Poodles Rule - Poodle Club of America

The Poodle Papers
Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America
Spring 2007
Poodles
Rule !
Ch Smash Jp Win A Victory
Ch Smash Jp Win A Victory
Poodles
Dominate
Two Groups
at
Westminster
2007
Ch Brighton Minimoto
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Coming Specialties
P.C.A. AFFILIATE CLUB SHOWS
* Note this listing comes from Michael Knight
2007
WASHINGTON POODLE CLUB-APRIL 20
JUDGE- JOAN SCOTT
OBEDIENCE- BETSEY HUMER
GREENSPRING POODLE CLUB- APRIL 22
JUDGE: HELEN LEE JAMES
WILLIAM PENN POODLE CLUB-MAY 4
JUDGE:MARY LOU KNIOLA
THE ENCHANTED POODLE CLUB-MAY 11
JUDGE:SANDRA GOOSE ALLEN
LOS ANGELES POODLE OBEDIENCE
CLUB-MAY 12
JUDGE:ROBERT MARGOLIS
MID MICHIGAN MAY 18
JUDGE SAM DRAPER
JUDGE DESMOND MURPHY
PC OF HAWAII MAY 20
JUDGE
GREATER CINCINNATI POODLE CLUBMAY 25
JUDGE:JON THOMPSON
OBEDIENCE: RICHARD MULLEN
GREATER CINCINNATI POODLE CLUBMAY 26
JUDGE:NANCY SMITH HAFNER
OBEDIENCE:MRS. M. DONLON
PANORAMA POODLE CLUB OF MT SPOKANE, WA- MAY 26
JUDGE:SANDRA GOOSE ALLEN
OBEDIENCE: JOYCE OSTBY
TIDELANDS PC OF VA MAY 27
JUDGE DR JON FERRANTE
PC OF MASS-JUNE 1
JUDGE - DORIS COZART
ORLANDO PC- JUNE 21
JUDGE
PC OF OKLAHOMA CITY-JUNE 27
JUDGE JOHN SHOEMAKER
COLUMBIA POODLE CLUB-JULY-19
JUDGE-PAT HASTINGS
GREATER MILWAUKEE-JULY 27
JUDGE- JACKIE STACY
GREATER PITTSBURG-AUGUST-1
JUDGE- NORM KENNEY
HEART OF AMERICA-AUGUST 22
JUDGE WAYNE POWER
PC OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-SEPT.20
JUDGES RANDY GARREN
DANNY AUGUSTUS
JACKYN HUNGERLAND
LUIS AIZCORBE
DORIS COZART
* Note: If your show is not listed, please contact
Michael Knight, mgk@tx.rr.com. I list only the
shows that he sends me the information on. If the
listing is not complete, please contact Micahel.
Leslie
Wanted:
Photos, Tapes, CD’s, or DVD’s, of
Poodles . I need Poodles in all aspects of
the breed, doing what they do best, Agility, Rally, WC/WCX, Breed, Obedience ,
Therapy dogs, and family dogs, whatever
your poodle does best. I am going to put it
all together for the Eukanuba Booth for
December 2007.You can mail me them to
me at:
Mary Ellen Fishler
PO Box 88
Washington Grove, Md 20880
or bring them to PCA in June and give
them to me there. I need them by Sept. 1
,2007 to make them into a presentation for
the PCA Eukanuba booth.
Thanks for your help to make this years
Booth another winning Booth for PCA.
Mary Ellen Fishler
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The Poodle Papers
Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America
Spring 2007
2006-2008
OFFICERS & COMMITTEES
President:Doris Cozart
1st Vice Pres.: Michael Wahlig
2nd Vice Pres.:Michael Knight
Corres. Sec.: Peggy McDill
poodleclubsecy@aol.com
Record. Sec.: Sandy Marshall
Treasurer: Connie Green
Variety Representatives
Toy:Nancy Hafner
Mini: Luis Aizcorbe
Stand.: Glenna Carlson
Publicity: Del Dahl
AKC Delegate: Scott Olund
Show Committee
Chairperson: Glenna Carlson
Performance Events Obedience
Chairperson-Susie Osborn
Performance Events Agility
Chairperson-Jan Hopper
WC/WCX Working Certificate
Chairperson- Joyce Carelli
Public Education Coordinator
Arlene Scardo
Judges Education
Bill Cunninghamdacunbirds@bellsouth.net
Affiliate Club Council:
Michael Knight
PCA Foundation:
Exec. Director Michael Wahlig
Genectic Anomalies Committee:
Director Michael Wahlig
PCA Poodle Rescue Central:
Sally Poindexter
poodelclubofamerica@yahoo.com
Poodles in America:
Editor:Betsey Leedy
Breeder Referral:
Poodleclubofamerica.org
PCA Home Page
Leslie Newing & Mia DiBenedetto
assisted by Lisa Croft- Elliott
www.poodleclubofamerica.org
PCA Information
Hal Kinne
infopoodleclubofamerica@yahoo.com
The Poodle Papers
Layout & Graphic design
Editor: Leslie Newing
Email: lnewing@earthlink.net
President’s Message
Spring is finally here, and we can put the long winter behind us. PCA is
quickly approaching, and in just a few months we will be together again in
Salisbury. This year is our 75th Anniversary Show, our Diamond Anniversary.
