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Dog News Contents • October 2, 2015 10 Editorial 14 Irving’s Impressions: Some Terrier Statistics By ronnie irving 18 Babbling: The Magical World Of Terriers By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen 19 Memories Of Montgomery County By desmond j. murphy 22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander 26 Getting To The Point: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do By margaret Poindexter 30 Mrs. Joseph W. Smit-Urmston By Peter Green 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Mark Houston-McMillan 42 An Assortment Of Terriers By Nick Waters 46 Talented Rat Catchers And A Whole Lot More: The Cairn Terrier By MJ Nelson 54 You And Your Vet By Dr. merry fitzgerald, DVM 58 My Truly Awesome Life In Dogs By Robert Hutton 62 Off The Leash: A Disturbing Trend Among Police K-9s And The Consequences of Importing Dogs By Shaun Coen 66 An Extension, Term Limits Again, Westbury And More By matthew h. stander • photos of westbury Kennel association by eugene z. zaphiris

82 The Gossip Column By eugene z. zaphiris 88 Click: St. Clair Kennel Club By booth photography 90 Click: The Way We Were: 1995 Montgomery County Kennel Club By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 92 Letters To The Editor

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CH. LORDBULL LARRY Multiple Best In Show,Specialty& Group Winning White Bull Terrier

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Group First Judge Mrs. Gloria Geringer

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Our sincere appreciation to Judge Mrs. Priscilla Gabousch for this fantastic Best in Show.

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Out Of Control

It certainly seems that between Long Beach California’s passing a MNS law requiring a six-month procedure and talk in Hempstead, New York of requiring an 8 week MSN someone has flipped their respective lids! Not only have these absurd ideas been put into law or been talked about but the Hempstead people are thinking about defining hobby and homebased breeders as pet stores if the person sells more than 9 dogs a year even from their home!!

And who do we dog lovers have to blame for the current situation? Why no one but ourselves.

WE have permitted through the years the animal rightists and those who operate many of the shelters to steal our thunder and misrepresent the purebred dog and we breeders as mercenaries interested in only making money from breeding dogs. Adopt a dog for $500 or more from the North Shore Animal League and permit them to send trucks all over America to import stray or unwanted dogs to Long Island else they will lose their merchandise and go out of business. Whilst we preach to the choir about how much care and concern we give to our dogs the ordinary citizen is besieged with daily propaganda that one must adopt only caring not for the consequences of temperament or predictability in what kind of pet you may be introducing to our home. And what does AKC do to reverse this phenomenon? Barely anything--true the Government Relations Department at AKC puts up the good fight but these fights are in answer to provocations. What does AKC do positively to promote the purebred dog to replace the adoption mentality? What happened to the former Board Chairman’s promise to attempt to restore owning the purebred dog to the American mentality? And please do not use the lack of money argument to these pages. If there’s money to spend millions to develop Wooftale there’s money to help preserve the purebred dog! It is said Beverly Hills and Long Beach KC as well as Great Western are to return to Allen Field in Long Beach. That’s great for the shows and since the locale is not in the City it’s acceptable! But does it really work that way as dog people galore will eat, stay and play in a City that does not deserve or earn our support? AKC must find a way to counter the existing situation and if the present Board Members cannot or will not do anything to save our purebred dogs let’s find Board Members who are willing to fight for the future existence of the purebred dog in American society.

The Young Kennel Club

The continuing and constant whining by many people about the graying of our sport almost falls upon deaf ears insofar as these pages are concerned. Not that their statements are incorrect or wrong statements but the fact is that this too falls into an area of being ignored by those in power. Look at the Kennel Club in the UK, which decades ago under the tutelage of Eric Smethurst formed an active and positive organization to get young people involved in the sport and more importantly to stay involved. More than a competition only as exists in the States they formed schools and camps and promotions to appeal to young people and after they aged out continued to push them to stay with clubs and be active participants in the movement to save and preserve the purebred dog.

Our young handlers seem to be interested in one thing only-the opportunity to become a professional handler and to compete at the higher levels of our sport. Where is AKC’s program to induce them to become active club members or to teach them the workings of our kennel club?

True it is that the first Menaker Board had people working in NC and perhaps NY as apprentices but what ever happened to that program? Why does not AKC make efforts to learn from TKC and start a program such as The Young Kennel Club and then perhaps the aging of the sport will become less of a problem than it is today.

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The Fci Situation

Unless these pages are reading the situation incorrectly the credibility of the FCI certainly with many of the European Kennel Clubs continues to deteriorate. Sweden, Norway and Finland, which are major players in the European section and which financially are heavy contributors to the coffers of FCI, are obviously less than happy and there is even a move questioning the concept of proportionate voting instead of the current one vote per kennel club scheme. The recent agreement between TKC and FCI on the recognition of judges has caused great concern in the UK and steadily faces more and more opposition. That in some countries it is far easier to be recognized as an all breed judge raises the competency of some FCI judges and also raises the question within the kennel clubs themselves as to how and when to approve FCI approved judges.

These pages have long advocated the formation of a real World Wide Organization of Kennel Clubs. The FCI has no registry and is not a kennel club in any sense of the word. The time for a philosophical change in priorities is long over due.

Bred With H.E.A.R. T.

This new program introduced by AKC is presumably designed more for those who are not involved with the show or working scenes than the Breeder of Merit program. It has been interpreted in the English press as an appeal to the ‘commercial breeders’ recognizing that they too have a role in providing puppies for the pet market and at the same time trying to insure that they too meet certain breeding standards. If this interpretation is a correct one it almost contradicts AKC’s claim that the purpose of H.E.A.R.T was the so-called occasional breeder or the backyard breeder person. Here’s an interesting Delegate reaction to the program--“The presentation of the BWH program at the Parent club committee meeting explained that the program is designed to bring in the “Casual” breeder since they were the highest number of new registrations (69%). I have a hard time believing that a program that requires certification of health testing, yearly education requirements, compliance with AKC care and conditions policy, including inspections and sharing health test results, accepting responsibility for puppies and then pay a yearly fee, will bring in “Casual” breeders. I like the goals and would like to think that everyone would want to comply, but it is unrealistic to think that the “Casual” breeder will do this. If you want to bring in the “Casual” breeder you have to make it a less daunting procedure.” Perhaps the British reaction was more realistic than that presented to the Delegates at its recent meeting--you think?

Thought For The Week

The sport has been overwhelmed for the past two weeks or so and continues to be with National Specialties. Some are connected to All-Breeds whilst others are independent or as in the case of Montgomery combined in one show. In any event the National is the highlight of the show year for most of us and DOG NEWS is delighted to report these affairs so long as the Clubs provide these pages with the necessary information. Thanks for keeping us posted. As a p.s. to last week’s “Thought For The Week” DOG NEWS was informed that indeed the AENC is to be televised! Details to follow but earlier than last year’s details one would hope.

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Irving’s Impressions

The total entries for the two shows are this year 1,656 for Montgomery County and 1,329 for the National Terrier. That makes Montgomery bigger by 327 dogs of which 196 were in breeds not classified at the UK show so that in totally equivalent terms, Montgomery County attracted 131 more dogs than the National Terrier.

STRIKING DIFFERENCES As for individual breed popularity, perhaps the most striking differences are to be seen in Border Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, which had far and away the biggest entries at the UK event with 172 and 168 entries respectively. No other breed had more than a hundred dogs present at the National Terrier Show and Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers attracted the next biggest entry at 78 with Cairn Terriers next, managing to attain only 67. At Montgomery on the other hand Soft Coated Wheatens, Cairns, Westies, Scotties and Norwich have all managed to notch up more than a hundred dogs.

One interesting feature is that the popularity of Norfolk Terriers and Norwich Terriers are the opposite way around on each side of the Atlantic.

Norfolks regularly gain higher entries and

By Ronnie Irving

Some Terrier Statistics

With the great Montgomery County Terrier Show approaching we thought it would be a good idea look at some statistics about Terriers and see just how true or otherwise it is that they are not doing very well these days for popularity. I use the word ‘great’ of Montgomery County because I have a huge respect for the show and for the panache with which it is organised. Having shown there a few times when we lived in the USA and having judged there half a dozen times when the great team of Dr Deubler, Walter Goodman and Jim McTernan were Continued on page 70 around, I have a great respect for the show. In TABLE 1: COMPARISON OF USA MONTGOMERY COUNTY overall size and reputation Montgomery and AND UK NATIONAL TERRIER CLUB ENTRIES FOR 2O15 the UK’s National Terrier Show held annually in April, both have what can only be described BREED

MONTGOMERY UK NATIONAL TERRIER as a special place in the hearts of most terrier AIREDALE 88* 50 people.

29 N/A AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE DIFFERENT MEASURES OF POPULARITY Returning to the issue of the popularity of terriers. That can be measured in various ways. Though there is some relationship between the two aspects, popularity at shows is not always the same as popularity as far as registration numbers are concerned. Another issue is the way that certain breeds are more popular in some countries than they are in others; yet another aspect is the way in which breeds rise and fall in popularity from one era to the next.

The first thing I looked at for this exercise was a comparison between the entries at this year’s Montgomery County Show as compared to those at the National Terrier Show in the UK. You can see details of that comparison in Table 1. In that table I have included for Montgomery only the dogs shown in the regular classes and specials, and have excluded the Sweepstakes entries.

The first thing to notice is, of course, that there are several breeds scheduled at Montgomery which do not appear at the National Terrier. Miniature Schnauzers are not scheduled in the Terrier Group in the UK. Here TKC includes them in our Utility Group, which is broadly the equivalent of the AKC’s Non Sporting Group.

Other breeds not recognised by TKC in the UK are the American Staffordshire, the Rat Terrier and the Russell Terrier. As far as the last of these three is concerned the reason why it has never been recognised here is that there are thousands of Jack Russell type terriers in the UK but the enthusiasts for the breed/type have always declined to go for KC recognition and have, up to now, actually opposed it.

Another difference to recognize is that Montgomery is of course the host to so many breed specialty events for terriers. This is not the case for the National Terrier Club.

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AUSTRALIAN 19 19 52* 49 BEDLINGTON BORDER 94 172 28* 51 BULL MIN BULL 18* 35 103* 67 CAIRN CESKY 11 33 10 41 DANDIE DINMONT FOX (SMOOTH) 75* 40 37* 43 FOX (WIRE) GLEN OF IMAAL 47* 27 IRISH 48* 23 KERRY 98* 37 41* 27 LAKELAND MANCHESTER

4 42 96* N/A MIN SCHNAUZER NORFOLK 44* 47 105* 30 NORWICH PARSON RUSSELL 40* 60 RAT 18 N/A RUSSELL 53* N/A SCOTTISH 102* 56 26* 24 SEALYHAM SKYE 38* 29 138* 78 SOFT COATED WHEATEN STAFFORDSHIRE BULL 42* 168 43* 25 WELSH WEST HIGHLAND WHITE 109* 56

TOTAL:

The breeds marked * are Specialty events.

1,656

1,329

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THE MAGICAL WORLD OF TERRIERS

By Geir Flyckt-Pedersen

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s known to be something of an enigma to people from the outside. Trying to look in and understand what makes this group of dogs -and people associated with them- rather different from any other “sub-division” of the dog world you will find no single answer.

When I first moved into the sphere of terriers coming from other breeds, my introduction was very gentle, as I had a very classy, but in a way tough mentor in my hometown of Bergen. My aim initially was to find out how the hell it was possible to transform the appearance of my neighbor’s dog, which I believed was a black and tan Poodle, to something that looked like a huge terrier.

Locally we had very few terriers so the first couple of years were rather peaceful, but then I got my own Fox terriers, started traveling to dog shows all over the country- and got my first introduction to real Terrier People!

For some reason, most of those were women- and I quite early understood that stepping on any of their toes could land you in serious trouble. They were ALL strong women, with strong views, totally committed to their breed and what they considered it should look like.

No compromises and no leniency towards judges who showed any sign of incompetence!

Of course, in my terrier world, which initially included Norway, Sweden and Denmark, there were a number of gentlemen included, but for some reason it was the women who impacted my – as well as most other terrier people’s – life in the early days. The gentlemen must have been just that: Gentlemen. While I think some of these women were the reason the word Bitch was used to describe something other than a female dog!

It was first when I got to know the British Terrier World that I realized there was something rather Mysterious and Magical about this section of the game!

