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Tuesday, 10/28
7:30 am Regional
Agility Trial
6:00 pm Obedi-ence/Rally Fun
Match
Wednesday, 10/29
7:30 am National Agility Trial
9:00 am Regional
Obedience and Rally Trials
6:00 pm GSCA Board meeting,
location TBD
Thursday, 10/30
9:00 am National
Obedience and
Rally Trials
11:00 Judges
Seminar (by Steve Fox);
lunch at 1:00; followed by
hands-on workshop at
2:00.
2:00 pm Canine Good Citizen and
CGC Advanced Testing
5:00 pm GSCA
General Membership
Meeting (upstairs at
Purina)
Friday, 10/31
9:00 am Regional
Obedience and
Rally Trials
10:00 am GSCA
Eastern Regional Sweepstakes &
Specialty Show
6:30 pm Awards Banquet at Host
Hotel
Saturday, 11/1
10 am GSCA Na-
tional Sweep-stakes/Specialty
/Parade
5:00 pm Post-
national hor
d’oeuvres and cash bar at Puri-
na
Sunday, 11/2
10 am GSCA Mid-
west Regional Specialty
The National Specialty 2014 is Upon Us! Schedule of Events– We hope to see you there!!
Giant Tales
G S C A M O N T H L Y E N E W S L E T T E R
October 2014
Volume 14, Issue 10
Upcoming
Events:
● October 29-
November 2, 2014: GSCA National, Purina
Farms
Financials 2
Board Minutes 3
Election Results 4
Members 5
Announcements 6
New Titles 7
Looking Back 8
AKC Awards 9-
10
Happy Halloween 11
Inside this issue:
Financials
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Board Members Present: Doug Hill, Kim Demchak, Howard Postovit, Robin Greenslade, Cornelia King Maryann Bisceglia, Christina Tommila, Peggy Shackelford (9:55 pm) Call to Order: 8:38 pm Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Approve the Minutes from August 13, 2014 meeting Robin made the motion to approve the 8-13-2014 minutes Cornelia - 2nd MOTION PASSED Report from the President: Awards - Final (announced at awards dinner) Report from the Secretary: New Member Applications:
Jennifer Mangelos 4424 Crown Valley Way Modesto CA 95356 (209) 521-1198 [email protected]
SPONSORS: Beth Unser & Amy Reynolds Kalie Davis 3601 Enter Road Cherryville NC 28021 [email protected] SPONSORS: Dorothy Izmirlian & Robin Greenslade Member Information Correction: Patricia Poole Email: [email protected]
Motions Passed: 8-29-2014 Howard made a motion to reimburse Vicki Kallet $294.00 for postage associated with mailing ballots for Judges Selection Kim - 2nd MOTION PASSED 8-29-2014 Howard made a motion to pay Equisure, inc. $569.00 for renewal of Direc-tors & Officers Liability Insurance Kim - 2nd MOTION PASSED
9-1-2014 Howard made a motion to pay Equisure, Inc $600.00 to renew the GSCA Club Liability/Accident Insurance Policy Maryann - 2nd MOTION PASSED Report from the Treasurer: Doug made a motion to approve the August Treasurer's Report Kim - 2nd MOTION PASSED Unfinished Business: Howard presented a Specialty Update New Business: CHF Epilepsy Initiative - Kim Demchak (discussion item only) ADJOURNMENT Robin made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 pm Kim Demchak - 2nd MOTION PASSED MEETING ADJOURNED at 10:10 pm
GSCA Telephonic Board Meeting Minutes, September 10, 2014
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October 2014 Standing Rule Changes by written election 131 Ballots were returned 124 Ballots were valid 2 returned undeliverable 1 returned "no forwarding time expired" 1 returned no mail receptacle 3 improperly submitted 104 Ballots were counted for regional votes: Eastern - 20 Western - 31 Mid-West - 22 South - 31 124 Ballots were count-ed for Standing Rule Changes CHANGE #1 National Spe-cialties - #3 – section b Add - Per AKC regulations and criteria, the mem-bership or Board of Directors can recommend up to three Breeder/Exhibitors to be presented to the AKC for consid-eration by the membership to judge the Na-
