Dog News, March 6, 2015

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March 6, 2015

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Dog News Contents • March 6, 2015 10 Editorial 14 The Way It Is: Is Anybody Thinking? By sari brewster tietjen 18 Babbling: Everybody Knows The Monkey... By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen 22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander 26 You And Your Vet By Dr. merry fitzgerald 30 True North, A Report From Canada: A Triumphant Westminster For Canada By allison Foley 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Miss P, Ch. Tashtins Lookin For Trouble 42 Marxisms: Bizarro World By sid marx 44 Brace Yourself: A Whirlwind Of A Week In Nippy New York By andrew brace 46 A Different Perspective: Make My Day By Linda More 50 Poaching Pal For Irish Peasants (The Kerry Blue Terrier) By MJ Nelson 54 Off The Leash: Riding The Westminster Wave By Shaun Coen 86 Coast To Coast: Juniors At Westminster Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow by Marsha hall brown 94 Westminster 2015 By desmond j. murphy 102 Show of Shows: A Photo Essay By chet jezierski 118 The Upside Of The Seesaw: Agility At Westminster By sharon anderson 126 Miss P Continues Westminster Week On The Winner’s “World Media Tour” By david frei 134 All Aboard! Pets Can Travel On Certain Amtrak Trains During Pilot Program By sharon pflaumer 138 Your Dog’s Horoscope By cerise fairfax 142 The Spin Approach, TV Ratings And More By Matthew H. Stander 158 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 160 Click: Superstition Kennel Club By vicki holloway 164 Click: The Way We Were By Vince Hogan 168 Letters To The Editor

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GCh. Tashtins Lookin For Trouble Sire: Ch Ha-Penny’s Too Much Trouble

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Best In Show

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Editorial The HSUS has historically bragged about its 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, one of the most trustworthy charity evaluators in the game. Recently, they were downgraded to a 3-star rating and now their rating has been completely revoked, with a “Donor Advisory” warning taking its place. Hopefully this news will slow down some of the 100-million dollar plus contributions to this organization, which is finally being called out for being a wolf in sheep’s attire. The fact that HSUS spends a mere 1% of its giant budget for animal shelters seems to be finally hitting home in many circles combined with its $15.75 million settlement following a racketeering and bribery lawsuit, which helped many donors to realize that the HSUS’s true motives have been anything but charitable. It would be nice to see AKC run with this six month-old story but as far as these pages can find there has been little if any comment from AKC in the matter. This contradicts of course the Kalter/ Edelman/Amen philosophy announced by the triumvirate through Mr. Kalter in one of his reports that AKC would take an active and progressive role in these kinds of situations doesn’t it! Sort of reminds one of the recent Colorado PETA billboard affair where the NAIA came to the rescue and AKC sat on the sidelines except of course in continuing to promote Woofipedia whilst ignoring the more controversial problems facing the pure bred dog breeders of America and the world.

HSUS TAKES IT ON THE CHIN

In a very interesting move the Board has decided to move the OHS from a mandatory participatory event at dog shows to an “opt-in” event at a Club’s discretion. While these pages have never been the greatest fans of the OHS concept with which to begin there is no denying the fact that due to the push by AKC requiring participation OHS has grown in size. Whether or not this growth indicates popularity among show goers will really be tested come the start of 2016. If the majority of the shows that were required to participate decide to ‘opt-in’ this will indicate an acceptance that heretofore was missing. If indeed more shows decide to drop the event than to continue it this would become a major defeat for the supporters, particularly those on the Board who forced Staff to so strongly support the concept. This should be an interesting development to follow.

COME JANUARY 2016

Another New Year, another AKC Board election, after which comes the vote for the four Senior Officers!!! Will this process ever wane? When will the Board and/or the Delegate Body and/ or its Committees, which now seem to be the manner proper or not how the Delegates now function, change this abortive, outdated process of electing Board Members and its Officers? These annual elections are one of the biggest obstacles in preventing AKC from acting as a legitimate corporate body is the By-Laws. Yet year after year no one in power with the exception of Mr. Kalter some time ago made even a suggestion to change these by-laws and his suggestions never went beyond that- mere suggestions. Unfortunately the Delegate Body itself has permitted the usurpation of its real power by rendering the Delegate Meetings almost perfunctory as they have permitted — no, encouraged— the Committee Meetings to look as though they have replaced the Delegate Meetings! The Delegate Meetings have become little more than a rubber stamp where little is reported giving the impression that little is being accomplished there. These Delegate Committees are dominated usually by the same people in election after election (here we go again with elections), which prevent in many instances the newer delegate who may last for a period of time from developing into a seasoned worker. Perhaps all Delegate Committees should have some kind of rotating provision in its formation including setting a limit of time any one Delegate may sit as Chairperson. Some people seem to use these appointments as power bases to operate minor fiefdoms!

THE ELECTIONS ARE HERE

For the past several years these pages have not endorsed specific candidates but through the months preceding the election have indicated our preferences for stands taken by certain individuals. The underlying theme inherent in this election revolves round the direction in which AKC is heading and this is determined no doubt by both the majority on the Board and its Board Chairman. Certainly in the most recent years we have seen a Board Chairman leading AKC into almost revolutionary areas at the expense of what seems to many the needs and wants of its traditional constituency. If one approves of the way Mr. Kalter leads and treats the constituency of the AKC then one should vote for the man or men who support his continuation as Board Chairman. If one questions his methods and means one should seek out those who disapprove of his general tactics. Obviously there is a person in the wings who could replace Mr. Kalter but whether or not he is willing to challenge head-on Kalter’s Chairmanship is another story. If Kalter should decide not to run for the Board again, which is unlikely this term, that would be an altogether different matter. These pages fall into the category of being basically unhappy with Alan’s leadership qualities and many of the programs he has introduced and/or the manner in which he is attempting to introduce them. All the men running for this Board are basically seasoned and earnest dog individuals--try and pick out the guy who best represents the needs of the organization in today’s society. A difficult but doable job for sure.

ENDORSEMENTS OF CANDIDATES

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Thought For The Week

Headed for the most unique dog event in the country are we! Referring of course to Crufts, which is much more than a dog show, it is four days of extremely enjoyable “March Madness” in the U.K. At Crufts for the evening groups is an area designated the SIN BIN where the judges of the evening sit with many of the more powerful of those in The Kennel Club in the UK as well as their guests. It can be a rather staid experience. The late Pat Scully was a frequent guest in the Sin Bin although her standing up and waving the American flag during the Toy Group when the Pug would make its entrance--any Pug--was usually met with at least frowns by certain key members. Pat was an extraordinary character and as we sit watching the Toy Group at Crufts this year her memory will no doubt pop into each of our heads. She will be missed for sure.

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Fanciers everywhere were shaking their heads when they read the following in the February minutes of the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club: “Based on a request from the Board, Staff presented a plan that would allow for the formation of a new type of club that would be inviting to the general pet-owning public. It is the Staff’s recommendation that the AKC establishing a new club designation called Companion Dog club. Most AKC clubs are currently built around specific sports or breeds. Companion Dog clubs will be for owners that desire social activities built around providing fun and educational things to do with your dog. Companion Dog clubs may become licensed to hold companion events plus the Coursing Ability Test. They would be encouraged to promote CGC training/testing and to hold AKC recognized events such as Barn Hunt, Flyball or Dock Diving. This will be discussed further at the March meeting.”

First of all, let’s begin with the proposed designation of “Companion” for this new separate Club

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entity – we already have companion events. As a matter of fact, we have an entire department devoted to “Companion Events.”

These “Companion Events” are supported by licensed and member AKC companion clubs – clubs whose memberships are comprised of those who love their companion dogs regardless of whether or not they actively compete with them in any of AKC’s multitude of sports.

This brings us to the next and biggest issue with this whole idea – AKC’s Board is thinking of permitting and sanctioning a pet club (but not calling it a pet club) that would be in direct competition with its regular licensed and member clubs established to promote and further purebred dogs and their activities. These already existing clubs frequently count on individuals who may own a non or retired show dog or a mixed breed dog to help at their events. These individuals also enjoy the social activities and the camaraderie that takes place when members meet. Furthermore, they partake in the educational programs and community outreaches that clubs presently offer.

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GCh. Kellyglen’s Twilight Affair

Our sincere appreciation to Group Judge Ms. Elizabeth Muthard for this wonderful Group Honor

“Ella” Ella is Proudly Owned by Marilyn D. Title Carolyn McKenzie Suzanne Walker Pat Kudla Presented by Greg Strong, AKC reg.’d (410) 822-2187 • Assisted by Ariel & Sara Cukier, Jonathan Pennella, Ania Kelly Dog News 15

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EVERYBODY KNOWS THE MONKEY… …but the Monkey doesn’t know anybody.

By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen I don’t have a clue what this really means, but with Westminster behind us it is one of those occasions when you meet old friends, people you think you know well plus hundreds of acquaintances whose names you can hardly recall, even if they address you by your first name. So embarrassing.

And of course, by tradition it is the most prestigious weekend of the year in the historic canine calendar. Sadly (?) a few of those so selective parties don’t exist anymore, but invitations to the remainder are just as important as ever. Awards ceremonies, cocktail parties, theatre, etc., etc. - and normally whenever you meet other people, the question is: Are you going to the xxx party or the xx cocktail party? And you know the “questioners” hope that you have not been invited, so he/she can flaunt their own importance and popularity! And your lack thereof!

I love this part of the social “play,” which of course goes on in any sphere or group of interest that involves people.

And how many times haven’t we overheard the reply: “I stay away from those kind of events,” when we deep down know he/she is p…ed off that they have been left out. And if by the question: Who are you dining with tonight? You have to answer: On my own! You will certainly be made to feel that you deserve the people’s sympathy, you poor outcast… Even if you by choice want to spend the evening on your own.

It is certainly a tough world we are living in.

Being invited to judge the show is really something you can use to upgrade your future CV- and similar to Crufts- it is a show that everybody has heard about and millions have watched on television, so even if people know nothing about dogs, the fact that you judged that show impresses them. And if you even have been privileged to judge a group or Best in Show and appeared on television, your social status even outside the dog world is upgraded forever.

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None of our dogs ever won a group at Crufts, the closest we came was runner up in the Terrier Group. The show of course televised- and being deep down rather shy and extremely modest, I was terribly embarrassed when I entered the golf clubhouse the following morning - and everybody stood up and applauded! So totally unexpected, but such a nice memory, this would never have happened in the Scandinavian countries we came from…

(Well, I have in previous articles mentioned “The Jante Laws” created by the Danish born, but Norwegian resident Aksel Sandemose in one of his novels included “Don’t ever think you are special” plus a number of other self depreciating “laws” that have really become part of the sometimes depressing Scandinavian culture.)

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ecently discussing Corgis, I told the person with whom I corresponded that I knew Thelma Gray of Rozavel fame very well.

She was in my opinion an icon who I met and spoke with on many occasions and she even once or twice lectured me ringside about the difference of the two varieties of Corgis. Then after having sent this mail I started thinking: Did I really know her well? I knew a lot about her and her phenomenal success and input in all breeds she was involved with, not least Corgis and her effort and success to “recreate” the Blue Merle Cardigans.

But did I know her well?? I knew a lot about her achievements. In addition to the Corgis of course her Beagles, her fabulous Chihuahuas – even German Shepherds.

I think I knew more about her by listening to my friends Australian David Roche (whom she adored) and Joe Continued on page 62

Ch. Brimar’s Spirit of A Storm Multiple Group Winning

Many thanks to Judge Mrs. June Penta for this Group win!

Presented by

Spirit is proudly bred & owned by

Greg Strong, AKC reg.’d (410) 822-2187

Marianne & Brian Bender Brimar Bouviers

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Question of the week

By Matthew H. Stander

The Board at its February meeting voted to change the status of the OHS from a mandatory requirement to an “opt-in” status for all-breed clubs effective January 2016. At its next meeting it will consider adding a Reserve Best in Show award for this competition as well.

What do you think of these ideas?

Sylvia Arrowwood

Delegate Charleston Kennel Club

I belong to two all breed clubs. Both “opted in under duress”. Much to our chagrin and dismay of having to do so, it turned out to benefit us greatly as to many more owner-handled entries. Most of these entries would have been retried champions left at home. Now they are back in action and competing in OHS. One cannot argue with success and can’t argue with the result of more entries.

As to Reserve BIS for OHS, why should OHS be the Lone Ranger? Must admit, thought Reserve Bests was a lame idea originally but note that many recipients of RBIS award are now claiming bragging rights.

Carol Sazama

Member, Recording Secretary, and Assistant Show Chair, Flatirons AllBreed Kennel Club, Longmont, Colorado I agree with the recommendation to change the status of the OHS from a mandatory requirement to an “optin” status for all-breed clubs. Each Club should know best its capacity when it comes to putting on a dog show.

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OHS competition may just push some clubs over the top to exhaustion with respect to duties of a show committee or limitations of some show sites. Many clubs may not be in a position to afford additional judges or other expenses involved. If OHS is offered, a Reserve Best-in-Show award seems very reasonable.

Gretchen Schultz

I believe the participants would love the reserve best in show, happy participants provide a future for our sport! We’ve come this far, might as well go all the way for the OHS competition... A show within a show.

Lori Carver

Pioneer Valley Kennel Club

I had an issue with some of the original rules of the OH Series and therefore chose not have the OH Series at our shows. It seems that some of those concerns have been corrected with the updated rules. However, I did not like that AKC forced us to hold the OH Series in order to have special events like the BBE competition, so I chose not to hold our BBE competition. I am pleased that AKC will allow clubs to determine if they want to hold this competition. It should be a club decision. As for a Reserve Best in Show for the OH, I am in favor of this. There are many quality dogs being shown in OH and they deserve to be treated equally. I would also like to see the Best in Show competition always taking place in the main ring right before the regular Best in Show. Quite often it happens in a small ring off to the side where very few spectators are watching.

Holding the OH Best In Show in the regular BIS ring would lend legitimacy to the program by highlighting the culmination for spectators and participants.

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A special thank you to Judge Joy S. Brewster for the award of BEST OF OPPOSITE at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club!

Silver GCh. Unique Diamond In The Ruff Sire: GCh. Afterglow Alberto Dam: GCh. Unique Jewel Of The Crown Owner: Sharon Witte Califon, New Jersey Breeders: Kathleen Stockman Diane Keeler Gail Wolaniuk Handler: Gail Wolaniuk Uniquestandardpoodles.com

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The Multiple Group Placing Havanese

GCh. Love’s Havaheart Los GoodFellas VINNY IS Owned By Karyn Rivera Bred by Rita & Rod Love Presented by Greg Strong, AKC, reg’d • (410) 822-2187 Assisted by Ariel & Sara Cukier, Jonathan Pennella & Ania Kelly 24 Dog News

Our deepest appreciation to Breed Judge Mrs. Cindy Vogels for recognizing Vinny with the honor over 24 of the nations top specials!

Many thanks to Group Judge Mr. Elliot B. Weiss for this incredible Group placement!!!!

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You Yourvet

By Merry Fitzgerald, DVM.

What would cause bald patches on my puppy’s skin?

Demodectic mange, also called red mange, follicular mange or puppy mange, is a skin disease caused by tiny, cigar-shaped, eight-legged mites known as Demodex canis.

The mites live and feed in the hair follicles and oil glands of the skin.

When these mites become active, usually in young dogs, they disturb the hair in the follicle, resulting in patches of hair loss.

Puppies get the mites directly from their mother. The mites are transmitted within the first week of life by direct contact. The mother and puppy must be physically touching, since the mite cannot survive off the host. Bedding, blankets and kennel areas do not become contaminated, so the environment does not need to be treated. The first sign of hair loss usually occurs around four months of age.

There are three types of demodectic mange infections.

Localized cases occur when the

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mites affect two or three small areas. Isolated scaly, bald patches appear, usually on the puppy’s face or leg, creating a polka-dot appearance.

