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Giant Tales
G S C A M O N T H L Y E N E W S L E T T E R
January 2016
Volume 16, Issue 1
Upcoming
Events:
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Dog Show, February, 15 & 16, 2015, New
York City, NY
June 2016–
Southern Regional Specialty,
Tampa, FL
October 14-
16, 2016– National Specialty, Enid,
OK
Announcements 2
New Titles 3
From AKC 3 & 4
Delegates Report 5
Inside this issue: Adoption & Rescue Cindy Bromagem
AKC Delegate Kim Demchak
AKC Gazette Columnist Bridgette Tuerler
AKC Legislative Liaison
Archives Peggy Shackelford
Awards/Trophies Linda Hurst
Breeders’ Education Christine Lietzau
Congratulatory Marnie Lowe
Giant Steps Editor Robyn Elliott & Pam Foster
Giant Store, Ways & Means Karen Child
Health/Heredity Kim Demchak
Information Center & Public Education Marianne Mazzenga
Judges’ Education Steve Fox
Judges Selection Kim Demchak and Kappy Zahn
Membership Chairman Brenda Cejka
Newsletter Editor Robyn Elliott
Performance Events Bonnie Postovit
Social Media Rich Poyfair and Robyn Elliott
Stats – Agility Points Tabulation Beth Unser
Stats – Breed Points Tabulation Luke Norton
Stats – Obedience Points Tabulation Bonnie Postovit
Stats – Rally/Tracking/Herding Pts Tabulations Marjana Callery
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Issue Deadline Publication
Breeders March 20, 2016 April 2016
Performance July 20, 2016 August 2016
National Specialty November 20, 2016 December 2016
New Titles!
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Dog Title Dog Name Sex Owners Name
Champion CH Fanta C's Going The Distance D Nancy E Nier
Companion Dog Riesenrad's Moving Violation CD BN RN OAP NJP CGC B I Hamburger & Tarja Ahlgren & H Hamburger
Companion Dog Excellent
CH Magna's Special Rhea-Quest Of Mmt CDX GN D Pat Malan & Mary Dick & Marne Martin
Rally Advanced Aspen Grove Crazy Cricket BN RA B Ann Moser
Tracking Dog Momentumm Unchain My Heart TD CGC D Bonnie Postovit & C Lietzau & Howard Postovit
Herding Excellent Course A Ducks
Classic Pearl Handled Revolver V Easentaigh CDX RA TDX HSAds HSBd HIAd HIBd HXAd CA B Janett Willis & Mary E Falls & Susan B Hart
Herding Excellent Course B Ducks
Classic Pearl Handled Revolver V Easentaigh CDX RA TDX HSAds HSBd HIAd HIBd HXAd HXBd CA B Janett Willis & Mary E Falls & Susan B Hart
Novice Agility Preferred RiesenradS Jambalaya RN TD NAP NFP" B Teresa Higgins & Tarja Ahlgren
Agility Excellent Riesenrad's Ima Coming In Hot AX OAJ NF B Amy Reynolds
Master Agility Excellent Hemi Vom Engelskotten CD PCD BN RE MX MXJ OAP AJP XF OFP T2B B Rebecca Letson
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 2
Riesenrad's Midnight Angel CD BN RN MXP2 MJP2 CGC B Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Novice Agility Jumper Preferred
RiesenradS Jambalaya RN TD NAP NJP NFP" B Teresa Higgins & Tarja Ahlgren
Open Agility Jumper Pre-ferred
GCH CH Kenro's Stealing Time CDX BN OAP OJP CA D Mrs. Karen Mancini & Robin Greenslade
Excellent Agility Jumper Petra Rose Newland AX AXJ B Victoria Newland & Lloyd Newland
Excellent Agility Jumper Riesenrad's Ima Coming In Hot AX AXJ NF B Amy Reynolds
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred 2
Riesenrad's Midnight Angel CD BN RN MXP MJP2 CGC B Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Canine Good Citizen Lagniappe's Down On The Bayou CGC D Carol Pierce & Holly Reed
Canine Good Citizen Momentumm Unchain My Heart CGC D B Postovit & Christine Lietzau & HPostovit
Canine Good Citizen Riesenrad's Guns N' Roses CGC D Howard & Bonnie Postovit & Tarja Ahlgren
Novice Barn Hunt GCH CH Spicerack She's All That RN CAA RATN B Melisa Davis
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE Contact: Brandi
Hunter Date: January 04,
2016 Phone: 212-696-8220
Email: bth@akc.org The
American Kennel Club
Appoints Alexandra
Aleskovsky as EVP, Chief
Growth Officer Proven
