The Poodle Papers

Official Publication of “ The Poodle Club of America ”

Winter 2007
2006-2008
OFFICERS & COMMITTEES
President:Doris Cozart
1st Vice Pres.: Michael Wahlig
2nd Vice Pres.:Michael Knight
Corres. Sec.: Peggy McDill
poodleclubsecy@aol.com
Anne Rogers Clark
Record. Sec.: Sandy Marshall
Treasurer: Connie Green

Variety Representatives
Toy:Nancy Hafner
Mini: Luis Aizcorbe
Stand.: Glenna Carlson

Publicity: Anne Rogers Clark

AKC Delegate: Scott Olund

Show Committee
Chairperson: Glenna Carlson
Performance Events Obedience
Chairperson-Susie Osborn
Performance Events Agility
Chairperson-Jan Hopper
WC/WCX Working Certificate
Chairperson- Joyce Carelli

Public Education Coordinator

Arlene Scardo
Judges Education
Bill Cunningham-
dacunbirds@bellsouth.net

Affiliate Club Council:

Michael Knight

PCA Foundation:
Exec. Director Michael Wahlig

Genectic Anomalies Committee:

Director Michael Wahlig

PCA Poodle Rescue Central:

Sally Poindexter
poodelclubofamerica@yahoo.com

Poodles in America:
Editor:Betsey Leedy

Breeder Referral:
Poodleclubofamerica.org

PCA Home Page

Leslie Newing & Lisa Croft- Elliott
assisted by Mia DiBenedetto
www.poodleclubofamerica.org
1929-2006
PCA Information
Hal Kinne
pca@poodleclubofamerica.org

The Poodle Papers

Editor: Leslie Newing
Email: lnewing@earthlink.net
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Coming Specialties The Greater Wichita Poodle Club

announces our 2007 specailty:
P.C.A. AFFILIATE CLUB SHOWS
Thursday April 5, 2007 - Judge - Luis
* Note this listing comes from Michael Knight Aizcorbe
The Thursday specilaties are the begin-
2007 ning of the Sunflower Cluster - April 6 -
8th, with great activities, Obedience,
POODLE CLUB OF CENTRAL INDIANA Agility, Herding, Art Show at the Dog
JUDGE: Show, Central Region Top Junior Han-
VALLEY OF THE SUN POODLE CLUB- dling competition.
MARCH 1 Our host club, Wichita Kennel Club
JUDGE: nominated for the 2nd consecutive year
GREATER MILWAUKEE POODLE CLUB for Show of the Year by Dogs in Review.
MARCH 2 Come join us & see why! Pat Deshler,
BREED -JUDGE- STEPHEN HURT. Secretary. e-mail Wichitapudel@aol.com
GREAT MILWAUKEE POODLE CLUB-
MARCH 2
JUDGE:
PANORAMA POODLE CLUB OF MT SPO-
BLUE BONNET POODLE CLUB-MARCH 16
KANE, WA- MAY 26
JUDGE:
JUDGE:
WATCHING MOUNTAIN POODLE CLUB-
POODLE CLUB OF AMERICA’S DIAMOND
MARCH 24 ANNIVERSARY - OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY
JUDGE: SPECIALTY – JUNE 8-15
KEY TO THE SEA POODLE CLUB MARCH
30-31
JUDGE:
GREAT WICHITA POODLE CLUB APRIL 5
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
JUDGE : LUIS AIZCORBE SALISBURY KENNEL CLUB AGILITY
POODLE CLUB OF LAS VEGAS-APRIL 6
JUDGE:
SHOW PLEASE GO TO
POODLE OBEDIENCE TRAINING CLUB WWW.SALISBURYKENNELCLUB.ORG
NEW YORK-APRIL 7
GREENSPRING POODLE CLUB- APRIL 22
JUDGE:
WILLIAM PENN POODLE CLUB-MAY 4 June 2007 is the 75th Anniversary
JUDGE: Show!
THE ENCHANTED POODLE CLUB-MAY 11 Mark your Calendars for this Great
JUDGE: Event and come help us all Celebrate!
LOS ANGELES POODLE OBEDIENCE
CLUB-MAY 12
JUDGE: The Greatest Show on Earth!
GREATER CINCINNATI POODLE CLUB-
MAY 25-26 Dates for National (including an AKC
JUDGE: Hunting Retriever Test) are
June 9 – June 15, 2007
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President’s Message

This is a time for remembering the past year and to look

forward to new beginnings in 2007.

Our hearts are heavy with the loss of Annie on December

20, 2006. I know she would not want us to keep grieving,
but to remember her and get on with our lives.

At PCA this June there will be a memorial to Annie. This

will be a time for the celebration of her life, and our 75th
Anniversary Show for The Poodle Club of America. Glenna
Carlson and the show committee have been working very
hard to make this a very special event. Details will be on
the web site when they are confirmed. I hope many of you
will plan to attend this special PCA National at Salisbury
this June.

I want to thank each and every volunteer that contributed

to PCA this year. Our volunteers are so dedicated and do
such a great job. We could not have the club or show with-
out them.

I wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

Remember to enjoy your Poodles.

Doris Cozart
PCA President

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BEST IN SHOW
JUDGE DR. ROBERT
INDEGLIA HEADS
2007 WESTMINSTER
JUDGES PANEL
Poodles- Mr. Frank Sabella
Non Sporting Group-Mr. Richard L. Bauer
Toy Group-Mr. R. William Taylor
PCA AGILITY 2007
We've just received AKC approval for the 2007
Agility Trial. Our judge is, Ms. Janet Gauntt, and
our entry closing date, Friday, May 18.
Kathryn Foran
PCA Agility Trial Secretary
PCAagility@verzizon.net
New Poodle Judges
Mr. Wayne Brower- PleasantHill, MO
Mrs. Marjorie Tuff- Freehold, NJ
Mrs. Joyce G. Fortney- Shinnston,WV
Mr. Rick Miller-Rochester, MN
Mr. Richard Mullen-Knoxville, TN
Mr. John Ramirez-Downey,CA
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PCA Regional 2007
News!
THE 2007 PCA REGIONAL IN LONG BEACH CALI-
FORNIA ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 AND THE TWO
POODLE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BACK
TO BACK SPECIALTIES ON SEPTEMBER 20 AND 21,
IS MOVING ALONG SMOOTHLY. WE PLAN ON HAV-
ING JUDGES' EDUCATION HEADED BY WILLIAM
CUNNINGHAM WITH MENTORS AVAILABLE FOR
THOSE JUDGES INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT
OUR WONDERFUL BREED.WE ARE LOOKING FOR-
WARD TO THREE DAYS OF CONFIRMATION, OBEDI-
ENCE, RALLY, AND AGILITY PLUS WE PLAN TO FORM
GROUPS TO VISIT THE QUEEN MARY. JUNIOR SHOW-
MANSHIP HAS BEEN ADDED ALSO AND THE JUDGE
WILL BE MRS. DORIS COZART. SUSIE OSBURN WILL
BE HEADING UP THE OBEDIENCE AND OTHER
EVENTS SUCH AS RALLY AND AGILITY ALONG WITH
THE WONDERFUL HELP OF THE LOS ANGELES
POODLE OBEDIENCE CLUB HEADED BY THE PRESI-
DENT, DORIS SCHLICHT. PATRICIA MOULTHROP HAS
VOLUNTEERED TO HEAD THE BANQUET COMMIT-
TEE AND JUDGES LUNCHES AND KNOWING PATTY
IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT! MICHELLE MIXON HAS
VOLUNTEERED TO HEAD UP THE ADVERTISING. BRA-
DLEY ODAGIRI FROM POODLE CLUB OF HAWAII HAS
OFFERED TO BRING SOME WONDERFUL FLOWERS
TO DECORATE THE RINGS WHICH SHOULD GIVE US
A TASTE OF THE ISLANDS.....AND WILL LOOK BEAU-
TIFUL. RAY STEVENS WILL BE WORKING WITH THE
HOST HOTEL, THE COAST LONG BEACH HOTEL, ON
THE HOTEL RESERVATION COMMITTEE TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE HAS A ROOM. THE HOTEL IS TAK-
ING RESERVATIONS NOW AND A BLOCK OF 100
ROOMS HAS BEEN RESERVED. JUST MENTION YOU
ARE COMING THERE FOR THE POODLE SHOW TO
GET THE REDUCED RATE. SOME WONDERFUL
PEOPLE HAVE OFFERED TO HELP AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL NEXT YEAR WHERE
YOU TOO
CAN COME AND SHOW IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!
JOHN SHOEMAKER,
ASSISTANT SHOW CHAIRPERSON PCA/PCSC
310-544-3682 (Direct)
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From Peggy McDill
New PCA Member Information David & Fatima Crump
(316) 755-3814
Cell:(David) 316-390-3814
June Thompson
Cell: (Fatima) 316-210-3814
(403) 342-6725
Email: kaleinpoodles@cox.net
Cell# (403) 302-2442
446 N. Colby
Fax#(403) 346-1230
Valley Center, KS 67147
Email: corpdls@telusplanet.net
Kalein Miniature Poodles Affiliate: GWP
RR 2 Site 17 Box 8
WWW Breeder Referral Listing
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Info: yes
Puppies: yes
Coronado Standard Poodles CKC Registered
Older Dogs: yes
WWW breeder referral Listing Information: yes
Puppies: Occasionally
Jordan L. Chamberlain
(504) 940-6422
Sally Poindexter
Cell: (504) 253-0069
(918) 252-1872
Email JLC1219@aol.com
Cell# (918) 695-7868
2232 Chartres St.
Email: sjpoodle@aol.com
New Orleans, LA 70117
4409 West Ithica
JLC Miniatures Affiliate: CPCNO
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
WWW Breeder Referral Listing
Sacha Standard Poodles Affiliate: PCT
Info: yes
National Rescue Chairwoman
Puppies: yes
WWW Breeder referral listing:
Information: yes
Puppies: yes
Older dogs: Occasionally

OPTIGEN 2007 Miniature Representative Update:

PCA Clinics will be held on Thursday
June 14 and Friday June 15.
Same testing and pricing from last
years.
Luis Aizcorbe has requested that all calls
and e-mails about Miniatures be sent to
The Officers and the Board of PCA due
to ill health of his family. He cannot at
this time answer any requests.

