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contents 10 editorial
14 irving’s impressions / ronnie irving
october 5, 2012
18 babbling: role models; morals and ethics/ geir flyckt-pedersen 22 question of the week / matthew h. stander 26 veterinary topics/ connie vanacore 30 inside out: get a terrier/ john mandeville 34 bests of the week
38 ten questions asked of daryl martin 42 brace yourself: group shows and breeders / andrew brace 44 great dog men of the past and present:
walter goodman/ desmond j. murphy with robert a. flanders
46 rare breeds of the world: estonian hound / agnes buchwald
122 handlers directory 124 subscription rates 126 classified advertising
50 off the leash: total recall /shaun coen
128 advertising rates
52 from a field-show judge’s perspective: beauty is in the eye
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of the beholder /george bell
54 the nominating committee, westbury kennel association
and more /matthew h. stander
60 inbreeding: good or bad? /patricia gail burnham 76 the judges’ choice: the welsh terrier /reprinted courtesy
of the kennel gazette
82 little dogs, big personalities: the norfolk terrier /mj nelson 94 obedience and rally musings /minta “mike”williquette 102 the upside of the seesaw /sharon anderson
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110 the gossip column / eugene z. zaphiris 114 click - westbury kennel association / eugene z. zaphiris 118 click - the way we were / leslie simis 121 letters to the editor
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contents 10 editorial
14 irving’s impressions / ronnie irving
october 5, 2012
18 babbling: role models; morals and ethics/ geir flyckt-pedersen 22 question of the week / matthew h. stander 26 veterinary topics/ connie vanacore 30 inside out: get a terrier/ john mandeville 34 bests of the week
38 ten questions asked of daryl martin 42 brace yourself: group shows and breeders / andrew brace 44 great dog men of the past and present:
walter goodman/ desmond j. murphy with robert a. flanders
46 rare breeds of the world: estonian hound / agnes buchwald
122 handlers directory 124 subscription rates 126 classified advertising
50 off the leash: total recall /shaun coen
128 advertising rates
52 from a field-show judge’s perspective: beauty is in the eye
All advertisements are copyrighted and owned by DOG NEWS, Harris Publications, unless received camera-ready. Permission to reprint must be requested in writing.
of the beholder /george bell
54 the nominating committee, westbury kennel association
and more /matthew h. stander
60 inbreeding: good or bad? /patricia gail burnham 76 the judges’ choice: the welsh terrier /reprinted courtesy
of the kennel gazette
82 little dogs, big personalities: the norfolk terrier /mj nelson 94 obedience and rally musings /minta “mike”williquette 102 the upside of the seesaw /sharon anderson
DOG NEWS (ISSN 0886-2133) is published weekly except the last two weeks in December by Harris Publications, 1115 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010. Periodical Postage paid at New York.
110 the gossip column / eugene z. zaphiris 114 click - westbury kennel association / eugene z. zaphiris 118 click - the way we were / leslie simis 121 letters to the editor
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GIVE THEM AN INCH When the Kennel Club in the UK caved in to the over-reaction by the British public to the airing of the distorted and primarily biased Pedigree Dogs Exposed film these pages warned as did many of our writers that the doors were going to be opened to attempts of Governmental interference on every level of dogdom not only in England but throughout the world. And sadly come mid-October in the UK the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee is to hold hearings to discuss the subject of all things dog breeding! How in the world could the subject of breeding the purebred dog take the importance of demanding a hearing before a Committee similar to a Congressional Hearing in the States! This is what those EFRA hearings are comparable to. One would have understood somewhat a hearing on the breeding of cattle or sheep or even horses, all of which are basic to the economy in the UK, but the purebred dog! Really now except for the fact that the bleeding heart animal rightists in that country led by the RSPCA and Professor Sir Patrick Bateson have used the emotional but primarily inaccurate presentation of PDE to sway both the public and governmental appeal into a social issue. In the UK as in America the dog has become a family member and is not the worker of old. And these dog lovers take their religious, social and philosophical morals and wrongly apply these philosophies to the breeding of dogs as well. Sadly these pages’ predictions may come true as an Advisory Council report headed by Professor Sir Patrick Bateson’s so-called Independent Inquiry into Dog Breeding is headed for open public discussion making formal recommendations on breeding dogs. Sir Bateson has been labeled by DOG NEWS in prior editorials as being openly opposed to the breeding of the purebred dog as well as being an opponent of purebred dogs as well. He is a person who applies human social behavior and morals to the animal world generally and to the dog specifically. Based upon his talk at the HSUS meeting of two or three years ago these pages labeled him as being a well meaning individual who had little if any real understanding about the purebred dog and the breeding theories which apply to them. His report unfortunately led directly to the creation of the above named Advisory Council which among other things wants the elimination of the breed standard, will not permit the breeding of any dog-bitch or male- until two years of age and basically totally eliminates line breeding of any sort whatsoever! How could this have gone so far as to demand an equivalent of a Congressional Hearing one must ask. And while it is unlikely to happen here that does not mean it cannot happen here. AKC and our parent Clubs together with the AKC/CHF are far too clever and concerned for our dogs health to permit this situation to go that far. But keep in mind there is a large number of ex-Pats from the UK who are veterinarians particularly at the U of P Veterinary School who support Sir Bateson down the line. Keep an eye on those guys and gals for sure as they have joined hands with the HSUS in the past and will continue to do so in the future unless we can educate them to the ways the concerned breeder in the US really feel. All in all one very tenuous situation which demands constant observation. 10 Dog News
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE RESULTS The Board’s Nominating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the NC)selected from among 9 applicants (not 11) as these pages were originally told two sitting Board Members Carl Ashby and Alan Kalter (the elected Chairman) and two people who never applied to be Board Members before, Gail LeBarge and Harvey Wooding. Its decision to by-pass sitting Board Member Lee Arnold may have been prompted by considerations other than past performances while Tom Davies was said to have been treated as an incumbent Board member notwithstanding the fact that under the term limits By-law he was officially not a sitting Board member as he had to sit out one year under this new rule. Mr. Davies of course was vice-chair for many years to Ron Menaker when Menaker was Board Chair. These pages have been told that both Messrs. Arnold and Davies fully intend to run from the floor and may have already begun to submit petitions in their names to Mr. Crowley. Whether any of the three other applicants intend to run from the floor is unknown to these pages as of this writing. What is known is that the former President of AKC as well as a former Board Member (remember she cast the deciding vote in her own favor whilst sitting on the Board to become President) skipped the application process in the altogether but is running from the floor-at least one petition has already been received for her. One wonders out loud why she adopted this tactic since ALL Delegates received letters soliciting application from the NC. This was ignored by Mrs. Daniels. Some people of course in the past have used this tactic as a means to avoid what some consider “the stigma” of a NC endorsement but quite frankly these pages thought that philosophy went out of fashion years ago. Hopefully the NC followed the By-laws and looked for the four most qualified individuals which these pages are assured they did although it is a bit strange to read some of the e-mails from the Chairperson indicating that a criteria of 2 experienced and 2 fresh faces philosophy was encouraged but not necessarily written in stone. In any event all four people certainly sound strong-some stronger than others but a representative set of individuals for sure. We would be remiss to express our unhappiness with Bob Smith’s decision not to seek re-election to the Board. He is a real dog man who will be seriously missed as he was both progressive and masterful in helping keep what can be a fractious minority in order. Certainly it’s not too late for him to change his mind and run as he represents the majority faction on the current Board which is in need of bolstering at this time. How about it, Bob, if Judi can change her mind about running why can’t you do the same and run from the floor! THE EVOLUTION OF OFA Since the founding of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) in 1966 as a basic hip grading registry OFA has steadily expanded its services to all dog owners supplying them with sophisticated information on many diverse health issues. It is truly one of the premiere organizations in the world for the advancement of real health problems in purebred dogs and does not confuse and bring in social philosophies as does Lord Bateson’s group of followers do, throwing red herrings into the problems of breeding the purebred dog. With the help of Parent Clubs and the AKC more than 381 breeds are enrolled in the databases for their breeds, listing genetically diseases which have been scientifically identified within their breeds. Its most recent development is a new OFA Eye Certification and The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (AVCO) has designated the OFA’s Eye Certification Registry as its endorsed registry as of November 2012. Going forward both OFA and CERF registrations will meet the Canine Health information (CHIC) eye exam criteria. OFA under the leadership of Eddie Dziuk has through the years taken major steps forward but few have been more valuable than his and his organizations efforts to promote honest and open evaluation of breeding stock. Now that’s some information of which EFRA should be made aware, that’s for sure! THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Many of you will be reading this issue at Montgomery but the great majority will be reading the issue after the fact of this great event. The entry is down a smidgen this year but hardly anything to fret about. The rumor mongers were talking entries down by a thousand but let’s try and be factual for a change and subtract properly. In and around 100 down is a proper account and on the subject of accountability how about those Delegate votes. When will they be recorded for the general public to see just where each Delegate and the Club they are supposed to be representing stand on any given issue? Come on folks isn’t there room for accountability on the Delegate level? How long should these people be allowed to hide behind their cocoon of invisibility and keep their true opinions, thoughts and beliefs from the people they are alleged to be representing?
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BY RONNIE IRVING
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hen I wrote a couple of weeks ago about some of the ‘over-the-top’ puppy buying advice being dished out in the UK by various organizations I mentioned the UK’s Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding as one of the groups involved. I said that this Advisory Council was an organisation set up in the wake of the public outcry caused by the Pedigree Dogs Exposed TV Program in 2008. I added that it had recently come out with some guidance notes on puppy buying which were being sent to legislators and government departments as recommendations.
POTENTIALLY MORE SERIOUS It was only after writing that piece that I read reports of some other recommendations being made by the Advisory Council which, for serious dog breeders, would seem potentially to be rather more serious. These proposals too have been submitted to legislators and government departments. They will no doubt also be the subject of much discussion when Members of Parliament question various witnesses in mid October, when what is called the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee will discuss the subject of dog breeding. I guess that such meetings of Select Committees of the House of Commons are the nearest thing that we have in the UK, to Congressional Hearings in the USA. Select Committees are mainly set up to review the work of government departments – in this case the department which for historic reasons is responsible for dog breeding issues in the UK – the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). They can insist on
Impressions the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and other material. They also have the power to require witnesses to answer questions. They can also take evidence on oath but this rarely happens. When it does however, witnesses are liable to the laws of perjury.
GIVING EVIDENCE At its October hearing the EFRA Select Committee will be taking evidence from several people including the Chairman of the Kennel Club here in he UK (TKC) Steve Dean, the Presidents of the two main British veterinary bodies and also from Professor Sir Patrick Bateson, who was Chairman of the Independent Inquiry into Dog Breeding issued two years ago. It was his report that led directly to the creation of the Advisory Council on the welfare Issues of Dog Breeding. Also giving evidence alongside Sir Patrick Bateson will be Professor Sheila Crispin, who is the Chair of the Advisory Council which has recently finalised a report that has just
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been published under the title of “Breeding Standard for Dogs.” (Should we perhaps call it ‘BS’ for Dogs?) Much of what this ‘Breeding Standard’ suggests is perfectly sensible. This includes proposals on things such as routine cleaning regimes, access to exercise areas, frequency of exercise, basic training and permanent identification. But in my view there are other areas of the document which go well beyond what will be acceptable to even the average responsible dog breeder. ARROGANT One of the most arrogant statements made by the Advisory Council, and picked up by a report on this document by the UK weekly dog paper Our Dogs,
is: “The Advisory Council does not consider any other current standard published in the UK to be comprehensive enough to fully protect the welfare of both breeding stock and their puppies.” The Advisory Council certainly can’t be said to suffer from any kind of false modesty! The ‘Breeding Standard’ which it has published lists issues under two headings. Those under one heading are said to be “essential to good breeding practice” and so the word ‘must’ is used there. They are absolute requirements. The other heading contains advice on how to comply with the standard and what “might be expected” and so the word ‘should’ is used throughout this particular heading. These are therefore Continued on page 58
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ROLE MODELS; MORALS & ETHICS...
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I must admit that when showing in Scandinavia I did not really consider it wrong for a person to exhibit at the show he or she was judging. That was until one day one judge “working” in the ring next to where his/her dogs were exhibited, stopped judging and went over to have a conversation with his next door judge just before his dog was shown. That his dog deservedly won its breed is beyond the point, as it simply looked BAD. Then on a couple of occasions I attended pre show dinners and had the disgusting experience of listening to judges “prepping” their own breeds’’judge with lots of
information, clearly intended to sway the result to his own advantage. That was when I came up with the promise to myself: Never to let anything influence me other than the dog I see in front of me. Good intention, but will probably never work 100%?
to me the result was quite obvious from the very beginning as one of the two belonged to the Best in Show judge’s wife and daughter. Which I knew the group judge was well aware of… Ridiculous isn’t it- and I just wonder, particularly if you are showing under friends, why put them in this predicament?
But back to the question of role models and ethics: I judged at a show in Scandinavia a few years ago. Final show of the year. One of the Group Judges owned a dog that was already, prior to the actual show, a clear winner of the Top Dog in the country. But would you believe it, his own dog was entered, won the breed and of course had to withdraw from the Group judging... And I just wondered WHY- and still do: Not that he withdrew from the Group, but why show instead of letting a fellow exhibitor have the joy of winning the breed for once. Which of course was why they had entered, as the group judge couldn’t possibly show…??
Then sadly I have to tell you that similar things have recently happened in England and Scotland: In Scotland the winner of the Terrier Group decided to withdraw from the Best in Show competition as the owner’s husband judged another Group at the same show … A couple of weeks later at a show near London, again involving the same judge and his wife. Only this time he was judging Best In Show, putting up a beautiful dog, well worthy of the win. But second to this dog in the group was his wife’s dog- so she could actually claim to have been beaten only by the Best in Show winner- and if there were any justice in this world, she should have competed for reserve Best. The dog in question is looking great- and I have this sneaking suspicion that if the group judge had not known the situation, the group placings might have been reversed?
Then of course, what was to me one of the most ridiculous oversteps seen at a show, was at one of The World Shows. We sat here watching the group judging on our computer, lots of great dogs no doubt, then in one group the judge had a seemingly really tough time choosing between no. 1 and no. 2 (You know in Europe dogs are often placed in reverse order.) So much excitement: But
Let me tell you: These incidents have caused so much bad feelings amongst the grass root exhibitors. Most of them already firmly believe that the reason they are not winning more themselves (whether they deserve it or not) is just because judging is crooked and the whole show world corrupt. Continued on page 62
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think we all grew up admiring people we thought were fantastic in one way or the otherthat we wanted to either be like, try to emulate, look like or match in whatever they were doing. Of course that also includes those of us “growing up” in the world of pedigree dogs and all that goes with it, be it a breeder, handler or a judge. There were lots of people who, at least I thought, could do no wrong, but were simply outstanding. As I grew older I got to know many of them on a very personal level and I must admit, that although of course uncovering different sides of their personalities and sometimes shortcomings, I was seldom disappointed or disillusioned. Well, that was apart from a few occasions when I was justifiably shocked…
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ALAN KALTER All AKC licensed dog treats are tested with either SGS or BV - the two largest testing facilities in the world - for salmonella, mold, yeast, melamine, and cyan uric acid, amongst other microbiological contaminants as well as for correctness of the listed ingredients along with substantiating the crude analysis. AKC’s licensee and AKC continue to monitor the FDA’s conclusions, and will follow their lead and instruction. The FDA is actively investigating this claim, but has not identified any contaminate for several years. According to the FDA, many of the illnesses reported may be the result of causes other than eating chicken jerky. To date, scientists have not been able to determine a precise cause for the reported illness. Lee Arnold The most important attribute of the AKC logo and trademark is its integrity. We should reflect the highest standards in every aspect of the Sport and Fancy. At this juncture, since there is an ongoing FDA investigation, I would suggest a temporary suspension of the logo’s use, until the findings are completed and announced. Then we can act accordingly.
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There is a long standing debate about chicken jerky treats manufactured in China and the role it may or may not play in causing illnesses or even deaths in dogs. The FDA is carrying on a long investigation into the matter and has stated “No specific products have been named or recalled because the cause of the illnesses have not been determined”. That being the case should AKC suspend or continue to permit its logo to be used on packaged chicken jerky strips and other treats made in China?
