This month’s spotlight is on Pat Backhaus. Pat was our GMSF 2010 Secretary and enjoys her retirement as a “snow bird”. Thanks to Pat for all her great answers! How long have you owned Samoyeds? I have been in Samoyeds for almost 40 years. I purchased my first from Jeanne and Wayne Non- hof as a pet, her name was Sugar. Then, at a later date, I ran into Jeanne and Eve Rittberg at the Cascade fireman's picnic. Eve had done a breeding with Jeanne and had a show puppy for sale. The breeding was out of Ch Moonlighter's Ima Fire- cracker by BISS Ch Wolf River's Drumlin ROMC. The puppy came to be known as Ch Alever's Crystal Col- lection, my first champion, and it went on from there. I have finished my quota of champions for a small kennel. After that I co-owned Alever's Four x Four O the Floor with Eve, and she was the start of my kennel. I have now fin- ished my latest champion that is the sixth generation of my breedings. In the meantime, I was looking for a very spe- cial male to complete the picture. That is when we went on a trip to Colorado to look at puppies at the Krystall kennels owned by Nancy Golden. We picked out our puppy and made the trip home with Ch Krystall's Per- snickety Edition BISS who finished with three majors by the age of two. He was my first and only dog to have a Best in Specialty win at the Minnesota Spe- cialty. I bred Jimmy with Ch Romsey's Lord of the Rings which produced Ch Alever's Custom Cruiser and my Ch Persnickety's Sweet and Sassy. Continued on Pg. 4 Volume 2012 Issue August Inside this issue: Big Brags 2 Next Meeting Info 2 Meeting Minutes 6 Upcoming Events 7 GMSF Code of Ethics 12 Upcoming Meeting Details: Kenosha Kennel Club After Best of Breed Saturday, September 8th See Pg 2 for details Greater Milwaukee Samoyed Fanciers CH Persnickety’s PT Cruiser
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This
month’s spotlight is
on Pat Backhaus. Pat was
our GMSF 2010 Secretary and
enjoys her retirement as a “snow bird”.
Thanks to Pat for all her great answers!
How long have you owned Samoyeds?
I have been in Samoyeds
for almost 40 years. I
purchased my first from
Jeanne and Wayne Non-
hof as a pet, her name
was Sugar. Then, at a
later date, I ran into
Jeanne and Eve Rittberg
at the Cascade fireman's
picnic. Eve had done a
breeding with Jeanne
and had a show puppy
for sale. The breeding
was out of Ch
Moonlighter's Ima Fire-
cracker by BISS Ch Wolf River's
Drumlin ROMC. The puppy came to
be known as Ch Alever's Crystal Col-
lection, my first champion, and it went
on from there. I have finished my
quota of champions for a small kennel.
After that I co-owned Alever's Four x
Four O the Floor with Eve, and she was
the start of my kennel. I have now fin-
ished my latest champion that is the
sixth generation of my breedings. In the
meantime, I was looking for a very spe-
cial male to complete the picture.
That is when we went
on a trip to Colorado to
look at puppies at the
Krystall kennels owned
by Nancy Golden. We
picked out our puppy
and made the trip home
with Ch Krystall's Per-
snickety Edition BISS
who finished with three
majors by the age of
two. He was my first
and only dog to have a
Best in Specialty win at
the Minnesota Spe-
cialty.
I bred Jimmy with Ch Romsey's Lord
of the Rings which produced Ch
Alever's Custom Cruiser and my Ch
Persnickety's Sweet and Sassy.
Continued on Pg. 4
Volume 2012
Issue August
Inside this issue:
Big Brags 2
Next Meeting Info 2
Meeting Minutes 6
Upcoming Events 7
GMSF Code of Ethics 12
Upcoming
Meeting Details:
Kenosha Kennel
Club
After Best of Breed
Saturday,
September 8th
See Pg 2 for details
Greater Milwaukee Samoyed Fanciers
CH Persnickety’s PT Cruiser
Volume 2012 Page 2
Moonlighter Samoyeds
Litter Announcement
Sire: BISS Ch. Moonlighter's Grandstander ROMX
Dam: Ch. Moonlighter's Laffin Eyes CHIC #82471
As Grandstander has been dead for 15 years, this was a frozen semen surgical insemination and pretty dear to my
heart.
We have a litter of eight, all pretty much the same size and all nursing
well. Poppy is a good mother and she has them all lined up at her milk sta-tion like little piglets in a row. Four
boys, four girls.
Congrats to Jeanne and mama Poppy!
Our next meeting will be held 30
minutes after Best of Breed at the
Kenosha Kennel Club show.
