Dog News, November 7, 2014

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November 7, 2014

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Dog News Contents • November 7, 2014

48 Montgomery Round-Up Part 3 10 Editorial Kerry Blue Terriers 14 Irving’s Impressions: Are Small Breeders On The Way Out? By Ronnie Irving

By Carol Brown

Welsh Terriers

18 It’s The Law!: Channel Surfing By Margaret Poindexter

By Ginny Winters

22 Question Of The Week By Matthew H. Stander

26 A Different Perspective: New Judging Approval Reaction By Linda More 30 Connie’s Comments By Connie Vanacore 34 Bests Of The Week 38 Ten Questions Asked of Marty Glover 42 No Worse Than Second Best At Just About Everything: The German Shepherd Dog By MJ Nelson 44 The Fancy Speaks: Spayed & Neutered In Open Shows & Misc. Classes By Joy S. Brewster 60 Off The Leash: Elect To Protect By Shaun Coen 62 Confessions Of A Military K-9 Combatant-Handler As Told To Yossi Guy 64 Over & Over Again, Where’s Edelman, Breeder Of The Year Nominations & More By Matthew H. Stander 66 The Labrador Retriever Club National Specialty Event Week By Frances O. Smith, DVM, PhD, DACT 68 Chihuahua Club Of America National Specialty Fall 2014 By Billy Miller 72 Your Dog’s Horoscope By Cerise Fairfax 88 Showdown In Denver: Bulldog Club of America National Week By Elizabeth Milam 92 The Gossip Column By Eugene Z. Zaphiris 96 Click: San Gabriel & Antelope Valley Kennel Clubs By Leslie Simis 100 Click: The Way We Were By Leslie Simis

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THE AKC/EUKANUBA DOG SHOW One of the biggest dog events in America (if not in the world) will take place in five short weeks and guess what--there is still no official announcement as of today, November 5th, what the Television format for the night time presentations will be.

Furthermore, as far as these pages can determine none of the particulars concerning airing, canned or live, time and length of the show either have been formally announced. Additionally no official status of the live streaming has been announced--night or daytime only and how the streaming if any will be. And it’s not from a lack of trying to ascertain this information. It is just not announced. Communicating with AKC on most levels can be difficult enough. Getting responses is totally selective usually pending upon the Department with which one is dealing but getting information out of them on projects in the works is downright impossible to do. And of course some of these projects should and must be protected but all anyone has to do is say I can’t say right now and most people will understand. However in the case of the AENC, which seems to bombard the Fancy when it comes to happenings, there the silence about TV and Live Streaming is deafening!

How about it guys and gals, when is the Constituency to be let in about the show it is supporting in those areas for sure?

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BOARD AND STAFF It has been reported, albeit unofficially, that a Staff member became so annoyed with Board questioning during a presentation of the October Meeting that he upped and walked out on the Board. Again reportedly this is not the first time this individual has so reacted but it is the first time it has happened at this level. Whether he quit too and was

cajoled back is not known but the Board Minutes indicated the presentation was continued on Tuesday with the head of the department continuing to give it.

That sounds like pretty unacceptable behavior to most but some say the value of this Staff Member to AKC surpasses the usual prerequisites of worker-employer relationship. Hard to believe that anyone should be permitted that kind of latitude but strange times can result in strange decisions one would suppose. If this person’s work is so valuable and unique to AKC and what he is working on so valuable and important to the future of the corporation perhaps eccentricities of a sort are worth accepting. But from what these pages are hearing perhaps the value of his projects are neither unique enough nor set in gold sufficiently strong enough to abide and accept these emotional outbursts. Have other people left the employ of AKC due to his past behavior of this sort and are others contemplating such a move? Look into the situation and find out what you can and then make your own determination.

THE RETIREMENT OF A KENNEL NAME There are Kennel Names and there are kennel names--certainly one of the most revered in the history of our sport was Mrs. Gasow’s Salilyn English Springer Spaniel name. The Board in September, as part of its Consent Agenda, voted NOT to retire the Salilyn name since it had lapsed making it available for any registrant to use, which was done. Staff’s recommendation was totally in line with AKC Rules and Regulations but after the vote the Board was asked to reconsider its decision. These pages were and remain delighted to see that the Board is revisiting the issue particularly as these pages have been told that at least one of the individuals using the name is now willing to stop doing so. Mrs. Gasow is revered in our sport and was one of the leading breeders and supporters of AKC. Hopefully this decision will be reversed, as she was and remains one of the leading individuals to ever participate in the sport of the purebred dog.

REACTION TO THE REVISED JUDGING APPROVAL SUGGESTIONS As one can imagine they have been all over the lot--and as well these reactions should be. No one should be expected to react the same just as no one should be expected to react in the same way to a dog they are looking at. Don’t be too surprised to see another proposal bantered about within the next 3 to 5 years once this new one is refined and accepted. These pages are sad to that the alleged reason for the revisions are based on there not being enough judges for the number of shows in existence today. One would have hoped that the people proposing the change would have been more concerned with improving the quality of today’s judges to assure that quality prevails over quantity.

Too many on the Board it would appear are interested in assuaging the egos of those applying instead of hoping to make people better and more knowledgeable adjudicators for our sport. If the Board really believes there are too many shows why not find a way to reduce the numbers of shows being held annually in some geographic areas instead of making this a case of supply and demand? Insofar as the Field Reps are concerned, why is this Board throwing out the baby with the bath water and trying to limit field rep participation to procedural matters only? True not all field reps should evaluate judging results on an all breed basis but most are experts in various breeds and or groups and their talents should be used where indeed their expertise lies and is available.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Apparently the AKC’s new COMPLETE DOG BOOK has been published and received an ecstatic reception. How nice to hear good news coming out of AKC for a change and together with you these pages anxiously wait seeing, owning, reading and giving it as gifts to all our dog oriented friends and associates. Congratulations to all involved with the achievement.

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Irving’s

Impressions

By Ronnie Irving

ARE SMALL BREEDERS ON THE WAY OUT?

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e sometimes ask ourselves these days, and I understand this is especially so in the USA: “Why are there not more people around in the fancy actually taking an active part in the breeding of dogs?”

Some of the most recent announcements here in the UK about the amount of red tape that dog breeders have to put up with nowadays, may go a long way to explain why the number of ordinary dog breeding enthusiasts seems to be falling - while the number of large scale volume breeders with no real interest in the fancy or in the breed involved, is on the increase.

COMPULSORY MICROCHIPPING For some time here in the UK, TKC along with the veterinary profession and many of the canine welfare charities, have been promoting the microchipping of all dogs. Of course they have various motives for doing this. Some maintain that it will improve welfare by enabling stray dogs to be traced back to their owners more easily. This ought to reduce the number of strays that have to be found new homes. Others seem to think that microchipping is a way of reducing the number of dangerous dog biting incidents by ensuring that people who breed and own dogs can be traced when incidents happen.

My own view of this however is that it is unlikely to work because the irresponsible people who breed dogs for dog fighting or as status animals are hardly likely to toe the line in pettifogging details such as micro14 Dog News

chipping their animals. I suspect that the veterinary profession, although they say that it is entirely for welfare reasons that they support the idea, probably hope that they will make some money out of the process. TKC, as well as running Petlog, the UK’s largest database of microchipped animals, normally supports the concept mainly as a means of ensuring that owners and dogs can be reunited more easily and more quickly.

Last year the UK Government in London took the decision that from April 2016 it would be compulsory for all dogs to be microchipped in England. In Wales the requirement will come into force in March 2015 and in Scotland they are still thinking about it having launched a consultation on the subject in March of this year! In Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK where dog licensing is still required by law, the compulsory microchipping of dogs before a dog can be licensed became law in April 2012. Having said that, Northern Ireland is the part of the UK in which there is the greatest stray dog problem.

HOW WILL THE LAW BE ENFORCED? But it has not been clear how the law would be enforced in England until last month and guess who is to be responsible? Mainly the dog breeders of course.

According to TKC, the new regulations will say that every keeper of a dog which is older than eight weeks must ensure that the dog is microchipped and registered with an approved microchipping database. That means that, since most responsible people do not sell their puppies until they are at least eight weeks old, the person responsible for doing the microchipping – before the dog becomes eight weeks old – will be the breeder.

If someone tries to sell their puppies before they are microchipped – and hence before they are eight weeks old - the law will say that they must have a certificate of good health from a veterinary surgeon before they can transfer that dog to a new person. From then on it is the duty of the dog’s ‘keeper’ to have it microchipped before it is eight weeks and update the details on an approved microchip database.

What is interesting is that the breeder (him or herself) though he or she has to have the microchip inserted, does not seem to have to record the microchip on such an approved database. The rules will say: “Where a dog is transferred to a new keeper – the new keeper must, unless the previous keeper had already done so, record their contact details on an approved microchip database.” It will also, when approved, go on to say that: “Anyone who does not have their dog microchipped after 6 April 2016 will have 21 days to have the dog microchipped and failure to do so may result in a fine of up to £500 ($800).

PRAISE FROM TKC TKC has praised the Government for its commitment to the compulsory microchipping of all dogs and Caroline Kisko, TKC Secretary, has said: “The Kennel Club has always been dedicated to reuniting dogs with their owners through Petlog and through our campaign as part of the Microchipping Alliance to make permanent identification compulsory.

“The microchipping regulations will go a long way towards improving dog welfare by ensuring that dog owners are more aware of their responsibilities, Continued on page 76

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It’s The Law! Channel Surfing

By Margaret Poindexter

Former AKC VP and General Counsel I don’t watch lawyer or dog movies or television shows. In fact, I go out of my way to avoid them. Movies or shows about lawyers are typically loaded with degrading stereotypes and gratuitous violence.

And movies or shows about dogs make me cry. Or make me angry.

A show featuring a Southern woman lawyer with a dog? Can’t change the channel fast enough.

So the other night, while catching up on emails and flipping around cable for some background noise, I stumbled upon the “American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards” on the Hallmark Channel. First, I don’t think I’ve ever watched the first thing on the Hallmark Channel. All I know about it is that it’s what my mother and her little Japanese Chin watch in the afternoon

while stretched out on the couch for their cat nap. Second, I should have added awards shows to the list above of things I don’t watch. Other than the opening monologue or Joan Rivers’ take down of everyone’s outfits afterwards, I don’t think I have ever managed to get through one of those either. So ordinarily, I would have kept on flipping channels.

But this broadcast caught my attention because one of the co-hosts of the show was James Denton. For those of you who don’t recognize the name, James Denton was the handyman hottie of Desperate Housewives fame. James Denton is also the star (together with the dogs) and voice over in a series of public service announcements, currently running on WRAL and other Capitol Broadcasting affiliate stations in the North Carolina Triangle, as a part of a year-long responsible dog

“Not only is the message of responsible dog ownership in and of itself an important one for the AKC to constantly and consistently promote; spreading it in the Triangle, where purebred breeders have come under attack on the legislative front, is critical.”

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ownership campaign sponsored by AKC and AKC Reunite.

A little over a year ago, the AKC in North Carolina participated in a “Bark in the Park” night at a Durham Bulls baseball game. The Bulls are the Durham, North Carolina Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays (and the ball club made famous in the film “Bull Durham”) and are owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, the same company that owns the Raleigh, NC area CBS and Fox affiliates. AKC had a booth and offered its Canine Good Citizen testing the night of the game to folks who brought their dogs to the ballpark, and over 100 AKC employees and their family members attended the game. While at the game, I was approached by an employee of CBC to discuss AKC’s possible interest in a “pet abuse” public service campaign that CBC wanted to undertake. By “pet abuse” what she really meant was “let’s put a stop to dog fighting, puppy mills, and tethering in North Carolina”.

Ugh. Where to start in educating this enthusiastic but naïve young woman?

From that first chance meeting, what evolved were a series of visits and calls and meetings with AKC staff, and ultimately, a relationship between CBC and AKC and AKC Reunite for creation and implementation of a campaign to promote responsible dog ownership.

CBC secured the appearance of James Denton, a former WRAL employee, to be the spokesperson for the ads. No doubt, if you live in the Triangle, you have seen the ads, with messaging ranging from selecting the right breed for your lifestyle to the importance of microchipping your dog, airing all hours of the day and night, including during this year’s Super Bowl. Not only is the message of responsible dog ownership in and of itself an important one for the AKC to constantly and consistently promote; spreading it in the Triangle, where purebred breeders have come under attack on the legislative front, is critical.

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QT UH EE SW TE I E OK N O F

By Matthew H. Stander

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Do you think AKC should rethink its position and allow the FCI to hold shows in the States?

Janet Oatney Yes! cindy Meyer I would need to know more about their intentions. If they would like to hold one show a year, I think it would be fine. However, I would not want them holding shows in conflict with AKC shows. cindy vogels We should not overlook any scenario that could potentially be income producing and also stimulate conformation event participation.

Helen Lee James Our present number and variety of dog events raises the question “Do we really need additional dog shows?� AKC continues to add new breeds, additional titles, and additional events to a mind boggling effect. And, would our breeders and exhibitors be forced to choose between AKC club events and FCI club events? Also, which organizations would run an FCI show held in this country? And, who would profit? I believe that we have a finite number of dogs and exhibitors. Why would AKC agree to share entries with FCI? What is there to gain? And, what is there to lose? When I have judged at FCI shows I have frequently heard complaints from the show giving clubs in regard to the substantial license fees FCI charges a club for the privilege of holding a show. And Club expenses are passed on to exhibitors. No, I do not believe that AKC should rethink its position and allow the FCI to hold shows here in the States.

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A Different

By Linda More

Perspective NEW JUDGING

To start: 1) there are many, many more exhibitors, than there are dissatisfied judges 2) without exhibitors entering their dogs, shows will continue to become smaller and smaller, and some clubs will not survive (thus necessitating fewer, not more, judges) 3) one of the primary reasons exhibitors most often cite as causing them to enter fewer shows is the poor quality of judging in their breeds.

So I was dismayed to see that proposed approval process appears to have AKC abandoning its efforts to maintain, and hopefully improve, quality of judging. I don’t want to believe that this Board cares so little for the conformation breeder and exhibitor constituency, but that is how it appears. It looks as if the whining from disgruntled judges - who are not in the majority of judges - has carried more weight than the concerns of the breeders and exhibitors. This proposal allows for no review, no accountability, and no quality control, and instead allows judges to rush forward as fast as they can check boxes, regardless of what they may or may not have learned, and irrespective of whether they can or will apply it in the ring.

