The Scarlett Letter The Golden Triangle Irish Setter Club, Inc March 2012 An Irish Friendship Wish May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. Dog News Congratulations to~~~~ >De b & Skip with Claire, BISS GCH Courtwood Cobblestone, for going Select Bitch at the Irish Setter Club of Long Island Specialty, for 5 GCH points. Deb reports that while Claire did not place, their trip to Westminster was amazing and quite the experience! Claire looked exquisite in the ring all three days with Coleen taking the lead. Thank you to Coleen for a memorable weekend. >Deb & Skip for Claire, for BOS at the Maryland KC show for 1 GCH point. Website- www.gtisc.org
Thank you to Tammy for working overtime while we do our annual updates to our website. Thank you to those members who have sent photos and updated their bios.. Smiling Shamrocks Tally Ling Birthdays Nichole Greider 8 th Lorrie N. 22 nd Lisa Edwards 23 rd Connor Halloran 26th Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! New Membership Welcome to John & Cheryl Scheck. Cheryl owns Flyer, GCH Fireside s Rio Grande, JH, a wirehaired pointing griffon. While Flyer is gray, black, brown in colors, he assures us he is in love with the Red Dogs, especially Miss Beatrice. Welcome to new members Denise and Michael Hall of North Carolina. Denise and Michael came to our shows last May and have since mentioned on several occasions of wanting to join GTISC. Denise gave Deb and Coleen her fee and app at the Combined Specialties in Secaucus, NJ. Both families were voted and unanimously made official members at our February meeting. WELCOME!! Events & Activities MSDA March 3 & 4, 2012 Deb & Coleen will be off to Waldorf MD for the weekend. Trophies are labeled and boxed, and ready to deliver for Saturday. Claire and Drummer are entered. Our Specialty weekend will be advertised in the MSDA Catalog for our supporting the Irish entry. Penguin raffle tickets and money are due to Deb L. by March 14 th. She still has tickets available to anyone who needs more. The drawing will be March 25 th. Proceeds from this sale are 20% to our trophy fund and the balance to our general fund.
2012 Memorial Cluster, New Castle PA- May 24 th thru 28th Arrangements and organizing for the weekend is off the ground. All AKC paperwork is in and approved. We are waiting to hear who the Thursday and Friday Breed judges are for Irish. So far; Judges approved for Sweeps; Friday 25 th Joe Holava Saturday 26 th Victor Wojciak Sunday 27th Diane Kepley Monday 28 th James Steele Jr. Regular Class Judges approved so far; Saturday 26th Patrica Robinson Sunday 27 th Bob Robinson Monday 28 th Jon Cole Trophies are all out getting finishing touches. Deb is just waiting to pick everything up so she can label and pack them by day and show. Joan has covered the cost of Sunday s trophies that are ordered from House Afire Clayworks, Kathy Erickson. It will be listed in the catalog as offered by Joan Fiser in Memory of Harry, CH Kenobi s Grand Rendition CGC. Thank you to Joan for her generosity and HUGE heart! Thursday Cool Cloths Friday & Monday embroidered towels Saturday duffle bags and 6 pack coolers Sunday House Afire Clay works Hospitality Laureen and John Scholtz are organizing hospitality with help by Petey. We went over Laureen s menu at our February meeting and it is as follows; Saturday will be whole baked ham, chicken, Pittsburgh Potatoes and a vegetable. Sunday will be our Picnic menu of grilled burgers and dogs. Members are asked to donate a side, salad, or dessert for each day. A list will be compiled at the March meeting and you can contact Laureen if you cannot make the meeting. And of course, we always look forward to Laureen s WONDERFUL cooking talent! Yummy!!! Besides the main entrée for each day, the club will provide the paper products and beverages. Decorations will be handled by Sally Evans. Her magic touch for the potted florals makes a beautiful touch for the rings. Sally and Joan have purchased light up dogs which will sport green jackets and a green derby to stand guard at the rings. Silent Auction Ellen has volunteered to chair the rescue auction again this year. We have items donated by Kim and Nancy Haupt and books from Betty Fleming for our auction. Ellen will need some co-chairs for this year. Please let her know if you are available. Thank you to the Haupt s and Ms. Fleming for their donations. All proceeds go to GTISC rescue. This will be held on Saturday. Paula has been helping the past few years but will not be able to attend this year. Jeff and Paula s youngest son is graduating from Kiski-Prep that weekend. Congratulations to the Fannin Family. Basket Raffle Deb will be gathering and putting together the baskets. Please get your items to her anytime. She is hoping to have baskets completed and delivered to Joan s motor home about two weeks before the shows. So far she has a cat basket, a car care basket, a Christmas basket, two dog baskets, and an Irish basket. Proceeds from our raffle are to help cover costs of holding a show. This will be held Saturday. Winners will be drawn following breed judging.
