TopDogWeekly’s Cover Dog... HOUSTON • Am & Can Ch. Coodeefoo Northern Star
Taeplace Pekingese is proud to have this beautiful young Pekingese on this week’s cover. Houston, more formally known as Am & Can Ch. Coodeefoo Northern Star was bred by, Gene Hinson III and Randall Ferguson in the U.S. He arrived at Taeplace as a promising youngster in July of 2012, in very quick order in 2013 before his first birthday he finished in the U.S. with major wins under well known, and respected Pekingese Breeder/ Judges and Toy/Judges. In Canada he is a multi Group winner and just recently sired his first litter for us and we look forward to watching them grow up. Houston is a descendant of our Multi BIS BISS Am & Can Ch. TaePlace Monet, who was Canada’s Top Dog of All Breeds in 2000 through his mother’s side of his pedigree, coupled with the impressive lineage and conformation of the Champions and Best in Specialty winners of Coodeefoo. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to bring Houston to Canada and we look forward to the future. Breeder Gene Hinson III & Randall Ferguson Owner/Handler Beth Ferrier Owner Gene Hinson III
BEST IN SHOWS week ending October 14th, 2013
ALBERNI VALLEY KENNEL CLUB – BRITISH COLUMBIA Friday West Highland White Terrier Ch. Whitebriar Jaw Dropper Judge: Ed MacDonald Saturday West Highland White Terrier Ch. Whitebriar Jaw Dropper Judge: Avery Gaudin Sunday Siberian Husky Ch. Snowmist’s Wind N’ Reigning Judge: Doug Gaudin ELGIN COUNTY KENNEL CLUB – ONTARIO Friday Standard Poodle GChEx. Vetset Kate Winsit Judge: Margaret Jones Saturday Boxer Ch. Cinrhee Keep Me in Mind Judge: Gloria Geringer Sunday Bullmastiff Ch. Bramstoke’s Carved In Stone Judge: Christian Gomez
UPCOMING SHOWS this weekend
Lower Mainland Dog Fanciers – British Columbia Battle River Canine Association – Alberta Belleville & District Kennel Club – Ontario Island Dog Club – Prince Edward Island
INSIDE COVER DOG Multi BIS BISS Am & Can Ch. Symarun’s Forbidden Love Damon Damon was bred by Carol & Carrie Randle of Symarun Shih Tzu fame in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He finished his Canadian Championship as a Jr. Puppy with 4 Best Puppy In Shows and ended his puppy career as Canada’s #1 Shih Tzu Puppy. When Damon turned a year old he went down to Mandy Carlson in the United States, to obtain his American Championship, which he did undefeated. 2013 to date has become a fabulous year for Damon, who at just 2 years of age, and with very limited showing he has been awarded: • 6 Best In Shows • 2 Reserve Best In Shows • 1 Best In Non Sporting Group Specialty • 22 Non Sporting Group Firsts Damon is Canada’s # 1 Shih Tzu and #4 Non-Sporting Dog. We thank all the Judges who have awarded this beautiful Shih Tzu in 2013. Damon has been Owner/Handled by Patty Panchuk & Carrie Randle Breeder: Carol & Carrie Randle Owner: Patty Panchuk Co-Owners: Carol & Carrie Randle.
TOP TEN ALL BREEDS Courtesy of CanuckDogs.com
RANK DOG NAME
POINTS
1
Ch Whitebriar Jaw Dropper - West Highland White Terrier
17601
2
Ch Champagne Charly V. Tani Kazari - Aenpinscher
7683
3
GChEx NicNak's Second To None - Yorkshire Terrier
6526
4
GChEx Vetset Kate Winsit - Standard Poodle
6267
5
GCh Polo's Air Force One - Afghan Hound
5923
6
GChEx Roaneden's Int'l Harvester - Nova Scotia Duck Toller
5298
7
Ch Ahmahr Nahr's The Lost Angel Gabriel - Basenji
5224
8
Ch Hearthside Riveredge Sure Is Summum - Australian Shepherd
4602
9
GChEx Goldgrove High Intensity - Doberman Pinscher
4239
10
GChEx Tashtins Lookin For Trouble - Beagle
4161
(TopDogWeekly does not verify these stats. They are supplied as a courtesy to our readers)
MEET OUR JUDGE OF THE WEEK JOHN ROWTON
1.