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that. This proposal would do nothing to encourage better, thoughtful judging - just more judging by more judges.

We have enough judges already who have raced through acquiring breeds as fast as possible, and now stand in the ring dispensing ribbons without really knowing, or in some cases even caring, why they are selecting one dog over another.

Any system can require prospective applicants to accumulate points, or boxes, or CEUs, but merely counting those up is no proof that the applicant actually learned anything, nor whether they can process it and evaluate dogs and make decisions within the time desired in the ring. As JEC for my parent club for some years now (and no, our club was not contacted about what we think the important educational components are, and we have a very well received judges ed program), and as someone who has attended many seminars on many breeds, I have seen how many people snooze through presentations, and then betray their lack of attention or understanding with some truly stupid questions.

“I don’t want to believe that this Board cares so little for the conformation breeder and exhibitor constituency, but that is how it appears.”

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Connie’s Comments

By Connie Vanacore

W

ith the Fall hard upon us and the holidays fast approaching, one of the best and also the hardest times of the year occurs for breeders and sellers of purebred dogs.

As breeders, many of us try to avoid having a “Christmas litter.” It is hard on the breeder who tries to be extra careful selling puppies at this time of year.

Of course, that does not apply at all to the pet shop trade, which does a large part of its business during the holiday season. It is an opportunity, however, for dedicated purebred dog owners to band together in their communities and make a real effort to educate the public about their breeds.

In some parts of the country dog clubs gather to host “meet the breed” events at which one or more local organizations put on a day or weekend display of breeds. One of the most successful of these events is put on in New England by local clubs whose members go all out to bring their various breeds for the public to see. Another well-attended event is hosted by the clubs in northeastern Lancaster, Pennsylvania each year, with the added attraction of its location in Amish country.

Some of the largest shows provide their own access to the public, such as those held in Texas and California each year. AKC is doing its part by holding a “meet the breeds” event in conjunction with the Westminster weekend in February.

Breeders and owners can play an important role in reaching the public through participation in local or regional dog clubs and volunteering to participate with their dogs in school events, parades, scouts and 4H clubs. The more exposure the public has to dogs in their neighborhoods or towns, the more likely the governing bodies will be to reasonable laws affecting dog ownership.

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Purebred dog owners can be the best public relations messengers for reasonable dog laws in their communities. It is not enough for dog clubs to hold a show every year and expect to reach enough people to influence the passage of good dog laws. Members of dog clubs who make a real effort to reach out to the governing bodies of their towns might be surprised at the positive responses they receive. AKC’s legislative department has a wealth of information they would be happy to share with anyone who asks.

If your club does not have a person or a committee responsible for keeping tabs on laws in your communities, you should make that part of your agenda. Statewide federations are important, but it is a good idea to remind ourselves that all politics is essentially local.

Good, reasonable dog laws are particularly important in this climate of angst caused by the ebola crisis. The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is calling for dogs that are exposed to the ebola virus in countries that are not endemic for the disease to be tested and quarantined rather than be automatically euthanized. “Although there have been no cases that we know of where dogs in the United States have been exposed to the virus through their owners, there is no guarantee that in the future a worker who has been exposed might come in contact with a dog in his or her own family.” If such a scenario would exist WSAVA recommends that a dog that might have been exposed be tested and quarantined as the first line response. The Chairman of the WSAVA’s One Health Committee, Michael Day, has stated that zoonotic diseases, particularly those transmitted through pets, are of concern to pet owners, but there have been no scientific reports indicating that the ebola virus has been isolated from or directly transmitted through dogs. If a dog has been in contact with a known infected person, the dog should be placed in strict isolation where it can be monitored until it poses no risk. There

is evidence that dogs can produce antibodies to the ebola virus without showing clinical signs, but as of now the role of dogs in the transmission of the virus is not known.

The AKC Canine Health Foundation has put out the above information with further elaboration and the information can be accessed through the www. akcchf.org website.

With cold weather approaching in many parts of the country dog owners should be aware to protect their pets from walking on pavement that has been treated with ice melt materials. These can be irritating to their paws and dangerous if the dogs lick their feet. It may seem obvious, but folks tend to forget from season to season to take the necessary precautions to keep their pets safe, warm and dry.

There has been some conversation on the AKC Delegate chat list complaining about how much information is put on email. A case in point is the decision to put the Delegates’ issues of Perspectives on email and no longer printed in hard copy. No doubt this was done as a cost-saving measure and for many people a good way for AKC to save money and save trees. However, this reader would prefer the option of receiving it and many other communications from AKC through the mail, even by paid subscription. It used to be that the Gazette was available by subscription, too, but it appears that it has disappeared altogether. That, to this reader, would seem to be a self-defeating method of saving money. As for the trees…those of us who download the information that AKC now puts on the website because we like to sit in an armchair and read a magazine, it’s our expense to be sure. But how much is lost in information never transmitted to those who might appreciate what AKC has to offer. Some of these cost-saving measures appear to this reader, at least, to be self-defeating. What AKC offers on one hand, it takes away with the other.

It would be interesting to know whether a subscription to the Gazette, as in the past, would still be welcomed by enough readers now to justify publishing hard copy for those who would be willing to pay the price. Maybe our PR department could find out!

We wish our readers a very happy Thanksgiving. No turkey for the dogs, but plenty of good food, good cheer and a warm and healthy holiday season ahead.

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JANE Thank you Judges Mrs. Evie Sullivan for the Group First & Mr. James Reynolds for the Supported Entry Best of Breed

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OF Bests THE WEEK Northeastern Indiana Kennel Club Wednesday & Sunday Sturgis Kennel Club Portuguese Water Dog

GCh. Claircreek Impression De Matisse

Judge Mr. Raymond V. Filburn, Jr. Judge Mr. Douglas A. Johnson Judge Mr. Gary L. Doerge Owners Milan Lint, Peggy Helming & Donna Gottdenker Handler Michael Scott Concho Kennel Club - Sunday Bichon Frise

GCh. Saks Winning Card

Judge Mr. Robert Robinson Owners Sarah Ayers, Sandra & Keith Hanson, Cecelia Ruggles Handler Scott Sommer La Porte County Kennel Club Marion Kennel Club Skye Terrier

GCh. Cragsmoor Good Time Charlie Judge Mrs. Robert Forsyth Judge Mr. Christopher Tilghman Neale Owner Victor Malzoni, Jr. Handler Larry Cornelius

Tennessee Valley Kennel Club - Saturday 15” Beagle

Ch. Tashtins Lookin for Trouble Judge Mr. Douglas Holloway Owners Eddie Dziuk and Lori & Kaitlyn Crandlemire Handler Will Alexander Cen-Tex Kennel Club Concho Kennel Club Cardigan Welsh Corgi

GCh. Riverside Telltail CoCo Posh

Judge Mrs. Lesley Chalmers Judge Mr. Randy E. Garren Owners Dina Planche, Deb Shindle, Julie Divens Handler Lois Demers Tyler Texas Kennel Club II Maltese

GCh. Scruffy’s Validian Busy Buzzing Around

Judge Mrs. Judith Daniels Owners Cynthia Landry, Peter J Rogers III & Tara Martin Rowell Handler Tara Martin Rowell Saline County Kennel Club of Arkansas- Saturday Glen of Imaal Terrier

GCh. Finnabair Ardmore Ned Judge Mrs. Carolyn Herbel Owners Donal & Ann Doyle and Mary McDaniel, DVM Handler Beverly Wright-Osment Anatolian Shepherd Dog Club Of America National Specialty

GCh. Carpe Diem’s Amadeus

Judge Col. Joe B Purkhiser Owners Laura Edstrom-Smith and James Smith & Quinn and Marilyn Harned Handler Ric Plaut

Tennessee Valley Kennel Club - Sunday Bulldog

American Bouvier des Flandres Club National Specialty

Judge Mrs. Rita Holloway Owners Ellen Charles, Imperious Kennel, Hamitup Kennel & Hetherbull Kennel Handler Jean Hetherington

Judge Mrs. Pat Hastings Owners Dr. Megan Rheingans, Michael and Sandi Lyon Handler Doug Carlson

GCh. Imperious Hamitup Southern Bell

GCh. Margaux’s Va Voom

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How did you decide on your kennel name?

In my beach bum days I decided to use Sandcastle as a kennel name for my St. Bernards.

Although that name doesn’t necessarily conjure up the picture of a Saint, I’ve grown attached to it and still use it.

Truly it brings back a lot of fun memories that go with living on the beach.

What was your most disappointing dog show loss?

I don’t have a particular one.

Who is/was your mentor in dogs?

Carol Beck.

One of the Stephen King novels.

Would you rather judge or win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club?

Hands downI’d rather win it.

Which two people would you have face off on “Survivor”?

Luke Baggenstos and Thea MartinRobinson.

Winning the St. Bernard National twice with different dogs under two judges I very much respect.

The last book you read?

CNN.

Absolutely.

What was your most important dog show win?

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You get your news from CNN, Fox News, PBS, local or none?

Can you forgive and forget?

Questions ASKED OF:

Marty Glover

You would like to be remembered as?

Honest.

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THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG

No Worse Than

Second Best

At Just About

Everything Cassie (PAM Ch MACH PACH2 Carousel Farms Caisson VCD1 CD TD RA PT HSAs MXS MJB MXP8 MXPG MJP7 MJPS PAX2 MXF MFP T2BP), Degan’s third GSD, says “No, baby, I’m way bigger than you and I say you can’t cross this line.”

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by M.J. Nelson A German Shepherd Dog person I know, whose dogs have a string of titles, characterized the breed as a “jack-of-all-trades that while they may not be the absolute best breed at every single job, they’re certainly no worse than second best at just about anything you’d ever want a dog to do.” When I pointed out that to a U.S. Navy SEAL Team, that meant the German Shepherd was frequently just the “first loser,” she laughed and said while that may be true, having a breed that was pretty

Yankee (PAM Ch Caisson›s Unconditional Surrender MX MXJ XF TD PT HSAs), one of Julie Degen’s GSDs on a recall.

darned good at so many different tasks wasn’t such a bad deal. At the very least it meant that neither she nor her dogs were ever bored and there was something to be said for that.

Deborah Stern agreed. She owns Am/Can Ch Kaleef’s Divine v Kenlyn CD RE HT MXS3 MJS3 TDI CGC (“Dante”), PAC BIS BISS Select Am/Can GCh Kaleef’s Katarina v Kenlyn RN HT MX AXJ (“Kate”) and PAC Can Select Ch Am Ch Kaleef’s Cochise v Kenlyn CD RAE PT HSAs NA NAJ AJP AXP TDI CGC (“Cochise.”) “What makes a German Shepherd successful in such a wide variety of dog sports and jobs is their desire to learn and please. The heart and soul of this breed is work.

They are happy to work all day and the more you teach them, the more they are capable of learning. There is no end to their desire or need to learn. They are a ‘What can I do for you today’ dog, never a ‘What can you do for me.’ If you review the jobs a German Shepherd can do–guide dog, search and rescue, bomb detection, narcotics detection, police dog, cadaver dog, herd-

Cochise (PAC Can Select Ch Am Ch Kaleef’s Cochise v Kenlyn CD RAE PT HSAs NA NAJ AJP AXP TDI CGC), Stern’s third GSD, does the A-frame on an agility course.

Dante (Am/Can Ch Kaleef’s Divine v Kenlyn CD RE HT MXS3 MJS3 TDI CGC), another of Stern’s GSDs, nudges some sheep along at a herding event.

Tucker and Kristan Laczniak are currently working on Tucker’s versatile tracking title in order to finish his tracking championship. However, he has demonstrated that he much prefers tracking on grass to concrete.

ing, rally, obedience, tracking, Schutzhund, agility, service dog, house pet–the only fault the breed has is a lack of time or effort on our part that we can put into their training. So many potentially great German Shepherds are under-used and lack training. They can and do excel in every job that they are asked to do.”

“German Shepherd Dogs are very intelligent and want to please you. They live to be with their person. If you make an exercise make sense to them, they catch on very quickly. But, you also need to be creative because they can get

bored very quickly. For this reason, obedience has been difficult for me and my dogs. I don’t enjoy drilling an exercise over and over and neither do the dogs.

I’ve also found there are very few trainers or trials for the ‘C’ course in herding.

C course focuses on the type of herding that the German Shepherd Dog was developed to do. There is also a problem with prejudice. Dogs from American show lines are considered to be less capable by some trainers than either German show line dogs or European working line dogs. We also face another issue in C course trials in that too few judges really understand herding and many qualify too many poor quality performances with high scores. I suppose they do this so they’ll get invited back. The American Kennel Club hasn’t changed the suggested scoring in herding on all courses and stock for more than twenty years. This has allowed many mediocre dogs to finish titles when we should be raising the bar and having higher quality dogs working,” said Susan Sullivan, who has bred and trained more GSD herding Champions than anyone else in the breed including one dual champion, DC Sea Crest Heart of Gold HXCs. She also trained and handled the fine GSD show dog, Dallas, to his herding titles.

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The fancy Speaks

By Joy S. Brewster

My Opinion! Spayed & Neutered in Open Shows and Miscellaneous Classes Encourage or discourage new exhibitors at the door?

The AKC’s stated purpose for dog shows is to evaluate breeding stock-- to promote, preserve and protect pure-bred dogs. Having been a breeder and exhibitor of pure-bred dogs all my life, I fully understand and uphold this premise. Also, as a Show Chair for 20 years I have seen conformation entries generally declining during this period. The AKC has tried several methods to increase registrations and entries including adding new classes and competitions, allowing more shows and the formation of “Cluster” shows with several shows being held on the same venue. I do not agree with all these methods the AKC has undertaken, but that is not my point in this article.

In addition to various economic pressures, fluctuating gasoline prices, and lack of suitable venues, it is my opinion that some “silent factors” are contributing to our current situation of falling entries and fewer dog show enthusiasts. Today we have far less large show breeding kennels in the country. Dogs bred mostly by “small” breeders, possibly commercial breeders and owned by individuals, make up the majority of today’s conformation entries. These are dogs sold at 8-12 weeks of age to individuals 44 Dog News

perhaps as show prospects but conceivably as family companions. The “small” breeder may not have the space, finances or perhaps the dog education or ability to raise a complete litter to maturity or to determine the show quality of each puppy when sold.

