Dog News, October 8, 2010

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BY JOHN MANDEVILLE

BY SARI BREWSTER TIETJEN

BY MATTHEW H. STANDER

BY NICK WATERS

BY MJ NELSON

BY LESLEY BOYES

BY DAVID FREI

BY AGNES BUCHWALD

BY ANDREW BRACE

BY DESMOND MURPHY

COURTESY OF THE KENNEL GAZETTE

BY SHAUN COEN


BY LISA CANFIELD

BY EUGENE Z. ZAPHIRIS



10 ♦ Editorial

14 ♦ Inside Out

18 ♦ The Way It Is

22 ♦ Question Of The Week

26 ♦ Celebrating The Terriers

30 ♦ Life After Dog Shows Or Terriers Really Need A Job

34 ♦ Bests Of The Week

38 ♦ Ten Questions

42 ♦ 20 Dogs Compete At WKC Hunting Test

48 ♦ Rare Breeds Of The World: The Cesky Terrier

52 ♦ Brace Yourself

56 ♦ The Santa Barbara Kennel Club - Part I

60 ♦ Judges Choice: Smooth Fox Terrier

64 ♦ Off The Leash

68 ♦ A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...And More

72 ♦ American Pointer Club National Specialty

100 ♦ The Gossip Column

112 ♦ Click – Westbury Kennel Association

120 ♦ Click – The Way We Were - Brookhaven, Suffolk & Westbury

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BY JOHN MANDEVILLE

BY SARI BREWSTER TIETJEN


BY NICK WATERS

BY MJ NELSON

BY LESLEY BOYES

BY DAVID FREI

BY AGNES BUCHWALD

BY ANDREW BRACE

BY DESMOND MURPHY

COURTESY OF THE KENNEL GAZETTE

BY SHAUN COEN


BY LISA CANFIELD




10 ♦ Editorial

14 ♦ Inside Out

18 ♦ The Way It Is

22 ♦ Question Of The Week

26 ♦ Celebrating The Terriers

30 ♦ Life After Dog Shows Or Terriers Really Need A Job

34 ♦ Bests Of The Week

38 ♦ Ten Questions

42 ♦ 20 Dogs Compete At WKC Hunting Test

48 ♦ Rare Breeds Of The World: The Cesky Terrier

52 ♦ Brace Yourself

56 ♦ The Santa Barbara Kennel Club - Part I

60 ♦ Judges Choice: Smooth Fox Terrier

64 ♦ Off The Leash

68 ♦ A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...And More

72 ♦ American Pointer Club National Specialty

100 ♦ The Gossip Column

112 ♦ Click – Westbury Kennel Association

120 ♦ Click – The Way We Were - Brookhaven, Suffolk & Westbury

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Setting The StandardLast week’s Question of the Week indicated that there wasa certain unhappiness within the Fancy at-large over thefact that Members of the Delegates Committees were beingpaid $200 per person for the Committee meetings theyattended. These pages certainly agree with those peoplewho consider these payments not to be within the spiritof having been elected as amateur representatives of theirclubs. It is hard to conceive of a so-called amateur body ofrepresentatives being paid on any level by the organizationit is supposed to represent. Equally difficult to understandis how the Board members--all thirteen of them --are paid$1,000 each on top of expenses 12 times a year for attendingeither Delegate meetings or Board meetings. True it isthat two of the thirteen members do not accept these feesbut shockingly the $1,000 per meeting is paid according toreports reaching these pages whether or not the Directorsattend the meetings!!! At least those Delegates who misstheir committee meetings are not paid the $200 fee. It’squestionable enough that a fee is paid on top of expensesfor a 501c4 organization representative but to take this feewhen not attending the meeting is downright unacceptableand in fact amounts as far as these pages are concerned toan unauthorized form of salary for those Board membersaccepting these fees. How can anyone really criticize theDelegates for taking the $200 when their leaders are takingeven more on a monthly basis whether or not they attendthe meetings?

Nine PetitionersIt is said so far nine Delegates have put their names intothe Nominating Committee as potential candidates forthe March 2011 election. Of these, one is a sitting BoardMember unaffected by term limits and three are formerBoard members who could not run again due to the existingone year term limit Bylaw. Some of the other five have runfrom the floor before unsuccessfully while some are brandnew names. Whatever the case let’s hope all nine takethe position if asked by the Nominating Committee thatthey will waive the existing $1,000 monthly fee payment oralternatively are in favor of doing away with it. If they arenot asked to take such a position they should be requiredto do so. Of interest of course is that traditionally onlythree people have ever been nominated by the NominatingCommittee to fill the three expiring seats. Now comes anew wrinkle causing confusion on ever so many levels. Itis unclear as too how the question was raised but someoneseems to have concluded that for the last 100 years AKChas been incorrect in naming only three people to run forthe open seats and that under Roberts Rules of Order theNominating Committee may nominate as many people asthey deem fit to serve on the Board as they wish. So thatin fact all nine people who have petitioned the NominatingCommittee may be eligible for nomination. It seems thatlegally AKC’s Bylaw may have been written so loosely asto be so interpreted. Seems ridiculous after all these yearsto discover and then implement such a decree but don’t betoo surprised if that’s not the case. One would think thattradition and usage would play a major role here but fromwhat these pages are hearing it may not apply at all.

Changing The Make-Up Of TheDelegate BodyIt may be beating the proverbial dead horse but unless thereis a ground swell of action by the Fancy-at-large no changein the make-up of the Delegate Body will be forthcoming.And with no changes being made in that area AKC willremain an outdated, antiquated sort of representative body,

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DOGNEWS EDITORIALwhich in reality represents the viewpoint of a minority and notthe majority of the constituents of the American Kennel Club.So long as the status quo persists in being maintained by themajority of the Delegates the only way to truly fight them andbeat them is to start petitioning member clubs to force theirDelegates to open the body to professionals within the sport aswell as amateurs. Watch for this kind of movement to developin the near future as people across the country become moreand more fed up with this insulated body of representativesmore concerned with preserving their own power bases thanin truly offering all segments of the dog world representationwithin the sport.

And Yet Another Term Limit ProposalThe problem with tackling any problem on a piece meal basisis that the issues never seem to die or get completed. Just lastmonth the Delegates approved for the second time within athree or four year period the same one-year term limit they hadapproved in the past. Badly written and self-defeating, thisamendment was overwhelmingly approved by the MemberClubs and its Delegates given the alternative of doing awaywith term limits in the altogether. Now comes yet anotherterm limit proposal to be considered--this one for four yearsinstead of the existing one-year term limit. The existing oneyear resulted in nothing more than a recyclable turn around ofpeople. The proposed four-year term limit will effectively bringto a halt any attempt at long term planning for the corporationknown as the American Kennel Club. It is as though theseDelegates are out to destroy AKC rather than to ensure its longterm perpetuity. Term limits just do not work for corporationsthe way in which they may work for legislative bodies. AKChas a process for changing the guard when its representativesare unhappy. It is called elections provided in the Bylaws. Notterm limits, which in the long run are more mischievous anddebilitating than can be imagined. This four-year term limitconcept must be defeated for the very sake of the existence ofAKC.

Dogs Of WarMarines in Afghanistan want to more than double thenumber of bomb-sniffing dogs at their disposal in the battleagainst record-setting attacks by insurgents using makeshiftexplosives. More Labrador retrievers are being sought tosniff for bombs than ever before. The Pentagon announcedlast week that it will pay as much as $34 million to a Virginiafirm to supply it with IED-detector dogs and provide carefor them until September 2012. The Labs undergo rigorousselection and training. Trainers will look at 400 dogs, buy200 and settle on 100 for training. They work with the Labsfor four months, training them to detect the scents found inhomemade explosives and other elements in IEDs. Dogs thatachieve certification as bomb sniffers will ship out to Marineunits for training that takes several more weeks. Then it’s off towar! Law enforcement agencies are first in line to claim Labsthat wash out or can no loner be deployed. Some get cases ofPTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) --these are sent homefor adoption. Handlers, too, get a crack at adoption once thedogs are retired. Indeed Lackland Air Force Base, home to theDefense Department’s working dog program, has a website forthose interested in giving the dogs a home, too.

Thought For The WeekHard to believe yet another Montgomery has come and gone.Say one thing about this grand old show it just gets strongerwith age and matures beautifully. The entire weekend is oneof the best dog show weekends in the world of the purebreddog competition. These are events to savor and remember asour best foot is put forward during these incredibly fine sets ofcompetitions.

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It’s a good day… if you’re eyeballing thissometime during the day on Sunday,October 10, 2010, on the grounds ofMontgomery County Community College in

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.Hopefully, you’re also enjoying a perfect Fall

day.Crystal clear, cool enough in the morning

a heavy sweater, jacket, or sturdy sweatshirtwas needed; warming as the day progressedso that sweater under your tweed isn’trequired, but never getting warm enough longsleeves and a jacket aren’t comfortable, evenwhen the sun is out, which it is regularly asthe cumulus clouds pass by carried on a breezesufficient to make it comfortable for even themost heat adverse of terriers…

A great, great early October day insoutheastern Pennsylvania: Exactly whatthe incomparable Montgomery CountyKennel Club’s 76th annual terriers only showdeserves…. although what makes Montgomeryone of the best of the best is that it is a greatshow regardless of the weather…

Bad weather? Are you kidding? Bring it on.It only adds to Montgomery’s storied history.

Well… let’s not go crazy. No one needslousy weather, but once every five years orso, just to demonstrate terriers, their ownersand handlers can cope with anything MotherNature serves up…

What, are you nuts? Tempting the fateswhen this is the sixth Montgomery at theCommunity College with scarcely a blipweather-wise since the first?

You do remember 2005, don’t you?Rain began midway through Hatboro on

Friday, became a deluge later in the day,and continued unabated through Saturdaymidnight. The storm that deposited 10 inches,or more, of rain on southeast Pennsylvania,including most of Montgomery County andwhich proved drainage at the CommunityCollege is near miraculous.

In the dark, sometime near 7PM thatSaturday, in driving rain with water ankle deepin most places under the tents, Pam and I setup crates and grooming tables… then whiledriving away looked at each other, agreeing,“We’re insane; there’s no way there will be adog show here tomorrow.”

There was. The weather was pleasantand while there were puddles, mud andsquishy places on the grounds, the site wasin strikingly good condition. The rain actuallysoftened a horrid, hard, dried marsh grassthat though mown approached embeddedspear status – definitely dangerous underfootwithout the rain’s having softened it. Oreverything happens for a reason.

