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The GreyGhost

Official Publication of the Weimaraner Association of Canada

August 2003/September 2003

#1 Weimaraner (Conformation) 2002 Bis/Bpis Ch. Sveorice Iron Man Gunner CD

“Sage”

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Table of Contents From The President .................................................................................. 3 Advertising................................................................................................ 3 Longhaired Weimaraners – an update ....................................................... 4

WAC 2003 Nationals Report................................................................. 5 2004 WAC National Specialty ............................................................. 11 Future WAC Specialties....................................................................... 11

Dogs with Jobs........................................................................................ 12 Brags....................................................................................................... 12 Comic Relief ........................................................................................... 12 Rescue..................................................................................................... 13

Rescue Contacts: ................................................................................. 13 Field........................................................................................................ 13 Agility...................................................................................................... 14 Obedience............................................................................................... 14 Conformation ......................................................................................... 15 The Versatile Weimaraner....................................................................... 15 The Wondering Weim (New Products)................................................... 16

From the Net ................... 17 Membership Applications ....................................................................... 18 Membership Address Changes ................................................................ 19 Newsletter Information........................................................................... 19

E- Newsletter...................................................................................... 19 Next Deadline is October 15, 2003 ..................................................... 19

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THE WAC HOMEPAGE!!!! Note that membership applications and the WAC constitution can be printed from this site.

From The President The 2003 National Specialty is now over and the results are published elsewhere in this newsletter. The show committee, in what was their first crack at it, did a great job in putting together a first rate specialty with lots of prizes and fun for everyone. This year's national specialty saw the first presentation of special plaques donated by the Association to honour two families who were instrumental in the formation and operation of the club many years ago when Weimaraners were not the popular and numerous breed they are today. The Arokat Trophy will be awarded to the Best Dog in Specialty in honour of John and Diane Archibald and their top-winning and producing dog, Am. & Can. Ch. Arokat's Legionnaire ("Walter"). The Roschel Trophy will be awarded for Best Bitch in Specialty and honours Mike and Rosemary Shoreman and their beautiful multiple Best-In-Show winning bitch, Am. & Can. Ch. Roschel's Fashion Impact ("Imp").

Thank you, Mike and Rose, John and Diane, for your years of hard work in getting this club going and keeping it going when it sometimes seemed like there were few others willing to step up to the plate and relieve you. I would like you to know we are very grateful for your vision and perseverance. Barb Williams

Advertising • Full page photo ads at $20.00 a page (2 photos)

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• ½ page photo ads at $10.00 a page (1 photo)

Longhaired Weimaraners – an update Shortly, the regular Canadian members of the WAC will be receiving a voting package on proposed changes to the CKC breed standard. A few years ago educational information was printed in the newsletter about longhaired Weims. It included a 4 part series by Jacki Isabell, originally published in the Weimaraner Club of America’s magazine. Also inluced were reviews of standards of both Canada and the FCI. Comments from members on the idea changing the standard to include the longhairs were invited and published as well as clarification of some of the points brought up in the comments. Since then, a proposed revision to the standard has been presented to the WAC directors who will now present it to the general WAC membership for voting. A majority vote of 66% by Regular Canadian members is required before the Directors can present the revision to the CKC for their approval. It would then be published for voting by the general CKC membership. Since it has been awhile since the educational material and comments have been published everyone should take the opportunity to review the material again before making a voting decision. The entire group of articles and comments have been consolidated into one document. I’d be happy to email or snail mail the document to anyone who wishes to review it. I can be reached at: 250-560-5519 or greyghostweims@hotmail.com A recent CKC rule change means that only Canadian members can vote on Canadian standard changes. Denise McLean The Following was received from Elio Furlan of the Canadian Kennel Club when we asked if the longhair variety and shorthair variety would compete against each other in the classes. The club must provide classes for each variety as each will compete for BOB in its variety, using Dachshunds as an example if all specimens from all varieties were entered there would be a BOB for each variety and the BOB winners would go into the group judging. I trust this answers your question. Sincerely, Elio Furlan