What of course was most surprising coming from a Terrier World ruled by women-ALL the professional handlers in the British Isles were men!! And each and every one of them had some magic powers that also included stories about them, their professional careers, personal life, etc., etc.- and for a little boy from Norway this was a fascinating experience and I actually dare say I got addicted to not only the breeds, but also the atmosphere around them. Created by handlers and breeders alike.

Many of the top breeders of Airedale, Fox, Lakeland and Welsh terriers were all male, but

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interspersed with some very strong minded and influential ladies. Some of them actually showed their own dogs, but in general they were aware that to do really well they had to rely on the assistance of one of the Pros.

In the early sixties I tried to get an unpaid summer job in one of the more well known British establishments, but had the disappointing response that they had a waiting list from “overseas students” who wanted to spend 6 months to a year, so no chance for me. And some of these “students” even had to pay a fee to spend a year working in these kennels.

Those were the days my friend…

One of the kennels responsible for producing a number of the world’s future leading breeders and judges was the Roundway Kennels in Berkshire owned by that tough and feisty lady Mrs. Josephine Creasy. The rumors about her own CV sounded rather interesting. A large establishment breeding Wire Fox Terriers and later on even Min Schnauzers.

Her kennel manager Miss Baynard was herself a formidable breeder of the Underbridge Kerry Blues- and what added to the mystique of the place was their trimmer Brough Taylor.

To be allowed to watch him at work was reserved only for very special talents, so was in no way to be taken for granted.

Anyway, the list of graduates from Roundway includes my own WFT mentor Grethe Bergendahl of the famed Marstens WFT, Mary Swash of Jokyl Airedale fame and even Astrid Giercksy, who later deserted the terrier world to influence the Poodle world in such a positive way.

Mrs. Creasy had that air of authority and class. Seemed rather unapproachable with no interest in having a useless conversation with this “Whipper-Snapper” from Norway.

A very hurtful experience which I think has affected his self confidence forever after…

Later I had a conversation with another great and feisty Fox Terrier breeder, the one and only Elsie Williams of Penda fame- and asked her why Mrs. C was so unfriendly.

“Well, we have always had our differences-so I usually call her prior to each show asking: Josephine, I cannot remember: Are we currently on speaking terms?? And if she just hangs up- I know we’re not!”

Other of my personal favorites amongst these old terrier breeders include Clare Halford of Siccawei Airedale fame, Linda Beak of Newmaidley Fox terriers, Betty PennBull of Scottie fame etc., etc.- and I could go on- but they all had one thing in common: They did not suffer fools easily.

The majority of top terrier judges in the early days were male- and I will not list any names here to avoid risking leaving out any- but so many of the top all-rounders were originally terrier breeders – or in some cases – even handlers.

I think many of the top judges exported to the USA in days gone by originated from the world of terriers.

But have I tried to tell you why I think there is something mystical and magical with this group? Probably not, but I will try: I think it has to do with money and professionalism.

The money aspect dates from the early days when some terrier breeds were the most popular breeds in the world. And most significantly, it was in the terrier group the first real professional handlers emerged. In several breeds, but most notably Wire Fox Terriers- and people from all over the world would flock to the UK to buy the best, which of course gave the most talented handlers status and even raised the general level of presentation. And some of them were fully aware of their own worth in relation to the value of the dogs, and played the game accordingly….

And for generations it has been the dream of amateur handlers- and later even professional ones- to be able to match the presentation of these original superstars.

Their ability to grow the perfect coat led to lots of speculation about what was used to achieve this- secret formulas that were never revealed to anybody plus how to get those perfect ears and perfect tail was something the average breeder found it tough to achieve.

But that there were some mysterious ingredients involved was beyond doubt….

I used to hang around Ernie Sharpe’s set up at shows, trying to find out what was his secret formula for success- and I think that there was a lot of speculation- and even at times accusations- about how a certain part of perfection was achieved.

Mr. Sharpe himself was always too busy to answer any questions, but his wife was more approachable and in the end I got audiences with the King Himself.

I firmly believe that the personality of many terrier people in combination with the fact that this group was not a suitable playground for amateurs is part of the reason why it has this special label.

Over the years I have met a large number of people who judged many breeds, but declared that they would never dare to take on the terrier groupand WFT in particular.

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Memoriesof Mont gomery

COUNTY KENNEL CLUB

By Desmond J. Murphy

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he first Montgomery was held in 1929, but no shows were held in 1942 thru 1947 due to World War II. This will be the 80th Montgomery County. The club was founded as an all-breed club because the AKC would not allow Group Clubs. From the very beginning they only offered classes for Terriers and Westbury KC also only offered classes for Terriers.

It has to be the most unique show in the world since it is not like any other Group Show. It nearly always has at least twenty-five different breed clubs holding their National with Montgomery.

So many people travel from every corner of the world to attend this unique event. This year many more people are coming because the legendary Morris & Essex will be the preceding Thursday. Around one hundred breed clubs are holding specialties or supported entries at Morris & Essex.

My earliest memory of being at Montgomery is from 1961. I traveled to the show with Mrs. Edward Alker and her handler, John Goudie. That year their Welsh Terrier, Ch. Caradoc Llwyd of St Aubrey, went BIS under Richard Kerns, Jr. The following year they also went BIS with Davi of St Aubrey. Both of these dogs were imported from Britain by the legendary Nigel AubreyJones of Pekingese fame. I can still remember the beautiful venue which was the estate of Harrison Frazier. Their handler,

Eland Hadfield, always supplied hot coffee and stronger beverages to all on the chilly mornings.

By 1963 I was assisting my Uncle, Johnny Murphy.

In 1963 and 1964 he went BIS with the Scottie, Ch. Carmichael’s Fanfare, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stalter. “Fanfare” or “Mamie” went on to BIS at Westminster in 1965. Seems like yesterday watching Peter Green winning his first Montgomery with the Wire, Ch. Rigador Right Again, owned by the Pool Forge Kennels of Mr. & Mrs. Bill Wiemer. Peter since has gone on to win Best on nine different occasions, the last one was just last year in 2014. I will never forget in 1965 standing and talking with my Uncle John, Len Brumby and Bill Wiemer. All of a sudden Bill Wiemer collapsed to the ground and it was quickly realized that he was dead from a massive heart attack. Bill and Dorothy Wiemer were loved by all Terrier fanciers and often for shows in their area I would stay there with my Uncle and Len Brumby. It was in the mid sixties I showed my homebred Norwich to Alva Rosenberg and was so excited to win Reserve dog. Mrs. Constance Larabee edged me out for the points with a dog I had trimmed for her.

From 1972 through 2004, the show was held at the Ambler Campus of Temple University in Ambler, Pennsylvania. We all remember the extreme weather conditions that occurred several times. In 1999, I judged Sealyhams and the early afternoon the rings were a “Sea of Mud”. The exhibitors were standing outside the ring and I had them come in one at a time and examined them on the table, before moving any of them.

There was no way I could examine them once they were coated in mud. Sorry to say, some of the best ones refused to plow through the mud. I remember in the parking lot removing my slacks to put on dry jeans and my legs were also covered in mud.

In 2006, I judged 123 Norwich. Due to extreme heat and very large classes it was difficult to make sure the dogs were in the sun for the shortest period of time. At a show like this one always wants to compare the dogs together out

in the middle of the ring for all to see. While taking so many pictures in the sun, I was thinking I was going to pass out.

In 2002, I had the honor of judging Lakelands. In 2005, I judged Glens, which was the first weekend they were recognized.

On both occasions, it was a joy to keep the dogs out in the sun, due to favorable temperatures. When the weather is favorable it is so wonderful to see the dogs on the beautiful green grass and shown to their very best advantage.

The first year, 2005, the show moved to the present location, Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa, was a godsend. For days before the show there were torrential amounts of rain. The Devon show the day before had to be cancelled.

Without the blacktop parking at the Blue Bell location, it would have been very difficult to have brought cars or trucks onto the grounds.

Every year handlers arrive before the sun rises and spectators arrive way before judging starts.

The first thing everyone does is to queue up on the long line to buy a catalogue or several for friends that cannot attend. The Blue Bell location offers indoor climate controlled dining facilities. The Ambler location was held under a tent and often we dined in bitter cold and mud. But I always enjoyed the Chicken Ala King, Peas and the cheap wine. It was a long-standing Montgomery tradition.

It was around forty-five to fifty years ago I was judging the Scottie Sweeps and I got so lost driving that someone else had to start my assignment. I was so embarrassed that I still remember it today. The funny thing was a foreign judge was judging the following year and the Scottie Club forgot to pick her up at the hotel. The following year I judged the Welsh Sweeps and stayed and rode with friends so there would be no chance of getting lost.

For the majority of the years of attending Montgomery, Dr. Deubler acted as chair for twentynine years. Walter Goodman served as President for twenty-four years. Josephine and Walter have to be remembered as two of the most colorful Terrier fanciers this country has ever seen. So many of the past Montgomery committee and members were extremely Continued on page 97

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Multiple Groups Specialties Best In Show

izzie Extraordinary Breed Type

GCh. Deja Vu Popsakadoo It Is What It Is The Number One* Briard Owned by Terry Miller, Dominique DubĂŠ, Lori Hunt DVM Cleveland Ohio Handled By Dominique *The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed points

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Question of the week

By Matthew H. Stander

What is your sense of the direction the AKC’s Board is heading insofar as fulfilling the mission of the AKC and its obligations toward protecting and encouraging the welfare and promotion of the purebred dog? lynette & Stanley Saltzman The AKC has done a good job in promoting the welfare of the purebred dog with the Canine Health Fund, but fails miserably in promoting the purebred dog as a pet.

We have allowed our all-breed clubs to locate shows wherever they want with little regard for the good of the sport.

Twenty five dog shows at a single location...what does that promote? Because our sport has changed from a weekend sport to an everyday sport, professionally handled entries now dominate. That, coupled with incompetent judging, leaves little hope for the unrecognized amateur exhibitor to compete successfully. New exhibitors become discouraged when they feel that their dogs are not being seriously considered and quickly leave the sport. Our clubs and our sport will continue to feel the results of few new exhibitors and breeders.

Karolynne McAteer I am splitting my response into two segments; “welfare” and “promotion” of the purebred dog.

For me, AKC is first rate and receives near to top marks in the area of welfare, between their arm of the AKC/CHF, a good inspection team, the breeder of merit protocols, and in their dogged pursuit of correct legislation for breeders and purebred dogs across the country. In the area of promotion, I personally feel this is the AKC’s largest areas of weakness.

The general public will believe what they REPEATEDLY see and hear....and we are neither seen or heard on a regular basis or with a consistent message. Some of the AKC promotion surrounding major events is fabulous, but disappears when the event is completed....where have those clever and well thought out messages gone? We have a focus on encouraging newcomers with purebred puppies to come to events (4-6th month classes and 22 Dog News

owner-handled) which means we have a new target on those who now have their puppy, but we are not even remotely hitting those sitting on the fence between purebred or pound! For me, our single most important task and to complete and adhere to the AKC’s mission, is to “go public,” take control of our message, and spend our money re-educating the public by telling our story. We have allowed ourselves to be a single paragraph in the public’s eyes, while the “other side” has taken up the main story.

William Feeney Americans love purebred dogs. About 2.7 million purebred puppies are purchased yearly. That’s a staggering number. It is not possible for those of us in the fancy to breed enough dogs to satisfy that demand. Nevertheless, the purebred dog’s detractors continue in their efforts. One of their primary arguments against purebred dogs is that they are not healthy. At the direction of the AKC Board of Directors, and consistent with its mission statement, the AKC has taken the unprecedented step in promoting the breeding of healthier purebred dogs with its new Bred With H.E.A.R.T. program.

The program is designed to encourage all breeders in the United States to utilize health testing as recommended by the respective Parent Clubs in the selection of breeding stock, to meet the AKC’s Care & Conditions Policy, and to use the AKC’s first-class online education tools for breeding better dogs. This program gives the dogs a chance at a healthier and happier life. You can read more about the program at http://www.williamfeeney. com. The Bred With H.E.A.R.T. program also gives the public a greater chance to realize their desire for a healthy, longlived companion. There are few greater disappointments for families and individuals than watching the dog they love suffer

from health issues and in some cases having to say a too-early good-bye to their best friend.

There are few better means of increasing the stature of the purebred dog among the public and countering the critics than by improving its health. The foreign dog press has taken notice of the Bred With H.E.A.R.T. program, and it is recommended that The Kennel Cub take a look at it. In sum, the AKC’s Board is heading in the right direction insofar as fulfilling its mission to advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion and to advance canine health and well-being. After all, it’s about the dogs we love, isn’t it?