The majority of individuals owning dogs has one or two dogs primarily as companions that can bring enjoyment into their family. Families are beginning to understand through education that many avenues exist to enjoy a well-mannered and/or trained family dog. The current family environment includes altering your dog as being considered “the right thing to do”. In addition there is pressure from friends, neighbors, property restrictions and the fact that most veterinarians will recommend spaying or neutering your dog at several weeks of age. This practice at such a young age now appears to be controversial. At such a young age, conformation quality is not always apparent nor is a show career even considered, as most people are looking only for their family companion.

As a step to increase show entries, education and awareness of the “new” breeds to us

as judges, fellow exhibitors and individuals attending dog shows it is my suggestion that the AKC consider Open Shows (only Miscellaneous and FSS breeds are eligible to enter) and the Miscellaneous classes at All-Breed shows as an “Introduction” towards AKC conformation events. In this mind-set, spayed and neutered dogs should be allowed to compete within the classes at the Open Shows and in the Miscellaneous classes at AKC all-breed shows. By increasing their entries, this would give more importance and recognition to these breeds. Once the breeds are moved into a “regular” AKC group, spayed or neutered dogs would not be eligible and that breed would be treated the same as other breeds.

I have met and had discussions with owners of many Miscellaneous and FSS breeds at various shows and exhibits over the past 3 years. A lot of their dogs originally were obtained from overseas or brought home from an overseas trip as family pets. Upon inquiring about the popularity of their breed here in the States, they are familiar with other owners of their breed, a good number of which are indiContinued on page 102

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Montgomery Round-Up Welsh Terriers

by Ginny Winters

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s with any good theatrical production, the Montgomery County Kennel Club show can hold its own when it comes to drama, and yes, the drama queens, suspense, and excitement. And yet, it is an entity of its own as well. Regardless of what has happened throughout the first nine months of the year, that first weekend in October is a “total unknown” to all who enter their dogs. It’s the weekend where young dogs make their debuts and old dogs find their way back into the Veterans Class in spectacular condition. We never know if one dog will make a “clean sweep” the entire weekend, or will the winners be different each day? With

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a mix of foreign judges, breeder judges, and allrounders it’s anybody’s guess as to what the outcome might be.

This year, the Welsh Terrier entry was up a bit.

Entries at Thursday’s Hatboro were at 31, Friday, 34. Devon was at 39 and Montgomery numbers were 49 in the Regular Classes and 16 for Sweepstakes Classes. There were a total of 20 Welsh that won awards beyond first place in their class. This year there was a mixture of those dogs that dominated the weekend and others that shared the daily ribbons.

Saturday’s judge, Dianne Barclay, was from Australia and Thursday’s judge was Claudia Seaberg. Charlotte Clem McGowan judged at Devon and MCKC’s Regular Class Judge, Mrs. Annemarie Moore, is certainly someone who knows the breed and knows what she likes as well. Susan Fraser, wellrespected Lakeland breeder, judged the Puppy Sweepstakes Classes at MCKC. Best of Breed wins for the weekend were split

between two lovely bitches. GCH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor, owned by Sharon Abmeyer, T. Lee, X Xie & Keith Bailey, took the ribbon on Thursday and Saturday and earned a Group 2 win on Thursday.

GCH Andover See-Z The Moment, owned by Peter & Jill See, was the lucky lady on Friday and Sunday.

This was the second year in a row that GCH Andover See-Z The Moment was the breed winner at the WTCA National Specialty Show. Her wins also included the Grand Challenge Cup and the Homer Gage Award for being the best American Bred Welsh Terrier at the National Specialty show.

The Best of Opposite Sex wins were divided between three dogs, Bayleigh Shaireab’s Ice Man, owned

by Keith Bailey and Sharon Abmeyer, was the winner Thursday and his win came from the classes. Ch. Darwyn’s Here for A Good Time, owned by Larisa Hotchin & Sonya Cornick, was BOS at Friday’s show.

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Best In Show & Multiple Group Winner

GCh. Brynnmawr ‘N Seaplume’s

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Ch Brynmawr ‘ N Seaplume’s Built Tough, owned by Caryn Stevens & Matt O’Farrell & Kathy Rost, was the winner at both Devon and WTCA Specialty Show on Sunday, which also earned him the win of the Jr. Challenge Cup. Winners Dog was a bit more consistent. Bayleigh Shaireab’s Ice Man, owned by Keith Bailey & Sharon Abmeyer, was the winner Thursday, Friday & Sunday. Abbeyrose Here’s Looking At You Kid, owned by Judith Anspach, Mary Duafala & Pamela Allen, was Saturday’s winner.

The Winners Bitch was the only Welsh Terrier to have won the ribbons every day. This win went to Firebrooks Return To Tara, owned by Tony & Peggy Gaughan.

Reserve Winners Dog was different each day. Abbeyrose Here’s Looking At You Kid, owners Mary Duafala, Judith Anspach, & Pamela Allen, was Thursday’s winner, Bright Luck Cheshire Gold Doubloon, owned by Janet McBrien & Shari Fougnie, won on Friday, Abbeyrose New Kid

At Esty Glen, litter brother to Thursday’s winner, owned by Ereign Seacord, Judith Anspach, Mary Duafala, & Pamela Allen, won at Devon and La Sierra’s Leading Contender, owned

by Karen & R.C. Williams, took the ribbon on Sunday. Interesting to note, the sire of La Sierra’s Leading Contender was the Grandsire of Thursday & Friday’s winners.

Ch. Anasazi Trail Boss was campaigned in the early 1980’s and Ch.Anasazi Billy The Kid was the MCKC breed winner in 1994 and Best In Show in 1996.

The Reserve Winners Bitch wins were divided three ways: Shaireab’s Bayleigh Color Me Celyn, owned by Carolyn Wolters, Keith Bailey & Sharon Abmeyer won on Thursday, Sanherpinc Crispeta, owned by Santiago Pinto was the winner on Friday and Saturday, and Hapitails. This One’s For You, owned by Richard & Suzanne Powell was the winner on Sunday.

Select Dog Awards went to Ch. Teritails Loyal Knight, owned

by Terry Lohmuller, ChDarwyn’s

Special Blend, owner, Larisa Hotchin, and GCH Darwyn’s Here for a Good Time, owned

by Larisa Hotchin& Sonya Cornick won on two days.

Select Bitch winners were GCH Andover See-Z The Moment and GCH Shaireab’s Bayleigh Maid of Honor, each winning two.

Awards of Merit went to GCH Abbeyrose Black Diamond, owners, Mary Duafala, Pamela Allen, &Judith Anspach winning on Thursday & Sunday. ChD’Asti’s Bridge Over Barnegat Bay, owners, Claire Alasio & Mary Ellen Carney & Candice LaMotta, won Friday, and the other winners at Sunday’s Show were Firebrook’s Return To Tara, owned

by Peggy & Tony Gaughn, Ch. Cambrian’s Super Nova, owned by Janet Fox Stephens & Patricia Clark, and GCH Bayleigh Shaireab’s Super Hero, winning his award from the Veterans Class, owned by Keith Bailey, Sharon Abmeyer & Marilyn Jacob.

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Irish and American GCh. Class Act By Hallsblu

TOP KERRY BLUE TERRIER ALL BREEDS

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HIS RECORD TO DATE IS:

5 All Breed Best In Shows 65 Terrier Group Firsts 7 Kerry Blue Terrier Specialty Wins 2 Terrier Group Show Wins All won in the Northeast

Our sincere appreciation to Judge Mrs. Connie H. Clark Thank you to all the Judges who have recognized “Jack’s” great qualities.

Owner William J. Berry “Motherwell” Parsippany, NJ *The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

Handler - Agent - Importer George Wright 270 Locktown - Sergeantsville Road Stockton, NJ 08559 908 996-3024

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The Sweepstakes Classes, as always, brought smiles to those at ringside. Never knowing what to expect from Welsh Terrier puppies is what makes the event so much fun to watch. Our Sweepstakes’ Judge, Ms. Susan Fraser, awarded Best In Sweepstakes to Abbeyrose New Kid At Esty Glen, owned by Ereign Seacord, Judith Anspach, Mary Duafala, & Pamela Allen and Best of Opposite Sex went to litter sister Sanherpinc Bella At Abbeyrose, owned by Santiago Pinto.

A big thank you to everyone who helped make the weekend one to remember.

Kerry Blue Terriers

By Carol Brown

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he weekend was beautiful – one slightly rainy day, which was not an issue, even for Kerry people. The pole barn that we use at Hatboro (because our Kerry Clubs paid for the lighting) was partially filled with stacks of tables.

It looked totally messy and luckily the weather was nice enough for some people to groom outdoors.

Hatboro reached a new low when they charged $25 a day to plug in and dry a Kerry beard. Maybe they will take a lesson next year, in how to treat the exhibitors, from Morris & Essex – The Exhibitor’s Show.

Thursday the winners were Best of Breed: GCh. Kirkpatrick’s First Generation owned by Connie Meyers and shown by Craig Padgett; GCh Aristocrat’s Firestone of Cross The Rubicon

owned by Glenn and Laura Lee, handled by Tracy Ann Szaras was Best of Opposite, Best of Winners and Winners Dog was Teagan’s Cosmic Cruiser, owned by Bev Hunter and shown

by Heather Hunter, Winners Bitch was Storm’s Weather Girl owned by Lisa Kunze and shown

by Tracey Szaras.

Friday was the most hectic day. First was Hatboro Friday, next was a United States Kerry Blue Terrier Club National Concurrent Specialty and to top it off, the Annual Meeting and Dinner. WOW – what a long day.

The US Kerry Blue Terrier Club moved the National sweepstakes from Hatboro to Montgomery this year. At the Hatboro Friday show, Judge Garrard Morris’ Best of Breed was Kallehans Timeless Classic Styling for Blu Mtn owned

by Lynn Mathers and shown by Bill McFadden, Best of Opposite Sex was: GCh Class Act

by Hallsblu owned by Bill Berry, shown by George Wright, Best of Winners and Winners Dog was Teagan’s Cosmic Cruiser, owned by Bev Hunter and shown by Heather Hunter, Winners Bitch was Soleibleu’s Southern Belle owned by Janie McBride, shown by Tracy Ann Szaras.

The US Kerry Blue Terrier Club had its first concurrent Kerry Specialty with Connie Clark judging. Best of Winners and Winners Dog was Teagan’s Cosmic Cruiser, owned by Bev Hunter and shown by Heather Hunter – What a wonderful group of wins this dog had – 3 majors in 2 days. Congratulations Bev and Heather. Winners Bitch was Kilgawny’s Grainne O’Malley owned by John and Kathleen Continued on page 56

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Garahan and shown by Klayton Harris; Best of Breed was GCh Class Act by Hallsblu owned

by Bill Berry, shown by George Wright; Best of Opposite Sex was GCh Kirkpatrick’s First Generation owned by Connie Meyers and shown by Craig Padgett. Best of Breed, owner handled, was GCh Bluebeard’s Barnum owned by Larry & Carol Brown and Linda R. Pheasant.

The Annual Dinner and Meeting of the US Kerry Blue Terrier Club was that evening at Williamson’s Restaurant in Horsham. President John Garahan tells us that The USKBTC will soon start offering free puppy buyer packages to new Kerry owners as well as putting their names in Blueprints – the Kerry newsletter.

Junior Handler Lexi Schlott was recognized as the #1 Kerry as well as the #1 Terrier Junior in the country. Congratulations Lexi!

Larry and I were honored with Life Membership in the US Club, with a very touching commentary by Carl Ashby. Thank you all!

Saturday is also quite hectic. We have Devon in the morning and the USKBTC Futurity/Maturity in the afternoon.

At Devon, the judge was Rodney Herner. His Best of Breed was Kallehans Timeless Classic Styling for Blu Mtn owned by Lynn Mathers and shown by Bill McFadden, Best of Opposite Sex was GCh Bluebeard’s Barnum owned and shown

by Larry & Carol Brown & Linda Pheasant. Best of Winners and Winners Bitch was Symphonies Love Actually, owned by Catherine B Lavoie & France Godbout & Joel Fortin. Winners Dog was Rollicking Bon Vivant owned by Lahring & Edward Alberico.

The Futurity judges are comprised of three Kerry breeders from different parts of the country. This year’s judges were Jaimie Ashby (NC) from the East, Connie Meyers (OH) the midwest and from the west, Nancy Han (CA).

Their choice for Best in Futurity was Lois and Ted Grier’s Krisma’s Xman First Class.

Best of Opposite in Futurity was Los Carneros Foxxy Ellegance fred by John Saemann & Scott Schuette.

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Sampson of Brenril. Bred by Judy Agnew, Virginia Payson & Jennifer Manders.

Thank you so much Lois Grier and Mary McGreevy for that information.

Montgomery finally arrived. The sweepstakes judge was Dr. Natalia Samaj-Kunze, a well known Kerry breeder. Her Best in Puppy Sweepstakes was Kevin & Monica Adair’s Hotlicks Stardust Summer Breeze. BOS was Lois and Ted Grier’s Krisma’s Xman First Class. Her Best in Veteran Sweepstakes was Judy Agnew’s 7 year-old Gch Kerion the Noble Spirit. Best of Opposite in Veteran Sweepstakes was Joy Ellwanger’s 10 year-old GCh Adare’s Right Answer.

The Regular classes were judged by Carole Beattie. Her Best of Breed was GCh Aristocrat’s Firestone of Cross The Rubicon owned

by Glenn and Laura Lee, handled by Tracy Ann Szaras. Best of Opposite Sex was Ch True Blue Midnight Sun owned by Heidi Cregor & Elaine Randall and shown by Leonardo Garcini. Winners Dog and Best of Winners was Hotlicks Hit it Maestro owned by Monica & Kevin Adair and Debra & Greg Hillebrand. Winners Bitch was Kilgawny’s Grainne O’Malley owned by John and Kathleen Garahan and shown by Klayton Harris.

This bitch got 2 majors at National specialties this weekend. Congratulations John and Kathy.

Best of Breed Owner-Handled was Carl and Jaimie Ashby’s Ch Hotlicks Sungoddess at Blujacs.

