. A Nancy Sinatra outfit truly representedher 1966 top hit, “These Boots Were MadeFor Walkin” and won the ladies’ competition.Another great outfit was a Mama Cass clad galwhich makes one speculate, should there be apair division of this contest? After all, weren’tMama Cass and Hendrix a togetherness teamat one time? Costume judges Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine, Doris Cozart, and Florence Malesstudied the entrants just as carefully as thoughjudging dogs while mistress of ceremonies KimMeredith-Cavanna kept the event moving like apro.

Every ring was adorned with colorfulflags and decorations. Golf carts to transportjudges were done up equally well and a retrovan was “out of sight” with little kids andBIS judges alike signing their names on thishistorical artifact! The schedule and executionof transporting judges from one ring to anotherso that most breeds could be in the samering every day was organized by Celesta andNorm Deter. This was especially helpful tospecialty clubs. Group ribbons and photographybackdrops were done in the psychedelictheme and lava lamps were awarded for BIS.The Tibetan Mastiff Ch.Seng Khri BartokOf Dawa, the Weimaraner Ch.Silhouette’sLifeinthefastlane, the Norwegian Elkhound Ch.Vin-Melca’s Voyager and the Portuguese WaterDog Ch. Aviator’s Luck Be A Lady took homethe lava lamps for their fortunate owners.

Saturday night’sbarbecue for 310hungry Woofstockgroupies was a greatsuccess thanks toEva Berg, KevenBirdwell, and TerryKelso. Attendeessat on the grasswith their spreadsof yummy St. Louisribs and great BBQ

chicken enjoying the live music of the “BluesHealers” in a simulated Woodstock environmentsans the smoking. Hard working showchairpersons Leslie Puppo and Phil Freilichwere truly everywhere seeing to it everythingran smoothly. Danielle Green’s hospitalitycommittee provided outstanding group timeappetizing edibles for judges inside their specialenclosure and exhibitors nearby. For four daysexhibitors were able to enjoy complimentarytreats while groups were judged. Hospitalitychair Danielle Green’s husband, Chaise, wasthe head organizer/caterer of the food-related

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Jacquet Boxers

A Team YouCan Bank On

OwnersDavid Sparks & Nance Sparks

Breeder & Co-OwnerLinda Casella

HandlersCarmen SkinnerGerard Hughes

Back-to-Back Boxer Specialty WinsConnecticut River Working Group

March 20, 2010 - March 21, 2010New York Boxer Club

March 26, 2010

Proudly Presents

Ch. Jacquet’s Laredo El Encantoand Carmen

Judge Dr. Harry Smith

Thank you to all the Judges who made Laredo their choice

A Team You Can Bank OnJudges Mr. John Ronald &Mr. Bernard Schwartz

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BreedersJoan & Mark Taggart

Absolutely Smooth Fox Terriers

OwnerJ. W. SmithAbsolutely Smooth Fox Terriers

HandlersEdward & Lesley BoyesGrass Valley, California

530.272.494044 Dog News

America’sNumber One*

Smooth Fox Terrier,and

Number Two**Among All Terrier Breeds

andNumber Ten**Among All Breeds

*The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed stats**The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed stats

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Ch. Slyfox Sneaks A Peek

Absolutely Smooth Fox Terriers

Multiple All Breed Best In Show & Specialty Winner

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Best In ShowSan Fernando Kennel ClubJudge Mr. Frank Sabella

Everyone in the security area waiting to bescreened was startled, including me, thinking, “Ohmy gosh, there’s a terrorist in here!”

Then, I noticed she was holding my maroonwheelie bag. Sheepishly, I raised my hand. All theother travelers took three big steps in any directionaway from me.

The offending item was an 8 x 11 inch decorativemetal photo frame. The officer waved it at me, so Icould see how, in a pinch, a terrorist might be ableto rush a pilot or stewardess and threaten them withits artistically carved sharp edges, if you were a ter-rorist and thought about things like that.

My idea had simply been to offerthe frame as a prize for Best of Breedto whichever Saluki won the breed atthe Kokomo Kennel Club dog show inIndiana. It was a nice way to cel-ebrate my fifth provisional assignmentjudging this breed, I thought. Violenttrouble had been far from my brain.

While I was researching my book,Paws to Protect, K9 handlers toldme they were training dogs to sniffunobtrusively through airport lounges,looking for likely terror suspects.Every minute of every day, humansslough off dozens of dead skin cells,a naturally occurring process that keeps ourskin fresh. But for emotionally charged humans,the process is ramped up. Instead of dozens,hundreds and even thousands of skin cells startto go, and dogs can smell this. The K9 can pointout the suspect.

But would a terrorist about to bomb a planeslough off cells in a manner different from, say,a woman who had just broken up with her boy-friend? Both would be emotionally charged up.That hadn’t been worked out yet, which is whyyou don’t see Belgian Malinois and Labradors atyour gate just yet.

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ShuffleOffToKokomoText and photos by Sharon Sakson

Here’s how my weekend started.The Homeland Security officerbellowed, “Whose bag is this?”


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“A Small, Long and Low, Powerful Dog”

Ch. Mariel’s Harvest Moon

BreedersMarian MizelleHelen JonesCarmel Valley, CA.

OwnersMarian Mizelle

Bob Caldwell

Harvey’s best buddy and handler

Kelly Shane

WE ARE ALL SMILES AS HARVEY RECEIVES HIS 6TH

GROUP FIRST-THANK YOU JUDGE MR. DEL RICHARDS

H Best of BreedAKC/Eukanuba

NationalChampionship

JudgeMr. Steven Gladstone

H Best of Breed -WestminsterKennel Club

JudgeDr. Klaus Anselm

H SecondAward of Merit

CardiganNational Specialty

JudgeMrs. Marieann

Gladstone

Harvey isThe Number Three*Cardigan Welsh Corgi

All Breed

We send specialcondolences to Steve

on Marieann’suntimely passing -a very special lady.

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The Canine Health Foundation recentlyannounced the receipt of a donation in theamount of $7,500 from the K9 College. Thedonation represents the proceeds raised fromthe Dog Show at Sea, a fundraiser conductedduring the 6th annual K9 College Cruise. TheK9 College Cruise is an educational eventsponsored by the Lancaster Kennel Club, Lan-caster, PA, and Nestle Purina.

You may have recently heard a lot of bark-ing about the K9 College Cruise around dog-gie circles. So what exactly is it? Well, it’sprobably the best kept secret in the dog worldtoday! It’s a one-of-a-kind canine educationalexperience aimed at breeders, exhibitors,trainers, judges, and serious dog enthusiasts.The unique venue features a week-long ca-nine educational adventure unlike anythingavailable anywhere else, on land or at sea.Think...a week of total immersion in all thingsdog!

During K9 College days at sea, cutting-edge canine seminars are conducted by afaculty of world-class experts. The ever-changing faculty offers the very latest incanine education on a broad range of topics.Fourteen to eighteen different seminars arefeatured during the K9 College Cruise everyyear. All of them are geared toward providingpractical knowledge that students can applyto their breeding programs, training regimens,relationships with dogs, and to their dogshealth and well-being.

During the 2010 K9 Cruise, Karen Sand-ers, Silken Windhound breeder and 5-year K9Cruiser from Oregon, recounted how she wasable to save a litter of 14 premature puppiesas a result of techniques she learned duringK9 College seminars. It’s experiences like thisthat keep many K9 cruisers coming back yearafter year. Another veteran cruiser writes,“My head was literally bursting at the seams by theend of the cruise. There was just so much informationto absorb. Many things I thought I knew turned out tobe a myth! The speakers were awesome and presentedinformation based on the latest research. I’ll be back!”

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The K9 CollegeRaises $7,500 forCanine HealthFoundationby Katie Markley

Pat Hastings conducts puppy evaluation seminar.

K9 Cruisers chat with repro specialist Dr. RobertVan Hutchison, during K9 Cocktail Party


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Breeders:Duane and Karin Lewis

CH. LEWIS’SCH. LEWIS’SREDHOTREDHOTCHILIPEPPERCHILIPEPPER

Saturday - Best of Breed - Ms. Christine EricksonGroup First - Mr. Darryl Vice, pictured

Sunday - Best of Breed - Mr. Darryl ViceGroup Fourth - Mr. Norman Patton

Our sincere appreciation to these judges.

