G S CA M ON T H LY April 2014 E N E WS LET T E R Volume 14,...

Giant Tales

G S C A M O N T H L Y E N E W S L E T T E R

April 2014

Volume 14, Issue 4

Upcoming

Events:

● May 25, 2014: Supported En-try, Fletcher, NC

● October 29-

November 2, 2014: GSCA National, Purina

Farms

Financials 2

New Titles 3

Giant Steps/ Supported Entry

4

Midwest Specialty Results

5

Looking Back 6

Member Profile 7

National Specialty Information

8-10

Inside this issue:

Original Artwork by Lindsey Dicken

Financials

Giant Tales Volume 14, Issue 4

New Titles earned in February!


Dog Title Dog Name Sex Owners Name

Champion CH Blitz's Princess Buttercup B STACEY O'ROURKE & Derek Jolly

Champion CH Clear Days Babette B Pam McCleary & Robert McCleary

Champion CH Histyle's Heir Of Isildur D VICTOR HEIN & Michael Rutkas & DEBBIE HEIN

Champion CH Riesenrad's Love Of The Slopes D Kyle Taft & Tarja Ahlgren & Liz Taft

Champion CH Stablemaster's X-Ottique B Marne Martin-Tucker

Grand Champion GCH CH Kenro's Time Is Money B Margaret R McGee & Robin J Greenslade

Tracking Dog Excellent Classic Pearl Handled Revolver V Easentaigh CDX RN TDX HSAds B Janett Willis & Mary E Falls & Susan B Hart

Novice Agility Pre-ferred CH Histyle's Barracuda RN NAP D Lynn Mcmaster & Michael Ruthes

Master Silver Agility MACH Momentumm From Russia With Love RN MXS MJB NF B

Tim Verrelli & Christine Lietzau & Kellie Verrelli

Open Agility Jumper Momentumm Full Volume CDX PT OA OAJ NAP NJP NF B Kathi Seaman & Christine Lietzau

Open Agility Jumper Preferred

CH Mountain High's Mango Mantra OAP OJP NFP D

Cindy Muller & D Conover & M Conover & Kimberly Vonk

Agility FAST Novice Preferred

CH Mountain High's Mango Mantra OAP NJP NFP D

Cindy Muller & D Conover & M Conover & Kimberly Vonk

Master Agility Champi-on

MACH Momentumm From Russia With Love RN MXS MJB NF B

Tim Verrelli & Christine Lietzau & Kellie Verrelli

Canine Good Citizen Leadenpenny Ingmar CGC D Mary Moe Porter

Canine Good Citizen Mesquite's Ebony Angel CGC B Jan Jenkins

Therapy Dog CH Elliott Unique Saphire Scout VCD1 RE OAP NJP NF NFP THD D Robyn Elliott

www.blueridgeclassicdogs

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https://

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BlueRidgeClassicOfThe-

Carolinas

The next issue of Giant Steps will be the Breeder/Companion Issue and will be released in June. Here are a few features I'm working on and would love your help: I know there are several new puppies in your households and I would like to feature them in this issue. Please send me a picture of your puppy along with their call and registered names and a brief tale of their antics.

You may remember in the December issue, a few Breed-er Vignettes. We have more breeders out there that I'm sure our members would like to read about. Please send me a short vignette (1-2 para-graphs) about the dog that you feel exemplifies your breeding program, along with a picture. I'm working on an article con-taining a list of things that potential puppy buyers should look for when select-

ing a breeder. Please send me your key 'wants' from a breeder. If you would like to write an article, have ideas of articles you would like to see in up-coming Steps, or submit ads, pictures, other content, please contact Lori Clark ([email protected]). The deadline for the June is-sue is May 15th. Thank you.

All breed show & Obedi-

ence trials. Western Car-

olina Agricultural Center,

Fletcher, NC.

Blue Ridge Agility Club

Agility Trail, adjacent to

show. May 23-25, 2014.

Superintendent: MB-F

Inc.,

Please join us

for a Supported

Entry!

Blue Ridge Classic

of the Carolinas:

May 23-26, 2014.

Supported Entry: May 25, 2014

Giant Steps: Call for Submissions


In 2013, 51

Giants earned

their CH. 11

Giants earned

their GCH.

Giant Steps: Publication Dates for 2014

Issue Deadline Publication Date

Breeder/ Companion May 15th June

Working Sport 2 August 15th September

National Specialty November 30th December

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International KC of

Chicago Inc.