Rescue Parade Joan has purchased and donated rosettes for the parade. We are holding this on our own so that there is no entry fee. Please pass the word to anyone with rescues to contact Joan through our website. We will be providing bags of goodies to each dog that participates. While the club has made some purchases of items for the bags, Joan has also donated some goodies to the bags. We thank Joan for her generosity and all of her time and passion for the rescue program. Our GTISC family members are Tula Fannin, Marley Fiser, Bailey & Molly Halloran and Cassie & Ginger Calmbacher. Coleman Cooler, gas card and chair raffle are the items for this year s raffle project. The gas card will be for $150. Joan has donated the folding chair. The combined value of the items is $300. The costs of the tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. A book is $9. Joan is the chairperson. A book of tickets will be mailed out in a few weeks. If you want any before then, please contact Joan. We thank Joan for chairing this project and for her donation. Proceeds from this event are to help cover costs of holding a show. Drawing is Sunday following breed judging. Vendor area we will have our raffle items in the vendor area near the main rings on Thursday and Friday. Help to sell tickets and man the tables is needed. Deb, Skip and Joan will get it all set up Wednesday so it is ready to go for Thursday morning. Friday late afternoon, all items will need to moved to our judging area for Saturday. If you can be there to put in a few hours selling tickets, please let Deb know. We had several people last year that were able to rotate times and that was a big help. We will be renting a golf cart with a cart to move things around and transport people as needed. Skip has been our Club Chauffer. ISCA National Specialty 2012 - Wine Country Reds, to be held in Napa Valley/Sonoma Wine Country, June 11 15, 2012. Host Club; Irish Setter Club of the Pacific. Reservations began October 3 rd. See the ISCA website for information. Joan and Sally are making their plans to attend. Deb mailed the National Catalog Ad to the appropriate person. Also, instead of sending a Pittsburgh Basket, a check was sent to their Basket chairperson, Noelle Seusey, who will put together a basket on our behalf. It will be a Saturday Night basket of bath and grooming dog products. Deb sent a Pittsburgh Postcard to use as the gift basket tag with our name on it. The host club was very appreciative. ASK PAULA - Your Pet s health hints and tips! Flea s, Ticks and Heartworm My medical tid bit for the month is very short and sweet. Be prepared, defense is always better when it comes to fleas and ticks. Due to the mild nature of the winter this year everyone should be aware of how bad the bugs will be once the weather breaks this year. Fleas and Ticks are forecasted to at all time high numbers. We are seeing more and more lymes disease and other tick associated illnesses. Don t be caught without preventative medicine for fleas, ticks and heartworm. You and your dog s life depend on it :) Paula has agreed to add some medical tips to our newsletter each month. If you have a particular question, feel free to ask Paula and she will be happy to answer you.