Home city? Portland, Oregon, but I was born in Ontario and grew up in B.C
2. Breed or Breed’s you have bred? Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Bedlington Terriers and Borzoi 3. Years you have been Judging? Since 1986 4. Licensed for or, on Permit for? All Breeds 5. Judged in what Countries? Canada and the U.S of course, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines, China, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, Columbia and Argentina 6. All time favorite assignment? There are many, but being asked to do the Doberman Regional in Brazil the day before their National was an honor and a lovely entry of 139. 7.
Favorite dog or dogs Judged from the past? Rather than favorite dogs, I will write about the most exciting best in show line up so far. It was in Calgary at the CKOC shows in November 2012. Six of the Ten Top Dogs in the country were in the ring. What a lineup – beautiful dogs. Had that been my last best in show to judge ever… I would have been okay with that!!!!
8. Pet peeves in your ring? People that come back to me then hold their hand in front of their dogs face. They get to see expression really well – me not so much. 9. Favorite way to relax? That would be at home in Corbett, Oregon with my wife Michelle. We have 5 acres, which keeps us very busy and there are always projects to do. We have our own dog walk, plus our carriage house (serves as a barn for our two horses and a garage for the cars and horse trailer is set up with mirrors and some agility equipment so we can train. 10. How do you occupy your time in travel? Candy Crush and talking books 11. What do you think is the biggest problem facing our Sport? I think we are losing breeders many of us are breeding less as time goes by. Additionally I think some exhibitors don’t get the chance to learn from some old timers – knowledge is sometimes not passed along – even though the opportunity is often there. 12. What are your thoughts on Limit Dog Show’s? I think they are fine, when they are used for their intended purpose to help remote clubs. I don’t thing they belong in major cities.
CANADIAN KENNEL CLUB MASTER BREEDER PROGRAM
CKC MASTER BREEDER REQUIREMENTS CKC membership has been maintained for the last twenty (20) consecutive years. The applicant has bred (or co-bred) the same breed or several breeds for a minimum of twenty (20) years. The applicant has never been subject to disciplinary action by the CKC. The applicant has bred (co-bred) at least (20) Canadian Champions in conformation or performance events. The applicant has bred (or co-bred) at least one of the following 1. a CKC All Breed Best in Show winner 2. a CKC National Best in Specialty winner in conformation or performance events (any CKC recognized country) 3. a dog or dogs that with twenty (20) placements at the group level at CKC events. 4. Ten (10) High in Trial winners or any ten (10) of performance event winners at CKC events The applicant must certify that appropriate health screens (as required by the parent club) are performed on Sire and Dam of litters bred. The applicant must have a provable track record of registering 100% of the live puppies produced. The applicant must have a minimum of twenty (20) years of verifiable membership in at least one CKC accredited club.
CKC INTERNATIONAL MASTER BREEDER REQUIREMENTS CKC membership must have been maintained for the last twenty (20) consecutive years. The applicant has been designated as a CKC Master Breeder The Applicant has never been subjected to disciplinary action by the CKC The applicant has bred (co-bred) at least twenty (20) Non-Canadian Champion dogs registered in a country (ies) recognized by CKC As of today There are 16 CKC recognized Master Breeders There are 2 CKC recognized International Master Breeders Mr. Doug Windsor Butterblac Golden Retrievers and Flat Coated Retrievers Paul & Minnie Odenkirchen Mi-Pao Chow Chows For more information on the CKC Master & International Breeders Program www.ckc.ca
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
With entries dwindling and the total expense of putting on a dog show being so high, if clubs joined together and formed cluster weekends could this work in Canada as it has in the U.S. for so many years? Pam Bruce Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge I have suggested that for years now and added it to every interview - I think that would be PARAMOUNT to keep clubs alive!! YES!! Laurie Savoie Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor Theory sounds great, and in fact, a FEW seem to be making the attempt. However, the main barrier here still seems to be the reluctance of Clubs to co-operate with each other... sort of a ‘turf war’ idea. They must realize they ALL ‘win’ be combining forces, and labor. Jim Reynolds Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge I find the question intriguing and must start with the fact that I am against anything that would increase the number of shows. I feel this does nothing for the animals, the quality of the championship and the casual exhibitor who simply wants to enjoy their dog and occasional competition be it from financial or personal needs. In the U.S. the move to clusters is based on the fact that with very few exceptions clubs are restricted to two shows. The move to combine into clusters has allowed for four shows at the same time and frequently a day of specialties in advance or another club might join to provide 5 days. In Canada we already have the possibility for a club to have 3 shows and separate specialties on the same day so in fact have the equivalent of a cluster in three days where there is the interest of the exhibiting community. The effect of the cluster of which I see in the U.S. is to make it more difficult for individual clubs to keep their identity, if they want to have a single show or perhaps two shows on a weekend. I strongly believe that this anonymity among the clubs is one of the factors in causing clubs and their memberships to atrophy coming to rely on professionals at most roles and not encouraging the growth of young members. I do not for a moment want to become one of those “good old days” people. Those days are gone but there was something to be said for my early days in the Ottawa Kennel Club where everything from secretarial to superintending to helping with catalogues and volunteering to be a ring steward made it possible to feel involved and part of the show scene. Tammy & Gerry Desjardins Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor This is actually something we have brought up to our all breed club. I don’t see why it couldn’t work for us in the same way it does for the U.S shows. Ed Graveley CKC Director (Quebec) It would only work in some regions of the country where clubs were capable of providing the exhibitor with a quality venue. Then the clubs would have to work together which is much easier said than done!