February 22, 2014

SWEEPSTAKES :

BSS:

CADBURY'S WANNA GO

FAST?. 6-9 mo. Dog.

Breeder: Melisa Davis

& Maryann Bisceglia &

Robert Fox OWNER:

Cheryl & Robert Schaf-

fer & Melisa Davis

VETERANS

SWEEPSTAKES

BSV:

GCH CH SPICERACK

SHE'S ALL THAT RN

7 yrs & older. BREED-

ER: Jean & Ed Biggins

& Robin Henderson .

OWNER: Melisa Davis .

Specialty Results:

BOB/ G4:

CH SKANSEN'S HO-

LY KNIGHT .

BREEDER: Sylvia Ham-

mastrom. OWNER:

Cornelia King.

WD/ BOW:

RIESENRAD'S LOVE

OF THE SLOPES.

BREEDER: Tarja

Ahlgren & Jyrki Ahlgren

OWNER: Taria Ahlgren

& Kyle & Liz Taft

BOS:

GCH CH SKANSEN'S

HAVANNAH.

BREEDER: Sylvia Ham-

marstrom. OWNER:

Cynthia & Steven San-

sone.

SD: GCH CH CAD-

BURY'S HIGH ON

ZANDER MOUNTAIN

RN CA. Breeder/ Own-

er: Melisa Davis.

SB: CH KENRO'S

TIME IS MON-

EY. BREEDER: Robin

J Greenslade. OWNER:

Margaret R McGee &

Robin J Greenslade.

WB:

LINDSAYLEIGH'S

CAMERO. Breeder/

Owner: Derrick Wood.

RWD: LIND-

SAYLEIGH'S SHER-

MAN . Breeder/ Owner:

Derrick Wood.

RWB: SKANSEN'S

LOLA. BREEDER:

Sylvia Hammarstrom.

OWNER: Cynthia San-

sone & Steven Sansone.

Midwestern Specialty Results– corrected from March Giant Tales


My sincerest

apologies for

publishing the

wrong

information in

the March E

News. In the

future, a date

that data is

gathered will be

posted with

results, in hopes

of avoiding

future errors.

Pictured left: CADBURY'S WANNA GO FAST? “Zora”

Owners: Cheryl & Robert Schaffer & Melisa Davis.

Looking Back… More on Carlo


Sincere thank you to

Enid Lagree for

supplying me with the

materials for this

section. The book

Yvonne Shcilla wrote

and she published is a

treasure! Copies of The

Giant Schnauzer in The

United States: 1930 – 2005

are still available. The

selections provided are

copyright material.

Pictured above: Ch Carlo von Saldern

This photograph of Ch Carlo von Saldern was the breed illustration in the

American Kennel Club’s The Complete Dog Book up to 1960. Grandson of

Bazi v Wetterstein, Carlo was the 1928 German Sieger.

He sired fourteen litters in Germany before he was imported by James Mitch-

ell Hoyt of North Stamford, Connecticut, and became the breeds’ second

American champion in April 1931.

Carlo proceeded to sire seven more litters in the United States and his name

appears in almost all early pedigrees including Ago Farm, Wilsona,

Teufelseck, both the German and the American Zeppelinstein, Imperial, Vigi-

lant, Tueblu, Windenburg, Hi-View, Burgholzle, Krayenrain, Camoli, El Lobo,

Deberic, Dolric, Ebenholtz, Silber Wald. Therefore, later lines evolving from

these kennels also trace to Carlo. Some of the contemporary kennels would

include Attishom, Blackbeard, J-Starr, Skansen, and Sonnenschein.

Pictured below: This head study of Ch Carlo Von Saldern, by the famous pho-tographer Dauer, appeared in Ernst Von Otto’s book, Ger-man Dogs in Word and Pic-ture, which was printed by Anton Kampfe in 1928, in Je-na, Germany.

"The Giant Schnauzer in The United States: 1930 –

2005" by Yvonne Schilla, edited by Enid S. Lagree,

©2005. The head study appears on the front cover

and the full body shot on the title page.

Work: Staff Assistant/

Project Manager Kentucky

Department of Education Of-

fice of Innovation

Giants: CH Momentumm

Senorita Alegria RN NF OA

OAJ call name "Alee" born

Dec 1, 2000 and Momen-

tumm River of Stars - call

name "Rio" born April 9,

2010 right now his only title

is "clown"

GSCA Membership: steady

GSCA member for about 15

years but was a member 30

years ago when I had my first

Giant.