Time for Reflection 2012 HANDBOOK Health: 1. Drink plenty of water. 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. 3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.. 4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy 5. Make time to pray. 6. Play more games 7. Read more books than you did in 2011 8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day 9. Sleep for 7 hours. 10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile. Personality: 11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. 13. Don't overdo. Keep your limits. 14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip. 16. Dream more while you are awake 17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.. 18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness. 19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others. 20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. 21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. 22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. 23. Smile and laugh more. 24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree... Society: 25. Call your family often. 26. Each day give something good to others. 27. Forgive everyone for everything.. 28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. 29. Try to make at least three people smile each day. 30. What other people think of you is none of your business. 31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Life: 32. Do the right thing! 33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. 34. GOD heals everything. 35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.. 36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 37. The best is yet to come.. 38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it. 39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy. Last but not the least: 40. Share this with everyone you care about, I just did. AKC Updates AKC has decided to realign several groups. Here is the proposed line up for Sporting; (numbers based on inclusion of new breeds and some movement within the groups, as some breeds are recommended for reassignment)
Group 1: Sporting Pointers & Setters (18 breeds) Bracco Italiano Brittany Drentsche Patrijshond Pointer Pointer (German Shorthaired) Pointer (German Wirehaired) Portuguese Pointer Setter (English) Setter (Gordon) Setter (Irish) Setter (Irish Red & White) Small Muenstenlander Pointer Spinone Italiano Stabyhoun Vizsla Weimaraner Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Wirehaired Vizsla Group 2: Sporting - Retrievers & Spaniels (21 breeds/varieties) Barbet Koolkerhondje Lagotto Romagnolo Retriever (Chesapeake Bay) Retriever (Curly-Coated) Retriever (Flat-Coated) Retriever (Golden) Retriever (Labrador) Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) Spaniel (American Water) Spaniel (Boykin) Spaniel (Clumber) Spaniel (Cocker) ASCOB Spaniel (Cocker) Black Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-color Spaniel (English Cocker) Spaniel (English Springer) Spaniel (Field) Spaniel (Irish Water) Spaniel (Sussex) Spaniel (Welsh Springer) With this being said, read on; (from February 11 th 2012) ISCA Board Meeting Highlights The board has directed the AKC Delegate to vote NO on the new group alignments as presented by AKC The board has directed the AKC Delegate to vote YES on Reserve at a National receiving points. As it currently stands, reserve would get 3 point major at a National IF a 5 point Major is given to winners AND the total dogs is double the region's 5 point dog count. The Health chair brought to light there was a confirmed CLAD case here in the USA, the first time this has happened since Optigen offered the test. Jan has published information on the website under the health tab, and it will be printed in the Memo. Use this link and scroll down to What is CLAD and Why Should We Care? http://www.irishsetterclub.org/current_research.html Breeders must be vigilant and begin to test, so we can avoid seeing other cases. By spring 2012 the ISCA Health Survey will be completed and available for any Irish setter owner to take online. The survey will be used to determine what diseases should be targeted for research funds by the ISCA Foundation. Look for a FleaBytes alerting members when the survey is available. There will also be a short survey, using survey monkey and the ISCA website, to gather data about dogs/litters affected by HOD and the vaccines they received as puppies. The board approved a new High In Trial award for Agility There are extra Pictorials available for purchase. Cost $150 plus $12 shipping. Orders can be made through Cathy Hill AFTER March 1st. Pictorial errors are being addressed and error corrections (with photos) will be mailed out in March. Appointment of the Region 2 director - to finish the term vacated by Jan Zeich - the new region 2 director is Gwen
Newman from De Pere, WI. from the Rescue side. Joan continues to get inquiries about rescue availability. With none in our program, she refers them to ISCO rescue and Deanna from the Region 1 Rescue of ISCA. Tails From the Hills As told by ace canine reporter, Bella O Shea, (And my side-kick, Ed) Belated Happy Valentine s Day A little late, but I wish each and every one of you pooches and people a Happy Valentine s Day. February 14 was Valentine s Day and with the help of my buddy, Ed, I sent my good friend Diddle my Valentine s wishes. I grew very fond of him during my stay with Aunt Joan Fiser. I will visit him this summer for sure! Mistress Pam says so! Security patrol Security against intruders is a necessary evil in these times. This entails barking at strangers at the neighbor s lake, strange acting kitties, transient canines, neighbors in different or strange clothing, etc., etc. I have set up some priorities: Established outposts I have designated sniffing spots and vantage points that