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Wes, exhibitors, handlers, and anyone else who wants to pay $50. SCJA also produces a newsletter (Sound Judgment) although that seems to be rather sporadic and based on what is happening at the time (on its Web site, a Fall 2009 newsletter is preceded by Fall 2007 and then several copies of 2006 correspondence when AKC attempted to establish a policy of, essentially, not letting its judges judge for other organizations.) Annual dues are $40 ($50 for husband and wife). Fur-ther information can be obtained from www.scja.org


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ADSJThe American Dog Show Judges has the distinction of being the young-est and largest of Americas three dog show organizations. Established in 1991 by some judges who were unhappy with the way SCJA was being run, ADSJ presently has over 1000 members. It is characterized as, A professional association that advocates for dog show judges, represents their needs and interests with the AKC, seeks to afford them quality educational experienc-es and in all ways to enhance their professionalism as American dog show judges. Through this work we contribute to the preservation and advance-ment of purebred dogs.

Although ADSJ can be described as being an advocacy organization, it states that it does not act as a union in any of its dealings. Its philoso-phy is: ADSJ will respond to the needs of the judging community in a positive, responsible and non-confrontational manner. The principles of the organization are based on the ideals of democracy and equality.

ADSJ cites as its principle member bene t the fact that it has so many members and can interact with AKC on the basis of that large membership. Your views and concerns, together with those of so many others, combine through the vehicle of the ADSJ to create a voice which must be heard. We, the of cers and directors of the ADSJ, gather, amplify and articulate this voice. It is heard by the governing body of our sport in a variety of ways, namely, informal conversations, letters to the AKC board and management, position papers and ar-ticles in The Voice, and most notably, through our AKC/ADSJ liaison meetings with key AKC Board and management personnel. Through these av-enues we endeavor to build a relationship with the AKC based on reason, open communication and mutual respect.

With regards to its educational endeavors, ADSJ supports (at $15,000 a year) but is not a le-gal part of an organization that sponsors a week-long institute in August and a mini-institute in July both in Western Pennsylvania. The Dog Judges

DJAA is strictly founded for edu-cational purposes it constantly seeks out the best and most knowl-edgeable presenters it can nd. Its seminars before Westminster are considered by many to be a must for attendance by those who want to learn. DJAAs co-sponsorship with AKC of group institutes takes edu-cational options to a different level. Also, DJAAs educational seminars are not under the umbrella of some other organization. DJAA prime pur-pose is the education of judges and providing bene ts for those judges.

SCJA has a separate organization serve as its educational exposure education that is open to anyone, including UKC judges and other non-AKC judges. SCJA is known for being tightly run and controlled by a single individual who is not afraid to jump into the fray. It is not above getting involved in the politics of the sport and the AKC.

ADSJs educational opportunity is totally owned and managed by a different organization. ADSJ offers a variety of member bene ts that the other judges groups do not. It will champion a cause if necessary and does contact its members for input regarding political decisions and input regarding AKC decisions as they affect the judging community.

Some judges belong to all three associations; some to two; some to one; and then some to none of them. There has long been a lot of discussion about the function of these associations and whether or not they have value. Certainly from an educational viewpoint, they have tremendous value. From a political viewpoint, it depends on whether or not the membership is consulted. With regards to intervention on be-half of an individual judge with the AKC, the value can only be a posi-tive one if such intervention is nec-essary, just and fair and conducted in a non-confrontational manner. Obviously given the size of the as-sociations, a great many AKC judg-es feel that such organizations ll a gap in providing education, shared experiences and camaraderie.

Educational Foundation is the privately owned educational enterprise that actually spon-sors the American Dog Show Judges Advanced

Institute. According to tax lings as listed in Guid-

eStar (an online non-pro t information service), the DJEF pays its president and its secre-tary-treasurer annual salaries. In addition, it offers some remunera-tion to its seminar presenters and handlers to offset their travel expenses. This educational op-portunity is open to member and non-member judges, but is not open to non-judges. The goal of the institutes are to offer enough educational opportunities to cover one half of each group each year.

ADSJ holds its Annual Meet-ing in conjunction with the West-minster Kennel Club show and its Board meets semi-annually. The organization communicates with its members through its newslet-ter, The Voice, via email and snail mail. Members are also en-couraged to contact the of cers with any problems or questions.

Membership dues are $40 a year, for which one receives not only a name badge, logo pin, the newsletter three times a year, but a $25,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance coverage while on any judging assignment, $5,000 legal protec-tion policy while judging, a breed disquali cation booklet, access to a video lending library of AKC breed videos, online member photo directory, and various other bene ts. Dues for two members of the same household are $70.

Additional information may be obtained at www.adsj.org

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March also held the very exciting AKC Agility Championship in North Carolina. This involved a large number of staff from AKC as volunteers due to the close location of the event to the AKC offices. The conditions at Cabbaras Arena were top drawer and the competition fierce. There were 43 states represented with Ohio carrying the largest number. The entry number was 890, which encompassed 599 Master Agility Champions and 54 Breed Champions. The Border Collie had the largest number for a breed entered but followed closely by the Shetland Sheepdog. The first day was International competition and the next two days were for the Championship title of 2009. It came down to the top five dogs that earned the right to list National Agility Champion (NAC) before their dogs name. The five crowned were a Papillion in the 8 class, Shetland Sheepdogs in both the 12 and 16 class and Border Collies in the 20, 24 and 26 classes.

In the spring, May brought the World Team Tryouts to Minnesota. The top 10% of the sport vied for the opportunity to represent the United States at the World Agility Championship. Only 12 handler and dogs are chosen for the three teams (14, 18 and 26 jump heights). The cream truly rose to the top and a well rounded, competitive team was chosen.

In 2009 the World Agility Championship was held in the beautiful country of Austria at the end of September. The competition held on carpet was a three-day long, intense event. The 12 dogs and handlers gave their all when they stepped to the line. The live streaming coverage of the event was a first and watched by agility enthusiasts all over the world. The USA/AKC World Agility Championship team was expertly coached by Nancy Gyes who helped guide them through the most difficult courses presented to date. Winning two medals by one country is always outstanding and

In the beginning of March the AKC was well represented by Marcus Topps and his Border Collie, Juice, at the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England. There were 21 countries represented in the international competition. This was the first year they held a three round competition and agility was featured at the evening slot before groups. Marcus took

second overall just 71-hundredths of a second behind first place England. The support for the USA was evident from many countries and Marcus proved the popular exhibitor of the weekend whose advice and expertise was sought after by agility exhibitors from other countries.

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CRAGSMOORSkye Terriers

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Home of

Multiple Best In Show Winners

Multiple National Specialty Best of Breed Winners

Multiple Westminster Kennel Club Best of Breed Winners

Westminster Kennel Club and World Dog Show Group Winner

Top Producing Sires and Dams

Eugene Z. [email protected]

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The year ended in December with the AKC Agility Invitational. This event represented almost all the breeds that do agility in AKC as the top five per breed were invited

to compete based on the MACH points earned throughout the year. The entry of 457 in Long Beach, California remained consistent from the previous years. All previous events had always been held indoors next to the conformation rings but 2009 was the 125th anniversary of AKC and a different format forced the agility competition outside to a Pavilion tent. The unthinkable happened and it rained in Southern California. Unfortunately ill will was created when the water flowed freely through the crating area of the agility dogs. The main area of the tent also had water but thankfully the competition rings remained a perfect grass running surface from first to last run. The loss of Animal Planet filming an independent agility show due to the tent situation was another setback but hopefully they will return for the 2010 event. This filming loss did not affect the finals, which proved a top notch competition. The filming of the most incredible cake with the agility theme certainly had all in attendance in awe of the 6 cake that was a masterpiece. The Cake Off show will be in Feb. The final top dogs were 8 Pembroke Welsh Corgie, 12 Cardigan Welsh Corgi, 16 Pyrenean Shepherd, 20 Border Collie and 24 a Doberman.

The highlight of the year was the acceptance of Mixed Breed dogs in the AKC Companion Events program. The Canine Pet Partners will go far to make the AKC a representative of all dogs, bring in many more youth into the program by embracing the current 4 H young people, and gathering in all the mixed breeds in agility that compete in other venues. The removal by the Board of Directors of all the obstacles that were first placed on the mixed breeds will surely prove a positive outlook for AKC agility. Purebred dogs will always be at the forefront of the organization but the inclusion of all dogs bodes well for the future of AKC.

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the USA did just that. Silver was won by the medium team of three Shetland Sheepdogs and a Pyrenean Shepherd. An individual Silver medal won by Marcus Topps and his Border Collie, Juice. An incredible year for Juice with wins at both the Worlds and Crufts. Many outstanding performances were given by the AKC team in both individual and team competitions.