Why a GS? I always loved

the breed and got my first

Giant "Danny" from Evelyn

O'Shaughnessey. She put me

through the ringer before she

sold to me because I worked

and she wasn't sure I would

have time for the dog. His

name was Terresta's Danny

Boy Deluxe if I recall correct-

ly and I was living in Mary-

land at the time. Sadly we lost

Danny when he was two and

then Zack came into my life,

Arlingfires Zackrieger. I was

living in Chicago at the time

and Zack was 18 months and

needing to be rehomed. He

was from Joan Groneman

and I had him until he died at

age 14+. I didn't do much

with him except have fun with

him. He used to come on trail

rides with me when I rode my

horse and was always around

the barn and the horses. I was

working at Arlington Park

Racetrack at the time and for

awhile lived at the track - so

he was a familiar site and

often in my office with me at

the track. You didn't open my

office door quickly and just

pop in when he was there! He

was always ready to protect

me.

I then moved around for a

couple of winters and while in

New Orleans for the racing

season at the Fairgrounds I

got Daisy, my pepper/salt

Giant. She was a little dear

and she and Zack became best

friends. Daisy completed her

CD and then I was moving

down to Kentucky and so we

did not do any more training.

She lived to be 14+.

After losing Daisy I was giv-

en the opportunity to get one

of Chris Lietzau's Giants from

a woman in Florida who had

to give him up. Momentum

Better N Ever "Baron" was

about 15 months old when I

got him and my first hard

coated Giant. For awhile we

trained in search and rescue

but because I wanted him to

be a disaster dog we did not

continue. At the time there

were no FEMA teams in the

area and limited opportunities

to train with the right people.

The commitment was also

more than I could sign on to

at the time and the cost of

traveling frequently to places

to train got prohibitive. He

was doing great and I think

would have been a terrific

search dog and would have

qualified for a FEMA team

eventually. Meanwhile, Alee

came into my life as a 10

week old puppy and from the

start it was clear she was the

princess and expected to be

treated as such! That has not

changed over the past 13

years! LOL She was my first

Champion and while obedi-

ence was never her thing she

was a terrific agility dog. She

and Baron were best of

friends and when he died she

mourned him for quite some-

time. Several months after he

went to the rainbow bridge we

went to our beach house in

New Jersey and Alee went

upstairs into Baron's crate and

stayed there all day! Conse-

quently, when we added Rio

to the family she hated him

and for two years made his

life miserable! They are now

great friends.

Rio has started some herding,

is learning agility and has

started learning to track. He is

probably the smartest Giant I

have owned and challenges

me every day. He is also by

far the biggest clown I have

lived with. We are inseparable

and I think Baron's spirit lives

in Rio.

Rio has become a "Linus". He

has a huge old blanket that he

Member Profile: Pat Trotter


drags around everywhere! Up the

stairs, down the stairs, out the

doggie door, etc. This is the sec-

ond one - the first was a queen

size quilt that eventually disinte-

grated!!

Rio is raw fed, Alee is on kibble

and canned - he and Alee love

their Trader Joe's Jerky strips as

treats. Stuffed toys don't last long

around this household. A new

favorite toy for Rio is a heavy soft

plastic baton which he loves to

fetch. We use toys for training a

lot or as rewards after a training

session. He will always go to the

van and start pulling out all of the

toys from the toy bag!

Apart from the Giants I have a

small photo business

www.twogiants.com, love to trav-

el, garden, attend the opera, and

spend time at the beach house in

New Jersey.

Photo courtesy of Pat Trotter. L-R: Rio, Pat and Alee.

http://www.twogiants.com

Best Junior $35.00

2nd – 4th $30.00

GSCA NATIONAL OBEDI-

ENCE - REGULAR CLASSES

AND NONREGULAR CLAS-

SES

High In Trial $300.00

High Combined $200.00

Novice A $60.00/ Novice B

$60.00

Open A $60.00/ Open B $60.00

Utility A $60.00/ Utility B

$60.00

Beginners Novice 1st $50.00

Graduate Novice 1st $50.00

Graduate Open 1st $50.00

Versatility 1st $50.00

Veterans 1st $50.00

GSCA NATIONAL RALLY


Novice A 60.00/ Novice B

$60.00

Advanced A $60.00/ Advanced B

$60.00

Excellent A $60.00/ Excellent B

$60.00

AGILITY CLASSES SAME

DONATIONS AS OBEDI-

ENCE

We are entering into the New

Year with another exciting event

planned for this year’s GSCA

National Specialty. This year’s

National will be held at Purina

Farms in conjunction with the

Bouvier des Flanders club’s Na-

tional, beginning on Tuesday,

October 28th with our perfor-

mance events, seminars, and

welcome party and finishing up

on Sunday, November 2nd with

our second Regional specialty.