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Harvey Wooding I have done a little research since I received your request for my opinion. First it should be added that not only has no product been named or recalled because the cause of illnesses have not been determined, but also in its testing FDA has found no “causative agents” for the illnesses reported in the products tested. Testing began in 2007 and is ongoing. Second, my brief investigation indicates that the importer with which AKC has a licensing agreement has tested the product extensively as well and finds no indications of harmful ingredients. They continue to test. Last, prior to entering into an agreement to endorse the product with its logo, AKC required access to the test data for its own review and continues to require and monitor the testing as well. AKC has done its due diligence. I find no reason for AKC to suspend its licensing arrangement. GAIL LABERGE On the surface this seems simply to be a yes or no question, but in reality it is not. At this time, I have not seen any information that directly connects the treats to any health problems. Obviously, AKC should closely watch the FDA’s investigation and be prepared to act quickly should any action be required. As a breeder and owner, I certainly keep the welfare of the dogs uppermost in my mind. Marjorie B. McTernan I have had 25 years experience working in China for a top Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical & Health Care company. I was given the task of setting up a number of contract manufacturing sites in China and Hong Kong . We learned that the only way to assure compliance with all our specifications and testing requirements was to put our own well-trained Quality Assurance staff in the factories. This required setting up all our own procedures and meticulous record keeping. It also required having the home office staff visit China to audit the local staff we hired to manage the projects. I do not know what kind of contract the AKC has with the dog food companies it allows to carry its AKC trademark. The AKC has always had a pristine reputation and I would not like to see it damaged by adverse publicity Continued on page 66
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VETERINARY TOPICS New Eye Certification Registry
The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) has been steadily advancing its scope of interests since it was founded in 1966. It began as an organization dedicated to improving canine health by establishing a registry of dogs whose hip X rays were evaluated by a team of orthopedic specialists. Hips were graded from excellent to poor and the results were given to the owners as a guide for breeding options. From that revolutionary, though small, beginning, OFA has steadily expanded its services to breeders, owners and potential buyers with sophisticated information on breed specific health issues. From its early beginnings, with an Irish Setter being the first dog to receive an OFA evaluation, to the present, OFA has become one of the premier organizations in the world for the advancement of health in purebred dogs. With the cooperation of the American Kennel Club and its member Parent Clubs, OFA has developed research data bases for many heritable diseases. It has been in the forefront of scientific discovery, working with individual scientists, clubs and breeders to help identify genetic aspects of disease. Some genetic anomalies are breed specific, some cover many different breeds. One of the first objectives of OFA was to establish baseline criteria for the health of individual breeds, with the help of Parent Clubs. Up to the present more than 381 breeds are enrolled in the databases for their breeds, listing those genetically induced diseases which have been scientifically identified within their breeds. Now it is possible for research scientists to enlist the help of the OFA database when they undertake specific research projects
covering diseases in one breed or in several. The most recent development at OFA is a new OFA Eye Certification Registry. Up until now, breeds with known genetic eye defects have been able to register with the OFA database for that breed through certification of the Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF). The American College of Veterinary Opthalmologists (ACVO) has designated the OFA’s Eye Certification Registry as their endorsed registry as of this coming November 1, 2012. Veterinary Opthalmologists will be receiving OFA eye examination forms in mid-October, and the ACVO is encouraging their use and registration of results with the OFA from that date. There will be no difference in the eye examination protocols, whether the intent is to register with CERF or with OFA. Prior to the transition date all CHIC requirements that currently include CERF eye exams will be automatically updated. Going forward both OFA and CERF registrations will meet the Canine Health Information (CHIC) eye exam criteria. There is a complete information fact sheet on the OFA website, www.offa.org, containing much more information for individuals and Parent Clubs. All Parent Clubs currently enrolled with the CHIC program will be given information for
their members. The latest effort on the part of OFA to reach out to breeders and potential owners is a welcome step to encourage breeders to participate in better and open breeding practices for the health of their breeds. Of all the information provided to clubs and to individual owners and breeders, none is more valuable than the effort by OFA to promote honest and open evaluation of breeding stock. One of their most critical statements in this regard concerns fees charged for registrations. It reads as follows: “Fees for both initial submissions ($12) and resubmits ($8) of passing results for eye certifications will remain the same with one change. In order to maximize the benefits to breeders it is important to encourage owners to share all exam data, both normal and non-passing results. To that end, there is no charge to owners to submit non-passing results to the database if the owner authorizes disclosure. The whole concept of open disclosure is the most important way that breeders can find the information needed to improve the health of their breeding stock for future generations. If your breed club has not signed up for CHIC and all its benefits, there is Continued on page 70
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know there are people in dogs, benighted as they may be, who don’t get Montgomery. Some of them are friends of mine, albeit not only don’t they own a terrier, they’ve never owned a terrier. Imagine that. They’ve never been to Montgomery. If anything they resent the entire Montgomery weekend because, “terriers have the whole thing sewed up.” This from someone whose lifetime Best in Show total will double the next time he wins one. Terriers are the reason Montgomery is one of the greatest dog shows in the world… but it’s the fanciers who have bred the dogs, the handlers who have presented them and those virtually overlooked stalwarts, Montgomery’s members, whose dedication have made Montgomery the singular event it is. Syrupy hosannas are hardly my style, doubly so because I’m prone to taking a jaundiced view of things, but at some point Montgomery’s members became custodians of one of the greatest events in the history of dog shows. Call it a sacred trust. Really. If Montgomery had not reached its exalted status by the time the late Dr. Josephine Deubler (MCKC show chair, 1977 – 2006) and Walter Goodman (MCKC president, 1986 – 2010) became Montgomery’s leaders, it most certainly did during their tenure. Whenever I think of Montgomery I think of Marge and Jim McTernan. They have been my friends since we both had Old English Sheepdogs. That was before Bob Forsyth handled the Old English Ch. Fezziwig Raggedy Andy to his second consecutive Working Group win at Westminster… yeah, that long ago. Jim was for decades the virtually unseen man who made Montgomery’s show day so successful. Recently Marge’s health has not been the best. I think of them often. People being people there are the types who extol Montgomery’s virtues while citing their personal memories dating back 40 years, including shows held during monsoons, blizzards, and droughts; Best taking place at midnight and surviving locust attacks. Equally dramatically, others recall when Montgomery entries “would routinely reach 3,000.” Really? Memory being the tricky thing it is, it would behoove
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anyone remembering something so easily verified to double check before making such an assertion publicly. Some facts: Montgomery’s catalog contains summaries of every show since the first in 1929. It’s on pages 5, 6, and 7 of the 2011 catalog, naming the Best in Show winner, identifying its breed as well as its owner(s), handler and the entry at that year’s show. Those pages are a Who’s Who of terrier fanciers, their dogs and their handlers for most of the Twentieth-Century. Montgomery’s show numbers: It’s first show had 189 entries, 202 the next year. It was 25 years later, in 1955 with 312 entries before the 300-entry plateau was crossed. Montgomery held no shows for six years from 1942 to 1947 inclusive. Thereafter Montgomery’s entries paralleled the huge growth in show entries through the last four decades of the Twentieth Century: 400 (416 to be exact) entries were first reached in 1960; 500 (507) entries just three years later in 1963; 600 (608) in 1966; 700 (710) a year later in 1967; 800 (824) in 1970; 900 (937) in 1971. Two years later in 1973 Montgomery entries surged passed the 1,000-plateau with 1,251. Or despite what someone may remember about Montgomery entries in the early 1970’s the reality is they were below 1,000 in 1970, ’71, and ’72 and while steadily rising only reached 1,486 in 1979 – not even half the supposedly “routinely reached
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THE Westminster TIMES
Issue #4
This is the Fourth in a regular series of news and updates for the 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show to be held February 11-12, 2013.
TICKET INFORMATION
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he 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will be held on February 1112, 2013. This year we will be having our breed judging as well as benching at The Piers during the day, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.. Group, Junior Showmanship Finals and Best In Show will take place, as usual, at Madison Square Garden during the evening, with competition beginning at 8 p.m. on Monday evening and at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening. All breed winners from each day will be benched at MSG beginning at 6 PM. Types of tickets SOLD THROUGH THE WESTMINSTER OFFICE: The “GO ANYWHERE TICKET” is only available through the WKC office. The price of this ticket is $160, which includes a reserved seat at MSG for both evenings as well as a ticket for The Piers for both days. A ticket order form will be available starting October 17, 2012. The Piers ticketing will be a general admission ticket at $25 per day, plus online fees. This will allow entrance, to both Piers 92 /94 as well as to all of the benching and judging that is held there. There will be limited seating around each ring. We are offering on-line sales for The Piers tickets starting October 17, 2012. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the days of the show.
Madison Square Garden ticketing will be RESERVED SEATING ONLY for the evening judging. These tickets will allow access to the benching area where all of the daily breed winners will be on display. Westminster will be selling a portion of the 100 series of seats through our office. Ticket purchase requests will be
WKC STREAMING VIDEO: Live and complete in 2013 You want it all? You want it live? Westminster has it for you in 2013.
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he 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will produce live coverage via streaming video on its website of all of the breed judging in each of the 187 breeds and varieties. Since 2005, breed judging highlights have been carried on the website on streaming video on a delayed basis, but this year, for the first time, this important part of the show will be covered live and in its entirety with real-time posting on www.westminsterkennelclub.org. Shortly after its live presentation, that streaming video will then be permanently available for viewing on the website for those who might not have had the opportunity to view it live or for those who just want to see their favorite breeds in competition once again. More than a million visitors a year have logged on to the Westminster website every year since 2005 during the dog show to view taped breed judging highlights of their favorite breeds, delayed by about two hours from the live competition. Watch the website for details (www. westminsterkennelclub.org).
filled on first come first served basis to new ticket purchasers. Last years purchasers are allowed to purchase their same seats or better if available. The price of a reserved seat in the 100 series will be $110 for both evenings. WKC only sells a two day ticket available starting October 17, 2012. TICKETS SOLD THROUGH MSG AND TICKETMASTER: The remainder of the 100 series of seats may be purchased through Ticketmaster and Madison Square Garden beginning on October 17, 2012 at ticketmaster. com or 866 858-0008; thegarden.com. The price of the 200 series of seats will be $40 per evening, plus online fees. You will be able to purchase a single ticket. The deadline for renewal and new ticket orders through the WKC office is December 7, 2012. An acknowledgement postcard will be sent to you upon the processing of your ticket order. Tickets will be mailed in mid January. The price for reserved tickets through the WKC office is $110 which includes a $10 S&H fee. The Ticketmaster and MSG price is $100 plus applicable fees. All MSG ticket prices include a $5 MSG facility charge. Overseas orders received through the WKC office will not be mailed. These orders will be held at The Piers (94) Will Call Window for day time judging and MSG Box Office Will Call Window for evening judging. Dog News 31
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OCTOBER 5, 2012 Monroe Kennel Club - Saturday & Sunday German Wirehaired Pointer GCh Mt. View’s Ripsnorter Silver Charm Judge Mr. Jon Cole Judge Mrs. Barbara D. Alderman Owner Victor Malzoni, Jr Handler Phil Booth Kanadasaga Kennel Club Thursday, Friday, Saturday Wire Fox Terrier GCh. Afterall Painting the Sky Judge Miss Dorothy M. MacDonald Judge Mrs. Ruth Zimmerman Judge Mr. James G. Reynolds Owners Victor Malzoni, Jr. & Torie Steele, Mary & Scott Olund & Diane Ryan Handler Gabriel Rangel
Bests Week of the
Anniston Kennel Club I Pug GCh. Caper’s Sirius Endeavor Judge Mrs. Janet Turnage Nahikian Owners Phil & Carol Fisher, John & Linda Rowell, Don & Renae Watson Handler Linda G. Rowell
Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club - Saturday Saluki GCh. Sandstorm Blue Nile Bubbles of Jatara Judge Mrs. Lydia Hutchinson Owners Sandra Middlebrooks, Jackie Harrington, Sara Winsted Handler Erin Roberts
Onondaga Kennel Association - Sunday English Springer Spaniel GCh. Wynmoor Champagne Supernova Judge Mr. Robert J. Shreve Owners Celie Florence, Beth Fink, Dr. Erin Kerfoot, Dr. Ken Goodhue-McWilliams and Delores Streng Handler Robin Novack
Heart of the Plains Kennel Club III Kuvasz GCh. Szumeria’s Wildwood Silver Six Pence Judge Ms. Joanne (Jan) N. Paulk Owners Mercedes Vila, Lynn Brady, Connie Townsend & Claudia Muir Handler Diana Wilson
Chesapeake Kennel Club - Sunday Border Collie GCh. Bon-Clyde’s Take One Judge Mr. Douglas Holloway Owner Bonnie Buchanan Handler Greg Strong
Grand Valley Kennel Club I Miniature Schnauzer GCh. Allaruth Just Kidding V Sole Baye Judge Mrs. Cindy Vogels Owners Ruth Ziegler & Yvonne B Phelps Handler Bergit Kabel Grand Valley Kennel Club - Saturday Harrier GCh. Downhome HiTech Innovator Judge Mrs. Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna Owner Joe Sanchez Handler Susie Olivera Warrenton Kennel Club American Foxhound GCh. Kiarry’s Pandora’s Box Judge Ms. Elizabeth Muthard Owners Mrs. Ellen M. Charles & Lisa Miller Handler Lisa Miller Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club Saturday & Sunday Smooth Coat Chihuahua GCh. Stonehill Great Escape Judge Mrs. Murrel Purkhiser Judge Mr. Richard Miller Owners Tracy Potts, Randall Carr & Patricia Holzkopf Handler Patricia Holzkopf
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Warrenton Kennel Club - Saturday Puli GCh. Cordmaker Rumpus Bumpus Judge Dr. Klaus Anselm Owners J. Beaudoin, S. Huebner, F. Licciardi Handler J. Beaudoin Richland Kennel Club - Saturday Standard Schnauzer GCh. Charisma Maxim Von Diable Judge Dr. Karen M. Ericson Owners Linda and John Adiletti Handler Tiffany Skinner Richland Kennel Club - Sunday Cardigan Welsh Corgi GCh. Mariel’s Harvest Moon Judge Mrs. Claire (Kitty) Steidel Owners Marian Mizelle, Jeannette Bruce Handler Kelly J. Shane Old English Sheepdog Club of America National Specialty Qubic’s Arabella Judge Mr. Raymond Wilkinson (UK) Owners Mary Anne Brocious & Tim Ninnis Handler Mary Anne Brocious Samoyed Club of America National Speciality GCh. Azteca’s Triple Seven Judge Ms. Cheri Hollenback Owners Kim & Susan Fewlass & Joan & Paula Luna Handler Susan Fewlass
To report an AKC All Breed Best In Show or National Specialty Win Call, Fax or Email before 12:00 Noon Tuesday. Fax: 212 675-5994 Phone: 212 462-9588 Email: Dognews@ harris-pub.com
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ASKED OF Daryl martin
Questions
What person do you most look forward to seeing at the dog shows? someone i can talk “real” dogs and dog shows past and present with. What is your greatest extravagance? my life; my wardrobe.
What do you dislike most about your appearance? my shape and crooked head.
What dog person would you like to see on ‘Dancing With The Stars’? joe gregory.
Born: tulsa, ok. Reside: highland park, il.
Married: single.
10 If you were to have a tattoo, what would it be of? never, ever...but it would be a big heart. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you want to have with you? my cell phone, starbucks and my dogs.
When and where are you the happiest? at home when all my dogs have fresh baths. Other people think I am? a bitch.
What did you want to be when you were growing up? a top breeder, handler and dog person. And rich. What would be your last request? put me to sleep.
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Best of Breed & Group First Thank you Judge Mr. Stephen Hubbell
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Handled Exclusively By Bergit & Hans Kabel Assisted by Nanae Murayama
B est I n S how NUMBER TEN F or
Best In Show Thank you Judge Mrs. Cindy Vogels Thank you to these Judges for other wins last weekend: Saturday Best of Breed and Group First - Judge Mr. Joe Walton Reserve Best In Show - Judge Mrs. Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna Sunday Best of Breed and Group First - Judge Ms. Christine Erickson Dog News 41
BY ANDREW BRACE
Brace Yourself
Group Shows and Breeders
Since becoming involved with this fascinating sport I have fulfilled many ambitions. One I have not, however, is attending the full Montgomery weekend and experiencing Montgomery County for the whole day. It is now high on my bucket list.
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lthough, as I understand it, Montgomery is in a position to schedule all breeds it has traditionally only catered for the terrier breeds and has become a legend as “the” terrier show, rivalled only by Britain’s National Terrier show which, it must be said, has never had quite as international an aspect to it as its American counterpart. There is something very special about shows that are confined to one group of breeds. Somehow they tend to have an ageless quality and even to this day have a feel of being more of a breeders’ showcase than the massive all breed events. In Britain The United Kingdom Toydog Society show is a classic example of a show attended by all ardent Toy enthusiasts. National Gundog attracts a much greater following of “sporting” breeders and exhibitors than any other whilst the Houndshow had for many years provided a link with the past as it included a parade of working hound packs. Sadly today the expense of continuing this tradition has proved too much when every show-running society is paying extra attention to their balance sheets.
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The group shows draw breeders for a number of possible reasons. Firstly they tend to pay great attention to their judging panel, ensuring that breeds are judged by the tried and tested, experts in their field who have more often than not remained faithful to their group, never expressing the desire to venture outside and spread their wings across all breeds. Secondly entry fees are often more attractive than the all breeds shows and the facilities more exhibitorfriendly. Each of these group shows seems to have an identity of its own, based on the personality of the group. The Toy show obviously draws the flamboyant characters who love the glamour of the group, the Houndshow is populated with no-nonsense breeders and exhibitors who like the basic qualities of the Hound breeds whereas the Gundog show is awash with green jackets and boots as many in the group still believe that their dogs should exercise their working qualities too. The Terrier group has always remained a rather special group, based on a combination of wealthy fanciers and grassroots breeders, many of whom could not afford to turn down big prices for superstars bred in their backyard and far removed from sophisticated kennel facilities. This group has in recent years become arguably the most cosmopolitan of all the groups. We see so many Terriers these days crossing borders and plundering new battlefields. Several years ago I wrote an article when the UK opened its borders and dared to suggest that British terrier breeders would need to sit up and take note if some of the top winning terriers from the USA, Scandinavia and mainland Europe were to compete at Crufts. It was not long after that the first four places in the Crufts Terrier group, that bastion of British dogdom, went to visiting foreign dogs.
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Great Dog Men and Women
Walter F.
