2015 March NSN - German Shepherd Dog Club of Washington

NORTHWEST SHEPHERD NEWS
March - 2015
obedient and clean!
German Shepherd Dog Club of
Washington State, Inc.
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Education: Caralin reported that the March
meeting will be a CGC test judged by Kerry
Southern. The cost is $15 per dog, or to obtain a
title certificate the cost is $35 per dog. Dogs
must be 6 months or older.
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MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING
February 5, 2015
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BOARD REPORTS:
President:
Donna called the meeting to order and welcomed
guests.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Membership: Kimberly Seward was voted into
membership.
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Website: No report.
Vice-President:
Laura reported on the state of the May 9 and 10
specialty shows so far.
Newsletter:
Kerry is having color malfunctions on her equipment
for copying the Newsletter. She and Dalene will
discuss cost to have the copying done elsewhere.
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Donna Gonzalez will be in charge of trophy
donations.
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Herding:
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• A food chairperson is needed for Saturday’s
lunch.
• Leslee Hoober will bring donuts both mornings.
• Lorrie Nerney and Ed Sodden are in charge of
the raffle this year.
Laura reported that the Herding Instinct Test and
event is August 8, 2015 at Ewe-topia.
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OLD BUSINESS: None
A job list will be available at next month’s meeting
for signups.
NEW BUSINESS:
Kerry has a lot of old club equipment in storage at
her place and asked permission to get rid of it.
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Secretary:
No report.
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NOTIFIED BUSINESS:
Judge nominations for the 2016 specialties should
be given to the Board by February 16, 2015.
Plaque Awards:
Treasurer:
Dalene reported there is $1,619.56 in the
checking account and $9,051.46 in the savings
account.
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• Sandy Casto’s Eli earned his CD.
• Dalene McIntire was voted Member of the Year.
Obedience:
Kerry requested stewards for the May 9 and 10
obedience and rally trials. She will need 4
stewards per day for rally and 3 stewards per day
for obedience.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
This February meeting was Dalene McIntire’s 50th
year anniversary as a member of this club.
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March 7 and 8 is the Seattle Kennel Club shows
and the club will once again have a breed booth.
Volunteers are requested. The club will also
participate in “Meet The Breed.” Dogs must be
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BRAGS:
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• John Sadler’s Tango went BOB on Sunday at
Puyallup. She is now a Grand Champion Bronze.
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• Glenn Patterson handled Kuro to his Beginner
Novice and CD titles that week end.
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Meeting adjourned.
• Juanita Williamson’s Cole went WD Saturday
and Sunday at the Puyallup shows.
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• Kerry Southern’s Addie, handled by Megan
Aalmo, earned her Beginner’s Novice in
three shows at Puyallup.
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NORTHWEST SHEPHERD NEWS
March - 2015
The German Shepherd Dog Standard
See the title above? The letters are all different
sizes, some caps, some lower case. Although the
letters make for a catchy title, they are not
uniform, “standard”, or all the same “type”.
Kerry Sent me a press release from AKC about
“The Loveable Bulldog Hits Highest Spot Ever,
While Labrador Retriever Remains Number One.”
It always irritates me that AKC and others go on
and on about the number 1, 4, 10 and 11 breeds,
but nary a word about the No. 2 Breed - THE
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG.
Below the hootin’ and hollerin’ about the “other”
breeds is the list of the top 10 most popular
breeds in 2014 and 2013. The German Shepherd
and the Golden Retriever were No. 2 and No 3
respectively, the only other 2 breeds to keep
their same spot as last year — and good spots
they are.
However, if you click on the breed’s name in this
list, and then look down the page, it brings up the
breed standard. Since this is fairly buried, I am
reprinting it here so more Shepherd people can
learn a little more about our breed’s “Standard”.
On the following page I have copied their
illustration of the GSD and the accompanying text
which is taken from the Standard. Since I am
giving AKC the credit for this, I assume I won’t be
carted off to jail for reproducing it here. Let’s
face it — I am no artist and couldn’t begin to come
up with this without copying someone. The
Standard itself can be copied from numerous
sources…but I know a lot of you never bother to
read the standard, or haven’t read it in a long
time…it should be your “blueprint for every
breeding you do.”
So I hear someone saying, “I don’t need the
standard, I know what I like in a German
Shepherd and that’s what I breed.” Case in point
are the “King Shepherds.”
