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NEWSLETTER
April-June 2012 Sue Handelman, Editor
40 Birch Drive
Katonah, New York 10536
Melissa Fairweather, Layout Editor [email protected]
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It has been a very busy year for Hudson Valley GRC. And probably more so for Art Breslau who had no way of anticipating the demands of work when he took on the job as President of our club. Unfortunately Art found himself in a position of having to step down as President of HVGRC because of the intense demands of his job at IBM. We thank him for his service to the club and for remaining available to help us through the transition. According to the By-Laws , the Vice-President becomes the President and that would be me. The Board of Directors filled the office of Vice President by nominating and voting for Bob Swanson. Bob's position of Director was filled by Phyllis Ward. Again according to the By-Laws, Phyllis can only serve part of Bob's term, until June, and then the membership will elect someone for the remaining year of Bob's term. So in June we will be voting for two directors for
two years and one director for one year. I'm certain that is perfectly clear? I do want to announce an exciting initiative for our club: TEACH ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. At each business meeting of the club we are going to devote at least one hour to teaching our dogs. Subjects will rang from the latest rage in canine sports, nosework, to handling classes. We should be able to get into some tricks and freestyle, maybe even take a stab at a drill team one night. So the April meeting is cavalettis and core exercises to teach the dogs extension and collection. May is Nosework. June is our annual meeting, August is going to be gun safety and swimming. October will be something related to obedience and November or December will be our holiday party. I am hoping that these events will be popular and maybe even encourage us to offer a class or two on a regular basis. Members are encouraged to participate with their dogs. You may bring friends and puppy buyers but they cannot have their dogs participate. We are also hoping that this will introduce other golden owners to our club. "Thank You's" are in order for our recent specailty. To Patty McCoy Coleman for once again chairing the specialty, to Gayle Watkins for chairing a really nice size obedience entry and Phoebe Teramoto for chairing another good Rally entry. Many members helped to make this event very nice - thank you to all. Chris Chris Miele [email protected]
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HUDSON VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2011-2012 PRESIDENT: Christine Miele, 238 Sarah Wells Trail, Campbell Hall, NY 10916 (H) 845/615-1565 [email protected] (C) 834/649-2819 VICE PRES: Robert Swanson, PO Box 220, Sherman CT 06784 (H) 860/354-9416 [email protected] (C) 201/214-5423 TREASURER: Alyson Fuge, 4 Kingsbrook Ct, Mendham, NJ 07945 (H) 973/927-8222 [email protected] (C) 973/954-6657 REC SECY: Carol Russo, 9 Strawberry Hill
Court, Montvale, NJ 07645 (H) 201/694-0058
[email protected] CORR SECY: Bonnie Oddo, 9 Hillcrest Terrace,
Lincoln Park NJ 07035 (H) 973/694-8091
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CLASS OF 2012: Phoebe Teramoto, 17 Setting Sun Trail, West Milford, NJ 07480 (H) 973/208-5654 [email protected] (C) 201/788-4531 Lynn Halpern, 45 Berrian Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804 (H) 914/235-6198 [email protected] (FL) 561/865-3488 CLASS OF 2013: Helen Sherman, 73 Eton Terrace, Norwood, NJ 07648 (H) 301/767-1823 [email protected] Phyllis Ward, 314 Stone Hill Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576 (H) 914) 764-4185 [email protected] (F) 914/448-4156
STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
AKC PUBLIC ED Sandy Spitzer, 1 Vista View Terrace, Middletown, NY 10941 (H) 845/692-8749 COORDINATOR: [email protected] (C) 845/239-3675 FIELD REP: Elizabeth Wilson, 15 Tory Place, Wilton CT 06897 (H) 203/762-8338
[email protected] GRCA DELEG: Chris Miele, 238 Sarah Wells Trail, Campbell Hall, NY 10916 (H) 845/615-1565 [email protected] GRCA NEWS: Position Open: Volunteer Needed HISTORIANS: Vincent Savarese & Karen Fennikoh,
520 Union School Rd, Middletown, NY 10941 (H) 845/361-5944
