The Poodle Papers

Official Quarterly Newsletter of The Poodle Club of America

Summer 2012

Poodle Club of America is always delighted in the accomplishments of its members. Congratulations for the continuing success Joann Neal has had with her Sandstorm Miniatures. Once again reaching to new highs in so many venues. Continuing to excel in Breed, Agility, Rally, Obedience, & Tracking.

Three Skirt (CH OTCH MACH Sandstorm Skirt Alert UDX3 VCD3 MXF) kids finished MACH (Master Agility Champion) titles last month in one weekend at the Lubbock Agility Trials. Pictured are: CH OTCH MACH2 Sandstorm Skedaddle UDX2 OM1 RA OF & owner Ronda Clark DVM CH MACH3 Sandstorm Slick Chick VCD2 RN MXF & owner Joann Neal MACH5 Sandstorm Cant Stop Now & owner Jan Downey The Judge is Kitty Bradley, also a Poodle owner. The Poodle Papers

Coming Specialties
P.C.A. AFFILIATE CLUB SHOWS *Note this list comes from Susan Burge
2012 P.C.A. Affiliate Club Shows September 14, 2012 Mission Trail Poodle Club (Back to Back Specialties) AM Breed: TBA PM Breed: TBA September 21, 012 Quinnipiac Poodle Club (Back to Back Specialties) AM Breed: William Cunningham PM Breed: John Shoemaker Obed: TBA October 6, 2012 Great Lakes Poodle Club Breed: William Cunningham Obed/Rally: Suzanne Hemminger October 7, 2012 Breed: Nancy Hafner Obed: Dianne Allen October 12, 2012 Washington Poodle club Breed: Alfred Ferruggiaro Obed: Ken Nagler Rally: TBA October 19, 2012 Poodle Club of Central California Breed: Helen Tomb-Taylor Obed: TBA October 20, 2012 Poodle Club of Central California Breed: June Penta Obed: Alvin Eng November 9, 2012 Tampa Bay Poodle Club Breed: Patricia Hastings November 10, 2012 Poodle Club of Alabama (as part of Huntsville Kennel Club) Breed: Mary Miller December 6, 2012 Lone Star Poodle Club Breed: Glen Lejeski December 8, 2012 Hub Poodle Club of Orange County (as part of Shoreline Dog Fanciers of Orange County) Breed: Ron Rella December 14, 2012 Orlando Poodle Club (as part of Central Florida Kennel Club Breed: TBA December 14, 2012 Poodle Club of Lehigh Valley (Back to Back Specialties) AM Breed: TBA PM Breed: TBA December 15, 2012 Poodle Club of Lehigh Valley Obed: Teresa Walker Rally: Lovanne Currey

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2013 P.C.A. Affiliate Club Shows January 4, 2013 San Bernardino-Riverside Poodle Club (back-to-back specialties) AM Breed: Jacqueline Rayner PM Breed: Dana Plonkey Columbia Poodle Club Breed: Monica Canestrini Obed: TBA

January 16, 2013

January 18, 2013 Poodle Club of Southeast Michigan (as part of Livonia Kennel Club) Breed: TBA January 19, 2013 Poodle Club of Southeast Michigan (as part of Oakland Kennel Club) Breed: Dana Cline February 28, 2013 Valley of the Sum Poodle Club (backto-back specialties) AM breed: Eugene Blake PM Breed: Tempest Deptuch March 6, 2013 Poodle Club of San Antonio Breed: Inge Sememschin Obed: TBA Agility: TBA March 29, 2013 Key to the Sea Poodle Club Breed: Maria Aizcorbe March 30, 2013 Key to the Sea Poodle Club Breed: Luis Aizcorbe April 4, 2013 Greater Wichita Poodle Club (Back to Back Specialties) AM Breed: TBA PM Breed: TBA REGIONAL INFO September 26, 2013 Columbia Poodle Club Toy: Jordan Chamberlain Min: Chuck Arnold Std: M. Patterson InV: Edd Biven

* Note: If your show is not listed, please contact Susan Burge, the 2nd VP. at pcaaffiliateclub@yahoo.com I list only the shows that she sends me the information on. If the listing is not complete, please contact Susan. Leslie

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2012-2014 Officers & cOmmiTTees

President:Dennis McCoy 1st Vice Pres.:William Cunningham 2nd Vice Pres.Susan Burge Corres. Sec.: Mary Olund cabpudel@pacbell.net Record. Sec.: Joyce Carelli Treasurer: Jack MacGillivray Variety Representatives Toy:Joan Scott Mini: Nancy Hafner Standard.: Joan McFadden Publicity: Janet Lange Moses AKC Delegate: Mary Ellen Fishler Show Committee Chairperson:Barbara Furbush Assistant Chairpersons: Johnny Shoemaker Companion Events Obedience & Rally- Chairperson-Ann Mandlebaum Agility Chairperson-Debbie West Working Certificate Program - pending Public Education Coordinator Committee Judges Education Nancy Hafner Affiliate Club Council: Susan Burge PCA Foundation: Exec. Director Tom Carneal PCA Foundation: Coordinator- Joan McFadden PCA Poodle Rescue Foundation Cindy Crawley poodleclubofamerica@yahoo.com Poodles in America: Editor: Beverly Jean Nelson Breeder Referral: Co Chairs-Mary Olund & Leslie Newing Poodleclubofamerica.org PCA Home Page Joyce Carelli pcaupdateinfo@yahoo.com www.poodleclubofamerica.org PCA Information Peggy McDill infopoodleclubofamerica@yahoo.com The Poodle Papers Layout & Graphic design Editor: Leslie Newing Email:pcanewsletter@yahoo.com PCA Email list pca_on_line@yahoo.com PCA on line List Peggy McDill Mary Olund

Presidents Message:
Dear Members, As I write it is a beautiful fall-like day in North Carolina, after a miserable heat ridden summer. I hope you all survived the many storms the past few months, as I know some of our members suffered without electricity and with storms and HEAT. I myself am looking forward to fall. I also want to send our condolences to members and their families who lost loved ones over the summer. Before we know it the fall shows will be starting. The next event were looking forward to is the AKC/Eukanuba show in December, this year to be held in Orlando, Florida. PCA is supporting the entry at this show. There will be all-breed shows on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday prior to AKC/Eukanuba on Saturday and Sunday. Plans are well underway with new Show Chair Barbara Furbush for our National Specialty in April 2013, followed by our PCA Regional, which will be held in Salem, Oregon, September 25, 2013. Johnny Shoemaker, Jeff Nokes and crew are hard at work getting ready for the Regional. Respectfully, Dennis

Dennis M. McCoy President Poodle Club of America

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Leslie Newing PCA Newsletter Editor

Poodle Papers! Deadline for the next newsletter is October 16th. 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 pcanewsletter@yahoo.com Please remember I will not print any copyrighted material without permission no matter what the topic is.

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National Specialty Tracking Poodle , Joann Neal Regional P.C.A. Publications Affiliate Club News A.K.C. Delegates Corner Working Poodle P.C.A. Rescue Foundation P.C.A. Health Foundation In Memorium

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National Specialty
Save these dates!!! PCA National Dates for the future
2013-April 22-26 2014- April 21-25 2015- April 20-24