It was a long exhausting weekend but one we look forward to every year.

Congratulations to all the Winners.

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nother Election Day has passed and dog owners and dog club members everywhere are urged to quickly introduce themselves to any newly elected representatives or remind current and reelected officials about the power in numbers – that is, the power in the number of dog owners (over 70 million dogs are owned in the U.S.) in this country who each have a vote. Whether or not your candidates won on the local or state level it’s the duty of all dog owners to find out exactly where their representatives stand on issues that affect their ability to own and/or breed the dogs of their choosing in order to protect those rights.

In a very unofficial poll I took of friends and neighbors in my town, an embarrassingly small number of them knew what the laws were regarding licensing, limits and leashing and if there were mandatory spay/ neuter or breed-specific ordinances being considered by the current legislature or what the views of those seeking election were on those issues. I’d venture to guess similar situations are the norm in towns and villages across the country. Dog fanciers may be well aware of issues concerning their ability to own and breed dogs in areas where they reside but do all of their dogowning neighbors know?

The American Kennel Club’s Government Relations Department does a fabulous job fighting discriminatory canine legislation on every level and keeping its constituents up to date and in the loop on these issues, but the general dog owning population is by and large not aware of them until it directly affects them, which may be too late. Owners of the bully breeds oftentimes find themselves unknowingly relocating to a town that enforces BSL, while others adopt these breeds from shelters or adopt-a-thons and bring them home and seek to license or register them only to find out that dogs resembling any of these breeds are not allowed, so it’s back into the shelter system the dogs go and where they ultimately may be put down.

Owning a dog demands commitment and responsibility and anyone seeking to purchase or adopt one should put off impulse decisions and do their due diligence in researching not only the breed they are considering bringing into their home but also the laws of the town, village, county and state in which they reside, which include but are not limited to MSN, BSL, license and registration, limit and leash laws, confinement requirements and debarking.

Doing so is responsible dog ownership and will help ensure that the dog receives a permanent home.

IT’S HARDLY A SURPRISE that canine legislation issues sprung to the forefront once again this year to coincide with Election Day but what may be a surprise and should be of grave concern is that one proposal invokes the name of the American Kennel Club but totally misrepresents the registry. One of the four proposals introduced by the Madison, WI City Council that can have a dramatic impact on all dog owners, fanciers, breeders and sportsmen in the city states that no one may breed more than one litter per year unless they are licensed by the state or are considered “an American Kennel Club sanctioned breeder.”

This proposal, being considered by the city’s planning commission, would amend the city’s zoning code to regulate “home breeding” unless one is considered an “AKC sanctioned breeder,” which it describes as one who participates in at least one AKC conformation show every 365 days. While it’s nice to see that the AKC is being cited as an authority on a canine legislation issue and a champion of responsible hobby breeders, the message to all legislators and the general public must be loud and clear: THE AKC DOES NOT SANCTION OR LICENSE BREEDERS. While on the surface this proposal may seem as if its heart is in the right place, on further review it’s actually absurd. No one can breed more than one litter per year unless they participate in an AKC conformation event? Participation in one such show per year proves a responsible breeder? What of the breeder who participates in other AKC sanctioned events such as agility, field trials, flyball, dock diving, etc., are they not responsible breeders? Or those who keep intact dogs and choose not to participate in AKC events for whatever reason or perhaps take more then a year off from participating in them in order to let dogs mature, or themselves heal, or just because they don’t have the desire or the right dog to compete with? Plenty of responsible owners and breeders of dogs choose not to participate in events of any kind with their dogs and they must maintain and protect their right to do so.

Three other proposals are being considered by the Board of Health for Madison

and Dane County that may greatly impact dog owners. One seeks to enact MSN laws that would be applied if a dog is found running at large on three separate occasions, if a dog is “acting aggressively” while running at large, if the dog has caused injury to a person or animal, if the dog causes injury to a person on the owner’s property, or if a dog is being kept by an owner who is in violation of the “home breeding” regulations (i.e. a non ‘AKC sanctioned breeder’ being considered by the city’s planning commission mentioned above).

Where to begin with what’s wrong with this proposal? We’ve already covered that there is no such thing as an “AKC sanctioned breeder”, so how about with the fact that no exemptions are considered for a dog that protects its owner from an intruder or an assault in his own home.

Some dog bites are justified. If a dog is provoked or abused, it is justified in biting to protect itself.

Likewise if a member of the owner’s family is being abused or threatened. Some allowance must be made for the age of the dog as well, as teething puppies are known to nip. The term “aggressive” is also not defined, which seems necessary should the penalty for a dog being at large by no fault of its own is being sterilized. Board members must consider these points as well as the fact that MSN and BSL laws have been ineffective ways of addressing at-large and dangerous dog concerns (see Lee County, FL attempt to repeal MSN below). Less drastic and more effective alternatives exist, such as enforcing leash and containment laws and issuing breed-neutral laws that address documented dangerous dogs. The two other proposals being considered increase the licensing fees for altered and intact dogs and cats and expand the definition of “neglect” to include new tethering and supervision requirements.

While owners may also have concerns with these proposals, they pale in comparison to the oversights in the ones mentioned above. All breeders and owners in Wisconsin are urged to contact all commission and board members to voice their concerns with these proposals.

To end on a positive note, support is needed in Lee County, Florida to help pass a revised animal control ordinance that will repeal a problematic ordinance that was adopted in February 2014. This revised ordinance will remove the MSN provisions, as well as breeder licensing and inspections provisions from the February ordinance and will reinstate reasonable animal control laws in Lee County. Thanks to all the hard work and efforts of the Lee County Alliance for Responsible Dog and Cat Ownership, which has fought all year for these changes, dog owners can appeal to the Lee County Board of Commissioners to remove these unfair provisions. Help Lee County, FL become yet another area where legislators have recognized the errors of their ways and have reinstated fair legislation that protects the well being of all dogs, their owners and citizens.

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as told to Yossi Guy

For the obvious reasons, the name of the person in this story has been withheld.

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The story of my enlistment into the unit is a bit different from others. Ever since I was little, I had two big dreams, to be a fighter pilot and work with dogs. So I did everything I could to pass the air force entry requirements.

For two entire years I underwent different ordeals on the way to the pilots’ course and so the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) decided to recruit me in the meantime and summon me for pilots’ training at a later stage.

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ou’d have thought that the 24-page revised Judging Approval document sent to many in the Fancy was the coming of the millennium! As far as I am concerned it is a here we go again topic that never will satisfy anyone completely. Why it was authored and sent out by the Board Chairman puzzles me except, as someone wrote to our offices, it served as a publicity stunt for him. Perhaps this was an idea from Edelman, the PR firm hired by Alan’s Board, but more on them later. In any event I must say the very topic of judges’ approvals has come to somewhat bore me.

Is that the only and/or major concern facing AKC today? Of course not is the answer but it does go to the very core of what is lacking at AKC-- leadership, understanding and development. I doubt there is a more disorganized but extremely powerful group of diversified individuals than the people who are called judges within the AKC. They basically all come from within the ranks of people who have com-

peted at different levels within the competitive areas of exhibiting purebred dogs at AKC licensed conformation dog shows. All too many of them use this judging level of our sport as what they call a natural progression of “their dog show lives”--in other words growing too old to compete on the daily level, which today’s shows demand. And of course additionally these shows serve as a means for many to supplement their incomes and to travel extensively basically on the cuff. Now then don’t go getting me wrong here-I have long believed in drawing a distinction between the professional handler or breeder who becomes a judge and an amateur owner/breeder who becomes a judge insofar as what they should be allowed to charge as to fees and expenses (with which very few people agree or are even willing to listen to). As opposed to the requirements for making

and approving these professional people as judges.

Does anyone really believe that my background in three or four breeds is extensive enough to be compared say to Beth Sweigart’s such that my qualifications to judge should be the same as hers?

But what Mr. Kalter and his Board seem to be endorsing is the concept that since we have too many shows and not enough judges one must ignore the ability of the individuals who are attempting to perform as a judge and make everyone equal. This would satisfy the situation created by Board after Board which approved the over saturation of approving shows on an outdated territoriality basis instead of re-examining how these shows were affecting the overall running of the sport. The approval process proposed by Kalter et al seems to be based on a marketplace foundation based on supply and demand instead of the ability to perform ably as a judge as well as to understand the essence of a breed. My friend Steve Gladstone is so off base on his supply and demand theory for judges who work in the sport that he ignores ability and quality of individuals and joins forces with people who have had little real major successes in winning with their breeding programs. They seem to blame some of their lack of successes within the breed ring only on poor judging (instead perhaps on re-examining the dogs they breed) Continued on page 113

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The Labrador Retriever Club National Specialty Event Week October 2nd to 12th, 2014

By Frances O. Smith DVM PhD DACT

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he National Specialty Week began on the beautiful grounds of Rebel Ridge Retrievers in Elkton, Maryland. This facility owned by Lyn Yelton, the Treasurer of the Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. has the perfect combination of land and water necessary to test the abilities of Labrador Retrievers as working retrievers. A total of 134 Labradors were tested in the Open ALL Age, Owner handler Amateur All Age, the qualifying Stake and the Derby. Dogs in this event are the ultimate working retrievers – they retrieve birds from distances over 200 yards and have the stamina and intelligence to go through cover changes and swim long distances. This event ran Friday October 3 – Sunday October 5, 2014.

On Sunday October 5, 2014 the TD/ TDX tracking test was held at Redding Farm in Gettysburg, Pa followed by a Welcome Party for all exhibitors at the Show Grounds at the Eisenhower Hotel and Conference Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Specialty Theme “Battle for the Best at Gettysburg” highlights the multifaceted talents of the Labrador Retriever. The event was dedicated 66 Dog News

to Mary Feazell, a long time Labrador breeder and LRC Board member, who left us in May of 2014. Mary would have been proud to see the successful events at this Specialty.

The Monday events included the Agility Trial 1 – Obedience Trial 1 – a Rally Trial and the Canine Good Citizen testing. In the evening a chicken barbecue Celebrating Performance was followed by Therapy dog, Service Dog and Rescue Parades. We also celebrated the Obedience Top 25 and awarded the placements for the day’s competition. Tuesday events were the LRC Board of Directors Meeting, Agility Trial II, Rally Trial II, Agility Top 25 Afternoon Event, and the Working Certificate judging. In the evening the LRC, Inc. hosted a Worker’s Party where all who contributed to this huge event were given a Certificate and Lapel pin in thanks for their efforts. The LRC Annual Meeting was held after the Workers Party.

Wednesday our conformation events began with a LRC Parent Club Specialty and Sweepstakes. Conformation judges were Lewis Bayne for All Dog Classes and Intersex, Mrs. Judy Chambers for all Bitch Classes and Mrs. Nina Mann for Sweepstakes Classes.

Best of Breed was a black bitch Ch. Galcieridge BMW Z3 owner by Bob Skow. Best of Opposite Sex was GCH. Paradocs Obsidian, a black dog owned by Drs. Karen and John Helmers. There were 433 entries in the conformation classes.

Morning events included Judge’s Education Workshop and ringside Mentoring and Conformation Certificate Judging.

The Conformation Certificate is a non-competitive scoring system devised to evaluate a dog’s general appearance as a Labrador Retriever.

The dog must not have any disqualifying faults as listed in the Labrador Standard and must have the basic characteristics of a Labrador Retriever. In the evening there was a dessert seminar on the topics of Genetic Screening and Reproductive Health presented by Frances Smith DVM

PHD DACT, the LRC, Inc. Vice-President.

Thursday October 9, 2104 marked the beginning of the National Specialty with Sweepstakes Classes and Conformation Bitch Classes. An additional program called The Challenge: a Special Attraction Class which celebrates the versatility of the Labrador Retriever Club was offered. Thursday night was the LRC banquet with a celebration of the Top 25 Conformation Labradors with an auction and awards. Our guest speaker was Patti Strand from the National Animal Interest Alliance. Friday the showcase was the Dog Classes and Best of Breed.

Mr. Lewis Bayne judged the bitch classes on Thursday and Mrs. Chambers judged the Dog classes and Best of Breed. Best of Breed was the yellow dog GCH. Gateway’s Nothing but Trouble owned by Vicky Creamer, Kristen Creamer-Allison and Krista Beal. Ch Pardigm Scribble, a black bitch owned

by Heidi Herman, was awarded Best of Opposite Sex. There were a total of 517 entries in the Conformation show.

Saturday and Sunday it was back to Rebel Ridge for the Hunt Test. On Saturday there were 48 Master dogs retrieving triple marks on land and water and performing blind retrieves both on land and in the water. There were 26 Senior dogs performing double retrieves on land and water with land and water blinds and 37 Junior dogs retrieving single birds on land and water. The Sunday test offered stakes for 27 Senior dogs and 38 Junior and concluded the Master test.

Genetic health testing was offered throughout the specialty show with options for testing for prcd, EIC, CNM and the dilute “silver” gene. The Labrador Club, Inc. is grateful to all of our volunteers, our exhibitors and clubs who enabled us to offer this outstanding event.

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Chihuahua Club of America Fall 2014

By William H. (Billy) Miller • photos by Deb Franklin

The Chihuahua Club of America National Specialty weekend was held from October 9th through the 12th. It was a weekend filled with activities. With a regional specialty held prior to the national, club members had much work to do. Overall, the weekend was a great success!

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The regional show began on October 9th with Miss Joyce Standish judging the sweepstakes. With 63 total entries, she had many beautiful dogs to judge. Her final Best in Sweepstakes winner was the lovely Canadian bred smooth coat bitch, Cogie’s Romance Streak. Bred by Cathleen Cogan Bird and David Roy, she was owner handled by longtime Chi fancier Patricia Holzkopf. The long coat variety winner was Jenzie Christmas Bliss at Victory. This pretty little gal was bred

by Marchelle Wanamaker, Tracey Johnson, and Kathy Hulstein. She is owned by Hulstein and Paige Johnson.