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WAC 2003 Nationals Report This year’s Alberta Kennel Club show weekend of August 1-4th turned out to be extremely warm (26+degrees) compared to 2002’s rain & snow, which definitely made for happy spectators and exhibitors. 54 dogs were entered for the Specialty on Saturday BUT we had over 30 Weims entered in the other shows that weekend. All the judges from the weekend commented on what a nice display of Weimaraners! On Friday, August 1st the judge was Edd Biven and the following is his judging results of the 27 Weims present: Best of Breed & Group 4th: CH. Ansons Mr Millenium CD (Ch. Valmars Unanimous Decision x Ch. Rudolphs Anson Summer Symphony) b/Jan Lowe o/ Patricia Dehart & Jan Lowe Best of Opposite: CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours NA (Ch. Nani's Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC x Ch. Champagne Agassiz Desnabels, FDJ NSD NRD CGC b/ Shelly Shorrock & Mary S. Furth o/ Shelly Shorrock Best of Winners/Winners Male: Regens’s Rip Roaring Good T imes (NAFTCh. Northern Lights This Budsforu1x AFTCh. Regan's Summer Blaze, UD,TDX,SH) b/ Judith Voris & Shirley Nilsson o/ Noel SABOURET Winners Female: Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis Ch. Valmar's Unanimous Decision x Ch . Zeitgeist's Zoetrope V Morrmu) b/Sarah Stulken o/Fiona & Greg Moore & Sarah Stulken Best Puppy: Koping’s Horse Whisperer (Ch. Nani's Smart Aleck x Ch. Koping's Tale Of Good Deeds) b/Patricia Kopec o/Jan Foore & Dave Riley & Patricia Kopec On Saturday morning, August 2nd the judge was Carol Esterkin and following is her judging results of the 29 Weims present: Best of Breed & Group 4th CH. Silverseas’s Northern Lights (Ch. Valmars Apache Rebel x Ch. Nike's Lady Of The Lake) b/o Tereen Zimmerman Best of Opposite CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours (given) Best of Winners/Winners Dog/Best Puppy Koping’s Horse Whisperer (given) Winners Bitch :

Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment Breeder: Chris Grisell & Dana Massy, (Ch. Seabreeze Colsidex Good Timing x Ch. Nani's Shutterbug) b/Chris Grisell & Dana Massey o/Norma Jeanne Pohl & Denise Gordeyko Following the morning show, the National Host Committee invited all the exhibitors to the hospitality tent for pastries, muffins, fruit, water & juices. At this time, exhibitors also received ‘goody bags’ which had treats for dogs along with other goodies. As some exhibitors and dogs took a break before the National Specialty show that started at noon, other exhibitors were going into the obedience ring. We had 9 Weimaraners entered in obedience classes ranging from Novice A to Utility. Exhibitors & spectators alike commented on the nice display of working Weims. Unfortunately, the heat (& excitement of the weekend) took its toll on some of the Weims and a few were seen ‘gawking at the crowd’ during their off leash and other ‘more experienced’ boys were found lying down on the return from the out of site stays.

The qualifying scores for obedience were: High in Trial Weimaraner Ch. Gramayre’s Spice Up The Hardrock NA (Ch. Nani's Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC x Ch. Gramayre's Ice Sculpture NRD) b/Shelly Shorrock & Troy Pongracz o/ S. Shorrock & T. Pongracz & D. & J. LeVangie

HIT Obedience

Ch. Gramayre Spice up the Hardrock NA Novice A 2nd in Class: CH. Minalt Live Wire (Ch Picalex Aisling A'lainn x Ch. Minalt Silver Star) b/Kim Parish o/Christy Spratlin

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The excitement of the day was building around noon as the host committee started decorating the ring with prizes and ribbons…The Specialty show began at 1pm with Juvenile and Veterans Sweepstakes. The judge was James Knudsen. JUVENILE SWEEPSTAKES 9-12 months Male 1. Koping’s Horse Whisperer (given) 2. Koping’s Bossa (Ch. Nani's Smart Aleck x Ch. Koping's Tale Of Good Deeds) b/ Patricia Kopec o/Leslie Nesbitt & Chris Lof & P. Kopec 3. Gramayre’s Hunt For Red Oct (Ch. Nani's Smart Aleck, JH x Ch. Gramayre's Water Colours NA) b/o/Shelly Shorrock 12-18 months Male 1. Regens’s Rip Roaring Good Times (given) 6-9 months Female 1. Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment (given) 9-12 months Female 1. Koping’s Wild At (Ch. Nani's Smart Aleck x Ch. Koping's Tale Of Good Deeds) b/Patricia Kopec o/Terri & Mike Hall & P. Kopec 2. Minalt Porsche (Ch. Larkol's Rumba With Gust O x Ch. Minalt Fewston Dam) b/Kim Parish o/Alison Gunn & K. Parish, Michel LeClerc 3. Koping’s Sense And Sensibility (same as #1) o/Roy Roth & P. Kopec 4. Gramayre Hrdrck Cot Red Handed (Ch. Nani's Smart Aleck, JH x Ch. Gramayre's Water Colours NA) b/o/Shelly Shorrock 12-18 months Female 1. Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis (given) Best In Sweepstakes: Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis (given) Best of Opposite In Sweepstakes:

Koping’s Horse Whisperer (given)

VETERAN SWEEPSTAKES 7-9 years male 1. CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI (Ch. Daroca's Outrageous Kid JH x Ellie Von Phunt) b/Janice & Robert Hanson o/Patricia Kopec 7-9 years Female 1. CH. Daroca’s Tale To Tell CD FDJ AGN (Ch. Daroca's Outrageous Kid JH x Ch. Daroca's Sterling Silver) b/Constance Welch o/Patricia Kopec 9 years & older Female 1. CH. Arokat’s Echobar Take Me Dancing (Arokat's Ascrof Green Hornet x Ch. Arokat's Tutu Tango) b/ Barbara Heuman, John & Dianne Archibald o/Jan McKim-Lowe Best Veteran in Sweepstakes: CH. Arokat’s Echobar Take Me Dancing Best of Opposite Veteran in Sweepstakes: CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI

Best In Sweepstakes

Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis

Best of Opposite in Sweepstakes

Koping’s Horse Whisperer

Best Veteran In Sweepstakes/

Best Veteran Female in Specialty Ch. Arokats Echobar Take Me Dancing

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Best of Opposite Veteran in Sweepstakes CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI

At 2:15pm, Robert Stein began the judging of the 2003 WAC National Specialty and the following are his judging results: Regular Classes Puppy, Dogs (9-12 months) 1. Koping’s Bossa Nova (given) 2. Gramayre’s Hunt For Red Oct (given) Bred by Exhibitor, Dogs 1. Koping’s Horse Whisperer (given) Open, Dogs 1. Regen’s Rip Roaring Good Times (given) Veteran, Dogs (7-9 years) 1. CH. Nani’s Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC (Ch. Baht n' Greywind Playn' The Game x Ch. Nani's Perfect Cadence, CD,JH) b/Christine Medeiros-Grisell & Kari Chaney o/Troy Pongracz 2. CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI (given)

Winners Dog

Regen’s Rip Roaring Good Times

Reserve Winners Dog Koping’s Bossa Nova

Puppy, Bitches (6-9 months) 1. Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment (given) Puppy, Bitches (9-12 months)

1. Gramayre Hrdrck Cot Red Handed (given) 2. Minalt Porsche (given) 3. Koping’s Sense and Sensibility (given) Juvenile, Bitches (12-18 months) 1. Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis (given) 2. Reichof’s Ruby Breccia V Cairo (Ch. Reichof's Bada Bing Bado Boom x Turian's Silver Maiden) b/Tamara Robins o/Paul & Charissa Schroeder & T. Robins Bred by Exhibitor, Bitches 1 . Ansons Quicksilver (Ch. Echoar Arokats Ashcrof Touche x Ch. Rudolphs Anson Summer Symphony) b/Jan Lowe o/Jan & Roger Lowe 2. Koping’s Wild At Heart (given) Open, Bitches 1 . Minalts Carmannah Rainforest CD (Ch. Bartland Gustav Von Valmar x Ch. Picalex Baroness Of Minalt ) b/Kim Parish o/Alison Gunn & K. Parish 2. Reichof’s Emerald Mist V Danube (Ch. Badabing Badaboom x Turian's Silver Maiden) b/Tamara Robins o/Stacey Brown, Mark Gillespie & T. Robins Veteran, Bitches (7-9 years) 1. CH. Daroca’s Tale To Tell CD FDJ AGN (given) Veteran, Bitches (9 years & older) 1. CH. Arokat’s Echobar Take Me Dancing (given) Winners Bitch Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment

Reserve Winners Bitch

Ansons Quicksilver

After judging the classes and picking Winners Male & Female the crowd got excited as the13 male and 10 female Specials entered the ring. After looking at the whole group, Judge Stein then separated the males from the females for a more detailed look. A round of applause was given to this lovely display of Weimaraners.

