Giant Tales - Giant Schnauzer Club of America

GSCA MONTHLY
E NEWSLETTER
September 2014
Volume 14, Issue 9
Giant Tales
President’s Message:
Baskets of Pride & Auction Preview
Inside this issue:
Auction Items
1-4
Financials
5
Board Minutes
6
Reminders
7
New Titles
8
Looking Back
9
CHF News &
10
Announcements
Epilepsy Initiative
11
National Specialty
12
Trophy Donations
13
Upcoming
Events:
● October 29- November 2, 2014:
GSCA
National,
Purina Farms
As we make preparations for the
National Specialty at Purina Farms in October, we have a growing number of exciting
events planned, along with the dog show, of
course.
This year, we are asking members
to create a “Basket of Pride” from your state
or region that can be auctioned off by the
GSCA. Your basket could include things that
are representative of where you call home,
as well as, items that other members will like
to bid on at silent auction. Luke and I are
putting together two “Pride of New York” baskets which will contain, so far: New York
cheese, New York maple syrup, Vodka distilled in Schoharie County, hard cider and
apples from Roger’s Orchard. We’re having
fun shopping for the items, especially since
they all MUST be sampled for purity.
Many of the board members have committed
to making baskets and so far, we have a
basket from Florida and one from Maine
coming from Robin Greenslade. Kim Demchak is putting together an Arizona basket
and Peggy Shackleford is already shopping
for her “California Wine Basket,” there may
be a line in front of that one. I’m sure Maryann Bisceglia will have a Pennsylvania or
Eastern region basket, too. Brenda Cejka is
working on Texas basket and God only
knows what the mid-west folks will come up
with. We can’t have too many, so encourage
other members to donate a “Basket of Pride”
from your region and/or state. Washington
and Colorado, please follow federal guidelines.
The trick, of course, is to find items
that represent your region and can be carried
half-way across the country and still be desirable. I think you get the idea. If you need help
with suggestions, call me. I guarantee once
you start talking about it, the ideas will start to
flow. We’re having so much fun putting the
baskets together, we can’t wait to bid on
somebody else’s to bring home.
Wow, is the auction coming along
nicely, too. Big thanks to Yvonne Schilla for
her donations of some VERY nice vintage
Giant Schnauzer
items and to Robin Greenslade for
collecting items
from the estate of
Carolyn Coulter.
Theresa Siebert
donated a beautiful Giant Schnauzer head pendant
on a chain.
#1
Here is a
preview of this
year’s auction
items, so far.
1) Beautiful antique demitasse
silver spoon with
Schnauzer
handle.
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President’s Message Continued...
2) Bronze Giant Schnauzer
pin tray
3) Drawing of Giant
Schnauzer with bicycle
4) Shadow box with assorted
Riesenschnauzer medals
5) Rosenthal ceramic figurine
of Giant Schnauzer. The
figurine has a little history.
After WWII the Rosenthal
factory (they specialized in
fine tableware) made figurines
of several breeds. American
GIs wanted souvenirs & these
met that need. Sometime
during the 1960s the GSCA
made a cast of it to be used
as BOB prizes at the National
Specialties. They were cast at
the Mack Truck Co, whose
CEO, Zenon Hansen, was a
#3
GSCA member. When the last
was given out, no more were
made.
6) Musical Giant Schnauzer
and Pony circus train
7) Signed Giant Schnauzer
pen and ink head study
8) Mounted and framed Giant
Schnauzer Head Study print
9) Giant Schnauzer wood
planter and stencils to
recreate
10) Reed & Barton Silver bowl
11) Giant Schnauzer wooden
leash rack and stencils to
recreate
12) Giant Schnauzer wooden
toy and stencils to recreate
13) Giant Schnauzer head
study on wooden oval plaque
14) Framed Two Giant
#2
#4
#5
Schnauzers pen and ink
15) Framed Canine Eye Chart
16) Sterling Silver Giant
Schnauzer Pendant
There’s more to
come. If you still plan to
donate items for the auction
but you didn’t tell Luke yet, zip
him off an e-mail so he has a
better idea of what’s coming.
