volume 5 issue 9 c & p swissy licks
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October 2012 Volume 5 Issue 9
www.cpgreaterswiss.com
What’s Inside
Jim Rasmussen 1
C & P Specialty Results 2
Judge Stansell Observations 3
Herding Results 4
Weight Pull Results 5
Travels to the East 6
C & P Specialty Wrap-up 7
Upcoming Events 7
Unsung Heroes 8
Pup in the Park! 9
Brags & Mailbarks 10
Ways and Means 11
Membership Form 12
Reminder
GSMDCA
& OFFA
Health
Survey
Please remember to com-
plete the Swissy Health Sur-
vey for dogs living at any
time during the years 2008-
2012. The more dogs you
enter, the better!
Click HERE
Jim Rasmussen 2012 Pick of the Litter!!
e have had an individual who
has hidden for eligible considera-
tion for pick-of-the-litter, but those
shadow years are over. Always be-
ing helpful in the back ground; set-
ting things up or running the grill
at our picnics, this person is more
than 100% dependable to offer a
helping hand no matter what the
task.
He is a former board member with
the demanding position of treasure
which allowed him to make a maxi-
mum contribution with little recog-
nition. However, the signature
event, which not only stands out in
C&P history, GSMDCA national
history, and probably all-breed his-
tory was Make-A-Cart weekend.
Swissies are all about carting and one of the major hurdles for people get-
ting involved has been the price of acquiring a cart. This event allowed
about a dozen families to get started on the great tradition of carting. The
cost to each family was reduced by over 50% than if they had tried to buy a
cart. There was also a ton of precise work that was done ahead of time cut-
ting everything to size. And then the patient mentoring as Jim helped every-
one assemble their new family heirloom.
2011 Pick of the Litter = Jan Collins
2010 Pick of the Litter = Jenna Starr-Farling
C & P Swissy Licks Providing fun activities, information, and support to Swissy enthusiasts
Swissy Licks is the 2011 recipient of the Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers (APDW) Hot Digital Dog Award
Friday, September 28—Supported Entry—Judge Sharol Candace Way Best of Breed GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley Best Opposite CH Double Q’s Make It A Double, Michelle Charters
Select Dog CH Kismet’s Suddanly Dream Weaver, Carol and Joe Neuman Select Bitch GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Winners Dog Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody Winners Bitch/ Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan Best of Winners Reserve Dog Jotunheim Yogi, Ann Telnaes, David Lloyd, Lori Price Reserve Bitch Dufenhof Race for the Pennant RN NAP NJP, Megan Fletcher & Ellyn Signet
Saturday, September 29—Supported Entry—Judge Charles L. Olvis
Best of Breed/ GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley Group 1—276 dogs defeated Best Opposite GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Select Dog GCH Alpenglow Remember the Riot, Kristin Krumpe, Kathleen Spencer & Lori Price
Select Bitch GCH Land’s End Penzance of Kismet, Carol and Joe Neuman
Winners Dog Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody Winners Bitch/ Double Q’s Call of the Siren RN NAJ, Mary Jo & Jim Rasmussen Best of Winners Reserve Dog Trout Creek’s Top Hat ‘N Tales, Bonnie Huett & Sharon Fardner Reserve Bitch Palisades Dancing the Rhombus, Lynne & Josephine Kenney High Scoring Double Q’s Double Olive Martini RN, Darlene Ward & Tracy Brainard
Obedience High Scoring Almrausch Symphony in Rose V. Aegis, Virginia O’Rorke Rally
Sunday, September 30—Specialty—Judge Debra Thornton
Best of Breed/ GCH Painted Mtn Oliver Twist of Fate, Katie and Randy Markley
Group 1—290 dogs defeated Best Opposite GCH Alastair’s Smokey Mountain Rain, David & Cheryl Gerzabek Select Dog GCH Nox’s George Bailey’s Irish Creme, Nancy Kechner, Julie Comer, Colleen Robson Select Bitch GCH Painted Mtn. Seneca’s Overboard, Janelle Kaiser & Lisa Simonsen
Award of Merit Matterhorn’s Last Hoo-Rah RN PT, Laurie Carmody & Alexandra Carmody Award of Merit CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet Winners Dog/ Tosseman’s SD Bleacher Bum, Kristoffer Featheringham
Best of Winners
Winners Bitch Palisades White Lightning, Lynne & Josephine Kenney Reserve Dog Frecajo’s Ace of Base RN, Kelly Nevin, M McKee, C Rehn
Reserve Bitch Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan Best Veteran CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet Stud Dog GCH Shadetree’s Ezekiel Strengthens, Jenna Starr-Farrling & Timothy Farling
Brood Bitch CH Seavaridge’s Keystone Large Marge, Dr Christie R Gisewhite & Blanche P Roberts
