2017 National Specialty Update- ENTRIES CLOSE at 12pm July 26, 2017 Giant Tales GSCA MONTHLY E NEWSLETTER July 2017 Volume 17, Issue 7 2017 GSCA National Specialty Update 1-6 Announcements 7 President’s Message 8 Vet School Changes 9 New Obedience Rule Changes 10 New Titles 11 Inside this issue: Upcoming Events: August 12, 2017– GSCA National Specialty, Harrisburg, PA October 21, 2017 Midwestern Regional Specialty AKC National Championships, December, 2017, Orlando, FL February 2018 Westminster Kennel Club GSCA 2017 National Weekend In conjunction with the Penn Ridge Kennel Club All Breed dog shows Obedience and Rally 3 Days of shows August 10 th - August 13th Superintendent http://www.raudogshows.com/ HOTEL INFORMATION There are two hotels that have agreed to provide a block of rooms for the GSCA at a reduced price. Special rate for: Giant Schnauzer Club of America (GSCA) Host Hotel/Radisson – Phone: 717-763-7117 Address: 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA 17011 Special rate of $119 per night and a one-time $50 pet fee The group rate expires on July 11, 2017, so make your reservations early. La Quinta - Phone: (717) 939-8000 Address: 990 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA 17111 Special rate of $95 per night - Rooms reserved under GSCA. he group rate expires on July 20, 2017, so make your reservations early. Other dog friendly hotels are: Best Western Premier – 717-561-2800 Clarion Choice Hotels – 717-774-2721 Comfort Inn – 717-657-2200 ****Auction Items Needed**** There will be an Auction at the Specialty Awards Banquet. Please contact Becky Heubi if you have items that you would like to donate. Additionally you can send your auction items to Becky at the below address: Becky Heubi 4 Caisson Way Fredericksburg, VA 22408 Phone - 540-891-7729
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2017 National Specialty Update- ENTRIES CLOSE at 12pm July 26, 2017
Giant Tales
G S C A M O N T H L Y E N E W S L E T T E R
July 2017
Volume 17, Issue 7
2017 GSCA National Specialty Update
1-6
Announcements 7
President’s Message 8
Vet School Changes 9
New Obedience Rule Changes
10
New Titles 11
Inside this issue:
Upcoming Events:
August 12, 2017–
GSCA National Specialty,
Harrisburg, PA
October 21, 2017
Midwestern Regional
Specialty
AKC National
Championships, December, 2017,
Orlando, FL
February 2018
Westminster
Kennel Club
GSCA 2017 National Weekend In conjunction with the Penn Ridge Kennel Club All Breed dog
shows Obedience and Rally
3 Days of shows August 10th
- August 13th Superintendent http://www.raudogshows.com/
HOTEL INFORMATION
There are two hotels that have agreed to provide a block of rooms for the GSCA at a reduced price. Special rate for: Giant Schnauzer Club of America (GSCA) Host Hotel/Radisson – Phone: 717-763-7117 Address: 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA 17011 Special rate of $119 per night and a one-time $50 pet fee The group rate expires on July 11, 2017, so make your reservations early. La Quinta - Phone: (717) 939-8000 Address: 990 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA 17111 Special rate of $95 per night - Rooms reserved under GSCA. he group rate expires on July 20, 2017, so make your reservations early. Other dog friendly hotels are:
Best Western Premier – 717-561-2800 Clarion Choice Hotels – 717-774-2721 Comfort Inn – 717-657-2200
****Auction Items Needed**** There will be an Auction at the Specialty Awards Banquet. Please contact Becky Heubi if you have items that you would like to donate. Additionally you can send your auction items to Becky at the below address:
Becky Heubi 4 Caisson Way Fredericksburg, VA 22408 Phone - 540-891-7729
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE (All activities will be held on site at the showgrounds) Thursday, August 10th –
3PM – 6 PM Judges Seminar – Steve Fox Susquehanna Room (Exhibition Hall B) Fee: $25
Fill out JES form included in the newsletter. 6:30 – 7:30 CGC Testing – Kim Demcheck
Susquehanna Room (Exhibition Hall B) Fee: $25
Fill out the form that is included in the newsletter. Friday, August 11th –
Eastern Regional Specialty – Judge: Mr. Al Krause Puppy and Veteran Sweepstakes – Judge: Mrs. Lisa Warren 6:30 – 10PM Awards Banquet
Erie Room (Exhibition Hall B) Saturday, August 12th –
National Specialty – Judge: Dr. Carmen Battaglia Puppy and Veteran Sweepstakes – Judge: Mr. Mel Holloman 3 PM –4:30PM Seminar: Movement and fitness exercises for the conformation dog
Susquehanna Room (Exhibition Hall B) Presenter Dr. Chris Zink, DVM PhD DACVP DACVSMR CCRT CVSMT CVA http://www.caninesports.com Fee: $70.00
Contact Lauri Jenkins to registrar at: 4091 Childress Road Christiansburg, VA 24073 302-304-2202
The seminar will be a 90 min program to focus on improving the movement of your dog and teaching them how to use all four feet. Chris will begin with a lecture on how to improve movement with basic exercises along with fitness rou-tines. She will have set up some basic equipment (ex. cavaletties) and demo the drills. Attendees will then have the opportunity to do a couple of runs on the equipment with their own dog. Focus will include working with the handler to adjust their stride to keep the dog from pacing.