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However, the wolf, or canis lupus, has also been mans partner in the past 50,000 years of their mutual existence, mainly in the form of the dog mans best friend. Stories of partnership between man and wolf are as common as those that portray the wolf in a negative light. One only need remember the story of Remus and Romulus, founders of Rome, who were nursed by a female wolf. So too is the story of the wolf tamed by Saint Francis of Assisi in the Middle Ages:

Brother Wolf, said Francis, I want to make peace between you and the people of Gubbio. They will harm you no more and you must no longer harm them. All past crimes are to be forgiven. The wolf showed its assent by moving its body and nodding its head. Then to the absolute surprise of the gathering crowd, Francis asked the wolf to make a pledge. As St. Francis extended his hand to receive the pledge, so the wolf extended its front paw and placed it into the saints hand. Then Francis commanded the wolf to follow him into town to make a peace pact with the townspeople. The wolf meekly followed St. Francis.

All dogs have originated from wolves. Through the process of domestication they have adapted to live among people. It still remains unknown whether and to what degree they continue to think in a wolf-like way, or in exactly which way their problem solving, learning skills and cooperative disposi-tion towards humans have changed in compari-son with wolves.

Many assume that dogs have lost some cognitive skills and problem solving abilities because they manage to engage humans as assistants and troubleshooters. Wolves, on the other hand, are still required to cope with the challenges of the wilderness. Others believe dogs physical insight is no worse than the wolves but domestication has increased their sensitivity to humans.

Although our current understanding of dog behavior is rapidly increasing, information about wolves is lacking, explains Prof. Kotrschal. Our main goal is to try and collect this data and understand the in uence of wolves and dogs social relationships among themselves and between them and humans on their cognitive and cooperative development and performance.

Hopefully, the studies at the center should shed light on the issues of dog training on a rm scienti c basis, enhance comprehension of human-dog companionship and support educated decisions regarding animal-assisted therapy.

Upon approaching the center, one enters a long lane with a stone wall on one side and a row of shady trees on the other. The wolves are kept behind the stone wall, in a large enclosure divided into two. One side holds the black Timberwolves, about 18 months old, on the verge of adulthood, acquired from an Austrian zoo. On the other side are several younger wolves, about six months old, own in from the Triple-D Ranch in Montana.

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The study of wolves sheds light on the almost symbiotic relationship with man. A unique research station, the Wolf Science Center in Austria, explores the similarities between wolves, dogs and humans. The wolves are hand raised by scientists, developing a close and trustful working relationship with them. They regularly participate in cooperative and cognitive tasks that study their mental abilities and keep them physically and mentally busy, bene tting their welfare.

Professor Kurt Kotrschal, associate professor of zoology at the University of Vienna, joint director of the research center with Zso a Viranyi and Friederike Range, explains its premise:

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and it is useful to have more gentle specimens, notes Zso a Viranyi, a post-doctorate scientist who hails from Hungary. In general, the Timberwolves adapt more easily to humans.

Several dogs stroll around within the wolves enclosure, responding to commands given by the trainers. The wolves actually learn from the dogs, explains Viranyi, in the same way puppies learn from adult dogs. They have already amassed a repertoire of 25 different commands, including sit, down and some that are more dif cult for a feral animal such as stay.

At the moment, since the wolves have not reached their full adulthood, the dogs are actually in command and treat the young wolves like puppies, chiding them for misbehaving.

The situation may turn for the worse next year, when the wolves reach adulthood. Then the dogs may be in danger from the wolves jaws and their coexistence in this environment will have to end.

The scientists, on the other hand, treat the wolves with caution in an attempt to


not to look them in the eyes since they may construe this as aggression. The beautiful beasts do as they please and we were quite grateful when they came up to us, snif ng us thoroughly and eventually allowing us to pat them. When we left this enclosure, another part of our group entered and the poor people waited for about 30 minutes while the disinterested wolves did everything but approach them.

Upon accessing the other packs home territory, that of the older black wolves, one feels the trainers open eyes

on the lookout for any sign of trouble. These wolves have been known to steal objects from visitors, including cameras, cellular phones and other devices. Prying these objects away from the creatures is a daunting task and one usually ends up with an unusable piece of paraphernalia. Thus we were stripped of all such objects upon entering the enclosure, bringing only our cameras and hoping they would not take the occupants fancy.

The most prominent feature of the black wolves is their yellow eye, even more daunting than that of the grey-colored wolves. They are also less eager to make contact with strangers, although happy to perform various commands for their trainers.The major objective of the center is to facilitate scienti c

studies involving wolves, dogs and humans. Since the institution is relatively new, only one study has been completed and published as of yet. This study attempted to reveal differences between wolf puppies and dog puppies of the same age when interacting with human beings. It demonstrated that at the early age of 3 to 5 weeks despite unprecedented intense socialization and comparable social (human) environment during early development there are speci c behavioral differences between wolves and dogs, mostly with regard to their interaction with humans.

Among the more intriguing studies carried out at the center is one that involves the wolves using a touch-screen computer to gure out various puzzles. Although we were eager to watch this experiment, the scientists were reluctant to allow strangers into the room with the wolves since they were still quite new at the task and so we were only able to see a dog doing these functions.

Hopefully, the studies at the center should shed light on the issues of dog training on a rm scienti c basis, enhance comprehension of human-dog companionship and support educated decisions regarding animal-assisted therapy.

consolidate a partnership devoid of coercion, based on positive reinforcement. Kotrschal takes a long pole and drags it along while two of the wolves play with it. The distance between the man and the wolves lets the animals believe the man has no relation to the pole they are chasing.

Some visitors are allowed to enter the enclosures and meet the wolves rst hand. They are required to sign a waiver, even though the wolves are not considered dangerous. The

wolves are wary of strangers, but when engaged in familiar actions they are more approachable.

Touching a wolf is quite an emotional experience. Perhaps it encapsulates all the primal fears we have been inundated with for centuries. The six-month-old babies are larger than the average dog, with huge teeth and yellow eyes. Their grey coat resembles the colors of a Siberian Husky, but it is much thicker and extremely coarse on the exterior. I did my best

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On that weekend, U.S. Marine Hero Josh Bleill, now a member of the Angel board, visited the Ronald McDonald House of New York along with Uno. The Second Annual Best In Show event is being staged in 2010.In fact, three of these members of

dog show royalty were very active as celebrity spokes-dogs for Angel On A Leash and therapy dog work.James (2007) continues to be very

active as a star therapy dog and ce-lebrity for many causes. Uno (2008) did a number of appearances around the country, including holding court at the Angel booth at the American Kennel Clubs resoundingly success-ful Meet the Breeds. Rufus (2006) was a star everywhere he went and was featured on NBCs National Dog Show in front of a television audi-ence of nearly 20 million viewers.They are three of the most visible

dogs visiting health care facilities around the country, with hundreds of additional teams working through 13 Angel partners (see list).

Other Angel highlights for the past year:

Angel On A Leash therapy dog teams will soon be helping Ameri-

cas rehabilitating military heroes and their families, thanks to a grant from the Fluor Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Fluor Corporation. The grant will fund development and implementation of an Angel On A Leash Therapy Dog Pro-gram for six months at the Fisher House supporting the Mi-chael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston. This pro-gram will focus on supporting both the rehabilitation of our armed forces members and their family members. Fisher Houses are homes away from home for families of

patients receiving medical care at VA and other major mili-tary medical centers around the country. Housing fees for the military members are underwritten by the Fisher House Foundation.

Angel On A Leash and the Ronald McDonald House of New York City were honored in March with a Community Part-nership Award given by Mutual of America. An-gel On A Leash teams have been visiting at the Ronald McDonald House since 2006.

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Fisher Houses are homes away from home for families of patients receiving medical care at VA and other major military medical cen-ters around the country.

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leaders who are working together as equal partners, not as donors and recipi-ents, to build a cohesive community that serves as a model for collaborating with others for the greater good. Angel teams and Ronald McDonald

House families attended a special lun-cheon at the New York Athletic Club for the ceremonies hosted by Mutual of America. The next day, eight Angel therapy dog teams and Ronald McDon-ald House families rang the ceremonial closing bell for the NASDAQ Stock Mar-ket.

Angel On A Leash was named New Yorker of the Week by cable station NY1 and the subject of a feature for its work at the Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian; was featured in the New York Daily News, Guideposts, New Yorks WPIX TV, Ani-mal Planets Faithful Friends and Ani-mal Planets Underdog to Wonderdog shows, and many more national and lo-cal media.

Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

Ronald McDonald House of New York City

Providence Health System (Portland, Oregon)

New Milford (Connecticut) Hospital

New Alternatives for Children (New York)

St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital (Memphis)

Hackensack (NJ) University Medical Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York)

Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Ronald McDonald House of Milwaukee

Fisher House at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Houston)

Mid South Therapy Dogs (Memphis)

Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) (Salt Lake City)

Angel teams became the rst dogs ever allowed in the Ronald McDonald House of Milwaukee, and will visit there through the Angel program from Childrens Hospital of Wis-consin. A visit by Uno a year earlier helped lay the ground-work for this to happen.

Dance Times Square, best known for So You Think You Can Dance, staged an exciting bene t for Angel called Ballroom Unleashed. Melanie Lapatin and Tony Meredith created the show for dance fans and ballroom lovers held at the Danny Kaye Theatre at New Yorks Hunter College. The show featured SYTYCD nalists Sabra and Twitch, World Latin Champs Eugene Katsevman and Maria Manusova, and numerous other stars from the world of ballroom dance.

It was a wonderful year for Angel On A Leash, and the smiles and good feelings that the Angel teams brought to all they visited made it even more so. For more information, please visit www.angelonaleash.org

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It was a wonder-ful year for Angel On A Leash, and the smiles and good feelings that the An-gel teams brought to all they visited made it even more so.

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Frank T. Sabella, a former AKC judge, holds the dis-tinguished honor of being the first contributor to the Museums collection of art. His gift donation of several paintings, lithographs and six bronzes by the American artist June Harrah were the first items to be catalogued as works of art owned by The Dog Museum of America. Donations by the Westminster Kennel Club Foundation followed with gifts of art that included the outstanding

ChickadeeLouise Peterson (American)BronzeTwentieth CenturyGift of The Art Show at The Dog Show

At The Garden GateMatilda LotzOil on canvasGift of Ronald H. and Kathleen S. Menaker

oil, A Setter In The Field, by Percival Rosseau dated 1900, four paintings of Beagles and Dalmatians by Gustav Muss-Arnolt, and several important sterling silver trophies dated 1881, 1884 and 1885. Additional acquisitions continued to enhance the collection with donations of art given by Mastiff fancier and dog show judge Marie A. Moore and numerous German Shep-herd figurines given by the Dornwald Kennel Collection and Pamela S. Cole.By 1985 it was apparent The Dog Museum of America had quickly out-grown its original space and was in need of a larger, permanent facility.

The move to historic Jarville House by invitation of St. Louis County in 1987 offered an ideal solu-tion. The 19th century Greek Revival-style home located in spacious Queeny Park was expanded to include a 14,000 square-foot addition with four large exhibit galleries and an events room. The lovely Charing Cross Courtyard completed in 1991 is frequently used for various social gather-ings, cocktail parties and receptions. On exhibit at the north end of the courtyard is the fabulous life-size English Setter bronze by the well-known artist Walter T. Matia. The sculpture is one of copi-ous works of art given to the Museum by the Janet A. Hooker Charitable Trust and Gilbert S. Kahn.The art collection received a major boost in 1993 with a gift of 19 paintings valued at more than $1 million bequeathed by the Cynthia S. Wood estate. Cynthias gift of a superb painting of a Foxhound and Scottish Deerhound, dated 1838, by the accomplished artist Sir Edwin Henry

Landseer is without question one of the Museums finest paintings. A fa-vorite painter of Queen Victoria, Landseers outstanding talent as an ani-mal painter is well documented in the 179 paintings he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Wood also gifted to the Museum the fabulous painting of Salukis by the English artist James Ward. Brilliantly painted, Wards depic-tion of Salukis pursuing prey vividly portrays the speed and agility of the breed. Wards oil predates the Landseer portrait by more than 30 years.Subsequent gifts to the Museums holdings include important paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, bronzes and fine porcelains by artistic mas-ters through the ages. Herman L. and Judy S. Fellton bequeathed a large col-lection of figurines and several garden sculptures along with an impressive bronze of a hound currently on display in the Museums lower level gallery.

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PYRLESS GREAT PYRENEES 2009

CH. PYRLESS LES MONTS DE LOURDES, HOF

Sire: Ch. Pyrless Fast Forward, HOF Dam: Ch. Pyrless Fancy Free, HOF

Multiple Group Winning Number Four*

Great Pyrenees All-Breed Number Five* in Breed

Handler: Nina Fetter, PHA

Owners:Drs. Robert & Kathy Piston

CH. PYRLESS BROTHER LOVE, HOF

Sire: Ch. Pyrless Hold On My Heart Dam: Ch. Pyrless Snow White

Multiple Group Winning Number 11*

Great Pyrenees in All Breed

Handlers: Vic & Sue Capone, PHA

Owners: Valerie Seeley& Joanne Krausman

BREEDER: Dr. Valerie Seeley *C.C. system

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TWO Great Pyrenees Club of AmericaHALL OF FAME ENTRANTS

& ONE BIG YEARCH. PYRLESS

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Sire: Ch. Wander Boy of Mayu Dreamer, JP Dam: Pyrless Dream On

Group Winning Number Eight*

Great Pyrenees All-Breed Number 13** in Breed

Handler: Greg Strong, PHA

Owners: Mark & Josephine Stiles

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Our thanks to a wonderful group of owners for their support of our breed-ing program. We also want to express our appreciation to the handlers who have presented these specials, and our gratitude to all of the judges who have made this one of the best years for the Pyrless Great Pyrenees. We look forward to a Big 2010.

An unusual pair of very fine quality wood-carved Japanese Foo Dogs or Temple Dogs, dating from the 16th century and given by the Felltons, is on exhibit in the grand Westmin-ster room of Jarville House. Jean Ann Cone, a Bulldog fancier, gifted more than 350 Bull-dog statues. A significant gift donation given by the Nancy-Carroll Draper estate in 2008 includes a lovely oil of a Great Dane painted by the well-known English artist Maud Earl

Pointer, ca 1750sJean-Baptiste Oudry (French)Oil on canvasGift of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip S. P. Fell

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as well as an early drawing of a Great Dane entitled Bluker by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer. A multi-talented individual, Drapers interest in Great Danes began in the 1940s and ultimately led to the founding of the Danelagh Kennel line.Visitors to The AKC Museum of the Dog in St. Louis will see more than 100 dog porcelains by Rosenthal, Nymphenburg, Royal Doulton, Meissen, Royal Copenhagen, Bing and Gron-dahl, Dresden, and Staffordshire on exhibit in four sizeable display cases located in the main level hallway. Additional porcelains as well as numerous bronzes by well-known artists can be seen throughout the galleries. A favorite with New-foundland fanciers, the life-size statue in bronze of Ch. Dry-ads Strong Sea Pirate by June Harrah, dated 1978 and given in memory of Elinor C. Ayres, greets guests at the admissions desk. A marvelous bronze of the Irish Setter, Sky, by the Amer-ican artist James Gion, donated by the Linda L. Beck estate,

is also on display in the admissions hallway. Open year-round, the Museum exhibits more than 800 works of art with different thematic

Japanese ChinsCleanthe Carr (American)Oil on canvasGift of Gilbert S. Kahn

shows displayed in the Sally Johnson Spillane Special Exhibit Gallery. Per-manent Museum exhibits include selections from the collection; an exten-sive photo exhibit paying tribute to the countless brave and loyal dogs of war, WWI through the Bosnian conflict; the Hall of Fame; and the soon-to-be-installed exhibit on the invaluable community services provided by St. Louis

County Police K-9 unit. The Police K-9 display opens to visitors with a grand re-ception to be held at the Museum at the end of May.

The Dog Museum reaffliated with the American Kennel Club in 1995 and changed its name to The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. The Museum is supported mainly by private and corporate gift donations. Information on the collection, facilities and events is found at museumofthedog.org

General Information:Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.(Closed Mondays and holidays)Admission: Adults $5; Seniors $2.50; and Children $1, Members Free AdmissionTEL 314-821-3647e-mail: [email protected]

Chairman: Gilbert S. KahnPresident: Dorothy WelshExecutive Director: Barbara Jedda McNab



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ITS BEEN FIVE YEARSSO MARK

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HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE

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Takes a GROUP SECOND

on the Prestigious Florida Circuit

Owners/Breeders

Lynn Moser, Jan Brungard, Darryl Davis

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678-232-3321

Sire: Ch. Lamars Sun of Dreamaker

Thank You Breeder-Judge Mrs. Robert Thomas for Best of Breed and Group Second

WERE OFF TO SSire: Ch. Lamars Sun of Dreamaker

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Handler

Lynn Moser

Dam: Ch. Dar-Lins Creekside By Chance

Thank You Breeder-Judge Mr. Robert Thomas for Best of Breed and Group First

A GREAT START! Dam: Ch. Dar-Lins Creekside By Chance

BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

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Amiens, the capital of Picardy, renowned city of art and history, is famous for its gothic cathedral: the Cathdral Notre-Dame

dAmiens, the largest in France. Finished in 1266, its 42-metre, perpendicular nave is a truly spectacular sight, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It had been standing tall for over three centuries when in 1539 King Franois I signed an edict of cially changing the countrys language from Latin to French.