Nancy Perrell I believe AKC is doing well with encouraging its constituency about the welfare of the purebred dog. However we are not getting the message out that purebred dogs are the best to have for health and temperament. The animal activists are smothering the public with the need to adopt and donate to their organizations to save pets. We, on the other hand, do not get our story out in a positive and consistent manner. While we tell others of the good AKC does, it is not the same as running the advertising that the activists do constantly.

John Ronald AKC does many things to enrich the dog owning experience. AKC has programs providing information to puppy buyers to get them involved in AKC’s activities, promoting canine health with the research funded by the CHF and offering to owners pet services such as Canine Animal Recovery. AKC does a great job fighting anti-dog legislation. However, AKC can publicize and capitalize on its services and commitment to dogs more effectively.

One area of improvement might be in the message AKC shares with the public. The majority of dogs AKC registers no longer are required to perform the tasks for which they were bred.

In my breed’s case, Samoyeds in the US don’t herd reindeer, hunt seals or live in -60 degree weather. However, we breeders strive to breed dogs that could live as they did in their native lands. Although our dogs no longer are essential to the survival of their tribes, our mission is to ensure the integrity of our breed. It is more than just breeding purebred dogs. We are a group of committed people striving to protect endangered species. There are a number of breeds that would no longer exist without

dedicated breeders. That is the message we should share with the public. We shouldn’t let HSUS or PETA define our roles in the canine world. Their message hurts us. We should never apologize for the purebred dog! They have taken the initiative and we need to take it back. We are doing good works the public should recognize. AKC has hired a variety of public relations firms over the years, but it doesn’t seem that the message ever connects with enough of the right audience. AKC does more than meet the breeds in NYC and the Eukanuba show. A stronger positive message defining who we are and what we do that resonates with the dog loving public could attract more support.

Dr. Greg Paveza I almost decided to not answer the question, not because it isn’t important, but because I found the wording of the question interesting. The implication of the question is that the Board should be taking a direct role in fulfilling the mission of the AKC and that it hasn’t done enough when it comes to moving the mission forward. I believe the Board needs to set direction and policy in relation to the fulfillment of the mission, and like all members of the fancy play an active role when needed. Once the policy is set, it then becomes the role of staff to move the policy forward, and as I have suggested engage Board members when appropriate to the furtherance of a specific issue. So let’s look at what the Board and Staff have done in the recent past. Let’s also agree that this may not have been the way I or Dog News would have chosen to spend funds, but it was an action targeted at fulfilling the mission. Just off the top of my head in the past year there have been two major meet the breeds events, one in New York and one in Orlando. The Government Affairs office is consistently active in monitoring dog related legislation, and in mobilizing support to oppose negative legislation. AKC sponsored the Pets in the Park event in NYC. All of these activities had board support. AKC PAC continues to be out there supporting candidates that are prodog. Certainly AKC-PAC could use more donations, but it is as active as it can be given the size of its “war chest.” The AKC Reunite Pet Disaster Trailer Relief Project continues to highlight the role the AKC and its member clubs play in the local community and the importance of the pure-bred dog community to the vitality of our local communities.

Would I like to see us doing more, certainly, but I sometimes wonder how much more we can do on a budget that is something less than half of HSUS’s annual budget, not including the other animal rights groups. And

remember almost all of their money can go to advertising, and supporting legislation, while AKC has to operate the registry, dog events of all types, the tracking of championships, and everything else that is part of operations. And almost all of these are in some fashion dependent of other income sources to meet their objectives. So in the long run, if we would like AKC to be more active in that part of its mission to protect and encourage the welfare and promotion of the pure-bred dog, we, the fancy, need to support those aspects of AKC through donations and volunteering our time in the service of the mission.

Bob Smith While I strongly support and applaud many things that AKC has done to protect and promote the WELFARE of dogs in general (not just pure bred dogs), among them are establishment of and support for the Canine Health Foundation and adding the concept of health to our mission statement, I cannot say the same for the promotion of Pure Bred Dogs. The AKC has never counted promotion of anything, including AKC, ITSELF as one of its strong suits. In recent years, unfortunately, both the Board and, to a lesser extent, the Delegate body have tended to be more concerned with other values to promote rather than the improvement and promotion of purebred dogs.

Rita J. Biddle This is a two part question.

The Board, both historically and currently, has engaged in efforts to protect and encourage the welfare of the purebred dog.

The CHF’s work has been paramount in this area. While there was some concern when the Board changed the requirements for making AKC’s contribution to the CHF, I believe the Board continues to see the value of the CHF’s role in protecting the welfare of purebred dogs and remains committed to financially supporting its efforts. The Board and the AKC have developed and maintained other projects that definitely benefit the purebred dog such as, AKC Reunite; provision of DNA information, resources/ articles pertaining to training, animal husbandry, veterinary care; Woofipedia and Meet The Breeds events so people can learn about purebred dogs and identify breeds that would best fit their lifestyle. The BOM and HEART programs, hopefully, will contribute to the breeding of dogs that not only meet the requirements of their standards, but also are healthy in body and spirit. The work of AKC’s legislation department has been a major player in protecting our dogs.

The rub comes in the “promotion” part.

While the Board and AKC have begun us-

ing social media and various events/special attractions to teach people about purebred dogs, our sport, and what all the AKC does for dogs, we need to be more aggressive in both our delivery system and our message. It is time to explore the costs and benefits of print and television advertising, and even seeking out the assistance of well known celebrities in promoting purebred dogs. The animal rights and shelter movements have taken control of the conversation about dogs. We seem to always be in reactive mode instead of proactive. We must expose their all-out effort to take our dogs away. They cry to adopt from a shelter and not buy from a breeder. They vigorously support legislation that makes it increasingly difficult to breed and keep dogs. We must work diligently to make known their true goal: spay and neuter until there are none--EXTINCTION. AKC should circulate widely the very recent NAIA study which statistically destroys the animal rights mantra that purebred dogs are flooding the shelters. (Only 5% of shelter dogs are purebred.) For those who say we lack the funds to take on a media campaign, the Board and AKC should partner with like minded organizations who have similar concerns about the animal rights agenda such as, farm bureaus, conservation and hunting groups, the NRA, Humane Watch, and NAIA. Also, if AKC wisely spends its money, it will have more money for such efforts. In order to protect and promote the welfare of the purebred dog, we must shout our message. AKC must become the first thing a person thinks of when they have a question about dogs.

Gretchen Bernardi Regardless of the makeup of this or any other board, its members are faced with a formidable task in addressing both animal welfare and the promotion of purebred dogs. That there hasn’t been more success in this area is our failure to define exactly who we are and what we stand for in today’s world. We need to define ourselves in a way that lets us promote the value of purebred dogs without appearing to lack appreciation for all dogs. We need to address the problem of shelter and rescue dogs without appearing to be only interested in selling and registering our own dogs, leading to the misconception that we only care about money. We need to encourage registration without appearing indifferent to the quality of the dogs or the integrity of their pedigrees.

In order to accomplish this we need to decide once and for all what we stand for. This board has been especially good at reaching out to its constituency, but we must engage all stakeholders, and everyone in the sport must come together, putting petty differences aside. If one group fails, we all fail.

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Getting To The Point Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

By Margaret Poindexter

Former AKC VP and General Counsel Dear Beloved, This is difficult for me to write. I would have preferred to have an actual conversation, but you don’t seem to listen to me much these days. You are preoccupied and distracted, and capturing your attention and your time is challenging.

But the time has come that I must finally say something because things can’t go on between us like they have. I have to tell you how I feel.

I love you, but I am not in love with you.

I don’t know for sure how we got to this place in our relationship. Things started out so strong. I was so enamored with you; in fact, it was love at first sight. I thought you felt the same way about me. It wasn’t my imagination; you pursued me: letters, cards, gifts, lovely events together.

Some of my friends tried to tell me it would never work. They doubted your sincerity. They said we were too different, you and I. I was small town America; you were big city, Manhattan. I liked small events in the country, outside under a tent; you liked the high life, living it up on Madison Avenue.

I was an exhibitor; you were, well, an exhibitionist.

But I was drawn to you, nonetheless, and our relationship grew into something deeper. We seemed to share the same values, to care about the same things, to strive for the same goals, and to fight the same fights. All of that convinced me that we were meant to be together.

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money. They say disagreements over financial issues doom many relationships. Sadly, ours was vulnerable to that as well. You seemed enamored with big salaries, executive bonuses, posh digs, frequent travel. Of course all of that comes at a cost, and soon you became obsessed with finding ways to fuel and feed that lifestyle.

I kept trying to tell you that if you stayed true to who you really were, true to your values, that you would find reward and gratification in that. And that those who shared those values would stand with you and support you, not only philosophically but financially. But you seem to have dismissed that notion, instead grasping at spurious revenue schemes promoted by your new friends.

Your new friends…that’s another problem. You now spend most of your time and energy on them, pursuing them on Facebook and the Internet, seeking them out at events like street fairs and film festivals, trying to come up with ways to please and appease them.

Meanwhile, you seem to have abandoned your old friends, even those most loyal to you, in order to focus your attention to this new group of younger friends, people in your mind that are hipper, cooler, and make you feel good about yourself.

Sure, I get it. Your attraction to this new crowd is understandable: as we get older, we want to still feel relevant, needed, liked.

But I have to tell you, despite how you see yourself in your mind’s eye, and for all the LOLs and smiley icons they post on your

Facebook page, you mostly look sad and pathetic in your pursuit of them. That’s not to say they are bad people and that what they care about is unimportant, but what does it say about them and about you, that you must abandon who you are and what you value in order to appeal to them? At the end of the day, if they don’t know what you stand for, how do you expect them to stand with you?

I’m sure you’re telling yourself that I am being too harsh, and that even if I am right about your new friends, your old friends will still stand with you no matter what. But in truth, many of them have already abandoned you. They gave up on you long ago in large measure because they believe you turned your back on them. Many of those that still claim to be your friends actually laugh at you and mock you behind your back. It seems you’ve distanced yourself from those people who would tell you truth, leaving yourself surrounded by the enablers or those who are afraid to tell you what you’ve really become.

It hurts me to have to say these things, and I have grappled with what else I could do. I have considered an intervention, but even those folks that I have prevailed upon to join me in such a dramatic act are unable to come up with any message that they believe might get your attention and alter your destructive path. They believe you have lost your way, lost sight of your core values, lost your sense of self. Instead, they see you consumed by a midlife crisis of money, materialism, and market share.

That makes me sad. I refuse to see you that way. I want to think that deep in there, there is still the true you, the you I fell in love with, the you I believed in. I think you still share the vision, still care about the mission, still have the passion. I think if you were honest, you would admit that all those young people you want to like you don’t really want you to be cool; they want you to be authentic. And if you were your authentic self, they would flock to you, and believe in you and your message.

But the time has come for you to make a choice. You have to decide whether you care more about Instagram than your integrity. You have to decide whether you want to simply promote yourself or put your values into practice. You have to decide whether you want be known for selling something or standing for something.

In other words, you have to decide whether you care about this relationship with me. The choice is yours; I can’t tell you what to do. But I can tell you this much: if this relationship ends, you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone, AKC. Your Devoted

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Mrs. Joseph W. During the early part of World War Two Mrs. Leonard Smit had a successful Terrier Kennel in Holland close to the Belgium border. Her husband was a wealthy industrial diamond merchant and as the War progressed he and Mrs. Smit moved to the U.S.A. Unable to bring her dogs at that time she left her house and kennel with her housekeeper Anna. The remarkable somehow happened and at the end of the war Mrs. Smit returned to find Anna and most of her dogs had survived. The Smits had moved to Saddle River, New Jersey where they built a modern kennel and after the war years she imported many good terriers from Britain. A very famous British Terrier man, Jacky Parker, would export a number of outstanding dogs to her mostly Wire Fox Terriers, Airedales and Lakeland Terriers.

Many of the top handlers of the time handled for her including Mac Silver, Pete Snodgrass and Seth Campbell, who are a few who come to mind. She was not easy to work for and unable to trim herself but she had an idea of what she thought the dogs should look like and was quite insistent about what she wanted. She had quite a number of long legged terrier breeds such as Airedales 30 Dog News

and Kerry Blues and also Welsh and Lakelands.

Indeed she owned the first Lakeland ever to go BIS in the USA. His name I believe was Eng. Am. Ch. Rayeslay Recruit and the show was the Brooklyn Kennel Club under judge Anton Rost.