RED HOTMULTIPLE GROUP PLACEMENTS

FLATIRONS KENNEL CLUB

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Owners:Clay CoadyDuane and Karin Lewis

Presented By:Christian Rangel

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What is your background with dogs?My mother got involved with dogs when she

bought her first Greyhound in 1955. She was very ac-tive for a long period of time showing Greyhounds. Formany years she concentrated totally on males; at thetime she was not able to breed so that’s why it madesense. And I think males actually provide a good train-ing ground. It’s wise to start with males, to train themand show them. Learning and graduating from males,you can later buy a bitch and start your own breeding.For us it was a good way to approach breeding. As anorm people will buy a bitch and start breeding her, nomatter how good or bad she is. But if you train first onmales, as my mother did, you should become very criti-cal when you try to find a bitch to breed with. She hadmales for 20 years before we started to breed. Our firstlitter was born in 1975.

When people ask how I got my first dog, I usuallyanswer that I didn’t get my first dog, the dogs gotme – because the dogs were there before me! I wasborn into a family with Greyhounds. My mother andI started breeding together after getting our founda-tion bitch. We found her from Sweden. My motherwas judging and saw some excellent dogs from a litterwhich was bred by the Gulds kennels of Ann Gustafs-son. The combination was a total outcross, but sincethere were so many excellent dogs in the litter, thebreeder decided to repeat it.

We were lucky. Our bitch from the repeat matingbecame a real star; she was Runner Up Dog of the Yearin Sweden 1973 and in Norway two years later. Shegave us an excellent start for breeding.

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AnInterviewWithEspenEngh

by Pekka Hannula, translated by Marjo Nygårdtaken from “Keep To The Topbreeding”*

Things we can learn from dogs:

When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience.

EspenEnghpicturedwith(fromlefttoright):Int.Ch.Jet’sSomething in the Way U Smile, Top Dog All Breeds inNorway 2003, Int.Ch.Jet’s It’s All Up To Me, Int.Ch.Jet’sOnce Upon A Dream, Top Dog All Breeds in Norway 2001,and Int.Ch.Jet’s Once Upon A Dark Night. All four areBOB-winners from FCI World Shows and BIS-winners.


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Back-to-Back Group Firsts

Curry is the breed’s only Group Winner,Multiple Group Winner and consistent Group Placer.

She is also undefeated in Breed competition in 2010.

Ch. Coleraine’s Mandalay Royalty

Royalty Glen of Imaal TerriersRoyalty Glen of Imaal TerriersOwned and always-handled by:

Bruce SussmanCo-owners:

Robert Shuter & Maura High

Judges: Ms. Betsy Dale and Ms. Linda More

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SIRE: BEST IN SHOW & BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW WINNING CH. TEMPO’S EASY RIDER, SDHF DAM: CREEKSIDEFRM’S STARDUST AT TEMPOSIRE: BEST IN SHOW & BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW WINNING CH. TEMPO’S EASY RIDER, SDHF DAM: CREEKSIDEFRM’S STARDUST AT TEMPO

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Responsible, law-abiding dog ownersand breeders were dealt a seriousblow this week when the City Council

of Riverside, California voted unanimouslyto pass a dubious “animal protectionordinance”. Dog owners and breeders areconstantly finding themselves up againstmeasures that seek to establish licensurerestrictions, mandatory spay/neuter laws,microchipping mandates or limitations onthe number of dogs one can own or breed.Somehow, the ordinance passed this weekby the Riverside City Council managed toinclude all of these.

If fanciers can take anything positiveaway from its passage, at least thecouncil compromised on some of the initialprovisions but this is clearly a defeat for dogowners and breeders. The original proposalcalled for the spaying or neutering of anydog or cat for even a minor violation of theanimal control ordinance, would mandatepet owners to microchip all their animals,and will would force anyone with morethan four dogs (or nine cats) to obtain aresidential kennel or cattery license.

One hoped that Riverside City Councilmembers would get an earful before theirscheduled meeting on June 15th and cometo their senses by either dropping theordinance altogether, tweaking it so that fairand realistic measures were adopted insteador changing some of the vague languageso that responsible owners and breederswould know exactly where they stand. Butreportedly only about forty people attendedthe meeting, most in opposition, claimingthe ordinance unfairly targeted legitimatebreeders, low-income animal owners andpeople who help abandoned animals.

As with many of these legislativeproposals, one has to wonder what is theactual intent behind it? California is oneof the 46 states in which animal crueltyis a felony. If the object of this ordinanceis to crack down on issues of abuse, thenprosecute those who engage in suchcriminal activity to the fullest extent of thelaw. If the impetus of the ordinance is tokeep tabs on dangerous dogs or dogfightingactivity, again, stricter enforcement ofcurrent licensure and cruelty laws shouldaddress those problems. What makesanyone believe that those who alreadyoperate outside the realm of the lawwill suddenly comply with these newrestrictions? Efforts should be made toeducate and enforce, not to legislate andcoerce.

It seemed as if those behind theordinance were swinging for the fencesin the hopes that if not everything on the

agenda got through then at least some ofthe proposals would stick. This ordinance isreally an amalgamation of all the anti-dogowning and anti-dog breeding proposalsthat fanciers are fighting all across thecountry. The “intact animal license” hasbecome the item du jour for the animalrights extremists’ agenda. Of course,whenever this idea is bandied about, acost for such a license is rarely presented.Even if a price is established, we all knowcosts go up and rarely if ever go down. Thecost of being a responsible dog breederor owner continues to escalate in theseturbulent economic times, which threatensdog ownership and can lead to an increasein abandoned animals, contradicting one ofthe implied purposes of the ordinance. Ofcourse, proponents of such a bill want toeliminate breeders and owners altogether –a goal that actually seems possible with thepassage of such an ordinance.

Perhaps the most alarming andexasperating proposal in the original versionof the ordinance was that any animalpicked up at-large would be required to bespayed/neutered prior to being returned tothe owner. In fact, in its original form, anyviolation of the animal control ordinancecould require that the animal(s) be sterilized,including failure to posses a current rabiesvaccination, failure to license, leash lawviolations, animals left unattended in a carand failure to provide adequate care. Anyanimal picked up by animal control – evenon a first offense – would be sterilized. Inaddition, if an owner had one intact licenserevoked, all of their intact licenses could berevoked. Is sterilization of all pets a rationalpenalty for being a day late on a rabiesvaccination? (See sidebar for more on araging rabies vaccine debate also going onin California)

What if the babysitter, the cable guy ora delivery person accidentally leaves a dooror a gate open in the home of a responsibledog or cat owner and the pet is momentarily,technically, “at large”? Does that pet orits owner deserve sterilization of a valuedfamily member? Such a measure is extreme,unfair and totally unreasonable, to put itmildly, and in language suitable for a familynewspaper. At the hearing on June 15th,it was reported, “enforcement of the spay-neuter provision is secondary, which meansanimal control officers won’t actively lookfor unaltered animals. For example, if a dogescaped, officials would then check that itwas licensed and altered.” Somehow sucha claim is hardly reassuring to responsible

owners and breeders whoknow the true

agenda of

those behind such legislation.There was no budging by the council,

however, when it came to requiring thatall owners of more than four dogs andnine cats apply for a residential kennel orcattery license, which, needless to say, willcome at a hefty fee. (Current pet ownersare grandfathered in for 20 years with theirexisting pets.) Those who apply for thelicense will have to allow animal controlinspectors complete access their homes.These visits wouldn’t be predicated on noisecomplaints or reports of abuse, mind you.The Riverside City Council also unanimouslyapproved a rule that will require most catsand dogs to be microchipped and spayed orneutered once they’re seven months old.

Mandatory spay/neuter laws haveproven to be ineffective wherever they havebeen adopted, resulting in more dogs beingeuthanized and turned over to shelters, andfewer dogs being registered and vaccinated.Low-cost and voluntary spay/neuter, onthe other hand, has proven effective, withover 75% of dogs in the U.S. being altered.Fanciers must also consider the effect suchan ordinance would have on breeding stock.The choice to breed dogs still remains withthe responsible breeder and owner in thiscountry, though proposals such as this oneseek to put an end to that. Microchippinghas its benefits and its supporters (and I’ma proponent as long as it’s deemed safe bya veterinarian) but it may not be right forevery dog or cat. It’s a choice best left to theowners, who may prefer to properly identifytheir pets with tattoos or collars, andshouldn’t be mandated by the government.

As we go to press the consequencesfrom the passage of this ordinance haven’tfully been digested, but fanciers have onelast chance to voice their opposition. Theordinance must pass a second reading onJune 22 and would then go into effect July23, though the city plans to offer a doglicense amnesty in July and August, whenfees for expired licenses will be waivedand licensing is free if a dog is vaccinated,altered and microchipped. What are theodds that irresponsible owners will jump onthat proposal?