Localized demodex is considered a common ailment of puppyhood, and approximately 90% of cases resolve with no treatment. Goodwinal ointment can be prescribed and applied to the areas daily.

Generalized demodectic mange affects larger areas of skin and can cover the entire body. Secondary bacterial infections occur and make this a very itchy, smelly, uncomfortable skin condition. This form of mange may indicate a compromised or suppressed immune system where the dog is unable to fight the bacterial or mite infections.

Treatment can be lengthy and expensive. Mitoban (amitraz – an organophosphate) dips are given every 2 weeks and 6 to 14 dips can be required. This is a prescription product and should be used with caution.

Daily doses of liquid ivermectin can be given orally, although not to collies and similar herding

breeds. Milbemycin oxime (Interceptor) has been given daily and shown to be effective on dogs that did not respond to Mitaban dips. Antibiotics are also needed to treat the bacterial skin infections.

The third form, demodectic pododermatitis, is one of the most resistant forms of mange.

This form is confined to the feet and is accompanied by bacterial infections. Deep biopsies are often required to locate the mites and make a proper diagnosis.

Demodectic mange infection can be confirmed with a skin scraping or biopsy. Mites can be normal residents of the skin, so just their presence doesn’t constitute a diagnosis of mange. The mites along with hair loss, infection or skin inflammation are seen in mange cases.

Demodectic mange is not an inherited condition, but the suppressed immune system that allows the puppy to be susceptible to the mites can be. All puppies receive the mites from their mother, but only a few have ineffective Continued on page 66

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By Allison Foley photos by Todd Foley

O Canada!

“The Beagle!”

No matter how you say it the result is the same, Canada, the quiet neighbor to the north, was triumphant at the 139th Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

It was the Beagle heard around the world…. The truly Canadian representative in every way, Canadian bred, owned and handled “Miss P”! This is the first Canadian bred, owned and handled dog to win Best in Show at Westminster in 40 years.

The story starts like this, Will Alexander had gone to watch Beagles at a show in Canada, specifically to see a different dog, when “Miss P,” or Peyton as she was then known, was being shown. Well the rest is history, somewhat like Marilyn Monroe (but with a happier ending). They took her to Hollywood, and under the careful guidance of her team they changed her name, changed her haircut, taught her how to walk and how to talk! After being the Top Hound in Canada in 2013 she went on to win the Winkie for Top Group Winning hound in the US in 2014. She had hit the big time. Miss P took the month of January off and her last show was to be Westminster KC-and that is how this story ended-what a way to end a career.

However, for us proud Canadians that is not where it ended…there were four dogs in the Westminster BIS lineup with Canadian ties! Of course there was the Beagle, then there was the Portuguese Water dog, (the top winning male show dog of all time) bred and co-owned by Donna Gottdenker; the Shih Tzu bred, co-owned and handled

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Sends Best Wishes & A Well Deserved Thank You To

Marion & Jack

Bradshaw Dog Show Superintendents Extraordinaire

of Jack Bradshaw Dog Show Superintendents on the occasion of their retirement following a 50 plus year career serving dog clubs and being one of strongest supporters of the Sport of Pure Bred Dogs and Protecting our rights and freedoms of breeders of Pure Bred dogs.

Their children: Julie Bradshaw Draper, John Bradshaw, Susan & Keith MacLyman & Eloise O’Donnell will bring the next generation of Bradshaw’s to serve the dog shows on the West coast.

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BESTS WEEK Superstition Kennel Club - Saturday Whippet

GCh. Sporting Fields Shameless Judge Mr. Frederick N. Dewsbury Owners Barbara Call, Jane Cooney-Waterhouse, Dionne Butt, Amanda Giles Handler Amanda Giles

Belle-City Kennel Club - Saturday German Shepherd Dog

GCh. Lockenhaus’ Rumor Has It v. Kenlyn Judge Mr. Richard Lake Owners Pamela McElheney, Deborah Stern, & Kent Boyles Handler Kent Boyles

Hawaii Kennel Club - Sunday English Springer Spaniel

GCh. Foxboro N Shardust Authentic Judge Ms. Juliann Bitters Owners Sharleen Perreira & Ruth Dehmel Handler Lynda O’Connor-Schneider, PHA

To report a AKC All Breed Best In Show or National Specialty Win Call, Fax or Email before 12:00 Noon Tuesday.

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Number One* Whippet

Brazen

Number One* Sighthound

Best of Breed at Westminster 2015 With Appreciation To Judge Mrs. Sandra W. Frei For This Wonderful Honor

Thank You To All The Judges For These Wins In 2015: H Twenty Seven Bests of Breed H Twenty Two Group Placements H Sixteen Group Firsts H Two Reserve Bests In Show H Four Bests In Show H Best of Breed at Arizona Whippet Association Specialty

A Top Hound*

GCh. Sporting Fields Shameless is Proud!

Owned By Barbara Call-Jane Cooney-Waterhouse- Dionne Butt- Amanda Giles Owner Handled By Amanda Giles *The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed, Number Three Hound overall

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It’s Reigning Grand Champion Multiple Best In Show, National Specialty

Thank you Judges Mr. James White and Mr. Houston Clark

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Breeders Diane

Blu!

Stonepillar’s Steel Blu

Winner & Top Twenty

Thank you Westminster Kennel Club Judges Dr. Klaus Anselm and Ms. Satu Ylä-Mononen (Finland)

National Specialty Top Twenty Winner & Bruce Ham

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Miss P

WESTMINSTER BIS BEAGLE GCH. TASHTINS LOOKIN FOR TROUBLE

BORN: BRITISH COLUMBIA RESIDES: MILTON, ONTARIO SINCE SIX MONTHS OLD BUT AM RETURNING TO MY HOMETOWN IN ENDERBY, BC MARITAL STATUS: SOON TO BE HITCHED ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: CAPRICORN

When did you start showing and how did that first show go?

photo courtesy of Westminster Kennel Club

Lori Crandlemire’s daughter Kaitlyn was showing me in the 6-9 Puppy class at a Canadian show when Will Alexander saw me and literally dognapped me. We soon became inseparable friends and the rest is history.

How difficult was it to finish your championship?

Well I finished my Canadian title easily, but I liked doing it so much in the US I did it twice! And that’s because there was a foul-up on registration timing between the CKC and AKC and some of my early wins were taken away.

Other than your own breed, what other breeds do you like?

Nothing black, big and hairy –and that includes some of those tall fashionable stuck up Parisians.

However, I do truly like Afghans.

Which canine of the opposite sex would you be?

You have to love any guy named Swagger.

How do you feel about AKC’s role in our sport?

My advice- stay on the trail and call on me if you need a nose.

How many shows do you attend a year, and which three are your favorite ones?

About 150 –the National Beagle Club, Westminster Kennel Club and WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB!!

Who from dogs would you like to see on the television show “Duck Dynasty?”

Probably Eddie Dziuk and some other good hound people like Gene Blake, Polly and Bob Smith and Chuck Trotter. We’d show those fine-feathered friends what it’s all about and it’s not birds-IT’S RUNNIN’ RABBITS!!

What things in the world of dogs bring you the greatest joy?

Being pointed to by the likes of Betty-Anne Stenmark and Judge David Merriam on a cold February night in New York. And then there is that treat Will gives me.

What characteristics do you admire in others and strive to emulate?

A melodious and good voice, great scenting powers and endurance to run all day.

If you could afford to host an elegant catered dinner party, name at least three dogs and/or people you would like to invite.

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Ch. Thornbridge Wrinkles, Ch. Kings Creek Triple Threat, Ch. Starbucks Hang Em High, Ch. Lanbur Miss Fleetwood and my great Uncle Uno. Then if they brought their people with them we would have a howling good time yapping about Beagles across the ages.

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America’s Number One* Parson Russell Terrier

GCh. Ardsley Run Heaven Sent

Best of Breed • Westminster Kennel Club Thank you Judge Dr. Andrew A. Kramer Breeder: Janie Smith Owners: Janie Smith, Jane Gardner Scott & Wendy Hudak

expertly presented by Karen Fitzpatrick *The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

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Thank you Judges Mr. Mark Threlfall and

Number One English Springer Spaniel Bitch 2014* Owners: Dr. Erin Kerfoot, Billie Kerfoot, and Dr. Alison Smith • Breeders: 40 Dog News

Silver GCh. Wynmoor Sweetgrass White Diamonds

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By Sid Marx

Did you ever read comic books? Maybe in your younger days? Hey, Sheldon and the geniuses on The Big Bang still do, so it is not so far-fetched.

Do you remember the ones where the super hero was thrown into a Bizarro World - a place where things were upside down? Well, today I am going to tell you a fictitious story. It is like a story from Bizarro World. It is a completely hypothetical situation - certainly one that

but Bizarro World. Let’s say - allegedly - I was in the middle of writing another article while I was watching the Westminster Kennel Club on TV. This show has always been the “ego-show” for me, since I grew up in New York and attended dozens of Westminsters.

Heck, I showed at Westminster when all that was required was one point on your dog.

What if my wife and I watched the groups competition, discussing the different breeds being shown.

I may have judged many of these dogs during the past couple of years in breed, group, or Best in Show competition, and it is always interesting to see how they are maturing and performing on a particular day. Then, what if - in this Bizarro World we both leaned forward and said at almost the same time, “that dog is lame.” “What a shame,” I may have thought. “The poor thing made it this far and then got injured.

Maybe the judge will not excuse the dog because it is on national television, but it is assuredly out of contention.”

But then Bizarro World kicks in. What if it not only was not out of contention, but it made the cut? The dogs that make a cut are usually moved again. As the chosen dogs were gaited again, what

Bizarro World could not really happen. So from now until the end of the article, we are in Bizarro World.

Let me warn those who choose to read this that I may be hearing from the AKC about this article because of some of my alleged observations and comments below. But it is just a story, and surely it could not really happen. However, you may be in trouble just for reading it, even though I am not saying anything that hundreds of people have not already been talking about.

But enough is enough. What I will discuss is just a “whatif,” and it may not even be reality. Heck, assuredly it could not be reality.

What I may have seen was, in my hypothetical opinion, absolutely unbelievable. And that this could have taken place in front of a national audience makes it worse. Surely this could never happen in any place 42 Dog News

if a dog continued to be lame? Surely, the dog was being recognized for what the judge thought was correct breed type, but it can go no further. Well, what do I know? In a world where health and soundness is part of judging this poor dog would not be placed even if it were not excused.

What if in this upside down world the lame dog placed in the group? Surely this is fiction, because it could not happen.

If anything like this would have happened, I would have been so shocked that I would have gone back to watch the breed videos. What if what was impossible was there to be seen? What if there it was - to me the dog was obviously lame in the breed ring also and still went Best of Breed! I would have spoken with many people who were ringside, and what if every one of them saw that the dog was lame? I’ll bet if anything like this would really have happened dog show people would be talking about this coast to coast.

I understand that the determination of whether a dog is lame in the ring is completely in the hands of the judge. I have been told that maybe the judge was not looking at the dog when it was gimpy? Really? What else should the judge be watching? Surely if this had really happened something would have been said by the governing body (AKC)

or the parent club of the breed involved. Of course if there were any repercussions, it would (and should) have been personal and confidential.

So what’s the big deal? In the Bizarro World it would not be important at all. Move on - nothing to see here.

But in the real world if something like this had happened, it would add fodder to those who say our dog shows do not present a level playing field. I have been in the “dog show game” for more than fifty years, and I cannot remember a time when there was a greater chasm between the “old-timers” and the new people.

If it had really happened the OT’s would just shrug when they see this type of judging and move on. “Old” exhibitors would just shake their heads, shrug, and move on. Certainly they would not say anything to the judges or those “in power,” because there might be repercussions.

Handlers would not say anything because they may want to show to those judges at some time. Don’t make waves!

The new people see this and turn to the old-timers for answers.

What answers do they get? What do we tell the young people who see this and wonder how it could happen?

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A Whirlwind of a Week in Nippy New York

By Andrew Brace The weather forecast wasn’t great and I was rather concerned that my experiences of two years ago – when a succession of cancelled flights due to snow in New York made me abandon my planned trip and so I watched Westminster via the live internet connection – may well repeat themselves.

Thankfully the flights to Amsterdam and on to JFK were straightforward and much to my amazement I arrived in the Big Apple to glorious sunshine, albeit rather chilly.

As promised the car that Tim Lehman had organised was waiting to collect me and I was soon installed at The Affinia on Wednesday evening. It wasn’t long before I accidentally bumped into both Desi Murphy and the ubiquitous Ping Ping Panda at the Affinia Smoking Lounge (a.k.a. the sidewalk) and we had a light dinner at the hotel.

On Thursday I had arranged to have lunch with Ilaria Biondi de Ciabatti and her husband Geri at Benjamin’s (thank you Dennis for that original recommendation!), which was as always delightful. Ilaria is the President of the Kennel Club of Peru and had been the most charming and hospitable host when Michael Canalizo and I had judged in Lima just weeks previous. Ilaria also owns Ricky the Afterglow Standard Poodle that won not only the Eukanuba World Challenge in Orlando in 2013 but subsequently BIS at Crufts the following year. He was flying up from Peru later in the week to have a stab at The Garden.

On Friday I was busy at The Progressive where I had been asked to judge Chinese Crested Dogs, Yorkshire Terriers and Cavaliers and all three breeds produced interesting entries. In Cresteds several significant dogs were in contention but my final decision was made on balance and proportion. When we were doing pictures I was interested to hear that my BOB winner had taken the same award last year under Bert Easdon of the famous Yakee Pekingese. The Yorkies were high in quality, though I was bothered to find several that had intrusive canine teeth that prevented the mouth closing in a perfect scissor bite. Looking at the catalogue

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afterwards it seems that Canadian breeding seems to have accounted for the lion’s share of the awards and I really loved the little bitch that won the breed.

Cavaliers were, as they always are around the world these days, mixed but the Specials were not lacking in quality. I was well aware of having my Orlando BOB winner in the BOB class but was nonetheless drawn constantly to another Blenheim male that was a move-up. I will be quite frank and admit that I had a passing concern that I may have had him before and missed him but moved on from that thought and as he was the best dog on the day in my opinion took him through to BOB. I was relieved to hear when we were taking pictures that I hadn’t seen him before as he was only recently imported from Germany. I have since researched his pedigree, which contains some wonderful old British kennel names. I was further delighted to hear on Sunday that he had repeated his BOB win in a larger entry under Virginia Lyne, who is someone whose opinion I have always respected.

Kathleen Kolbert was judging BIS, herself a longstanding Yorkie expert, so I was interested to see what she would do with my Canadian bitch. Having placed David Fitzpatrick’s Pekingese in the Reserve spot, the next to be called out was the Yorkie and it seemed to take quite a while before her handler realised that she was actually winning BIS! She seemed reluctant to stand ahead of David despite his goodhumoured insistence. Naturally I was delighted at the Yorkie’s success.

As I wasn’t judging on the Saturday, Friday obviously had to be Blarney Rock night and as would be expected it was wall-to-wall dog folk.

Saturday was Meet The Breeds and lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where Ilaria and Geri treated Stuart Pearson and me to a delicious lunch in the Members’ Dining Room. I had never visited the museum previously and concluded, having spent several hours viewing some of the treasures, that you could be there for a month and still not see everything.

On Saturday evening we headed off for splendid Gotham Hall for the Purina ProPlan Showdogs of the Year Awards presented by Dogs in Review.

This is a perfect venue for such a glamorous event and the presentation of the whole evening was superb. Pat Trotter and Bill McFadden make a fabulous double act as presenters though after his side-splitting acceptance speech I have a sneaky feeling that Will Alexander may be after their job! There were many heartfelt speeches but none was more touching than Colton Johnson’s. Carlos Puig also had some reaching for their handkerchiefs, as his win was obviously a very popular one. He was not alone in mentioning the fact that

in 2014 the camaraderie and sportsmanship that existed amongst the various front-runners was remarkable and this was tangible.