For the Optigen tests, the code is PCA Website

PCA070614. You go to the Optigen web
site and download the forms,which when
completed must be brought to the show
site.
Barbara Green
Information is updated on a quarterly
basis. The Quarterly updates coinside
with the publication of the newsletter.
Leslie , Lisa & Mia
PCA Website

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First of it’s kind
Poodle Retreat
Held in the
Sandhills
By Vickie Haywood
Corresponding Secretary
Central Carolina Poodle Club
The brain child of Vickie Haywood( Corresponding
Secretary of Central Carolina Poodle Club based in
Southern Pines) Poodle Retreat Weekend was held at
Pine Lake RV Resort near Wagram the weekend of
September 21.
The weekend was designed to have poodles and their
owners come together for a relaxing weekend of fun
and fellowship, away from the show scene and club
meetings.
Kicking off the weekend Friday night was a marsh-
mallow roast and meditation campfire led by Bev
Palmer RN, who also did a program on the healing
arts on Sunday.
Saturday morning dawned a sunny, cool day, just right
for ducks and water…and at 8 am the retrievers came
out to learn all about the water, fetching and bringing
in those ducks!
Led by Margaret Fox of Raleigh and her Junior
Hunter,(also holds a working certificate and working
certificate excellent from the Poodle Club of America.)
Walker, and assisted by Dr Kathy Evans of Colum-
bia, and her Mini Poodle Merlin, the participants had
time to learn proper training techniques for forced fetch
retrieves.
After several hours of fun retrieving bumpers out of
the water, and teaching some to swim, Walker and
Merlin performed several water and land tests.
Merlin was the most titled dog present, holding 6 agil-
ity AKC titles and 4 Obedience and Rally titles. Mer-
lin has been training since spring for the Working tests
sponsored by the Poodle Club of America, and in fact
participated in the testing last June, but failed to
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qualify. Merlin is 9 years old and loves to retrieve those
ducks! He will be testing again next June. Walker was
featured on the AKC web site last year when he com-
pleted his JH title at Cooper Black in South Carolina. 4
qualifying scores are required for this honor.
After the water retrieving and lunch and a rest, the
poodles participated in Rally Obedience courses, Obe-
dience courses and agility.
During the day massages for people and
poodles were given by Marcia Glenn of
Laurinburg. Walker doing a land retrieve
A dinner of Roast Chicken and Roast ten-
derloin of pork was given on Saturday night, and club
members cooked breakfast on Sunday morning.
15 People and twice as many poodles camped over night
at the RV Resort.
Campers from the Carolina coast, Conway, Columbia,
and Camden ,South Carolina, and members from
Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Raleigh, Char-
lotte and Wagram participated.
The event was such a success the club is planning on
expanding the weekend, adding a Poodle Club of
America official test for retrievers, which will be a first
of it’s kind in North Carolina.
The Central Carolina Poodle Club welcomes new mem-
cont. on page 7
PCA is not responsible for any statements or claims
made by its contributors. PCA reserves the rights to
edit all copy and make editorial comments where nec-
essary and deemed appropriate by the editor. PCA re-
serves the right to refuse items submitted for publica-
tion. Written permission must be received and granted
by PCA in order to reprint any editorial material, con-
tributors reserve all rights to their articles and permis-
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cont. from page 6
bers who have an interest in preserving the health ,integrity and temperament of the poodle. For more
information contact Vickie Haywood Corresponding Secretary at the Hairy Beast Grooming, 692 4447 or
online through the Club website, or at oakwood1@alltel.net.

Walker and his owner Margaret Fox

of Raleigh doing a bumper retrieve
demonstration

Right Merlin and Dr Kathy Evans

Left Margaret, Walker and Duck

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EARL C. RIST Congratulations

6- 7-1927 – 11- 15- 2006 to the Poodles and handlers
that placed in the 2006
Earl C. Rist of Bloomfield, New Jersey died of can- National Agility Invitational!
cer at age 79 on Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at
Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey.
3rd place in the 16" height division
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Satur- "Nikki"
day, 25 November 2006, in the Chapel in the Glen Ridge MACH6 Dominique Olivia Gee
Congregational Church, 195 Ridgewood Avenue, Glen Handled by Nancy Gee, Fredonia, NY
Ridge, New Jersey.
4th place in the 12" height division
For upstate New York friends, a second Memorial Ser- "Shabang"
vice will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, 27 November
CH MACH2 Vivids Got It All
2006, in the Sodom Community Church, Sodom, New
York. Handled by Vivian Vidoli, Fresno, CA

Born in Bakers Mills, New York, Earl was educated in
Newark, New Jersey and then resided in Glen Ridge
and Bloomfield, New Jersey for the rest of his life. He
had recently retired from the position he held for many
years as a dedicated, innovative and versatile Lighting
Engineer with the Kurt Versen
Company, a renown Point Source
lighting firm in Westwood, New
Jersey.
Earl is survived by his wife Myrtle,
his son Robert and daughter-in-law
Cindy, daughter Barbara, his grand-
children Pamela and Andrew (all
northern New Jersey residents) and
his brother and sister-in-law, Bob
and Peg Chadwick from California.
Also representing Poodles the 2006 NAI were:
"Hershey"
MACH9 Diamond Rio's Hershey Kiss (16")
Handled by Jeanne Hurt, Bedford, TX
"Koke"
MACH2 Koke Makana Mistu CDX (12")
Handled by Cheryl Weedman, Cincinnati, OH
"Gem"
Shanandi Hit'N'Run (16")
Hannah Mitchell, United Kingdom
Entered but absent

In addition to his family, Earl was extremely active with "Debit"

and proud of his three award-winning, Champion Stan- OTCH MACH12 Sanchee's Don't Doubt Debit
dard Poodles that he and Myrtle trained, groomed and UDX2
showed at many kennel club competitions throughout John York
thecountry:
Diana (Champion Majessa Light of my Life CD),
Eligible but not entered
Victoria (Champion Majessa Georgia on My Mind CD),
and Willo (Champion Majessa On the Road Again CD).
"Apple"
In lieu of flowers, donations, in Earl’s memory, would OTCH MACH10 Rubicund Delicious Apple
be appreciated to the Poodle Club of UDX26
America Foundation, 2945 Jamestown Road, Long Shirley Barkan
Lake, MN 55356-9599 c/o Michael Wahlig. The foun-
dation specializes in breed related genetic diseases.

Earl will always be remembered by his family and

friends for his wit, laughter and love of fine food.
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Agility Trials
June 9-10, 2007
Judges: Denise VanHousen and Keith VanHousen,
Scotia, New York
.
Entry Fee is $23 for one entry, and $12 for second entry, $ 10 for third entry same dog
on the same day.

Site: Crown Sports Center (Indoors), 28410 Crown Rd, Eden, MD 21822

Facility: Astro Turf in indoor soccer arenas, On site food-vendor, RV Overnight

Parking
Trial Secretary:
Diane Spalding
609 Fountain Rd
Salisbury, MD 21801
Tel 410-749-4912, email spalding4u@hotmail.com

Entry method is : First received, 660 runs per day .

Opening Date: March 21, 2007 at 8 A.M.
Closing Date: May 16, 2007 at 12 P.M.
Trial Chairman is Krystle Bounds, email MyOBcd@aol.com

PCA Foundation
Start the New Year off with a donation to the PCA Foundation. You can contribute to this worthy cause
by simply filling out the form below. The Foundation acknowledges all contributions.

I wish to contribute $ ________________ to the Poodle Club of America Foundation, Inc., in the name
of ______________________________________________________________________. This contri-
bution is made in memory/ honor of _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
I wish this contribution to be used for _________________________________________
(Please specify a specific area, i.e. PRA, Hips, SA, vWD, or to the General Fund)

Mail your check to : (note Donations are Tax Deductible)

The Poodle Club of America Foundation, inc.
2945 James town Rd., Long Lake, Mn. 55356

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also that because we intended to make comparisons to

Florida State University people, our questionnaire did not include some dimen-
sions that would only be used to describe dogs, such as
Poodle Temperament prey drive.

