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4 Australian dogs successful in Sweden6 We Need A Change Of Attitude - Juha Kares Finland10 Judging Dogs Blindfolded - Vickie Haywood, The Dog Press12 Vale Frank Skilton, Lynn Oliver, Dawn Bennett 13 Vale Leonie Darling16 Hendra Virus - Geelong Researchers Drive New Vaccine & Dusty Euthanased20 Lost Dogs 21 Lost Dogs22 17th IRO Rescue-Dog World Championship24 The British Scene26 Vet Steve Dean is the new Chairman for the Kennel Club30 Some Mothers Do ‘ave ‘em - Pat Smith32 NZ Notes - Elaine Banks33 Bolt Has Had His Day/Aptus Finland International BIS winner34 East of England - Australian Border Collie BIS35 East of England36 Informant37 Letters38 Rates

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Fantastic reports keep coming in from all over the world about the many successes of Australian dogs, and dogs produced from Australian parentage, including at the recent World Show and the Championnat de France event held at the same time.

We really want to pay tribute to all these great achievements and it is not possible to keep up with them just on hearsay and Facebook postings etc, so please do send us direct information by email accompanied by high resolution photos so we can accurately report them.

We will have our usual extensive pictorial spread of the World Show in our next issue. We also hope to have our traditional coverage of the recent German Shepherd National.

Congratulations to Margaret Joyce for being accepted as a member of The Kennel Club (UK). Membership is strictly limited. There are only 50 international members, just three of them from Australia. Members must be nominated by an existing member and undergo a thorough assessment before being granted membership. Miss Joyce is the first Australian woman to be granted this honour and is currently the only Victorian member of The Kennel Club.

Also from Victoria comes news that the management committee has resolved that ALL membership renewals during the period 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2012 will require the member to attach photo ID to the

membership renewal. This is a once-off requirement and members will not be required to produce photo ID for an existing membership once it has been filed initially. It is also now a condition of membership that proof of residential address be provided when applying for membership of DOGS Victoria. Will other States also introduce this protocol?

The identification of Hendra Virus in a dog in Queensland has sounded alarm bells for all of us involved in the dog world and the possibility of yet another disease rearing its ugly head and potentially spreading is horrific to say the least.

Sad farewells to Leonie Darling, Frank Skilton, Lynn Oliver and Dawn Bennett in this issue, and we have just also heard of the passing of Dr Malcolm Willis in the UK and Tommy Briggs of Tanaba GSDs in the past few weeks, tributes will appear for them next month.

News from the UK that the Kennel Club Accredited Breeder Scheme has changed its name to Assured Breeder Scheme, more details next month.

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BIS at the World Show was the *American Akita DE KANER’S WOLVERINE REVENGE judged by Guy Mansencal. This supreme honor was Guy Mansencal’s last judging. *FCI breed name as opposed to the Japanese Akita, which is a different breed.Photo ©TEXTerri, full report next month Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen


At the Piteå national show in northern Sweden 21/22 May (1600 dogs) two Australian-bred dogs were crowned as Group winners.

The judges were Harri Lehkonen, Finland, and Annette Bystrup, Denmark.

The Rhodesian Ridgeback Int Ch Elangeni Braveheart Rules, o. Caroline Graflund & Maria Kierkegaard Lundström, bred by David & Linda Friedland (Ch Elangeni Pink Floyd x Ch Skiska Lunatic Cafe)

The Miniature Poodle Elire Pacific Dreams, o. Johanna Hampf, bred by R Pajtl (Ch Coifico Action Jackson x Ch My Dream s Tsvetochnoi Poljany)

Junior World WinnerFRICASSEE DE LAPIN DA TERRA QUENTE

Basset Artésien Normand

BIS of the Championnat de France awarded by Miguel Angel Martinez was the white

Miniature Poodle, SMASH JP MOON WALK

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It makes me very sad to follow what is going on with this hobby from time to time. The trend has been for a while the less the better. Other sad phenomena is the overall negative energy. Well I have some news for you. We have to do something about it.

If there are not enough good quality litters there is no future. If there is no positive faith there is no hope. One of the most important methods in classical good quality dog breeding has always been the selection!!!! Good breeders have had enough material to work with. The idea is that the very best is chosen to build up the next generation. How do you choose and select if there is not where to choose/select from? In this case you just have to carry on with what you have and it is much harder to be critical. In the long run the betterment of the breed and of one’s own breeding is not possible. Below you see the typical example. This stunning puppy ended up too narrow in underjaw and he went to a pet home. This is selection. As there are other males with lots of potential and with wider underjaws I could place this one as a pet. If I did not have other better particoloured males there would have been a risk that this boy would have been used for breeding.

People who get pets should get well mannered and healthy dogs. These dogs are not used for breeding but still they are great ambassadors for the breed. I have counted that over the years every pet I have placed has produced 2-5 new pet home inquiries. If people are very happy with their dogs, their children (later on), neighbours, friends and relatives want this kind of dog too. A breeder just has to do his work well and keep the temperament and the vitality of his dogs at a high standard. And there will be new people who absolutely want dogs from you. Breeds like Lhasas or Lowchens are not for everyone. If a person loves them in their

everyday life and knows what it takes to live with one it feels safe for a breeder to place with them such a dog

If people do not want these dogs anymore, first of all why would we breed them? The breed has in that case lost its meaning. Then it is time to ask why do serious loving families and people not want this breed or my breeding anymore? Has something gone wrong? If the dogs you breed are sound and vital like they should be, people will love them. Your duty is to choose the best homes possible. If you do that work with all your heart, there will be more high quality homes in the future for your puppies for sure.

This makes it possible to breed enough litters. This again will help the breeder to keep a high quality breeding program going on. Breeding where it is possible to do hard selection. Breeding where only the very best is carried on. In the future breeders must take also more under consideration what is best. That must mean also mentality and overall “holistic” health. If there are not enough litters, it is not only a risk that the quality of the dogs goes down as has already happened, but in the long run also genetic variation is in great danger. If there are not enough good quality litters from different lines there is no healthy future.

Many breeders do not take the time and energy to help beginners. Often the situation is quite the opposite. Too many breeders are bitter and lose their positive faith for the future. If we do not trust and help some trustworthy new people to become serious future breeders or breed fanciers then what is the world like after 30 years. Modern breeders should do more work with novice breeders and beginners. These new young people do need mentors. These people need good quality dogs to build up their own breeding programs. Many or most of the serious homes do not start to breed their own. This is good. Still they can be very serious future breed fanciers. This is equally important and every breed needs these people. The Lowchen female below went to live with a novice Lowchen owner about 10 years ago. I couldn’t be more proud about her owner. They both have learned so much and what great results they have achieved.

Every breeder needs people like this too. These people show their dogs and keep the breed going. The breed is seen in positive light in everyday life and in many fields of this hobby. Where there is good co-operation, good valuable dogs used in breeding programs can live with such people. The dogs are beloved family members and yet they help the future breeding plans. I have often wondered why do people think this is terrible? Cont/8

What is the future like with this hobby – we need a change of attitude


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Is it really better that the dogs sit in small ex-pens all their lives instead of being co-owned with loving active families? The dogs live as loved family members and everyone can benefit from this healthy situation. Well not everyone…Often the fellow breeders who can not build up their own well working network are not happy. This is such a shame.

Good working positive networks are a must for modern dog breeders. It is very difficult to have large kennels anymore in Northern Europe. Only very few people can do it. In large kennels you can´t easily secure the standard of living the dogs need with modern requirements. In co-ownership and with good functional fruitful networking you can easily run a bigger breeding program. It is really not only about breeding programs, as there is also so much to achieve from lively social actions. I could call it a learn and laugh process.

It is also most important that we do not poison the hobby with negative energy. I have never understood why if the person does not enjoy it any more why do they carry on? This is sad for the dogs. This is sad for the breed and this is sad for the sport in general. Look in the mirror. Have a break if needed. When and as you again enjoy all of this then it is time to get back. Remember to be a positive example and good role model for the next generation.

If there are not young people near you in the show rings or in your everyday life….in that case we really should ask what are we doing wrong? Pedigree dogs are a great hobby. It is nice to share everyday life with them. It is nice to show them. It is nice to spend lovely funny days with friendly people and dogs. People will like that. If all is working well and shows are what they should be new people want to start showing their dogs too.

If the reality is different something is wrong. If the entries are not growing as there are not new people,

stop and do something about it. This is our hobby and we must take care of it.

If the shows are not fun anymore – why do people show? Why would new people get interested in dog shows? If breeding is not fun – why would anyone breed dogs? We should always keep in mind that shows should also be social events like they are in Finland and elsewhere in Scandinavia. Because of this more and more new people get interested in the purebred dogs and shows too.

Keeping shows fun and educational means new people join in and they learn. Keeping breeding at a high standard, fun and open-minded with enough quality and quantity in the right balance means there

are good dogs also for new beginners. This is the only way purebred dogs have a bright future….

Too many breeds and some geographical areas seems to lose the fun and we can see that there are not young new people coming in. If there are not serious young people coming in we really should ask what is the future like with this hobby?

