Retriever Review - Rose City Labrador Retriever Club

Retriever Review
Issue 30, June 2008
There will not be another
General Meeting until
September
~ Club Officers ~
President: Barbara Gilchrist
Vice President: Judy Chambers
Secretary: Coleen Powell
Treasurer: Greg Huntzinger
Board Members
Bob Fagundes
Celeste Smith
Nikki Illias
Dan Neal
Committee Chairs
Bob & Kathy Fagundes 2008 B-Match
Susan Huntzinger- 2008
Specialty
Christine Crosby - 2008
Obedience & Rally
Nikki Illias - 2008 Hunt Test
Litter Referrals
Susan & Greg Huntzinger
(503) 655-9405
Membership
Kathy Fagundes
(503) 698-7555
Newsletter Editor
Julie Galbraith
(530)938-3338
galshire@gmail.com
President’s Message:
Hello all Labrador Enthusiasts! June is here and the big Specialties are just
around the corner. Now is the time for you to call Susan Huntzinger and ask
her what you can do to help. As most of you know, this year we are adding
a completely separate and new Specialty, that will run the first day, July 10th,
followed by the Two Day Specialty July 11 & 12. This first single day
Specialty will take a bit more effort from everyone, as typically single day
Specialties are a bit more of a hurried pace, than our following two day
Specialty. So, if you have not volunteered your help yet....jump in and let
Susan hear from you! As for the Trophy donations, the Club does have lots
of room for your name to appear in the Specialty/Obedience/Rally Catalog,
as donating a trophy. What better way to advertise your kennel name?
Let's get those checks/cash donations into the Specialty Trophy Chairman,
Lisa Cruanas!
Another item I want to share, is the hard work Allison Hillius has been
putting in on our Club's website. For those of you who do not know the
Club website address .... www.RoseCityLRC.com
I would encourage
you to go check it out. Allison's complete overhaul of our Website is surely
appreciated! Thank you Allison!
Your President ~ Barb Gilchrist
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Thank you Betty Barkley and Dick Eten, for hosting the
Dr. Hutchison Seminar! Everyone attending thoroughly enjoyed Dr.
Hutchison and learned a lot! The buffet and desserts were delicious and the
location choice was perfect!
We appreciate all your preparation and hard work!!
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THANK YOU Kathy and Bob Fagundes for Chairing the B-Match!
Everything went smoothly and the weather cooperated.
You did a great job!!
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Welcome to New RCLRC New Member
Janette Peterson
RCLRC Minutes, May 10, 2008
Meeting called to order by Barbara Gilchrist.
In Attendance: Bob Fagundes, Kathy Fagundes, Nikki Illias, Marilyn Parker, Richard Parker, Debbie
Neal, Danny Neal, Lili Lobingier, Coleen Powell, Bernie Meaney, Betty Barkley, Celeste Smith, Ellen
Sparks, Lisa Cruanas, Randy Johnson, Allison Hillius, Ron Hillius, Donna Yadeskie and Ron Yadeskie.
A motion was made and passed to approve April Minutes.
President’s Report: None.
Secretary’s Report: Debbie Neal reported on an email about Oregon’s Measure 53.
Treasurer’s Report: A motion was made and passed to approve the Treasurer’s Report.
Committee Reports:
Hutchinson Seminar: Betty Barkley did not know the catering bill, but the Hutchison seminar was
successful. The details will be emailed to everyone, in the monthly Treasurer’s Summary. Betty did have
one person request a refund due to illness. A motion was made and seconded to refund 50% of the
registration fee. The motion passed.
Membership: Janette Peterson was voted in, as a new member.
Trophy: Lisa Cruanas reported that she has leashes for first places at the Brown Bag. Also, people are
asked to sign up for trophy donations.
HRT: Nikki Illias has judges for the HRT.
Unfinished Business: Several clubs are donating time and money to spray blackberry bushes on Sauvie
Island. Kathy Fagundes moved to support the spraying up to a $200 donation, any amount over $200 Nikki
Illias needs to go to the board. Discussion followed. The motion seconded and passed.
WC: Danny Neal said that Dock Dogs will be at the Waterfowl Festival in July.
