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OFFFICERS
Pres. Dee Carlson
V.Pres Rusty
Kingery
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Sec Verlynn Johns
Treas Jan Leikam
Board
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Bo Gloster
Patty Anderson
Beverly Little
Muriel Clifford
Cliff Hewitt
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Sammamish Kennel
Club, Inc. is adamantly
opposed to legislated
castration and/or spay
of companion animals
without the consent of
the owner
Directions from I 405, take I 520 Redmond exit
East, exit at West Lk Sammamish Parkway.
Head South to entrance to the Park.
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Location : The picnic area at Lot I. This is just
to the eastside of our Unloading area for the
Summer Show.
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Time : 6 PM Food: Sam KC will provide
Hero sandwiches and Pop and Water.
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Potluck please for Salads and/or Desserts.
Why don’t we say A— M, Salads or entree
type dish, M— end Dessert.
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Sammamish Kennel Club
President’s Letter for the Barker
19 June 2008
The below quote recently appeared in the Seattle Times.
“The Wapato town council adopted the ban unanimously Monday. It applies to pit bull terriers or
mixes of pit bulls and other breeds, including mastiffs, Rottweilers and American bulldogs.”
It was also noted in the article that the ban does exclude service dogs and dogs ―certified‖ as Canine
Good Citizens by the ―American Kennel Association‖.
Several months ago, a group named Families and Dogs Against Fighting Breeds (FDAFB) submitted a
proposal to the Seattle city council to ban pit bulls and Rottweilers in Seattle. The current goal of
FDAFB is to gather signatures on petitions that will be presented to the Seattle city council in an effort to force the city council to pass breed specific legislation by 2009.
It appears that while we have been concerned about BSL in California, we have some fairly serious
problems occurring in our own back yard. Sammamish Kennel Club does not currently have anyone
that is following BSL, or proposed BSL, within the defined club territory. If anyone is interested in
fulfilling this position, please contact me immediately. If no one is interested in collecting this information and coordinating club actions against it, we have only ourselves to blame when the legislation,
whether city, county or state, is enacted. I know we are all busy people, and only a few people are doing most of the work of the club, but we are the people that BSL can hurt the most. If you think that
your breed is not one of those being targeted, you may well be wrong. Can you imagine Dante being a
dangerous dog? Some people think that he is; Belgian Tervurens are on several lists.
Please be sure to contact Rusty is you would like to steward in the breed rings for our August show.
Contact me if you would like to steward in the Obedience and Rally rings. We will gladly take the
time to train you, if necessary. If you would rather do something else to assist with the show, please
contact Bo.
Respectfully,
Dee Carlson
President – Sammamish Kennel Club
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THE OBEDIENCE RULES HAVE BEEN AMENDED
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GROUP CLUBS ARE PERMITTED TO HOLD ALL-BREED OBEDIENCE TRIALS
Note: this is in the AKC Update on the following page
Listed in the June 2008 issue of the AKC Gazette, page 4
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IRISH RED AND WHITE SETTER
SPORTING
NORWEIGN BUHUND
HERDING
XOLOITZCUINTLI
[MISC.] ―XOLO’
PYRENEAN SHEPHERD
HERDING
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ENTLEBUCHER Mt. DOG
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MISC
NBC News and MSNBC
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updated 2:44 p.m. PT, Tues., June. 17, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - It‟s a dog‟s life. And for Leo it couldn‟t be better. Leo — rescued from heavy chains that
confined him as one of the pit bulls in former NFL quarterback Michael Vick‟s dog fighting ring — is a lover, not a
fighter. He now happily frolics in a clown collar as he makes the rounds at the Camino Infusion Center, where he
brings comfort to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.“He is wonderful, and all the patients love Leo,” said
Paula Reed, the facility‟s oncology director. “They really love his eyes and gentleness.”Six months ago, Leo should
have been dead. When officers raided Vick‟s Bad Newz Kennels in Smithfield, Va., last year, they found dogs, some
injured and scarred, chained to buried car axles. Forensic experts discovered remains of dogs that had been shot
with a .22-caliber pistol, electrocuted, drowned, hanged or slammed to the ground for lacking a desire to fight.
