SSCNC November 2012 newsletter - Shetland Sheepdog Club of

SSCNC Bulletin
www.norcalshelties.org
OFFICERS
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Corresponding
Secretary:
Recording Secretary:
Sergeant-at-Arms:
Trudy Kerr
Rebecca Logsdon
Peggy Prater
BOARD
Director:
Director:
Director:
Director:
Debbie Majewski
Anita Rasmussen
Johanna Primeaux
Sharon Sampson
COMMITTEES
Membership:
Breeder Referral:
Specialty Show:
Agility Trial:
Match:
Obedience:
Ways & Means:
Sweepstakes:
Trophies&Ribbons:
Hospitality:
Special Awards:
Education:
Public Education:
Library:
Publicity:
Sheltie Rescue:
Rescue Hotline:
Bulletin Editor:
November 2012
Yvonne Samuelson
Halina Christie
Kathy Rosdail
Melissa Strong
Kathy Coon
[email protected]
(510) 728-9411 (recording)
October 2012
Halina Christie (Oct. Show Chair)
(Show Secretary)
TBA - Obedience
TBA - Herding
Chair: Karin Parker
Chair: Johanna Primeaux
Chair: Tom True
Cindy Frusetta
Ann Balliet
Johanna Primeaux
Peggy Prater
Halina Christie
Gale Ann Morris
(888) 296-9350
www.norcalsheltierescue.org
Patricia Rozenoff
[email protected]
Michelle Hughes
Website Admin:
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Next Meeting:
Saturday, November 24,
after conformation
judging at the Golden
Valley KC in Turlock
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Northern California
SSCNC Meeting Minutes October 20, 2012
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds following the SSCNC Fall Specialty.
The meeting was called to order by President Yvonne Samuelson 4:15 pm (approx.).
We had the following guests:
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Rick Hanan
Kathryn Horton
Sharon Ledford
Shirley and Victor Nikolashin
Minutes of Previous Meeting: No changes.
President’s Report: Thanks to everyone who helped put the Specialty together, especially Halina Christie (Show
Secretary), Kathy Rosdail and Trudy Kerr (for setting up the tables, etc. on Friday), Kristal Brown and Johanna
Primeaux (ring stewards), Sharon Sampson (ribbons), and Cindy Frusetta (awards).
Correspondence: No report.
October Specialty: Halina thanked Pat O’Connor for being the Rally Chair and thanked Marianne Dub and Nia
Surber for handling Obedience.
February Specialty: Halina said that everything has been taken care of. Linda Churchill has agreed to be our Juniors
Judge. She suggested that we make sure that all of our future Specialty judges can also judge Juniors.
Halina said that she would prefer not to be Show Chair for the February Specialty and would like to see someone
else take over the job (she will continue to be Show Secretary). The job isn’t that difficult and the Show Chair can
show their dogs. Sharon suggested putting together a job description and sending it out to the membership. Halina
said that she has a list of Show Chair duties. She will include it in the Bulletin.
Kathy said that Obedience has been moved to Fiesta Hall. We need to figure out how to get water and coffee to the
Obedience Judge and Stewards.
Trophies: Cindy had some suggestions for our next Specialty: a grooming table for Best of Breed (she’s already got it
– it was donated by UC Davis); and a soft-sided crate for High in Trial. She would appreciate some ideas for 1st
place obedience trophies. At the February Specialty, the Obedience starts at 8 am, so we need to get the trophies to
the Obedience ring early. It was suggested that the trophies could be handed off the night before.
Special Awards: Johanna said that she is still on the lookout for new challenge trophies. Let her know if you would
like to donate one. Sharon has donated a new trophy for the AOC Dog who has the most pointed offspring during
the year. The deadline to apply for a challenge trophy is December 1, 2012.
The deadline to submit a request for an awards plaque is November 1, 2012. You can send the request to Johanna via
either regular mail or email. If you send the request via email, make sure that Johanna confirms receipt—if she
didn’t send a confirmation, she didn’t get your email. Also, please print clearly. She can’t always read the
handwriting on the submissions. Patricia Rozenoff suggested that Trudy send out the plaque request form to the
membership. It’s too late to include the form with the next Bulletin. The form should also be posted on the website.