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From Debbie West

Hi all,

I hope the summer isnt proving to be too hot for you. Its been tough here in the Northeast, but at least we havent had as bad a drought as in the midwest. We have had a lot of fun this summer training with several excellent agility seminar presenters. When it was too hot, which was often we found places to hike and swim with the dogs. My mini Dusty learned how to swim this Ganesha is the first standard poodle to qualify. Our summer and she is so proud. Shes not that good at it poodles because of their size range can end up competing in many different jump heights, toys compete in but I wont tell her. the 4, 8 or even 12 inch jump height. Minis jump in My instructor was formatting a foundations of agility the 8, 12,or 16 inch jump height and standards jump class for more advanced people. It never hurts to revisit in the 20, 24 or 26 in jump height. A judge wheels or the basics she thought. Shortly after Daisy Peel, a re- measures the course for each jump height based on the ally great agility handler has been quoted as saying that likely path that height dog is likely to pursue and each advanced and international handling is just the founda- jump height has a different amount of time it is alotted tions used in a more advanced manner. Its fun to see the as the standard course time. A dog must run the course without any faults and then points are given based on concepts being discussed and applied. how many seconds the dog is under standard course The AKC has just announced the top five dogs in each time. It would seem that a standard poodle because of breed that have been invited to compete in the Agility their relative long legs would have an advantage, but Invitational in Orlando, FL in December of this year. the smaller dogs have a shorter path to run and it is so very much easier for them to turn more tightly so they The top five poodles in order are: MACH10 Victrys Midnight Ninja MXS3 MJS3 MXF, can be very efficient and if you have ever seen a toy Ninja is a toy owned and run by Susan Bernhart. 4,181 or mini run flat out, they can have remarkable ground speed. The standard poodle folk would love to have a points MACH3 Sonics Summer Lightning MXG MJC NF, way to get better representation for their variety, how to Summer is a mini owned and run by Cindy Glover. do it becomes the issue. 3,970 points MACH15 Winetime Racin Ravin Maniac MXG2 MJC4 Plans are coming along well for Spring 2013, boy does MXF MFS TQX, Ravin is a mini also owned and run by time fly. Debbie Cindy Glover. 3952 points The Poodle Papers

MACH6 JcPioneers Ganesha MXG2 MJC2 NAP OJP MXF TQX T2B, Ganesha is a standard owned and run by Russ Thorpe, who was also our High In Agility Trial this past spring. 3,708 points MACH7 Emma Katherine of Purins Room Jp UD MXG2 MJG2, Emma is a toy owned and run by Ritsuko Wolf. 3675 points WOW HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all.

 POODLES IN PARADISE Notes from Ann Mandelbaum will be the theme for the 2013 PCA PCA National Specialty Obedience National. and Rally trials.
Seems like yesterday we were all gathering for the Poodle Club of America Specialty 2012. Well folks it has been a Long Hot Summer with our temperature reaching 100 degrees on 7 different days here in the bury. I am hopeful that fall will be fast approaching and I never thought I would be saying that. I have read the tea leaves and see that it is time to start planning for 2013. First, let me tell you that the host hotel will again be the Holiday Inn in downtown Salisbury. I have met with them and they are looking forward to being the host hotel. In a very short time, I will be posting to the website the list of the other local hotels that will be participating as usual. However, when you make your reservations, it will be important for you to give a CODE for the hotel to receive the PCA rate. I have been working with Wicomico County Tourism to make certain that things go as usual to make your trip to Salisbury go smoothly. Yes, the good grass sod has been ordered. It was absolutely the best ever last year and we have been guaranteed the same variety for 2013. A few updates are that Brad Odagiri has agreed to be the chairman of floral design and planning to transform the arena into Poodle Paradise. I am certain that the arena will be the talk of the town when it is opened up for the show as Brad has some great plans for 2013. Please keep watch on the PCA website to see what is being planned for April 2013. We are looking forward to a great week with our best friends both 2 and 4 legged. Please feel free to email me with any suggestions that you might want to share with me or Johnny Shoemaker who is my Assistant Show Chairman. We look forward to working with and for all of you. Barbara Furbush, Poodle Club of America 2013 Show Chairman 2012 was a banner year for Obedience and Rally at PCA with a total entry on the day of 196 of which 114 were entered in Obedience. The two big classes were Novice B (29 entries) and Beginner Novice B(25 entries). These numbers bode well for the future of Obedience in our breed! Shirley Barkan and her pretty red mini OTCH MACH8 Sanews Abundance of Energy UDX17 OGM were awarded High in Trial with a score 0f 199 and, for the fourth year in a row, High Combined with a combined score in Open B and Utility B of 396.5! This record ties a mark set in 1967 through 1970 by Gabby Fabian and her white mini Cygnette des Fabian UD. Thank you to our distinguished judges: Michael Calhoun and Phyllis Broderick in Obedience and Roberta Horner in Rally. My thanks to Linda Howard for recruiting such a fine gang of stewards. All of you who compete in Obedience and Rally know what an important part stewards play in running a trial. Without them we literally could not do it! Thanks to you all. And we were all made welcome and comfortable through the efforts of Jan Hopper, our Hospitality Chair. All in all, Tuesday was a great day at PCA 2012. But how could it be otherwise, surrounded as we were by Poodles in all their varied sizes, colors and personalities doing their thing in the Obedience and Rally rings!

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Does your Affiliate Club take pride in mentoring new people to the Breed? mentor someone new to the Breed today!

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TRACKING POODLE
The following story is from Norma Rust, from El Paso, Texas. She is retired from her business, Animal House, a pet supply, grooming shop, and dog obedience school. She is an AKC tracking judge, and active trainer and exhibitor in obedience, agility, and tracking. She owns OTCH Sandstorm Pardon My Dust VCD3 UDX3 OM2 TDX MX MXJ, call name Cowboy, a white miniature poodle that I bred. The morning of July 11, 2012, I planned to paint my kitchen, as my husband and I are in the middle of remodeling it. I was following my usual morning routine, which is to get up early, feed the dogs, get a cup of coffee, and sit down while they are eating their breakfast. I picked up my lap top, opened it to my e-mail, and there was a post from a young lady I didnt know named Melissa, from Sacramento, California. She was visiting her grandparents in Fabens, Texas, and had lost her service dog sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. the day before. Fabens is a small town about 25 miles east of El Paso. I live on the west side of El Paso, so it is probably 50 miles from my home. I had many excuses as to why I couldnt go: my two TDX dogs, miniature poodle OTCH Sandstorm Pardon My Dust VCD3 UDX3 OM2 TDX MX MXJ, better known as Cowboy, and my border collie Comebye Dream Catcher VCD1 UD TDX NA OAJ, call name Catcher, had not been tracking for at least a couple of years; they are trained to track people, not dogs; and so forth. I sent Melissa an e-mail asking her if the dog was lost in town or in the desert, as my dogs are pretty proficient in the desert, but we had trained in, but never passed, a VST (Variable Surface Tracking Test). She replied that it could be either. Since I am a real sucker for a lost dog, and a lost service dog was even worse, I got directions and told her that I would be there. I put my tracking shoes on, found the tracking harnesses and lines in the garage, and started out for Fabens. I took both of my dogs, and on the way, I decided to start with the poodle, Cowboy. His breeder, after watching him track, once told me that if she was ever lost in the desert she would want him looking for her. Sometime in the past I had tried tracking him on a 24 hour old track, and he didnt have any trouble with it. I arrived at the grandparents house, which was in a residential area, about 10:30 a.m., and Melissa came out to talk to me. She told me that the day before, she had gone into El Paso shopping. Her grandparents were watching her small, black, mixed-breed dog, Cobalt, for her. When she came home and looked for Cobalt, the dog was nowhere to be found. The grandparents had gone to the post office sometime during her absence, and had taken their own dog with them.

Cobalt must have come out of the house unnoticed, and was in the front yard when they drove off, leaving the gate open. I asked if she had something that had the dogs scent on it, and she gave me the dogs service dog jacket. I got Cowboy

out of the car, put his harness on, and let him smell the jacket at the gate where the dog must have exited the yard. Cowboy first went to the left, so I put some tension on the lead to let him know we were tracking, and we were off. He didnt go very far that direction before he turned around and went down the street to the right. He turned left at the first cross street, and a couple of houses down, there was a young man getting in his car. I asked him if he had seen a loose black dog in the neighborhood. He told me that he had seen one yesterday, but not today. So Cowboy and I went on. I noticed there were a lot of loose dogs around, and was glad I had Cowboy and not the border collie, because I could pick the poodle up if I needed to. The loose dogs were curious about Cowboy, but were happy to observe at a distance. We went a few more blocks, and the street turned into a circle, and Cowboy took the circle to the left. I asked everyone I saw I about the lost black dog, and no one had seen her. We went a couple of blocks more, and the street curved up to the right again and Cowboy turned left on the first cross street. He went down one block, turned left again, and went to the end of a dead end street. There was a huge arroyo (dry creek bed) there and he went down it about half way, and I stopped him. It was very wet and muddy at the bottom, and there was no way to get across it. We went back to the top again, and at that point Melissa called me so that I would have her cell phone number. I told her that I was going to come back to the house and get her so that she could show me how to get to the other side of the arroyo in the car. As Cowboy and I returned to the house, I talked to another woman who was walking, and she told me that we needed to look on her street, as there were a lot of dogs that played on her street. Melissa and I drove there, but it was starting to rain and no