But that’s the whole idea of having a Standard, so
the German Shepherds produced by various
breeders in the country will all look like German
Shepherds with the main variants being their
color…the body parts should be basically the
same…I say basically, because there are going to
be some differences due to genetics (some of
which you aren’t possibly aware of in your dog’s
background). Even if you breed the same sire
and dam together multiple times, the puppies
from the different litters won’t be “exactly” the
same, but they will look like German Shepherds.
There is the saying in Thoroughbreds that dog
people have adopted…”You breed the best to the
best, and hope for the best.” We have such a
large gene pool in this country now, it would be
impossible to come up with identical dogs.
Maybe in some of the less popular breeds it
would be easier because their gene pool isn’t as
large, they don’t have anywhere near the number
of ancestors behind their dogs as in our breed.
In dog shows the same dogs do not always win —
it is not uncommon for a dog to go Best of Breed
one day, and then not even place the following
day. This comes from the judges having their
own interpretations and/or likes and dislikes
about a breed. I guess it is only human for this
to happen as long as the judges do not go too far
off the track, but ideally judges are supposed to
be judging a breed by that breed’s standard, not
their personal likes and dislikes. And the same
is true of breeders — breed to the standard,
not to your personal likes and dislikes. There
may be a certain amount of room for variation,
but not a whole lot. If there is so much about
the German Shepherd you do not like, then
perhaps you should switch to another breed.
So read the breed standard excerpts on the
following page, become familiar with them, and
begin to apply it to dogs you see at dog shows,
trotting down the street, or in your own back
yard.
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GENERAL APPEARANCE —
The first impression
of a good German Shepherd Dog is that of a strong, agile,
well muscled animal, alert and full of life. It is well
balanced, with harmonious development of the
forequarter and hindquarter. The dog is longer than tall,
deep-bodied, and presents an outline of smooth curves
rather than angles. It looks substantial and not spindly,
giving the impression, both at rest and in motion, of
muscular fitness and nimbleness without any look of
clumsiness or soft living. The ideal dog is stamped with a
look of quality and nobility - difficult to define, but
unmistakable when present. Secondary sex
characteristics are strongly marked, and every animal
gives a definite impression of masculinity
or femininity, according to its sex.
HEAD —
The head is noble, cleanly
chiseled, strong without coarseness, but
above all not fine, and in proportion to the
body. The head of the male is distinctly
masculine, and that of the bitch distinctly
feminine. The expression keen, intelligent
and composed. Eyes of medium size, almond
shaped, set a little obliquely and not
protruding. The color is as dark as
possible. Ears are moderately pointed, in
proportion to the skull, open toward the
front, and carried erect when at attention,
the ideal carriage being one in which the
center lines of the ears, viewed from the
front, are parallel to each other and
perpendicular to the ground. BODY — The neck is strong and muscular, cleancut and relatively long, proportionate in size to the
head and without loose folds of skin. When the dog
is at attention or excited, the head is raised and
the neck carried high; otherwise typical carriage
of the head is forward rather than up and but
little higher than the top of the shoulders,
particularly in motion. Topline- The withers are
higher than and sloping into the level back. The
back is straight, very strongly developed without
sag or roach, and relatively short. The whole
structure of the body gives an impression of depth
and solidity without bulkiness.
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FOREQUARTERS —
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COAT — The ideal dog has a double coat of
The shoulder blades
are long and obliquely angled, laid on flat and not
placed forward. The upper arm joins the shoulder
blade at about a right angle. Both the upper arm
and the shoulder blade are well muscled. The
forelegs, viewed from all sides, are straight and
the bone oval rather than round. medium length. The outer coat should be as dense
as possible, hair straight, harsh and lying close to
the body. A slightly wavy outer coat, often of wiry
texture, is permissible. The head, including the
inner ear and foreface, and the legs and paws are
covered with short hair, and the neck with longer
HINDQUARTERS — The
whole assembly of the thigh, viewed
from the side, is broad, with both
upper and lower thigh well muscled,
forming as nearly as possible a right
angle. The upper thigh bone parallels
the shoulder blade while the lower
thigh bone parallels the upper arm.
The metatarsus (the unit between
the hock joint and the foot) is short,
strong and tightly articulated.
Ironically, AKC did not include one of the most
important aspects of a German Shepherd Dog —
Temperament, the second paragraph of the
standard. So important whether the dog is a
show dog, working dog, or pet.
Next month I’ll continue this article with the
portions left out of this one.