The club has grown and changed but still has the same purpose, the protection
and enjoyment of our unique and wonderful breed.
In this newsletter, Glenna Carlson, our hard-working Show Chairman, will
provide an update on the events for our 75th anniversary show. As many already may know, we have made changes in the way reservations and items are
ordered for the National. We have put PayPal on the PCA web site for your
convenience. We also have this year, on a trial basis, paid reserved seating. A
comment box at the National will everyone a chance to give their opinion on
this. The board will evaluate this plan after comments are read.
We have made a request for membership in the Master National Retriever
Club. This should be a help to our performance events. We are fortunate to
have Joyce Carelli and her committee, who work hard to make the trials so
successful. It is really something to see the Poodles working in the field. I
hope everyone plans to attend the hunting trials, WC and WCX. This year will
be the first time we will award medallions to participants who meet the requirements.
This PCA is a week full of events, starting on Saturday and ending on Friday.
I hope you all are planning to attend. Anyone who would like to volunteer to
help with any of the PCA events, please contact Glenna Carlson or me.
Our show this year is dedicated to Annie Clark. Annie was such a landmark in
the Breed. Let us joyfully celebrate her legacy to Poodles and to the sport of
purebred dogs as a part of our 75th Anniversary show. I know that Annie was
looking forward to this show and, in spite of her absence, her spirit will be
with us as we enjoy Poodles in all of their versatility and beauty.
We welcome to the board Mr. Del Dahl as Publicity Chairman, and he will be
writing the AKC Gazette Column. Del has assumed Mrs. Clark’s seat on the
board.
Enjoy your wonderful Poodles, and I look forward to seeing you and them at
the National.
Doris Cozart
Doris Cozart, President
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The Poodle Papers
Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America
Spring 2007
What’s Where
Cover Story
6
A Cheat Sheet For Spectators , by Mia DiBenedetto
10
Affiliate Club News
13
Atrial Septal Defects in Standard Poodles, by Pat Forsyth
18
AKC News
19
Foundation for Cross-training,, by Dudley Fontaine
24
Researchers Seek Genetic Cause of SA in Standard Poodles ,Purina Pro Club Poodle Update
27
Regional Specialty
30
AKC Retriever Hunt Test Events, by Mia DiBenedetto
32
National Specialty
37
PCA Foundation
41
Is your Poodle Ring -Wise?, by Joann Neal
42
In Memoriam
46
PRA, Then and Now, by Luis Aizcorbe
47
AKC Delegate’s Report
50
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Poodle Papers!
Deadline for the next newsletter is July 1st. Please
get your articles to me by that date. Anyone who
has an interesting topic that they would like to see
in the newsletter, please feel free to email me at
lnewing@earthlink.net
Leslie
Editor of The Poodle Papers
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Spotlight on a P.C.A. Member
This edition of the Poodle Papers shines it’s spotlight
on Sandy Marshall.
Sandy was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up
mostly in D.C. and Chevy Chase, Md.
As a child, Sandy enjoyed drawing,sewing, and ballet
dancing until she was 14. Sandy grew up with Beagles,
Cocker Spaniels, and an English Setter. These were pets,
but she doted on them. Sandy also loved horses, too
but, being a city kid, didn't get as much opportunity to
ride them as she would have liked. Sandy always had a
love of the outdoors and was a Girl Scout. She loved
camping, hiking, and swimming, and used to go to camp
most summers when she was a kid in Cape Cod, Mass.
Sandy has been married for 45 years and has three
grown children, one daughter and two sons, and three
grandchildren
Sandy is a retired travel agent and taught travel classes
at a travel school for several years. Before that, Sandy
had raised her three children. She was a Girl Scout
Leader for senior high school students and a Cub Scout
leader. Before that, Sandy worked in a local department store's advertising department doing copy and
proofreading.
Sandy now lives in the Washington, D.C., suburb of
Colesville, Md.
Sandy got her first Poodle, a white mini, when she was
newly married in 1963. She had always loved Poodles
but had not been able to have one before then. Later, in
1974, she got her first Standard Poodle from a fellow
club member, Mary Lebet, who had bred a beautiful
litter out of her Wycliffe bitch by Ch Rimskittle Right
On. Mary got her involved in showing and sponsored
her joining the Washington Poodle Club, our local Affiliate Club. It was at this time that Sandy met Anne
Rogers Clark, who was an honorary member of the
Washington Poodle Club. She was a friend and mentor
to Sandy and the Washington Poodle Club for many
years.
Sandy and her husband started out by training two
Standard poodle In Obedience with her friends and
mentors Ken and Nan Nagler. She did obedience trials
in a few matches, but never got a title on any of her
dogs. She found herself constantly drifting over to the
breed ring to observe and wishing she could have a
dog to compete with there, so she bred her Right On
daughter, and out of this mating came her first champion bitch. She, too, was bred and her daughter was
finished, and so it went on down the line, breeding a
little and finishing a dog or two. The Standards have
been her love ever since.