Rabies Vaccine Debate in California(On a related note, California pet ownersare also facing opposition to the medicalexemption legislation proposed in Molly’sBill California AB 2000, which grantsrabies medical exemption to dogs whoare in the care of a licensed veterinary foracute or chronic health conditions MonicaWagoner, the Deputy Director of theCalifornia Department of Public Health,has stated that “There is no evidence thatcanine rabies vaccinations are associatedwith severe or a high rate of vaccinationreactions,” though the National Associationof National State Health Veterinarians hasstated that “there is no medical basis forredundant vaccination” and “requiringrabies vaccine more than necessary isineffective in attaining the public safetygoal of herd immunity.” Those in favor ofMolly’s Bill, who believe that requiring petowners to pay for medically, ethically orlegally questionable rabies vaccinationsare being urged to show their support ofthe exemption to overcome the HealthDepartment’s opposition to it.) •

OFFTHE

LEASHby Shaun Coen

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Sire: Best In Show, Best In Specialty ShowWinning Ch. Donnybrook’s George Dam: Glennhaven’s Autumn Mist

Owners: Dr. Fred Askin and Blaire Miran

Breeder: Claudia Tuttle

Churchwarden Westies • Baltimore, Maryland • www.churchwardenwesties.net

Ch. Glennhaven’s Danny Boy O’Donnybrook

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Best of Breed - Garden State All Terrier Club - Judge Mr. Neville Hodgkins (Aus)Group First - Myrtle Beach Kennel Club I - Judge Mr. Keith Bates

Group Second - Myrtle Beach Kennel Club II - Judge Mrs. Ann D. Hearn

Best of Breed at the Valley of the Sun West Highland White Terrier Club SpecialtyOur thanks to Judge Mr. Clay Coady

DANNY!DANNY!

Danny is conditioned and presented by Rebecca Cross

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by Matthew H. StanderMOREAND

Greenwich, The World Dog Show, FCI...

Greenwich Kennel Club photos by Matthew H. Stander

The Greenwich Kennel Club holds butone all-breed show a year––no back tobacks, no cluster––indeed it is a stand-alone event surrounded on Thursdayand Friday by Taconic Hills Kennel Club

held in Yorktown, New York (Northern Westchester)and Longshore-Southport, a Connecticut area showwhich elects to join Taconic in Yorktown on Sunday.Nonetheless, Greenwich held on Taylor Farm Park inEast Norwalk is the top draw by far of the weekend,exceeding last year’s entries by about 50 dogs for atotal of close to 1,300 entries, with I believe nearly30 majors offered in various breeds. Additionally, thespecial features offered by the club for the dog-lovingcommunity are diverse and far-reaching enough toset a standard for many a show giving club hoping

to lure in spectators forthe day. These includea “Meet the AuthorDay,” Meet the Breeds,

and various other demonstrations, tests, and tours.The rings are large and spacious and basically wellmanicured, although I did think some of the shortlegged toy breeds could have had rings a bit closercut. The Group and BIS trophies are unusuallylovely and useful while the overall attitude andatmosphere at this show makes it an outstandingevent to my mind at any rate. The team of PeggyReed and Joy Brewster are basically the backboneresponsible for making this all possible, and quitefrankly, if they were so inclined they should set upa business offering their services to other clubs asto how to make a dog show more than just a dogshow but a day’s outing for the entire family. That’show impressed I am by the efforts of those two dogpeople and the club members generally that I makethat sort of suggestion. Best in Show in a very nicelineup was the Vizsla (which breed, I may add, hadthe largest entry at the show of 84) owned by NatalieRusso and shown by Alessandra Folz Ch. Kezdet’sGrand Mark Gedeon. At both Taconic Hills showsthe Bulldog of Joan Fisher’s shown by Phoebe Boothreturned to action sweeping those shows whilethe Sunday show was awarded to Ellen Charles’Bearded Collie shown by Cliff Steele. Both of thoseexhibits were in the Saturday lineup as was a lovelySmooth Fox terrier bitch, the BIS Black and TanCONTINUED ON PAGE 115

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RED is fineBut…

BLACKIS BACK!Ch. BullbladeBloodAndHonour

Spanish Import

Multiple GroupWinningStaffordshire Bull Terrier

HandledByEd Thomason

OwnersZane&ShannonSmith

Boerne, TX

Breeders/Exhibitors of TopWinningStaffordshire Bull Terriers of all colors!

FLASH

GROUPFIRST

June6th

JudgeMr. DesmondMurp

hy

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Thank you JudgeMr. Robert Stein

in specialty was the Canadian puppy “Liv” or BackcountryLive Laugh Love, this is remarkable as her mother, Hemmior Am/Can GrCH Backcountry Hemmental, DD, CGN wasBest of breed at the 2009 BMDCA National specialty andthe littermate sister to Hemmi “Hilde” or Am/Can GrCHBackcountry Hildegarde, CGN, RN was Best of breed atthe 2008 BMDCA National specialty! For three bitches toreceive such honors in consecutive years is truly remark-able. All three bitches were co-owned and bred by WendyBennett. Hemmi and Liv are owned and handled by Bon-nie Galbraith who also co-bred Liv. Not to be outdone, theTop Dog in Canada for 2009 the breeder-owner-handledAm Can Ch Avatar’s Try Try Again was Award of Meritjust months after recovering from major emergency sur-gery. Congratulations all!

The third weekend of May is the long weekend herein Canada. We celebrate Victoria Day and this is whenthe summer dog show season really starts. As far east asyou can get, the Avalon KC hosted four shows in scenicNewfoundland. The winner of all four Best in Shows thisweekend was the sheltie bitch, the nation’s top Herd-ing Dog, Am Can BIS GCh Shelhaven Sweet Seduction.Judges awarding her these Bests were David Eadie, Dr.John Reeve-Newson, Cecilia Ringstrom, and Butch Mac-Donald. Still in Atlantic Canada another sweep of fourall-breed Best in Shows went to the black Pomeranian ChFinch’s You’re So Special NBLK, this stunning dog also wonthe American Pomeranian National this year. The judgesawarding these best in shows were James Reynolds, Mi-chael Hill, Bob and Elaine Whitney.

The following weekend in Bathurst NB, the ChaleurCA hosted four all-breed shows with the Best in Shows go-ing to the Bullmastiff, Ch Leatherneck Just as Requested,under Sharon Derrick. Under Pom breeder Carol Grahamwe have the black Pom Ch Finch’s You’re So Special NBLKagain. Under Donald Duncan the Standard Poodle ChVetset Happy Days and the last best in show under CherylMeyers Egerton was awarded to the English setter bitchCh Wingset’s Shared Dream.

Onto Quebec, the long weekend saw three all-breeddog shows put on by Hochelaga KC. These shows drewa nice entry just outside of Montreal, QC. The Toy Man-chester terrier Ch Sir Galahad De Diventy under MichaelWoods and Ricardo Saldana won two of the three shows.The third best in show awarded by Pamela Douglas wentto the Siberian Husky Ch Innisfree Manawa.

In Ontario, the three all-breed shows hosted by theKitchener-Waterloo KC were noticeably down in entriesas these shows are usually among the largest in Canadaat this time of year. The Great Pyrenees Ch PyrviewSolan Warrior King under Thora Brown won the firstBest in Show. The second best went to the Golden Re-triever Ch De La Vega Goldensports Vegas under MichelBouchard. The last best went to the MS Dachshund underJanet Lobb, Ch GrandGables Wee Mr Red Thorn. Alsothis weekend is the annual Terrier Breeders AssociationSpecialty, which is the Canadian version of MontgomeryCounty, this year they were thrilled to have Terrier expertPeter Green judges Best in Specialty with the covetedaward going to the Top Terrier in the country the WestieCh Gailaurie’s Zoom Zoom.

Onto the Prairies where there were two sets of showsover the long weekend. Starting with the Regina K & OC

TrueNorth(StrongandFree)

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Ch Avatar’s Try Try Again #1 Dog All Breeds in Cana-da in 2009, 2009 Best of Breed Westminster and AOMat the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of America 2010after under going emergency surgery

four day event in Regina SK the Best in Show winnerunder Ray Smith and Jose Mendiola was the PW Corgi ChWindsorCastle Made From Legends. Under Larry Ker-eluke was the record breaking Pug Ch Xoe’s Oscar De LaHoya and lastly under Mel Saranchuk we had the EnglishSetter Ch Sevenoak’s Casablanca Royale.

The other set of shows in the Prairieswas the Fort Garry KC, with threeall-breed shows this event drew asmaller entry on this weekend. Thewinners there for Best in Show underJohn B Ross we had the Ameri-can Cocker Spaniel Ch Southern’sRed White & Blue, under Connie

Guitierrez-Otero the Sheltie Ch Glamoor’s Love Unlimitedand under Edgar Bajona the Sibe Ch Oakhollow’s SimplyIrresistible.