Study When studying human personality, there typically are

5 dimensions that are used to describe people. These
are: 1) Extroversion (energetic, talkative), 2) Agree-
Barbara G. Licht, Ph.D.
ableness (kind, affectionate), 3) Neuroticism (moody,
anxious), 4) Openness to Experience/Intellect (curious,
A year ago, an undergraduate honors student of mine,
insightful), and Conscientiousness (thorough, planful).
Chris Miranda, conducted a study on the temperament
A prior study on dogs, using a variety of different
of Poodles for his Honors Thesis. Participants answered
breeds, found that owners could reliably rate their dogs
some questions about the temperament of their Poodles
on the first 4 dimensions, but not on Conscientious-
and provided some background information (for ex-
ness. This prior study used a questionnaire that was
ample, Poodle’s age, variety, whether the dog ever had
designed for people—not dogs. The first goal of Chris’s
seizures). Chris completed his Thesis in June 2006 and
study was to see if he would find the same results us-
he graduated “with Honors” and a straight “A” grade
ing only Poodles and using a questionnaire that was
point average. He is now attending law school. Need-
designed specifically to describe dogs. All owners were
less to say, I’m very proud of Chris, but less proud of
asked to rate their Poodle’s temperament when he or
myself for taking so long to share the results with you.
she was a young adult (approximately 2 years old).
Poodles that were younger than two years were not
Our participants came from the VIP Internet Discus-
included in these analyses. There were 13 items on the
sion List, some other Internet discussion lists about
questionnaire and each item was defined. Two examples
Poodles, as well as Internet lists for agility and hunt-
follow. “Trainable” was defined as “How easily did
ing. Feel free to share our findings with other owners
this dog LEARN commands, such as sit, down, come,
that might be interested. Most importantly, I would like
and stay?” “Clever” was defined as “How easily did
to thank everyone that participated!
this dog figure out things that you did NOT teach (for
example: how to open doors, how to find where you
The study was designed to answer three research ques-
hide the treats)?”
tions. The first was to determine whether owners evalu-
ate their Poodle’s temperament along the same dimen-
We obtained participants from two samples of Poodle
sions that are used to evaluate the temperament of
owners. We obtained more than 100 questionnaires
people. The second research question was to determine
from Poodle owners that were solicited from various
whether there are differences in how owners rate the
Internet discussion lists, and we obtained more than
temperament of Poodles with seizures and Poodles with-
100 questionnaires from our ongoing research project
out seizures. The third was to determine whether there
on epilepsy in Poodles. (For owners that were part of
are differences in temperament ratings of the three va-
both samples, we only included their first question-
rieties of Poodles.
naire.) Each of the two samples included dogs that had
seizures as well as dogs that never had seizures. In both
Dimensions Used by Owners to Evaluate Poodle Tem- samples, we had relatively little participation from
owners of either Toys or Miniatures. Thus, for better
perament scientific control, we included only Standard Poodles
in this first analysis. For Standards, we had a total of
As indicate, the first research question was to deter- 102 dogs with seizures and 93 dogs without seizures.
mine if the dimensions that are used by owners to evalu- Those with and without seizures were combined for
ate the temperament of their Poodles are similar to the the analyses reported below.
dimensions that are traditionally used to evaluate the
personality of people. Please note that I am using the Chris’s analysis of the 13-item questionnaire showed
terms “temperament” and “personality” interchange- that the temperament of the Poodles seemed to reflect
ably, although technically they are not identical. Note Photo’s by Mary Ward
cont. on page 11
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cont. from page 10 wouldn’t be as central to this dimension as it was.

the following 4 temperament dimensions. Each dimen-
In summary, our findings show that there are both simi-
sion consists of a few items that we found to be highly
larities and differences between the dimensions that are
related to each other, suggesting that those items re-
used to describe the temperaments of people and
flect the same underlying temperament characteristic.
Poodles. As noted, we think that a few of our findings
(We used a statistical procedure called “factor analy-
are particularly interesting, and some of you might have
sis.”)
some insights into our findings. If you do, we would
love to hear from you.
1. AGREEABLENESS / INTELLIGENCE. The ques-
tionnaire items that reflected this dimension were Obe-
Temperament Differences Between Seizing and Non-
dient, Trainable, and Clever. Interestingly, while own-
Seizing Poodles
ers tended to rate their dogs quite similarly (though not
identically) on Trainable and Obedient, their ratings on
The second research question was whether Poodles with
Clever were somewhat different.
seizures were rated differently than Poodles without
seizures. Only Standard Poodles were included in these
2. EXTROVERSION. The items that reflected this di-
comparisons. As mentioned earlier, our participants
mension were Playful, Happy, Active, Compulsive To-
came from two samples of Poodle owners—Internet
ward Objects, and Clever. We found it interesting that
Discussion Lists and our ongoing research on epilepsy
the item “Compulsive Toward Objects” was part of the
in Poodles. We decided to analyze these two samples
Extroversion dimension and NOT the Neuroticism di-
separately. If we found a difference between seizing
mension (see below). This item was defined as “Was
and non-seizing Poodles in both samples, then we would
this dog likely to play with an object (for example: a
know that it was a consistent finding. Importantly, for
ball, bone, or stuffed toy) exclusively for very long pe-
the epilepsy research sample, the non-seizing Poodles
riods of time, so that it was very difficult to draw atten-
came from the same canine families as the seizing
tion away from that object?” Thus, this type of com-
Poodles. This controls for the effects bloodlines. For
pulsiveness appears to be a characteristic of playful,
both samples, we compared seizing and non-seizing
happy Poodles more than a characteristic of neurotic
dogs on each of the 13 individual questionnaire items
ones.
as well as the 4 temperament dimensions described
above. Scores on each of the 4 temperament dimen-
3. NEUROTIC. The items that reflected this dimen- “ Just say
sions reflected a combination of the relevant items. We
sion were: Demanding of Attention, Excitable, Exces-
sive Barker, and Active. The fact that being rated as no
only report differences between seizing and non-seiz-
ing Poodles that are “reliable.” (This means that the
Active was associated with being Extroverted (play- to Designer dogs”
difference was “statistically significant.”)
ful, happy) as well as being Neurotic (excitable, exces-
sive barker) suggests that whether high activity level is
For the epilepsy research sample, the only difference
viewed as positive or negative depends on some other
we found was that the seizing Poodles were rated as
aspects of the dog’s temperament. That is, it may de-
more “Demanding of Attention” than the non-seizing
pend on the ways in which the dog shows his/her high
Poodles. (Demanding of Attention was defined as:
activity.
“How much does this dogPoodle ask to beClub of America
continually held,
Booth,This
petted, talked to, or played with?”) MaryEllen
differenceFishler
could
4. FEAR-RELATED AGGRESSION. The items that Chairperson
reflect a true difference in the behavior of seizing ver-
reflected this dimension were People Aggressive, Dog
sus non-seizing Poodles. However, it also is possible
Aggressive, Fearful, and Unhappy. We found it inter-
that the seizing dogs do not act any differently, but that
esting that Aggressiveness and Fearfulness were part
owners may feel that their seizing Poodle demands more
of the same dimension. This suggests that at least for
attention because the owner is always on the lookout
the Poodles in our study, the predominant type of ag-
for a seizure to occur.
Photo’s by Mary Ward
gression is fear-related. Admittedly, we did not include
any items that measured “Dominance” to see if we also
Importantly, we did not see any effects of medication
would have had a Dominance-Related Aggression di-
mension. Nonetheless, if dominance-aggression were
predominant in these Poodles, then the Fearful item cont. on page 13
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FROM THE FIELD. . . More from Barbara
The PCA Medallion to recognize the accomplishments Green !
of Hunting Poodles is now complete. This image of a
poodle holding a duck
among reeds at
water’s edge typifies
what those of us who
train poodles in the
field see when we
send our dogs after a
downed duck in the
water. The image
shows a bright-eyed,
alert but calm and ef-
ficient retriever – just
what is needed to bring back each and every duck.
As a review, there are three medallions that can be
earned by Hunting Poodles. They are:
Bronze Medallion – this medallion requires 5 passes at
either the Working Certificate
(WC) or Working Certificate Excellent (WCX)
level tests. At least 3 of the 5 passes must be at
tests sponsored by PCA or by local PCA affili-
ate clubs.
Silver Medallion – this medallion requires 10 passes.
3 of the passes must be at the WCX
level and 6 of the passes must be at tests spon-
sored by PCA or by local PCA affiliate clubs.
Gold Medallion – this medallion requires 15 passes. 5
of the passes must be at the WCX
level and 10 of the passes must be at tests spon-
sored by PCA or by local PCA affiliate clubs.
For those of you counting your passes, AKC Junior
Hunter passes count as WC level passes and AKC Se-
nior and Master Hunter passes count as WCX level
passes. UKC Started and Seasoned passes count as
WC level passes. UKC Finished passes count as WCX
level passes.
My heartfelt thanks go to Claudia Straitiff who man-
aged the project of actually getting the medallions cre-
ated. This was no easy task as coming up with just the
right image turned out to be a major project! Also
thanks go to the PCA Board for proposing and sup-
The Poodle Papers /Winter Edition
Blood Draw for Optigen and Neonatal
Encephalopathy will be Thurs. June 14 and
Fri June 15.
The price of the test for Neonatal
Encepalopathy (Standards only) is $40.00,
plus an additional $10.00 for the Veteri-
narian for all blood draws.
There will be a discount for Von
Willebrands testing done through the Spe-
ciality; $99.00 instead of the regular fee
of $140.00 Those interested may pay at
the Speciality.
For all of the above tests done in con-
junction with PCA, there will be OFA forms
with 50% discount stickers for OFA list-
ings of the results.
Swab kits will also be available for
AKC,DNA,CHIC DNA Repository, and UC
Davis Addison's/Epilepsy Research.
porting the medallion program. Those of us dedicated
to working our poodles in the field couldn’t be any hap-
pier with the results.
The first medallions will be awarded during the PCA
show in June – actual date, time and place to be an-
nounced. If you think your dog has qualified for a me-
dallion, please contact me with your documentation.
And please note that the Orlando Poodle Club will be
sponsoring a WC/WCX test on March 11, 2007, at
Golden Oaks Ranch, Montverde, FL. We hope to see
everyone there to enjoy the weather and the camarade-
rie of other Hunting Poodles and their people.
Good luck and happy hunting!
Joyce Carelli
WC/WCX Chairman
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cont. from page 11 thoughts on this, as well as on our other findings.