6PM General Meeting
Susquehanna Room (Exhibition Hall B)
Harrisburg Kennel Club Fund Raiser after Best In Show
Sunday, August 13th – Supported Entry – Judge: Mr. James Frederiksen
Donations and Volunteers are needed. Please contact Cynthia Sansone, Janine Poyfair or Luke Norton.
Now Accepting Reservations for the Cover of Steps in 2018
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Board Minutes and Financials can be found in the Members Section of the GSCA Website.
If you have not already done so, please go to the site and create a NEW username and password. Once you have completed this task, email me ([email protected]) your username and I can go back in and change you from a user to a member so that you have access to the Member section. I will not be able to see your password, so please don’t forget it.
Hello everyone! The countdown to the National is on and the excitement is growing. There are still classes needing sponsors, so please consider dedicating a class for your favorite dog or a dog person. They are still looking for volunteers for all sorts of tasks. No experience necessary. It takes a lot of man (or woman) power to pull off a National. Many only experience the final product. We need younger members to learn what goes on so the Nationals will continue in the future.
AKC is very concerned about people’s behavior at shows and has recommend-ed calling a bench on anyone whose behavior would make a new-comer to a show not want to come back. Be mindful of what is going on around you. Remember if we run off those who may want to show dogs, there will be no shows in the future.
Canine influenza continues to be a hot topic. Protect your dogs. We cannot keep them in a glass bubble, but we can avoid putting them in situations that may cause unnecessary exposure: avoid dog parks, no shared water, assess your environment, if you hear a coughing dog stay away, good handwashing and sanitation of your equipment can’t hurt. There are 2 vaccines for canine influenza but if you plan on using them, it needs to be now. It takes about 2 weeks after the second vaccine to see the benefit of it.
Please have safe travel to the National. Have a plan if the air conditioning in your car goes out. This happened to me when I was moving to Arizona and is my biggest fear driving to Pennsylvania with my little dog. In a big van there are not any windows to really ventilate the rear, so each dog got a bag of ice. This kept them cool until we arrived. Now I have 3 green battery fans from Home Depot along with 3 back up batteries and 2 types of battery chargers. They actually can move a great deal of air.
I am looking forward to seeing you all in August!
Kim Please welcome Lori Clark back to the Board, serving as the Western Regional Director. Thank you, Lori, for taking on this role for the club.
The Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine is evidently closing their breeders services, a warning bell about the future of purebred dogs. It was pointed out that shelter medicine has taken over many facilities, and there's speculation that infectious disease curriculums could increase with the number of foreign rescue dogs arriving with all sorts of diseases to which American dogs have never been exposed. It was brought to the attention of BCKC president, Carole Wilson, that plans are in the works to close the Theriogenology section. Dean Neil Olson made the decision to eliminate the department by 2019. It's hoped that everyone steps up and writes or calls the following people to express concern over doing away with this department and establish a "paper trail" of concern and protest: Dean - Neil Olson College of Veterinary Medicine W203 Veterinary Medicine Bldg. 900 East Campus Dr. Columbia, MO 65211 [email protected] 573-882-3768 Interim Dean - Dr. Carolyn Henry A373 Clydesdale Hall [email protected] 573-882-7821 Department Chair - Dr. John Dodam A383 Clydesdale Hall [email protected] 573-884-6444 Hospital Director - Dr. David Wilson A366 Clydesdale Hall [email protected] 573-882-1700 Chancellor (Columbia campus) - Dr. Alexander N. Cartwright 105 Jesse Hall [email protected] 573-882-3387 President (University of Missouri System) - Mun Choi 321 University Hall [email protected] 573-882-2011
AKC Obedience News and Updates
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July 5, 2017 The AKC convened a task force of five judges, exhibitors and trainers to explore changes that could maximize safety, while still testing the important aspect of the "stay" skill. Mindful of the concerns and suggestions sent to the AKC from all sectors of the sport, the Task Force members spent three days exploring and formulating changes.