Walter with Desmond Murphy
Photo by John Goodman
Photos courtesy of Robert A. Flanders unless otherwise indicated
In the middle of August Walter celebrated his 90th birthday, and the following week he was the Terrier Group Honoree at the Santa Barbara Kennel Club. His presence added greatly to the weekend. It was wonderful that so many old friends got to spend time with Walter over a very relaxing weekend. BY Desmond J. Murphy Walter Goodman wih Skyes at Withgate
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alter was honored because of many roles he has played so successfully in our great sport. Foremost as a breeder, he put a rather non-competitive breed on the map. Previously there had been some large scale kennels of Skye Terriers, but none of them produced the quality that Walter and his mother, Adele, did, and they did it by breeding just six litters. “Glamoor Skyes� were not only of superior conformation, but they had remarkable temperaments, much more outgoing than had ever been seen. The crowning glory was that Walter was a master at conditioning beautiful luxurious coats. These qualities amassed great records on imports and homebreds alike. Very few owner-handlers have achieved 99 BIS, including a BIS at Westminster, won
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of the Past and Present:
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1956 Morris and Essex Ch. Glamoor Going Up
Victory glance WKC Best In Show
Photo Courtesy of WKC
Frank Brumby handling Ch. High Time Miss Gesty
What we do for love Walter and Ch. Glamoor Gangbuster 1925 - Walter age 4 on left with his parents, brother Bud
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Rare Breeds of the world by Agnes Buchwald
ESTONIAN HOUND (Gontchaja Estonskaja) – ESTONIA
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STONIA? First of all, when was Estonia last mentioned in the news, or in a conversation or in any way? If anyone follows the international news one has certainly missed any comments about the country but I am almost sure that we all did because it rarely happens. After Abyssinia, I was searching for another not so much, or better; almost never spoken about country. So I went on a hunting trip to discover (for me - until today) this unique country. Where is it? Who are the people and how do they live, do they have a local dog breed? Well my friends, at the end of this trip I felt like having peeled several layers of paper from a gift package and encountered a precious jewel - Estonia - a marvelous country inhabited with cultured, wonderful people and an indigenous dog. The Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik), is located at the Baltic Region of Northern Europe bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory covers 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), with a population of 1.29 million. Estonians are related to Finnish people, and the official Estonian language is also related to Finnish. Estonians consider themselves to be a Scandinavian rather than a Baltic people. The country is a democratic parliamentary republic, and its capital and largest city is Tallin. Estonia is listed as a “high-income”, and as an “advanced economy” by the International Monetary Fund. The United Nations classifies Estonia as a very high Human Development Index, and the country is recognized by its press, economic, political, and educational freedom. The first thing have learned about Estonia was the Pulli settlement, located on the right bank of the Parnu River. This is the oldest known human settlement in Estonia. According to radiocarbon dating, Pulli was settled at the beginning of the 9th millennium BC. A dog tooth found at the Pulli settlement is the first evidence for the existence of the domesticated dog in the territory of Estonia. After the ice-age (9000 B.C) Estonian ancestors settled along the Baltic coast. Between 800-1200 A.D. raids and counter-raids by the neighboring Vikings around the Baltic Sea were common, and those hordes included Estonian Viking warriors as well. Those hordes were well known for their cruelty and violence. The Baltic was a rough neighborhood in the mid-Middle ages, not really interesting to the rest of the continent. The written record about Estonia as a part of the Christian Europe began to be noticed, and at the 13th century Estonia was a part of Livonia ruled by Livonian knights. Until the 13th Century Estonia was an independent nation, but from then on it has been subjected to Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and finally Russian rule, whose victory in 1721 resulted in a “Peace Treaty” which made Russia dominant over Estonia. The country has a long and turbulent history since the Viking 46 Dog News
era, but after all those invasions today’s Estonia emerged as a proud independent country member of the EU and NATO always aiming for progress, and culture. During World War II, between 1939 and 1945, Estonia’s direct human losses reached 180,000 residents (17% of its total population). During the Nazi occupation from 1941 to 1944, 7,800 citizens of the Republic of Estonia were executed in Nazi prison camps. Soviet authorities conducted mass deportations from 1940 through 1956. In total, an estimated 60,000 Estonians were murdered or deported by the Soviet Union. Another 70,000 fled to the West (from Estonia’s History). I must mention a fact that will give us a better picture about the character of this courageous people. It is the Singing Revolution which occurred during the last years of the 1980’s. This was a non-violent act because the singing was used in the protests of the mid-1980’s. In 1947 during the first song festival held after the Soviet occupation the composer Gustav Ernesaks wrote a melody to the lyrics of a century-old national poem “Mu isamaa on minu arm” (“Land of My Fathers, Land That I Love”). This song miraculously slipped by the Continued on page 106
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Total Recall
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he dog treat business is the fastest growing segment in the pet foods market, accounting for some $3.1 billion in sales in 2010, according to results of an American Pet Products Survey. That’s more than double the $1.41 billion that was spent on dog treats in the United States in 2003, according to the Pet Food Institute. A market research firm in California, IBIBWorld, Inc., estimates that by 2017, pet treats’ share of the current $18.7 billion spent on household pet food should rise to 19.8 percent, or more than $4.41 billion. That prognosis may take a dip, if consumers are made aware of the recent recalls and reports of possible contamination in several brands of treats that may have caused illnesses and possibly as many as 360 deaths in dogs. The latest recalls involve Boots and Barkley American Beef Bully Sticks, which have been voluntarily recalled by Kasel Associated Industries of Denver, Colorado because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. According to a Federal Drug and Food Administration bulletin released on September 21, the affected American Beef Bully Sticks were distributed nationwide through Target retail stores from April through September of this year. The product was sold in a clear plastic bag containing six bully sticks each and had a bar code number of 647263899189. Although there have been no reported illnesses to date in animals or humans in connection with this problem, the manufacturer is also recalling all lot numbers associated with the product because four other lot codes tested positive through analysis by the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture. Consumers with these products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund and contact Kasel Associated Industries at 1-800-218-4417. On the heels of the Boots and Barkley Bully Sticks recall comes word from Sunland, Inc. that its voluntary recall of some dozens of its human peanut butter food products has now been expanded to include a pet food product, Dogsbutter with Flax PB, also due to contamination with Salmonella. The FDA released a bulletin on September 24 stating that “between June 11, 2012 and September 2, 2012, twenty-nine people reported Salmo-
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nella Bredeney PFGE matching illnesses in approximately 18 states, including Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, according to a report issued on September 22, 2012 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).” Consumers are urged to discard the recalled product immediately and to contact Sunland, Inc. at 866-837-1018. If there is a silver lining to be found amidst the many recent recalls, it’s the fact that some of the recalls were voluntary and, as was the case with the Boots and Barkley Bully Sticks, the result of a routine sampling by the State of Colorado Department of Agriculture, which revealed that the finished products contained the Salmonella bacteria, and not as a result of reported illnesses. As a precaution, Kasel Associated Industries has ceased the production and distribution
of the product while it, along with the FDA, continues its investigation into the source of the contamination. This is in stark contrast to the recurring reports of possible contamination in chicken jerky treats made in China or made from chicken that has been exported from China, which have been surfacing since 2007. While the FDA has issued three alerts in the past five years cautioning consumers and warning of possible contamination in these treats and has received over 2,200 reports of pet illnesses in that time period, including 360 canine deaths in the past 18 months from all 50 states and six Canadian provinces, there has been no recall — mandatory or voluntary — from the FDA or from any of the companies that bring these treats to market. Even the American Kennel Club is even feeling the heat in this regard, as its logo appears on some packaged treats, which may be interpreted as a ‘seal of approval’ of sorts (for opinions on this subject see this week’s ‘Question of the Week’ on pg. 22). Despite the FDA’s ongoing investigation that includes a wide variety of experts including toxicologists, epidemiologists, veterinary researchers, forensic chemists, microbiologists, field investigators, senior agency officials and even the help of NASA, no source of contamination has yet been found in the treats. So the FDA has apparently taken the stance that 2,200 reports of illness and 360 deaths from dogs consuming these treats is insufficient for instituting a recall. My calls and emails to the FDA this week received this brief email reply from Laura Kapelle Bradbard, Director of The Center for Veterinary Medicine at the FDA, “FDA has not determined the cause of the dog illnesses associated with jerky pet treats. All of our most current information is posted to our website. http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm319463.htm As soon as we have new information, we will post it online.” As part of a Q and A provided on its website on August 15, here’s how the FDA answers its own question of “Why aren’t these products being taken off the market?” There is nothing preventing a company from conducting a voluntary recall. It is important to understand that unless a contaminant is detected and we have evidence that a product is adulterated, we are limited in what regulatory actions we can take. The regulations don’t allow for products to be removed based on complaints alone. This is an ongoing in-
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vestigation and FDA will notify the public if a recall in initiated. By claiming its hands are tied in this matter the FDA may be perceived as kicking the can down the road and placing the onus on the companies manufacturing and distributing the treats, which allows for these companies in turn to say they are following the FDA’s lead and that if there’s no discernible evidence that these products are potentially harmful or even deadly to dogs there’s no need for a recall. According to NBC news and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association’s web site, FDA official Tracy DuVernoy of the agency’s Coordinated Response and Evaluation Network told veterinarians in attendance at the August AVMA conference,“Two thousand complaints since 2007 is an incredibly small subset of the 15 million animals estimated to consume these treats…Therefore, it seems that this may very well be some sort of intermittent issue, or it might just be an idiosyncratic reaction within that individual animal.” That’s not the sort of answer that would be very comforting to people like Rita Desollar, whose beloved canine companion, a seven year-old German shepherd dog, passed away days after eating chicken jerky treats. She’s taking matters into her own hands, contacting retailers directly and asking them to pull the treats from their shelves or to at least warn consumers that there have been thousands of complaints filed with the FDA about these products. On September 2, she took to the Internet to drum up support, filing a petition on change.org that will be sent to big box and chain retailers that carry the treats such as Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Costco, Target, Safeway, Kroger and Walgreens. In less than a month, the petition had garnered over 63,000 signatures and some smaller, ‘mom and pop’ type retailers have already decided to discontinue carrying the treats. Until and unless the FDA finds a definitive answer, consumers should use caution and common sense when dispensing treats to their pets. It’s probably wishful thinking that corporations would forsake profits to err on the side of caution in this matter, so consumers must be concerned about their bottom lines as well. It must be reiterated that treats aren’t a necessary component to a canine’s diet. Commercially produced pet foot is very safe and contains all the nutrients that pets need, so pet owners may want to opt for feeding their dogs safer alternatives in the meantime, or reconsider feeding their pets treats altogether. Pet owners should take to the airwaves, the Internet and social media, like Rita Desollar has, to keep one another informed about the possibility of potential dangers lurking in seemingly innocuous treats. The informed, enlightened consumer is better equipped to make responsible choices for the beloved pets that have no say in the matter. This is not only a case of ‘buyer beware’, but buyer be wary and buyer be informed.
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From A Field-Show Breeder’s Perspective by George Bell
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uch has been said on the topic of a good show judge being blessed with having “an eye”. They say, either you have it, or you don’t. But what you know about function must be learned, and if you have not learned those basics, having a so-called eye may be wonderful for the show, but what about function? Almost anyone can see showmanship in a dog’s performance, and if a breeder or exhibitor can train an exhibit to move out in front of him/her with flair and TRAD (Tremendous Reach and Drive) does that mean the judge that puts them up has an eye, or that the dog meets the standard? We’ve all seen well-trained dogs after standing for examination that will respond to the judge’s instruction, and will almost take off in a pattern without their handler. When a judge is also familiar with the rules of function, and what works, or doesn’t work in the field, judging can get much more complicated. The keen observer at ringside may not be able to follow the judge’s decisions. We are not just talking about type vs. soundness or how well the dog meets the standard or showmanship. I judge only 8 AKC breeds that I applied for 25 years ago and they are mostly sighthounds. The following are 5 of the 10 or so examples of considerations I check with each sighthound I judge in the ring. • Does this sighthound have the ability to stoop at full speed to pick up a game? • Is this profile gait in the ring typical, or does it give us a clue to what is needed for coursing speed in the field? • Will this sighthound’s running gear be able to sustain the rigors of the job it was bred to do in the coursing field? • Can this dog perform a directional change in the field with a front that toes in? • Is this the correct sized dog the standard requires?
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Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder A hound must have the ability to stoop to pick up game while coursing at full speed. While catching a hare is worth almost no points in open field judging, it is a requirement in NOFCA (National Open Field Coursing Association) that a coursing hound must be able to fulfill to gain its coursing championship. If it can’t catch a hare in full view of the judge, it doesn’t matter how many hunts it has won, or how many points it has, it cannot become a coursing champion. There are many examples of dogs with hundreds of points, even a thousand points, that could not qualify for a championship because it could not pick up a hare. Believe it or not, stooping to a hare has to do with the conformation of the hound. A judge on a stacked dog can check this by feeling the tops of the shoulder blades at what is commonly known as the withers, and it only takes a second. You should be able to fit 2 fingers down the spine in between the tops of the shoulder blades in a normal stacked position. It is a fault that none of the sighthound standards mention because show people framed most standards and have little knowledge of how a dog functions in the field. AKC offers lure coursing for sighthounds, and there are occasions when the hound stoops to catch the lure, but that is usually at the end of the course when it has stopped and the hound is not running at a full DSG (double suspension gallop.) I must say though, the late Ann Rodgers Clark was aware of this fault, as
it was her topic of discussion at one of her seminars years ago. Mrs. Clark’s source of information came from the UK Greyhound breeder/judge Judy deCasembroot. This foolproof method of checking for this fault is simple and can be verified away from the ring. Stack a sighthound, and feel the blades to see that you can place 2 fingers between the blades. Now have the owner of the dog gently lower the head of the dog to about 6 inches from the ground. Feel the blades again with the head lowered, and if the blades were less than 2 fingers’ width with the head at a normal stacked position, the blades will be touching each other when the hound stoops, and a dog cannot run while these blades are crashing into one another when its head is lowered. A dog with such a fault is not stupid. If it hurts, quit doing it, or do something that doesn’t hurt. I had a Saluki that caught several hares, but he never did stoop to them while running. Rather, he would launch himself into mid air while lined up on the hare and dive. More often than not he would come up with a mouth full of dirt if the hare dodged him while he was airborne. After I witnessed several of these dives, I checked his blades and he had only a single finger’s width between the blades when his head was in the normal position. He could run or trot with no problem while his head was up in a normal position. If there are more than 3-4 fingers’ width at the top of the blades, you have another problem known as loaded shoulders where the muscles and ligaments build up under the blades forcing the blades out. This makes a very unattractive shape to the core of the dog. The 2-finger measurement works from IW’s down to Whippets with average fingers.
Is this profile-trotting gait in the ring what is needed for coursing speed in the field? After living in both worlds, (show and field) for the past 43 years, and at times breeding exclusively for either world, I have found with my sighthounds and countless other cases, the more you breed for TRAD, (Tremendous Reach And Drive) in the ring, the slower the dogs are in the field. A racing Whippet or Greyhound has no TRAD, but they run fast. Some show dogs with tons of TRAD have a great elasticity in their joints to perform a hesitated gait while their limbs extend fore and aft, and while this may look flashy to that show judge with the eye, it doesn’t work in the field. Yes, how the dog trots is an indicator of how the dog runs. Sighthounds run with the double suspension gallop, (DSG) and twice in a full galloping stride, they are airborne in one complete stride. The hound is first airborne in the collected position and again airborne in the extended position. The first airborne position is the collected phase of the DSG as in the yellow Greyhound pictured. The second phase is the extended position of the blue dog. Sighthounds have 4 jump joints, 2 in the pasterns of the front limbs and 2 in the hocks of the hind limbs. To simplify this explanation it takes power to run fast, and believe it or not, the pastern on the front limb of a sighthound lays down flat on the running surface, and it’s like loading a spring for that pastern to propel the dog forward and it provides airtime in the collected phase of the DSG. Most other breeds of dogs cannot double suspend in this collected phase of the DSG. Too much elasticity in the jump joint saps the power of the spring, and a consequence is less speed. The power in the hocks propels the dog into the extended position of the DSG. In both the extended position and the collected position, all 4 feet are off the ground, and the sighthounds are the only dogs that can consistently run with the DSG. Hares and cheetahs also use the DSG.
The yellow blanketed Greyhound is in the collected phase of the double suspension gallop. (DSG) The Blue Greyhound is in the extended phase of the DSG. The hare is just starting into the extended phase of the DSG. NOFCA records show that 90 % of hares escape the hounds. The hares live in their own habitat and are never planted or moved and can run at speeds up to 40 mph. This hare escaped into the greasewood brush in the background. Photo by Herb Wells.
The first limb of this Saluki touches down after the extended phase of the DSG. Note the pastern is down flat and is loading the first of 2 springs in the front that will catapult the dog into the collected phase of the double suspension gallop. Photo by Herb Wells.
This Greyhound Pup appears to be jet propelled as his rear jump joints, known as his hocks, launch him into the extended position of the DSG.
TRAD with the profile gait in the ring is not power, but is overstepping, where the hind leg sets down up to 12 inches farther forward than the vacating front limb has left the surface of the ground. I find still pictures of a dog in trotting action amusing as the front and back limb seem rather close to each other as the dog is airborne, but if you moved the dogs on wet beach sand with TRAD, you can measure prints of the hind paw overstepping the front paw and they are not close at all. While the dog pictured in profile action is airborne it shows nothing about where the front paw left the surContinued on page 112
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SOME OLD PHOTOS...