Three factors comprise Montgomery’s

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greatness: Its storied history, its people and the dogs.With Group shows common these days it bears

mentioning Montgomery was for many, many years fromits first event in 1929 the only Group show, althoughthe club was, at least in years past, quick to point out –for reasons escaping me – they were an all-breed clubputting on a terrier only show.

Montgomery was prickly about its status.Meaning they opposed other Group shows. AKC then

had no provision whatsoever for Group clubs/events.Even the combined efforts of David Merriam, in hisfirst incarnation on AKC’s Board, and his fellow Boardmember, the late, great Ted Eldridge, could not overcomeBoard opposition to Group events. Although somehowtwo Toy shows (Progressive in New York City and MetroMile Hi in Colorado) had slipped in. I always thought thatwas a combination of luck and AKC oversights.

Any concerns Montgomery had about AKC recognizinggroup clubs were illusory.

Today there are 115 recognized group clubs; 25, 22%,are Terrier Group clubs. It is better to suggest the 24new Terrier Group clubs have more aided Montgomery’spreeminence than to say they have somehow impingedupon it. Certainly Montgomery’s stature and prestige –worldwide – has grown exponentially. The serious dogcommunity around the globe recognizes Montgomery forwhat it is – great and truly special.

No question a major factor in Montgomery’s greatnessis the people who have been associated with it. Theclub’s succeeding generations of leadership haverecognized they are custodians of something special.They have striven, with an astonishing degree of success,to make Montgomery a show without peer.

Asure way to get in trouble in dogsis naming names when passing outkudos, especially when crediting thoseresponsible for putting on a successfulshow. It’s too easy to overlook avital contributor. That, of course, in

Montgomery’s case makes it easy to cite the late,legendary Dr. Josephine Deubler, Montgomery’s showchair for 30 years, from 1977 to 2006. During her longtenure Dr. Deubler took Montgomery to unparalleledheights in the dog world.

Because they’re friends of mine, and because eachhas made invaluable contributions to Montgomeryfor decades, and because I will never, ever think ofMontgomery without thinking of them, not enoughcredit can be given to Walter Goodman, Montgomery’spresident since 1986; Jim McTernan, who as GroundsChair was responsible for more years than I’m sure hewould ever care to admit for assuring Montgomery’sshow came off without a hitch; and Carol Carlson, clubTreasurer, who has put in more hours, behind the scenes,on Montgomery’s behalf than any other individual.

Finally and above all Montgomery is a living, vibrantevolving tribute to those special members of the caninekingdom, Canis terrier.

May it thrive as long as man reveres his best friend.•

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This is a subject that has been written aboutmany times by many writers for years now,but no one with authority seems to be will-

ing to tackle the issue head-on and resolve it onceand for all. The subject is the rating systems, thenumber of dog shows, the number of times a dog isshown throughout the year, and the basic fact thata high ranked dog has to be owned by someoneof wealth or a consortium of individuals who pooltheir funds to campaign a particular dog.

While this is never a poor quality dog, it is not always the best dog of itsbreed in the country: it is just the one that is shown the most by handlers(usually) with wealthy backers/owners and, therefore, highly ranked bya system that at the end of the day means little. Who remembers the topdogs of past years? Who recalls the names of the owners? The handlers?Frankly, it is nothing more than an ego trip – and one short-lived at that!

How did we get here? How did these systems spin out of control?To get to the basics, most systems are dependent on the number

of dogs defeated – the more a dog is shown, the better the chance is ofincreasing the number of dogs defeated. The more shows we have duringthe year, the more of an opportunity for a dog to be shown more times aslong as the dog has the desire, the handler the stamina, and the owner(s)the dollars to finance the whole expedition.

It has gotten to the point where something must be done because ifsomeone wants to have a highly ranked dog that dog needs to be shownon just about every day there is a dog show regardless of what part of thecountry it is being held. A missed dog show is a missed opportunity toincrease those numbers of points/wins. For instance, in 2010 up to the endof September, there were approximately 185 days of dog shows being heldsomeplace in the United States. 185 days of shows out of 243 days in theyear to the end of that month. This leaves only 58 days for travelling to andfrom the shows – that is one heck of a schedule. Grueling for the handlers(and at this level they are almost always handlers), hard on the dogs whohave little down time to just be dogs, and extremely expensive.

What we now have are situations where several of the top-ranked dogsare criss-crossing the country to be shown almost every day in order tomaintain or increase their rankings. It is not unusual for a dog to be shownon the West coast one week and then on the East the next, Midwest thefollowing, and so on. It is also not unusual for a handler to size up thecompetition at a cluster and depart the night after having lost to head foranother group of shows in some other part of the country. That loss doesnot have to be at just the breed level, but Group 1 and Best in Show as

well – so high are stakes consideredto be. Furthermore, for those clusterswithin driving distance of eight hoursor so, a dog may be shown under aparticular judge on two days and thendriven or flown to the other clusterthe following day. This happens evenif it is the same judge who is judgingon different days at both clusters andthe dog wins on the same level ofcompetition at both clusters under theexact same judge!

When a judge sincerely thinksthe dog is that good that it beats allcompetition regardless of the day orthe show and regardless of the factthat he put the dog up previously, thenhe is judging dogs; if a handler knowshis heavily campaigned dog has anopportunity to win at both clusters, thenthat handler is doing the job he is beingrichly rewarded for – but, at the end ofthe day, what is the value of this otherthan feeding an owner’s (or owners’)ego in being able to tout a particularranking? Certainly, the owner(s) is notseeking a judge’s opinion – much less anopinion of breeding stock.

This is the crux of the problem –we have totally gotten away from theconcept that showing dogs is suppose tobe an evaluation of one’s breeding stock.Instead for too many it has become agame – a game to be won at all cost! Itis ego-driven, ego-fed and ego-inspired!The dog, itself, is just the tool.

What can be done about thesituation? It has often been suggestedthat the American Kennel Club needsto step in and take ownership of theseranking systems, get everyone on thesame page and devise a single systemthat takes into consideration the healthand well-being of the dogs. Suggestionsfor such a system have been many,including placing a limit on the numberof times a dog can be shown in a month,in a week, establishing distance markersbetween shows (except for specialevents, such as specialties) for when adog can be shown, counting a win undera particular judge at the same level toonce a year for the purpose of such aranking, putting a cap on the numberof wins counted within the system, anddeveloping a concept of weighing theoverall number of dogs defeated againstthe number of times a dog is shown.

AKC needs to take a leadership rolein this area because the current systemsare hurling down an unstoppablepath unless AKC steps in. After all,it approves shows and oversees allaspects of its member and licensedevents. Establishing a fair and equitableranking system for itself and its vendorsjust plain makes sense. By taking theproverbial bull by the horns in doing so,AKC would be demonstrating that it hasthe health and welfare of the dogs beingshown foremost in its mind. •

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Cindy VogelsUndoubtedly, for me, theParson Russell Terrier.Since their recognition, thebreeders have worked tocreate uniformity in type,and a vast improvementin soundness. In the earlyyears, there was tremen-dous diversity in outline,substance and head char-acteristics: often poor con-struction precluded sound-ness. The breed has trulyevolved into an upstanding,stylish, hunting Terrier.

Lydia ColemanHutchinsonThere seem to be a goodnumber of Terrier breedsthat are generally quitestrong right now. The onesthat especially come tomind are Am Staffs, SmoothFox, Norwich, and Westies.I’m seeing lovely headson many Am Staffs withless divergence of type.Smooths are often a joy tojudge with lovely outlinesand heads. Norwich are somuch sounder on the movethan in previous decades,and the same can be saidof Westies; also, size seemsto have stabilized in Wes-ties.

Beth SweigartWell I hate to appear nega-tive but I have thoughtlong and hard and I thinkthe question is more ap-propriately, which terrierbreeds are holding their

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What TerrierBreed Or Breeds,If Any, Do YouThink HaveImproved TheMost In The PastTen Years?

own? The terrier group asa whole is in a sorry statewith entries either smallor non existent at manyshows. I think the rea-son for this is most terriercoats require too muchlong term preparation. Forexample if you want toshow a Norfolk or similarcoated breed at Montgom-ery in October you hadbetter start work in June.The finesse with whichhandlers can put downWires is such that fewbreeder exhibitors eventry to compete. Enter theParson Russell NOT TO BEOVERLY TRIMMED, Nowone of the more popularterrier exhibits and onewith some depth of qual-ity. There are also quite afew lovely Smooth exhibitswith more depth of qualitythan most of the hard coat-ed terrier breeds. Thereare few dedicated breederexhibitors today willing toput in the long term hoursof conditioning requiredfor most of the terriers. Imay sound old and nega-tive but when I bred Labsin the 70’s I had a fewAiredales and at that timethe number of male Aire-dales required for a majorin Virginia was 8 the num-ber for Labs was 9. NowLabs are in the 20s for amajor and Airedale dogsonly 5. What happened? Ihope that wasn’t too de-pressing but I think Terri-ers are about to become anendangered species.

Lesley BoyesCertainly if you measurethe number of SmoothFox Terriers that weekafter week are compet-ing for tops in the Groupsas well as Best in Showsthat must be the firstbreed to come to mind.There are 7 or 8 Smoothsacross the country thatfall into that category.

Betty-Anne StenmarkThe Glen has becomemore uniform in appear-ance, the silhouette ismore uniform, not somany long and low, andthe front assembliesimproved overall. TheNorfolk is sounder, bet-ter fronts, better rears.The Norwich is betterbalanced than it oncewas, the silhouette morecorrect, and fronts havevastly improved. In yearspast almost every Nor-wich came back to youwith very wide fronts,now it’s properly wrap-ping around and incliningever so slightly with in-creased speed. The Par-son too has become moreuniform, better silhou-ettes, front assemblieshave some angles, overallbetter type.

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One of the earliest, ‘Fox Terriers at NewsteadAbbey’, was painted circa 1870 for the 6th Duchessof Newcastle. It was painted by the Nottinghambased artist, William Eddowes Turner, a self-taughtsporting painter.

A composite picture, it is reasonable to assumethat not all the dogs were still alive when it waspainted. Historically important, it shows thirty-onedogs at a transitional time for Fox Terriers whenthe breed was moving from being purely a huntterrier to one destined to conquer the show world.Trimmer, the dog in the foreground to the right ofthe rabbits, was the first Fox Terrier to win a prizeat any British dog show.