tional Specialty. Should one of those nominated receive the majority of the votes, they will be asked if they are willing and able to fulfill all criteria set forth by AKC to have the one time permit to judge the National Specialty. If they decline, the next person with the most votes would be asked to judge. 1 - NO VOTE 5 - ABSTAIN 20 - NO 98 - YES Change #1 is passed and adopted to Standing Rules CHANGE #2 National Spe-cialties - #3 – section b Nominated judg-es can only judge a National Specialty once (1) every (10) years (change from 5 years to 10 years) 8 - NO VOTE 7 - ABSTAIN
40 - NO 69 - YES Change #2 is passed and adopted to Standing Rules CHANGE #3 Regional Spe-cialties – A judge can only judge a re-gional spe-cialty one (1) time every five (5) years. (change from 3 years to 5 years ) 8 - NO VOTE 7 ABSTAIN 28 - NO 81 - YES Change #3 is passed and adopted to standing Rules Respectfully Submitted by: Robin Greenslade GSCA Secretary
Election Results
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Larry & Bonnie
Rodriguez
1172 Chicago Ln
Friendship WI 53934
Clifton & Lisa Dawson
5578 Old Coble Street
Canal Winchester OH
48110
(614) 206-8376
SPONSORS: Aron &
Christina Tommila
Michael & Rachel
Sundeen
8873 Prickly Pear Circle
Parker CO 80134
(719) 322-4675
SPONSORS: Cynthia
Wallace & Victoria
Kallet
Diane Dillon
4436 N Malden St APT 15
Chicago IL 60640
Ron & Joni Galarneau
439 Township Road 219 W
Bellefontaine OH 43311
Sean & Diana
Heathcote
40413 Cove Court
Palmdale CA 93551
Faith Ann McCoy
7747 E Shore Dr
Egg Harbor WI 54209
Yuliya Brown
17206 Epsilon Place
Derwood, MD 20855
(301) 363-3242
SPONSORS: Laura Feldt
& Tarja Ahlgren
Member Address Corrections
New Member Applications
Welcome to our Newest Member!
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Facebook page. All you
have to do is go to the
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and it pops up. As of the
time of this printing,
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vertise events, and
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information.
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Issue Deadline Publication Date
National Specialty November 30th December
Ebola + Dogs– What Owners Need to Know
What Every Owner Needs to Know from the AKC and the AKC Canine
Health Foundation
In recent weeks, dog owners, supporters and donors have looked to the AKC Canine Health Foundation and the American Kennel Club for credible information regarding Ebola virus in dogs. At issue is whether humans can get Ebola from dogs, and whether
dogs can even get Ebola in a form that is transmittable. Due to the complexities of the virus, only time and research will answer these questions. “In humans, Ebola virus is detected using a diagnostic test for Ebola RNA. In dogs, scientists will have to establish the presence of Ebola virus RNA along with whether the virus is replication competent and infectious,” said Shila Nordone, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for the AKC CHF “Only then will we have evidence that canine infection is a public health threat.
All told, this will take many months.” Dr. J. Scott Weese, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM <http://support.caninehealthfoundation.org/site/R?i=n6XHKLJ7QbSRnf8kUWklZQ> , a preeminent expert on infectious disease transmission in the dog, as well as the AVMA <http://support.caninehealthfoundation.org/site/R?i=CZTfxtPccrZcZvsJ619WlA> have provided the most current consensus opinions on Ebola in the dog. Over the next several months as research advances, AKC CHF and the AKC
will keep the public updated on any and all progress made to better understand the role of the dog as a reservoir for the Ebola virus. Visit akcchf.org <http://support.caninehealthfoundation.org/site/R?i=pdYSjaxWwGy7e3-hdLQr8A> and akc.org <http://support.caninehealthfoundation.org/site/R?i=ZoLNKatJc9NZGNIUlS2y6g> for all the latest.
New Titles!