She also imported a beautiful bitch, Eng. Am. Ch. Broadbent Margenta. At the 1953 Morris and Essex Show she had one of her great successes with the English bred Ch. Wyrtex Wyns Traveller, a Wire Fox Terrier handled

by Seth Campbell. The judge was the most respected judge in the USA at the time, George Thomas, who after awarding Traveller BIS commented, “never had I seen a Wire Fox Terrier in such great coat and condition.” The following day at Monmouth KC it was raining badly. The dog was on the table ready to be shown. Seth went away to check the ring and when he

returned he found Mrs. Smit with a knife trimming on Traveller. That was the end of that relationship!

Some time during the middle fifties she brought over from England to the States the top Fox Terrier handler Jimmy Butler to be her kennel manager and handler. Jimmy was a second generation WFT breeder and handler who was an expert trimmer and also a very flamboyant individual. Where most U.S. terrier handlers of their day were not very free about sharing their knowledge Jimmy was very outgoing and always willing to help people anxious to learn. He showed many BIS dogs for her but after a few years he moved to Bucks County where he went into business for himself as a handler. At first she was his major client, then at the “Garden” after only a year or two without Jimmy and knowing what

Smit-Urmston

By Peter Green

she was up to she had all her dogs removed from the benching area by her new kennel man, dropped the benching chains and told him he was fired! Around about 1956 Mrs. Smit met and married Joe Urmston, a wealthy California resident of Pasadena who bred and exhibited some top Kerry Blues. They decided they would build a top class kennel just north of Malibu. It was a perfect spot and they proceeded with the project. In the meantime most of her dogs from Saddle River were sent to a young handler named Ric Chashoudian in Sun Valley on a temporary basis.

During the fall of 1958 I was hired to manage the Kennel but before I arrived Mr. Urmston passed away (Mr. Smit had passed during WWII). On the 13th of November I arrived in Malibu and met Ric, who was delivering all the dogs back to the new Kennel. There were at least 40 dogs and there was no help except myself. Her top dog at that time was a Kerry Blue Terrier Bluemore High Fidelity. Ric made it a

big winner and at the San Mateo show in November ‘59 it was awarded BIS by the well known Terrier Judge Terence Bresnahan from Rhode Island. Soon after Mrs. Umston fired Ric and tried to hire a noted Eastern handler to show the dog at Westminster. Unable to hire one she decided to use Fred Young. Actually Fred was a parttime handler and had shown the competition’s Kerry dog for a lady named Virginia Dickson.

Mrs. Dickson, when she found out Mrs. Urmston had fired Ric, quickly hired him for her dog!

Well as you can imagine at Westminster with Kerry’s the last breed on Monday night to be adjudicated upon, the ringside was packed to watch the aforementioned Terry Bresnahan judge the Kerries. It was a foregone conclusion in the minds of most as to which dog was going to win but when Mr. Bresnahan pointed to Ric’s charge Mrs. Urmston became very upset to put it mildly. But the truth was Ric’s dog looked more like High Fidelity than the dog Fred had!

After that Westminster I returned to Wales.

Mrs. Urmston went through a few more kennel

managers in Malibu. First there was Fred and Margaret Young, then Mr. and Mrs. Betts, then Leslie Boyes’ parents and lastly Bob Jordan. Bob eventually bought that kennel in Malibu from her. She in the late sixties returned to Holland and continued her Kennel there. She used a number of English Handlers. Her favorite I believe was Herbert Atkinson and she continued to show top class terriers until she finally passed. She made sure all her dogs were well taken care of after her death. She was a keen terrier person who always had the best interest of her dogs at heart be they the very best show dog or just a nice little dog to whom she was attached.

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Somerset Hills Kennel Club Group First Judge Dr. Robert Smith Westchester Kennel Club BEST IN SHOW Judge Mrs. Miriam Paula Pontes Group First Judge Dr. Michael Woods

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Judge Mrs. Nancy Simmons Judge Dr. Steve Keating Owners Joe & Carla Sanchez and Sharon Saberton Handler Jorge Olivera Warrenton Kennel Club Pug

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10 Questions ASKEDOF...

Mark Houston-McMil an

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

Which dog person of the opposite sex would you be?

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

My first show occurred thirty years ago in South Africa at Goldfields Kennel Club with my Miniature Smooth Dachshund.

She was awarded BOS over several bitch specials under a prominent breeder-judge from the UK. Even though my breeder didn’t think we would do much beyond best puppy as it was my first show dog, we almost won the breed.

I adored the late Michele Billings.

Nobody. I hope we are a few levels above that.

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

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

All kennel clubs have a role. Like any governing body, they must rise to the occasion and provide direction. Most such governing bodies need to do more to elevate the sport. In Sweden the Kennel Club is utilized by the entire nation to solve all issues related to dogs. It is pro-active and respects and fulfills those needs.

Any outstanding specimen of its breed with a correct temperament.

How difficult was it to finish your championship?

Not very difficult as I had spent a lot of time working, training and preparing her. She went on to win three All Breed BIS’s and the South African national under another famous breeder-judge at that time. Trust me, I had the bug!

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

Truly I am happy with our breeds, Dachshunds and Shetland Sheepdogs.

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Born: South Africa Resides: Guelph, Ontario Canada Marital Status: Committed Astrological Sign: Capricorn

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

Two or three weekends a month. The World Show, AKC-Eukanuba and, of course, Westminster Kennel Club.

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

Some people have a natural instinct with animals and have such a good relationship with them. I truly admire those the dogs themselves consider soul mates.

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

Dr. Bodegard from Sweden, Frank Kane from England, Patricia de Alsina from Argentina. Guy (Jeavons) and I would truly enjoy this dinner, and most of all the conversation!

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The British Isles are the birthplace of virtually all the terrier breeds, many developed in the regions to suit the working conditions of the area and the needs of their sporting owners.

By Nick Waters

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o celebrate the great Montgomery Terrier Show I feature artwork on a random selection of nine terrier breeds, who, through the dogs themselves, their owners, or the artist, have contributed in some way to those breeds.

A good place to start is with the founder of the Kennel Club, the wealthy landowning sporting gentleman, Selwallis Evelyn Shirley. He had a ‘finger’ in many breeds, all of which he was influential in.

The head and shoulders study of the Bull Terrier, Nelson, was painted

By George Earl and reproduced in Champion Dogs of England. Nelson was the first Bull Terrier champion made up in 1873, the year Shirley founded the Kennel Club. Shirley specialised in the smaller Bull Terriers and Nelson would by today’s standards be considered a miniature.

Mrs. H.L. Aylmer was the first woman judge of Welsh Terriers, judging at Bristol Championship Show in 1907. Welsh Terriers were in her blood, her grandparents being connected with the old Glansevin pack of Welsh Hounds and Welsh Terriers

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had been known for 150 years in connection with the Glansevin Hunt. The two Welsh Terriers in the painting by Lilian Cheviot are Mrs. Aylmer’s Glansevin Coquette and Ch. Glansevin Coda who won his title in 1906.

Other than by a handful of people, French artist Paul Mahler is virtually unknown today. He was though the most important artist working on the Continent at the end of the 19th century/ beginning of the 20th. As an illustrator he was commissioned by the Journal ‘L’ Acclimatation, Paris to record every known breed of dog, but most importantly the dogs he recorded were all winning show dogs.

It is not known if he worked in England but he certainly completed work of many topwinning British dogs, including the two Skye Terriers here, Ch. Wolverley Duchess and Ch. Wolverley Jock who won the dog and bitch CC respectively at Crufts in 1899.

They were owned by Mrs. H. Hughes who was the most important breeder of Skyes at that time and Duchess was one of her most successful, winning a total of 15 CCs.

plaster model that was one of Daws last pieces of work. The Airedale is Mrs. A.A. Parkes’ Ch. Cotsford Topsail and a scaled down version without the base was reproduced in Royal Doulton’s ‘Champion Dogs’ range in 1931.

The Lakeland Terrier is just one of a number of terrier breeds that have existed in their individual locality for generations but only emerged as a show dog in the late 19th century or early 20th century.

Alf Johnston established his Oregill kennel in 1921 and later managed Tom Meageen Mockerkin kennel. Meageen was managing director of the Cumberland Bus Company who spent a small fortune on breeding some of the finest Lakeland Terriers. In 1929 Johnson bred Mockerkin Mist who in 1933, just two years after the breed first had CCs, became the first champion Johnson bred and the first owned by Meageen. The following

The next two pictures are in the Kennel Club Arts Foundation collection and are examples of the Foundation’s commitment to acquiring artwork important to the evolution of the respective breeds.

The Sealyham Terrier is Ch. Chawston Whiskey Bach who was born in 1909, a year before the breed had classes at championship shows. He was a grandson of the earliest pillar of the breed, Lord Kensington’s Peer Gynt and was the breed’s fifth champion and the winner of 14 CCs. He was owned by William Barker and his portrait painted by E. Marion Nelson.

The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier is Irish Ch. Cheerful Gleam who was painted by Ireland’s leading canine artist, Captain R.A.V. Hamilton, who is virtually unknown outside Ireland. Gleam was owned by Dr. Gerard Pierse, an early pioneer in the breed who helped establish it as a show dog. He was the breed’s sixth Irish Champion made up not long after the breed was recognised by the Irish Kennel Club and long before the breed was recognised outside its native Ireland.

Frederick Thomas Daws was a multi-talented artist working in many mediums but is least well known for his concrete and plaster models which he started to produce in the 1930s.

It is a plaster model of an Airedale Terrier that is reproduced here. All his plaster models were of top winning show dogs and it was a

year two further dogs were made up bred by Johnston and owned by Meageen, Mockerkin Mac and Mockerkin Marquis.

The picture of the four Lakelands features Mist, Mac, Marquis and Mockerkin Melody. It was painted in 1934 by Hal Kenmare, an artist from the Lake District who specialised in dogs and the local landscape. He had an unlikely background for an artist, being a local boxer of some repute who worked as an iron ore miner.

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier did not receive CC status in the UK until 1939 but is today one of the most popular of all dog breeds. The group featuring the bitch Sacha with her puppies was created by Jane Howse, a ‘dog woman’ through and through who devoted many years of her life to the breed from the Black Country, the home of the breed and an area where Jane was never happier.

Jane did not set out to create an example of the breed standard but to show the character of a breed she had great affection for. She was perhaps unique as a dog artists inasmuch as her entire output was devoted to the Stafford. Although she has now fallen off

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the radar, throughout the 1960s and 1970s her work was avidly collected by breed enthusiasts worldwide.

I started this feature with the first UK Bull Terrier champion and end with the first UK Miniature Bull Terrier champion. This painting by a now unknown artist is of Ch. Deldon Delovely who was born in 1945, bred by Miss F. Scott and owned by Mrs. Gladys Adlam – Granny Adlam – one of the most respected breeders of the larger variety who had some outstanding successes with more than 40 champions through her hands.

This is one of the most historic pieces of Miniature Bull Terrier art but its condition stands as an example of the folly of giving fragile artwork as perpetual prizes. It spent much of its early years going from one home to another, year in year out, treasure by some and relegated to an outside shed or garage by others and now risks being lost to forever.

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THE CAIRN TERRIER

Talented Rat Hunters And A Whole Lot More

By M.J. Nelson

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n old Scottish Gaelic blessing goes like this: “Cuiridh mi clach air do chàrn,” which roughly translates to “I’ll put a stone on your cairn.” Plenty of Scots did just that and when this practice was combined with the Scottish custom and tradition of carrying a stone from the bottom of a hill to be placed on a cairn at the top, the result was a lot of man-made piles of rocks all over Scotland.

While these rock piles had many purposes ranging all the way from marking gravesites to land and sea markers used to determine location, they also served as a home for fox, badger and rodents that either preyed on farm animals or destroyed crops, traits not designed to endear these critters to the farmers. Along about the 1500s, farmers in the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye had enough of these pests and a terrier was developed to help get rid of them. Although known as the Short-haired Skye Terrier until the early part of the 20th century, the Cairn Terrier earned its new name through a compromise suggestion when The Kennel Club rejected the Short-haired Skye Terrier moniker. The new name resulted from the way the breed would squeeze down into the cairns and bark at fox, badgers, rats and other animals the farmers considered vermin until the farmer could arrive

to kill them. While the breed retains this skill making them ideal for earthdog tests and the sport of barn hunt, Cairn Terriers have also excelled in many other dog sports.

“Cairns are very much underestimated as versatility dogs,” said Charmaine Fedick, who is the performance chair for the Cairn Terrier Club of America and owns Bret (Am/ Can Ch Melrose Fourth and Goal BN RAE PAX MX MXJ MXP3 MXPB MJP3MJPB OF NFP RATI CGC). “They really can do it all. They are smart little dogs that love to please and are both food and toy motivated.