on the temperament ratings of Poodles with seizures. Again, Chris and I are grateful for the many helpful
Approximately half of the seizing Poodles from the participants. Your time and thoughtfulness are greatly
epilepsy research sample was taking anti-seizure medi- appreciated.
cation, and there were no differences on any of the rat-
ings between those that were taking medication and My Best,
those that were not. In part, this may have been due to Barbara G. Licht, Ph.D.
the fact that the majority of dogs that were taking medi- Principal Investigator, Poodle Epilepsy Project
cation were on low or moderate doses. Additionally,
all owners were asked to rate their Poodle’s tempera- Mailing Address:
ment when he or she was approximately 2 years old, Department of Psychology (East)
which was slightly younger than when many of these 209 Eppes Hall
dogs started taking medication. The average (median) Florida State University
age when these dogs began taking anti-seizure medi- Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270
cation was 2.8 years.
Phone: (850) 644-6272
For the Internet sample, the only difference we found Fax: (850) 645-7518
was that seizing Poodles were rated as less Extroverted Email: blicht@psy.fsu.edu
than were non-seizing Poodles. However, the fact that
this difference did not show up in the epilepsy research
sample suggests that this may not a reliable finding.
PCA- Obedience
In summary, in the epilepsy research sample, seizing Although the Holidays are upon us, June 2007
Poodles were rated as more Demanding of Attention;
and PCA will be here before we know it. Here is
in the Internet sample, seizing Poodles were rated as
the list of your obedience and rally judges for
less Extroverted. Because there were no differences that
held for both samples, we do not view either of these 2007 along with their assignments:
differences as reliable findings. Overall, our conclu-
sion is that the natural temperaments of Poodles with Mrs. Betsy Baird-All Rally classes
seizures do not appear to be very different than the tem- Ms. Allison Jaskiewicz-Utility B & Open A
peraments of Poodles without seizures. Mr. Jeffrey Showman-Utility A & Novice A
Mr. Frank Washabaugh-Novice B
Temperament Differences Between Varieties Mr. William Wisecup-Open B

The third research question was to examine whether The non regular classes will be assigned after the
there are differences in how owners rate the tempera-
close of entries.
ments of the 3 varieties of Poodles. As mentioned pre-
viously, we had low participation rates from owners of
Toys and Miniatures. Thus, we view these analyses as As we always do, we will have a judges and
very preliminary. For these analyses, we only analyzed exhibitor's dinner immediately following the
NON-seizing Poodles. This gave us 8 Toys, 19 Minia- trial. The food is excellent so plan to stay and
tures, and 93 Standards. The only difference we found dine with us.
(that was statistically significant) was that the smaller
dogs were rated as more Demanding of Attention. For Please mark your calendars now for Tuesday,
Standards, the average (mean) on a 7-point scale was June 12th, 2007 to be in Salisbury, Maryland, at
4.5, Miniatures were 5.0, and Toys were 6.1. As indi- the Greatest Poodle Show on Earth!
cated, we view these findings as preliminary, but per-
haps some of you might have some insights into whether
Susie Osburn
this might reflect a “true” difference across varieties or
Obedience & Rally Trial Chairman
whether it is simply a result of having a small sample
of Toys and Miniatures. W would love to hear your
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ANNE ROGERS CLARK Born in Flushing in 1929, she called herself a stock market
1929-2006 crash child. When the family fortune (stemming from Philip
Hone) collapsed with the market, the family moved to New
The Board of Governors, the officers and members of The
York City. When she finished high school, she opted not to
Westminster Kennel Club deeply mourn the passing of their
go to college so that she could devote herself to the sport of
friend and colleague, Anne Rogers Clark.
dogs. She worked fulltime at her mother’s shop, Dogs, Inc.,
situated in Midtown Manhattan, and helped her at the shows
ANNE ROGERS CLARK, one of the premier people in
on weekends. Eventually, she became one of the top pro-
the sport of purebred dogs and a descendant of former New
fessional handlers in the sport.
York City Mayor (1826-1827) Philip Hone, died peace-
fully on Wednesday, December 20 in Wilmington, Dela-
She always enjoyed telling the story about her grandmother,
ware, after a lengthy, courageous battle with cancer. She
Adele Tobler Hone, being unhappy that her granddaughter
was 77 years old.
had become a professional dog handler.
The contributions and accomplishments of Mrs. Clark to
“When I was fortunate enough to win Best In Show at the
the sport as a breeder, owner, handler, judge and mentor
Garden for the first time in 1956,” Mrs. Clark would say,
were incomparable. Like a superstar in any field, she was
“and my beloved Nana got to read in the New York Times
known affectionately and respectfully throughout the dog
that I was the first lady professional handler to guide a dog
show world by her first name only: “Annie.”
to Best in Show at Westminster, she was finally satisfied
— after all it was the New York Times and it was
“She was unique to our world, truly one of a kind,” said
Westminster!”
Westminster Show Chairman Thomas H. Bradley, 3d. “It
is difficult to imagine another individual ever again domi-
Mrs. Clark bred English Cockers and with her late husband
nating our sport as she did for so many years.”
James bred Miniature and Standard Poodles, Norfolk Ter-
riers, and Whippets. In 2002, a Miniature Poodle that she
As a native New Yorker, she was always proud of the fact
co-bred captured Best In Show at Westminster. For many
that she held a unique place in the history of The
years from the mid-1960’s through the mid-1980’s, Mrs.
Westminster Kennel Club and its world-famous all breed
Clark and her late husband were knowledgeable and popu-
dog show held at Madison Square Garden. In 2006 she
lar commentators for the Westminster Kennel Club tele-
attended her 66th consecutive Westminster, a streak dat-
cast on the Madison Square Garden Network.
ing back to 1941.
Mrs. Clark was a past president of the Poodle Club of
A second generation dog person, she became the first
America and the English Cocker Spaniel Club of America,
woman professional handler to win Best In Show at
and a member of the Ladies Dog Club. She won just about
Westminster in 1956, handling the Toy Poodle, Ch. Wilbur
every prestigious award in the sport, including Handler of
White Swan, to the first BIS at Westminster for a Toy breed.
the Year, Judge of the Year (three times), the Mark Morris
She handled two more BIS winners in 1959 and 1961.
Lifetime Award, and Dog Writer of the Year. She was a
Her three Best In Show wins as a handler ranks behind
frequent contributor to the AKC Gazette and is the co-au-
only Percy Roberts and Peter Green, who each had four,
thor of the International Encyclopedia of Dogs. Her latest
and ties her with Winthrop Rutherfurd.
book, Annie on Dogs!, is a compilation of her monthly col-
umns written for Dogs In Review magazine.
After retiring from handling, she quickly became one of a
select group of individuals licensed by the American Ken-
Mrs. Clark had no surviving family. Friends suggest that in
nel Club as an all-breed judge. Through the ensuing years,
lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the name of
Mrs. Clark added to her Westminster credentials, becom-
Mrs. Clark to Take The Lead, PO Box 6353, Watertown,
ing the only person ever to have judged Best In Show
NY 13601, or to the Poodle Club of America Foundation,
(1978) and all seven Groups at Westminster, and also
Inc., 2945 Jamestown Rd., Long Lake, MN 55356.
judged the Junior Showmanship finals four times. She had
judged at Westminster 22 times, tied at the top of the list reprinted with permission from
for the most judging appearances at America’s dog show. Westminster Kennel Club
She was scheduled to judge the Terrier Group at the club’s
(www.westminsterkennelclub.org)
131st annual show this coming February.
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involved in classical music and opera. She
Spotlite on a P.C.A. Member
does volunteer work with the local chapter
This Edition of the Poodle Papers shines
of MADD, the Missouri Historical Mu-
it’s spotlite on Connie Green.
seum, the St. Louis Art Museum, etc.
Connie was born and grew up in Missouri
Connie’s kennel name is Greenwyn.
with three years of her childhood spent in
southern California. She went to college in
Connecticut. Whats in a name?
How did you come up with your kennel name you
Connie rode as a child and was active in use? That question will be asked to breeders in each
field hockey, tennis, and volleyball all variety for the Poodle Papers . This issue we have
asked
through school.
Gloria & Melton Berube-Cimefleuri Toys . We
Connie is single and lives in St. Louis in (my family) had moved to a new home in Oct. 1965
just prior to our purchasing our first toy poodle in
the house her grandparents built after Dec.1965. Our home sits at the base of a large hill
WWII. which was literally covered with flowers (Snap-
dragons, Daylily, and wild Roses). In French,
When she graduated from college in 1971, "Cime" means hill top, "fleuri" meaning floral or
Connie felt she'd been without a dog for flowered, thus Flowered hilltop, or CIMEFLEURI
too long so she went to Laura Rowbotham Ann Mandelbaum- Amandier Standards. Our last
of Loribon Standards and purchased a 4 1/ name Mandelbaum in French is Amandier.
2 month old black pet bitch whom she
named "Charlie". June Bierwas- Juniper Miniatures. When Pat
Breha was showing for me she said I needed a
prefix.When I thought of a prefix, I had a yard full
Connie shows in conformation but started of Juniper bushes and the name just seemed to fit.
out in obedience getting Charlie's CD. It had my first name and that helped too.Thus Ju-
niper just seemed to fit.
Connie and her mother started out in Stan-
dards and she is still in Standards after 35
years. Poodle Papers!
Connie and her Mother purchased their first Deadline for the next newsletter is March
Standard from Laura Rowbotham, then 25th. Please get your articles to me by that
bought two show dogs from Laura. Betty date. Anyone that has an interesting topic
Caton and Jack Naegeli were their first that they would like to see in the newslet-
handlers and they were very helpful to them. ter , please feel free to email me at
lnewing@earthlink.net
Connie recently retired after being an an-
tiques dealer for over 25 years. She still Leslie
has an interest in antiques. Connie is also Editor of The Poodle Papers
The Poodle Papers / Winter Edition
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American Kennel Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Daisy Okas
Date: December 12, 2006
Phone: 212-696-8343
DECEMBER CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
New York, NY – The recently completed sixth AKC/
Eukanuba National Championship was a wonderful
way to close our year by showcasing the best of the
American Kennel Club, both for the dog fancy and the
general public. We hosted nearly 3,000 dogs for the
weekend’s three events. All 165 AKC breeds and vari-
eties, all 50 states and 16 countries were represented in
competition and 145 Parent clubs participated in the
ever-popular AKC Meet the Breeds.
We are delighted that this year the Bred-By Exhibitor
competition represented nearly 40 percent of our total
entry. These numbers clearly illustrate that this event
has become “the” breeder’s showcase.
Further recognizing the importance of this competition,
the entire Bred-By Exhibitor group competition is avail-
able on streaming video on the AKC web site. This
added coverage of our Bred-By Exhibitors means fan-
ciers and the public will be able to enjoy this facet of
our sport. Next year, we plan to offer same-day cover-
age of the seven Bred-By Exhibitor groups via stream-
ing video.
We also highlighted the purebred dog breeder in our
on-air ceremony featuring the Breeder of the Year
Award. All of this public exposure clearly demonstrates
our continued support of and pride in our breeders.
And now that this year’s show is behind us, I’d like to
focus on some of AKC’s other highlights for 2006.
Certainly one of the busiest areas has been our Canine
Legislation Department with breed-specific legislation
continuing to be an issue across the nation. We have
tracked more than one hundred breed-specific ordinance
introductions this year. Because of the concerted ef-
forts of our dog fanciers at the local level, seven out of
ten governmental entities are now rejecting breed-spe-
cific proposals. I want to applaud the many fanciers
active in their states and communities combating man-
datory spay and neuter ordinances, dog ownership limit
The Poodle Papers /Winter Edition
laws, and state level breeders bills that threaten the right
to own and breed dogs responsibly.
On the federal level, AKC endorsed the Pet Evacua-
tion and Transportation Standard Act (PETS), recently
signed into law by President Bush. PETS requires that
state and local emergency plans include provisions for
persons with pets and authorizes appropriations for the
planning and construction of emergency shelter facili-
ties.
Earlier this year we added a staff position to coordi-
nate disaster preparedness. A national protocol is evolv-
ing which dictates that all responders now work through
their local officials. We have contacted every “Office
of the State Veterinarian” and every Veterinary School
Dean to learn what particular requirements their state
may have so that we may best integrate all of our re-
sources. The AKC/CAR Canine Support and Relief
Fund also awarded grants to Mississippi State Univer-
sity to fund a mobile emergency response unit for its
veterinary medical assistance team or “VMAT”; and to
the North Carolina State Animal Response Team and
to the University of Florida to purchase temporary shel-
ters for future emergencies.
In the event area, 2006 has seen much activity. Over-
all, events will be up approximately 12 percent and we
predict entries to top 3 million. Our newest companion
event, Rally, has grown over 60% from 2005 and we
continue to welcome Coonhound enthusiasts into the
AKC fold. In Agility, we were proud to have one of
our World Team members receive a silver medal at the
World Agility Championships in Switzerland earlier this
year and this month we held the inaugural AKC Agil-
ity Invitational which encouraged all breeds to show
off their skills.
Beyond our ongoing publicity and advertising cam-
paigns which continually highlight our programs, ser-
vices and expertise to hundreds of millions, we con-
tinue to discover creative ways to reach dog owners
with our message of responsible dog ownership. For
example, we worked with Buena Vista Home Enter-
tainment to place breed inserts into the DVD releases
of two highly successful films featuring dogs -- Eight
Below and The Shaggy Dog. This initiative is con-
tinuing with the upcoming DVD release of Air Bud-
dies, which will contain an insert about the Golden
Retriever.
cont. on page 18
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Seasons Greetings!
As we approach the end of 2006, it seemed ap-
propriate to give everyone a brief update on the CHIC
program.
In the last five years, CHIC has grown from 8
pilot breeds, to more than 80 participating breeds. This
represents over half the AKC recognized breeds, with
a number of rare breeds participating as well. Over
32,000 dogs have completed the breed specific require-
ments and earned CHIC numbers.
Even with over 80 breeds participating, we
have kept our focus of tailoring the requirements to
meet the specific needs of each breed. While many
breeds have very standard testing requirements such as
hips, eyes, and cardiac, we have developed custom so-
lutions for several clubs including the capture of mark-
ing patterns for Boston Terriers due the potential cor-
relation to deafness, Holter monitoring and Tempera-
ment Test results for Dobermans, and Gonioscopy re-
sults for Basset Hounds. We have built a number of
electronic import routines so that parent club maintained
data such as BAER test results maintained by the En-
glish Setter Association can be seamlessly integrated
into CHIC on a quarterly basis, making years of his-
torical data maintained by the club available online for
the first time.
In an effort to promote the program and en-
courage participation, we continue to be available for
presentations and health seminars at national special-
ties. CHIC related presentations were given at the fol-
lowing national specialties in 2006: Alaskan Malamute,
Basset Hound, Cocker Spaniel, French Bulldog, Great
Pyrenees, Scottish Terrier, and Labrador Retriever.
As the program has grown and matured, the
AKC has taken an interest in the program as well. A
presentation on CHIC was given to the senior AKC
leadership team this spring, and CHIC is now a regular
presentation session during the AKC’s Breeders Sym-
posiums.
The “Champions of Health” award program
was kicked off in 2006 with several clubs recognizing
dogs which had significant accomplishments in the ring,
in the field, as working dogs, or as producers, AND
that had the full complement of appropriate health test-
ing. The dogs were recognized during the banquet
awards program at their nationals with an engraved sil-
ver medallion and a $100 donation in the dog’s honor
to the breed’s AKC CHF Donor Advised Fund. Please
contact us if your breed is interested in participating in
this annual awards program.
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Several clubs have gotten very clever in their
methods of promoting the program. In particular, we’d
like to salute the American Spaniel Club and the Dal-
matian Club of America. ASC has recently changed
their futurity requirements to include hip and eye clear-
ances on both the sire and dam before the litter may be
nominated. Beginning in 2007, the Dalmatian Club of
America is offering an additional cash bonus to the
Futurity winners if the sire and dam have CHIC num-
bers. Other club incentives include awards at their an-
nual banquets, recognition in their breed magazines,
and several clubs are considering health related non-
regular classes at their nationals. Please continue to
share your ideas with us, so that we may in turn share
them with other clubs.
Finally, the last 18 months have seen the CHIC
DNA Repository grow from a concept to become a re-
ality. The mission of the DNA Repository is to collect
and store canine DNA samples along with the corre-
sponding pedigree and phenotypic health information
to facilitate future canine health research. The concept
of a centralized bank has received buy in from the re-
search community, and has been overwhelmingly sup-
ported by the breeder community as well. The bank
already has well over 2,000 samples collected along
with all the corresponding pedigree and health infor-
mation. The 2,000 dogs already represent a large cross
section of breeds, ages, and a good mix of healthy and
diseased dogs. DNA collection clinics have been spon-
sored at the Golden Retriever, Boxer, and French Bull-
dog nationals, with a number of collection clinics on
deck for ’07.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns,
feedback, ideas, or other thoughts regarding the CHIC
program, please feel free to contact us.
Wishing you and all the dogs that enrich our
lives a happy and HEALTHY new year!
Eddie Dziuk
Chief Operating Officer
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
2300 E Nifong Blvd.
Columbia, MO
573-442-0418 x222
edziuk@offa.org
www.caninehealthinfo.org
CHIC contact at the AKC CHF:
Erika Werne
PO Box 37941
Raleigh, NC 27627
888-682-9696
eaw@akcchf.org
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cont. from page 16 you and I look forward to a productive 2007.