Remember to enjoy this hobby. Walk with a smile on your face and be ready to help the beginners. Remember to keep quality and quantity in the right balance.

If you do things right there will be people around you. Don´t let them down and make them want to carry on. Here I would like to take this opportunity to thank Graham & Norma Hamilton, Freda McGregor, Marianne Nixon, late Ingrid & Matti Wiita… I was a beginner and you were willing to help me to get started with your advice, great sense of humor and with some great dogs. I do hope I can carry on this tradition. Positive role models are what this hobby needs. I am so happy that I had the chance to learn from the very best.

JUHA KARES - Finland

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Is what you see what you get? Here’s an interesting experiment in judging structure and breed type whether in a puppy or adult.

A long time ago, my mentor (my sister) introduced me to her mentor Dwyer Duncan of Duncan Borzois. Dwyer had lost most of his eyesight but he still had exceptional sense of touch. He could stand a dog on a picnic table, go over it bone by bone, and quote the pedigree with remarkable accuracy.

My own breed, Poodles, are referred to as the Picture Breed and indeed they are. But they are so glamorous as to appear artificial in the breed ring and misleading to the judge’s eye. I am a groomer. I can take a lot of coat and create an optical illusion that will fool the eye into seeing what is not there. A judge’s hands may find the faults but when they step away and look and watch the dog move, the eye forgets what the hands felt.

For a fun way to test this, have someone put a few dogs on a table for you judge but go over them blindfolded. Either record your verbal description of the dog as you examine it or have someone take notes. I prefer a small video camera that catches both sound and your examination as you go. Do several dogs. It matters not the breed or if you even know the breed. Just examine the dog and record what you feel.

Then have someone bring the same dogs back to you when you are not blindfolded. They should not be in the same order as you previously examined them.

Now go over them again and critique them as you gait and assess each dog.

Now compare the videos. I suspect that your blindfolded video will be honest

and true insofar as what you can feel bone by bone. But when you add in the ability to SEE the dog you are suddenly emotionally and sight-involved. You can see the dog’s eyes and the love and sparkle in temperament. You can see perhaps flowing hair you want to put your hands in. Perhaps the dog is so lovely you want to kiss that wet nose.

Now WATCH the dog move and maybe you will be disappointed in that what you felt in the bone structure doesn’t give you the movement you expected. Or maybe the exact opposite. Maybe the dog can move far better than the pieces and parts should allow it to move. Maybe that dog has ATTITUDE to burn and says HEY LOOK at ME!!!!

What I am getting at is that as breeders or as judges, we cannot allow emotional involvement in a particular dog to color our judgment. Nor can it shade our judgement regarding the impact this particular

dog might have on the breed in

the future or in our breeding program today.

Who of us births a pup and says at 1 minute of age, “This dog will be the Key in pedigrees way into the future” or “This dog will become the bottle neck of health issues 30 years from now”???

We must accept our strengths and our weaknesses and breed accordingly, keeping in our minds all the time that pieces, parts, attitude, temperament and coat do not a total dog make.

Just a little something to think about from my side of the fence.July 7, 2011|Vickie Haywood, [email protected] http://www.thedogpress.com

ND Editor’s note: Many years ago at a fund raiser for the family of a club member who had suddenly passed away, I offered to judge dogs blindfold as one of the novelty events. How mad was I? However we managed by my being led to each dog and my hand being placed on its body, then I went over them, and placed goodies and baddies to different sides of the ring, I then went through it all again and cut the goodies down from however many there were, and again and again until I finished up with a first, a second and a third place winner - to my utter delight - and I am sure to nobody else’s belief - when the blindfold came off, I had three very good specimens of the breed conformation-wise. Of course Afghan Hounds have so many unique hallmarks that it made my task easier whenever I found something important missing from the dog I was going over. However my task was complicated by a Saluki wearing a set of “long haired” bathroom floor rugs and matching toilet seat cover being inserted amongst the Afghan Hounds in the first round of judging!

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Is what you see what you get? Here’s an interesting experiment in judging structure and breed type whether in a puppy or adult.

A long time ago, my mentor (my sister) introduced me to her mentor Dwyer Duncan of Duncan Borzois. Dwyer had lost most of his eyesight but he still had exceptional sense of touch. He could stand a dog on a picnic table, go over it bone by bone, and quote the pedigree with remarkable accuracy.

My own breed, Poodles, are referred to as the Picture Breed and indeed they are. But they are so glamorous as to appear artificial in the breed ring and misleading to the judge’s eye. I am a groomer. I can take a lot of coat and create an optical illusion that will fool the eye into seeing what is not there. A judge’s hands may find the faults but when they step away and look and watch the dog move, the eye forgets what the hands felt.

For a fun way to test this, have someone put a few dogs on a table for you judge but go over them blindfolded. Either record your verbal description of the dog as you examine it or have someone take notes. I prefer a small video camera that catches both sound and your examination as you go. Do several dogs. It matters not the breed or if you even know the breed. Just examine the dog and record what you feel.

Then have someone bring the same dogs back to you when you are not blindfolded. They should not be in the same order as you previously examined them.

Now go over them again and critique them as you gait and assess each dog.

Now compare the videos. I suspect that your blindfolded video will be honest

and true insofar as what you can feel bone by bone. But when you add in the ability to SEE the dog you are suddenly emotionally and sight-involved. You can see the dog’s eyes and the love and sparkle in temperament. You can see perhaps flowing hair you want to put your hands in. Perhaps the dog is so lovely you want to kiss that wet nose.

Now WATCH the dog move and maybe you will be disappointed in that what you felt in the bone structure doesn’t give you the movement you expected. Or maybe the exact opposite. Maybe the dog can move far better than the pieces and parts should allow it to move. Maybe that dog has ATTITUDE to burn and says HEY LOOK at ME!!!!

What I am getting at is that as breeders or as judges, we cannot allow emotional involvement in a particular dog to color our judgment. Nor can it shade our judgement regarding the impact this particular

dog might have on the breed in

the future or in our breeding program today.

Who of us births a pup and says at 1 minute of age, “This dog will be the Key in pedigrees way into the future” or “This dog will become the bottle neck of health issues 30 years from now”???

We must accept our strengths and our weaknesses and breed accordingly, keeping in our minds all the time that pieces, parts, attitude, temperament and coat do not a total dog make.

Just a little something to think about from my side of the fence.July 7, 2011|Vickie Haywood, [email protected] http://www.thedogpress.com

ND Editor’s note: Many years ago at a fund raiser for the family of a club member who had suddenly passed away, I offered to judge dogs blindfold as one of the novelty events. How mad was I? However we managed by my being led to each dog and my hand being placed on its body, then I went over them, and placed goodies and baddies to different sides of the ring, I then went through it all again and cut the goodies down from however many there were, and again and again until I finished up with a first, a second and a third place winner - to my utter delight - and I am sure to nobody else’s belief - when the blindfold came off, I had three very good specimens of the breed conformation-wise. Of course Afghan Hounds have so many unique hallmarks that it made my task easier whenever I found something important missing from the dog I was going over. However my task was complicated by a Saluki wearing a set of “long haired” bathroom floor rugs and matching toilet seat cover being inserted amongst the Afghan Hounds in the first round of judging!

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FRANK SKILTON 29th January to 6th June 2011

Frank passed away last month after a short battle with severe illness.

Frank emigrated from England with his wife Barbara in 1954, firstly residing in Tasmania before settling in Sydney in 1965.

Frank was proud to call himself an Australian and coincidently passed away 50 years to the day of becoming an Australian Citizen.

With his support of Barbara, Frank was involved in the dog world in Australia from those early years right through to his passing.

Frank and Barbara with Aghai of Hawkfield on the ship to Australia 1954

Whether just driving Barbara to the shows, staying home to look after the dogs while Barbara was away judging or the years of involvement in both the Afghan Hound Club of NSW and the Italian Greyhound Society Frank was always committed to the betterment of the dog world. Frank is survived by his wife Barbara, children Ric and Rachel and grandchildren Chelsea and Rowena.

Lynn and Steve

DAWN MARIE BENNETT13.09.1959 – 03.04.2011

The Soul’s Graduation

Do not stand at my grave at weep,I am not thereI do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.I am diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on the ripened grainI am the gentle Autumn’s rain.

When you awaken in the morning hush,

I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry.

I am not there, I did not dieMy Spirit is still alive

DONATIONS TO THE HEART FOUNDATION.Thanks to all who bought raffle tickets

at the dog show recently and to everyone who has made donations into the account set up for Steve by the Tibbie Club.

Anyone who would like to donate to help Steve and the dogs, the account details are Tibetan Spaniel Club of NSW Inc. Emergency Fund National Australia Bank BSB 082 945 Account Number 115340830

Gillie Kramer [email protected]

From Gillie Kramer .... Some very sad news. There was a house fire in NSW recently at Lyn and Steve Oliver’s home and tragically Lyn has not made it, Steve is in a serious condition in hospital. Lyn and Steve showed and bred Tibbies plus a couple of other breeds, I have no idea what has been saved, but the great news is the dogs being cared for by the RSPCA have now been released. On a sadder note, unfortunately someone is illegally visiting the property and un-setting the trap that has been set to catch some missing dogs ... so a very unhelpful person. The family is most upset that someone would do this and cannot understand why, especially at such a tragic time in their lives. However on a happier note two of the loose dogs have been caught.