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Melissa and Cobalt

dogs were in site. Melissa told me that the afternoon before, her brother said that he saw what he thought was her dog on that same street, but the dog ran from him and he couldnt catch her. Melissa had gone there herself and put flyers up and canvassed the neighborhood, but didnt see her dog. The place Cowboy had led me was one block south of that street. We tried to find a way to the other side of the arroyo without any luck, so I took her to the dead end street where I had run into the arroyo. She got out and called and called for her dog. It started raining pretty hard, so we got back into the car to try to find a way to get to the other side of that arroyo. We retraced Cowboys route, turned right, and 100 yards down that street Melissa told me to stop. She jumped out of the car and there huddled up against a brick fence was her dog, Cobalt. If we had turned left on that arroyo instead of thinking I needed to cross it, we would have found her one block over. It was certainly one happy laughing and crying reunion. Melissa started texting her relatives and her phone went wild. Her grandmother was having surgery on her foot, so they were all at the hospital. Her grandparents were especially happy because they felt bad about losing her dog. Melissa told me that, the night before, she had been looking on the internet for a bloodhound to track her dog, and had no luck. About midnight, she found the Tracking Club of El Paso website, and my e-mail address was on it. She sent me an e-mail and then waited for daylight. Her grandfather said that he didnt know a poodle could track. When Cowboy and I set out from her house tracking, Melissa didnt go with me, which made me wonder if her disability prevented her from walking that far. She later told me that she went back in the house and got her rosary and prayed that I would find her dog. Melissa suffers from vertigo, anxiety and depression and Cobalt has a calming influence on her. After the excitement of their reunion, Cobalt curled up in her arms and went to sleep. I guess her prayers worked, because it is amazing that a dog that is not used to cars and traffic avoided getting hit. I certainly learned to trust my dog, and maybe I will try again for that Champion Tracker title. Melissa and her family certainly thought Cowboy was a champion tracker! Submitted by Joann Neal

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Regional Specialty News

committee includes Penny Dugan, Barbara Curry, and Beverly Jean Nelson. Barbara Curry has also offered to Work on the PCA 2013 Regional is going full speed serve as Chairperson of the Trophy Committee so you ahead. Our co-hosts for the Regional Poodles in the know we will have fabulous trophies. Brad Odagiri, Northwest Columbia Poodle Club and the Puget Sound Beverly Jean Nelson and Lynn Galloway have volunPoodle Club are very excited about hosting the 2013 teered for the hospitality committee. Brad will also be Regional. The dates are September 25, 26,27 2013. The doing the flowers, so you know it is going to be beaulocation is the Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center tiful. Catalog advertising committee members will be in Salem, Or. Their website is www.oregonstateexpo. Janet Lange Moses, Nancy Schmidt, Peggy McDill and Michelle Mixon. I am sure they could use some help so org. please contact them. Janet Lange Moses is reignon@ aol.com, Nancy Schmidt is adarapoodles@gmail.com, Our judges for the Regional Cluster will be; Michelle Mixon is michoudogs@aol.com and Peggy Madeline Patterson McDill is espreepdls@aol.com. With these people in Edd Bivin charge of the advertising you know your ad will be Jordan Chamberlain done the way you want it to. Charles Arnold POODLE CLUB OF AMERICA 2013 REGIONAL We have just contracted our Obedience and Rally judges which will be: Allan Immerman Susie Osburn Both judges for Obedience and Rally are breeder judges. The judges for the Tracking (Columbia Poodle Club) (TD and TDX) to be held on September 24, 2013 at Stephanie Haugens Field in Independence, OR will be Carol A Pernicka and Sally Diess. Event Secretary will be Holly Thau at htraindogs@gmail.com. Event Chairman will be Debbie Phillips at deblonpudel@msn.com. The Poodle Club of America will also offer Judges Education head by Nancy Hafner. The Poodle Club of America Foundation will also be there with all kinds of health events and that is headed by Tom Carneal and Pat Forsyth and Jeff Smith. Judges Hospitality will be headed by Janice and Melvin Pardue so all the judges will be very well taken care of. Obedience and Rally committee consist of Allan Immerman, Chairperson and Sue Henly, Sue Kevin and Terri Cosgrove. That is some of the committees we have but we still need more volunteers as the success of the Regional will depend on these dedicated members and volunteers....so please help if you can.

We also plan to have Agility, WC/WCX . Jac Harbour Our Show Superintendent for the Conformation, Rally tudorose72@comcast.net (503-397-5578) is the Hunt and Obedience will be Jack Onofrio Dog Shows. coordinator. Judges will be announced later. We hope that everyone can come and help support by We are still in need of committee members to help with serving on a committee, contributing to the trophy fund the Regional. If you have given your name already we and buying an ad in the catalog. This is how the PCA have it but if not please email me at dssup@cs.com Regional can be a success....so help to make sure it is..... (702-834-6557) or Deb Phillips at deblonpudel@msn. more information coming in future issues and publicacom. (360-931-0208). Scott Olund has agreed to serve tions....so be on the lookout for updates. as Chief Ring Steward for conformation so if interested in ring stewarding please contact Scott at cabpudel@ Johnny Shoemaker pacbell.net or 415-457-4648. Purina has graciously of- PCA 2013 Regional Chairperson fered 250 water bottles for the exhibitor gift bags. That The Poodle Papers

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1. FROM THE WHELPING BOX TO THE SHOW RING A panel of three breeders discuss their methods in preparing a Poodle puppy for the show ring. Panelists Mrs. Arlene Scardo, Miss Betsey Leedy, and Mrs. Kadelia Hamilton. Panel is moderated by Mrs Debby Cozart. $20.00

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27. 2001 BREEDING STRATEGIES Dr. John Armstrong and Dr. George Padgett discuss Type casting, establishing a line, role of DNA mapping in making breeding decisions. $20.00 28. 2002 PCAF SEMINAR -- WHICH PUPPY TO KEEP Mrs. Pat Hastings leads us in an interactive seminar in solving the puzzle of Which Puppy to Keep $20.00 30. 2003 PCAF SEM. RAISING THE SHOW PUPPY Mrs James Edward Clark leads a panel of prominent Poodle Breeders who express their views on The Successful Raising of a Show Puppy $20.00 31. 2004 GENETICS FOR POODLE BREEDERS Dr.Jerold Bell discusses how breeders should use the advances in dog genome research in making breeding decisions. $20.00 32. 2005 Anne Clark on POODLE PEDIGREES Mrs. Edward Clark discusses various aspects of poodles and their pedigrees. $22.00 33. 2006 POODLE DISEASE UPDATES Dr. Thomas Graves discusses the research, testing, treatment & management of key genetic diseases. 22.00 34. 2010 PCA FOUNDATION SEMINAR (Combo DVD Set) 1.Vaccines & vaccination-Dr.R. Schultz 2. Canine Genetics Update-DR. M Neff 3. Estate Planning For Your Dogs Ms Charlotte Mitchell $25.00 (Please circle the DVD desired) 1 4 6 8 10 12 13 14 16 17 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 TOTAL AMOUNT DUE WITH ORDER: $ ____________ NAME ________________________________________ ADDRESS _______________________________________ CITY ______________________STATE____ZIP_________ METHOD OF PAYMENT: CHECK___VISA___M/C____ ACT. #_____________________________EXP._____ Signature_____________________________________ Make all checks payable to: PCA FOUNDATION US FUNDS ONLY FOREIGN ORDERS ADD $3.00 PER DVD MAIL ORDER TO: ALLEN KINGSLEY E-MAIL 3311 KINGFISHER LN. AJKFISHER2@AOL.COM DENTON, TX 76209

