November December Volume 29 Number 6

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1 November December 2018 Volume 29 Number 6

2 The United Belgian Shepherd Dog Association Purposes: To promote the BSD (BSD) as one breed with four distinct varieties: Groenendael, Laekenois, Malinois, and Tervueren, as recognized by the regularistering body, the United KC, Inc. To promote a thorough understanding of the BSD through education and open sharing of information. To advance and preserve the working characteristics of the BSD. To conduct UKC sanctioned and licensed events. Officers and Board President Lisa Kingsley 3982 Creek Rd. Sunbury, OH fastbreak.tervuren@gmail.com Vice-President Sandy Shaw 5614 Let Court Leesburg, FL sandy4085@gmail.com Recording Secretary Cathi Blackburn Middle Delaware Road Henderson, KY cathi.blackburn@gmail.com Corresponding Secretary Cindy Fellows 1704 Milverton Troy, MI cmf4dogs@msn.com Treasurer Daniel Pflaume 4050 Five Bridge Road Clinton, NC dpflaume101@yahoo.com Directors Michael Herrin 3599 Bradford Dquare Drive Ann Arbor, MI my3tervs@gmail.com Tracie Meyers 6730 Blackjack Oaks Rd, Aubrey Texas belgian7@gmail.com Wende Steffey O'Hara Market Street Meadville, PA Tnj4234@gmail.com Ginnie Pflaume 4050 Five Bridge Road Clinton, NC gpflaume@frontier.com

3 The Belgian Beacon The official publication of the United BSD ASSOC Cathi Blackburn Beacon Editor Middle Delaware Road Henderson, KY Susan Bryant Critiques Editor 9840 High Point Road Thornville, OH CRITIQUES TYPISTS Lynn Brandenberg COLUMNISTS Geoff Stern PUBLICATION INFORMATION The Belgian Beacon is published six times a year in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The NAT L Specialty Issue will be a regularularly scheduled issue following the UBSDA NAT L Specialty. The views, articles and advertising in The Belgian Beacon do not necessarily reflect the attitudes or policies of the UBSDA, its officers/ directors, members, or the editor. The UBSDA and this publication are not responsible for errors and/or misrepresentations in advertising, nor does the UBSDA endorse the litters, dogs or breeding programs advertised in The Belgian Beacon. The health background of any dog considered for purchase should be carefully researched. Buyers should be aware that standard health certification requirements differ from country to country. No portion of The Belgian Beacon may be reprinted without the permission of the Beacon Editor. SUBMISSIONS Send all material for publication to Cathi Blackburn, Beacon Editor. Show secretaries send all critiques to Susan Bryant, Beacon Critiques Editor DEADLINES: Materials and advertisements must be received by the 15th day of the following months: January, March, May, July, September, November. No exceptions will be made. INDIVIDUAL or EXTRA COPIES OF THE BEACON can be purchased by contacting or the Corresponding Secretary. Regular issue: $6.00. Specialty issue: $9.00. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATE $ Address changes, delivery inquiries, individual copies of Beacon, and subscription information: Corresponding Secretary Cindy Fellows 1704 Milverton Troy, MI Departments 8 News from the Ring and Beyond UBSDA / UKC Information 5 Board Minutes 16 New UKC Rankings 14 New UKC Titles 4 Rescue Information In this Issue Deadline for January/February issue: January 15, 2019 UBSDA logo drawing of leaping dogs by Kim Cassida UBSDA Members! Take advantage of the Awards and Recognition Program. To learn more access the rules and forms via the UBSDA website