Upon the completion of the sweepstakes competition, breeder-judge Mr. Richard Lashbrook began his judging of smooth coats for the regional specialty. In a field of quality competition, Winners dog came from the 6-9 puppy dog class. Lexus Albus (SANCHEZ) was handled by his breeder Romulo Sanchez

Torres from Mexico. This showy little dog made his presence known in the ring. Coming out of the open bitch class, winners bitch was awarded to the Canadian bred beauty, Bloomsbury Beausoleil. She is owned by Lori Anne Kruger and bred by Jeff and Lynn Hurd. Thus far, many of the top awards were received by animals bred outside of the United States. This has been true of many of our past few national weekends.

A steep entry of 40 specials entered the ring to compete under Mr. Lashbrook for best of variety competition. His final choice for Best of Variety was the lovely male Gch Ouachitah One Life To Give bred and owned by the legendary Linda George. His Best of Winners was the Mexican bred puppy dog and Best of Opposite was awarded to Ch. Koniko N Reno’s Shaken Not Stirred.

She is owned/bred by Connie S. Mitchell.

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riday began the judging of the long coated variety.

Mr. Lashbrook gave the nod for winners dog to Trooper (Sanchez) who was owner/breeder/handled by Romulo Sanchez Torres of Mexico. In the past few years, Mr. Torres has bred some very nice dogs that have been well recognized at AKC events. Long coat winners bitch was awarded to long coat sweeps winner, Jenzie Christmas Bliss of Victory. She was shown by her proud co-breeder, Kathy Hulstein.

When the 47 specials entered the ring for best of variety competition, Mr. Lashbrook was given the daunting task of finding the best one! After a thorough evaluation of his entry, his final long coat winner was Gch Lone Pine’s Boston Legal D’ Ouachitah. This exciting young dog was shown by co-owner Linda George and was bred by co-owners Continued on page 70

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Marcy Blank and Craig Eugene. Best of Winners was the lovely Mexican bred dog and Best of Opposite was awarded to breeder/owner Beth Thursby with Ch. Carousel’s All Bets Are Off. A beautiful girl, she was co-bred by Dail Corl.

Being that Linda had both variety winners, Craig Eugene assisted in the presentation of the variety winners. With much applause, both winners gaited around the ring for final approval. In the end, Mr. Lashbrook chose the smooth coat.

Best of opposite sex to best of breed was awarded to the long coat bitch.

On Friday night, the annual Top Twenty event was held. Judges Randy Carr, Norma Smith, and Tim Catterson took center stage to choose the winners. The Top Twenty winner was the lovely Long coat Variety winner from the regional. Shown to perfection by Linda George, he took a victory lap with much applause.

Craig, Marcy and Linda stole the night with the wonderful win! The People’s Choice winner was a smooth dog, Ch. Shorepointe’s Buddy Dazzler shown by owner Joyce Standish.

He is co-owned by his breeders Bill McCollister and Justin Ward. The event was wonderful and a good time was had by all.

Saturday morning began with the judging of the sweepstakes for the national by longtime successful breeder, Gloria Lambert. Gloria enjoyed an entry of 70 puppies. He eventual variety winners were the same as the regional sweeps! Once again, Cogie’s Romance Streak was awarded best in sweeps. How wonderful to have such consistent winners in both sweepstakes!

After the sweepstakes, judge Leah James judged the Best Jr. competition. Her winner was Emily Desjardens. A Canadian, Emily is an excellent handler. The Desjarden family is very involved with the breed.

Congratulations to all of the juniors who have taken on Chihuahuas as their breed of choice. Showing a Chihuahua in juniors can certainly be a challenging task!

The judging of the regular classes began. Longtime breeder-judge Max Hurd is one of the most respected people in our breed. Exhibitors were very excited to watch him judge our breed. His winners dog came from the bred-by class. Koniki Reno’s Bringin Sexy Back is owned by Ronnie Crowder and breeder, Connie S. Mitchell. Again from the bred by class, winners bitch was a repeat winner. Winning two 5 pointers and the variety at both sweepstakes, Jenzi Christmas Bliss at Victory had a super weekend!

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The following day began with the judging of the long coat variety. In hopes of recognition from Mr. Hurd, many exhibits flocked to the ring. The winner of the long coat variety was another repeat performer.

Linda George piloted Gch. Lone Pine’s Boston Legal D’ Ouachitah to another great win! Best of winners was awarded to the lovely bitch and Best of Opposite was Ch. La Mignonnette Scarlett (Sanchez/Bousieguez).

Bred by Romulo Sanchez Torres and Manuel Bousieguez, Scarlett was bred in Mexico.

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fter the completion of the variety judging, Mr. Hurd began his of the smooth coats. His winners dog came from the 6-9 puppy dog class. Knockout Captain America was bred/owned by Rachel Green.

Winners bitch was another repeat performer!

After winning both Sweepstakes, Canadian bred Cogie’s Romance Streak was given the nod for winners bitch. This little girl had quite a wonderful weekend.

The Variety entrants filled the ring.

The eventual Variety winner went on to be recognized as Best of Breed. Mr. Hurd choose the Canadian bred Ch. Teg’s Leather and Lace. Shown and owned by Tammy and Gerry Desjardens, this lovely little bitch stole

the hearts of many! Best of opposites in smooth coats went to CH. Dartan Go Big Or Go Home. Bred by Darwin Delaney, he is owned by Gannon O’Reilly, Darwin Delaney, Kathy Sawyer, and Tamra Jackson. The long coat dog was best of opposite to best of breed.

Our exciting weekend included many other events. Along with the shows, we held our general meeting.

After serving as our president for the past several years, term limits allowed President Kyle Potts a well-deserved break from her duties as CCA president. During her tenure as president, Kyle worked tirelessly towards guiding the club’s success.

We are forever grateful for her hard work and dedication. Many people expressed their thanks for a job well done! Hopefully, Kyle will enjoy being able to show her dogs at future CCA events. Her family is to be thanked as well- they worked as hard as she did! Our new club president is Craig Leslie. He is a very kind man. Members should shoot him an email or phone call with any questions about the club.

He has been a long time worker/ board member and will surely be an asset to the club as president.

The club also held a 4-6 puppy event, a match, a judge’s seminar, and a Chihuahua Bingo event. The Bingo event raised nearly $3,000 dollars for the Juniors Fund.

This fund provides scholarships and covers travel expenses (Westminster/CCA National) for Junior handlers. The kids were kind enough to split their profits with the club general fund.

The venue was wonderful and the show was quite a success!

Show Committee members and the working club members should be thanked for their hard work. Everyone is encouraged to volunteer to help with next year’s event. Breeder/Judge Richard Miller will be officiating and it should be a well-attended event. It was awesome to see so many old friends and to make new ones. This was the last assignment for Max Hurd. Max has devoted a lifetime to the breed.

His depth of knowledge and kind demeanor are noteworthy. We will still have the good fortune to talk dogs with Max as he shows his “Herd” of beautiful Chihuahuas. Hoping to see everyone at our CCA Regional held in conjunction with the AKC Invitational in Florida. The judge will be Mr. Houston Clark.

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YourDog’s Horoscope November, 2014:

Aries

March 21-April 19 Watch what you are feeding your dog. No sugary candies, cakes or cookies unless you want to pay for unnecessary vet bills just before a show, which means your talented dog will not be doing very much performing.

By Cerise Fairfax

Gemini

May 21- June 20 Small dogs will be a little clumsy for the next few days to weeks.

Be careful when they are doing jumps during practice, because their little legs may sprain easily. Medium and larger Gemini dogs will also be clumsy, but not to where they may hurt themselves, although, they may accidentally hurt a smaller breed.

Leo

July 23- August 22 Leo dogs will have an extraordinary amount of energy this week. Long walks and loads of playtime will calm them down.

Virgo

Taurus

April 20- May 20 Give your doggie a bone or simply a treat that your dog prefers. Little treats will make them wag their tails and lick their lips and perform extra well.

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Cancer June 21- July 22 Do not allow your Cancer dog to get away with bad behaviour. If you accept the unacceptable then keep in mind that the judges will not. They will send your dog to the back of the line if your dog just cannot settle down or behave respectfully.

August 23 September 22 Restless Virgo will whine and demand for a good three days. It could be the change in weather or in the stars and moon, either way it is best to get your dog to a beach and let them swim in some water to rejuvenate and restore their energy. Continued on page 96

Libra September 23- October 22 Libra dogs will be protective this week. Not of you, but more of what is theirs. They will stash their toys and if you have more than one dog expect your Libra dog not to share treats and toys.

Capricorn

December 22- January 19 Capricorn, no matter size or breed, will get agitated quite easily this week and next. They will show this through growling or by simply turning their back on other dogs and walking away. They will literally have no interest in being annoyed.

Scorpio October 23- November 21 Your dog will want to sleep more than usual for the next few days. Do not get worried unless the lethargic attitude also affects their appetite and goes on past three days, then you might want to call a vet.

Aquarius

January 20- February 18 You will be surprised by the love and affection that your Aquarius dog will express to strangers in the next few days. Their loving side will certainly be the prize of any party or performance.

Sagittarius

November 22- December 21 Stubborn Sagittarius is what you will call your dog for the next seven days. Not only will they act up a little by trying to do things their way, they may also disappoint you very slightly. Discipline is the key for this sign, no matter the breed. Take the lead, show them that you love them, but you also expect them to behave.

Pisces

Feb 19- March 20 Be careful of the foods that your dog is consuming. Not that it is bad or unhealthy, just be mindful of the ingredients.

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and that microchipping as well as keeping contact details up to date ensures speedy reunification of a missing dog with its owner. In addition, it will add traceability of where each dog has come from, and in turn should assist with improving health and welfare issues such as puppy farming.”

SOME BREEDERS NOT HAPPY But some responsible dog breeders are not at all happy with the legislation requiring microchipping of very small puppies at under eight weeks of age. They say that they can’t bear to think of injecting a tiny puppy such as a seven-week-old Chihuahua or even a Norwich Terrier, with the size of needle and size of microchip necessary. Especially in the breeds that were formerly allowed to be docked there is a strong feeling that such injections are certainly no less of an animal welfare issue than docking puppies at a few days old. People are asking why, on the one hand, is docking cruel while on the other hand the microchipping of a very small young animal is perfectly acceptable?

But, then again, it has to be said that requirements of this kind have been in position in countries such as Sweden for many years and there don’t appear to be many people objecting to the practice there any longer.

NOT THE ONLY HEADACHE But the microchipping of puppies is not the only headache being visited upon the responsible dog breeder these days. People here in the UK who try to do the right and responsible thing as dog breeders, have long been encouraged to be part of TKC’s Assured Breeders Program. It is something similar to the 76 Dog News

AKC Breeder of Merit Program. But somehow it appears recently to have become much more bureaucratic now that it has obtained a wider public acceptance and is a plan that is accredited by an outside standards agency.

The latest series of recommendations for breeders says that a vast amount of detailed advice and information has to be given in the breeder’s pack to new puppy buyers. Amongst many other things these should, for example, now include the following more contentious details; • a guide to the quantity of food that is given throughout all life stages of the dog • a guide to the amount and frequency of exercise that is likely to be required throughout all the dogs’ life stages • advice on age expectancy and longevity Apart from the fact that the total amount of information to be handed over to new puppy buyers, if all the Plan’s recommendations were acted upon, would be almost the length of War and Peace – some of the recommendations would appear to be fatuous and others even dangerous.

How on earth are you supposed to give a guide to the amount of food that an individual dog will need throughout its entire series of life stages? We have some dogs here that eat far more than others without becoming obese. Trying to predict at eight weeks old what a dog will need to eat when it is eight years or ten years old seems to me to be a fool’s errand.

The same would seem to apply to predicting with any degree of accuracy or meaningfulness, how much exercise a dog will need throughout its life. Again some dogs, certainly Border Terriers, will take and will indeed even need far more exercise than others.

Surely the most sensible approach is to give only the amount of advice to new puppy owners that they can sen-

sibly take in. It needs to be restricted to things that they will pay attention to, and will fit with their previous experience of owning a dog. Selling a puppy should not be like selling a washing machine with endless contractual paperwork, terms and conditions and small print that everyone signs but to which nobody pays any heed.

DANGEROUS And in the dangerous category would be the predicting of the longevity of a particular puppy. Can you imagine selling a dog and saying that it is likely to live for x or y years? That must surely be a hostage to fortune. Imagine that it turns out to contract cancer or some other problem and dies at the age of say five years. Where does that leave the breeder who was foolish enough to predict its longevity?

Oh – and even if you keep your dogs in your kitchen and have puppies in the house, you are not only expected to have a satisfactory ‘emergency and safety risks procedure’ in place, but this procedure is also supposed to have been tested. Can you just imagine my wife Kate and me blowing whistles and ringing bells while we rush out of our house into the garden taking with us a litter of six two-week old Border Terrier puppies and five dogs? We would then be able to say, with total honesty, that we had tested the emergency evacuation procedures for TKC’s Assured Breeder Plan. That would be just fine but on the other hand the neighbours would think we had taken leave of our senses!

It is no wonder that the small breeder these days decides to give up the production of purebred dogs. Some of the rules on socialisation and the raising and selling of puppies appear to have been designed mainly for the high volume breeders who will probably pay the least attention to them; or for the irresponsible crooks who are the least likely to toe the line no matter how demanding the legislation is.

Let’s hope that some of these various silly requirements designed more for the control of puppy mills than for enthusiastic dog breeders, will as the years pass, gradually become watered down and forgotten. If they are not I fear that there will be very few genuine responsible show breeders left willing to cope with all the multiplicities of bureaucratic nonsenses that are being cast in their path.

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Thank you Judge Mrs. Sondra Esporite for awarding Emmy this Group Placement.

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Roving Ewe Tess Truheart O’Firethorn PT HSCs, another of Sullivan’s GSDs, tending sheep. (Holly Whitney photo)

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their owners. I think these traits are what make them so successful in multiple sports. But, we need to keep doing a lot of different sports to show the general public just how versatile they really are,” said Kristan Laczniak, who with husband Curt and Martha Simonett owns Tucker (AOE PAM BIX BISS 2xSel Ex GCh Anne-Isle’s Promise Keeper TDX AJP OAP NFP NA NAJ RA CGC TC).

While the breed’s reputation is one of being willing to try anything the dog’s owner wants to do, that does not mean they are always successful. Julie Degen, who owns Yankee (PAM Ch Caisson’s Unconditional Surrender MX MXJ XF TD PT HSAs), Kestrel (HVx Ch Da-Jo’s Crestview Ladyhawke PT HSAs HXCs) and Cassie (PAM Ch MACH PACH2 Carousel Farms Caisson VCD1 CD TD RA PT HSAs MXS MJB MXP8 MXPG MJP7 MJPS PAX2 MXF MFP T2BP), said one of her GSDs was never going to be a herding dog.

