DIGEST Atlanta Kennel Club Newsletter July 2018 OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT Jerry Cerasini/770-475-3152 ponyguru@aol.com FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Mary Ellen Macke/404-310-5933 maryellen.macke@harrynorman.com SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Ginger Aldrich / 770-380-9404 snofire@aol.com TREASURER Beth Hawthorne/770-312-8448 smileypoms@gmail.com CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Karen Mays / 678-957-9544 karen@zensor.com RECORDING SECRETARY Bud Hidlay / 770-423-0333 budhidlay@comcast.net AKC DELEGATE Ann Wallin/770-343-8804 ann.wallin@harrynorman.com BOARD MEMBERS Class of 2018 Paul Averill, DVM/706-865-7010 pbaverill@yahoo.com Sandy Weaver/770-310-6832 golfndogs@att.net Carl Vitner/404-291-0123 samoyed@bellsouth.net BOARD MEMBERS Class of 2018 Paul Averill, DVM - 706-865-7010 pbaverill@yahoo.com Sandy Weaver - 770-310-6832 golfndogs@att.net Lynette White - 770-801-0780 legrandchows@gmail.com Class of 2019 Kathleen Steen - 770-751-0133 kathleensteen@bellsouth.net Gilda Mallik - 770-394-4098 gilndon@comcast.net Carol Simmons 404-697-6711 cmsdals@bellsouth.net July Meeting Wednesday, July 18th Menu Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Mango Salsa, Coconut Rice and a fresh vegetable. A salad and a dessert will also be supplied. Alternate choices upon request when making reservations. Vegetarian choices are also available. Fresh fruit can also be substituted for dessert. Meeting Program AKC ScentWorks Your dog s nose knows, and you two can have fun with it! Come learn all about ScentWorks at the July meeting, and then plan to attend the AOC trial at the AOC building Labor Day weekend to be ready for the Atlanta KC s first ScentWorks Trial this fall! Location DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel ~ Roswell 1075 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell, GA 30076 Phone: 770-992-9600 www.atlantaroswell.doubletree.com Time: 7:00 Directions: Take GA-400 North to Exit 7B Roswell exit and turn onto Holcomb Bridge Road going West towards Roswell; the hotel is located.5 mile on the left, up the hill at the second traffic light, Dogwood Road. Turn left on Dogwood you can t miss it! RSVP: DINNER RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED IF YOU PLAN TO DINE WITH US! You are not required to have dinner, however. Join us for drinks or come shortly before 8 for the program and short business meeting that follows. Please be sure to call ahead for your reservations if you plan to join us for dinner as the restaurant has a cut off for reservations and cancellations. You may reserve and pay via Paypal on the club website under Events OR Contact Kellie Holbrook by email at holbrookcc@mindspring.com NO LATER than Friday at NOON prior to the meeting on the following Wednesday. If you RSVP d and do not attend you will be billed for your meal. Price $25 adults and $5 for children under 12. If you have special dietary needs, please mention this to Kellie when you make your reservations. If you decide to attend after the RSVP deadline, you can order food to go from the restaurant and join us in the ballroom. Just be sure to let us know so we can hold you a seat. Want a tax-deductible way to support the good works of the Atlanta Kennel Club? Donate to the Atlanta Kennel Club Foundation contact Mary Ellen Macke for information on making donations and/or bequests: maryellenmacke@gmail.com 1 Birthdays Late June / Mid July Birthdays Terry Berrios (6/30) Kerry De Foe (7/2) Jenny Eppinga (7/15) Amber Gibson (6/22) Linda Jett (7/3) Kay Kline (7/9) Robert Morgan (7/5) Jacqueline Morgan (7/1) Denise Nickerson (7/15) Jeanne Peffley-Wilson (7/8) Leslye Pinnell (7/?) Chuck Quinlan (6/12) Carol Roberts Reineke (6/17) Earl Shore (6/30) Richard Smith (7/2) Candy Wright (7/13) Linda Orr (6/19) Anniversaries Jeanne Kemper (7/7) Pamela Jaecksch (7/7) Dawn Benton (6/30) Jerry Alberti (7/15) The Digest is Back! With some amazing help from Sandy Weaver, the Digest is back in action! Glad to see you all again, and here s to new beginnings!