More fabulous news, Steve is doing well, he is out of hospital and is currently recuperating at his daughter’s. Steve and his family are very touched at how kind, caring and helpful every one is being and have asked me to extend many thanks to everyone. Lynn’s funeral was held on 28 July.


On 14 July 11 the Central West of NSW and the Dog Word in general lost a wonderful friend and a very passionate, committed and enthusiastic exhibitor, breeder, educator and judge when Leonie Darling was tragically taken from us. Leonie’s love of the dog world commenced when she started exhibiting and breeding English Setters in 1976. She was a founding member of the English Setter Club of NSW, along the way held all the executive positions and later her commitment and dedication were rewarded by life membership of the Club.

In the 1980s Leonie became involved in obedience trialing with Border Collies and she successfully titled a number of dogs.

Under her Dlarah prefix Leonie bred a number of Swedish Vallhund Champions and the first Australian male and female Grand Champions of the breed. Leonie was the first person in Australia to win a Best in Show with a Vallhund and the fact that she had bred the dog made it all the sweeter for her.

Leonie was the first Australian Vallhund breeder to export the breed back to Scandinavia with Dlarah dogs being campaigned in Finland and Sweden, as well as the UK, Canada, USA and NZ. Dlarah Swedish Vallhunds have gained Australian, New Zealand, Swedish, Finnish, Latvian, Estonian, Norwegian, Nordic and International championships. A Dlarah bred puppy was the 2008 Swedish Vallhund Puppy of the Year in Finland.

In addition to all the above Leonie was an accomplished author having self published and written ‘The Swedish Vallhund (Vastgotaspets): A Legacy of the Vikings’. The book which has sold throughout the world is internationally acclaimed. Leonie has left her legacy to the dog world with both her written word and her Diarah prefix which will carry on.

Those who knew Leonie well knew her fun side and her wicked sense of humour. As everyone in the fancy knows there are often opportunities to promote one’s breed to the general public. Leonie used such opportunities not only to promote the Swedish Vallhund but to have a lot of fun. She would dress in full Viking regalia, with flying blond plaits, Viking horn helmet and flowing blue cape so that you could never miss the Swedish Vallhund display team. When Leonie

did things relating to her beloved breed she went all out and did it well.

Leonie was an accomplished dog judge, recognised both within Australia and internationally and she had judged in various Australian States and overseas. Last year Leonie worked very hard and added another two groups to the two for which she had already qualified. This was a great achievement as working full time and living in a rural area makes it extra difficult to attend lectures in Sydney especially in the winter months. However her desire to succeed ensured her success and she was in the process of completing her fifth group this year.

Leonie’s contribution and commitment to the dog world included the following:

• Founding member, holder of all executive positions and life member of the English Setter Club NSW

• Chairperson & Member of Dogs NSW Public Relations and Promotions Committee, participating in the organisation of Dogs NSW’s involvement in the Sydney Pet and Animal Expo for 5 years.

• Chairperson of the Dogs NSW Disability Working Party highlighting her passionate, ongoing advocacy for disabled people to have equal rights in dog sports participation.

• Swedish Vallhund Breed lecturer for the Dogs NSW Judges Training Scheme for the past 14 years.

• Lectured on the breed in other Australian States and for the New Zealand and Canadian Kennel Clubs.

• Developed the breed lecture for the Australian Shepherd Association of NSW and presented that club’s breed lecture for the Dogs NSW Judges Training Scheme.

• Involved in the development of the international Swedish Vallhund database and development of the World Wide Swedish Vallhund Alliance.

• Currently the President of the Western Region Working Dog Club and member of the Working Dog Club of NSW

• Over recent months Leonie’s friends had noticed that she was at a great stage of her life being contented and seemingly at peace with the world. Leonie had managed a major achievement in losing the weight she had so long wanted to lose. She recently returned from an overseas holiday, which included judging appointments, and attendance at the Swedish Vallhund World Conference. She was acknowledged at the conference, by attendees and fellow presenters alike, as a world authority on her breed and her important and invaluable contribution to the breed was universally recognised. She was also in a good place in her professional life as Manager of Bathurst Meals on Wheels. Her passion and commitment to this organisation was especially evident in the efforts she put in to maintain the organisation’s reputation in the industry through constant improvement to work practices and in her wonderful ability to obtain special funding for it.

A little quote that Leonie attached to her office door late last year, sums her up so well. It goes something like this “there were probably many, many times this year when I may have disturbed you, troubled you, pestered you, irritated you, bugged you or got on your nerves so today I just wanted to tell you suck it up cup cake cause there aint no changes planned for next year”.

Leonie Darling made an impression on so many people both in her professional and private lives and she achieved so much more than she ever gave herself credit for. She will be missed by so many, may she rest in peace. She did it her way.

Leonie as she appeared in the Western Advocate on Thursday, calling for more volunteers to help Meals on Wheels. Leonie, aged 54, died in a freak accident that same day, when a heavy vehicle lost its load of steel three kilometres west of Bathurst on the Mitchell Highway, just before 9am.The steel fell on her car, crushing the front. She died at the scene.


BIS Ch Statuesque PumpkinpickleBIS Victorian GBC entry 96BIS NSW GBC entry 54BOB Melbourne RoyalMultiple Group winner

BIS & SBIS Gr Ch Statuesque Mudgee MudWorld Record making, for Rough Coat - 33 times BISBOB Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane RoyalsOwned, shown, trimmed, and trained by Gemcourt Kennels South Australia

BIS Ch Statuesque Pumpkin Pie2 X BOB Sydney Royal,3 X Bitch CC at Vic & NSW SpecialtiesMultiple Group winner

BIS Ch Statuesque Horatio– the first and only smooth/undocked Griffon to win any BIS in AustraliaMultiple Group winner

Statuesque congratulatesCh Statuesque Pumper Nickel on his recent BIS, quickly followed by SUPREME CHAMPION at the Sth Aust BATTLE OF CHAMPIONS and huge congratulations to Gemcour Kennels, Wendy & Rick Baker and Michael O’Callaghan for taking yet another Griffon to the very top.


Thank you to the photographers,Trafford, Haseldine, Cabal, Pauline Oliver, & Matschke

StatuesqueFrank & Lee Pieterse

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GEELONG RESEARCHERS DRIVE NEW VACCINE FOR HENDRA VIRUS

A dedicated team of Geelong researchers is at the frontline fighting off the Hendra virus.

Amid fears the potentially deadly virus is evolving after infecting a dog for the first time, a pivotal group of 20 scientists at Geelong’s CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory is working on the finishing touches of a vaccine made for horses infected with Hendra.

CSIRO veterinary pathologist Deborah Middleton, part of the team which confirmed the positive testing of the Queensland kelpie, said the finding in the dog was met with great interest from researchers who expect the vaccine could also be used in other species.

“It (the new case) signals more work we’ll need to do in that species to get a better understanding of the species and the risk they may pose to people,” Dr Middleton said.

“We’ve completed the proof of concept studies which shows the vaccine prevents illness in horses exposed to Hendra, and expect it could be equally effective in other species, such as dogs and cats, and even humans.

“It may involve tailoring, but in principle it could be the same.”

The Geelong laboratory has a direct role in Hendra outbreak management and tests every case from properties in Queensland and NSW. Those states have reported 10 positive outbreaks of the virus in horses in the past month.

“We’re working at turning those tests around as rapidly as possible,” Dr Middleton said.

“Properties which are suspected of containing the virus cannot be released from quarantine until samples have tested negatively in the local laboratory. We also have people in the field in Queensland from the Geelong lab doing surveys on bat colonies to try work out which colonies are shedding the virus.”

Dr Middleton said the CSIRO hoped to have some of the vaccine available in the second quarter of 2012, with the aim of full registration by the end of next year.

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DUSTY the dog has lost his fight for survival after testing positive to Hendra Virus antibodies - with the Fearon family deciding to put him down.

In a statement released through Federal member for Wright Scott Buchholz, the Fearon family of Mount Alford indicated they had made the decision to have the beloved family pet humanely euthanased rather than waiting for Biosecurity Queensland to compel them to have Dusty destroyed.

The family said they made the decision after results of his most recent blood tests confirmed that he carried Hendra virus antibodies, which meant he was at risk of shedding the virus to other animals.

“We are devastated by the loss of our fourth family animal to the Hendra virus and are particularly saddened to witness the affect the loss of our young dog has had on our children,’’ he said.

“We remain in awe of the support our family has been offered by friends and strangers nationwide.

“The campaigns and messages of support continue to comfort all of us.’’

Three horses have also succumbed to Hendra Virus on the Fearon’s Mount Alford property.

Liz and Neil Fearon decided to put down their dog Dusty after he tested positive to Hendra virus antibodies.