4 ADVERTISING AND PHOTO INFORMATION ADVERTISING Rates are doubled for non-members or commercial rate. Make checks payable in US funds to UBSDA and mail to the Treasurer. Overnight/express shipments requiring a signature will NOT be accepted. Rates for Members Full Page (7 1/2 x 10 print area).. $35.00 Half Page (7 1/2 x 5 ).. $23.00 Front Cover & 1/2 page inside... $60.00 Back Cover. $45.00 Color cover Inquire Inside Back Cover... $40.00 Center Spread 2 pages... $80.00 Litter announcement. $7.50 Critique & New Title photo $5.00 Litter Announcements: Should include date litter is due or was whelped, variety, sire, dam, and contact person; and must include health clearances except when dog is foreign owned and resides in a foreign country. In this case, the following statement must appear in the ad: Dog wholly owned and residing in {Name of Country} - {Name of Clearance} Certification not customary or available. Health Clearances: Advertisements that feature breeding or litter announcements, dogs for sale, or dogs at stud must include hip clearances of pertinent dogs (GDC, OFA, PENNhip, or foreign regularistry only) and current eye clearances of pertinent dogs (GDC, CERF, or foreign regularistry ONLY) no more than two calendar years old. No such advertisements are accepted for dogs who are under two years of age. Camera-ready ads: Originals must be dark black type and white paper, set up at published dimensions for ad size purchased, and must be ready to print with the exception of photos. Electronic ad copy is preferred. Scannable hard copy is acceptable. Faxed ads will not be accepted. Digital photos: Send at original size if possible. Photos with dimensions of only 1-2 inc hes will not reproduc e well. Scanning photos: Photos should be scanned at 300 dpi or higher, and at 100% of size (in inches) or as close as possible. Scanned photos may be supplied by or disk. When ing photos send in color. There will be no refunds for ads with poor image quality caused by submission of scanned photos. For best reproduction quality, submit original glossy photos CRITIQUE AND NEW TITLE PHOTOS For dogs rated Excellent at any UKC show, or earning a UKC or other performance title. Photo will be printed with or near appropriate critique or performance results report. Crop photo to dog. Free Critique Photo: One photo of excellent rated dogs will be published free of charge for UBSDA members with the critiques for events held in the same weekend/cluster of shows. List date and show. PHOTO RETURN For photo return you must include a correctly sized self-addressed stamped envelope. For show photos you can elect to have it returned in the original show photo container but you must include an appropriate number of stamps and a new mailing label. Do not send cash for postage. DEADLINES Materials and advertisements must be received by the 15th day of the following months: January, March, May, July, September, November. No exceptions will be made. UNITED BSD RESCUE RESCUE CONTACT INFO: Belgian Sheepdog Rescue Trust. A wonderfully comprehensive web site which addresses ownership, ID, info on adoption and volunteering and links to some new YouTube videos. Also, the BSRT has an active Facebook presence and a Petfinder site. contact: chairperson@bscarescue.com ((Karen Scott & Marion Lloyd) Telephone contact: Karen Scott Belgian Tervuren Rescue, Inc. Official site of this organization, closely affiliated with but separate from the American Belgian Tervuren Club. Site provides info on adoptions, fostering, relinquishments and, like the other sites, lists of regularional coordinators for more personal contact. contact: rescueterv@belgiantervurenrescue.com (Terrie Janssen & Cindy Simonsen) Telephone contact: Cindy Simonsen American Belgian Malinois Club. Wonderfully diverse and interesting site with lots of graphics. The huge number of Malinois needing rescue has led to division of duties so there is a foster coordinator and transport coordinator in addition to the NAT L coordinators and regularional contacts. mhcil@aol.com (Marcia Tokson, in New York), coordinator for NE (but helps with entire US) Telephone number: (Marcia Tokson, home). ABMC also has contacts for fostering and transport. Please or call Marcia or myself (sandrastealey@windstream.net ) for info on contacts or assistance with Malinois needing rescued. There are also contacts for Malinois rescues in Canada listed on the ABMC site. American Belgian Laekenois Association (ABLA) The web site shows many pictures. Rescue contact: Lara Teresi rescue@belgianlaekenoisclub.us Please take time to read over these websites so that you are prepared when and if you see a BSD in need of rescue. There is a wealth of information about BSD s in general on them as well as a realistic picture of what is going on in rescue of our BSDs. GUIDELINES: 1. UBSDA rescue seeks to assist in rescue of purebred BSDs of all varieties. We cannot use the club's funds to help mixed breed dogs, although very often individuals within the clubs will go out of their way to network for such dogs or help privately. 2. UBSDA rescue can assist with paying pull fees and some transport costs if needed as dogs are moved from a pound/shelter. We cannot be responsible for dogs from known breeders except in very rare cases -- we do not do rehomes; again, however, many individuals may individually be willing to network for such dogs privately. 3. UBSDA rescue is unique in that we consider all varieties equally. Of course individual foster homes and volunteers may have variety preferences because of experience or contacts and these are respected. AKC Belgian rescue groups are very specific about which variety they can assist but they are also larger so are the organizations of final disposition in most cases. UBSDA does not officially foster or adopt dogs. 4. UBSDA's budget for rescue is extremely limited when considering our relative number of members and the fact that it must extend to cover all four varieties. Because of this we will work closely with other rescues to make the best use of our money and volunteers. Funds are available through private requests for special medical costs, pull fees and transport assistance. 5. The greatest need cited by all rescuers helping BSDs of all varieties now is for hands on assistance through transport, identification, short or long term fostering, referrals, education and networking. Please contact the appropriate variety contact for the dogs you will work with or contact me for more information on these or to be put to work. Volunteering to help does not obligate you to be "on call". The more volunteers who are available and trained and in contact with each other the more moral support we all will have and the more quickly we will be able to save dogs in need. 4