Sweepstakes Sunday, October 3—Judge Cindy Stansell Puppy Dogs
6-9 Months Jotunheim Nelson, Kris Shields, Lori Price
9-12 Months Dufenjof Wabash Cannonball, Ellyn Signet, Danyelle & Lauren Sweeney 12-15 Months Cherished Regal Rolls Royce, Kara Fields & Kimberly Woollard 15-18 Months Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Raynor-Carmody Puppy Bitches 6-9 Months Jotunheim Daphne, Meredith Garrett, Mark Jarris & Lori Price
9-12 Months Whispering Palm’s Chases Butterflly, Laurie Carmody 12-15 Months Seavaridge’s Under the Thunder, Christie R Gisewhite & Blanche P Roberts 15-18 Months Nox’s Black and Tan Six Pack, Karin Linehan
Best Puppy Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V Matterhorn RN, Laurie Raynor-Carmody Best Opposite Jotunheim Daphne, Meredith Garrett, Mark Jarris & Lori Price Best Veteran CH Dufenhof Make Mine Milk and Pepsi, Ellyn Signet
Best Opposite CH Shadetree’s Quixote’s Dulcinea RN OAP OJP NFP, Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen
Hunt Country Cluster Show Results
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Observations from Sweeps Judge
t was my great pleasure to
judge the Greater Swiss Moun-
tain Dogs in puppy and veteran
sweepstakes. My first introduc-
tion to your breed was a number
of years ago at the Atlanta Na-
tional Specialty. Since that time
I have watched the GSMD im-
prove in soundness and breed
type.
I was first struck with the won-
derful temperament displayed
by the dogs in the ring. They
conveyed confidence and a de-
sire to please. This “desire to
please” ranged from barely con-
tained excitement in some pup-
pies to a veteran who obviously
loved the handler but ques-
tioned why they were back in
the ring! The one GSMD that
appeared a tad hesitant re-
sponded quickly to encourage-
ment and probably will be a
willing worker upon further ex-
posure.
You should take great pride in
the soundness that you are
breeding. Years ago I remember
being dismayed by the large
number of weak rears that I saw
at the Atlanta specialty. You
have come a long way in im-
proving the breed! The great
majority of rears I saw were
strong and true. Although there
were a few dogs that suffered
from the bane of the working group
(straighter fronts and lack of leg), the majority of the dogs in the ring had
good to excellent angulation and pro-
portions.
I was very pleased to see
consistency in breed type.
Although there were a few
houndy appearing heads
and one that tended to-
ward the Rottweiler, most
of the dogs had good
heads. Such consistency is
remarkable given your
breed’s rediscovery not so
long ago.
You also had consistency
in bone and substance. I
expected greater variation
in these areas and was
pleased to see more uni-
formity. It was thrilling to
see dogs move with effort-
less power.
Your dogs were also con-
sistent with color. The tri-
colors were rich and the
markings were generally
symmetrical. I saw only
one specimen on each end
of the spectrum for too
much white and too little
white.
I am grateful for the op-
portunity to judge your
breed and came away even
more of a fan! I am also
thankful for the gracious
hospitality and friendliness
of your exhibitors. Your
exhibitors and dogs made it a won-
derful day.
Judge Cindy Stansell
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I n the same great fashion as our past two herding capability tests, this
year’s event brought out many great teams and wowed the testers once
again! We held our 3rd annual AHBA (American Herding Breeds Asso-
ciation) Herding Capability Test (HCT) and 1st annual Junior Herd Dog
test (JHD). Both tests were a huge success, with a total of 38 passing
attempts.
The capability tests were the biggest draw with many teams signing up
on the day of the event. Twelve dogs entered with twenty legs earned
for a total of nine new titled Swissies!! Way to go to you all!!
The new event for our club, the Junior Herd Dog test, drew an impres-
sive entry of seven GSMD. There were thirteen successful attempts,
resulting in six new JHD titles!
The herding event is always so much fun, but a LOT of work and I
want to thank everyone who pitched in to help out and made this day as
great as it was. A special thanks goes out to Bonnie Huett, who joined
us all the way from Washington State—she was the timer extraordinaire
in the capability testing ring and really kept that test running smoothly.
Thanks so much Bonnie!!! Also, our very own Michelle Charters gave
me a helping hand sorting paperwork and money—thanks Michelle!!
Congratu-lations to everyone, whether you earned a title or not- you got out there and tried it!!