In the early years the two coats were very muchinterbred and in common with many other breeds,

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Whilst Montgomery is home to one of themost prestigious terrier shows in theworld, Great Britain is the birthplace ofmost of the breeds within that group.

To coincide with the great show my column thistime looks at some of the terrier pictures housedin the Kennel Club in London and all the dogsfeatured have in some way made a contribution totheir breed’s evolution.

Smooth Fox Terrier, Vesuvienne

Airedale Terrier, Ch. Brewer’s Dictators Irish Terrier, Ch. Belfast Erin

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So your terrier’s show career has wounddown. You’ve packed away all the ribbonsand trophies for this dog. You figure thedog should be happy to be out of the

stress of the show circuit and content to just lieabout doing nothing. But within days, perhapshours, the dog demonstrates that they have anentirely different idea about “retirement” and ifyou don’t immediately begin providing them withsome meaningful experiences, they are goingto invent their own job description and duties,most of which will be as disruptive to your senseof peace and harmony and destructive to yourhome’s interior design as possible.

If it is any comfort, you are not alone. This isa situation faced by many show dog owners but

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Jocey (Ch Cheery Creek the Outlaw Ms Wales RNSE ) and owner Shel Greb in the rally ring. (Juan-da Anderson photo)

probably none more than those folks whose dogswere competing in the terrier group. According tothe people who own them, most terriers are dogsthat challenge their owners every step of the wayand many determine their dogs need some sort ofjob long before their show careers end.

“We discovered that we had to find a job forour Lakeland Terrier when she was two monthsold,” said Pia Paulsen who owns Ch Cherry CreekOne Love TD ME CGC (“Ziggy”). “We investigatedseveral training methods and finally found someonewho knew what we were going through andoffered some sensible advice. One of the thingswe learned right away was that terriers need youto be consistent and fair. The notion that terriersare difficult to train and hyper has not been thecase for us because Ziggy has a job, more than oneactually, and she knows her place. She has ‘on’ and‘off’ switches and has been prepared to deal withdifferent situations that arise. She has earned allthree AKC earthdog titles and she has proven thatLakeland Terriers can track. She is our pet first,an earthdog and tracking dog second and finally achampion Lakeland Terrier.”

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Ch MACH6Connemara’sTuff Act ToFollow MH CDXTQX2 JHV SHFurSHF RE MXF TDICGC (“Kaleigh”),Deeann Corby-Lulik’s Airedale,is the only dogin that breedto earn an AKCmaster huntertitle.

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Rockford-Freeport, Illinois Kennel Club - SundayTibetan TerrierCh. Ri-Lee’s Stellar PerformanceJudge Dr. Roger PritchardOwners Barbara Bruns, Wolfgang Stamp &Nikkie KinzigerHandler Nancy Martin

Warrenton Kennel Club - FridayToy PoodleGCh. Smash JP Moon WalkJudge Ms. Joy BrewsterOwners Ron Scott and Debbie BurkeHandler Kaz Hosaka

Warrenton Kennel Club - SaturdayOld Dominion Kennel Club of Northern VirginiaBulldogCh. Kepley’s Showbiz Razzle DazzleJudge Mrs. Karen WilsonJudge Ms. Bonnie ThrelfallOwners J. Fisher, R. Speiser, B. WolfeHandler Phoebe Booth

Suffolk County Kennel ClubIrish TerrierGCh. Fleet St Fenway FanJudge Ms. Patricia M. LapinskiOwners Anthony Barker & Victor Malzoni, Jr.Handler RC Carusi

Monroe Kennel Club - SundayWhippetGCh. Starline’s ChanelJudge Ms. Linda RobeyOwners Carey & Lori LawrenceHandler Lori Wilson

Hot Springs National Park Kennel Club IIKuvaszGCh. Szumeria Wildwood Silver Six PenceJudge Mrs. Nancy LiebesOwners Mercedes Vila, Lynn Brady,Connie Townsend & Claudia MuirHandler Lynn Brady

Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club - SaturdayRottweilerCh. Cammcastle’s Friar TuckJudge Mrs. Patricia Leakey BrennerOwners Anthony & Vicky O’BrienHandler Holley Eldred

Elmira Kennel Club - ThursdayFinger Lakes Kennel Club - SundayIrish SetterGCh. Shadagee Caught Red HandedJudge Mrs. Betsy Horn HumerJudge Mrs. Anne Savory BolusOwners Debra Burke, Nancy Lee ConnerHandler Adam Bernardin

Heart of the Plains Kennel Club - SundayRough CollieGCh. Gentry’s BraveheartJudge Mrs. Linda ScanlonOwners Patty Gordon, Dr. Gerard Nashand Jeff GreerHandler Jeff Greer

Burbank Kennel Club - SaturdayIrish SetterGCh. Greengate Buzz LightyearJudge Mrs. Vicki AbbottOwners Judy and Mark Killam, Bernadette Elliottand Loran MorganHandler Loran Morgan

Grand Valley Kennel ClubWelsh TerrierGCh. Bayleigh Shaireab’s Super HeroJudge Ms. Joyce VanekOwners Marilyn Jacobs, Keith Bailey & Sharon AbmeyerHandler Jorge Olivera

Monroe Kennel Club - SaturdayMiniature PinscherGCh. Marlex Classic Red GlareJudge Mr. Joseph GregoryOwners Leah Monte & Armando AngelbelloHandler Armando Angelbello

Wichita Kennel Club - FridayMalteseCh.Ta-Jon’s Just Bee-Ing SillyJudge Miss Maxine BeamOwners Tammy Simon & Tim LehmanHandler Tim Lehman

Terrier Club of MichiganBorder TerrierGCh. Tyrolian Eight Belles at MeadowlakeJudge Mr. Robert D. BlackOwners Thomas H Bradley III and Karen FitzpatrickHandler by Karen Fitzpatrick

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Multiple Best in Show, Multiple Best in Specialty Show Winning

Ch. SeaBreeze Caribbean Sun CallingHandled by

Daryl Martin

“Sunny”“Sunny”The Number One*The Number One*

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Wins three in a row again!Wins three in a row again!Thank You Judge Mr. Robert Sharp

Thank You Judge Mr. Luc Boileau Thank You Judge Mr. Terry Stacy

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CH. LEXINGTON DIVINE’S PUT ME IN, COACH

handlersBILL AND TAFFE MCFADDEN

breedersVALERIE AND JOHN TORTORELLA,ERICA TORTORELLA

ownersJOE AND CARLA SANCHEZ,MARY DELISA, ERICA TORTORELLA

Taffe is so proudTaffe is so proudof her boys!of her boys!

Thank you toBreed Judge

Mr. Jerry M. Watson,Group Judge

Mr. Adrian W. Woodforkand

Best In ShowJudge Mr. George Murray

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questionsquestions

What isyourfavoritedog showmomentexclusiveof a win?

Whichtalentwouldyou mostlike tohave?

Whichwords orphrases doyou mostoveruse?

Who isyourreal lifehero orheroine?

If you couldchange onething aboutyourselfwhatwould it be?

OtherpeoplethinkI am:

How wouldyou describeyourself in apersonal ad?

What was yourmost embarrassingmoment at adog show?

Which judge, no longer alive orjudging, do you miss the most?

What do you miss the mostat dog shows?

When I met my dear friend’s daughterfor the first time, Miss Charlize Sutton.

To be able to read music andplay an instrument.

“It’s around” and“Another dayanother dog show”.

My mother Leona, for putting upwith me and my husband, Jason,for understanding that this is mypassion and supporting me throughthe bad and the good.

I need more patience.

I am too nice.Happy go lucky,always lookingfor a good time.

I will let you know when it happens. Stephen Shaw.

Camaraderie, and people who want tolearn about grooming, showing, andtaking care of dogs.

Asked ofRoslyn Mintz-FuscoBorn: Freeport, NYResides: Happaugue, NYMarital Status: Married

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The Westminster Kennel Club heldits third annual Licensed HuntingTest for Pointing Breeds on Sunday,Sept. 26, at Tamarack GamePreserve in Millbrook, NY. Returning

to the activity that led to the formation of theclub in the 1870s, Westminster hosted 20 dogsin the competition, with seven dogs earningqualifying scores from Judges Gail K. Ryan,John Morris, Donald W. Bristol, and Laura K.Bedford.

Under the leadership of Hunting TestCommittee Chairman Steven M. Bedford,Westminster has returned to its rootswith this event. The WestminsterKennel Club was begun back in themid-1870’s as a gentlemen’s sportingclub, with its primary activity beingbird hunting and primarily withpointing breeds, Pointers in particular.

Beginning in the late 1800s,Westminster gradually began to shiftits focus a bit to that of the dog showring. There, they could show theirown dogs and also help dog fanciersexhibit their own dogs for the world tosee. But at the same time, the original intentof the club’s forefathers was firmly evident:protect and promote the purebred dog and itsabilities to do what it was bred to do.

A hundred years later, in 1986, theAmerican Kennel Club created a huntingtest and Westminster hosted the firstdemonstration in Pine Plains, NY. TheFebruary 1987 issue of Town & Countryreported: “Top pointers, spaniels andretrievers were sent afield under the whistlesof amateur handlers, while about 800 membersof the bird dog fraternity from across thecountry stood staunchly on the rolling hillsidesto honor the AKC’s new, noncompetitiveprogram for judging a dog’s handiness to wingand shot.”

Many specialty clubs have staged huntingtests since then, but up until September of2008, no all breed club had done so. It wasappropriate that the Westminster Kennel Club,the country’s oldest organization dedicatedto the sport of purebred dogs, would do thehonors as the first all breed kennel club to holdan American Kennel Club licensed hunting testfor pointing breeds. •

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Ch. Slyfox Sneaks A PeekBreeders

Joan & Mark Taggart

Multiple All Breed Best In Show & Specialty Winner

OwnerJ. W. SmithAbsolutely Smooth Fox Terriers

HandlersEdward & Lesley BoyesGrass Valley, California

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America’s Number One*Smooth Fox TerrierNumber Two**

Among All Terrier Breedsand Number Nine**Among All Breeds

*Breed Points, All Systems**The Dog News Top Ten List & C.C. Systems

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#* PBGV • THEMULTIPLE GROUPWINNING

CH. CELESTIAL CJ’SCH. CELESTIAL CJ’S

Our sincere appreciation to Judge Dr. Robert Indeglia for this Group Win.