The video presentation of Dick Beauchamp, who had been accepted into the Hall of Fame, was also very moving. It was sad that my dear friend Frank Sabella was unable to be present to accept his Judge of the Year award, as I am sure his acceptance speech could well have rivalled Will’s.

It was a mineral-water night at Gotham Hall as on Sunday I was judging a French Bulldog Specialty at the Pennsylvania, following on from the one that was judged by breed expert Dimitry van Raamsdonk from the Netherlands. Obviously I had no idea what he’d done and was interested to compare results afterwards. Continued on page 78

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This is sort of a belated Valentine to the dog show heroes, right hand men and women, old and young, occasional scapegoats, and sometimes just plain goats, who play such a big part in making dog shows work – the ring stewards.

By Linda More AKC conformation judges must do several stewarding assignments before applying for judging approval.

Some do it with attention and enthusiasm, others just go through the motions in order to check that box. Many judges who also steward are familiar with the kinds of situations stewards must put up with and we can sympathize with our hard working helpers…..such as the exhibitors who incessantly inquire how many have picked up armbands yet and is the major holding (not the steward’s problem!). The occasions when at one and a half minutes to start time two or three handlers’ assistants race up with long lists of numbers to be picked up, right now! Hurry!....…..let’s just hope they bring in the right dog with each armband……. The calls for clean up that go unanswered, and the undaunted steward who gathers paper towels and stoops to the task so judging can proceed. Even better, the executive steward who hands the paper towels to the dog’s person to do the work. The schedules arranged so that the day seems to be one of constant furniture moving……table in, table out, ramp in, ramp out, table back in……..all in all stewarding is not as simple a job as it might first appear.

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in the day when that was done, though another new judge and I were the last at that time to be recipients of that generosity. Mind you, we did both have to take one of those dreaded “hands on” tests before being approved. Be that as it may, for my very first “real” (that is, other than sweeps, matches, etc.) judging job, I was assigned all the Herding breeds and the group, which was decidedly smaller then.

I overdrew, and with great trepidation I walked down the hill at the outdoor show to my ring to see what or who I had been given as a steward. It was a lady with one arm in a cast and a sling. Yikes. That first glimpse did not make me feel better, but as the long day progressed, it was clear that she could, single-handedly as it were, manage everything to perfection and was even almost able to keep me on time. She most certainly had hero status for me!

On the flip side of that coin, there was the trainee steward (fortunately paired with an experienced trainer) who was rather new, on a steamy hot day at an outdoor show, in a tent with little available shade.

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Breeder-Judge Dr. John Reeve Newson

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Best of Breed Judge Dr. Jerry Klein

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Reserve Best In Show Westminster Kennel Club Judge Hon. David Merriam Owner Mr. Victor Malzoni, Jr. Breeders & Co-Owners Cragsmoor Kennels, reg.

Handlers Larry Cornelius Marcelo Veras Assisted By Kasey O’Brien

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Poaching Pal For Irish Peasants?

The Kerry Blue Terrier

By M.J. Nelson As is the case with many Irish breeds, several legends surround the development of the Kerry Blue Terrier.

One deals with a period when only the nobility in Ireland was allowed to hunt with the Irish Wolfhound so the peasants developed the Kerry Blue Terrier to be their companion and assist in their poaching activities on the nobles’ lands. The legend is that the Wolfhound was bred to some basic Irish terrier breed to ultimately produce the Kerry Blue. Another legend has it that a Russian Blue Dog, a terrier type, swam ashore from a wrecked Russian ship in Tralee Bay and was bred to several local females to create the Kerry Blue Terrier. Another version says the ship was part of the Spanish Armada. Probably none of the tales surrounding the origin of the breed, as is true with most legends, are completely accurate although the part about the breed being the dog of choice for the peasant poachers very likely is true. What is accurate, however, is that the Kerry Blue Terrier has been known for more than a hundred years as a hunting dog, a herder and a working dog. Many of these abilities are still present in this versatile breed. Continued on page 114 50 Dog News

Topper (Ch MACH6 Calix Cosmo V. Topper BN RA MXS2 MJS2 MXF TQX T2B3 THDN RATO RL1 RL2), Patti Campbell’s Kerry Blue Terrier, is currently the number one KBT in AKC agility. (Stewart Event Images photo).

Topper is a well known canine personage in agility mainly because he’s good at it and he wears his name on his collar.

Stewart Event Images photo.)

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Westminster Kennel Club Best of Opposite Sex Judge Mrs. Gayle Bontecou

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ere we are three weeks removed from the 2015 Westminster Kennel Club yet the wave of positive publicity continues. In the days and weeks leading up to the show, local papers from coast to coast highlighted dogs, owners and handlers that were making the trek to New York in the hopes of being deemed Best In Show at America’s premier dog show, one of the country’s last remaining benched shows.

The calendar coincided with President’s Day and for some schools, a mid-winter break, ensuring high attendance numbers despite the frigid temperatures, snow and ice that has continued into March here in New York City. At the end of the day (more like a week), it was the 15-inch Beagle Miss P (Ch. Tashtins Looking for Trouble) that topped an impressive Best In Show field that contained top winners from all seven groups.

If it seems that Westminster captured the nation’s attention, that’s because it did – some 8.8 million viewers tuned in to view the live television broadcast of group and BIS judging over the two nights in prime time on the USA and CNBC networks, while the Westminster web site received 14.3 million total page views, with 1.4 million visits at an average time spent of 16 minutes, with nearly a million uniques (999,000). These numbers beg the question: why is it the only dog show broadcast on live television in America?

Miss P was the second beagle to be tabbed Best In Show in Westminster ‘s 139-year history, and the second in just the past eight years, as her relative Uno also accomplished the feat in 2008. As is usually the case when a specific breed of dog is thrust into the public spotlight, there tends to be a spike in the breed’s popularity with folks rushing to the Inter54 Dog News

Riding The Westminster Wave

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By Shaun Coen

net to research the breed. There’s always an uptick in searches for the top winning breed at Westminster and this year was no exception. The beagle is already popular, consistently ranking among the top breeds registered with the AKC - falling from number four to number five this past year- but received an even greater interest following Westminster. To its credit, the American Kennel Club was at the ready, featuring a photo of a beagle and loading articles to its home page in near real time. In the days following Westminster, similar images featuring the other group winners were featured. Clicking on the images brought browsers to the respective breed pages where they could further research them.

“The Beagle is performing about 4x better than it would on average,” stated Chris Walker, AKC’s VP of Marketing and Communications. “The

Beagle breed page usually did somewhere between 5K-10K visits per day, the Beagle peaked at and was up 7x on the Wednesday, over 35K. The others are doing about 2x better than normal. The spike was larger due to them not having as much base traffic and their spike points were after they won group and we posted in AKC news section of the site and funneled through social media. All in all very positive reaction, I think we are getting the love of purebred dogs back, our figures are trending in the right direction and the work of [AKC’s Government Relations Director] Sheila Goffe and team is really paying dividends.”

While the uptick in interest in beagles is to be expected, concerned owners and breeders worry if the beagle might become the victim of what can be dubbed “Dalmatian Syndrome,” which is the phenomenon caused whenever the Disney machine rehashes another version of its “101 Dalmatians” property. Suddenly a plethora of substandard breeders emerge to handle the surge in inquiries about Dalmatians from those who find the pups adorable on screen and stage but who haven’t the foggiest notion about the breed’s temperament, size, form, function, strength, instincts or behavior. Though an intelligent, energetic and loyal companion, a Dalmatian is not for everyone. It is a lively, active breed that requires regular exercise, obedience training, supervision, early socialization, sheds continuously throughout the year and may not be the best companion in a household with very small children.

Sure, they look like the perfect pet when depicted consoling firemen in picture books and movies or befriending Clydesdales in Budweiser commercials but not a good fit for a household where both parents work all day or where small children are at play. Likewise, a beagle is not for everyone.

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Thank you Kelly Lynn Marquis for a great 2014!

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ently having difficulties attracting new members. Households are constantly on the go, kids being driven here and there, jobs demanding more and more time, housework, homework, you name it – spare time is practically non-existent. And, then there is the simple fact that as a society at large we are becoming more insular – too many would rather sit home in front of the TV or computer screen than go out to meetings at night. Just ask anyone who is involved in a club where the young people are.

With such a limited pool to draw from, why does AKC think it wants to create an entity that would further drain whatever resources might exist? What benefit does AKC think it could get from all this? Money? How? In going back through the Board minutes, which are redacted at best, I could not find any discussion accompanied by a request for Staff to look into the feasibility of “forming some new type of club that would be inviting to the general petowning public.” In fact, on the Delegate-L, one Board member, who is directly involved in Companion Events, stated that 58 Dog News

he was not aware of such a request. Nonetheless, it must have been made otherwise AKC’s staff would not have spent their valuable time coming up with an action plan.

It is important to note that AKC is a “club of clubs,” or has always been considered as such, with its Charter being granted by the State of New York in 1908. Under Article III of its Bylaws, AKC’s reason for existing is “. . .to maintain and publish an official stud book, to adopt and enforce uniform rules regulating and governing purebred dog events, to regulate the conduct of persons interested in breeding, registering, selling, purchasing, exhibiting and running purebred dogs, to prevent, detect, and punish frauds in connection therewith, to protect the interests of its members, to publish an official kennel gazette, and generally to do everything to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purebred dogs.”

There is nothing in the above that references a pet dog club which, in fact, would be in direct competition with existing companion AKC licensed and member event holding

clubs. This competition would be comprised of those individual members who are so helpful behind the scenes for our AKC clubs.

On another topic all together, apparently AKC’s Board of Directors and FCI Asia Pacific Section are having a dispute over judges. The FCI Asia Pacific Section is invoking its policy of not approving anyone who judges a non-FCI show in its Section to judge any FCI show in its Section in the future. As a result and after many months of correspondence or lack thereof on the part of FCI, at its February meeting AKC’s Board voted, effective immediately, “that no FCI judge from a country within the FCI Asia Pacific Section where there is a full FCI member registry will be approved to judge an AKC show. “ It will be interesting to see if all sides can sit down and resolve their differences because the other action that AKC’s Board took on the matter was to give 90 days for FCI Asia Pacific Section to rescind its policy towards AKC judges and if nothing is done, then no FCI judge would be approved to judge an AKC show.

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2015 Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed - Thank you Judge Mr. James Reynolds

Multiple Best In Show Best In Specialty Show

GCh. Skyline’s Unit Of Measure The Number One Keeshond All Systems & Number Two* Non-Sporting Dog National Specialty Best of Breed Winner Presented & Owned By Jean Gauchat-Hargis Joshua Hargis www.summerwindcanines.com Assisted By Robin Stachon Loved & Admired By Anna Harlow Co-Owned & Bred By Kristen Cullen, DVM Susan Cullen *The Dog News Top Ten List

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Braddon (whom she liked) but did I know anything about her private and personal life? Not a lot. Never knew which toothpaste she used, if she dyed her hair, which shampoo or even if she still had her own teethwhich I am sure she had, plus a lot of other significant details you should know about people you claim you know well…

In this case she was the Monkeythe famous one who had achieved so much in this world of pedigree dogs that we all felt we knew here.

I suppose in a weird way similar to The Queen (to whom she supplied the foundation of the now so famous Royal Corgis- who later after some illegal romantic interlude with one of Princess Margaret’s Dachshunds expanded to include the now equally famous Royal Dorgis).

That so many know so many famous people well is of course interesting, although in most cases I think it is nonsense.

Of course the same happens frequently in the world of showdogs. A lot of people claim they have learnt a lot from some famous handlers or breeders- and at times due to deathnot possible to substantiate or reject.

And during the Westminster week or the AKC week we meet hundreds or even thousands of people we know. But how many do we know well?

Probably rather few!

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uring a conversation with Judy de Casembroot (famous for her Treetops English Cockers and even more so for her Greyhounds- and being a great judge in my opinion) we discussed a particular person we both knew well (?) who had suddenly displayed characteristics that shocked us all. I happened to say that the incident we talked about had really shocked me, as I thought I knew the person: Her words of wisdom: Wait until your friends show under you and don’t win. Then you will find out if you know them well--And sadly, she has been proven right again and again. I have touched this subject previously, but until you

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have completed assignments like Westminster, Crufts or the AKC show you probably cannot claim to know any of your exhibiting friends well and if they deep down really respect you, your knowledge and integrity.

I have had the privilege and pleasure to judge at all these shows- but must admit that it was not until AFTER two of the shows I realized how important it was for some people to win. Regardless if they deserved it or not…

And a few have not spoken to me ever since.

So although always trying to follow my own heart and convictions-hopefully qualified ones- I more than ever understand the pressure a person must be under when judging any of these shows for the first time. Especially if you are a breeder/judge who all of a sudden has to “show color” and let your friends know where you really rank their darlings in the breed “hierarchy”.

And if you are really lucky you might even be “Chuckled”!

An invitation to judge at any of the three mentioned shows is also an invitation to test your character and ability to put everything else aside- and judge dogs!

Shouldn’t it always be what you’re supposed to do?

But of course! The enormous difference is that on this occasion you don’t only have the cream of the cream of judges ringside judging every move you make, but also the added flavor that via streaming the entire world will be following your performance!: PRESSURE!!!

But hopefully every year the entire panels were well prepared and with all the confidence in the world, with the intention and ability to do what they think was right, fair and what serves the breeds in question best.

And they could gain celebrity status and become the Monkey themselves!

So much better than giving in to pressure from anybody trying to influence them, which, if they have any kind of conscience, might make them need counseling and therapy for years to come…

And those exhibitors who think they have been ignored for the wrong reasons have a long, loooong memory.

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immune systems and develop the mange. This sensitivity can be passed genetically through generations. Careful breeding is recommended to eliminate cases of generalized demodecosis.

What is the difference between a CT scan and an MRI? Although the machines are similar in appearance, what occurs inside these sophisticated imaging machines is quite different. Choosing one or the other depends on the area of the body the doctor wishes to evaluate and the reason for the examination.

The difference in the way images are produced in a CT (Computed Tomography) scan versus an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan is the physics involved.

A CT scan uses an x-ray beam that passes through the body to produce images much like a regular radiograph.

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The x-ray tube rotates around the patient lying on the table.

Imagine slicing a loaf of bread for a sandwich. The knife would represent the x-ray beam that the scanner uses and the loaf of bread would be the patient.

The CT technologist can choose how thick or thin the slices will be by choosing the speed of the x-ray beam rotation. They can also choose how many slices are needed and the starting and ending point of the slices.

CT scans are best suited for viewing bone injuries, diagnosing lung and chest problems, and detecting cancers.

The CT scan sees different levels of density and tissues inside a solid organ and can provide detailed information about the body, including the head (brain and its vessels, eyes, inner ear and sinuses), chest (heart and lungs), skeletal system (neck, shoulders and spine), pelvis and hips, reproductive systems, bladder and gastrointestinal tract.

As CT scans become more advanced, scan times are faster and image quality is sharper.

Quicker scans means decreased exposure to radiation, providing

better images at lower doses.

CT scans are used in emergency hospitals because the scan takes fewer than 5 minutes and will show internal injuries, broken bones and spinal injuries more efficiently. The cost of a CT scan is typically less than an MRI and can more often be done without sedation.

MRI scans use powerful magnetic fields and radio frequency pulses to produce detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, ligament, tendon and spinal cord injuries, and brain tumors. An MRI feels closed in because the imaging coils need to be as close to the patient as possible. The closer the imaging coils are, the better the quality of the images.

An MRI scan gives higher detail in soft tissues. Differences between normal and abnormal tissue are often clearer on MRI. One of the greatest advantages of MRI is the ability to change the contrast of the images. Small changes in radio waves and magnetic fields can completely change the contrast of the image, thus better highlighting different types of tissue.