Webmaster: Jim Macke - jimmacke@comcast.net or Mary Ellen Macke - Maryellen.macke@harrynorman.com, 404-310-5933 Call or email either Mary Ellen or Jim for website questions or help. Do not forget to like us on FACEBOOK! Do you have something to post? Tamara Brower is the Facebook Administrator for the Atlanta Kennel Club, the Peach Blossom Cluster and the Georgia Classic Cluster. tamarabrower@gmail.com Contact Tamara at tamarabrower@gmail.com. Brags: Please send any brags for the Digest to Sandy Weaver, Digest Coordinator golfndogs@att.net, 770-310- 6832 (Usually to be received just prior to the 1st of each month) Juniors: The AKC Junior Showmanship Facebook page: Check it out, Juniors and Juniors supporters! https://www.facebook.com/akc.juniors - Also send any Juniors brags or recent wins to the Digest Coordinator Ginger Aldrich - snofire@aol.com for inclusion here. We want to know what is happening out there in the JRs rings! Cards and Flowers Condolences to the families of Mary Ann Krickel (Basset Hounds) and Ethel Oller (Akitas and Shiba Inu) on their passing. Annual Award Recipients Annual award recipients congratulations to these three hard-working members. When you see them, please thank them for their years of service to the Atlanta Kennel Club. JJ Duncan award Karen Mays President s Award Kellie Holbrook Good Sportsmanship Award Jerry Cerasini New Life Members In appreciation for 25 years of continuous membership we welcome our new Life Members. Dates determined from May 1992 to May 1993 Lynette White - joined 4-21-93 Rachael Worthington - joined 5-19-93 Members of the Month Congratulations and thank you to our Members of the Month - June was John Barnes and July is Marleen Burford. 2
Rosters: The Atlanta KC Membership Roster is now available on the Atlanta KC website, www.atlantakennelclub.org, under the Members tab. An updated roster was uploaded in May. Another roster reflecting the results of our annual membership renewal will be posted after membership renewals is completed. This roster is provided for personal use only by members of the Atlanta Kennel Club Inc. New Members! Welcome new Atlanta Kennel Club member Katie Skarvan! Katie was voted into membership at the June meeting. Wish her a warm welcome! Proposed new member to be voted on at our July membership meeting; Ralph Bates 114 Etowah Dr. Cartersville, Ga. 30120 404 547-1959 K1zzi@comcast.net Breeds: Affenpenscher, Italian Greyhound Sponsors: Ginger Aldrich and Gilda Mallik Judges Selection Committee 2018-2019 Please call committee members from the appropriate group to suggest judges for consideration by the selection committee which meets several times during the year. Please remember not everyone suggested can be placed on a panel due to a variety of reasons however club member input is given priority. We do work with our sister cluster clubs and also have a policy not to hire the same judge for the same show 2 years in a row. Since we do share judges with the other cluster clubs, we tend to try to hire judges approved for several groups, if possible, to control expenses through judge sharing. Members provisional for any breeds are also given a priority as well as suggestions from specialty clubs for their supported entries. Show Chairman Kathleen Steen 770-751-0311 - kathleensteen@bellsouth.net Sporting Mary Ellen Macke 404-310-5933 maryellen.macke@harrynorman.com Working Carl Vitner 404-291-0123 samoyed@bellsouth.net Hounds Jerry Cerasini 770-475-3152 ponyguru@aol.com Non Sporting Dot Bates - 404-475-0410 n_bates@bellsouth.net Toys Candy Wright 678-851-4633 - chiggerbug@gmail.com Herding Dr. Carmen Battaglia 770-998-3679 - carmenbattaglia@gmail.com Terrier Gilda Mallik 770-394-4098- gilndon@comcast.net Committee is now working on 2019 APRIL Judges If anyone in our club is newly provisional in new breeds, or thinking you may be soon, you must let Kathleen know in order to be included in a future panel- the new judges lists are not necessarily being monitored OK just an FYI reminder If you know of someone who may be provisional in their first group non member etc to recommend also let Kathleen or the group leader know as they are always seeking provisional judges for AKC requirements. Your Turn! You Can Help! Scent Work Atlanta KC is pleased to announce we are now one of only 2 clubs licensed to hold Scentwork trials in Georgia and will hold our first Scentwork trials, Nov 10, 11 2018. Stay tuned for more info in the August Digest. Interested in helping? Call Mary Ellen Macke 404-310-5933 Our Program is on Scentwork this month. This info is shown in the Board Minutes (Check online for the minutes if you do not receive the digest via snail mail) Peach Blossom Link to the AKC TV.com Disney for Dogs Video In case you have not seen it yet, there was a wonderful video done by AKC on our Spring Cluster. Ann Wallin went around with the photographer all day to the various events offered at our shows. The photographer had never been to a dog show and he had the best time filming all the special events. Be sure to watch Disneyland For Dogs https://akc.tv/watch/13/1311/video/disneyland-for-dogs/?ctx=/ watch/13/1312/video/peach-blossom-highlights/ 3 Be sure to check the Atlanta KC Website soon for the slide show of club events, member wins and candid shots from the shows that was presented at the June meeting and Awards presentation. You may be in it! If not and you want to be included next year, be sure to send photos to Ginger Aldrich snofire@aol.com
