CONYERS KENNEL CLUB JANUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER
Hello Everyone, Happy New Year. Our meeting will be Monday January 10, 2011 at IHOP.
We meet at 6:30 to eat and the meeting starts around 7:30.
Since our December meeting was our Christmas Party there are no official meeting minutes.
The only thing we covered was the slate of officers and board members.
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At our Christmas Party Club members were asked if there were any additional nominations. Sue Puckett nominated Linda Jackson but she declined because of her husband’s illness but asked that she be remembered next year.
Our new officers and board members for 2011 are:
President: Don Watson
Vice President: Randall McCurry
Treasurer: Rhea Spence
Secretary: Jerri Dandelske
Board Members: Anne Crum, Mike Shelton, Jan Moore, Susan Puckett, Steve Donahue
At our meeting Monday Jerri will cast her vote and then it will be official.
Attention all Officers and Board members, there will be a Cluster Meeting Tuesday January 11, 2011 at 7:30 at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 800 Lawrenceville Hwy., Lawrenceville, Ga.
We all had a great time at the Christmas Party with good food and a lot of fun with our Chinese Gift Exchange.
We look forward to seeing everyone at our meeting Monday.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
-- New Programs and Services Introduced in 2010 --
New York, NY - As we wind down the year, I am pleased to highlight programs and initiatives we have introduced in 2010. In April, the first agility, obedience and rally trials open to mixed-breed dogs in the AKC Canine Partners program were held. So far, 853 AKC-licensed clubs have hosted 2,968 trials, and nearly 600 mixed breed dogs have achieved more than 1,200 titles. We received hundreds of positive comments from dog owners who had been waiting years for this opportunity as well as clubs who welcomed the increased entries in their trials. We're excited to welcome these dogs to next year's AKC Agility Invitational and the AKC National Obedience Invitational.
We also sent a team to the FCI Agility World Championships in Germany and returned with many placements, including a Silver Medal for "Rush" and handler John Nys. We hosted the successful 2010 National Agility Championships in Tulsa, OK and crowned 6 national champions in varying height classes.
We launched the Grand Championship program in May. For the first six months of the program we have seen a 9.6% increase in Best of Breed entries over the same period in 2009. So far 3,420 dogs have earned their Grand Championship in nearly every breed. We further enhanced the program by launching a Grand Champion Ranking System that lists the top 25 dogs in each breed determined by the number of grand champion points they have earned.
In addition to this new conformation title, we have also created new titles in the companion and performance arenas with Beginner Novice in obedience and Endurance Earthdog, respectively. For retrievers that pass the Master National Retriever test three times we now have a new suffix title - Master National Hunter - as well.
For breeders, we instituted the Breeder of Merit program this year as a way to recognize, congratulate and thank AKC's core breeders - the backbone of our sport - and to ensure the continued success of our registry.
We continue to welcome new breeds into the AKC registry as well. As of January 1, 2011, the Norwegian Lundehund, Entlebucher Mountain Dog and Xoloitzcuintli will be our newest breeds. We continue to work with FSS and Miscellaneous breed clubs as they strive towards full recognition.
As a new accommodation for Parent Clubs, we now record parent club performance event titles if AKC does not provide a similar title. The Bloodhound Club of America was the first to apply for title acknowledgment with its "man-trailing event" and most recently, we acknowledged the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever's Working Certificate. Our Parent and Member clubs have also continued to donate their historical documents to our newly expanded AKC Archives.
We reached out to the general public this year with our 2nd annual stand-alone Meet the Breeds event. Thanks to our partnership with the Cat Fanciers' Association and Pet Partners, Inc., we welcomed more than 39,000 people through the doors and achieved nearly 500 million media impressions. We also hosted AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days with more than 550 events nationwide for the public to attend.
Our good works did not go unnoticed as the AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence received unprecedented media coverage this year, with articles in People magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and New York Daily News. Among the canine heroes were dogs that worked in Haiti after the earthquake, rode a surfboard in the ocean to raise money for children's foundations, helped autistic children find service dogs and more.
AKC Companion Animal Recovery also donated more than $400,000 this year to assist organizations across the country with Search and Rescue Grants and disaster preparedness.
Along the business front, AKC has added Lisa Gonzalez to the newly created position of Vice President of Marketing and Communications. In this role, she will provide marketing leadership for the AKC to ensure the long-term sustainability of the AKC brand recognition as well as its future relevance. Her main focus will be growing AKC registrations and Canine Partners enrollments, in line with AKC's mission of promoting responsible dog ownership.