MRI scans can be noisy and the patient must remain in the unit for about 20-45 minutes.

Patients with surgical clips, metallic plates, and cardiac pacemakers cannot receive an MRI. The decision whether to use CT or MRI is determined by the density and composition of the body tissue that needs to be examined. Radiologists are the doctors that specialize in reading scan images and therefore know which test is best for showing the anatomy in question.

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and the Standard Poodle bred and owned

by Canadian Linda Campbell.

Not wanting to take anything away from anyone there were many Canadian dogs that won awards, won breeds and placed in groups, which as we all know is a feat in itself when it comes to an event of this magnitude. But for all of us cold northerners it was a thrill to watch all of our friends succeed at this level. Congratulations to you all!

Canadians are notoriously hard on themselves. We talk about “Cheap” champions and the inability of the Canadian Kennel Club to do things “just like the American Kennel Club”. Well, here there are different rules. Sure it takes 10 points and one major to finish a dog, but in MOST breeds it takes more dogs to get a three-point win here than it does in the U.S. Sure we can’t register a dog in 10 minutes like we can with the AKC (and trust me we love it when we can do that with the AKC) BUT again here in Canada the Canadian Kennel Club is regulated by the Federal Government’s Ministry of Agriculture. There are regulations set up by the ministry that we just cannot ignore, even though it makes the process longer and tedious at times.

In short I am trying to say, we are different than our neighbors to the south. And we don’t blow our own horns hardly enough. The top winning female and the top winning male dogs of all time in the United States of America are BOTH Canadian bred and thanks to one little beagle that showed her heart out and one handler who believed in her when no one else would, the dog world will look a little kinder on

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Well even though we are off to a small start the Top Dogs as of February 27, 2015 according to Canuck Dogs are:

1 Standard Poodle Ch Adessi Elemental Afterglow 2 Portuguese Water Dog Ch Claircreek Lusitano Oceano Atlantico 3 Havanese Ch Ashtone’s Aria 4 Irish Setter Ch Licky Morn Firecracker 5 Papillon Ch Marron’s Jimmy Choo 6 Irish Wolfhound Kuriann Of First Avenue 7 Shar Pei Ch Gumby’s Bearposh Ever After 8 Alaskan Malamute Ch Starring-Maat Original Sin 9 Giant Schnauzer Ch Lowdown Remys Girl V Aerdenhout 10 English Cocker Spaniel Ch Carnaby Collaboration

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These youngsters think the best dog - in the judge’s opinion, and based on the breed standard - should win. But think about what would happen in Bizarro World. “Shh,” they are told. “It’s ok. We’ll just go to another show.” Is it any wonder we cannot keep new exhibitors?

Most come, show five or six times, look around and move on to something else.

In the real world - if this ever happened - what should/could we do about it? Has anyone written to AKC Judging Operations stating what they saw and how bad it was? This might get a note put into the offending judge’s file.

Has anyone representing the parent club of this breed voiced displeasure to AKC or an AKC Representative? I have made my displeasure known to AKC and the parent club.

It is in their hands now.

What would you do if you saw this at a local show? Just keep your mouth shut and move on? There are different opinions as to whether an exhibitor should talk to a judge about his/her placements at a show. It is quickly becoming apparent that soon the AKC Field Representatives are not going to be allowed to discuss placements with judges. There are times, however, that someone needs to talk to judges with both positive and 74 Dog News

constructive comments.

Further, there are some judges - primarily ones who are new to the breed they are judging - who want feedback so they can learn and improve.

I am absolutely not talking about the irate exhibitor, who simply wants to mouth off. I am talking about parent club breed mentors and judges. I am also not concerned with those very few judges who are absolutely certain that their bathroom smells like roses all the times. Those judges don’t want to talk to anyone.

P.S. that is not the smell of any flower I know.

I recently was mentoring a wanna-be judge for Irish Setters, and we were watching a judge for whom I have a lot of respect. As it turned out, the judge gave Best of Breed to Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite to Winners Dog over numerous “specials.” The judge could see that I was working with the new judge, so after he finished, he came over and asked the new judge if she had any questions, and asked me what I would have done.

He had a little time so we talked (quietly) about the dogs he had judged, and upon what he had based his decisions. As it turned out the judge and I were pretty close about our decisions, and the reasons for them. The new judge learned something else: if there are twenty dogs and two judges wind up with the same four up front - whether they are

in the exact order or not that is pretty good. There can be slight differences in placements depending upon where each judge places his priorities. The problems arise when out of twenty dogs, one judge doesn’t have any of the four quality dogs in his placements.

Another scenario is a little more difficult. A relatively new judge has just officiated your breed. You did not have a dog in the ring, but you are a longtime parent club mentor for that breed. As a matter of fact, perhaps you were there mentoring a wannabe-judge. In your experienced opinion, the judge made some questionable decisions or looked unsure while judging. Do you just walk away from the ring, or do you say something to the judge? If you just walk away, won’t this judge lose the opportunity of having the benefit of talking with someone having a great deal of experience in this breed? How will the judge’s education continue?

Here is how I think it could be handled. I would approach the judge after her entire assignment is completed, and say something like, “Ms. Judge, I know you are a relatively new judge of Whiffenpoof Dogs. I did not have a dog in the ring, and I have been a Whiffenpoof parent club mentor for more than twenty-five years. If you have any questions about what you saw in the ring, or would like to discuss my breed, I would be happy

to speak with you.” From the judge’s reaction to this statement, you will quickly determine if this judge wants your opinion, wants to learn, or couldn’t care less. If possible, I would have this discussion in an area that is somewhat private. My experience tells me that most judges who are new to a breed would be open to this kind of conversation, as long as they do not feel like they are being attacked. As a matter of fact, most of the newer judges would welcome this.

A conversation like this could even lead to a long-time mentoring relationship. By the way, this conversation could take place even if you thought the judge did a very good job. A judge always likes to hear that since they often only hear complaints.

I love this sport and our dogs, and I am tired of trying to explain to the new people “what is really going on.” I am proud of the fact that some people consider me their mentor in my breed.

If Bizarro World would all of a sudden disappear and we were back to reality, I would have gotten dozens of calls and e-mails - from new exhibitors to judges working towards being approved for this breed - asking what just went on? Doesn’t our breed have to be sound? I got those calls and e-mails.

So I guess I won’t have to worry about crossing “Judge at Westminster” off my bucket list. And I am sure I will not be on everybody’s Christmas card list. And there are those who will just think I am a rabble-rouser.

So bring on the repercussions. Do what you will. But for the sake of our wonderful dogs and the sport that I love ... don’t let this become Bizarro World!

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Judging a breed specialty in the USA is always exciting, especially when there is a large entry, but sometimes it can prove a challenge when the ring is relatively small, as was the case at the Pennsylvania, so it takes a lot of mental agility and organisation to manage the ring efficiently.

Ultimately I could not get past the brindle male that won Veteran for my BOB, shown by Jenny Wornall. I can’t recall seeing him before but I understand he has had a glittering career. Certainly he has held his form well and is the ultimate showman. His win seemed to be extremely popular. I was interested to discover that Dimitry had awarded BOB to the Pied Puppy Dog that had been my Winners Dog, finishing his title on the day.

And so we came to The Garden proper. This was the first time I had been to Westminster since the breed judging has been moved to the Piers and class dogs admitted. The shuttle service from the hotels is extremely efficient and I am sure that from the point of view of both dogs and handlers the move has been a positive one – much bigger rings, more space for benching and getting around. That said I have to say I missed the magical atmosphere of the breed rings at Madison Square Garden, congested though it may have been. There were various breed rings that were “must sees” and it was interesting to see some famous dogs for the first time. As is always the case, some of the judging impressed whilst some was, quite frankly, mystifying, but this can be said of every dog show wherever you happen to be in the world.

Of course the focal point of The Garden has to be the Group judging.

The first group to be judged was Hounds, where Betty-Anne Stenmark was in charge. From ringside this looked like an interesting group. I was very happy to see that both Beagles (Thirteen inches and under and Over Thirteen inches) were my BOB winners from the AKC/Eukanuba show in Orlando last December. It was wonderful to see Pat Craige Trotter in there with her latest Vin-Melca’s Elkhound, as Pat is not exactly in the first flush of youth but can still hurtle around a big ring with the energy of a teenager. I thought the Saluki looked very handsome and whilst I know nothing about the breed the Black and Tan Coonhound seemed quite charismatic and was an impressive mover. The Sporting Field Whippet bitch I had admired in Orlando and she too was in there so there were plenty to play with. The group judging technique at The Garden is pretty regimented – a short list of eight, one more circuit individually to study profile and then the judge points and places. In view of the Americans’ love of excitement I have often thought how much more of a climax could be built by placing the winning four in order and taking them around the ring together, then pointing on the move.

Miss P the Beagle proved a very popular winner and rather set the theme for Canadians Conquering All over the two days.

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Fitzpatrick’s Pekingese who was a hot tip to win this group seemed to have been spooked by something so David, ever the professional, asked if he could withdraw. That would have taken a lot of strength of character but was of course the wisest decision. The Affenpinscher was the current Banana Joe son; he looked well. Both Chihuahuas impressed. The Chinese Crested BOB was a Powderpuff bitch that had been my BOS at Progressive on the Friday. There was much hilarity when the Toy Manchester Terrier having completed its individual, leapt into the Group Winner’s box in the centre of the ring, much to the amusement of handler Marcelo Chagas. The Papillon looked a real one and the Pug put on a great performance. The Shih Tzu is a well-known winner and was not presented as dramatically as some you see in the USA. In my UK coverage of Orlando I mentioned the conversation I had with his handler Luke Ehricht. who is determined to present his dogs more sensibly these days. I don’t profess to understand Toy Fox Terriers but thought the winner was a very smart example.

Elliott’s winner was the Shih Tzu; Canadians were on a roll.

Non Sporting was the next group with Shirley Limoges from Canada in charge. I didn’t feel this was the strongest Non Sporting group I’ve ever seen in the States but there were some interesting dogs in contention. I don’t profess to “get” American Eskimo Dogs but the BOB winner’s record of seven consecutive Westminster BOBs sounded impressive. The Bichon Frisé looked worthy and the Shar Pei was the bitch that is evidently Continued on page 82

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the “winningest” in the breed. Interestingly the Chow Chow was a two year-old class dog that had travelled from Beijing, China. He is apparently China’s Number One all breeds so I can only assume that the country’s homeland is now accepting of a rather untypical gait and balance. Cotons de Tulear were scheduled at Westminster for the first time (another mystery – why are they in Non Sporting and not Toys? But I have asked the same question about the Löwchen). The French Bulldog had won an Award of Merit under me at the Sunday specialty. The Standard Poodle was Flame, the big winning Canadian bitch – her dam Spitfire won BOB under me here in 2010.

The daughter doesn’t quite excite me as much as her dam did, but then she was an exceptional creature. I liked the look of the Xoloitzcuintli and the Schipperke also had great appeal at rising eleven years of age … what lasters Schipps are.

Shirley could not get past the Canadian Standard Poodle, and fourth was the evergreen American Eskimo, GCh Nuuktok’s Atka Inukshuk, putting yet another feather in Canada’s cap.

The fourth and final group on Monday night was Herding, where Klaus Anselm was the judge. This was an exciting group to watch and I was very keen to see how Swagger the Old English Sheepdog fared as, despite the fact that he may be a little more scissored than we are used to, he is a magnificent example of the breed that is always handled and moved so perfectly by Colton Johnson whose family bred him. Since Westminster last year he has been backed by Ron and Debbie Scott. The Border Collie is owned and bred in China but combines American and New Zealand lines, and was handled by Clint Livingston, who I still remember coming to Crufts to represent the USA in the International Junior Handling finals … now he has children of his own! The Pembroke Corgi bitch with Bill Shelton made a very impressive picture but the Old English blew me away. He really put on a flawless performance and again I greatly admired the way Colton moved him, refusing to fly around the ring at breakneck speed, preferring to demonstrate the breed’s typical gait. The German Shepherd was cer-

tainly a crowd pleaser but I suspect would not appeal to the more Germanic fanciers in the UK. The Hungarian Puli BOB was bred in the UK I noted.

Ultimately it was the Old English Sheepdog that won, to the delight of the crowd. What a year Swagger has had – last year he won Reserve BIS at Westminster from the classes, not even a Champion; now he is the top winning Old English of all time!

So ended the first night of Westminster. Many decided to party on in the various hotel bars. I opted for loading pictures and getting to bed as by now I had practically lost my voice – a combination of talking too much and moving from greatly contrasting temperatures I suspect. For this many were I am sure grateful.

It was a rather more leisurely rising on Tuesday when I spent more time in Pier 94 watching Siberian Huskies, Bullmastiffs, various gundog breeds and Leonbergers, which were judged

by Finn Satu Yla-Mononen, the only judge at the show not to come from the USA or Canada. She also had Great Danes, Rottweilers, Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs, Newfoundlands and Bernese Mountain Dogs so a very full day.

The first event in the big ring was the Junior Showmanship Finals where the maturity of some of the talented youngsters seemed unnerving. It was Lydia Frey, handling a Bedlington, who eventually won in very hot competition under Michael Dougherty.

Ken Murray was the first to judge a group proper on Tuesday and I confess that it is the Sporting (Gundog) Group that gives me the most problems in the USA, as so many seem to be quite dramatically off-type

compared to what we expect in the breeds’ countries of origin. Having said that I had been impressed with some of the English Setters I’d watched earlier and thought the BOB winner, whilst much more heavily coated than we would like, was a very handsome dog and not too extreme.

There were however several that took my eye. British Brittany purists may be horrified but I was very impressed with the BOB winner, another handled by Clint Livingston.

The German Wirehaired Pointer looked great going around, covering ground effortlessly. Not surprisingly the Chesapeake was a good one, though a very young bitch.

The Curly also had something about him.

The Golden Retriever I felt was more in line with our idea of the breed than some I’ve seen winning in the USA, was free moving and balanced. Lisa Weiss owner-handled the BOB Labrador – she is well known to many British Labrador people and was attending her 45th Westminster. The Clussexx Clumber Spaniel looked wonderful and moved so well with great presence. I think this is the same dog that won BOB under Frank Kane at Westminster two years ago.

Doug Johnson of Clussexx note also bred the Sussex BOB winner. English Springers in the USA, despite having a very detailed breed standard that describes the British English Springer perfectly, are generally far removed from what we think of in the breed. The “English Cocker” was a free mover and very merry. I was pleased to see that the Weimaraner did not have an exaggerated keel like so many do in the USA. One of the most irritating aspects of watching the Sporting Group for me was the habit that so many handlers have of folding their dog’s offside ear over its face when the judge is looking at the profile. I am told it is to emphasise the dogs’ length of neck, but surely judges have eyes and hands? In any case I think it looks silly and ugly.

Once Ken had got his short list I felt it would be a two-horse race between the Clumber and the Brittany but he opted for the “English” Springer Spaniel, well supported by the enthusiastic ringside.

Working came next with Terri Hundt judging. This isn’t the biggest group but there were some great dogs competing.

All eyes were of course on Matisse, the legendary Portuguese Water Dog that was on splendid form. The Akita was a powerful mover and the Alaskan Malamute of excellent type. The Boxer was the bitch handled by Diego Garcia that had been my BOS in Orlando. The Bullmastiff had impressed me greatly in the breed ring and Continued on page 90

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It was 1952 when I entered the Juniors’ ring at Westminster with my English Setter, Vivacious Pal of Vilmar. I was too much the novice to be nervous. In fact it would be two more years before I got a ribbon at the “Garden” handling our first home-bred champion in breed in ’54, I piloted Ch. Prize ParSal of Stone Gables to BOS. Then, as I aged out of Juniors Competition, my sister Bethny Hall aged in and was High Score Junior of the year three Yesterd ay: years running and then won Showmanship w1in959 Westminster Junior ner B Westminster’s Brumby Trophy her Irish Setter Theethny Hall handling nde Providence Jo urnal photo. rin Nomad. for Best Junior in ’59.