“Cupid” is Owned & Bred ByJeanne & Charles Hurty * CJ’s Petits*Lynne & Mark FlorianPam Heimer *Celestial Petits*

Presented ByGreg Strong, AKC reg.

410 822-2187Nick Viggiano, AKC Apprentice

Sara Miller, Assistant

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HEARTS ON FIREHEARTS ON FIRE

by Agnes Buchwald

The Cesky Terrier -Bohemian orCzech Terrier

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Dog fanciers in general, my friendsin particular, and many personswho know me, associate my nameto the breed of my hearth; the

Boxer. Besides the ones we had at the ken-nel, we always had one or two (sometimeseven three) as our house pets. Even withmy several changing of addresses, I nevercould imagine my life without a dog. Mov-ing so frequently a Boxer would be difficultto put under my arm and carry along for Inever would leave any pet of mine behind.So I had to reconsider.

My first house pet changing went to alovely and playful breed the West HighlandWhite Terrier. For a long time Lady theWestie was my life and traveling compan-ion. After her tragic death in Las Vegas,NV, my son and Norra gifted me with mydog-their Sara Sarafina, a Yorkie, and withher my love affair with the Terriers deep-ened. To be honest I really learned to seeand better understand a Terrier with thegreatest of the teachers the record break-er Smooth Fox Terrier “Gracie” (BIS.Ch.Aimhi Avalon Renaissance). Having her inmy lap, watching her sleep, wake-up, play,having puppies, just being herself; happyand beautiful –which she thank God stillis- it’s like having a professor showing mehow a true Terrier must look like physicallyand mentally as well.

I learned, and I think that many persons

who had a similar experience will agree, thatTerriers in general have something different intheir essence. I can’t explain the feeling; youhave to live with one to understand what I amsaying. It is like trying to explain a flavor inwords. How can one explain what sweet, bitteror sour is without really having tasted it?

So I went looking after a different kind ofTerrier, and found one that caught my curios-ity: the Cesky Terrier.

The current Czech Republic is formed byBohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. These 3parts can be described as “Czech lands”, withCzech language being spoken in all three. In1918, the state of Czechoslovakia was consti-tuted to reflect the union of the Czech and Slo-vak territories that were merged together afterWWI. The former Czechoslovakia was createdfrom territory that had previously been part ofthe Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Czech Republic is located in CentralEurope. Its area is 78,866 sq. km. The countryis slightly smaller than South Carolina. Prague,founded in 870 A.D., its capital city, is situatedon the Vltava River in central Bohemia, and hasbeen the political, cultural and economic centreof the Czech state for more than 1,100 years.Prague was also the capital of the Holy RomanEmpire (1346-1378).

Since 1992, the historic centre of Praguehas been included in the UNESCO list of WorldHeritage Sites, making the city one of the mostCONTINUED ON PAGE 92

RAREBREEDS

by Agnes Buchwald

BREEDSOF THEWO

RLD

Owners:Joan L. FisherRobert D. SpeiserBarbara Wolfe

Handler Extraordinaire!Phoebe J. Booth

203 938-0226

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Breaking The All Time Best In Show Record for Bitches in the Breed

Buddych. cragsmoor

goodman

handlerslarry corneliusmarcelo veras

breederseugene z. zaphirismatthew h. stander

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the number one* skye terriernumber three* terrier

*the dog news top ten list - all breed

houston all terrier clubjudge mrs. mildred bryantthe next daybest in showhouston kennel clubjudge mrs. wendy paquette

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Oftentimes these kennels were owned by working men, minersor tradesmen, who would complete a full day’s hard toil, return

home, get washed and fed and then spend the evening with theirdogs, cleaning up the facilities and working on coats, always by hand,and often in very poor light. Oftentimes clever scouting stockmen –the Percies and Nigels of their day – would visit such breeders witha pocketful of cash, knowing full well that if they stumbled acrosssomething special its owner would simply be unable to refuse a seriousoffer.

These were not wealthy landowners, but fanciers who had an un-canny knack of knowing what dog would suit what bitch and being veryclever at second-guessing the kind of whelps that would result. Theywould support the local dog matches and the smaller sanction, limitedand open shows. Sometimes, given a suitable incentive, they wouldventure off to a Championship show, often travelling by railway trainand frequently in the company of fellow exhibitors. Although my grand-father had given up showing his Wire Fox Terriers before I was born, Iremember being fascinated by the stories he and my grandmother toldabout how they ran their small kennel behind the family bakery. Dogswere kept in cinder runs, cinders being plentiful in an area that grewup around the coal industry. Having a bakery, bread was plentiful andbaked in the oven provided all the dog meal that was necessary.

In the village where I grew up was a miscellany of terriers. Apartfrom the Wires that were owned by successful exhibitors, our next doorneighbour was the local Baptist minister and his housepet was a verystrong minded Sealyham. The local butcher kept two – as I recall huge –Airedales as guard dogs and they patrolled the gates at the side of theshop with a fierce determination. In the road where I grew up were twosingle gents of a certain age who kept two immaculately groomed Wes-ties as pets. I recall as kid hearing the expression “confirmed bachelor”being used in this context and wondering what on earth it meant. TodayI suspect they would have been described rather more directly. Therewere dozens of Staffordshire Bull Terriers in the village, and most ofthem were owned by decent, honest family men who would never havedreamt of pitting their dog against another, but sadly as I got older Ilearnt that not every Staffie owner in the village was as scrupulous asthey could me, as some of their dog’s war-wounds often bore out. WelshTerriers abounded as pets, they were literally two-a-penny, and thinkingback were remarkably consistent. Some of them could have held theirown in the show ring today, given that their coats were worked on bysomeone who knew what they were doing. Strangely I remember mostof them were naturally richly coloured; none of my neighbours wouldhave ever heard of daffy, much less know what to do with it.

The local pub had a Scottie as a pet. I was not allowed across thethreshold as a child, but do remember seeing Mac (not the most originalof names) being walked by the landlady on a very smart tartan collarand leash. There were even a couple of Bull Terriers kept by one of thebetter-off property owners who was rumoured to own half the village. I

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remember one of them being a lot heavier than the other and having aneye-patch that made him look naturally amusing.

The two spinster sisters who lived in the corner house had an evil-tempered Cairn who would happily sink its teeth into any passing childwho attempted to tease it – or who didn’t, come to think of it.

So my childhood was in a period where the majority of pet dogswere Terriers. I don’t recall any of the now popular working breeds suchas Dobermanns and Rottweilers but I do remember various Collie typesbeing kept on nearby farms and several Pekingese were hideouslyspoiled by their pampering owners. However Terriers were definitelythe dogs of the day.

How all this has changed. I can’t remember when I last saw a Wirewalking on a leash in the valleys, and seldom do you see any terriers asthe more fashionable wash-and-go dogs from exotic parts have takenover. Today someone who would have bought an Airedale now has anAkita or a Malamute. Lhasas, Shih Tzus, Bichons and Cavaliers havetaken over from the smaller terriers as the entire group has gone into adecline.

Worryingly, we see the same at dog shows. The terrier group isnot attracting the young people it needs to keep the various breedsgoing. Whilst Staffords continue to maintain their incredible popularity,despite the awful press they have received in recent years, the seriouscoated Terrier breeds are in decline. The young people of today do notwant the hard work that goes with a labour-intensive hand-strippedbreed. The idea of finger-and-thumbing a dog’s coat in the gardenshed at midnight holds little appeal when the seduction of the internetbeckons from a warm bedroom. There are no young people apprentic-ing to professional handlers whose mainstay was the trimmed terrierbreeds – because there are no professional handlers. Well, arguablyone or two who actually handle for a living. Those who want a compan-ion dog they can show now and again tend to go for low-maintenancebreeds or something that can be clipped and bathed the day before ifthe mood takes. Investing in a wire coat for months on end is not for thefaint-hearted, and only in countries where there is a hard core of seriousbreeders and moneyed clients who can afford to employ handlers arethese breeds likely to survive and prosper.

Some of our once popular terrier breeds are now officially classifiedas “vulnerable” by our Kennel Club. The breeds have not changed thatmuch, but today buyers have more choice and maybe the appeal of themore trendy breeds eclipses the more tried and tested stalwart terri-ers. Do the breeders do enough to promote and market their breeds? Dothey want new young people to join their ranks if there is a danger theymight be so successful that they end up beating them and presentingtheir dogs more adeptly?

Whatever the answer, one thing is for sure. The terrier group in theUK has certainly seen its heyday and it will need a radical shot in thearm to recover. Remember the year that four foreign visitors took theplaces in the group at Crufts? I rest my case. •

Ihave always considered myself extremely fortunate to have grown up in the SouthWales valleys. The valleys were filled with dog owners and small time breeders who

would not have necessarily been offended by the “back yard” term that was oftenapplied to them in a somewhat derisory manner. There were not that many largekennels owned by fanciers who could afford to employ staff, but most towns boastedat least one major breeder who kept a sizeable kennel, and invariably the inhabitantswere terriers. Sometimes such kennels were not even be adjacent to their owner’shome. Rather they would be situated on a plot of land – an “allotment” – where thekennels sat alongside vegetable patches, chicken coops and flower pots.

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CH. D’s REMEMBER WHENSire: Ch Alex de Akido San Dam: Ch Cambria’s Victoria’s Secret

“Jackson” finishes Championship in 9 shows withTwo Working Group Firsts from the puppy class.

Look for Jackson with professional handler, Jessica Plourde.Thanks to the following Judges recognizing Jackson’s qualities:Mr. Ralph Ambrosio • Mr. Roland Pelland • Mrs. Jean Fournier

Col. Joe Purkhisher • Dr. Thomas Davies Dr. Eric LiebesMrs. Wendy Willhauck • Mrs. Cathy H. Daugherty

Breeders & Owners: Dr. Anthony & Mrs Sheila DiNardo

Handler: Jessica Plourde • email: [email protected]

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This year Conejo Kennel Clubjoined forces with Simi ValleyKennel Club and Santa Barbara

Kennel Club to make it a four-dayweekend. Conejo had lost their locationand after a long search could not finda site in their area. When Conejoapproached SBKC about coming in onthe weekend they were welcomedwith open arms. Being that it was tobe a Monday event there was someapprehension that the entry would notbe a financial success. Most Mondayshows have notoriously low entries.Everyone was hoping there might be athousand entries. When entries closedwith Conejo having an entry of 1,130,we all heaved a sigh of relief. RonMattson, President of Conejo, knowsthe grounds like the back of his hand,since he has handled the parking for thisweekend for many years now. In an effortto insure cost saving, many of the SBKCmembers offered their judging services freeof charge to Conejo for their first year. Thisresulted in about half the entry being judgedfor just a few extra nights hotel cost. Thesuccess of Simi Valley and Conejo adds to thesuccess of SBKC.