5 Minutes of the UBSDA Board MINUTES OF THE September 2018 UBSDA ELECTRONIC BOARD MEETING Attendance: Cathi Blackburn, Cindy Fellows, Michael Herrin, Lisa Kingsley, Tracie Meyers, Daniel Pflaume, Ginnie Pflaume, Sandy Shaw, Wende Steffey-O Hara President Lisa Kingsley called the meeting to order on September 10, 2018 Ginnie and Sandy made a motion to approve the August 2018 minutes. Seconded by Cindy and Michael. Approval of July minutes: Aye: GP, LK, CB, MH, DP, TM, SS, CF, WSO Nay: None Abstain: None Did not vote: None Approved. President s report: None Corresponding Secretary report: None Treasurer s report: None NEW BUSINESS: None OLD BUSINESS: Nominating Committee: Cindy: The nominating committee selected the following slate: Vice President Sandy Shaw Treasurer Sue Mills Recording Secretary Cathi Blackburn Directors Michael Herrin, Mary Falcone I sent out the slate yesterday. If anyone wishes to run from the floor they need to submit the petition by Oct 1. I included an explanation and instructions. Adjournment: September 20, 2018 MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 2018 UBSDA ELECTRONIC BOARD MEETING Attendance: Cathi Blackburn, Cindy Fellows, Michael Herrin, Lisa Kingsley, Tracie Meyers, Daniel Pflaume, Ginnie Pflaume, Sandy Shaw, Wende Steffey-O Hara President Lisa Kingsley called the meeting to order on October 2, 2018 Lisa moved to approve the September minutes. Seconded by Ginnie and Sandy Approval of September minutes: Aye: GP, SS, LK, CB, MH, TM, CF, WSO Nay: None Abstain: None Did not vote: DP Approved. President s report: None Corresponding Secretary report: I have mailed out the dues renewal notices. This reminded me that we had talked about setting up a PayPal option for taking payments. I know I will be getting requests to take dues payments through PayPal. I believe Dan will be indisposed for a period, but if we are keeping the Chase account, it is something I can set up. I'm pretty sure there is a fee which we should include if used. Included in the mailing is a nomination form for the 2020 UBSDA National judge. I have added Mary Falcone and Sue Mills to the Yahoo group so they can watch how we operate before having to participate. They will have to accept the invitation before receiving any of the s. Sandy: Good idea. Most do that. Lisa: Another great idea Cindy, let's do it! Ginnie: A great idea! Michael: Thanks, Cindy! You really keep the rest of us on top of everything and it is very much appreciated! Treasurer s report: None NEW BUSINESS: Request for Specialty and Judge Approval: Lisa: This is a letter I received from the Acadia club. I move that we approve Pauline as their judge. From: Pam Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 8:01 AM Subject: Request for Specialty and Judge Approval To: <fastbreak.tervuren@gmail.com> Cc: Deb Catell Dear Lisa, The Acadia Belgian Shepherd Dog Club is busy planning its annual show weekend for After a long history of putting together small, intimate multi-breed shows to help defray the costs needed to fund our Belgian classes, the UKC in 2017 insisted our shows expand to include groups (2018), and going forward (2019), UKC is requiring us to provide All-Breed shows and provide a breed specialty every two years. These new rules has been concerning to our club officers and membership, because our shows have grown and taken away the intimacy and focus on our Belgians. Our club was founded on the principal of offering AA/Critiques, but with the increased demands from UKC, we have had to balance the needs of adding All-Breed shows, and needing to find judges that would attract and retain other 5