BY MATTHEW H. STANDER
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THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, WESTBURY KC...
ast Thursday I think it was I received a call telling me of the selections by the Nominating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the NC) for the Board positions open in March 2013. It seems only 9 people submitted applications to the NC and not 11 as I reported earlier. I was originally told 11 highly qualified individuals had submitted the necessary paperwork but there was a miscommunication somewhere and the Chairperson, the very capable Gretchen Bernardi, expected 10 but received only 9. People change their minds and quite frankly when I heard who the 10th person is alleged to have been I was not the least surprised at her decision--if indeed it is the person I think it was--as she has a history of avoiding confrontational situations. Too bad, too, since of the people I know who submitted applications I would have ranked her among the top two or three Delegates to become Board Members. Judi Daniels DID NOT take advantage of the procedures offered by this NC to submit her “cv� which to my mind makes it all the more difficult for her to run from the floor. ALL Delegates, and this was for the very first time, received a letter from this NC advising them of the opportunity to submit their names and be considered by the NC. Of course there is a segment within the Delegate Body which considers being selected by the NC as a bad thing rather than a good thing --remember Elaine Young and her shtick when as a sitting Board member she did not apply to the NC either. But that kind of thinking went out with high button shoes I would have hoped except for the fact that as I am writing this piece I received a call telling me that the first petition from Judi was just received. I hope she is questioned closely asking her why she did not submit her name to the NC initially. That should be a Bill Trainor pretty far-fetched explawith Lily prior nation, that's for sure. to going In any event 9 DelBest at the egates (excluding Judi) Garden Continued on page 127 54 Dog News
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simply recommendations. The full version can be read on the Advisory Council’s website under the heading ‘Reports’. Here I will only mention the absolute ‘requirements’ and of them, only the most controversial proposals. BREED STANDARDS EFFECTIVELY BANNED? The first controversial proposed requirement is that “Breeding stock must be selected on their temperament and their physical and genetic health irrespective of other factors such as a breed standard.” (The underlining is mine.) It has been pointed out by many commentators that this requirement virtually writes off breed standards completely. The view is that had the Advisory Council stated “Breeding stock must be selected on their temperament and their physical and genetic health as well as for other factors such as a breed standard” it might have been reasonably acceptable. It has even been said by some commentators, that words such as: “Breeding stock must be selected on their temperament and their physical and genetic health in priority to other factors such as a breed standard” might well be acceptable to some people. But to use the words ‘irrespective of’ is the same as suggesting that breed standards should be ignored completely. My dictionary gives as alternative words for “irrespective of” the phrases - “without regard to” or “setting aside” or “ignoring”. Some dog people have even asked if this statement by the Advisory Council means that they have decided that they are actually fundamentally against purebred dogs altogether? Commentators ask if it isn’t in fact the appearance aspects of breed standards that create a large part of what constitutes one breed as opposed to another breed? Most people who have purebred dogs have chosen their dog because it does look vaguely like its breed, and the breed standard must surely play a good part in that! Would breeds continue to be recognisable breeds if there were no such thing as a breed standard? 58 Dog News
COMPULSORY VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS Another controversial proposed requirement of the Advisory Council is that “All potential breeding stock must be examined by a veterinary surgeon prior to mating and certified free from any inherited defect apparent on physical examination.” While this proposal sounds very similar to some of those put forward recently by the Canine Alliance here in the UK, it sounds to me as though it has been thought up by the veterinary profession or at least for its benefit. I doubt if many of my friends and colleagues in the Border Terrier world in this country would be enthusiastic about routinely taking dog and bitch to the veterinarian for health certification as a matter of course before being allowed to carry out a mating. AN END TO LINE BREEDING Even more disturbing for many breeders will be the proposed requirement that “Bitches may only be mated to a dog when the Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI) of the resulting puppies as measured from a five generation pedigree would be lower than 12.5%.” There was quite an outcry when the Kennel Club in the UK banned parent to offspring or full brother to full sister matings (COIs of at least 25%). Insisting, as the latest Advisory Council proposal does, that COIs should be less than 12.5% effectively bans grandparent to grandchild matings and also half brother to half sister. Some breeders might already regard this as a sensible policy. The problem however is that such percentages would also effectively ban many other combinations, examples of which many breeders would call ‘line-breeding’. According to TKC’s Mateselect system the COI of Ch Dandyhow Cleopatra, my wife’s erstwhile breed record holding Border Terrier bitch, was 21.6% despite there being no two dogs or bitches appearing twice amongst any of her parents, grandparents or great grandparents. Another UK breed record holder in Border Terriers is shown in TKC’s system as having a COI of 21.4% and the top winning
UK Border two years ago had a COI of 21.8%. It has to be admitted however that other breed record holders have been produced with COIs of significantly less than 12.5%. But would a requirement of COIs of 12.5% or greater, if ever made compulsory, be the end of dog breeding as we know it? And how would it be policed unless KC registration and pedigree keeping were made compulsory under the law? TWO YEAR OLD MINIMUM Another controversial proposed requirement put forward by the UK’s Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding is that: “All dogs and bitches must be at least two years old before they are used for breeding.” A number of the breeders of certain breeds which are physically large or which either mature late or have conditions that don’t appear until later in life, might well agree with this stipulation. But many breeders who have smaller and earlier maturing breeds are firmly of the belief that it makes perfect sense to use dogs at stud before they are two years old. Indeed as far as bitches of such breeds are concerned, many people think that even on positive welfare grounds it is better to breed from bitches at the age of say eighteen months than at the age of say six or seven years. The Advisory Council would ban such young matings as a matter of course. ONLY ONE CAESAR They also want it to be compulsory that “Bitches that have had a caesarean section may not be bred from again unless a veterinary surgeon certifies that mal-presentation of a puppy was the sole reason for the surgery.” Currently TKC here will not permit puppies to be registered if they are born from a third or subsequent caesar, but they will allow up to two litters by caesarean section to be registered. Many commentators have asked how on earth the Advisory Council would plan to control this requirement when even at the moment TKC has great problems in getting
veterinarians to report such procedures and thus being able to check on the position. Apparently and rather unfortunately (and maybe even hypocritically), the official veterinary bodies consistently refuse to make such reporting compulsory. RATIONAL AND UNITED The issues listed above are only five of the contentious proposed requirements of the Advisory Council and there are more. But these few examples do serve to indicate very clearly the pressures that the dog breeding world and TKC are under these days here in the UK. There are those in our world of dogs that say that TKC, the dog fancy and purebred dog breeders should simply hunker down, do nothing and wait for the storm to blow over. These people are simply living in a world of complete delusion. These types of requirements, recommendations and other reports and enquiries are here to stay. They will not go away. What this means for the dog fancy in the UK is that it must, in the face of these external pressures, continue to be rational, reasonable and united in its approach. Sadly though, on the contrary what we have in fact been doing is showing ourselves often to be divided rather than to be united. That is because some people are simply incapable of seeing the threats or if they see them – acknowledging them. Even although I am sometimes critical of the Advisory Council for being too theoretical and not nearly practical enough, I would never dream of writing it off as something that can be totally ignored. There is no doubt that politicians and lawmakers will be impressed by the extent of its academic qualifications. TKC and the dog fancy must counteract it with well-argued and sound reasoning. I am convinced that we are indeed capable of doing that and indeed capable of doing it well, if only we can learn to stick together and stop fighting amongst ourselves.
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Inbreeding: Good or Bad? By Patricia Gail Burnham
MOST GENETIC DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY RECESSIVE GENES. The AR folks like to claim that pure bred dogs are unhealthy because they are inbred. So, does inbreeding produce health problems? Only if the dog you are line breeding on carries recessive genes for a hereditary disease. (What dog folks call linebreeding, everyone else calls inbreeding.) The problem is that most hereditary diseases are the result of recessive genes. Dominant health problems have been eliminated years ago because they show up in any dog that carries the affected gene and those dogs have been eliminated from breeding programs. (The one exception is dominant problems that do not show up until late in life. In that case a dog may be bred before the problem is apparent. One solution to late appearing health problems is to wait to breed dogs until they are mature but if you breed senior bitches you had better be prepared for C-sections. ) For recessive diseases, dogs that carry only one recessive gene for a health problem will never show symptoms and don’t reveal the disease until they are crossed back on, and two of the affected genes can meet up and produce disease in a puppy. An affected puppy proves that both its parents are carrying the recessive gene. GENETIC TESTS: THE NEUROPATHY EXAMPLE We are lucky now that tests are being developed for some diseases that can identify carriers before they are bred. Neuropathy is one of these: Every four years I write about Greyhound health for the English Greyhound Yearbook. After one issue appeared I received a query about neurological diseases. I had simply mentioned demyelinization of the spinal cord as a possible hereditary disease. I came across that at the University of California’s Health Sciences Library. The query was from Barbara Kessler who had come across Neuropathy. Fortunately, she had
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contacts with researchers like Cord Drogemuller at the University of Bern in Switzerland who were able to develop a genetic test for carriers of Neuropathy. It is a particularly nasty disease that affects puppies starting at a few months of age and leading to euthanasia before they are a year old. Breeders need to support research to identify tests for disease producing genes.
BACKCROSSING: A LUCKY EXAMPLE. For most conditions the only way to identify carriers is the old fashioned way, to breed a dog and then to cross back on it. This is risky business but sometimes we get lucky. I started breeding Greyhounds forty years ago with a foundation sire, Tiger. I bred him to three different bitches. Then I bred a sire from one of those litters to bitches from another. Nothing alarming turned up in the puppies. And that gave me the nerve to continue crossing back on Tiger. Six generations down from Tiger we had a litter with a Coefficient of Inbreeding of 20.48 with eight crosses back to Tiger and still no health problems. Then we had what I call the self help litter in which two litter mates of the sixth generation helped themselves and generated their own litter. I send my in-season bitches to Sheila’s house because she has no male dogs. We call her house the nunnery. But my neighbor’s pit bull had attacked Bobby the day before Reina came in season (and bitten me). Six weeks later I looked at Reina and I realized that I was so distracted by the attack that I had lost count of the days of her season and sent her to the Nunnery one day too late. With
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all the warnings we receive about the evils of inbreeding, I had never planned to do a full brother-sister breeding. I was prepared for the puppies to glow in the dark. The Coefficient of inbreeding for the self-help litter would be 30.27. And it would have 16 crosses back to Tiger in seven generations. There were ten naturally whelped puppies, all perky and thriving. (One thing this litter taught me is that bitches should be bred at young ages if you want an easy whelping.) Reina had just turned three. This litter revealed one recessive. I had suspected that Tiger carried the gene for liver pigmentation (b) because when his first son was bred to a Beer Bronco daughter, there were liver colored puppies in that litter. And when another of his sons was bred to two Tiger daughters, there was one liver nosed red puppy in each litter. Since then, there were no more livers until the self-help litter. Five of these puppies were liver pigmented and five were black pigmented. They were all healthy. In fact they were the most active and energetic litter I can recall. I was wondering if my memory was just dimming with age, or if these really were as bouncy as they seemed. But the revealing of the liver pigmentation demonstrates the way that backcrossing will match up recessive genes and reveal them. It can do the same thing for hereditary health problems. Fortunately, while being inbred, these puppies are very healthy. The lady figuring the Coefficients of Inbreeding for me said that the highest one she had calculated was 55.01. When I looked up the pedigree for Seamair the
Prophet I discovered that he had seven crosses to Tiger but his “COI was so high because all of them were through the same stud dog, Ch. Seamair’s Big Ben Brown.” With even more crosses back to Tiger, my COIs were lower than the Prophet’s because the various bitches that Tiger had been bred to kept the COI for my litters from being astronomical. But not everyone gets lucky when they back cross on a stud dog (or bitch for that matter).
BACKCROSSING- THREE UNLUCKY EXAMPLES. BRITTLE BONE DISEASE-OSTOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (OI). A stud dog owner’s worst nightmare is finding out that his popular stud carries a fatal disease. For Ch. Sundridge So Be It’s fourth litter he was bred to his niece, his litter sister’s daughter. One puppy from this litter went to Linda Bell. This puppy suffered multiple bone breaks and was diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta and eventually euthanized. Here denial set in. So Be It’s owner blamed the bone breaks on Linda’s natural rearing diet. (Linda had raised several of my puppies on the same diet with no problems.) OI is a hereditary collagen disease that affects proper bone growth and makes the bones brittle and subject to breaks. It not only affects dogs. It affects people. Parents of OI children have been accused of child abuse before the bone breaks were recognized to be the result of a disease and not abuse. So Be It was bred a fifth time with no problems. But for his sixth litter he was bred to his granddaughter, Am Can Ch Zebaa’s Lullaby of Gaia. And all but one of the puppies was affected with brittle bone disease. When a stud dog carries recessive lethal genes the only way to find that out is to breed back on him to allow those genes to double up and express themselves. I spent years urging Sue to write about OI but she never did. And then she died so now it is my turn. She told me that she regretted breeding him to his granddaughter. Because nearly a whole litter of affected puppies made it impossible to deny that he carried the gene for OI. I was a little disappointed in her. Would it be better to wait until the OI gene had spread throughout the show Greyhound population, before eventual back crosses would reveal it? No. If a popular stud dog carries lethal genes the sooner it can be found out the better. If the genes for neuropathy could have been identified sooner it would be less widespread through the show Greyhound population now. Continued on page 117
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ROLE MODELS; MORALS & ETHICS... Continued FROM page 18
What kind of disappoints, surprises and saddens me, is the fact that all the judges involved in these incidents are people who have or have had, prominent positions in their respective kennel clubs. Whatever they do, whatever they say and however they act and behave is always being observed, scrutinized and criticized by people on every level of the sport. Even if no rules are broken, there are ways to easily avoid situations like this! If you are selected as the judge for Best in Show or Group at a dog show, your partner should attend the event in hat, gloves and handbag (well provided it’s a lady we’re talking about), looking representative and just enjoy the day and leave all other activities at the show to others. It used to be common for some exhibitors/breeders in the UK, that when they accepted a judging appointment, their dogs were transferred into the name of a wife, child or husband-so their own dogs could compete at the same show! This was of course, heavily criticized by the “authorities”, which only led to some dogs for the time they were shown to be permanently owned by a wife, child, grandmother or in a few cases, even a kennel maid! So nothing really changed… But if your family considers showing dogs at a show where you are one of the main judges, at least draw the line where there is any chance the dog may qualify to be shown to you!! Be it a Group or Best in Show. In a way I feel the reasons for the introduction of many of the rules indicate that we are
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all basically crooked- or that at least is how the world of exhibitors regard us. If one member of a family is judging breeds only, I cannot understand why other members of the family are not allowed to show in other breeds. At least at other shows the same weekend. And I have been told there are restrictions for AKC employees as well? I have been quite critical of some rules in the US restricting the “freedom” of licensed judges and what they can and cannot do, even at shows where they are not officiating. Some rules are absolutely ok while others not so. I attended a local show as a spectator and applauded the Best in Show winner- and was then told: You’re a judge. You should not applaud any other judges’ decisions!??? We have over the last couple of years witnessed incidents involving judges, ownerships,etc. etc. which illustrate that however much you try to “legislate” for all expected as well as unforeseen situations and conflicts, there will always be loopholes which allow people to do things they know they shouldn’t, totally legally. And of course on each occasion upsetting and annoying those of us who try to use tact and common sense! A friend of mine, attending a show as a spectator, was “caught” by the field rep and told off for helping his own son (handler) load his truck, which he did as there was suddenly a downpour- and to keep dogs and equipment dry for the rest
of the week, he needed help. And another friend of mine (not judging, but exhibiting) was told off (by a fellow judge who threatened to report the incident to the AKC) for helping a novice exhibitor, showing how to groom the dog before entering the ring. If there is any justification for this, please explain it to me!!! In my humble opinion, if those of us who happen to occasionally judge dogs attend a dog show, in any other capacity than as a judge, it should be our duty to do what we can to help newcomers feel at home and educate them in any way we can. It is so easy to forget that all we know about our sport after years of involvement is not the case for the beginners, so take a look back and try to remember how you felt when you entered your first couple of shows. And for those of you in “higher places”, remember that your involvement and position in this sport, should automatically make you consider yourselves role models- and hopefully conduct your lives in a way that is beyond reproach. Not easy, but give it a try!
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THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK Continued FROM page 22
There is a long standing debate about chicken jerky treats manufactured in China and the role it may or may not play in causing illnesses or even deaths in dogs. The FDA is carrying on a long investigation into the matter and has stated “No specific products have been named or recalled because the cause of the illnesses have not been determined”. That being the case should AKC suspend or continue to permit its logo to be used on packaged chicken jerky strips and other treats made in China?
or unsafe products. I don’t think we can depend on the FDA in this matter because all their investigation is after the fact. Once the damage is done it is almost impossible to get your good name back. AKC has to assure itself that the products they are endorsing are safe. Not knowing how “hands on” AKC is in this product line makes it difficult to believe in the safety of the products. I would not feed these treats to my dogs given the number of unanswered questions.
Cathy Nelson This is the old advertising sticky wicket concerning “celebrity” endorsement of a product without direct manufacturing involvement. If the sole falls off the brand new super costly Nike high tops, the buyer doesn’t go after the basketball superstar named on the shoe, he’s mad at Nike. With unproved allegations against all such treats made in China, I can’t see a huge negative impact to the AKC brand. However, if a firm connection is established for any variety of the chicken treat imports, of course the logo comes off. It’s a sad state that rumors can take on the appearance of fact. That said, when this debate first appeared, I pitched all the jerky treats and haven’t purchased any since.
Dr. Patricia Haines First, as a practicing veterinarian I recommend to my clients *never* feed any product manufactured in China, or for that matter be very cautious of any product manufactured outside of the USA. When serving as a board member, I held quality and philosophy of a product endorsement above short term financial benefit to the AKC in the use of the logo. Obviously this was and continues to be a minority opinion in final board and staff positions.
Bruce Schwartz If the FDA has been unable to determine the cause of the illnesses, I see no reason for the AKC to stop selling their products.
John Constantine I think AKC should withdraw use of its logo. If a product is of uncertain quality or even more so, safety, it should be a no-brainer.
John Hamil, DVM Although the government has not been able to identify specific toxins in the chicken jerky treats, our hospital suggests that no food products from China be fed to animals (or people for that matter). Because of the many complaints and anecdotal reports of problems associated with the Chinese food products, I think the AKC should endeavor to have all licensees withdraw the use of the AKC logo on Chinese food products for dogs.
kenneth kauffman I think that the American Kennel Club should be endorsing and supporting American products. PATRICIA GAIL BURNHAM The AKC should absolutely not have its logo on the chicken treats that are under investigation for having made dogs sick and dead. I always check chicken treats for country of origin, and was appalled to see the AKC logo on Chinese ones.
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Ronald Menaker If there is any doubt whatsoever then the product should be removed from the shelves until such time as a determination regarding its safety is made. Mickey Low I would not feed any jerky treats to my dog . I only feed organic treats. AKC should not allow their logo to be used on a product that has questions about its health risks.
Bob Smith (Robert D.) In view of China’s history of exporting unsafe food products (both human and animal) in the recent past, I think it would be prudent to suspend the use of AKC’s logo on such products until they have been proven safe. I am assuming, of course, that such a suspension can be done without exposing AKC to liability.
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VETERINARY TOPICS Continued FROM page 26
no better time than now.