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 1905) lived in Picardie. He is best known for his novels A Jour-ney to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days and others. His books were translated to great movie hits. Verne wrote about space, air and underwa-ter travel well before airplanes and submarines were invented and before space travel had been devised. He is often referred to as the Father of Science Fiction. When not living in Amiens, Verne spent much time sailing on his ship, the Saint-Michel. His own sailing adventures pro-vided much fodder for his popular novels. Now he rests in La Madeleine Cemetery in Amiens. A big marble statue of a man emerging from the earth reaching towards the sky adorns his grave.

Alexander Dumas (senior), author of The Three Musketeers (One for all, and all for one, exemplifying the major theme in Dumas works of loyalty and honor among men), was born in Villers-Cotterts, his other well known works are Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) among many other great books, and essays.

When talking about Frances Picardy we realize again that thousands of books cant contain the description of its richness, both geo-graphically and historically speaking. It is not a surprise that also one of the greatest dreamers of the world, the 17th century fable writer Jean de La Fontaine, was born in Picardy because his incredible imagination was colored by the surroundings of the most magi-cal atmosphere. Forests, elds, rivers, beaches, birds, trees and owers of-fered the proper scenario for his tales.

The Amiens region contains a large amount of rich woodlands (about one million acres) with vestiges of medieval royal hunting grounds (deer and wild boar still live there). Picardys geo-graphic location made it the battle-ground of both world wars. The Battle of the Somme (1916) lasted nearly ve months, killing nearly half a million Brit-ish soldiers. Battlegrounds, ancient or recent, are never far from view.


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In the Oise at Plailly we will nd Park Astrix. (In my article about the Basset Fauve our readers may remember how much I prized this historically correct but humorously told pictured history of France in the monthly published magazine Adventures of Asterix and Obelix. The park is based on the cartoon character devised by Gosciny and Uderzo, and is the rst French theme park. Here Astrix and his friends do battle with the crazy Romans, amidst fun attractions including a re-creation of Astrixs village. Not far from Park Astrix is another main attraction: Chantilly and its Living Museum of the Horse, (please visit http://www.museevi-vantducheval.fr/uk/grandese-curies/histoire.html ) more of a ballet school for horses than a museum, housed in one of the most beautiful and grandi-ose stables in the world.

Amiens is also remark-able for its vegetable market that can only be accessed by boat. Fishing has always been the principal activity of nearby Le Crotoy. The local wine is the Picardy Calvados; this region also provides ne beers and ciders from local producers. There is no way to spend time in France without an paying special attention to its world famous cuisine. It is a must to taste the local specialties including celle picardie (a thin crpe wrapped around a slice of ham and to topped with a cheese cream sauce) and carbonnade amande (beef and onions cooked in beer), the bread, the foi gras (duck liver spread) along with a really good French vine. The cuisine of Picardy is based on natural products and a certain lightness and re ne-


ment, which are perfectly symbolized by the Chantilly cream. This smooth, sweet cream dish was created by Franois Vatel (1631 1671), a French chef famous for inventing this sweet, vanilla- avored whipped cream for an extravagant banquet of 2,000 people hosted in honor of Louis XIV by the great Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Cond in April 1671 at his Chteau de Chantilly; hence the name crme Chantilly.

Horse riding is an important regional sport and Chantilly is the countrys thoroughbred

capital. Archery has also been a popular sport since the Middle Ages and theres a ma-jor archery festival each spring. For gol ng enthusiasts there are many golf courses, includ-ing two of the oldest and nest in France.

Picardy, the very cradle of France, still harbors many of its old values and traditions.

From the Chteau de Chantilly to the Imperial Palace of Compiegne, no less than 300 castles were built between the reigns of Franois I and Napoleon III. Today many of them have been converted to superb museums. The Cond Museum has the second largest collection of paintings in France after of the Louvre.

I can keep talking about this incredible part of France (honestly I hardly can restrain myself). I can go on and on but it is hard to keep control when there is such a bevy rich of material to talk about within Picardy. I think that you will agree that the Berger de Picard is a breed that has the magical touch that em-braces the whole region.

The Ornithology Park of Marquenterre at the Somme district offers famos bird-spotting opportunities. Also from the Bay de Somme is the famous dish called aagneau de pr-sal, made from local lamb meat whose special avor comes from the animals grazing on salt marshes. In the Northwest of the department, St-Quentin is surrounded by canals and rivers and its famous museum.

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Although the Berger Picard made an ap-pearance at the rst French dog show in 1863, the breeds rustic appearance did not lead to popularity as a show dog. The two World Wars nearly caused the extinction of the breed, which is still rare. In France there are approxi-mately 3,000 dogs and in Germany approxi-mately 350 of this breed.

Its standard points out that to bring up and prepare a Berger de Picard (BP) for its future life it needs a well balanced owner who can give the dog reassurance in every day life along with daily pack walks. It has to be a member of the pack, not to be locked away in a kennel and not to be isolated from the family. Intelligent, the BP learns quickly, but if the handler is not displaying a natural author-ity the dog will become stubborn and may not always want to learn. Meek or passive owners will most certainly run into behavior issues. It is a real task to train a BP for any kind of dog sport. These dogs are very sensitive to the voice so being harsh with them is not neces-sary. One needs to be patient and calm, but rm, con dent and consistent, making the rules clear and sticking to them. It needs to be well socialized when it is still young with close contact to friends, children and even strangers, to give it the best start possible for a good and long life in society.

When hunting, the BP uses its sight more than its scenting abilities. However, some lines do have stronger hunting instincts. Some like to bark and do so frequently unless the owner teaches the dog that barking obsessively is an unwanted behavior.

Without proper communication between the master and the dog the barking can become a problem if one lives surrounded by neighbors. Contact with other animals is not generally a problem. Energetic, alert, loyal and sweet-tempered, it is a ne sheep and cattle herder and a good farm guard.

The BP is a medium-sized, well-muscled dog, slightly longer than tall. The natural tail

Possibly the oldest of all the French shepherds the Berger de Picard arrived in Picardy with the Celts in 800 AD. This Shepherd inherited its name from the region of where he was rst selected. There are some researchers who guarantee that the breed is related to the better known Briard and Beauceron, whereas others think that it is related to the Belgian and Dutch Shepherds.


normally reaches to the hock and is carried with a slight J-curve at the tip. The coat is harsh and crisp to the touch, and about 22.5 inches (5-6 cm.) long all over the body. The thick strong hair is not uffy and light, therefore it does not y around in the air. Coat colors include grey, grey-black, blue-grey, red-grey, and light or darker fawn. A small white patch on the feet is permis-sible in the show ring but not favored. The ears are erect, high-set and quite wide at the base. The eyebrows are thick but do not shield the eyes.

The BP will do well in an apartment if it is suf ciently exercised during the day. However, the Picard always tries to stay close to its owner and family, so even if you have a big yard and give the dog the choice to pick where it wants to be, it will rather stay inside with you than alone outside. Inside the house the Picard is usually a very quiet dog. If the dog is trained to stay on its own for some time during the day it doesnt cause problems (if you have two dogs its even easier). However, in France lots of people take their Picards to work with them. They lay them-selves down under a table near their owner and just wait to leave again or to go for a walk.

Thankfully, beside the French several North American and Canadian dog fanciers are taking care of the well being, and preservation of the breed. The BP is a different looking sweet-tem-pered dog, which like the other rare breeds deserves our best efforts and attention to avoid its extinction.

The Berger de Picard was accepted and its standard recognized by the FCI, and it is judged in Gr.1 Shepherds. (The FCI, and the FKCC sites has the complete of cial standard pub-lished)

FKCC = French Kennel Club Commission.UKC = United Kennel ClubCKC = Continental Kennel ClubNKC = National Kennel ClubAPRI = American Pet Registry Inc.ACR = American Canine RegistryDRA = Dog Registry of America, Inc.