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Upon reviewing the 13 males, Judge Stein narrowed the field to the following 3 males (there was also a 4th dog but the armband was not noted in the paperwork--sorry): CH. Anson’s Mr Millenium CD (given) CH. Valmar’s Unanimous Decision (Ch. Valmar's Apache Rebel x Ch. Valmar's Night N Gale) b/Joan Valdez o/Gregory J. McLogan CH. Bartland’s Inferno Of Dante (Ch. Orion's Jaeger V Reiteralm, CD,TD,MH x Ch. Bartland's Pic-A-Star) b/Margaret Lehmann & Cynthia Picha o/Art & Margaret Lehmann The 9 female Specials were brought back into the ring for review and then Judge Stein narrowed this group down to the following 4 females: CH. Gramayre’s In Living Colour (Ch. Ashmore's Win Weim Royal Flush JH x Ch. Gramayre's Water Colours NA) b/Shelly Shorrock o/Barbara Williams & S. Shorrock CH. Nani’s Leith Future Impact (Ch. Asmore’s WinWeim Royal Flush JH x Ch. Nani’s Glitter Bug JH) b/Chris Grisell & Shelley Proudfit o/Norma Jeanne Pohl & Denise CH. Juscani’s Mater Ad Colsidex (Ch. Colsidex The Farm Top Of The Mark MTS x Ch. Juscanis) b/Jose Santoro Paulo, Jr. o/Vera Lucia Kathleen P. Schwab Oliviera CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ (Ch. Gramayre's Slush Puppy NRD x Ch. Daroca's Tale To Tell, CD FDJ) b/o/Patricia Kopec This remaining group of Weims received a large round of applause as they moved around the ring and then Judge Stein made his final selection. Here are the results: Best of Breed CH. Anson’s Mr Millenium CD Best of Opposite CH. Gramayre’s In Living Colour Best of Winners/Best Puppy Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment Judges Award of Merit CH. Bartland’s Inferno Of Dante CH. Juscani’s Mater Ad Colsidex Best Veteran Dog CH. Nani’s Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC Best Veteran Bitch CH. Arokat’s Echobar Take Me Dancing

Best of Breed

CH. Anson’s Mr Millenium CD

Best of Opposite

CH. Gramayre’s In Living Colour

Best of Winners/Best Puppy Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment

Judges Award of Merit

CH. Bartland’s Inferno Of Dante

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Judges Award of Merit

CH. Juscani’s Mater Ad Colsidex

Best Veteran Dog

CH. Nani’s Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC Sire & Get 1. CH. Valmar’s Unanimous Decision • CH. Ansons Mr. Millenium CD) • Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis (given) 2. CH. Nani’s Water Off A Ducks Back NRD CGC • CH. Gramayre Spice Up The Hardrock • CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours NA

Best Stud Dog

CH. Valmar’s Unanimous Decision Dam & Progeny 1. CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours NA • CH. Gramayre’s In Living Colour • CH. Gramayre WinWeim ColorEnhanced

2. CH. Koping’s Tale of Good Deeds (Ch. Gramayre's Slush Puppy NRD x Ch. Daroca's Tale To Tell CD FDJ AGN) b/Patricia Kopec, o/Angela Kopec & P. Kopec • Koping’s Horse Whisperer • Koping’s Bossa Nova 3. CH. Daroca’s Tale To Tell CD FDJ AGN • CH. Kopings Tale OF Stryking Rich CD • CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ Sexually Altered Male 1. Bartland’s Victor of Dibley CDX (Valmar's Sage V. Wusterwind x Ch. Bartland's Pic-A-Star) b/Margaret Lehmann & Cynthia Picha o/Amalie & Kathryn Bush & M. Lehmann 2. Minalt Christmas Cracker (Ch. Larkols Rumba With Gust O CD) x Ch. Picalex Baroness Of Minalt ) b/Kim Parish o/Geraldine Farrelly & Ross MacDonald

Best Brood Bitch

CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours NA

Sexually Altered Female 1. CH. Koping’s Tale of Good Deeds (given) 2. Zeitgeist’s Madame Butterfly CD (Ch. Waltz's Baron Von Bretta x Ch. Zeiteist's Zoetrope V. Morrall) b/Sarah Stulken o/Paul Heer & Miriam Dziadyk

Best Altered In Breed

CH. Koping’s Tale of Good Deeds

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Best of Opposite Sex Altered In Breed

Bartland’s Victor of Dibley CDX Field Dog Class 1. CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ (given) 2. CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI 3. CH. Daroca’s Tale To Tell CD FDJ AGN