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Really, you shouldn’t try to digest the whole
standard at once if you’re new in the breed. Take
each section, dissect it, and apply it to dogs you
see. When that is easy for you to see and
evaluate, move on to the next section until you can
eventually look at the whole dog and evaluate it.
Our specialty shows are coming up in May which
will be a great time to sit at ring-side and apply
the standard to the dogs being judged.
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Gaiting is another important description left
off; as well as Size, Proportion, Substance;
Neckline, Body; Coat; Color; and
Disqualifications.
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The present standard was approved by the
GSDCA Board of Directors and then AKC in
1978 with a reformatting done in 1994. It has
stood the test of time in spite of some people
trying to change it for personal reasons rather
than for the betterment of the breed.
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Be sure to watch for the continuation of this
article in the April issue of the NSN.
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…..Dalene
NORTHWEST SHEPHERD NEWS
March - 2015
From Seminary to the Cemetery, Fascination
Persists Over Pets and the Afterlife
by Mark Oppenheimer - Jan. 16, 2015
of Religion conference in San Diego. She was
delivering a paper titled “Toward the Weeping
Willow: An Examination of the Dying and Death of
Companion Animals.”
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Beginning in the 19th century as a largely urban
phenomenon, “pet cemeteries have become and
continue to be a viable and significant option for
the practical disposal of the bodies of our
companion animals,” Ms. Defibaugh said, “as well as
creating and preserving a sense of sacredness in
their death.”
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In December, Pope Francis got the attention of
pet owners everywhere when he was quoted as
saying, “Paradise is open to all of God’s
creatures.” Alas, media outlets, including The
New York Times, confused the remarks and the
circumstances under which they were made. The
pope had actually made a broader comment about
heaven during an event in November. The
quotation itself was reportedly taken from
remarks made years ago by Pope Paul VI.
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Still, the attention led to renewed interest in a
longstanding theological discussion about pets
and the afterlife. Questions about the religious
status of animals have always been with us;
popular theology refuses to deny animals their
souls. Our sense of spiritual kinship is already
latent in the bootees and little sweaters we buy
our pets, and the sidewalk baby talk with which
we embarrass ourselves, and perhaps them.
Consider how we treat our pets in death.
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“Today, there are nearly 600 functioning pet
cemeteries in the United States,” Amy
Defibaugh, a Temple University graduate
student, said recently at the American Academy
She cited the research of an anthropologist,
Stanley Brandes of the University of California,
Berkeley, who in a 2009 article, “The Meaning of
American Pet Cemetery Gravestones,” noted the
“definite and growing tendency for owners to link
these creatures to specific religious communities.”
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That’s right: Maybe your dog isn’t just soulful, but
is also, in fact, a member of a faith community.
Maybe your dog is a Christian, perhaps of one
denomination or another. Presbyterian pooch.
Methodist mutt. Or maybe your dog is Mormon. Or
Mennonite? Perhaps even Jewish.
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In his paper, based on research at the Hartsdale
Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y., Professor
Brandes described Christian crosses and Jewish
Stars of David that adorn pets’ gravestones.
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“It is evident,” he wrote, “that owners who bury
pets at Hartsdale believe that their companion
animals possess immortal souls.” One dog “gets her
goodbye with the promise, ‘Until We Meet in
Heaven.’ ” On the gravestone of a boxer named
Champ was written, “We Pray That We Will Meet
Again.”
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A cat named Corky lay beneath a stone with a
Star of David, while “a dog named Sushi has two
Stars of David symmetrically placed at the top of
his gravestone, on which there is also Hebrew
lettering that reads ‘Shalom’ (meaning both peace
and goodbye).” Then there was the inscription for
a cat named Sheebah: “Sheebah/who went to
Heaven on Yom Kippur Day.”
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In his paper, based on research at the Hartsdale
Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y., Professor
Brandes described Christian crosses and Jewish
Stars of David that adorn pets’ gravestones.
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classic “Dog Heaven,” by Cynthia Rylant, which
promises that “God has a sense of humor, so He
makes His biscuits in funny shapes for His dogs.
There are kitty-cat biscuits and squirrel biscuits.”
Lest Ms. Rylant be seen as pro-dog at the expense
of cats, the sequel “Cat Heaven” arrived in 1997.
Last fall, the best-selling children’s author Nancy
Tillman published her book “The Heaven of
Animals,” in which “when dogs get to heaven
they’re welcomed by name, and angels know every
dog’s favorite game,” and where “horses in heaven
are never alone, and grass is much sweeter than
grass here at home.”
