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The Forest Hound June 2014 Volume 3, Issue 2

Inside this issue:

Editor’s Corner 2

President’s List 2

Spokane Kennel Club—Meet the Breed

2

Entrants 3

Catalog of Entries and Placements

4

Our Winners 5

Parade of Lure Coursing Titled Dogs

6

Dogs on the Move 7

Summary of Minutes 8

A Very Short History of Dog Shows Two million dogs compete in more than 1,100 sanctioned dog shows today. Shows first appeared on the scene in England during the Victorian era - hence the practice pf the handler looking, hopefully as good as his dog. The first dog show ever held appears to have happened on June 28, 1859 when a group of hunters gathered in the town of Newcastle and picked over 60 dogs from just 2 classes: pointers and setters. Winners were given guns in lieu of trophies. A second show was held in November of that year and was expanded by a full one-third: spaniels were added. A year later, with hounds added. The National Dog Show Birmingham was held and survives to this day. In those early days, there weren't really standards for the breeds. The real measure of the dog was how well he performed his particular job. Things began to formalize in 1874, with the publication of the first Kennel club stud book, which included a code of rules on how a show should be conducted, along with a calendar of events that listed a full year's worth of shows. In the United States, we owe it all to Mr. P.H. Bryson, a furniture dealer from Memphis, TN. An injured veteran of the Civil War, he was advised by his doctor D.D. Saunders to take up hunting. Which he did, accompanied by a bird dog. Bryson and his brother would move on to setters (from a "bob tailed pointer", by importing top specimens from

England. Hunting and breeding weren't enough for Mr. Bryson, so he began a campaign to get the sport of dog showing off the ground, and finally put together a show, with his brother. The Illinois State Sportsmen Association held the first show ever, in Chicago on June 4, 1874. Just 21 dogs were entered, all setters and pointers. The Bryson brothers were 4th in the dog show history chronology but theirs was the first to have a Best in Show. America's oldest surviving show is, of course, the most famous. Westminster - because the idea was born at the bar of the Westminster Hotel and was first held in 1877.They were all bench shows at that time. The American Kennel Club was formed in 1884 in Philadelphia as 12 distinct clubs created a "club of clubs" to rule them all. A month later they met again in New York city, wrote a constitution, bylaws and formally adopted a studbook that set breed standards. By 1909 the AKC had created the 15 point championship rules. By 1920 they were officially sanctioning shows. In 1924 the two original groups (sporting and non-sporting) were expanded to five - Sporting (including hounds) terrier, toy non-sporting and working (which included herding) That year, 154 conformation shows were held, up from 11 in 1884, the year the AK was founded. And we have been off and running ever since! Table display for the

Norrbottenspets at Spokane

Kennel Club.

Photo by Nancy Sanchez

Spokane Kennel Club - Meet the Breed

President’s Letter

“Share with us

what you are

doing with your

Norrbottenspets

so we can add

your name to our

list of ANA stars!”

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Many thanks are extended to our members who have volunteered their time, talents, and expenses into getting the breed they love out there into the public eye, be it an organized education, conformation, companion, performance, or therapy event, or simply taking their Norrbottenspets along on family activities where they are an ambassador of their breed. We love you!

Members that have “strutted their stuff” with Norrbottenspets in 2014 and deserve recognition for their contributions to public education and awareness are:

• James & Alice Calloway

• Jane Dunlap

• Bonnie Fleming

• Peter & JoAnn Klager

• William & Christine Lund

• Beth A Read

• Nancy Sanchez

• Marie Sipes

• Darlene Sweet-Gugel

As well as our dedicated board, of course ☺

Share with us what you are doing with your Norrbottenspets so we can add your name to our list of ANA stars!

Dr. Tomme Trikosko, President

After surviving our “newbie” status at

last year’s show, our little Norrbotten

group agreed to participate once

more at a Meet the Breed. We

promoted our dogs: Runar (Runie)

age 4, Mooney age 12, and Broddi

age 18 months, as the Little Forest

Hunting Hounds. We had them

groomed so that they barely shed for

the day, and asked everyone who

passed our area if they would care to

meet our dogs. The dogs were real

troopers and competed to be the

center of attention. We were in a

10x10 area sandwiched between two

20x10 areas representing the Irish

Setters and the Great Danes. Our

dogs were not phased by their size

and gladly met and greeted them.