Best Field Dog CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ

Brace 1. Minalt Chrismas Cracker (given) CH. P icales Aisling A’lainn b/Edis & Pattie Ozker (Nani's Dawn First Shadow x Ch. Bremar Freedom Hill EZ Seven) o/Ross MacDonald & Geraldine Farrelly 2. CH. Macknifiscent Shadow CDX FDJ AGI CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ A social evening including good food & beverages along with door prizes and conversation took place at Moose McGuire’s pub Saturday evening. A Weim photo contest was held and prizes were awarded at this time. The ‘big’ winner was a photo taken by Kathy Iluk of her Weim Pete standing in water with a beautiful reflection. Some exhibitors used Moose’s as a good ‘starting place’ and continued on at other

‘hot spots’ in Calgary ---- likely forgetting that the Weims were in the ring first thing Sunday morning!

Best Overall Picture In PhotoContest by Kathy Iluk

Jane Harvey judged the Weimaraners on Sunday, August 3rd and the following are her results of the 27 Weims present:

Best of Breed: CH. Ansons On The Rocks (Ch. Echobar Arokats Ashcrof Touche x Ch. Rudolphs Anson Summer Symphony) b/Jan Lowe o/Donna Alaire & J. Lowe Best of Opposite: CH. Juscani’s Mater Ad Colsidex Winners dog: Regen’s Rip Roaring Good Times BOW/Best Puppy: Minalt Porsche (given) Also on Sunday, there were 9 Weims that participated in CKC agility trials from Novice to Excellent. Again, many of the exhibitors & spectators commented on their ‘surprise’ to see such nice working agility Weims. Unfortunately, some of these Weims ‘acted like Weims do’ and found small ways to ‘just miss’ getting Q’s. Prizes were offered for Trial 1 & 2 along with HIT combined scores. Lorne McGee was the agility judge and the following are his judging results:

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HIT Combined Agility Ch. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ

(photo by Takara Designs)

Qualifying 1 st in Trial 1 from the 24” class of Novice A with 90pts and a time of 65.96 secs: CH. Minalt Live Wire (given) Qualifying 3 rd in Trial 2 from the 24” class of Novice B with 95pts and a time of 64.82 secs: CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ (given) Weimaraners continued to compete in Agility trials 3 & 4 on Monday, August 4 th under judge Michelle Ooms and here are her results: Qualifying in Trial 3 • from the 24” Novice B class with 100pts

and a time of 54.85sCH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ (given)

• from the 24” Intermediate class with 90pts and a time of 68.2s CH. Daroca’s Tale To Tell CD FDJ AgN (given)

Qualifying in Trial 4 • From the 24” Novice B class with 95pts in

60.33 secs CH. Gramayre’s Water Colours NA

• From the 24” Novice B class with 95pts in 65.61 secs CH. Koping’s Book Worm FDJ

Also on Monday, the Weimaraners were judged by Charlotte McGowan and the following are her results of the 22 Weims present: Best of Breed: CH. Anson’s Mr Millenium CD (given) Best of Opp/BOW Zeitgeist’s Extra Artemis (given) Winners Dog: Regen’s Rip Roaring Good Times (given) Best Puppy: Nani’s Leith Kodak Moment (given)

A special thank you goes out to the following WAC 2003 National Specialty Committee along with the many friends and family members that helped out to make the event a huge success by donating their time and talents! Chairperson: Lori Hawrychuk Show Organization Chairperson: Norma Jeanne Pohl Fundraising Chairperson: Pat Kopec Awards and Prizes Chairperson: Denise Gordeyko Hospitality Co-Chairpeople: Pat Norsworthy and Kathy Iluk Secretary/Treasurer: Julia Wilson Thanks also goes out again to the numerous WAC trophy fund donators and sponsors of this event!!

2004 WAC National Specialty The 2004 National Specialty will be held in conjunction with the Ottawa Kennel Club near the last weekend of May, 2004. Rosemary Shoreman will be our Judge (pending approval). The 2004 Specialty Chairperson will be Laura Ritchie. More details will follow in follow in later editions.

Future WAC Specialties Interested in hosting a Regional or National Specialty? We are looking for proposals for upcoming events. Contact anyone on the WAC Executive for information on what your proposal should contain. We are looking for:

• 2004 Regional Specialty in the West, proposal deadline is past due, will be extended until September 30, 2003

• 2005 National Specialty in the West. Proposals are required to be in by June 1, 2004

• 2005 Regional Specialty in the East. Proposals are required to be in by Aug 1, 2004

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Dogs with Jobs Seen driving through Calgary….