Junior Herd Dog Test (JHD):
Double Q’s Call Of The Siren RN NAJ Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen – 1st leg
Ch Suddanly Irish Draught CD RN MJP AXP DD HCT VGS Megan & Dustin Westenmeyer – JHD title!
Cherished Nobody Doesn’t Like Kim Woolard – JHD title!
GCH Seneca’s Let The Music Do The Talking
RA NDD HT, Elizabeth Coit – JHD title! Ch Matterhorn’s Last Hoo-Rah RN NDD NWPD, Laurie Carmody – JHD title!
Frecajo’s Ace Of Base Kelly Nevin – JHD title!
Ch Whispering Palm’s Ten Gallon Hat V. Matterhorn RN, Laurie Carmody– JHD title!
HCT Title Earners:
Jotunheim Yogi, Lori Price – 1st leg
Palisade’s White Lightening, Lynne Kenney – 1st leg
Ch Breezy Ridge Alpzyt Mark & Sally O’Neill – 1st leg
Ch Beowulf Jotunheim Bella Frida Lori Price – 1st leg
GCH Jotunheim With Bells On Lori Price – 1st leg
Matterhorn’s Bullet The Blue Sky Steven & Maria Paul – 1st leg
Breezy Ridge Im Wald Und Auf Der Heide Eric & Katherine Bachli – HCT title!
Palisade’s Man In The Moon Diana Iannaccone – HCT title!
GCH Painted Mtn. Seneca’s Overboard Janelle Kaiser – HCT title!
Cherished Mind Your P’s and Q’s Brian Donahue – HCT title!
Cherished Regal Rolls Royce Kara Fields – HCT title!
Trout Creek’s Third Time’s The Charm Jim & Mary Jo Rasmussen – HCT title!
Breezy Ridge Kamerade von Aegis Virginia O’Rorke – HCT title!
Suddanly Quiet Valley Post Driver Ann Gallagher – HCT title!
Tosseman’s SD Bleacher Bum Kris Featheringham – 1st leg
Ch Quiet Valleys Pistol Packin’ Mama Pat Cole – 1st leg
Ch Double Q’s Bruno! Fredrika Teute & Clyde Haulman – HCT title!
Herding Results!
Megan Fletcher
When you’ve got to potty, everybody waits!!
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Weight Pull and Seminar!
Jenna Starr-Farling
he C&P Regional Specialty Semi-
nar and Weight pull was a huge suc-
cess. Rob Via from the Power
Mountain Pullers Club of Stuart’s
Draft, VA lead the seminar. He dis-
cussed the Swissy weight pull rules
and gave some pointers for training
dogs to do weight pulling. Any dog
who wanted to was then allowed to
practice in the weight pull shoot
and Rob gave pointers and tips to
help the dogs pull successfully.
For the competition, Rob Via was
the head judge and Kris Feathering-
ham was the apprentice judge.
When the actual competition began,
every single dog who participated
completed a successful pull. In the
competition, we had 14 Swissies
compete and of those, 10 earned
some type of weight pull leg. Addi-
tionally, we had 6 dogs who had
never pulled before and 3 of those
6 earned a WWD leg!
This was an extremely successful
event and I can’t wait to see some
of the new comers pull in the fu-
ture!! Congrats to everyone and I
hope to see more of you try it again
soon. Just think, we had 50% of our
new comers walk away with legs
and over 70% of all of the dogs
who competed earn a leg. Next
time it could be you and your dog!
Here are the results: 89 lbs and Under: *1st- Lily (Katrine and Skip Shorb) 90 to 109 lbs Class: 1st- Shillelagh (Colleen Robson) 10x
leg earned *2nd- Mack (Steven Paul)- 10x leg
earned
*3rd- Wyatt (Jenna Starr-Farling) 10x leg earned 110 to 129 lbs Class:
1st- Izzy (Jenna Starr-Farling)- 20x leg earned, Most Weight Pulled, Best Body Percentage
2nd- Sara Lee (Kim Woollard)- 15x leg earned
3rd- Fury (Kelly Nevin)- 15x leg earned
4th- Fender (Kelly Nevin)- 10x leg earned
*5th- Fadri (Matt and SallyAnn Koontz)
*6th- Dallas (Laurie Carmody)
130+ lbs Class: 1st- George (Nancy Kechner/Julie
Comer/Colleen Robson)- 15x leg earned
2nd- Sirius (Nancy Kechner/Julie Comer/Colleen Robson)- 10x leg earned
*3rd- Mater (Danielle Manson)- 10x leg earned
4th- Molson (Kelly Nevin) *Indicates the dog's first time ever competing in weight pulling!
Two New Weight Pull Judges!!