Picture: Mark Calleja.

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GEELONG RESEARCHERS DRIVE NEW VACCINE FOR HENDRA VIRUS

A dedicated team of Geelong researchers is at the frontline fighting off the Hendra virus.

Amid fears the potentially deadly virus is evolving after infecting a dog for the first time, a pivotal group of 20 scientists at Geelong’s CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory is working on the finishing touches of a vaccine made for horses infected with Hendra.

CSIRO veterinary pathologist Deborah Middleton, part of the team which confirmed the positive testing of the Queensland kelpie, said the finding in the dog was met with great interest from researchers who expect the vaccine could also be used in other species.

“It (the new case) signals more work we’ll need to do in that species to get a better understanding of the species and the risk they may pose to people,” Dr Middleton said.

“We’ve completed the proof of concept studies which shows the vaccine prevents illness in horses exposed to Hendra, and expect it could be equally effective in other species, such as dogs and cats, and even humans.

“It may involve tailoring, but in principle it could be the same.”

The Geelong laboratory has a direct role in Hendra outbreak management and tests every case from properties in Queensland and NSW. Those states have reported 10 positive outbreaks of the virus in horses in the past month.

“We’re working at turning those tests around as rapidly as possible,” Dr Middleton said.

“Properties which are suspected of containing the virus cannot be released from quarantine until samples have tested negatively in the local laboratory. We also have people in the field in Queensland from the Geelong lab doing surveys on bat colonies to try work out which colonies are shedding the virus.”

Dr Middleton said the CSIRO hoped to have some of the vaccine available in the second quarter of 2012, with the aim of full registration by the end of next year.

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article/2011/07/28/270261_news.html

DUSTY the dog has lost his fight for survival after testing positive to Hendra Virus antibodies - with the Fearon family deciding to put him down.

In a statement released through Federal member for Wright Scott Buchholz, the Fearon family of Mount Alford indicated they had made the decision to have the beloved family pet humanely euthanased rather than waiting for Biosecurity Queensland to compel them to have Dusty destroyed.

The family said they made the decision after results of his most recent blood tests confirmed that he carried Hendra virus antibodies, which meant he was at risk of shedding the virus to other animals.

“We are devastated by the loss of our fourth family animal to the Hendra virus and are particularly saddened to witness the affect the loss of our young dog has had on our children,’’ he said.

“We remain in awe of the support our family has been offered by friends and strangers nationwide.

“The campaigns and messages of support continue to comfort all of us.’’

Three horses have also succumbed to Hendra Virus on the Fearon’s Mount Alford property.

Liz and Neil Fearon decided to put down their dog Dusty after he tested positive to Hendra virus antibodies.

Picture: Mark Calleja.

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The third and final phase of the highly successful M&C Saatchi-created campaign to save homeless pets for the Sydney Dogs & Cats Home (SD&CH) went live this week with a fresh execution of portraits depicting animals with their new owners.

Launched on 23 May, ‘Limited Edition’ involved 21 of Australia’s top photographers who donated their time and expertise to shoot one-off portraits of 63 feline and canine (including one duck) inhabitants of the SD&CH.

The one-of-a-kind prints, signed and numbered by the photographer, were rendered into superlites provided by Adshel, who donated $225,000 worth of media to the campaign, for display in high traffic locations all over Sydney.

The posters directed passers by to the SD&CH website (sdch.org.au) where they could view the entire ‘Limited Edition’ exhibition and either bid for a one-off print, adopt an animal or donate to the SD&CH.

eBay donated its services for the online auction of the prints which it promoted on the ebay.com.au homepage for the duration of the campaign.

The adorable portraits proved irresistible to punters who snapped up all 63 on offer, raising thousands of dollars for the SDCH towards its goal of ‘Getting to Zero’ – to eradicate all unnecessary euthanasia of healthy domestic animals.

The campaign has also found loving homes for all but two of the homeless animals Nichelle and Boyd so if you or anyone you know would still like to adopt either of these, please get in touch with Sydney Dogs and Cats Home.

The final phase of the campaign features five of the re-homed animals, reshot with their new owners in their new homes, to be displayed on the Adshel superlites all over Sydney.

Each print carries a tagline featuring the animal’s name e.g.: “Bentley’s Time was Limited. Thanks to you it no longer is”.

And the call to action: “Give another animal a loving home. Visit SDCH.org.au”

M&C Saatchi Senior Creative Jason Woelfl said the public support for the campaign was “overwhelming”.

“We couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome. More importantly, lives were saved, and we are very happy about that.”

SD&CH Strategic Development Officer Tim Vasudeva was grateful “for all the wonderful and generous support we received to make this campaign possible”.

“M&C Saatchi came up with an ingenious, compelling way to showcase the plight of these animals that proved brilliantly effective,” Mr Vasudeva said.

“Obviously we are a charity that survives on donations so none of this would have been possible without the amazing generosity of M&C Saatchi, Adshel, eBay, The Print Centre and of course the wonderful photographers. Big thanks to you all, you’re life savers.

“This final phase of the campaign gives us a chance to also say a huge thanks to a few of the amazing people that took these animals in and gave them a loving new home, not to mention all the generous souls who purchased the portraits.”

The portraits of the re-homed pets with their new owners are: Butterball and new family shot by Ingvar Kenne; Rufus and foster family by Toby Dixon; Dusty and Tom Luscombe self portrait; Bentley and new family by Jonathan May and Kobe and new family by Amelia Hawkins.

Re-homed pets star in final phase of campaign for Sydney Dogs & Cats Home

Boyd

Nichelle


The third and final phase of the highly successful M&C Saatchi-created campaign to save homeless pets for the Sydney Dogs & Cats Home (SD&CH) went live this week with a fresh execution of portraits depicting animals with their new owners.

Launched on 23 May, ‘Limited Edition’ involved 21 of Australia’s top photographers who donated their time and expertise to shoot one-off portraits of 63 feline and canine (including one duck) inhabitants of the SD&CH.

The one-of-a-kind prints, signed and numbered by the photographer, were rendered into superlites provided by Adshel, who donated $225,000 worth of media to the campaign, for display in high traffic locations all over Sydney.

The posters directed passers by to the SD&CH website (sdch.org.au) where they could view the entire ‘Limited Edition’ exhibition and either bid for a one-off print, adopt an animal or donate to the SD&CH.

eBay donated its services for the online auction of the prints which it promoted on the ebay.com.au homepage for the duration of the campaign.

The adorable portraits proved irresistible to punters who snapped up all 63 on offer, raising thousands of dollars for the SDCH towards its goal of ‘Getting to Zero’ – to eradicate all unnecessary euthanasia of healthy domestic animals.

The campaign has also found loving homes for all but two of the homeless animals Nichelle and Boyd so if you or anyone you know would still like to adopt either of these, please get in touch with Sydney Dogs and Cats Home.

The final phase of the campaign features five of the re-homed animals, reshot with their new owners in their new homes, to be displayed on the Adshel superlites all over Sydney.

Each print carries a tagline featuring the animal’s name e.g.: “Bentley’s Time was Limited. Thanks to you it no longer is”.

And the call to action: “Give another animal a loving home. Visit SDCH.org.au”

M&C Saatchi Senior Creative Jason Woelfl said the public support for the campaign was “overwhelming”.

“We couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome. More importantly, lives were saved, and we are very happy about that.”

SD&CH Strategic Development Officer Tim Vasudeva was grateful “for all the wonderful and generous support we received to make this campaign possible”.

“M&C Saatchi came up with an ingenious, compelling way to showcase the plight of these animals that proved brilliantly effective,” Mr Vasudeva said.

“Obviously we are a charity that survives on donations so none of this would have been possible without the amazing generosity of M&C Saatchi, Adshel, eBay, The Print Centre and of course the wonderful photographers. Big thanks to you all, you’re life savers.

“This final phase of the campaign gives us a chance to also say a huge thanks to a few of the amazing people that took these animals in and gave them a loving new home, not to mention all the generous souls who purchased the portraits.”

The portraits of the re-homed pets with their new owners are: Butterball and new family shot by Ingvar Kenne; Rufus and foster family by Toby Dixon; Dusty and Tom Luscombe self portrait; Bentley and new family by Jonathan May and Kobe and new family by Amelia Hawkins.

Re-homed pets star in final phase of campaign for Sydney Dogs & Cats Home

Boyd

Nichelle

Butterball

Dusty

Bentley

Kobe

Rufus


The big winners of the 17th IRO Rescue-dog World Championship of the International Rescue Dog Organisation IRO as per Sunday, 3rd July 2011, were the dog teams from the Czech Republic.

The Czech team Svaz záchranných brigád kynologu CR won the team competition. The tracking discipline was won by Miroslav Cenek ahead of Iveta Matenauerova.

2nd and 3rd positions were taken by Eva Kacerkova and Petr Katrev in the water rescue discipline. Both were only passed by the winner from Italy, Nicola Carrara.

Gold medallist in the rubble search was Tanja Pommeranz (Switzerland). Silver medallist Dr. Isabella Kühn (Germany) and Bronze medallist Andrej Zunic (Slovenia).