MEMBERSHIP: Lisa Weinberg, 18 Florence Drive, Mahopac, NY 10541 (H) 914/248-8245 [email protected] (F) 914/248-6048 PROGRAM: Position Open: Volunteer Needed PUPPY REFERRAL: Binnie Weissleder, 1366 Berwal Rd, Arlington VT 05250 802-375-9527 [email protected] VOLUNTEER REQ. Giselle Graham, 32 Old Farm Rd, Newtown CT 06470 (H) 203/270-8406 [email protected] (C) 203-240-0015
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Susan Handelman, 40 Birch Drive, Katonah NY 10536 (H) 914/232-1714 [email protected] BREED EDITOR: Karen Fennikoh, 520 Union School Road, Middletown, NY 10941 (H) 845/361-5944 [email protected] (F) 845/361-5945
GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB OF AMERICA PRESIDENT: John Cotter [email protected] VICE PRES –EASTERN: Kathy Pickering [email protected]
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SECRETARY: Janet Peacock [email protected] TREASURER: Glenn Simonson [email protected] EASTERN DIRECTORS: Cathy Story [email protected] Karen Brady [email protected] MEMBERSHIP ADMIN: Christina Haberstich [email protected]
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HVGRC – CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS FOR 2012 Meetings are generally held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month Sat-Sun April 14-15
Goldens First All-breed Agility Trials Secretary, Chris Miele
August 5 or 12
Gun Safety Course & Swimming for Dogs
May 15 Deadline for application forms for titles and annual trophies Volunteer needed to tabulate results! See note from Phoebe below
Sept. 4-13
GRCA National Specialty hosted by GRCA of Greater St. Louis
May 20
Introduction to Canine Nosework led by George Berger 11 am at High Point K9 in Middletown, NY
October date TBD
Obedience- related program
June 15
Annual Meeting & cookout at Paula Strazza’s at 7 pm Elections and Annual Awards
Sat-Sun Nov 3-4
All Golden Agility Trial Secretary, Chris Miele
July 14-15
Strickland Seminar
Application forms for title plaques and challenge trophies were in the last Newsletter. We need someone to receive the applications for the club annual awards and trophies and do the calculations to decide who wins each trophy. We have someone to take the trophies to the engraver and have the plaque plates made. We also have someone to make the awards booklet. Please let me know if you are interested, have any questions or know of someone we should call. Thank you, Phoebe Teramoto Until this position is filled, please send information to Paula Strazza Bulletin from the Board re: Specialty After having our specialty at the Rockland shows for the last three years, the board of directors and the former show chair felt it was time to re-evaluate the arrangement with Rockland and Wallkill. There were several factors brought up regarding the shows in Rockland from both the exhibitors and fellow club members. Some have to do with the uncertainty of the weather on the February date. So the Board of Directors did some investigation into alternate specialty arrangements and it was decided that as of 2013 we are going to hold our independent specialty at the Taconic Hills/Longshore Southport shows on June 10-11, 2013. There will be a dependent specialty Friday morning followed by our Sweepstakes and an independent specialty in the afternoon. There will be an additional supported entry on Sunday. Specialty Obedience will be held either Thursday afternoon or Friday, the final decision on the timing for that is still under discussion. The show is located at FDR Park in Yorktown Heights and we feel that this is an excellent location with plenty of shade and parking for all exhibitors. We are working on inviting judges from the list we have from the membership and making recommendations for additional judges on the weekend. The board is very excited about this new arrangement and is working hard to get
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everything in place for a truly sensational set of shows. Other Exciting Club News: We have set up a You Tube Channel for our members. Videos of meetings and members' dogs can be uploaded to this site …check it out. There is a link on the front page of our website. Just go to www.hvgrc.org and click on the image like the one to the right You’ll see some fun stuff from our last meeting!