Innovative Business Builder
and Successful Leader Joins
AKC’s New York Office
New York, NY - Today, The
American Kennel Club
(AKC®) announces it has
appointed Alexandra
Aleskovsky as Executive Vice
President and Chief Growth
Officer. In this new role,
Aleskovsky will lead the
strategic development of
current and new initiatives as
the AKC looks to further
expand its relevance and
offerings for all dog lovers –
including dog owners,
breeders, sport participants,
providers who support and
care for dogs, and the 5000-
plus clubs that comprise the
AKC. She will report to
Dennis Sprung, President &
CEO of the AKC. “We’re
thrilled to attract such
high-caliber talent to the
AKC,” said Sprung.
“Alexandra is an excellent
choice to help ensure we are
well-positioned to ultimately
drive strong growth, now and
for the future. We couldn’t be
more excited to welcome
Alexandra to the AKC team.”
As EVP & CGO of AKC,
Aleskovsky will oversee the
development of growth
strategies based on insights,
research, innovation, and
marketing. In addition, her
role will include formalizing
the company’s
strategic-planning processes,
forging new working
relationships and synergies
across the organization, and
establishing greater
transparency and
accountability for those
people carrying out AKC’s
mission. With over 20 years
of experience growing
consumer products and digital
consumer brands, and leading
the growth of new digital
companies, Aleskovsky has
established herself as an
industry thought-leader and
innovator. Most recently, she
has been running a
consultancy advising
companies across industries
on digital strategy and
transformation, positioning,
customer acquisition and
retention, monetization
opportunities, and execution
of the vision for growth.
Aleskovsky has significant
experience in driving new
growth areas for iconic
brands. As the president of
eScholastic, a division of
Scholastic, she created the
vision, strategy, and execution
that doubled revenue in three
years. As the general manager
of WeightWatchers.com, she
established the roadmap and
priorities for success,
including launching new
products for new customer
segments, creating a new
online end-to-end customer
experience, and new
marketing programs. Her
efforts profitably doubled the
global online business for
WeightWatchers.com. During
her career, she found herself
at the convergence of media
and culture in launching and
growing brands. Among
others, her experience at
ClubMom.com and iVillage
overseeing strategy,
marketing, content,
ecommerce, and subscriptions
yielded strong revenue and
reputational growth.
“Alexandra’s background in
successfully leading and
transforming companies
equips her to embrace the
challenges we face and turn
them into opportunities for
growth,” said Ron Menaker,
AKC Chairman of the Board.
“She is a true thought-leader,
whose work has propelled
companies forward by
combining astute thinking and
insights with rigorous
performance metrics. The
creation of the chief growth
officer role ensures that
growth remains at the
forefront of our overall
strategy.” Aleskovsky’s
appointment comes at a time
when the AKC is seeing
growth in a number of areas.
Dog and litter registrations
have increased over the
previous year for the first time
in almost 20 years; financial
results continue on a positive
trend; and public outreach
through AKC.org and
Facebook has grown to 8
million unique visitors a
month. “It’s an extremely
exciting time to be joining the
American Kennel Club,” said
AKC Appoints Chief Growth Officer
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Aleskovsky. “It’s an
organization with both a great
history and a great future. I
believe the opportunities for
AKC’s growth are limitless. As
a dog lover with an AKC Canine
Partner All-American dog as
part of our family, I look
forward to contributing my
skills, ideas, and energy to
further AKC’s mission as The
Dog’s Champion."