This year’s area search discipline was not rewarded with a winner. For the first time in the history of the Rescue-dog World Championship no participant passed the test.

An alarming signal for IRO-president Dr Wolfgang Zörner: “This is a setback and a clear hint where we will have to work harder in the future! It is mostly due to the fact that dogs usually work too fast at the beginning of the 20-minutes’ search and are then burned out towards the end wherewith the nose work decreases.”

116 participants from 20 nations were named for the World Championship, which took part under “wonderful conditions” as Dr Zörner said.

Teams form Argentina, South-Korea and Japan as well as from almost all European countries and the Ukraine took part.

Austria with 21 teams had the biggest contingent followed by Slovenia with 15 teams. The Czechs participated with 14 teams, Germany with 11 and the Netherlands with 10.

17TH IRO RESCUE-DOG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHASTRE/BELGIUM: THE CZECH PARTICIPANTS ARE THE BIG WINNERS – VICTORIES ALSO FOR SWITZERLAND AND ITALY

53 participants competed in the “Rubble search” discipline, 50 were named for “Area search”, 8 for “Tracking” and 4 for “Water rescue”. 8 standby teams were ready to fill in if somebody cancelled.

“International Rescue Dog Organisation” (IRO) was established in 1993 as the worldwide umbrella organisation for national rescue dog organisations with the aim to protect people’s

lives and maintain people’s health by deploying the best trained dogs.

The IRO is a registered, non-profit organisation with an international executive board.

The head office of the IRO is located in Salzburg (Austria). Members of the IRO are national rescue dog organisations. At present there are 103 member organisations in 37 countries of the world.

Info: http://www.i r o - c h a m p i o n s h i p -belgium-2011.be/

Results: http://www.quartit .be/index.php/fr/results-iro.html

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Andrée Flenner – reprinting free exclusively in context with the World Championship


The big winners of the 17th IRO Rescue-dog World Championship of the International Rescue Dog Organisation IRO as per Sunday, 3rd July 2011, were the dog teams from the Czech Republic.

The Czech team Svaz záchranných brigád kynologu CR won the team competition. The tracking discipline was won by Miroslav Cenek ahead of Iveta Matenauerova.

2nd and 3rd positions were taken by Eva Kacerkova and Petr Katrev in the water rescue discipline. Both were only passed by the winner from Italy, Nicola Carrara.

Gold medallist in the rubble search was Tanja Pommeranz (Switzerland). Silver medallist Dr. Isabella Kühn (Germany) and Bronze medallist Andrej Zunic (Slovenia).

This year’s area search discipline was not rewarded with a winner. For the first time in the history of the Rescue-dog World Championship no participant passed the test.

An alarming signal for IRO-president Dr Wolfgang Zörner: “This is a setback and a clear hint where we will have to work harder in the future! It is mostly due to the fact that dogs usually work too fast at the beginning of the 20-minutes’ search and are then burned out towards the end wherewith the nose work decreases.”

116 participants from 20 nations were named for the World Championship, which took part under “wonderful conditions” as Dr Zörner said.

Teams form Argentina, South-Korea and Japan as well as from almost all European countries and the Ukraine took part.

Austria with 21 teams had the biggest contingent followed by Slovenia with 15 teams. The Czechs participated with 14 teams, Germany with 11 and the Netherlands with 10.

17TH IRO RESCUE-DOG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHASTRE/BELGIUM: THE CZECH PARTICIPANTS ARE THE BIG WINNERS – VICTORIES ALSO FOR SWITZERLAND AND ITALY

53 participants competed in the “Rubble search” discipline, 50 were named for “Area search”, 8 for “Tracking” and 4 for “Water rescue”. 8 standby teams were ready to fill in if somebody cancelled.

“International Rescue Dog Organisation” (IRO) was established in 1993 as the worldwide umbrella organisation for national rescue dog organisations with the aim to protect people’s

lives and maintain people’s health by deploying the best trained dogs.

The IRO is a registered, non-profit organisation with an international executive board.

The head office of the IRO is located in Salzburg (Austria). Members of the IRO are national rescue dog organisations. At present there are 103 member organisations in 37 countries of the world.

Info: http://www.i r o - c h a m p i o n s h i p -belgium-2011.be/

Results: http://www.quartit .be/index.php/fr/results-iro.html

Photo-Credits: IRO/

Andrée Flenner – reprinting free exclusively in context with the World Championship

Dachshund Mini Wire National Dog - The RingLEADER Way 23 Volume 14 No 7

The big news at present of course is the decision of the present chairman of the general committee of the Kennel Club, Mr Ronnie Irving, to not seek re-election. This came as quite a shock to the general dog showing fraternity

as none of us had imagined this might be a possibility. His decision was given to the other members of the general committee in an impromptu meeting prior to the annual general meeting of the club. It is not known why Mr Irving decided to leave the post now after nine years, but he said he has said before that he would go when it was time for a ‘fresh eye’ and when new leadership would be beneficial. A new chairman would be elected at the next general committee meeting to be held shortly.

The other big news affecting everyone showing dogs at present was the decision at the AGM to suspend coat testing. This followed an item on the AGM, put forward by Mike Gadsby for this practice to cease. This followed the furore at Crufts when Miniature Poodles and West Highland Terriers were taken for coat testing following the awarding of the CCs. The manner in which this was done had angered a great many exhibitors and following a petition on Facebook, several thousand signatures made in just a few days, such was the high feeling.

Rather than support outright Mr Gadsby’s proposition that the KC should cease with immediate effect the practice of coat testing for powder, lacquer, and silicone-based grooming products, members voted for a compromise amendment. Mr David Cavill suggested a full and frank decision on the future of coat testing take place involving not only the KC but those outside it, and that in the meantime testing be suspended.

Mr Gadsby said he had documentation from a forensic scientist who played a major role in investigations in the Omagh bombings, recent football letter bomb scares in Scotland and the enquiry into the death of Princess Diana.

“He has examined one of the Crufts reports commissioned by the KC and has found it to be flawed in several areas”, he said, quoting from the report:

The first category is the process of the test itself. When dealing with trace evidence it is essential for reliability to include what is termed a ‘negative control’ in the testing process. This is to demonstrate that any material found on the test samples has not been introduced accidentally somewhere in the process, i.e. from the environment, the handlers or the analyst. No negative control was established in this process. It is therefore impossible to know if the process has introduced contaminates. It is common practice when evaluating what is known as ‘trace evidence’ to assess the ways in which the test material may have come to be on the test items. For example gunshot residue has been shown to contaminate persons coming into the area where the gun was fired up to eight minutes later.

Two possible indirect transfer mechanisms are by the owner having lacquer on their clothes, or the animal being present during or sometime after lacquer were sprayed. Imagine the close confines of the grooming and benching areas, plus the examination by the judge and the transfer of the product-a further example of contamination’ The report concludes, ‘Because of the lack of quantitation and information about the transfer and persistence of the hair lacquer, it is impossible to evaluate whether the results are due to hair lacquer rather than a similar substance or it being directly applied rather than inadvertently ‘transferred’.

Mr Gadsby said “So there we have it. The KC has placed itself in a situation whereby dogs can be tested and potentially disqualified under a process which l believe is proven to be flawed by its very nature, cannot be watertight, and would not stand up in a court of law”.

Since the meeting the Kennel Club has invited those interested parties to write and give their views. We await this decision now and hopefully common sense will prevail. The days of dyeing here and the clouds of powder are well gone, and let’s hope that common sense will prevail and that we are allowed to make our dogs look as good as they possibly can.

Those overseas enthusiasts who also like a little of British history could do no better than attend the Bath championship show. The city of Bath with its roman baths and superb architecture is a must for anyone to see. It is situated in the county of Somerset and has some of the finest scenery for visitors, as well as for residents. London is an hour’s drive away. The society owns its own grounds and over the years has transformed these, once farmers’ fields, into rings more like bowling greens, a real bonus on show days.

8,742 dogs were entered, with, as is so often the case, Golden Retrievers topping the breed entry with 224.

cont/ page 26

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From page 24It was interesting in that five of the Group winners

were bred overseas. From Belgium came the Hound Group winner, the Rhodesian Ridgeback, Dorothy McGoldrick’s Int/Belg/Dutch Ch Villagedogs Hotopic (Int/Bh/RSM/Pol/Lux/Ger/Dutch/Fr/Belg/Croatian Ch Ikimba Watimu ex Int/Belg/Dutch Ch Ukukhanya Midsummerknights Dream) and with this win gave him his British title, he was BOB at Crufts this year.

Bred in Spain was the winner of the Non-Sporting Group, the black Std Poodle Del Zarzoso Salvme at Afterglow owned by Messrs Gadsby and Lynn, this was his first challenge certificate. He was bred by the famous Carlos Renau and sired by Ch/Am Ch Afterglow Sugar Daddy ex Del Zarzoso Voce Abusou.

From Germany came the German Shepherd, John Cullen’s Ch Elmo vom Huhnegrab, handled as always by Steve Cox. He is a three times Best in Show winner at general championship shows as well as winning the herding group at Crufts this year.