The Board has taken other steps to ensure the future of the sport with its September Board Planning Session that generated many new ideas. And finally, in November the Board formed the "Imagining the Future of AKC" committee to review the needs of the sport and the AKC in the future. The Committee, a blend of board members and staff and chaired by Alan Kalter, includes myself, Vice Chairman Tom Davies, COO John Lyons, VP of Marketing and Communications Lisa Gonzalez and AVP of Registration Development Mark Dunn.
I hope you'll agree that this year has been a very positive year and we look forward to an even brighter 2011.
Sincerely,
Ron Menaker
Chairman
AKC/EUKANUBA
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
2011 JUDGING PANEL RELEASED
NEW YORK, NY (December 10, 2010) – The American Kennel Club® is pleased to announce the judging panel for the 11th Annual AKC/Eukanuba National Championship to be held in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The 2011 event will once again showcase the nation’s top AKC-registered and international dogs as well as the popular Best Bred-by-Exhibitor competition, AKC Meet the Breeds® and the fifth Eukanuba World Challenge. The AKC National Obedience Invitational and AKC Agility Invitational will again be held in conjunction with the 2011 event. The Brevard Kennel Club, the Central Florida Kennel Club and the Space Coast Kennel Club of Palm Bay shows will precede the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship at the same site on Dec. 14-16, 2011.
Heading the panel as Best in Show judge for the 2011 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship is Mrs. Robert (Polly) D. Smith of St. Stephens Church, Va. and Mr. James Reynolds of Nepean, Ontario, Canada will judge Best Bred-by-Exhibitor in Show.
Mrs. Robert (Polly) D. Smith began showing as a child with Jade, a Chow Chow that was her “closest friend and best buddy.” In 1963, Mrs. Smith and her husband, all-breed judge Dr. Robert D. Smith, acquired their first American Foxhound, which took several Bests in Show. The Smiths went on to breed three generations of homebred Best in Show winning hounds and five generations of group winners, all breeder-owner-handled. She and Dr. Smith co-authored a book on American Foxhounds and have given seminars on the breed.
Mrs. Smith became an AKC judge of Beagles and American Foxhounds in 1978 and is today an all-breed judge. She says her favorite assignment was the Working Group at the 2005 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Tampa. Other career highlights include Australia’s Hunter Valley Hound Show, and the Philadelphia, International, Westchester, Tuxedo, and Del Monte kennel club shows. Mrs. Smith has held important posts at several clubs, and was a founding member of the Nashville Obedience Club, The Brandon Kennel Club, and the Middle Peninsula Kennel Club.
Mr. James Reynolds has been involved in the sport of dogs since 1956. As a teenager he was a breeder-exhibitor of Boston Terriers but soon moved to Scottish Terriers. His Renaldo kennel housed five Canadian Best in Show winners and produced more than thirty Canadian champions and fifteen AKC champions. He has also shown Cairn Terriers and English Cocker Spaniels, and his house dogs have included Irish Wolfhounds, a Great Dane, and an Irish Setter.
A dog-show judge since 1967, Mr. Reynolds is approved for all breeds by the American Kennel Club and the Canadian Kennel Club. He has officiated at many of the biggest and most prestigious dog shows on five continents. On the American show circuit, Mr. Reynolds has worked several AKC/Eukanuba and Westminster assignments and is one of the few judges to twice preside over the Best in Show ring at Montgomery County’s famous terrier show. He has judged at several of America’s largest venues, including Santa Barbara, Louisville, Chicago, Detroit, Old Dominion, and Houston. In 2009, he judged terriers at Sweden’s big end-of-year show, Hundfest.
Judges for each of the seven variety groups and the Miscellaneous Classes are:
SPORTING – Mrs. Judith Goodin – Leavenworth, Kans.
HOUND – Mrs. Lee Canalizo – Palm Harbor, Fla.
WORKING – Mr. Edd Bivin – Ft. Worth, Tex.
TERRIER – Mr. Peter Green – Bowmansville, Pa.
TOY – Dr. Anthony DiNardo – West Hartford, Conn.
NON-SPORTING – Mr. Frank Sabella – Tampa, Fla.
HERDING – Mr. Robert Caswell – Alpine, Calif.
MISCELLANEOUS CLASSES & BEST IN MISCELLANEOUS CLASS – Mr. Hans T. Lehtinen –
Vantaa, Finland
BEST JUNIOR HANDLER – Mrs. Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna – Pleasant Hill, Calif.