Old Business:
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Christmas Party: Kathleen McKnight will do the Christmas Party flyer.
New Business:
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Selection of Conformation / Sweeps Judges for October 2013 and February 2014 Specialties:
Sharon presented the slate of conformation and sweeps judges nominated for the October 2013 and February
2014 Specialties. The membership voted as follows:
Conformation:
#1
#2
#3
Katie Gammill
Sandy McCambridge
Bob Piccirillo
Sweeps:
#1
#2
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Kathy Coon
Mark Hersman
Rally Awards: We offered a High in Combined rosette for Rally for the first time at the October Specialty.
Next time, should we offer a prize, too, or is the rosette enough?
Next Meeting: To be announced.
Good of the Order: No report.
Adjourned: 5:00 pm
Submitted by:
Rebecca Logsdon, SSCNC Secretary
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Northern California
Rescue Report
The Pleasanton Sheltie Specialty Raffle on October 20th was a wonderful success for NorCal
Sheltie Rescue's Veterinary Fund. Our volunteers were impressed by the wonderful prizes
donated by SSCNC members and by the high ticket sales. Your generosity helps to make
this our most important raffle of the year. We had over 20 adopters participate in the
parade with their beloved rescue shelties, many for the first time. Our heartfelt thanks to
the club's members for their continued support.
Year-to-date we have taken in 34 shelties and adopted out 27. Some of these carried over
from 2011. This year the average age at intake has been 5.2 years with 61% surrendered
by their owners for a myriad of reasons.
Gale Ann
List of Special Awards Presented at Christmas Meeting
Below is the list of Special Awards. Only members in good standing (check the By-Laws) may apply for and
receive Special Awards. Send your application in writing or by email (receipt confirmation received via email back)
to Johanna Primeaux, P O Box 1059, Morgan Hill, CA 95038. If there is more than one applicant for any of the
Awards not designated “Multiple Winners”, the award will be shared. The deadline for application is December 1st.
MULTIPLE WINNERS:
FIRST POINT AWARD – donated by Trudy Kerr – Awarded to the member handling a dog/bitch to Championship
points for the first time.
HILLSTONE SPECIAL AWARD – donated by Pat & Dennis Mahoney – Awarded to the dog/bitch winning an Open
Class for the dog and owner’s first time.
PRIMO SILVER GOBLET AWARD – donated by Johanna Primeaux – Awarded to the member, breeder/owner that
finishes his or her first American Champion (dog or bitch) Note: last time offered.
SAGEBRUSH VERSATILITY AWARD – donated by Alicia Keegan and Gail Shattuck – Awarded to a Sheltie who has
achieved AKC titles in at least three of the following five areas.
1. Conformation: CH, GCH
2. Obedience & Rally (a dog with both obedience and rally titles has qualified in only ONE area): BN, CD, CDX,
GN, GO, OM, OGM, OTCH, RN, RA, RE, RAE, UD, UDX, VER
3. Tracking: TD, TDX, VST, CT
4. Agility: NA, NAJ, NAP, NJP, OA, OAJ, OAP, OJP, AX, AXJ, AXP, AJP, MX, MXJ, MXP, MJP, NF, NFP,
OF, OFP, XF, XFP, MXF, MXFP, T2B, T2BP, PAX, MACH, PACH
5. Herding: HC, HT, PT, HS, HI, HX (any course, any stock)
CGC and Instinct Tested MAY NOT be used to qualify for this award.
A Sheltie can receive this award only ONE time in its life. At least one of the titles must be earned in the
year for which the award is given. Multiple dogs can earn this award.
ABBA AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD – donated by Clint & Lorie Abbott – Awarded to the breeder, owner,
handler that handles their Sheltie to an AKC Agility Championship
HAVERE SHELI CHAMPION + VERSATILITY EXCELLENT (VCX) AWARD – donated by Scott Zamvil & Patsi Nelson.
This award is given in recognition of a dog that achieves a Conformation Championship and excels in at least two
performance activities, obtaining a minimum of 10 points (6 points for the conformation championship)
according to the ASSA guidelines.