6 breeds, as well as attract and retain our Belgians. For the first time, we are faced with adding All-Arounder judges to our shows, which we feel takes away from our commitment of offering only AA/Critiques by our esteemed breeder-judges. We are very concerned about the increasing demands and complexities relating to events put on by our club, and are worried about our club s continued sustainability. After a successful but lightly (Belgian) attended 2018 show, the Club took this decline in Belgian attendance seriously, and is looking into ways to address this. After years of cycling quickly through our roster of Belgian breeder judges, we thought it would be worth exploring the possibility of inviting a judge from overseas - not to judge at a specialty, but rather to judge only the classes of Belgians as part of one of our three All-Breed shows. On Aug. 18, Deb Catell, our Show Correspondence Secretary, reached out to you to request advice, and we were advised that the judge must be FCIapproved. Following this, we contacted the UKC to request permission to have Pauline Koning-Stern Hanf as our judge for the Belgian classes, and UKC responded (10/1/2018), accepting Pauline s qualifications and approving that she judge for us. Pauline, in turn, has accepted our invitation. We selected Pauline, in part, because she judged at the only specialty held in Maine - in 1995 for the UBSDA Nationals, and would love for her to come back, and she has expressed interest in doing so. We request UBSDA's approval in allowing Pauline Koning -Stern Hanf to return to Maine to judge our 1st Bi-Annual Regional Specialty. SHOW DATES: July 20-21, 2019 [3 All-Breed UKC shows, and 1 Regional Specialty] LOCATION: Capital Park, Augusta, Maine CLASSES OFFERED: Regular Conformation, Altered Conformation, Novice Puppy, and Veterans. Jr. Showmanship is offered at each of our all-breed UKC shows, therefore will not be offered during the Specialty. EVENT MANAGER: Philip A Tanner, 635 Hancheet St, St. Charles, MI VOLUNTEERS: Deborah & Scott Catell, Pam Anderson, Lori Koshowski, Donna Mercer, and several volunteers from United Dog Sports of Northern New England [a local UKC club] that have offered to steward for our shows, and several scribes.. We very much appreciate your consideration of our proposal, and look forward to learning your decision so that we can move ahead with the necessary preparations. Warm regards, Pamela V Anderson, Vice-President Acadia Belgian Shepherd Dog Club bowhaus@maine.rr.com Cathi: I second Approval of judging motion: Aye: CF, LK, TM, MH, GP, CB, DP, SS, WSO Nay: None Abstain: None Did not vote: None Approved. Lisa: I will let Acadia know the motion was approved. Idea for Membership Drive Cindy: I have an idea to increase membership. Any member in good standing sponsoring 2 new members successfully in a calendar year gets their next year s membership free. Since an application requires 2 signatures each sponsor gets credit. If sponsor is part of a household membership, unless both sign the application, the fee is reduced by $37 (the amount of a single membership). Lisa: Great idea Cindy! Wende: I think that's an excellent idea Cindy!! Sandy: Super idea, Cindy. Wish it had always been there. I might be able to add a few. Makes a difference when you are retired on limited income. OLD BUSINESS: Nominating Committee: Cindy: I received no nominations from the membership in response to the announcement recently mailed. Nor did I receive any requests for an extension due to the short suspense. The slate stands as nominated and may be announced at the annual meeting. No ballot is necessary. Lisa: New people are Mary Falcone, director and Sue Mills treasurer, correct? Michael Herrin and Sandy Shaw will be serving a 2nd term. Adjournment: October 20 Respectfully submitted by Cathi Blackburn. UBSDA Beacon Facebook Group If you want updates regarding Beacon deadlines, photos, announcements regarding events, etc. please cathi.blackburn@gmail.com to request joining the group. Cindy: Second the motion 6