I have developed during my many months with the Prichard Family. There is this one hole under a tree root that I know is a danger to all! I also have several high vantage points to survey my territory. I show reluctance to leave my post at times for fear that something terrible might befall my humans, siblings, or my happy home. (Crouching Irish, reluctant Edward) At my insistence, Ed and I must roll out on a schedule. Only I know when it is time! I assume the crouching Irish position and bark and whine till I get the old man motivated. I have scheduled two to three patrols a day you know. Ed seems to underestimate the importance of our duty. I take my job seriously! Keep the old fellow moving A brisk walk from barn to house gets the old man s heart and respiratory working hard! It s good for old Ed and the patrol helps him get his rates back in the normal range and keeps his winter fat down! If you have inactive people in your pack, you might want to set them up with a rigorous activity schedule too. Slip slidin away There has been a sighting of a red fox in our driveway. The family s swan geese have been at liberty to greet visitors, hang by the back door, and create a massive swampland. After observing the hungry red fox, the geese were confined to the fenced in side yard when not being supervised. That quickly became a big problem for the Prichard s. No traction and the geese would avoid my people by running up the muddy bank behind the house. My help and expertise was never asked for. I watched those silly humans slip and slide as they tried to herd those silly geese. That old red fox will have to work harder to have goose for dinner now. Time to play After work it s time to play! Ed usually says he is too tired and needs personal time to reflect. NOT!! ED is a wimp! I get bored easily. I m not tired, I m BORED! No time to lie around when I am only three. After a few rounds of catch the toy in the air and March along with it, it is pat yer belly time. That really gets me wild! I love to growl with ferocity during playtime. I finally submit to crawling up on the couch with my Mistress to watch some TV. No Lassie, no Rin Tin Tin, just an occasional dog bark which brings me flying off the couch to the back door to check for intruders I have to be really quick to beat those rascal doxies to the door. Nervous stomach and disgusting presents In February Ed took me in the truck over to see his mom in the old people s home. I was so excited to go see Granny Prichard. Since my feet and feathers were muddy and it was to be a very quick visit, he left me in the truck. Needless to say I was devastated. When he returned to the truck, he could tell I was upset. I barfedi I missed the cloth upholstery of front seat but deposited a gross, smelly package on the floor carpet. That should teach Ed never to leave me in the truck.. Ed was also so upset that he either misplaced or lost his debit card and had to cancel it. One more gross out.one morning before Pam went to work. (She actually works) I came in and dropped a brown present on Ed s leg. He screamed Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!!! It was a Doxie dropping. Hee hee hee- He wasn t the least bit impressed with my gift to him.. Out of steam All good things must come to an end. And so another eventful day on Goose Creek must always do the same. Evening potty break for we canines is at 9:30 PM and crate time is at 10:00 sharp! Old puppies go out the back where there are only three steps and we
youngsters go out to the fenced front yard with eight steps. Mistress Pam says that someday we all will need a ramp, maybe even Mr. Ed! As I said, all things must come to an end. It seems that I have run out of barks, whines, and howls again for this month. My people and I wish you and your people an early spring, daffodils, and butterflies. Stay out of the mud! From the Hills of WV, Sniffs and licks for all, Life with a Therapy Dog Cassie Cassie has been visiting for Therapy Dog International since 2010. She is quite good at it as she can be pulled, pushed, screamed at (which happens a lot), or just hugged and she takes it all with a wagging tail! She has been busy lately visiting for hospice. While we were visiting yesterday Cassie started backing away from one of the residents. I thought, "what is happening?" "It doesn't look good when a therapy dog is backing away from a resident!" "She had never done this before." I then found out the man had just smoked a cigarette! Cassie hates cigarette smoke and will take off running if given the chance! The man left, Cassie was fine, and we continued visiting! :) We are never sure what we might get into while visiting but Cassie always seems to handle it like a "lady"! She loves people and we both have a great time! Club News and Reminders Annual Awards - download the Awards application from the website for ANY title, certification, etc. that your dog received in 2011 and mail it to Deb Lawrence by March 31 st. Awards are displayed at our Saturday Specialty and then given to the member. Instructions are included with the application. Contact any officer if you have a question. HINT: ANY DOG who participated and passed our Temp Test in June should be applying for the award!!! There are several more that have earned something.so get those in! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 21 st, 7:30 p.m. @ Denny s Restaurant, Harmar. The Golden Triangle Irish Setter Club, Inc President Bob Semich Vice President Coleen McGee Recording Secretary/ Treasurer Deb Lawrence Corresponding Secretary George Towle Board Member Ruth White Board Member Joan Fiser Rescue Joan Fiser Caring Shamrocks Tally Ling Newsletter Deb Lawrence Editing Coleen McGee & George Towle Tails from the Hills Ed Prichard ASK PAULA Paula Fannin Dog News information provided from members ALL articles welcomed!