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Dog Title Dog Name Sex Owners Name
Champion CH Delarive To Haute To Handle B M Lowe & Shelly Cunning-ham
Champion CH Doc's Life Is Good D Dr. Dorothy Izmirlian & Kacie L Davis
Champion CH Fanta C's Gunpowder And Lead B Nancy E. Nier
Champion CH Histyle's Innuendo B M Rutkas & L & L Graser & J Rutkas
Champion CH Lowdown Storm Of The Night D Lloyd Larson & Marcia Lar-son
Champion CH Skansen's Kasanova D Sylvia Hammarstrom
Champion CH Skansen's Kitty Foyle B Sylvia Hammarstrom
Grand Champion GCH CH Ingebars Silver Chalice B Ms. Terry Eileen Parker
Grand Champion GCH CH Skansen's Jackpot D Ron Galarneau & Joni Galarneau
Companion Dog Classic Ollivander V Easentaigh CD BN RE CAA CGCA D Rebeccah Czarniak
Companion Dog Excel-lent Riesenrad's Krepkiy Oreshek CDX D
Yuliya Brown & Tarja Ahlgren
Rally Novice GCH CH Skansen's Bacchus II RN D Steven A Sansone
Rally Advanced CH Bear Creek I Put A Spell On You CD BN RA D Victoria Kallett
Novice Agility Preferred A Bach Elberfelds Aeris Heinrich AX AXJ NAP NJP MXF CGC D Ms. R Schoenbacher & Ms. B Unser
Open Agility Preferred GCH CH Kenro's Stealing Time CD BN OAP NJP CA D Karen Mancini & Robin Greenslade
Agility Excellent Pre-ferred Riesenrad's Midnight Angel CD BN RN AXP AJP B
Wendy Sheffler & Tarja Ahlgren
Master Agility Excellent Preferred CH Histyle's All That Jazz RN AX AXJ MXP B Lynn Mcmaster
Open Agility Jumper Pre-ferred A Bach Elberfelds Aeris Heinrich AX AXJ NAP OJP MXF CGC D
Ms. R Schoenbacher & Beth A Unser
Excellent Agility Jumper Preferred CH Valleesa's Graceful Blessing CDX RE MX MXJ OAP AJP B
Valli D Rovenolt & Rick Rovenolt
Master Excellent Jumper Preferred CH Histyle's All That Jazz RN AX AXJ MXP MJP B Lynn Mcmaster
Master Gold Jumper Pre-ferred
CT MACH2 PACH Histyle's Nosy Rosie VCD2 RN MXB2 MJB2 MXP6 MXPS MJP7 MJPG PAX2 OF B
Judy Shonborn & Michael Shonborn
Agility FAST Novice Pre-ferred A Bach Elberfelds Aeris Heinrich AX AXJ NAP OJP MXF NFP CGC D
R Schoenbacher & Beth A Unser
Canine Good Citizen Ayda Schultz CGC B Breeder: Jesse Sutton
Canine Good Citizen Grande Isabella Von Nikra CGC B Barbara Arkin
Canine Good Citizen Hatten's Ky's Khan CGC D Jody Bambas & TOM BAM-BAS
Canine Good Citizen Jessee James Radinie CGC D Amanda Kost
Canine Good Citizen Skansen's Leroy Gethro Gibbs CGC D Diane E Monte
They are: 1970 and 1971 CH Quedame de la Steingasse 1975, 1976 and 1978 CH Ebenholtz Bobi D'Lux v Deberic 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1992 CH Skansen's I Have a Dream
1988 and 1994 CH Homested's Cast a Giant Shadow 1995, 1997, and 1998 CH Debussy v d Noorderenk 2000, 2001, and 2002 CH Ruster’s The Dark Command 2003 and 2004 CH LowdownJacqui Frazier-Lyde
Looking Back… Winners of Multiple National Specialties.
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Special Thanks to
our GSCA
historian, Peggy
Schackelford, for
the information.
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Who will it be in 2014? Find out on Saturday, November 1, in St. Louis at Purina Farms!
A National Specialty win is one of the most prestigious honors a dog can receive. There are some, in the ranks of Giant Schnauzers who have had the honor more than once.
Ch Skansen’s I Have a Dream was Best
of Breed at the 1986, 1987, 1989, and
1992 GSCA National Specialties.
Dreamer was also Best in Show 34 times.
Bred and owned by Sylvia
Hammarstrom, he is shown here with
handler Vicki Seiler.
Photo by Enid Lagree
AKC ANNOUNCES RE-
CIPIENTS OF THE 2015
LIFETIME ACHIEVE-
MENT AWARDS
New York, NY - The
American Kennel Club®
(AKC) is pleased to
announce the winners of
the 2015 AKC® Lifetime
Achievement Awards: Edd
E. Bivin (Conformation),
Robert J. Squires
(Companion Events) and
Jeannie L. Wagner
(Performance).
The AKC Lifetime
Achievement Awards
honor individuals who
have made outstanding
contributions on a national
level. This year's recipients
have greatly advanced the
sport of purebred dogs
through their dedication to
breeding, exhibiting,
judging, teaching and club
involvement.
The three winners, who
were selected from votes
cast by AKC member
clubs, will receive
engraved Revere bowls on
Friday, December 12, 2014
at the AKC Delegates
luncheon held in
conjunction with the AKC/
Eukanuba National
Championship in Orlando,
Florida. A sterling silver
Tiffany and Co. bowl,
engraved with the names of
all recipients past and
present, is on permanent
display at AKC
headquarters in New York
City.
The 2015 recipients are:
Conformation: Edd E.
Bivin of Fort Worth,
Texas
Edd acquired his first
purebred dog, a
Pomeranian bitch, at the
age of twelve. This dog
introduced him to the sport
and became the foundation
of a breeding program that
led to his producing and
exhibiting top-winning
Pomeranians. He began
judging toy dogs at match
shows at the age of fifteen
and was approved to judge
Pomeranians at
championship point shows
in the US in 1961. Edd is
presently licensed to judge
all sporting, working,
terrier, toy, and all non-
sporting breeds plus
several herding and hound
breeds.