Plus they are athletic, energetic and tough little guys. They love variety.

The more things they do the more they want to do.”

“Cairns are very bright and really do love to work. They thrive on being challenged so if you change sports with them it gives them something new to master and solve. Every time you try something new, they step up and do it eagerly. With Bear (Maverston Teddy Bear CDX OA OAJ JE RATO CGC) I’ve done obedience, agility, earthdog, barn hunt and we’ve started training for tracking. With Bruce (Am GCh/Can Ch Maverston Bruce Almighty CD) we started out in conformation but

it was clear right away that trotting around the show ring was not what he would love the most. He’s currently competing in open obedience and is about ready to go into agility,” said Cynthia “Tia” Schlaikjer.

“I think a lot of breeds can do multiple sports as long as they are put together well from a structural standpoint. Cairns are smart and very athletic. They just need the right handler and an instructor who appreciates the difference in breeds. I started Kasey (Ch MACH 4 Madcap’s MacMioscaise CDX RE MXB3MJC2 ME RATO) in junior earthdog because I believe if a breed was developed to do a job, first and foremost they should be able to do that job. Everything else is icing on the cake. Kasey is a natural ‘ratter’ so anything to do with rats is absolute pie for her. She required almost no training for either earthdog or for barn hunt. In fact, we did barn hunt after almost a three month layoff with absolutely no practice and she qualified,” said Julie Nicony.

“I think a Cairn Terrier should be able to perform the tasks a Cairn was bred to do which is hunt small game, chase their quarry across long distances and flush it out of the cairns or rock piles. This means they need to fit the standard so they can perform these tasks without tiring, they have to have the instinct to know what they are hunting and they need to be smart enough so they are not outsmarted by their quarry. That said, when you get involved in sports where these abilities are not the primary ones needed for a dog sport, it can be a challenge. For example, Daisy’s (GCh Dogwood Flower Power CAX RATS CGC) short attention is frustrating in rally. She follows the signs very carefully and can do all of them but if there is something more interesting going on outside the ring, she is happy to change course. She is always interested in everything that’s going on, inside the ring or outside. I thought from the day she was born that she needed a job.

She organized all of her dam’s nipples for herself and her four littermates and she still feels she has to control every situation. This made handing her in conformation difficult.

Stand on a table while someone took their time going over her? You must be kidding!

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Daisy’s just a bit smug as she poses on a hay bale with her senior barn hunt title.

Daisy (GCh Dogwood Flower Power CAX RATS CGC), one of Pam Davis’ Cairns, anticipates getting at the real thing at a barn hunt.

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Ebay (GCh Dogwood Treasure Hunter CAX RATI CGC), Davis’ other Cairn, loves to run so he gets to do lure coursing.

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What is an innocent heart murmur?

A heart murmur is an abnormal sound that is heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. It is caused by abnormal turbulent blood flow. This occurs when the blood passes across abnormal heart valves or across abnormal structures within the heart. It can also occur when the blood flows rapidly across normal structures, such as when the dog is excited.

Sometimes a murmur is determined to be ‘innocent’ or physiologic, while other times the murmur is found to be pathologic or caused by disease. An innocent or physiologic heart murmur is a heart murmur that has no effect on the dog’s health.

It is very common for young puppies, especially large breed puppies, to develop an innocent murmur while they are growing. The murmur may first appear at 6-8 weeks of age. A puppy with an innocent murmur will usually outgrow it by about 4-5 months of age. This type of murmur is benign.

Murmurs are graded by their intensity, usually on a scale of I–VI. A Grade I murmur is very soft or quiet, may only be heard intermittently and is usually only heard in one location on the chest. At the other end of the spectrum, a Grade VI murmur is very loud, heard everywhere that the heart can be heard, and can be felt by placing your hand on the chest in the area of the heart.

In cardiac terminology, this is called a ‘thrill’.

An innocent or physiologic murmur will generally have a low intensity, Grade I-II out of VI, and does not cause any symptoms of heart disease.

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lem that is not caused by heart disease, called ‘extra-cardiac’. With structural disease, there is some sort of abnormality or defect that is disturbing the flow of blood, creating turbulence. This could be a leaky heart valve, a thickening or narrowing of a valve or large blood vessel or an abnormal hole between the heart chambers or between two arteries that are not normally connected. These structural problems may be congenital, meaning the dog is born with them, or acquired, meaning the problem develops later in life.

Some extra-cardiac problems cause what is called a ‘functional heart murmur’. Anemia (low levels of red blood cells), hypoproteinemia (low levels of protein in the blood), fever or infection, and conditions such as pregnancy, obesity or emaciation, may cause functional heart murmurs. With anemia or hypoproteinemia, the blood is too thin so turbulence is created as it flows through the valves. With young puppies, anemia or hypoproteinemia can be due to a heavy infestation of parasites such as intestinal worms, blood parasites, fleas or ticks.

In most cases, a heart murmur is detected when your veterinarian auscultates or examines your dog’s heart with a stethoscope. If the murmur is mild, your veterinarian may recommend a re-examination in a few weeks to track whether the murmur has decreased in intensity or disappeared. This would indicate that it was an innocent murmur and no further treatment is required.

If your dogs is showing signs of more serious heart disease, such as coughing, trouble breathing, or lack of energy, a more thorough cardiac workup consisting of radiographs, electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram may be recommended.

An echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart. It is the most accurate test for the presence of heart disease and is easily tolerated by the dog. A Doppler examination is a specialized type of echocardiogram in which the speed and direction of blood flow can be measured across the Continued on page 84

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My Truely Awesome Life In Dogs

By Robert E. Hutton

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he year was 1955 when I (no doubt trespassing) found the litter of Bedlington Terriers in the backyard of neighbors Mr. and Mrs. William J. Duncan. To me this place was a wonderland complete with a little cottage-like building with runs full of grown dogs down one side and a wonderfully hand painted sign hanging on an arm over the flagstone walk that said this little kennel was designated “The Coach Light Inn for Bedlingtons”.

Mr. and Mrs. Duncan were a middle-aged couple without children and I sensed an opening coming my way. Even as a boy I knew when opportunity knocked you grab on and don’t let go. Once I made it in through the back door and met my neighbors and their house dogs I was “in like Flynn”!

Mr. Duncan was President of the Lake Shore Kennel Club, a Director of the Bedlington Terrier Club of America, as well as their Mid-West Show trim a dog. I shall never forget. It would many Chairman. Mrs. Duncan was the consumyears later when I would understand and apmate hostess who always was always enpreciate the depth and breadth of history in tertaining someone coming through from the Fancy I was involved in. afar. Hammond, Indiana being located at The Duncans took me everywhere with the Southern tip of Chicago, was on the them to shows. We even flew up to Westminway for people traveling from the East ster and on one occasion saw Chick T’Sung go and South to the many shows in the ChicaBest and saw Annie win with Wilbur! On top goland area. At various times after school of it all I was taking my first airplane rides on and on weekends I would come over and a DC4 and a DC6. I can tell you that Mrs. Elmeet the current eclectic assortment of the lis’ old Chicago International was better than Fancy’s characters who were in for a visit.

Christmas, any day. My very first Bedlington, Breeders, Superintendents, Handlers, Exwas a gift from the Duncans for me to show in hibitors, and club officials all at one time Children’s Handling Class. This dog, a grandor another would be in house with a Julep son of the Rockefellers Westminster and Morin hand. Mrs. Duncan, being quite proud ris and Essex BIS winner Night Rocket, was a of her Southern Heritage, always had an Morris and Essex winner himself going WD in adequate supply of Julep and Old Fasha National Specialty entry of eighty for a five ioned fixings in the pantry! Of course they point major at the age of nine months. He was brought their dogs to stay as well. One handled to finish and win groups by Wilda day after a local show there were over Woehr and I could show him in the handling thirty Bedlingtons on the property. There classes. When Wilda was done with him I conwere so many other different breeds at tinued on in handling classes and Obedience other times. These people all felt the need with the stipulation from the Duncans that I had to give me lessons for Children’s Handling to do all the grooming. This got very interestClasses. The famous Min Pin breeder Ester ing!

Albright was perhaps the most vocal at My first juniors win was at the Kalamazoo barking out orders and being demanding.

K.C. and the next at Stone City K.C. where I And, the quiet and unassuming Charles coincidently won a BIS on my Dandie sixteen Kellogg with his Dachshunds who was the years later. (I still have the trophies.) The first opposite; to name just two. Imagine sitting points I won, with myself handling a dog, were on a box in the Duncans’ basement watcha five-point major from the puppy class on a ing the Rockefellers’ handler Tony Neary 58 Dog News

grandson of my first dog at Steel City K.C. held in the old Gilroy Stadium. I think I was ten years old by then. The judge was Anthony Stamm and that is how I was introduced to the well known Anstamm Scotties. While in school I also owned and finished five of my six Dalmatians, Italian Greyhounds, and a Brittany Spaniel. Also an Old English Sheepdog, many Borzoi, and a Frenchie, for friends.

Growing up in the Chicago area and being active in the Sport of Pure Bred Dogs was an amazing time and an equally amazing opportunity for me.

This part of the country in the fifties, sixties, and seventies was no doubt one of the most active hot beds of the Sport in the country. Coming up in the presence of so many of the greats was so very fortunate for me in building an excellent foundation of knowledge and practical experience in the Fancy. So many took an interest in me. Larry and Alice Downey, Jack and Ann Funk, Ruth Cooper, Dougie and Vera McClain, Charlie and Harriet Prager, the Bennett sisters, Virginia Hardin, and Del Gladowski, to name some who mentored me, tutored me, and sat me down to watch groups so I could ”learn something”! During my Continued on page 86

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With summer behind us fanciers in the Northeast shouldn’t be hearing any more of those dreaded “hot dog in a car” announcements. It never ceases to amaze how often we hear of these incidents, especially when it concerns owners that should know better. Even more disturbing than these scenarios have been the reports of police K-9s succumbing to heat exhaustion. One would think that those entrusted with the care of such a valuable police officer, partner and companion would be able to prevent such circumstances but from the end of May until midAugust of 2015 some 13 police dogs died of heat exhaustion, eleven of them left in hot patrol cars. Another K-9 named Dutch, a member of the Minneapolis Police Department, tragically died in September after accidently ingesting a lacrosse ball during a training exercise. Dutch’s handler was unable to dislodge the ball, which was eventually freed by a veterinarian but they were unable to save the dog.

These tragic losses, though accidents, are inexcusable. In several instances, faulty air-conditioning units have been blamed. In one case, a police K-9 was allegedly left in a hot car with the air conditioning running while his handler worked at the PGA Championship in Kohler, Wisconsin.

The A/C unit reportedly failed and the German Shepherd named Wix was trapped inside. Technology is available that can detect when temperatures reach too high a level inside an automobile and will automatically open the windows so dogs can escape. Unfortunately the Brown County Sheriff’s Department cars apparently weren’t outfitted with this technology.

Two police K-9s died of heat exhaustion in the same incident in Hialeah, Florida in May (the officer in charge was suspended with pay and faces up to five years in jail if convicted of killing a police dog), as did two police K-9s in the Maryland Division of Correction on August 25. There was also a heat exhaustion death of a police K-9 in California in June, four such deaths in July – one each in Savannah and Conyers, Georgia, another in Little Rock, Arkansas, and one in Muldrow, Oklahoma, and another K-9 died in August at the Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Office in Texas, resulting in a deputy being fired.

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deaths of heat exhaustion in this country since 2008, all of them preventable. Since 9/11 more police K-9s have been employed around the country in myriad capacities and their status has been elevated to reflect the selfless heroism they exhibit, so steps must be taken to ensure that this disturbing trend doesn’t continue. With proper protocol, education, training, tools and technology, and simple common sense, these incidents can and must be prevented at all costs.

From Dog Meat Farm To Loving Homes?

While these pages often point out the problems inherent will allowing dogs from other countries to enter the US to feed adoption campaigns and an unregulated shelter system, the news this week that over 100 dogs that had been rescued from a South Korean dog farmer would be available for adoption has been receiving a favorable public reception. South Korea still raises dogs as meat for consumption, a custom that most find appalling. To wit, the outcries following the FCI’s decision to hold the 2019 World Show in China, a nation where the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival is held, where dogs are tortured, slaughtered and consumed, continue. The Humane Society International is said to have rescued mostly Japanese Mastiffs, or Tosas, though some reports

mention that Chihuahuas and other breeds may be involved as well. Fifty-eight of the dogs have come to Washington, and those interested in adopting them can apply at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s website (https://southwesthumane.org/dogsand-cats/dogs/south-korea-rescue-dogs/.)