His e-mail is:
lnorton4@nycap.rr.com.
See you in St. Louis!
Doug Hill
President,
Giant Schnauzer
Club of America
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Auction Items, continued
#6
#9
#7
#8
#10
#11
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Auction Items,
continued
#13
#12
#14
#15
#16
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Financials
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Board Minutes:
GSCA Telephonic
Board Meeting Minutes
August 13, 2014
Board Members Present:
Doug Hill, Robin
Greenslade, Howard
Postovit, Maryanne
Bisceglia, Kim
Demchak , Christina
Tommila, Peggy
Shackelford
absent - Cornelia King
Call to Order: 8:37 pm
Next Meeting Wednesday , September
10, 2014
Approve Minutes from
July 11, 2014 meeting
Robin made the motion
to approve the 7-112014 minutes Kim - 2nd
MOTION PASSED
Report from the Secretary:
Robin Greenslade
New Member Application
Michael & Rachael
Sundeen
8873 Prickly Pear Circle
Parker CO 80134
(719)322-4675
sund632@bears.unco.edu
sponsors: Cynthia
Wallace & Victoria Kallete
Member Address Change
Debbie Coffin
199 Jericho Rd
Salem NH 08079
email:
jengaincontrol@gmail.com
Motions Passed:
7-23-2014 Maryann
made a motion to send a
$1000.00 donation to the
Hemopet Rabies Challenge Fund
Howard - 2nd
Breeder Website ListingPDF is being reviewed
and hope to be online
and in test mode early
November 2014 for
launch in January 2015
MOTION PASSED
8-5-2014 Howard made
a motion to pay the invoice to Sports Accessories America $487.50 for
250 congratulatory pins
ordered by Marnie.
Peggy - 2nd
MOTION PASSED
8-13-2014 Kim made a
motion to approve Laurie
Clark, Cindy Wallace
and Vikki Kallete to head
the committee and host
the National Specialty ,
September 2015 in
Greely CO
Robin - 2nd
MOTION PASSED
Discussion items
Constitution and By
Laws committee submittal - BOD members are
reviewing the submittal
independently
Parent Club rescue committee grants - BOD is
moving forward to setup
grant process for dispersing funds to rescue
organizations for the giant schnauzer.
REPORT FROM THE
TREASURER
Robin made a motion to
approve July Treasurer's
Report
Maryann - 2nd
Motion Passed
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Howard presented a
Specialty update
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion of judges
selection and how they
relate to our Standing
Rules
ADJOURNMENT Robin made a motion to
adjourn the meeting at
10:19pm
Maryann - 2nd
Motion Passed
Meeting adjourned at
10:19pm
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Please Vote!
Election ballots
need to be returned
and in Robin
Greenslade’s
The Eastern Regional
Board Member and
the Secretary position
had no nomination
possession by
10/10/14 .
VERY IMPORTANT:
There is no vote on
Board members as
those who are
running are running
unopposed.
The membership
should vote on the
three (3) proposed
standing rule changes
concerning our
judges selection for
National and
Regional
Specialties.
So VOTE and please
return the ballots
timely manner.
Mail to:
Robin Greenslade
Secretary GSCA
3660 Burkholm Road
Mims, FL 32754
GIANT SCHNAUZER CLUB OF AMERICA OFFICIAL BALLOT
FOR CHANGES TO OUR STANDING RULES
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GSCA CONSTITUTION AND IN ORDER FOR
YOUR BALLOT TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND CONSIDERED VALID
YOU MUST:
PLACE YOUR COMPLETED BALLOT IN THE BLANK ENVELOPE PROVIDED
AND SEAL IT. DUAL MEMBERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SENT TWO (2) BALLOTS;
INCLUDE BOTH IN THE BLANK ENVELOPE. PLACE THE BLANK SEALED
ENVELOPE INTO THE PROVIDED PRE-ADRESSED ENVELOPE TO Robin
Greenslade, GSCA SECRETARY. YOUR BALLOT(S) MUST BE
RECEIVED (POSTMARK DOES NOT APPLY) BY Robin
Greenslade NO LATER THAN 10/10/2014.