In the end clusters are not the answer to our problem. Simply put, “ Far to many dog shows in certain areas of the country and not enough dogs to go around.” Furthermore registration has dropped by over 45% since 1995 but the number of shows has increased. It is not Rocket Science! Heather Brennan Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge The concept of cluster weekend shows is sound and works well when there is a large dog show population on which to draw. I think the concept would work here in Canada as well if we could manage to get clubs working together. However, it will only result in increased entries if the CKC also increases the distance allowed between shows, so that each area has one cluster show per weekend to attend. The introduction of cluster shows will not produce a meaningful increase in entries if there are other shows within reasonable driving distance - having spent 25 years living in Northern Ontario and exhibiting dogs, a reasonable distance to me is an eight hour drive. The dilemma of a dwindling purebred dog population and too many shows offered on a weekend will not be solved with the introduction of cluster show weekends unless other measures are also introduced. Joy Hodgkinson Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge Not only does this model work successfully in the U.S, it is utilized in Australia as well. John and I have just returned from judging the International shows near Sydney, at Newcastle, New South Wales. The Cessnock Dog Club and McQuarie Lake Dog Club host 6 shows in 3 days between them. In this case each show had an entry of over 800 dogs. Certainly the cluster show concept seems to offer clubs the opportunity to potentially share costs of international judges and infrastructure. The cost of bringing Canadian judges from far parts of our very large country, is often as expensive, if not more, to fly a judge in from BC or Alberta to Ontario, in high season ( June/July/August), as it is to bring them from abroad. If this does result in combining clubs shows and freeing up former show weekends, it will not be any benefit unless the CKC takes a firm stand to prevent new clubs from then establishing more shows on the now open weekends. High entry fees discourage exhibitors from entering as many shows as they once did, and from continuing to show their dog(s) as Specials, despite the Grand Champion title. But for the clubs, there are so many unavoidable fixed costs, such as the recording fee of over $8.00 an entry that is paid directly to the CKC and the mandatory requirement to provide ribbons that many exhibitors just throw away or hand back to the club. In Australia, ribbons are not given out in the ring, except Group and BIS awards, but any exhibitor who would like to have one, is entitled to go to the show office and collect it. If All Breed Clubs were allowed to sponsor Specialties in conjunction with their shows, to take advantage of the expertise of one or more of their judges in particular breed(s), always providing it did not conflict with specialty clubs shows in the region, a four day weekend could offer 2 All Breed Clubs the opportunity to run up to 6 All Breed Shows between them and have 1 day of Specialties. This could also work by involving Specialty Clubs to offer their own shows. Generally, I think there is a need for greater flexibility of options, adaptable to the circumstances in each region. The clubs know what works in their areas and ought to be given the chance to be innovative, providing no other event is impacted adversely. It is a subject of great concern to those of us with a lifetime spent in purebred dogs. At Valley K.C. for 2014 we have moved our show site to a fabulous park near Carleton Place, exactly the same distance from Kars, as Lombardy is, and more or less where we started out all those years ago in the 80’s. I can hardly believe it is still the same crew running the show as it began with!!! The grass is amazing, thick and fine, and the ground is level, in our new park, the
Beckwith Park, and we are hoping to have some fun events for the exhibitors. It’s always a bit of a gamble to change locations, but this will be a huge improvement. Larry Kereluke Owner/Exhibitor/Judge/CKC Director Manitoba Wish this was the ‘easy’ answer - cluster shows - but I’m afraid it isn’t. I doubt it would have the desired effect. In my opinion exhibitors would quite simply pick and choose shows. One could define our limit shows as ‘cluster’ shows, but even some of these fail to fill nowadays. So what is the answer? We need to recognize the ailment, before we can begin to fix the problem. Declining entries can be attributed to many factors, declining registration being the primary reason. You can add a limited amount of disposal income high cost of travel, diversified