We also reach the public via our growing licensing pro-
gram which has resulted in AKC-branded products in
over 4,700 retail stores nationwide including Target,
Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Costco, Petco, Petsmart and
Walgreen's.
New dimensions were added to this year’s fourth an-
nual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day via our
AKC Pet Promise, which allowed owners to pledge their
commitment to providing the basics of responsible pet
care. We were also pleased to dedicate our Fourth
Quarter Community Achievement Awards to clubs
which held RDO events. And as always, we are proud
to recognize all facets of the dog community with our
varied award programs such as the Breeder of Year,
ACE, and the Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Sincerely,
Ron Menaker
Chairman
The American Kennel Club, founded in 1884, is a not-for-profit organiza-
tion which maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the world and
oversees the sport of purebred dogs in the United States. The AKC is dedi-
cated to upholding the integrity of its registry, promoting the sport of pure-
bred dogs and breeding for type and function. Along with its nearly 5,000
licensed and member clubs and its affiliated organizations, the AKC advo-
cates for the purebred dog as a family companion, advances canine health
and well-being, works to protect the rights of all dog owners and promotes
responsible dog ownership. More than 18,000 competitions for AKC-regis-
tered purebred dogs are held under AKC rules each year including confor-
mation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, herding, lure coursing, coonhound
events, hunt tests, field and earthdog trials. Affiliate AKC organizations
include the AKC Canine Health Foundation, AKC Companion Animal Re-
covery and the AKC Museum of the Dog. For more information, visit
www.akc.org .

AKC, American Kennel Club, the American Kennel Club seal and design,
And finally, I wanted to touch on our direction in 2007. and all associated marks and logos are trademarks, registered trademarks
I want to reiterate that the goal of the AKC Strategic and service marks of The American Kennel Club, Inc.
Plan is to strengthen the AKC. This is a critical time
for the fancy and the AKC that will no doubt present
future challenges. We are in the midst of evolving from PCA PerformanceRaffle
a registry and regulatory body that enjoyed the statusGoing to PCA in June? Want to help our poodles
of “only game in town” for much of the last century tohave healthier lives? Volunteer to be Kennel Help
being one among a bevy of animal welfare and animal for A Day at the PCA PerformanceRaffle! As our
interest organizations as well as numerous registries Tully Raffle prize next year, we're offering kennel
vying for the public’s attention. help for the lucky winner, but we need kennel help-
ers first! So step right up, and help raise lots and
The Board’s strategic plan emphasizes a more proac-
lots of $$$$$$ for the PCA Health Foundation, so
tive approach to dealing with this new environment.
every poodle can be just as bouncy and silly and
We are moving towards that as an organization but as
with any change, there will always be healthy debate. happy as yours.
To face the challenging issues we need to address, it is
imperative that we work together. Therefore, I want to The Tully poodles are a special breed--Judy
state my intention of keeping the delegates and the Kessler's Tully had irritable bowel disease, but still
broader constituency far more engaged as we pursue loved the agility game and played it with lots of
our strategic direction. I know we need to foster a pro- joy and skill. My Tully had a liver shunt
ductive dialogue regarding all issues that affect the way (successfully repaired), and he's had an agility ca-
the AKC is perceived and that reflect on the values we reer, dabbled in obedience and rally, now he's found
stand for as a whole. I know all of you in the fancy are his true calling as a therapy dog.
very invested in seeing the AKC prosper and remain
healthy and your input and participation is crucial in
So don't be shy--jump right in and be a kennel per-
assisting the Board and staff to work toward achieving
that goal. son for a GREAT cause! The more the merrier!