2018-2019 Membership Dues Are Now Overdue! The duly overdue dues are due! Here are all the members who still need to send in their checks: Kay Allred V. Ann Martin Alvin & Jonna Mc Neeley Chuck Milne Linda Orr Leslye Pinnell Sue Rekuc Jan Robison Pam Rushforth Donna Slavin Kathy & Richard Smith Dale & Barry Staples Ava Tyree Clinton Vail Source: YouTube, Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund, Dachshund High-Speed Police Chase!, Oct 2, 2015 i better not be seein you not payin yer heckin dues on my highway Officer Biff Boofer, 2004 Lifetime members also need to check their contact information on their Due Renewal form and sign and return that form ASAP! 4
Atlanta Kennel Club Judges for 2018 Not Including Obedience Judges Give it up for the newest Judges added to the list for 2018! JANSSEN, MRS DENYS - ALL BREED LEININGER, BETTY MARTORELLA, MARJORIE MURPHY, DESI MINIERO Whippets ATL only REYNOLDS, JIM - ALL BREED RICHARDS, DEL RICHARDS, DONNELLE WEAVER, SANDY PROVISIONAL & MEMBER WOODS, DR MICHAEL - ALL BREED ZIMMERMAN, RUTH Member News Ginger Aldrich with Kathleen Steen met with Life Member and former President Tom King recently to receive club memorabilia of catalogs dating from 1952 and 1954 ( Fall and Spring ) as well as his collection of 6 years of Digests from the 80 s when he was the Digest Editor. Special thanks to Tom for thinking to ask us if we wanted these precious treasures of our history. Jerry also has a wonderful collection of memorabilia passed to him from Keith Bates and we need some volunteers to go through things and help organize and preserve them. Please contact Jerry to volunteer. It was great seeing Tom again and talking about the past days of the club from our old show sites we remember, our 100 th show anniversary event at the World Congress Center in 1980 and our other friends who were the movers and shakers of their time who contributed so much to our history and the continuation of the traditions we still observe today. Tom was a huge contributor of his time and talents to our club in past years. He promised to come to a meeting soon and for sure the fall show. At the Christmas party Monroe McIntyre shared a precious treasure of a 1914 catalog from our shows he found in an estate sale along with a few other things from that time. He promised to copy it and help preserve it as it is very fragile now. Amazing someone kept that all these years. It was amazing seeing all the trophy donations even back then and also the many ads for dog food and other products of the day for dogs. Cards and Flowers Remember to keep Tim and Lana Dorn in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to recover from injuries. Tim was in a serious car accident in January and still not up to par, and Lana broke her shoulder when their deck collapsed with her on it - a full story up in the air! She s healing slowly but surely though in a lot of pain and in a sling for a few more weeks. Call: 864-449-6475 send cards to: 55 Peggy Meadows Way, Douglasville GA 30134. Or send Facebook messages to Lana Ridley Dorn - https:// www.facebook.com/hotlana Richard Dombrowski recently had surgery as well, so please send well wishes to him at: RivalFarms@AOL.com If you know of a member who s going through a tough time, please let our Cards & Flowers Chairman, Jerry Cerasini, know ponyguru@aol.com. Fall Show Plans New this year we re offering two Obedience and Rally trials on Friday and Saturday and one on Sunday, making 5 Obedience and Rally Trials available for teams to rack up titles! Let your Obedience- and Rally-loving friends know this great new opportunity. Contact Candy Wright to learn more, and if you can help steward you will be rewarded! chiggerbug@gmail.com Also coming for the first time is the NADD Diving Dogs North American Diving Dogs. This is fun for everyone, especially dogs and spectators, so invite your friends and neighbors. We will offer Trick Dog testing on Saturday as well as CGC, Pee Wee Classes and My Dog Can Do That. Meet the Breeds will also return so if you have a breed club that wants to participate contact Lynette White legrandchows@gmail.com Check out the fall show website soon for updates (if it s not up-to-date when you look, check back it will be!) The Georgia Classic Cluster thegeorgiaclassicdogshow.com 5 Dates for the Cluster are Oct 18, 19, 20, 21 so mark your calendars Onofrio is the Superintendent.
