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Protest This Nomination For Sure!!!!Incredibly the Philadelphia Eagles football team has selected MichaelVick as its representative to win an Ed Block courage award as the playeron that team who is the “role model of inspiration, sportsmanship andcourage!” The Baltimore-based award is given to a player on all 32 teamsand is named for a former Baltimore Colt trainer who was an advocatefor abused children. Sponsorship proceeds promote the prevention ofchild abuse by raising awareness of the epidemic and assisting agencieswho provide for the care and treatment of abused children. Vick’steammates have chosen him for this prestigious award on the basisof his being the player with the best “commitment to the principlesof sportsmanship and courage.” A ceremony on March 9th will honorhim and the other recipients of the award at a ceremony in Baltimore.Unless of course sufficient protests are made about this undeservednomination which make a farce of the award to those in charge. First ofall the alarming association between people who torture, abuse and killanimals and those who commit acts of child abuse and domestic violenceis an acknowledged and accepted fact. Indeed it is said researchershave found animal abuse in 88 percent of those families where there ischild abuse. Nothing Vick has done since serving his felony convictionof running a dog-fighting ring and related scurrilous activities relativeto the welfare of the dog indicates a full repentance in these matters.Indeed exactly what has he done to earn this award particularly anythingwhich could in the wildest of imaginations deem his actions to have been“courageous.” The second-chance theory may work for some but eventhe most forgiving of individuals must be both shocked and appalledthat Vick would be considered for any kind of an award much less arecognition and/or a commendation in this particular area. Letters ofprotest must flood the offices of the Ed Block Courage Award Foundationat 8808 Orchard Tree Lane Towson Md 21286 – Sam Lamantia is theChairman and his email address is sam@edblockorg or call them at 410-821-6240!!!!

Ask And Ye Shall Receive – SometimesThese pages were sent an explanation of the requirements forthe new Grand Champion competition which was sent to all showsuperintendents and show secretaries by Robin Stansell. Coincidentallyor not such an explanation was called for on our Editorial pages lastweek. Whether Staff realized how confusing the adopted verbage wasor the explanation was a result of our Editorial or a combination of bothfactors everyone in the conformation area should be grateful to receivethis new input. Actually it clears up a great deal procedurally and isreprinted in its entirety in this week’s issue. Admittedly there is not aset definition of what Select Dog or Select Bitch maybe. Some claim thatthis title is for first Award of Merit when offered but certainly that is notspelled out in the explanation – anyways where we could find it. Thatan explanation is a step in the right direction – probably not a final stepas once it goes into affect new bugs may be found, but at least this is amove in the right direction.

Securing Twenty-Five More BillboardsAt the Ventura Show last week-end the ever-active Californiaconstituents so heavily concerned and motivated in its billboard campaignto preserve and SAVE YOUR RIGHT TO OWN A PET dreamed up an oldfashioned “Bake for Billboards” where everyone had the opportunity toeat their way to success. In the process they raised enough money tosecure new billboards to be placed on heavily travelled commuter streetsin Southern California, which expose HSUS and PETA for the fraudsmost of us know them to be insofar as their relationship to the dog isconcerned. The goal was to raise enough money for five billboard butthe sale was so successful that in fact enough money was raised for 25– that’s right TWENTY-FIVE more new billboards!! People traveling towork and on just ordinary trips see these billboards everyday which serveas a constant reminder of our right to breed dogs and of the individualsright to own one as well. This project has been adopted in some otherstates as well but in Souther California it truly has been totally successfuland persuasive as well.

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DOGNEWS EDITORIALHats Off To Bob SmithAt the last Board Meeting Bob Smith broughtup the subject of re-visiting the judges approvalprocesses. Per the Minutes he and DarrellHayes are to discuss recommended actions.What that means is not too clear but one thingcan be presumed which is at least the topic isback on the table. How it will be developed andthe degree of discussion and input is naturallyunknown but one would strongly suspect thatnow that Dr. Smith has his teeth in the subjectand has been given some kind of green lightthere will be little holding back on a completeand through review. One of the most surprisingimplementations contained in the Minutes wasthe statement that “effective February 15, 2010any new employee hires or rehires will NOT beeligible for the AKC’s pension plan but will beable participate in the company’s 401(k), whichcurrently includes a company provided matchingcontribution.” That’s truly a major change incompany philosophy intended of course to savethem considerable money in the future. One ofthe biggest advantages for working for AKC wasnot in the salaries at the higher levels but in thegenerosity of its pension plan. This changedthrough the years as high level AKC salaries arenow said to be at the top of the not-for -profitscale. Whether the pension exemption will applyto new high level employees to be hired or willbecome a negotiating factor remains to be seen. Abetting man would probably think it will become anegotiable issue – quite frankly it should be.

Thought For The WeekWell AKC has gone into the tele-marketingbusiness as many owners and handlers have beenabruptly made aware of now that AKC endorses,encourages and solicits the concept of peoplepaying them for their wins under AKC accreditedjudges. Philosophically this is a total turn aroundfor this organization which administers the judgesapproval process and which specifically bansa judge from soliciting advertising. This is anorganization whose Constitution has as its basethe concept of this being an amateur sport. Somuch so that a person who works for a publicationwhich solicits advertisements of dogs’ wins maynot be seated as a Delegate. Yet the Board hasapproved this new policy without a Constitutionalamendment – now it must be up to the Delegatesto decide – if they have the guts just whether ornot Delegate approval was necessary in this area.This was much more than a business decision.This decision affects the very philosophy underwhich AKC was founded. Notwithstanding thelegal argument one would have hoped that inentering the tele-marketing business AKC wouldhave concentrated on its faltering registrationsrather than to develop a legally questionableadvertising business. The creative talents of Staffwould have been better off to advise Board to tele-market litter registrations and to come up with aconcept of increasing registrations through thesedaily phone calls. Sorry to say that the creativepeople at AKC seem to have forgotten about itsreason for being in the first place which of courseis to register all the purebreds it can! •

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Good for AKCBoard memberDr. Bob Smith forrecommending

“the Board appoint acommittee to review allaspects of the JudgingApproval Process.”

At one time theBoard seemed to tinkerwith judging approvalcontinuously. That hasn’tbeen the case in theTwenty-first Century.If memory serves, theapproval process hasn’tchanged since 2003, e.g.,approximately when theBoard for the first timedecided their spouses/significant others couldapply for more breeds.

When that went downwithout a ripple the Boardsoon decided they couldthemselves apply for morebreeds. After all, judgingapproval was completelyin the hands of the staff.Yeah, except when the staffpresented a list of proposedchanges to the system, theBoard was having none of it.

Unless I’m missingsomething, judges…collectively speaking…complaining about the wayAKC approves them formore breeds is at an all timelow. That is no complimentto AKC’s Approval Process.

Judges may not becomplaining about theApproval Process butexhibitors are beingbrutalized by too manyjudges being approvedfor too many breeds tooquickly. That observationcomes from the field staff.Its specific source isn’t citedto protect the innocent.Okay, the mostly innocentbecause an exact quotewould include a few choice

expletives DOG NEWSwon’t print and pointedreferences about AKCbiggies…. let’s just say“gutless” is one printabledescriptive word used.

Given our desire tocontribute to the sport…you know, the same reasoneveryone gives for becominga judge…in this columnby commenting on what’sgoing on, we’ll pass on theenjoyable pastime of namecalling. Everything to dowith judging, however, iswell within our purview.

This definitely includesthinking the JudgingApproval Process can dowith some work. Please,that’s adjusting andtweaking, not overhaul.The system in place otherthan being soft on judges’actual ability to sort dogs– hmmm, you know, themost important thing aboutjudging – has its pluses,although one staple of theapproval requirements,attending breed seminars,has always made meuncomfortable.

Breed seminars are a goodidea – obviously – with theproviso they have to beworthwhile. No questionsome are. “Some” is notall and that’s where AKChas been remiss. Requiringseminar attendance withoutdoing anything to insureseminar quality turnsseminar attendance into abox checking exercise. Notgood…

… and I can think of noreason other than staff andBoard blind spots why AKChasn’t put considerableeffort into upgrading theskills of seminar presenters.Training the trainers isstandard procedure in just

about every endeavor.There are individuals youand I know with superbqualifications to do just suchtraining.

Quality seminars, breedexpertise and AKC’sApproval Process intersectwhere AKC has neverwanted to go: Directlyinvolving breed expertswith assessing judgeperformance… which, likeit or not, is what judgingapproval needs.

AKC’s judges’performance evaluation isriddled with contradictions.

Either judges’performance issubstantively observed or itisn’t. But it’s inconceivablean individual’s abilityto actually judge dogsisn’t part of the ApprovalProcess. Right? Butthe only people whoseobservations of judgescount are field reps. Thismeans, as one field rep/judge has infamouslystated, they were anointedall-arounders when theywere hired and wereimmediately downgraded tojust another applicant afterleaving AKC.

I bet I speak for thevast majority of exhibitorswhen I say I don’t muchcare about the details ofthe process by which AKCapproves judges; meaningeverything from how manybreeds applicants can applyfor, to the number of timesthey must have judged theirlatest breeds, to educationrequirements and so on.

I want applicants to beable to have a meaningfulbreed conversation (withme, say, about the breedsI know) and to apply theirknowledge. I certainly think

the field reps can be part ofsuch a process. That maybe sufficient in some breedswith some reps; for somereps that would be a greatnumber of breeds. No repis qualified in the sense Imean for anywhere near allbreeds.

Bottom line: applicants’breed expertise has tobe evaluated in-depth byqualified individuals. Todo that AKC has to, at longlast, involve breeders/exhibitors. The presentapproval system is greatat assuring judges haveprocedure down pat. That’snice. And who wouldn’ttrade breed knowledgefor good procedure? AKCneeds to step up and makesure judges have the breedknowledge and the abilityto apply it equal to theirprocedural skills.

That can only happenby making breed expertspart of the process. And,please, I don’t want to hearthe usual nay saying cantabout the lack of objectivityby breeder/exhibitors. Likethe reps are paragons ofobjectivity all the time.

None of this is to say itwill be easy. So what? It’swhat’s required to have anapproval system worthy ofthe sport. And as readilyas I’ll admit getting fromwhere we are to a full blownsystem will be bumpy, I’llas forcefully argue thatexperimenting with expertevaluation is easy.

So, is there any bettergoal for a committee review-ing all aspects of judgingapproval than recommend-ing evaluating a judge’sbreed expertise be a majorpart of the process? •

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2009 American Maltese Association National SpecialtyBest Of Breed Winner

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Nickel City ClusterBuffalo Kennel Club 1 Group 1 - Judge Mrs. Barbara Dempsey Alderman

Buffalo Kennel Club 2 Group 1 - Judge Mrs. Jacqueline Stacy

Ashtabula Kennel Club Group 1 - Judge Mrs. Elaine Mathis &

Best in ShowJudge Mrs. Janet Turnage Nahikian

Ch.Ta-Jon’s Whose your Sugar Daddy?

Owner/HandlerTimothy Lehman

Breeder/Co-OwnerTammy Simon

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BreederKaren Deschambault

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Best In ShowJudge Dr. Steve Keating

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At their December meeting, the Delegates to the AmericanKennel Club voted to adopt a Grand Champion title forconformation. As we know, other AKC competitive events

offer a myriad of titles, whereas before this vote, the highest title adog could receive in conformation was Champion. The theory behindthose who supported the concept was that it would enable individualswith dogs who received their championship title, but were not exactlycompetitive beyond that point, to have a reason to continue with agoal of receiving the Grand Champion title as well. It is also believedto be a way of increasing entries at shows with dogs that otherwisewould not be shown.

The Delegates had a lot of discussion about the title in twoparticular areas:

1) As originally proposed by the AKC Board of Directors, neutereddogs and spayed bitches would not be eligible. However, on reflection,the consensus of the Delegate Body was that since neutered dogsand spayed bitches are permitted to compete in Veterans Class inindependent, stand-alone specialties, those who win the VeteransClass and are already champions of record should be eligible to receivethis new title if they are able to meet the requirements. Of course, thiscauses a bit of a wrinkle because of the method used in determininghow a dog receives this title, the dog must be already be a championof record – something that a judge would not know regarding adog winning from the Veterans Class. Therefore, how does a judgedetermine whether or not that particular Veteran dog or bitch wouldbe eligible to receive points towards a Grand Champion title and couldbe so awarded?