Yesterday: 1965 Darly Martin and her Maltese at Westminster’s Ken-L-Ration.

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ut there is something much more important about dog shows than ribbons, trophies and titles. My return to Westminster this year 2015 proves the point: Juniors from all generations are an on-going part of the sport of dogs and they get to celebrate anew the camaraderie that becomes more special with time.

Looking for the bus to the Take the Lead Theater Benefit was Daryl Martin, who was a frequent contributor to Popular Dogs’ Junior Canons. In ’66 Daryl qualified for Westminster JS and in ’69 a special salute to excellence was announced in Junior Canons for three talented young people in dogs: Daryl Martin of Highland Park, IL, Debbie Duguid and Wayne Cavanaugh.

Also on the bus to the theater benefit was Terry Stacy, who handled his Cocker in Juniors and has spent his life in the sport of dogs. I visited with Mari-Beth O’Neill at the 21 Club and again before her stewarding in the Junior ring on Monday. Her wins as a Junior with her Manchester were recorded in Popular Dogs.

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At the Morris & Essex Kennel Club meeting Michael Dougherty, the recent Westminster Best in Show judge and former Junior, greeted members as they entered. And Lorraine Bisso, a former Junior with a Collie, presented a report focused on the upcoming show in October.

According to Popular Dogs, July ’64 Lorraine Marie Wegmann handled a Weimaraner to RD at Louisiana KC and in March ’65 it is reported that Lorraine of New Orleans is the proud owner of Sheelin, a 9 month old Irish Setter.

Stewarding together at Pier 94 on ing Monday Wyatt Delfino of Borzoi fame and I Clark winn ra d n sa a C : had a happy reunion. He is now an attorney Yesterday JS 1997. r e st in Westm in Manhattan. Valerie Nunes, Best Junior in ’81, took the breed in Beardies while I was talking to Casandra Clark who won Best Junior in ’97 with her Siberian. Said a quick hello to another Siberian fancier, Tara Tuthill Schultz, former Junior and now nationally known professional handler. At the Take the Lead party on Monday night I had a long talk with Bradley Buttner, Westminster Best Junior ’84, and reminisced about how we drew chalk lines at our practice park to get his Dane, Hans, ready for the small rings at the Garden. Also, I was happy to see Dana Schumacher Gabel who competed successfully in Juniors and also was an instructor at the Shoreline Junior Showmanship Seminars. Dana now is a breeder-handler of top winning Terriers.

To all today’s Juniors who qualified for Westminster, who were put forward to the finals and for those four who received the coveted ribbons, I wish you well in your Yesterday: Bradley Buttne future in dogs. And I wish you many happy r 1984 Westm inster JS winne reunions with your peers when you return to r with his Dane , Hans.

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I liked him even more in the big ring – substantial, agile and with a pleasing head. He was only 17 months old but I reckon a lot more will be heard of him. The Giant Schnauzer handled by Vicki Seiler had great presence and I thought the Leonberger was a very strong contender … he is a service dog to boot. The Komondor had everyone lost in admiration for the hard work that must have gone into his presentation and he was a very impressive example of the breed.

I felt the Newfoundland was a real eyeful – so light on his feet and not as overdone in head and lip as some American Newfoundlands. Andrew Green had wife Amy’s Samoyed in the peak of condition and he put on a sterling performance.

The Siberian was from China and was not as short-legged as so many seem to be in the States.

I was delighted to see on the video coverage that Terri made a point of asking the handlers in her shortlist to move their dogs around “not too fast”, and they complied. Winning, to no surprise - it was his third consecutive Garden group - and well deserved, was the Portuguese Water Dog. Matisse is of course Canadian-bred and co-owned so the neighbouring country’s chances of BIS improved even further.

Although we still tend to think of Terriers as being the most British of groups I have to say that in recent years this is the group that has impressed me most in the USA with so much depth in so many breeds. This year it was Canadian Veterinarian John Reeve-Newson who had the honour of sorting out the Terrier Group and he was spoilt for choice. Needless to say Victor Malzoni had made his presence felt in this group as his name was on both the Smooth and Wire Fox and of course the AENC BIS winning Skye. Early on in the group the Bedlington delighted the crowd when he did a Ricky-like bow/ stretch but then so had Matisse the Portuguese Water Dog. This endearing habit is catching on!

The Cairn and Coloured Bull appealed and whilst the Miniature Bull wasn’t the smallest he had great ring presence. The Mustard Dandie Dinmont I liked enormously and I was interested to see that she was co-bred by Betty-

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The Smooth was as smart as paint and the Wire looked handsome too. The Irish was bred in the UK by Tony Barker from two of his American Fleet St imports, and is co-owned by Tony. I wondered what Una Rigney – veteran Irish Kerry Blue expert – had made of the Westminster BOB; Una was visiting Westminster for the very first time. The Lakeland looked very decent and the Russian-owned Scottie bitch (aptly named From Russia With Love) had a great following. The Maestro Peter Green was in there with the Norfolk with whom he won BIS at Montgomery last year, a descendant of Coco, Peter having won four Garden BISs over the years. I thought the Parson looked very typy but of course a crowd favourite was the Russell (for some reason “Jack” was never incorporated into the breed’s American name). This breed is hugely popular around the world yet our Kennel Club has yet to recognise them … I am sure it will come with time. Charlie the Skye Terrier was, I felt, going even better than he did when he won Best in Orlando and he was another to have no shortage of support ringside. The Staffordshire I felt looked like a lot of dog.

John obviously had his work cut out but wasted no time in getting down to a short list.

Charlie continued to dominate as he pointed to Larry Cornelius who was handling the Skye.

And so the scene was set.

No dancing dogs or gimmicky displays, we got straight on with Best in Show, which historically went to a first-time BIS judge, the Hon David C. Merriam, long-time Bull

Terrier devotee and a protégé of Raymond Oppenheimer. I couldn’t help wondering if David was thinking of Raymond’s rather outlandish belief that when someone first expressed a desire to judge they should start with a Best in Show where, in theory, they will be presented with a selection of excellent dogs and whatever they do they will do no harm.

After fulfilling several BIS appointments Raymond felt that judges could then progress to judging groups where their ability would be more tested. Once they have proved themselves at group level it was Raymond’s firm belief that only then should they be trusted with judging at breed level, as this is the most important level of judging and where the most damage to breeds can be done. It may be impractical but the logic behind it is truly admirable.

As the seven group winners entered the big ring all had great ringside applause – remember this is Westminster! – but it would be fair to say (especially having re-watched it on video) that Swagger the Bobtail would have swung the clapometer. From the seating the yells of “Swagger, Swagger” were worthy of any visiting pop star. David marked his book, then was escorted into the ring by Tom Bradley and Sean McCarthy where he made a moving speech about the history of Westminster and the quality of the dogs before him. Reserve BIS (since the award has been introduced) is customarily declared first and the bridesmaid spot went to Charlie the Skye. There was a brief lapse when everyone assumed that the big one was going to either Matisse or Swagger, but there was great rejoicing and much waving of maple leaves when David said “The Beagle”, and out came “Miss P” with a for-once-speechless Will Alexander. Will I have known since he was a youngster and he was always held in high regard by my idol and mentor, Nigel Aubrey Jones. He is the consummate professional, dedicated to the sport and popular with his clients, peers and judges alike. I am convinced that Nigel was looking down, smiling with a combination of pride and the mischief that never left him.

2015 was certainly the year the Canadians cleaned up at The Garden.

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y first memory of the Garden is of 1958 when my father won the Hound group. It was the Whippet, Ch. Laguna Lucky Lad, and he was the first Whippet to win the group at the Garden. Best in Show, under the legendary Mr. Brainard, was the Standard Poodle, Ch. Puttencove Promise, handled by Bob Gorman. My father and Bob Gorman grew up in a small town in Scotland together. That was 57 years ago and I have never missed a Westminster since.

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shady area…and the crowning problem was when, after the first breed (with major entries) was done, several people requested photos, and the trainee steward loudly told me and the exhibitors that I could not stop for pictures or I would be late. Overruled by me, and promptly banished by the trainer steward without my even asking.

Then there was one steward who was also a judge and instead of staying near the table, liked to step out into the ring to observe the dogs, forgetting to pull ribbons or assemble the next class. And the lady who said she needed to take a quick bathroom break – fine, we are after all only human – and disappeared for a good ten minutes or more. Was she a smoker? I don’t know, but in the meantime I decided I had to measure a dog, and asked the steward in the next ring to call for the wicket. No wicket arrived so I left my ring again and hauled off to the superintendent to fetch it. The poor exhibitor had nothing to do but fret as hers was the only entry in the class. Wicket arrives, steward returns and hovers over me in the way watching as I set the wicket legs. Excuse me please! Happily, the dog squeaked in.

What a contrast was another lady who stewarded for me on a floor-ramptable day. Cheerful, humorous, and enterprising. She’d had surgery and was not allowed to even help lift our furniture and took care of that charmingly, scanning the spectators and passersby and hailing a nice looking biker guy complete with leathers, a head band and gray ponytail.

Would he please help with the furniture?

Big smile, of course he would. Later in the day an equally pleasant gentleman in a Duck Dynasty T-shirt was drafted by my steward. Her positive, “we’ll deal with it” attitude was a pleasure and made the day extra enjoyable. If she overlooked pulling ribbons once or twice, or got the wrong ones out, who cared or remembered? No harm done.

Judges should not forget that the good steward has your back in times of

difficulty. Once many years ago, an exhibitor returned to my ring after I judged his breed and more or less politely implied that I might have been, ah, persuaded ahead of time to put up the dog I had chosen over his exhibit. I have recounted this somewhat more subtly than he put it, but you get the idea. I simply replied that perhaps I had more background in the breed than he was aware of and that the dog I chose was in my opinion superior in type and movement. He did not disagree – he couldn’t - but left with an attitude suggesting that he felt that he had put me in my place, whereupon my steward quietly said, “If he comes back shall I hold him while you punch him?” Terrier people will not be surprised that she was from terriers……. and it was my pleasure later to be able to give my chosen dog in that breed a place in the group. And no, that exhibitor never raised an issue with me again.

Stewards have on occasion assisted judges in defusing situations, or if a situation failed to be defused, provided testimony later.

We know that many shows now are stewarded by professional stewards groups, but there are numerous clubs that use members or friends. Some of these people may be pretty new at stewarding, but really, if they are pleasant and willing to learn, there is not much an experienced judge can’t handle while the education proceeds. Certainly it’s a time saver if the steward pulls the ribbons, and makes sure the next class is ready to come in, but if we (sadly) must, we can live without those niceties. The one thing we absolutely cannot do is hand out armbands and check off those present. Well, another thing I absolutely can’t seem to do is make the walkie talkie gadgets work to call for photographers, clean up, the superintendent and so on. Call me technologically challenged, even when it’s relatively old technology. I can relate when my steward can’t make the thing work either. There are times when I wonder if it wouldn’t be a big help at indoor shows to have long poles with colored flags on top to indicate what sort of assistance the steward or I would like in our ring, you know, maybe orange for the superintendent, green for the photographer, brown for ……well, you know what for. But I digress.

The bottom line is, I believe, that dog shows should be fun for all involved, although the actual evaluation of the dogs should be serious business for the judge. Stewards too should have fun and if a steward is new, or a bit slow, or out of practice, a cheerful attitude can help make up for deficiencies. So all you stewards out there, thank you, and carry on the good work.

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The Kerry Blue Terrier

Lav (Casey’s Lavish Mischief UDX NA CGC), one of Lisa Frankland’s Kerries, shakes his owner’s hand after completing his CDX.

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“Kerry Blue Terriers were intended to be independent workers on farms ridding them of vermin, they were also used to herd livestock and retrieve game birds as well as guarding the family,” said Patty Sontag, whose dog Lexi (Calix Worth the Wait BN RE CDX-C RL2 NW3 RATI) has been successful in obedience, rally, nose work and barn hunt. “The activities for which the breed was developed required a fearless, intelligent dog that could work long hours doing a variety of jobs, sometimes with very little human direction. Many of the activities we do with our dogs involve a lot of the same type of skills. Barn hunt requires them to find vermin. Nose work makes them follow a scent although not a rat in this sport. Herding requires them to gather and move livestock and that could also include treibbal, which is another dog sport that just started in this country and involves herding large balls into a soccer net. Obviously earthdog is a continuation of their vermin hunting job although because of their longer legs and larger size, they hunt rats in tunnels above ground and competition obedience where they retrieve dumbbells and gloves.”

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Remi (Ch MACH3 Kerigolf ’s Loaded For Bear UD OM1 RN MXC MJB2 TQX CAX RATO CGC HCT), another of Frankland’s KBTs, rockets off the line in pursuit of the lure in a coursing event.

Riley (Ch MACH 2 Kallehan’s Blue Moon Rising RN MXG MJB2 OJP MXF), one of Maggie Hall’s KBTs, loved to jump but took awhile to figure out retrieving. (Terry Tuttle photo)

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While still doing coursing events, Dylan is learning to do the new sport of Treibbal where he is learning the herding commands and to work at a distance with Clark. (Lee Magenheim photo)

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Agility at Westminster

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February is not only the month of Valentines, but now it is a big event for Agility with the Westminster Show delivering the fun, excitement and good television coverage to move it up to the top of the agility trial to attend list. This was the second year for hosting agility at Westminster Dog Show and it proved to be an event many

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wanted to enter, be seen at and hopefully win.

Even though this is billed as a regular trial, it certainly has become more than that with the first days counting toward titles and a special scoring system used to move exhibitors into the “finals” to become Master Agility Champion at Westminster. Paul Campanella, Trial Chairman, and his team have exceeded expectations in the planning and executing of a successful event. Carrie DeYoung, AKC Agility Director, was everywhere in the behind scenes action particularly in working with the television crew to get the finalists in and out of the ring in a way they could film to the best advantage for the public. Steve Herwig was also behind the computers as usual to make the scoring flawless.

The AKC agility staff has given its full support to this very visible agility trial.

Many of the dogs and handlers gave the large audience all they would want to see in handling, speed and fun. The overall Master Agility Championship winner was Border Collie, Tex, handled by Rose Savkov from New Jersey, who stole the show but a close second was world team member John Nys with his new Border Collie, Trick, from R.I. The 8” winner was Pink, a Papillon from Massachusetts and

12” was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi from Ohio and 16” was a familiar winner in the agility ring, Border Collie Smart from California, and the 20” winner was Tex from New Jersey and 24” winner was Flynch, a Border Collie from Connecticut.

There were 74 different breeds and 15 of those were mixes. The high scoring mix dog was a husky cross, Roo from California, that defended her title from last year, handled by Stacy Campbell. Thirty one states were represented, which is outstanding considering this is downtown Manhattan. The agility exhibitor has grown greatly in willingness to participate in a trial that is not in their own backyard or National championship event. The judges, from England, Graham Partridge, and from Texas, Alan Arthur, did a great job with TV cameras following them everywhere to second guess their calls if they made a mistake. David Frei made the Westminster atmosphere complete with his announcing. The scoreboard kept everyone informed and was in clear view for all. The Max 200 equipment was donated and manned

by Al and Irene Lamphere and it was very clear that Purina was the sponsor of this event with all their signage. The cold weather was a little tough on the California exhibitors but everyone took it in stride. The photography by Steve Surfman (Steve@SteveSurfman. com) made the website alive with pictures. The trial is limited to 330 entries and there was a waitlist for teams wanting to enter. I expect this trial will only become much harder to get into due to its popularity and the classy way the event was run.