Dog Parks
Dog parks have been an attractive addition to many cities and towns, especially in those urban areas where exercising pets is difficult and unsafe. According to the non-profit environmental organization, Trust for Public Land, dog parks are the fastest growing segment of city parks in the United States. Dog parks are a good way to provide socialization, stimulation and fun for dogs, as well as a safe and pleasant way to socialize in one’s neighborhood. The top ranked cities for the number of dog parks in the US are Portland, Oregon, Norfolk, Virginia, Las Vegas, Nevada and Arlington, Virginia. Even some towns and cities which have lovely areas for exercise for people with their dogs, also have separate parks where dogs can play and run off-lead. As with everything else, however, just as in kiddie playgrounds, mishaps happen. According to VPI (Veterinary Pet Insurance) statistics the most common medical conditions found in dogs who have gone to dog parks are sprains and soft tissue injuries; lacerations and bite wounds; kennel cough or upper respiratory infections; insect bites; head trauma; hyperthermia (heat stroke); parasite infections; parvovirus. Most dog parks have a set of posted rules, starting with “Pick up after your dog!” Other common sense procedures will make life safer and easier for all. Be aware of other pets, and keep your eyes on your dog. Don’t bring a puppy less than four months old to a public park. Make sure your dog is up to date on all vaccines recommended for your area. Make sure your dog is wearing a current license and a secure collar. Bring water. Be aware that even late Fall days can be surprisingly warm. Watch for signs of overheating in your dog, such as excessive panting, drooling, incoordination, bright red tongue. At the first signs that the dog may be too warm, stop the fun and games, pick a shady spot or your air conditioned car. Depending on the severity of the symptoms, either go home, or go to your veterinarian immediately. Dog parks are great, and enjoying them with your dog is even greater, if you use common sense.
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Canine Pyometra
Canine pyometra is an infectious and inflammatory disorder of the uterus. It is seen in intact bitches, most often during the most fertile stage of their estrous cycle. In studies of bitches it appears that bacteria in the uterus are responsible for most cases of the disease. Studies show that accumulating uterine secretions, and immunosuppression caused by progesterone stimulation during the heat cycle make the uterus an ideal environment for bacteria to grow. Clinical signs of pyometra typically appear one to three months after the end of the estrus cycle. It is difficult to identify the disease because the symptoms are varied and non-specific. They may include lethargy, depression, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, extreme thirst or high urination. There may be vaginal discharge. There are two types of pyometra. One, called “closed cervix pyometra” is more serious and could be fatal if not recognized early, as the infectious material cannot be discharged. This results in bacterial contamination, causing shock, dehydration and collapse. If the purulent material is allowed to escape (open cervix pyometra) there is a much better chance of survival as the infection is noticed and treatment with appropriate antibiotics can be started immediately. Once a bitch has had pyometra most veterinarians recommend spaying her, as recurrence is likely, especially in bitches with a short estrus cycle. Younger bitches that recover quickly have a greater likelihood to be able to produce a healthy litter, but the odds are not great. In one study the reproduction rate for those who have had pyometra is only 50% to 65%.
Link Between Air Pollution and Cardio Disease
A study at the University of CaliforniaDavis, has studied the rates of cardiovascular disease in humans and in mice. Asthma and death have been identified in both, as a result of factors in the inhalants which promote clotting. These substances could be metals, soot, nitrates, sulfates, exhaust from vehicles (especially diesel engines) and very
fine dust. In rural areas researchers are investigating the role of particulates as occupational hazards for workers in high density animal agricultural facilities. This study could be viewed as another canary in the coal mine. The study at the university is ongoing, and is another example of the OneHealth process of linking human and animal medicine for the benefit of both.
Nature Intertwined
There is a new buzzword in the biology/ economy world these days. It is called ecosystem services. Maybe it is not so new, but it made the science pages of the New York Times this past summer. It refers to the interdependence of nature and human endeavors. The bottom line is, if we don’t take care of the natural world, there will be a breakdown in ways we don’t even understand yet. For example, there is a developing model of infectious disease that has become prevalent in the past several decades. To name a few: AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, rabies, H1N1 influenza, to name just a few. All of these illnesses originated in animals, partially because humans have altered the landscape with new roads, deforestation of native animal habitats and the movement of populations into previously wild areas. The erosion of biodiversity has played a big role in the spread of infectious diseases from animals to humans. Scientists who study these things, with a sort of Cassandra attitude of caution and gloom, are working hard to overcome the forces of nature and human invasion. Some of these biologists, ecologists, environmentalists and researchers have subscribed to the One Health initiative. This has become a world-wide program with more than 600 scientists and other professionals who espouse the ideas that human, animal and ecological health are linked and must be managed together as one condition. Some act as researchers, some as the first line of defense, but, one researcher says, now “there is a coordinated effort in 20 countries to develop an early warning system for emerging zoonotic outbreaks.” Resources for this article: Veterinary Medicine, May 2012; DVM Newsmagazine, March 2012, May 2012; Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, August 2012; The New York Times, July 15, 2012.
GCh. Osages B T h a e n n B o o s G s t O o f N M R e U
Rueben’s latest accomplishments: Best of Breed - Judge Mr. Robert Stein - Tioga Kennel Club Best of Breed - Judge Ms. Peggy Beisel-Mcllwane - Newton Kennel Club (pictured) Best of Breed - Judge Mr. Bertram Tormey - Sussex Hills Kennel Club Best of Breed - Judge Ms. Diane P. Miller - Niagara Falls Kennel Club Best of Breed - Judge Mr. Alfred J. Ferruggiaro - Northwestern Connecticut Kennel Club To Date RUEBEN has accomplished: 13 - Best of Breeds • 1 - Group First • 1 - Group Second • 1 - Groud Third • 1 - Group Fourth Bred By: Doris & Gary Conrad
Handled By: Brian Meindl Roxbri209@aol.com
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BRACE YOURSELF Continued FROM page 42
Whereas in “the good old days� many outstanding Terriers crossed the Atlantic westwards, we have in recent decades seen top quality dogs coming in from the USA to take top honours in the UK and beyond and continue to do so. We have also seen Britain, the fountainhead of terriers, benefiting hugely from imported breeding stock, albeit from kennels that were based on significant British bloodlines, many of which have now been rather diluted in the homeland of Britain itself. As the world becomes a smaller and smaller place, with international travel being relatively easy for both humans and their dogs, the exchange of breeding stock has increased with great effect. As an example of the results that international cooperation can provide, I was recently judging a show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Whilst I was majorly impressed with the quality of all seven of my group winners (what a joy it is to be able to judge all groups when you are judging Best ... at least in theory you should have a line-up of dogs that you really rate), one stood away for me and ironically he came from a single-entry breed. This was an Australian Terrier that stormed into the ring, kicked his heels and was determined to be noticed. On the table he continued to thrill me, his muscle tone and condition being remarkable and his breed type and size classical. Furthermore he was handled and presented to perfection and for me he was an obvious BIS winner. He was handled by a Japanese gentleman who worked for some time in the USA with leading professionals, he was bred in Australia where Finnish bloodlines were apparently incorporated in his pedigree and now he is being campaigned in Asia from Japan but I am told that there is already great British interest in this super little dog. With the increasingly international aspect of our sport, more and more clever and farseeing breeders have been quick to realise that maybe the breed is not as strong at home than they thought it was, and that other countries are doing a great job with the breed. I know many of my friends and acquaintances have had their eyes opened when they began to travel to foreign dog
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shows, and suddenly they realised that our sainted isle did not have the monopoly on great dogs. The smart ones of course soon resolved to avail themselves of the quality found overseas and have imported or leased dogs, or maybe imported semen, with very satisfying effect. They have also of course located breeders who see their breed through similar eyes, having common goals and ambitions, people with whom they build special and strong relationships based on trust and the same desire for the future of the breed. I am envious of those dedicated terrier breeders from all around the world who will be descending on Montgomery, eager to discover what is new, great and from where it comes. There will I am sure be endless dog talk of breeding programmes and pedigrees, and many deals will be made by which dogs can be exchanged that in the long term will benefit both parties. In these ever health-conscious days we are well aware of the need to keep gene pools as wide as possible and the group shows where breeders from around the world can meet and discuss the breed in a very frank and open manner are an ideal vehicle to widening our gene pools. There will I am sure also be endless partying as old friendships are renewed and new ones forged. Terrier people in particular are well known for making their best plans when helped with a little liquid refreshment. In recent months I have done a lot of travelling and have met many enthusiastic terrier people who have inevitably asked if I was going to Montgomery. To them it seems to eclipse the appeal of Crufts, Westminster or the AKC National Championship. Sadly I have had to say no, but one day ...
SteLin Silky TerrierS presents
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Judges’ Choice THE WELSH TERRIER
We asked a number of Championship Show judges Reprinted with permission from The Kennel Gazette to select their three greatest WELSH TERRIERS of all time. The dogs could be from the past or the present and from anywhere in the world. We have asked our judges to avoid choosing dogs with which they have been closely associated. However, they can make reference to them if they are significant.
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Number One* Skye Terrier & Number Seven* Among All Terrier Breeds Multiple All Breed Best In Show Winner National Specialty Best of Breed Winner American, Finnish, Estonian, Russian International Champion Of Skyeline Captain Hook
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BARRIE
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THE NORFOLK TERRIER
Little Dogs, Big Personalities
BY M.J. NELSON
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o the casual observer, there appears to be no difference between a Norfolk and a Norwich Terrier other than the position of their ears. But that, say the Norfolk lovers, is a misconception. For the two breeds although they have a common origin and similar appearance differ substantially in a number of ways, not the least of which, according to the Norfolk people, is the Norfolk Terrier’s high level of desire to do the job for which the breed was intended—rodent control. “Their temperament is really quite different,” said Beth Kravetz, who owns or owned Rugby’s Wimbledon Miss B Bingley CGC NJ-R NJ-N NA OAJ NFP NJP CAA HIC, GCh Ch Avalon Beulah She’s So Poppilicious CGC ME OAP AJP OFP CAA HIC and Tally Ho-Ho-Ho CGC, CG ME OA OAJ MXP MJP2 NFP. “Norfolk Terriers are much more prey driven than Norwich and this shows up in the number of dogs in each breed that have earthdog/go-to-ground
titles. There are just a handful of Norwich with these titles and there are many, many Norfolk. Norfolk are also more independent thinkers where Norwich are more easy going and eager to please, which is probably why Norwich have been more successful in agility. Norwich are also better jumpers as Norfolk seem to suffer from ‘early takeoff syndrome’ which makes them crappy jumpers.” Sheila Foran, who owns Ch Forlore’s Free Spirit CD RE SE OA OAJ (“Arlo”) and Todmorden Catch Me at Folklore CD RE OA OAJ (“Catcher”), agreed that the two breeds are quite different. She said, “Absolutely! It’s a fallacy that they are essentially the same breed except for their ears. Although they share the same heritage, the ear types have not been interbred since the end of WWII ... and even before then most early breeders had distinct preferences. In fact,
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Tilley, ((Dralions Fiery Spiritquest ADC AGDC) one of Terry Shevchenko’s Norfolk Terriers, is an accomplished agility dog that also frequently doubles as “Toto” in stage productions of The Wizard of Oz.
Am/Can Ch Domby’s Jacob Marely ME RN (“Jake”,) one of Janet Latterner’s Norfolks, also has a novice lap dog dock diving title.
today they are no more alike than any other breed within the Terrier Group. Although both are fine dogs and it’s not uncommon for people to own both, they differ in structure, they differ dramatically in the health issues that are found in each breed and they certainly differ in temperament.” “You have to keep an eye on a Norfolk,” said Terry Shevchenko whose Norfolks Tilley (Dralions Fiery Spiritquest ADC AGDC), Neddy (DreamMaker’s Neddy ADC AADC AGDC) and Winny (DreamMaker’s Winny ADC) have several Canadian
agility titles and Tilley has been “Toto” more than 100 times in various stage productions of The Wizard of Oz. “If they see something they think they can chase, they’re gone in a flash. They have a much higher prey drive than do Norwich. Another thing you have to be aware of with a Norwich is that they like to be the boss and they can be stubborn sometimes. So, you have to make any activity you want them to do fun and you can’t take things too seriously because they’ll feed off of that and it makes for a poor performance. Positive support
Jake also loves going to ground.
“They’re in here somewhere,” according to Poppy’s body language.
works wonders with a Norfolk. Too much negative feedback and they will sometimes shut down. It’s important not to overtrain with a Norfolk. If you overtrain, it just makes them think they don’t have it right and they become frustrated. Once you know they understand what you want, you need to move on to something else.” One problem with Norfolk Terriers is that with games they like, they quickly figure out how to make the task easier for them. “As a team, my dogs and I have had difficulty with the rules in earthdog,” said Janet Latterner, who owns Am/Can Ch Domby’s Jacob Marely ME RN, who also has novice lap dog dock diving titles and is a therapy dog. “It’s not that they cheat. They just know that wherever the judge is sitting in the field, they will find the quarry very near and take the shortest route to get there. Norfolk are problem solvers and have a tendency to want to get the task
done instead of following the rules. One of my dogs in particular has been chasing a senior earthdog title going on two years. She knows that when she finally comes to me, the game ends and we leave the den. I end up either chasing her around the den site or lifting up the den liners to get her out of the tunnel. She seems to get a lot of pleasure out of exhausting me and holding up the next competitor. A lot of this problem though is my fault. I have let her get away with this stuff on a few occasions and now it’s a behavior I have to change for both of us. I’ve worked with several earthdog trainers and have tried several methods to break this habit but we still struggle with it. Norfolk are sturdy little terriers with a big personality. They excel at problem-solving and love to do anything that involves being with their family which makes it easy to try just about anything with this breed. They are enthu-
siastic, full of energy, do not tire easily and have a really good prey drive which makes them successful in such activities as flyball and dock diving as well as go-to-ground work.” “Norfolk are smart, inquisitive and relatively easy to motivate which makes them great performance dogs,” said Foran. “But an obstacle to more wide-spread success by those of us who do companion and performance activities has been indifference by parent clubs. You have to find people who are supportive and encouraging and who aren’t tied up in ‘breed politics.’ In other words, people who respect dogs for their brains as well as their beauty. Thankfully, the AKC now offers many activities that are not breed-specific and with the proper support, it is possible to get around the parent club indifference and get support and encouragement from like-minded people who believe that the ‘whole dog’ counts.” One of the aspects of the breed that makes it successful in a wide variety of dog sports is the Norfolk’s history as a multi-purpose farm dog, according to Kravetz. Continued on page 120
Poppy ( GCh Ch Avalon Beulah She’s So Poppilicious CGC ME OAP AJP OFP CAA HIC ), one of Beth Kravetz’s Norfolks, is a very versatile dog doing conformation, earthdog, agility, herding and lure coursing.
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in 1969 with homebred Ch. Glamoor Good News, “Susie”. Amazingly, just two years later in 1971, under the great Bea Godsol, “Susie’s” nephew Ch. Glamoor Gang Buster also won the Terrier Group at Westminster. Successful at Montgomery County Kennel Club, from 1963 through 1972, Walter won the breed 9 times in 10 years. I am sure no other kennel of any breed accomplished this. Of these 9 breed wins he placed in the group 6 times. Montgomery County being the “Terrier Mecca” of the world, this is something that breeders can only dream about. Winning the breed there is every Terrier breeder’s hope. In 1974, when Walter retired from breeding and showing to begin his judging career, he also contributed to the Montgomery County Kennel Club, which had given him so much pleasure. Working closely with Montgomery’s indefatigable Show Chair Josephine Deubler, from 1986 through 2010, Walter served as
President. Nobody had ever served as President for such an extended period of time. The first year of his presidency saw show entries rise to over 2,000 and year after year he has strived to keep Montgomery County as one of the premier shows of the world. In addition to his judging worldwide, Walter also gave back to the overall sport, serving as the Skye Terrier Club of America’s delegate for 30 years, and serving on the Board of Directors of AKC for 24 years until he retired this March, 2012. He has served on the board of the AKC Museum of the Dog, and on the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. With all the aforementioned ways that Walter has contributed to the sport it was a great privilege for SBKC to be able to honor him. There are so many deserving people in the sport, but none more so than Walter.
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first became acquainted with Walter in the early 60’s when he was campaigning Ch. Evening Star De Luchar. Everyone was surprised that Walter and “Evie” could so quickly build such a large record for the breed, 21 BIS and 74 Groups. When her campaign ended he burst on the scene with the great Ch. Jacinthe De Ricelaine. Because of my fascination with “Jackie” I started a friendship with Walter that’s lasted for 50 years. “Jackie” won 35 BIS and 97 Groups and was being campaigned at the same time my uncle, John Murphy, was handling the Scottie, Ch. Carmichaels Fanfare. “Mamie” went BIS at Westminster in 1965 and won back to back Bests at Montgomery in 1963 and 1964. In 1963, “Jackie” took third in the group and was runner-up to Best in 1965. When “Jackie” arrived on the scene she immediately caused quite a controversy. She was the most striking silver colored bitch, a shade that had not been seen before and everyone was taken by her beauty. Up until Walter’s “Evie”, Mrs.