We have lots of exciting plans for

this year’s event. The annual

banquet will be on Friday, Octo-

ber 31st, so it only makes sense

that we have a Halloween theme

for the celebration too.

We all know creating these spe-

cial events take lots of planning,

manpower, and of course dona-

tions. All donations will be ap-

preciated, and will be used for

the trophies, hospitality, judges,

and of course paying for the rent-

al of our nation’s premier dog

show sight, among other expens-

es.

In the past we have had many

folks dedicate their donations to

that special giant that was once in

their life, or that special club

member that may have held a

place in your heart through their

dedication and mentorship. These

dedications can appear in the

premium list and the catalog if

received early enough, so start

getting those catalog ads and

dedications ready!!!!

Thank you to all the members

that have helped create these very

special events and memories in

the past, and looking forward to

creating new ones this year.....all

donations to be sent to Kim Dem-

chak, along with your dedica-

tions and requests. Enclosed you

will find a donation request list.

Please indicate your choices. We

will attempt to honor each per-

son’s 1st choice, but in the case of

two requests for the same trophy,

the one that is postmarked first

will receive the priority. Make

your requests early! For posting

in the catalog, the deadline is

June 15, 2014.

Reserve Winners Dog/Bitch

$75.00

Puppy Dog/ Bitch, 6 mo & under

9 mo; 1st-4th $60.00


12 mo; 1st-4th $60.00

12-18 mo, Dog/ Bitch; 1st-4th

$60.00

Novice Dog/ Bitch, 1st-4th

$60.00

Amateur-Owner-Handler, Dog/

Bitch, 1st-4th $60.00

Bred by Exhibitor, Dog/ Bitch;

1st-4th $60.00

American Bred, Dog/ Bitch; 1st-

4th $60.00

Open, Dog/ Bitch Black; 1st-4th

$60.00

Open Dog/Bitch P&S; 1 st-4th

$60.00

GSCA NATIONAL NON-

REGULAR CLASSES

Working Dog/ Bitch $60.00

Veteran Dog/ Bitch, 7 yrs &

older; 1st-4th $60.00

Stud Dog/ Brood Bitch Class 1st-

4th $60.00

Brace - 1st - 4th $60.00

GSCA NATIONAL JUNIOR

SHOWMANSHIP

GSCA NATIONAL SWEEP-

STAKES

Best in Sweeps $100.00

Best Opposite in Sweeps $75.00


9 mo; 1 st -4th $50.00


12 mo; 1 st -4th $50.00

Junior Dog/ Bitch, 12 mo -18

mo; 1 st -4th $50.00

GSCA NATIONAL VETERAN

SWEEPSTAKES

Best in Veteran Sweeps $100.00

Best Opposite in Sweeps $75.00

Veteran Dog/Bitch, 7 yrs & un-

der 9 yrs; 1 st -4th $50.00


under 11 yrs; 1 st -4th $50.00


older; 1 st -4th $50.00

GSCA NATIONAL REGU-

LAR CLASSES

Best of Breed $300.00

Best of Winners $150.00

Best of Opposite to Breed $250.

Select Dog/ Bitch $75.00

Winners Dog/ Bitch $125.00

Trophy Donations– National 2014

2014 National Specialty News


The monetary

amount of the

sponsorship does

not reflect the

value of the

trophy. All money

collected through

donations and

sponsorships are

used to meet the

financial

obligations

incurred in the

process of holding

the 2014 GSCA

National, the

Eastern Regional

Specialties and the

Club events

associated with

these Specialties.

GSCA EASTERN REGION-

AL #1 PUPPY SWEEP-

STAKES October 31, 2014

**NO SWEEPS REGIONAL

#2

Best in Sweeps $75.00

Best Opposite to Best in

Sweeps $50.00

Puppy Dog/ Bitch, 6 mo &

under 9 mo; 1st -4th $25.00


under 12 mo; 1st -4th $25.00

Junior Dog/ Bitch, 12-18 mo;