From America, the Irish Water spaniel. Am Ch Whistlestop’s Element of Magic (Am Gr Ch Poole’s Ide Got Water ex Am Ch Whistlestop’s The Wind Marih) owned by Judith Carruthers and Colleen McDaniels. He came over to the UK at the end of March and has created quite a career for himself already. He is a grandson of Judith’s multi-titled Fynder Freethinker. He also went onto RUBIS.

The Working Group winner was the Dobermann Ch/Lux Ch Supeta’s Ozzy Osbourne owned by Sue Mycroft/Sarah Smith and Tracy Bennett. This was his 36th certificate and so is close to the breed record.

The top dog all breeds at this time is Michael Coad’s Bichon Frise Ch Pamplona Bring Me Sunshine who won the Toy Group and this was ninth Group win on the run, quite a record. He is sired by Pamplona Harry Potter, a son of Michael’s Ch/Am Ch Paray’s I told You So ex Pamplona By Request and this was his 33rd CC.

And so to the top spot and the judge for BIS was Mr. Ronnie Irving of Border Terrier fame and of course previously chairman of the Kennel Club until his recent resignation mentioned above. He chose the red Australian Terrier l reported on recently Ch/Int/Fin/Sw/Norw/Dan Ch Jaskarin Peperoncino owned by Marjo Ahola and Eija Hyvonen and handled by Paul Eardley .

The UK is known the world over for its large agricultural shows. We are reknowned as a nation of stock people and at these shows you can see all manner of livestock, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, rabbits and the list goes on. In fact it’s a brilliant day out for all the family because there is everything to see.

The Three Counties Agricultural Society is one of the largest and most prestigious shows in the country. Situated near the spa town of Malvern in Worcestershire, it is fairly close to the famous Cotswolds and again a very picturesque part of Britain. The title of the society encompasses the counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Sadly now the main show and the dog section are no longer together, but we all live in hope that one day it will be returned to days of old, when if you had a bad day with your dog you could pop over and watch all the other attractions.

Weather-wise you could always rely on Three Counties to bathe in glorious sunshine. This year we had some of that but we also had tremendous downpours and so some of the Groups had to be judged inside the large marquee. In contrast to Bath, where several of the Group winners were imports, this show just had two, and one of them went BIS, an import from the USA, but more of that later.

Taking one step closer to that all important breed record was the Shar Pei Ch/Am Ch Asia’s Red Marsh Whip It Good. He was imported by Tim Ball and Joy Bradley and they co-own him with Kristen Marshall and Lisa Myers from the US. He won his title at seven months old and then stayed home for a while. Tim Ball heard about the dog and phoned Kristen to see if he would be available to buy him, no he wasn’t for sale! but she would agree to lease him. He arrived in the UK October 2008 and completed his title in three consecutive opportunities. He was top Shar Pei the same year. In 2010 he was BOB at Crufts and then BIS at Bath, the first male and the second Shar Pei to take this award in the UK. He also ended the year with top Utility, the first of its breed to do so.

In the Herding Group the winner was the tri Pembroke Corgi Allan Mathews’ Irish Ch Craigycor Viva La Diva, this was her third certificate and so she can now add her UK title as well. Both parents have their US titles, sired by Ch/Ir/Am Ch Shavals Fire Classic at Craigycor ex Ir/Am Ch Elfwish Sally Ride.

A US import won the Working Group, the Bouvier des Flandres I’m Special Inessence Movado at Kanix. He is co-owned by Fiona Lambert, Janet Hughes and Pat Murray and this was his second Group first. He is handled by Dave Killilea, better known for his Redwitch Akitas.

Hound Group winner was this year’s Crufts RUBIS winning Basset Griffon Vendeen Petit, Ch Soletrader Peek a Boo. Owned by Sara Robertson and handled by husband Gavin. Her dam is the record breaking Ch Soletrader My Aphrodisiac.

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Yangsang Dhangpo Alig (Beau)

Prof Brian Corbitt (Vic) Tibetan Terrier Specialist awarded Beau Puppy in Show at the Western Australian Kennel Club on the 20th of March 2011.

Sire: Bakit AA TamiDam: Kentish Watdrmsrmadeov

Champion Bakit Aa Tami (Dexter)

- Beau’s father -In Dexter’s short show career he has had

many Best of Breed and Class in Group wins, also a Class in Show.

Sire: Ch Waterley Long Distance (Imp UK)Dam: Ch Bakit Amhi

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Desi is Crufts QualifiedSire DEAKIE EGOMANIAC Dam DEAKIE MAIZIE DAZE

At his very first show in Australia on 18th June 2011 from the minor class Desi was awarded RESERVE CHALLENGE DOG & BEST MINOR OF BREED

at the Canine Stewards Assoc of WA Ch Show by judge Mr R Bennetts (Victoria)

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From page 26

The Terrier Group was another Group 1 for Phil Davies’ new star Perrisblu Kings Ransom, handled by myself as always. He was RUBIS at the recent Scottish Kennel Club show.

Keeping it in the family was the winner of the Toy Group and subsequent RUBIS, Michael Coad’s Bichon Frise Ch Pamplona Bring Me Sunshine. What a record this dog has. BIS under Ron Menaker at the recent Southern Counties Show, he was BIS at the UK Toydog Ch show and has won every Group this year that he has been at, including Crufts. Last year he was number 3 all breeds and to date this year he leads the field.

And as l said at the beginning of this report on Three Counties, the BIS winner was from the USA. In the space of 8 mths the Irish Water Spaniel, Am Ch Whistle Stop’s Elements of Magic, has taken 2 Groups a RUBIS and now the top spot here of BIS. He is co-owned by his handler Judith Carruthers with his US breeder Colleen McDaniel who is from Seattle. He is mostly American bred though he goes back to Judith’s Sh Ch/Fin/Sw/Dan and Am Ch Fynder Freethinker who has Irish breeding on his sire’s side. While in the USA he mated Am Ch Poole Ide Then There’s Maude owned by the famous east coast breeder Greg Siner and Debbie Paterson, proving highly successful with six champions and two BIS winners, the best known being Ch Poole Ide Got Water with 13 all breed BISs and 46 group lsts.

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STEVE DEAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE KENNEL CLUB

Professor Steve Dean has been elected as the new Chairman of the Kennel Club June 7, following a ballot of members of the Kennel Club General Committee.

Professor Dean becomes the 14th Chairman of the Kennel Club, and takes over following the recent resignation of Ronnie Irving, who had served in the post since 2002. (ND editor’s note - and both are Border Terrier men and very typey if we may say so!).

Professor Dean has been a Member of the Kennel Club since 1992 and has been a member of the General Committee since 2005. He has served on the Crufts and Finance & General Purposes Sub-Committees for the past two years and previously spent four years on the Disciplinary Sub Committee.

Upon his appointment, Professor Dean said: “I am honoured to be elected as Chairman of the Kennel Club and to be given the opportunity to help improve the lives of dogs by ensuring that they live healthily and happily with responsible owners.

I am aware of the scale of some of the challenges that we face but am excited about the opportunities that exist to help us make a real difference for dogs. I look forward to supporting and working with the millions of responsible dog breeders and owners that there are in this country, and to standing shoulder to shoulder with vets and other individuals and organisations, who are dedicated to improving the health and welfare of dogs.”

Professor Dean, who turns 60 in August, is a veterinary surgeon by profession and is currently the Senior Veterinary Surgeon at Crufts each year. He is a breeder, exhibitor and judge of Border Terriers and has been involved in the breed for 30 years. He is currently Chairman of the Southern Border Terrier Club as well as the overall breed health co-ordinator for all seven breed clubs. He is also President of Windsor Dog Show Society.

Away from the world of dogs, Professor Dean is a keen reader and gardener and is an avid supporter of rowing, treasuring his Henley Regatta medal equally to his achievements in the show ring.

At the same meeting, Mr Mike Townsend was re-elected to the position of Vice Chairman.

Above, Steve Dean the new Chairman of the Kennel Club, and below, Ronnie Irving, the former Chairman.both pictured with their Border Terriers


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Our fondest memories of his breeder

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From Pat Smith, “Ormalu Pekingese” .... They arrived last night, after losing their mother, two Staffy babies.

An update on these two little ones.... I worried about the little girl, she was pretty weak and didn’t want to drink from Gypsy...the boy was fine, he just latched on and guzzled...I searched my cupboard for my Puppy Formula, and found it was beyond use, so I called the lady to bring me around her tin...once I had it here I mixed up a feed and tube fed the girl....gave her 7ml...she settled down...

11.30pm mixed up some more and fed her again, she immediately brought it up...Uh-Oh!!!!!! so I left her alone for a while...

12.30am, tried her with Gypsy and she attached herself to a nipple, stood up and drank!!!!!! my two smallest babies joined her...and I watched them for a while, then went to bed...by this time it’s almost 1am...

Got up at 4am to check them all, put the same three to Gypsy and they all latched on and drank...went back to bed...

I think I may have won this battle....will see if I can win the war!!!!!!