7 UBSDA Annual Meeting Minutes October 26, 2018 Purina Farms Grey Summit, MO Attendees: Barb Arney, Susan Bryant, Becky Burgess, Maureen Gargan, Carol Hein Creger, Lindsay Jackson, Lisa Kingsley, Jim Krapf, Ann MacKay, Susan McSherry, Randie Meyer, Tracie Meyers, Patricia Mole, Patty Naulty, Ginnie Pflaume, Sharmon Rudin, Karen Simchak Lisa Kingsley, President, called the meeting to order. The following people ran unopposed, and will now serve on the Board: Sandy Shaw, VP; Mary Falcone, Director; Michael Herrin, Director; Sue Mills, Treasurer. We welcome them all to the Board, and thank Ginnie Pflaume and Daniel Pflaume for their service. Ginnie Pflaume gave the Treasurers report for Dan. The balance as of 10/6/18 was $11, A request was made for chairs for the 2018 regional specialty at the Premier, and chairs for 2019 UBSDA National and Regional Specialties. There was no other business; Lisa Kingsley moved to close the meeting, and the meeting was adjourned. Submitted by Tracie Meyers From the Editor ASSISTANCE NEEDED!!! Assistants/ editors are needed re: the collecting of show results and upcoming shows that include BSD s. All of the information is available on the UKC website, it just takes time to collect and edit it. PLEASE CONTACT me at the address below if you d like to help in these two endeavors. Photos are free for most departments within the Beacon, please send me photos, it makes for a better Beacon. Whenever you make a posting on Belg-L or Facebook, etc. just send me the same information in an . We need more member involvement and all it takes it a forward or cc of the information. As always, BSD stories or articles or photographs are always appreciated for publication in the Beacon, please contact the Beacon Editor at cathi.blackburn@gmail.com UBSDA Belgian Beacon Online The UBSDA Beacon is now online at In addition to the benefit of saving the club's treasury thousands of dollars each year you can enjoy the benefits of receiving your Belgian Beacon at your computer the convenience of not having to wait for the mail being able to read it anywhere you have a computer no more torn or damaged issues all the photos are in color the ability to word search the document active web links and addresses the ability to store multiple issues on disk To see an example go to To change over to online delivery please contact Cindy Fellows. 7

8 LAILA PILOTE third. DEBBIE DEUTH Colorado September 23 BOB for GIDGET. BRENDA MCKEE Michigan September 23 - Today JEWEL and I went to The Canine Workshop for their C-WAGS nose work trials being judged by Cindy Angiulo. JEWEL Q'd for her third of four legs towards her Scent Detective Level One Title. She had two minutes to find one hide. She did it in 11:68 seconds. She also Q'd for her first of four legs for her Scent Detective Two Title. She had three minutes to find two hides and she did it in 24:59 seconds. I think her motto is, the faster I find the hides, the faster I get my treats. September 30 - JEWEL was Altered Best in Show at the UKC Bay Area Regional Kennel Club's all breed dog show under Belgian breeder judge Pennie Jackson. October 13: At the Capitol City Dog Sports Club's Nosework trial in St. Johns Michigan, DELEENA completed her UKC Container Novice Title and placed WENDE STEFFEY-O HARA September 23 - JAXEN was BOB today at Butler for another five GrCh points. He only needed one. He is now GRCH BONCOEUR ROLLIN ON THE RIVER PT OA OAJ OAP OJP. He is my first Grand champion. ELEANOR HEAGY Ontario September 23 At agility trials MADISON was two for three in starters standard to finish her standard title. And JOURNEY was two for three in masters standard to finish his standard title. NIKKI SWAP Michigan September 23 - LAILA earned her UKC Agility Championship at the Capitol City Canine Club trials under Judge Linda Lavolette. LAILA achieved this with ten perfect scores of 200 and several placements, and an extra 200 for fun. She is now Am/Can CH UKCH NBOB UBIS UGRCH UACH DOMBURG ICANDY RE MX MXP2 MJP3. 8

9 JEWEL DELEENA KATHY HAVILAND Michigan September 30 - Not a bad day at the BARKC show at Shiawasse County Fairgrounds. First, MIRAGE took second place in his first ever Rally trial. He has never done any obedience in his life and just did what I asked. Then GARTH took first place in his class and finally Dani did not get any ribbons, but, she showed well and did not try to run from the ring. I call that a win. BARBARA ARNEY Michigan October 19 - PILOTE was four for four in Level 1 and Level 2 at the C-Wags Scent Trial at Positive Pawz Dog 9