4. 1990 DOG JUDGES ASSOC. PRESENTATION ON THE POODLE: An exciting presentation on the Poodle from the judges perspective. Presented by Mr. Frank Sabella and Mr. & Mrs James Clark. $20.00 5. 1990 DR. ELAINE ROBINSON on PINPOINTING OVULATION: This video tape will be exceptionally valuable tool in any serious breeding program. $20.00 6. POODLE TEMPERMENT PANEL: A discussion on improving Poodle temperament. Panelists include John Fowler, Mrs. Joan Scott, Mrs. Pat Deshler, Mrs. Glena Carlson. Narrated by Del Dahl $20.00 8. THE POODLE POSITIVE: A Judges Workshop with Mr. & Mrs. James Clark. You do not have to be a judge or aspire to be one to gain a lot from this tape. $20.00 10. PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY: Dr. Gustavo Aquirre discussed PRA in Poodles $20.00

12. BREEDING A GREAT POODLE (TWO TAPES) Dr. George Padgett speaks on Poodle traits; comparing inbreeding to out crossing and line breeding; risk factors in picking up faults; calculating good and bad genes; helping each other with our breed. $35.00 13. POODLE TYPE: Dr. Jacklyn Hungerland and Mrs. James Clark discuss what makes a Poodle. $15.00 14. ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTION: Dr. Edward Feldman discusses reproduction and the Poodle $15.00 16. HEREDITARY DISEASES IN POODLES : Dr. Fran Smith speaks on hereditary diseases in all Varieties. A breeders guide to genetic diseases. $15.00 17. ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS IN POODLES: Dr. E.A. Corley, discusses orthopedic problems in hips,stifles and elbows as they relate to all varieties of Poodles. $15.00 21. CANINE MALE REPRODUCTION: Dr. Autumn Davidson discusses reproduction semen collection and managing the high risk delivery. $15.00 22.SUCCESSFULLY BREEDING THE INFERTILE BITCH Dr. E. Robinson discusses breeding the infertile bitch.$15.00 24. 1998 SEMINAR -- GENETIC DISEASE ANALYSIS Jerold Bell discusses genetic disease analysis. $15.00

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Greater Milwaukee Poodle Club Happenings kept everything on track and made sure all markings
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GMPC Obedience and Rally Trials It Takes Lora DeSombre and DeDe Diehl received positive a Village feedback from both handlers and exhibitors with the Jaci Bowman, Trial Chair right mix of trophy money and prizes. Katy Kinowski
The GMPC Obedience and Rally trials were held on June 23, 2012. The stewards did a great job; the raffle was a success; the show was done within time; there were no major problems that werent handled well; and the judges were wonderful to work with - what more can we ask. We had fun working together too, so that is icing on the cake! Just proves it takes a village to put on an Obedience and Rally trial. John Pittman did a good job as Chief ring steward, handling the task easily, stepping in when needed and working hard as always! Our stewards for the rings were: Ann Helm, Bev Duerst, and Andrea Nepras in Russ Hornfishers ring; and Katy Walters, Jean Lazarus, Pepsi Gilson, JoAnn Hubacek, and Linda Weresch in Mike Williquettes ring. Lora De Sombre and Pat Chicowski worked the raffle table.

helped get dogs to and from the motor home area in the hot weather. This made everything easier for the dogs and their handlers. Thanks to our club members for supporting the show. Congratulations on your wins!

GMPC WC/WCX Tests - August 17, 2012 Roberta Gilson, Test Chair
On Friday, August 17, 2012 GMPC will hold a PCA WC/ WCX test. It will be held at Wern Valley Sportsmans Club, Waukesha, WI. The judges are Jean Granger and Doug Kennedy. We have 12 entries - 3 WCX entries, all standard poodles; 9 WC entries, 2 miniature poodles and 7 standard poodles.

GMPC AKC All Breed Sanctioned Agility A Our cleanup crew had quite a job, as every Golden in Match the building was in full shed and we had tumbleweeds John Pittman, Trial Chair

EVERYWHERE. Talk about a major project, especially for poodle folks that never have to deal with this stuff GMPC is holding an agility A match to pave the way - yuck! for holding agility trials. The match will be held on September 15, 2012 at the Manitowoc County Kennel We had a good entry and when all the numbers are in, Club, 40 Albert Drive, Manitowoc, WI 53220. The we should make a nice profit. judge is Richard Kurzawa.

June 29, 2012 Conformation Specialty Show Cathy Catelain, Show Chair
This was the first year our club held a specialty show in conjunction with Kettle Moraine KC. We had an evening show in air conditioning with a nice ring. There were many positive comments about our new venue. Everything went off without a hitch thanks to the work of our club members.

Woodies Blastomycosis Story (Condensed) Submitted by GMPC Member Jaci Bowman

In February Woodie was a little off. He had been coughing off and on, like he had to clear his throat after he got up in the morning, or after he was lying down for a while, and his energy level was low, not quite as wild and crazy as he normally is. He had been pheasant hunting a lot in very dry switch grass and I attributed the coughing on and off to that and the lower energy Our judge, Delores Burkholder, complimented chief level to the high amount of exercise he had been getting steward, Deb Mapes, for her handling of the ring. Deb running in the flushing field. The Poodle Papers cont. on page 15

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The meds ran out and we went back in for a checkup and The third week of the month he started to go off food a decided to do an ultrasound, as this was not responding bit He is always a good eater, never missing a meal, but normally and the vet wanted to find out what was he started leaving some kibble in his dish, regurgitating causing the swelling. I wanted her to do a hock x-ray a few pieces of food as well and turning down treats he because it seemed sore again. She also wanted to x-ray used to love. By the middle of the next week he stopped his lung as it was still noisy, even after being on the eating and was running a 102.6 temp. Off we went to strong antibiotics. the vet. I told the vet tech my story, and my thoughts, as I had done a bit of research on Blastomycosis (Blasto). The testicle was packed with puss and had to come out, The vet I took Woodie to had experience with Blasto but she felt the other one was ok and we could save it, with her own dogs. She too was a bit concerned after so that is what we had done. She was still concerned she heard noise in his lower lung. She drew blood, about Blasto, as that is how her dog presented with a gave me aerobic and anaerobic antibiotics, and told me swollen testicle, and sent the samples in for a definitive to let her know how he was doing in a couple of days. diagnosis. Neither the hock nor lungs showed any type of involvement. He perked up and started eating better, he was on meds for 5 days, fever broke and we thought we were good Woodie came back home that day and ate pretty good to go, just a bacterial infection. The blood work came and definitely felt better. But the next day his hock was back with no problems except a higher than normal more swollen and by Wednesday, he was on 3 legs again cholesterol count, no elevated white count or anything and back to the vet. His lung was still noisy and he still else off. The fungal test was supposed to come back had the intermittent cough. The x-ray had showed a in 5 days. Five days came and went and no results. bone bruise and the vet thought he was just being soft He was doing ok - had he not been we would have about the injury. A few days later the tests came back done a lung x-ray, but he seemed much better. At the showing NOTHING, as supposedly the antibiotics 10 day mark I called the vet again; Woodie was still killed the bacteria and all was well. The vet did not doing fine at this time. The vet still did not have the believe that and spoke with the lab but that is the only results so she called the lab. The lab finally located the answer they would give. sample and said they had to re-run the test as it looked questionable. A few days later he slipped in the back hall, banged his sore leg and went into a screaming fit. We were at the The day we got the blood test results back, negative vet the next day (he had been on 3 legs for a week by for fungal, Woodie popped out of my car and banged then) for another x-ray, which again showed nothing his leg pretty good, putting a bone bruise on his hock. but inflammation. His hock then had a big swelling on I gave it a couple of days to heal up some, but it was the inside and the outside! He was also developing not getting all that better so off to the vet again to get it these weird lumps you could feel in his throat, and checked to see if it was broken. The Vet manipulated his lymph nodes in his rear legs and shoulders were it and she did not believe it was broken, so prescribed starting to swell. My vet was down playing it knowing Rimadyl and rest. how freaked I was, but I knew she was concerned and started talking Blasto again. A day or two later, he was off food again. I bathed and trimmed him and noticed one of his testicles was very Woodie was kept on antibiotic meds and Rimadyl, and hot and swollen, so back to the vet we went, figuring rest. A day later his mouth started getting sore and his NOW we had a testicle tumor on top of all this. My vet gums started bleeding. I took him off Rimadyl and examined him knowing how unhappy I was about this called the vet. He spiked a 103 fever the next day. I and told me she thought it was an infection and put him had read on the internet about a Blasto urine test known on a very strong antibiotic. The meds did take some of as Mira Vista antigen test. I dropped off a urine sample, the swelling out of his testicle, but did not do much with the vet drew more blood and sent both in, and gave the fever he was running, which was low grade 102.4. Woodie Metacam to drop the fever and help with the The Poodle Papers cont. on page 16