Appropriate Behavior at Dog Shows Is Key for Breeders By Allan Reznik Not all of the judging at a dog show takes place in the ring. As a breeder-exhibitor, your demeanor and interactions with others will be judged from the moment you set foot on the show grounds. Stewards, the superintendent and AKC field staff, the show committee, the media, fellow exhibitors, and, perhaps most importantly, the public, will assess and remember how you speak to them. Here is where courtesy, patience, and good sportsmanship count, as much as expert grooming of your prized exhibit. Spectators attending a show are in awe of the exquisite dogs, the sparkling trophies, and the distinguished-looking judges. They walk through the grooming area, see everyone diligently brushing and blow-drying, and honestly don t know when it s okay to approach an exhibitor and ask if they can touch your dog or take a photo. This is the time to point to a stack of business cards on your grooming table and an open photo album they can flip through. Tell them what time your breed will be judged and in what ring. If they make it back to your grooming setup for a later chat, great. If they don t, they now have your contact information to follow up with a phone call or email about puppy availability. Hundreds of thousands of dollars change hands in the dog game, yet it s amazing how many longtime participants still tear out the back page of the catalog to scribble down their name and number when an interested party approaches them. Would you feel confident dealing with a lawyer or accountant who scribbled down his name and number on a slip of scrap paper? Not likely. Yet, you are potentially selling someone a puppy with a much higher price tag than the cost of doing a tax return. That calls for a professional image and great PR. Do what you can to stand out at a show, whether you are a club member or not. Make the most of your day. Does the club offer a Meet the Breeds display or a parade of purebreds in the ring during the lunch break? Volunteer to participate. It s a great showcase, not only for your breed but also for your kennel, as it distinguishes you from your many peers. An ad in the show catalog achieves the same thing. Just as people buy a souvenir program or T-shirt at a concert, they tend to think of a catalog in the same way: a memento of their day. Be sure your ad can be found in that book of memories. It s a nominal investment that can pay big dividends. You entered your well-bred dog at the show to impress the judge and take home points, a breed win, or a group placement. But remember that you want to impress the public, as well, which includes potential puppy buyers, reporters from the local newspaper and TV station, and busloads of students and schoolteachers on a class field trip. They don t give two hoots about your breed standard, but they will remember the kind breeder with the beautiful dogs who spoke knowledgeably about dog shows and made time for them to take a picture with a perfectly groomed champion. Allan Reznik has been an Afghan Hound fancier since the early 1970s and also owns and exhibits Tibetan Spaniels. He is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, who has served as editor-inchief of several national dog publications. He appears regularly on radio and TV discussing all aspects of responsible animal ownership. Reznik is an AKC permit judge of Afghan Hounds, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and Tibetan Spaniels. 6
Spaniel Elbow Fractures: Too Clean a Break Page 1 of 3 The shattered elbow in the radiograph on the right (Fig. 1) belongs to a Boykin Spaniel. There are two reasons why this fracture type is interesting: because it typically occurs during normal activities (the dog shown here was running in the back yard), and because it most commonly affects particular dog group: Spaniels. By Karine Gendron DVM DipECVDI DipACVR Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine To understand these, it is useful to review how the elbow forms in the puppy. The distal humerus (the long bone in the forelimb) develops from three separate ossification centers: a medial and a lateral center which form the condyle, and a smaller medial epicondyle center (Fig. 2). Incomplete Ossification of the Humeral Condyle (IOHC) is the name of this condition in which the growth plate at the center of the distal portion of the humerus fails to fuse. Some affected dogs suffer from chronic lameness due to fragment instability. An unknown subset of affected dogs will go on to sustain spontaneous articular fractures, with devastating consequences. Notice how smooth, straight and midline the fracture is in Fig. 1, shown by the pink arrow, suggesting the growth plate between the two centers of ossification never closed. The green arrow points to new bone formation, typical of fatigue fractures, which is an attempt by the body to stabilize the bone fragments prior to their fracture. Fig. 1 Front view radiograph of the elbow of a 2.5y Boykin Spaniel. The humerus is fractured into 3 pieces. R: radius U: Ulna. Lateral is to the left on the image. Fig. 2 Elbow of a 6-week-old Rhodesian Ridgeback showing the main ossification centers, same orientation as Fig. 1. 