10 Sports Club. Baby MAESTRO was two for two in Level 1. Also two for two in Level 2. MARY BYRKIT Michigan November 3: After a four month hiatus from agility FOLLY earned her Excellent Jumpers title in our first weekend back at All Dogs Can in Lapeer, MI. BRENDA STEELY - Missouri October 18: GIBBS got three more qualifying Lure Coursing runs towards his next Coursing Ability title at the German Shepherd Nationals. Weather was perfect; clear and in the 50 s. November 4: GIBBS finished the Open Standard title. He completed a perfect run in Open Standard on our first outing to finish his title. PATRICIA MOLE - Arkansas October 21: ICONS CHILL FACTOR DE 'LAURORE "NOAA" was Group two at seven months old. FOLLY MELISSA WADE Michigan October 20: STELLAR first won breed at the all-breed Albany Kennel Club show in West Springfield. He then won Best of Opposite in Veterans Sweeps then onto win Best in Specialty Show at Berkshire Belgian Tervuren Club show. Paula Hogan took STELLAR back in for breed and I showed TCHIN in breed under judge Lisa TCHIN 10

11 STELLAR FOX NOAA 11

12 EPIC Kingsley. She was best of opposite to STELLAR. The next day at the Troy Kennel Club show under judge Linda Robey, STELLAR was Best of Breed and Group 4. HALO SUSAN GEERS-MEINERS Ohio AKC/UKC/CKC CH ICON'S WAR CRY DE L'AURORE CA won the Champions class then went BEST OF BREED under breeder judge Babs Robinson. U-CH ETERNITY'S JARAH CA TF FDX was BEST IN WORKING SWEEPS and was pulled for consideration in the Champions class. AKC/CKC/UKC CH ICONS ADRENALINE RUSH DE L'AURORE UAG1 was BEST of Opposite in Working Sweeps and AOM in the Champions class. Also two legs for Rally with a HIT Belgian and our ONLY Total Dog. AKC/UKC CH ICONS SUGAR RUSH DE L'AURORE was BEST Brood Bitch. AKC/UKC GRCH, CKC CH ICONS HITTIN THE BIG TIME DE L'AURORE TFE2 FDCH-S CGC new U-AG1 title with three HIT Belgians and trial placements. ICONS CHILL FACTOR DE L'AURORE won the 6-9 October 29: AGADOR won Best of Breed in the 4-6 month puppy class. JANE ROTHERT Indiana October 28: The UBSDA National was fun with great friends and beautiful dogs. UNIK won her working Sweeps class and then for a great thrill she won Reserve Champion at the regional specialty on Thursday. I was excited when she made the cut, but to get Reserve over beautiful champions, was amazing. JEFF and KAREN SIMCHAK Michigan October 28: Great week at Purina Farms and the UBSDA 2018 National Specialty. 12

13 JARAH month puppy class (co owned by Patricia Mole and us). ICON'S MANDOLIN RAIN DE L'AURORE received excellent ratings all week with two seconds and a third. And Icon Belgian Shepherds took BEST KENNEL IN SHOW. OWEN and SANDY DEATRICK Michigan September 30 - We entered the UKC BARKC show 1 in the morning and LEGEND was BEST IN SHOW under judge Pennie Jackson. ANN MACKAY Minnesota October 27: MASKI DU VAN LAPPEENRANTA JUMBO was Reserve Male at the 2018 UBSDA National Specialty under Judge Babs Robinson of the UK. BARB BENNER Washington November 4: ZENITH, two days after turning 13, qualified in UKC RO3 (98) and RO2 (96) for the last leg of her URX (United Rally Excellent) title. (10 double Qs, like the RAE in AKC.) Very glad she did it today, as the next UKC opportunity in the area is June 2019 and a lot can happen with an elderly dog in that time. She gets SO wound up in rally that she gets out ahead of me, and getting her to do left turns is really a challenge, especially SWEET with her "I'm an old dog and I'm doing this my way" attitude. On the second day of the UKC trials in Spokane, LINK got her second UCDX leg, and her first URO2 leg (100, second place behind BIJOU). BIJOU didn't bring her brain into the Utility ring this morning, but she found it again for Open and then earned two perfect scores in rally this afternoon. CATHI BLACKBURN Kentucky November 10-11: EDGE and I competed in Novice B at the Evansville Obedience Club obedience trials in Evansville, IN. He earned two legs with two second places. On Sunday he had a 199 going into the last exercise, the recall, and did an automatic finish and ended with a 196. Please send your trial and show news to Cathi Blackburn at cathi.blackburn@gmail.com Photos are appreciated 13