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pain in his jaw, neck and hock. She also ordered the Itraconazole, as we were at a point if it was NOT a fungal, cancer was the next stephe was NOT doing well at all. With the lymph node involvement there was some sort of infection being fought, and he had been on so many antibiotics that did not handle it, there wasnt much left to test for. His blood work came back this time from this lab with a way high white blood cell count and a TRASHED thyroid, which had always been normal. I test annually for that! So on Thyroid meds he went too. I had begun force feeding him and syringing fluids to keep him going, as he was going downhill fast. I was ecstatic if he would swallow a piece of kibble on his own. A couple of days passed. We were waiting for the meds and the test. Upon getting the Mira Vista antigen test results back, my vet called to tell me it is BLASTO. I cannot tell you how happy I was for the awful diagnosis! We finally had something to FIGHT! We went directly to the pharmacy and picked up a loading dose of Itraconazole ($80 for 7 capsules) that would hold us over till the compounded form came in. It took a good 6 days on the meds for Woodie to start eating, and another week before he got use of his hock. Blasto apparently hits weak points and landed in his hock after the injury. It also landed in his jaw and throat, which scared me as facial and head involvement can precede eye and brain. His lungs have not been horribly involved but as this stuff moves around so much I am very watchful. His fever finally broke and stayed down a week after the meds and he has been on the upswing since.

I was concerned about his eyes, so I took Woodie to the ophthalmologist for a full exam. The ophthalmologist found some scar tissue and 2 punctuated cataracts on the eye I was concerned about, which he said was caused by old blasto. I asked what he meant. He told me that Blasto was attacking that eye, and the meds knocked it out. He said Woodies prognosis is very good for his eyes, as they looked great. Woodie is up to his normal weight, is VERY active; however, he is a little short of breath in the high heat and humidity. The jury is still out on his remaining testicle, but I wont worry about that until he gets off meds and he is free of this infection. He has had some scarring and a small punctuated cataract on one of his eyes from the infection. The meds got the blasto before any horrible damage happened. He will be on meds for at LEAST 3 more months. He will stay on medication for one month past a negative Mira Vista antigen test. I hope that our story will help raise awareness of this not so rare infection and save a few lives by early detection. It took a tenacious vet with experience in this disease to not let her diagnosis go and to save my dog - and a bit of research on my part too! This site is the best I have found with a wealth of knowledge on the subject: http://blastomycosis.ca/ Here is a link to a video of Woodie, AM/UKC CH SHR UAG2 Autumn Hill Oakwind Express JH BN AX AXJ OF AD AJ AG SR SS WC (bronze), participating in the Parade of Champions at the June 29, 2012 GMPC Specialty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl6jbH2FdnA Submitted by Bev Duerst, GMPC Editor

Back to Back Shows September 21, 2012 AM Johnny Shoemaker PM Glen Lajeski Obedeince/Rally Tibbie Chase Hamden , CT FMI Debbie West, 85 Church Hill Rd, Trumbull, CT 06611. E-mail: middie76@sbcglobal.net
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your question but I am more than willing to find someone who does. Just recently Tabatha Waters (Creole Poodle Club of New Orleans) had a question about Provisional Interestingly, in a sad way, looking over my article for Membership. I asked the other affiliates and she had Fall, 2011 I mentioned the extreme weather and difficult multiple excellent responses, together we have a wealth economic times as contributing to the decline on entries. of knowledge and experience!! My home address is Unfortunately at this point, all of those conditions are 6581 Thorntree Dr., Brecksville, OH 44141. even more obvious this summer in the summer of 2012. I hope we all will survive both. Susan Burge,

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To Affiliate Clubs:

One note to make things easier. At the time you submit your clubs form for approval of your specialty most clubs also send in the application for the Affiliate Club BOB medallion. Typically, the premium list is sent by the show or trophy chair. I would suggest you MEDALLIONS place my name on your premium list mailing, once I that mailing, I will mail you the medallion and you THE ULTIMATE RECYCLING have omitted an additional step for yourself, in addition I will not get any last minute, Oh, I forgot, can I have Winning a PCA Affiliate Club BOB medallion is wonderful; winning multiple medallions is even the medallion in three days. more pleasurable. Unfortunately, over the years Several clubs are working on updating their constitutions those medallions which gave such joy may now find and one club realized they had three different themselves relegated to a drawer, for sale on EBay, or constitutions floating around. In answer to which is the just left with stuff to let the next generation worry valid one: it is the one on file at the American Kennel about. If this describes where you find yourself, I Club. PCA does not approve constitutions; we simply would like to offer you another solution. Donate them. ask that when you make changes through AKC you send Please note: you do not have to be a member of PCA us an update. One thing several clubs have found is to donate medallions. that over time people had stopped putting dates on their documents. PLEASE do not make that mistake. Once a club has submitted a constitution to me as part of the approval process for a specialty, I keep it on file and the club does not have to submit each year. Unfortunately, in all clubs, people come and go, records may be lost or misplaced, fortunately, on more than one occasion, I have been able to supply a club with their constitution from the files. PCAs policy is that each affiliate club is given one medallion per year for BOB at an Affiliate club specialty. Many affiliate clubs offer more than one specialty per year so that club must come up with another BOB award and decide which of their specialty gets the medallion. This is especially difficult with back to back shows. I would like to offer a solution to both situations.

2nd Vice President Affiliate Club Council Chair

First, winners of medallions are always welcome to return them for redistribution as part of PCA supplies This is the time of the year when many clubs have such was the case with the Richard Bauer medallions. elections. Please let us know of any changes in A medallion directly from PCA counts in the one club officers. Also if email addresses have changed, per year scenario. This benefits PCA in that fewer PLEASE let us know. medallions must be purchased thus saving money. These medallions should be sent to Susan Burge, Remember, Mary Olund has volunteered to put specialty Affiliate 2nd Vice President, PCA, 6581 Thorntree Dr., show results on the PCAs Facebook page. Just send Brecksville, OH 44141. them to Mary at cabpudel@pacbell.net. If you have any comments, questions or concerns about any affiliate club matter, please contact me at msstb@ aol.com or 440-526-2382. I may not have an answer to The Poodle Papers Cont.on page 29

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MEET THE BREEDS This year the fourth annual Meet the Breeds event will be held on October 21st and 22nd, 2012 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City...The Poodle Club of America will again be participating. If you are interested in working at the booth and/or would like to bring a dog, please contact me at your earliest convenience. Mary Ellen Fishler megcamelot@aol.com 301-728-5540 cell 301-977-6789 home Mentoring
At one point everyone involved in the sport of dogs were once new. Somehow every individual needed education about our sport, pure bred dogs, and responsible dog ownership. Even the top winning participants in dog showing, breeding, handling, and judging had to start at the beginning. All of the required information to achieve success in this sport can be mind boggling. But by offering mentoring on all levels to those interested in poodles; from finding the right puppy(being aware of all the health issues) and entering your first dog show, to breeding your first litter, to judging your first assignment; the Poodle Club of America and its members help make the transitions within our sport welcoming and less intimidating. The Poodle Club of America needs to develop a program to match breeders and fanciers to newcomers (this could start at the affiliate club level). I know for most of us, when newcomers get involved with our puppies, there is a long history of relationships developed that often have lasted lifetimes, but there are still many more people left to their own devices, especially when it comes time to breed their puppy. It is very difficult to develop a family of dogs in this day and age, which makes selecting breeding stock more of a challenge. The American Kennel Club has a New Exhibitor Mentoring Program at their website that is available and is designed to help recent registrants of AKC dogs meet experienced dog fanciers and breeders to assist them in getting started. This program covers: Basic dog show etiquette, dog show judging procedure, understanding common show/event terms, types of events, how to fill out entry forms and how to join a club in their area. This is a good place to start. Our next National in April 2013 will be continuing to proceed with forms of mentoring. We will be having our first Juniors Seminar and Oster will have a booth set up to help new exhibitors (and experienced) with trimming and preparing exhibits. Our new judges seminar is always popular and well attended each year. There is absolutely not another venue available to potential new judges with the learning opportunities that our National offers in regards to poodles. cont. on page 19