2) Does the wordage “Grand Champion” take away fromChampion? Does it somehow make the title of Champion lessmeaningful? As one Delegate explained in talking about ranked andfamous dogs of the past with others, the opinion expressed was not anopposition to the idea, but whether or not “the ability to have a GrandChampion would mean that the dogs that were in the past wouldsomehow be lesser, or dogs that were too old to show would somehowbe cheapened because they were just champions.” The Delegateswent back and forth with a number of other words, such as Championof Merit, Select Champion, Premier Champion, but nothing really fitthe bill since the title Grand Champion is used in many other speciesof competitive livestock. In the end, the Delegates’ final analysis wasto stick with Grand Champion.

How does a dog become a Grand Champion? It is a littlecomplicated to figure out, but basically it follows along the lines of thepresent Champion title – a dog has to defeat so many dogs followingthe regional point systems in place and acquire so many additionalmajor wins beyond the present Championship requirement in order toreceive the Grand Champion title. Only Champions of record may be ina position to receive Grand Championship points.

According to the new rule, “Grand Championship points maybe recorded for: Best of Breed or Best of Variety of Breed, Best ofOpposite Sex to Best of Breed or Best of Variety of Breed, Select Dogand Select Bitch.

“Grand Championship points will be recorded according to thenumber of eligible dogs competing in the regular classes of each breed

or variety, as well as dogs entered in Best of Breedcompetition, according to the Schedule of Pointsestablished by the Board of Directors.

“Winners Dog, Winners Bitch, and Non-Regular Class winners that are not conformationChampions, are not eligible for GrandChampionship points.

“Any champion which shall have won twenty-five points shall become a Grand Champion ofRecord, if nine or more of said points shall havebeen won at three shows with a rating of three ormore Grand Championship points each and underthree different judges, and some one or more of thebalance of said points shall have been won undersome other judge or judges than the three judgesreferred to above and at least one Champion ofRecord was defeated at three shows.”

Whew! In addition, in laymen’s terms – a dogwinning Best of Breed shall count all eligible dogsof both sexes being shown in Best of Breed andregular classes; a dog winning Best of Oppositeshall count all eligible dogs of their sex; a dogawarded Select Dog shall count all dogs of its sexdefeated; a dog awarded Select Bitch shall couldall dogs of its sex defeated. Everything will betabulated using the Point Schedules as adopted foreach section of the country where the win takesplace. In order to become a Grand Champion, adog must acquire 25 additional points and threemajor wins over and above those acquired tobecome a champion, plus must defeat at least oneexisting Champion at three different shows.

What are the Select Dog and Select Bitch? Newplacements to be made by the judge after placingBest of Breed/Variety, Best of Winners and Bestof Opposite Sex. The Select Dog and Bitch canonly be existing Champions of Record and mustbe undefeated by any dog other than the BOB,BOS dogs. Dogs, who according to their owners’records, have completed the championshiprequirements would be eligible much as they areeligible to be “moved up” from regular classes toBest of Breed/Variety competition.

The additional need for judges to award SelectDog and Select Bitch will – in some cases – takeextra time. This will be especially true in largeBest of Breed classes where there may be severalworthy dogs to choose from. And, as always, ajudge has the discretion of not awarding SelectDog and/or Select Bitch if a determination ismade that sufficient quality does not exist in theremaining dogs.

There is some questions about the processof the program that remain which have not beenreferenced in the Rules or any of the Delegatemeeting minutes: what happens if a class dog orbitch goes Best of Breed? This dog or bitch is noteligible to receive Grand Champion points becauseit is not yet a champion, but what about the BestOpposite dog/bitch, assuming it is a Champion? IsBOS winner eligible for Grand Champion points?Also, if a class dog wins BOB/V, can a judge stillpick a Select Dog and/or Select Bitch from amongthe competing champions?

And, then what does all this do to the Awardsof Merit? Where do they come into the equation?Can a dog receive an Award of Merit and a SelectDog/Bitch? My guess, would be yes.

I am sure there are many other questionsthat will arise as we all learn about this newcompetitive aspect of our conformation sport. Itwould be helpful if AKC would prepare a sheetfor judges, exhibitors, handlers and stewardsoutlining different scenarios and how they shouldbe handled before this new program takes effect.The effective date is officially a mid-week dayin May 2010 when the new point schedules areadopted. •

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Kaki and Robert FisherWithout question...Who better? Than thosewith a lifetime of 24/7experience.!!!!!!!!!!

Peggy Beisel-McIlwaineInteresting idea. I don’tthink the situation withhandlers is the same aswith the handlers of yore.How would one designatesomeone as a professionalhandler? Would they haveto be registered with AKC?The only way I’d agree is ifthese designated handlerswent through the exactsame application process,including the fees that wedo. Also, I’d think they’dhave to be limited to 2 or3 breeds and these breedswould have to be only thebreeds they have seriouslybred and have the 15 yearsexperience in, not as juniorsor assistants or co-bred withclients or parents. They’dhave to give up showingon the weekend of theirassignment and perhapsAKC would allow us to showdogs at shows we are notjudging. I think it would getterribly complicated, plusI can’t imagine a handlergiving up the handling feesto judge a specialty, it wouldbe a real cut in pay.

Guy H. FisherIn growing up in the sport.I think it would be greatto have the ablity to judgeindependent specialties, asa handler. It wouldl allowus to learn and understandthe breeds better and withthe knowledge we havewe could give back to thebreeders and give insight

where the breed is goingbad. It would make thingsalso come out on an evenslate and take away someof the negative thoughtstowards the handlers, asalways knowing the judge orstuff like that. Hell, it mightbring the numbers back upalso it could be a win windeal.

Nicole FisherI agree with Guy.

Michael & Stacy WorkI think that is a greatquestion to raise, and feelthat there are long timeknowledgeable handlerswho would be morequalified in some instancesthan the judges who areallowed to judge some ofthe specialties. With that inmind the short version of thequestions that arise are (a)What is the definition of aprofessional handler? (Thereare plenty of knowledgeableprofessionals that do notbelong to a organizationand vice versa.) (b) Whatbreeds would someone feelthat a specific handler couldjudge? If they have showna lifetime of that breed orjust one? Obviously sometype of qualifying processand licensing would haveto go on but stating that“professional handlers”could judge independentspecialties is a very grayarea with the very definition.In the end, what is the bestfor the sport of dogs is thatthe most knowledgeableand best person for the jobshould do it. Getting tothat point is the hard part!

Ernesto LaraThis matter conveys manythoughts comparing the olddays with today as the fancyhas changed; big kennelswith a large staff, a managerand private handler whooversaw the breeding andselection of the prospectsand then prepared themfor showing and selectthe future producers bycomparing them at specialtyand all breed shows aremostly gone. Today weare left with mostly bedside litters and in homepuppies that are raised toperform at the ring froma much reduced pool tocompare from. Nevertheless,there are handlers todaywho received the propermentorship and formationwho have an in depthknowledge and constanthands on experiencewith the breeds they areassociated with by workingwith breeders, selectingstud dogs and suggestingmatings to them and thenshow their results. Some ofthese handlers are breedersthemselves and could bringa healthy perspective withtheir opinions about thesebreeds. It is known thatno seminar or test wouldmake a good judge if theindividual doesn’t have aneye for a dog. And that iswhat is needed! To judgedogs is a learning processin which everybody involvewith the sport takes part inone way or another

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Now that AKC hasdecided to possiblyreexamine thejudges approvalprocesses shouldone of the topicsdiscussed be thereintroductionof professionalhandlers as judgesat independentspecialty shows?

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In the wake of both the Bateson reportand recent directives from our KennelClub all British judges who are wor-thy of the name are thinking seriouslyabout the mindset that they must nowtake forward into the ring.

In the past it has long been the desire ofmost top all-rounders to judge on a par withthe very top specialists; rewarding dogs thatnot only have the desired shape, size, coat,movement and temperament but also all thesubtleties and nuances of breed type thatwould satisfy the most demanding purist.

Today, however, we have a slightly dif-ferent brief where our priority has to be dogsthat are “fit for function,” their soundness ofmind and body and their lack of any exag-geration that may compromise their healthtaking precedence over any “cosmetic” virtuethat in the past may have been prized. Weare all thinking long and hard about this,telling ourselves that in reality we will notjudge any differently from how we did in thepast. But is it really as simple as this? Will weI wonder? How easy is it going to be for us toadjust what comes naturally to us?

I have pondered many hypothetical sce-narios in preparation for the future, none ofwhose conclusions rest easily.

For example, I imagined I was faced withtwo Boxer dogs. They were both close-up forsize and shape, were in comparable conditionand performing equally well. One dog had asuperior head in that it was cleaner-cheekedthan the other and had more tilt to its nose,however on the out-and-back it went awaysomewhat close. That is not to say that itshocks were rubbing, but there was a notice-able narrowness, however its profile actionshowed freedom and drive. The other dogwas noticeably down-faced with no tilt to itsnose and was a tad bully in skull, yet when itmoved away it showed much greater widththan its competitor.

Having grown up with Boxers, a breedthat has long been considered – rightly orwrongly – “a head breed,” I have alwaysattached particular importance to the head,following the essence of the Breed Standard.Consequently, faced with these two fictitiousanimals my preference would instinctively

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be for the better headed dog, acknowledging his great virtue in this respect,whilst at the same time forgiving his slight narrowness behind. If I were tofollow the letter of the law now, I feel I would be expected to use the dog whoexcelled in movement and ignore the shortcomings of his head. But could I ac-tually bring myself to do this? Could I persuade my head to overrule my heart?Could I be indirectly responsible for allowing off-beat heads to become accept-able in this unique breed? In truth, I suspect that I would still have to go onthe better headed dog, justifying it if challenged by pointing out that the dog’sslight failing in his rear action was not causing him pain or discomfort.

This is just one example of the kind of situations we – in Britain for themoment – are going to face and we need to be prepared. We have alreadybeen told that we should excuse dogs that have serious physical defects, butin practice when this does happen the exhibitors do not take the decisionwell, and it is the judge who is the villain in the piece. And I speak from expe-rience!

Ever since we had the new directives from on high I have objected to theirtone, because the implication is that in the past we have ignored health andsoundness when making top awards. It must be said that in days gone by wehave seen bad moving dogs not in great shape winning well (usually underbreeder judges it has to be said) simply because they were dripping in breedtype. It should never have happened then and it certainly should never hap-pen now. Indeed, if it did, one would assume that any judges so guilty wouldbe brought to book.

The changes in many of the Breed Standards that havebeen made in the wake of the now infamous BBC televisionprogram “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” have changed someaspects of certain breeds that many feel risk robbing thatbreed of an element of breed type. They are however inplace and judging still must revolve around the Breed Stan-dard, yet these are – as always – open to personal interpre-tation.

The revised Pekingese Standard requires that the noseshould be “not too short.” But how short is too short? Andtoo short for what? If a Pekingese comes to me in the ringin the future, shows no signs or respiratory problems, getsaround the ring efficiently, and has wide, open nostrils, Isuspect that a nose that was acceptable under the “old”Standard would still please me sufficiently if the rest of thedog impressed.

I think that the biggest fear is that we are likely tosee a new generation of judges emerging where their solepriority is finding happy, healthy, sound dogs that mayjust have a nodding acquaintance with classic breed type.When such dogs rise to the top there will no recourse, asthese judges will be seen to following the edict from above.The judges of the past who valued the importance of BreedType, accepting that soundness and fitness can still be ob-tained in the ultra-typical, may risk being relegated to theranks of dinosaur as the freshers dismiss the values of thepast as being simply “old fashioned.”

Without much care and conisderation, their futurecould look rather bleak.

