Retriever Review Issue 11 Founded 1975 November 2018 President's Message Happy Post Halloween! I hope all your furry ghosts and goblins are healthy and happy and enjoying the Fall weather! Hard to believe, but the January All Breed Shows are coming right up and so that means our big Annual General Membership Meeting is too! Judy and Scott Chambers have volunteered their home for the meeting. There will be more to follow on this in future Newsletters, but we hope you will plan on attending as it s always fun. I asked the Membership for feedback on whether or not we wanted to continue participating in the Pacific NW Sportsman Show. As I requested your feedback, I heard back from three members via email with positive responses for continuing to participate and Jeff Kennedy has now volunteered to Chair the event. At the last General Membership meeting (Elmers 10-26) this was discussed further and it was decided to get more information into the Newsletter with the sign up sheet with time slots ahead of time. It was felt that rushing the sign up sheet as in the past only at the January Annual Meeting was possibly part of the problem. The Club has decided to give this Event one more year and see if participation is better with this approach. If this next year still proves to be problematic with Club members participation then the Club will not partake any longer. would be fun for you and your doggies and it would help our Specialty. You could try it at the B Match in May for your first run through. Get training! Our next November meeting (Nov 16 th -Hospital) will be your last chance to bring Nominations for Board Positions/Officers. Please see Article IV Section 4 Nominations in your Membership Directory for Rules regarding Floor Nominations. Remember it takes all of us to volunteer to make this Club run! Please help with any of our up and coming events in 2019 it is fun and easy to learn what to do. This is a volunteer based Club, so to make it all happen we need your help. See you at the Next Meeting! Your President, Barb Gilchrist In an effort to increase our Obedience entries, we are including an informational sheet for those who would be encouraged to participate in our July Specialty. This is not hard to do I would think it
2018 Club Officers President: Barbara Gilchrist Vice President: Cindy Freeman Treasurer: Greg Huntzinger Secretary: Lizzie Moir Board Members Udo Stark Denise Whitford Susan Huntzinger Lili Lobinger Commitee Chairs Sportsmen Show Jeff Kennedy B-Match Susan Huntzinger WC/WCX Chair/Secretary: Cindy Freeman Co-chair: Jeff Kennedy Hunt Test Chair: Adrienne Hardin Secretary: Cindy Freeman Litter Referrals Susan & Greg Huntzinger (503) 655-9405 Membership Susan Huntzinger (503) 655-9405 Newsletter Editor Celeste Smith walablover@tds.net (360) 263-2742 Web site: www.rosecitylrc.com Facebook The club has a Facebook page. Look for Rose City Labrador Retriever Club in the search bar on our Facebook page. Click the "Join" button and you will be approved by one of our administrators. Need help? Contact Cindy, Lizzie or Julie. Litter Listings Any member wishing to list a litter on either the website or in the newsletter must provide paper copies of the following minimum documentation: 1 - OFA hip certification for the sire and dam 2 - OFA elbow certification for the sire and dam 3 - Current (12 months) eye clearance (CERF) for the sire and dam 4 - A check for $10.00 made out to RCLRC 5 - Contact information for the listing. This may contain one or more of a person's name, email address, telephone number and kennel name. 6 - The choice of web listing, newsletter listing or both. The member may include additional documentation for certifications such as cardiac or EIC. All certifications claimed must be documented. Litter listings will run two (2) months. The member may request one (1) additional month via email. At the end of the run period the listing will be removed without notice. Information must be sent to Greg Huntzinger who will then pass the information on to the newsletter editor. Due date is the 25th of each month. Please give your information time for processing. Send all information to: Greg Huntzinger 30940 SW Riverlane Rd West Linn, OR 97068 Newsletter Guidelines: This newsletter is published monthly by the Rose City Labrador Retriever Club a non-profit organization and issued to all members in good standing. Contributions for publication and advertisements are welcome. Advertising rates are $25.00 per half page and $50.00 per whole page. All submissions for publication are to be emailed to the editor by the 25th of the month. 2
Upcoming Events November General Membership Meeting Friday, November 16, 2018 7:30 PM Meridian Hospital Tualatin, OR No General Membership Meeting in December January General Membership Meeting with Dinner & Party Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Scott and Judy Chambers' home Time to be announced 2019 Officer and Board Member Nominations President: Barb Gilchrist Vice President: Cindy Freeman Secretary: Lizzie Moir Treasurer: Greg Huntzinger New Board Members: Judy Chambers Judy Slayton-Bachofner Member Spotlight We are looking for stories about our club members. We would like to know how you started in Labradors with some info on how you picked your kennel name, how long you have been in to Labs, info on your dogs, etc., etc. Pictures of the dogs are welcome. If yes, contact me! Our first member spotlight follows on page 5 of this newsletter. Celeste RCLRC Hunt Test The AKC has approved the new date for our hunt test which will now be July 27 and 28, 2019. Cindy Freeman Hunt Test Secretary Welcome New Members Mat and Sarah Stahl 3