Onto Vancouver Island, we have now made the trekacross Canada results wise, and have made in from as fareast as we could go to as far west! The Vancouver IslandDog Fanciers Association hosted four all-breed shows.Winner of two Best in Shows was the Afghan hound chPolo’s the Aviator; these were under Afghan BreederAvery Gaudin and Hound expert David Markus. Win-ning Best in Show under Doug Gaudin was the Westie ChGailaurie’s Zoom Zoom and completing the list of winnersunder Leslie Rogers was the Karelian Bear Dog Ch Tsar-Shadows I Dream of War.

Again the top Ten Dogs all breeds has not changedmuch and your Top Ten as of June 7 2010 according toCanuck Dogs are;

#1 Standard Poodle GCh Classique Scaramouche#2 Irish Setter GCh Captiva’s Turning Heads#3 Gordon Setter Ch Raggededge Joyride to Kerricreek#4 Siberian Husky Ch Mistral de Ciukci#5 Cavalier KCS Ch Shirmont Rhapsody in Blue#6 Westie Ch Gailaurie’s Zoom Zoom#7 Pug Ch Xoe’s Oscar de la Hoya#8 Sheltie GCh Shelhaven Sweet Seduction#9 PBGV Ch Soletrader Bjorn Borg#10 Afghan Hound Ch Mijkelh Sikanni Procyon

That’s it for now from the true north. •

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Handled Always With TheExpertise of Bergit & Hans Kabel

Assisted By Chika Kawachi

“Chip” is Co-Owned by Ruth Ziegler - “Allaruth”and Yvonne B. Phelps - “Sole Baye”Los Angeles & El Monte, California

310 472-7993 - 626 448-3424

CH. ALLARUTH/SOLE BAYE

CH. ALLARUTH/SOLE BAYE

CHIPO’ THE GOLDBLOKCHIPO’ THE GOLDBLOKSire: Ch. Carmel Race to Kelvercrest Dam: Ch. Allaruth Riva Gold v Sole Baye

HE IS NUMBER ONE*HE IS NUMBER ONE*

*Miniature Schnauzer, The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

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THANK YOU JUDGE MR. BILL EDWARDS

BEST OF BREED & GROUP FIRST - RIO HONDO KENNEL CLUB

BEST OF BREED - THANK YOU JUDGE MR. DARRYL VICE

RIO HONDO KENNEL CLUB

BEST OF BREED - THANK YOU JUDGE MR. JOHN RAMIREZ

LAKE MATHEWS KENNEL CLUB

GROUP SECOND - THANK YOU JUDGE MRS. CAROLE BEATTIE


BEST OF BREED - THANK YOU JUDGE MRS. PATRICIA GALLAGHER


Aitchison: Out of the Ordinary. There he was photographed with hisdog Sunday standing beside one of his Bedlington paintings, Dog inRed.

Craigie first saw Bedlingtons on a visit to Crufts and likedthe fact that they were small and sheep-like and bought his first,Wayney, in 1972. Over the years others followed; Sleepyhead, Dusty,Sunday, Candy, Honey and Christmas. All except one were bitches.

His Bedlingtons were a very major part of his life, he believedthat dogs become one of you and ask for nothing and giveeverything in return. Candy was his shadow, would follow himeverywhere and was always at his side. A great supporter of thebreed, he regularly visited the Bedlington Terrier Association showswhen he spent more time in England and bred the occasional litterwhen he wanted another dog.

For years he and his dogs, often three in tow, travelled bytrain from London to Sheffield for the dogs to be trimmed byBedlington breeder Pat Hall. They would be met at the station byPat’s husband, Brian, who would take them home, the dogs wouldbe left and Craigie would visit a friend near Harewood House, afamiliar name to those who show dogs as it is the home of LeedsChampionship Show. The following day he would collect the dogsand return to London.

There were times when Brian would drive down to Londonto collect the dogs and then return them, sometimes very late thesame day. Pat remembers times when the dogs arrived with paintall over them from spending much time in the studio.

His dogs brought him a huge amount of happiness andcompanionship and he painted them so many times becausethey were always at his side. He once said that he hoped he hadimmortalised them in his paintings. •

CRAIGIEANDHISBEDLINGTONS

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Breeder/OwnerSheri Smith

HandlersMichael &Michele Kemp

724 [email protected]

“Chewy”“Chewy”

Ch. Talydales Friend Of The Force

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Multiple Best In Show WinningGroup Second • Judge Mrs.KarenWilson

Multiple Group & Multiple Best In Specialty Show WinningMultiple Group & Multiple Best In Specialty Show Winning

CH. VON HOFFMAN’S ANTSY PRANCECH. VON HOFFMAN’S ANTSY PRANCE

Owners:Renice Zimmerman,Mike & Margaret Sledge,Phil & Hilda Hoffman

Presented byRobert McAteer

& “Sweetie” [email protected]

BreedersPhilip and Hilda

Hoffman*Dog News Top Ten list - breed points

With Our Girl Breed Type & Balance is AlwaysWith Our Girl Breed Type & Balance is Always Black & White........... Except When It Is Blue!!!!

The Number One* Rottweiler BitchThe Number Seven* Rottweiler Overall

AKAAKA

““LeeLooLeeLoo””

Thanks to Judge Mrs. Patricia Mowbray-Morgan, picturedThanks to Judge Mrs. Patricia Mowbray-Morgan, picturedfor this great Group First at Asheville Kennel Clubfor this great Group First at Asheville Kennel Club

6/12/106/12/10Also thanks to Judges Mrs. Terry DePietroAlso thanks to Judges Mrs. Terry DePietro

Best of Breed - Asheville Kennel ClubBest of Breed - Asheville Kennel ClubMrs. Barbara AldermanMrs. Barbara Alderman

Best of Breed & Group Third, SundayBest of Breed & Group Third, Sunday6/13/106/13/10

and Mr. Paul Willhauck, picturedand Mr. Paul Willhauck, picturedGroup First - Langley Kennel ClubGroup First - Langley Kennel Club

5/29/105/29/10

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events while still finding time to helpthe good of the order with parkingduties and assorted odd jobs. No doubtthe entire Lake County/Contra Costagroup slept like babies when all wassaid and done!

When clubs work together andhave fun doing it like Lake Countyand Contra Costa, truly good thingshappen. Lake County Showchair LesliePuppo was assisted by Celesta Deterand Darlene Serpo. Darlene and heradorable granddaughter MadisonSerpa did the work of five people withtheir ring hospitality chores. Also vitalto the cause was Sylvia Jerran andothers doing a variety of tasks. ContraCosta’s Terry Kelso and AKC delegateBarry Cavanna carried more than theirshare of the work load. Barry was thefirst person I saw helping with parkingat 6 a.m. Thursday, and he workedhard everywhere all weekend doingjobs others couldn’t get to. GermanShorthaired Pointer breeder RobinRemondi organized health clinics to thetune of non-stop music throughout thecluster.

Eva Berg and Mireille Kennedy arethe movers and shakers behind thespecialty shows and supported showsheld over the four days. With a totalof nine regional specialties and 68supported entries over the four days,

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entries were strong across the breeds with 82 Vizslas leadingthe list. It truly is a “retro” California show with big entrieslike that again. Maybe the theme-oriented dog show is aconcept that has come of age. Certainly the Country MusicCluster in March in Nashville has attracted the largest entriesin that club’s history. Like the Wolfstock scenario it is veryuser-friendly with free meals, country music events and otherattractions both judges and exhibitors find inviting.

Watching JamieSouza Bartlettjudge IrishWolfhounds wasa joy. Jamie wasstill in juniorswhen I left forNashville in 1994.Now this third-generation doglady is the motherof what we all

hope will become two fourth-generation dog ladies. MentorMartha Fielder was justifiably proud of her contributionto Jamie’s dog education. Several of the judges were truly“into” the Woofstock theme with Charles Olvis sporting agreat tee shirt stating “If the music’s too loud, you’re tooold.” One lovely lady at the Saturday night BBQ looked like amovie star flower power beauty. Many ladies sported flowingdresses and skirts in incredible arrays of color. Outfits wereintriguing and appropriate.

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But I’m hoping they get there soon. In the mean-time, only my wooden picture frames were allowed onboard. The metal one would presumably be tossed. Itmade me sad to think of it in a trash can. It would bebetter for the officer to take it home and give it to herhusband with a photo of the two of them catching atrout on vacation. But I knew enough not to mentionthat, given Homestead Security officers notable lack ofhumor about these things.