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San Fernando Kennel Club - SaturdayRhodesian RidgebackCh. Pupukea Ridge Ikaika O Spring ValleyJudge Mrs. Valerie CarterOwners Tom and Barbara Peach, Pam Lambie,Sonnet and Ian McKinnonHandler Pam Lambie

Carroll Kennel Club - SaturdayAnnapolis Kennel Club - MondayDoberman PinscherCh. Allure Blazing Star AlisatonJudge Mr. Richard W. PowellJudge Mr. Walter SommerfeltOwners Nancy Bosley, Julie Porter, Carmen PittsHandler Carissa DeMilta Shimpeno

Simi Valley Kennel Club - FridayVentura Kennel Club - SundayPembroke Welsh CorgiCh. Segni at CoventryJudge Mr. Keven HarrisJudge Miss Joan LunaOwners Sophia Sadler, Steven Leyerly, Beckie Wil-liams DVM, and Bill SheltonHandler Bill Shelton

Carroll Kennel Club - FridayScottish DeerhoundCh. Foxcliffe Hickory WindJudge Mrs. Mary Ann AlstonOwners Sally Sweatt, Cecilia Dove and R. ScottDove DVMHandler Angela L. Lloyd

Annapolis Kennel Club - SundayWirehaired Pointing GriffonCh. Fireside’s Spontaneous CombustionJudge Mr. Thomas J. FeneisOwners Joan Coughlin and Elaine HunsickerHandler Michelle Scott

Tualatin Kennel ClubDog Fanciers Association Of OregonIrish SetterCh. Shadagee Caught Red HandedJudge Mr. Dana P. ClineJudge Mrs. Betty-Anne StenmarkOwners Debra Burke and Nancy ConnerHandler Adam Bernardin

Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon - SaturdayBoxerCh. Duba-Dae’s Who’s Your DaddyJudge Mr. Ronald H. MenakerOwners Charles Vose, Wendy Bettis and Lynn Jan-sonHandler Wendy Bettis

Central Iowa Kennel Club IIAmerican FoxhoundCh. Kiarry’s Foolish PrideJudge Dr. Robert D. SmithOwners Beverly Wyckoff, Harry Miller, Lisa MillerHandler Susan Kipp

Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon - ThursdayDoberman PinscherCh. Protocol’s Veni Vidi ViciJudge Mr. Norman PattonOwners Jocelyn & Kevin MullinsHandler Michelle Santana

Winnegamie Dog Club - SaturdayStandard PoodleCh. Jaset’s SatisfactionJudge Mr. Eugene BlakeOwners Sandra Tompkins & Christi BaileyHandler Ann Rairigh

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OtherpeoplethinkI am:

How wouldyou describeyourself in apersonal ad?

What was yourmost embarrassingmoment at adog show?

Which judge, no longer alive or judg-ing, do you miss the most?

What do you miss the mostat dog shows?

Meeting Laura forthe first time. To be one hell of a

fighter pilot.

“Yes, dear.” –But it’s worth it.

My Mother and Father.They’re the reason I’mthe man I am.

NOTENOUGH!

Moody and shy.(I am.)

Politcally correct answer:Very happily married. Butthat being said, GLOTMOF– Good looking outdoor typemale over 40. Looking forfunny, pretty, younger, sexy,dog-show friendly female.Hmmm, already got that.

Showing a Siberianbitch in BIS and fallingflat on my butt.

Annie Rogers Clark – many yearsago when I started showing shetook me aside and helped meprivately work with my dog. I willnever forget that as it had a lastingimpression to a newcomer.

Honesty, integrity, commitmentand good sportsmanship.

Asked ofCharlie Coomes

Born: Elmhurst, IllinoisResides: Summerfield, Florida

(for now)Marital Status: Very happily

Married

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Westminster Kennel Club

2010 issue of Dog News,

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*All Systems**The Dog News Top Ten List

OwnerMr. John Shaw

BreedersLou GuerreroHank NaveL. Schanzle

Presented ByLarry CorneliusMarcelo Veras352 401-5677

OFF TO A FLYING START

14 SHOWS14 BEST OF BREEDS1 BEST IN SHOW11 GROUP FIRSTS2 GROUP SECONDS1 GROUP THIRD

THE MULTIPLE ALL BREED &THE MULTIPLE ALL BREED &SPECIALTY BEST IN SHOWWINNERSPECIALTY BEST IN SHOWWINNER

THE NUMBER ONE* AFGHANTHE NUMBER ONE* AFGHANHOUND & NUMBER SEVEN**HOUND & NUMBER SEVEN**AMONG ALL HOUND BREEDS 2009AMONG ALL HOUND BREEDS 2009

Sire: Ch. Genesis Ambelike Silver Charm Dam: Ch. Genesis Mahali Colby

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Judge Mr. Terry Stacy

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Favorite dog show moment?Yet to be determined.

Do you have a mentor, or someoneyou look up to in the sport?Absolutely! I have been lucky enough to beassisting Michael and Stacy Work, who haveshared their knowledge, their friendship andtheir house dog, Martha, for me to compete injuniors with!

When was the last show youattended?I’ve been with Michael and Stacy for the wholesummer, so I’ve been really busy with showsevery weekend!

What is the best advice you can giveto current and potential juniors?Don’t take yourself so seriously; just have fun!

What would you like junior judges toknow?That I appreciate them taking the timeout of their day to spend some time in thejuniors ring. And a small token of their timecan mean a world of difference to a junior!

TheJuniorsSpeak

Kaylene Scotton15 years oldFoxboro, Mass

What is your favorite part aboutcompeting in juniors?

First and foremost my favorite part ishaving time to enjoy with the dogs. Ialso enjoy the lifelong friendships and

relationships I have made.

Do you have any plansonce you age-out ofjuniors?I’m living one day at a time.

What if anythinghave you learnedfrom junior show-manship?

I’ve learned that thedog show world issomething that I

will be a part of for therest of my life.

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The Glen that is spicing things up...

Judge: Mr. Al Ferruggiaro

“Curry” turned up the heat in the final months of 2009. She swept the National DogShow/Kennel Club of Philadelphia weekend, topped the field at the big New England

Supported Entry, and picked up several Terrier Group Placements along the way.

Ch. Coleraine’s Mandalay Royalty

Royalty Glen of Imaal TerriersRoyalty Glen of Imaal TerriersAlways owner-handled by:

Bruce SussmanCo-owners:

Robert Shuter & Maura High

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It is truly remarkable that in nine years this show has becomeone of the most prestigious shows in the world. No other showanywhere in the world enjoyed such fame as this one had inits’ initial years. Over the course of the weekend I asked a lotof people, including many foreigners, what their favorite showwas. Not surprisingly the response from Terrier people wasMontgomery. A large majority responded that the AKC/Eukanubahas become their favorite. Various reasons given were butone of the most mentioned was - a great location accompaniedwith top hotels and restaurants nearby. It proves the old adage“location-location-location”. The biggest praise for the show isthe World Challenge. Everyone enjoys having the opportunityto see so many of the top dogs from around the world in the ringat the same time. This is the only show in the world where thishappens. Eukanuba, the AKC and the FCI go to a great dealof planning to arrange for this. In only its third year, the WorldChallenge has been improved upon each year.

Several of these World Challenge entries I have judged orseen in their native countries, but it is great to see just how wellthey stand up against other truly great dogs. Judging is always acomparison and some dogs look wonderful because we see themin lesser competition. This year there were a few less dogs. Thiswas because some of the very small countries in certain parts ofthe world competed against each other in a preliminary runoff atthe World Show in October. This meant the competition was evenstronger this year.

The Bred-By competition is still a major factor for the greatsuccess of the show also. This year it became a little morecomplicated. A dog could be eligible that was entered in theclasses and it did not have to be entered in the Bred-By class. Itcould have come from the Open class, even if it had only placedfourth in that class. It all boiled down to any dog shown by thebreeder was eligible until the point it was beaten by anotherBred-By dog. That is why it was mandatory to place the AOM’s inexact order, since in many cases it determined the winner of BestBred-By. Over 40% of the entry was Bred-By dogs.

With so many shows today, in order for any show to havesome distinction they have to include something different fromthe average show. This show is the best example. Without theBred-By class, the World Challenge, meet the breeds and more, itwould not be the show it has become. When International KennelClub went through troubled times, it took great foresight on thepart of Lou Auslander to come up with innovative ideas to restore

that show back to its glory days.Having three shows preceding the

National Championship attracts moreexhibitors who must come from greatdistances. An added bonus is the four daysthe weekend before in a very close proximity.Besides the dogs competing in the WorldChallenge, a lot of dogs come to competefrom foreign lands just because of the qualityof the competition. Friends of mine broughtquite a few entries from Brazil. Several of theleading handlers from Brazil were presentand most of the other South and CentralAmerican countries were represented. Avery large contingency was present fromAsia also. Having eight all breed showswithin ten days gave these foreign exhibitorseight chances to acquire a much soughtafter AKC Championship on their dogs.There were so many of the World Challengedogs entered in the regular classes over theweekend that it was a great opportunityto see them against their own breed. OnSaturday in the Challenge preliminaries Isaw a Scottie bitch representing Denmarkthat greatly impressed me. With thanksto Andrew Brace he introduced me to theowners and I had a chance to go over her.She is one of the most impressive new dogsI have seen recently. The following day I gotto watch her in the breed. Seeing her nextto other Scotties only confirmed her quality.When you think of all the positive aspectsof this show it makes one realize just whyit has become the favorite show of so manyfanciers.

This year this show had extra meaningfor me. It was the 125th year of AKC andsince I was judging it brought back a lot ofmemories. I won BOB in Chows 25 yearsago at the Centennial Show. At the 150 yearshow I will be lucky if I am able to watchsitting in a wheel chair. I still have so manywonderful memories of that Centennialshow.

My assignment this year consisted ofEnglish Toy Spaniels, Afghans and Cavaliers.Because of the size of the Cavalier entry(66 which was the third largest entry in theshow), I was only one of five judges thathad over 100 dogs to judge. It made for avery enjoyable day. I felt I earned my keep,but still had plenty of time to watch theWorld Challenge Preliminaries after a verynice lunch that was sponsored by “Dogs InReview”. After the preliminaries, we had theopportunity to watch the Bred-By groups ofthe breeds that were scheduled for Saturday.

A very short time after Cavaliers had

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by Desmond J. Murphy

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This year marked the 125th year for theAKC. Because it was a landmark year, theAKC/Eukanuba National Championshipwas not an invitational show. For the

first time it had an open entry to all exhibits. Thisproved to be very successful since of the 161breeds being represented, 125 enjoyed a specialtyor supported entry to celebrate this landmarkyear. The number of dogs entered rose by 1860,which meant the show was up approaching nearlytwice the size of last year. A very large part ofthe increased entry was reflected the 1,600 dogsentered in the classes. Because of the supportedentries, class dogs and the landmark year, it was

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The early sales in London always began with a wine andcanapés reception. Such old-world niceties have long gone andbeen replaced in New York with a Barkfest at Bonhams CharityBrunch. Those who attend the Barkfest know it as an equallyglamorous social occasion which, unlike the early receptions,helps a very deserving cause. All proceeds go to benefit theAKC Humane Fund created to promote the joy and values ofresponsible ownership through education, outreach and grant-making.

With vendors from Europe, the UK and America, The DogSale offers a broad section of the best in dog art available at thetime.

Gustav Muss-Arnolt and Edmund Henry Osthaus were twoof the leading artists working in America who specialized indogs and sporting scenes and both are represented in the sale.Muss-Arnolt with an oil of a Setter and Pointer on point withexpectations of between $20,000 and 30,000 and Osthaus witha similar picture but with two Setters ($15,000-20,000).

Leading the sale with expectations of between $500,000and 700,000 is an oil by John Emms ofFoxhounds. Painted in 1896, it shows the bitchpack of the Meath, historically one of the mostimportant hunts in Ireland. It has come to auctionfrom a collector in Kentucky who bought it in1994 from a collector in the UK and has not beenseen at auction before.

One of last year’s failures was a rediscoveredpicture by Sir Edwin Landseer of a Toy Spanielbelonging to a Mr. Plummer-Ward that had beenexhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896. Witha lower more tempting estimate this year of$40,000-60,000, hopefully it will find a new home.

One of the features of Bonhams sales arethe pictures by continental artists and this yearthey include a charming portrait by Francisco

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Bonhams have held their position at the forefront ofspecialist sales of dog art since the first one held manyyears ago in Knightsbridge, London. Having been involvedwith running a specialist auction I know only too well

how difficult it is to present an interesting catalogue year afteryear, and naturally some years are going to be better than others.Quite often it is just a few lots that make all the difference. Evenwhen there has been a shortage of artistically important pieces,usually there have some interesting and historical lots tuckedwithin to compensate and this year’s Bonhams sale is no exception.