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Ms. Tillman, who attends a nondenominational,
evangelical Christian church near her home in
Portland, Ore., said she was “not a theologian.”
She got the idea for the book “years ago,” when
she was looking at her dog and cat.
“It is evident,” he wrote, “that owners who bury
pets at Hartsdale believe that their companion
animals possess immortal souls.” One dog “gets
her goodbye with the promise, ‘Until We Meet in
Heaven.’ ” On the gravestone of a boxer named
Champ was written, “We Pray That We Will Meet
Again.”
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A cat named Corky lay beneath a stone with a
Star of David, while “a dog named Sushi has two
Stars of David symmetrically placed at the top of
his gravestone, on which there is also Hebrew
lettering that reads ‘Shalom’ (meaning both peace
and goodbye).” Then there was the inscription for
a cat named Sheebah: “Sheebah/who went to
Heaven on Yom Kippur Day.”
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“They were gazing off into the distance,” Ms.
Tillman said. “And I thought, ‘What a lovely
thought if they see heaven. And wouldn’t that
comfort children if they lost a pet?’ ”
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In teaching children that animals go to heaven, it
only makes sense that we would want to given pets
a good send-off when they die. According to Ms.
Defibaugh, the graduate student, cemeteries for
people, recognizing the market, are also getting
into the pet business.
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Next to some of the animals’ graves sat yahrzeit
candles, traditionally lit to remember Jewish
people who have died.
“Many funeral homes have extended their services
to companion animals for memorials and religious
services,” Ms. Defibaugh wrote in her paper.
“Some human cemeteries are now allowing
companion animal burial.”
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The idea that pets are like humans in their
relationship to God seems to be everywhere.
Catholic teaching may not yet grant animals souls,
but priests and monks of the Franciscan order
have long had a tradition of blessing the animals
on Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.
Some Episcopalians have also taken up the
practice.
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Of course, the burial of animals, like that of
humans, raises another question: What if your dog
is of a different faith than you? No word yet on
whether Jewish cemeteries are allowing burial for
Christian collies.
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Several popular children’s books also promote the
idea of animal ensoulment. There is the 1995
Article submitted by Barb Donahey
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NORTHWEST SHEPHERD NEWS
March - 2015
FROM AOL:
TRACKING TEST -
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Wenatchee Kennel Club, Inc.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
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KV RANCH
PALISADES, WASHINGTON
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Dog Shows Up at Hospital Where Owner
Is Battling Cancer
Test Chairperson: Ernie Hobbs, 5237 Majeska Lane,
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Cashmere, WA 98815
A little thing like distance wasn't going to
keep a miniature schnauzer named Sissy away
from her owner.
509-664-1259
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Test Limited to 6 TD Entries and 3 TDX Entries
On Saturday, Sissy escaped from her yard,
walked the 20 blocks to Mercy Medical Center
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where her owner, Nancy
Franck, has been for the past two weeks, and
strolled right through the front door.
Closing Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 5:00 PM
Entry Fee: TD =$60.00, TDX=$90.00
Entries of dogs which have not yet passed an AKC
Tracking Test must include a form certifying that the
dog is considered ready for such a test. This form
must be an original statement, dated within one year
of the test and signed by a person who has been
approved by the AKC to judge tracking tests.
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Franck has been recovering in the hospital
after a cancer-related surgery.
"She missed Mom. That's all I can say: She
missed Mom," Franck's daughter, Sarah Wood,
told KCRG.
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"That was great just being able to see her.
That was perfect," Franck said.
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Entries of dogs in TDX must have passed an AKC
Tracking Test.
We hear about pets going missing and then
somehow traveling hundreds of miles to return
to their families all the time.
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To Enter the Test:
Use an AKC Official Entry Form found in any dog show
premium list.
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In 2013, a scientist told The Washington Post
a dog's sense of direction is tied to its sense
of smell.
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Turns out, a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 to
100,000 times more powerful than a human’s.
Send, with entry fees, to Maggy Susman, 1817 Garnet
Place, Wenatchee, WA 98801.
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Franck's family told KCRG while Sissy had
never been to the hospital prior to Saturday,
Franck works in a building next to the hospital,
so it's probable that Sissy followed her scent
all the way there.
For more information or a premium list, contact Ernie
Hobbs listed above.