The club member who picked up me and Judy Goo-din at the airport informed us we would skirt down-town Kokomo, as it is a city known for a proliferation oftraffic lights.

However, the show catalog carries the slogan, “Cityof Firsts.” Kokomo, it turns out, was home to the FIRSTautomobile in America! Who knew? Detroit gets all thecredit, but in fact, Elwood Haynes of Kokomo inventedthe lightweight metal alloys thatmade it possible for cars to be mass-produced. He named his company“Haynes-Apperson,” which doesn’troll off the tongue quite as trippinglyas “Ford Motor Company.”

Other Kokomofirsts: firstpneumaticrubber tire;first stainlesssteel; firstHowitzer shell;first tomato

juice; first transistor car radio. Oftenfirst among the 181 areas analyzed for affordable hous-ing opportunities. Furthermore, home to the world’slargest steer carcass, 4,700-pound Old Ben. I couldn’tfind any mention of canine firsts, but clearly, this is a cityof inventors so there may be some.

The next morning as we were leaving the Hamp-ton Inn, the button on my tan Jones New York slackspopped off. I asked the clerk for a safety pin, whichshe did not have, but Toy judge Carl Yochum gallantlystepped up and offered me his miniature travel sew-ing kit. I remain deeply in awe of people like Carl, whotravel prepared for any emergency.

For that matter, judges and exhibitors should take alesson from Judy Goodin, Sporting, Working and Herd-ing Group judge who keeps her bag packed atall times. “On Mondays, I clean everything upand put it right back in,” she said. Anyone whohas ever rooted through their suitcase lookingfor left-behind toothpaste can see the wisdomof that plan.

Show chair Jim Hupp waved us into theHoward County 4-H Fairgrounds. The showwas held mostly indoors in the shade of an alu-minum-roofed building, with bleachers alongone side providing seating. Trophy Chair JulieHoward looked puzzled as I explained aboutthe confiscation of the picture frame, whichwas certainly understandable.

Later, strolling through the booths, a dis-play of gorgeous crate pads were on sale. The

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MaverickCh. Paperbirch Dbara Bit of a Maverick

Wow! Maverick had a fabulous weekend in New YorkGroup First - Judge Mr. Desmond Murphy

Group Second - Judge Mr. Chuck Winslow,Group Third - Judge Ms. Marjorie Tuff

Poodle Club of America, Award of Merit -Breeder-Judge J. Mrs. Andrena Brunotte

Group Second as a puppy,Back Mountain Kennel Club - Judge Dr. Anthony DiNardo

Owners:Barbara ConleyPat Lorenz

Handler:Kirk Herrmann

Breeder:Pat Lorenz

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vendor informed me that she stitched them togetherfrom remnants of couch upholstery and moving vanmats. Jim Hupp and Julie Howard agreed they made anadequate substitute for the frame, and I got a nice thankyou note from Karen Frost, who won it with her Saluki,Dual Champion Karob Parmenides At Elea.

The Central Indiana Siberian Husky Club had a“Meet the Breeds” type booth, with plenty of huskies onhand, tended by club members in bright red teeshirts.It wasn’t a specialty, just a club who enjoyed gettingout and supporting their breed. They were rewardedby Working Group 1 both days by Ch. Dynasty’s HuskyDream Girl.

On the Judging Program, there was a new breedlisted, the “GIT,” with an entry of 11. Turns out thisis how you abbreviate “Glen of Imaal Terriers.” We allthought it was a specialty with that big entry, but itwas just a group of exhibitors getting together to makemajors and relax with their GITs. Spectators and judgescrowded around the ring to watch Betsy Dale sortthrough the entry, as 11 GITs are a rare sight. Ch. Col-eraine’s Mandalay Royalty was Best of Breed and TerrierGroup 1 both days, owned by Bruce Sussman, RobertShuter and Maura High.

Elegant Gene Blake judged three varieties of Poo-dles in his ring, judging them in much the way he judgesAfghans and Salukis, rewarding graceful carriage andlight movement. In the Hound Group, he gave my Bestof Breed Saluki bitch a Group 2, which made me proudbecause Gene Blake is a connoisseur of Salukis who hasshown some of the great ones. The bitch was Ch. KarobSappho of Corjalin, JC, owned by Linda Lee. Group 1went to the happy and outgoing Scottish Deerhound,Ch. Lehigh Dunedain of Greymorn owned by John Dill-berger and Paula Pascoe, who is the breeder. We are liv-ing in an era of quality deerhounds, with group winnerspopping up in several parts of the country.

At dinner, Toy and Non-Sportingjudge Dana Read spoke of herLowchen, Joanie, a dog so in-tuitive that she recognized thatDana has trouble hearing certainsounds and took it upon herselfto become a “Hearing Dog,” no-tifying Dana if an alarm is going

off or someone is at the door. She has become a neces-sary part of Dana’s life, traveling with her as a ServiceDog; always alert in case there is something Dana needsto know. My heart is touched by the devotion and workethic Joanie embodies.

Best in Shows at Kokomo went on Saturday to theStandard Poodle, Ch. Jaset’s Satisfaction, owned bySandra Tompkins and Christi Bailey, and on Sunday tothe Old English Sheepdog, Ch. Lambluv Gambolon BlueThunder, owned by Jere Marder and Kay Richardson.

On the way home, sans picture frames, HomelandSecurity decided I was no threat at all to pilot safety.They even have those neat new body scanners at India-napolis Airport, which means an officer hidden in an-other room can see on an x-ray type scan that the metaldetected on your person is your titanium double kneeimplants and not a mysterious weapon. That’s a relief. •


Breeders & Owners:Jeff & Vicki MaukNew Albany, Ohio614 [email protected]*The Dog News Top Ten List, All Breed

Group JudgeMrs.Robert D.Smith

HandlersClint & Karen Livingston

Brighton, Colorado210 865-8415

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NUMBER ONEWHERE IT COUNTSTHE NUMBER ONE*CHINESE SHARPEI

ALLBREED2009 & 2010

CH.VAJE’SMISS JAYNEHATHAWAYMultiple Best in Show

Multiple Best in Specialty ShowNational SpecialtyWinnerTop 25 InvitationalWinner

2010 Top 10* Non Sporting Dog

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The K9 College Raises$7,500 for CanineHealth FoundationEvenings aboard the K9 College Cruise feature

more canine activities, including the Judge/Exhibi-tor Workshop, Breeder’s Symposium, K9 CocktailParty, K9 Fashion Show, and the event’s fundraiser,the Dog Show at Sea.

The Judge/Exhibitor Workshop always raisessome thought provoking questions (and oftensome eyebrows as well!) during an open exchangebetween an international panel of judges and K9cruisers who participate in conformation, obedi-ence, and rally competition. It’s a no-holds-barreddiscussion that’s enlightening to both judges andexhibitors.

The Breeder’s Symposium, chaired by the K9College faculty of experts, specifically addressesbreeder’s questions and problems. Breedersbenefit by receiving direct advice from the expertsas well as learning from the experiences of otherbreeders.

The K9 Fashion Show can best be described as“Fashion with a Flair!”. Count on some hysteri-cal highlights as faculty members and K9 cruisers modelCanine Caribbean attire. This NOT-for-women-only eventshowcases doggie clothing and accessories for people.Fashions are provided by Wendy Engel of B-Unique, whosepopular line of custom-made crystal-embellished clothingcan be found on display at some of the world’s most presti-gious canine events, including Westminster and Crufts.

K9 cruisers love the seminars and other activities, butmany would tell you that what they like most about the K9College Cruise is the unique opportunity it offers to meetand mingle with faculty members and fellow K9 cruisersfrom all across the United States, Canada, and abroad. Un-like traditional seminars, the speakers don’t go home whenthe seminars are over! Instead, they’re held captive on theship for an entire week, offering K9 cruisers many oppor-tunities to speak with them one-on-one. Lucy Jakubowski,a Doberman exhibitor from New York writes, “Where elsedo you ever get a chance to have so many experts in oneplace at one time? All of the faculty members were avail-able throughout the cruise, both inside and outside ofclassrooms, to discuss personal problems. I must say, theygave me 100% of their time if I met them in elevators, din-ing rooms, hallways... we would just stand there and talk.The entire experience was wonderful. The K9 College is aMUST for the fancy!”

The K9 College Cruise sails to different ports-of-calleach year, so there is always a myriad of sunny new is-lands to explore. K9 Cruisers look forward to excitingshore adventures at the ports-of-call, or just an opportunityto relax on a tropical beach and “rest their brains” after agrueling seminar schedule. Still, whether on-board the shipor on-shore, the main topic of conversation continues to be“all things dog!”.