14 BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG TITLES ISSUED SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 Grand Champion GRCH SUMERWYND RHAEGAR DE MON PLAISIR KATHLEEN BOUFFARD, JEFFREY BOUFFARD Champion CH EMCAT'S THE HORSEMEN RIDE EMILY ROACH Grand Senior Jumper Champion GSJCH UWPO AP VPA UWPCH VON DER KINGS FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE SPOT-ON MICHAEL SPAYDE United Ultimate Jumper Champion UUJCH KUKAY'S LIAM SPOT-ON SCOTT M DEMPSEY United Novice Jumper Champion UNJCH UWP UROC UCD UACH WHISPERING ECHOS S'MORES MELISSA LA MERE-DRAGOVICH UNJCH UCD ALCH UWPCH UROC UACH CHIEN DE TREVAIL HEXTASEY MELISSA LA MERE-DRAGOVICH Elite Container MI ME NHD SN EC BURR OAK FOEHN WINDS FUN CHARLOTTE NORRIS Advanced Vehicle NE AC AV PTE ANGEL OF DARKNESS AT BOTAR JANINE WININGS Advanced Container NE AC AV PTE ANGEL OF DARKNESS AT BOTAR JANINE WININGS Novice Exterior NE AC AV PTE ANGEL OF DARKNESS AT BOTAR JANINE WININGS Novice Container NE AC AV PTE ANGEL OF DARKNESS AT BOTAR JANINE WININGS United Companion Dog UCD URO1 KON TIKI AV VIKHOLMEN CINDY BAZIN BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG TITLES ISSUED OCTOBER 1, 2018 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2018 United Agility Champion NBOB GRCH UACH DOMBURG ICANDY NIKKI SWAP Grand Champion GRCH BONCOEUR'S MOON RIVER SHERYL RETZLAFF, SCOTT RETZLAFF Champion CH K-LIN'S CU ROIS HONORED DAIRE COLLEEN M BAKER-O'BRIEN CH DANICA ASTRA MEUM MAUREEN GARGAN, KATHY HAVILAND CH INDIGO DE RANCHO JEREZ MAUREEN GARGAN CH URO1 SAVANNA MONAMI TRADE WINDS CLAUDIA WEISS, JILL THOMAS Elite Nosework EN COOPER BETKIN DVOR KAREN WROBLEWSKI Master Nosework EI NHD MN EC BURR OAK FOEHN WINDS FUN CHARLOTTE NORRIS 14

15 Advanced Nosework SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Novice Nosework UUJCH CA NN PTA CHERCARS RELENTLESS STORM SURGE DEBRA HEBELER PTM NN IMAGES CAUGHT ME TRIPPIN' LAURIE MC LAUGHLIN Elite Interior EI NHD MN EC BURR OAK FOEHN WINDS FUN CHARLOTTE NORRIS Elite Exterior EE MN PHOENIX PEACE OF WORK ZENO KATIE WHITE EN COOPER BETKIN DVOR KAREN WROBLEWSKI Master Vehicle EI NHD MN EC BURR OAK FOEHN WINDS FUN CHARLOTTE NORRIS Superior Interior SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Superior Exterior SE AN ALCH TOUCHSTONE'S TREASURE CHEST SPOT BRENDA MC KEE Superior Container SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Advanced Exterior SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Novice Vehicle NV NI AC LEAKEN PARADIS JUMPING JADE GLADYS CATALINE Novice Interior LAURIE MC LAUGHLIN Novice Exterior UUJCH CA NN PTA CHERCARS RELENTLESS STORM SURGE DEBRA HEBELER Novice Container NC UJJ CH SANDCASLE VERDICT IS CHERCAR SANDY SHAW, CHERYL CARLSON, LORI WEBSTER Pre-Trial Elite SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Pre-Trial Master PTM NN IMAGES CAUGHT ME TRIPPIN' LAURIE MC LAUGHLIN SC SI AN PTE CH NAVARRO ITS ME DI SCOTTATURA MELISSA MULLEN Pre-Trial Novice NC UJJ CH SANDCASLE VERDICT IS CHERCAR SANDY SHAW, CHERYL CARLSON, LORI WEBSTER United Companion Dog Excellent UCDX BLACKFORST'S BONE COLLECTOR TIM TEDROW United Companion Dog UCD UROC BON DI YES IT IS TRUE LYNN KNAPP, ART KNAPP United Rally Obedience Champion AV NN AC UROC SILVERTHORN DRAGON'S DESTINY ANNE GOLDENBERGER UCD UROC BON DI YES IT IS TRUE LYNN KNAPP, ART KNAPP United Rally Obedience 2 UAGI URO2 ZERIMAR'S EL NAVARRO DE OZ KATHY FARRES/JEANNE DURBIAN-RAMIREZ United Rally Obedience 1 URO1 RED ROCK'S GIRL ON FIRE ANITA RABIDOU PTM NN IMAGES CAUGHT ME TRIPPIN' 15