RESULTS OF THIS BALLOT WILL BE ANNOUNCED NO LATER THAN 11/09/2014.
Giant Steps Publication Dates for 2014
Issue
National Specialty
Deadline
November 30th
Publication Date
December
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New Titles!
Dog Title
Dog Name
Sex
Owners Name
Champion
CH Fanta C's Life Of Riley
Nancy D Brown & Nancy E. Nier
D & Bernie Brown
Champion
CH Fanta C's Walkin' After Midnight
B Nancy E. Nier
CH Histyle's Tasmanian Devil
Hector Morales & Federico MoD rales
Champion
CH Seven Seas Aurora Electra's Echo V. Adonis
Capt. A Sevastopoulos & K SeB vastopoulos
Champion
CH Stablemaster's Cool Johnny Cool
D Irina Klimanskaya
Grand Champion
GCH CH Cadbury's Wanna Go Fast?
Cheryl Schaffer & Melisa Davis
D & Robert Schaffer
Companion Dog
Rr Pearl Black Meike CD BN
B Richard Russell & Janet Russell
Champion
Companion Dog Excellent
Riesenrad's Kaari Another Turn CDX GN RA CGC
Ingrid Hamburger & T Ahlgren
B & H Hamburger
Beginner Novice
GCH CH Skansen's Errol Flynn BN
D Louise Lister & Lu O Castro
Beginner Novice
Skansen's Talk Of Tailwind BN
B Rick Leach & STACY LEACH
Rally Advanced
Hemi Vom Engelskotten BN RA AX AXJ OAP AJP OF OFP
B Rebecca Letson
Riesenrad's Kaari Another Turn CDX GN RA CGC
Ingrid Hamburger & T Ahlgren
B & H Hamburger
Rally Advanced
Master Excellent Jump- CT MACH2 PACH Histyle's Nosy Rosie VCD2 RN MXB2
er Preferred 7
MJB2 MXP6 MXPS MJP7 MJPS PAX2 OF
Judy Shonborn & Michael
B Shonborn
Canine Good Citizen
Classic Rosebud V Easentaigh CGC
B Mary E Falls
Canine Good Citizen
Skansen's Luna Lovegood CGC
B Lucy Edling & Eric Edling
Therapy Dog Novice
CH Bigfoot's Western Treasure THDN CGC
Kimberly Demchak & Susan K
B Butz
Therapy Dog Novice
CH Stonehouse Claim Jumper RN THDN CGC
Kimberly Demchak & Jack KuB kuchka
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Volume 14, Issue 9
Page 9
Looking Back: The National Specialty
(From Both Sides of the Fence)
by Joan Anselm
Editor’s note:
This summer, I had
the opportunity to
visit with long time
breeder– judge,
Joan Anselm. I
asked Joan to write
an article for the
Looking Back
section from her
unique perspective,
both a breeder/
owner/handler and
as a judge of out
National Specialty.
Only a few have
held both honors.
The Breeder side:
The list was long of the
items needed to be
checked off in order to get
ready for the big weekend:
The National Specialty.
Selecting the most
promising, our very best to
show and to show off was
a big part of the planning.
Timing the different stages
of stripping to have the
coat in perfect length at
just the right
time. Exercising routinely
and regularly assessing the
conformation were all part
of the process. It was a
time to look over the new
completion, meet new
GSCA club members,
renew old acquaintances,
and attend club meetings,
seminars, enjoy a banquet
or two! The time had
come, the highlight of our
year, our only vacation,
and we looked forward to
going again and again,
each year. It was
Important to be there, to be
able to see all of the
Giants. Pedigrees were
memorized, top dogs
closely examined; after all,
we were serious about this
as breeders and exhibitors.