He has judged many all-
breed and specialty shows
in the United States and
abroad, including Best in
Show at the Westminster
Kennel Club dog show in
1999. Edd has also taken
great joy in judging many
national specialty shows of
various breeds.
Professionally, Edd
pursued a career in educa-
tion, serving for 32 years
as an administrator at
Texas Christian University
with 18 of those years
spent as Vice Chancellor
for Administrative
Services. He retired from
the university in 2003. He
and his wife Irene enjoyed
breeding and exhibiting
Doberman Pinschers and
Dachshunds during her
lifetime.
Edd has been heavily
involved in Take the Lead,
a charitable organization
assisting individuals in the
sport suffering from
life-threatening illness or
injury. He has found it very
satisfying to give back to a
sport that has given him so
much.
Companion Events:
Robert J. Squires of
Webster, New York
Robert bought a German
Shepherd Dog in 1966
after returning home from
a Marine Corps
deployment in Vietnam.
He signed up for an
obedience class and put a
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Utility Dog title on his
GSD, but after training
subsequent dogs, Bob
quickly realized his first
dog was an easy one! He
later obtained a second
GSD and Miniature Poodle
that both completed their
Utility Dog titles. Bob
became a founding
member of the Marumsco
Dog Training Club, serving
as Training Director and
President.
Bob began judging
obedience in 1969, and in
1975 he was approved to
judge the Open class. He
was then transferred to
Okinawa, Japan, where he
purchased his first
Doberman Pinscher and
trained him through Utility.
After retiring from the
Marine Corps in 1983, Bob
continued to teach and
judge. He took a job with
the American Kennel Club
and held several positions,
including Director of
Obedience, where he
oversaw the sports of obe-
dience and tracking. Addi-
tional obedience
representatives were hired
and a tracking representa-
tive was added to the staff,
allowing the AKC to assist
clubs in conducting events
and aiding those that were
working to become judges.
He also redesigned the
obedience and tracking
seminars and made them a
permanent fixture in the
sport and worked with
Agility.
Bob chaired two
Obedience Advisory
Committees, which
updated regulations
requested by clubs, includ-
ing lowering jump heights
to lessen injuries to dogs.
He assisted with and later
oversaw several AKC
National Obedience
Invitationals, including the
first one. Bob left the AKC
in 1998 to return to
judging.
Performance: Jeannie L.
Wagner of Elyria, Ohio
Jeannie established
Karrycourt Irish Setters in
1973 with the aim of
producing dogs that could
compete in the field, show,
and obedience arenas. The
Karrycourt bloodline has
become the foundation
stock of other dual
breeders. She has titled
both Irish Setters and
Brittanys in obedience,
hunt tests, conformation,
and field trials, including
her Dual/AFC Karrycourt's
Rose O'Cidermill ROM.
A longtime member of the
Irish Setter Club of Ohio,
Wagner serves as club
president and has chaired
field trials, hunt tests,
specialty shows, and other
events. As a member of the
Irish Setter Club of
America (ISCA), she has
served as Secretary and
Chairman for the National
Field Trial, and on
National FT Advisory
Committee, NFT Executive
Committee, and the
National Walking Gun Dog
Championship Committee.
Jeannie also judged both
Hunt Test and Field Trials.
Although retired from
judging now, she continues
to remains active
promoting dual-purpose
Irish Setters and
performance events. The
ISCA presented her with
the Outstanding Sports-
manship Award this year.
As Secretary/Treasurer of
the Associated Bird Dog
Clubs of Ohio for 38 years,
she helped work with the
Ohio Department of
Natural Resources
(ODNR) to save field trial
grounds in the state when
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service closed areas to
field trials. She continues
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to work with ODNR on
grounds at Tri-Valley Wildlife
Area. Jeannie is a supporter of
youth in the sport and has
served as a 4-H Dog Project
Advisor and President of
Lorain County 4-H Dog
Council. She has also been
advisor for the local FFA Dog
Judging Team.
As a writer, she has earned six
Dog Writers Association of
America awards and she cur-
rently writes the field
performance column that
appears in the ISCA Memo.
Her article on field trial gallery
etiquette published in the AKC
Gazette was later included in
the AKC field trial rules and
guidelines.
Editor: Robyn Elliott
Giant Schnauzer Club of
America, Inc. is a member club
of the AKC.
Please send suggestions and
photos to editor. Deadline
for submission is BEFORE the
15th of each month.
Celebrating 52 years
of the GSCA
GSCA E NEWSLETTER
Photo courtesy of Mary Dick.