The screening process will reportedly be tougher for adoption of the South Korean dogs to ensure that they end up in the most suitable homes, as the dogs were kept caged outdoors in the elements, without food and water, and they have not been socialized so it remains to be seen how many of them will actually be saved and receive a proper home life. President of the Humane Society for Southwest Washington, Stacey Graham, said of the dogs, “Everything’s new to them; they don’t know what rocks are, or trees, or grass. They haven’t been around people so their biggest challenge and our biggest challenge is helping them figure out what this new world is all about.” Another factor to consider is that the Japanese Mastiff can grow to weigh up to 120 pounds, though they are said to be gentle creatures when properly raised, but that has obviously not been the case here. Many dogs have overcome horrible conditions to go on to become someone’s best friend so the jury is still out.

While one remains hopeful that these dogs can indeed be rehabilitated and rehomed these types of stories always make one nervous about the negative effects they can have, even though they may begin with good intentions. While the farming of dogs for consumption is an abhorrent thought and efforts to end this practice are to be applauded and supported, these highly publicized campaigns have repercussions.

Imported dogs may carry diseases such as rabies and have other health problems and while these stories tug at the heartstrings and open the purse strings they also can have deleterious effects on the perception of purebred dogs and dog breeders, who get unfairly associated with unscrupulous commercial breeders. The fact remains that purebred dogs from responsible breeders remain an excellent choice for a family pet or personal companion and the choice must remain with the prospective dog owner without any stigma or backlash attached to it. Rather than doing their due diligence and seeking out reputable breeders of purebred dogs, some people succumb to the ‘Adopt Don’t Buy’ campaigns and rush into impulse ‘adoptions,’ some with fees upwards of $500 and untold medical expenses down the road. It may be true that reputable hobby breeders can’t feed the demand for dogs in America but adoption campaigns often hurt reputable breeders’ reputations and even threaten the existence of some breeds, in addition to feeding a largely unregulated and sometimes shady shelter system.

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he decision of the Board appointed Nominating Committee to extend the time for Delegates to send in petitions to run in the March 2016 to October 6th caused many a raised eyebrow! The closing date for these submissions had passed and 9 Delegates had applied, interviews were held and an announcement was promised by the end of the week of September 28th by the Nominating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the NC) as to their selections. Instead came a decision “from the Committee” about an extension due to the alleged fact that not enough time had been given for all the people who really wanted to apply to the NC to get in their paperwork. According to what I was told this was due “to vacations, etc.”! Well I take the Chairman of the Committee at his word but it does look a bit strange since as of this writing of September 29th no one else has submitted his or her application although I am told two more applicants are expected--one for a person really interested in the position and the other a somewhat dummy app since whomever was behind this move allegedly did not want it to look as though the extension was made solely for this one party. Now then I have no

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idea if this is true but it was told to be fact by a pretty highly placed person! Some people are of the belief that the NC should be done away with entirely --not because of anything this NC has or has not done--actually I think this was one of the better NC’s of the past several years--but because in today’s AKC any Delegate once he or she gets 50 signatures can and does seem to run from the floor the NC may look outdated. The advantage to such a Committee of course is that it gives the existing Board Chair the opportunity to guide the NC if he or she is asked as to the kind of background experience is missing from the Board which needs to be filled. Honestly though that does not seem Continued on page 94

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registration numbers in TABLE 2 2014 - TERRIER ENTRIES AT UK SHOWS WITH CCS (POINTS) FOR THE BREED the UK than do Norwich.

At Montgomery NUMBER OF UK CC 2014 AVERAGE ENTRY TOTAL ENTRIES Norwich have attracted SHOWS FOR THE BREED AT UK CC SHOWS BREED RANKING CC SHOWS 105 dogs with Norfolks STAFFORDSHIRE BULL 1 138 39 5382 having 44 while at the National Terrier BORDER 2 136 33 4488 Norwich only had 30 CAIRN 3 74 28 2072 dogs entered with WEST HIGHLAND WHITE 4 57 29 1653 Norfolks having 47.

SOFT COATED WHEATEN 5 53 23 1219 At the other less PARSON RUSSELL 6 52 21 1092 popular end of the entry 7 48 22 1056 BULL spectrum, Manchesters AIREDALE 8 47 19 893 and Dandie Dinmonts MIN BULL 9 45 12 540 only have single figure NORFOLK 9 45 21 945 entries at Montgomery BEDLINGTON 11 44 19 836 while at the National SCOTTISH 12 40 20 800 Terrier Show this year 13 38 16 608 MANCHESTER they managed to FOX (SMOOTH) 14 36 19 684 achieve entries of 42 DANDIE DINMONT 15 35 17 595 and 41 respectively.

FOX (WIRE) 16 30 17 510 What is clear NORWICH 17 28 16 448 however, looking at 18 25 16 400 IRISH the entries at these KERRY 18 25 16 400 two shows on the two SKYE 18 25 15 375 respective sides of the SEALYHAM 21 24 13 312 Atlantic, is that in the WELSH 22 23 11 253 UK it is Border Terriers LAKELAND 23 16 15 240 and Staffordshire 24 17 10 170 AUSTRALIAN Bull Terriers that are GLEN OF IMAAL 25 16 11 176 holding the terrier Does not yet have CC status N/A N/A N/A CESKY group together in Not recognised as a breed by TKC N/A N/A N/A AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE the main, whereas at Not in the Terrier Group N/A N/A N/A MIN SCHNAUZER Montgomery County Not recognised as a breed by TKC N/A N/A N/A RAT rather more terrier RUSSELL Not recognised as a breed by TKC N/A N/A N/A breeds seem to come up with respectable entries.

That is corroborated that principle was dropped a few years COMPARING REGISTRATION NUMBERS by the fact that of the 26 breeds shown at back and the numbers do not now stack up Unfortunately because of the fact that the both events, 15 have more dogs entered at completely.

AKC does not publish individual breed Montgomery than at the National Terrier, 10 Here again the Staffordshire Bull registration statistics it is impossible to had more at the National Terrier and one, the Terrier and the Border Terrier breeds seem carry out a similar exercise comparing Australian Terrier, has the same entry at both to be very much holding things together AKC registration numbers with TKC shows. and are the only Terrier breeds that, over numbers for the terrier breeds. However the whole show season, attract average in Table 3 I have given the UK figures ENTRIES AT OTHER SHOWS entries amounting to over 100 per show. and rankings and have compared these But of course entries at the prestige shows such They average 138 and 136 dogs per show to the rankings which are all that are as Crufts, Westminster, Montgomery County and respectively. The next highest average is for given by the AKC. the National Terrier Club are not the whole story Cairn Terriers, which achieved only 74 dogs There you can see again that even and are certainly not the only way of looking at per show on average while West Highland also in registration terms, in the UK the the popularity of breeds at shows.

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Bull Terrier breeds are holding things each of TKC recognized terrier breeds at The staggering fact is that the two top together. These two breeds alone, even Challenge Certificate (CC) shows in the UK during breeds, Borders and Staffords, account for although their registration numbers 2014. Challenge Certificates Shows are the nearly forty percent of the total number of have dropped considerably in the events at which championship qualifications can terrier entries at championship shows in the last five years or so, still make up just be obtained and there is one CC available for UK. The bottom 10 breeds out of the 25, short of half of all terrier registrations each sex of each breed at the shows concerned. only provide 10 per cent of the total number in the UK. On the other hand in the Of course not every breed has CCs at every of terrier entries at UK championship shows.

USA these two breeds come only 9th show. The number of CCs available for a breed It is really sad that a breed such as the and 7th respectively in the popularity varies between 10 sets per annum for Australian Wire Fox Terrier which in registration terms stakes. The top two in the USA, the West Terriers and 38 sets per annum for Staffordshire (See Table 3) is positioned at number 6 in Highland White and the Soft Coated Bull Terriers. the popularity league table, is positioned Wheaten, come only 3rd and 11th in the By and large the number of CCs available at only 17th out of the 25 breeds as far as UK. By and large the same breeds are for each breed is intended to be allocated entries are concerned and with an average the laggards numerically on both sides roughly in line with the average number of per show of only 30. entries per show that the breed attracts. However Continued on page 74 70 Dog News

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of the Atlantic and it must be a matter of great concern that the bottom 10 out of the 26 terrier breeds taken together, account for only 4% of the total registrations of the Terrier Group as a whole.

So the terrier world as a whole in the UK does seem to be suffering and of the thirty-four UK or Irish Native breeds that are classified by TKC as ‘vulnerable’ ten of them are terriers. Certainly as compared to the position in the 1980s and 1990s things have deteriorated.

NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO There is always a view that terriers had their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s but is that really the case?

Table 4 gives the situation in 1922 and shows the position for show entries for the then recognized terrier breeds. At that time only fifteen of the current 26 classified terrier breeds were recognised by TKC. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the Lakeland, the Norfolk and Norwich, the Soft Coated Wheaten and the Glen of Imaal had yet to be recognized as had the Parson and the Cesky.

And of course then, in 1922, the Wire Fox Terrier, the Sealyham and the Smooth Fox Terrier were very much the leading lights in the terrier group of the day.

But those breeds that worry about popularity today ought perhaps not to be too despondent. If you look at the total entries made at UK Championship Shows in 1922 by breeds such as Skye, Welsh, Dandie Dinmont, and Kerry Blue Terriers you can see that they were far fewer then than they are today.

For example the total entry figures for the full year were:

1922 2014 Skye 44 375 Welsh 130 253 Dandie Dinmont 130 595 Kerry Blue 125 400

TABLE 3 – 2014 – TERRIER UK REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND RANKINGS WITH US RANKINGS ONLY (AKC DOES NOT PUBLISH NUMBERS) BREED BORDER STAFFORDSHIRE BULL WEST HIGHLAND WHITE BULL CAIRN FOX (WIRE) SCOTTISH AIREDALE NORFOLK BEDLINGTON SOFT COATED WHEATEN PARSON RUSSELL WELSH IRISH MINIATURE BULL MANCHESTER LAKELAND KERRY BLUE NORWICH DANDIE DINMONT FOX (SMOOTH) SEALYHAM GKEN OF IMAAL SKYE CESKY AUSTRALIAN

UK RANKING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

UK REGS. USA RANKING 5988 9 4937 7 3119 1 1563 3 908 6 676 10 612 5 610 4 540 18 462 21 404 2 395 13 392 12 371 15 189 17 187 19 176 22 172 16 166 11 144 24 142 14 97 25 74 22 63 26 31 27 27 20

American Stafford, Rat, Russell And Miniature Schnauzer Not In Terrier Group In UK

So, perhaps we should not get too dejected today at the fate of the Terrier Group. Even nearly a hundred years ago some of these breeds seemed to be struggling numerically but they have somehow survived and some of them have actually made progress.

The breed that has suffered most however seems to be the Sealyham, which in 1922 was providing a total of TABLE 4 - AVERAGE TERRIER ENTRIES IN UK AT CC (POINTS) SHOWS IN 1922 1104 entries at UK shows

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AVERAGE NUMBER NUMBER OF TOTAL BREED RANKING 312.

OF ENTRIES PER SHOW CC (POINTS) SHOWS ENTRIES But even they can FOX (WIRE) 1 46 33 1518 take some comfort from SEALYHAM 1 46 24 1104 the fact that, according to FOX (SMOOTH) 3 34 31 1054 TKC’s recently published

study of effective CAIRN 3 34 19 646 breeding populations in AIREDALE 5 33 28 924 the UK, the Sealyham SCOTTISH 6 28 22 616 Terrier is showing a better situation than the WEST HIGHLAND WHITE 7 27 15 405 Border Terrier or even BULL 8 26 18 468 the Labrador Retriever KERRY 9 25 5 125 when it comes to effective IRISH 10 23 21 483 population size. Over 100 is reckoned to be OK and BORDER 11 15 10 150 under 50 problematic.

DANDIE DINMONT 12 13 10 130 The Sealyham shows 111.

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something they find interesting. You’ll never have a Velcro®) dog with a Cairn and you have to try and engage them as much as possible within a training session.