CHALLENGE TROPHIES:
MONTAGE BI AWARD – donated by Chris Machado – Awarded to the bi-color gathering the most American Points
for the year
CAITLIN BEST OF BREED – donated by Kathy & Don Coon – Awarded to the dog or bitch receiving the most Best
of Breeds in the current year
CH. ARENRAY’S REMINISCE – donated by Karen Coombs – Awarded to the sable stud whose get accumulated the
most points in the current year
ICON AWARD – donated by Sharon Sampson – Awarded to the AOC stud whose get accumulated the most
American points in the current year – in memory of CH. LaurelGlen Icon Rising Star ROM
CH. KALEA CHAS’N RAINBOWS – donated by Kathy Rosdail – Awarded to the sable bitch whose get accumulated
the most points during the current year.
CH. SEA HAVEN SOPHISTICATED LADY (formerly Dear’s Dream Of Me) donated by Yvonne Samuelson –
Awarded to the AOAC bitch whose get accumulated the most points during the current year
STELLAR SHELTIES “CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR” – donated by Carol Anaya – Awarded to the dog or bitch receiving
the most Reserves for the current year
CAITLIN – donated by Kathy & Don Coon – Awarded to the sable dog gathering the most American points for the
year
SHANGRI-LA BLACK MAGIC, UD MEMORIAL – donated by Barbara Miess – Awarded to the veteran, 7 years or
older, winning the single highest obedience score in any regular class
CH. SEA CRAG’S GOLDEN BONNIE, UDT –donated by Amy Brastad – Awarded to the Champion with the highest
combined total completing a degree
COMPANION DOG AWARD in memory of Maggie UDT – donated by Nancy Nason – Awarded to the dog/bitch
with the highest average for the first three legs towards a CD
SY CHALLENGE TROPHY – donated by Gene and Nia Surber – Awarded to the dog/bitch with the highest average
score for the year (3 trials, regular classes and owner handled)
AMSTAD CHALLENGE TROPHY – donated by Amy Brastad – Awarded to the rescue Sheltie earning the most
qualifying Rally scores during the current year.
SEA BREEZE – donated by Bobbie Caltabiano – Awarded to the dog/bitch with the highest combined score toward
a UD degree, owner handled.
HIGHEST SCORING OBEDIENCE AWARD – donated by Linda Bianco – Awarded to the highest scoring dog of the
year, owner handled
CDX CHALLENGE AWARD – In memory of Kalea Field of Poppies CDX, RAE, CGC – donated by Nancy Rynewicz –
Awarded to the dog/bitch with highest combined score toward CDX
TopnOtch CLEAN RUN TROPHY – donated by Gail Shattuck – Awarded to the Sheltie and handler team earning
the most AKC CLEAN RUNS (scores of 100) during the current year. Runs can ONLY be from the Standard and
JWW classes (all levels but must be scores of 100) and must be provable by producing the ribbon stickers if
necessary
KENSIL’S FLY BI NIGHT MASTERS CHALLENGE – donated by Gail Shattuck – Awarded to the Sheltie and handler
team who earn the most masters legs during the current year – This is ONLY the first ten EX B legs in Standard
and JWW that go toward earning the MX, MXJ, MXP, MJP titles. Once the title is earned, any other legs earned
DO NOT count, nor do legs count which were earned the previous year.
The following awards are now RETIRED
Bojest Versatility Award - It is replaced by the Sagebrush Versatility Award
ABBA Clean Run Challenge Trophy – It is replaced by the TopnOtch Clean Run Trophy
Petersen Masters Challenge Trophy – It is replaced by the Kensil’s Fly Bi Night Masters Challenge
Robilane Trophy – It is replaced by the Highest Scoring Obedience Award
Brags ~ Brags ~ Brags
Remember: you can include a picture and some additional information with your brags each
month. The fee is just $5 per month, per picture. This is a great way to celebrate and announce
new champions and wins!
Icon Shelties ~ Sharon Sampson
Icon Abracadabra was Reserve Winner's bitch at SSCNC specialty. She also went Best of Breed
over specials at the Riverside show and now needs 1 pt to finish. We are really proud of this Jove
daughter. She has been shown exclusively by Jennifer McFarlin.