An amusing Zoorayportable heater in theform of a Scottie dog,circa 193012 3/4 in. (33 cm.) high$300-500THEDOG

SALE

P. Simpson (British, circa 1930)A bronze figure of the championSaluki ‘Sarona Gulshere’signed ‘P Simpson’ and inscribed‘Ch. Sarona Gulshere’ on base8 x 7 1/8 in. (20.3 x 18.3 cm.)$2,000-3,000

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Owners:Joan L. FisherRobert D. SpeiserBarbara Wolfe

Handler Extraordinaire!Phoebe J. Booth

203 938-0226*The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

Best In Show - Judge Mr. Carl Gomes

THE # 1 NON-SPORTING DOG 2009*

Buddych. cragsmoor

goodman

handlerslarry corneliusmarcelo veras

breederseugene z. zaphirismatthew h. stander

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ownerscarolyn kochvictor malzoni, jr.

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Starts theNew YearwithTwo Best In Showsand Six Group Firsts

Judge Mr. Madison Weeks

Who is Eligible for Grand Championcompetition?The following categories of dogs are en-tered in this competition:Dogs that are Champions of Record compet-ing in Best of Breed or Best of Variety class.Dogs transferred to Best of Breed/Varietywhich according to their owners’ recordshave completed the requirements for achampionship but whose championshipsare unconfirmed. (The showing of dogswhose championships are unconfirmed islimited to a period of 90 days from the dateof show where a dog completed the require-ments for a championship according to theowners’ records.)Champions that win Non-Regular Classesand become eligible for Best of Breed com-petition. (Altered or spayed CH veteranclass winners at independent specialtiesare eligible.)Winners Dog and Winners Bitch are not eli-gible for Grand Champion competition.

At the judge’s discretion, Grand Champi-onship points may be awarded to:Best of Breed or VarietyBest of OppositeSelect DogSelect Bitch

Grand Champion competition will not con-tinue beyond Best of Breed competition andin breeds that are divided into varieties,Grand Champion Competition will not con-tinue beyond Best of Variety competition.

What are the requirements to earn theGrand Champion Title?25 Grand Champion points.A minimum of 9 points won at 3 shows withratings of 3 or more points (Major wins)under three different judges, and one ormore of the balance of points won under a4th judge.At least one Champion of Record was de-feated at three of these shows.

How are Grand Champion points computed?Grand Champion points are only to be awarded to dogs thejudge considers deserving.Grand Champions points awarded to the Best of Breed/Vari-ety shall count all dogs of both sexes competing in the regularclasses and in Best of Breed/Variety competition.Grand Champion points awarded to Best of Opposite Sex shallcount all dogs of their sex competing in the regular classesand in Best of Breed/Variety competition.Grand Champion points awarded to Select Dog/Bitch shallcount all dogs of their sex defeated in the Best of Breed/Vari-ety competition as well as the dogs of their sex in the regularclasses. (i.e. one less than the total entry in that sex)The entry of non-regular classes are not counted for computa-tion of Grand Champion points to be awarded.

Judging ProcedureChoose BOB, BOW and BOSIf quality warrants, choose a Select Dog (SD) and Select Bitch(SB) from the remaining Champions in the BOB ring (Do notconsider BOW, WD or WB)Annotate the judge’s book certification as to the eligibilityand quality of the Grand Champion points being awarded orwithheld.Award BOB, BOW, SD and SB ribbons if determined to beof eligible and deserving of the Grand Champion title. See:http:// www.akc.org/pdfs/judges_sheet_confirmation.pdf forexample of the revised judge’s book form.

AdministrationOn May 12, 2010 Grand Champion competition will be includ-ed in all shows offering BOB or BOV competition.Premium lists – Other than prize listings, there is no require-ment to address Grand Champion competition in the premiumlist since it is included in all shows that offer BOB or BOV.However, there is no restriction should superintendents andsecretaries want to bring attention to the new competition.Judging Schedule – No additional information is required.Ribbons – BOB and BOS do not require an additional ribbon.Light blue & white ribbons for SD & SB. Flat ribbons or ro-settes are equally acceptable. “Select” is acceptable wordinghowever “Grand Champion Select” is acceptable and moredescriptive.Ring Markers – Just as with BOB, BOW and BOS, there isno AKC requirement to have SD and SB placement markers.These markers are provided as a service by the club or super-intendent. •

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An Explanationof the GrandChampionRequirements

by Robin L. Stansell

(As sent to all show secretaries and show representatives.)

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Full Circle Wire DachshundsMidge & Don MartinLibertyville, IllinoisAre so proud of

Specialty Best in ShowWinnerBest Opposite Sex Westminster Kennel Club, 2009

Best Opposite SexDachshund Club of America, 2009

Ch. Barmaud JoshuaA Top 5* Wirehaired Dachshund 2009

The Breeder-Judges like him…

Many thanks to Breeder-Judge Mrs. Andra O’Connell*The Dog News Top Ten List - Breed points

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JOSHUA

Joshua is lovingly presented by Barbara Waldkirch

Joshua is proudly owned byEdna Martin, Candace Krieger, and Genie Bishop

Full Circle Wire DachshundsMidge & Don Martinkaihorn@att.net

…And the all-rounders like him, too

Thanks to Judge Mr. Daniel J. Smythfor one of Joshua’s Group Placements!

Getting out of the car covered in lay-ers from head to toe, my whippet shouldthank me for purposely not dragging herout in this weather. Inside, The KennelClub of Northern New Jersey was gettingready to start their annual winter show,moved up here from the MeadowlandsCompound in New Jersey to join SawMill River Kennel Club for a trial two dayevent. This is a first for both clubs sinceNNJ normally is held with MonticelloKennel Club in February-March and SawMill is a single show normally the sec-ond Sunday of March. Show ladies LindaBerberich from Northern New Jersey andAngela Porpora from Saw Mill River alongwith their committees and members gottogether to try something new. Tradition-ally Saw Mill River Kennel Club wouldhave to settle for the few handlers thatcome to their show because it is a singleday event in the midst of multiple-daycircuits held throughout the Northeast.Moving the show to the very first week-end of shows for this area was a smartidea in my opinion since that gave localsand not-so-locals a reason to stay homefrom Florida and the Midwest to start offthe year. The only other event going onis the well known American Spaniel clubspecialty but for everyone else not span-iel, there are no shows until the followingweekend. Just pulling up I noticed a fewRVs and the parking lot was lined withthe bigger trucks, indicating what whatwe could expect.

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AFirstTimeEvent InWhitePlains

By Anna Stromberg

Icould not move my arms I was so bundled up. The temperatureoutside was 11 degrees; my car prompted me and I could not seethe hand in front of me due to crystal clear skies and a sun blind-

ing as ever. It made for a perfect day at a dog show except that yournose and ears would freeze in a blink in the biting wind. “Ok, I cando this!” I thought. I was sitting in front of the County Center downtown White Plains, in Westchester, New York and it was January 9th.

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been recognized by the AKC, I judged dogs at the National.This year it was amazing to see just how far the breedhas progressed. I thought the depth of quality was verystrong. There were five AOM’s allowed and several topquality exhibits that I didn’t even have a ribbon for. Thebreed winner last year was the winner of the Bred-By ToyGroup. This year my Best Bred-By went on to be awardedthe winner of the Bred-By Toy Group. The Cavalier breedersshould take great pride on how far they have come. So manyof the winners, I was told, were related which shows somestrong lines have been developed in the US.

Afghans, after going through some lean years, haveregained a lot of their strength. The winning dog could havealso won big when the breed was going through their “glorydays”. It was interesting to learn the one that pressedhim the hardest was the same dog that pressed him thehardest last year. The handler of the first AOM has to becongratulated on the super condition she has this dog in, notonly in hair, but also hard muscle condition. All of the AOM’swere fine examples of the breed. I had not judged the breedwinner for the past three years. I had judged him as a babypup and predicted a bright future. It was very rewarding torealize just why he has done so well.

It is always an enjoyable show to judge. Foremost,one hopes all the top dogs in the country will be presentplus some from other countries. Example, the Afghanrepresenting France in the World Challenge was also presentin the breed ring. I see she is bred by the breeder of the BOBdog. This bitch from France won the breed on Wednesdayfrom the classes. My only disappointment was that some ofthe Afghans from Chile were not present. The WD was alsofrom Mexico and this made him an American Champion. Heis owned and handled by Juan Miranda, who just a few yearsago was a World famous Junior Handler. The very youngJuan has moved his talents to judging and has quite a fewgroups in the FCI system. I am sure if you asked the ninejudges that have judged Best they will all agree it has beenone of the highlights of a lifetime in the Sport and several ofthem have handled a dog to BIS at Westminster.

Frank Sabella who has judgedBest at this show and alsoWestminster had the great

honor of judging the finals for theWorld Challenge. Frank had twelvewonderful dogs before him which wasno surprise since the entire world wasinvolved with this outstanding event.

Here in the states we have sometimes seven great dogs infront of us, but on this night Frank had a dozen great dogs tojudge. The four section judges for the World Challenge wereall world renowned judges who have credentials that wouldfill volumes. One of the judges I noticed has been exhibitingsince 1951. Initially when I read this I thought he must beancient, until I realized I started showing dogs about fiveyears later. We forget just how long some of our judgeshave been involved in the sport. Our BIS judge, Bob Moore,started 60 years ago. The Best Bred-By judge, Helen LeeJames, began exhibiting in 1952. The Best Junior Handlerjudge, Jackie Stacy, started in 1958. Bill Taylor, who judgedthe Toy Group, bred his first litter of Pekingese in 1945 –64 years ago. Lee Reasin, who presided over the Herdinggroup, started judging in 1945. Jane Forsyth, who judged

the Terrier group, has been in the Sport for 71years and her husband, Bob, who judged theBred-By Hounds, started in 1933 – 66 yearsago. When you look at the nearly one hundredjudges involved with this show severalthousand years of experience are behind thedecisions made. This was only overshadowedby the very large numbers of breeders from allover the world who represented uncountableyears of experience.

The Bred-By class hasbecome a major partof the show and the

breeder receives $15,000 forthe top award, $1,500 for firstin the group and $200 for BestBred-By at the breed level.

This comes to the winner walking awaywith $16,700, but I am sure the prestige ofwinning remains a lifelong memory even afterthe money is spent. For the fourth year in arow the Best Bred-By has been captured bya Sporting dog and in 2006, 2007 and now2009, it has been won by a Golden Retriever.This years’ winner, Ch. Rush Hills River RoadPayoff, co-bred and handled by Tonya Struble,also won the breed and placed third in thegroup. Tonya, like the other Golden winners,is also a prominent handler in the breed likeher predecessors, Laurie Fenner and AmyBooth. So many shows today offer Best Bred-By classes, but this is the only show where theawards have a significant meaning.

The overwhelming sensation of theshow this year was the winner of the WorldChallenge. Most people in this country hadnever seen a Bracco Italiano. I have to admitthe first time I ever judged this dog I did noteven know what breed it was. After the showI ran into Mike Billings, Frank Sabella, GinnyLyne, Jim Reynolds and others. This shortanswer is even if you do not know a breed atruly great one will and does jump out at you.When Frank realized he was going to have aBracco in the line-up he was able to acquirea copy of the Standard in English to study inorder to fully evaluate this memorable dog.“Axel” is no stranger to the world and hasa long list of credentials. In this fast pace oflife, some might have forgotten he went BISat the World Show in Poland in 2006. Andnow “Axel” is the first dog ever to have wonthe World Show and the World Challenge. Iwould predict it will be many years beforewe witness this happening again. I imagine“Axel” will stir some interest in the breed nowin the states. Right now the breed is not eveneligible for the Miscellaneous class. “Axel”is a very good dual purpose dog. When he isnot being a star in the ring, he is a very goodperformer in the field. It is hard to imaginejust how this unusual looking dog possessessuch high credentials, but once he started

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Dodds’ background goes back to receiving her DVMdegree with honors in 1964 from Ontario Veterinary Col-lege, University of Toronto. In 1965, she joined the NYState Health Department in Albany and began compara-tive studies of animals with inherited and acquired bleed-ing diseases. She attained the position as the chief ofLaboratory of Hematology at the Wadsworth Center. In1986, she moved to Southern California to found Hemopet.Many people know her because of her services analyzingblood tests as well as the transfusion services Hemopetoffers.