So, the secret to success in dog sports with a Cairn is patience, patience, patience and don’t be surprised if they decide to blow you off in the middle of a trial. I think there is a real under appreciation of the breed by the general public. They are big dogs housed in small bodies, very bright and loaded with personality. By and large they are also very healthy. At many trials, my dogs are the only Cairns entered and I think we need to do more to make the public aware of how great this breed really is.”

One of the problems many terrier people face in performance is prejudice and misunderstanding of terriers, according to Nicony. “My dogs have been in all events except earthdog and barn hunt where the judges ‘knew’ that my dog would fail. I had one agility judge who wanted me to run even though the timers were broken. It was a really lousy course with a very low ‘Q’ rate. I guess she felt there was no need to hold up the ring for a dog that would not qualify and therefore would not need to rerun for time. I refused to run and the judge was furious.

But the timers got fixed and Kasey took one of the placements. I’ve also run into my share of trainers who are accustomed to working with ‘traditional’ performance breeds and were not happy to change their approach for what is usually the only non-traditional breed in a class. Kasey is quite good at reading people and being a stubborn terrier, quite ready to refuse to work in their class. Of course, this confirms their opinion. On the other hand, when Kasey was trying to get her first qualifying score in novice obedience, the judge was thrilled to be judging his first Cairn. Kasey had just finished her conformation championship the week before so she was still in her ‘aren’t-I-the-cutest-pinme’ mode. During the stand for exam, she wiggled and wagged and gave him kisses but never moved a toe. At the end of the class he said to me that even though

There might be a rat or a mouse on the floor that needed to be caught.

Ebay (GCh Dogwood Treasure Hunter CAX RATI CGC) likes to learn but the truth is that he’s not as smart as Daisy. He also needs to be convinced that he can’t lift his leg on every bale of hay that he sees. He would be a great hunter if he was allowed to leave his marks on the hay bales. But as a whole, Cairns are extremely intelligent and they want to take over the world,” said Pam Davis.

“My greatest problem with Fergus (Ch Cairn Acre Raven Rock Maidstn MX MXJ MJB XF) is that he should have been named ‘Mr. Wonderful.’

He loves everybody and if he could talk, he undoubtedly would be saying, ‘Hi, I’m Fergus McDonald. Don’t believe we’ve had the pleasure of meeting.’ Of course, this sociability has gotten us into trouble more than once. In novice agility, he had a habit of leaving me to go say ‘hello’ to the ring stewards. It was very entertaining for the spectators but excruciating for me because it was so random. He also was easily distracted by spectators with food outside the ring especially if it was hamburger. As soon as our run was over, he would make a mad dash to the exit to see if there were any tidbits for him. The solution was to make sure I had a rock solid ‘here’ command and he received a lot of high value treats for coming to me when he was called. There were times, however, that I had to remind him that ‘here’ was not an optional command with a little tug on his head furnishings and he needed to pay attention. He’s retired now but he still has a great recall and he still loves to say hello,” said Pam McDonald, who also owns Piper (Ch Brocair Piper of the Isles UD OA OAJ.) One of the issues that is a problem for this breed is the perception that Cairns are not trainable. “You have to recognize that they were bred to make independent decisions,” said Schliakjer. “They can do something fabulously well one day and the next day they are totally disinterested in that exercise. I try to make training fun for them but also constructive. They cannot be drilled.

They get bored with too much repetition and will literally walk away if you try it. But they are really very bright and they do love to work. They thrive on being challenged. So, if you switch sports every now and then, it gives them something new to master and solve. But, you can’t be surprised Bret (Am/Can Ch Melrose Fourth and Goal when they wander off to check out BN RAE PAX MX MXJ MXP3 MXPB MJP3MJPB OF NFP RATI CGC), Charmaine Fedick’s Cairn Terrier, hops over a jump in agility.

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her score wasn’t great, she was just too cute to fail. I still smile when I think about it.”

Sometimes a dog can get turned off an activity though no fault of their own. That was the case with Fedick’s dog Bret who contracted Lyme Disease and she didn’t recognize that there was a problem until the dog stopped doing the teeter and then did not want to jump. “I got treatment for him but unfortunately I think he learned to associate the game of agility, that he had previously loved, with pain and he became hesitant to do it. I got him through it with treatment that included both traditional and holistic treatments for the disease and giving him several months off. During that time, I played with him, did tricks and practiced obedience, things that he likes. When we started back in agility, we spent time doing short sequences and I made sure he was having fun.

However, I think the pain of his bout with Lyme has lingered. He can do really well if he does one agility weekend a month and I have lowered the jump height. He does agility now because he loves me but I’m sad that he doesn’t do it for the love of the game anymore. He did it well enough to get his PAX and I thank him for that. It’s important to do as many things as possible with a Cairn because it keeps the breed visible. The majority of the pups in any litter are not ‘conformation bound.’ They need to find other homes and by seeing Cairns successfully compete in a variety of dog sports, new people in the breed can see what is possible with their dog even if the dog isn’t show quality.”

Davis noted that one major issue the breed is facing is that it seems to be moving away from the breed standard. Davis is a breeder of merit and currently owns 10 Cairns including Romeo (GC h Dogwood Love Affair), the all time top Cairn in breed points who she bred and was the owner and breeder of three time national champion Chip (GCh Dogwood Pentium Processor.) “Proportion is so important. If the dog is too tall compared to its length, it will trip over its own feet and tire out. If they become too large in the rib cage, they will not be able to quickly turn around in a hole. The standard is there for a reason and we need to adhere to that standard so Cairns can continue to do the jobs they were originally intended to do.”

One of Bret’s favorites are the tunnels on an agility course.

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t is said that RAMONA VAN COURT JONES and GERALDINE DODGE wouldn’t let it rain at their dog shows…sadly both ladies, with all their powers are gone, and only the unpredictable weather is still with us. It wouldn’t be the first Montgomery weekend to be rained on and so we take it in stride.

How can it be Montgomery without wishing the First Lady of Wheaten Terriers, JACKIE GOTTLIEB, a very happy birthday and sending our love on this special day. Best wishes to Saluki fancier ERIC STEEL on his marriage this past week in New York to FRANK LEDDA. The upcoming AKC/EUKANUBA weeklong dog show celebration will have two big events. On Wednesday evening, December 9th the hugely popular MICHAEL J. SAUVE MEMORIAL BENEFIT will be held at the convention center to benefit the AKC Humane Fund. This event is special to the residents of that area, as MICHAEL was and remains the most popular field rep ever to work that area.

Organized by the many friends and attended by not only local exhibitors but from those from around the country who were fortunate enough to call MICHAEL a friend. Last year’s event raised over $20,000 for the AKC Humane Fund. Tickets are $40. per person. Organized

by MICHAEL’S good friend PEGGY HAUCK, contact her for information, reservations and or to make a donation at 407.716.6245 (cell) or email Peguy@bellsouth.net. The following evening on Thursday, December 10th the AKC CANINE HEATLH FOUNDATION will hold its 5th annual “Canines and Cocktails” gala across the street from the show venue at the Rosen Hotel. Tickets are $75. per person of which $50. is tax deduct-

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Celebrating wedding anniversaries handlers JODY & LEONARDO GARCINI and show superintendent JOHN & HILDA BRADSHAW. Celebrating Birthdays…ROBERTA LOMBARDI, PAT BERESFORD, BARBARA RUPPERT, CHERYL ROBBINS, ROBIN NOVACK, ADAM WILKERSON, BILL BUSCH, LINDA SPRINGTHORPE, DENNY MOUNCE, BARBARA HECKERMAN, REBECCA LYCAN, ARLENE BUTTERKLEE, MICHELLE SANTANA, KAREN MAMMANO, AMANDA CONNEEN, CINDY HUCKFELDT, CAROL CARLSON, GERARD THOMPSON, ANDREW GREEN, PHOEBE BOOTH, SUZANNE READMOND, the mother and daughter BEVERLY & LESLIE SIMIS, EDDIE BOYES, AMELIA MUSSER, DICK MEEN, GLORIA LEWIS, DEANN ULMER, JEAN BOYD, LENNY BROWN, RYAN WOLFE, SARAH KRICKEBERG and PATTY SOSA.

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heart valves and in the heart chambers. The Doppler examination will usually pinpoint the location of the turbulence causing the murmur.

If the heart murmur is caused by an underlying problem, the treatment plan will be based on the diagnosis, and may include a combination of medications and specialized diets. Some congenital defects can be surgically corrected. The prognosis ranges from excellent to grave, depending on the cause of the murmur.

How much water should my dog drink in a day?

Dogs should drink approximately one ounce of water per pound of body weight each day. So a 10-pound dog needs a bit over a cup of water daily while an active 65-pound Labrador retriever should be drinking about ½ gallon daily.

The purpose of water is to carry important nutrients into and out of the cells of the body. Water aids in the digestion of food and helps the body absorb the nutrients. It also cools the body down and works to maintain a normal body temperature.

Water lubricates and cushions joints and makes movement easier. The spinal cord and other internal tissues are also cushioned by moisture.

Wastes are removed from the body through urination and bowel movements.

There are many factors that can affect how much water your dog will drink. Depending on the temperature of your dog’s environment and the amount of exercise your dog gets during the day, more water may be necessary. Dogs lose fluid by panting and salivating excessively.

Diet also influences water consumption. Dogs that are fed a canned food diet receive more moisture, as canned food is about 70-80% water.

These dogs may drink less than dogs that are fed a dry food diet. Bitches nursing puppies require more water and puppies themselves, generally drink more water than adult dogs.

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quires water and without adequate supply, your dog can become dehydrated. To determine if your dog needs more water, lift some skin at the back of the neck and let it go. If your dog is well hydrated, the skin will quickly fall back into place. The skin of a dehydrated dog will fall more slowly and form sort of a tent. Another way to check hydration is to check your dog’s gums. Moist, pink, slick gums indicate a good level of hydration. Dry, tacky gums means your dog’s body needs more water.

The medical term for the desire to drink too much water is called psychogenic polydipsia. Over-hydration, or water intoxication, may cause stomach bloat, electrolyte imbalances and vomiting. Many conditions can lead to excessive thirst or dehydration, including liver disease, diabetes, Cushing’s disease, cancer, diarrhea, fever, infection, and kidney disease.

Sometimes it may not be the condition itself causing your dog’s excessive thirst, but the medication being used to treat it. Some drugs can lead to excessive thirst including anti-inflammatory drugs like prednisone, which may be used to treat many conditions in dogs, including asthma, allergies and inflammatory bowel disease. Heart failure drugs, such as the diuretic furosemide, lead to increased urine production and a compensatory increase in thirst. Seizure medications like phenobarbital may have side effects that include excessive thirst and urination, as well as excessive appetite.

It is easier to notice changes in your dog’s thirst if you develop a water bowl routine.

Refill your dog’s water bowl at roughly the same time daily. Fill the bowl to about the same level each time. Pay attention to how much you put in each day and how much is left.

Water is critical to your dog’s health and well-being. If you are worried your dog is drinking too much or not drinking enough, make an appointment with your veterinarian.

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teen years I worked in Burton and Viola Klein’s Poodle kennel for several summers.

They were said to be the first to breed, own, and handle to finish all three varieties of Poodles. With fifty to sixty dogs in residence there was an abundance of hair, for sure. Later I spent my summers and parts of the school year working for Norman Austin.

Talk about an interesting time and a man with seemingly unlimited knowledge. Some are not aware, but Norman was also associated with some very fine Toy Poodles and Miniature Schnauzers as well as his Cocker Spaniels. Thanks to Norman I began a friendship with Ruth Kraeuchi, who along with her husband Lee owned the legendary Silver Maple Farm Kennel of Cocker Spaniels in St. Louis. I am proud to have been a visitor there many times.

Upon graduation from High School I had a difficult decision to make. Being fast tracked to the head of the three year waiting list to be accepted into the School of the Art Institute of Chicago or do dogs. The dogs won out. So, I went to work for Jack Funk, and later Edna Voyles. Around 1969-1970 handlers licenses were limited.

Ted and Ruth Wurmser (Poodles and Boxers), Dr. and Mrs. Merle Newlon (Boxers and Bostons), Joe and Mamie Gregory (at the time Boxers, Maltese, and Griffons), and Burr Long were my sponsors when I applied. Mr. Brumby saw fit to issue four breeds to me on the first go around. Within five years I had been approved for five of the then six groups and ten breeds in the sixth one.