If we had won points and
ribbons, it helped get us
back home, for we all were
exhausted.
The Judges side:
Time to fast forward, the
Giant Schnauzer was and
is not an easy breed to
understand and perhaps
there might be a better way
of explaining and
promoting the breed we
are so passionate
about. Judging, joining the
ranks of other breeder
judges seemed to be a
wise and obvious
choice. We needed to
become more familiar with
our breed standard, we
needed to be able to better
understand structure and
movement not only as it
pertained to the Giant, but
other similarly built working
breeds. Standing in the
ring as a judge, knowing
what to look for, making
comparisons and decisions
also takes concentration: A lot of focus for so
many dogs as entered in a
specialty or a National
Specialty. Preparations as
a judge are quite different
from the exhibitor at this
important event. There is a
list of materials to review
and now all we have to do
is sort out the entries and
find the best Giant
Schnauzer. It is a great
honor to be selected to
judge a National Specialty,
especially of one’s own
breed. It is perhaps, the
best we can do for our
breed.
CH Ingebars Black Diamond "Slate"
winning the National Specialty under Joan
Anselm (pictured left), 2005.
Photo courtesy of Maryann Bisceglia.
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Page 10
AKC CHF Announces New CEO: Susan Lilly
Susan M. Lilly, Certified
Fund Raising Professional
(CFRE), has been appointed CEO of the AKC Canine
Health Foundation (CHF).
Founded in 1995, CHF is
the leading organization
devoted solely to canine
health research, having
funded more than $40 million in worthy scientific research and education to
help dogs and their owners
lead longer, healthier lives.
Ms. Lilly will oversee CHF
operations at its headquarters in Raleigh, NC, supervising day-to-day activities,
grant administration, financial management, and development. She succeeds
Terry T. Warren, PhD, JD,
who retired in June after
six years in the position. A
native of Michigan, Ms.
Lilly boasts a strong fundraising background. After
holding development positions at Central Michigan
University, she served as
Director of Development at
Michigan State University
and, most recently, was
Executive Director of the
North Carolina State University Veterinary Health
Foundation. In announcing
Ms. Lilly’s appointment, Dr.
A. Duane Butherus, AKC
Canine Health Foundation
Board Chairman said, "She
has proven herself to be an
extremely productive fundraiser, able to connect the
scientific community with
pet-loving donors and to
create an outstanding environment of philanthropy.
CHF welcomes her expertise and enthusiastic approach as we strive to continue to enhance our outstanding programs." As
Ms. Lilly noted, “CHF has
already instituted a valuable, international program
of support for canine
health. I look forward to
building on this history and
growing initiatives to further
our exceptional mission.
When we help our pets, we
also enrich our own lives.”
The Premium list for the GSCA National can be found at:
http://www.caper-dogs.com/GSCA14Premium.pdf
Please Note: Entries CLOSE on Wednesday, October 8,
2014. Caper DOES accept credit cards.
Judging Ballot and Nominations
The judging ballot for the 2015 National Specialty as well as judging
nominations for the 2016 and 2017 National Specialties were mailed this
week by Vicki Kallett. Be sure to return the form no later than October
20, 2014 in the envelope that is pre-addressed and stamped to Vicki.
There are instruction in the mailing if you have any questions. Voting for
the judge for our national is very important. Resumes for the judges are
included.