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Since I had only just returned from China the Tuesday prior, my travel agent convinced me to take two nights at home. Normally I would have started the trip to Chile on Wednesday afternoon because most international flights only have one flight per day. This trip was the exception since I knew there were other airlines flying from Atlanta to Santiago. I did book a flight out of Newark with lots of extra hours to reach Atlanta in case of delays, which New York is famous for and it did occur on this trip. There was a two-hour delay leaving Atlanta due to mechanical problems. Several people on the flight had connections to make in Santiago and before taking off they were told they

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would miss their connection in Santiago and therefore have to spend the whole day and night there. The other option was staying the next 24 hours in Atlanta until the flight the following evening. It is an example of just what disasters can happen on long international flights. When one is going on vacation it is not urgent, but it is difficult to show up for a dog show one day late. I was lucky to arrive in Santiago just two hours late. Leaving Atlanta at 10 p.m. our time was great for the 10 hour flight. I was able to sleep the majority of the flight. Normally I fly Continental and these long flights have a personal screen on each seat where 350 different movies are available along with HBO,

etc. Disappointingly, being on Delta only overhead screens showing one moving was our option. Luckily I did have some reading matter with me.

Arriving in Santiago and riding to the hotel I could see the city is in a valley surrounded on each side by two different mountain ranges. I believe it is the first time I have witnessed the famed Andes mountains close up. Upon entering the Hotel Regal Pacific, I immediately realized it was a five star hotel. It was not until I was ushered into my room that I very quickly appreciated certain things we normally take for granted. Just several days earlier, while in a beautiful facility in China, I did miss certain comforts. Here at the Regal Pacific was a coffee maker, which in most foreign countries is not available. Having a remote control in English for the TV with lots of English channels was also a treat. The telephone with people at the desk speaking English made me realize I would even

be able to leave a wake up call. In China one had to depend on a cell phone or a traveling alarm clock. The icing on the cake was when I saw an ice machine was available. So many countries have absolutely no ice available or you depend on room service, which can be a very lengthily process for a very tiny bucket of ice. Since I had been in the same clothes for over 24 hours, a long warm shower and fresh clothes was also a treat. The only minor flaw in the room was that the coffee was instant, but by a stroke of luck I was saved. The day before leaving, I was speaking with Mike Buckley who had just sampled the instant coffee Starbucks has introduced. When I heard a commercial

for it on the radio I was very skeptical. Driving to the airport I had stopped at a Starbucks for my espresso and also sampled the new instant coffee, which was being featured in a coffee challenge. I was shocked to realize just how good it was. Needless to say, I bought a stock pile for traveling.

After a shower I enjoyed this coffee instead of the available instant in the room. For coffee lovers this new Starbucks instant will be a life saver when traveling. I just wish I had it a week ago while in China. Their real coffee in the hotel was terrible. Like so much in life, it is a give and take. China did not offer coffee makers, ice, English TV, closets in the room, etc. but the free spa and free massages were a perk for sure. The one thing that makes foreign



assignments interesting is one never knows what to expect unless you talk at length to someone who already has been to that city. I enjoy watching the travel station on TV when at home because it gives one a glimpse of what to expect in foreign cities or even within our own country.

When Mr. Rossi arrived around 2 p.m. we dined for lunch together right in the hotel. Mr. Rossi is from Brazil and we had never met before. I was so glad he spoke some English. The dog world is certainly a close community. It turned out we have numerous mutual friends, not only in Brazil, but from many other South American countries and Europe. Starting lunch with the famous Brazilian drink, Caipirinha, made from Brazilian liquor, crushed limes and sugar, is always so much better in South America than at home. The food and ambience was wonderful and accompanied with lots of great Chilean

red wine the perfect lunch. As we were finishing lunch the manager of the hotel asked if he could join us. His love for dogs was immediately witnessed and he has a Golden Retriever shown by a handler. His dog is from the USA and he wants to get another Golden from the states also. He said he wants a pet, but quickly realized he wants a show-quality Golden that mainly will be another one of his beloved pets.

After a long lunch of much to drink, eat and wonderful conversation, I decided a short nap would replace my intent of walking the city for awhile. Like so many places in the world today, we were warned not to carry our passports, wallets or large amounts of cash. We were told to carry a small amount of cash and a copy of our passport, which the hotel would provide for us. As Americans we take for granted all the freedom and security we enjoy on a day-to-day basis.

At 8 p.m. I was informed a driver would pick me up, along with Mr. Rossi and George Kostopoulos, the other judge from Greece, to meet two ladies from the club who would not have dogs entered. They are very strict about exhibitors having any contact with the judges, even if their dogs would be shown by a handler. I realized this in the communication before I went to Chile. Several people I spoke with from the club were using assumed names if they had a dog being exhibited. Each country is so different about what is considered proper etiquette. It really ranges from one extreme to the other. A foreign friend of mine was recently going to a foreign land

and before the show received pictures of the dogs the show chairman would be showing to him!! One of the ladies at dinner has been breeding Yorkies for over 40 years and while living for a period in Spain started many Spanish breeders in the breed. She spoke of great times she spent in the states with Kay Finch, Carol, Honi & Fran Reisman and countless others. The restaurant for dinner provided not only great food but a romantic atmosphere as well. George from Greece, who I recently judged the Purina Breeders Cup in Italy with, filled me in on the Greek world of dogs. We also share many friends in common from all corners of the world. Sometimes in a foreign land I know more about the judges than I do at some of the shows back home. On occasion I am on a panel with a lot of judges I know nothing about and vice versa. It makes us realize the world is getting smaller and smaller and America is getting more and more spread out. For example, when I go to Mexico I know all of the handlers; in the states I know a small minority of them.

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Awakening Saturday morning at six, it was a joy to have the Starbucks coffee to start the day. Like

so many foreign assignments, our hosts at dinner were not able to tell us what we would be judging on Saturday. The only information they could supply

was which of the 10 groups would be judged Saturday and which ones would be judged on Sunday. We did find out the show had 380 dogs over the course of two days. The procedure is different in all countries and one learns quickly to just go with the flow. In the end all dog shows have one thing in common, which is placing the dogs in the order of quality compared to their competition. All systems have their advantages and the disadvantages. I really do not think one individual country has a perfect procedure.

At breakfast Saturday, the judge from Greece said 200 dogs split between the three of us would make for an easy day. The other judge and I figured being a South American show each of us would judge all 200 dogs, which was true. The show was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and we were very lucky we were able to start roughly at 9:20 a.m. Some Latin shows start notoriously late. In the USA we figure 25 dogs per hour, but in Latin America extra time has to be allowed for each breed and at the group level we had four different divisions for all 10 groups. This starts at the breed level. There is an award given between special puppies which is the 3 to 6 months class. The regular pups compete against each other and the Junior dog and bitch compete for best Junior. All of this does slow the process down a little bit. Over the course of the two days we each judged the 40 different groups plus four different Best in Shows. The three of us finished judging our breeds and groups around seven p.m., but there was over an hour of photo taking.

Saturday evening a very charming officer of the Kennel Club of Chile entertained us for an early dinner

right in the hotel. It was nice to sit down at the table before 9:30 p.m., since we knew by midnight we could be back in our rooms. We all admitted that when we left the show grounds around 8:30 p.m. we did not want a very late evening. Back to the room around midnight really was a treat, since I was able to answer a few emails and

let my head hit the pillow by one oclock. Dinner might have been a bit shorter, however our wonderful host and ourselves enjoyed talking about the show we had just judged. Like all shows some breeds were really good and this made up for the really poor breeds. This holds true no matter where one judges.

Awakening Sunday at 5:45 a.m., I had a rush of adrenaline looking forward to spending a day like we enjoyed on Saturday. The show was located on a beautiful soccer

field that is part of an entertainment facility that is for the use of the residents of a private community. The three adjoining rings were completely covered by a very beautiful and large tent, so while judging the dogs would never have to leave them in the sun at any point. In front of the entrance to the rings another smaller tent made it so the exhibitors could wait in the shade while the classes were being judged. The examination tables were draped in fine bunting. The judges tables were accompanied with very comfortable chairs for the stewards and judges also. Inside the rings

there were several arrangements of beautiful roses on pedestals. Several other floral arrangements were placed around the ringside. The club did everything possible for the comfort of the judges, exhibitors and most importantly, the dogs. Saturday the weather was picture perfect for both man and beast. Many people were comfortable sitting ringside in the sun all day long.