In today's culture of diverse dog training methods and philosophies that variously impact the behavior of dogs coming to trials, the AKC recognizes exhibitor concerns for stronger safety measures to protect all dogs from interference of any kind in the ring during competition. At the same time, there is also a strong consensus in the sport that the impulse control and obedience demonstrated in group stays must be preserved.
The committee’s work resulted in the following recommendations:
The creation of new individual exercises for Novice and Open that will test a stay with distance between dog and handler.
That one group exercise be retained in Novice that will test both sit and down stays in the presence of other dogs, with spacing and leash use to ensure safety, and a formation option that will allow up to ten dogs in the ring.
That open out-of-sight stays be replaced by an individual exercise also testing sit and down skills, and a command discrimination exercise that will demonstrate steadiness and obedience at a distance with skills performed in place. For Open A dogs the exercise creates a stepping stone toward Utility. For the Open B dogs, a randomized order of skills is designed to challenge experienced teams at least as much as the group exercises do now.
The recommended changes will streamline scheduling for judges, reduce conflicts for exhibitors showing multiple dogs, and maintain a level of challenge appropriate to the class. With more confidence in their dogs’ safety in the ring, we hope that concerned owners will re-engage in AKC obedience and feel inspired to pursue their goals.
More details will be published when descriptions have been fine-tuned by AKC. It is anticipated this will occur around the beginning of September.
Giant Tales Volume 17, Issue 7
Page 11 New Titles!
Dog Title Dog Name Sex Owners Name
Rally Novice Fanta C's Twilight Major RN D Robin Rowan & Nancy E Nier
Rally Novice GCH CH Histyle's Federal Ex-press RN CGC D Cherlann Ambrose & Michael Rutkas
Rally Novice Skyline's Promise Kept Finn RN CGC D Mrs. Bonnie Prince Sawyer
Rally Advanced Excellent Skansen's Made You Look UD RAE B Laura Ray
Farm Dog Certified D'Mystics Recycled Love W. Nevar FDC CAX4 BCAT B Linda Hurst & Ron Hurst
Farm Dog Certified Fanta C Xili CD BN RAE2 FDC CA CGCA CGCU B ERIC RILEY
Novice Agility CH Brighton's Yes I Can NA NAJ B Pat Gandy & Leta Whittington & Leta Suarez & Jim Suarez
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 2
Riesenrad's Kaari Another Turn UD GN RE MXP2 MJP CGC B
Ingrid Hamburger & Tarja Ahlgren & Hermann Hamburger
Master Agility Excellent Preferred 6
PACH Riesenrad's Midnight An-gel CD BN RN MXP6 MXPS MJP6 MJPS PAX CGC B Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Novice Agility Jumper CH Brighton's Yes I Can NA NAJ B Pat Gandy & Leta Whittington & Leta Suarez & Jim Suarez
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred
Grande Jazz It Up MXP MJP MFP B Ricky Ray Penn
Master Agility Champion
MACH Hemi Vom Engelskotten CD PCD BN GN RAE MXB MJB OAP AJP MXF OFP T2B CGC B Rebecca Letson
Preferred Agility Champi-on 2
PACH2 Riesenrad's Midnight Angel CD BN RN MXP6 MXPS MJP6 MJPS PAX2 CGC B Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Preferred Agility Excellent 2
PACH2 Riesenrad's Midnight Angel CD BN RN MXP6 MXPS MJP6 MJPS PAX2 CGC B Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Agility Course Test 1 Happy Trails Sweet By And By ACT2 CGCA B Kimberly Bruni
Agility Course Test 2 Happy Trails Sweet By And By ACT2 CGCA B Kimberly Bruni
Canine Good Citizen Ur-ban
Fanta C Xili CD BN RAE2 CA CGCA CGCU B ERIC RILEY
Novice Barn Hunt CH Clear Days Crystal Blue Per-suasion RATN B Sharon Kania & Pam McCleary & Robert McCleary
