2017 Spring-Summer Newsletter

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1 National Specialty Results Judge Mr. John Rowton Sweeps Judge Ms. Larisa Hotchin Best Of Breed Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip 2017 Spring-Summer Newsletter Newsletter Editor Kate McMillan Box 579, Delisle Sk S0L 0P0 Please send submissions to 2017 Board Of Directors Officers: Brian Kruse President 463 Goodwin Road Campbell River, BC V9W 5L9 Vicki Stephens VicePresident A St Langley, BC V3A 2A1 Marija Kuncic Treasurer Box73, Site 1, RR6 Calgary AB. T2M 4L5 Kate McMillan Secretary Box 579, Delisle, SK S0L 0P0 Directors: Elaine Allen BC Director Lynda Berar Prairies Director Tracy Hiuser Ontario Director Caroline Lachance Quebec Director Barbara Bell Director at Large Tracey Brown Director at Large Sandi Malcolm Director at Large Best Of Opposite Sex Ch Dreamaker Blue Angels Best Of Winners Dreamaker Sixty Nine Red Roses Best Puppy In Breed Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip Select Dog Ch Mystique's Smooth Sailing Select Bitch GCh Krown Ground Breaker Winners Dog Mimicker's Silver Bullet Res Winners Dog Kinsey's Beckoning Call Of The Deep Dark Sea Winners Bitch Dreamaker Sixty Nine Red Roses Res Winners Bitch Empire's Ruby Red Slippers Best In Juvenile Sweeps Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip

2 President's Notes I hope this summers finds everyone well and enjoying what is hopefully amicable weather! We have recently had our Canadian National here on the west coast, with a nice entry of quality dogs. It was good to see most of the breeders from BC out supporting the event, as well as entries from Alberta and south of the border. Thank you to Sandi Malcom for taking the reins on the National. I would like to take a moment to send out congratulations to Kate, Vickie and Raylan for their amazing achievements this year down south! It is no small feat to be both number one All Breed and Breed in the USA, when you are from Canada! Keep up the good work to this beautiful team!. I do not have much to report at the moment as there has not been much club activity this summer. However to those who have stepped up and taken on boosters and supported entry jobs I thank you. A club is only as good as its membership. I look forward to talking to everyone at our next meeting. All the best, Brian Editor's Corner Facebook Meetings Page The MSCC is now holding regular meetings on our private MSCC Meetings page. meetings/ Join The MSCC List for announcements,, board notices, puppy availability, equipment for sale. Contact the Secretary to be added. Newsletter By Or Download Most members have signed up for an electronic version of the newsletter. This provides a significant cost savings to the club and your newsletter is in colour! the newsletter editor to sign up. Brag Guidelines Any achievement is welcome new titles, notable wins here and around the world. Please keep brags factual and brief. All submissions subject to editing. Photos should be scanned at 300 dpi and ed. Advertising Half page ($15) and full page ($25) P romote products, services, stud dogs, upcoming litters, etc.

3 Minutes Miniature Schnauzer Club of Canada May A regular meeting of the Miniature Schnauzer Club of Canada was called to order on the MSCC Facebook Meetings page on May 16th, Identification Of Members And Guests Brian Kruse (President), Karen Prokopetz, Barbara Bell, Donna Ralph, Karon Niggli, Gail Wilford, Rhoda Dease, Krystal Mason, Louise Gordon, Andrea Walli, Caroline Lachance, Vicki Stephens, Vickie Boechler, Melody Fraser, Kate McMillan, Tracey Brown, Marija Kuncic, Nancy Bartok, Vicki Markle. 2. Minutes of previous Regular Meeting of July, Motion # Tracy Hiuser moved the Minutes be adopted as published, Vicki Markle second. Carried. 3. Correspondence Invoice from IGS ($271.20) for our website hosting. Membership application from Louise Beggs (upgrade from associate to regular membership) 4. Financial Report Marija Kuncic STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Dec 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017 Receipts Regular Membership $1, Joint Regular Membership $ Associate Membership $60.00 Trophy Fund $ Membership Revenue $1, Membership Credits $60.00 Disbursements IT Related Webhosting $ Office Supplies 0.00 National Specialty 0.00 RBC Paper Statement charge $9.00 RBC monthly fee / processing charges $20.86 Club Insurance $ Disbursements Subtotal $ We currently have one cheque outstanding for web hosting and virtual and have available cash of $ as at April 18, May expenditures consist of $58 for office expenses and $1000 for our annual specialty.