Male Staffy pup is on the end, female next to him and then all Gypsy’s own babies, the blonde girl in having a feed too...

Further update ... they were getting too much for Gypsy and pushing out the two smaller pups of hers, so I decided we had better try the hand feeding...it worked here for one of the feeds and they didn’t attack her quite so avidly after 20 mls each, and it didn’t take such a drain from her at the feeds, so I contacted the lady who brought the owner around, and she took them back to her place, they were just over the week old, and the female had gained 100 grms in that time...the boy was a veritable bull! They went home 400 and 550 grams each...not bad for a little Peke to raise them to that!!!!!!

The Staffy pups are now entering their third week and being hand-reared with the assistance of Maremma Sheepdog Piltainga Sottosopra whom we call Fizzi. She is almost two years old and reared two clutches of day-old chicks through the flood season of Jan/Feb 2011. Fizzi was taken aback when she first saw the puppies before they went to Gypsy, but now that they’re here again and starting to look and behave like dogs, she’s very keen to be involved although draws the line at cleaning them! The owner of the puppies is impressed by how gentle Fizzi is and says her two male Staffys would be far too rough. Fizzi will never be a real mum as she suffers from Elbow Dysplasia and has been spayed after achieving 24 points in the ring before she was ten months old. It’s never ideal to hand-rear orphaned puppies but with the assistance of our three Maremma Sheepdogs we hope to give Maximus and Minimus the best alternative start to life!

Gypsy’s own babies now grown on

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Wellington Kennel Center, 4/5 June, celebrated the 125 years the club has been running. The judges were Mrs Donna Cole (Canada), Mr Joe Tacker (USA), Mrs G & Mr L Morison (South Africa) and Mr Greg Browne (Australia). BIS at the Gold Show was Welsh Cardigan Corgi Ch Badagri Break Dance owned by Atkens & Arpf, RUBIS Border Terrier Ch Boomtown

Borda Solitaire owned by Mrs Foreman. The Platinum Show saw Samoyed Can/ USA/UK Ch Vanderbilts One Cool Cat (imp Canada) owned by G & L Carlton take BIS with RUBIS to Pug Aust Ch Birsay Ican Dono Wrong (imp Aust) owned by Calman and Van Gijs. A very nice write up in the local paper said it was exciting and was a very happy day with the BIS ribbons awarded by Labor MP Trevor Mallard. Committee raffle seller Kathleen Stokes was also featured, she has put in many years of service towards this club. All in all a successful event.

The Wellington Hound Association show, held on the same weekened, was judged by Mr Ian Rasmussen (Qld). He awarded BIS and Open to longhaired Dachshund Aust Gr Ch & NZ Gr Ch Keaton Blak in a Flash (imp Aust) owned by E Soti, W Schnitzer & D Brown. RUBIS went to the Whippet Ch Beesholme Tyger Tyger owned by Mrs C Henderson.

The New Zealand Kennel Club held its annual conference of delegates on Saturday 18 June where a new president, Mr O Dance, was elected unopposed. With only one yea’s service on Executive his appointment to the top job has been remarkably quick. The director secretary pointed out that we are losing approximately fifty members a month with the attendant consequences on club finances. A past president, commenting on the financial figures released for the conference, says “Whilst the performance for the 2011 year is a vast improvement on the disastrous result for the previous year it is still not good. To make $17K on total income of over $2m is pathetic! It is less than 1%. (profit). Whilst the result will be trumpeted as a vast improvement there is still a tremendously long way to go even to get back to before the disastrous 2010 year loss of $186K. A lot more work needs to be done to get the club back on an even keel.”

Kathleen Hardwick had the honour of judging her own breed in England and she sent us the following report :-

“Just returned from a trip to UK where I judged Miniature Smooth Dachshunds with CCs for the

Northern Dachshund Assoc.A wonderful entry of 60 plus good quality mini

smooths. Overall was very impressed with size and condition, apart from two or three exhibits all were well within the required weight limit of 11lbs (5kg).

Two main areas (imho) that could be further improved were heads (a lot of exhibits were rather broad in the back skull area with roundish eyes and a little short in foreface) and length of ribbing which I found to be quite short in many of the exhibits.

My Best Dog was a super young dog with an excellent head and lovely dark almond eye, excellent body and correct mover. He was also Reserve of Breed....Sonderbar Ben at Stargang (imp Aust). This dog has since gained his 3rd CC to gain his UK Ch Title. My Best Bitch and Best of Breed was litter sister Eng Ch Sonderbar Billie Jean at Stargang (imp Aust). Truly a “Dachshund in Miniature”, good bone and substance, beautiful movement, never put a foot wrong. This bitch went on to win Runner up Best in Show. Very proud owner of both is Mrs Ellen Blackburn of Stargang Kennels, a highly respected kennel of miniature smooth & wires in the UK. Breeder is Bill Hardie of Sonderbar Kennels, NSW. Congratulations to all.”

It was with sadness we were told of the passing of Mary Tapper. Mary had been an extremely long time devotee of the German Shepherd dogs and a foundation member of the Hawkes Bay GSD club. Our condolences to her family. Long time member Colin Bradley has posted his retirement from the dog world and the showing of Boxers. We wish him well for the future and the dog ring won’t be the same without him.

It is winter here with lots of rain and lots of earthquakes for those living in Christchurch. It has been an extremely tough year with a lot of problems for people to cope with here is hope that summer is better for all of us. ELAINE BANKS banksie@ khantazi.org


Wellington Kennel Center, 4/5 June, celebrated the 125 years the club has been running. The judges were Mrs Donna Cole (Canada), Mr Joe Tacker (USA), Mrs G & Mr L Morison (South Africa) and Mr Greg Browne (Australia). BIS at the Gold Show was Welsh Cardigan Corgi Ch Badagri Break Dance owned by Atkens & Arpf, RUBIS Border Terrier Ch Boomtown

Borda Solitaire owned by Mrs Foreman. The Platinum Show saw Samoyed Can/ USA/UK Ch Vanderbilts One Cool Cat (imp Canada) owned by G & L Carlton take BIS with RUBIS to Pug Aust Ch Birsay Ican Dono Wrong (imp Aust) owned by Calman and Van Gijs. A very nice write up in the local paper said it was exciting and was a very happy day with the BIS ribbons awarded by Labor MP Trevor Mallard. Committee raffle seller Kathleen Stokes was also featured, she has put in many years of service towards this club. All in all a successful event.

The Wellington Hound Association show, held on the same weekened, was judged by Mr Ian Rasmussen (Qld). He awarded BIS and Open to longhaired Dachshund Aust Gr Ch & NZ Gr Ch Keaton Blak in a Flash (imp Aust) owned by E Soti, W Schnitzer & D Brown. RUBIS went to the Whippet Ch Beesholme Tyger Tyger owned by Mrs C Henderson.

The New Zealand Kennel Club held its annual conference of delegates on Saturday 18 June where a new president, Mr O Dance, was elected unopposed. With only one yea’s service on Executive his appointment to the top job has been remarkably quick. The director secretary pointed out that we are losing approximately fifty members a month with the attendant consequences on club finances. A past president, commenting on the financial figures released for the conference, says “Whilst the performance for the 2011 year is a vast improvement on the disastrous result for the previous year it is still not good. To make $17K on total income of over $2m is pathetic! It is less than 1%. (profit). Whilst the result will be trumpeted as a vast improvement there is still a tremendously long way to go even to get back to before the disastrous 2010 year loss of $186K. A lot more work needs to be done to get the club back on an even keel.”

Kathleen Hardwick had the honour of judging her own breed in England and she sent us the following report :-

“Just returned from a trip to UK where I judged Miniature Smooth Dachshunds with CCs for the

Northern Dachshund Assoc.A wonderful entry of 60 plus good quality mini

smooths. Overall was very impressed with size and condition, apart from two or three exhibits all were well within the required weight limit of 11lbs (5kg).

Two main areas (imho) that could be further improved were heads (a lot of exhibits were rather broad in the back skull area with roundish eyes and a little short in foreface) and length of ribbing which I found to be quite short in many of the exhibits.

My Best Dog was a super young dog with an excellent head and lovely dark almond eye, excellent body and correct mover. He was also Reserve of Breed....Sonderbar Ben at Stargang (imp Aust). This dog has since gained his 3rd CC to gain his UK Ch Title. My Best Bitch and Best of Breed was litter sister Eng Ch Sonderbar Billie Jean at Stargang (imp Aust). Truly a “Dachshund in Miniature”, good bone and substance, beautiful movement, never put a foot wrong. This bitch went on to win Runner up Best in Show. Very proud owner of both is Mrs Ellen Blackburn of Stargang Kennels, a highly respected kennel of miniature smooth & wires in the UK. Breeder is Bill Hardie of Sonderbar Kennels, NSW. Congratulations to all.”

It was with sadness we were told of the passing of Mary Tapper. Mary had been an extremely long time devotee of the German Shepherd dogs and a foundation member of the Hawkes Bay GSD club. Our condolences to her family. Long time member Colin Bradley has posted his retirement from the dog world and the showing of Boxers. We wish him well for the future and the dog ring won’t be the same without him.