Icon Shooting Star was Reserve Winner's Dog at SSCNC and Runner up in sweeps. Jack was
bred by myself and Debbie Majewski and is owned by Icon, Jennifer McFarlin, Jade Jimenez and
Robin McTaggart. This Jove son looked so handsome in the ring, we are so pleased with how he is
turning out.
Destiny Shelties ~ Michelle Hughes
At the Northern California Herding Group Association show in Dixon on October 26th, "Cara"
aka Destiny's Gelato was RWB under judge Dave Bolus. This was Cara's second show and
second RWB.
Gail Shattuck
Lucy - PACH4 Kensil's The Goose Is Loose RN AX AXJ MXP23 MXPB3 MJP24 MJPB3
PAX10 NF has been awarded Top Preferred Shetland Sheepdog for 2011 by the AKC. She will be
honored at the awards banquet at Eukanuba in Orlando. Lucy double Q'd all four days at Rogue
Canine Agility.
Bogey - Kensil's Fly Bi Night MX MXJ MXP MJP2 NF got his first double Q at Rogue Canine
Agility.
Bret - Sagebrush Black Maverick RN PT MX MXJ XF T2B got his first double Q at Rogue,
as well as his T2B title and first and second placements in the EX B Fast class.
Faerie Tale Shetland Sheepdogs ~ Shayne Gurry
At the SSCNC Specialty on October 20th, CH. Donnie won his Veterans class and then went on to
Runner up Best Veteran in Sweeps in a group of quality veterans. Thank you to Judge Pat Mahoney
for the wonderful comments on him, and to everyone who supported him that day.
At the FDTC Agility trial in Madera (Nov 3+4), Trevor finished his NAP and his NJP titles with
three first places. We moved Trevor down from Excellent to Preferred earlier this year and are
thrilled to be working our way back up.
Stargazer Shelties ~ Melissa Strong
At our October Speciality with the handling help of Brandi Friesen, BISS CH Shooting Stars
Haley's Comet was BOB over 10 specials! Congrats to Brandi and Haley!!! BISS BGCH
Stargazer Super Nova was select dog.
MBISS CH Shooting Stars Haley's Comet was BOB under judge Ms. Edweena McDowell at
Kennel Club of Riverside with her co-owner Debbie Majewski handling!
Nova also earned his Novice Agility title at the Fresno Dog Training Agility trial in Madera, CA on
Nov.3
Alexa Shelties ~ Stacey Martin
Alexa's Untamed Heart (aka Jewel) (Ch. Primo Grand Slam x Ch. Sandance Talamaska daughter)
At our SSCNC Specialty show on Saturday October 20th, she received WB and BOW for a 5 POINT
MAJOR under breeder judge Dianne Hawes of Wistwin Shelties handled by Mark Hersman. I was
beyond thrilled she was even considered for BISS! (win picture below)
At Del Valle KC on the next day (Oct 20), she won again receiving WB and BOW under judge
Lawrence C. Terricone for a 3 point major!! To date, Jewel sports 3 majors including a 5 pt
specialty mjr, a 4 point specialty mjr, and a 3 point mjr only needing 2 pts to finish!! She was
expertly presented by her new BEST buddy Mark Hersman (win picture below).
Adohr Shelties ~ Trudy Kerr
Adohr Hide and Seek "Seeker"
Napa Valley DTC Nov 3 - Qualified in Rally Novice in both the morning and afternoon trials.
Vallejo DTC Nov 4 - Qualified in Rally Novice in both the morning and afternoon trials.
He now has his RN title in Rally.
Barbara Norton
At the Del Valle Agility Trial, on Saturday Kalea Tristan QQ'ed, with a first in Ex. B Standard and
4th in Ex. B Jumpers. Sunday he was also 4th in Ex. B Jumpers. Kelross Night Owl, "Hoot",
also QQ'ed on Saturday with a 2nd in Ex. B Standard Preferred and a 3rd in Ex. B Jumpers
Preferred. Kelross Black Enchanter, "Chance", qualified in Ex. B Jumpers all three days that
we showed.