1: medial and lateral ossification centers of the humeral condyle 3: proximal radial epiphysis The medial epicondyle center is not shown in this view. From: Hereditary Bone and Joint Diseases in the Dog. Morgan. Schluetersche (2000). 7
Too Clean a Break, continued Page 2 of 3 Surgeons regularly use the umbrella term of Y -or T-Y -fracture denoting the shape of the fracture itself, irrespective of its origin (traumatic vs spontaneous). IOHC often affects both elbows and is presumed hereditary, thus affected animals should have their opposite limb imaged and be removed from the breeding pool. Awareness about this condition is increasing, and with the growing availability of computed tomography (CT) in general practices is an emerging need to develop proper guidelines for selection of working stock, prebreeding screening, and the interpretation of this growth plate relative to a patient's age. Age at closure of the intracondylar growth plate has been established radiographically in exceedingly few individuals of breeds not affected with IOHC. In addition, radiographs are not sensitive for the detection of IOHC compared to CT. Our group is currently recruiting young dogs for a project aiming to determine true intracondylar growth plate closing times in healthy puppies, with MRI as a gold standard, and with CT and radiographic correlation. Twelve Spaniels and twelve non-spaniels will have their elbows evaluated at 2-week intervals, starting between the ages of 119 and 154 days, twice or until growth plate closure. Labradors and chondrodystrophic breeds (Bulldogs, Dachshunds, Beagles) and their firstgeneration mixes are excluded. Fig. 3 Post-operative radiograph of the elbow of a 2-year-old male Brittany Spaniel who sustained IOHC after jumping in a ditch. Such fractures are difficult to address surgically due to the precise anatomic relationships of the bones required for normal function. Osteoarthritis (OA) normally follows even the most careful of repairs. Fig. 4 Humeral condyle of a 121 day (4 months) old male Brittany Spaniel enrolled in our project. The image on the left is a CT, on the right is an MRI. The growth line will disappear in CT before physiologic closure, at which point the white band seen in MRI should dissipate. 8
Too Clean a Break, continued Page 3 of 3 It goes without saying that puppies have to be anesthetized for these examinations, which include 4 radiographs, one CT and in the second or later examinations an MRI. To ensure the most efficient process, anesthesia and imaging are performed and monitored by Faculty and registered technicians only. More information about this project may be obtained on the College of Veterinary Medicine UGA Clinical Trials web page: http://vet.uga.edu/images/uploads/ researc h/ webpage_gendron_puppy_iohc_study.p df With the help of canine enthusiasts, we will acquire data about the maturation processes of the canine elbow, be able to determine whether the fusion of the intracondylar growth plate differs in any way between normal Spaniels without IOHC and other breed groups, and provide the veterinary community tools for the detection, management and eradication of IOHC. Fig. 5 Positioning of a 154-day (5 months) Pit Bull mix for elbow CT. Mrs. Billie Rae King on the right is a registered veterinary technician. Dr. Michael Perlini on the left is a first-year resident in Diagnostic Imaging, and co-investigator on this project. In Memoriam: Dolores Weiss In a small memorial celebration for one of our long time and beloved Agility workers, Dolores Weiss, Memorial Stools were presented to the Atlanta Kennel Club and the Chattahoochee Weimaraner Club by Dolores' husband, Dan Weiss. Dan commissioned our member, Tamara Brower, to design and paint the stools, and we feel the stools were a nice tribute to a wonderful person that is sorely missed by so many in the Agility community. July 9th marked the 1 year anniversary of her passing, so it was a nice tribute to Dolores to have the stools presented at our July Agility Trial in Perry, GA. Thank you Dan Weiss and Tamara Brower for the lovely stools that will be cherished for many years to come. 9
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