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overage from Westminster is such a boost to AKC agility. The competition is definitely strong in the agility arena with so many venues offered. In looking at some numbers of events listed for 2015 AKC is clearly in the lead. USDAA appears so far for 2015 to be hosting 286 trials and 14 regionals and one championship. Six of the regular events are held internationally such as Canada, Guatemala and Japan with 20 trials in Texas and 19 in California. Companion Performance Events, CPE, for 2015 already listed 595 events. They are allowed to offer six classes a day but a dog may only enter five classes. The biggest concentration of trials appears to be New Jersey with 42, 16 in California and 18 in Pennsylvania. The North American Dog Agility Council, NADAC, appears to be the event that has slowed down. It is very hard to determine total number of trials offered in 2015 but clearly there are just a few clubs that are producing the trials. In California there are 78 trials and Colorado 32 and 35 in New York and 51 in Illinois but in all the cases the trials are held by one or two clubs.

The 23 trials in Iowa are all by the same host club. The Australian Shepherd Club holds its own trials, ASCA, which is basically the same as NADAC. The statistics are not as accurate as I would like but close. The AKC agility program held 3,533 trials in 2014. To find out more information about each type of venue there is a website available, afordableagility.com/ learning/the-organizations.htm.

Competition is healthy; it keeps all venues working toward improving.

World Team Tryouts are almost upon us. They will be held in Minnesota; let’s hope for warmer weather. May 2 and 3 will be the dates of this event, well

worth your trip to Minnesota to watch. This will determine the team members for both the World Agility Championship to be held Oct 8-11, 2015 in Bologna, Italy and the European Open in Germany on July 2326, 2015. The World Championship in Italy appears to have obtained a great sponsor, Volvo. Could there be a car offered that weekend?

The AKC Agility staff is working hard this week in Nevada at a three-day meeting to brainstorm the new classes that will be offered soon in the agility program. It takes so much forethought to work out new course design, regulations, and then the transfer of that information to the judges who have to implement this at trials.

Course design is a time consuming project long before a judge ever reaches the trial they will be judging. The design will often take as much as 60 hours before it is totally complete. A judge must design the course, then send in to their AKC Agility Rep. to review to insure they are meeting the regulations, possibly a revise and resubmit notation on the course, which means more work by the judge on the course and then the final approval process by the rep.

This is all done to make sure the courses the dogs run are safe and fair and equal in all parts of the country. This process is one of the reasons why AKC agility is so successful.

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A ride with a New York carriage horse: Driver Steve Malone and his horse, Tyson, take Miss P and handler Will Alexander (and owners Lori and Kaitlin Crandlemire, not shown) for a ride in Central Park. This was a first for a Westminster winner.

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The Kerry Blue Terrier

Birdie (MACH 7 PACH True Type’s Taylor Made MXB3 MJG3 MXP3 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX MXF TQX T2B5 RATO), another of Hall’s KBTs learned early that she had all the good toys and knew all the good games. (Terry Tuttle photo) Continued FROM page 114

have today although some individuals exhibit these traits to a greater degree than others. For example, it took many sessions for Riley, my first KBT (Ch MACH 2 Kallehan’s Blue Moon Rising RN MXG MJB2 OJP MXF), to figure out retrieving. It was just not something he was hard-wired to do. Birdie (MACH 7 PACH True Type’s Taylor Made MXB3 MJG3 MXP3 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX MXF TQX T2B5 RATO) was retrieving in two or three sessions.

Gage, my youngest who is just getting started in his performance career took about three throws and he was bringing the ball all the way back to me. All three had the behavior but it was the strongest in Gage,” said Maggie Hall.

“I think it helps the breed for people to see the beautiful, elegant Kerries that are in the show ring are also athletic, intelligent dogs who like to work and can be successful in a variety of dog sports.

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do agility, rally, barn hunt, nose work and reading therapy with my dog. Agility was the most difficult for us early in training because of the exciting and distracting atmosphere. When he was young and I’d take him along to trials when I was running my older dog, the sights and sounds of dogs racing around the agility course made him scream with excitement. Getting his attention and convincing him to focus in distracting environments was a real challenge. On the other hand, barn hunt was really easy for us. What terrier wouldn’t love sniffing out a rat?” said Patti Campbell, whose dog Topper (Ch MACH6 Calix Cosmo V. Topper BN RA MXS2 MJS2 MXF TQX T2B3 THDN RATO RL1 RL2) is currently the number one Kerry Blue Terrier in AKC agility.

However, the breed is a terrier and that means that issues sometimes arise in training. “I periodically encounter issues with obedience exercises falling apart sometimes even after the dog has performed them successfully for months or even years. Lav, (Casey’s

Lavish Mischief UDX NA CGC) my first KBT, started consistently taking the wrong jump on the utility directed jumping exercise after earning seven UDX legs.

Remi, (Ch MACH3 Kerigolf’s Loaded For Bear UD OM1 RN MXC MJB2 TQX CAX RATO CGC HCT ) my current Kerry, had an issue with the open drop on recall exercise where he refused to come when I called him. He also has an ongoing problem with whining and shifting during the open stays.

With Lav, I first took him to a veterinary ophthalmologist to rule out eye problems.

Then I took a break from trialing him and completely retrained the directed jumping exercise. That did the trick as he completed his UDX very quickly after that and continued to consistently qualify in both utility and open for the remainder of his obedience career. I did something similar with Remi and his refusal to come appears to be resolved. His stays, however, are proving to be a little tougher.

I’m continuing to work on building understanding and confidence. I only show him on a limited basis to minimize his anxiety. But, that’s a continuing issue with obe-

dience. It demands a lot of precision so even after they learn the exercises it seems like something always needs tweaking. The other extreme in the world of dog sports for my dogs has been coursing ability.

It’s a new enough event so only Remi has tried it and he’s been obsessed with the lure from the very first time he was introduced to it. He has never required any training for this event outside of just running the tests. He is the first Kerry to earn a CAX and he has never failed a test,” said Lisa Frankland.

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For example, I started rally only to discover that some of the exercises are impossible to do on a scooter.

With barn hunt, the only part of the course that has to be accessible for disabled people is the start box so getting around the course, the hay bales, can be challenging. So, what

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Pets Can Travel on Certain Amtrak Trains during Pilot Program

The Amtrak and Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) established a Pet Carry-on Pilot Program that allows cats and small dogs to accompany their passenger owners on certain trains that travel to destinations between Chicago and southern Illinois.

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istorically, dogs traveled by rail in baggage cars. That practice ended on May 1, 1971, when Amtrak became the publicly funded railroad service operated and managed as a for-profit corporation to provide passenger train service between cities nationwide.

“The baggage cars that Amtrak inherited were so dated; they didn’t meet the health and environmental regulations set forth by the Federal government for safe travel.

The cars had poor ventilation and no protection from the elements, causing some pets to die en route. As a result, Amtrak stopped shipping dogs by rail at that time,” said Marc Magliari, Amtrak Spokesperson.

Changing times

Amtrak’s Pet Carry-on Pilot Program was established in part to meet its customers’ changing needs as reflected by their shifting attitudes toward pets. In recent years, companion animals have come to play an increasingly important role in the lives of their owners and become more valued members of the family. The limited options available for traveling on mass transportation with them has made vacationing and other travel more difficult for owners.

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of each month as more and more passenger owners learned they could travel with a pet. A total of 145 of them took advantage of it last year.

The pilot program began on May 5, 2014 and was scheduled to end in November 2014. However, it was extended to April 26, 2015 due to the positive feedback received from customers. It also was expanded to include more trains as of August 11, 2014.

“The expansion of the pets on trains pilot program is a step toward allowing passenger owners to travel nationwide with their pets on Amtrak trains,” Rep. Jeff Denham (CA) told reporters.

He became interested in the issue when he tried to board an Amtrak train a few years ago with his 15-pound, French Bulldog, Lily, but was told only service dogs were allowed. Since 2013, he and Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) have been trying to make Amtrak travel more friendly to pets on a permanent basis.

Rep. Denham Chairs and Rep. Cohen is a member of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. The subcommittee is tasked with overseeing the agencies that regulate the nation's railroad industry.

The two representatives reintroduced a bill--the Pets on Trains Act 2015, H.R. 674—which would require Amtrak to develop a pet policy for passengers traveling

less than 750 miles with pets. It’s the same legislation the two representatives introduced in June 2013, which also motivated the creation of Amtrak’s pilot program.

At the time of this writing, H.R. 674 was on the verge of passing the House of Representatives.

Before the bill becomes law however, it would need to pass the Senate and be signed by the President. If that happens, the new law would make it easier for millions of owners to travel with their pets. It also would be a potential source of new revenue for Amtrak, while not costing the federal government or the railway carrier any additional funds.

(The Pets on Trains Act does not direct Amtrak on the specifics of their pet policy. Guidelines or restrictions on pet weight, costs associated with the program and other logistical details are left for Amtrak to decide.)

The pet-friendly specifics

With the expansion of the Pet Carry-on Pilot Program being conducted in Illinois, owners and their pets now may board one of eight trains in Chicago, Naperville, Galesburg, Homewood, ChampaignUrbana or Carbondale. (Some trains have afternoon departure times only.) Reservations for pet travel must be made in advance and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Passenger owners may travel with one pet only, and no more than four pet reservations may be booked per train. There is a $25 surcharge per pet ticket.

Only cats and small dogs are eligible to travel under the rules of the pilot program—that means no rabbits, iguanas or any other kinds of pets are allowed aboard Amtrak trains during it. In addition to weighing less than 20 pounds, dogs or cats must be at least “8 weeks old, odorless, harmless and nondisruptive” according to an Amtrak Press Release.

(It’s unlikely the weight requirement would be expanded to include larger dogs because pets must remain in carriers that are small enough to be put under their passenger owner’s seat during travel, i.e., approved carriers, which passenger owners must provide, can be no larger than 19” long x 14” wide by 10.5” high.)

Pets are not allowed to roam railcars nor can they even sit on the floor at their passenger owner’s feet on a leash in the case of a dog. Instead, they must remain inside a carrier at all times. Likewise, passenger owners must remain with their pets at all times.

Passengers with pets must arrive at the railway station 30 minutes before departure time in order to complete a Release and Indemnification Agreement.

Those traveling with a pet assume all liability for their animal. Pet eligibility to travel also must be confirmed before departure, i.e., passenger owners must provide proof their animal is current on vaccinations.

(The requirements for pet travel outlined above

Amtrak’s Pet Carryon Pilot Program began on May 5, 2014 and was scheduled to end in November 2014. Due to positive customer feedback however, it was extended to April 26, 2015. The pilot program also was expanded to include more trains as of August 11, 2014.

are not relevant to service dogs, which are always welcome aboard Amtrak trains at no charge.)

Although Amtrak assumes no responsibility for the health and well-being of pet passengers, it would assist passenger owners with the evacuation of their pets in the event of an accident and seek pet friendly accommodations for them whenever possible.

Future pet policy unknown

The trains on each of the participating routes in the pilot program only have one railcar designated for passengers with pets. Because pet travel is restricted to one railcar per train, those who suffer from allergies to pet hair or who are afraid of dogs haven’t reacted negatively to the pilot program. In fact, customer feedback has been positive as already indicated.

Despite this and because it’s not known whether H.R. 674 will be passed into law, it’s also not known if Amtrak would extend service to pets nationwide on a permanent basis at the conclusion of the pilot program according to Magliari.

“The lack of any negative feedback from customers or crewmembers is heartening," he said. “We're going at this carefully nonetheless.

While there are people who very much want it, there are others who are concerned about how it could affect them."

For more information about Amtrak’s Pet Carry-on Pilot Program in Illinois, those interested may visit: http://www.amtrak.com/ carry-on-pet-pilot.

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YourDog’s Horoscope March 2015

Aries

March 21-April 19

By Cerise Fairfax

Gemini

Leo

July 23- August 22

For the next few weeks you will notice your Aries dog behaving unpredictably, but their behaviour will be enjoyable nonetheless.

May 21- June 20

Do not be thrown when your Gemini dog inadvertently unlearns a new trick. They will eventually get the hang of it.

Unexpected pleasant surprises will describe Leo dogs best in March.

They will show you just how wise they truly are.

Taurus

Cancer June 21- July 22

Virgo

April 20- May 20

Taurus dogs will show mounds of gratefulness to family, friends, trainers, handlers and judges.

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Cancer dogs look great coming into March. Their appearance will keep up to the highest standards of the judges and their aura and energy will exude confidence.

August 23 September 22

Looks like Virgo will be gung ho on inspiring other dogs. So if they have brothers, sisters or just play pals, they will offer loving times ahead!

Libra September 23 - October 22

Capricorn

December 22- January 19

Larger Libra dogs will make it their obligation to take care of the smaller ones. Smaller Libra dogs will express more neediness for love.

Giving it all they got, Capricorns will strut their stuff, and mark their spot by winning and not whining.

Scorpio

Aquarius

October 23- November 21

The determination that Scorpio will radiate coming will be astonishing.

Try not to cramp their style with over disciplining. They will not respond well.

Sagittarius

November 22- December 21

Happy-go-lucky Sagittarius will dive head first into new adventures. They will feel the luck of the horseshoe on their side.

January 20- February 18

All Aquarius breeds will feel a little too rushed and forced if patience is not practiced while handling them during training and shows.

Pisces

Feb 19- March 20

Droopy but not sad, just a little more laid back will be the best way to describe Pisces for the next couple of weeks.

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It’s too bad AKC has had to adopt a spin approach in its PR releases and is not willing through its MARR/COMM department headed these days, I think, by Chris Walker with Hillary Prim Director of PR and Jessica D’Amato Rice as Manager of PR to answer questions submitted to them even when according to the President of AKC they are asked to do so. One of our writers, Sharon Pflaumer, indeed a major DWAA award winner, has been trying for over a month now to get information from AKC about the TV ratings results (among other things) about its televised AKC/Eukanuba show as well as its soon to be

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released new computer dog collar. She had been in contact with D’Amato/Rice way before Westminster--which was the excuse used for not answering her- “they were too busy with Westminster” and several times thereafter with the other two parties named above. As an aside I don’t understand what direct connection or indirect connection AKC’s PR department has with Westminster - I always thought that was the job of David Frei. Perhaps she was referring to the Saturday’s Meet the Breeds, which was hailed in the LA TIMES as a Westminster “outstanding event” without AKC even being mentioned in the reporter’s article. Yet cited as an AKC PR coup is the article with Mr. Kalter congratulating AKC’s PR team for having gotten the article printed.

He obviously did not bother to read the article else his enthusiasm would have been dampened somewhat I would imagine at the reporter hailing Westminster’s handling of the very successful AKC event. But I have digressed for a change--back to Sharon--during this time period Sharon kept me posted of her inability to get any answers from AKC. I tried some behind the scenes discussions and on two different occasions was promised that Sharon would be contacted. Well she never has been and as of today, March 2, she still has heard nothing from AKC! One can only presume that this silence is on the advice of the PR people headed by Bob Amen and his Edelman PR firm and which was his style

insofar as public statements were concerned prior to his decision to run for the Board from the floor as the Nominating Committee refused to re-nominate him for this JOB. Actually I never considered being a Board Member to be a “job” but in one of the many missives Mr. Amen began sending as part of his electioneering campaign he specifically used that terminology due he said to the number of times he commuted to the City to attend to AKC business. I hope the next thing on his agenda will not be to ask for a salary for accepting these heretofore voluntary assignments-probably he’s entitled to reimbursement of expenses but it sort of sounded to me as though he was setting up for more of a request than that! But now just like the Edelman firm AKC’s PR department handles uncomfortable questions by ignoring them! What next? Why the next thing we will hear is that AKC is shuttering its Inspections Department and turn-

ing this over to MARR/COMM as well in the guise of this being a marketing/ breeder relation. So much for AKC’s concern for the care and condition of dogs in its registry if this nightmare of a proposal is adopted by the Board.