Paige- Ch. Koping's Book Worm FDJ, CGC, owned by Patricia Kopec

Brags Christie (Ch. Greyghost M Christie YMG Oreos, ADC, AADC, MSDC, MGDC) completed her Masters Jumpers Dog Canada in July 2003. Owned by Denise & Doug McLean

Comic Relief Dog Qualities Three St. Bernard breeders were on their way home from a specialty show. As dog breeders often do, they spent much of the drive arguing about which was most important -- type or soundness. They took a shortcut through a mountain pass, got lost & became low on gas. They then skidded off the road and found themselves trapped in a ditch. A snowstorm moved in and next thing they knew, they were stranded in the van with just a little water, no food and no gasoline to provide heat. Night was closing in and the breeders feared they would freeze to death before the road was plowed and anyone found them.

The breeder who advocated that type was most important said, "let's send my St. Bernard for help -- he is a true St. Bernard type." Bounding out of the van, the big-bodied, magnificently coated and headed dog began leaping through the drifts. He made it a quarter of a mile and then collapsed, in too much pain to go on from his dysplastic hips.

Watching through the window the second breeder exclaimed, "AHA! See, soundness is most important -- my dog is OFA excellent. He'll bring us some help!" Letting her dog out of his crate, his strong powerful leaps through the snow were magnificent to see. Unfortunately he only, made it half a mile before freezing to death because his coat was incorrect.

The third breeder watched this smugly, for she knew her dog had both type and soundness. She released her dog, the BOB winner from the specialty. On his sturdy limbs and with his perfect coat, her dog was a lovely sight to behold as he powered through the snow tirelessly. Mile after mile until he finally spotted a forest ranger, ..... and promptly attacked and ate him, for breeder number three had forgotten about breeding for temperament.

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Jazz (Can/Am CH Zara's Jazzmataz V Hochessen, JH, CD, NA, SD, NRD, VX, Can Ag N, Can National BISS 2000). Three months after having her second litter, she went to Rhode Island for the All Breed Agility trial at the Weim. Club of America Nationals. She was the only weimaraner, out of about 20 I think, that qualified in Standard Agility. She not only qualified, but went away with a second placement in her Open run. Her run ended with cheers by a very happy weim crowd. We are so thankful for everyones support and good wishes.

Owner: Jean Harper Dean Creekside Weimaraners

Rescue

Rescue Contacts: Rescue Director Claire Durivage 514-620-4887 BC Holly Palmer & 604-520-6956 Shirley Nilsson 604-526-0313 Prairies Barb Williams 204-222-3929 Quebec Claire Durivage 514-620-4887 Maritimes Annette Brennan & 902-758-2250

Kimberly McCormick 902-860-2891 Ontario Bruce Turnbull 705-322-0241

Field We are currently without a Field Director. Everyone is welcome to make submissions!

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Agility Agility Assoc. of Canada Regional Championships, June 7 & 8, 2003 We had an excellent weekend at the Regional Agility Championships held in Abbotsford, British Columbia. You must compete and qualify at a regional in order to enter the National event (which just happens to be in my home town this year.) 3 Weims were entered in the event. Christie and Echo in 26" Open and Faith in 22" Specials. The weather was blistering hot with not much of a breeze. One of the judges was unable to judge the last class of the day on Saturday due to heat stroke. She was fine on Sunday. They provided pools and hoses to wet the dogs down. The weekend started off with a warmup game (Power and Speed). Good thing is was a warmup. Missed weave pole entries, had refusals and missed up contacts - all in 12 obstacles! That put the nerves to rest. After that, Christie got all of her weave entries - even nasty ones. She missed a few up contacts. The courses on Saturday were reasonable - most thought that they were easy Masters level. Sunday courses were UGLY. Christie missed the gamble thus loosing 35 points (ouch!) long story - lets just say that Left and Get (out) probably sound too much alike :-(. The jumpers course was nice if you had a small dog or a velcro dog - neither apply to Christie. Someone counted 8 major challenges on the course - rules say that there should be 4. We got through it with one off -course and one refusal. The last course of the day for us was a standard round with 23 obstacles. Very complicated. Many people got lost. It actually ran better than it looked on paper, if you could stay on course. We nailed it. Clear and pretty run. I was very pleased. At the end we ended up in 5th place out of 44 dogs! 300 points were required to qualify for the Nationals. We got 462. Echo didn't qualify, green dog, next year she'll do fine. Faith qualified and did very well which is especially pleasing since she suffered from a slipped disc 2 years ago and they didn't think that she would ever do agility again. Moral of the story… yes you can train at home by yourself and do well. If you're interested in seeing the courses, I brought them home. Denise McLean at Greyghost Weimaraners

Obedience We hope to have a report from our Obedience Director in the next edition. Everyone is welcome to make submissions!