Our thanks to Nancy Sanchez

(Mooney) along with Jim and Alice

Calloway (Broddi) for being there as

part of the who. Best of all, we won

$75 for ANA. We won third place for

our hunting scene decorations.

Pete, JoAnn, and Runie Klager

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Editor’s Corner We had lots of fun at our specialty. Smaller attendance than in the past, but we tried to make up for the smaller number of people and dogs by having more laughs! Our lead article this time is a short history of dog shows. Just to keep

the theme going. As usual, words of wisdom from our very own Dr. Tomme. We could use an article or two on fall ideas for the September issue. Comments anyone? Sure hope to hear from you.

Jim and Alice Calloway, JoAnn

Klager, Mooney, Runie, and Broddi

relaxing in their Meet the Breed

Booth in Spokane.

Photo provided by JoAnn Klager

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Entrants

The Girls: Left: Yaya

Upper Left: Missy Above: K.U.

Photos by Barbara Mayfield

The Boys: Top Row: Loki, Simon

Left: Finn Right: Finley

Photos by Barbara

Mayfield

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Catalog of Entries and Placements

12 to 18 Month Dogs

1st 5 “Finley” Koivunevan Irish Coffee. Mar-19-2013. Pepsi – Koivunevan Cosmopolitan.

Breeder: Mika Karjalainen, Milla Maki. Owner: Susan Lundebjerg

American Bred Dogs

1st 7 “Loki” Vikingheaven Lokison of Sjelle. Mar-14-2011. Chic Choix Ehtaa Kultaa (CKC CH) -Joutsenvaaran Jancy Jon’Nae. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owner: Susan Lundbjerg.

Open Dogs

1st 11 “Simon” Koivunevan American Idol (UKC CH; AKC SC). Jun-10-2009. Pohjanukon Salama-Joutsenvaaran Excellent (FIN EE LV RO SK CH). Breeder: Mika Karjalainen, Milla Maki. Owners: Tomme Trikosko, Sue Vareberg.

2nd 9 “Finn” Vikingheaven Thorfinn. Nov-7-2011. Manjusha's Yngvi Freyr (CKC CH) - Spidsbjornens Tiina. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owners: Sue Vareberg, Jacqueline Vareberg.

Bred by Exhibitor Bitches

1st 6 “Missy” Vikingheaven's Mistletoe Kis. Dec-6-2012. Manjusha's Yngvi Freyr (CKC CH) - Spidsbjornens Danish Sweet Kis Kita(CKC CH). Breeders: Sue Vareberg, Jacqueline Vareberg. Owners: Sue Vareberg, Jacqueline Vareberg.

American Bred Bitches

1st 8 “K.U.” Vikingheaven Metsa-Keiju. (UKC CH) Nov-1-2011. Manjusha’s Yngvi Freyr (CKC CH) - Koivunevan American Dream. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owner: Tomme Trikosko.

Open Bitches

1st 10 “YaYa” Manjusha’s Yalena Vikingheaven (UKC CH; CKC CH; AKC SC). Mar-29-2010. Chic Choix Ehtaa Kultaa(CKC CH) - Joutsenvaaran Karina (CKC CH). Breeder: Tammy Ivanco, Rayan J Horswill Tees. Owners: Tomme Trikosko, Sue Vareberg.

Parade of Lure Coursing Titled Norrbottenspets

8 “K.U.” Vikingheaven Metsa-Keiju. (UKC CH) Nov-1-2011. Manjusha’s Yngvi Freyr (CKC CH) - Koivunevan American Dream. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owner: Tomme Trikosko.

7 “Loki” Vikingheaven Lokison of Sjelle. Mar-14-2011. Chic Choix Ehtaa Kultaa (CKC CH) -Joutsenvaaran Jancy Jon’Nae. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owner: Susan Lundbjerg.

13 “Ragnar” Ragnar (AKC SC). June-25-2005. Viking Heaven’s Georg-Valhallasun Solveig. Breeder: Linda Erickson. Owners: Jacqueline Vareberg, Sue Vareberg

11 “Simon” Koivunevan American Idol (UKC CH; AKC SC). Jun-10-2009. Pohjanukon Salama-Joutsenvaaran Excellent (FIN EE LV RO SK CH). Breeder: Mika Karjalainen, Milla Maki. Owners: Tomme Trikosko, Sue Vareberg.

