Giant Schnauzers in the 21st

Century

It was a community

read at my local library that

got us invited to speak to a

group of folks about Giant

Schnauzers. The topic I

chose was “Working Dogs

in the 21st Century.”

While our boy, CH

Skansen’s Sirius Black

worked the room, I worked

my way through a Power-

Point presentation and a Q

& A Session that surprised

me in many ways. First, I

was surprised by the extent

of the questions regarding

dog shows: How they

work, Who picks the win-

ners? What are they look-

ing for, etc… Excellent

questions. But the thing

that really got me was how

much these folks all loved

their dogs and how they all

felt that they were invested

in the sport, just from

knowing us and watching

us walk our dogs around

town, even though none of

them had ever shown a

dog. Good lesson here.

Talk to your neighbors and

your local press when your

dog does something special

or enters a big show. Com-

munity newspapers love

the local angle and it re-

flects well on the breed and

the breeders.

My presentation ad-

dressed the fact that we

have a working dog that

was once an important and

valued member of the farm

crew. Now, they are im-

portant and valued mem-

bers of our families: kind

of the same, but in many

ways, very different. Think

of how important a robust

dog that could pull a cart,

drive cattle, herd sheep and

protect its owner would

have been 200 years ago.

Most of us don’t have

sheep or cattle, let alone, a

cart. What’s your Giant

Schnauzer’s job? What

makes our dogs, today, as

valuable and as integral to

your life as they were to

the Bavarian brewers?

How do we maintain the

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President’s Message

Giant Tales

Schanuzapalooza!

There were Schnauzers eve-

rywhere! It was AWESOME!

No monumental task ever

gets pulled off without a hitch,

but it sure seemed like Schnau-

zapalooza did! Expectations

were high and anticipation was

building for months, maybe

even years. This event was

HUGE and spectacular in every

sense. We kicked things off

with herding, and even had

earth dog opportunities for the

Minis. There was agility, obe-

dience, rally, and confor-

mation.

From the local committee

to the joint planning, and all of

the work in between, thank

you does not seem enough.

Please know the membership

of this club has grateful hearts,

for the work and planning for this

very special National Specialty

weekend!

I said it before, and I will say it

again: there were Schnauzers

everywhere!

It . Was.

AWESOME!

G S C A N E W S L E T T E R May 2013

Volume 13, Issue 5

Upcoming Events:

August 24 & 25: Sup-

ported Entry , Santa

Barbara , CA

August 30-September

2, Southern Regional

Specialty & Supported

Entry, Monroe, LA.

October 25: Western

Regional Specialty,

Dixon, CA

Pres. Message and GSCA Committees

2

National Specialty Photos & Winners

3 & 4

New and Potential Members

5

Financials 6

Canine Health Founda-tion report & April Board Minutes

7

New Titles 8

Inside this issue:

purpose and character of the breed

when their purpose for being (their rai-

son d’etre) is gone?

While most of us can answer that

question, it became very apparent to

me while visiting Whiskey Creek

Sheep Farm near Krakow in Missouri

where the Herding Trials were held for

the 2013 Schnauzapalooza. Whiskey

Creek Farm is an old farm at the end of

a dirt road a short drive from Purina

Farms. Whiskey Creek is a working

farm with cattle, sheep and ducks. I’m

sure there are the customary uses for

the stock at Whiskey Creek

(hamburgers and roast duck, to name a

few) but the primary purpose of the

stock and farm is to train and trial stock

dogs. That’s right, these farmers raise

sheep, cattle and ducks so that folks

like us can pay them to let our dogs

chase them around a pen. Okay, it’s

called herding, not chasing, I get it. But

here’s my point. In this small scenario,

the farmers and, in fact, even one of the

judges, was making money raising

ducks, sheep and cattle to teach, train

and trial stock dogs. Even the local 4H

Club made a couple of bucks serving

brats and salads and water. This is a

great business for the folks of Whiskey

Creek, a great sport for Schnauzer

owners and a great way to preserve a

way of life that is very welcome but

often fading in all of our communities.

Let’s face it, we live in a entrepre-

neurial economy and when there is

money to be made (big or small, it’s all

relative) things get done and I left Whis-

key Creek feeling that drover dogs and

herding dogs will find their place in the

21st Century along side the farmers, the

cattle, sheep and ducks. Add to this mix

the agility, rally and obedience trials and

we can all more fully understand where

our breed of dog has come from, and

where it is going in this century and, I

believe, for many years to come.

We are the stewards of this breed, if

only for a short time. I left St. Louis and

Schnauzapalooza understanding more

fully why Schnauzers have been so

cherished for so long and with a clearer

vision of where they are headed in the

future. This is not the first time the Gi-

ant Schnauzer breed has “rewritten its

resume” to fit the job his master needed.

Drovers, herders, carters, guardians and

vermin killers, all important jobs, all

similar but different. Discover whatever

it is that you and your Giant like to do

together: herding, lure coursing, thera-

py, long walks and dog parks, agility,

rally, obedience, conformation or couch

surfing. Do it all, or pick and choose.