Judges for the seven Bred-by-Exhibitor variety groups are:
SPORTING – Mr. Frank Kane – Redcar, Cleveland, UK
HOUND – Dr. Jose Luis Payro – Mexico City, Mexico
WORKING – Dr. Carmen Battaglia – Roswell, Ga.
TERRIER – Mrs. Karen Wilson – Sperryville, Va.
TOY – Ms. Elizabeth Muthard – Bristow, Va.
NON-SPORTING – Mr. Andrew Mills – Bonita, Calif.
HERDING – Mrs. Roberta Davies – Brimfield, Mass.
Judges for the Eukanuba World Challenge are:
Eukanuba World Challenge Winner: Mr. Enrique Filippini – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Section Judges:
• Dr. Tamas Jakkel – Budapest, Hungary
• Mrs. Barbara Müller – Bauma, Switzerland
• Mrs. Zena Thorn-Andrews – Worcester, UK
• Mr. C.V. Sudarsan – Shenoy Nagar -Chennai, India
SPORTING GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Miss Virginia Lyne Brittanys, Pointers (German Shorthaired), Pointers (German Wirehaired), Spaniels (Welsh Springer), Weimaraners, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons
Dr. Klaus Anselm Pointers, Retrievers (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)
Mr. Charles Olvis Retrievers (Chesapeake Bay), Retrievers (Flat-Coated), Setters (English), Setters (Gordon)
Mr. Miguel Martinez (Argentina) Retrievers (Curly-Coated), Retrievers (Golden), Setters (Irish), Spaniels (Clumber), Spaniels (Sussex)
Ms. Beth Sweigart Retrievers (Labrador), Spaniels (Irish Water)
Mrs. Sari Brewster Tietjen Setters (Irish Red & White), Spinoni Italiani
Mr. James White Boykin Spaniels, Spaniels (Cocker – ASCOB), Spaniels (Cocker – Black), Spaniels (American Water), Spaniels (English Springer), Spaniels(Field)
Mr. Francisco Chapa (Mexico) Spaniels (Cocker – Parti Color)
Dr. Tamas Jakkel (Hungary) Spaniels (English Cocker), Vizslas
HOUND GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Dr. John Reeve-Newson (Canada) Afghan Hounds, American Foxhounds, English Foxhounds, Harriers, Scottish Deerhounds
Mr. Kent Delaney Basenji, Black and Tan Coonhounds, Bluetick Coonhounds, Otterhounds
Mr. Jose Homen de Mello (Portugal) Basset Hounds, Beagles (Both Varieties), Bloodhounds, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéens
Mr. Francisco Chapa (Mexico) Borzoi, Whippets
Dr. Tamas Jakkel (Hungary) Dachshunds (All Varieties)
Mrs. Gayle Bontecou Greyhounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Plotts, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Saluki
Mrs. Sari Brewster Tietjen Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Pharaoh Hounds
Mr. Charles Olvis Redbone Coonhounds, Treeing Walker Coonhounds
WORKING GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Mr. Robert Gregory (UK) Akitas, Standard Schnauzers
Mr. Burton Yamada Alaskan Malamutes, Bernese Mountain Dogs, Giant Schnauzers, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Mr. Eric Ringle Anatolian Shepherd Dogs, Black Russian Terriers, Bullmastiffs, Great Danes, Mastiffs
Mr. Norman Kenney Boxers, Doberman Pinschers, German Pinschers, Samoyeds, Siberia Huskies
Mrs. Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna Cane Corsos
Mr. Jay Richardson Dogues De Bordeaux, Neapolitan Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, Rottweilers, Saint Bernards
Dr. Tamas Jakkel (Hungary) Komondorok
Dr. Klaus Anselm Kuvaszok
Mrs. Patricia Hastings Leonbergers
Ms. Beth Sweigart Portuguese Water Dogs
Mr. Donald M. Booxbaum Tibetan Mastiffs
TERRIER GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Ms. Marcy Zingler Airedale Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Glen of Imaal Terriers
Dr. H. Scott Kellogg Australian Terriers, Scottish Terriers, West Highland White Terriers, Soft Coated Wheaton Terriers, Manchester Terriers (Standard)
Miss Maxine Beam Bedlington Terriers, Border Terriers, Miniature Bull Terriers, Skye Terriers
Mr. Paolo Dondina (Italy) Bull Terriers (Both Varieties), Cairn Terriers, Cesky Terriers, Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Irish Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers
Mr. Geir Flyckt-Pedersen Fox Terriers (Smooth), Fox Terriers (Wire), Kerry Blue Terriers, Lakeland Terriers, Welsh Terriers
Mr. Robert D. Black Miniature Schnauzers, Norfolk Terriers, Norwich Terriers, Parson Russell Terriers, Sealyham Terriers