Sunday morning only having 180 dogs each to judge, we thought it might possibly be a shorter day, but due to some scheduling this was not to be. With each of us having to judge the four different BISs in the big ring it made for a day that was at least an hour longer. By around 2 p.m. on Sunday it

became a bit warm so that the handlers had to make an extra effort to keep the dogs comfortable. By the time we started

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the Bests, however, it had cooled off. I was

surprised to see how many people were ringside at the conclusion of the show. I understand the vast majority of the entries were right from the Santiago area, so people did not have to travel far to get home. Santiago has a population of over 5 million which accounts for nearly half the population of the entire country of Chile.

The quality of the dogs was overall good. Like anywhere, some breeds are going to be strong and some weak. The Sporting groups only had entries in Pointers, American Cockers, Weimaraners, Labradors and quite a few Goldens plus one Irish Setter. There was a lovely young Pointer bitch that would be very competitive in the states. I was not surprised to learn she came from Daniel OBeim of Brazil. Daniel has bred so many of the Pointers that have been top winners in the USA in recent years. I was delighted to have a beautiful specialty type black Lab bitch that was bred in the states also. The Goldens were on a par with what we see at our average size show. In the scent Hound group, the Beagles were a wonderful surprise to see such depth of quality. The first three or four I judged I could not get over such lovely heads and expressions. I should not have been surprised since South America has been the leading force in Beagles for quite a long time. The Brazilian bred bitch of Marco Flavio and Marcello Chagas has quickly become the top winning 15 bitch in history. She has accomplished this in a very short period. The overall quality of the Beagles was much higher than we see at our average show. It was distressing to see the Rhodesian Ridgebacks because the majority of them were not of show quality. Several I only could recognize because of the ridge. Hopefully these owners will realize that dogs of higher quality have to be secured. It was the one breed that several entries were given less than an excellent rating. There were only about seven or eight Afghans, but every single one of them was of top quality. In the past year, several judges have

come back from Chile and raved about the high level of quality. I should have realized what to expect after Mike Billings, Frank Sabella and Michael Canalizo were so enthusiastic about the Chilean Afghans. It has been a long time since I have judged so many good Afghans. More of the other Hound breeds had a sizable entry.

The group that we would compare to our Working group had sizable entries in quite a few breeds. The Dobes were on a par with the states and each entry could finish very easily at home. Later looking at the catalogue, I see many were sired by the legendary Inaqui the Black Shadow. A Brazilian bred

Boxer was a standout and could fare well in the states also. The largest entry in the Working group and actually the entire show, was an entry of 31 Bulldogs. I felt the quality of the males was below average and the majority were very short of leg, which is a fault we are seeing in the breed everywhere. The bitches were far superior to the dogs. The bitch that won the breed was of such quality she was the top winning dog of the weekend since she captured the Working group under all three judges. The Toy group had some nice Frenchies of high quality, but the highlight in the Toy group were the Pugs. The depth of quality started in the baby classes and continued right through the champion class. When it came time for BOB, I had to really make a contest between two dogs and two bitches and they were all owned by the same people. In all four Toy groups I awarded Best Baby, Best Puppy, Best Junior and Best Adult to four different Pugs. Pugs were certainly the highlight of the Toy group.

The group which includes the Spitz type dogs was very strong in Akitas and Siberian Huskies. The breed winners could compete successfully anywhere in the world today. In the group it

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was a real contest between the Akita and the Siberian. The Akita was the victor because he is a big powerhouse

of a dog and yet goes around the ring so light on his legs. Being a real stallion of a show dog makes him hard to deny. The Herding

group is similar to ours except there are several breeds I was not familiar with. I put second in the Herding group a big white dog, but had never seen one before. The committee was very pleased and felt I might be an expert on this rare breed. I confessed I did not even know what breed it was. This was the only breed in the show that I have never judged or seen before, but this will be happening much more often now in the states.

There are only a few handlers or owners in Chile that are good with Terrier coats. Because of this the Terriers do not have many entries except for Bull Terriers, which had an entry of 10 or 12. We normally do not see this many at our shows, unless it is a R.O.M. show. Bull Terriers are one of my favorite breeds to judge and my adrenaline started to flow because of the very good quality. I carried a Junior dog on to Best Junior in Show and also fifth Best in the regular Best. This young white dog had a powerful well filled head and beautiful eye. His make and shape coupled with a great attitude made for an undeniable picture on the go around. There was an adult male that pushed him hard, but was not quite as impressive on the go around. I learned later they are half brothers. The best conditioned terrier was a Norfolk from the Max-Well Kennels, of our own Barbara Miller. The handler, Mariano Gatica, has to be congratulated on

the condition he has this bitch in. There was a junior Smooth Fox that had a lot of quality, and I see he is bred by the Spectors who have bred so many top Smooths. In many different countries of the world I have give high awards to Smooths of their breeding. Just several months ago in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, my Best of Winners Maltese was owned by Elena Spector.

There were three shows over the two days. Each of us did an entire show, so we gave the Bests to the dogs we judged at breed and group level. I was lucky to have been scheduled for the first set of Bests. All of the Bests from baby right through to the fourth or adult Best had very good depth of quality. It is a rare occasion at an all-breed show when one gets to award Best to the dog you feel is the best dog in the show. So often under another judge they do not win the breed or the group. When the 10 dogs individually entered the big ring I realized it was line up of top dogs. Even though I was to award one through five for Best, I quickly realized several top dogs would go without an award. As a judge I always am glad when more than one award is given for Best.

My choice for Best was a lovely black and silver Afghan male that had to defeat several other top quality dogs at the breed level. He is owned by Ramon Podesta, who had several winning dogs at the American Afghan National just a couple of months ago. Mr. Roberto Rossi, the Brazilian judge, gave the breed to another black and silver Afghan male and carried him all the way to BIS. This shows just how strong the competition was in Afghans. George Kostopoulos from Greece was doing Best as I was busy getting photos done. Between the three judges it must have been well over two hours of photos. I started taking photos while the remaining two judges were doing their four Best, so I really did not see any of their decisions. With any foreign assignment you can always count on at least one hour or more of photos after the show is over. It is so different than the way we do it in the states.

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While on one of my recent trips to China, I did convince the photographer to take some of the pictures during the day when I had a

break in judging. He also felt it was a new and very good idea.

All of the shows in Santiago are put on by the Kennel Club of Chile. This might be the first time I have ever seen that the registration body of a country organizes all of the all-breed shows. It is a tremendous amount of work for them and is also costly. They lose money putting on a show. It is from registrations that they can afford to put on shows. It was three shows held over the course of two days so they collect three entry fees for each dog. At 380 dogs times three that is 1,140 entry fees which would appear to be quite a bit of income. The problem is that they charge a very small fee. For the three shows it is quite a bit less than we pay for one show. Even though they do not pay the judges a fee, the panel is very expensive when they have three judges expenses from around the world. There was a lot of money spent on the very beautiful and very large tent, along with some other smaller tents. They spent a great deal of money on trophies and the show I judged gave extremely large and beautiful rosettes making the cost over $1,000. For the small entry fees the exhibitors do get a lot for their money.

The Kennel Club of Chile is made up of a very small group of individuals. Isabel Cristina Vasquez Correa is their president.

The vice president is Juan Eugenio Gonzalez Aquilo and Paula Andrea Machuca Valenzuela acts as secretary with Edda Wollstein Brandenstein as treasurer. These four plus five Board of Directors are responsible for managing the Kennel Club of Chile and putting on all the dog shows throughout the year.

Because of being such a small group of people it takes a lot of juggling to care for the judges. They are all working very hard to organize the show right up to the last minute. It is also hard since some of them still exhibit and even though the dogs are handled by someone else they make every effort to have no social contact with the judge until the show is over. This meant each evening someone had to volunteer to entertain us for dinner. This worked extremely well since it would be the three judges and one or maybe two members to entertain us. Each of us had a fabulous steward. My steward and also Georges steward spoke fluent English. The young man that stewarded for me is studying to be a judge and his father is an all-breed judge. This young man has a tremendous passion for dogs and is a very bright student of all breeds. We spent a lot of time discussing the reasons for the placements throughout the two days.

On Monday George and I joined the officers for lunch. Mr. Rossi had a very early flight home Monday morning. The officers entertained us at a very lovely private club. It was a long lunch since dog people enjoy discussing dogs for hours on end. Over lunch it was very evident that they are very serious about improving their stock even though they already have top quality dogs. Not having a flight until late Monday evening, I got a chance to see the city of Santiago after lunch. I wish I could have spent more time in Santiago, but I had been in China the week before and was headed to Spain the following weekend so it didnt allow much free time in Chile. I only spent three and a half days in Chile, but it was memorable experience of people and wonderful dogs.