Show info:
Show Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012
Superintendant: Roy Jones Dog Shows
Judge: Janet Lobb
Close Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Location: Kenosha County Fairgrounds,
30820 111th St, Wilmont Wi 53192
~Pot Luck~ Please bring a dish to pass!
for doing such a great job.
It was a great day for Mendel’s whole fam-
ily. His half brother, Mater, was awarded
Best of Opposite Sex, and his daddy (Rico)
was awarded Select Dog to finish his
Grand Championship!
Mendel’s sister, Heli, went BOW on Sun-
day to finish her Championship while Men-
del got Reserve Winners Dog. On Monday
Mendel was awarded Winners Dog but just
couldn’t keep it together to have a chance
at a cross over ma-
jor. He went Re-
serve Winner on
Tuesday to finish off
the long weekend.
Left: Mendel and
Mom having a talk
in the ring
Having only about a year of showing under
my belt, Mendel and I are never quite sure
how things are going to go when we walk
into a ring. I did everything I could think
of to give us our best chance — we had a
“handling class” the night before in the
fairground parking lot with a group of
friends to get in some “fake ring time” and
I made sure to get him a little tired out
before we went in the ring.
Fortunately for us, Saturday at the Wau-
kesha Kennel Club
shows could not
have gone more per-
fectly. We managed
to put on our best
performance yet and
pull out our first ma-
jor win under judge
Sakura Moses. I am
so proud of my boy
Waukesha Brag: Mendel gets his First Major!
Volume 2012 Page 3
2012 SCA Nationals
September 24th to the 29th, 2012
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Entries Close September 5, 2012
www.samoyednats.com
As I continued on, Jimmy was bred to Karin Nyhuis's
Ch Bramblewood's Quick Claim (Boka) to produce Ch
Persnickety's Miss Ellie whom I co-owned with John
and Deb Myrechuck. She was my first OFA Excellent
and finished with 3 majors, which at that time was a
big thing. She also was a group placer, her first being
under Anne Rodgers Clark. I kept her brother Ch Per-
snickety's Road to Fame as well. His son, Ch Per-
snickety's Pt Cruiser (pictured Pg 1), went winners
dog at the Minnsota specialty 2003, and has champion
offspring. He is now 11 years old and doing well.
Ch Persnickety's
Sweet and Sassy was
bred to
Ch Snowberry's Bur-
ton of Mauyak to pro-
duce two boys. One
of them was Ch Per-
snickety's One Sassy
Kid, known as Simba
from the Lion King
movie, which was
popular at that time.
When it was time to
look for a girl for him
there was a puppy
just looking for me
out of a litter Karen
Brooks had done with
Jeanne Nonhof. She
came to be known Ch Moonlighter's Applause. I bred
her to my Simba to get my special girl, Ch Persnick-
ety's Sassy Niner (pictured) she was born 9-9-1999
and recently went to the rainbow bridge. . Nina was
bred to Ch Chatanika's Winter Diamond and five lit-
tle munchkins hit the world. Ch Persnickety's Sierra
O'Alever (owned by Alever Kennels), Persnickety's
Winter Delight (Best Bred By at the 2004 Samoyed
Nationals), and Persnickety's Sparkl'n the Snow ,
(Chloe, the sparkle in my eye) were among the pup-
pies in that litter.
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Chloe was bred to Chatanika's Moonlit Run to pro-
duce two puppies. Lucky for me, there was both a boy
and a girl. I retired from work and decided to spend
the winters in Arizona, so when they were 10 weeks
old we all spent our first winter in Arizona. They had a
blast as there is a huge dog park for them to play in
and socialize. Tunwar (above), named by my grand-
son, (Ch Persnickety's Moonlit Snow) finished with
three majors and is working toward his Grand Cham-
The Meeting: called to order by President Debby Jahnke at Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan Co. on Lake Michigan at 11:47 am.
Members Present: Sylvia Druzynski, Joe Kost, Sharon Hoyer, Stephen Hoyer, Debby Jahnke, Frank Kreif, Pat Kreif, Jeanne Nonhof, John Nyhuis, and Karin Nyhuis.
Guest Present: Julie Ocepek.
Minutes: Motion by Jeanne N., 2nd by Frank K. to except the minutes as emailed. Passed.
Secretary’s Report: Pat K. reported of sending a letter to Julie Ocepek to thank her for the great job she did as Secretary for the Tournament. Pat also put on the table articles on the Sue Ailsby Clin-ics, Sanctioned “B” Match from the Janesville-Beloit KC, and an article by Susan Chaney on “Knowing the signs of Eclampsia”. Motion by Stephen H., 2nd by Sylvia D. to except the Secretary’s report. Passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Debby J. reported the July opening balance of 4,606.85 and a closing bal-ance of 4366.93. There was also a profit and Loss statement. Motion by Jeanne N., 2nd by Stephen H. to except the Treasurer’s Report. Passed.