The week-long whirlwind of activities culminateswith the Dog Show at Sea, the K9 College’s fundraising

event. The Dog Show at Sea is done with photosof participants’ dogs. Photos of all the dogs aredisplayed on the ship throughout the week. K9cruisers “vote” (with money) for their choice ofBIS (that’s Best-in-Ship!). At the end of the week,everyone gathers in the ship’s large theater towatch their dogs dance across the giant screenin a fabulous photo presentation. Then the of-ficial “judging” takes place. AKC, CKC and inter-national judges preside over the group judging.Winners are announced and ribbons are awardedbased on the dollar amount of votes for each dog.So, although the judging process is questionableat best, it serves the purpose of raising funds tobenefit dogs as well as providing a fun-filled eventfor K9 cruisers.

The owner of the BIS dog receives a beautifulhand-made Amish quilt, typically valued at over$1,200 and has the honor of designating the Ca-nine Health Foundation research project to receivethe proceeds from the fundraiser. This year, theBIS honor was awarded to Archie, a Westie ownedby Margaret and Bob Payne. The Paynes, alongwith fellow Westie enthusiasts Patti Romigh,Kay McGuire, Donna Hegstrom, Bonnie West,and Faith & Tim Houck, designated the currentCHF research project for the study of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease to receive the total of $7,500collected from the Dog Show at Sea debilitatingdevelopmental disease that affects small breeds ofdogs, particularly terrier breeds.

2010 marked the first year that the K9 Collegehas aligned their fundraising efforts with the Ca-nine Health Foundation. In explaining this deci-sion, K9 College founder Katie Markley stated:

Dr. Carmen Battaglia presides over BIS judgingduring the Dog Show at Sea

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By Eugene Z. Zaphiris

The MORRIS &ESSEX KENNELCLUB, the charitybased dog showheld every fiveyears, is addinga competitive artshow to all theother festivitiesthat go alongwith this event.Artists are invitedto submit workof purebred dogs.The competitionwill be dividedinto each of theseven varietygroups, withone winnerfrom each groupvying for thecoveted best inart show award.The winningwork of art willbe displayed atthe WILLIAMSECORDGALLERY in NewYork during theWESTMINSTERWEEK. BILLSECORD will bethe judge of thisevent. All entriesmust be receivedas jpeg imagesby September 1,2010. Full detailsand entry forms

are availableby [email protected]. Theart showproceeds willbenefit the AKCCanine HealthFoundation,Cornell UniversityCollege ofVeterinaryMedicine,St. Hubert’sAnimal WelfareCenter, Takethe Lead andthe Universityof PennsylvaniaSchool ofVeterinaryMedicine.While we areon the subjectof artworks,the ENGLISHKENNEL CLUBwill be openinga new show atits art gallery onJuly 5th featuringthe Pointer.Organized withthe Pointer Club,it will includeworks by artistsGEORGE EARL,

THOMAS BINKSand REUBENWARD BINKS.CARL GOMESand GEORGEMURRAY areoff to judge inBeijing, China,while KAYRADCLIFFEand KARINASHE are off tojudge in Taiwan.RICHARD &KAREN LEFRAKtook a quicktrip to London.The Chairmanof the AmericanKennel Club,RON MENAKER,has appointeda committeeto review thecurrent judgingapproval systemand to see if anyimprovementscould be made.The committeewill be headedby board ofdirector BOBSMITH, joinedby fellow boardmember TOMDAVIES, alongwith DARRELLHAYES, ROBERTFORSYTH, EDDBIVIN, JIM

CORBETT, JIMSMITH and ROZKRAMER. Onewould hope thatnot only will theentire processfrom approvingindividuals theirfirst breedsand onward bereviewed but anendnote in howto “unapprove”a judge of breeds(take awaybreeds sounds toonegative). So withthis committee,and the furor inthe last weeksmade overcharging judgesfees and the soonto be inauguratedtaking awayof breeds fromunqualifiedjudges (I thinkunapproval isa softer word,after all judgesare approvedto judge, notlicensed)…thosejudges’ websitesand chat roomsmust be buzzing.Happy birthdaysto JARRETTE &

JANE BURNSON.The MORRISANIMALFOUNDATIONhas donatedmore than 1.2million dollarsto the NORTHCAROLINAUNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OFVETERINARYMEDICINE for 12different areasof study. Theyhave also fundedresearch inpartnership withthe COLLIE CLUBOF AMERICAto addressprevention andtreatment inareas such asbloat, seizuresand autoimmuneskin disordersand lymphoma.The research willbe funded for$50,000. per yearfor two years.

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Ch. Marjetta Rave Review, J.H.Sire: Ch. Cookieland itsa Wonderful Life Dam: Ch. Marjetta Millennium Moon

Rosie returns to the ring after having a litter in February.In just 3 weeks of showing

Group Second ~ Long Island Kennel Club ~ Mr. Norman KenneyGroup Second ~ Monmouth County Kennel Club ~ Mr. Richard Beauchamp

Best of Breed ~ Wilderness Pointer Club Specialty ~ Charlottesville Kennel Club:Group First ~ Dr. Bernard E. McGivern

Supported Entry ~ Wilderness Pointer Club ~ Ms. Carol Brown en route toGroup Second ~ Mr. Thomas Alexander

Rosie is beautifully presented by Ashley Cuzzolino.

Marjorie Martorellawww.marjetta.com

Marjetta, [email protected]

exhibitor. In discussing ways to increase dog showparticipation with AKC field representative Anne Katona,her idea of a “pee-wee” class for puppies under sixmonths seems like a fabulous one. At any given dogshow there are always youngsters in need of such anexperience and there are so few matches anymore toprovide their pre-school education.

Breeders always dream that one of their puppiescoming on is “it” and getting them into a non-regularpeewee class would create the same sort of welcomefor the under six-month puppies as does the GrandChampionship pursuit for the mature dogs at the otherend of the spectrum. And the more exhibitors can achieveon any given weekend, the better. Indeed, such activitiesmake it easier to entice possible newbies who have yourpuppies and the general public at large to come to thedog show.

The actual Woodstock Festival held at Bethel,New York in August of 1969 was an outdoors musicalhappening like no other in history. The organizersanticipated around 150,000 people would attend andprepared accordingly. When a half-million people turnedup to hear the likes of Creedance Clearwater, Janis Joplin,the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Arlo Guthrie,Joan Baez and 26 other cult musical groups over a three-day period, it was nothing short of a miracle that peaceand love prevailed. With food and water supplies inshort demand and sanitation facilities strained beyondtheir limits, the good will and laid back atmosphere ofthe event enabled it to come off as a turning point in thehistory of music in general and rock music in particular.Baez was my neighbor in the Carmel Highlands in 1962when one of my elkhounds ended up at her Halloweenparty. But that’s another story!

As for Woofstock, itis its own turning pointwhen it comes to havingfun at dog shows. Kimand the entire team havetruly added a very specialweekend to the dog showcalendar. Although thehalf-million participantsin the original Woodstockwould be over the top,look for more and moreexhibitors to enjoy thisfun-filled cluster. Be sureto put a flower in yourhair! •

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The K9 College Raises$7,500 for CanineHealth Foundation

“The goal of the Dog Show at Sea as a fund-raiser is to support an organization that directlybenefits dogs. While there are certainly many finecharities from which to choose, I think the Ca-nine Health Foundation is one that everyone canembrace and be proud to support. The founda-tion is the largest non-profit funder of exclusivelycanine research in the world, and I think the factthat they’ve received a 4-star rating from CharityNavigator for five consecutive years is significant.What’s more, the diversity of CHF research pro-vides our BIS winner the opportunity to “person-alize” the donation. I’ve only been involved withdogs for 7 years, but three years ago, I lost a 15month old Swissy to lymphoma, so it would beeasy for me to take personal satisfaction in chan-neling funds toward lymphoma research. I cur-rently have a 5 year old Swissy with chronic renalfailure, so any studies in nephrology would also be near and dear to my heart. And, my dog’s chronicrenal failure was caused by Lymes Disease, yet another research topic that would be very personal to me.Many of the K9 cruisers have been involved with dogs all their lives so I know there’s sure to be a CHF re-search project that they would take personal satisfaction in designating as the recipient of the K9 Collegefundraiser.”

Next year, the 7th annual K9 College Cruise will sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida aboard Holland Amer-ica’s Ms Westerdam, departing February 18th, returning February 25th, with ports-of-call at Half MoonCay, Aruba, and Curacao. As usual, an all-star faculty will be on-board to present a variety of challenging,thought-provoking seminars:

Dr. Carmen Battaglia - Managing Puppy Development to Maximize Potential- Pedigree Analysis fora Better Breeding Program

Lisa Curry, Esq. - Law for Dogs: A Primer for Breeders and Owners

Dr. Jill Cline - Immunology and Nutrition: Keeping the Immune System Strong- Probiotics

Pat Hastings - K9 Structure in Action- Tricks of the Trade

Dr. Robert Van Hutchison - K9 Reproduction- K9 Pediatrics

Dr. Anita Oberbauer - Genetics in the 21st Century- Genetic Tests: Want to Earn an A?