New York, NY – AKC is
pleased to announce the
launch of AKC Marketplace with enhanced
form and functionality to
better serve responsible
breeders with the opportunity to promote
themselves directly to
potential dog owners. Through interactive profile
pages, unlimited listings and
a user-friendly
experience, AKC Marketplace helps breeders
get in front of more dog
owners, showcase all they
do for their dogs and find good homes for
their puppies. Improvements to AKC
Marketplace include: ● New homepage with bet-
ter functionality. ● Advanced searching and
filtering capability. ● Easy access to Parent
Club and breed standard
information for each breed. ● Enhanced breeder profile
pages to include litter, health
and vaccination information. ● Addition of unlimited pho-
to and video galleries for
breeders to showcase their
puppies. ● Easy access to “How To
Pick A Puppy” Handbook. “The enhanced AKC
Marketplace will allow
breeders to engage with
potential dog owners, share their knowledge of
their breed and ultimately
help people find the right
breed for their lifestyle,” said Dennis
Sprung, President and CEO,
AKC. “Our team has worked
diligently to make the necessary
improvements to make this
the best place possible for
breeders to showcase their litters. In
2016, staff will fulfill my
vision of expanding the plat-
form to include groomers, veterinarians, dog
sitters and other dog-related
service providers.” Breeders that sign up
for AKC Market-
place receive: ● A dedicated profile
page with the ability to host
video, images and more.
Breeders who are involved in AKC
recognition programs, such
as Breeder of Merit and Bred
with H.E.A.R.T., will automatically
have that distinction on their
profile. ● A trusted AKC.org van-
ity URL to share when deal-
ing with potential buyers ● Unlimited litter list-
ings to showcase availa-
ble puppies.
● Profile page analytics,
technical assistance and
customer service support Breeders can have un-
limited use of AKC Mar-
ketplace for $99/year or
have the option to sign up for the $10/month plan
(which has a $20 one-time
sign-up fee)
at www.marketplace.akc.org
AKC Announces AKC MARKETPLACE
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Changes to the Grand Champion Titles were approved by the December Delegate Meeting. SECTION 7. Any champion which shall have won twenty-five points shall become a Grand Champion of Record, if nine or more of said points shall have been won at three shows with a rating of three or more Grand Championship points each and under three different judges, and some one or more of the balance of said points shall have been won under some other judge or judges than the three judges referred to above and at least one Champion was defeated at three shows. A dog becomes a Grand Champion when it is so officially recorded by The American Kennel Club and shall be entitled to a Grand Championship certificate. Any Grand Champion which shall have won 100 Grand Championship points
shall become a Grand Champion Bronze (GCHB). Any Grand Champion which shall have won 200 Grand Championship points shall become a Grand Champion Silver (GCHS). Any Grand Champion which shall have won 400 Grand Championship points shall become a Grand Champion Gold (GCHG). Any Grand Champion which shall have won 800 Grand Championship points shall become a Grand Champion Platinum (GCHP). After earning Grand Champion Platinum title, for each additional 800 Grand Championship points earned the Grand Champion Platinum title initials will be followed by a numeric designation indicating the quantity of times the dog has met the requirements of the Grand Champion Platinum title as defined above, e.g., 1,600 Grand Championship points = GCHP2. The AKC will identify dogs qualifying for these titles by the
appropriate designations preceding their AKC name in all official AKC records. In each case, the higher title will supersede the preceding title in all official AKC records such that the highest title will be listed. The change will be retroactive to the beginning of the Grand Champion program and the dog’s titled name will be modified to reflect the highest GCH title they have earned. These dogs have already been awarded an achievement certificate and a medallion for each level previously earned, therefore, a title certificate will not be issued as part of the implementation. Dogs that earn a Grand Championship title after the implementation will receive a standard title certificate. Medallions will continue to be issued for winning the Grand Champion title as well as the advanced Grand Champion titles.
AKC Delegates Approve Grand Champion Title Changes
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