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estminster followed up its show on such a high note it will be interesting to learn what the TV ratings for the show were. AKC is obviously keeping silent on the TV ratings for its January taped show. If you are wondering why the deafening silence from those at AKC it must be pretty apparent that the rating numbers were catastrophically low. It’s sort of like AKC’s attitude towards registration figures--don’t mention them and they’ll go away. Well in the case of TV ratings it would be interesting to learn how much AKC actually shelled out in buying the airtime and producing the show. Don’t forget there was no money offered by Eukanuba so AKC had to go it alone. An expensive proposition for sure, which was meant to more than assuage the egos of the show competing constituents. This project was intended to appeal to the general public and to tickle its fancy about the advantages of purebred dog ownership. Even without seeing its figures you feel intuitively that Westminster, whose goals are basically the same, succeeded whereas AKC by both the airing times of the show and its silence about the rating figures certainly leaves everyone

with a very different and negative impression. Westminster on the other hand is expected to release its figures sometime this week what a stark contrast.

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y the time most of you read this the elections for the Board will be over. With them so fresh in mind wouldn’t it be nice for the Board and or the Delegate Committees or a combination of both to tackle the problem of these annual class elections? Isn’t it time to make the organization itself more workable and to eliminate these annual skirmishes? Offer some continuity and modernize the corporate structure such that six to eight months of the year of what could be constructive work is not turned into votes and ideas motivated by an upcoming election. I do not know about you but I am not only sick and tired of these elections being the apparent motivating force upon which votes are decided but I am bored to death with those inane letters being sent around by these candidates that hardly represent their actions of the past. They are mostly little more than exaggerated self-glorifications of what they should have stood for rather than that which in fact they did stand for or accomplished.

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I’ve done with Dylan (Ch Lighthouse If Not For You CAA) is take lessons in treibbal to teach him the herding commands and to work at a distance with me as the handler. I hope that once he learns this, a friend of mine who handles him in herding will be able to compete with him in treibbal. Herding sheep is our biggest challenge at the moment simply because Dylan wants to work with me and getting him to accept the idea of working with another person has proven to be quite challenging. But, Kerries are very smart and eager to learn.

Actually they learn quite quickly once you get past their terrier stubbornness. They do tend to get bored fairly easily so you have to find ways to perk up their interest in sports where a fair amount of repetition is needed. The exception is lure coursing if the dog has a goodly amount of prey drive. I jokingly refer to lure coursing as ‘release and catch.’ With both Dylan and Dazzle (Ch Lighthouse Because of You), it has just been a matter of going to the training facility that sets up courses each week for the dogs to run.”

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That being said, they still have some of the independent nature of terriers. It is up to us to convince them at an early age that all the good stuff comes from us.

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Lexi doing rally with her owner. they have learned that working with you is FUN. You have to understand that no matter what you do in training, there will be times when their performance will break down so your job is to make sure they go in the ring with an understanding of what’s expected of them. Surprisingly, we have had some issues with barn hunt. Birdie is in senior now so she has to find four rats. Each time she finds one, it is taken away and she is asked to find another. This is not a very rewarding situation for her and there is no food or toy reward until we leave the course. So, what I try to do is make sure I praise her for each find and I don’t worry about running out of time because it is far more important that the dog understands you are pleased with what they did.”

Campbell added, “When I’m starting a young dog in any sport, I try not to put any pressure on them or get on them when they make a mistake. A lot of the mistakes are mine anyway and too much pressure or showing disappointment can certainly create a problem with attitude toward an activity. I always try to keep training fun for the dog and at events, whether we qualify or not, I always praise and reward the dog when we come out of the ring. It’s really important to show people that

Kerries are not just glamour dogs. They are an intelligent, athletic breed that can excel in any of the many activities available to dog owners today.”

For Sontag, one of the more interesting challenges has been the sport of nose work.

“In nose work, a dog is doing what it has done for years, using its nose to decode the environment but the person attached to the other end of the long line needs to be able to read the dog to know when it has found the hidden target odor–birch, anise or clove.

Sometimes this has to be done with hidden food or toy distractions nearby or even just overcoming the normal environmental factors of wild animal smells, dog or other animals’ urine. This sport has actually brought me closer to Lexi because I am relying on her to communicate something to me rather than in the other sports where the communication line runs from me to her. With the other sports we do, it is important to not think that a Kerry cannot do something. With the proper training they can and will do almost anything you want them to do. But you need to use short, positive training sessions with no bullying by you. This is a breed that really WANTS to please you and they have the ability to excel at whatever they do provided they have had the proper training. It’s also very important when training any terrier breed that you maintain a sense of humor. You may have a picture in your mind of how something should be done but they can present you with something entirely different. They’re not really stubborn, they are just independent and there is a big difference between the two traits. It’s also important to remember that a lot of repetition of any exercise is going to bring out that independence. If you have achieved the desired result in a training session don’t continue to ask the dog to keep repeating that exercise because they are going to think that you are not satisfied and they will start thinking up new and different ways to do whatever it is you are trying to get them to do.”

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significant issue for this relatively rare breed–KBTs were 122 on the AKC’s 2014 list of most popular dogs–is its shrinking gene pool, according to Frankland.

“Actually, we face two issues but they are connected,” she said. “One is the shrinking gene pool due not only to fewer litters being produced but to breeders and puppy buyers focusing on a small number of sires and bloodlines. The other problem is fewer experienced, dedicated breeders who are committed to the long-term welfare of the breed.”

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RUFTS is upon us and some Americans attending are LORAN MORGAN, JOE DEPOO, EDD BIVIN, LIZ TOBIN, JOE VAUDO, NEENA & GEIR FLYCKTPEDERSEN, BETH SWEIGART, PETER GREEN, AMY & ANDREW GREEN, MATT STANDER, BARBARA MILLER, GAYNOR GREEN. LYN SNOW will judge Smooth Fox Terriers; he is a first cousin of PETER GREEN. A lady I consider a great breeder of Dachshunds, ZENA THORN-ANDREWS, whose cleverness at breeding top winners is only equaled to the cleverness she uses to name her dogs, will judge the Utility Group. I was very honored to have been asked to present the Utility Group Trophy. Judging the top spot is RONNIE IRVING, whose credentials for this assignment are second to none, former chairman of the ENGLISH KENNEL CLUB, Border terrier breeder, and proud to say DOG NEWS columnist. As a former kennel club chairman, RONNIE completes this year’s trio of chairmen judging best in show at world famous events. First, former American Kennel Club chairman RON MENAKER judged best at the AKC/ EUKANUBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, DAVID MERRIAM, former chairman of the American Kennel Club, judged best at the WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB and now its RONNIE’S turn at bat. LAUREN HAY-LAVITT, longtime assistant to handlers VALERIE & PETER ATKINSON, has gone out on her own to become a professional handler. We have all watched her grow up into a talented young woman who will no doubt have a brilliant career. She can be contacted at 6171 Choctaw Drive, Westminster, California 92682 phone 714.653.2080 or laurenlavitt1@me.com. With all the money spent on various things canine related, the up and coming future of our sport, the Junior Handler, has somehow been forgotten. To that point Dachshund fancier MAGGIE PEAT has established the JUNIOR FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, a not for profit organization to help raise money to send our top Junior showman to represent the United States in the International Junior Showmanship competition held at Crufts each year. For further information contact MAGGIE at juniorfoundationofamerica@gmail.com or

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phone 415.309.0103. While one of the last remaining bachelors left, PETER KUBACZ, celebrates his birthday, his parents ANNE MARIE & RANDY KUBACZ are on a Hawaiian cruise to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Celebrating several months earlier than their actual anniversary in June, they are travelling with KAROLYNNE MCATEER, TINA TOOHEY and RICHARD HANSEN. The American Kennel Club has announced the hiring of MICHAEL BASONE as the vice president of technology. He will be “….responsible for driving the American Kennel Club digital transformation, discovering technology efficiencies across all departments and creating agile, nimble framework that will benefit our customers ….” Glad he got the job, but it sounds a bit redundant to me (where are the IT employees?) but it’s not my money. He will be working out of the New York office. Happy 90th Birthday to the patriarch of brushes, leads and all things canine DON DAVIS of DAVIS PET SUPPLIES. HOWARD JAMES, husband of all breed judge HELEN LEE JAMES, has passed away. Their interest in dogs, which included the dog clubs in Colorado, led three of their five children into the superintendent business.

The JAMES BROTHERS and ONOFRIO DOG SHOWS go together like peanut butter and jelly. The family has requested those wishing can make a contribution to Take The Lead in HOWARD’S memory. All of us at DOG NEWS send our deepest sympathies to the entire JAMES FAMILY. Bichon Frise breeder ESTELLE KELLERMAN has passed away. In addition to her dog breeding she was for many years a well known concessionaire selling dog statutes and figurines. All of us at DOG NEWS send our deepest sympathies to her family, especially her daughter professional handler WENDY KELLERMAN. SANDI GORDON-LENTSCH, breeder of Rhodesian Ridgebacks, has passed away.

Breeder of nearly 100 champions under the Dimond prefix, she was the show chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Kennel Club and on the board of directors of the parent club. Our deepest sympathies to her husband JEFF and family. He can be reached at 530 Kettle Run Road, Marlton, New Jersey 08053. We were saddened to hear that VICTORIA LAW passed away. She

bred Standard Poodles under the Luminary prefix. Our deepest sympathies to her family. ANDREW HUNTE, founder, president and CEO of the Hunte Corporation, passed away at the age of 70. DEBBIE HOLLOWAY, the wife of the late professional handler/ multiple group judge D ROY HOLLOWAY, the father of popular judge DOUG HOLLOWAY, has passed away. DEBBIE came from a wealthy Long Island family, where her mother, the late DEBORAH LAWSON, was a successful Saint Bernard breeder and exhibitor. She later became one of our most popular writers for DOG NEWS. All of us send our deepest sympathies to her children and the entire LAWSON and HOLLOWAY families. All of us at DOG NEWS were very saddened to hear that professional handler DON RODGERS passed way following a year-long battle with cancer.

Showing many breeds, he was mostly associated with shih tzu, pugs and other toy breeds. Following a move from Southern California, he and his wonderful and equally talented wife PAT settled very happily in the Pacific Northwest, where they had lived for some time. I have great memories of DON & PAT as we traveled together through Japan. I will miss DON and we send our love to PAT and family. We were saddened to hear of the passing of ANGELA DINICOLA. Together with her husband BOB they bred Afghan Hounds with their Anrob prefix.

A very popular couple, she leaves many friends in the fancy. A memorial service is being planned to be held in the spring. We send our deepest sympathies to BOB and family.

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CH. THAON’S SANJAYA On his first weekend out with Harry Bennett...

Tallahassee weekend: Best of Breed & GROUP Two JUDGE Mr. Charles Olvis Best of Breed & GROUP TWO JUDGE Mr. Eugene Blake Best of Breed JUDGE Mr. James Reynolds Best of Breed JUDGE Mrs. Judy Webb GROUP THREE JUDGE Mr. James Reynolds

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balls of energy, they love people and other pets, they’re attentive and smart, they’re compact, don’t require a whole lot of grooming and they eat anything and everything (at least mine did and it wasn’t always what it was supposed to eat). But again – this must be stressed – they are not for everyone. Beagles wander.

They roam. They run like the rabbits and hares they were bred to chase. A beagle on scent off leash is a difficult dog to corral or catch. The beagle is not a dog to be left home alone all day only to be let off leash in the dog park upon returning in the evening.

That would be a recipe for how to lose a beagle. The AKC’s beagle breed page states, “…they are a challenge to train. They do have a naughty streak and can be difficult even for the most experienced of dog people.”

Similar reports flooded New York City papers in the days following Westminster. Author Emily Yoffe, who chronicled life with her beagle in the book “What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner,” wrote an opinion piece in the NY Times warning people who were thinking about getting a beagle puppy about their “endless capacity for mayhem” and their incredible scent drive. “They embody adorableness,” she writes, but then warns, “Do not ever, ever take your beagle off the leash.”

Readers responded with similar tales. David Cohen of Bethesda, MD replied, “…an oftenoverlooked truth: Beagles are not easy to own,” and “…other beagle traits beyond an insatiable appetite and not being built for the leash, like barking, licking and jumping on all guests…” but also “…an endless supply of devotion, love and even joy.” Peggy Thomson of New York concurs, “Beagles are lovable, loyal and impossible.

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f f O e th e lsa h In a battle of wills, the beagle will always win. They don’t follow rules: they follow their noses.” She also noted, “Beagles are a special breed and so are their owners,” and expressed amazement at Miss P nabbing Best In Show, stating, “…I marveled that anybody could get a beagle to sit still long enough to be judged.”

Further congratulations to handler Will Alexander, Owners Eddie Dziuk & Lori Crandlemire & Kaitlyn Crandlemire and Breeder Lori D. Crandlemire are in order for accomplishing the feat.

The AKC and the media are also to be commended for issuing such warnings about the beagle. Responsible dog ownership cannot be stressed enough, especially when it comes to purebred dogs. Should unscrupulous breeders attempt to capitalize on the beagle’s increased popularity, the end result will be substandard representatives of the breed going to the homes of impulse purchasers where occu-

pants aren’t capable or willing to properly train or exercise the dogs responsibly. The dogs may not be healthy, the new owners may not have the patience nor resources to correct health or behavior problems and the dogs may end up in shelters. These positive publicity pieces designed to inform potential owners exactly what they’re signing up for should they consider adding a beagle to their lives can only help stave off those sad circumstances and for that these agencies should be commended.

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n another positive publicity note, some three weeks after the Westminster show, the March 1 Sunday Styles section of the NY Times featured a cover story on the fashions of professional dog handlers. This much maligned group, spoofed in films such as “Best In Show” and the subject of ridicule on YouTube videos, finally gets its due for its fashionable and functional wardrobe choices. Handlers explain that they need to run so certain outfits are totally off limits while others are just inappropriate, as they are supposed to complement their dogs, not overshadow them. The headline blares, “Rule Number 1: Don’t Outshine The Dog,” and a number of today’s top handlers opine on subjects ranging from how to best dress for success, how to juggle wardrobes when showing multiple dogs and even reveal some superstitions that would make baseball players blush. It’s a welcome change to see the Gray Lady publishing nothing but positive reviews about purebred dogs, their handlers, the Westminster Kennel Club and dog show culture in addition to pointing out the importance of the responsible breeding and owning of dogs.

Let’s hope the positive publicity continues and dog lovers continue to ride the Westminster wave.

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Having so many great memories of the Garden is mind-boggling.

There is a certain magic that no other show has. This was the 139th show and the second oldest sporting event in America. Only the Kentucky Derby is one year older. No matter what obstacles Westminster has been thrown the last few years, they can always rise to the occasion. Everyone was so apprehensive when breed judging had to be moved to the Piers. Immediately most people realized it was much better for showing the dogs. Each year more improvements have been made and most people hope the breed judging will continue to be held at the Piers. I remember so many major blizzards over the Garden, but this year we were plagued with an extreme deep freeze of record low temperatures.

The long Westminster weekend is such a great social time of seeing friends from all over the world. I only wish more of the foreign dogs would compete. Chows, which are my own breed, was won by a dog competing from China. Sorry to say, his BOB win has been taken away due to the extreme difficulties that have arisen between AKC and FCI. As the sport becomes closer and closer it is very sad to see a major division occurring between the States and the rest of the world.

Arriving on Wednesday before it became so hectic gave me the chance to have a quiet evening with a small group, but from different corners of the world. By Thursday the social scene always gets into high gear and one never seems to be able to spend enough quality time with old friends. Friday has always been the legendary Progressive

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Toy Show. This show, like Montgomery County, is actually an all-breed show, but only offers classes for Toy dogs.

Viola Burgos, Mrs. Progressive, had added obstacles thrown at her this year. Bill Blair passed away not long before the show. This year the venue had to be moved to the ballroom on the top floor since the existing venue is under construction. The ballroom is actually a more attractive setting for the show, but comes with added difficulties.