Nikki Illias mentioned that we have an extra day on Sauvie Island, if the Club wants a training day.
New Business: None
Meeting Adjourned
Submitted by Debbie Neal
2008 Annual B-Match Results
Sweepstakes :
Best Puppy: Lauraglen’s Bolero
Owner: Lisa Cruanas
Best Opposite Puppy: Blackthorns Blu Bunny
Owner: Barbara & Bob Gilchrist
Conformation:
Best Puppy: Westriver’s London Fog
Owner: Ellen Sparks & Susan Huntzinger
Best Opposite Puppy: Lauraglen’s Bolero
Owner: Lisa Cruanas
Best Adult: Breton Gate Sun Godess
Owner: Betty Barkley
Obedience: Sterling’s Havanna Brown CD, JH, RN, for High in Match with 180 points.
Owner: Marilyn Parker
Congratulations to all !!
We would like to thank our three judges!
Mary Jane Sarbaugh
Donna Yadeskie
Nikki Illias
Thank you Dan Neal, for barbecuing, to our ring stewards and to all those who helped and participated.
Sweepstakes
Conformation
Obedience / Rally
Barbecue
Thank you Greg Huntzinger, for all the great B Match pictures!!!
Obedience and Rally Ring Stewards Needed!!
As Obedience and Rally Chairman, for our upcoming Specialty Show, in July, I am hoping to solicit some
(or ideally most!) of you to assist with ring steward duties for the Obedience and Rally rings. It's very
exciting that we will be having a separate Rally ring and judge this year and I especially want to have this
new addition, to our already wonderful show, transition in smoothly! I really need your help to make this
possible!
If you can offer some of your time, to steward for either ring, over the course of our two days, that would
be WONDERFUL and SO greatly appreciated!! And . . . especially if you are newer to the club and
wanting to learn more and get more involved, this is an awesome opportunity to do so!
If you think you can help out with ring stewarding, for either the Obedience or Rally ring, please let me
know! Your help will be such benefit to all those participating in our Specialty this year!
Thank you!!
Christine Crosby
Obedience and Rally Chairman
Specialty Trophies ~ Your club needs your help!
To maintain the quality of our beautiful trophies from the past, RCLRC needs everyone’s help!
Our Specialty is right around the corner and we need each member to sponsor a trophy!
I know these are difficult times and we all need to tighten our belts, but we cannot continue to give crystal,
custom glassware and other beautiful prizes, without everyone sharing the expense.
Most trophies are not yet reserved, so please get in touch with me and reserve one in your name!
The trophies range from $60.00 for the largest, like BOB and High in Trial, to $10.00 for a First Place.
Please contact me at herclee8@msn.com. and I will let you know what is available.
Thank you!!
Lisa Cruanas
2008 RCLRC Specialty Trophy Chair
RCLRC Specialty Breakfast
I would like to ask all our members, who will attending the Specialty Show on July 17-19th,
to please bring something for the brunch, such as fruit, pastry or juice. I will make a hot
dish and have bagels and muffins, but would appreciate all contributions. If you have any
questions feel free to call me at 503-407-1444. Thank you for your help!
Kathy Fagundes
~LITTER LISTINGS ~
BLACK MALE PUPPY
BLACK AND YELLOW LITTER DUE
BISS CH. Sunset Lubberline Spinnaker x
Am./Can. CH Himoon Takes Twota Tango, CD,
CGC
Whelped: May 16, 2008
Contact: Cecile Dredge
360-435-0456
cougarcreeklabs@peoplepc.com
Shilohs Northernlights of Cougar Creek x
Can./Int. CH. Cougar Creek Takes One Ta Know
One
Due: June 14, 2008
Blacks and Yellows expected
Contact: Cecile Dredge
360-435-0456
cougarcreeklabs@peoplepc.com
~ 2008 Membership Directory Updates ~
Please add new member, Janette Peterson’s information:
Janette Peterson
5995 Sunkiss Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89110
208-303-0307
jpeter2694@aol.com
~ It’s Time for All Breeders to Register Their Kennel Names ~
New AKC Rule Allows Owners to Rename Their Dogs!!