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Page 11
Epilepsy Initiative Update
The seizure-related syndromes collectively known as
epilepsy represent one of the
most common neurological
disorders in dogs, and as such
are a significant concern to
the AKC Canine Health
Foundation and our donors. In
response to donor concern,
CHF is launching a major,
two phase research effort to
better classify disease, understand the underlying mechanisms that predispose dogs to
epilepsy, and finally, to introduce new drugs into the canine epilepsy treatment pipeline. To ensure success, the
Epilepsy Research Initiative
requires the formation of collaborative pre-clinical/clinical
research groups who will
work together to define the
molecular basis of epilepsy
and develop disease modification or prevention strategies.
It is expected that formation
of collaborative pre-clinical/
clinical research teams will
accelerate the discovery phase
and thus the translation of
research from laboratory
bench to patient. Successful
applications were required to
demonstrate both a strong
understanding of the clinical
syndromes themselves and a
rigorous preclinical research
base.
Two Epilepsy Grants Approved:
2131: Neurostimulation: A
Groundbreaking New Treatment for Canine Epilepsy
Principal Investigator: Dr.
Sam Nicholas Long, PhD
Institution: The University of
Melbourne Total Grant
Amount:
Phase I $116,000
Epilepsy is a debilitating condition that affects a large
number of dogs, resulting in
premature death and distress
for their owners. For many
dogs the underlying cause is
unknown. In people, advances
in some types of imaging
have identified subtle abnormalities, including abnormal
development and shrinkage of
particular regions in the brain
of some people with epilepsy
that can be surgically removed to improve the control
of seizures. This project will
apply the same advanced
techniques to the brains of
dogs with epilepsy to determine whether those same abnormalities exist in dogs. In
those dogs in which no abnormalities can be found, this
project will investigate a new
form of treatment, known as
neurostimulation which has
been shown to reduce the
frequency of seizures dramatically in human clinical trials.
This involves surgically implanting a new, highly sophisticated device called the Brain
Radio that can provide controlled electrical stimulation
to parts of the brain while
simultaneously recording the
brain’s activity. This device is
one of the very first that could
potentially provide successful
therapy only when needed to
treat imminent seizures and if
it proves successful in dogs it
will enter clinical trials in
people with epilepsy.
2133: Canine Epilepsy: Genetic Variants, Biomarkers,
and New Therapies Principal
Investigator: Dr. Ned E. Patterson, DVM PhD Institution:
University of Minnesota
Total Grant Amount: Phase I
$104,781.00
Epilepsy is a significant seizure disorder affecting all dog
breeds. It is the most common
chronic nervous system disorder in dogs, with a prevalence
of 0.5% - 5.7%, resulting in
approximately 2 million affected dogs in the USA. We
have assembled a transdisciplinary team to attempt
to improve the fate of dogs
that have epilepsy with a special emphasis on dogs with
drug-resistant epilepsy. Dog
with drug-resistant epilepsy
have frequent seizures even
when on 2 or more antiepileptic drugs. The team
includes Veterinarians, Canine Geneticists, Pharmacologists, Human Neurologists,
Basic Scientists and Biomedical Engineers from the University of Minnesota College
of Veterinary Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Institute for
Engineering in Medicine, and
Departments of Neurology
and Surgery, and Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, MN. Under the
guidance of Dr. Ned Patterson, the collaborative group
proposes to evaluate traditional DNA genetic markers,
blood biomarkers called microRNAs (miRNAs), and
potential new drugs for the
emergency treatment of seizures in dogs.
Epilepsy is a health problem that not only affects
the Giant Schnauzer, but
is prevalent in many other breeds. Although Epilepsy can be multifocal,
there appears to be some
genetic connection. The
Giant Schnauzer Club
has made a major donation from the Purina
Weight Circle program
and previous Donor Designated money made to
the Canine Health Foundation to support the
Epilepsy Initiative.
These are the studies the
Canine Health Foundation has decided to support in the first phase of
the studies.
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Page 12
BARKTOBERFEST:
Howl at the Moon National Specialty
We are reaching
the end of the
backstretch with
2014 Regional and
National Specialty
event planning.