16 2018 TOP TEN BREED STANDINGS 1. NBOB CH ICON'S WAR CRY DE L'AURORE Karen Simchak GRCH SUMERWYND RHAEGAR DE MON PLAISIR Kathleen & Jeffrey Bouffard CH REVERIE'S GOLD STANDARD - Jill A. Miller NC PTA CH PILOTE PRIVE D'EROUDUR Barbara Arney UNJ UAGI UCD GRCH URX2 UWP UROG STONEFOX PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR SPOT-ON Karen Shivers CH UAGII URO3 AMBRAJAI DARE TO DREAM- Wynell Brush GRCH HEMINGWAY DU BOIS DU TOT Owen & Sandy Deatrick GRCH WOODLAWNS BLISS AT BLUEMOON Sherry Sanchez CH L'AVENTURIER DU BOIS DU TOT Sandy & Owen Deatrick URO1 GRCH CORNUS THOMAS JOHN - Susan Geers-Meiners, Robert J Meiners, Carol Dunton CH DANICA ASTRA MEUM - Maureen Gargan, Kathy Haviland UKC ALLSTARS STANDINGS AGILITY ALLSTARS AGILITY I 14. NE NV UJJCH UCD AC UGRACH URO3 POKERFLATS UNINHIBITED PURKINJE - Lyndsay & Jeffrey Klemens 162 OBEDIENCE ALLSTARS NOVICE 3. UCDX BURR OAK'S TIME TO DREAM AGAIN Janet Doerer UCD URO2 EHD EN MPACTS ITAZHA Sheryl Powers UCD URO1 CH ATHOS BELLATRIX SPOT-ON Suzanne Loegel 13 OPEN 8. UCDX CODANCLASSIC UPTA THE CHALLENGE Susan Nemedi UCDX BURR OAK'S TIME TO DREAM AGAIN Janet Doerer URO3 UOCHUACH DUQ'WOOD'S BRAND NEW START Gail Brown UCDX CEDAR RIDGE ANNIE John E Segars Jr & Jo Segars UCDX BLACKFORST'S BONE COLLECTOR Tim Tedrow NN NHD PTE UROC UOCH CAROUSEL'S SOUTHERN CROSS Barbara Benner UCD PTN WILLOW VOM BLAIRHAUS Linda K Owens 15 UTILITY 4. UCDX CODANCLASSIC UPTA THE CHALLENGE Susan Nemedi NN NHD PTE UROC UOCH CAROUSEL'S SOUTHERN CROSS Barbara Benner URO3 UOCHUACH DUQ'WOOD'S BRAND NEW START Gail Brown 13 RALLY OBEDIENCE ALLSTARS CLASS UJJ UWP NN URO3 CH CA MC PTE CHER CAR'S LIL' MISS PISTOL SPOT-ON Jackie Stephenson URO3 BON DI YES IT IS TRUE Lynn Knapp, Art Knapp UCD ALCH UWPCH UROC UNJ UACH CHIEN DE TREVAIL HEXTASEY - Melissa La Mere-Dragovich 67 16