Submitted by Max Fischbach and Barb Donahey
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WSOTC
Spring Obedience Trial
March 28-29, 2015
Evergreen Fairgrounds,
Monroe WA
All Regular and Optional
Titling classes in Obedience
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Entries for
WSOTC’s March
Obedience Trial
close at 12:00 PM
PST, Wednesday,
March 11, 2015.
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Judges:
Carol Callahan
John Cox
Patricia Gannon
Richard Strong
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RV Parking
Available
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Cash Prizes for High in Trial, High Combined,
Other Classifications in Obedience and
High Combined in Rally.
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Gift bags with treats, toys, surprises, for all exhibitors.
Premium list available in February at BaRay Event Services, Inc.
(360) 755-7086
dogshows@barayevents.com
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Full particulars
at
BaRayevents.com
For information contact Nancy Light chair
at (425) 354-3609 or kylahgold@aol.com
Cash Prizes for High in Trial ($100), High Combined,
Other Classifications in Obedience and High Combined in Rally.
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FIRST THROUGH FOURTH PRIZE, EACH OBEDIENCE & RALLY CLASS:
Braided Fleece
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PLEASE NOTE: The listings
of litters in this newsletter
are a courtesy to members. A
listing does not constitute an
endorsement of either the
dogs or the breeders by the
German Shepherd Dog Club of
Washington State.
No Litters This Month !
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Check back next month or on the club’s web site
for new listings.
Two litters per year may be
listed in the “Litter Box” for
two months for free. After
that there is a charge of $10
per month.
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To have your litter posted for free for two months
(members only), send information to Dalene (editor)
or to the club’s Web Site.
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Information required:
NOTE: In future listings
in the Litter Box,
breeder must supply a
copy of a dog’s OFA
certificate in order to
have “OFA Hips &
Elbows” listed with a
litter. Since having OFA
hips and elbows is very
important and since it
can be a selling point (and
it is too easy to just say
they are), proof must be
supplied. Such copies will
be kept on file so they
need not be supplied with
subsequent listings for
that dog.
Whelping Date
Sire
Dam
How many puppies (sex & color)
Breeder’s Name & Phone Number
Breeder’s Phone
Breeder’s Email and/or Web Site
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Photo submitted by Donna Sater
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Breeders’ Directory
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Your business card
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This list of “Coming Shows” is printed to aid you in planning
which shows in the Pacific Northwest you wish to enter.
The shows at the beginning of the list have already closed their
entries, but are kept on the list as a reference for those wishing
to attend them as spectators.
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MARCH - 2015
Seattle Kennel Club - March 7-8
Seattle, WA
Supt: BaRay
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Peninsula Dog Fanciers - March 21-22
Bremerton, WA
Supt: Onofrio
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Chintimini Kennel Club, Inc. - March 28-29
Albany, OR
Supt: Onofrio
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Washington State Obedience Training Club
March 28-29, 2015
Monroe, Washington
Supt: BaRay
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APRIL - 2015
Ephrata-Moses Lake Kennel Club - April 11-12
Moses Lake, WA
Supt: BaRay
Supt: Onofrio
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MAY - 2015
Olympia Dog Fanciers Association - May 2-3
Elma, WA
Supt: Onofrio
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German Shepherd Dog Club of Wa. St.
Renton, WA - May 9-10
Supt: BaRay
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Mt. Baker Kennel Club, Inc. - May 16-17
Lynden, WA
Supt: BaRay
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Spokane Kennel Club - May 23-24
Spokane, WA
Supt: Onofrio
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Yakima Valley Kennel Club, Inc. May 30-31
Yakima, WA
Supt: Baray
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SUPERINTENDENTS:
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BaRay Event Services, P.O. Box 508,
Burlington, WA 98233 -- (206) 818-3647 dogshows@barayevents.com
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M-BF Inc., P.O. Box 22107, Greensboro, NC
27420-2107 (336) 379-9352
mbf@infodog.com
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Onofrio Dog Shows, P.O. Box 4660,
Portland,OR 97208-4660
(336) 239-1080
www.onofrio.com
Palouse Hills Dog Fanciers, Inc. - April 17-18
Moses Lake, WA Supt: MB-F
Lewis-Clark Kennel Club, Inc. - April 19-20
Lewiston, Idaho
Supt: MB-F
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Walla Walla Kennel Club - April 25-26
Walla Walla, WA
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Rau Dog Shows, P.O. Box 6898 - Reading, PA 19610
- 610-376-1880
www.raudogshows.com
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