Like all clubs today they are controlled byfinancial factors and the availability of suitablesites. SBKC no longer can use the Polo Fieldand the University also is no longer available.The Santa Barbara weekend date is controlledby the Earl Warren Showgrounds, not the AKCdog show calendar. The shows have to be onthe very last weekend of August, sandwichedin between two major horse shows. The rent

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for Earl Warren is very costly and they chargefor every part of the grounds that is used. Forexample, the small area used for the judgesluncheons, the adjoining small parking lot forVIP parking and a number of other things areadditional individual costs.

Like so many other clubs SBKC became aback to back show for financial reasons. Theclub tries to make the Sunday show slightlydifferent than Saturday. David Powers, asshow chairman, has always felt Sunday wasthe “real” SBKC show because there was aday when Sunday was the only show thatSanta Barbara Kennel Club did. By makingthe group ring a bit dressier with the over 20magnificent Challenge Trophies, only offeredon Sunday, this helps to make Sunday aspecial show. This year there were four daysCONTINUED ON PAGE 96

TheSantaBarbaraWeekend

By Desmond J. Murphy

PART ONE

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PresenterNorma Cozzoni

CH RISIN’ STAR STACKING THE DECK

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PRESENTED BY NORMA COZZONI

BREEDER OWNERSJERRY & JOY MILLER MR & MRS.THOMAS COZZONI

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We asked a number of Championship Show judges to select their three greatest Smooth FoxTerriers of all time. The dogs could be from the past or the present and from anywhere in theworld. We have asked our judges to avoid choosing dogs with which they have been closelyassociated. However, they can make reference to them if they are significant.


Judges’ ChoiceThe Smooth Fox Terrier

Courtesy of Kennel Gazette

Ch.Cracknor Cross The T’sCh.Cracknor Cross The T’sCo-Owned By Her BreederElisabeth Matell

Presented ByRoxanne Sutton or

Co-Owner Beth Sweigart

OwnersPam Beale & Beth Sweigart

Judge Mr. William DeVilleneuve did!

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The timing of a recent series ofevents compelled me to revisitthe ongoing saga of Michael Vick,the most high profile, notorious

dogfighter this country has ever known.This being the Montgomery all terrier weekin Pennsylvania, Vick regaining his startingquarterback job for the NFL’s Eagles inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, and authorJim Gorant releasing a book The LostDogs: Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Taleor Rescue and Redemption this month allfactored into the decision to re-examine thestory.

Vick, of course, was once on top of theworld, the highest paid player in the NFL,but he became one of the most despisedcelebrities on earth when a dogfightingoperation was uncovered on his propertyin Surry County, Virginia. Vick reportedlywas responsible for drowning, beatingand electrocuting dogs that failed toperform to expectations and subsequentlyspent 19 months in a federal prison. Hehas since admitted that if he hadn’t goneto the Leavenworth facility he would’vecontinued to fight dogs. Now, he claimsto be rehabilitated. Amazingly enough, sowere most of the dogs confiscated from hisproperty. Americans love their NFL footballbut they also love redemption stories andparticularly ones involving dogs.

Jim Gorant’s book details the outpouringof love and support that Vick’s dogsreceived, while Vick was being vilifiedby the press as individuals heckled andprotested at his every court appearance.Now that some of the dogs have beenrehabilitated and rehomed, and Vick hasreturned to the football field in a startingand starring capacity, many of those jeershave turned to cheers. This unlikely chainof events led Gorant to state in an articlein the October 4 issue of Sports Illustrated,“…in some bizarro way, Vick may be thebest thing that ever happened to pit bullsand the antidogfighting effort. His arrestand the investigation into his enterprise,Bad Newz Kennels, shone a light onto awidespread but underground culture. Theeventual treatment of the dogs—a processof individual evaluation with a goal of savingthose capable of being rehabilitated—seta precedent that has now replaced mass,unconsidered euthanasia as the standardpractice.”

It’s an interesting point and there’s alot of truth in it. If these weren’t the dogsof a much-heralded athlete, they wouldn’thave received the same evaluation andrehabilitation. Such a process requiresa lot of manpower, time and money.Sadly, euthanasia is often an easier,

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legal expenses and declaring personalbankruptcy). Gorant reports, “The Eagleshave donated $500,000 to animal-welfarecauses and pit bull issues in particular.”But half a million is a drop in the bucket toan organization that ranks as the seventh-most valuable NFL franchise, at upwards of1.1 billion, according to Forbes magazine,which also pits the worth of the team’sowner, Jeffrey Lurie, the former Hollywoodproducer, at $1 billion. Without money, therehabilitation simply wouldn’t have takenplace. Vick was ordered to pay $1 millionin restitution, which allowed for the dogs’rehabilitation.

Of the 51 dogs removed from Vick’sproperty, it was originally assumed thatthey would be too dangerous, vicious,scarred, or scared to ever be trusted aspets. But of those 51, only one had to beeuthanized for behavior and one for injuries.The other 47 were given reprieves. Ofthose, 21 went to the Best Friends AnimalSanctuary, which is the largest no-killshelter in Utah, and 10 of them went toBAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers ResponsibleAbout Pit bulls). The rest of them foundfoster homes or are in permanent homes,and some have even become therapy dogs,working with children to help them read andovercome shyness.

Dr. Stephen Zawistowski, a psychologistand ASPCA animal behaviorist who hasworked in the field for more than 20years and followed the surviving 49 dogsbelonging to Vick recently told NPR, “…when we did dog busts at the ASPCA,typically the dogs were euthanized. Part ofit was because our ability [to understand]dog behavior and knowledge hadn’t reallydeveloped to the point where we reallyunderstood the opportunities and thetrajectory of a rehabilitation program.”

Of the Vick case, Zawistowski said, “Itwas one of the handful of times that thenation was focused on a dogfighting case.The resources that were available were asgood as we think we were ever going toget. So that if we failed, the question wasgoing to be: Was another chance ever goingto come? So we really wanted to make ourbest effort, and it’s one of the reasons whyif we could only pick out at least just the10 best dogs, that would be a really greatstep forward for us. And what we have seengoing forward with this case, is that this hasnow really become a standard practice inmany dogfighting cases. They look to bringin a team of behaviorists. They look to havethe dogs evaluated. I will say that many ofthese cases, they haven’t saved 95 percentof the dogs in the case. It’s been a third ofthe dogs in the case. It’s been a quarter ofthe dogs in the case. But that’s still betterthan not making the effort at all.”

In Gorant’s book, Donna Reynolds,one of the founders of Bad Rap, sumsup the positive aspects that came outof the horrendous Bad Newz kennelsituation: “Vick showed the worst of us,our bloodlust, but this showed the best.I don’t think any of us thought it waspossible — the government, the rescuers,the people involved. We like to think wehave life figured out, and it’s nice that itcan still surprise us, that sometimes we canaccomplish things we had only dreamed of.We’ve moved our evolution forward. Justa little bit, but we have, and I’m happy tohave been a part of that.” •

more economical choice. Nevertheless,the outpouring of sympathy anddetermination shone by these individualshas indeed shed light on these dogs in apositive way. Those unfamiliar with thebreed have come to an understanding thatthere is something special about thesedogs and that they are worth saving.

As Gorant notes, “…the Vick casemarked the first time that fighting dogswere seen as victims of a crime ratherthan perpetrators, thus educatingthe public about pit bulls as a breed.These dogs have begun to be seen notas reflexively and incorrigibly vicious,but as misunderstood and mistreatedcreatures that have a lot to offer if theyare properly cared for and handled.”Indeed, there have been recent realityshows dedicated to the rehabilitatingand rehoming of these highly intelligent,easily trainable, fiercely loyal, wonderfulfamily dogs that adore children. It’sthese traits that, ironically, dogfightershave been exploiting for so long that thegeneral public is starting to notice andunderstand.

Another positive result of the Vickcase, according to Gorant, is “…legalauthorities learned that dogfighting caseshave value. Their prosecution is viewedfavorably by the public, and they almostalways turn up other types of high-levelcriminal activity. In the three years sincethe Bad Newz raid, there has been a stringof dogfighting busts, including one of thelargest in history, which involved a ringthat spanned eight states and involvedmore than 500 animals.”

By enforcing existing laws (notcreating new, superfluous breed specificlegislation that bans certain breeds ofdogs, i.e. the “pit bull”) authorities havebeen able to bring more dogfighters tojustice. Many of the dogs found duringthese raids have also been rehabilitatedand rehomed. Other measures have beenput in place since the Vick case first cameto light, including the launch of a databaseto identify dogs that have been used forfighting. DNA is gathered by taking acheek swab of the dogs, and then loggedinto a database so lines of dogs bredand kept for fighting can be identified.(Though, it should be noted, there aresome who worry that such a marker mayactually harm the chances of these dogsfinding homes).

It would be nice if Vick made someother gesture, such as donating moneyto local shelters each time he completesa pass or scores a touchdown (though,granted, he is $20 million in debt from

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by Matthew H. StanderMOREAND

A “Coe” Estate Weekend, Off-Base...

Photos of Three Rivers Kennel Club held at the Purina Events Center by Rich Lohman


Two weekends a year,once in May and oncein late September

or early October, themagnificent old Coe Estate,now a national state parkin Oyster Bay, Long Island,is turned into a showcasefor purebred dog showcompetitions. In May, LadiesKennel Association usesthese unusually fine groundsfor a Friday and Saturdayback-to-back whilst two“out-east” (Suffolk) showstogether with what wasonce a show referred to as(and in reality was) the showof distinction-Westbury-use them in early autumn.If the weather is good--as

it was this past Saturday-- thegrounds and the environs areas good if not better than any inthe country. (An ideal setting forsay Queensboro or Westchesterparticularly the latter sinceit oozes the traditions andstateliness Westchesterseems to so covet. And whatdifference does it make anymorewhere a club holds its showas both of the aforementionedclubs are in foreign territoriesanyways--one in Massachusettsthe other in New Jersey?Why not get Tuxedo Park,Westchester and Queensboro tochange their dates and move tothe Coe Estate on Long Islandor even London, England atthe rate AKC seems to ignoregeographic requirements forced

on some and ignored by others. But Idigress for a change.) But if the weatheris horrendous as can happen during EastCoast hurricane season and did occur thisyear on Friday, at least one of the showsmay be and in fact was cancelled!