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Brace - Judge Alva Rosenberg
Consuelo Vanderbilt Earl’s renowned Iradell Kennels had completely dominated Skyes. Armed with fabulous Vanderbilt wealth and burning ambitions, Mrs. Earl was extremely competitive. The legendary Walter Foster handled for her, making them a very hard team to beat. Mrs. Earl assumed that “Evie” and Walter were just a passing threat to her control of the breed. But when “Jackie” came on the scene, the handwriting was on the wall that this was a “winning bitch” that would scale legendary heights. Her fear
of being overshadowed sent Mrs. Earl into a tailspin, and with great determination and power, she attempted to disqualify “Jackie” by claiming that some slight shading made her a parti-color Skye. This crazy accusation simply did not hold water and “Jackie” embarked on her historic career. Not content with being second best, ultimately Mrs. Earl withdrew altogether from the Skye world. It was thought that there could never be another “Jackie”, so the
Terrier world was stunned when Walter brought out several of her progeny. There were lots of discussions over which one was best and how they compared to their mother. Because of Ch. Glamoor Good News’ (“Susie’s” ) color made a perfect matching brace with her mother “Jackie”. Although “Susie” did win the Garden in 1969 she was not Walter’s original choice to compete, that being her sister Ch. Glamoor Gee Whiz, “Socksie”, who unfortunately succumbed to the anesthesia of a simple operation. Their brother Ch. Glamoor Go Go Go, “Junior”, was also a big winner, and at the time considered the best male Skye the country had ever seen. “Junior” won the breed at Montgomery in 1966, 1967 and 1969. He let “Susie” win it in 1968. “Junior” sired Ch. Glamoor Gang Buster, who won the breed in 1970, 1971 and 1972. Many of today’s leading Skye kennels began with Glamoor dogs. Back in the early 70’s, Gene Zaphiris got involved with Skyes from “Glamoor”. By 1986, Gene and Matt Stander won BOB at Montgomery with a homebred, Ch. Cragsmoor Gotcha Good. Of interest of course is that all Cragsmoor bred Skyes have the word “Good” in their name as a tribute to Walter’s BIS winning bitch “Good News”. This interest continued on with some imports. Ch. Finnsky Oliver won the breed at Montgomery in 1994, where he also was third in the group and in 1995. Gene handled “Oliver” to win the Terrier group at Westminster in 1996. The “Oliver” son, Ch. Finnsky Xcalibur, won the breed at Montgomery in 2000 and came back in 2006 to win the breed from the Veterans class at ten years of age. Last year we saw Ch. Cragsmoor Buddy Goodman break Jackie’s record for Continued on page 90
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the top winning Skye Terrier of all time. How fitting it is that he was named after Walter’s older brother, the late Maurice (Buddy) Goodman, Jr. If Walter had not brought such attention to the breed, Gene and many others would not have developed such an interest. Walter is one of a kind. When I was growing up in the sport, it was full of colorful characters, every breed had several. This Ch. Jacinthe made for a colorful and de Ricelaine socially interesting time of retiring with 35th BIS life. But we have lost most of these great characters over the past several decades and they are not being replaced. Perhaps this is just a reflection of our changing society where the great charismatic actors from the movie industry are no longer, the same being for political giants like Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, John Kennedy, etc.; today’s public figures do not possess the style of the past. That is why I treasure Walter as a living Ch. Yule de Mandane legend, one of the dog relaxing backstage with Miss Rosalind fancy’s great characters. Besides his involvement within the sport, Walter’s entire 90 years have been full of color. His style of dressing has always been envied; his great appreciation for all the arts has been unparalleled as well. Recently at SBKC, visiting with his niece Cynthia Stebbins, we reminisced about the beauty of Walter’s “Withgate” estate on Centre Island, a small island in Oyster Bay, Long Island. It was a beautiful property and the waterside setting was picture-perfect. Walter’s great style was evident in every superb detail, including the kennels. Different parts of the house appeared periodically in the likes of House &
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Ultimate MomentWKC siging the book for BIS
Walter’s first Gr. I - Ch. You’ll Do de Luchar Walter awarding WKC BIS to Willum
Ch. Evening Star de Luchar - her 1st show French import
1930 Walter age 9 riding Vanella
Walter’s library at Withgate
Garden. When I was still a teenager, I filled in whenever Walter was short of dog sitters. I imagine I was paid, but would have done it for nothing. Walter is also an accomplished chef and he would prepare fine cuisine for me to dine on while dog sitting. What a treat being surrounded by so many beautiful Skye Terriers in a setting fit for royalty. Centre Island played a major role in the “Great Gatsby”, and when I spent time alone in this very romantic setting, I imagined that I was Gatsby. These memories are still vivid 50 years later. Not being “from the manor born”, Walter gave me the opportunity to pretend I was. The success of Walter and the Glamoor Skye Terriers would never have happened without his mother, Adele,
who developed an interest in the breed and started the Glamoor Skye Kennel’s legacy in 1935. Adele was a fascinating character like her son. Old school, her love of the dogs and the breed took precedence over winning even though she was a fierce competitor. She was admired and loved by all, much as our more modern day, the late Lil Schwartz was. On several occasions when Walter traveled to shows out of the area, Adele and I would attend a local show together. This would entail driving into New York City to pick up Adele and driving back together to the fabulous “Withgate” estate. I still cherish the times Continued on page 98
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MULTIPLE BEST IN SHOW & MULTIPLE BEST IN SPECIALTY SHOW WINNING
GCH. MILETREE NORTHERN STAR AT SHIRMONT
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all is here with cool weather, which makes getting out and training for most of us much more enjoyable. Also, the excitement for the upcoming National Obedience Invitational held in conjunction with Eukanuba is building. My personal story related to this excitement is finding out that my PBGV, Gypsy, who has qualified for the fourth year in a row, will be able to show. I never thought for a moment that at 13.5 years old she would be able to go this year, but now, when placed on a Thyroid medication, she is looking and acting like she is five years younger. Last year a friend showed her at the NOI in Orlando as I had a judging assignment. This year I will be showing her. If she stays sound we will be there with bells on. I am ecstatic. The next NOI will be in March in Tulsa, so there isn’t much time in between the two competitions for those who have qualified for both. AKC held a judges only Obedience and Rally Seminar in Raleigh, which was informative and helped judges attending to be on the same page when judging both activities. There is always something to be learned or refreshed in your memory at these seminars. I know that I found there are some things that needed to be improved with my ring procedure. It is also very helpful to discuss the rules with other judges. Bill Thyne and Diane Schultz are knowledgeable presenters, and Pam Manaton, director of Obedience and Rally, was there to answer questions concerning AKC procedures. The new Obedience reps were also introduced to the judges. In a previous column I detailed the new Pre Novice, Pre Open, and Pre Utility classes with their rules and requirements for earning titles. I had noted that the scoring system was going to make it quite difficult to obtain passing scores. Apparently the AKC obedience staff took another look at the rules and came to the same conclusion as there are revisions that will be posted in the very near future. The scoring system will now be based on a perfect score of 200 as in all other obedience classes. As the classes will not be started until July 1, 2013 there is time to review whatever else might need tweaking. I will include the revisions in a future column. I have included photos of the big and the small doing obedience at the Raleigh trials. It is encouraging to see the diversity of breeds being shown in Obedience and Rally. Chris Elliott, known for her outstanding Border Collies in the obedience ring, and for her breeding program for that breed, is now training a young Mastiff with success. They have earned a UD and are working toward a UDX and OTCH. Maggie Hayes, who has also had suc-
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cess earning OTCHs in both AKC and UKC with her Golden Retrievers, is now showing a Flat Coated Retriever, placing in Open B and Utility B for High Combined and OTCH points. The other breeds competing in the B classes that are a little unusual are a Kerry Blue Terrier and a Keeshond. One of our new Obedience Judges, Ellen Beasly, recently earned a OTCH on an Australian Cattle Dog. These are just a few examples, proving that with time and effort any breed can compete and be successful in Obedience. Another encouraging fact is there are more Champions competing in the Companion Events, thus earning those coveted titles at both ends of their names. I sure would like to see AKC include a Total Dog Program at their shows like UKC does. I know it would increase entries in Obedience and Rally, at least on the Novice level. This might encourage folks to go on for more advanced titles in these sports. As usual I am ending with an update on my seven month-old PBGV puppy. I am a firm believer that you can train for more than one venue at once. Glee now has 2 points in AKC Conformation and earned her UKC Championship. We are working on the obedience exercises she has learned, and we started puppy Agility classes last week. Can I say she was a star? Nothing seems to faze her. As soon as she realizes it isn’t going to scare her, it’s full steam ahead. Exercise finished.
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we spent together when there was just the two of us. At the shows there always was a large group of people surrounding Adele. Her love of the sport was infectious. The night “Susie” went BIS at the Garden, I remember Adele told the press, “We Ch. Glamoor have even better ones at home”. She was dead serious, there Twinkle being some truth to the statement. Although the show dogs Star Judge Frank lived at “Withgate”, Adele always kept a favorite companion Foster dog at her NYC apartment. Like her son Walter, Adele Davis contributed so much to the fancy and gave so many people wonderful memories to cherish. Montgomery County is the highlight of the year for all Terrier fanciers. Thousands travel from all corners of the globe to see all the great Terriers, and there is not a breeder or handler that does not dream of winning big at Montgomery. As judges we all dream of discovering the next great “Sadler”,“Excellence”,“Mick”,“Sadie”, etc. As a teenager I counted the days to Montgomery even more than Christmas. Now 50 years later even much more so. All the ladies have been shopping for months to unveil their new outfits. The gentlemen also try to look their best, but know they cannot match the style of Walter. In many ways matching Walter’s character, the Montgomery County Kennel Club Show gives so much pleasure to thousands of people whether breeders, exhibitors, handlers, judges or spectators. The sport owes a great deal of gratitude to Walter. His quarter of a century reigning as President, Ch. Glamoor working with Go Go Go Josephine Deubler winning BIS under Albert and their fellow Van Court MCKC Members has made Montgomery County the Kentucky Derby of dog shows. Ch. Jacinthe Hopefully during the de Ricelaine LKC Bea course of the day Godsol many will have the opportunity to thank Walter for all he has done for the sport.
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ll the statistics and outlook for agility remains positive in an uncertain time for entries at dog shows. Since I am a lifetime member of two of the local all breed clubs as well as active in a Golden Retriever club and agility clubs, I hear the ups and downs of the year to year entries for each type of club. The conformation numbers for all of them have been lower and the conditions are all the same as well as the dates, but obedience entries seem to remain steady while agility
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continues to fill and have a wait list. There appears to be no end to the growth as I am a Volunteer Measuring Official who measures new dogs for their jump height cards and the nervous novice handler tells me this is their first trial. Something that helps this growth is the AKC/USA World Agility Team. All team members and supporters and staff are now in the Czech Republic or on their way there. The team members that arrive a week early to prepare themselves and get their dogs over the jet lag do this at their own expense. One of the growth factors for AKC is the line of communication in today’s world. Yes, we have the AKC website but what these team members do is post blogs, tweet, Facebook and email direct to their friends. This rush of media in the agility world is a boon
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to AKC agility. In my opinion, no other venue can match the excitement of all the exhibitors in the sport as the upcoming World Championships to be held in Liberic, Czech Republic on October 4-7, 2012. If you wish to keep posted on the progress of the team as well as view daily pictures of the people over there, be sure to watch this web link at AKC: https://classic.akc.org/events/agility/ world/2012/slideshow.cfm. Another site that is heavily visited is the team member, Daisy Peel’s entertaining site: www. daisypeel.com/blog/czech-update-wereready/. The youngest team member, Tori Self, college student with her Border Collie, Rev, maintains a blog all thru the year that is very funny and definitely thought provoking. One of the side trips
that the early arrivals took was to the Bohemia rocks and climbed in the Cave of Satisfaction in Joblonec nad Nisou. To a person they all are praising the City of Prague as a tourist attraction. Here is the schedule the team will be keeping in Liberic: Wed,. Oct. 3 is the team leaders (captains) meeting where they have to name the final team running order of the dogs submitted. This is a change from previous years where you could do your on the floor practice and then decide if you want to use your alternate. Extra pressure on the coaches, Nancy Gyes and Kathie Leggett, and Agility Director, Carrie DeYoung, for sure. Thursday is the morning Veterinary inspection, then training on the same carpet surface they will compete on (6 minutes a dog) and then the opening ceremony, which is often 3 hours long, and totally new this year, they will host the Team Jumping large dogs. The event has grown so large they had to start a day sooner. The good news of this is that they returned to the previous set up of four dogs to a team, three scores count and one thrown out. So much more fair than the three dogs to a team and all scores count. Just too far to go and expensive of a trip to have only three of your four dogs running. Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be all the rest of the individual and team competition. Once again you can get all the action live and real time by subscribing to Agility Vision that is available on the AKC website. A good share of the agility exhibitors will be glued to their computers for the four days and then review it later on to see if they could have possibly run the difficult courses that will be presented. The official website of the World Championship is well worth visiting: www.2012FCI WorldAgilityChampionship . An accomplishment that has me in awe of this dog and handler is quintuple championship titles. This distinction went to Geri Ann Darnell and her Border Collie, Riva “Ch OTCH MACH HC VCCH Outburst Chasing Butterflies”. She earned her conformation championship at 13 months old, her agility championship at 5 years old, herding at 6 years old,
obedience at 7 years old and the last championship, tracking, at 12 years old. Geri Ann has long been recognized for her outstanding Papillons in all the various venues but this Border Collie proved she is a special “big”dog. At 13 Riva enjoys retirement and good health. The AKC Agility National Championships will be held once again in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Expo Square on March 15-17, 2013. This is a repeat venue due to the ability to run on 4 to 5 rings of good dirt surface and lots of room to crate dogs, park and watch the event. The name of the facility has been changed but it still is the same as the previous championships. This facility also will host the new Companion Events Extravaganza. This means it is the AKC National Obedience Championship as well as the newly created AKC Rally Championships along with the agility championship. This event was the goal of recently retired AVP of Companion Events, Curt Curtis. Proudly I say my husband, an obedience judge, has been asked to judge at this event along with a panel of Pat Scully, Board Member, and Larry Warsoff, a recently retired obedience field rep. Now all of Companion Events will match the agility program in hosting an Invitational and National Championship; one in December at the Orlando site and one in March in Oklahoma. The trend will continue into the future. My only concern is finding the facilities large enough to host all three events that will provide dirt flooring for agility and hard indoor surface for obedience and rally. That will give the staff a challenge. Go USA and bring home the Gold.
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Soviet censors, and for fifty years it was a musical statement of every Estonian’s desire for freedom. At the hundredth anniversary of the song festival in 1969, the choirs on stage and the audience as well started singing “Mu isamaa on minu arm”. The Soviets ordered the singers to leave the stage. No one did. The Soviets ordered a military band to play and drown out the singers. But a hundred instruments is no match for over a hundred thousand singers. The song was sung repeatedly in the face of authorities. There was nothing the Soviets could do but invite the composer on stage to conduct the choir for another encore and pretend they intended to allow this all along. Also it was illegal to own an Estonian flag during these years. Estonians defied this law by flying three separate blue, black, and white banners that effectively became the flag when flown side by side. (From the Singing Revolution). Today, Estonian society encourages liberty and liberalism with serious commitment to the ideals of the limited government, refusing centralized power and corruption. The hard work and efficiency are significant cultural roll models, and free education is a highly prized institution. Estonians as other Nordic countries consider very important to enforce everyman’s right, and universal suffrage as well as self sufficiency. However, Estonians separate
themselves from Nordic culture because they firmly believe that freedom is more important than equality. Before introducing the Estonian national dog breed I must mention some important things about this country; In 1994 Estonia became the first country in the world to introduce a flat income tax. Their Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, and its press freedom has been ranked 3rd in the 2012 Press Freedom Index by Borders. Skype was invented in Estonia*, and besides hundreds of other magnificent facts, Estonia is the least religious country in the world – only 14% of the population professes any religious beliefs. If you ever go to Estonia do not forget to visit the fairy tale like Wonderful Village Surrounded by Icicles. In Estonia until 1914, only RussianPolish Hounds and English Fox Hounds were used by the hunters. Naturally from these hounds, many local hounds were developed. The selection was made mostly on the working ability of these local hounds. In 1920 the final product was crossed with the Finnish Hound. These dogs were highly valued for their hunting capability especially of hare, goats, and foxes. The hunting of wild game went too far to the point that the dogs and their hunters almost had exterminated the forest’s fox, hare and wild goat population of the country. On July 1, 1934, a new law stipulated that no hunting dog higher than 17 inches (45 cm) would be permitted anymore.