Subject: Upcoming AKC Show Committee Seminar in Vancouver, WA on December 6, 2018 Are you a new event committee member? Have you been working with the committee for some time but still have questions? Have you been the show chair for many years but aren't sure of all the new AKC policies? If you answered yes to any of these questions the AKC Show Committee Seminar is for you! These seminars cover topics such as AKC paperwork, superintendent & judges selection, preparing a premium list, event hearings, new AKC rules, regulations, and policies and much more! A knowledgeable and experienced AKC representative facilitates the seminar and is available to answer any of your questions about putting on the best event you can. This event will also include a presentation from the Club Development Department about adding activities to your event! Come to the AKC Show Committee Seminar to learn how to navigate the process with ease! This seminar will be held at the on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA. For more details and registration information please contact Bri Tesarz at glt@akc.org. From Joanne Huntley Brag On September 25th I signed up for a class to see if Stormee would jump at all. She did. I was informed there was a Dock Dog event that weekend the 29/30th with 2-3 jumps per day. So they registered her and she did the required 5 jumps. There were about 75 dogs there. This means you get 3 tries in 2 minutes per jump and they take the best for the distance jumped. She did not have to jump very far, but she had to do it by herself. The Novice Title is 5 jumps under 10 feet. Her best was 6'1". The Boston Terrior there jumped over 15 ft. So I guess she will need more practice if she is to go on. Also on Oct. 7th she received her second leg of her UKC Rally 02. 4
Member Spotlight Hi ~ I am Peggy Campbell, RCLRC charter member, 79 years old and still working full time. As a child in Salem I was a successful junior handler showing a Parti colored Cocker Spaniel. My mother raised Black Cocker Spaniels that were professionally shown. I married in 1960, moved to Portland and went to work at the Oregon Medical School for Dr. Wm. Fletcher who had a successful kennel of field hunting Black Labs. He sold me my first Lab for a dollar. This Lab had a five generation pedigree with only one dog that wasn t a field champion and many were nationally known. I joined the Cascade Obedience club and showed in Obedience. Several people mentioned that I should show my Lab in conformation. I did and he was a winner. Some handlers even pulled their dogs when I was there as they didn t want to lose to me. I was the only women showing Labs as most Labs at that time were shown by male handlers. Then I met at work Andy Stewart, who use to show goats. He was working with the breeding colony of Labs along with Dr. Joe Templeton who was at that time studying coat color in the Labrador. I also worked with Dr. Stephen Seager and our work produced the first litter of pups in the world born 5
Member Spotlight ~ Continued from frozen seimen. Andy and I, along with others that we met at the dog shows, started the club. I only bred a few litters under Tanglewood, named for the street where I was living, as I was now going to horse shows with my two daughters. One daughter and four children came back home to live, and I found I had no time for showing and breeding Labs. Eventually the Labs grew old and our house became very empty. Recently I was given a Border Terrier whose dam runs with a Fox hunting pack in Virginia. Her five generation pedigree has no champions in it and I have shown her to a conformation championship and we have earned many performance titles. Members ~ Continue to be true to the breed as the Lab is the best of all dogs! Peggy 6
RCLRC Meeting Minutes Date: 10/26/18 Time: 7:13 PM Location: Elmer s at Delta Park Meeting called to order by: Barb Gilchrist Motion to accept minutes as posted in the newsletter: N/A; Minutes were read. Attendees: Barb Gilchrist, Cindy Freeman, Lizzie Moir, Joanne Huntley, Noortje DeGroot McIntyre, Udo Starck OFFICER S REPORTS President s Report: Vice President s Report: Secretary s Report: Treasurer s Report: COMMITTEE REPORTS Sportsman Show: Hunt Test: Specialty: OLD (UNFINISHED BUSINESS) NEW BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP Announced: Voted: OTHER October Meeting Minutes $135 donation of half the t-shirt sales to the local rescue who gave us the t-shirts to begin with n/a No correspondence. Available upon request. Jeff Kennedy will chair the show. General discussion came to the conclusion to try one more year. Volunteers are needed. The show is February 6-10, 2019. Check your schedule for available time to cover shifts, sign up sheet will go around at the January meeting. End of the month dates are now available. Entry Express sent in the application to AKC to get the date changed. July 27th & 28th Grounds were reserved, riverside areas 2-4 all 4 days. Area 1 was already claimed on Saturday. Obedience challenge discussed. None T-shirt order - custom ink is a website where we can both place a bulk order and have members order their own by a specific deadline. None Matt & Sarah Stahl voted in. MEETING ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned: Cindy and Joanne moved and seconded adjourning the meeting. Meeting adjourned time: 7:52 7