4 Motion # Vickie Boechler moved the financial statement for the period ending April 30, 2017 be adopted as posted. Kate McMillan second. Carried. 5. Reports of Directors and Committees Show Committee 2017 National Report Sandi Malcolm National is well underway in plans. All required documents are done, Show Secretary is right on top of it and has been a big help to me as I have never done this before and it is an eye opener. Received the trophies and ribbons that we had. New order for ribbons has gone to show secretary as Kate will be away so I will do them locally. They have the MSCC logo. Entries are trickling in, last time I asked there were 6 mini's entered, I have not done mine yet. MSCC is offering a BBQ to competitors on the Saturday night no numbers as yet. I have booked a 10 x 15 grooming spot for any schnauzers that want to join me, plus we will use if for hospitality. We have requested a 11 am time with second class after lunch enabling us to groom fully with just a touch up for the second showing. Larissa Hotchin will judge the sweeps. I am picking up prizes at the end of the month at the Victoria show, driving down to get them to ensure they get here in time. Have a verbal commitment from the show secretary to be fully on board the day of our specialty to ensure it all runs smoothly. The overall show is going to be great all indoors so no wet mini's. Cropping/Docking Sandi Malcolm shared communications from Lance Novak, Executive Director of the CKC for the interest of the members. 6. Unfinished Business Breed Education Booklet No progress to report yet on this file. 7. New Business 2018 Specialty Motion # Kate McMillan moved that we that we explore the possibility of a National Specialty in conjunction with the Hub City KC shows in May of 2018." Krystal seconded. Carried. 8. Memberships An application for upgrade from Associate to Regular member was received from Louise Beggs, and published to the MSCC Meetings group on April 7th. No objections were received, and Louise was confirmed as a Regular Member of the MSCC. 9. Date and place of next meeting: week of July 24th to 28th. 10. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned May 22nd.

5 2017 National Specialty Report By Sandi Malcolm The 2017 Miniature Schnauzer Specialty was hosted by the Nanaimo Kennel Club at their annual June show at the beautiful Arbutus Meadows Equestrian facility in Nanoose, B. C. Luckily the facility is huge and we were all inside as the weather did not cooperate for the whole weekend. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the specialty. Thanks to everyone who came and supported the entries and we were happy to have some American competitors as well. Congratulations to all, such a lovely line up of Miniature Schnauzers, and everyone is a winner. Here are the unofficial results: Best Of Breed Best Of Opposite Sex Best Of Winners Best Puppy In Breed Select Dog Select Bitch Winners Dog Res Winners Dog Winners Bitch Res Winners Bitch Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip Ch Dreamaker Blue Angels Dreamaker Sixty Nine Red Roses Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip Ch Mystique's Smooth Sailing GCh Krown Ground Breaker Mimicker's Silver Bullet Kinsey's Beckoning Call Of The Deep Dark Sea Dreamaker Sixty Nine Red Roses Empire's Ruby Red Slippers Thanks to our Sweepstake Judge Larisa Hotchin who came from the mainland for the day to judge our dogs and the judge Mr. John Rowton for his expertise in the Schnauzer ring. Best In Juvenile Sweepstakes Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip A barbeque was held after Best in Show with a few attending, a good time, good food and most definitely good company. Congratulations to everyone who came to the show. Thanks for holding it in conjunction with the Nanaimo Kennel Club annual dog show and for allowing me to organize it this year. It was a very steep learning curve for me, never having done this before.