“She thought she was an alligator whenever we tried herding and

it would have taken way more effort than I’m willing to put forth to convince her that she didn’t have to use her teeth on every cow, sheep or duck that she saw. Actually, it took me longer than it should have to figure out that herding just wasn’t the sport for her. She excelled in personal protection and was a phenomenal tracking dog. She was also good at agility and decent at obedience. I’ve also found personal protection and Schutzhund to be difficult sports because you have to rely on others to help you. Herding is also difficult because you need access to livestock. I have my own farm and sheep now but that has not always been the case as my husband has been on active duty with the U.S. military for 28 years. Because a life in the military means you move around a lot, there have been times when I have had to give up herding for years at a time depending upon

“When someone breeds for a specific activity without any consideration of what really makes a German Shepherd Dog a German Shepherd Dog, we get caricatures of the breed.”

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DC Sea Crest Heart of Gold, Susan Sullivan’s German Shepherd Dog, has multiple high-in-trials and is the breed’s second dual champion. (Holly Whitney Photo)

where we were living. But, those forced sabbaticals have helped me appreciate the times that I do have access to the things required for the different sports. It’s really important to let dogs tell you what they WANT to do. I’m fortunate that I have enough dogs and there are enough sports to choose from so I don’t have to make them do a sport they don’t love. I try to make everything we do a game, everything that is except herding. Herding is a job, not a game. That said, it is a job that all of my dogs would choose over any game.”

There are, however, some issues within the breed that are troublesome to these GSD people. One major problem is finding dogs that can win in the show ring and also do the jobs they were intended to do or succeed in other performance activities.“It’s really good to see more German Shepherd Dogs with titles at both ends of their names because this helps avoid extremes,” said Sullivan.“When someone breeds for a specific activity without any consideration of what really makes a German Shepherd Dog a German Shepherd Dog, we get caricatures of the breed. If you only breed for dogs that win in the specialty rings, we tend to get dogs with extreme angulation yet dogs bred strictly as working dogs often

Kestrel (HVx Ch Da-Jo’s Crestview Ladyhawke PT HSAs HXCs), another of Degan’s GSDs, keeps her sheep herd in their designated grazing area.

have so little angulation they have little breed type and can hardly trot.

Tending sheep, as a living fence, for hours on end required correct structure, stamina, willingness to work and the intelligence to be able to do the work independently. We face a real issue today with breeders not knowing or understanding the standard whether we are talking about physical structure or the criteria for correct temperament with show breeders not working their dogs and working breeders not evaluating their dogs’ structure in relation to the standard.

This has created the divisions between show bred and working bred dogs and neither are correct.”

“Our breed is divided into different ‘types’ but it doesn’t have to be that way,” said Degen. “There may be only one German Shepherd breed but there are different types and unfortunately, the people who fancy those different types show prejudice towards anything that’s different from what they have. There is a huge division between the German show and the German/Czech/East German/etc working lines as well as the American show lines. ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand,’ said Abraham Lincoln when he accepted the Republican nomination for the Senate from Illinois. What was true of the nation in 1858 is true of the German Shepherd breed today.

Tucker (AOE PAM BIX BISS 2xSel Ex GCh Anne-Isle’s Promise Keeper TDX AJP OAP NFP NA NAJ RA CGC TC), Kristan and Curt Laczniak and Martha Simonett’s German Shepherd Dog, does a jump in agility.

The breed suffers because of the ignorance and prejudice directed by the different fanciers towards other types of dogs.”

Fortunately, the German Shepherd Dog Club of America has recognized this problem and has taken steps to try and fix it with the major effort being the creation of the Performance Award of Merit, according to Stern. “In order to qualify for this Kate (PAC BIS BISS Select Am/Can GCh Kaleef’s Kataaward, a GSD must rina v Kenlyn RN HT MX AXJ), one of Deborah Stern’s earn titles in three dif- GSDs, completes a jump in agility ferent activities and one of them must be us is their ability to make educated at the excellent level,” decisions on their own and having said Stern. “It is important to our breed the conformation to tackle and sucfor our dogs to have the temperament ceed at the many tasks expected that enables it to learn but it is equally of a true working dog. The GSD is important to have the physical cona working dog that can and does formation that enables it to do all the excel in any job asked of them. work for which the German Shepherd It’s important to display the talent, has become famous. What this means courage and temperament of this is that it is important for breeders to breed but it’s equally important to honor and try to conform as closely as also display the beautiful dogs that possible to the standard so their dogs are described in the standard. One have the ability to function in every cawithout the other is just not a Gerpacity. Our breed is nothing if it does man Shepherd Dog.” not reflect its standard and what it was bred to do. The gift this breed gives to Dog News 81

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GCH. Cumhil Hell Raiser Wins His 5th All Breed Reserve Best In Show Tri-City Kennel Club November 2, 2014 Judge Ms. Marjorie Martorella

Ollie now has 5 All Breed Best In Shows & 5 All Breed Reserve Best In Shows,

Making Him The Winningest Staffordshire Bull Terrier in U.S. Breed History BULLSEYE Since 1975

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Denton, a/k/a Mike Delfino, there on TV, hosting the “American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards,” talking about the work of American Humane, and telling the compelling stories of these canine award recipients. James Denton, the same guy who says repeatedly in the AKC-AKC Reunite ads, “Your dog depends on you to be a responsible owner.” James Denton, or “Jamie”, to those lucky AKC and AKC Reunite employees who got to film the public service announcements with him at the WRAL studios, while other of us employees were stuck in Orlando last December four days before the AKC Eukanuba National Championship show.

Why couldn’t James Denton, our Jamie, be standing there in his tux on the Hallmark Channel instead saying, “Thank you for joining us for the AKC Humane Fund ACE Awards?”

Why do the American Humane Association’s “Hero Dog Awards”, only in existence since 2011, merit being televised, when the AKC has been giving out its Awards for Canine Excellence, better known as the “ACE Awards”, since 2000?

Or to put it another way, why doesn’t an organization committed to the preservation and protection of purebred dogs have more credibility when it comes to handing out recognition to “hero dogs” than an organization that’s concerned about animals, children, movies, and some other random causes that are listed on its website?

I have since learned that the event actually took place back in September at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. According to the AHA website, the event was “sold out”. Denton’s co-host was Beth Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern. Celebrity presenters included Bruce Boxleitner, Christina Farrare, Marlee Matlin, and Victoria Stillwell. The group Wilson Phillips performed their hit song, “Hold On.” The presenting sponsor

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was the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation and the online sponsor was Zoetis.

Other sponsors included State Farm, the pet insurance company Trupanion, dog food company Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Heartguard. Petco was a significant advertiser during the broadcast on the Hallmark Channel.

How was the American Humane Association able to bring all that together?

But more importantly, why can’t the AKC? Setting aside for a moment my fervent hope that if we hosted such a show we could come up with a list of celebrity presenters who could at least manage to get themselves on “Dancing with the Stars”, can’t the AKC prevail upon our friends and partners in the dog world to help put on such an event and have it televised? Doesn’t the AKC have or hasn’t it had a relationship with an insurance company, a pet health care provider, a dog food company, and a heartworm preventative? Can’t the AKC leverage CHF’s relationship with Zoetis? Isn’t there a dog world equivalent of Lois Pope?

In thinking about the magnitude of such an event, perhaps the AKC can’t pull that off if left to its own devices. Perhaps, instead, the AKC would require the assistance of some firm that could help AKC “communicate”, “engage”, and “build relationships”. Perhaps it would be necessary to utilize an organization that could help the AKC “actively and meaningfully participate in a connected world, increase trust, deepen relationships, change behaviors, and foster and sustain economic success.” Perhaps even

a team of “strategists” and “creative thinkers” that would offer AKC “a continuous flow of fresh new thinking and game changing ideas.”

That’s it, Charlie Brown!

Not so fast, Lucy…

Those quotes above are taken from the website of Edelman, the uber public relations firm retained

by AKC in 2013. At the time that he announced that AKC had hired Edelman, Alan Kalter wrote in his June 2013 Chairman’s Report, entitled, “Creating a New Conversation”: “The goal of the search was to determine a partner possessing the resources, expertise, and passion to create a new, exciting and engaging dialogue for the AKC. The team included me, Bob Amen, Dennis Sprung, Daryl Hendricks, Lisa Peterson, and was led by Chris Walker. We are very fortunate to have had Bob Amen’s guidance throughout the process. His experience, knowledge, and insightful observations were of invaluable help.”

He went on to boast: “Edelman is the world’s largest public relations firm, with 4800 communication experts in 67 offices worldwide. Edelman combines the power of their size with the nimbleness and innovation we require….They demonstrated a distinct understanding of our challenges and opportunities; unique capabilities in grassroots communication and mobilization; deep expertise in digital public affairs; effective legislator communication, and strong belief in the mission and work of the AKC. The team we will be working with consists of experts in a variety of disciplines, each with a purebred dog at home–one whose

“Doesn’t the AKC have or hasn’t it had a relationship with an insurance company, a pet health care provider, a dog food company, and a heartworm preventative?”

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The answer was to be found at the Marriot Denver Tech Center in fabulous Denver. The area was surrounded by excellent shopping and restaurants.

Bulldog-Central for a whole week!

Moving away from our typical Thanksgiving date was a nice break for some and the weather was perfect.

As always, BCA National week is filled to the brim with meetings, seminars and other activities and this is even before the shows start.

Exhibitors and guests started arriving as early as Friday with official activities starting Sunday morning with the finale of the day being Doris Boyd’s anticipated handling class.

Monday dawned bright and early and the Obedience/Rally trial took center ring.

Judging Obedience was Carole Lynn Evans. In a nice entry, High in Trial from Novice B and with a score of 191.5 was Paradox HR In His Father’s Footsteps CD BN RN MXP MJP. This talented dog was Bred and Owned by Dorothy Wysaki, DVM. Judging the Rally entries was Elizabeth (Beth) Bailey. High score in rally was Paradox Unlimited Apps MX MXJ. Bred by owner Dorothy Wysaski, DVM. For those of us chomping at the bit to see the new stars, we got an eyeful starting Monday afternoon with the Sweepstakes competition.

Judging dogs and Intersex was long-time Colorado Bulldogger Lee Ann Tate, who was also the artist that designed the National logo for this show and for so many others over the years. Judging the bitch classes was popular Bulldogger Lottie Elliot from Urbana, Ohio. Judge Tate found Best in Sweepstakes in Ultimate Romeo.

Owned by Rhonda M Ullrich and George and Kim Lai and shown by Rhonda.

Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes was awarded to E. Clive’s Practical Magic@Lonehawk, owned by Kimberly West and Sherry Webb, shown by breeder, Kim West.

Monday evening was capped off with Anne Heir’s judges’ education seminar. As always this was a very well attended seminar.

Tuesday morning came early with the educational seminar “Bulldogs 101” followed by BCA National regular classes.

Judge for bitches was Randy Kelly of Bloomfield, New Jersey. Bill Gray of Upland, California officiated the dog classes. Mr. Gray found his ultimate winner in the lovely 12-18 month Junior

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dog, Walkin’ Blues Matt “Guitar” Murphy. Bred and owned by Suzy and Chris Holleran. Reserve from 12-15 for the 3 point major was Cash’s Hear Me Roar. Bred and owned by Lisa and Christie Cash and presented by Betsy Love. Mr. Kelly pinned the Open bitch, Capri Hernandez. Bred and owned by Eduardo Hernandez and Juan Garcia all the way from Mexico. Reserve for the 4th major of the day was the Bred-by, McAfee’s Whole Lotta Rosie. Bred and owned by Ward and Natalie McAfee, shown by Ward, wearing a smile as wide as his home state of Texas.

On Tuesday evening the rescue

parade drew a large crowd while many took advantage of the health clinic. Arguably the most coveted award in dogdom is Best of Breed at the National Specialty. Judging the National is also a special honor. Our judge this year, Brenda Newcomb of Palm Springs, California is a long time Bulldogger who is also very well known as the BCA JEC for many years.

After very thoughtful deliberation in a very strong field, Mrs. Newcomb found our 2014 BCA National winner in the current number 1 Bulldog from Mexico, Ch. Coster (Soto). Bred by Melchor R. Soto Berlioz and owned by

Guillermo Quiroz, Coster was shown expertly by his handler Ricardo Blanco Vazquez Best of Winners went to the Winner’s dog, Walkin’ Blues Matt “Guitar” Murphy The beautiful red and white Best of Opposite Sex ribbon was handed to GCh. Cazett’s Lucky Penny bred by Michelle and Chris Cazett and Roxanne Williamson, owned

by Michele and Chris Cazett and shown by a thrilled Michelle. As always, the Best of Breed and Best of Opposite winners will have their portraits added to the prestigious BCA Gallery of Winners.

Select Dog was GCh. Mytoys Epic Against The Wind. “Ralph” was bred by Ann McDearmon, Dan Haley, Dennis and Terry O’Connor and owned by Dennis O’Connor, Linda Scott, Ann McDearmon and Terry O’Connor. Shown as always by Dennis.

Select Bitch, the lovely Ch. Mouser’s Maid in America, was bred by Richard and Donna Mouser and is owned by the Mousers and Dan and Elizabeth Karshner.

Award of Merit Winners GCH. Cherokee Legend Cowboy. Bred by Cody T Sickle, Christine and Knut Pelzer and owned by Cody Sickle and Connie Chambers.

GCh. Just Lonestar Bright Lights Big City.

Bred by Katherine Rodriguez and Nichole Bermea. Owned by Kara Gordon and presented by Eduardo Paris.

Ch. Millcoats Apple Pie Autumn. Bred by the Millers and Dave and Gwlynda Irek and owned by Duwane and Carolyn Miller and Brook Brittain.

GCh. B-Loved Nothing But Net. Breeder, owner, handled by Betsy Love.

GCh. Tumbleweed’s George Rhodes.

Bred by owners Alin Retezatu, Heather Hunter and Sue Calhoun, handled by Alin.