I personally would like to thank the entire board, the Employment applications go to Judy Leister
delegate body, and the wonderful staff for all their hard (judy3@tds.net) or me (esquette@earthlink.net).
work, dedication and contributions to the sport of pure- Y'all come and play!
bred dogs this year. I feel honored to work with all of Charlotte Mitchell

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dards, litters are larger, so one often actually has a choice,
DIFFERENCES IN instead of the choice being “take it or leave it,” as is often
the case in the smaller varieties.
THE VARIETIES:
Another consideration is that conformation and soundness
THE STANDARD is more important in a standard than in a toy or mini. For
instance, mild cases of hip or elbow dysplasia, or straight
angles in fronts and rears, might never cause pain or lame-
This is the last of the series on differences in the three
ness in a light-weight, small dog because there is not much
varieties of poodles with respect to training. More so
strain on the joints. But when a 50 to 70-pound dog jumps
than any other variety, the wide array of personalities
a 24-inch jump, pushing off of and coming down on those
in standards makes generalizing difficult. There are such
joints, then there is a lot of wear and tear, and injury can
extremes—from quaking violets to bust-a-gut brava-
result.
dos. What makes them similar?
What is a standard like to train? I believe that they have
The wide array of problem behaviors that one may find
one of the highest I.Q.’s of the dog world. What does this
in any size or breed of dog is going to be found in stan-
mean to the dog trainer? The fact that they are smart does
dard poodles. However, the sheer size of the standard
not make them easy to train for performance sports. Traits
is going to increase the magnitude of any problems in
associated with a high I.Q. are ability to learn quickly, a
an exponential fashion. For instance, the standards that
sharp sense of humor, creativity, curiosity, and boredom
I have had could be very destructive if given the oppor-
with repetitive tasks. The ability to learn new tasks quickly
tunity. Whereas the toy poodle might chew your shoe-
does not make them reliable performers in the ring. Rep-
lace, and the mini might chew the toe out of your shoe,
etition and proofing produce reliability. But standards get
the standard can easily chew the arm off of a chair. The
bored with repetition. Trying to do the repetition neces-
standards I had would swallow whole any object not
sary to produce reliability is the place where the standard
nailed down: pantyhose, socks, toilet paper roll hold-
trainer finds out about that creativity angle. If a standard
ers, plastic bags, toys, bolts, Christmas decorations, dia-
does an exercise five times, he will probably find five dif-
pers, safety razors, and feminine hygiene products. This
ferent ways to do it. In addition, they are generally recog-
behavior did not seem to diminish with age, as one might
nized as the clowns of the poodle world. Comedy relief is
expect. Some items eaten were so large, I pictured in
their specialty. Their playful antics keep the spectators
my mind the dog eating it in stages, like a boa constric-
entertained, much to the chagrin of the one who paid the
tor swallowing a rabbit. (What this has to do with train-
entry fees. A standard’s natural curiosity causes distract-
ing, I can’t really say, other than that training time might
ibility. They notice EVERYTHING. So proofing (pur-
be lost to toy-ectomies!)
posefully teaching the dog to ignore distractions during
the training process), to develop the dog’s ability to focus,
If a toy or mini suffers separation anxiety, it is a bit of a
is essential.
problem. If a standard suffers separation anxiety, be-
cause of his size and strength, there is no crate, room, cont. on page 20
or motor home that can contain him. If the small poodle
gets carsick or has housetraining lapses, there is a small
mess to clean up. Need I say more? If a toy or mini MOVING?
does not want to have his nails done, a sock can be put Please if you have moved please email me
over his head, he can be held down, and nails trimmed.
If a standard really does not want his nails done, it will
your new address so I can update it to keep
take two strong men or anesthesia. If a small poodle you getting the Poodle Papers. I only get
wants to bite, it is easy to show him the error of his one update a year otherwise so your
ways. If a standard wants to bite, one could get really issues of the Poodle Papers will drop if I
hurt. So, in essence, if breeding good, confident, non-
neurotic temperaments is desirable in toys and minis, don’t have an up to date address on you.
then it is of utmost importance in standards. Likewise, Email lnewing@earthlink.net
if a person wants a standard, he best be extremely dis-
criminating in choosing his prospect. Luckily, in stan-
Thanks.Leslie
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cont. from page 19
Standards, with their natural athleticism and enjoyment
of the limelight, should be excellent agility dogs. How-
ever, a standard poodle that is good in agility is a rare
sight. What one usually sees at agility trials is out-of-
control dogs using the contact obstacles for mini-tram-
polines, popping weave poles, and playing catch-me-
if-you-can. I would conclude from this that, if a per-
son wants to train a standard for agility, he better find
an excellent instructor, spend an inordinate amount of
time training and proofing the basics, and get impec-
cable off-leash control before ever letting that standard
poodle get a whiff of an agility trial. Once he gets a
taste of the agility zoomies, with the spectators laugh-
PCA 2005
ing and clapping, he will not forget how much fun it
was.
>
Another problem in successfully running standards in
agility is that their long legs can get them around a
course mighty fast. It is my observation that only slow-
moving people seem to choose standard poodles to train
in agility. Most standard handlers are far behind their
dogs in offering useful directional information. Happy,
energetic dogs are not going to wait patiently for the
handler to catch up and direct them to the next obstacle.
They are going to fill their time with the possibilities at
hand. So their handlers and others brand them as “out
of control,” when the problem is lack of timely infor-
mation. If a trainer is not fast enough to keep up with a
standard, then he is going to have to teach distance work,
and this requires even more skill, time and work to be-
come proficient. And, due to the dog’s speed, the
handler’s timing must still be perfect for good results.
A problem that many trainers have with standards is
“ring-wise” behavior. This is being able to do an exer-
cise perfectly in practice, but flubbing it up in the ring
at the show. The major causes of ring-wise behavior
are lack of proofing (the dog has not been “immunized”
against distractions) and the dog being smart enough
to know that neither a correction nor a treat will be
forthcoming in the show ring. The cure for this malady
is easy to prescribe, but requires a lot of intelligence
and skill to administer. The dog must do the exercises
(whether in obedience, agility, tracking, or whatever)
for his own reasons before he will be able to do them
perfectly without the specter of an immediate correc-
tion or reward hanging in the air. He must do them
because the trainer has made it fun to do them, or has
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given him clear choices—making the correct behavior
fun and rewarding for the dog, and the incorrect be-
havior unrewarding.
I hope that these articles have been fun reading for those
who already have made their choice of a poodle vari-
ety—perhaps they have seen their dog in these descrip-
tions, or at least they know that they are not alone in
their sufferings! For those who have only trained one
variety, perhaps they will be interested in taking on the
fun and challenge of another variety. And, those people
only watching poodles in the performance ring might
have a better understanding of the challenges involved
in training the various sizes.
Joann Neal
PCA ballots
PCA ballots for Petitions # 1 and #2 were counted
Saturday, December 16th, 2006 by Norma Strait,
Dorothy Cangson, & Peggy McDill - all members
in good standing.
The results are:
Petition #1 "Allowing for the Annual Meeting to
be held in conjunction with the National Specialty
and to also allow for email in place of traditional
mail "
Yays: 164 Nays: 14 Petition# 1 passed "pending
AKC approval"
Petition #2 "Limiting board terms from 10 years
to 6 years "
Yays: 70 Nays: 109 Petition #2 was defeated
Note 1: one petition was invalid because both boxes
were checked for petition #2
Note 2: many envelopes only contained 1 ballot
The ballots were sealed and the seal signed by all
3 counters.
Submitted 12/17/2006
Peggy McDill
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From Glenna Agility at PCA 2007

th
Plans for PCA’s 75 Anniversary specialty are in full
swing. Richard Lehman and Missy Galloway have 2007 is the year we will be having the 10th agility
some really exciting ideas for decorating the Civic trial at PCA. In honor of this anniversary we have
Center - I can hardly wait to see it all when it is com-invited a judge from the first year, Janet Gauntt, to
pleted. judge our 2007 trial and she is excited to be re-
turning. Kathryn Foran and I have been thinking
Judges for 2007 are: of ways to mark this milestone in PCA agility. It is
too soon to tell our plans, but it will be fun. If you
Dana Plonkey Toy Poodles were one of the exhibitors from the first year we
Maxine Beam Miniature Poodles would love to see you back for our 10th trial!
Edd Bivin Standard Poodles As usual we will be doing the worker's prize raffle,
Helen Lee James InterVariety the wonderful catered sandwich buffet for work-
Doris Cozart Junior Showman- ers, the new title ribbons, and the High In Trial
ship award.
Dr. Samuel M. Peacock, Jr. Veterans Sweep- In addition, for those of you that can never get too
stakes much agility, there are shows within easy driving
distance the weekend before PCA. The Salisbury
The apricot, silver and brown matches will be held at
Kennel Club is having an indoor trial in a soccer
the Civic Center on Monday, June 11, 2007 upstairs at
arena in Eden, Maryland on June 9 and 10. The
the Civic Center. For further information contact Joan
Scott at 302-998-3822. judges are Denise and Keith VanHousen. Check
the AKC web site for entry information, these are
There is a first time for everything. This is the first limited trials.
PCA I have planned without Annie’s playing a major Make plans now to attend our national in this an-
role. We were especially happy when she had agreed niversary year, the 75th PCA and the 10th agility
to judge Veterans Sweepstakes in honor of our 75th an- trial.
niversary! Now, Dr. Samuel M. Peacock, Jr. has agreed Jan Hopper, Trial Chair
to judge our Veterans and he will have Annie’s bless-
ings as he judges this assignment that she was antici-
pating with joy! Thank you!
Everyone who knew Annie has his own repertoire of We want to thank, Leslie Newing for all her
memories - I treasure my own and appreciate how very work in putting together the news letter. It
many lives she touched in her 77 years. The peaceful is a huge task.
end of her life was her lasting gift to us.
The newsletter has grown and each issue
It is vitally important to Poodles and Poodle enthusi- gets bigger and better.
asts worldwide that we make this anniversary specialty Thank you so much Leslie!
as SPECIAL as it can be. To that end the Show Com-
mittee will work diligently. Please join us for the 75th
presentation of THE GREATEST POODLE SHOW ON Also special thanks to Mia DiBenedetto &
EARTH. Leslie for keeping the web site updated.
They both work hard to let us have access
Glenna Carlson to current happenings.
National Show Chairman
December 23, 2006
THANK YOU
The Officers & Board of PCA.
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Doris Cozart, President