As of March 25, 2008, AKC has announced a registration rule change, which now allows owners of AKC
registered dogs, to change the official registered name of their pet. Dogs are eligible if they were born in the
USA, have never been bred or have not won any awards at an AKC Event.
The new rule allows owners to change the name when transferring their AKC registered dog, or to request a name
change at any time." Previously, a policy was in place which only allowed the owner to change a dog’s name, if
the dog had been individually registered by its breeder and the request was accompanied by written permission
from the breeder.
*** A dog name containing a Registered Kennel Name cannot be changed without the written consent of
the owner(s) of that Registered Kennel Name.
For more information
http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3458
Inducing Heat Cycles with Cabergoline
By Dr. Robert V. Hutchison
http://www.doghobbyist.com/CanineRepro.html
Cabergoline is the "wonder drug", which we are now using to induce bitches into ovulatory heat cycles.
This drug is what as known as an anti-prolactin drug.
After the bitch ovulates, the body maintains the progesterone for two months.
It is prolactin which keeps her from cycling right away and is why the bitch's interval between cycles is 6-7
months. We looked at it, from the end of what prevents a bitch from coming into season, by taking out the
prolactin using Cabergoline and the bitch will come into a cycle on her own. It is NOT an artificial cycle.
We've done nothing to hormonally manipulate it, but we've just removed the stopper.
Cabergoline is an oral product used once a day for 10 days, with the bitch will usually coming into heat
within 2-3 weeks. It is a very safe drug, with minimal side effects and it is actually a human drug.
Cabergoline can be relatively pricey : a couple hundred dollars. It is NOT an experimental drug, as
was said in the AKC Gazette.
Where I'm using it, is on bitches that have not cycled within 12 months or I'm using it more and more for
convenience, for my clients to have puppies when they want them! It takes a bitch 4 and a half months,
for the uterus to get over the previous heat cycle, so we can use Cabergoline any time after 4 and a half
months after the previous cycle. Then you follow with progesterone tests, breed her and expect to have
puppies! It is NOT successful, for bringing bitches into a first heat cycle.
The Use of Cabergoline to Treat Primary and Secondary Anestrus in Dogs
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
June 1, 2002, Vol. 220, No. 11, Pages 1653-1654
Cristina Gobello , DVM, PhD Gervasio Castex , DVM Yanina Corrada , DVM
Institute of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, CC 296,
Argentina. (Gobello, Castex, Corrada)
Objective—To determine whether Cabergoline would be safe and effective for induction of estrus in dogs
with primary or secondary anestrus.
Animals—6 privately owned otherwise healthy purebred dogs with primary or secondary anestrus.
Procedure—Dogs were treated with Cabergoline, until 2 days after the onset of proestrus. Follicular
development was assessed by means of cytologic examination of vaginal smears; ovulation was assessed by
measuring serum progesterone concentration 3 weeks after the onset of estrus. Five bitches were mated
during behavioral estrus.
Results—All dogs had normal estrus periods, and all 5 dogs that were mated whelped normal litters. Mean
duration of Cabergoline treatment was 16 days. None of the dogs had any adverse effects associated with
Cabergoline administration.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggest that administration of Cabergoline is safe and
effective for treatment for primary and secondary anestrus in dogs.
http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.2002.220.1653?cookieSet=1&journalCode=javma
The Use of Prostaglandin Therapy for Pyometritis
By Dr. R.V. Hutchinson
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0100.htm
Pyometritis (Greek: Pyo = "pus" and Metritis = "inflammation of uterus") has long been a disease feared by the
purebred dog breeder. The treatment was performed with one thing in mind: saving the affected bitch's life, with
no hope of her being used for breeding again. In this paper, I will describe a wonderful treatment being used that
gives us hope not only for saving an infected bitch's life, but also returning her to normal reproduction.
The causes and conditions necessary for a bitch to contract Pyometritis are indeed complex. The disease usually
affects the middle to older bitches (over 5 years) approximately one to three months after their having been in
heat. This is referred to as the diestrus period of the heat cycle. A combination of hormonal changes, along with a
contamination of pathogenic (disease-causation) bacteria within the uterus, allows the infection to begin. The
cervix then closes, shutting off the uterus. Glands lining the uterine wall continue to discharge their materials
having been geared to do so by the heat cycle. These glandular discharges, plus the body warmth with no
circulating air, are perfect for bacteria growth. The bacteria and their by-products fill the uterine cavity.