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he Estonian Hound has born because in 1947 the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Agriculture and Economy ordered the country to establish a local breed of dog that should replace the large dogs like the hunting dogs of Estonia were. From then on The Gontchaja Estonskaja=Estonian Hound’s development was controlled and promoted following the ultimatum issued by the Soviets. The Estonian Hound is a young breed and may not have the legendary history’s of other ancient breeds but even so he is loved, and highly valued in its country of origin. The breed resulted from the crossing of various breeds of foreign hounds with local hunting dogs. Hunters have begun the selection favoring the smaller, lower stationed dogs always maintaining the outstanding ability to track small game. Finnish, Bern, Luzern, and Swiss Hounds, Beagles and the local’s larger Estonian Hounds are the forebears of the present medium sized Estonian Hound. The smaller individuals from this mixture were crossed with English Beagles to produce a dog with strong feet able to withstand the winter’s heavy snowfall. The Swiss Hounds were introduced purportedly to give the resulting breed a musical voice and the tenacity in tracking prey. Foxhounds were added for great staying power. The breed was introduced to the 2nd Soviet Cynological Congress in 1954. By December 27 of the same year, the breed standard was approved by the Agriculture Ministry of the Soviet Union, and was well received 106 Dog News
not only in Estonia but also in other areas of Russia. The breed standard was approved by the Estonian Kennel Union on July 4, 1998. After the collapse of USSR, Estonia proclaimed its independence, and the Estonian Hound was declared the country’s national dog by the new government. The Estonian Hound was developed to be a working breed. The well muscled and strongly boned structure of the breed exudes immense strength and endurance. This breed is indifferent to bad weather and would always be eager to work. The dog has a melodious voice that is not unpleasant to listen to. Apart from being endowed with exceptional hunting abilities, the Estonian Hound is a beautiful breed that is noted for its stable temperament and for a high level of intelligence. This is a medium sized dog with a solid bone structure and a well developed muscular body. The breed has a moderately wide round head. Length of the straight muzzle is equal to the length of the skull. The stop is moderately defined. Clearly defined eyebrows are not high placed. Well fitting lips should be dry. An Estonian Hound commonly sports a black nose although specimens with yellow patches may have dark brown noses. Almond shaped dark brown eyes are made more impressive by dark eye lids. Estonian Hounds have thin long ears with rounded tips. Ears are set rather low and drooped against the cheeks. The ears are well covered with short hair. Strong white teeth meet in a scissor bite. The rounded muscular neck is smoothly covered with skin. Muscular back is straight and wide. The sloping loin is rather short but wide and muscular. The short croup is wide and muscular as well. Rounded wide and deep chest reach the level of the elbows. An Estonian Hound has an elastic skin but it is fairly tight so that no wrinkles are formed. This breed has a short coat that is rough, flat and shiny. The undercoat is rather weakly developed. The predominantly white base coat color has black, tan and yellow patches of varying sizes. These dogs always have white tipped tail.(From the standard) An Estonian Hound is highly appreciated for its intelligence. This hunting dog also makes a wonderful family pet, and a great companion and playmate of the children. It would never be wise to leave them alone in the house for a long time as the good natured pet if bored may turn destructive. This is a friendly breed, and tolerates well other pets. Nevertheless, socialization will still be necessary so that the dog would be good with other animals and smaller pets as well. An Estonian Hound makes an excellent watchdog because it is naturally wary of strangers. This dog is not recommended for apartment living but a simple well fenced yard will ensure that the exercise requirements of the dog are met. The Estonian Hound is a highly valued hunting breed in its country of origin, and was in fact depicted on the Estonian Kennel Union’s coat of arms. The Estonian Kennel Union is working to have the breed recognized by the FCI. Our dear readers can find the complete standard at the Estonian Kennel Union (Eesti Kennelliit) home page. * Skype is the most modern and well known Estonian invention in the world today. The peer-to-peer telephone system and method was invented and written by Estonian software developers Ahti Heinla and Priit Kasesalu. (From Estonian inventors)
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The saying goes “A kennel is as good as it’s bitches”... Then we couldn’t have started with anything better:
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Ch. Glamoor Good News Breeders Mr. Walter F. Goodman Mrs. Adele Goodman Thank you Walter, for introducing us to this great breed, for your friendship and mentoring all these long years. We have bred very few litters and have enjoyed great success, making and breaking many records along the way. Cragsmoor Kennels, reg. 108 Dog News
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past weekend at the Old Dominion dog show. Our deepest sympathies to her husband and family. All of us at DOG NEWS send our deepest sympathies to working breed judge GRACE MOORE on the recent passing of her beloved husband LEO CONLON. They bred Doberman pinschers under the Gra-lemor prefix. We sere saddened to hear of the tragic motorcycle accident that took the life of DALE SMITH on September 27th. Our deepest sympathies to his wife CHRISTIE, their seven children, grand and great grandchildren. The family has requested those wishing to make a donation in his memory do so to the AKC Canine Health Foundation or the Samoyed Rescue. Happy wedding anniversary to BRADSHAW DOG SHOWS’ JOHN & HILDA BRADSHAW. Celebrating Birthdays… JACKIE GOTTLIEB, EDDIE BOYES, PAT BERESFORD, CHERYL ROBBINS, BARBARA RUPPERT, ROBIN NOVACK, ADAM WILKERSON, BILL BUSCH, LINDA SPRINGTHORPE, DENNY MOUNCE, BARBARA HECKER-
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includes 2,698 cemeteries, but what makes this one so special, it is the only pet cemetery on the list. THE HARTSDALE PET CEMETERY, founded by veterinarian SAMUEL JOHNSON, is 116 years old and CAROL SHULL, interim Keeper of the National Register, was quoted in part as saying “a fitting way to recognize the longstanding role pets have played in our national history and culture.” Among the notables who have buried pets at Hartsdale are KATE SMITH (anyone who watches the NEW YORK YANKEES games knows her 7th inning rendition of God Bless America), JOE GARAGIOLA, ELIZABETH ARDEN, GLORIA DEHAVEN, GEORGE RAFT and MARIAH CAREY. RON MENAKER is off to Romania, where he will be judging at the 2012 Winner dog show. On the road to recovery, judge TOM SQUICCIARINI is recuperating from recent triple bypass surgery. MACKIE RADER, German shepherd dog and Petit basset griffon vendeen fancier and concessionaire of Plush Puppy, suffered a fatal heart attack this
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MONTGOMERY WEEKEND….here we are again celebrating one of the greatest, if not the greatest dog show weekend of the year, enhanced every fifth year by the inclusion of the MORRIS & ESSEX KENNEL CLUB. We are pleased and honored to publish in this issue of DOG NEWS, a column written by DESI MURPHY and BOB FLANDERS about Desi’s longtime friend WALTER GOODMAN. WALTER, of course, needs no introduction, but what better weekend to revisit his accomplishments in the sport and to thank him for all the years he has given unselfishly to his breed and the sport at large. Congratulations to the three 2013 recipients of the AKC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS. In the area of conformation the very worthy recipient is PATRICIA CRAIGE TROTTER of Carmel, California. If I have to explain why she deserves this award, you should find a different hobby. Well done, PAT. In the area of Companion events SHARON REDMER of Whitmore Lake, Michigan was recognized for her 30 years of breeding Belgian Tervuren that can compete in all areas of the sport and obedience judging. Her dogs have won many obedience titles and she judges obedience and conformation. In the area of Performance JEAN DIEDEN, DVM of Clinton, Washington for her 12 field champions, which include 11 dual champions. In addition to her field work she was an early supporter of earthdog events. They will be honored at the December AKC/EUKANUBA event in Orlando, Florida. Twenty miles north of Manhattan, in the town of Hartsdale, a cemetery has been put on the list of National Register of Historic Places. The list
MAN, BARBARA CASSIDY, REBECCA LYCAN, ARLENE BUTTERKLEE, MICHELLE SANTANA, KAREN MAMMANO, AMANDA CONNEEN, CINDY HUCKFELDT, CAROL CARLSON, GERARD THOMPSON, ANDREW GREEN entering that sunset trail, PHOEBE BOOTH, SUZANNE READMOND, mother and daughter BEVERLY & LESLIE SIMIS, AMELIA MUSSER, DICK MEEN, GLORIA LEWIS and a special birthday greeting to DEANN ULMER. Owing to ill health she has been away from the shows but plans to be back ringside very shortly, much to the delight of her many friends.
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From A Field-Show Breeder’s Perspective
Cat-Feet: Note P-1 is the same as the hare-footed Greyhound. P-2 from the knuckle on down angles back under P-1 with too much arch to the toe. P-2 should extend out slightly instead of angling back under P-1.This places P-3 of a cat-footed dog and the toenail back under the middle of P-1, giving the illusion of short toes.
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A proper Greyhound hare-foot on front limb. P-1 extends out from leg to knuckle, then P-2, from knuckle down and out at a small angle to, P-3, the toe nail is attached to.
Saluki exhibiting TRAD, Tremendous Reach and Drive.
face, and where the hind limb will plant. The faster the TRAD dog trots, the more extreme the overstepping. The amount of overstepping can be calculated in the breed ring at a dog show by the use of a video camera. Try using the ring standards as markers for foot placement, and replay the video tape of the profile gait one frame at a time in stop action. There are 30 frames per second. Note where the front limb vacates the surface in relation to the ring standard, and then note where the hind limb touches the floor. The difference between the 2 is the amount of overstepping, or in other words, TRAD. The sighthound standards begin and end on its coursing conformation, and if shows are only about TRAD and showmanship, and bigger is better, why even bother with the dynamics of the coursing and what it took to develop the breed. The sighthound breeds were developed through their ability to course live game, and if standards are changed to follow trends and exaggerations in the ring, the changes breeders have made and judges have sanctioned will be on their hands. Take a good look at what is happening in the UK with Jemima Harrison’s “Pedigree Dogs Exposed.” It could happen here in the States as well if breeders keep exaggerating features to impress the judges with what they consider to be type. The late Quinten LaHam opened all of his seminars with this tongue in cheek prayer that was intended to lampoon the judges, and it bears repeating. “The Dog Show Prayer. “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a show dog worthy of his keep. One of whom it shall be said, Has front feet that point dead ahead. And please Lord hear my plea, Give unto him great bend of knee. And dear Lord, you know the facts, Give unto him the shortest of backs. I ask these things not just for myself, Although I want the trophies upon my shelf, But for the judges so worthy of pity, That they may think he is ever so pretty. Amen.” Will this hound’s running gear hold up to the rigors of Coursing? I’ve found it fascinating to talk to long time coursing people who have never been to a show and they see faults on 112 Dog News
Another view of the cat-foot with P-2 angling back under P-1, instead of angling forward as in the hare-foot.
Drawing of a Greyhound foot.
would be coursing dogs coming to the field as pups for the first time. Some of these longtime coursing folks have learned the hard way, and the worst fault in a coursing sighthound is cat-feet. Once the injuries to toes begin, they never end. A hound wins or loses on his running gear, and if injuries occur due to genetic problems, the dog should not participate in a breeding program. It is where the rubber meets the road. I’m constantly amazed that sighthounds especially, that are not tested in the field can still function at all. If you ever have a chance to check the ultimate coursing animal’s foot, look at a cheetah. It is not a cat-foot, but a hare foot with the 2 center toes long and arched with deep pads. Viewing a cheetah foot from the top looks like a good coursing foot of a dog and is not cat-footed in the least. The thickness and depth of the pads are amazing and the edges of the pads are angled like knobby tires of a very serious dirt bike. I persuaded a coursing friend to drop by a Greyhound specialty show as the event was near his home. He is very fussy about his Greyhounds having perfect feet as he has learned from experience, if their feet can’t stand up to the stress of coursing, they won’t last long. He won the NOFCA Grand Course about 25 years ago, twice with the same Greyhound, Feature. He hadn’t read a standard or been to a show before, but came over to me after watching Greyhound judging and asked, “I always thought that Greyhounds were supposed to have hare-feet?” He was correct about that as most of the dogs in the ring at this Greyhound specialty
for in his Best Of Breed at were cat-footed and had Westminster?” Dave had a feet that would never camera crew, the BOB winlast in the field. As most ner Ch. Tivio’s Fallingwater, folks would surmise, a and I had a chance to ancat-footed dog must have swer Dave’s questions with short toes, but that is not the bitch on the table with the case. Most sighthound her handler and the video standards call for arched camera’s rolling. The spot toes, but the cat-footed aired that evening before dog takes the arch to the the Hound Group judging. It extreme thereby producwas an optimum time to go ing toes that double back over her body from ears to with too much arch with hare-feet on the table dethe results that look like scribing what I liked about short toes. It took me years her. I explained the purpose to make sense that a catof the breed, and they were footed Saluki didn’t have originally bred to race, but a shorter stronger toe, but were also tested in the field what looked like a shorter on hares in the UK and in stronger toe was suscepAmerica. tible to toe sprains (called I have a hard and fast fat toe) which can lay up a rule in judging hare coursing dog for 3 months, or even sighthounds, and it is this, Whippet Ch. Tivo’s Fallingwater at Westminster Kennel worse, dislocations of joint that fronts should never “toe Club show. You can spot her hare-feet because P-2 extends capsules in toes or broken in.” In the coursing field, it is down and forward to allow the toenails to start a good 1/2 toes. Most sighthound regarded as one of the worst inch forward of the knuckle between P-1 and P-2. She can standards accurately faults, but seems to be hardly run too. This win marked the beginning of her 2 year camreflect what is needed in paign as # 1 Whippet I believe. After retiring her from the noticed in the ring. This was the proper foot construcring, her owners ran her in lure coursing events, and I’m a problem in Whippet males tion with an arched toe told she won a couple of Bests in Field along the way. at Westminster as shockingly on a hare-foot. One way about half the males “toed to learn about proper foot in” to some degree and is construction is in pictures. becoming more and more The cut lines under the pictures best describe acceptable to both judges and breeders. Without explaining cat-feet. The best answer into what makes a my problem with many of the males in the entry, I happily excat-foot is the angle of P-2 in the drawing of plained to the TV audience that this bitch had a slight toe out, the foot bones. With too much arch, P-2 douand it was proper in my view for a hare-coursing sighthound. bles back under P-1 making a shorter foot than I won’t get started here on the toeing issue, but if you would if it extended forward (which makes a longer like to read more on the subject, I’ve explained the “toe out” foot). Another way to spot a cat-footed dog, the rational in depth in a Dog News article in the Jan. 13, 2012 istoenail starts back on P-3 under the knuckle sue, and it is available online at “Dog News” archives. between P-1 and P2. The Whippet Standard seems to change a Is this the correct sized sighthound the size the AKC stanlot and each word is so important to the breed. dard dictates? In my 1941 AKC book of standards, it describes The breed specific size in the individual standards is there for Whippet “Feet-Must be well formed with a reason. Some breeders and judges have disregarded specistrong, thick pads and well knuckled up claws.” fications, and as a result in some cases have changed their which sounds to me much like a cat-foot. The standards to fit the dogs in the ring, instead of following the current Whippet standard is somewhat of an original standard. This unfortunate turn of events seems to improvement in that it states feet, more hare have happened to the Greyhound standard in the UK as an than cat, but both are acceptable. When I look example. up the Saluki standard, I can use any AKC book from any year, and the standard will be the In the mid 1800’s, The English Coursing Greyhounds were same. “Feet- Of moderate length, toes long and a very popular breed in the UK as there were over 340 courswell arched, not splayed out, but at the same ing Greyhound clubs in the UK. Stonehenge judged the 1st time, not cat-footed.” dog show in the UK (or anywhere in the world) in 1859. After A coursing hound must not ”toe in” in front. After the breed judging of Whippets at Westminster Kennel Club, 2003, announcer David Frei asked me, “What does a breed judge look
“The Kennel Club” (TKC) was formed in 1873, dog shows became popular as were the coursing Greyhound events. At the time several show Greyhound clubs formed in the UK. One of the Greyhound clubs was The Greyhound Club of Great Continued on page 116
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Britain, and the weight for the GH standard was written in a book by Theo Marples in 1899 and was to be used in judging the Greyhound breed. In it, all Greyhound dogs should be 50-55 lbs, Bitches 45-55 lbs. (Remembering the Greyhound rock star, triple Waterloo Cup winner, Master M’Grath was 54 lbs.)Then in 1935, “Sporting Dogs” by Croxton Smith stated the Greyhound standard size was the same as the standard of 1899. (Dogs 50-55 lbs. bitches 45-55 lbs.)The Kennel Club did not have an official book of standards until sometime in the 1950’s. In the intervening years, between 1899 and the mid 1950’s, it seemed the size of the Greyhounds changed in the ring, and instead of keeping to the previous unofficial accepted size, unbelievably, The Kennel Club and the Greyhound parent club changed the standard to incorporate the oversized Greyhounds in the ring. The current British Greyhound standard reads, “Ideal Height-Dogs 71-76 cm (28”30”); Bitches, 68-71 cm (27”-28”) which provided for dogs in some cases weighing 100 lbs. at 30” tall, almost double the weight of the original unofficial standard. In the UK, the breeders didn’t stop at 30 inches, just as breeders in the US didn’t stop at 70 lbs. This size was cooperated in H. Edwards Clarke book of “The Modern Greyhound” of 1949 that the size was the same as the current TKC standard. If you give show breeders an inch, they’ll take a mile. Is it any wonder there were only 2 litters of show Greyhounds registered with The Kennel Club in 2011? According to Laura Quickfall of TKC, “A breed is deemed to be at risk of extinction if their registration numbers fall below 300 pups per year.” I’ve contacted Laura Quickfall and she researched records and found that there were indeed only
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14 registered GH pups in the TKC in 2011, and she put me in touch with Ciara Farrell, TKC Library manager, and corroborated the only thing she could find on the standards between 1935 and when TKC officially made standards available in the mid 1950’s was the H. Edwards Clarke book of The Modern Greyhound (1949). Suddenly there was a gap between what the standard said, and what was in the ring. So they changed the standard to follow what was in the ring and the new dog was up to more than twice the size.
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he AKC and the Greyhound Club of America parent club should be commended for holding to their original official Greyhound standard from 1929, and has not made a single change to the standard with the exception of moving 2 words of “well arched” from the section of the back, to the section of the loin, where it belongs. The Saluki standard, also AKC registered in 1929, has not had a change since it was recognized as well. Scottish Deerhounds have only had 1 change since 1899 when all standards were unofficial, and that was an increase in size in a 1935 amendment from the Scottish Deerhound Club of America (SDCA) of height of males from 28”- 30”, was raised to 30”-32” and bitches from 26”-28” to 28”30”, which was official by that time. “Sam Ewing (of IW’s) and Jay Phinizy (SDCA) fought to keep their breed standards without changes in late 1980’s during the reformat era.” Tinkering with standards, and changing them to fit the new creations in the ring can result in some unintended consequences. The collateral damage of changing standards of ancient breeds by people who don’t understand function can threaten the very existence of the breed. I just this week have declined an invitation to judge “The Saluki or Gazelle Hound Club” specialty in England in 2014. Salukis in the UK have gone through several changes to their
standard, including the FCI debacle in the 80’s, then back to another change after realizing the catastrophe of the FCI changes. This is from a breed that is about 7,000 years old. Each and every word of an ancient breed, properly framed in a standard, is vitally important to the long-term survival of the breed. In my view, it is unthinkable to change a standard to fit the new dogs in the ring. We have only to look at the Greyhound breed in America to see what happened in the UK to the standards for size. Breeders and judges in the UK disregarded the standards once the dog show popularity was rolling. They got rid of the coursing judges that were the first judges at shows as the expense was too great to judge just the one breed. By 1895 the English Coursing Greyhound owners ceased to attend shows, as their great stakes winners were not favored by the new all-rounder judges. Pretty and big I would guess was the norm of the day. How often do you see a standard sized dog in the Greyhound ring in America? Patricia Gail Burnham gave me a tip on how you find a standard sized Greyhound. Gail said: “Take a look around the ring of a class of 12 –15 dog or bitch Greyhounds, and the smallest one MIGHT be standard size. The rest are oversized.” An over sized Greyhound can’t do in the field what was intended. It is very easy to breed standard sized Greyhounds. The bitches should be 60-65 lbs and dogs are 65-70 lbs. My first AKC registered Greyhound was a gorgeous bitch of 50 lbs. She defeated Punky in the ring twice for the major points the 4 times they met in the classes. Then after she finished her Ch., she went on to be the high scoring open field coursing Greyhound of all-time in NOFCA in those days. Huntington was my black beauty and the Greyhound I compare all others to. Stonehenge wrote the first Greyhound standard and it was the first of any breed standard. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We can only hope the beholder follows the standard.