C & P now boasts two new
GSMDCA weight pull judges!!!
Introducing:
Judge Jenna Starr-Farling
and
Judge Kris Featheringham
A major milestone for our club,
the addition of Kris and Jenna
means that our current two
judges, Huck Bothner and Rob
Via, can take a breather from
time-to-time—and we can offer
surrounding clubs assistance in
their weight pull endeavors!
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I n late September I was very
pleased to be able to attend the
Chesapeake & Potomac Greater
Swiss Mountain Dog Club (C&P)
sponsored Specialty, Supported En-
try, Weight Pull and Herding Event
held over a long weekend in Mill-
wood, Virginia. I noticed right away
Swissy owners on the East Coast are
very similar to Swissy owners on the
West Coast; they love their Swissies
and enjoy having fun with their dogs.
However the key difference is there
are just a lot more of those Swissy
folks on the East Coast! In the Pa-
cific NW, we would be very pleased
to have 30 Swissies entered in a Spe-
cialty and absolutely overjoyed if we
were to obtain 40. At the C&P Spe-
cialty I had the opportunity to see
about 80 Swissies competing in the
conformation ring, WOW! What a
pleasure it was to see so many hand-
some male and beautiful female
Swissies in one location.
Swissy breeders in the Eastern half
of the US are doing a great job pro-
ducing some really lovely Swissies;
there were not enough ribbons for all
the deserving dogs at this Specialty. I
was recruited into doing some ring
side mentoring, and it
was easy with so many
correct typey Swissies
present. A first for
me, was watching the
Swissy Best of Breed
winner take a Work-
ing Group 1 on the
Saturday Supported entry day (a feat
which he went on to repeat on the
following day). It was so much fun to
be a part of the crowd of Swissy folk
at the group ring whooping, hollering
and cheering Swissy “Oliver” on!
Working Group Judge Candice Way
made sure that she kept us all in sus-
pense and cheering for our choice
until the very last moment when she
finally pointed to the Swissy!
In addition to watching the confor-
mation competitions, I also had the
opportunity to watch the AHBA
Herding Capabilities Tests (HCT)
and the Junior Herd Dog (JHD)
Tests. Herding is a personal favorite
of mine not only to work my Swissy
in but also to watch others work
their dogs. Swissies have a way of
working sheep that is just pure joy,
they seem to be saying, “I can’t be-
lieve I get to chase these wooly deli-
cious smelling
animals and my
owner is actu-
ally encourag-
ing me to do
it!” I think for
most Swissies
it is a dream
come true! The
skill level of
the Swissies testing at this event were
widely varying, however most, if not
all, seemed to have the basic instinct
necessary to herd. Many titles were
earned and hopefully some of the
participants will decide to continue
on with the training necessary to start
competing in trial level events. It
would be great to see more Swissies
earning advanced herding titles, and
from what I saw in Virginia there are
certainly some Swissies that have the
aptitude for it!
As much as I enjoy seeing beautiful
and talented Swissies, I equally enjoy
hanging out with their owners and
talking “dog”. It was so much fun to
see old friends and make many new
ones; Swissy friends are the best!
The C&P Club has a great group of
hard working people, you all certainly
know how to put on a Swissy event.
I would like to send a personal thank
you to the many C&P members as
well as a few other visiting Swissy
folks who helped shuttle me around,
waited long hours at the airport for
me to arrive (very late I might add!)
and leave (again not on-time!), took
me to some wonderful places to eat
(loved Hunters Head Tavern!) and
did everything possible to make sure
I had a great time. Thank You!
Travels to the East
Lisa Simonsen
Lisa, in the middle, ringside
Lisa herding with Seadar, several years ago
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Specialty Weekend Wrap-up
Mary Jo Rasmussen, Specialty Chair
can’t thank everyone enough for making this year’s Specialty a lot of fun.
From volunteering for a specific job (please see next page), to sponsoring a
trophy, to purchasing raffle tickets, to entering dogs in herding, weight pull
and conformation, to joining us for a hearty, delicious meal at the Head
Hunter’s Tavern—we had a successful weekend!!
And what about that weather!! Goldilocks said it best, “Not too cold, not
too hot—just right!”
Sweeps
Many thanks to our Sweeps judge, Cindy Stansell. This was her first Swissy
judging assignment and she went about her work like a pro. Please see page
3 for her insightful comments about our breed and her experience judging.
Stand-outs
Oliver took two Group One placements on Saturday and Sunday—
amazing!! It was such fun to tease Judge Candace Way, and she teased us
right back. She’s a real show- (and for us heart-) stopper!