6 Brags! BISS BPISS Can Ch Empire Dreamaker Hot Tip "Chase" culminated his puppy specials career by winning the Miniature Schnauzer Club of Canada National Specialty over top ranked specials. He was then breederowner handled to Best In Sweepstakes under terrier breeder Larisa Hotchin. Bred & owned by Vicki & Greg Stephens co bred with Ken & Elaine Allen New Can Ch Empire s Ruby Red Slippers Pictured completing her title with a lovely 3 point win on our National Specialty weekend under Judge Mrs. Elaine Whitney. Ruby is Champion #6 for her sire Am Can Ch Empire s Red October ROM and the one and only champion for her dam, Am Can Ch Empire s Vanilla Bean. Bred & owned by Vicki & Greg Stephens

7 Ch.Krown Where Fashion Sits finished her Canadian Championship in three days with two BOB wins and a Group 2 and 3. We look forward to what this pretty little bitch will bring us in the whelping box! Breederowner handled: Brian P Kruse & Colin M Graham AmCh.CanGCh. Krown Ground Breaker finished her American Championship in style: Starting in 2016 with Winners Bitch at the AMSC National at Great Western, (where she was also BIS OwnerHandled, she returned this past June to score Best of Winners at the Miniature Schnauzer Club of Southern California, and then Best of Winners & Best of Opposite Sex at AMSC National at Great Western. This June she was shown by Gabriel Rangel while Brian was stuck at home in school! Back in Canada, "Hilti" was select bitch at the MSCC National. Breederowner handled: Brian P Kruse & Colin M Graham AmCan.Ch. Mystique Smoooth Sailing came out of his long retirement to play in the ring one more time. At one month shy of his 10th birthday, "River" took Colin into the ring at the MSCC National for Colin's first time showing a dog! The team did pretty well with the old man walking away with Select Dog and Best Veteran in Speciality. Owner: Brian P Kruse Breeders: Cathi Rohrer, Cathy Pendleton & Terrie Houck

8 AmGCh.CanCh. Advocate Empire Over The Top, CD "Kylie" attained her CD in three straight trials in June going High in Class, Novice B, in two of the trials. Owned, trained & trialled by Bruce Fraser, she was cobred with Vicki Stephens. Ch. Minuteman Barracuda (Am.Can.Ch. Kaydees When Yur Hot Yur Hot ex Ch.Rho D's Something Fishy) "Cuda" came to live with me when she was about 6 months old. Since then, she has attained her Canadian Championship, agility titles NJC, NAC, WVN, FD, FDX, SHD, SHDX, SHDCH, SHDM, SHDMX, and most recently she got SHDMXS. Loves disk too. Great little dog! Kay Deveyrac

9 A new champion at just eight months, Ch.Villam's Flamin' Rose finished with two group placements to her credit. In her first weekend shown in the US, "Rosey" scored a specialty reserve and a 3 point major from the puppy class. Sired by AmGCh.CanCh. Minuteman Up The Birds and out of Ch.Villam's Flame In My Heart Bred and owned by Elizabeth Cunningham, she was handled to her title by Elyse Fernets and Rhoda Dease. Minuteman Warlord At Deneens debuted in England at the prestigious Leeds Championship Show, where he won the Challenge Certificate and Best Puppy in the Utility Group! (AmGChS.CanGCh.Minuteman Justified ex Kampfer's Fata Morgana) "Lordie" was bred by Catherine McMillan and is owned by Ann Reeve of the UK. Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Groupie Doll completed the requirements for her AKC title in April, going WB and BOS at the Northern California MSC Specialty. (AmGChB.CanCh.Minuteman Up With The Birds ex Kampfer's Fata Morgana) Groupie was breederowner handled.

10 What a thrill ride! AmGCS.CanGCh.Minuteman Justified is currently the #1 Miniature Schnauzer in the USA, all systems. (As of the end of July) This year to date, "Raylan" has a Best in Show, five group wins and several placements, and has won 6 breed specialties, including AMSC Great Western, where he went on to a Group Second in an entry of over 400 terriers. "Raylan" is breederowner handled by Catherine McMillan, and coowned by Vickie Boechler. Wish us luck, we still have some long months ahead! Meanwhile, based in Georgia, younger brother "Pilot" is holding at #2 spot (breed points system). AmGChB.CanCh.Minuteman Up With The Birds recently scored his first breed specialty and group wins of his young career. He is also among the leading sires in the US with 9 youngsters having already crossed the line. Owned and bred by Catherine McMillan, handled by Krystal Mason. Both "Raylan" and "Pilot" were sired by AmCanCh.Minuteman All About Flyfishing out of our AmGChS.CanCh.Minuteman Goldikova. Brag Guidelines Any achievement is welcome: new titles, notable wins in the ring and/or performance. Please keep brags factual and brief. All submissions subject to editing. Photos should be scanned at 300 dpi and ed.