The signs of a bitch with Pyometritis are fever (frequently 104-106 degrees Fahrenheit), weakness, and in some
cases, a very foul vaginal discharge (depending upon whether the cervix is open or closed). As the disease
advances, other changes begin to occur.
The toxins (poisons) produced by the bacteria are absorbed into the bloodstream; hence, Pyometritis is a disease
affecting multiple organs, not just the uterus. Other than the uterus, the main organs affected are the kidneys,
whose primary function is to remove impurities and toxins from the blood. The kidneys begin to fail for a number
of reasons. Since most of the bitches with Pyometritis are older, there may already be an underlying kidney
disease present. Secondly, most bitches with Pyometritis are ill, vomiting being a major sign. The vomiting causes
dehydration in the body, reducing blood pressure which inhibits the kidneys' filtering ability. Another reason is
that renal (kidney) cells lose their ability to concentrate urine, leading to further dehydration. The inability to
concentrate urine leads to another cardinal sign of a bitch with Pyometritis -- a craving for water.
A veterinarian should be contacted at the first signs of a bitch becoming ill with the aforementioned symptoms.
The DNM will have to differentiate Pyometritis from other diseases causing fever and lethargy. The diagnosis
will be made by taking a good history and by giving a good physical examination. Often the doctor will choose to
do a white cell count. The white blood cells increase in any bacterial infection, but often greatly in Pyometritis
(normal 7000-12000/ul, with pyo 30,000-60,000/ul or greater). The abdomen oftentimes is enlarged and
pendulous due to the filling of the uterus. Pregnancy must be ruled out, but usually the signs of illness preclude
pregnancy. The vet can sometimes palpate the uterus. (Caution should be taken by the lay person trying to
palpate the uterus as overzealous palpation can cause uterine rupture and almost certain death). A radiograph
may be necessary. However, ultrasoundography is the choice to diagnose Pyometritis.
Diabetes mellitus, primary and secondary kidney failure, as well as other disease processes must be considered in
any dog showing polydipsia (increased liquid consumption). Tests for blood glucose and blood urea nitrogen (a
kidney function test) are performed to support the diagnosis of Pyometritis.
The treatment of choice for Pyometritis has been strictly surgical. Ancillary support such as IV fluids and
antibiotics etc. were used to stabilize the patient, making her an acceptable anesthetic-surgical candidate. Since
many of the bitches with Pyometritis showed endotoxic shock, dehydration, kidney failure and other near fatal
complications, the vet and owner were placed in the precarious position of deciding whether the treatment or the
disease was the most life threatening. With no other course than to remove the infected uterus, surgery was often
performed on a dog not able to handle the stress of the anesthetic and uterine removal.
The actual surgical procedure consists of doing a complete ovario-hysterectomy (removal of ovaries and uterus)
commonly known as spaying. This operation leaves the bitch sterile.
Currently the medical management of Pyometritis in our clinic involves the use of prostaglandin. The treatment is
hormonal rather than surgical, and requires no anesthetic. The infected bitch can recover without being spayed. In
many cases the uterus is able to accept fertilization and carry puppies. By giving daily injections of the
prostaglandin over a 2-10 day period, the uterus is stimulated to contract and expel the fetid discharge. It is even
possible for the prostaglandin to open the cervix of the uterus in pyometrias that are not discharging.
Prostaglandins are used in conjunction with the IV fluids and antibiotics, and other supportive therapy as
previously mentioned. Reactions of a bitch to prostaglandin therapy are ones of weakness, trembling, and
collapse. Usually hospitalization during treatment is necessary because the enactuated uterus is still susceptible to
future pyometria development. Spaying of mixed breeds or non-purebred bitches will continue to be the treatment
of choice. But, oh what magic, if a valuable breeding bitch could once again conceive after having the dreaded
disease -- Pyometritis!
Author Dr. R.V. Hutchinson practices at the Animal Clinic of Northview, Ohio.
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