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GRCA National Specialty Hosted by GRC of Greater St. Louis Tues Sept 4 Agility Trial Welcome Dinner/Parade of Titleholders Wed Sept 5 Puppy/Veteran Sweeps Obedience Trial Judges Education Thursday Sept 6 Regular Conformation Obedience Trial GR Foundation Top 20 Gala/Art Auction Educational Seminar Friday Sept 7 Regular Conformation Rally Trial CCA Parade of Rescue Goldens GRCA Annual Meeting Sat Sept 8 Best of Breed Junior Showmanship Trophy Ceremony following BOB Sun Sept 9 WC/WCX
Master Hunt Test begins Mon Sept 10 Hunt Tests, Master continued, JH & SHN Field Welcome Dinner TD/TDX Tests Tues Sept 11 Field Trial Wed Sept 12 Field Trial Thurs Sept 13 Field Trial Field Trial Awards Banquet Oct. 24-28 Eastern Regional Specialty with CCA and WCX Mid-Florida and Everglades GRC Specialty Report Congratulations our members who received the following placements at our Specialty. Sweepstakes 9-12 month Bitches: (4 Competing) 2nd - Overlook Faraway Storm Clouds Gather (by Ch Beau Geste Posivly Gavin&Wildrose - Overlooks Long Ago and Faraway) owner Robert Swanson & Chad Carr. 4th - Hillock's We're Not In Kansas Anymore (by GCH Hillock Honeybear's Purple Pizazz - CH Hillock's Rum Raisin) owner Mary Ellen & Peter Culbertson & Tammy Tomlinson.
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Veteran Sweepstakes: 10 and over Dogs (2 Competing) 1st - CH Goodtimes Gone Country, CDX OA NAJ NAP NJP (By Chuckanaut's Brasstime,TD JH NA NAJ - Coodtime's Glory Days) Owner Francine Hellman 2nd - Highview Finn Maccool, TD JH OA OAJ (by CH Skylark Ready Or Not, JH NA - High View Sundazzle Rose, JH) owner Nora Hayes. 8 years and under 10 years Bitches (1 competing) 1st - Goodtime Cookie for Juneper, CD,RA,NA,NAJ (by Ch Rush Hill's foolish Pleasure - Ch Rush Hill's Heaven Cent To Goodtime) Owner June Moskovitz) Regular classes: 6-9 month puppy dogs (2 competing) 1st -Abalee's Just Bea-Tween You N Me (by GCH Sunkissed Emerald City - Abalee's Simply Bea-N-Me, RN) owner Marianna Beard & Mary Tomlinson 9-12 month Dogs (2 competing) 2nd - Chocurua Bound For Glory (By Trowsnest Second Win II, SH 0
Chocurua Puttuin' On The Ritz) Owner, Barbara Werner. HVGRC’s Bob Swanson and "Sutton" Overlooks
Sky Over Sutton Place Bred By Exhibitor Dogs (2 competing) 2nd - Overlook Sky Over Sutton Place (by Ch My Skywatcher - Overlooks Soft Autumn Light) Owner Robert Swanson
& Chad Carr Open Dogs (8 competing) 2nd and Reserve Winners Dog -Amberglo Sittin' On' A Gold Mine (by Ch Amberglo's In A Ny State of Mind - Artemis Amberglo's Delphinium) breeder; Karen Fennikoh 6-9 month puppy bitch (3 competing) 2nd - Goodtime's Peyton Place (By Ch Goodtimes Bad Case of Loving You - Ch Goodtimes Ooh La La) breeder Lisa Smith 9-12 Month puppy Bitch (9 competing) 3rd - Overlook Faraway Storm Clouds Gather (by Ch Beau Geste Posivly Gavin&Wildrose - Overlooks Long Ago and Faraway) owner Robert Swanson & Chad Carr. Bred by Exhibitor Bitches (4 competing) 3rd - Overlooks A Long Ago September Skye (by Overlook Sky Over Sutton Place - Overlooks Long Ago and Faraway) Owner Robert Swanson & Chad Carr. Open Bitches 11 competing)
2nd - Goodtime's Spring Break (by Ch Goodtime's Bad Case of Loving You - Ch Goodime's Irish Spring) owner Lisa Smith. Veteran Dogs 8-10 years (4 competing) 3rd -Ch Golly G Cayberry's Way Ta Go-Go, RN MX AXJ NF (By Ch Highmark Mirason Onve a Knight, UDX TD JA AXJ - Golly G She's All That, CD OA
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AXJ RA) Owner Ann Marie Cioffi & Terri
Poetker.