11 Health & Genetics The following was written for medical professionals, but the laws of inheritance apply equally to dogs thus, the characteristics discussed may be helpful in unravelling how a disease condition or genetic disorder may have been inherited. Pedigree Clues Autosomal Dominant Characteristics of autosomal dominant inheritance (exceptions to these rules may occur due to de novo mutations, variable expressivity, reduced penetrance or sexlimited expression): Males can transmit the condition to males (father to son). Males and females are equally likely to transmit the condition (to children of either gender). Males and females are both affected, usually in equal proportions (if there are enough people in the pedigree). The condition appears in multiple successive generations (vertical inheritance pattern). Each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance of being affected, provided the other parent is unaffected. Thus, half of the children of an affected individual are affected on average (may vary considerably due to statistical chance). Unaffected individuals do not have affected children. Some characteristics of autosomal dominant disorders include: The condition may have a late age of onset. Conditions often exhibit variable expressivity and/or reduced penetrance. Therefore, they may appear to skip generations or severely affected children can be born to a parent so mildly affected that the affected parent was previously unrecognized. The condition may result from a new mutation. Thus, a single affected individual in the pedigree does not rule out autosomal dominant inheritance (the first affected individual's children would still have 50% risk for being affected). A homozygous state for the condition may result in being more severely affected, or it may be lethal. Ethnicity and consanguinity are not important factors in disorder frequency as they are in autosomal recessive inheritance. Autosomal Recessive Characteristics of autosomal recessive inheritance: Typically, unaffected parents have affected children. Males and females are both affected, usually in equal proportions (if there are enough people in the pedigree). The condition usually appears in a single sibship, unless carrier frequencies are high (horizontal inheritance pattern). Each full sibling of an affected individual has a 25% chance of being affected. Thus, one quarter of the children in a sibship are affected on average (may vary considerably due to statistical chance). Conditions are more common among parents who are closely related (consanguineous), especially for rare conditions.

12 Some characteristics of autosomal recessive disorders include: Conditions often have an early age of onset (infancy to childhood). Conditions may be more common in certain ethnic groups. Disorders may be inborn errors of metabolism. The first case may not be recognized as genetic. Conditions are less likely to exhibit variable expressivity and/or reduced penetrance than autosomal dominant ones. XLinked Recessive Characteristics of Xlinked recessive inheritance: Males are exclusively or much more commonly affected than females. Females are typically unaffected carriers. However, if females do exhibit clinical symptoms, findings are often more mild than for males. Affected males have unaffected children (provided the mother is not a carrier). No sons inherit the condition (they inherit the Y chromosome), and all daughters are carriers (they inherit the affected X chromosome). Unaffected males do not transmit the condition to their children. Carrier females do not have affected daughters (provided the father is unaffected). Affected males are related to each other through unaffected carrier females. The sons of carrier females have a 50% chance of being affected, and daughters have a 50% chance of also being carrier females. Thus, half the sons in an affected sibship are affected on average (although there may be significant variation due to statistical chance). Some characteristics of Xlinked recessive disorders include: Females who exhibit symptoms often have skewed X inactivation. Sex chromosome abnormalities (45,X 47,XXY) can alter expected inheritance patterns based on gender. New mutations are relatively common. Therefore, females are only considered obligate carriers if they have 2 affected sons and/or an affected son and another affected male relative. For common Xlinked recessive disorders (such as color blindness) or rarely with consanguinity, inheritance may not follow typical patterns because both mother and father may have a gene mutation. Ethnicity and consanguinity are typically less important factors in disorder frequency than they are in autosomal recessive inheritance. XLinked Dominant Characteristics of Xlinked dominant inheritance (assumes only one parent has a gene mutation): Males and females may be affected. Affected males are typically more severely affected than affected females. Affected males transmit the condition to none of their sons and all of their daughters. Affected females can have affected daughters or sons. Each child of an affected female has a 50% chance of being affected (son or daughter), provided the other parent is unaffected. Some characteristics of Xlinked dominant disorders include: Condition may be lethal in males, leading to fewer than expected males in the pedigree or a history of multiple pregnancy losses. Disorders with this inheritance type are rare.