TOY GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Dr. John Reeve-Newson (Canada) Affenpinschers
Ms. Beth Sweigart Brussels Griffons, Pomeranians
Mr. Hans T. Lehtinen (Finland) Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Papillons, Pekingese
Mr. David Ojalvo (Argentina) Chihuahuas (Both Varieties), Chinese Crested, Havanese, Miniature Pinschers
Mrs. Michele Billings English Toy Spaniels (All Varieties), Poodles (Toy)
Miss Maxine Beam Italian Greyhounds, Manchester Terriers (Toy)
Dr. Roger Pritchard Pugs, Shih Tzu, Silky Terriers, Toy Fox Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers
NON-SPORTING GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Dr. Gerard C. Penta American Eskimo Dogs, Chinese Shar-Pei, Lhasa Apsos, Löwchen, Norwegian Lundehunds
Mrs. Patricia Hastings Bichon Frises, Chow Chows, French
Bulldogs
Mr. Kent Delaney Boston Terriers
Mrs. Elizabeth Cate Cartledge (UK) Bulldogs, Finnish Spitz
Ms. Marcy Zingler Keeshonden, Shiba Inu
Mr. Robert Gregory (UK) Dalmatians, Schipperkes, Tibetan Spaniels, Tibetan Terriers,
Mrs. Michele Billings Poodles (Miniature), Poodles (Standard)
Mr. Francisco Chapa (Mexico) Xoloitzcuintlis
HERDING GROUP: BREED ASSIGNMENTS:
Mrs. Patricia Hastings Australian Cattle Dogs
Dr. Klaus Anselm Australian Shepherds, Pulik
Mr. Donald M. Booxbaum Bearded Collies, Caanan Dogs, Entlebucher Mountain Dogs, Shetland Sheepdogs
Mrs. Kimberly Meredith-Cavanna Beaucerons, Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Pyrenean Shepherds
Dr. Thomas Davies Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdogs, Belgian Tervuren, Bouviers des Flandres, Briards
Mrs. Kathleen Steen Collies (Rough), Collies (Smooth), Icelandic Sheepdogs, Old English Sheepdogs, Polish Lowland Sheepdogs
Mr. Hans T. Lehtinen (Finland) Finnish Laphunds
Mr. Francisco Chapa (Mexico) German Shepherd Dogs
Mrs. Elizabeth Cate Cartledge (UK) Border Collies, Norwegian Buhunds, Swedish Vallhunds
JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP PRELIMINARY JUDGES:
Miss Charlotte Anderson – Lexington, Ky.
Mr. Michael C. Kennedy – Raleigh, N.C.
AKC
NATIONAL OBEDIENCE INVITATIONAL JUDGES:
Mr. Robert J. Janek – Farmland, Ind.
Mrs. Patricia R. Krause – Rhinelander, Wis.
Mr. Tom B. Masterson – Elyria, Ohio
Mr. Ronald F. Roberts – Ocala, Fla.
Mr. Robert T. Self, Jr. – Galesburg, Ill.
Mr. Robert J Squires – Webster, N. Y.
AKC
AGILITY INVITATIONAL JUDGES:
Ms. Terri Campbell – Huntsville, Ala.
Mike Lappin, DVM – Buzzards Bay, Mass.
Mr. Blair Kelly – Odenton, Md.
Nalle Jansson - Häggeby, Sweden
The 2011 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship will mark the 11th event in AKC's premier showcase for dogs, which is presented with Eukanuba.
QUALIFYING DATES:
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship: The 2010 qualifying dates for the 2011
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship will be October 13, 2010 – October 11, 2011.
The Bred-by Exhibitor qualifying dates will be October 13, 2010 – October 11,
2011.
Junior Showmanship: October 13, 2010 – October 11, 2011
AKC National Obedience Invitational: July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
AKC Agility Invitational: July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
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The AKC Canine Health Foundation is pleased to release the next podcast in the Genome Barks series. This week, we welcome Dr. Corey Saba, a veterinary oncologist and member of the faculty at the University of Georgia in Athens. Dr. Saba discusses different treatment options for cancer (including surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy), individualized treatments, comparative oncology (bridging canine and human research) and more.
Dr. Corey Saba graduated from the Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. She completed a one-year Small Animal Rotating Internship at Texas A&M University and then went on to complete a three-year Oncology Residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Saba has been a faculty member at UGA for four years. Her research interests bridge the laboratory with the clinic and include cell signaling and comparative oncology.
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