Best Puppy and the big green ribbon went to the 6-9 dog puppy Only Billy Ray, bred by Cathy Eke and Elgene Davison and owner handled by Cathy.

Veterans’ classes always bring the loudest applause and this year was no exception. The Veteran Dog winner was GCh. Beam’s Kabo Texas Retreat, bred by Peter and Rosemary Jenner and owned by Rosemary Jenner and Brenda Beams Julie Babcock’s diva, GCh. Babby’s Center Stage was the Veteran bitch winner.

Bred by Julie and Tom Babcock and Lilian Tiffany.

The Stud Dog class winner was Ch. Kokopelli’s D1 Wild Electric Slide, Bred

by Dino and Christie Garza and owned by Cynthia Carlson and Dino and Christie Garza Brood Bitch winner all three days was Ch.

Blue Diamond Lucille Bull bred and owned by Jeremy and Renee Lynch, shown by Renee.

Best Junior Handler from the Master class was Allison Berenbrock with GCh. Berenbrock’s Ridin’ The Storm Out The Bulldog Club of Denver, our host club, held their shows Thursday and Friday. Class judges were Dr. Jack Brown of Mesa, Arizona for bitches and Mr. Spencer Pinegar of Coweta, Oklahoma judging dogs.

Winner’s Dog was Cathy Eke’s Best Puppy from Nationals day, 6-9 month puppy Only Billy Ray. Reserve Dog was the Open dog from Mexico, Maximus Escobar, bred by Bernabe Escobar Sanchez, owned by Genaro Zavala and shown by Alex Garcia. Dr. Brown selected the Open bitch, Cash’s Sexy Chick as his Winner for the major.

Owned and Bred by Lisa and Christie Cash and handled by Betsy Love.

Reserve was Kara Gordon’s Open bitch, Major League Bright Lights Sparks Fly, bred by Harrold and Teresa McDermott and handled by Eduardo Paris.

Our Intersex judge was former BCA president Claudia Brown of Sequim, Washington. Her Best of Breed winner was Kelley L Ensminger and Dara L Carr’s GCh. Ace N Glendars I’m A Firework. Best of Winners was the baby puppy Only Billy Ray. Best of Opposite was Renee and Jeremy Lynch’s GCh. Blue Diamond’s Go Speed Go. Select Dog was Cody Sickle and Connie Chamber’s GCh. Cherokee Legend Cowboy. Select Bitch was Cynthia Carlson and Dino and Christie Garza’s GCh. Kokopelli D1 Wild Electric Storm The Veteran Class was a repeat of National day with Kabo and Lucille repeating their wins. Likewise, we had repeat winners in Stud dog and Brood bitch.

Our National awards banquet celebrates the accomplishments of dogs, breeders and owners. It also acknowledges special Bulldoggers and their contributions. Duwayne Miller became a 3rd Plateau breeder for breeding 75 Champions. Dara Carr became a 2nd Plateau breeder for her 50 home bred champions. We also honored new Hall of Fame Breeder, stud dog, brood bitch and companion dog inductees.

We also witnessed an emotional Hall of Fame award for outstanding Individual Contributions to BCA for Dixie Little and a first-time living contributor award for Bob Newcomb, whose activity in BCA for many years has been monumental.

In addition, we were very proud of the 17 Platinum Ambassador for Health Award recipients (dogs passing 5 or more designated health tests).

New for this year was a presentation by our Bulldogger Editor Angela

Ross of the 2015 Bulldogger Cover Dogs. The conclusion of the banquet is the moment we all wait for, the announcement of next year’s judging panel and an introduction to the host town and hotel as well as the new logo reveal.

The finale of the week was the Division 4 Specialty. Judging class dogs and bitches was popular husband/ wife team of Wendell and Pat Tinsley from Conroe, Texas. Wendell’s ultimate winner was the Bred-By dog, Iroc Viva Las Vegas, bred and owned by Kandie L. Kroonen. Reserve came from the 15-18 class. Cherokee Legend Delenclos Ivan was bred by Cody Sickle, Christine and Knut Pelzer and is owned by Cody T. Sickle and Connie Chambers. Pat found her Winner in Eduardo Hernandez’s homebred, Livia Hernandez Araujo from the Bred-By bitch class. Reserve also went the way of the Bred-By, Believeinbull’s Heavenly Promise, bred by Carold and Boyd Kroll and Cindy O’Hare and owned by Carol Kroll.

Intersex judge Link Newcomb of Santa Ana, California did his typical masterful and thorough job of sorting through the specials and found his ultimate winner in GCh. Piltz’s Louis Vuitton, bred and owned by Brandi and Tyler Piltz and Dara and Glen Carr. This dog was handled by Shirley Brewer Slaterpryce, who also showed the BOB winner from the Denver Specialty. This just might be a first time for a handler to win Best of Breed during national week with two different dogs. Best of Opposite went to GCh. Imperious Hamitup Southern Bell. Bred by Imperious and Hamitup Bulldogs, Annabelle is owned by Ellen Charles, Imperious Bulldogs, Hamitup Bulldogs and Hetherbull Bulldogs. Select Dog was Kara Gordon’s GCh. Just Lonestar Bright Lights Big City. Select Bitch, GCh. Dayana Hernandez Aguilar was yet another Mexican exhibit from the breeding of Eduardo Hernandez. The Veteran Dog Ch. Silverstreaks Casey Jones was bred by Yvonne Miller, Karen Silver and Shane Twamley and owned by Yvonne and Karen. Veteran Bitch was awarded to Brett and Christy McDonough’s lovely homebred Ch. Ohno Cleopatra. The Stud Dog winner was Eduardo Hernandez’s GCh. Manchester Hernandez Acosta. Rod and Marzetta Peterson did a superb job as show chairs along with members of the Bulldog Club of Denver and members of BCA Division 4. We thank them for their hard work and dedication.

We will travel North and East to Cromwell Connecticut next November 2nd to the 8th. We hope to see you there!

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ORACE GREERLY got it wrong, it’s “Go East, Young Woman.”

One of, if not the most sought after dog show photographer on the west coast, KITTEN RODWELL, is moving from Southern California to North Carolina. The west coast’s loss will be the Southeast’s gain. For the next two years, KITTEN will commute to the west coast as she builds her business on the east coast. Businesslike, professional, reliable, courteous and most of all talented, she should have no problem finding clubs that will ask for her services. Some of our readers on the east coast who are not familiar with her photography will recognize her name, as KITTEN has covered many all breed and specialty shows (written and photographed) for DOG NEWS. All of us at DOG NEWS wish her the very best. She can be reached at P.O. Box 146, Whittier, North Carolina 28789 telephone 828.479.6020. This weekend, DISCOVER DOGS will be held for the last time at London’s Earl Court (the former site of the Crufts Dog Show). It will be moved to a new venue, as Earl’s Court will be razed to make way for new housing.

Our MEET THE BREEDS was modeled after DISCOVER DOGS, but with the move to the Piers in conjunction with the WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB there will not be any felines present, as there had been in the past. The inclusion of Meet The Breeds added

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to last year’s addition of Agility brings greater importance to the Westminster Kennel Club, if that is possible. DAVID MERRIAM, SUSAN MURPHY & DESI MURPHY are off to judge over 300 Bull

Terriers in Amsterdam. That’s a lot of Bull. Cairn terrier breeder, terrier group and toy breed judge KEN KAUFFMAN sustained serious injuries when he fell off his roof. He has been transferred from one hospital to rehab for further treatment. KEN is also one of the driving forces behind the success of the Montgomery County Kennel Club.

By that I mean, do you know how hard it is to make terrier people happy with their assigned parking spots? All of us at DOG NEWS wish him a speedy and complete recovery. PADDY SPEAR, the zany, entertaining, wildly exaggerating storyteller, has passed away. Her story telling is legend, but what was fact was her love of animals, especially dogs.

She wouldn’t hesitate to break into a gas station at night (or other similar situations) and rescue some neglected, underfed animal used as a guard dog.

She would then make it a house dog at her Long Island home. It was not unusual to see ten rescue dogs joining her own dogs swimming in her pool.

All the while being serenaded by her parrots in the tree above. With the passing of her husband WILL several years ago, she leaves no immediate survivors but many friends, especially this writer to whom she befriended for many years. I have many warm memories that I will cherish always.

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Finished In 2013 With Four Supported & Specialty Majors...

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Watch For Him With His Breeder Owners or with Jess Thibault in 2015 Chateau Blanc Knls Edeltraud Laurin “he’s my boy”

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mother is a Breeder of Merit -and the leader of the team was formerly the spokesman for the NRA. The team works from the Edelman New York and Washington, DC offices.”

I have no doubt that Edelman is all those things and committed all of those things and more to the AKC prior to being retained to handle the AKC’s PR account going forward. But where have they been and what have they done since?

If you point to appearances on “Fox and Friends” and the “Today Show”, with dogs in Halloween costumes or in order to introduce newly recognized breeds, as examples of a “new, exciting and engaging dialogue” for AKC, you should know that the AKC has had a positive relationship with those media outlets that long predates Edelman. In fact, the ability to appear on the network morning shows at a moment’s notice has long been cited as one of the most compelling reasons for maintaining an AKC office in New York, despite the significant costs associated with having such an office.

If you point to the communications you receive as a club member or legislative liaison regarding legislation that threatens your rights as a breeder or dog owner as examples of “unique capabilities in grassroots communication and mobilization”, you should know that AKC’s highly talented Government Relations team, led by Sheila Goffe, solely and skillfully drives the bus in creating those communications.

They are not only trained and experienced government and political affairs professionals, but also

passionate dog people: breeders, exhibitors, and trainers.

If you point to AKC’s string of legislative successes, year over year, as proof of “effective legislator communications”, again, you should know that those communications, both written and in person, come wholly from the AKC GR team, and on the federal level, together with its talented and savvy federal advocate Mike Williams of Barnes and Thornburg. And most recently, AKC has utilized the energetic and gifted team of Scott and Kristen Laster of Southern Strategy Group in North Carolina, in order to successfully beat back HSUS’s and ASPCA’s increasing efforts and resources to claim a legislative victory against AKC on its home turf.

But the AKC GR team has done more than effectively communicate with legislators; they have done what really matters in politics—they have built successful relationships.

It starts every year, when GR team members Melissa Ferrell and Jennifer Clark attend the National Conference of State Legislators, a gathering of members of state legislatures from all across the country. The HSUS attends NCSL annually as well, and its booth participants often sit alone and skulk, watching the steady stream of legislators visiting with Melissa and Jennifer to hear the AKC’s positive message, learn AKC’s position on key dog issues, and share pictures of their beloved family members. Time and time again, the relationships built at that conference prove critical when AKC needs a name and a face to call on in a state in order to combat damaging legislation, and conversely, when a legislator needs AKC’s guidance

“The AKC needs to take a lesson from its GR Department: Effective communications comes first from speaking from the heart, with truth and passion.

Credibility in those communications comes from speaking with substance, about what you know. “

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in formulating a position on or substitute language for a bill.

In state after state, and in the halls of Congress, the AKC GR team has demonstrated that it is a credible and formidable voice on all issues relating to dog ownership and breeding. Their credibility comes from caring, their strategy from substance. One need not look any further than at the head of AKC GR to understand the team’s inherent belief in the mission and the work of AKC. It starts with Sheila, a breeder of Siberian Huskies who successfully shows her own dogs. A breeder who has worried about suitable puppy homes, who has agonized over the beautiful bitch who can’t seem to get pregnant, who has cried over the death of the rescue dog who stole her heart. When Sheila talks to legislators about the unintended consequences of legislation that lumps all breeders together, she speaks not just from political savvy and experience, she speaks from years of living and breathing the challenges and fears breeders face. No PR executive can put that kind of experience, heart, and soul, into a “dialogue” or a “communication”, much less a “tweet”.

The AKC needs to take a lesson from its GR Department: Effective communications comes first from speaking from the heart, with truth and passion. Credibility in those communications comes from speaking with substance, about what you know. And the ability to mobilize people with those communications comes from trust, trust that evolves out of an established, genuine relationship.

It’s hard to find much truth or passion, much less substance, in dogs in costumes. It’s time for the AKC to change the channel.

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As for exhibitors determining who the good judges are, to some extent the knowledgeable exhibitors are already doing just that by entering fewer shows and doing it more selectively. The less knowledgeable think the judge that put their dog up last weekend is a good judge, and the one that did not put the dog up is a bad judge.

Show chairmen hire judges based on many factors and often, the quality of judging is not one of them.

The “marketplace” is thus susceptible to the self-promoters and smooth talkers, and the judges who carefully choose to reward dogs that will lead to more assignments.

As for the argument that too few judges judge too many shows - there are other ways of dealing with this situation. For years, no, for decades, judges have been restricted from judging the same breed at more than one show within 30 days and 200 miles. Why not, for example, 60 days and 300 miles? It’s a big country and people travel farther than they used to, and of course there is the oversupply of dog shows taking up almost every weekend year round as well as many weekdays. And why not provide significantly greater benefits for clubs that hire new and permit judges, and make it really worth the effort?

On the positive side - I

was happy to see recognized the fact that judges who have been judging for some time and have a fair number of breeds, should not have to jump through as many hoops as beginners. That said, though, sometimes the fact that a judge has acquired several groups does not mean they should get any more.... the Peter Principle applies. I was also happy to see recognition that some parent clubs really need help with their judges ed programs and that AKC might be the agency to provide that.

As for the in-ring mentoring, or apprenticing: this is not new as we had the in-ring observations some years ago.

When those were good, they were very helpful (I speak from personal experience). The problem appeared to be that too many applicants were in such a rush that they were not at all selective in choosing who to observe under, with the inevitable result that too often it was the “blind leading the blind.” There would need to be clear, enforceable qualifications for the mentor judges.

I would dearly love to think that the Board will very carefully review comments received, and think again about the importance to breeders and exhibitors of maintaining at least a good effort towards supporting quality of judging....not just quantity.

“As for the argument that too few judges judge too many shows - there are other ways of dealing with this situation.“

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vidually owned family dogs that were spayed or neutered at a young age. This medical procedure for the most part had nothing to do with the conformation quality of the animal or for health reasons, but rather it was suggested that they spay or neuter by their vet or friends.