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I suggested an OI study to the genetics folks at UC Davis. They were particularly interested because OI affects people as well as dogs. But they wanted samples from 25 affected puppies or their parents and we only had five which are in storage at another University. While writing this another thought occurred to me. All 25 of the affected dogs don’t have to be of the same breed. And OI occurs in breeds other than Greyhounds. If you encounter it in the future please let me know at pgburnham@ juno.com. It would be wonderful to have a genetic test for it. The Greyhound Club of America authorized a grant to fund research on OI, but we need samples. SUB AORTIC STENOSIS (SAS) is a malformation of the aorta. It narrows the aorta and restricts blood flow as it leaves the heart. This is another case where breeding back on a stud dog revealed the problem. In this case the stud dog will remain nameless since his owner is still in denial. But first one of his adult double grandsons was found dead in a crate at a show. Then he was bred to his own daughter and one of the ladies who got two puppies from this litter told me that they had been diagnosed with SAS. As she put it,”Greyhounds shouldn’t faint.” The stud dog in question was a Scandinavian import and left behind a brother there who was a popular sire. What do these two examples demonstrate? If you are unlucky and backcrossing reveals serious health problems, it is time to be up front about it. The only way to keep the gene from spreading through the population is to either develop a test for it, and apply that test, removing the carriers from the breeding pool, or to eliminate both parents of affected puppies from the breed-
ing pool. But before you can do any of that you need to be truthful about what either back crossing or testing has revealed. THE THIRD EXAMPLE: FATAL DISEASES VS FAULTS: One European breeder sold a pair of Greyhounds to a woman in Southern California. Sold as a breeding pair, they certainly fulfilled their purpose-producing two large litters in ten months. I didn’t know that was possible. The puppies were sold over the Internet. At that point the health site that I follow had a plea from a woman looking for information on heart disease. Since I had an eleven year-old with a bad heart valve, I answered her and found that she had a six month-old puppy from one of the “breeding pair” litters. Her puppy was dying of heart disease. And it turned out that a puppy from the first litter had also died of heart disease before it was a year old. When I pointed out to the man who sold the breeding pair that each litter had a puppy with a fatal congenital heart disease he said something that took my breath away. He said, “Every line has some faults.” No! No! Faults are things like kinked tails, undescended testicles, umbilical hernias, or bad bites-conditions that don’t affect the puppies’ ability to be a long lived and healthy pet in a loving home. Fatal genetic diseases are not “Faults.” Calling them by an innocuous name doesn’t lessen their seriousness. It doesn’t keep the puppy owner from grieving when his cherished puppy dies young. We need to speak plainly about what is revealed when we cross back on a dog. INBREEDING OR NOT: Inbreeding only leads to health problems if there are already recessive genes for health problems in the line. So why not avoid inbreeding altogether the
way people and race horse breeders do? Because not crossing back on a dog can let the affected genes spread throughout the population silently. For a non-dog example: Hereford cattle are shown just like dogs. (It is much like dog shows except that you get to eat the losers.) One breeder came to Herefords after he had been showing Holstein milk cows. Holsteins are generally black and white but they carry the recessive gene for red, so undesired red calves can turn up from black and white parents. This man didn’t want red calves so he learned not to cross back on common ancestors in the pedigree. When he moved to Herefords he continued that rule, and, as a result, the recessive gene for dwarfism was spread widely through the show Hereford population before someone else eventually crossed back on it and produced dwarfs. Then the Hereford breeders had to do a huge pedigree search and test breedings to eliminate the dwarf gene. Crossing back on it was good because harmful recessives can be eliminated best if they are caught early. While Sue might have wished that she had never bred Pepi to his granddaughter, so that the OI puppies would not be revealed, she actually identified a rare and fatal genetic disease. When that happens we need to go public with the information. Crossing back can prove that a line is healthy, or it can reveal hereditary diseases. When you embark on that kind of breeding program you need to be prepared to go public if bad things are revealed. While we might think we are breeding to create one, or a line of outstanding show dogs, our biggest responsibility is to pass the gene pool for our breed along to breeders that follow us, in as good or better shape than we received it from the breeders who preceded us. In the long run we will be judged on, not whether we bred a BIS winner, but whether we helped or harmed the gene pool. And we don’t know when we start out, what we will find. In the words of Clint Eastwood, “Are you feeling lucky?” I wish you good luck in your breeding program. And please support the development of genetic tests for your breed with both money and DNA samples. Don’t just sweep those affected puppies under the rug. They could help develop a genetic test for carriers of their disease.
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“They were small enough to sions that are not always the best live in the house and game ones. My dogs and I have needed enough to kill vermin from the the most training in basic obedimouse in the house to the rat ence particularly a reliable recall. in the barn to the groundhog in Any performance activity requires the pasture. They were bred to a solid set of obedience skills. hunt independently, stay with I’ve found that with my dogs, the prey and call their owners earthdog work has required very to them. But, the same posilittle training as this breed takes tive characteristics that make naturally to tunnel work, quarry Norfolks so good at things work and teamwork. Well, except can also make them not so for the one that won’t come out In earthdog competition, according to Sheila Foran whose Norfolk Arlo (Ch Forlore’s Free Spirit easy to train. An independent of the tunnel but we’re working on CD RE SE OA OAJ) loves the sport, the butt end of a thinking dog will ask you ‘why?’ that issue,” said Latterner. terrier is often the best photo you’re going to get. and if you don’t have a good According to Foran, one of answer, may not want to play the major challenges the breed the game. Another problem in faces is the fact that the average this breed is that the parent family can’t afford them. “There’s club is not very interested in such an emphasis on making anything other than conforthem seem ‘special’ that average mation. There are only a few families with nice kids don’t think breeders who have any interthey can obtain one. I’d love to est in anything beyond the see young people working with show ring. It’s very important these dogs, in the show ring, obeto the breed that Norfolks dience, rally, earthdog and agility retain the drive and skills they and finding out what neat dogs were bred for. I would hate to they are. Breeders need to sell see this breed become the their best, most structurally cor‘lap dog pushed in the baby rect dogs to performance homes cart’ that many of the small where they will lead happy, active breeds have become.” lives out where the public can see “Consistent training is a them. Saving what they think are must with a Norfolk because the ‘best’ for show homes and otherwise they will seize the then retiring those dogs to stud opportunity to take over the dog or brood bitch status does lead which should not be little to promote the breed on a Arlo also likes doing agility. encouraged. You always have broad level.” to be in charge with a Norfolk ust as Norwich breeders face or they’ll take over and get a serious issue with upper very bossy. When I give my airway syndrome, Norfolk dogs a command or ask something of them, they usubreeders have an equally serious problem with mitral valve ally look at me, think about it for a minute and then ask disease. Kravetz said, “We have to breed away from MVD. ‘What’s in it for me if I do what you want me to do?’ If you My first two Norfolks died of this problem at 10 ½ and my are not in charge, they will want to make the decisions. third, Bingley, has been diagnosed with it. None of these I’ve also found that they really don’t do well with heavythree dogs were closely related, or for that matter, related handed training as they are sensitive and need you to at all in four generations so the problem is in the breed. I meet them somewhere in between. They respond really also fear that the breed is getting too big and heavy for the well to positive reinforcement, praise and food. My dogs 10 to 12 pounds specified in the standard. Most conformawill do almost anything for a cookie. This is a breed where tion dogs are much bigger than that and in fact, to keep you have to exert what I call ‘impulse control.’ I manage Poppy competitive in the show ring, I had to put more than this problem mainly with verbal commands which work two pounds on her. These dogs were bred to be working just fine in the show ring, rally and dock diving. However, dogs in addition to being cute and fun. They need to do as most other performance events limit verbal commands much as they can do and have fun doing it.” which sometimes results in a Norfolk making the deci-
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THANKS FOR TAKING ‘THE PLUNGE’ ll of us in Santa Barbara Kennel Club are grateful to, not only Michael Faulkner and Connie Miller for a great moment of fun, but to our private donors for sponsoring the ‘great plunge’ (lots of photos on SBKC Facebook, thanks to Julie Mueller). With the money raised and with the contributions from Purina ProPlan, we are purchasing three Kevlar vests for the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department Canine Unit. It is a wonderful weekend made even better by the generosity of those that made it possible to provide these items to keep our K9 Unit safe. I also want to personally thank you for all the kind words when using SBKC as an example of what can be done with hard working, dedicated members. And, as the ‘great plunge’ shows, we can have fun doing it. Abbe R. Shaw President Santa Barbara Kennel Club
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LEAVE YOUR ANGER, FRUSTRATIONS AND ATTITUDE AT HOME PLEASE ast weekend I shot a show where the humidity was extremely high (in Southern California we are not used to humidity) and the temperature was hovering in the 90’s. Photographers get to do a lot of walking around between rings and get to observe owners interacting with their dogs, family and other exhibitors. One woman was walking two whippets and a small toy breed. One of the whippets happened to cross in front of her and received a hard kick in the ribs for it’s transgressions. I bit my lip and walked on. Shortly thereafter, in the bulldog ring, a young girl was showing her dog and got a third place ribbon. While waiting for the ribbon, the dog showed slight signs of distress, but was able to walk out the entrance fine. Dad proceeded to rip the lead out of the little girl’s hand after some harsh words that I could not make out. The little girl was left standing all alone with tears streaking down her face while Dad made a big fuss over the dog. Another exhibitor came over and talked to the daughter to calm her down while Dad completely ignored her. A few years ago, in another hot show, a woman had a very senior golden retriever on a lead next to her chair where she sat under a large umbrella. After passing by several times and watching this poor golden panting more and more, I said to the owner “could you maybe get your dog into some shade?” I was immediately snarled at and told to “mind my own business”, that the “show” dogs got the shade. More and more I see exhibitors walking out of the ring without a blue or purple ribbon, jerking the lead like it was the dog’s fault. More and more I hear complaints about “my dog just doesn’t like to show”. We are there by choice, the dogs are not. If dog shows mean to a dog that he is going to get kicked, jerked around, made to suffer in the heat, make his owner miserable, why would he want to go with you? And it makes one wonder what his life is like the rest of the week! Kit Rodwell Escondido, CA
ARAPAHOE KENNEL CLUB – AURORA, COLORADO he backdrop is the Rocky Mountains to the west, and then a view of the rolling prairie to the east, and in the middle was nearly 1,000 dogs participating at this year’s Arapahoe Kennel Club Show, held at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. In addition to dogs competing in breed conformation, some dogs also participated in Rally and Obedience, as well as Junior Showmanship; and the club also hosted a Health Clinic. Jan Leonard, President and Show Chair said, “the show was blessed with great weather, great dogs, and it was managed by a fabulous team of our kennel club members and volunteers”. Celebrating their 30th Anniversary the Rocky Mountain Mastiff Fanciers held their 1st Independent Specialty on Friday, and supported entries on both Saturday and Sunday. There were judges from across the United States and even some judges from Canada; and there were top dogs from all over the United States as well. Participants enjoy the show site, with its green grass and room to pop up tents ringside, or space inside if your breed requires, and RV parking as well. Marlene Groves,Arapahoe Kennel Club Member,coordinated the Girl Scouts “Going To The Dogs – Dog Show Fun & Facts” patch program, which brought in approximately 50 scouts to learn about pure bred dogs and dog showing and where they then earned their special Girl Scout patch. We salute all the winners! The Arapahoe Kennel Club was established in 2006 and serves one of the largest and fastest growing areas in Colorado, Arapahoe county (which is bordered by Elbert county to the southeast, Adams county to the northeast, and Denver county to the west). For more information on the Arapahoe Kennel Club, please visit www.arapahoekennelclub.com. Cindy Knox Aurora, Colorado
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BROOKSVILLE CLUSTER n response to Mr. Zaphiris’ The Gossip Column and The Editorial dated September 14, 2012, I am a founding member of the Greater Ocala Dog Club and I would like to know why you think moving the Brooksville January cluster to our show grounds will not be successful. The “real workers” are working very hard to make this venue as successful as their Brooksville venue has been. Paris is not burning at the Greater Ocala Dog Club grounds. Same real workers, same panel of judges, different grounds. By the way, GODC in the past has accommodated over 3500 entries at our own shows. I would have hoped that the power of the media would not instill negativity in a new adventure. Janet Lenobel Citra, FL
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CORRECTION TO LAST WEEK’S THE JUNIORS SPEAK COLUMN Below is the correct response from Raina Moss to the following question: 5. What are your plans in the sport once you age out of juniors? As I am only 15 I have a few more years to make a decision. However, my initial plan after I age out of juniors is to go to college to become a veterinarian. I will also continue to steward the Clumber Spaniel Breed and eventually I would like to become a Professional Handler. Dog News 121
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Gilbert Kahn, Elaine Meltzer and George Sanchez
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submitted the paperwork and the four selected in alphabetical order were Carl Ashby-a sitting Board member, Alan Kalter- a sitting Board Member and Chairman of the Board, Gail LaBerge and Harvey Wooding. The latter two I don't really know. However I took it as a good sign that they both answered this week's Question of the Week as did Alan Kalter. As I write this report Carl Ashby has not yet replied which is not unusual for him since his partner on the Board Steve Gladstone makes it a habit not to answer those questions which of course is his prerogative. (As an aside I think Mr. Gladstone learned an interesting lesson at dinner in Mexico City last week about keeping his mouth shut in company he does not know. Ask him about it sometime when you see him--it's a fun story!!!!) Back to the NC. Not selected but who will be running from the floor I am told are (again in alphabetical order) Lee Arnold-a sitting Board member, Tom Davies-a former Board Member and Vice Chairman under Menaker, who was forced to retire due to what I consider was the abortive term limits By-law adopted by the Delegates, Bob Schroll, who ran for the first Unknown
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time last year and garnered a surprisingly high number of votes for a first time candidate and who may or may not run from the floor and Daniel J. Smythe, sort of a perpetual wanna-be candidate. The 9th person who submitted is a name I do know but will not release since I do not know whether he wants to be so named. He is a person with a reasonable enough dog background but not someone whom I consider real Board material although the fact is I don't know his background that intensely enough. Well say what you will if you are anywhere near my way of thinking you were happy with some selections, unhappy with others, confused by some and probably don't even know some about whom to pass an opinion on. And in a really good sense that's what one should expect from a NC--any Nominating Committee. Should one agree with everyone selected-absolutely notthat's why there is a procedure to let people run from the floor and so long as the NC followed the By-Laws and selected the four people they considered the most qualified nothing more should be able to be said! And that's where the rub comes in! Did this nominating committee follow the By-laws and select the four people who they thought to be the most qualified or were other factors weighed into the selections. Rumors immediately started after the announcement (by the way I never received a Press Release about who was nominated which was probably an oversight) that on "orders from high up" the Committee was told to nominate two experienced people with Board backgrounds and two people without any prior Board experience. And I must say that story I heard from a multiple number of extremely reliable in the know dog individuals. For them to have stated this was pretty strong evidence to me of this having been the case. And quite frankly my initial reaction was to think of the need for Continued on page 129
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Jane Kamp Forsyth and Monroe Stebbins
Ed McGough going over Bobby Barlow's Pug a recall on those selected if it were true. I have checked this story out pretty closely and unless I am being totally deceived I would have to say it was not true insofar as the NC being told by higher ups as to whom to select. There was a little confusion initially since the NC did decide to plan and suggested after an initial vote to introduce the 2 and 2 theory but there was no edict I Annie Clark am told from a so-called higher up nor the awarding the committee itself that it had to be a 2 and Hound Group 2 split. That is 2 experienced, 2 not experito DOG NEWS enced people. It was a suggestion only but writer George as I understand it not a command. NoneBell's Saluki with theless I think the idea of such a split to be Peter Van Brunt not only incorrect but contrary to the Bythe presenter Laws which charge the NC to find the four people they find the most capable to serve. Suppose the suggestion would have been 3 women comparatively small entry of 600-which was the largest of and 1 man or 2 Southerners and 2 Easterners! And the weekend. Adjacent to the show grounds at the magwhat does experienced and non-experienced mean nificent Planting Fields location was the huge ark built for exactly? Are Messrs. Arnold and Davies any less qualiRussell Crowe's new film which is being filmed there obfied than Ashby and Kalter?? Should Davies be conviously called Noah's Ark. There is a photo in this week's sidered an incumbent Board Member even though he Click. That alone made the Planting Fields trip worthwhile. did not sit on the last Board? Would Judi too be considToo bad one very negative handler started the rumor that ered an incumbent had she applied? For me this was Montgomery's entry was down by 1,000 dogs. Truth of not a good pre-requisite to establish and certainly an the matter it is less than 100 down. Getting facts correct idea which is contrary to the intent of the By-laws. And seems not to be the major concern of everyone as some while it was not a fait accompli in the sense that any people even can not read ads correctly and after making NC member could vote for whomever they wanted it some pretty wild accusations when the facts are pointed had to create a limitation theory in the minds of the out to them totally ignore you instead of going back and people voting. This in my opinion should never have telling everyone that he was wrong he just stood there been brought up. Nevertheless the NC seems to have continuing a diatribe. As for Suffolk in order to get in we come up with at least an interesting slate-I probably had to pay $25--per carload-- or $10 per person. Highway would have changed one person for sure but as I said robbery I thought and I was glad I waited till Sunday to in the beginning we are all and should be entitled to bring the latest issue of DOG NEWS to Westbury instead of our opinions. Suffolk. Winners the first two days was the New England Went to Westbury and the Suffolk shows this past Lakie number 2 terrier in some systems but not all and the weekend held on separate grounds with no BrookhavButts' Whippet on Sunday. en. Glad to report there was a noticeable improveThought you may enjoy some of these old photos ment in Westbury-not up to the old standards but someone sent me-I know I got quite a kick out of many of still a rather acceptable scene notwithstanding the them.
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