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Page 19 the value of the dog which included this thought: The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. It is from this trial that the phrase mans best friend is his dog. He brought this up because of the proposed rule changes to the Animal Welfare Act which regulates the selling of puppies in the United States and how it will affect the fancy. He encouraged everyone to sign the petition the AKC has organized. (I hope by the time you read this you all will have signed this petition.) He ended his speech with a quote from Ronald Reagan. You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. Allan went on to say, I believe it will be the destiny we make and not the one some others made for us. The most important single characteristic that defines a great organization is the desire to succeed that overwhelms all obstacles. I know we have the desire. To those who believe we cannot come together and accomplish this I say: You dont know us. Dennis Sprung went on to give the Presidents report. He announced the 21st Edition of the Pure Bred Dog. The first edition was in 1929. He also went on to discuss entries being up over this time last year. The Chief Financial Officer gave his report as follows: operating expenses to date are an improvement from the last two years. This years total revenues are up for the first five months in comparison to the last year.

As the year winds down, we would like to challenge our membership and our affiliate membership to make an effort in the coming year to take the time and effort to mentor those in our sport and breed. We are the guardians of our breed, by providing the appropriate mentoring we protect and insure our breed for the future. Mary Ellen Fishler Nancy Hafner Joan Scott

DELEGATE MEETING REPORT

This Delegates meeting was held in Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. It started with the Delegates Forum. AKC Board member Dr. Carman Battaglia gave a presentation on breeding dogs with traits and aptitude suitable for military and police service. He covered all aspects of this from evaluating pedigrees and maintaining careful records, to stimulating, socializing and evaluating the puppies. Dr. Cindy Otto spoke about the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School Working Dog Center, of which she is a director, including its work in education research. Its mission is to serve as a research consortium, to educate, and to implement and validate findings, to develop a dog breeding program, and to optimize the selection, breeding, performance, and well- being of working dogs.

We then went on to vote on proposed amendment to Chapter 11, Section 6, of Rules applying to Dog Shows-Dog Show Entries, Conditions of Dogs Affecting Eligibility, which would allow superintendents and show secretaries using AKC entry verification to correct entries as appropriate. This passed. There were three proposed amendments read to the Delegate body. Chapter 2, Section 3, of the Rules Applying to Dog The meeting was called to order and initial introduc- Shows, which would require clubs to hold a show in tions were made. The approval of the last minutes were their territory. The AKC Board approved this proviread and approved. AKC Board Chairman, Allan Kal- sion, which would enable clubs to utilize a site in a terter, started his report with the story about a statue of ritory after the club assigned that territory has not held a foxhound called Old Drum that sits outside of the a show in that territory for two consecutive years. The Johnson County Courthouse in Warrensburg, Missouri. board does not recommend approval of the proposed It commemorates a famous trial where Old Drums new last sentence which would re-establish exclusive owner sues his neighbor for killing his dog when he show privilege, and would only recommend approval wandered onto his property. A young attorney, who later became a U.S. Senator, gave a speech to support cont. on page 20 The Poodle Papers

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of the proposal if it is deleted. Suffulk County Kennel Club announced they would bring an amendment to change the amendment. Second read was proposed amendment to Chapter 5, Sections 6,7, & 8, of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows-Ribbons, Prizes and Trophies, which would create consistency with this chapter of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows. Third read was the proposed amendments to Chapter 16, Section 1. New Sixth Paragraph, of the Rules Applying to Dog Shows, which would create a new three point major for the dog designated Reserve Winners Dog and the bitch designated Reserve Winners Bitch at one National Specialty each year, specified by the AKC Parent Club, provided there are twice the number required for a five point major in the winners sex. This was put forward by the Progressive Dog Club. At this time several discussions occurred. First there was a discussion regarding the video Allan Kalter put together. He has shown this to us several times. The Delegate body voiced the possibility of producing something that other clubs could use to pay their local tv stations to show. Also at this time Carl Ashby introduced the Presidents challenge. This is an attempt to support PAC and the Legislative Fund. Each club has been asked to donate $300.00 to PAC and $350.00 to the Legislative Fund. ( PCA has supported the Legislative Fund and since the donation to PAC must come from individuals and not a club, the board of PCA has made the donation.) Last year HSUS devoted $55 million towards getting their supporters elected the AKC raised only $6,662. We can do better. Any member can send a donation PAC. Mary Ellen Fishler Delegate

AKC PARENT CLUB RESPONSE TO AN HSUS EMAIL SOLICITATION

In recent weeks the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has been targeting AKC parent clubs and its members via emails soliciting participation in a variety of HSUS initiatives. If your club receives an e mail or communication from HSUS asking you or your club to join a breeders advisory group, buy vendor space at your next event, or similar type of outreach, please do not respond but contact the AKC immediately. They are also contacting affiliate clubs. The AKC and its member parent clubs need to speak with one unified voice to strengthen our message to be heard and understood. If we respond individually we run the risk of sending conflicting or diluted messages and our voice will not be as clear. As we all know, the HSUS speaks with one voice in a cohesive singular message communicated in a coordinated effort to ensure its success of being heard and understood. In the future should your club receive and HSUS generated e mails asking for participation in any of its initiatives, please end AKC the email and we they will instruct your club whether a response is necessary. Please forward any emails to: Lisa Peterson Director of Communications lxp@akc.org

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The following was a thank you written by Helene Huffner to the Hunting Poodle list. Helene has granted permission for her note to be printed in the Poodle Papers. Its a wonderful prospective from someone new to the sport, through gaining the Junior Hunter title. It also shows the support other Poodle handlers give and how useful the Hunting Poodle list can be. If you are interested in joining the Hunting Poodle e-list, go to http:// pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HuntingPoodle/ , send a request to join. Linda Miller (Hunting Poodle List Owner)
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Well folks, about a year ago, I came onto this list for the first time asking for suggestions of which books and dvds I should buy to best educate myself about field work. Shortly thereafter I was back, asking how to teach my dog to swim. In January of this year I came back yet again, asking for advice to overcome my biggest hurdle yet: How do I get her to pick up the duck? That was quickly followed by: How do I prevent her from chomping on the duck? Then, how do I get her to hold the duck and not drop it to shake when she comes out of the water? Many of you wrote lengthy answers to my questions. Several of you invited me to call. Linda [Linda Miller, PCA Hunt Test Chair] asked me to come to Delaware to work with her. You educated me, helped me solve my problems and cheered me on. Guess what? It worked! Isabelle earned her Junior Hunter title late last month! It took us five tries because I fouled up on one of the water marks in Test #4. [Hunt tests are pass/fail. Four passes are needed for a Junior Hunter title.] We had a number of interesting experiences along the way. I made a lot of mistakes and, hopefully, learned from them. Our first hunt test ever and our first pass was at PCA. It was a thrilling week, made all the more wonderful by the opportunity to meet so many of you. It is one which will be especially easy to remember because of the many remarkable photos taken by John Carelli. I will treasure those photographs always. Thank you, John. Our second pass was at the Del Bay Retriever Club test at Rebel Ridge Farm in Elkton, MD. Prior to the test Isabelle had experienced only one live flier. This was at a local training day and by the time the bird hit the ground it was

dead and still. Our first land mark [ a mark is a retrieval item which the dog sees fall] at the Del Bay test was a bit different. We came to the line [the point from which the handler releases the dog] and I told Isabelle to mark. She focused in and I raised my arm. The judge blew his duck call, the gunners blew theirs, they released the duck and shot. I looked out about 70 yards or so and saw the duck flopping around on the ground. I took a deep breath and sent her. It was still flopping when she got there. She looked at the duck for literally less than two seconds, scooped it up and came flying back to me. She came

beautifully into heel position, sat and held the duck until I reached for it and said give. She wasnt bothered by the flops at all. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for her handler. I took the duck from her, it jumped in my hand, and I gave a small, involuntary shriek! It wasnt a loud shriek, but a shriek, none the less. I can only imagine what the judge was thinking. (Probably something akin to dumb girl with a poodle.) I was mortified!