HVGRC’s Fran Hellman with “Chief” - CH Goodtimes Gone Country, CDX OA NAJ
NAP NJP Veteran Dogs 10 years and over (2 competing) 1st - CH Goodtimes Gone Country, CDX OA NAJ NAP NJP (By Chuckanaut's Brasstime,TD JH NA NAJ - Coodtime's Glory Days) Owner Francine Hellman 2nd - Highview Finn Maccool, TD JH OA OAJ (by CH Skylark Ready Or Not, JH NA - High View Sundazzle Rose, JH) owner Nora Hayes. Hunting Dogs (1 competing) 1st - Honora's Divine Blue Boy, JH (Overlook's A Gentlemans Report - Comstock Honora's Anam Cara, JH NA NAJ OF) Owner Nora Hayes. Veteran Bitches 8-10 years (1 Competing) 1st - Goodtime Cookie for Juneper, CD,RA,NA,NAJ (by Ch Rush Hill's foolish Pleasure - Ch Rush Hill's Heaven
Cent To Goodtime) Owner June
Moskovitz)
OBEDIENCE AND RALLY Novice A 1st - Abalee's Grins N'Giggles - (by Ch Golly G Cayberry's Way To Go-Go - Abalee's Pure Sweet Lily) Owner Mary Tomlinson & Marianna Beard, Breeder Marianna Beard. Score 190 1/2 Novice B 2nd - My Stardust Melody, SH RN (by FC/AFC Emberain Beau Greste - Little But of Gold Dush, MH) Owner Susan Handelman Score 192 1/2 Open A 1st - Trovehill Rally on Youngman, CD RAWE GN MX MXJ (by Trovehill Nash Bridges UD MS MSJ RAE AXJ AXO - Sadie of Moas Lot) owner Sandi VerSprill. score 181 (the ONLY qualifier in a class of 9) Open B Qualifying OTCH Gaylan's Fire In The Sky, UDX OM2 (by Ch Hillock's Meredreme's Kazaam - Gaylan's One Step Atta Time, US DH MX MXJ OF RE) breeder Gayle Watkins and Patricia McKinney Score 182 1/2 Utility A 1st - Sunflower's My Oh Maya, CD RN (by Ch Whipaly Sunflower Be the One - Sandspur Xanthos Unconditionally) owner Bonnie Oddo. Score 191 (the only qualifier in the class of 7) Photo below Beginners Novice B 1st - Gaylan's Hole in One, MH MX MXJ
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VCX (By Ch Highmark Mirasol Once a Knight UDT JH - Trumpet's Gaylans Butterfly CD JH AX AXH) Owner Gayle Watkins - score 195 2nd MACH Gaylans Bet on it At Terrevern, JH MXF VC (by High Times Run'n The Roost, UD MH - Gaylands Hole In One, MH MX MXJ VCX) Owner Phoebe Teramoro Score 194 RALLY OBEDIENCE Novice B 3rd - Cross Creek I See Snow AX AXJ OF (by Can Ch Dewmist Davenport - MACH 2 Cross Creek Swatch of Pebwin, OF) owner Christine Miele. Score 96 Advanced B 2nd - Final Flight to Trovehill CD RE NP NFP PAL (By unknown) owner Sandi VerSprill. score 87 3rd - Comstock Honora's Anam Cara, RA JH OA OAJ OF - (by CH Highmark Mirasol Once a Knight - CH Coimstocks Fire Opal) owner Nora Hayes score 81 Excellent A 1st - Comstock Honora's Anam Cara, RA JH OA OAJ OF (by CH Highmark Mirasol Once a Knight - Ch Comstock's Fire Opal) owner Nora Hayes score 79 Excellent B 4th - Final Flight to Trovehill CD RE NJP NFP PAL (by Unknown) owner Sandi VerSprill - score 86
Many Thanks to our Specialty
Show Trophy Fund Contributors
Mary Ellen and Peter
Karen B. Fennikoh
Lynn and Jonathan
Culbertson Halpern Sue
Handelman Fran
Hellman Patty
McCoy-Coleman
Chris Miele June and Don
Moskovitz
Lynn and John
Paraskeva Carol Russo Helen
Sherman Lee Soper
Bob Swanson
Paula Strazza
Phoebe Teramoto
Gayle Watkins
Martha Yager
OUR STARS Having temporarily segued from field to obedience, Bruce and Audrey Coleman have added a new CDX Title for “Fanny”. She is now Blue Ribbon’s Funny Girl CDX, MH, WCX, CGC. She finished her CDX at the Hamburg, NY cluster in January. Fanny qualified in all 4 of her first 4 Open entries. She had to be entered in Open B, thanks to Leo’s OTCH. The preceding weekend in her Open debut at Syracuse Obedience Training Club, she got her first two legs with scores of 196.5 (4th place) and 192. At Hamburg she finished her titles on Friday with a 196 (3rd place) and a 195 bumper leg on Saturday.They report that Fanny is fun to train, very energetic (a big understatement) and stylish in the ring. Sue Handelman’s “Heather”, added a CD Title to her dossier, qualifying in 3