Mary Ray - Ask Mary: Agility, Rally, Obedience, Flyball, Freestyle

Turid Rugaas - Preparing the Dog for a Mentally & Physically Healthy Life- The Emotional Lives of Dogs . •

Archie - 2010 BIS Winner. Westie breedersdesignated $7,500 donation to the study ofLegg-Calve-Perthes disease.

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Ch. Aned’s Le Rocher Noir

Judge Mrs. Elaine Mathis

Owner: Judy WellsBreeder & Handler: Ed Simanek

Breeder & Owner: Maryann Simanek

The Multiple Best In Show Winning

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How did you become an active breeder?I’ve always been keenly interested in the aspects of

breeding. For me it gives a chance to use my brain, be-cause breeding is an intellectual challenge, but also touse one’s artistic sense, because breeding is also muchlike art. Breeding is, simply said, fascinating!

I wasn’t even 13 yet when my mother and I bred ourfirst litter. We started out from that foundation bitch, whowas not only an outstanding Greyhound but also hadtraits we later came to recognize as really good broodbitch traits. She was strong, she was sturdy, she had a legin each corner and she stood well on the ground. Therewas nothing overly refined or weedy about her, no non-sense. We have later learned to appreciate those traitsin a brood bitch, sometimes even at the expense of somefancier traits.

This is the kind of a brood bitch you should start outwith. We were very lucky to get her, but it was also partof a plan: we chose her from that repeated breeding. Wedidn’t take as much of a chance as we otherwise mighthave. I would probably recommend other people to buya grown-up bitch, because then you know what you get– and that’s important. Bitches are gold! A really, reallygood foundation bitch is absolutely key to success as abreeder. It’s much better to start at the top than to strivefor generations to get where you could have started inthe first place. So for us it made sense to base our breed-ing on that excellent bitch.

Then we chose the best possible stud dogs for her.At that time we had an English import who was the topwinning Greyhound in the entire Scandinavia. But lookingat the bitch we thought that he wasn’t the most suitablematch for her, so we mated her with another dog whowas not quite as spectacular but whom we considered tocomplement the bitch. There were two or three things inher that we wanted to enhance, to improve on. We had tofind a dog who could do that without losing too much ofwhat she had. So we didn’t breed her to our big star, butwith the other dog that in our opinion suited her better.That was a good combination: the quality of the litter wasoutstanding. We got a puppy which grew up to be the topbitch of all breeds in Norway.

But we were still amateurs in breeding and repeatedthat combination. Nowadays we don’t do that. We breedon a small scale, and the Greyhound is a breed that hasquite a lot of puppies per litter, normally 9–10. Either weget in the first litter what we hoped for, in which case webreed on from those, or we are not pleased with the litter,in which case there is no reason to repeat it. So I see noreason to repeat what you have already done. You eithergot what you wanted in a combination or you will neverget it. Breeding is also about progressing and gettingsomewhere. Standing still and repeating is very unchal-lenging and uninteresting.

What is so lovely in your breed, the Greyhound?They have absolutely great characters. If you want a

dog who lives with you as a companion, the Greyhound is


wonderful. They are very faithful animals and dedi-cated to the owner. But as a kennel dog the Grey-hound is not good, they don’t enjoy being in crates orrestricted areas, and it shows in their behaviour.

They are also very beautiful animals. From abreeder’s point of view they have a very long tradi-tion, so they breed very true. If you breed outstandingand complementing greyhounds with each other, yougenerally get something outstanding. That’s not thecase in all other breeds. The Greyhound has a historyof a thousand years’ breeding for the same purpose,and their pedigrees can be traced all the way to thelate 1700s, which is longer than any other breed.They are very purebred. That’s why we don’t get anyterrible surprises, like one gets in some other breedsI know.

The essence of our breed is the overall picture. It’sa combination of substance and elegance, not get-ting too much or too little of either. Greyhound is alsoabout proportions, a combination of being upstandingwith generous proportions, meaning good length – adog with a large frame. Very important are also theshape and outline, the right curves in the right places,and for us side movement has also been extremelyimportant. Those are things we believe we havebeen successfully breeding for; and if you breed forthe same traits for many generations, those traits arewhat you tend to get.

As we are focusing so much on the total picture,I will never sacrifice the overall impression. And ofcourse there’s health and soundness. Movements cannever be sacrificed for anything, but I could sacrificejust about any detail. Almost anything else than thattotal picture you can compromise with; a little loosein the front, big ears… whatever, as long as it doesn’tinterfere with the overall impression.

Why do think breeding is so difficult?I’m not sure that it’s quite as difficult as some

people claim it is. In a breed that generally breedsquite true, you don’t get any total shocks. I think thatthe key to successful breeding is to be very selectiveand critical of your own dogs. Make sure to select thebest ones at all times, and then breed them with thevery best. If you do that generation after generation,breeding shouldn’t be as difficult as people say.

There are several ways to improve your chances.Many people make their breeding difficult throughlack of accurate selection. For example, when breed-ers get a litter of puppies, they tend to select theirone and only favourite at birth, which is absolutenonsense (Yes, I know that many breeders disagreewith me) or at the age of four to eight weeks. Thenthe breeder probably is not likely to end up with thegenetically best bitch, but maybe just the third orfourth best. And that will still be the one they willbreed on from.

That’s not how we do it. We keep all the best

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Ch. Regency’s I Believe in Miracles

Bred, Owned, Handled and Loved By

RegencyBeverly Verna & Jerry Weirickwww.regencyschnauzers.com

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The Multiple Group Winning Bitch from CaliforniaProves once again that miracles do happen...

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Thank you JudgeMs. Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine

Thank youJudge Dr. Harry Smith Thank you

Judge Mr. Peter Green

Thank youJudge Mr. Robert Sharp

Thank youJudge Mr. Robert Shreve

Thank youJudge Mrs. Chris Levy

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beta-bitches for outcrosses, to produce males we canbreed to.

We usually have to find these outcross males fromother countries. The problem these days, compared towhen we started 35 years ago, is that there are hardlyany strains left. At least in most breeds there are not,there are just a few people who keep breeding theirown line, generation after generation.

When we started out, there were kennels in Eng-land, USA and also in Scandinavia which were ownedby real breeders. You could recognize their dogs fromthe moon. That is unfortunately now a thing of thepast. Nowadays people are breeding just one genera-tion and some other breeder breeds the next one. It’svery hard to find the right kind of outcrosses becausethe dogs mainly just represent themselves. Very oftenthey are the odd dog out from their litter and from theirfamily.

They don’t really represent their family – becausethere is no family, no line. It’s really, really hard to finddogs to use for outcrosses who can give you what youwant. The dogs may have it, but their siblings don’thave it and their parents don’t have it, and that wayyou are not going to get it.

I miss the days of the big breeders, when you actu-ally could predict their results and visualize their dogsjust by hearing their kennel name. You knew theirfaults, but you knew their virtues and strong points aswell.

So we usually go to other countries for outcrosses.We have bred our dogs in England, Italy, and Americaand just about everywhere, if we believe we’ll findthere what we need for the beta-bitch. I think breedinghas become harder because there are so few familiesleft. We are one of those few.

Usually the males have not had any offspring whenwe start using them. It would be clever to use a dogwho already had progeny, then you could see whathe is likely to produce. But in the real world, very fewGreyhound males actually ever have puppies. So youoften cannot wait for that. Mating within a strain, with-in our family, it’s usually the male’s first litter. But sincewe are then line breeding closely to our own family, theresults are usually quite predictable.

Why do you think you have been so successfulin your breeding?

The key is selection. We don’t let ourselves befooled into thinking that the dogs are any better thanthey really are. You must be absolutely objective aboutyour dogs. Don’t overestimate them, but you shouldn’tthink that they are worse than they are, either. Putyour dogs in the right perspective and see them asthey are: recognize what is good about them, whatis not good, and what you can improve on in the nextgeneration and further down the line.


Far too many breeders, the vast majority, are quitekennel blind and choose to turn a blind eye to their dogs’imperfections. That does not work. Also, be willing todo all the work. Keep those dogs that you need for yourbreeding. Don’t be lazy about it. To me it sounds reallylazy if you sell all your puppies and rely on someone elseto raise them. Invest in your own dogs. Keep the onesthat have the potential to be bred from, and do the workyourself. No one can do it as well as you!