AKC has approved
all of the events
and the committee
has worked up the
following schedule
for Specialty week:
2014 National
Agility
Premium List
The Agility Premium list
for the National Specialty
weekend can be found on
the Lab Tested Secretary
Services; but it is listed as
the American Bouvier de
Flanders Club (ABdFC).
The entries for this trial
opened on July 14, 2014.
The direct link is: http://
www.labtestedsecretary.co
m/BouvierOct14.htm
Tuesday, 10/28
7:30 am Regional
Agility Trial
(sponsored by
the Bouvier des
Flandres Club;
the premium
should be on the
GSCA web-site)
6:00 pm Obedience/Rally Fun
Match
Wednesday,
10/29
7:30 am National
Agility Trial
(sponsored by
the Bouvier des
Flandres Club
9:00 am Regional
Obedience and
Rally Trials (in
conjunction with
the Bouvier des
Flandres club)
6:00 pm GSCA
Board meeting,
location TBD
Thursday, 10/30
9:00 am National
Obedience and
Rally Trials
11:00 Judges Seminar (by Steve
Fox); lunch at
1:00; followed
by hands-on
workshop at
2:00.
2:00 pm Canine
Good Citizen and
CGC Advanced
Testing
5:00 pm GSCA
General Membership Meeting
(upstairs at Purina)
Friday, 10/31
9:00 am Regional
Obedience and
Rally Trials
10:00 am GSCA
Eastern Regional
Sweepstakes/
Specialty Show
6:30 pm Awards
Banquet at Host
Hotel
Saturday, 11/1
10 am GSCA National Sweepstakes/
Specialty/Parade
5:00 pm Post-
national hor
d’oeuvres and
cash bar at Purina
Sunday, 11/2
10 am GSCA Midwest Regional
Specialty
REGISTRATION
FORMS AVAILABLE
You may have received a notice
that, thanks to the
great help from
Melisa Davis, reservation forms are
now available on
the web-site for
grooming spaces,
RV parking, banquet tickets, postnational hor d’oeuvres/cash bar
event, and show
catalogs. The
forms are for
check/MO and credit card payments.
Pull the one you
want off the web
and get it to Sheila
Lietz.
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Page 13
GSCA TROPHY RESERVATION FORM
Please use this form to request your donation and dedication. List exactly how you want your sponsorship to
be listed in the show catalog. Deadline is September 26, 2014.
The minimum donation for a trophy for the National is $60 for regular classes and $50 for sweepstakes. For
regular classes at both Regionals $40 and sweepstakes Regional 1 only, $25. Donations to the General fund or
Hospitality can be any amount. Please refer to the pages attached or the spreadsheets on the GSCA National
specialty page for exact amounts. Use the back of the sheet for the exact spelling and wording for your dedication. Please PRINT!
GSCA
Trophy Selection
SPONSOR
AMOUNT
st
1 Choice:
____________________________________________________________________________
2nd Choice:
____________________________________________________________________________
3rd Choice:
____________________________________________________________________________
General Fund:
_________________________________________________________________________
Hospitality:
___________________________________________________________________________
TOTAL:____________
Contact Kim Demchak to verify availability of your sponsorship availability prior to sending your
check. Donation(s) must be received by Kim 10 days after you have requested a specific trophy.
Please call or email if you have questions. Please return this form with your payment to:
Kim Demchak
14975 E Pickaway Trail
Mayer, AZ 86333
Email: goldhunt@wildblue.net
Phone: 928-632-5991 (from 6pm-8pm Arizona time)
GSCA
E NEWSLETTER
Celebrating 52 years
of the GSCA
Giant Schnauzer Club of
America, Inc. is a member club
of the AKC.
Editor: Robyn Elliott
ilovegiants@hotmail.com
Please send suggestions and
photos to editor. Deadline
for submission is BEFORE the
10th of each month.
WRSF Schnauzerfest
October 10-12, 2014
www.schnauzerfest.com
Doing what puppies do...