2019 Membership Directory AND WEBSITE Information The information that you supply below will be used for both the Membership Directory and for the members page of the website. Before checking the same as last year box, please check both the membership directory AND the website for accuracy! Note that if your web URL or email address is not in our database, it won t make to the website. If both sources are correct, just put your name in and check Use Current Data. Name Address City State Zip Phone (home, work, cell) Phone (home, work, cell) Phone (home, work, cell) Phone (home, work, cell) Email address Kennel Name Website URL Preferred contact method Interest Member Since Use current data Do Not publish my information on the Website Do Not publish my email address on the Website Conformation, Obedience, Rally, Agility, HRT/Field, Therapy, Tracking, Other Once your form is complete, send it along with your dues ($20 for singles, $25 for family) to: Greg Huntzinger 30940 SW Riverlane Rd West Linn, OR 97068 Do Not publish my phone number on the Website 8
2018 Annual Awards We will be giving out the Annual Awards at our meeting in January 2019. If your dog has earned an AKC title in the field, obedience or conformation ring during the period of November 2017 through November 2018 and you are an R.C.L.R.C. member of good standing, you are eligible for the Title award. If you have bred the dog, you will receive a Breeder Award. The owner of the dog shall receive an individual award. Your dog must have finished an American or Canadian Championship, obedience title, hunting title or working certificate to qualify for the Title award. All AKC recognized titkes & UKC titles are accepted. Dogs that have finished their championship and earned a title in two different performance disciplines (A-H) are eligible for the All Around Labrador award. Dogs are also eligible for the Versatility Award or Certificate of Achievement Award. For the Versatility Award a dog must earn a working title in two different areas from the following: A) Obedience OTCH, UDX, UD, CDX, or CD also included are all of the Optional titles B) Hunting FC, AFC, MH, SH or JH C) Tracking VST, TDX or TD D) Agility - please identify the title E) Rally RN, RA, RE, RAE F) Dock Dogs NJ, JJ, SJ, MJ, EJ G) Barn Hunt - RATN, RATO, RATS, RATM, RATCH, RATCHX H) Fly Ball - please identify the title And in addition one certificate from the following: I) CGC, TDI, Delta Society, SAR, WC, WCX, RATI or TT. For the Certificate of Achievement Award a dog must finish any one working title (A-H) and one certificate from the I) listings. DOG S FULL NAME: OWNER(S) NAME: ADDRESS E-MAIL PHONE BREEDER Award(s) or Certificate(s) applied for: Date title or certificate was received: Please send all nominations to: Denise Whitford 4619 SE Boise St Portland Oregon 97206 denise081862@yahoo.com Scanned copies in an email is best! ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 15, 2018. YOU MUST SEND A COPY OF PROOF OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT! 9
The sportsman show (February 6-10) is an excellent opportunity to educate the public about labradors, our club and to socialize older puppies or adult dogs. Contact Jeff Kennedy (texting is best) at 503-871-0052. Check your calendar and be ready to sign up for a shift at the January meeting. weekdays shifts are most in need. 10
Beginner Novice Tasks Heel On Leash Walk with your dog on leash in the heel position in a pattern set out by the judge following rally signs. There will be at least 1 right hand turn, 1 left hand turn and 1 about face with an autosit expected at the end. Figure 8 Walk with your dog on leash in the heel position in a figure 8 patter with periodic commands to halt. Your dog is expected to stay in heel position and autosit when asked to halt. Sit for Exam You will be asked to sit your dog, then leave your dog and walk to the end of your 6 ft leash. Then the judge will walk up and touch your dog on the head, walk back beside you and tell you to return to your dog. You must walk back to your dog and into heel position. Sit Stay You will be asked to sit your dog in the middle of the ring and then you will leave your dog, walk the inside perimeter of the ring and return to heel position next to your dog. Recall This is the only off leash task. You will be asked to sit your dog and then walk 25ft away. The judge will either signal or tell you to call your dog. Your dog then must come to you. A 'finish' is not required. 11