Poodle Club of America
6126 Highland Drive
Kaufman, Texas 75142-6219

Dear Doris,

On behalf of Purina, our thoughts are with you in remembrance of a dear friend and
Poodle matriarch.

It’s just like Annie to ask that all remembrances of her be made to the Poodle Club
Foundation. When I shared the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program with Annie at
the PCA National in 2001, she made sure the Poodle Club of America was one of the
first parent clubs to enlist in the program. Since Annie’s initiative, the Poodle Club of
America has earned over $26,000 through the Poodle breeders who submitted their
dog food bag weight circles to the Purina Pro Club.

Therefore, in remembrance of Annie, during the first quarter of 2007 Purina will double
the matching funds earned by the Poodle Club through the Parent Club Partnership
Program. The incremental funds will be donated to the Poodle Club Foundation in the
name of those Pro Club members who have declared for the PCA and submit weight
circles from January 1, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

A check will be given directly to the Poodle Club Foundation during the 2007 PCA
National Specialty in June.

Yours truly,

Ernie Planck
Director, Breeder/Enthusiast Group

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Annie…
Dog people and sports enthusiasts through-
out the world knew her first as Anne Hone
Rogers and later as Mrs. James Edward Clark.
But to Poodle people, the single word “Annie”
was all you needed to hear. Everybody knew
who you meant. Many called her Annie, and a
few addressed her as Mrs. Clark out of respect.

Annie died peacefully this morning, Decem-

ber 20, 2006.

She had endured a long battle with cancer and

late last week chose not to continue the fight.
She died at the home of a special friend, Betsy
Lebet, and in the company of lifelong friends
who were dear to her.
not. Her years of involvement ranged from the early years,
The Poodle world—and dog world in general—mourns her the 1940s and 50s, to 2006. She was a breeder, a handler,
passing. a judge, an author, a teacher, and in a dozen other ways
contributed to the well-being and improvement of
Her life-long association with dogs began as a child. Her Poodles, of several breeds, of dog clubs and associations,
mother was a noted dog authority, and their early involve- and in fact of nearly everything influencing the sport of
ment was at a time when purebred dog activities—and dogs.
Poodle activities in particular—were just beginning. Annie
had more than a nodding acquaintance with many of the She was all that. But she was also a person who would
people who founded the Poodle Club of America. help a young girl learn to put an English saddle trim on a
pet-quality dog…who would stop in an open area on her
Her East Coast location served her well, as that was the way to the ring where she was judging to help a young
center of dog breeding and showing at that time. Many of cont. on page 25
those early Poodle breeders were her competitors when she
and her mother were showing their Poodles. And her
mother’s interests in several breeds likely led Annie toward
her own involvement and interest in dogs of many breeds,
although her long-term love was Poodles.

And so she was able to observe and learn from not only of
Poodle breeders, but of handlers and breeders of many
breeds. Henry Stoecker, Howard Tyler, ands Ruth Sayers
had strong ties to Poodles. Many others working with other
breeds and groups were also her mentors. And she always
cited William Kendrick, Percy Roberts and, of course, the
dean of them all, Alva Rosenberg, as dog people of great
stature who became respected dog judges.

Their influence on her—as well as the influence of friends

and colleagues such as Bob and Jane Forsyth—was im-
measurable

Those who came to the sport—and to Poodles in particu-

lar—saw her as a legend—whether she saw it that way or
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cont. from page 24
girl work on ring training her Doberman…who would
keep a young man lying on his belly in the gravel of her
driveway while she moved a Miniature Poodle and yelled,
“Watch him move and think about what you see! If you
can’t see it, you can’t fix it!”

Annie reserved to herself judging juniors at the Poodle

Club of America specialty each June, and delighted in
that assignment at the Garden. Her influence on young
handlers--in learning respect for the sport, their dogs, and
themselves--cannot be easily measured. Without her stew-
ardship and ultimate authority, the sport as we know it
would not be the same.

It is impossible to acknowledge all of her contributions

and all of the dimensions of her personality and character
that made her so special. She was a great character. Quick
with a remark, often a joke directed at herself, she at the
same time suffered no fools.
And now she is gone.
But if there are issues on any of those fronts, stand by.
Higher authorities will be called in, and new protocols
will be soon put in place. “Those are just the basics of
good dog care,” she’ll explain. If Ruth Sayers joins
her in that effort, “Thy will be done” will forever mean

Those who know her are confident that when she arrives
in Heaven, she’ll give her Jimbo a quick kiss on the cheek.
Then she’ll turn quickly to Festoon to see how she really
compares with Spice Girl. Then it will be Dancer, Horse,
Lofty, and Ruffian, and the others in turn. Mousie will
get a quick check. If ears and teeth are in good shape, and
if the runs seem properly cleaned, all will be well.

that Annie and Ruth got their way.

The Poodle Club of America will miss her.

Memorials may be sent to PCA Foundation

The Poodle Club of America Foundation, inc.
2945 James town Rd., Long Lake, Mn. 55356
or Take the Lead, PO Box 6353, Watertown, NY 13601.

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AFFILIATE NEWS! The Enchanted Poodle Club will

* Note this listing comes from Michael Knight have their Spring 2007 show on
The newly elected officers and directors of the
Poodle Club of Southern California for 2007-2008
May 11, 2007. We are honored
are as follows: to have Sandra Goose Allen as
President: John Shoemaker our judge. This will be a 3 day
12313 Alberta Drive weekend of shows in Albuquer-
Culver City, Ca 90230
310-827-3766 or dssup@cs.com que, New Mexico. Followed by
Vice President (Breeder referral and Poodle Rescue)-
Madeline Patterson
a 3 day weekend of shows in
805-529-7405 or bradandmad@aol.com Cortez, Colorado.
Recording Secretary-Robin Green
The new officers of The Enchanted Poodle Club
Corresponding Secretary- Catherine Gouse
1554 Doral Avenue of New Mexico are:
Northridge, Ca. 91326 President: Frances Lavender-Fish
or Catherine.Gouse@abc.com Vice-president: Joy Tschawuchian
818-360-0164 Secretary: Sandy Wright
Treasurer-Charlene Smutny Treasurer: Janet Bosley
Board of Directors: Judson Leech, Mary
Directors: Leech, Wilda Saxton, Johanna Johanson, Nancy
Standard Representative-Peggy Berger Kettenacker
Miniature Representative-Rene Wagner
Toy Representative-Barbara Aleck
Sincerely,
Publicity and Information Chairparson-Dick Kortes
Frances Lavender-Fish
Johnny Shoemaker

Reminder Affiliate Clubs:

your new contact is Michael Knight

Dr. Michael G. Knight PhD

212 Brazos Lane Sunnyvale TX 75182
mgk@tx.rr.com
Home 972.226.2837
Work 972.226.1049
Fax 972.203.8713

WE ARE GIVING A PCA HUNT TEST FOR JR SEN AND MASTERS ON

SEPT 1 AND A WC/WCX ON SEPT 2,2007 IN LOVELAND COLORADO
MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER OR
FOR INFORMATI0N CONTACT
TOM CARNEAL-TOMDAVE@ASDE.NET FOR INFORMATI0N
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Editor’s Note

For Annie:
The exaggerated rumors of her death came true on December 20, 2006.

Annie Clark was a real person, not a

god or a saint. She lived for the sport
of dogs, and was a cornerstone in the
sport. Annie paved the way for female
handlers and judges as equals to their
male counterparts, and in many ways,
she surpassed them. She cast a giant
shadow in the sport, and her influence
was felt worldwide. She challenged
her competition through the years to
achieve higher goals and standards,
to always do their best. She set a
benchmark for her peers and guide-
lines for those she mentored. She was always there with an answer to a sincerely asked ques-
tion, although it may not have been what someone wanted to hear. She said it as she saw it. She
had a generous heart, if she allowed you to see it. If she let you in, you saw the real Annie, a
person who otherwise kept herself to herself.
For those of us allowed into her world, we cher-
ished the person she really was, not the per-
sona. She was someone whose friendship we
will remember and value, a person we are
proud to say was a friend.

For Annie was a daughter, a wife, a widow, a

handler, a breeder, a judge, a gardener, a writer
and above all a friend.

We will miss her.