Membership Appl.: The second reading of Julie Ocepek’s membership application was read. Vot-ing on her membership will be at the next meeting.
Committee Reports:
a) Sunshine- Nothing
b) Combined Spec.- We will discuss eliminating our membership by January.
c) Web Site- Debbie J. will update the calendar and get instructions to Pat K. to place on file. She is also working on updating the web site with the shows being finished for the year.
d) 2012 Double Exposure- Still waiting for the Madison Club to send a check so we can close out our books.
e) 2013 Double Exposure- Debbie J. has forwarded the show Application to Heather L., Jeanne N. has secured the caterers for the Banquet and the room. Jeanne N. is get-ting together with Heather to help her with organizing the show.
f) 2013 Weight Pull- Debby J. will chair this event. She is asking Rob B. to work with the Malamute Club to secure equipment to use. Barb Gage and Robin Clark have agreed to judge for no fee. Debby will make up a contract for them to sign. She will get the pa-perwork off to SCA & AKC so it will be a sanctioned weight pull.
g) 2012 Summer Show- Debbie J. reported she is still waiting for KMKC to finalize the show so we can proceed to close out the show.
Continued on Page 7
Meeting Minutes
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Closing in September: AKC Conformation Events
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Meeting Minutes: Continued
h) 2013 Summer Show- Debbie J. reported that Pat K. will be the Chairperson for the show. Paula Nykiel is judging breed. We need a sweepstakes judge. After a list of names were selected, Janice Hovelmann was chosen and Debbie will contact her. The other choices are kept in Pat K.’s file in the event she chooses not to judge. Amanda V. will be doing Trophies and John N. will be doing pick up of Judges. Debbie is checking on ar-ranging a social time for this weekend event too.
i) 2012 Tournament- Debbie J. reported we are waiting for KMKC to send final billing so we can close out our books.
j) 2013 Tournament- Eugene Ney is chairperson for this.
k) 2014 Tournament- Tabled
l) 2013 KMKC Shows- Debbie reported KMKC was asking for 5 Judges to place on the 2014 panel based on budget and groups. After a lengthy discussing, it was decided, by all attending, to place the following judges on that list: Houston Clark, Toddie Clark, Rich-ard Paquette, Windy Paquette, and Bill Hossler. Debbie will pass this along to KMKC.
m) 2013 Sunday Sweeps- Motion by Jeanne N., 2nd by Stephen H. to continue with a Sunday Sweeps. Passed
n) DFOW- Debbie reported that she thought they would again be having a fish fry on Fri-day of the Summer Shows.
o) Howls and Growls- Amanda V. is looking for contributions for articles. It was dis-cussed that the Treasurer’s Report should not be in the Howls and Growls. The opening and closing balance is OK.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NONE
NEW BUSINESS: Debbie J. said she would again make sashes for the Summer Shows. Debbie also suggested having a Sanctioned Weight Pull/Meeting sometime between Sept. and April. She will check on the details and bring them back to the membership.
Door Prize: Jeanne N. won. She will bring the Sept. door prize.
NEXT MEETING: SEPT.8TH, AT THE KENOSHA SHOW, ½ HR. AFTER BOB -- POT LUCK
ADJOURNED: Motion by Frank K., 2nd by Karin N. at 1:07 PM. Passed
Club City State Show Date Closing Date Breed Judge
Sheboygan Kennel Club, Inc. Plymouth WI 22-Sep-12 5-Sep-12 Ms. Denise Dean
Sheboygan Kennel Club, Inc. Plymouth WI 23-Sep-12 5-Sep-12 Mrs. Cindy Meyer
Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club Freeport IL 29-Sep-12 12-Sep-12 Col. Joe B Purkhiser
Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club Freeport IL 30-Sep-12 12-Sep-12 Mr. Jay Richardson
Stone City Kennel Club Yorkville IL 6-Oct-12 19-Sep-12 Mrs. Nancy Liebes
Wright County Minnesota Kennel Club Hutchinson MN 6-Oct-12 19-Sep-12 Mr. Thomas Nesbitt
Stone City Kennel Club Yorkville IL 7-Oct-12 19-Sep-12 Mrs. Monica Canestrini
Wright County Minnesota Kennel Club Hutchinson MN 7-Oct-12 19-Sep-12 Ms. Annella Cooper
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