Discover it, embrace it and have a ball!

Doug Hill, President

Giant Schnauzer Club of America

Giant Steps

President’s Message, continued...

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

Happiness is

being owned by a

Giant Schnauzer!

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Schnauzapalooza National Specialty Winners!

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

Page 3

Herding HIT (bottom left) :

Black Diamonds Wild Thing HSAsM CGC

photo by: Mike Thompson

Agility HIT( above):

Classic Pandora V Easentaigh

photo by:

Breed Winner: (top left) :

GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Legend of RW photo by Leah Takats

Obedience HIT (top right):

CH Momentumm V.I.P. CDX TD

photo by C. Litzeau

Conformation:

GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Leg-end of RW - Marcia Adler

Skansen's Backatchababy - Beverly

McMullen WB/BOW

GCH Spicerack She's All That RN -

Melisa Davis BOS

GCH Skansen's Harvard - Greg

Reyna SD

CH Cadbury's Heavenly Bride RN

CA - Melisa Davis SB

Riesenrad's Love of the Slopes - Kyle Taft WD

CH Cadbury's High on Zander Mountain RN CA - Melisa Davis

AOM

CH Momentumm Four Wheel

Drive - Gerald Barr AOM

GCH Momentumm Stars and Bright Lights TD - Christine

Lietzau AOM

CH Ramahill's Absolute Bizzy Being Fabulous of RW - JoAnn

Edmonds AOM

Puppy Sweeps:

Ingebars Absolutely Positively - Pat Gandy 1st BISw

Brighton's Xpect the Unexpected - Pat Gandy 1st BOSw

Veteran Sweeps:

CH Sonnenschein Fandango - Gay Glazbrook BISw

Obedience: CH Momentumm V.I.P. CDX TD– Christine Lietzau

Herding: Black Diamonds Wild Thing HSAsM CGC - Joanne

Thompson

Agility: Classic Pandora V Easen-

taigh– Arlene Lehann

Conformation & Obedience Results can be found here:

http://www.caper-dogs.com/2013%20Results/GSCA13Results.htm

Midwest Regional Specialty I

Conformation:

GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Legend of RW - Marcia Adler

BOB

Onyxstar's Black Falcon - Mary

Jones 1st WD/BOW

GCH Kenro's Witching Hour -

Robin Greenslade BOS

GCH Nightline Viking at Tangle-

wood - Chris Erath SD

GCH Momentumm Stars and Bright Lights TD - Christine

Lietzau SB

Montesol JP's Evellin Star - Yuka

Isaka 1st WB/AOM

CH Sonnenschein Lucy in the Sky

- Kathy Heschke AOM

CH Momentumm Four Wheel

Drive - Gerald Barr AOM

GCH Gently Born Zsa Zsa A Star Is

Born - Mats Lagmanson AOM

Puppy Sweeps: Fanta C J's Bien

Parado - Nancy Nier 1st BISw

Regional Specialty Winners

National Specialty Winners

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

“Dogs are not our whole

life, but they make our

lives whole.”

― Roger Caras

Page 4

Gespents Fuga Santiago - Robin

Clifton 1st BOSw

Veteran Sweeps: CH Sonnenschein Lucy in the Sky - Kathy Heschke 1st BISw

Obedience: Ingebar's October Hat

Trick RE TD - Ellen Ritt 193.5 1st HIT

Agility: CH Valleesa's Graceful

Blessing CDX RE MX MXJ NAP

NJP - Valli Rovenolt and Rick

Rovenolt

Herding HIT: Black Diamonds Wild Thing HSAsM CGC - Joanne Thomp-son

Midwest Regional Specialty II

Conformation:

GCH Ramahill Absolutes I Am Legend

of RW - Marcia Adler BOB

Aerdenhout's I'll Be True - Brittany

Schmidt 1st WD/BOW

GCH Momentumm Stars and Bright

Lights TD - Christine Lietzau BOS

GCH Skansen's Got Guinness? -

Janine Poyfair SD

GCH Spicerack She's All That RN -

Melisa Davis SB

CH Cadbury's High on Zander Moun-

tain RN CA - Melisa Davis AOM

CH Momentumm Four Wheel Drive - Gerald Barr AOM

CH Cadbury's Heavenly Bride RN CA -

Melisa Davis AOM

GCH Kenro's Witching Hour - Robin

Greenslade AOM

Ramahill's Regal Beauty of the Dark

of RW - Bess Stanger 1st WB

Obedience: Innovation's Dancing V

Darkside CD - Kim Zippel

Agility: Classic Pandora V Easen-

taigh– Arlene Lehann

The GSCA

would like to

welcome it’s

newest

members!