This is not the first time this hashappened on these weekends. Weatherplays an instrumental part in the successor failure of the weekends. Friday was ofcourse cancelled, Saturday had gloriousweather and atmosphere and Sundaywas basically cold and dreary. Wherethe show is held on the old wheat fieldsof the Estate with little or no protectionfrom the elements is a fact of life and ifthere are heavy rains the damage to theproperty can be truly horrendous. Entrieshover in the 7 to 800 area for both sets ofweekends. Some blame the history of lowentries for these weekends on travel to“the Island”, which is absurd as far as I amconcerned since the LIE is no better norworse than any other urban area’s traffic--some blame it on the expense of the Island,which is absurd, too, since there are plentyof reasonable motels and restaurantsto attend--some blame it on the judgingpanels, which could be the case this pastweekend but in reality is not the case mostof the time--others say it is the plethora

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GCh.Caper’sSiriusEndeavor•2009NationalSpecialtyWinner•2010WestminsterBreedWinner

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Breeder-Owners:Phillip & Carolyn Fisher

Handler:Linda G Rowell

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The 2010 American PointerClub National Specialty washeld at the Crown Plaza at theCrossings in Warwick, RI. Thesight is conveniently located toTF Green International Airportmaking it easy for people to

attend from all over the country. The hotelstaff was friendly and accommodating. I wouldrecommend this sight to any club looking tohold a national in New England. This year’sshow was dedicated to Dolores McCoskerAllsworth, Worthall Pointers. The Nationalwas a week-long celebration of beautifulpointers and great friends. The entry was

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large - 199 dogs entered for a total of 348 entries and 32rally entries and 65 agility entries. The celebration beganon Monday evening, Sept. 20, with a puppy fun matchjudged by Dr. Howard Spey. Dr. Spey’s Best in Matchwas Seasyde Wynot Can Only Imagine- Kathy Shorter &Helyne Medeiros.

Tuesday morning began with Futurity and Maturity.Ms. Britt Young had 28 Futurity entries and 11 Maturityentries. Her Best in Futurity winner was CH TerrapointeI Got It Made-Kate Hornick & Kasie Podojil oppositewent to Edgehill Thankful For The Finishline- Jason& Laurie Palmer & Megan Lane. The Maturity winnerwas Ch Penzance Jackpot- Rachel Ertle & MaggiePlatt. The afternoon events were Obedience and Rally.Ms. Elizabeth Chase had 14 obedience entries and 32

Rally Entries with 28 qualifiers inRally. There were 2 qualifiers inobedience and High In Trial wasawarded from the Novice B classto Mooreland’s Licorice Twist-Allen& Chris Armistead. It is wonderfulto see our pointers competing inmultiple venues; the pointer iscertainly a versatile breed.

On Tuesday evening we hadour annual health seminar. Thisyear’s topic was Emergency FirstAid care, our guest speaker wasDr Elizabeth Rozanski, boardcertified in Emergency and CriticalCare, Internal Medicine TuftsUniversity. The seminar was verywell attended, participants had achance to ask many questions onhow to handle specific emergenciesand they even had a chance topractice CPR on the canine dummy


AmericanPointerClubNationalSpecialtyBy Lisa CanfieldPhotos by Lisa Canfield, David Sombach and Alexandra Soltan

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GCh. Saravilla’s Sweet Misty Isle“Misty”

Breeder-JudgeMrs. Lowell K. Davis

Handled by Joel RosenblattBreedersMimi Kim

RebekahMursencavage

OwnersPaula SweetJohn LillistonMimi Kim

Multiple Group Placing

Sire: Best In Show, Best In Specialty ShowWinning Ch. Donnybrook’s George Dam: Glennhaven’s Autumn Mist

Dr. Fred Askin and Blaire Miran Churchwarden Westies

Baltimore, Maryland

Special Thanks to Claudia Tuttle, Danny’s Breeder

GCh. Glennhaven’s Danny Boy O’Donnybrook

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Group Second - Cape Cod Kennel Club - September 19, 2010Our sincere appreciation to Judge Mr. Peter Green

Multiple Specialty Wins, Group Wins andGroup Placements in 2010

!DANNY!!DANNY!

Danny is presented and conditioned by Rebecca Cross

Group FirstButler County Kennel Club

September 26, 2010Our sincere appreciation

to Judge Mrs. LydiaColeman Hutchinson

some breeders closely inbred to establish type. Soclose that today it would be seriously frowned onby the Kennel Club. One example is the SmoothFox Terrier, Vesuvienne, who was the tap-root forwhat her owner, Robert Vicary J.P. called ‘scientificinbreeding’ which he practised with a vengeance.Vesuvienne was mated to Result and Rational, thedaughters from these two unions being put to Venio,and their progeny mated again, the result beingVeracity and Veracious, who were sold to Americafor an undisclosed but sizeable sum.

Vesuvienne’s portrait was painted by JohnEmms, now regarded as one of the most importantof the 19th century British dog artists, whosepictures of Fox Hounds frequently dominate sales ofdog and sporting art.

By the 1920s the Wire Fox Terrier was amongstthe breeds that virtually dominated the showring, one being Ch. Kemphurst Superb who wasowned by George Howlett. She was one of the topwinning Wires of the time, winning five Best inShow awards in 1927, including the Kennel Club’sown show. She was bred by Bob Barlow, probablythe most successful terrier man who ever lived. Herportrait was painted by Nevison Arthur Loraine whospecialised in painting horses and rustic scenes.

Largely through the intervention in 1895 of thePrince of Wales, later King Edward VII, the croppingof dogs’ ears was banned. The Irish Terrier was oneof the breeds affected and Ch. Belfast Erin was oneof the first champions with natural ears. She wasowned by F. Clegg and was a granddaughter of thecelebrated Ch. Brickbat, winner of the 60-GuineaChallenge Cup twelve time in succession.


Her portrait was painted by Maud Earl,one of the best-known and highly regardedof all dog artists whose list of patrons readlike a Who’s Who of the good and the great indogdom. It was she who also painted the WelshTerriers, Ch. Longmynd Chamberlain and Ch.Longmynd Enchantress.

Both dogs were owned by Mrs. H.D.Greene, who also had a successful kennel ofWelsh Springer Spaniels and a stud of WelshPonies. Chamberlain was out of Mrs. Greene’sfirst Welsh terrier champion, Ch. CambrianPrincess, who was from unregistered parents.Enchantress was out of Brynhir Bride, bred inthe famous kennel of W.S. Glyn and related tothe well-know Ch. Brynhir Ballad, who in 1902was considered to be ‘the best Welsh Terrier ofeither sex that has ever appeared on the showbench’.

Frederick Thomas Daws’ painting of theAiredale Terrier, Ch. Brewer’s Dictator, is oneof two pictures of the breed in the KennelClub’s collection. Bred by H. Keighley andowned by Keighley and H.H. Wilson, Dictator’sportrait was painted when the dog was justtwelve months old and at the start of a highlysuccessful career, which included the dog CC atCrufts in 1923. He was sired by Warlord Ditto, achampion on both sides of the Atlantic who hada profound influence on the breed. Dictator wasone of nine champion children he sired in theUK and there were countless others in America

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Cairn Terriers, Ch. Felshott Bryany, Ch. FelshottTaste of Honey and Felshott Honey Dancer

Wire Fox Terrier, Ch. Kemphurst Superb

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and worldwide.The Border Terrier, Ch. Themis, was bred

and owned by G. Thompson of Northumberlandand won seven CCs between 1923 – 25. She alsoheld a Master of Fox Hounds working certificate.Her mother was an unregistered bitch namedTatters, and her father was Gyp, a much soughtafter sire of the day and described as the ‘NorthTyne type of Border Terrier.’ She was the fourthBorder Terrier champion and is behind many oftoday’s well-known dogs.

Themis’s portrait was painted by ReubenWard Binks who travelled extensively and fewother artists gathered around them the societypatrons Binks did – King George V, the MaharajaDhiraj of Patiala, Mr. & Mrs. S. Hallock du Pont,Mrs. Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge and others.

Marjorie Cox was one of Britain’s mostprolific dog artists. Her initial output was chieflypet dogs for the county set but the Cairn Terrierintroduced her to the world of show dogs. Thethree Cairns featured are Ch. Felshott Bryanyand her daughters, Ch. Felshott Taste of Honeyand Felshott Honey Dancer from the famouskennel founded by Dorothy and Margaret Hallin 1925. After the war the sisters were joinedby Miss Peggy Wilson who helped rebuild thekennel and establish a quality line of their own.Bryany, an outstanding brood and dam of fourchampions, was the first champion.

Arguably the breed which has changed themost in the terrier group over the last 100 yearsis the Sealyham. Efbe’s Hidalgo at Goodspice isa very different breed to Ch. Chawston WhiskeyBach as portrayed in 1915 by E. Marion Nelson,who was proud to claim such clients as H.H.Princess Toussoun, Lady Ebery and Lady Cooke.

Whiskey Bach was the breed’s fifth championwho won an impressive fourteen CCs, includingtwo at Crufts. He was bred by Fred Lewis andowned by William Baker who bought him for£20. He was a grandson of Peer Gynt who waswhelped in 1903 and owned by Major HarryJones. Peer Gynt was the earliest great pillarof the breed and the progenitor of many of thebreed’s successful show dogs.

All the pictures featured are part of theKennel Club’s collection and can be seen byappointment at their offices in Clarges Street,Piccadilly, London. •

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Sealyham Terrier, Ch. Chawston Whiskey Bach

Welsh Terriers, Ch. Longmynd Chamberlain andCh. Longmynd Enchantress

Border Terrier, Champion Themis

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FULL METAL JACKET

GRANDGRANDCHAMPIONCHAMPION

BLYTHEWOODBLYTHEWOOD

Owners:Jim & Kristi Clark andJoan L. Huber5th Avenue, New York, New York

Owner/Handled by Breeder:Joan L. Huber

6531 Upper Ridge RoadGreen Lane, PA 18054(home) 215-234-8330

(cell) 215-859-3259

Sire: Ch. Blythewood Straight Shooter Dam: Ch. Blythewood Capital Lady

Thanks to all the Judges who haverecognized Jack’s breed type,soundness and showmanship!