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Then it was time for water. This time the gunners shot the bird, then sluiced it once it hit the water. Believe it or not -- Linda was there to cheer us on; she can confirm this -- the bird continued to swim around in a small circle. The judge called our number and I sent my girl. Out she went, she caught the duck and brought it back. I was thrilled. As we walked away from the line, the entire gallery erupted in applause, something they had not done for most of the other dogs. Did they applaud because she was a poodle? Because she tracked down a swimming duck? Because Linda got them started? Or because her handler did NOT shriek? I guess well never know. Isabelles third test was an uneventful pass at a gorgeous farm in Greenwood, DE. Our fourth test, the one I hoped would culminate in a title, was at the Canal training grounds in Elkton, MD. The lands marks were in very heavy cover. Once I sent Isabelle, all I could see was her tail, and the top of her head. In what was probably the longest two minutes of my life, she hunted and hunted and hunted some more. Believe it or not, while she was out there hunting and I was at the line sweating bullets, one of the judges kept talking to me about how beautiful Isabelle was, how she loved all that hair and how well she was hunting. She asked me lots of questions. When, finally, Isabelle returned with the bird, the judge asked if she could pet her! As we walked back to the car, a fellow whom I swear I had never seen before, stopped me to talk. Im really worried, he said. Ive watched you at the last two tests and your dog always nails the marks. If she had such a struggle I cant imagine what the rest of us will do! In hindsight, it was such a nice compliment, though at the time I didnt really take it that way. At that point, I didnt know we had gotten a callback. [ Callback means you passed the land phase and were called back to do the water phase later in the day.]

Water, sadly, was a different story. The wind had picked up significantly. Im estimating that it was blowing 15 to 20 knots. The judges decided to have both marks land on land in heavy cover on the other side of the pond because they were afraid that if the ducks landed on water they would blow away before the dogs could get them. There were two groups of decoys in the water. One was right at the near shore, perhaps five feet to the right of the line. The other group was off to the left on the opposite shore. Both groups were bouncing and bobbing. When we came to the line, I was already nervous since the lands marks had been so difficult. My first mistake was that I didnt line Isabelle up properly. The wind was blowing hard to the left; I should have sent her from my right side and slightly over compensated by lining her a bit more to the right. Instead, I sent her from my left and had her pointed more to the left than I should have. My second mistake was to signal to the judges before she was intently focused in on where the first mark would fall. As a result, I dont think she saw the fall. When I released her, she went into the water and visited the first group of decoys. Then she went across the pond and checked out each of the eight or so decoys in the other group. When she finished, she stopped and looked at me for guidance. Since we dont yet handle [direct the dog with hand signals], I said the only thing I could think of: Find it. Thats what I say to her when she loses one of her toys in the yard at home. She understood and went running around hunting. Unfortunately, because I had lined her up so poorly, she was in the wrong area to find the duck. I saw that it was hopeless, so, before the judge told me to call her back, I did so myself. She came back and clearly knew that something was wrong. She wasnt at all happy to not find the duck. She also knew that there should have been a second mark, and, obviously, there wasnt. Isabelle was not happy and neither was I. It was a rude awakening that you cant rely solely on your dogs marking abilities to be successful. As the handler you have to do

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your part too! You cant expect your dog to compensate for

your mistakes! Our fifth test was in New Jerseys Pine Barrens. The test dog was scheduled to run at 8 a.m. He finally went at about 9:10. Isabelle was dog 31. So, it was a long, very hot day. While I was sitting waiting for our turn, a fellow whom I had seen at the last couple of tests, brought his chair over and sat down next to me. I have to tell you a funny story, he said. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting with a bunch of lab guys when you got your dog out of the car. They took one look at your dog and said what does that woman think shes doing bringing a poodle to this test? I told them that they should wait until they saw her run to make their comments. Your dog ran, he continued, and they all turned to me and said Wow! Needless to say, I loved hearing that, I just hoped we didnt foul up this time. As all of you obviously know, when youre running the only poodle at the test you stand out like a sore thumb . . . whether you do well or poorly! Finally, after hours of waiting, we got to the holding blind. At that point the judges realized the gunners needed to rebird. Apparently the birds were in another location. So instead of taking five minutes or so to re-bird, it took half an hour. Eventually, we were called to the line. To make a long story short, the gunners shot three or four times and missed the bird. So, back to the holding blind for yet the

third time. Finally I got to send her. Isabelle flew out and got the bird, yet another active live flier, flew back, came into heel position, sat and dropped the duck, a first. I said fetch and she immediately picked it up and held it until I said give. The second land mark presented a new experience, too. Isabelle ran out right to the bird, a dead duck, then immediately started to look around --for, I assume, something better, something moving. I didnt really know what to do since this never happened before, so I just yelled fetch. That did it. She grabbed the duck and brought it back. I gather the judges could have failed us for that; happily they didnt. One of the water marks was quite long but pretty easy. The other was tricky. The ducks were old and not very buoyant. They sat really low in the water which was totally covered with vegetation like tiny little lily pads. Many of the dogs struggled with this mark, Im assuming, because they couldnt see the ducks. Fortunately, for whatever reason, Isabelle had no problem. We passed. Bottom line: Carringtons Lady Isabelle RE CD WC JH. On to Senior! [The next level of hunt test.] Now the hard work begins. Im sure Ill be back for lots more advice. Thank you to all of you for helping us get here. I really appreciate it! Helene

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Poodle Club of America Rescue Foundation

Officers : President: Cindy Crawley 1st VP: Sally Poindexter Mary Olund , Melanie Mensing Chris Scruggs, Sheree Melacon Smith Randi Plotner, Jane Carroll Jeanne Phipers, Clay Williams

PCA Rescue Foundation

Please consider a tax deductible donation to PCA Rescue Foundation. One hundred percent of your donation goes to support the efforts of volunteers all over the United States to rescue Poodles from abanonment and find them permanent, safe loving homes. Return this form to the address below. Name : Address: Amount: Please send this form and your check to: PCA Rescue Foundation, Inc. Sally Poindexter 4409 West Ithica Broken Arrow, OK 74012

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Poodle Club of America Rescue Foundation held its second Parade of Rescued Dogs at the National Specialty in Salisbury, MD on Tuesday, April 24th at the Obedience lunch break. Twenty-one adopted Poodles of all three varieties walked in the Parade with their owners. This year, there were fewer rescue people participating in the Parade; more of the owners were lay people, purely pet people, who adopted rescued Poodles. Lynn Brucker offered to donate individually inscribed ribbons similar to those given to owners whose dogs participate in the Parade of Champions and the Parade

of Performance and Title Holders. The blue ribbons with the PCA Rescue logo in the center and the Poodles name plus the date and location inscribed on the three streamers were lovely keepsakes for each owner. PCA Rescue was pleased to be able to provide lunch for each human Parade participant and their guest. Canine snacks and water were offered to the Poodle participants. Owners and their Poodles came from as far away as Missouri, but the majority of adopters lived in the greater Mid-Atlantic region. PCA Rescue wishes we could get more people to participate in the Parade from other locations but it is difficult to get non-dog show people to take a day off work and come to Salisbury. The people who did make the trip however, thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Several stayed to watch Obedience and many went into the vendor area and availed themselves of the wonderful merchandise for sale. At least three sets of McKenzie collars, leashes and matching belts left with some very happy owners and their Poodles! Several adoptive owners are already into the PCA dog show thing and have their Poodles entered into Agility, Rally and Obedience. For Regina OHare, the Parade experience was the beginning of a great day. With the assistance

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of Mid-Atlantic Poodle Rescue, Regina applied for and received a PAL number from the AKC and began Rally classes in her town well in advance of PCA. After the Parade of Rescued Dogs, Regina and her Standard Poodle Link, went into the Rally Novice A trial, placing second in her class. Cindy Crawley, the current President of PCA Rescue and the Founder of Mid-Atlantic Poodle Rescue from whom Link was adopted, proudly escorted Regina and Link to the photography set-up where none other than John Ashbey took a keepsake photo of their placing win.