An important part of Dodds’ California facility is theAnimal Restore Health Center. Designed to be a facility forrecovering animals, Dr. Dodds has received important helpfrom a noteworthy source, Joanne Carson, PhD, secondwife of the late entertainer Johnny Carson. “Dr. Dodds isa close friend who, like me, has a deep love for the healthand well-being of animals, especially family pets,” saidDr. Carson. “This exciting facility will accommodate therecovery needs of pets and the needs of their caregivers.”In 2007, Dr. Carson announced she was donating a portionof the proceeds of the sale of a 2-DVD set of Johnny Car-son’s performances to the Hemopet Animal Restore HealthCenter.

Dodds has another passion that will have an enormousimpact on the dog world, the Rabies Challenge Study, be-ing conducted at the University of Wisconsin, under theleadership of Dr. Ronald Schultz (http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/people/ronald d schultz). Dr. Dodds has contributedher time as well as the time of her staff to this cause in aneffort to determine the efficacy of long-term rabies vacci-nations. “Rabies vaccinations are the strongest of all vac-cinations,” said Dobbs. “There are a great many adversereactions to them, including fever, joint pain, seizures,sudden behavior changes, liver effects, tumors at injec-tion sites, hemolytic anemia. Our goal is to prove that a

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Interview withDr. W. Jean DoddsBy: Karl M. Stearns

Dr. Jean Dodds thinks back to fond memories ofher dog-showing days. “I used to show Viszlas,English Setters and Pointers,” she recalls. “We

would all get together and travel with our motor-homes to shows in the Northeast US. To make it fun,we’d each pick a country and make up a menu basedon the food of that country. Then we’d each take aturn preparing dinner.” For Dodds, the camaraderiewas part of the experience. “We made it fun, eventhough we knew we weren’t all going to win everytime. There are a lot of very competitive people in thedog world. You have to be able to accept the losses aswell as enjoy those nice wins.” Although she stoppedshowing in 1985, Dr. Dodds continues to have an enor-mous impact on the sport of purebred dogs.

vaccine can be supplied that will provideimmunity for five years, and then we’d liketo extend that to seven years.”

The Rabies Challenge is starting yearfour of its five year study. “Funding is crit-ical to keep this study going,” commentedDodds. “We are close to finalizing fundingfor year four, and then will have to raisethe funds for year five. Fortunately, theUniversity will proceed as long as we’veraised 80 percent of the funds.” Peoplein the dog world who are interested canaccess the Fund’s Web site at http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/

In addition to getting updates, it’s alsopossible to make donations on the site.“People may think we need high-profiledonors with large pockets,” observedDodds. “While that’s something wonder-ful, it’s not real-world. If we could simplyobtain modest donations from all the dogclubs in the United States, we’d make it.I’m donating my time and the time of mystaff. My webmaster donates services.Kris Christine has been a tireless volun-teer. We don’t take a dime from the mon-ies donated. It all goes to research.”

Has Dodds seen changes in the dogworld since her start in the ‘60s? “A majordifference is the way people run theirbreeding programs today,” Dodds said.“There have always been the haves andhave-nots. What I observe today is theaccess to information has allowed peopleto run smaller breeding programs while fo-cusing on health issues. The enthusiasmand knowledge has made people stronger,even able to challenge their vets to ques-tion what’s important.” Does that poseany problems in the relationships betweenbreeders and their vets? Dodds answered:“More and more vets and techs come tomy seminars and they’ve learned theirbreeder/clients are not the ‘bad guys’ theyused to think they were. Conscientiousbreeders have earned the respect of vets– they teach each other. Vets are startingto understand conscientious breeders, andwant to learn what the breeders are learn-ing.”

Dodds has a referral consultationservice at her facility in Garden Grove,California. Her Web site is http://www.hemopet.org •

Prissy!

Prissy!

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful……....Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful……....72 Dog News

Ch. Tollgate’s Diamond In The RuffCh. Tollgate’s Diamond In The Ruff

Breeder/Owner/Handler: Susan Watts, Upper Black Eddy, PA

Breeders:Susan Watts, Tollgate Boxers & Dachshunds

Dr. Andrew & Dianne Kostic & Kandice KosticDollidachs Dachshunds, Brandy Station, VA

And thank you toJudges Mrs. Priscilla A. Gabosch for kicking off the weekend with a Best of Variety at

the Penn Treaty Kennel Club, Inc., Oaks, Pennsylvania, November 12, 2009

Owners:Jim and Joan BayP.O. Box 95Clifton Forge, VA

Thank you Judge Mr. Thomas Kirsten Thank you Judge Mrs. Robert D. Smith

Thank you Judge Mrs. Bonnie Threlfall Thank you Judge Dr. Klaus Anselm

.......……LOVE ME because I’m a weinner!.......……LOVE ME because I’m a weinner!

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Like most of the continental sportingbreeds, the German Shorthair was devel-oped to be a very versatile hunter. The Ger-mans who developed the breed wanted apersonal gun dog that could find, point andretrieve upland birds, be willing to go inthe water after downed waterfowl and alsobe capable of hunting small game animalsdepending upon what was either plenti-ful in the area where the hunter lived orwhat was desired for the dinner table thatparticular day. Hunting such varied gamerequired that the dog possess differentskills for each type of game the hunter waspursuing. They also wanted a companionand a family dog.

The breed was developed in response tothe middle class being permitted to legallyhunt in Europe, something which prior tothe 18th century, had been reserved, almostexclusively, for the nobility. But, unlike the

nobles, the members of the mid-dle class did not have the mon-ey necessary to maintain largekennels of specialist dogs—water dogs, upland dogs, earthdogs, varmint dogs—but theyneeded and wanted to hunt allthe critters that these specialistdogs hunted and they wanted adog that could comfortably livewith the owner’s family as there

was no extra money for kennels. Thus theneed was there for a versatile hunting dog.This innate versatility has carried over intoother dog sports besides those that reflectthe original hunting purpose of the breed.

“Versatility is what breeding dogs isall about,” said Katrin Tazza who ownsDC AFC NSC Up N’ Adam UD SH ROMX,DC NGDC AFC Up N’Adam’s Super SiouxCDX SH and DC AFC Up N’ Adam’s PiperCherokee CDX MH. “It is actually prettyeasy to breed just a show dog as I foundin the early 1980s with three top produc-ing show bitches. But what do you do withthem after their show career? Not everydog is a special and not everyone cares tocampaign a special. I started doing obedi-ence just as something else to do with mydogs. After my dog that eventually becameDC AFC NSC Up N’Adam UD SH ROMXwon the GSPCA national specialty and

LivingA Dream

by M.J. Nelson

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“Hubert” (BISS DC Can Ch/OTCHCheza’s Michael Magic Birdog UDXCan UD MH MX MXJ on point)and his son “Homer” (DC Hubert’sYankee Doodle Dandy JH OA AXJin foreground), Jeffrey Drogin’stwo German Shorthaired Pointersdo what the breed was originallydeveloped to do.

Have you ever dreamt of having a dog that could do itall? Be a great show dog, a fine field dog and an out-standing agility, obedience, rally or tracking dog? Well,with the increased opportunities available to dog own-

ers, a number of German Shorthaired Pointer owners, taking ad-vantage of the breed’s built-in willingness to do almost anythingtheir owners want them to do, are actually living this dream.

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Best In Show & Multiple Group Winning

Ch. Talydales Friend Of The Force

Sire:Ch.Talydales Gluteus Maximus Dam:Talydales Little Miss Magic

Judge Dr. Lee Anthony Reasin

Breeder/OwnerSheri Smith

HandlersMichael &Michele Kemp

724 448-4104mkemp629@yahoo.com

Ch T l d l Gl t M i D T l d l Littl Mi M i

“Chewy”“Chewy”

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CH. FABELHAFT ROBOBULL HOT COMMODITY - “CA

Winning the 2008 French Bulldog Club of America Best in Sweep-stakes, CA$H started his show career off with a bang, finishing quick-ly with multiple Breed wins and Group Placements. He made his de-but back into the specials ring at the 2009 FBDCA National Specialty,winning an Award of Merit under Breeder-Judge Mrs. Patricia Sosa.CA$H is out in 2010winningmultiple Breed andGroup Placements alreadyin the first week of the year, proving that this CA$H is a HOT COMMODITY!

Owner: Jane Cooney-Waterhouse, Darjeeling Dogs • Co-Owner/Breeder: James Dalton • Handler: Joe T.

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CH. FABELHAFT ROBOBULL HOT COMMODITY - “CA$H”

Owner: Jane Cooney-Waterhouse, Darjeeling Dogs • Co-Owner/Breeder: James Dalton • Handler: Joe T. Caton & Kathy Eiler, Safari Handling and Training, www.safarihandling.com

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CH. TIMBER’S NEXT STEP UP “TAIGA”2009 Number One American Eskimo Bitch, & The Number Four American Eskimo*

Thank you to Judges Dr. Lee Anthony Reasin for this Group First and Mr. Jon Cole for awarding Taiga BEST IN SHOW.Winning Back-to-Back Group Firsts on the same weekend, Taiga kicked off 2010 with a bang.Thank you to all the judges who find Taiga to be an excellent example of the American Eski

Owner: Steve Sung • Handler: Kathy Eiler & Joe T. Caton, Safari

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CH. TIMBER’S NEXT STEP UP “TAIGA”2009 Number One American Eskimo Bitch, & The Number Four American Eskimo*

Thank you to Judges Dr. Lee Anthony Reasin for this Group First and Mr. Jon Cole for awarding Taiga BEST IN SHOW.Winning Back-to-Back Group Firsts on the same weekend, Taiga kicked off 2010 with a bang.Thank you to all the judges who find Taiga to be an excellent example of the American Eskimo!

Handling and Training, www.safarihandling.com *Breed points, All Systems

Acouple of legislative measuresthat deserve the attention ofdog owners everywhere havecropped up this week. First,

the Memphis City Council was meet-ing this week to consider an ordinanceto require that “pit bulls” (in this case,American Pit Bull Terriers, AmericanStaffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire BullTerriers and any dogs displaying thephysical characteristics of these breeds)over eight weeks of age be sterilizedunless the owner qualifies for a medicalexemption, operates a commercial ken-nel or the dog is recognized as a showdog. The ordinance requires that ownerssubmit pedigree information and “dogshow registration” to be eligible for thisshow dog exemption, which could causeconfusion as any dog registered with theAmerican Kennel Club can participate inAKC events. Would simply registering apuppy with the AKC allow for an exemp-tion?

The Memphis proposal seeks to fineany owner whose dog is in violation a feeof $50 per day. In addition, the dog willbe impounded and sterilized, with eithera $100 deposit paid to the shelter or anon-refundable fee of $60 paid to animalservices to deliver the dog to the owner’svet. Owners who are unsure if their petfalls under the ordinance’s definitionof “pit bull” will have that determina-tion made by an animal services staffmember. The qualifications required ofsuch a staff member aren’t defined, butthose cheek-swab DNA mail order teststhat supposedly determine what breedsof dog are present in a mutt retail foraround $100 a pop. Would DNA tests beused at such a cost or would the animalservices staff member’s guesswork alonedetermine a dog’s fate? Hopefully, Mem-phis City Council members will come tothe conclusion that such an ordinancewill do nothing towards corralling ir-responsible owners while placing anunnecessary and costly burden

on responsible owners. The actions of alldogs should be examined and addressed,based on their deeds and not their spe-cific – or in this case, presumed - breeds.