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BRED-BY-EXHIBITOR COMPETITIONOne of the most prestigious competitions held dur-ing the Best of Breed classes at the AKC/Eukanu-ba National Championship is the Best Bred-By Ex-hibitor competition. CH. RUSH HILLS RIVER ROAD PAYOFF, a Golden Retriever known as Vegas was awarded Best Bred-By-Exhibitor in Show by Judge Helen Lee James, edging out more than 1,300 dogs representing 32 percent of the total competitors en-tered in the Bred-By Exhibitor competition. Vegas owners Mark Struble, Tanya Struble & Kelsey Dunn of Lake Stevens, Wash. were awarded a $15,000 cash prize.

BEST BRED-BY EXHIBITOR IN SHOW FINALISTS AND GROUP WINNERSHound: CH. SPLASHS THE PROFESSOR, a Basset Hound owned by Jo Ann & Bill & Jacqueline Nolan & S & A Ponsart

Working: CH. R & GS MYSTICAL DANCER a Boxer owned by Bezerra, Servetnick, Bachman, Desmond, Steele & Jones

Terrier: CH. CASTLE ROCKS SBIGSTAFF MAD ABOUT YOU an American Staffordshire Terrier owned by Genoa Brown & Dayna Pesenti

Toy: CH. FULL OF MALARKEY MILES OF AISLES a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel owned by Patrick and Tamara Kelly

Non-Sporting: CH. UNIQUE JEWEL OF THE CROWN a Standard Poodle owned by Kathleen Stockman & Diane Keeler & Gail Wolaniuk

Herding: CH. KALEEFS KATERINA V KENLYN a German Shepherd Dog owned by Lange Stern & Generaeux & Ramandos & Moses

$2,000 winners scholarship. Other placements included in second place

Emalia Williams and her smooth Dachshund, third place to Cheyenne Schlecht and her Ger-man Shorthaired Pointe and fourth place to Connor Black and his Whippet.

AKC MEET THE BREEDSA record-number of 160 AKC Parent Clubs showed their dedication to their breeds with out-standing displays at the AKC Meet the Breeds exhibition. Learning about the dogs country of origins, cultural tributes and purposes of pure-

125 Yearsand counting...

JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIPThe Junior Showmanship competition offers sizable scholarship awards for its Junior Handler winners and requires a speci c grade point average as part of the eligibility criteria. Junior handlers, between 9 and 18 years of age, came to demonstrate their expertise for an opportunity to receive a $2,000 scholarship.

Saturday preliminary rounds put 12 competi-tors into the nal on Sunday night, where Demery Paladichuk and her English Springer Spaniel Glea-son triumphed over 115 other juniors to win the coveted title of Best Junior Handler, along with the

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The Meet The Breed booth for the Smooth Fox Terrier.

Junior Showmanship winner Demery Paladichuk



breds along with meeting the dogs and talking with breed experts makes this aspect of the show enjoy-able for all ages.

Congratulations to all the clubs on a job well done educating the thousands of spectators and dog lovers and bringing their lovely dogs to share with the public. In addition kudos go to the Rhode-sian Ridgebacks for the Best Booth in Show award.

NATIONAL OBEDIENCE INVITATIONALThe 2009 AKC National Obedience Invitational

demonstrated the highest level of training and team-work between dog and handler and was the culmi-nation of thousands of trials held throughout the year. More than 100 dogs competed, representing 44 breeds from 31 states and Canada.

Dogs will compete in a six-round Round Robin format tournament on Saturday, which will determine the nalists to continue on to Sundays championship. On Saturday, each dog per-formed each Open and Utility exercise twice and completed one set of group stays. The dogs cumulative scores were calculated, and the top four scoring dogs from each group advanced to the Sunday nals, along with the next top four scoring dogs of any breed. A total of 32 dogs competed in Sundays championship rounds.

For the second year in a row, the AKC National Obedience Invita-tional Champion was NOC OTCH Count Tyler Show Me the Money UDX4 OM1 a Labrador Retriever commonly known as Tyler, owned by Petra Ford of Washington, New Jersey.

RUNNER-UP PLACEMENTS INCLUDED: 1st Runner Up - OTCH High Times Risn Above the Tide - Golden Retriever, owned by Kathleen Rasinwich-Platt

2nd Runner Up OTCH Sunsplash No Free Time Golden Retriever, owned by Helen Smith

3rd Runner Up - OTCH MACH6 Sanews Abundance of Energy - Poodle, owned by Shirley Barkan

AKC AGILITY INVITATIONALFive agility dogs and their owners one dog/handler team in each of the ve height categories were crowned at the AKC Agility In-vitational, which brought together more than 450 dogs 130 breeds from 41 states, plus Canada, Brazil and Japan. The top ve dogs in each breed are invited to the Invitational, and the event shows that all dogs, regardless of size or build, can play the fun sport of agility.

Competition began on Friday with a FAST class that got dogs and handlers warmed up and moving. The competition itself got underway on Saturday with the rst of four rounds that determined who advanced to the nals on Sunday evening. Dogs ran two Jump-

Poodle competing in National Obedience Invitational.

New two-time National Obedience Champion Tyler.

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ers with Weaves courses, a Standard course, and lastly, a hybrid course.

In addition, an award of a different type was presented at the event that typically only awards canines and their owners for their skills.

This year, the Ultimate Cake-Off television show challenged top bakers to create Agility theme cakes. The winning creation was wheeled into the agility ring to the cheers of the crowd just before Round 2 got started.

The elaborate cake featured a moving teeter and a rotating tire, as well as several different breeds of dogs. Find out who the winning chef is and see the cake when the television special airs on Feb. 8 on the TLC channel. Come visit www.akc.org to see the cake and festivities after the broadcast.

AKC AGILITY INVITATIONAL WINNERS: Placing rst in their height division (8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 respectively) were:

8- Tobi a Pembroke Welsh Corgi owned by Dar-lene Paul of Sykesville, Maryland

12- Letti a Cardigan Welsh Corgi owned by Mi-chelle Permann of Torrence, California

16- Luka a Pyrenean Shepherd owned by Ashley Deacon of Redwood City, California

20- Jace a Border Collie owned by Lisa Carol Ross of Woodinville, Washington

24- Flare a Doberman Pinscher owned by Yvonne Mancino of Pataskala, Ohio

BREEDER OF THE YEAREach year at the show, the AKC celebrates the heart and soul of the sport of purebred dogs by awarding the AKC Breeder of the Year Award. Seven individuals are honored who have left a great impact on a speci c breed. These breeders have dedicated their lives to improving the health, tem-perament and quality of purebred dogs.

Claudia Orlandi, Ph.D. of Essex Junc-tion, Vermont was honored with the 2009 AKC Breeder of the Year Award for her Tops eld Basset Hounds at the AKC/Eu-kanuba National Championship on Sunday evening. Claudia has produced more than 100 AKC champions, with Tops eld Bas-sets winning over 100 Best in Shows and 500 Group Firsts and holding various Breed and All-Breed records. Prominent Tops eld hounds include Ch. Tops eld Bumper Cars, CD, ROM; Ch. Tops eld-Sanchu Sports Car, ROM; Ch Tops eld Beethoven; and Ch. Tops eld Vision Silver Noodles. Bumper Cars, a National Specialty Winner, is the top Group Winning Basset Hound in the history of the breed with 250 group rsts. Silver Noodles is the top winning Basset Hound bitch in breed history.

Like other Breeder of the Year win-

Rhodesian Ridgeback running a course in the AKC Agility Invitational.


ners before her, Claudia represents the epitome of the responsible breeder someone who aims to preserve and improve the breed they have dedicated their lives to and who puts the health and welfare of her dogs front and center, said AKC Chairman of the Board Ron Menaker. She has used her expertise to enhance the breeding programs of other fanciers and sets an ideal example for so many breeders in the sport. This recognition is very well deserved.

All seven Group honorees were presented with medallions during the show. Group winners in-cluded:

Sporting: Leslie Russell Oregon City, Oregon - Avon Farm Irish Setters

Working: Judith G. Cooper Lake Barrington, Illinois - TipN Chip Great Pyrenees

Terrier: Maripi Wooldridge Mebane, North Carolina - Terrydale Airedale Terriers

Toy: David Fitzpatrick East Berlin, Pennsylvania - Pequest Pekingese

Non-Sporting: Jean & Robert Hetherington Oxford, North Carolina, Hetherbull Bulldogs

Herding: Michelle Edling The Dalles, Oregon - Sky Acres Belgian Tervuren

William Berlonis Theatrical Animals have been featured in 22 major theatrical productions, in over a dozen lms and in countless television shows and commercials, from a production of Camelot starring Richard Harris to Sesame Street to The Merv Grif n Show. If that wasnt an impressive enough resume, consider this: all of Berlonis animal actors have been rescued from shelters and humane societies.