1st -4th $25.00


AL #1 VETERAN SWEEP-

STAKES **NO

SWEEPS REGIONAL #2

Best in Veteran Sweeps $75.00

Best Opposite to Best in Veter-

an Sweeps $50.00

Veteran Dog or Veteran Bitch 7

yrs & under 9 yrs; 1 st -4th

$25.00

Veteran Dog or Veteran Bitch 9

yrs & under 11 yrs; 1st-4th

$25.00

Veteran Dog or Veteran Bitch

11 yrs & older; 1st -4th $25.00


AL #1 & REGIONAL #2

REGULAR CLASSES Octo-

ber 31, 2014/ November 2,

2014

Best of Breed $150.00

Best of Winners $75.00

Best of Opposite to Best of

Breed $75.00

Select Dog $35.00 Se-

lect Bitch $35.00

Winners Dog $35.00 Re-

serve Winners Dog $25.00

Winners Bitch $35.00 Re-

serve Winners Bitch $25.00


AL #1 REGULAR CLASSES

- October 31, 2013


under 9 mo; 1st-4th $40.00


under 12 mo; 1st-4th $40.00

12-18 mo, Dog/ Bitch; 1st-4th

$40.00

Novice Dog/Bitch, 1st-4th

$40.00

Amateur-Owner-Handler, Dog/

Bitch, 1st-4th $40.00

Bred by Exhibitor, Dog/Bitch;

1st-4th $40.00

American Bred, Dog/Bitch; 1st-

4th $40.00

Open, Dog/Bitch Black; 1st-4th

$40.00

Open Dog/Bitch; P&S; 1 st-4th

$40.00


AL #1 & REGIONAL #2

NON-REGULAR CLASSES

October 31, 2014/November 2

Working Dog/ Bitch $35.00


older; 1st-4th $35.00

Stud Dog/ Brood Bitch Class

1st-4th $35.00

Brace 1st-4th $35.00


AL OBEDIENCE REGU-

LAR CLASSES AND NON-

REGULAR CLASSES

High in Trial $ 150.00

High Combined $125.00

Novice A/ Novice B $35.00

Open A/ Open B 1st $35.00

Utility A/ Utility B 1st $35.00

Beginner Novice $25.00

Graduate Novice $25.00

Graduate Open $25.00

Versatility $25.00

Veterans $25.00


AL RALLY


Novice A $35.00 / Novice B

$35.00

Advanced A $35.00 / Ad-

vanced B $35.00

Excellent A $35.00 / Excellent

B $35.00

Regional Trophies/ National Specialty Weekend


Requested trophy

donations are for the

sponsorship of an

individual trophy and

entitles the donor to

the exclusive

sponsorship of that

trophy and the right

to include a

dedication of their

choice that will be

included in the show

catalog. The funds will

be utilized for general

specialty expenses in

addition to the

trophy. General

expenses includes but

is not limited to

judges fees, judges

expenses, secretary

fees, ribbons,

trophies, and

hospitality at the

specialty.


GSCA TROPHY RESERVATION FORM

Please use this form to request your donation and dedication. List exactly how you want your sponsorship to

be listed in the show catalog.

The minimum donation for a trophy for the National is $60 for regular classes and $50 for sweepstakes. For

regular classes at both Regionals $40 and sweepstakes Regional 1 only, $25. Donations to the General fund or

Hospitality can be any amount. Please refer to the pages attached or the spreadsheets on the GSCA National

specialty page for exact amounts. Use the back of the sheet for the exact spelling and wording for your dedica-

tion. Please PRINT!

GSCA Trophy Selection SPONSOR AMOUNT

1st Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

2nd Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

3rd Choice:

____________________________________________________________________________

General Fund:

_________________________________________________________________________

Hospitality:

___________________________________________________________________________

TOTAL:____________

Contact Kim Demchak to verify availability of your sponsorship availability prior to sending your

check. Donation(s) must be received by Kim 10 days after you have requested a specific trophy.

Please call or email if you have questions. Please return this form with your payment to:

Kim Demchak

14975 E Pickaway Trail

Mayer, AZ 86333

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 928-632-5991 (from 6pm-8pm Arizona time)

Editor: Robyn Elliott

[email protected]

Giant Schnauzer Club of

America, Inc. is a member club

of the AKC.

Please send suggestions and

photos to editor. Deadline

for submission is BEFORE the

15th of each month.

Celebrating 52 years

of the GSCA

GSCA E NEWSLETTER

April in Texas: The state flower, the Bluebonnet, is seen for miles and miles in any direc-

tion off of every highway in Texas, even in the metropolitan areas. It is a wildflower na-

tive to our area and a sure sign that “spring has sprung”!

Photo courtesy of Enid Lagree., CH Sonnenschien Diamond Cut , “Dandy”

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