Another great choice: previously won BOB Affiliate Club medallions may be donated to be used for BOB at an Affiliate Club Specialty by the owner of the medallion. The owner gives it to the affiliate club; typically it is used to honor a person or dog. This not only gives you an opportunity to share with a club, recognize a person/dog very special to you and makes your very popular with the Trophy Chairs. Two good Pat and Dee Watkins-Brown are old hands at the examples are the generosity of Pat Deshler and Penny dog show thing, having attending PCA several times Dugan. One caveat, the medallion must be given at a before with their rescued Miniature Poodles, Lucky show offering BOB. and Buddy. Watchung Mountain Poodle Club Rescue helped Pat and Dee get PAL numbers on their boys long This exchange is done through the medallion owner ago and now they attend Agility, Rally and Obedience and the club and does not have to have PCA approval. trials all around the East Coast. Lucky has his MX and The wording would simply be: Sterling BOB PCA MXJ in Agility, plus his CDX in Obedience and RE in Affiliate Club medallion donated by ___________ in Rally. Dee handed the announcer an update to Buddys honor or memory (if you choose). If you would like a bio for the Parade as he had achieved an AXJ in Agility list of those clubs who offer more than one specialty or at PCA the day prior to the Parade and she hoped to if I can assist you in any other way, just give me a call have that mentioned in his bio. (It was!) Buddy also or email me. 440-526-2382 has his CDX in Obedience and RE in Rally. msstb@aol.com We hope to have a Parade of Rescued Dogs at PCA next April. If any rescue group or individual needs more information about participating, please contact Cindy Crawley by email clcrawley@starpower.net .

Variety Representatives
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Officers President:Thomas W. Carneal Vice President: Patricia S. Forsyth Secretary : Doris H. Grant Treasurer :John R Shoemaker Miniature Representative: Janet D. Collins Standard Representative:Missy Galloway Toy Representative : Ray Stevens Member at Large: Jordan Chamberlain

************Notice************* PCAF Health Survey Results Available Online We are pleased to be able to share the data collected from the health survey PCAF conducted online and by mail for the last year and a half. It has now been posted on the PCA Foundations part of PCAs website. As previously stated, the information collected will serve as a guide to help us better focus our efforts and limited funds where the need appears greatest. We had hoped to get information on 1,000 Poodles but we are very pleased with the data produced from the 848 Poodles we have. By Variety there are 615 Standards, 142 Miniatures and 78 Toys (13 didnt designate Variety). The Toys in this study are from the US, except for 2 from Canada. Likewise the Miniatures are from the US except for 2 (1 from The Netherlands and 1 from Canada). However, while the vast majority of Standards are from the US, 43 are from Canada, 9 from England, 2 each from Sweden, New Zealand and Germany and 1 each from Austria and Iceland. PCAF wants to send a huge Thank You to everyone who took the time to participate. We need and appreciate your input and help. Again, thank you! Janet Collins

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Page 30 A Genetic Comparison of Standard and English Setters were included to demonstrate how a Miniature Poodles based on autosomal distinctly different breed might look next to Poodles. Standard Poodles, whether healthy or SA affected, are markers and DLA class II haplotypes. not distinguishable from each other with the exception of a somewhat lower average number of alleles utilized Niels C. Pedersen,DVM, PhD1 Lorna J. Kennedy, at each STR loci (indicating that SA affected Standard PhD2 Poodles are somewhat more inbred than healthy dogs). 1 Center for Companion Animal Health, School of Miniature Poodles are more genetically heterogeneous Veterinary Medicine, University of California, One than Standard Poodles in terms of the average and Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. effective number of alleles at each STR loci, observed 2 Center for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, heterozygosity and ultimate heterozygosity, while show University of Manchester, Stopford Bldg., Oxford English Setters are the least genetically diverse of the Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. four populations by all parameters. It is widely assumed that Toy, Miniature and Standard Poodles are one breed differing only by their shoulder height. Miniature Poodles are also relatively free of the autoimmune disorders that affect Standard Poodles, such as Addisons disease, sebaceous adenitis, and chronic active hepatitis. This difference makes Miniature Poodles a possible source of genetic diversity free of these disorders. Thus, some breeders advocate cross-breeding Miniature Poodles with Standard Poodles as a means to increase genetic diversity of Standard Poodles and reduce the prevalence of these autoimmune disorders. There is also evidence that the both SA and Addisons disease are complex genetic traits with incomplete heritability, and that the genetic susceptibility to these diseases is fixed in Standard Poodles. If this is so, there is no way to do a case and control comparison to identify genetic associations for these diseases. If Miniature Poodles are closely related to Standard Poodles, they may serve as controls for a control vs. case comparison for SA and Addisons disease. However, if Miniature Poodles are genetically distinct from Standard Poodles, they would not prove useful for such a study. It would be extremely difficult to discern which genetic differences are due to traits that confer the Miniature and Standard Poodle phenotypes and genetic differences that are associated with SA or Addisons disease. In the following study, we compared the genetic makeup of Miniature and Standard Poodles by using 24 single tandem repeat (STR) markers over 20 of the 38 canine autosomes, as well as by comparing DLA class II haplotypes and relative haplotype frequency. Table 1 shows the F statistics for four populations of dogs SA affected and healthy Standard Poodles, Miniature Poodles and show English Setters. Show

From OptiGen

During the 2nd quarter of 2012 OptiGen tested 18 Dwarf Poodles, 85 Miniature Poodles, 6 Moyen Poodles and 73 Toy Poodles for PRA. The breakdown is as follows: Total Dwarf Poodles tested for PRA 18 Normal - 14 Carrier - 4 Affected - 0 Total Miniature Poodles tested for PRA - 85 Normal - 62 Carrier - 22 Affected - 1 Total Moyen Poodles tested for PRA - 6 Normal - 5 Carrier - 1 Affected - 0 Total Toy Poodles tested for PRA - 73 Normal - 53 Carrier - 20 Affected - 0 Countries testing during this period include....Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and US. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Sincerely, Becky Iddings Administrative Manager OptiGen, LLC

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In Memoriam
J Ray Johnson Dorothy Stackhouse
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Page 32 Arlene was the driving force in so many things throughout her life. Besides raising a family she never spurned challenge or responsibility. She served on the board of Wachung Mt. Poodle Club in various positions for many years and wrote their newsletter even longer. She was a long time member of the Poodle Club of America. Over the years she served on the board and chaired various committees, including but not least the Parade of Champions for our National. She was the driving force for PCAs Aids Quilt Project , and remained actively involved throughout her life.

One of my favorites stories Arlene shared with me was when Arlene was complaining about how her neighborhood was changing. When she moved into her home she Richard Slade would ride her horse to the ice cream stand every day. Saphire She had this home with a barn for the horses, pasture, and now was surrounded by all of these fancy homes (all praying she would get rid of the horses). She was also one of the people responsible for my joining the Poodle Club of America. I was always complaining, Arlene Scardo (Imagine!) why the same judges all the time, why some Alrich things never changed, Etc. etc. She told me: Mary Ellen if you want to have something to say or want to This is an article being written with a lesson. Do not see some change, you cannot change an organization take for granted the people in your life. Even though I from without only from within. Later she sent a card spoke with Arlene regularly when she first became ill, I telling me how proud she was of the things I had aclet what I thought were the important things in my life complished. That card sits on my desk to this day. get in the way of taking the time to visit Arlene. It was always going to be next week or next month until there In a world where the fancy is changing so fast and were no days left. I will always think of the words from struggling to survive in this current storm; there are too a song, Where has the time gone, today was a token, few left who are truly ladies and gentleman. Arlene too many words are still unspoken,..just when the fun is was always a lady and force to be reckoned with when she set her mind to something. I will miss her. starting, comes the time for parting... Arlene Scardo was a rare human being. She was hon- Mary Ellen Fishler est (sometimes to a fault), dedicated to her family and friends, politically and humanely active, and she loved her poodles. There was nothing Arlene enjoyed more (except watching them win) then sitting on her side porch in the evening observing her dogs in the yards. I sat there with her many times enjoying a cool drink and talking about our dogs, PCA, and the fancy in general. Sometimes we would debate politics, events coming into the area we wanted to participate in (she loved the art work of Mary Cassatt), and what we dreamed about for the future.

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