10 “YaYa” Manjusha’s Yalena Vikingheaven (UKC CH; CKC CH; AKC SC). Mar-29-2010. Chic Choix Ehtaa Kultaa(CKC CH) - Joutsenvaaran Karina (CKC CH). Breeder: Tammy Ivanco, Rayan J Horswill Tees. Owners: Tomme Trikosko, Sue Vareberg.

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Best of Breed: Simon

Best of Opposite Sex: K.U.

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Our Winners

K.U. (left) won Best of Opposite Sex

Simon (right) won Best of

Breed

Photo by Barbara Mayfield

Judge’s short list. From left to right: K.U., Simon, Finley.

Photo by Barbara Mayfield

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Parade of Lure

Coursing Titled

Dogs

Left: Ragnar, Keiju. Lower left:

Loki.

Below: Yaya, Simon.


Below from left to right: Yaya,

Ragnar, Simon, Loki, Keiju


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Dogs on the Move A big congratulations goes out to

Karen Anderson-Gillis and Freyja!

Freyja has taken, and passed, her

Canine Good Citizen test. She has

also earned the Rally Novice title in

Rally. As if training Freyja for Rally

wasn’t hard enough, Karen

uses commands in Swedish!

Congratulations Karen and Freyja.

Keep up the hard work!

A special congratulations also goes

out to Vikingheaven Metsa Keiju

“Keiju” who won Best in

Miscellaneous on June 14 & 15,

2014 at the Cascade Hound

Specialty. Way to go Keiju and

Tomme!

Don’t forget to keep us updated on

titles that you and your

Norrbottenspets have earned. We’ll

be announcing them during the

quarterly newsletter and sharing

them on the ANA website.

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Freya sporting her Rally collar

and leash.

Photo by Karen Anderson-Gillis

There is always time to relax

and have fun with friends.


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Summary of Minutes

March 20, 2014 Minutes

Report of Committees:

Education Committee:

Tomme Trikosko, Susan Lundebjerg, and Darlene Sweet-Gugel attended the Seattle Kennel Club Meet the Breed. They were approached by a kennel club to do a presentation on Norrbottenspets. Tomme is waiting for email correspondence from the club.

Election of New Members:

Darlene Sweet-Gugel and Beth Read’s applications have been approved unanimously.

Unfinished Business:

Specialty/B Match:

AKC has contacted Bonnie Fleming, Show Secretary, for slight changes in the Match application. Tomme will email AKC to verify approval of the Match. Bonnie Fleming has ordered a dog toy for each of the entrants. Susan Lundebjerg is providing a trophy for the Best of Breed. Tomme will make a rough draft of the premium list.

Hunting:

Angela Cavill recommended that the ANA use the video of Finnish Spitz hunting with audio in English to illustrate the Norrbottenspets hunting style.

April 17, 2014 Minutes

Newsletter Committee:

The newsletter committee is starting to plan for the June issue of the newsletter. Publication of the newsletter will wait until after the Specialty so that pictures can be included.


Arleen Fujimoto has sent in a membership application. The application has been read and will be voted upon during the April board meeting.


Specialty/B Match:

The Cascade Hound Association included an announcement for ANA in their premium list. ANA will produce our own premium list.

May 15, 2014 Minutes

Report of Committees:

Education Committee:

The ANA members who attended the Spokane Kennel Club Meet the Breed set up a hunting scene with a camouflage tarp, hunting vests, and stuffed animals. The breed presentation at the Cascade Hound Association has been scheduled for 2:00p.m. on June 14, 2014.


Arleen Fujimoto’s application has been approved unanimously. Jim and Alice Calloway have sent in a membership application. The application has been read and will be voted upon during the June board meeting.


Specialty/B Match:

Jacqueline moved, and Susan seconded, that the entry fees be $10 for first entry and $7 for additional entry of same dog. Motion carried unanimously.

Ribbons will need to be ordered to replace any that have already been used.

Donations for trophies and prizes are as follows: Susan Lundebjerg of Sjelle is donating a glass item for Best in Specialty and Best Opposite Sex. Sue Vareberg and Jacqueline Vareberg of Vikingheaven are donating Hurtta items for each class winner. Bonnie Fleming of Firerock Ibizans is donating a toy for each entrant.

The judge’s gift needs to be purchased by the Board.

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