Those most influential to Sandy in her start in Poodles
were Mary Lebet, Eleanor Gardner, and the members
of the Washington Poodle Club. Sandy has been a
member now for 32 years. She has co-owned and cobred several bitches with Connie Rodgers, a fellow
WPC member. She taught her a wealth of information
about breeding and grooming. She owes a great deal
of what she knows now to her long association with
Connie and her Denevillette Standards. Sandy has been
involved in Standards for thirty-two years now.
Other hobbies or interests other than Poodles. Sandy
enjoys traveling when she can. She also loves the opera as well as a little gardening. Currently she and her
husband are remodeling and redecorating their 45-year
old home, which has become quite a hobby so far.
Sandy belongs to a book club and the local health club
where she works out, swims, and does yoga five days a
week.
The kennel name that Sandy bred and shows under is
Sancourt
Whats in a name?
How did you come up with your kennel name you use?
That question will be asked to breeders in each variety
for the Poodle Papers . This issue we have asked
Maryln Brooks, Anomar Miniature Poodles -My
Kennel name is ANOMAR......AN for my daughter's
first name "ANnette" The "O" comes from my
husband's middle initial "Owen" , and the MAR comes
from the first three letters of my name "MARyln".
Hence...ANOMAR
Sandy Marshall, Sancourt - The kennel name that I
breed and shows under is Sancourt which was a combination of my first name Sandy and my husband's
first name Courtenay.
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Westminster Results February 2007
TOYS - BEST OF BREED
GROUP ONE
Ch Smash Jp Win A Victory
Breeder: Yukiko Omura
Sire: Ch Chasing Ray's Salva
Dam: Smash Always Win
Owner: Ron Scott
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX
Ch Smash JP MA-I-A HO
Breeder: Yukiko Omura
Sire: Ch Chasing Ray's Salva
Dam: Smash JP Splash
Owner: Yukiko Omura
AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Kenwa's Odie Black Diamond
Breeder: Kenneth Washburn
Sire: Ch Kenwas Slick Ricky
Dam: Kenwa Miss Ethel Of Sara
Owner: Ken Washburn & Lori Winans
MINIATURES - BEST OF BREED
Ch Rios Avalon Vanilla Skye
Breeder: B Cordova & K Vankerschaver & Cyndi
Chaddock
Sire: Ch Parades Kiss And Tell
Dam: Ch Avalons Antigua
Owner: C Chaddock & B Cordova & T Chaddock &
K Vankerschaver
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX
Ch Rosewood Right On
Breeder: Rosemary & Noel Wright
Sire: Ch Rosewood Devil Dog
Dam: Ch Halcyon Starling
Owner: Rosemary & Noel Wright & Mary Ellen
Fishler
AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Dassin Madiselle
Breeder: Joseph D Vergnetti & Ronald M Rella
Sire: Ch Reignon Dassin Alberto
Dam: Ch Dassin Reignon Madas-L
Owner: D Sturz & J Vergnetti & C Smart
cont. on page 7
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cont. from page 6
STANDARD - BEST OF BREED
GROUP ONE
Ch Brighton Minimoto
Breeder: L'Dyne Brennan
Sire: Ch Ale Kai Mikimoto On Fifth
Dam: Ch Brighton Calendar Girl
Owner: Cindy Coggin & Don Rochaw & Zuleika
Torrealba
BEST OF OPPOSITE SEX
Ch Jaset Sparks Will Fly
Breeder: Owners
Sire: Ch Durandel Dream On
Dam: Ch Jaset's Lexus La Mauvais
Owner: Sandra Tompkins & Chris Bailey
AWARD OF MERIT
Ch Brighton That's My Girl
Breeder: L'Dyne Brennan
Sire: Ch Ale Kai Mikimoto On Fifth
Dam: Ch Brighton Calendar Girl
Owner: Debra Ferguson Jones & Kaitlyn Jones
Ch Afterglow The Big Tease
Breeder: Michael Gadsby
Sire: Torpaz It'll Be All White
Dam: Magin Don't Eat The Daisies At Afterglow
Owner: Michael Pawasarat & Michael Gadsby
Poodles were on TOP in both the Toy Group and the Non Sporting Group this
year.This has occured 7 other times in the history of Westminster Kennel Club
Dog Show.
Poodles won the Non Sporting Group
1950 (Standard) Ch Puttencove Halla's Hugo
1951(Miniature)Ch Blakeen Cristoff
1956 (Standard) Ch Alfonco yon der Goldenen Kette
1961 (Miniature) Ch Estid Ballet Dancer
1991 (Standard) Ch.Whisperwind on a Carousel
1995 (Miniature) Ch. Surrey Sweet Capsicum
1998 (Standard) Ch. Lake Cove That’s My Boy
Now for the 8th time we have Poodles winning both groups!
BIS
3 Miniatures, 4 Standards & 2 Toys have achieved BIS at Westminster Kennel Club.
Thanks to David Frei for the statistics
David Frei - Director of Communications - The Westminster Kennel Club
The Poodle Papers /Spring Edition