““jackjack””

Thank you Group Judge Mr. Terry Stacy

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Carol Perkins also discovered early on thather Fox Terriers had to do something besides beshow dogs. She owns Ch Foxhunt MontgomeryAX AXJ CD JE TD (“Monty”) and FoxhuntFarther On AX AXJ SE RAE (“Jack”). “FoxTerriers are, by nature, very busy creatures andvery independent souls! If you have a desire fora long, productive and enjoyable partnershipwith a Fox Terrier, you would be well advisedto provide them with activities to keep thembusy and reasons to see you as the source of allthings good. I have never looked at performancetraining and competing as something my dogsdo after their show careers. My dogs all startedtheir lives as performance dogs and then if theyturn out to be show ring candidates, so muchthe better. Terriers are smart and bold. Theywill venture into just about any activity. Thechallenge is to get them to play games with youaccording to your rules.”

“Terriers need jobs because they love to beactive and involved with their owners,” saidSue Ely who owns Ch. Holly Beach Mack theKnife ME CGC (“Mack”), Ch Pinchbeck Heads-up Harry ME CD TD (“Harry”) and Ch PinchbeckRainy Night in Georgia ME (“Georgie”). “They donot, except in rare cases, have the ‘couch potato’gene. Without the focus and the discipline of ajob, they can get into some bad habits as a resultof their energy and curiosity about the worldaround them.”

Most terriers are high energy dogs that needactivities to keep them occupied. Left to devisetheir own entertainment, they get into troublewith “fun” activities that involve destructionor escape. Many terrier people have found thatearthdog competition resolves this problem.“Earthdog work looked to be the right pursuitfor me since Lakelands seem to take well toworking quarry and they go into tunnels withenthusiasm and fervor,” said Glenis Shafferwho owns Ch Hollybriar Magic Touch ME RN(“Genie.”) “Providing them with the opportunityto go to ground is like tapping into their heritage.They demonstrate a natural affinity for the workand a real zeal and enjoyment of the experience.The junior level was quick and easy for us, seniortook a bit more time because of the recall andmaster was the most fun and challenging. We’vealso tried rally which worked out for us becausethere is a lot of variety in the demands on thedog which keeps them interested and alert.Terriers tend to get bored by too much repetitionand they’ll ignore your commands even thoughthey know how to perform the exercises.”

“I have a five-year-old Norfolk male thatwas driven to hunt and I loved watching himhunt so we went on an earned the new AKCearthdog title of EE where dogs have to earna qualifying score in both senior earthdog andmaster earthdog on the same day in order to earna leg toward their EE,” said Peggy Metcalf whoowns Ch Flurries Mackinac Point ME EE and ChFluries Ivy Cottage Light ME CGC that has fourlegs toward her EE. “Busy and involved dogs aretruly happier and healthier companions. Whilemost of my dogs start with basic obedience, theirunique personalities as well as their physical andemotional status determines where they will gofrom there.”

One of the most important considerations whenchoosing the type of job a terrier is going to do is to knowthe dog’s abilities, according to Ely. “A dog that uses itsnose a lot when you are walking in the woods and fieldswill probably be a good tracker and a good earthdog. Dogswith strong prey drive make good earthdogs. A dog withgreat attention skills will be good in obedience or agilityalthough agility requires a dog that has a good athleticbuild with reach, drive and power. Obedience is the mostdifficult as you need a dog with a sturdy temperamentthat can take correction and will not wilt, one who willdo things over and over again to achieve the perfectionobedience competition requires.”

“Just because a certain title has been achieved doesn’tmean that the dog should be retired,” said Deeann Corby-Lulik who owns Ch MACH6 Connemara’s Tuff Act ToFollow MH CDX TQX2 JHV SHFur SHF RE MXF TDI CGC(“Kaleigh”), the first Airedale to earn an AKC masterhunter title. “Airedales are social dogs that love to learn,work and spend time with their owners. Put an able-bodied dog aside too soon and an Airedale just might comewith new and exciting activities that will get it in trouble.It has been my experience that keeping a dog working intoits later years keeps it mentally and physically fit longer.If you spend quality time with an Airedale, you might just

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Humvee (Ch OTCH Balgair Humvee - Let’sRoll UDX2 OM1), Lucy Berninger’s ScottishTerrier takes a jump in utility.

Monty (Ch Foxhunt Montgomery AX AXJ CD JE TD)Carol Perkins’ Fox Terrier takes a jump in agility.



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GCH. CH KOIRA GUARDIAN OF THE LONG BOW

Owned by Dr. Karl Feltman Archie is handled by Sarah Karger

Sire: Ch. Rockstar Reconsider Me Dam: Ch. Koira Fyrlyte Magic HappensSire: Ch. Rockstar Reconsider Me Dam: Ch. Koira Fyrlyte Magic Happens

Multiple Group First WinnerMultiple Group First WinnerMultiple Group PlacerMultiple Group Placer

Sincere appreciation to JudgeMrs. Janet Leslie Buchanan

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add a few more precious years to their life span.”Sometimes a terrier person’s lifestyle

determines what sort of job the terrier will do.Lucy Berninger, who owns Scottish Terrier ChOTCH Balgair Humvee Let’s Roll RE UDX2 OM1,said, “Dogs are intelligent beings so it must beterrible to have a normal energy level with nothingto do. I have always wanted our dogs to ‘have alife.’ With obedience, there is always progressionto the next title so you don’t have to get a newdog to stay in the game. But there were some ‘iffy’moments. Scotties are expected to spar in theshow ring and the very sight of another Scottiewould get Humvee on guard with his hacklesup. One time, in novice B, he was performing inthe ring right next to where the Scotties wereshowing with just the baby gates between himand them. I was holding my breath waiting to seeif he’d keep the lid on but he did and actually wonthe class.”

Shel Greb, who owns Lakeland Terrier ChCheery Creek the Outlaw Ms Wales RN SE(“Jocey”), noted that allowing a very willful 15-inch dog to decide that their job is to guard yourhome, herd your children, dispense with thecat and attack the vacuum does not make for awonderful companion to live with. “Lakelands, inparticular, see everything as their business andthey will gladly stick their nose in where it doesn’tbelong. As a result, you need to provide themwith an appropriate job. But, it is not difficult tofind an appropriate job because this breed is soversatile. I love obedience but Lakelands demandperfection and they will let you know on each andevery mistake. There are some owners who can’thandle the precision it requires to train such adog and you need to have a great deal of humilityboth in and out of the ring with a Lakeland. Theyare, however, never dull companions but you haveto have a hearty sense of humor and the abilityto laugh at yourself. You can never rest on yourlaurels. It took me one weekend to get her JEtitle. In another weekend, she had two qualifyingscores in senior. Then it took two years to get thatthird and final leg. Jocey would not recall out ofthe tunnel. She knew that coming back meant thegame was over. A fellow terrier person, awareof the problem, asked me what she loved morethan rats. I said ‘swimming.’ She said, ‘Okay,use that word’ to get her out. Okay, why not? Iyelled, ‘Jocey, hurry! Let’s go swim.’ She came outimmediately. We collected her SE title and hurriedhome to go for a swim. You have to be reallycreative to work alongside such sharp little dogs.”

Sometimes it is the attitudes of others thathave to be overcome when working with terriersin performance events. “Many people, includingsome judges, generalize and make assumptionsabout the trainability and capability of terriers,”said Perkins. “Some terrier owners also fall backon those same generalizations as reasons notto try training their terriers or excuses for whytheir terriers don’t achieve success. Increasingparticipation and successes by terriers in theperformance areas has helped change thoseattitudes and both the dogs and their owners havebeen the beneficiaries of these attitude changes.One thing I would say to terrier owners is, ‘Don’tlet your own perception of your terrier limit hispossibilities!’” •

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Peggy Metcalf andMack ( Ch FlurriesMackinac Point MEEE) do the honorat a master earth-dog test. Mack hasearned the newEndurance Earthdogtitle which requiresthe dog to earnqualifying scoresin both senior andmaster earthdog onthe same day.

Sue Ely’s Norfolk Ch Holly Beach Mack the Knife ME WC(“Mack”) says “Hold on to your fur, rats. Here I come” atthe head of the tunnel in an earthdog competition.

Ch. Hollybriar’s Magic Touch ME RN (“Genie”), GlenisShaffer’s Lakeland Terrier poses with her final ribbons forher master earthdog title.


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popular tourist destinations in Europe. Thename Prague is derived from an old Slavic root,“Praga” which means “ford”, referring to thecity’s origin at a crossing point of the VltavaRiver.

From 1948 to 1968 Prague and the countrywas under the military and political control ofthe Soviet Union. In 1967 a strong position wastaken against the regime, and the secretaryof the Communist Party, Alexander Dubcek,proclaimed a new deal in his city. It was the“Prague Spring”, which aimed at the renovationof institutions in a democratic way. The SovietUnion reacted with the invasion of Czechoslova-kia and the capital on August 21, 1968 by tanks,suppressing any attempt at work.

After the collapse of the communist govern-ment in November 1989, Alexander Dubcek waselected chairman of the Federal Assembly andwas awarded the Sakharov Peace Prize. In 1993,after the split of Czechoslovakia, Prague be-came the capital city of the new Czech Repub-lic. In the late 1990s Pragueagain became an importantcultural centre of Europe andwas notably influenced byglobalization.

There are so many thingsto say about this beautifulcountry. We have to men-tion the incredible Bohemiancrystal. Glass production inBohemia already has a tradi-tion for number of centuries.

What about the beers?The city of Ceske Budvarwas for centuries also knownby its German name, Bud-weis. Brewing is recordedin the city since the 13th century. The modernbrewery was founded in 1795 as the Bürgerli-ches Brauhaus Budweis; as such it is the oldestbrewery in the world to use the term “Budweis-er” when referring to its beer.

The Czechoslovakians gifted the world alsowith the beer of Pilsen. In 1842, a brewery inPlzen developed a golden Pilsner beer, the firstlight colored beer ever brewed. It became animmediate success, and was exported all overthe Austrian Empire. A special train of beertravelled from Plze to Vienna every morning.Exports of Czech beer reached Paris and theUnited States by 1874. Today, the most famousbeer made in Pilsen is Pilsner Urquell.