In my opinion the FSS and Miscellaneous breeds competing in conformation at Open Shows and in the Miscellaneous classes should be considered as an introductory step for the breed to become recognized and developed, eventually to join the AKC on a more formal basis. We should be encouraging these new people and potential exhibitors into the sport rather than discouraging them from competing in conformation only because their dog is spayed or neutered.

They can benefit from learning AKC procedures, history and background of their breed including points of quality with the knowledge that once their breed is accepted into a regular group, conformation show dogs cannot be spayed or neutered. These individuals could increase entries now, and continue to be future exhibitors with dogs that are not spayed or neutered if they enjoy conformation competition.

There are so many of us who can learn faster and better by seeing more of these breeds in competition at our shows.

This “introduction” and actual experience showing in conformation with their spayed or neutered dog could have them continuing to show by obtaining a dog that is not spayed or neutered for future exhibition. By then they will have gained experience in showing and education in what dogs of quality possess.

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The next dog they purchase they can then make an educated and informed decision on whether to spay or neuter. They would also become more knowledgeable about the AKC with hopefully having had a good experience. Now we have developed an educated individual who consciously does not spay or neuter their dog and who continues to enjoy AKC events and competition.

Once again, the AKC’s stated purpose for dog shows is to evaluate breeding stock--in order to promote, preserve and protect pure bred dogs. Allowing these spayed and neutered dogs to be shown in the Open Shows and Miscellaneous classes while educating the owners and all of us on the show grounds is promoting the breeds. We will have a much better opportunity to recognize these breeds, know their character and learn about them. The AKC requirements could be more easily met with increased membership, education and awareness within the individual breed clubs to preserve and protect quality dogs in the future for breeding and exhibition.

This all equals increased entries for dog shows, increased fees and additional income for the AKC with little if any expense for Clubs or the AKC. Meanwhile we are all better educated by having more of these “new” breeds available to be seen, judged and observed at the dog show. This is a chance to get new and fresh people into showing and exhibiting dogs as well as to compete in all the various forms of competition we have to offer all at little or no additional expense. This is a win situation for all— Clubs, judges, AKC, and the owners and exhibitors of the Misc and FSS breeds. That is my opinion!

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Thank You Judge Gary Doerge for this GROUP PLACEMENT at Westbury Kennel Association, September 28, 2014

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GCH. SOMERRI JAMIESON’S ECHO OF WHISKEY Owned & Bred by SOMERRI KENNELS Jamieson Lewis 50 YEARS with 14 Generations of Norwegian Elkhounds Alicia Lewis Bea Hall & Ed Hall & Laura Lewis & Alice Lewis & Holly Lewis Laura Lewis wwww.somerrikennels.com *The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

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unit from which I could reach the K9 unit, hoping it would pave the way to becoming a dog handler.

I enlisted in March 2009, and went through the trial period and on the Saturday after this period the unit notified me I had qualified. However, there was one little problem, on Sunday I was to report for pilots’ training and have to make up my mind: either sign a waiver for the K9 and begin pilots’ training or stay in the K9 unit. I decided to try to become a pilot.

I went through the trial period there and then began to serve as a “budding pilot” in the air force. After 15 flights (in the form of tests) I realized I did not connect that well to flying and to the people.

I failed flight 15 and underwent a week of interviews.

During this week, they allowed people from elite units (pilots, commando, navy seals, etc.) to undergo interviews for all interesting elite units in the IDF. At the end of the week of interviews they tell the soldier which of the interviews they had passed and they must choose the units they would like to serve in, in descending order.

I went to all the interviews in order to gain confidence for the “big audition” – the K9 unit. They told me only 5 interviewees (of around 700 in total) are accepted to the K9 unit and most of them are assisted by the appropriate connections.

When I entered the interview, they asked my name and I answered. “Oh, you are the guy who betrayed the unit to become a pilot?” That’s how the interview with the high ranking officer began. They asked me what made me think that I of all people would be suitable to serve in the unit. I responded by saying: “I of all the people you are interviewing here am the only person who wanted to go to the K9 unit, enlisted for the training period and passed it. Now I am coming back to you on all four to get a friend on four. I had a dream – to become a pilot, and I am sure you too, if you had this dream, would have done anything to make it come true. But after I understood that is not what I would really like to do in my military service, I am here to enlist for the K9 unit and nothing else.”

The interviewers were in shock and

dismissed me… Several days later I was notified I had passed the interview. I enlisted to the K9 unit in November 2009, to serve on the pursuit team.

Training in the unit takes one year and 4 months and includes two major stages: The first stage is the infantry training stage (boot camp, advanced training, weeks of specific combat). The K9 unit soldiers undergo boot camp (4 months) and advanced training (2 months) with a battalion of an infantry division where they receive their certificate as infantry soldiers. They then go to the unit base where they undergo four additional months of combat training (navigation, anti-terror course, warfare in urban terrain etc.) – training that takes the soldiers to the level of a commando.

Then the second stage begins in the K9 unit itself. This stage deals mainly with dogs and is divided into two key stages: basic dog training – stage A (carried out by dog trainers) and second stage – stage B that includes making acquaintance with the dog, training, obedience and so on). At this stage the soldiers are divided into different types of work (explosives, attach and pursuit).

In pursuit (the work I was qualified for) we had to pass 4 exams with the dog in order to become operational. A handful of the pursuit team manages to complete the operational course since this is the most difficult of all work.

Exams include (tracking on leash, tracking off leash, test given by the head trainer in the unit, operational test comprised of tracking for over 4km under difficult conditions and managing a combat force).

Training for pursuit includes two basic stages. The first is obedience – the dogs are taught commands including “sit, down, here, heel etc.” They are also taught not to approach scattered food and not to eat without permission, not to chase cats, absolute discipline, near and remote, response to whispers (for operational purposes) and more.

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can be up to 200m away from the handler. The dog is taught to track in all types of terrain and conditions: grass, bushes, vegetation, forests, soil, paths and even roads. It is also taught to track in all possible operational situations: all types of weather, harsh noises, day and night, with blasts and shots in the background, helicopters and other distractions.

The soldiers themselves train their dogs, guided by instructors. In some cases, soldiers are partnered with an operation dog that had been handled by a veteran soldier who was discharged while others receive puppies. I got a six-month old puppy that didn’t even know the basic commands of sit and down.

Operational service is divided into two parts: one week on call and one week’s training. When we are on call, we are dispatched to different bases that received warning of terrorist infiltration across the border (Gaza, Egypt, Syria or Lebanon). During this period, the dog handler has a room on his own and he is associated with a local combat team. We do not have a direct commander so the handler bears great responsibility.

We begin with breakfast, morning exercises with the dog, gym, rest, obedience training with the dog, tracking training, rest…

At one of these times we will probably be called to action. When we hear the alarm, we have 90 seconds to put on combat uniform, personal equipment, equipment for the dog, helmet, weapon, vest, water, dog food, knee pads, etc.

Training – during the week’s training we go back to the unit where our schedule is determined by the commanders, usually lots of training.

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team a “K9 update” and explains what they should do. The entire team walks in a single file behind the handler and is only supposed to move on his command – this is where the unit’s slogan, The Leaders, comes from.

The team asks a lot of questions about the dog and usually wants to “see what he’s worth” and have him do all sorts of obedience exercises.

When out on combat action, the handler has to carry food and water for 3 days and 3 nights for himself and his dog. You don’t want to know how much it weighs!

In addition, the handler carries all the gear required of regular combatants and equipment for control over the dog: ball, whistle, leads, muzzles, collars, etc.

The things I am about to tell you now I have never shared with anyone, not even my family: One day I was summoned for action with a combat unit. That day my life changed. We drove in a military vehicle, the platoon commander, driver, communication guy, me and my dog Hockey.

The alert: “7 armed terrorists 100m from the border, approaching Israeli territory. We set up an ambush inside the vehicle. We

turned off the lights. In the meantime, the lookouts pointed at the approaching band with special laser that can only be viewed with night vision devices. I was the only one with this device so I kept an eye out for the band that approached the border fence with Egypt and reported to the platoon commander every few minutes.

On the Egyptian border there are posts with Egyptian police whose instructions are “see them – shoot them”, no matter who they spot.

When the band was at a 50m distance from the fence I reported to the platoon commander. He gave an instruction to shoot an illumination bomb. In an instance, the terrain was flooded with daylight. The Egyptian police on the border spotted the band and began to shoot at them. The band started to run towards the fence, 2 died on the fence while 5 managed to make their way into Israel.

They continued to run in the direction of an Israel military base. The police continued shooting in all directions (including into Israel). The platoon commander, driver and communications man with me were in total shock. I yelled to the commander, “What do we do?,” but he did not respond.

I immediately got off the armored vehicle, took Hockey with me and started to run in the direction of the terrorists under complete darkness with shots whizzing around me.

I ran about 200m when I discovered I was all alone. I yelled to the radio operator to join me. He got off the vehicle and started running, but was quite far from me. I continued running until I saw Hockey had noticed one of the terrorists.

I kept hearing on the radio “5 terrorists, 2 armed”. I gave Hockey the command to attack and sent him forward.

Hockey caught the first terrorist. I reached him in complete darkness (you literally cannot see a thing), handcuffed him and continued on to the next one and the next one.

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rorist, he waived a knife at me and tried to stab me. Hockey leaped at him and was stabbed instead of me. But Hockey did not stop and decided to go after the last terrorist whom we finally caught.

I was brought back to the unit where I received a medal and “operational success” diploma from the general in charge and mails from the chief of staff.

A month after this action, I took part in the unit instructors’ course and then in a special sergeants’ course in which I excelled.

I continued my duty as a dog training instructor.

During my service, while still a rookie, I was given Hockey, a puppy (the youngest dog in the unit).

He didn’t know any commands, not even “sit”. This caused me to lag behind my other team members (the pursuit team) so I set myself a target to succeed with him at least as much as them and even more than that.

In order to become operational you have to take tests. One test for attack, two tests for explosives and four tests for pursuit. Actually, most of the combatants who graduate the pursuit course are not operational.

Hockey and I went through a lot. I would get up in the early hours of the morning (against orders), go to Hockey’s pen and train him over and over again.

Three months before the end of the course, I began to take the tests with Hockey and we passed them all at first attempt, one by one. We won the title “youngest operational pursuit dog”.

Two months before the end of training I was summoned for operation in Judea and Samaria (regular operation but I was very lucky) and we were awarded a medal for successful operation. One month later I took part in the action I described above, again getting a medal.

We broke all the unit records:

passed all four tests at first attempt, were the first in the pursuit team to take part in operational duty and received a record number of medals and certificates.

Hockey was like the little brother for whom I had to care more than myself. We slept together, trained together, lay in ambush together, operation, tests, marches, training, demonstrations… actually, everything I did in the unit was with him. The bond we had was hard to explain.

Hockey suffered from separation anxiety. Whenever I was on leave for the weekend and he remained in the unit, he would not eat, would suffer from diarrhea and was extremely desolate.

Hockey saved my life twice in op-

erational combat, he even took a knife stab for me and saved my life.

When I was discharged, I had to give him to another soldier and so he was partnered with my best subordinate.

When I handed him over to the other soldier, I felt as though my girlfriend had cheated on me, that I was losing my younger brother, and couldn’t help from crying over him. Due to his separation anxiety, I was not supposed to come back to see him after I left.

I was told he was undernourished for several months and didn’t even respond to his new handler’s commands.

During the recent war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, I volunteered to hand out packages to soldiers. When we were handing out packages near the Gaza Strip, I suddenly recognized a soldier from the K9 unit and asked him about Hockey, my dog. He immediately asked me if I was ___ and told me Hockey had recently been discharged due to cancer and was adopted by his handler.

I immediately went to see him and he identified me right away, jumped up on me and hugged me like only he could, licking my face. The owner was extremely surprised to see Hockey licking me because he never licked anyone.

Two months later, the soldier notified me Hockey had died of cancer.

I couldn’t stop crying. I had lost my baby. I wrote a heartfelt post on Facebook with the last photos of me and Hockey and the support was overwhelming.

I have nothing to add about the bond we have. I believe noone in the world can comprehend the bond between a K9 unit handler and his dog, definitely not my relationship with Hockey.

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that they fail to go to the heart of the matter, which is the inability of too many people to be able to perform as a judge with which to begin. They create new competitions on top of old foundations to assuage their own egos and now are looking to find new and more judges to fill slots for many a show, which will not be being held with which to begin.

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n my opinion the Poindexter article in this week’s issue of DOG NEWS raises some pretty salient points about the successes and failures of the past several years certainly insofar as pr is concerned with AKC. Some of the departments in North Carolina have been particularly successful and are so named and applauded by Margaret. The biggest questionable area for her seems to come from New York insofar as pr is concerned

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both within and without the offices themselves. Many of these conclusions seemed based on the failure of Edelman to come through as the high profile pr firm presented to the Fancy in Alan’s introductory remarks about them in the Chairman’s Report. Certainly there have been no overt follow-ups that I have seen nor can remember extolling innovative projects initiated by them or the people supposedly working with them, Bob Amen and Chris Walker. Indeed the failure of more publicity for AKC’s ACE Awards appears to be a legitimate concern particularly when compared to the high profile success of the American Humane Association’s “Hero Dog Awards”, which were begun only two or three years ago as compared to the 10-year old at

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least ACE awards. Surely her frustrations sound reasonable and I must admit I have raised similar points in other areas insofar as how productive Edelman has been for AKC overall.

Never a reply from my attempts at contacting Edelman nor from AKC on those points either.

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s many of you are aware Gene and I were awarded Terrier Breeder of the Year this year with the overall winner to be announced in Orlando. As you can all imagine we were thrilled beyond words at this great honor but along with the rest of you had little idea how the nominations were made, what the criteria are and the like. We asked around and got some kind of answers, which were neither particularly finite nor definite. So imagine my surprise to see that in all places but in the Board Minutes under the President’s Report is a topic headlined Breeder of the Year!! It seemed the Board too asked Staff to tell them what the criteria is in selecting the AKC Breeder of the Year nominees! A list of criteria was given to which the Board asked the staff to add health testing as well as that future Breeders of the Year be Breeders of Merit as well. Who is on the Committee and does the voting was never mentioned-this to prevent politicking one would suppose. So you see I was not too off base in wondering what the requirement for being nominated for this AKC award were-since the Board itself was in the dark too about this matter.

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