Berloni grew up in central Connecticut with a collie and a beagle and had dreams of being an actor. In the summer of 1976 he found work at the Goodspeed Opera House, as an apprentice building scenery. It was a job in which Berloni admits, I was not at all skilled. When mounting the last show of the summer season, the initial production of Annie, the producer, Michael Price, hit a major roadblock when it came to casting the role of Sandy, a dog that had to stand center stage, bark on cue, and ignore the audience. Enter Bill Berloni, and the beginning of William Berlonis Theatrical Animals.

The producer tricked me into it, Berloni said. I saw a chance to be in a play and I grabbed it.

Martin Charnin, the director, lyricist and conceiver of Annie, recalled, The reality was for thirty seconds the feeling was we wouldnt be able to nd a dog. Bill was assigned to hunt down a dog. I had pictures and drawings of the dog we wanted and I had an idea based on the play that it couldnt be a cocker spaniel.

Berloni didnt have a dog at the time. I was 18 years old and the last thing I wanted was responsibility, he said. Someone tipped him off that he could get a cheap dog at a shelter, so he went to the Connecticut Humane Society. Up until that point, he was ignorant of the shelter system. I was morti ed at the horrible conditions these dogs were living in, he said. It was really upsetting. But I found sort of a match. He was a year and a half old and scheduled

to be put to sleep the next day. I didnt have enough for the adoption fee, so I went home, came back the next morning before the shelter opened and adopted him. He was a stray with no name so I called him Sandy.

Bill had found exactly the right dog, Charnin said.

Plucked from deaths door and shown the stage door, Sandy performed 2,333 times on Broadway the longest running show dog in the most produced musical in the history of Broadway theater. But Sandy didnt become a star overnight. In fact, that initial summer production of Annie in Connecticut didnt do very well. In the fall, Berloni enrolled in New York University to pursue acting and brought Sandy with him. But someone saw that production in Connecticut and thought it had potential. So much so, that he optioned the show and decided to bring it to Broadway.

Around Christmas time, Berloni explains, Mike Nichols called offering Sandy the role in Annie on Broadway.

Berloni accepted on Sandys behalf, provided he came on board as his

handler. The show ran for seven years. Not bad for an animal trainer who never even read a book on the subject. I made it up, Berloni said. I just used positive reinforcement, which I knew from my own dogs. Prior to Annie, nobody thought you could do it, and that was the rst time a character was written for an animal. When I realized I was much more talented as an animal trainer than I was as an actor I created this niche industry.

Charnin said, Had Annie not happened, Bill may have been an actor or an engineer or I dont know what. But he fell in love with the dogs and they with him and he became an entrepreneur in the animal trainer business. Its a very speci c art. I dont know if many people consider him an artist but he is.

The beginning of William Berlonis Theatrical Animals was the end of NYU for him. He dropped out to commit himself full-time to his rewarding profession in which he rescues dogs, nds

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Plucked from deaths door, Sandy performed 2,333 times on Broadway the longest running show dog in the history of Broadway theater.


them work and lets them retire to his farm in Connecticut. He resides with his wife Dorothy and 14 dogs, with eight more of his animals currently in touring productions of Annie, Legally Blonde, and The Wizard of Oz. His company employs seven people full time.

After the experience with Sandy I decided Ill only adopt, Berloni said. All of our animals are rescues and were very proud of that.

Thats not to say that every dog can be an actor. I previously thought that you can train an animal to bend to your will, Berloni said. But you cant. They need certain personalities. You cant take shy dogs or people and train them to be outgoing. If the dog doesnt want to be there it wont perform. In that case, we re-home it.

Training the dogs to perform may be the easy part. Dealing with their human co-stars can be problematic. Sometimes actors are cast who dont like dogs, or theyre allergic or afraid, or they lied to get the job and you have to make them animal lovers, he said. Theres an actress working today in the touring company of Legally Blonde whos afraid of dogs and a bulldog has to leap into her arms.

This particular scene presented several problems. Bulldogs are sixty pounds, Berloni said. And this one has to jump into the arms of a small actress. But we found a freakishly small bulldog to do it. Also in the cast of Legally Blonde is a notoriously dif cult breed of dog, the Chihuahua.

Working with Bill on developing the dogs for Legally Blonde was a terri c experience, said Jerry Mitchell, director of both the Broadway and touring production of the musical. While I know what I was asking of Bill and the dogs was a big order, Bills dedication, knowledge and sheer determination to not settle made the characters of Bruiser and Rufus come to lifeHe and Dorothy have such love and care for all the animals they work with its no wonder the dogs love to perform.

Berloni acknowledged that he has encountered casting problems when the breeds behavior doesnt match the script. For instance, the role of Toto in The Wizard of Oz calls for a sweet, loving Cairn terrier, but as Berloni noted, terriers can be tough.

Some productions can be tough, too. While he has enjoyed working on all of them, mounting Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was a trying experience. It was a tremendously expensive show that was brought over from England and featured a ying car and called for ten dogs but the producers complained about how expensive the dogs were, Berloni said. The budget was

cut, as was the number of dogs in the show.

Theres a lot of overhead with dogs, Berloni said. They have

to be fed and homed and transported and handled. They also need understudies. We always have understudies. Dogs get sick, too. Live theater takes so much prep work and rehearsals that every production has one day a week for understudy rehearsals, so the understudy dog works with the understudy actors. We train them all to be handlers.

Said Charnin, who still directs productions of Annie, I cant praise Bill enough. Hes been on every production that Ive directed. Thirty-three years after I got the rights from the Chicago Tribune, where the cartoon came from, its still going strong. Bill has been invaluable to the Annie team. I can count on it being right with Bill. He brings a sense of reliability. What hes really good at is the care and concern he displays when he works with kids.

While the career choice is certainly rewarding, its not as lucrative as people would think, Berloni said. Were the lowest paid people in showbiz. Unlike actors, we dont have a union. Actors in a musical make $1,800 a week. Stage hands make $2,400 a week. For us, theres no minimum standard. Berlonis Theatrical Animals also operates as an agency, where movie and commercial work can fetch $500 a day for an animal actor. Berloni and his handlers have provided animals of all species and sizes for all sorts of productions and special events even the New York City Ballet - and all of them were found in shelters, humane societies or rescue leagues.

His secret for nding and training a nicky feline that will work for food? I look for cats that act like dogs, he said. The one thats sitting on the receptionists desk at the shelter, or hanging around the lobby and is food motivated. You cant train every cat. They have to be social as opposed to independent.

Berloni just closed a production of The Royal Family in NYC and for now, there are no big shows with animals in them lined up for 2010. Hell keep his eyes open for the next top dog to rescue but he has plenty to keep him busy before walking the boards or waiting in the wings again. In addition to his dalliances on Broadway and in Hollywood, hes also a published author, and the Director of Animal Behavior for the Humane Society of New York, with an of ce in Times Square. His duties include setting training policies, temperament testing the dogs that come in and correcting their behavior problems, approving people for adoptions, and acting as the Humane Societys media spokesman.

Sounds like Berloni lives quite a full life while saving the lives of dogs. In fact, his life story might make for an interesting evening of theater but he may have to train all the animals for the show himself. And theyd all have to be rescues, of course.

Sometimes actors are cast who dont like dogs, or theyre allergic or afraid, or they lied to get the job and you have to make them animal lovers...


She wrote back immediately that she desired to write a book that might be called, The Fascinating Hobby of Breeding Your Own Show Dog in which she would take the mystery out of genetics. All the works in print on this topic are too technical for the rank novice.

She couldnt have known that this was one of Howells big dreams. He wanted to publish the ultimate book on dog breeding, one that would be valuable to show breeders, people he spent time with every weekend. It should be detailed and fulsome, a refer-ence source for both novice and experienced breeders. He had been searching for the per-fect writer for that book for some time.

They wrote back and forth throughout 1976, sharing ideas about what should be covered. Howell said he had a backlog of 22 books to publish, so there was no hurry. But when a year passed, in which Se-ranne did not produce an outline and sample chapter, he wrote to her on August 24, 1978. Were not press-ing you for this, but just a gentle nudge in the hope that it will be forthcoming one of these days.

Even with her Gourmet magazine editing and sev-eral cookbooks in produc-tion, Ann had been work-ing on it in her spare time. She quickly sent him the outline and rst chapter. The rst line in the book is: Breeding dogs is a serious business and should not be undertaken without a great deal of thought and pur-pose in mind. It is a combi-nation of art and science, of common sense and intel-ligence, to which must be added a modicum of luck and a tremendous

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