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Conformation Barb Turnbull has compiled standings for our Weimaraners. They can be found on our website www.weimaranercanada.org As of July 2003 CKC results:

Rank Name of Dog

1 Ch Sveorice Iron Man Gunner

2 Ch SmokeyCity Lucky Silver Sabre

3 Ch Bowbent High Rollin Carouser

4 Ch Minalt All Wraped In Misletoe

5 Liberty's All Inclusive

The Versatile Weimaraner A few mistakes were picked up on the point allocation for the Versatile awards. Here is the corrected version. D. Schedule of Versatile Points AREA HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT POINTS EARNED Conformation CKC

Champion Five Bench Points Bench Pointed

4 2 1

Obedience CKC

GMOTCH MOTCH OTCHX UD/OTCH CDX CD

6 5 4 3 2 1

Field CKC

FTCH FDX FD or 1st place in All Age Stake FDJ or Four Field Points One Field Point

5 4 3 2 1

NAVHDA

IT UT UPT NA

5 4 3 2

Retrieving WAC/WCA

RDX RD NRD

5 3 1

Tracking CKC

TDX TD

3 2

Agility CKC

AgM AgX AgI AgN

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The Wondering Weim (New Products) The Urban Puppy Toolkit By Stuart Antonenko The Urban Puppy Toolkit is a box containing a series of books, carry-along pocket books and a chart of dog growth. The Toolkit was designed to fill the void between when a new owner brings home their puppy and when they get into a good class. The Toolkit specifically addresses normal puppy problems and, how to ensure proper socialization, how to prevent the development of problem behaviors , what resources are available, etc. We received our female purebred chocolate Labrador puppy on May 18th and she is a real sweetheart. We originally had 2 female Weims but due to old age we have been without a dog for just over a year now. It has been almost 14 years now since we’ve had a puppy in our home and my family and I have read and gone over the Urban Puppy Toolkit. The following is my summary on what we all thought about the kit and it’s contents. “After reading the kit’s contents, it did not take long to understand a few of our shortcomings and behavior issues we had with our past dogs. The stick-up chart is an excellent idea as it can fit on a fridge and has the “What to expect and watch for’s” listed in the correct sequence on it. I had my son (age 11 years old) read the kit and he now understood why we did and did not want him to do certain things with our new puppy! We especially liked the format of the small carry-along pocket booklets and we have been referring to them consistently to assist in the guidance training of our puppy. Once again my son enjoys the games booklet and he has tried and succeeded at most of them, which gives him the encouragement from someone other than ourselves (his parents) that correct behavior training of the new puppy is important and fun. I made an effort to try to find the section in the kit regarding any questionable or confusing behavior that our new puppy has been showing. It was really great at how easy the kit was formatted to allow very easy-quick reference when a question or issue was raised with regards to our new puppy. Each booklet defines and is simple to understand, from good play, to bad play, biting and chewing, etc., etc. I highly recommend this kit to anyone, or any family that has never had a puppy before as well as to those that have had one, but not for a long time. It was great and fast reading with little or no grey areas and has enabled us, a family that had 2 dogs over and 18 year period, to get re -prepared for the new puppy, especially my son who has never experienced his own puppy.

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Even though the kit was for us to have as a sample, we are very pleased with it and not only plan to use it regularly, but will also promote it with other new puppy owners we may know.

From Denise McLean – I looked over the Toolkit before giving it to Stuart to review and use. I was impressed in that it provided a positive approach to training, had great references and was easy to read and use. Not only did it cover everything that I would want a new puppy owner to know, there was nothing in the kit that I didn’t agree with! From Peggy van Dam, President, Urban Puppy “We sell our Toolkit exclusively through breeders, vet clinics and dog trainers, so that a dog professional is available who can explain the importance of the issues covered in the Toolkit to new owners. We are happy to offer the Toolkit to you and your members at the wholesale price.” Contact: urbanpuppy@sympatico.ca www.urbanpuppy.com Phone: 416-465-1992