In the early seventies my fancy was quite taken with Dandie Dinmonts and I was lucky to have known and received encouragement from Nancy Davies Mann who was one of the premier breeders of the day; hers being the famous Woodbourne Dinmonts. While I bred champions, my strong suit was in the boys, six generations of Bedlington dogs descended from my first dog that were top group and BIS winners and top sires. One was the first liver colored Bedlington to win a group, owned and handled by myself. Another, a great grandson of the liver dog is the sire of the top winning Bedlington of all time and this dog’s son, the great-great-grandson of the liver dog, is the sire of the second top winning Bedlington of all time.

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With my poor math skills buildings all over the country would be tumbling down! Having been a square peg surrounded with round holes all along has raised issues with the “establishment” in some areas. For me it has become a source of pride. To those who sometimes ask advice I say being true to yourself is a most important quality. We all make errors in our lives; it is important that they are your own and no one else’s.

Along the way, having been a member since 1959, I was at various time President, director, and show chairman for the Bedlington Terrier Club of America. In addition I am a director of the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of America and a life member of the Louisville Kennel club.

So, as my dear friend Winnie Heckman carefully explained to me one day: “When your back is strong and your mind is weak you handle dogs, and when your back goes to “Of course pot hopefully your mind has Bob and Bedlington Puppy the best of grown stronger you start judging dogs.” She never answered times have my query as to why she experijust kept on enced back and forth strengthening and weakening of back rolling on. I and mind when she went back truly do love to handling for a while.

So, now here I am at this the Fancy, stage of my wonderful life in the Fancy of Pure-Bred Dogs. the dogs, After ten years of procrastination thanks to my dear Jim, and most of and friend of nearly fifty years “our” family Camille Lashley, I did apply for approval from AKC to judge more so dogs in the fall of 1999. Of than anyone course the best of times have just kept on rolling on. I truly could ever do love the Fancy, the dogs, and most of “our” family more know. How so than anyone could ever much luckier know. How much luckier could I be? Sometimes one will ask could I be?” me what else do I do (?) and I reply dogs, period! In eleven years I was given approval for only; five days a week. I enjoyed three groups and eleven Sighthound breeds. many successes with many, many other I have had some wonderful assignments and breeds mostly in the Hound, Terrier, Toy, have some wonderful ones coming up while and Non-Sporting Groups. Along with being fortunate to travel quite often each the handling I was pleased to have the year. Of course I am pleased to have traveled top boarding kennel in town and the two to ten or foreign countries, BUT the best part leading grooming shops. It was dogs, is specialty shows. A specialty show invitation dogs, dogs, twenty-four seven, for sure!

I do think is the best compliment a judge could Meanwhile my family was more receive. To judge a breed’s “special” show is convinced each and every day that I truly wonderful. I have judged specialties for was so far gone around the bend, that around thirty-five breeds, many of them sevthey lost all hope. Fact is I was having eral times. more fun and a better life with my dog This Spring when the drunk driver going show family. Being of my generation around sixty miles per hour was about to hit growing up in a still patriarchal society me head on, thinking the end was near, I had a and being the oldest son brought quite couple of seconds to pray and said to myself: a bit of pressure to conform, which I ab“It has been a good run!” When I came to I solutely have never been able to do. So thanked the Lord for the fact that it is not yet the family business (since the 1890’s) be over and that I am so blessed to have more damned! I kept packing the van and gotime with these wonderful, fabulous dogs and ing off to shows. The family who were, their people. My life most certainly has been and still are, architects and engineers wondrous. would not want me involved, I reasoned.

My Dandie broke the BIS record twice and the old group record nearly five times. One year I finished fourteen Bedlingtons and major pointed four others. I had an Irish Wolfhound client for whom I finished twenty five dogs. And, by the way, her grandfather was Major Taylor, the first President of the AKC. Stannie Blakley Musson, the owner of this Maghera Glas Irish Wolfhound Kennel, called one day for me to come to dinner one evening to meet a young couple from Saint Louis who were coming over to purchase their first show dog.

They were (and are still) Dr. Robert and Gretchen Bernardi. I did put a young lady through nurses’ school by working in the kennel. Her full time job was to care for just the coats on the Lhasas

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Letters to the Editor AKC WEB SITE IMPROVEMENT ISSUES UPDATE #4 There have been 89 issues submitted via the online form with an additional 34 issues captured from other sources including the AKC Customer Service team for a total of 123 total issues to date. All of these issues have been categorized in two categories (short & longer term) over the past 10 weeks.

- 82 issues have been resolved with 8 currently being worked on for completion this week.

- The remaining issues are in the queue awaiting assignment as resources become available.

- Site Search: Small improvements to internal site search have been made and AKC IT will continue working to improve this for users.

- Club Search: There are continuing problems with the Club Search and we are working on improving this functionality for users. Improving this is a big focus for The AKC IT team in the coming weeks.

Coming soon.

- AKC IT is working to map out a list of improvements to core applications. Additional information will be provided when it is available.

- For this week and next AKC IT is currently working to improve the Downloadable Forms page, Judges Resource Center and Junior Showmanship Center. This will involve ensuring all links are working correctly and the information is presented in an easily accessible manner.

- AKC IT is also working directly with a number of Parent Breed Clubs to ensure the correct content is displayed on the web site.

Your support in identifying web site issues has been most appreciated. By working together we have made great progress.

Many of you may have also been contacted directly by AKC IT as they strived to totally understand your issues and provide you direct feedback. A big thanks to all the Delegates and their Clubs who presented the issues and provided feedback that has enable AKC IT to improve our AKC web site user experience.

While we are making progress much work still needs to be done. Please continue to use the User Feedback Form link below for ANY issues you may see. http://form.jotformpro.com/form/52003558899970 Thank you again for your help and support. We are definitely making a difference and progress continues .

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Letters will not be considered for publication unless full name and contact details are supplied, including telephone number. Letters may be mailed to Dog News 1115 Broadway NY, NY 10010 or emailed to dognews@harris-pub.com.

THE YOUNG KENNEL CLUB TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE KENNEL CLUB – FOR A DAY For the first time in its history, the Kennel Club is to be subject to a takeover. This November, Young Kennel Club (YKC) members will descend on the new head office on Clarges Street, London, as part of the Takeover Challenge 2015.

On Friday 20th November 2015, YKC members aged 16 and over will have the unique opportunity to get hands on experience by getting involved in the Takeover Challenge. The day will provide participants the chance to experience a range of the roles at the Kennel Club – they will be at the centre of operations for the UK’s largest organisation dedicated to the health and welfare of all dogs, and will be able to put forward their advice and opinions on a number of issues affecting the dog world.

Gerald King, YKC Chairman said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for both YKC members and the Kennel Club itself, and we are all very excited about it. This is the first time the Kennel Club has become involved in the The Crates shown in the M&E Takeover Challenge initiative, but I am sure story in the September 25, there will be many more to come.

2015 issue are the property of “Not only do our Young Kennel Club George Wright members get hands-on, real world experience and the opportunity to express their views, but the Kennel Club will also benefit from a fresh perspective and mutual respect with the next generation of dog show judges, competitors and managers.”

The Takeover Challenge is a national event led by the Children’s Commissioner for England, which takes place each year and offers young people work experience in a variety of participating businesses. Last year over 44,000 children and young people benefitted from experience in more than 1,200 organisations such as schools, police and fire services, businesses, newspapers, broadcasters, local councils, museums, charities and Government departments.

The YKC is looking for members aged 16 years and above to take part in the first Takeover Challenge at the Kennel Club. Members will shadow the Kennel Club executive team, get involved in decision-making and work on special projects.

YKC members interested in stepping up to the challenge of running the Kennel Club for the day, can register their interest at www.ykc.org.uk/content/ our-programmes/takeover-challenge/. The opportunity is open to YKC members aged 16 and over only. Anyone interested but not yet a YKC member, should visit www.ykc.org.uk/ for more information.

To find out more about the Takeover Challenge, visit: www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/learn-more/takeover-challenge.

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to matter to the great majority of Delegates in the long run as these elections seem to turn out to be personality contents rather needs to fulfill voids in the long run anyways.

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ast week I wrote that I would check up on how the decision and wording of the term limits came about. Well I did just that--first with the Chairman of the Rules Committee-- who told me the amendment came from a Club and they merely adopted the wording as they agreed with the elimination of term limits. The Club Delegate also told me that the Club’s decision while guided by him was unsolicited by any Board Member--that’s what he says and I have no reason to doubt his word and while they were aware that the prior Amendment endorsing term limits grandfathered existing Board members they elected to go the route of having no exclusions and for the amendment to go into effect immediately after adoption were it to pass. I must say both Gretchen Bernardi and Bob Schroll could not have been more cooperative nor open with me. I am somewhat surprised that such conflicting language can be used and both technically acceptable for an Amendment. One set grandfathers another elects not to grandfather, both interpretations having far different results. In the case of the latest amendment should it pass the seats of two very controversial Board Members who were elected under the term limits of this amendment will be saved and they can run immediately if they choose for their existing position. I don’t understand how it can be that the language can be so different and both acceptable. I think the smarter play is to ensure that NY Exempt Organizations counsel (Simpson Thacher) is consulted about whether the bylaw is properly drafted and could be implemented in a way that’s consistent with NY not-for-profit law.

In any event I stand four square against the elimination of term limits under the existing language. Change it so that it is grandfathered to those Board members who were elected under the original wording and I am all for eliminating term limits. It has no place in an organization such as AKC-vote ‘em in or vote ‘em out is my philosophy.

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THE MAGICAL WORLD OF TERRIERS Continued FROM page 18

at every terrier show, you knew as an amateur there was no chance in hell you would win the CC. Winning Special beginners- or placing in one of the lower classes- was what to realistically aim for.

If you as a judge did a bad job, there were surely consequences- and many judges found some handlers rather scary, which at times led to some wrong decisions.

The rumor that sums of money changed hands between handlers and judges also resulted in lots of suspicion about some judges and their integrity.

And as you know- when money is involved- rivalry between competitors becomes even more obvious.

Winning in the days of prize money was of the utmost importance to many handlers, as they simply needed money to buy gas or train tickets for their return home.

Of course many breeders became judges, but still treated their old handlers with special care, which again caused suspicion and so many conflicts.

My special Hero Ernie Sharpe, who in my opinion was the ultimate trimmer of a WFT, also showed and bred Airedales- and although he had a general record far beyond anyone else’s, he never won Best in Show at Crufts.

One of his main rivals was the one and only Albert Langley. He won Crufts twice: with the Lakeland Ch Stingray of Derryabbah and the WFT Brookewire Brandy of Layven- and I think this hurt Ernie more than anything.

I will never forget one Crufts.

Ernie was showing the Airedale Ch. Perrancourt Playful, which I think was Top Dog the previous year and the Best in Show judge at Crufts was very favorable for the Airedale. She just had to get through the group judged by the one and only Mrs. Audrey Dallison with whom Ernie had never had a good relationship.

But lo and behold- she pointed at the Airedale- let Ernie with a huge smile walk half way to the podiumthen waved her hands, sending him back in line- calling out the Bedlington as the winner.

Until the end of his days, Ernie would tell you that he could still recall the smug smile on her face when she sent him back in line…..

Just another story illustrating that in this world you take nothing for granted- and if you at any stage p…ed anybody off, be prepared for retaliation at any stage or any place.

Terrier people just as so may of the breeds they represent may be temperamental and at times unpredictable…But most exhibitors are more competent than most judges and if you choose to judge their dogs you might be surprised by some responses.

But Mysterious and Magical?- I don’t really know!

Memories of Montgomery Continued FROM page 19

colorful, all in their own individual way.

So many will have forgotten that Gabriel Rangel went BIS with the Sealy, Ch. Stonbroke Right On The Money in 2006. But nobody will ever forget how Enrique Filippini conducted the finals. When Josephine and Enrique entered the ring he got the crowd to give a standing ovation to Dr. Deubler. After the cut was made he got all the spectators to cheer like never before. People were standing on chairs chanting for their favorites.

I had been the second choice in the vote to do Best that year. I would never have been capable to have made the final so exciting as he did.

There have been so many great Terriers that were first seen over the Montgomery weekend. Many of the top winners went on to win BIS at Westminster.

It was 37 years ago, in 1978, we saw Clay Coady winning Best with the Welsh, Ch Copperboots Wee Blasdte.

How fitting that he will be judging Best this year. All will agree that Clay was one of the greatest Terrier handlers this country has ever produced. Having known Clay for roughly fifty years, I feel nobody deserves this great honor more than Clay does.

This year will be especially memorable for me, since I am judging the Terrier group at Morris & Essex.

It seems like just yesterday that Clay and I developed a passion for Terriers.

Between the two of us, it accounts for over 100 years of Terrier passion.

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