13 Mitochondrial Characteristics of mitochondrial inheritance: Males and females are both affected, usually in equal proportions (if there are enough people in the pedigree). Only females transmit the condition to their children (no fatherchild transmission). All affected individuals are related to each other through females (may be affected or unaffected). The condition appears in multiple generations. Some characteristics of mitochondrial disorders include: Conditions may exhibit extreme variable expressivity. Affected individuals may not exhibit symptoms (reduced penetrance). Disorders may be degenerative and involve central nervous system symptoms. Chromosomal Characteristics of chromosomal inheritance: Can mimic virtually any inheritance pattern due to the many different origins and types of chromosome abnormalities. Some characteristics of chromosomal disorders include: Best identified by cytogenetic testing based on clinical findings such as the following: Combinations of major and/or minor congenital anomalies Mental retardation with or without major/minor anomalies Recurrent pregnancy loss Sexual development disorders (e.g., ambiguous genitalia, primary amenorrhea, delayed puberty) Infertility Stillbirth or infant death Source: Glomerular Lesions in Proteinuric Miniature Schnauzer Dogs E. Furrow, G. E. Lees, C. A. Brown, R. E. Cianciolo First Published December 22, 2016 Journal of Veterinary Pathology Abstract Miniature Schnauzer dogs are predisposed to idiopathic hypertriglyerceridemia, which increases risk for diseases such as pancreatitis and gallbladder mucocele. Recently, elevated triglyceride concentrations have been associated with proteinuria in this breed, although it is difficult to determine which abnormality is primary. Retrospective review of renal tissue from 27 proteinuric Miniature Schnauzers revealed that 20 dogs had ultrastructural evidence of osmophilic globules consistent with lipid in glomerular tufts. Seven of these dogs had lipid thromboemboli in glomerular capillary loops that distorted their shape and compressed circulating erythrocytes. Triglyceride concentrations were reported in 6 of these 7 dogs, and all were hypertriglyceridemic. In addition, glomerular lipidosis (defined as accumulation of foam cells within peripheral capillary loops) was identified in a single dog. The remaining 12 dogs had smaller amounts of lipid that could only be identified ultrastructurally. Neither signalment data nor clinicopathologic parameters (serum albumin, serum creatinine, urine proteintocreatinine ratio, and blood pressure) differed among the various types of lipid lesions. During the time course of this study, all dogs diagnosed with glomerular lipid thromboemboli were Miniature Schnauzers, underscoring the importance of recognizing these clear spaces within capillary loops as lipid.

14 Carmelo the schnauzer is a Bolivian monastery s newest monk While he was once just a strap pup, he s now found a life as a monk at a St Francis Monastery in Cochabamba, Bolivia. And that s something to be applauded. Carmelo s journey to the monastery began on the streets, where he was rescued by local monks. Their monastery is named after St Francis, the patron of animals, so of course they had to help out a pup in need. Once he was rescued from a rough life on his own, Carmelo was brought into the monastery and welcomed into the fold. The monks named him Friar Bigotón (meaning Friar Moustache) and gave him his very own habit. Now, Friar Bigotón spends his days preaching to fish in the monastery s pond and playing with the monks. His life is all about playing and running, friar Jorge Fernandez told The Dodo. Here, all of the brothers love him very much. He is a creature of God. The monks hope that Carmelo s story will inspire other monasteries to open their doors to pets in need of homes, and they re working with local animal rescue group Proyecto Narices Frías to spread the message. Let us introduce Friar Bigotón, who s part of the monastery in San Francisco Cochabamba Bolivia, wrote the rescue group on Facebook. If all the churches of our country adopted just one dog and cared for it like Friar Bigotón, we are sure that the parishioners would follow his excellent example. Source:

15 Register of Merit This form has been provided to assist members to make application to the MSCC Register of Merit. ROM's are awarded at the Annual General Meeting, but applications may be submitted to the Secretary at any time. The names of current ROM dogs, along with the application requirements are available at Application to the MSCC REGISTER OF MERIT is hereby made on behalf of Name CKC# Sex Owner(s) Is this dog a Canadian Champion of Record? Was this dog born in Canada? Please detail poings earned in the space below. A minimum of 10 points are required: I,, certify that the information provided is true and factual, and acknolwedge that admission of this dog to the Register of Merit is subject to an Does your Mini Schnauzer qualify for the MSCC Versatility Award? Contact the Secretary for information and forms.