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straight shows, including a 1st place and a 2nd place. She titled at the HVGRC Specialty, and added a bumper leg in March at First Dog Training Club of NJ. She is now My Stardust Melody CD, RN, SH, WCX. Fran Hellman and “Chief” went to the First Dog Obedience Club trial on March 18 and came in 1st place in Utility A with a score of 185. This was their first leg. Frank Washabaugh was the judge. He hadn’t seen Chief since he gave him a BOB win years ago, but he remembered Chief and said he couldn’t believe that he was 10 years old. This old golden man showed with such “joie de vivre”. Such a fun dog. He is now CH Goodtime’s Gone Country CDX, OA, NAJ, NAP, NAJP, Certified Delta Therapy Dog and R.E.A.D. Dog, CGC, TT.
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Bonnie Oddo and “Maya” earned their UD Title in 3 straight shows with 2 first places and a second. They were the only team to qualify in Utility A at our specialty as well. Maya is now Sunflower’s My Oh Maya UD, RN, TDI, making grandma/breeder Paula Strazza very happy as well. Bonnie and Maya are shown at right with their ribbon at the speciality. Helen Sherman reports that “Spryte” retired from obedience on February 2, in a blaze of glory. On Jan 27 and 28 she took 1st Place in Open Jumpers Preferred and 2nd Place in Open FAST Preferred both at the Oriole Dog Training Agility Trial in Timonium MD. At Sand and Sea Obedience Trial in Wildwood, NJ on Feb. 2. she won the Utility B class and took second in Open B., This gave her HIT and High Combined. When they entered this show Spryte needed only one point to finish her OTCH, and earned 10! Spryte has accomplished every goal Helen set twelve years ago and then some. Helen is so proud of dual champion MACH OTCH Sunfire’s Silver Springs Spryte UDX3 OM2 JH MXF OJP OFP WC OBHF ADHF as well as many NADAC titles. Not to be outdone by her sister, “Scoot” took 1st place in Excellent A FAST on Jan 27, 2nd in Open JWW Jan 28, and 3rd in Exellent A FAST on Jan. 29th. Scoot earned 2 titles, OAJ and SF both at Oriole Dog Training Trial in Timonium MD. She also got a 3rd in junior division of Dock Dog. Scoot is now Gaylan’s Silver Springs Ducks Gotta Fly OA OAJ XF JH WCX Lisa Smith has some great show wins to report about. On her first weekend out as a 6-9 puppy “Diva”, Goodtime’s American Idol was Best Opp in sweeps at the LIGRC Specialty on Friday. She then went on to be WB/BOW for a 5 point major at the LIGRC Specialty on Saturday. Her next time up at bat was
at the Monticello KC on March 9th. She was WB for another point and won the Puppy Sporting Group. Her brother “Ramsey”, Goodtime’s Top Chef, deserves an honorable mention as he has won all his puppy classes buy one and was RWD at the Monticello KC. As always, breeder/owner handled. Honorable mention goes to Lisa’s daughter, Olivia, who prepared a bake sale and raised $ 100 for Long Island Golden Retriever Rescue! Gayle Watkins’ “Una” (Can Ch. Gaylan’s Hole in One MH MX MXJ NF WCX OD VCX CCA TT) earned her first Beginner Novice leg with a 195 and 1st place at our Specialty. “Corey” (U-CD Lornadoone Encore Encore CDX SH MX MXJ NF WCX OD VCX CCA TT) earned her first Beginner Novice leg with a 195 and 1st place at nearly 12 years old. On November 5 at the HVGRC Agility Trial, Nancy Strouss’ “Devin” finished her AX Title with a First Place! What made it extra special was that this title qualified her dam (Sunfire’s Rocky MT Chickadee) to become an Outstanding Dam (last year her CDX made her sire an OS). Nancy is proud of her girl who is now Sunfire’s The Devil Within CDX, (1 UJD leg) AX, OAJ (with 2 AXJ legs). On March 11th at the Saw Mill River KC trial and first time in Utility, Devin got her first leg with a 196 and First Place! Nancy writes “This dog is so much fun…no matter what we do she gives 100%!”