Ray and Donna LaChance

Box 2 Site 5, RR 6 LCD 9

Calgary, Alberta T2M4L5

Canada

Whitney Kellogg

6450 Sequoia St

Rohnert Park, CA 99928

Christine M Ponder

941 West Walworth Avenue

Whitewater WI 53190

Sponsors: Mary Falls & John Frank

Robin Clifton

6503 Fisherville Road

Simpsonville KY 40067

Sponsors: Cornelia King & Robin Hender-son

New Member Applicants

New Members

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

Page 5

Brenda Ugoretz

Larry Lemke

3900 3rd Street

Columbia Heights MN 55421

Sponsors: Mary Falls & Jean Lundholm

R. Winn Holley

1385 Green Creek Dr

Columbia, NC 28722

Sponsors: Julia Crouch & Deborah Smith

Aron Tommila

4800 State Rt. 4

Mascoutah, IL 62258

Sponsors: Butch & Sheila Lietz

Jeff Veiss

2465 Bellanca Ct

Erie, CO 80516

Sponsors: Joanne Thompson & Marnie Lowe

Schnauzapalooza– Purina Farms, 2013

Financial Reports

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

Page 6

the 2013 National and

Midwest I & II special-

ties. Maryanne-2nd.

PRES - Y V-Pres - Y

TREAS - Y SECR - Y

ERD - Y MRD - Y

SRD - NV* WRD - Y

Motion Passed.

*NV - indicates NO

VOTE received New Member Applica-

tion: R. Winn Holley

1385 Green Creek Dr

Columbia, NC 28722

Sponsors: Julia Crouch

& Deborah Smith

Report from the Treasur-

er Kim Demchak made a

motion to approve the

April report . Maryanne 2nd. Motion Passed.

Thanks to your support,

in 2012 the AKC Canine

Health Foundation

(CHF) funded over $2

million in canine health

research. These grants

will provide better treat-

ments, more accurate

diagnoses, and a deeper

understanding of the

mechanisms that cause

canine disease in areas

such as oncology, cardi-

ology, infectious dis-

ease, and musculoskele-

tal health. CHF also con-

tinued its commitment to

providing education to

dog owners throughout

the world on canine

health issues, as well as

in the emerging field of

canine sports medicine.

Our Canine Athlete Initi-

ative (CAI) not only pro-

vides educational re-

sources to keep all dogs

Fit for Sport. Fit for Life,

but it is also on the fore-

front of the emerging

field of sports-related

injuries in dogs, provid-

ing grants for cutting-

edge research into or-

thopedic concerns, prop-

er nutrition, and condi-

tioning to achieve maxi-

mum performance while

preventing injury. Your

continued support of

CHF will help strengthen

our commitment to fund-

ing sound, scientific re-

search to prevent, treat,

and cure canine dis-

ease. A gift to CHF will

help address the health

needs of all dogs across

their entire lifetime by

focusing on their physi-

cal, mental, and social

2nd PRES - Y

V-Pres - Y TREAS -

YSECR -Y ERD - NV*

MRD - NV*SRD -

NV*WRD - Y Motion Passed. Howard Postovit made a

motion that the GSCA

pay the Hodges Badge

invoice when received -

estimated cost $850.00

Peggy Shackelford - 2nd

PRES - Y V-Pres - Y

TREAS - Y SECR - Y

ERD - NV* MRD - Y

SRD - NV* WRD - Y

Motion Passed. Howard Postovit made a

motion that the GSCA

pay Indi Handicrafts Inc.

$1,110.05 for trophies to

be awarded at

Report from the Secre-

tary. Motion Passed.

Howard Postovit made a

motion that the GSCA

pay Cedar House Media

$1,414.00 for printing

the current issue of

STEPS. Kim Demchak -

Canine Health Foundation Annual Report

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

“In times of joy, all of us

wished we possessed a

tail we could wag.”

― W.H. Auden

Page 7

well-being. We appreci-

ate your commitment to

helping all dogs live long-

er, healthier lives.

View the 2012 AKC Ca-

nine Health Foundation

Annual Report <http://

sup-

port.caninehealthfoundati

on.org/site/R?

i=SFJcoT6Kzp1kOi63V_r

djw

April Board Minutes, 2013

GSCA Telephonic

Board Meeting Minutes

April 10, 2013

Board Members Present:

Doug Hill, Robin

Greenslade, Howard

Postovit, Maryanne Bis-

ceglia, Kim Demchak ,

Christina Tommila

absent - Cornelia King,

Peggy Shackelford

Call to Order: 8:35 pm

Next Meeting - TBD

New Business: Committee needs to revis-

it Standing Rule #6 con-

cerning the awards for

Herding Trials that will be

held in conjunction with

Specialties.

Embroidery vendor has

extra sweatshirts (22 @

$10 ea. embroidery

included) Asked if we

wanted them for specialty

Doug Hill made a motion

that we buy the extra

sweatshirts. Howard 2nd.

Motion Passed.

Adjournment:

Kim Demchak made a

motion to adjourn. How-ard 2nd. Motion Passed. Meeting Adjourned at 11.27pm.

Congratulations to each dog and owner for their new titles! Your hard work and devotion to your dog has paid off in titles!

New Titles of GSCA Members: January– March 2013

Giant Tales Volume 13, Issue 5

“The determination

to win is the better

part of winning.”

Daisaku Ikeda

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Editor: Robyn Elliott

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Dallas, TX 75244

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editor.

Celebrating 51 years of the Giant

Schnauzer Club of America!

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