We did something which gave us invaluable infor-mation in the start: we bred our foundation bitch backto her son. I can’t advocate everybody to do that, but ittaught us a lot. Our bitch had a certain set of qualities,and yet some of those qualities disappeared completelyin that combination. For example, she had an absolutelystunningly beautiful head. Her son had an equally beau-tiful head, but several of the resulting puppies had reallyugly heads. And the fronts went all wrong. That gave usan indication about what we had to work with in genera-tions ahead.

Fortunately there were no mental or health problemsin that inbred litter, so the basic things were solid. Butthere were some recessive genes we had to be carefulwith: we had to watch the fronts and the heads. Thefront was the most difficult, and it’s a problematic area inalmost every breed. We learned where to be careful formany generations to come. Combining our key dogs likethis was good, to investigate what their genetic makeupwas. It was very much a learning experience.

Generally we stick to line breeding, aunts to neph-ews, half-siblings or cousins. We do that most of the timein every generation, so it has become a very tight fam-ily. We do the outcross with the beta-bitch, but we don’ttake risks by outcrossing into our main bitchline. We arevery careful not to put all our eggs in the same basket.

We keep our main bitch line inbred, at all times. Notonce in a while – at all times. And we do the outcrosswith that second best bitch of the generation. The tailbitchline always has to consist of the best possible bitchof her generation.

If you have a bitch line where the mother is the bestof a generation, and her mother too, and also the grand-mother and the great-grandmother, every single bitch inthe bitchline is not just good but superb. Then you havea bitchline which you can line-breed to at any time, andfor as long as you want. Our current litter has our bitch-line 18 times in the pedigree.

Let’s face it. First, who else in the world is going tobreed dogs for me? They are breeding for themselves,with their own priorities. Nobody in the world is workingfor my needs. I might be lucky and they breed somethingI need, but it’s more likely that I’m not that lucky. It’s nottheir focus to breed the dogs that I need.

The second thing is, just how honest is everybodyelse with you? Are they going to tell you that their dogshave mental problems? Monorchids? Heart problems?When you make an outcross, just how much information



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When is it time to give up some of your ownbreeding lines?

I have watched some people breeding when theyhave lost the quality – and that’s terrible. There mightbe a time in any breeder’s life to realize that this isn’tworking. When the quality has gone down, it’s alwaystime to stop.

Another reply to the question is this: if you cometo a point where you have got something really badand you cannot get rid of it, it’s time to quit that line.

Right now we have this new problem (neuropathy)with Greyhounds, and we just have to face it and dosomething about it. We cannot live with the fact thatmany puppies are dying. We have been lucky with itin our own breeding, with no sick puppies for genera-tions.

It’s also about not putting all your eggs in just onebasket. If you have one beautiful bitch, and you breedher when she is seven years old and the litter is allwrong, then what? Whereas, if that beautiful bitch isbred to outstanding males three or four times, howunlikely is it that you won’t get at least one excel-lent bitch from those litters? It’s a matter of planningahead.

You make yourself vulnerable if you are lazy withyour breeding. You can’t take a few years’ nap andthen start all over again. Breeding must be kept goingall the time. It’s like with children. If you have a years’pause in caring for them, you are living very danger-ously.

Are there mental problems in your breed?In general, not really. But there are Greyhounds

that can be nervous, and you have to select themaway. I think that’s very important, and it’s becom-ing even more important in our current society whereaggressive dogs are not tolerated. So the mentality isimportant in any breed.

Besides, dogs that are afraid of their own shadoware really a big problem for themselves; it’s a questionof animal welfare. I think that a dog deserves a goodlife. They probably live to the age of 12, and if they areafraid of their own shadow all those years, it’s torture!

It goes without saying that you have to be selec-tive on mentality. Sound temperament and healthhave to be high on your priority list, no matter whatbreed you have. That being said, we don’t have manymental problems and only moderate health problemsin Greyhounds. That’s why we have been able tobreed more for type, beauty and movement.

But if temperament were a problem, you’d haveto put it high on the priority list. The same goes forhealth. You can select just a few traits at a time. If youtry to select 20 traits, you won’t get progress in any ofthem. You have to figure out what is the most impor-tant thing. If mentality and health are in order you canconcentrate on other traits; if they are not, you cannot.

What do you ask your puppy buyers?A lot! I ask them to take care of the puppy in the best

possible way, whether it’s just a pet or a show dog. I askthem to be sure that they feed and rear it properly. If it’s ashow quality dog, I ask them to invest in training from anearly start: a puppy will never develop into a show dog ifit isn’t well taken care of. So we have had to say “no thankyou” to quite a few people that we don’t think will providethe best possible home to a puppy.

I expect the dog to be in perfect condition, and to be keptin the house. We don’t sell our puppies to kennels, period.This is a breed that doesn’t thrive in a kennel. The dog ismiserable, and the owners are miserable because the dogbecomes stupid and unclean. The owners hate the dog andit hates the owners. So a Greyhound has to live in a house.Period!

It’s also very important to match the quality of a puppywith its home. It’s a very stupid thing to sell all your bestones to pet homes that don’t show them or promote them.And selling pet quality puppies to show homes gives youthe worst possible publicity, because they’ll be showing baddogs. It’s important for any breeder’s success that the dogsfind the right homes.

Which are the highlights of your career?Actually the highlights are every time a litter is born!

That is when you harvest the fruits of your brain and yourartistic eye. It’s the same when judging dogs: it’s a combina-tion of your brain and your heart.

You watch as those puppies grow and you see how theyfit in the bigger picture, in the puzzle of your breeding. Didyou get what you wanted? Did you improve those traits youtried to improve? There is never an absolute match, but didyou get closer to what you have been trying to achieve for somany years? That’s a real highlight!

There’s a certain thrill in going to dog shows, too. Watch-ing Åge win BOB at Westminster with a totally unknownhome-bred bitch was something special, and also winningBOB at Crufts wih another home-bred. Winning BOB atseveral World show in a row, and going Reserve BIS at theWorld Show in Dortmund was really fun, just being in thatbig ring with a big moving dog. The BIS at the Helsinki Win-ner Show and at Stockholm International have been greatexperiences. We have bred more than 30 individual BIS-win-ners and have had almost as many National Specialty BOB-wins – always a thrill.

I must admit, and I’m not even ashamed of it, that inorder to go on year after year I’m inspired by the successes. Idon’t see anything wrong with that; you need a little rewardevery now and then. There are breeders who keep on breed-ing generation after generation and then come out withsomething great. Good for them! But I’m so simple mindedthat I need some rewards at certain frequencies. It keeps megoing, and it gives me feedback that I’m going in the rightdirection. •


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*This interview is taken from a book to be published inthe summer by Pekka Hannula. It contains interviews withover 20 breeders from the U.S., Russia, and Scandinaviaand is over 300 pages and is titled, “Keep To The Top-breeding.” It is published by [email protected].

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Greenwich, The World Dog Show, FCI...

English Toy Spaniel, and a very nice Whippet andBoxer as I recall. So you see I am not exaggeratingin the least when I write this was a very very nicelineup indeed!

The World Dog Show to be held in Denmark isalmost upon us. We will not be going this year fora number of reasons, not the least of which is myunhappiness with the fact that a show calling itselfa “World Dog Show” is devoid of a single Americanor British judge on the panel. Furthermore and evenmore to the point is the breed ban of I believe 14breeds instituted by the Danish Government withat least the tacit support of the Danish Kennel Club.At the very least the DKC, which hosts this event,should have condemned this edict which I cannotfind them to have done. This is despite their denialsthat they endorsed the ban––I still see nothingwhich says they fought against it. As for FCI there isno sense in expecting them to take a stand as theykeep quiet about most anything controversial or so itseems to me anyway. Their main interest it appearsis to assure the fact that the same judges appearat all the shows of importance and to continue theexchange of assignments upon which these clubsand countries seem to feed each other’s egos. Butone thing I guess FCI rules do stipulate is that a dogsired by a breeder-judge may not be shown underthat judge. How convoluted is that? I thought thisgame was about breeding stock, not judging orwinning. I guess some Americans will be takingsimilar stances now as well, but doesn’t that seemto be carrying things just a bit too far? I think so.

I was recently sent a biography about the fineFinnish judge Kari Jarveneen who many of you know.It has received critical acclaim in the Scandinaviancountries where I suppose being written in Finnishit would be so greeted. It was written by PekkaHannulen, and while I could not understand a wordof it the pictures were interesting enough for thoseon the International scene to make the purchaseof it. It is published by Cottonmark OY if you areinterested. •


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