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GOLDEN SUNSETS From Sandi Ver Sprill: Well my beloved Nash boy just couldn’t make it to his 14th birthday. I had to make the hardest decision of my life. He was just so frail, had to say goodbye. He was one of a kind for sure!!! ARCHEX, U-CDX, U-Ch. Trovehill Nash Bridges, UD, MX, MXJ, RAE, RL2X, RL3X, Can. CDX, AXP, AJP, RLV
From Margie Baritz: I lost my friend today. I held him in my arms here at home as my vet helped him go. He was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma in December and I made a decision at that time that I would take this journey with him, and basically stayed at his side the entire time (except for needed trips from the house). I am so glad that we were able to share this time together, as the love I got from him and him from me is something I will forever cherish. Torch was an interesting competition dog. Betsy (without whom I/we would have gotten NOWHERE!) wanted me to teach him to speak. A good stress reliever she said, so I taught him to speak. AND HE DID!....sometimes through an entire class in the ring, I might add, actually being asked to leave that ring! His tail never stopped wagging, however, as we exited (no tail between the legs except mine) did the barking/speaking ease the stress? Certainly not mine. Utility was our Waterloo and it took a year to get that title, got 3 UDX legs, and THEN, he decided that he didn’t like the car. Kicking and screaming wouldn’t do it, so we retired. No regrets now because he remained (as my vet says) the best ‘mama’s’ boy ever. Ears up, tail high, kisses for no reason other than I asked for them, chased any tennis ball, brought back bright eyed---throw another one, please? The house is quieter now. I miss those VERY high pitched barks, I miss the snuggles, I miss him. Margie U CDX Sunfire’s Keeper of the Flame UD 6/27/2000-3/12/2012 “Torch”
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KEEPING IN TOUCH HVGRC website: hvgrc.org Check it out – it’s beautiful and comprehensive with a wealth of new information! Please note: Anyone wishing to post news or notice on the website, should send it to our President, Chris Miele, who will then transmit it to our new webmaster. HVGRC e-mail address: [email protected] If you are not on the club e-groups list, you are missing out on a lot of club news. Instructions for joining this list follow: Use this address when you need to communicate with the full membership. Please note: the Yahoo groups address does not accept attachments. In case you are not familiar with Yahoo groups or do not know how to join, the following information, written by Jonathan Halpern, may be helpful: If you need help, contact Jonathan at [email protected] or 914-235-6198. The HVGRC maintains a club e-mail list on Yahoo. Membership in this mailing list is restricted to members of the Hudson Valley Retriever Club. All members of the HVGRC may join the Yahoo Group. Once on the list, the member will receive all e-mails sent to the list. Any member of our Yahoo Group may send an e-mail to all other members of the Yahoo Group by addressing an e-mail as shown in the heading above. To join the HVGRC Yahoo Group, an HVGRC member must navigate to the Yahoo web page for the HVGRC group, and left click with the mouse on the box labeled “Join the group”. The web address of this page is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hvgrc Follow the instructions to join the group. After this step is completed, Yahoo will send a message to our list administrator asking for approval to join the group. The list administrator will approve the membership in the group and Yahoo will send an e-mail confirming membership. If a club member changes to a new e-mail address, simply join the group again using the new e-mail address. Notify the HVGRC list administrator if you want the old e-mail address cancelled. From the Board of Directors: Attention all chairmen: It is a club policy that all published materials including but not limited to flyers, premium lists, and GR News columns be submitted to the Board of Directors for review prior to being released. New members please note: Please refer to the HVGRC web site for Guidelines and Requirements for Annual Awards. This material is no longer included in the new member packet. Fran Hellman has designed a new flier “Do You Own and Love a Golden Retriever?” to reach out to prospective members. Please copy and distribute as appropriate. Good display places might be at your vet or dog food store, match shows etc. A copy for you to start with is included with this Newsletter.
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New HVGRC Officers: Due to the resignation of President Art Breslau, we have a revised group of club officers: President: Christine Miele Vice President: Robert Swanson Treasurer: Alyson Fuge Recording Secretary: Carol Russo Corresponding Secretary: Bonnie Oddo By vote of the Board of Directors, Bob Swanson’s board position was filled by Phyllis Ward At the June elections, we will be voting on three directors – 2 for the normal two year term and one for a one year term. Note from Sue Handelman: Special thanks to Melissa Fairweather for her work in putting this newsletter together and seeing to its distribution. The club owes her a big vote of thanks for being willing to step in on short notice to help while I recover from surgery. Chris Miele advises us that photographs taken of conformation classes at our Specialty may be viewed at http://hvgrc.org/main2/index.php/thirty-second-annual-specialty-show-a-obedience-trial Hopefully next year we will also have photos of obedience and rally. New Address: John and Lynn Paraskeva (see hard copy of newsletter) Lynn reports that they built their dream house on the lake, where their dogs love to swim. Isn’t that how we all choose our home sites? From GRCA Epstein-Barr Lymphoma Study This study proposes to determine whether there is a connection between dogs’ exposure to a gammaherpes virus and the subsequent development of lymphoma. The plan is to screen 500 healthy Golden Retrievers between 6 and 8 years of age to determine whether they are infected with the virus. This will be done by blood tests every six months for two years. If any of the dogs develops lymphoma, a needle biopsy will be done with your local veterinarian to determine if this virus is involved in the tumor. The board-certified oncologist conducting the study is Dr. Nicola Mason. FMI visit her website: http://www.vet.upenn.edu/Research/BasicandClinicalResearch/CanineCancerStudies/GoldenRetrieverStudy/tabid/2375/Default.aspx_ For ongoing information about upcoming National Specialties, you can sign up at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GRCANational Specialty/join From AKC AKC recommends that NY State dog owners write to their senators in support of Senate Bill 946, which would amend the state’s penal code to define pet theft as fourth degree grand larceny, a criminal act. For more information contact AKC GR at (919) 816-3720 or [email protected].
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For timely information on the Golden Retriever Foundation: Send a blank email to [email protected] (Note: this is a read-only list) FMI visit the website at http://www.goldenretrieverfoundation.org/ For information on the three-year project by GRCA and the Morris Animal Foundation to study the causes of cancer in our dogs, visit www.CanineLifetimeHealth.org/ Listing of Goldens who have been tested for prcd-PRA may be found on the website www.GoldenDna.org
GRF will pay for CERF registrations for Goldens 8 years and older. A voucher can be printed from the GRF website and included with a CERF exam form.http://www.goldenretrieverfoundation.org/downloads.cerfvoucherstatement.pdf