Vick, an All-Pro quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, was suspended indefinitely and is serving 23 months in federal
prison after pleading guilty in August to bankrolling the dog fighting operation and helping to kill as many as eight
dogs. Three co-defendants also pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison.
About 50 dogs were rescued. Despite his training as a killer, Leo is a sweetheart as he visits his friends on the
ward.
Animal advocates are divided over whether fighting dogs can be trusted to have new lives as pets or working dogs.
One of the dogs seized at Bad Newz was put down as too aggressive, but the others were dispersed to sanctuaries
and training facilities across the country.
An ‘incredible’ difference with patients
One of them was Leo, who ended up in the care of Marthina McClay, a certified trainer and counselor in Los Gatos,
near San Francisco. McClay is president of Our Pack, an advocacy group for pit bulls. “He was a little like a cave man
at a tea party,” McClay said. “He didn‟t have a lot of training.”
Leo also touches young people on probation at the Alternative Placement Academy in San Jose, where the young
men seem to identify with the former tough guy.“I think they saw this dog‟s awful background, and it communicates
to the kids that you can end up being what you want to be,” McClay said. It‟s the age-old story of second chances.
By living his, Leo helps tear down entrenched stereotypes that pit bulls are irredeemable killers.“Leo is definitely an
ambassador to the breed,” McClay said. “The staff at various facilities will say, „I will never see pit bulls the same
again.‟”
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
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Don’t judge folks by their relatives!
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OUR AUGUST SHOW , DATES AUGUST 22, 23, 24
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Our Summer Show is really a 3 day affair. Did you know that we have 14 Clubs that hold
Specialty Shows with us on the Friday and Saturday before our Sunday All-Breed Show? If you
did know, can you name them? Did you know that we have 3 Group Clubs that hold their
shows or events with us? The All Terrier Group has been with us now for 2 years. This year for
their 1st AKC Licensed Show we have the Mt. Rainier Working Club. They held their last A
Match with us last year. We’d like to welcome both Clubs ! The 3rd Group Club is the Western Washington Hound Assn. And they are the Club that puts on the Agility over on fields 7, 8,
and 9. all 3 days of the weekend. The new kid on the block in the Working Group the Doque De
Bordeaux is holding an A Match with us, working towards their License.
Some of those Clubs that hold their Specialties with us have followed us from Marymoor to
Carnation to St Thomas to Gold Creek and now back to Marymoor. Puget Sound Borzoi caught
up with us at Carnation. Salukis held their 1st Licensed show with us at St. Thomas. Western
Washington Weimarner Club and the Puget Sound Poodle Club have also been with us
throughout our moves.
To all of the Specialty Clubs we say a BIG THANK YOU.
Our Supporting Specialty Clubs are
Irish Setter Club of Seattle
Evergreen Golden Retriever Club
Newfoundland Club of America
Puget Sound Saluki Club
Puget Sound Dalmatian Club
Boston Terrier Club of West. Wash
Portuguese Water Dog Club of Amer.
Puget Sound Poodle Club
Puget Sound Toy Fox Terrier Club
Puget Sound Borzoi Club
West. Wash. Weimaraner Club
Evergreen Chesapeake Bay Ret. Club
All Terrier Club of Wash.
Mt. Rainier Working Club.
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Submitted by Jan
JULY 2008
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KEEP THEM SAFE
The 4th of July is coming! Time now to think about how the fireworks effects our Dogs. If you have friends who are not as doggy as
you, please caution them to take the extra effort that is necessary
to contain their animals in a safe quiet place. More dogs are lost
during firecracker time, scared and disoriented, they run and can’t
find their way home.
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