Also unveiled this week were plansin the Hawkeye State to regulate dogbreeders. Under the measure, the stateof Iowa would increase the licensingfee five-fold, from the current $20 fee to$100. This increase would reportedly gotowards paying the salary of an inspec-tor at the Iowa Department of Agricul-ture, who would respond to complaintsat breeding operations. Iowa currentlyhas roughly 400 licensed breeders, soif all of them re-upped at the new sug-gested fee, that’s $40,000 as opposedto the $8,000 currently being collected.Would the difference of $32,000 (assum-ing that all 400 breeders pay the newfee, no guarantee in such lean times) andthe hiring of one inspector really bringirresponsible breeding practices intocompliance? Iowa’s dog breeders are cur-rently licensed by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, whose 150 inspectors areso overwhelmed that supporters of themeasure believe they don’t have timeto check out complaints about facilities.Iowa’s 400 licensed breeders produce ap-proximately 20,000 dogs annually, whichreportedly ranks it third in the nationbehind Missouri and Oklahoma. The ac-tual numbers are hard to substantiate, asunlicensed breeders produce an untoldnumber of dogs in each state.

Responsible breeders who are op-posed to the measure think they’re be-ing unfairly targeted to foot the bill forirresponsible breeders - and that’s notall that’s being asked of them. They’realso being asked to help weed out theirresponsible breeders. The AssociatedPress reports that Sen. Matt McCoy said,“We are asking for help from the legiti-mate breeders in the state. We believethat there are legitimate breeders inthe state who will in fact turn those

unlicensed, un-regulated breedersover.” So, on top of

raising thelicensing

fees ofre-

sponsible breeders 400% in these tougheconomic times, they’re also asking themto police their industry in their sparetime? Sure, jobs are tough to come bythese days, but whoever gets the newlyproposed post of the Iowa Department ofAgriculture breeding inspector with theextra $32,000 that would be collectedshould this measure pass and all breed-ers comply with the new fee is certainlygoing to get an earful of complaints fromthe responsible breeders in the HawkeyeState.

CHINA TO BAN DOG AND CAT MEAT?Due to a growing, affluent middle classof pet lovers in China, legal experts areproposing a ban on eating dogs and cats,a culinary tradition dating back thou-sands of years. Under the law, individu-als caught eating dog or cat meat couldface a fine of 5,000 yuan ($735 USD) orup to 15 days in prison, and businessescaught serving it could be fined up to500,000 yuan ($7,325). The ban will besubmitted to higher authorities in Aprilas part of a draft bill designed to curbanimal abuse.

Once considered medicinal, withwarming qualities, dog meat is still avail-able throughout the country, particularlyin the north. Cat consumption isn’t aswidespread, perhaps due to the supersti-tion that the cat will come back at nightto retaliate. Despite being closely moni-tored and censored by the government,the proliferation of Internet use andaccess may be partially responsible forthe shift in an increasingly modern andanimal-loving China. The new, affluent,pet-loving middle class has been postingonline petitions against dog and cat con-sumption, and videos depicting the mal-treatment of farmed dogs have spurredprotests at markets where the animalsare bought and sold. This same affluentpopulation is less dependent on dog andcat meat, and opposition to the practiceis causing many social problems. Therehave been reports of murders and theftsrelated to the dog meat trade and pro-testors have attempted to block truckscarrying animals to meat markets.

While this proposal is certainly a wel-come change, there’s no certainty thatthe draft will be adopted by the govern-ment or the National People’s Congress.As we’ve seen here in the U.S., legisla-tive change and a shift in the collectiveideology can be a long time in the mak-ing if it happens at all, but pet lovers inChina remain hopeful.

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Certainly he would have delighted in seeing the “burning of the mort-gage papers” held prior to the groups as the show giving clubs celebratedthe fact that the land is now officially theirs. the foresight of these shows topurchase permanent show grounds cannot be denied and through the yearsthe hotel situation has vastly improved. Now if only the restaurant inves-tors could act with only half the enthusiasm of the hotel builders perhaps itwould make the trip more tolerable. As it is you can only eat at Papa Joe’sso often while the trips to Dade City or Spring Hill for dinners which are

ordinary at best hardly are overly appealing.On the grounds both Hot Java and CaptainC’s (from New Jersey) cater along with two orthree other providers decent sort of luncheonsand breakfasts and acceptable dinners forsome but eating out in Brooksville has neverbeen a joy – and that remains true today too.As for the shows they are decently run withlarge rings which were pretty well-trampled bythe end of the Circuit or else damaged by theearly-on frost. I never have been a fan of theselong drawn out affairs and with little if any in-novation offered for the exhibitors – certainlyon the tail-end of the Circuit ennui seemed tohave settled in. The Smooth Fox Terrier shownby Amy Booth swept the four all-breeds in line-ups which on one day looked top notch to myeye and on other nights looked questionableat best. Nonetheless this Smooth just trucks

We missed the first part of the so-called Florida Classic held inBrooksville but did manage to get down there for the secondhalf. It certainly seemed strange not to see Michael Soave

there, and I must admit for the first hour or two I could not take my mindaway from his no longer being with us. But life goes on as I am sureMichael would have wanted it to, and I am pleased to have read that atleast the second half of the Cluster was dedicated to his memory.

by Matthew H. Stander

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Florida Classic Cluster II, Janet’s New Book ...

Bulldog Club of America Specialty photos by Sandra Martinez

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Ch. Kaylen’s In A Perfect WorldEVE. .

Thank you Judge Mr. Robert Sturm

Sire: Am. & Can. Ch. Tivin Colours Of The Wind Dam: Ch. Kaylen’s I’M Here For The Party

Exclusively Handled by:Sharon Svoboda

Owners:Nancy TrombleyVic-Tori Standard PoodlesTrenton, MOpoodleluv@lyn.netand Kay Palade Peiser

Breeders:Mary Ellen Macke and Kay Palade Peiser

AAnd

The Pekingese Club of Americacelebrated its 100-year an-niversary with Regional andNational specialties at the

Wyndham Indianapolis West Hotel theweekend before AKC/Eukanuba. Itwas an exhilarating weekend for theclub which doubled its entries fromthe previous year, and there were anumber of special events, seminarsand new developments – such as Ju-nior Showmanship competition for thefirst time in over 50 years – that madethe centennial celebration memorablefor all. Judging PCA for the 3rd timewere longtime breeder-judges MarthaOlmos-Ollivier for the National andPeggy Dillard Carr for the Regional.

In honor of the club’s centennial year, 18 new silver challengetrophies were offered for the first time at the National, a number ofwhich pay tribute to prominent members who are no longer withus, such as the Kay Jeffords Trophy offered by William Secord, andthe Nigel Aubrey-Jones Trophy offered by Knolland Farm. Anotheris the Whitworth Trophy offered by Michael Dachel in memory ofMary Lou (Mrs. Fortune) Roberts who was a PCA Vice President inthe 1960s and 70s. Her kennel name was established by her auntand uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mapes, both of whom becamePCA members in 1915.

Other the new silver challenge trophies weredonated by Sascha Rockefeller, John Shaw, Edie andCliff Jones, Hiram Stewart, Erna and Herb Hol-combe, Tony Rosato and John French, Dr. GabrielCovo and Gioia Covo, Peggy Dillard Carr, CharlotteKarpinecz, Lucille Tulloch, the late Dottie Schuerch,as well as Joey Franklin and Margie Catlett who of-fered the Edward B. Jenner Trophy.

Another first-ever occurrence came unexpect-edly from The Pekingese Club in England which do-nated three of its historic “Silver Medals” for each ofthe Best in Shows at the Centennial, which includesthe Sleeve Show – a special event at the National fordogs and bitches seven pounds and under. The UKPeke Club’s Silver Medal goes back to 1907 and hasnever before been awarded outside of the Britishsystem. The medal is highly sought after in Britain

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Celebrating100YearsofThePekingeseClubofAmericaby Tony Rosato

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BOB, BOW, BOS & AOM with Judge Martha Olmos-Ollivier

Bessie Pickens (WA), Joy Sprimple (AZ), Tom Curley (CN), Diane Bell (CN)

PCA Challenge trophies

Arlon Duit judging Sweepstakes at the Na-tional - Pat Martello with Beijing LionShadowEnchantment whcih went BISS

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Like Father, Like SonLike Father, Like SonCh. Aksala’s Arie,

CGC, TDI, RN

The Top Specialty WinnerIn The History Of The Breed,

The Number OneSaint Bernard

All Systems, 2004, 2005.

Introducing Arie’s son,

AAristocratristocratA Specialty Winning,Group PlacingSaint Bernard

Proudly Owned by Elba SaintsLinda & Ed Baker

Bred by Michele & Jack Mulligan, Jamelle SaintsHandled by Melody Salmi

being awarded a Group Placement under Judge Mr. Douglas Holloway.b i d d G Pl t d J d M D l H ll

Ch. Jamelle’s Aristocrat V. ElbaCh. Jamelle’s Aristocrat V. Elba

Domingo Marqués of his own dog asleep ($15,000-20,000), a Pointer bitch and her puppies by the Danishartist, Simon Simonsen ($8,000-12,000) and hounds ona scent in a woodland by the French artist, CharlesOlivier de Penne ($8,000-12,000).

Work by British artists includes three originalsby Maud Earl for her portfolio, British Hounds andGun-Dogs, including the Curly Coated Retriever,Ch. Preston Rattler ($5,000-8,000), a watercolour byArthur Wardle of the Bulldog, Ch. Pen-y-lan Duchess($4,000-6,000) and a Bloodhound at full gallop, anunusual subject for Thomas Blinks ($3,000-5,000).

In the moreaffordable rangeare a quantityof sketches byLucy Dawson thatshe had givento her friend, Dr.Mortyn Jones,with estimatesstarting at $200,and eight lotsby Reuben WardBinks, includingthe Labradors, Ch.Grateley Ben andCh. Solemn Sage($1,000-1,500 thepair).

For collectorsof historicallyimportant artand memorabiliaon pedigreedogs, the mostinteresting has tobe a bronze by theBritish sculptor,P. Simpson. Withexpectations ofbetween $2,000and 3,000, it isa model of theSaluki, Ch. SaronaGulshere, ownedand bred byBrigadier Lance.

He was BOB at Crufts in 1933 and when shown in1932 and 1933 won nine CCs in succession, all underdifferent judges. His final total was ten. His sire wasthe imported Sarona Kelb, the first dog champion,whose parents were bred in the desert, and hismother was Sarona Nessa, a granddaughter of Kelb.Gulshere was the dog Lance could not fault. It hascome to auction from a UK vendor having been inthe family for thirty years, his wife having previouslyowned the breed.

An interesting section of old collars includes atraditional Swiss collar from the Appenzell region($800-1,200), a 17th century iron spiked collar fromGermany ($800-1,200) and a 19th century Englishcollar engraved with sporting scenes ($2,000-3,000).

Bonhams sales can always be relied upon for theirdiversity and this year’s ultimate Kitsch object hasto be a 1930s electric heater in the form of a Scottie($300-500).

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The Dog Sale is on February 16th at Bonhamsnew galleries on Madison Avenue, New Yorkto coincide with Westminster. Fully illustratedcatalogues are available or can be viewed onlineat www.bonhams.com/us. The Barkfest is onSunday February 14th between 10:00 a.m. andnoon also at the galleries and canine companionsare welcome. •

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John Emms (British, 1843-1912)The Bitchpack of the Meath Foxhoundssigned and dated ‘Jno Emms/1896’ (lower right)oil on canvas43 3/4 x 62 in. (111.2 x 157.5 cm.)$500,000-700,000

Edmund Henry Osthaus (German, 1858-1928)Two setters in a fieldsigned ‘Edmund Osthaus’ (lower right)watercolour on paper20 1/4 x 28 1/2 in. (51.4 x 72.4 cm.)$15,000-20,000

Arthur Wardle, RI (British, 1864-1949)A portrait of the bulldog ‘Champion Pen-y-lan Duchess’signed, inscribed and dated ‘Arthur Wardle Ch. Pen-y-lanDuchess 1923’ (middle right)watercolor on papersight 11 x 16 1 1/2in (27.9 x 41.9cm)$4,000-6,000

Thomas Blinks (British, 1860-1912)On the scentsigned with monogram (lower left)oil on canvas46 x 25 3/4 in. (117 x 65.5 cm.)$3,000-5,000

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to move we can understand why he is wonderful in thefield and has done so well in the ring. One can understandwhen Bitte Ahrens and “Axel” enter the ring there is sucha glow that comes over Bitte. It must be such a thrill justto sail around the ring with this dog, win or loose. Whilejudging the Italian Purina Breeders Cup this past September,a daughter of “Axel” made it to the BIS lineup, but lost toa super Greyhound also owned and handled by “Axel’s”handler, Bitte. Both Italy and Sweden have to be very proudof Bitte. Although living in Italy now, Bitte is a native ofSweden where her grandmother founded the world famous“Sobers” kennel of Greyhounds and Italian Greyhounds.Not only has Bitte carried on the Greyhounds and IG’s, butshe has had great success with Whippets. It was just a yearago we saw a Greyhound here doing big winning and shewas bred by “Sobers” kennel of Bitte. Two years ago wesaw the lovely Greyhound “Galethea” from Sobers place inthe Hound Group at Eukanuba. This year Melanie Steelewas at home whelping “Galethea” while a young homebredwon the Hound group here.