Another major change this year took place when the AKC opted to not host the ever- popular Theatre Party Friday evening. The very generous PetPartners has been so kind in helping this great event raise a large amount of money for the AKC Humane Fund. Very quickly after it was announced that AKC would not be hosting the event, Ron Menaker and friends salvaged the event and PetPartners was still willing to be onboard with the proceeds to benefit Take The Lead. I am sure the proceeds from this were just a drop in the bucket to a corporation the size of AKC, but it is a major benefit to an organization like Take The Lead.

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he other major change was holding “Meet the Breeds� on Saturday at the Pier. There was tremendous PR for this event and it paid off. Since it was a day with frigid temps, I am confident it gave people a day to be entertained indoors. I understand the crowd was so large in the one Pier that housed it, that it was difficult to move around. I am sure this brought large revenue and much needed good PR for pure bred dogs.

Another first this year was that the Hon. David C. Merriam had never judged a BIS. David has always felt people who only do one group should not judge Best. It is a very fitting piece of history that David judged BIS on his last judging assignment. David has been a legend in the Bull Terrier world and contributed greatly to the Continued on page 170

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Letters to the Editor RE: DOG NEWS ANNUAL AND “A LOOK AT WILLIAM F. STIFEL” A most enjoyable read of a man whom I have and still admire as a true pillar of what the A.K.C. was and should be all about during his tenure as President from 1978-1987. Lessons could be learned today from this man. Mr. Stifel was ever ready to listen to the likes of myself with a smile and advise on matters pertaining, in my case, to the founding of the Great Lakes Terrier Association in 1968 at Grayslake, Illinois. As we progressed with this Association of 15 Specialty Terrier Clubs and finding Mr. Stifel at another dog show he kindly inquired as to the fact that our Association had the good reputation of togetherness with that many Terrier Clubs. – My reply was: “Well, they don’t call me General Westmoreland for nothing!” – From then on and whenever Mr. Stifel and I crossed path he would ask “Permission to kiss the General.”

William Stifel truly deserves all of dog worlds Thanks and Good Wishes.

Annemarie Moore Bartonville, TX PORTRAIT OF 2014 BEST IN SHOW WINNER TO BE PRESENTED AT CRUFTS The portrait of last year’s Best in Show winner Ch/ AM Ch Afterglow Maverick Sabre (Ricky) will be unveiled at Crufts 2015 by the artist who created the portrait.

The portrait of Ricky will be presented by artist Paul Doyle to the Chairman of the Kennel Club Arts Foundation, Tom Mather on the Sunday evening of the show in the main arena and will then go on display at the Kennel Club in London.

Paul, from Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, decided to use oils on a large canvas that allowed him to portray this renowned winning dog to his full stature.

Paul said: “Having seen the impact Ricky had in the ring, I wanted to somehow get this across in the painting. The background of the painting, which was inspired by Ricky’s kennel name, together with its composition, oil on canvas medium, and the scale of the work, have hopefully captured something of his quiet yet commanding nature with a similar impact.”

Ricky’s breeders, Michael Gadsby and Jason Lynn, have had the privilege of taking a look at the painting and commented: ‘’We are delighted with Paul’s portrait of Ricky. It really captures his spirit, and the quiet confidence that typifies his character.

Ricky has been a remarkable show dog, and more importantly has the wonderful temperament which we love about the Standard Poodle as a breed.’’

The painting is a wonderful addition to the Kennel Club Arts Foundation collection, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

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LETTER TO CHRIS WALKER, AKC’s VP OF MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS We read the official document The Standard by AKC that arrived today and the articles therein.

Although I am certainly not a computer expert, I have been computing since the early 1980’s and I am more familiar with the workings of computers and the internet than most people.

The goals of the new AKC website did not include one of the most important issues which should be USER FRIENDLY. It is not. It is easier to access AKC’s apps by going through Google than by going through the initial page. Most websites that provide information do not require the users to ‘sign in’ but the ones that want to sell the users do require this.

Your marketing goal is met but information for the user is not.

Witness anyone not connected with AKC to attempt to find information on AKC.org, and it is very apparent that my statement is true.

They are weeding out the people who aren’t computer literate, and those of us who won’t give out our personal information which enables them to sell our names and info or sell us stuff.

Sincerely, Toddie Clark Decatur, TN THANK YOU, FANCIERS, FOR 50+ FABULOUS YEARS We wanted to say a warm and heartfelt “Thank you” to the dog clubs, the exhibitors, and friends for allowing us to serve you as superintendents for 50 plus years. It has been a true blessing and pleasure with many good memories of so many people and events over the years and we are now retiring and going on to the next chapter in our lives. Our kids, Julie Bradshaw-Draper, John Bradshaw, Susan and Keith MacLyman, and Eloise O’Donnell will continue the long family tradition of superintending west coast dog shows. God bless each of you and best of luck in the show ring!

Jack and Marion Bradshaw Los Angeles, CA THANK YOU, BRADSHAWS! As someone who worked for 25 years with this wonderful family, Jack Sr, Claire Bradshaw, Jack and Marion Bradshaw, I am saddened by this announcement on Jack Bradshaw’s website. I spent many a time with them at dog shows and “on the road” going to dog shows and those memories we still talk about when I see them. I can sincerely and honestly say that this family is what dog shows are about and that is family and the love of dogs. I am also honored to know them and happy that they can have weekends off and let the third generation of Bradshaw family carry on the family tradition of putting on the Best Dog Shows in the United States.

Johnny Shoemaker Las Vegas, NV

POSITIVE PRESS FOR PUREBRED DOGS AND THE AKC On the heels of last week’s fiercely positive Los Angeles Times opinion piece on Meet the Breeds, we have more positive news to report.

The American Kennel Club report of the most popular breeds for 2014 was released today with a press conference at AKC’s New York office. The dogs were there to celebrate and the press came out as never before. The New York Times and the Associated Press published stories (below) and Good Morning America ran a news item this morning in advance of the official press conference. The photo attached gives you an indication of what it was like today at the office. Just a few of the media outlets in attendance included: •amNewYork •Newsweek •Bloomberg News •New York Daily News •Family Circle •New York Post •FilmMagic •New Tang Dynasty TV •Fox News Radio •Readers Digest •Getty Images •Reuters •Los Angeles Times •Reuters TV •Mashable.com •Wall Street Journal •Mentalfloss •WNYW-TV (FOX NY) •New York Observer •USA Today •Newsday The increasing positive attention on purebred dogs is further demonstration of the headway we are making with the media and the public. With your continued help in local programs like Meet the Breeds, the public’s appreciation, interest, and love for purebred dogs will continue to grow.

Kudos to Hillary Prim, Gina DiNardo, Chris Walker, and Dennis Sprung for this terrific media outreach.

Sincerely, Alan Kalter Chairman, American Kennel Club New York, NY NEW YORK TIMES (February 26, 2015) When it comes to dogs, Americans are pretty loyal For the 24th year running, the Labrador retriever proved to be the most popular breed in the U.S., the American Kennel Club says today in its report for 2014.

Two other big dogs — the German shepherd and the golden retriever — placed second and third.

But then there’s a bit of a cat fight: The bulldog just supplanted the beagle for No. 4.

Don’t feel sorry for the beagle, though.

The breed won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club show in New York last week.

And keep an eye on the whole bulldog family. The French bulldog crept into the Top 10, displacing the dachshund at No. 9.

“The lovable bulldog breeds are clamoring to dominate,” Gina DiNardo, an A.K.C. vice president, said in a statement. “Watch out for an upset next year.”

They already own New York City, where the classic bulldog and its French cousin are the two most popular.

Other unexpected canine tastes are in

Miami, where the Rottweiler is No. 4; Dallas, with the Cavalier King Charles spaniel at No. 5; and San Francisco, which likes the Pembroke Welsh corgi (4) and the poodle (5).

ASSOCIATED PRESS (February 26, 2015) NEW YORK (AP) - America’s fondness for Labrador retrievers is still setting records, but bulldogs are breaking new ground Labs reigned as the nation’s top dog last year for the 24th year after breaking poodles’ decades-old record in 2013, according to American Kennel Club rankings set to be released Thursday. But bulldogs have hit a new high - No. 4 - and their bat-eared cousins, French bulldogs, sauntered into the top 10 for the first time in nearly a century.

German shepherds, golden retrievers and beagles are holding their own in the top “HEY, BUDDY, THEY WANT A BEAGLE ON JIMMY KIMMEL TONIGHT…”

“AH…FAME OR INFAMY…EITHER IS PREFERABLE TO BEING FORGOTTEN!”

five, with Yorkshire terriers, poodles, boxers and Rottweilers filling out the top 10. Dachshunds slipped from 10th to 11th.

Bulldogs’ rise is no surprise to fans who extol their unmistakable, push-faced expressions and generally calm demeanors.

“They just have such character,” says Bulldog Club of America communications chairwoman Annette Noble. The breed is known for being gentle but resolute - given direction, a bulldog may well want “to think about it first and decide whether it’s worth it,” as Noble puts it.

The smaller, less jowly French bulldog - sometimes dubbed “a clown in the cloak of a philosopher” - has surged from 49th to 9th in a decade.

Frenchies were No. 6 in the decade of the 1910s, but their prevalence later waned. Then appearances in movies, TV shows and advertising raised their profile in recent years.

Labrador retrievers hit the top 10 in the 1970s and haven’t left since.

Originally bred to fetch game, Labs have proven able and willing to play virtually any canine role: search-and-rescue and police work, agility and other dog sports, guide and therapy dog work, and sensitive family companion. Breeder Micki Beerman recalls one of her Labs winning over a hesitant child by gradually moving closer, until the child began to pet the dog.

“They’re just very intuitive,” said Beerman, of Brooklyn. “They kind of know when you need them.”

The AKC doesn’t release raw numbers, only rankings. They reflect puppies and other newly registered dogs.

Dog breeding draws criticism from animal-rights activists who feel it ends up fueling puppy mills, siphons attention from mixedbreed dogs that need homes and sometimes propagates unhealthy traits The AKC says that its breed standards and recommended health testing help responsible people breed healthy dogs and that knowing breed characteristics helps owners choose a pet that’s right for them.

Gina M. DiNardo Vice President, AKC New York, NY EDITORIAL REACTION -Please turn to the AND MORE column on page 142 in this issue for further discussion of this topic.

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meaning to her owners and handler, Janice Hayes. Janice was probably the youngest handler in the finals. It is hard to believe just days earlier we celebrated a landmark birthday for Larry Cornelius. All seven of the handlers in the final lineup I have known since they were teenagers. All of them have become such a great credit to the sport.

When the Skye Terrier, Charlie, won the Terrier group it had to have been extra special since John ReeveNewson was the judge. John and his partner of close to fifty years, Dick Meen, have been leading Skye Terrier breeders for so long and still strongly, actively breed. It is interesting that the last time a Skye won the group was in 1996. That was Ch. Finnsky Oliver, who is the sire of Charlie. This win was so meaningful because it came from Ken McDermott, who had a very close relationship with the breed and showed several top winning Skyes. Charlie just captured the record from his kennel mate, Buddy. This record was held for around fifty years by Ch. Jacinthe de Ricelaine. This legendary bitch was the mother of Ch. Glamoor Good News, known as Susie. Susie went Best in 1969, the first year in the New Garden, during one of the biggest blizzards ever seen in NYC. Charlie goes back to all the great Glamoor Skyes that Walter Goodman and his mother founded in 1935. Skye Terriers are such a rare breed, but between the Glamoor and Cragsmoor dogs they have accumulated over 200 all-breed BIS. This has been some kind of record.

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sport in general. He gave years and years to serving on the Board of AKC. Although no longer judging, he actually will shortly and hopefully have a litter of Bull Terriers. He has been involved with the breed for over 50 years.

Our northern neighbors took the Garden by storm this year. The influence of Canada had to make all Canadians so very proud. This year the group judging was overseen by three Canadians. The ever-popular John Reeve-Newson judged the Terrier group. The lovely Shirley Limoges, who we wish we saw more of in the States, presided over the Non-Sporting group.

With such fast changing times, many forget that Betty-Anne Stenmark is a well-placed Canadian also.

Three of the group winners were bred in Canada. This being the Beagle, Portuguese Water Dog and Standard Poodle. On Saturday night at the Dogs in Review dinner, we saw all three of these great dogs being honored as winning the award for most groups this past year. This has to be a piece of history for Canada. We have to remember the breeder/handler of the Shih Tzu, Luke Ehricht, is originally from Canada. Also “Swagger,” the OES, goes back to a lot Canadian stock.

All of the seven group winners have huge records behind them except for the English Springer. This lovely bitch has just recently started her campaign.

Earlier in the fall, she went BOB at our National. She won a very competitive breed under Mark Threlfall, who went BIS in 1993 with Ch. Salilyn’s Condor, known to all as Robert. Ken Murray, who judged the Sporting group, grew up surrounded by all the great “Salilyn” Springers. This group win and breed win had to have special

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fter David Merriam announced the Skye as Reserve BIS, you could not hear a whisper in the house. We all had strong suspicion of who the ultimate winner might be.

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when Eddie Dziuk first developed his passion for Beagles. It seems like yesterday Eddie set the BIS record with the 13” bitch “Judy”. Eddie certainly did not rest on his laurels. This fine gentleman has since co-owned two different Beagles to win the Garden.

Eddie has to be the youngest person to win the Garden twice.

After attending Westminster for 57 years, the magic never wanes.

It is very hard to put into words just what brings about all the magic. Besides all the joy, it is always a little sad to realize so many of the great dogs will no longer be seen on the campaign trail. For example, dogs like “Matisse” have get waiting in the wings. Just today a “Matisse” x “Ladybug” son scored big at the Scottsdale shows. I would venture to say all of the group winners we will see relatives scoring big at future Gardens.

The entire sport worldwide has to thank and congratulate all the Westminster officers and a huge army of committee members for staging a show the entire sport gets so much enjoyment from. Most importantly what the show does to promotes pure bred dogs. With less and less shows being televised, we are getting less and less exposure. Riding on the shuttle bus from the hotel to the Piers one morning, I met a very nice couple. They do not have show dogs, but have several pets. They traveled all the way from Dallas to be able to be there in person for the long week.

They even went to the Meet the Breeds on Saturday. It makes us realize there probably are many people out there not active in the sport that enjoy attending dog shows. This at-

tractive couple went to great financial expense and braved frigid temps to enjoy the Westminster show.

The list of people who have to be credited for the weekend goes on and on. For example the crew of Harry Miller performs such a major feat just organizing the shuttle busses back and forth.

Standing outside in the frigid cold for several days was more than honorable.

The people who brought the dogs for Meet the Breeds have to be thanked for the great efforts they had to go through.

Purina ProPlan goes to extreme lengths to promote the entire weekend.

Just little things, like bringing food for the handlers so the food does not have to go as excess baggage on all the flights. Holding the Sunday evening dinner for all the ProPlan members, being a major sponsor for the Dogs in Review Awards Dinner. Having the wonderful hospitality room at the Piers serving breakfast, lunch and snacks all day.

We tend to take so much for granted.

We have to realize just how much Purina/ProPlan gives back to the sport.

Many of our top shows today could not do what they do without the support of ProPlan. Besides financial support, the entire ProPlan team has become family to many of us.

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lready I have heard some fanciers saying they have a young hopeful in the wings and hope to make a splash at the Garden next year. People are chomping to find out the panel for next year. Hopefully in the future we will see some great stars of the future being shown in the classes. The aforementioned BOB wining Chow was the only class Chow entered. He had to be the first Chow to go BOB from the classes in modern times. What a shame this piece of history has been taken away by AKC. Hopefully the editor can confirm the dates for next year. I had heard it would be the same weekend next year, but never got it confirmed.

(Ed. note: Westminster KC dates for 2016: Agility and Meet the Breeds will be held Feb. 13, 2016 and Conformation will be Feb. 15 and 16, 2016.)

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