There are many famous and important Czechpersonalities to be remembered as two Nobellaureates; J.Heyrowsky, and J.Seifert. Com-posers; Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana,Martina Navratilova, and Ivan Lendl tennisplayers, Emil Zatopek, the 1948 Olympian un-precedented holder of the triple crown; 5.000,10.000, and de Marathon winner. Vaclav Havela playwright, essayist, dissident and politician.He was the tenth and last President of Czecho-slovakia (1989–92) and the first President of theCzech Republic (1993–2003). He has written

over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, trans-lated internationally. Franz Kafka, famous Jewish writer ofMetamorphosis. Milan Kundera, a great writer best knownas the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Thewell known film director Milos Foreman, and Andrew War-hola, known by the public as Andy Warhol (Everyone will befamous for 15 minutes), his parents were working-class emi-grants from Czechoslovakia, and hundreds of others.

The Slovak literary language as it is known today was notestablished until the nineteenth century, although Slovak inits different dialects had been spoken for many centuries.At various times, Latin (the official language of Hungary fora time), Hungarian, and Czech had been used as the liter-ary language of the Slovaks. As with Czech, it was the mid-nineteenth century surge of nationalism that finally saw thewidespread adoption of what is today’s literary language,based on the central dialects.

There are five native Czech dog breeds; the BohemianShepherd, the Cesky Fousek, the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog,the Prazsky Krysarik, and the Cesky Terrier.

The Cesky (chess-key) Terrier, also known as the Bohe-mian or Czech Terrier, was developed by Czech geneticistFrantisek Horak in 1948. He worked crossing a Sealyham Ter-rier and a Scottish Terrier to create a terrier suitable for hunt-

ing in the forests of Bohemia. Althoughnot a trained scientist, Horák worked formany years at the Czechoslovak Acad-emy of Science, and he used the knowl-edge gained there in his dog breeding.František Horák died in 1997.

The Cesky Terrier was recognized forinternational competition by the Fédéra-tion Cynologique Internationale in 1963as breed number 246 in Group 3, Terriers.The breed is now recognized by almostall of the major kennel clubs. The CeskyTerrier is one of the six most rare dogbreeds worldwide.

The Cesky Terrier is short-legged andmoderately long-bodied, resembling theSealyham Terrier and the Scottish Terrier.

This Terrier has a long head, bushy beard, mustache, andeyebrows. The body is solid, but not heavy. The wavy, silkycoat usually comes in various shades of gray-blue with tan,gray, white, or yellow furnishings or light coffee, though pup-pies are born black. The coat lightens between birth and twoyears of age.

The Cesky Terrier’s eyes are brown in gray-blue dogs andyellow in brown dogs. The noses and lips of blue-gray dogsare black; for brown dogs it is liver. The ears are triangular,folding forward close to the head. The head is long, but nottoo wide, with a well-defined stop.

The breed standard calls for a calm dog, and aggressionis a disqualifying fault. Cesky Terriers are reputed to be lessactive and quieter than other terriers.

The coat of the Cesky Terrier is not stripped as in otherterriers, but rather is clipped. The body and tail are clipped,and the furnishings under the body are left long, as is thehair on the lower legs and on the face (eyebrows, beard, andmoustache.) The longer hair should be brushed daily.

This is a lovely and intelligent breed. Popular in its coun-try, and still rare abroad.

The FCI standard dictates that this breed should be 27 to35 cm (10.5 to 13.5 in.) at the withers and weigh between 6 &9 kg. (13 to 20 lbs.)

Our readers can find the complete standard at the FCI’ssite, http://www.cezski-terreir-club.co.uk, and the AmericanCesky Terrier Fanciers Association. •

RAREBREEDSOF THEWO

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Lovingly Bred & Owned ByArlene Pietrocola

Superbly Presented ByBrian Still

BACK-TO-BACK GROUP FIRSTSCarroll County Kennel Club - September 11 & 12, 2010

Our Sincere AppreciationToThe JudgesMrs. Paula Hartinger &Mr. Joseph Gregory

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of shows and each day had its own identity.Off-hand I cannot think of any other four-dayweekend that is able to accomplish this. I amnot sure it is necessary, but it is a nice touch toknow which show is which club.

It was a major break a few years ago forSBKC when Simi Valley decided to have asummer show with us. Today the handlers andexhibitors want a three or four-day weekend.Nearly all clubs depend on a certain entry justto be able to get to the break even point. SBKCis an example in that it always tries to be aclass act, but no money is squandered and it ishard to make the break even point.

In days gone by, with clubs likeInternational, Morris & Essex and SantaBarbara, finances were given little considerationwhen putting on the show. International hadthe wealth of Mrs. Groverman Ellis; Morris &Essex was financed by the legendary GeraldineRockefeller Dodge. In the 40’s it cost Mrs.Dodge a quarter of a million dollars to stage ashow we will never see the likes of again. Inmodern times Lou Auslander has been able tosecure tremendous support from Purina in orderto uphold the standards set by Mrs. Ellis. Weall owe Lou and Purina a great deal of thanksfor keeping the tradition ongoing. When M &E was resurrected fifteen years ago there wasnobody around like Mrs. Dodge to finance thisclassic model of a dog show. Wayne Fergusonand a very enterprising committee came upwith the private resources to be able to do itagain. Fortunately we have people in the sportthat are willing and are able to help finance thiswonderful show again. After the demise of Ann

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Stevenson, SBKC went into a spiraling down turnand it became doubtful if the club would survive.Because of the very clever thinking of Abbe Shaw,the President, and several other club members,survive it did. Abbe and her husband have aveterinary clinic in town and know many animallovers. It was very ingenious on their part to reachout to some of the locals to be patrons of the show.Most of these people are not show people but lovedogs and want the community to be able to hold adog show. One of our very elderly patrons is a ladywhose father was a founding member of SBKC – 90years ago. Without these local Patrons the clubwould not have survived.

Like a lot of shows in this country, the backingof major dog food companies has had a bigreversal. Pedigree, since their main goal nowrevolves around rescue dogs, supports very fewshows anymore. This has been a major blow toa lot of clubs. SBKC for a short time had a smallfinancial support from Eukanuba, but with achange in personnel this also was withdrawn. Weare all lucky that Purina ProPlan has taken theirmarketing in the direction that reaches out tobreeders and because of this thinking has becomemore involved with sponsoring shows.

This was the second year in arow that the Santa Barbaraweekend had to be held withcompeting shows in NorthernCalifornia. There are only somany exhibitors in the entirestate so it becomes very difficultto draw large entries when

there are shows both up North and down South.It does make it rough for the competing shows todraw large entries in either direction. Fortunatelyfor the Santa Barbara weekend in 2009 the entryincreased by nearly 200 and this year it increasednearly another 200 and we have the venue tocontinue to increase in the near future.

Matt Stander, in the September 3rd issue ofDog News, gave a very accurate account of theweekend. This accounted for the improvements

and also the areas that still need a bit oftweaking. Matthew pointed out that in orderfor clubs to keep the traditions of the past, theyneed to make changes from the past. Lou andInternational certainly are the perfect example.Because of the innovative ideas on the part ofLou, International has been able to regain itsstature in the sport. International has beena model for SBKC in that the club realized inorder to keep certain traditions alive, changeshad to be made. Over the 2008 weekend it wasdecided for 2009 we would stage a Breeder’sShowcase. For the entire year several peoplediscussed and discussed the mechanics of howit would be implemented. Being that it was anew concept nobody had an idea what the entrywould be until entries closed. The entry wasmuch, much larger than expected and everybodywas happy, until panic set in.

In 2008 when the decision was made

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of shows held in the immediate area incompetition with the shows --while otherssay it is a combination of all the above.Whatever the reasons I believe one partof it is the history of bad weather thathas jinxed certainly the fall weekend ifnot the spring one as well. And this beingthe case, one wonders whether the clubsinsure against the elements as a basicpart of their budgets. I would hope sobut for some reason sort of doubt this isdone by all of the clubs involved. Why notI must ask--certainly over the years thissort of protection seems a necessity.

And on this subject of showcancellations comes the ever presentquestion which raises all sorts of redflags. Should not exhibitors be protectedand get a portion of their entry fee backand should judges be paid fees plus theirexpenses? Let’s take the first premise--no individual nor club should expectto lose anything as a result of a showbeing cancelled due to the elements.All expenses must be paid by the club--these include judges’ expenses, tenting,cataloguing, supers’ expenses and thelike. But do judges’ fees fall into thearea of reimbursement if the judge doesnot adjudicate? I think not, much tothe dismay of many judges, who arguewith me that they lose a day’s workwhen a show is cancelled. Excuse mebut I thought this was a hobby andthe fee a signal of the judge and theclub’s estimation the worth of a day ofadjudication. If you do not adjudicatewhy should you get paid anything morethan your expenses? I never realizedthat judging was a form of guaranteedemployment for the individual.

And while on that subject why isthe exhibitor the one person overlookedconstantly in these instances? Thereshould be some provision, some way toinsure, some way to reimburse a portion--not all of the entry fee--to the exhibitor. Ifthe judge gets paid everything contractedfor, if the super gets paid everythingincluding its profit margin built into theentry fee, then why can’t someone devisea method of seeing to it that some moniesare laid aside to reimburse in part thepeople without whom a show could notbe held--the exhibitor? Is that too muchto ask--I think not. •


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Clint and Karen Livingston1981 East 141 Avenue

Brighton, Colorado 80602210 865 8415 - Clint

210 865 2348 - Karen

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ERIN NESBITT

Old WestOld West

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PROFESSIONAL HANDLERPROFESSIONAL HANDLERALL BREEDSALL BREEDS

Jessy & Roxanne SuttonProfessional Dog Handlers

Specializing in Terriers and Working DogsJessy

[email protected]: 215-778-1253

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9691 Flinn Springs RoadEl Cajon, CA 92021

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Robert A. FisherKaki Fisher

Professional Dog HandlersFrakari Kennels

194 Quivey Hill Road/P.O. Box 204Middle Granville, NY 12849

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Sue Capone

1637 Moon Rock RdFallbrook, CA 92029

ock RdA 92029 Office:

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TTiffanyiffany SSaxonaxonAll Breed Dog Handler

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LINDA CLARK

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Diana WilsonShow Dogs Beautifully Presented

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[email protected] • www.geocities.com/djwoof

DebbieGoldsteinProfessional Handler& Groomer2418 Grandview DriveSparta, N.C. 28675336 372-2039

*Fees feed rescued horses*

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Rottweilers and Toy ManchestersPuppies occasionally and stud service

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FOLEY BOYS CRATE MENFloor Management

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