interests, and the list goes on. Joy Huntley Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge I believe that it could work!!!! However, egos have to be put aside. All Breed Clubs would have to “share” weekend dates—and most are loathe to give up a Saturday or Sunday. Clubs could band together and have three day Shows—Friday, Saturday and Sunday and rotate every year so that each Club got to have their Show on a Saturday. So instead of the Bobcayeon KC Show (for example) it would become the Cottage Country Circuit with two other clubs, all retaining their individuality but becoming part of a Cluster.... The CKC would have to understand that venues are becoming expensive, and for the Exhibitor—motels have to be reasonably priced as well. So the areas of operation would have to be re-thought. I believe that the Shows in Hamburg, NY in January have proved that Clustering does work. Marg Brown Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor It would be a good idea, but I doubt it would work. The clusters are not as plentiful or as big as they used to be in the USA. Club members have strong differences of opinions, one club having less workers than the other club, money issues etc. I am a member of two major All Breed Clubs and it is always the same few who come out to do all of the work. Ideally clubs working together sounds like a good idea to help alleviate the workload, but I have seen and heard from club members in the USA “That their club did most of the work and the other club got more entries and more money.” So clubs pull out and go their separate way and hope to survive. In years gone by club members worked hard, hustled to get sponsors for their catalogues, trophies, donations etc. One club I am a member of used to have a membership of 120, now the membership has dwindled to 60 and 50% of those members are life members. To make a club survive you have to treat it like a business. You have to work hard to make the show a success. Make your show friendly so people look forward to putting in an entry. Without new members coming into the club with new ideas and willingness to work a club gets stuck in a rut. It is hard to get two breeders to agree let alone two or three clubs agreeing. Shelley Gerig Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor I can only see this being feasible in well populated areas where there were clubs within an hour or so drive of each other, such as in southern Ontario, but in the rest of the country... not so much. With the nearest shows being 400 miles from where my shows are there is not much chance of a cluster working.....and I would think that would be true for most of the country.
Monika Pinsker Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor We have been approved by CKC on a trial basis to combine the Auld Lang Syne Dog Association and the Renaissance Dog Association shows this coming April 2014, forming a cluster of 6 all breed days of showing. April 16,17,18,19,20,21 we will be able to tell you how this goes after it is over. As both Clubs have the same membership it is easy to do, however it might be more difficult with combining other clubs for example as to who does the set-up, take-down, etc.etc. We seem to be attracting a lot of Specialties since the forming of this set of Cluster shows. We have 22 or 23 specialties being held in conjunction at this stage, anyway, we will be able to tell you more when it is all done regarding the pros and cons. Kerri Brangers Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor I definitely think that cluster weekends could be very beneficial, especially to clubs, and it certainly works well in the U.S. But how would this work in Canada since most clubs hold shows that are 3 or more days long. In the U.S. clubs are one or two day shows that cluster together to make up a 3 or 4 day, event. If Canadian shows followed the U.S. pattern of grouping together one/two day shows into a cluster I feel this could work. But if our shows maintain the current format of 3 and 4 day, sets of shows show’s how would clustering be any different than it is right now. Dick Lopaschuk Breeder/Owner/Exhibitor/Judge This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart and I now see several clubs in B.C are finally doing the Cluster weekends. I am also an advocate of multi club circuits, where several clubs would have shows over a two weekend, time frame with little or no travel in between. We used to have this in the Kootenay-Kamloops area of B.C where three clubs held 9 shows in 10 days. In this case entries were higher with the circuit and when the circuit broke down entries have dwindled to almost a limited entry status for several of the clubs. This type of situation has been happening everywhere in Canada, especially when more shows have been granted in urban areas.