The number two spot in the Challenge was capturedby the Saluki, Ch. Shiraz California Dreamin, who wasrepresenting Sweden. He is owned in Sweden by Nicklas& Ingunn Eriksson. This beautiful Saluki was bred in theUS by Michael & Elan Edwards along with Valerie Nunes-Atkinson. After all these years of breeding top winningGerman Shorthaired Pointers, Valerie has also bred a greatSaluki. Earlier in the day Valerie won a very competitivebreed win in Whippets also. Just a few short years ago wesaw Valerie competing in Junior Showmanship with SusieOlivera and Amy Booth. These three talented young ladieshave certainly all the expectations thrust on them. Theweekend before Long Beach I heard about this SwedishSaluki that won a group from the classes and was gettinga lot of attention. It was just last year the World Challengewas won by a Saluki from Germany. Saluki breedersthroughout the world should be very proud of the state oftheir wonderful breed.

Another American bred dog was third in the Challenge.This was the Wire Fox Terrier, Ch. Sanherpinc Arepa. Herbreeder Santiago Pinto had to be very proud since her littlebrother won the breed twice over this weekend. Santiago,besides being a top Terrier Handler, has also bred severaltop dogs in different Terrier breeds. This wonderful bitchwas representing Brazil and is owned by Victor Malzoni ofSal Paulo. Besides uncountable wins in Brazil, Victor ownsmany top winning dogs in the states. Just this year hehas campaigned the German Wire bitch to one of the topSporting dogs, as well as the Portie bitch that has done sogreat on the West Coast. Victor has recently added thetop winning Skye Terrier and the Irish Terrier to his alreadytop kennel of Terriers. This is just an example of howmany dogs owned in South America an also Asia are beingcampaigned in America.

Besides the dogs entered in the World Challenge, therewere hundreds of dogs entered in the regular classes fromforeign countries. The dog fancy is getting smaller andsmaller. Of the top 10 dogs in Sweden this year, four ofthem are American bred. While watching Samoyeds in LongBeach, a friend commented on a dog. I replied that I hadjust judged that dog several weeks ago in China. It is nolonger strange to judge the same dog in different continentsover a period of time. Last January in Milan, Italy, I put aToy Poodle bitch BIS that a year ago to the day I had givenBIS in Japan.

Bob Moore, when he walked in to judge BIS brought 60years of experience with him. Bob has always been one ofour most respected, colorful judges. At times Bob has beenseen as controversial. He has always had strong opinions

and has had a difficult time forgiving stupidity. Hehas never been a follower in the fancy, but hasalways been a leader. Bob was very lucky comingup in the sport to have had some great mentorsand was smart enough to benefit from their vastknowledge of all breeds. A top win under Bob hasalways carried a lot of weight. When I judged theSporting Group in 2006, I thought of the previousjudges counting backwards – Bob Moore, MarjorieMartorella, Jan Forsyth, Bob Forsyth and MikeBillings. It was a very humbling experience to belumped with the likes of these judges. My onlyconsolation was that every one of them had taughtme a great deal about Sporting dogs. With Bobdoing Best, there was no preconceived sure shotpredicted this year. Yes, “Sadie” was by far the topwinning dog in the country by a landslide, but thiswould not mean anything to Bob. Since Bob hasalways been a great Terrier man, it would take agreat Terrier to please him. There have been manybig winning Terriers that have not met Bob’s highstandards.

Bob had a wonderful lineup of dogs sent to him.The judges that did the seven groups accumulated415 years of involvement in the sport. This is anaverage of 60 years for each group judge. Theaverage age of the 7 handlers that own the groupsis probably only a little over 30. We certainly sawa generation gap between the judges and thehandlers. This was the 125th anniversary showand I would be surprised if any of the group judgeswill be around for the 150th anniversary show.Some of the winning handlers might be judgingthen and I still feel lucky to have won at the 100thyear and to have judged at the 125th year.

“Sadie” has won over a hundred Bests, butalong with Montgomery County this has to bethe highlight of her career. Bred by the AnstamnKennels representing over 60 years, Bob’s 70years, her owners and handler, the group judgeand breed judge, this win encompassed well over300 years of dog knowledge. This might prove theold saying, “There is no substitute for experience”.

When some people saidthe AKC/Eukanubashow is their favorite

show, they probably do notrealize how much knowledge isinvolved. Between the peopleinvolved in the World Challenge,Best Bred-By and BIS volumesand volumes could be writtenabout.

Is there any show in the world today that can boastall of these credentials? If this is not enough wealso have the honoring of sever great breeders.The seven breeders, again this year, representhundreds of years of top breeding and hundredsand hundreds of BIS awards. As in past years,these seven breeders have given all of us greatpleasure whether judging or just watching the

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Charging into 2010!...

Ch. Topsfield-Sanchu American ExpressOwners:Claudia Orlandi, TopsfieldClaire “Kitty” Steidel, SanchuSue Frischmann

The Number One* BassetHound 2009

Kicks off 2010 withOne Group First

Three Group SecondsOne Group Third

*The Dog News Top Ten List - All Breed

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Charging into 2010!...

Ch. Topsfield-Sanchu American ExpressExclusively Handled By

Bryan MartinAKC RHP

Group FirstJudge Mrs. Lenora Riddle

Gossipthe

column

By Eugene Z. Zaphiris

WESTMINSTERWEEK continues tooffer many socialevents all aroundthe dog show. OnSunday, Febru-ary 14th from 10A.M. to Noon, theAMERICAN KEN-NEL CLUB and theAKC HUMANEFUND will hostBARKFEST atBONHAMS CHAR-ITY BRUNCH. Yourdogs are welcomeat the BONHAMSGALLERIES lo-cated in the IBMBuilding on Madi-son Avenue be-tween 56th and57th Street. Thecost is $50.00 perperson (with reser-vations and $60.00without reserva-tions). That moneywill be donated tothe Humane Fund.Also on hand willbe WILLIAM SE-CORD for a booksigning of hislatest publicationDOG PAINTING, AHISTORY OF THEDOG IN ART. Forreservations call212.696.8277. Thenof course, is the

annual BONHAM’SART AUCTIONwith previews fromSaturday, Sundayand Monday, Feb-ruary 13th, 14th,15th and the saleon Tuesday, Febru-ary 16th at 10 A.M.Also on the char-ity list is the AKCCANINE HEALTHFOUNDATIONcocktail party andANGEL ON ALEASH cocktailparty, both held atthe Affinia Hotel.Don’t forget thatthe specialties arebeing held at theNassau Coliseumin Hempstead,Long Island andnot in New Jer-sey. This week ourfavorite Canadian,R. WILLIAM TAY-LOR, celebrateda birthday. BILLis really a man ofthe world by virtueof his knowledge,judging and dogbreeding prow-ess. All of us atDOG NEWS sendour very bestwishes. One ofthe country’s bestdog show pho-

tographers, KIT-TEN RODWELL,was bitten whilegetting ready tophotograph a dogat the show thispast weekend. Sherequired surgeryon her ear andall of us at DOGNEWS send herour best wishesfor a speedy re-covery. This pastweekend a bakesale thought up byhandler MARTINCABRAL and orga-nized by handlerBEVERLY WILSONcalled BAKE FORBILLBOARDS washeld at the Ven-tura, California dogshows. The bakesale was held toraise money forfive billboards tograce the road-sides of SouthernCalifornia with antiHSUS and PETAmessages. Thesale was so suc-cessful that therewas enough moneyraised to secure 25billboards. If youwould like to con-tribute to help buymore billboards,

send your checksto LAMAR, c/oKATHY GRAY-SON, 25060 Han-cock Road, Suite103 #188, Murrieta,California 92562.The CANINEHEALTH FOUNDA-TION has awardedJILL SCHAPPAthe five thousanddollar ROBERT L.KELLY MEMORI-AL SCHOLARSHIPto help pay hertuition expensesat the Universityof Minnesota Col-lege of VeterinaryMedicine. Theten most popularbreeds accordingto the AMERICANKENNEL CLUB arein order, LabradorRetrievers, GermanShepherd Dogs,Yorkshire Terriers,Beagles, Boxers,Bulldogs, Dachs-hunds, Poodles andShih Tzu. JULIANBRIER, who bredFrendch Bulldogsunder the Mor-gan Manor prefixstarted by his latepartner DANAHARLOW, passed

away on January25th. Our deepestsympathies to hisson and daughterand family. Happyanniversary toEDDIE & LESLEYBOYES, who areexpecting yet an-other grandchild.Happy Anniversaryto HARRIET &GEORGE MUR-RAY. Birthdaying…PAT TROTTER,JEAN HETHER-INGTON, MATTSTANDER, AMYGREEN, MIKEWORK, NANCYMARTIN, JOHNWADE, ADAMPETERSON, JEANSHEEHY, BILLSAHLOFF, CORKYVROOM, DARYLMARTIN, PENNYDUGAN, BRENDASCHLEIBLAUER,MARK GEORGE,NEIL O’SULLIVANand WILLIAMDOLAN.

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Best In ShowWinning

CH.VAJE’SMISS JAYNEHATHAWAY2009 #1* Chinese Shar-Pei-All Breed Points

2009 National SpecialtyWinner2009 Top 25 InvitationalWinner

Breeders & Owners:Jeff & Vicki MaukNew Albany, Ohio614 855-3095vickimauk@aol.com*The Dog News Top Ten List

JudgeMs.Carmen Blankenship

FlashManatee Kennel Club

Group FirstJudge

Mr.Michael DachelTampa Bay

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JudgeMrs.Pat Hastings

Jayne isoff to a Gre

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as her newhandler

HandlersClint & Karen Livingston

Brighton, Colorado210 865-8415

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Inside I could shed the first two layers ofclothing and felt a whole lot more comfortable.Happy to see that the grooming area down-stairs (with the Foley boys happily draggingyour stuff up and or down the ramp) wasample and not crowded at all, easily holdinga lot more dogs. It was well lit compared tosome dreary dungeons I have visited through-out the past year, travelling with a black dogtrying to finish off some trimming it was morethan bright enough. Hiking upstairs to themain area, the first thing I saw was a lot morevendors than during previous dog events inthis arena. I am sure by getting two consecu-tive days of shows they had attracted a lotmore quality vendors than if they stuck to asingle day event. My favorite sharpening guywas even there!

Northern New Jersey is used to a biggerbuilding but with the entry around 750-780this was plenty of room. I am sure that youcould possibly have somewhat bigger ringsat the Meadowlands arena but truthfully thisshow has enough space and average sizedrings for an indoor show. We all fret over thenarrow rings, loaded with pillars in a populararena here in the Northeast, and one sugges-tion I have for all shows I visit is to fully matif you can afford it or double mat at least forindoor events on slippery floors. And I will sug-gest that to these clubs as well! An effort tomake sure the bigger dogs can safely and eas-ily move around a ring surely makes me wantto come back to a certain show, and I cannotbe the only one to feel this way. I am naturallyvery aware it is all about cost.

The aisles can get really crowded forSaw Mill’s March show, and I remem-ber one year carrying the dogs from the

entrance of the main room to the rings justto get them safely there. Any club’s dreamis a big gate of spectators but it can also bea downfall to entries after one experiencesuch a day making moving about a dramaticevent every time you have to get to the rings.Saturday definitely could have handled morespectators in attendance, but Saturday is alsoa day when your average visitor is busy withshopping, work and events for the children.Groups started nice and early and the panelsheld enough judges that such a thing was pos-sible. There is nothing more frustrating thana small show with 3 p.m. Groups. I think wecan all agree on that but again, cost is a factorand most times it’s cheaper for a club to holda show with a panel of fewer multiple group

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Breeder-OwnerPatti GordonGentry’s Collies4908 163rd Ln.SWRochester,WA 98579

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judges able to do cover most of your entry, need-less to say they would need most of the day tofinish off their load.