We were very honored to have two people fly in from Washington state,
Bonnie Huett and Lisa Simonsen! Please read Lisa’s article the preceding
page. We also had several first-timers who drove in from the Midwest and
along the East Coast from Florida to Vermont and points in-between.
Thanks for your support—our Specialty weekend grows every year!
Changes Next Year
We are looking at some changes next year. Most notable is our new Spe-
cialty Chair—Cathy Cooper!! Thank you, Cathy, for taking on this job—
can’t wait to send you all of my files! It has been my pleasure to chair our
Specialty weekend for a number of years and I’m delighted to pass the ba-
ton!
Photos
Darlene uploaded a bunch of photos on Facebook. Click HERE and
HERE to view.
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Upcoming Events
November 10-12—Draft Trial
Mt. Airy, MD
Contact Nancy Kechner
February 2—Pack Hike
Pending approval
McLean, VA
Contact: Kris Featheringham
April 13 & 14—Draft Trial
Pending approval
Winchester, VA
September 9-13, 2013
National Specialty
Purina Farms, MO
Contact Janelle Kaiser
September 14-19, 2014
National Specialty
Bethlehem, PA
Contact Mary Jo Rasmussen
2012 Hunt Country
Cluster Helpers!!
2013 Hunt Country
Cluster Needs Helpers!!
Activity Volunteer
Raffle Jean Measell
2013 Calendars Tracy Brainard/Darlene Ward
Photographer Darlene Ward
Herding Megan Westenmeyer
Trophy sponsorships Michelle Charters
Trophy ordering
Friday trophy dis-tributor
Saturday trophy dis-tributor
Sunday trophy dis-tributor
Ring prizes
Mary Jo Rasmussen
Educational seminar
Trophy table decora-tions
Ways and Means Michelle Charters
AKC/host kennel club paperwork
Cathy Cooper
Weight Pull Jenna Starr-Farling
Picnic coordination
As you can see, there are some holes in next
year’s volunteer list. Please contact Cathy if
you want to volunteer for a job, assist with a
job or if you’d like to do something not on
the list—great! We’ll make it happen!
Activity Volunteer
Raffle Huck Bothner
2012 Calendars Tracy Brainard/Darlene Ward
Photographer Darlene Ward
Herding Megan Westenmeyer, Bonnie Huett
Trophy sponsorships Michelle Charters
Trophy ordering Jan Collins, Michelle Charters
Trophy distributor Bonnie Huett
Ring prizes
Mary Jo Rasmussen
Educational seminar Rob Via
Trophy table deco-rations
Michelle Charters
Ways and Means Michelle Charters
AKC/host kennel club paperwork
Mary Jo Rasmussen
Picnic coordination Grillmeister
Nancy Kechner, Phyllis Walker, Ann Gallagher Dustin Westenmeyer
Weight Pull Jenna Starr-Farling
Unsung Heroes
Thank you so much for everyone’s help in
making this year’s event possible!
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Big crowd, beautiful day, and I’m in the shade!
aturday, September 22nd, started as any ordinary
day—outside to do my business, gobble breakfast, play,
sleep. What else does a 6 month old pup care about? Little
did I know that I was in for a big treat at the afternoon
ball game! I hear the Nats won 10-1 (poor Brewers—
speaking of which, my parents enjoyed a brew or two!),
but I didn’t witness the whole game—as you’ll see from
the photos! At the end, I was one pooped pup in the park!
Sure hope I
get to go next
Spring and
maybe some
of you might
join me! They
brought in
sod for us to
potty, plenty
of water for
pooches to
drink & tons
of free yum-
my cookies.
Lots of peo-
ple said, “Hi!”
to me and I
wagged back!
Maybe I’ll get
a hotdog next
time—hold
the mustard,
please! Keep
checking
HERE for
next year’s
Pup in the
Park dates—
they’re still
deciding!
A Pup in the Park! Tre Rasmussen S
They’re going to have to win without me—I’ve had it! Let me know if something exciting happens...
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Fender Nevin earns a Novice Standard Preferred leg in his very
first agility trial—go Fender!!!!
Izzy pulls the most weight at the Swissathalon!
Izzy earns the ACE weight pulling award at the National Specialty!!
You can call him Champion Wrigley!! Congratulations, Kris!!
Izzy!!
C & P Member Brags!!
The Mailbarks
Please welcome our newest club member—Teagan O’Brien!
Please see Blanch Robert’s tribute in the AKC Gazette by clicking
HERE. Hogan keeps a close eye on Teagan!
High in Obedience Trial— Ollie and Tracy!!
Wrigley’s 5 point major and Championship!
Siren’s 5 point major
Jan’s AKC Sportsman of the Year award!!
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