From the Net Training and Trialing: Early Success by Fred Brattain This was brought up by Cindy B (Hi Cindy) in the "Entering too early" thread. First time success can be a really bad thing for some people and dogs. Boy can it upset your expectations. A not too brief story about what this taught me personally about the sport of agility. Kelsey and I trained for 6 months, 3-5 nights a week and entered our first ever trial (several years ago). It was a USDAA event. We got the gamble, having never played gamblers before, placed first and Q'd in our first standard run, took second in jumpers, first in snooker, ran with a friend in pairs and took second, got busted for a flyoff on the teeter (MARGINAL CALL (grin)) on our second standard run. We went home at the end of the weekend pretty full of ourselves (at least I was). About three months later we entered a NADAC trial that was 4 days long across two weekends. 4 regular on Saturday, 4 Gamblers on Sunday, 4 Regular the next Saturday and then 4 Jumpers the final day. I figured we had this pretty well knocked.

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The first day we got 1.5 Q's (no biggie "we're just getting used to NADAC style courses") The second day Kelsey took 4 first in Gamblers, Q'd 4 times, set high points for every dog in NOVICE and OPEN in all four events. Now we are REALLY flying high. The next Saturday (4 regular runs), the first run was bad, the second was worse, the third was a REAL MESS. I remember leaving Kelsey sitting by the ring to go walk the 4th course. I am down, WAY down, I am depressed, I am close to tears, I don't want to be there, I am just going through the motions, I paid for the damn run so I am going to do it, but I am beyond just despair. It is cold, it is night time I have NO clue why I am there, it just STINKS. Then, as I turned through one segment of the course I looked at my dog. There she is, ears up, looking at me through the wire of the ring. At 80 feet, she is so jazzed I can see her fur quivering with anticipation. She is completely focused on me and what we are about to do. It hit me like a hammer right between my eyes "You DUMMY. That dog is ready to come out here and run her heart out for you. She DOESN'T CARE about the last run, she DOESN'T CARE about the Q's, she DOESN'T CARE about the ribbons. She will DIE before she quits on you. Now get off your butt and RUN because she is your team mate and you OWE HER." It changed FOREVER how I view this sport. As I say to anyone who will listen (and hopefully some do), in the final analysis, this is just a game we play with our dogs. No title, no championship can ever hope to compare with the look of joy in the eyes of your pup when you cross that finish line and they turn to you with that look that says "THAT WAS FUN, CAN WE DO IT AGAIN?" http://fredbrattain.com

Membership Applications Patricia DeHart and Brian Burgess,11928 72A Ave., Delta, B.C. V4C 1B5, A,C,O,T. Sp: Jan Lowe Alison Gunn and Michel Leclerc, 9150 Jura Rod., North Saanich, B.C. V8L A,C,F,O,T Sp: Kim Parish Danielle Levangie, # 101, 6-6855 Airport Rd., Mississauga, ON L4V 1Y9 A,C,F,O,T Sp: Shelly Shorrock Gisela tundis and Gaston Battiato, 2436 Hemmford Drive, Oakville, ON L6M 4R5 A,C,F,O Sp: Bruce Turnbull Kerry McGonegal has offered to do the Membership and he lives in Eastern Ontario so transition should go well. Thank-you Kerry!

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Membership Address Changes Jan Lowe’s new website address is: www.ansonweimaraners.homestead.com

Newsletter Information

E- Newsletter If you are conscious of the environment and would prefer not to receive a paper copy of the newsletter, the newsletter may be accessed via email. For more information: Shelly Shorrock secretary@weimaranercanada.org I invite any member to submit articles for the newsletter. I think that it is important to hear from members all across Canada about their exploits with their Weims .

Next Deadline is October 15, 2003 Articles can be submitted on paper, on disk (Word) or by e-mail. Activity Directors, please submit your reports by October 15, 2003.

� I can be reached at: Denise McLean 17735 Rondeview Rd. Prince George, BC V2N 6K3 (250) 560-5519 Denise.McLean@gems5.gov.bc.ca greyghostweims@hotmail.com Back Issues of the Newsletter are available from Wendy McKay

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WAC at Your Service President Barbara Williams 204.222.3929

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Treasurer & Membership Director Wendy McKay 613.832.3223

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Western Director Kathy Iluk 403.346.9454

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Rescue Co-ordinator & Webmaster Claire Durivage 514.620.4887

Athletics Director & GrayGhost Editor Denise McLean 250.560.5519

Event Co-ordinator & Conformation Director Barbara Turnbull 705.322.0241

Obedience Director Holly Palmer 604.520.6956