It is winter here with lots of rain and lots of earthquakes for those living in Christchurch. It has been an extremely tough year with a lot of problems for people to cope with here is hope that summer is better for all of us. ELAINE BANKS banksie@ khantazi.org

BOLT is a dog who has had his day - and now he’s enjoying a well-earned retirement.

The purebred labrador has hung up his leash after serving in Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands for the army, and is enjoying the good life in Charters Towers with Jarrad Skinner, a former explosives detection dog handler.

The pair have reunited for the first time since Jarrad discharged himself from the army at the end of 2005.

Life for Bolt is a major change of pace from his former career - sniffing for bombs and other illicit substances in war zones.

“It’s great to have him here. He certainly has slowed down a lot. I still take him for a walk or a run,” the 31-year-old said.

Since Jarrad left the army, he has been a stay-at-home dad to his two-year-old twin boys Adam and Jae, while his wife Sandra is a local GP in the Gold City.

“It’s got its moments, that’s for sure,” the Charters Towers Rugby Union Bulls player said.

He said the retired 11-year-old pooch was another welcome addition to the family.

“He can’t meet the demands that his job requires,” he said. “Now the boys follow him around and he follows me around.”

Jarrad said explosives detection dogs had an important job to do to make areas safe.

“They’ve lost a couple of dogs in Afghanistan, it’s a dangerous job,” he said. - By Carenda Jenkin

ND editor’s note: Jarrad used to show dogs for a while in Sydney, where his mother Julie Skinner is a well know identity in the Hound Group.

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BIS dog at the International Aptus Show in Helsinki 21/22 May. This year at the show was special, as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the FCI at the show.

BIS was the Beagle bitch Daragoj Della Duck, owned by Marjukka Alhava and Eeva Resko, and was chosen by Karl-Erik Johansson from Sweden. He is accompanied in the picture by PR Manager Marie Luna Durán from the FCI and chairman of the show committee, Lauri Rostedt. The picture was taken by Outi Heikkilä-Toni.

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Best In Show at the East of England was the Border Collie (D) Clarke & Wheatley’s SH CH/AUST CH Danari de Beers (imp Australia)

Reserve Best In Show was the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (B) Robertson’s CH Soletrader Peek A Boo

Gundog Group, judge Mr Hugh Gent AOM GROUP 1 SH CH/ IR SH CH FLYNGALEE NORTHERN LIGHTS JW SHCM

Breed: Retriever (Golden) (Mrs J Macdonald)GROUP 2 BIRCHLEITH BARBICAN BEAU

Breed: Pointer (C V & C A Beesley)GROUP 3 SH CH FERNDEL AERON MAGREGOR

Breed: Spaniel (Welsh Springer) (Mr J S Thirlwell)GROUP 4 HOLLUTRIX MONTEZ

Breed: Spanish Water Dog (Mrs G Berry)

Working Group, judge Mr H Gent AOMGROUP 1

CH/LUX CH SUPETA’S OZZY OSBOURNE JW Breed: Dobermann (Mesdames S T S Smith, Bennett Mycroft)

GROUP 2 CH SCOTIABEAR TALK OF THE TOWN AT RATHMIL JW SHCM Breed: Newfoundland (Mr A & Mrs J & Mr D & Mrs C Milne & Lyall)

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Gael Wilcock (Brentland) travelled to England to judge at the Blackpool Championship Show, and catch up with her son at the same time. Results Collie (Rough) DCC Samhaven Detox (Grainger), RDCC Ch/IR Ch Ingledene Late Nite Legend JW (Geddes), BCC/BOB was the Tri Boughlee Midnight Sky (Stevens), RBCC Ladnar Skylark (Randall), Baby was Corydon Grandeflora (Blake).

Jacqui Bowden (Jambarlas) and Gwen Beaden (Myriehew) won Best of Breed Collie Rough at the Windsor Show with Jambarlas Sent With Lov to Myriehewe (imp Aust). This must be a first for an Australian Collie. Gwen and Ozzie were off to the World Dog Show in the next couple of days. How lovely to see an Australian dog being exhibited there.

The Collie and Shetland Sheepdog Club of WA, held their Championship Show on 3 July, judged this year by Mrs S Goulding (Vic). Roughs, DCC/BOB and BIS was the import Razda French Fries To Lassina (UK) owned by D & S North, RDCC Ch Kylock Nugget of Gold CCD AD JD SPD (Chapman), BCC/RUBOB was Ch Yambari Forluv Not Money (Hawkins), RBCC Grand Ch Yambari Sweet Revenge (Hawkins)

Smooths, DCC/BOB Ardarsten The Stig (Parsons) and BCC/RUBOB Ardarsten Tangled Up In A Tutu (Parsons)

It was sad to hear that Jean Lawson of Rickwood Collies in the UK had passed away. Jean bred some lovely dogs including the beautiful blue Rickwood Musetta, who was the mother of the dog exported to NZ then to Australia, Rickwood Man Friday who I used many years ago.

The Collie Club of Victoria held its Championship Show in June, this year judged by Leslie Tanks (NSW), a really good entry of 69 roughs 15 smooths.

DCC/BOB/RUBIS was Ch Robgai Whispering Jack (Doe), RDCC Ch Robgai Rogue Trader (Doe), BCC/RUBOB/IIS was Ch Ferona Mystic Star (Rolfe, NSW)RBCC was Ch Coltie Stop N Stare (Wallace), Smooths DCC/RUBOB/JIS was Baqilodge Business As Usual (Bester, Tas), Ch Jencol Thrills Not Frills (Baker, Qld), BCC/BOB and BIS was Ch Foxbell Finished Neatly (Cook) and RBCC/AIS was Ch Robgai Nightyme Inparis (Doe), Baby IS was the rough Carluke Dancing Inth Moonlite (Carluke Kennels) Puppy IS was Kazjs Dazzelem Razzelem (Rolfe, NSW) and Minor IS was Ferona Shes All That Nmore (Rolfe,NSW)

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Dogs that achieved their titles this month were Smooths: Baqilodge Zats All Folks (Ryan./Wilkinson, NSW) Roughs: Hylinden Song Sung Blue (Jankeri Kennels, NSW), Saroden Tryto be Regal (Legge,NSW), Robgai Running on Empty (Doe, Vic)

T CH Foxbell High Flyer owned and handled by Esther Smedley, passed his Test 3 in the Track and Search Dog Trials to gain his TSD Title becoming the 5th Collie in Australia to achieve this.

Burdekin Big Bang Theory (Woodbury) went Minor IS at Hawkesbury KC, Swinbrad Shut Up N Do It (Morris) went Minor IS at Penrith Blue Show, and at Sutherland Shire ABKC, Bungendore & Palerang Dist ABKC saw Tyronelea Moondance (Hales) go Baby In Show.

Grand Ch Burdekin Buzz Light Year (Grant/Armatys) went BIS at Callide Valley KC,

Ch Cathkin Seriously Sexy (Jones/Power) also went BIS at Lismore and District KC, Kazjs Dazzelem Razzelem (Rolfe) went Minor IS at Dubbo Show Society, Puppy IS at Coonabarabran KC and Puppy IS at Dogs NSW Southern Region Country Classic.

Many Aussies took the time out to visit the World Dog Show in Paris, I have heard that it was very disorganised and not so clean, but I am sure that the Aussies had a great time partying and meeting up with friends from all over the world. Unfortunately our Aussie entrant was not placed.

Until next month,Cecilie Kemp [email protected]

The EditorAs always, I enjoy the ND

Ringleader, however I would like to comment on the amount of dogs being advertised, with

profile moving photos, with the dog ‘overstepping’. Overstepping is a fault, often due to unbalanced angulation front and back, or on some occasions the dog being rushed literally off it’s feet. It is incorrect, and still these dogs win? Fast is not necessarily correct. Look at the footfall on the dogs you judge, do they overlap on the underneath?

LEE PIETERSE [email protected]

The EditorRecently we went to Bungendore shows mainly

because we had not been there before.Despite the bitterly cold weather, a good time was

has by all and congratulations to the show committee for a well run show.

The show was held at the showground with plenty of parking for cars, trailers and caravans. The catering was supplied by the

Rotary and hot drinks by a friendly coffee man.Trophies that were appropriate to the weather were

available for best of breed, classes in group, including the neuter class and of course classes in show on both days.

The 10am start on Saturday made it easy to travel from the Blue Mountains to Bungendore that morning which saved the cost of accommodation and the 9am start on Sunday let the show finish just after an early lunch to let people travel home. Even the Hound ring steward joined in the fun clapping and cheering as the dogs went in the ring for all classes in Group.

Booked accommodation for Saturday night was plentiful at three motels with restaurants at the hotels providing excellent food.

This is a show we would recommend to anyone. KAY QUINN [email protected]

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Lagotto Romagnolo - National · PDF fileLagotto Romagnolo. National Dog - The RingLEADER Way Breed Feature 2 Volume 14 #7 Articles: 4 Australian ... [email protected]