There were majors in many breeds andalmost majors in several more. Right there youhave a testament that it was a plus going to twodays. I walked around the rings and checkedin on CGC and many demonstrations that theclubs had on the stage area during both of theshow days. Judge Rita Biddle had drawn a nicejunior entry and the winner on Saturday was ayoung man named Tyler Wells.

Imust admit I did not look deeper into thehotel situation but that is always a trickytopic. The central location secures you to

have many hotels of different levels close by, butwould the prices be affordable and did they takedogs? Many stayed at home and with friends Ifound out when asking around, but I did see faraway friends in for the show and no one reallycomplained about the hotel situation so I hopethat means it was satisfying. Both clubs offeredbest puppy in group and show and most of thegroups were well represented with some reallynice upcoming stars amongst them.

Even with the entry right under 800 we sawmany top winning dogs and handlers present.The winner on Saturday with Dr. John V. Ioia of-ficiating over the chosen seven was the smoothfox terrier Ch. Foxlorr Double Dare handled byAndrew Green for owners Joel Samuels Fish-back and Lorraine Gyenge. In with “Phoebe”was one of the top winning Labrador of lastyear, Ch. Casbar’s Hart to Hart, handled by JoyQuallenberg for owner Diane Ammerman, a topwinning whippet Ch. Sportingfield’s BahamaSands handled by Amanda Giles for ownersJane Cooley-Waterhouse and Debbie Butt.From Working came a new talent, Black Rus-sian Terrier Ch. Kamilla at Aristes NadezhdinoiPoljany handled by Jessica Plourde for own-ers Sara Gaunt and William Nelson, S. Stummand F. Dilsaver. Kim Calvacca breeder ownerhandled “Sarge” Ch. Kimro’s Soldier Boy to firstin the toy group for co owners Linda and RJStark, while Jessica Plourde won the non sport-ing group in nice company of the number oneand two non sporting dogs of 2009 with herkeeshonden Ch. Quest Stand By Me for ownersMaureen Winters and Jennifer Sturgeon. Thebearded collie another big winning dog for 2009Ch. Tolkien Raintree Mister Baggins handled byAlessandra Folz for owners Ellen Charles, Stein,Woodcock, Lamm and Ross was the winner of

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fruits of their labor. They have helped set the standardfor all of us in what we should look for in breed type.Some of our great all-rounders from the past have saidthe two most difficult breeds to judge are Bulldogsand Pekingese, probably because they are so differentfrom other breeds. These are two breeds I feel verycomfortable with due to two of our honored breeders thisyear. I had the great fortune about forty years ago tohave lived for a period with Jean & Bob Hetherington of“Hetherbull” fame. Many years ago Florence Broadhurstworked in a Bulldog kennel so she could really learn thebreed. My living at Heatherbull certainly was a greatlearning experience in Bulldogs. David Fitzpatrick andhis “Pequest” Pekingese has set the standard on whatis classic type. David has been able to instill in me thedifference between a very good put together Peke fromone that exemplifies truly classic type. David like Boband Jean have been able to carry on the knowledgefrom the greats of the past. I have singled out thesetwo breeders because of my close relationship, but allseven breeders have contributed so much. Our Sportingwinner, Leslie Russel of “Avon Farm” Irish Setters canalways be counted on to make judging Irish Setters inthe Northeast more enjoyable. Judy Cooper and her“Tip’ N Chip” Great Pyrenees have become a “legend intheir own time”. Maripi Woolridge and her “TerrydaleKennels” have supplied us with so many great Airedales,Lakelands and now Chins. The Lakeland named“Ranger” we have seen win over 50 Bests recently is justone of Maripi’s achievements. Not only has Maripi beena top breeder, but managed the breeding programs of somany top kennels while she was handling. Our Herdingwinner, Michelle Edling and her “Sky Acres” BelgianTervuren’s have been able to keep this breed in thelimelight for so many years.

This year we saw Claudia Orlandi and the “Topsfield”Basset Hounds named Top Breeder of the year. In thisfast moving world we look at records and a culminationof wins as a standard of success. Certainly Claudia andthe “Topsfield” Bassets fulfill this criteria. Over 100champions, over 100 BIS and 500 group wins certainlyshows Claudia has been a real successful breeder.Hopefully her success will also be viewed in other areas.Claudia has been able to produce many top specimensthat never get campaigned heavily. This kennel hasdominated the National many years starting at the classlevel. Each year there is more than one top dog beingshown. Just this year we saw a “Topsfield” dog win thebreed at the Eukanuba that has never been campaigned.I am sure this meant a great deal to Claudia, since itwas under Blackie Nygood, who has bred the breed forover 45 years. Claudia who started just 40 years ago inJunior Showmanship, is now giving back so much to thesport. Besides being a top breeder she is on the lecturetrail teaching other breeders the genetic managementto produce top quality. All breeders and fanciers of thesport owe a great deal of gratitude to Claudia in helpingto advance this great sport.

In 1992 the AKC put on an invitational show inBaltimore. This was a one shot show since the powersthat be at that time did not have the foresight to ironout some minor complaints about the show. It took thegreat foresight of Ron Menaker to revive the concept andmake it work. After not having a show for nine years,Ron was able to stage a show that was an immediatesuccess. In 2003 when the Bred-By class was offered,this immediately added great prestige. This was onlythe third year for the World Challenge and each year wehave seen it improved upon. When the show moves to

Florida in 2011 we will see many more entries fromforeign countries competing at the breed level. Itwill be much closer for people to come from Europeand many of the South American countries are ashort plane ride away. Many exhibitors are hopingthe AKC will open it up to class animals like this pastyear. It would add the excitement of seeing new dogsunveiled.

The entire staff of AKC hasto be congratulated on theirefforts. It takes dozens and

dozens of individuals to put on thisshow.

Ron has so many hard working people on this team.Michael Canalizo is the Event Coordinator andworks on this event 365 days a year in one form oranother. A very large portion of the Field Reps getvery involved with the actual production of the show.Mary Dukes, Robert Fisher and Tom Glassford havedone a super job laying out and organizing all thedetails of the grounds. Gina DiNardo and MichaelLiosis deserve great credit in arranging “Meet theBreeds”, which has become such a very importantpart of the show.

The “Super Hero” of this long weekend has to bePaula Spector. Paula, to start with, does the hotelreservations for all the judges, AKC employees,delegates, etc. etc. This entails dealing with severaldifferent hotels. You have people arriving for the allbreed shows on Tuesday or earlier and most of theDelegates are there until the following Wednesday.Organizing the judge’s dinner on the Queen Mary isanother of her duties. Paula arranges for breakfast,lunch and dinner each day, plus the wonderfulafter show party. In all these years over the verylong week, I have never seen this working machinerelaxing just for a minute. I hope AKC is not payingher by the hour. So many people owe Paula a greatdeal of gratitude for making our long weekend soenjoyable.

The three all-breed clubs have to be also thankedfor adding to the weekend. The Los Encinos, LongBeach and Beverly Hills clubs work very closely withAKC in staging this one of a kind event.

None of this would be possible without thegenerosity of Eukanuba. The entire sport throughoutthe world owes a great deal of gratitude to Eukanubafor making this gala event possible. Without thefinancial support of Eukanuba we definitely wouldhave a World Challenge and so many other greatfeatures of the show. This year Eukanuba alsohosted a party at dinner time in honor of “Take TheLead”. This was attended by hundreds of exhibitorsand guests. The drinks, food, band and dancingwere enjoyed by all. It is very rewarding to see thatEukanuba is so generously giving back to the sport ofpure breds and breeders in general.

The 2010 show on December 4th & 5th willmark the 10th annual AKC/Eukanuba NationalChampionship. I am sure it will be an ever bettershow next year. Each year we see more and morerefinements being implemented. What other show inthe world has come so far in so few years? I am trulyexcited to be even a small part of it. •

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Best of Breed both days was thebitch handled by Hiram Stewart, Ch.Franshaw Hear Me Roar, breeder-owned by John Shaw. This bitch has16 all-breed Best in Shows and is theonly American Peke ever to win theCC and Best of Breed at Crufts (2009).She also won the Breed at PCA twicein 2008, giving her four PCA Breedwins.

The other Peke that won topawards both days was the puppydog, breeder/owner-handled by PatMartello and co-owned by Edie Jones,Beijing LionShadow Enchantment. Hewon sweepstakes both days underBrenda Sheiblauer and Arlon Duit,and was WD/BOW and Best Puppy atthe National. Mrs. Olmos-Ollivier alsoawarded Winners Bitch to his littersister, Beijing Pure Magic, which PatMartello co-owns with Lois and JamesMullany from New Jersey. The puppybitch was also Best Puppy under Mrs.Carr the day before.

Best of Opposite Sex under Mrs.Carr was Ch. Mar-Joe’s It’s All AboutMe, breeder/owner-handled by JoeyFranklin. BOS at the National wasthe Canadian-bred Ch. Pekeden Ring-master Lorricbrook, breeder/owner-handled by Tom Curley and co-ownedby Max Magder and co-breeder DianeBell.

The Sleeve Show was judged byDr. Simone Small from London, Eng-land, who awarded Best to a typey 4.5-lb. dog called Purkees One and Only,bred by Michael Hill in Canada, and

co-owned by Bert Custodio and DonnaHamblin. It was the second PCASleeve Show win for this little guy whois a son of Ch. Taeplace Monet whowas Top Dog All Breeds in Canada anda Breed winner at the Garden.

We all know that breeders are thebackbone of the sport, and Juniors areclearly its future. So it was a welcomesight to see Juniors in the ring againat PCA after an absence of over half acentury. Sue Barlow and Peggy Carrjudged Juniors with Best Junior Han-dler going both days to Brittany Cas-sar from Michigan. Mrs. Barlow, whostarted out in Juniors herself in 1949,took time out to mentor the Juniorsafter judging which was much appre-ciated by the PCA Board of Directors.For complete judging results for bothdays, see the club’s Web site: www.thepekingeseclubofamerica.com.

PCA’s upcoming 2010 New Yorkspecialties (PCA Regionals) will beheld on May 15-16 at Holiday Inn Buf-falo Airport with Sari Tietjen and LucBoileau judging. Sweepstakes will bejudged by Ken Winters from Canadaand Jorge Bendersky from New YorkCity who gained recognition as afirst-season cast member of AnimalPlanet’s “Groomer Has It.” The 2010National Specialty is planned for Oc-tober in New Orleans as 3-day eventOct. 15-17 with Delta Pekingese Club’sspecialty the first day, followed by thePCA Regional and then the National.The judges are Helen Lee James, JeanFournier and Zell Von Pohlman.

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PCA National Specialty ~ Judge Mrs. Martha M. Olmos-Ollivier

It was a wonderful assignment judging the 100th year of the PekingeseClub of America. This was my third time to judge PCA and may I say thisevent was absolutely super. John French and Tony Rosato put the eventtogether almost bi-coastal which turned out fantastic; working in theater

certainly is a plus. Gentlemen Congratulations!I failed to take notes on each exhibit and dislike reporting on each one

anyway. I can say the heads were gorgeous and the plush coats on manywere a delight. There were many who could win on another day. My WDwas a stunning puppy who is near his title at seven months. WB was hislitter sister who needed one point to finish. I want to go on record and say,“I was never this lucky in 30 years breeding and showing Pekes.” I felt likegrabbing these two and running for the door! Not that I would have gottenvery far because several exhibitors would have tripped me and grabbed thepuppies for themselves.

When I was an exhibitor I often ran into this: “Your bitch is just beauti-ful, gorgeous head, lovely coat, moved like a dream. Okay, the male is BOBand the bitch is BOS.” I wanted to strangle the judge. I vowed to judge andNEVER make that mistake. So here’s saying that I loved the bitch who wonBOB! My BOS was an extremely beautiful male. And now you know. •

Dr. Nicolas Small and Dr. Simone Small from the UK

Donna & Quinto Burchi

Dr. Udenberg, Dr. Shoenebeck & Dr. Small

John French, Cliff Jones, Edie Jones