Leslie Newing
Editor of The Poodle Papers

Anne Rogers Clark

1929-2006

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OptiGen, LLC Idiopathic Epilepsy Update

OptiGen is happy to share the following infor-
mation regarding Poodles tested for PRA during Research funded by The American Kennel Club
the 4th quarter of 2006 (10/1/06-12/27/06): Canine Health Foundation and The Poodle Club
of America Foundation is being conducted at The
Total Poodles tested - 346 University of California, Davis to characterize id-
Normal/Clear - 240 iopathic epilepsy in Poodles. Many of you have
Carrier - 98 contributed blood samples and health information
Affected - 8 to the research or to a companion program focused
on Addison's Disease in Standard Poodles. I am
Total Toy Poodles tested - 196 writing this update to let you know that this re-
Normal/Clear - 130 search continues at UC Davis under the direction
Carrier - 60 of Dr. Anita Oberbauer.
Affected - 6
Over 2,000 Poodles are in the database. The chal-
Total Miniature Poodles tested - 150 lenge is that the researchers continue to need up-
Normal/Clear - 110 dated information on the status of the dogs that
Carrier - 38 have been submitted. For example if you submit-
Affected - 2 ted a blood sample for the Addison's study and your
dog has subsequently experienced seizures, that
Countries testing this period include - US, UK, information is valuable to the study. Also, if you
Estonia, Lithuania, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, have submitted information on your dog's seizures
Germany, Canada, Israel, Poland, the Nether- and the frequency or pattern has changed, that is
lands, Norway, France and Switzerland. also important information. It is very easy to up-
date your dog's information. Just go to the website,
If you have any questions, please feel free to http://cgap.ucdavis.edu and click on "Update your
email me. Dog's Health Status Here".

Sincerely, While some work can be done on Standard

Becky Iddings Poodles, additional information on dogs with sei-
Administrative Support Associate zures is needed for all 3 varieties. Obviously, if
you have a dog with seizures that you have not
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email: genetest@optigen.com
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The Rabies Challenge Fund This is from Del, an update on Mackey. Doris
We are finally winning the war on over-vaccina-
tion of dogs and cats in the United States. The Mackey J. Irick Recovering
next big hurdle is the Rabies vaccine. Before we In South Carolina
can hope to win a challenge against the overuse of
this income producing vaccine, it must be estab-
Mackey J. Irick, originator and long-time owner/
lished that the product, currently in use, is effec-
editor of Poodle Review, suffered a serious stroke
tive much longer than the 1-3 years it has been
in July at his home in New York City. Subsequently
proven to provide protection.
he was transferred to the Seneca Health & Rehab
Center in Seneca, South Carolina. Seneca is also
The Rabies Challenge Fund is working toward this
the home of his nephew, Dr. Frank Axson, who is
goal. Dr Jean Dodds and Dr Ron Schultz, with
in charge of his care.
the support of the University of Wisconsin School
of Veterinary Medicine have undertaken this mis-
Mackey suffers some confusion and memory loss,
sion to help us to protect our dogs from over-vac-
but apparently has remained quite clear about all
cination and remain within the law.
matters related to Poodles. When a dentist’s asso-
ciate commented that she bred “black and white
The University of Wisconsin is donating all nec-
Poodles with blue eyes,” Mackey did not respond
essary overhead costs for these studies (as much
to that bit of information. But as they left, he ex-
as 48% of direct research costs). Dr. Schultz, has
plained to his nephew that black and white Poodles
volunteered his time in conducting the research and
are mismarks that cannot be shown, and that eyes
Dr Dodds’ staff, at Hemopet are also donating their
should be black or as dark as possible. That would
time.
be Mackey’s way to respond.
The initial goal of this research is to extend the
So it seems likely that Mackey would enjoy notes
required interval for rabies boosters to 5 and then
and cards from his many Poodle friends. They may
7 years. Before research can begin, the first years
be sent to the following address:
work must be funded
Mackey J. Irick
The Challenge fund is a federally registered
Seneca Health & Rehab Center, Room 305
501(c)(3) charitable organization, making your gift
140 Tokeena Rd
Tax Deductible. Nobody has "extra" money, but
Seneca, SC 29678
if you need a tax deduction or you are looking for
a doggy charity, please consider the Rabies Chal-
He does have access to a telephone when in his
lenge Fund.
room, but he is frequently out of the room for re-
habilitation activities. The number is 864-882-
1642.
Karen Korab
From
President
Del Dahl
Apricot Red Poodle Club

http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/index.html

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Secretaries Notes: From Peggy
I am pleased to introduce Sally Poindexter as our new
National Rescue Chairperson. Sally is planning a res-
cue meeting for our National Specialty in June. Please
contact her at sjpoodle@aol.com if you wish to par-
ticipate. Sally was kind enough to include the follow-
ing bio for those who may not know her well. - Peggy
McDill
I am Sally Poindexter of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I
have owned poodles since 1959 when my father bought
one for my birthday. My family raised and showed
Dachshunds and Pugs primarily with a few Pekinese
thrown in. My father fell in love with standard poodles
but died shortly thereafter and my dog was never shown.
All through my youth I was always bringing home many
strays, some stayed, some were rehomed.
I bought my first show Standard in the early 90's and
joined the Poodle Club of Tulsa where upon holding
many of the offices in the club, rescue was one that
lasted until a year ago when I gave it up to other ca-
pable people in the club. I have owned rescue dogs
throughout my years and have cherished them, there is
just nothing like a rescue poodle. I am married with
two grown daughters and four grandsons with a new
granddaughter soon to arrive from China. I am a breeder
of standard poodles and will always have one on my
bed until the day I die. My kennel prefix is Sachas.
I am honored to hold the Rescue Chairperson office
and hope to work closely with the affiliate rescues and
hopefully make a difference. If any of the rescue chairs
would like to drop me an email introducing themselves
I would love to hear from you. I hope to get our rescue
groups networking with each other and I'm open to any
and all suggestions and any new ideas that the rescue
groups can bring forward. Let us know how we can
help you!!! I would also like to hear your rescue sto-
ries of sorrow and triumph, they keep us going. I would
love to see some of our rescue groups showcased, there
are some very hard working rescue groups throughout
PCA.
Thanks for the opportunity,
Sally Poindexter
SjPoodle@AOL.com
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AKC Televised Events
AKC Agility Invitational
* February 11, 2007 at 8pm on Animal Planet
* February 15, 2007 at 8pm on Animal Planet
* February 18, 2007 at 8pm on Animal Planet
The 131st Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Live on USA Network
from Madison Square Garden in New York City
Monday and Tuesday, February 12-13, 2007 8-11 p.m.
(ET)
More information: www.westminsterkennelclub.org
Grooming Seminar
presented by
Alan Waterman
Learn how to Show Groom a poodle from one of the
nations top handler/groomers.
Date April 28-29, 2007
Location: 565 Route 20, New Lebanon, NY
25 mi east of Albany, NY 3 hrs drive from NYC or Bos-
ton or Montreal
Saturday 9-5 Lecture and Hands on cutting of Puppy Trim.
$100 Observers: $50*
Sunday 9-5 Lecture and Hands on cutting of continental/
topknott. $100. Observers: $50
contact: Grace m Durkin, 518-766-6112 or email:
Castlepoodles@aol.com
Seminar Site
The seminar is being held in the conference area of our
Antique shop at 565 Rte 20, New Lebanon. Helpers will
be available to carry items as needed.
Lunch will be provided both days
Accomodations
BEST VALUE INN 5.3 miles N - 576 Columbia Tpke, East
Greenbush, 12061 - (518) 477-9352 59.95 per room with 8
dollar charge for each dog.
RODEWAY INN 1666 Columbia Tpke, Castletn On Hdsn,
12033 - (518) 477-2606 King Bed 64 +tax, 2 Double beds $74
+tax *plus $25 per pet
Comfort Inn*1055 South Street, Pittsfield*413.443.4714*
Special rate of $99 plus $25 per pet***
Spencer House, New Lebanon 1-518-794-6500
Rooms vary from 85-135 per night with one large bed and pos-
sible cot per room. $10 Extra charge for cot and one time $20
pet charge. (not a separate charge for each pet) This Bed and
Breakfast only has six rooms and is within walking distance of
Conference site. Those who wish to fly in can obtain transport
from airport for $40.
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The Westminster Kennel Club's 131st Annual All Ticket prices include a $4.50 MSG facility charge. Tick-
Breed Dog Show ets purchased through Ticketmaster will incur a service
Monday and Tuesday, February 12-13, 2007 fee. Tickets purchased through WKC include a $5 S&H
Madison Square Garden fee.
New York, New York
This year's show will be held on February 12-13, 2007.
Ticket purchase requests will be filled on first come first
served basis.
To order tickets, click here to print a ticket order form.
Fill out the form and return to the WKC office address as
listed on the form.
The deadline for ticket orders through the WKC office is
December 1, 2006.
An acknowledgement postcard will be sent to you upon
the processing of your ticket order.
Tickets will be mailed in mid January.
We do not accept credit cards or on-line orders.
A limited number of Reserved Seats may be purchased
through Ticketmaster and Madison Square Garden begin-
ning on October 15, 2006 www.ticketmaster.com or 212-
307-7171; www.thegarden.com.
General admission tickets can only be purchased through
Ticketmaster and MSG.
TICKET DESCRIPTION AND PRICES
ALL TICKETS WILL ALLOW YOU ACCESS TO THE
BENCHING AREA.
Reserved Seating-in sections 40-299. Good for both day
and night events. They can be purchased through the WKC
office, as well as, Ticketmaster and MSG. Ticketmaster
and MSG offer single day purchases. The price for these
tickets through the WKC office is $125. Ticketmaster and
MSG price is $120 plus applicable fees.
General Admission tickets are also good for both day and
night events but DO NOT HAVE AN ASSIGNED SEAT
NUMBER. The seating is on a first come first served ba-
sis and can only be purchased through Ticketmaster and
the MSG box office. These seats are in sections 300 and
400. You may purchase a ticket for one day @ $40, or a
two day ticket for $75. There is a children's ticket (up to
age 12) price of $20 for each day, plus applicable fees.
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A limited number of General Admission tickets will be
available for purchase at the Garden on each morning of
the show. Westminster was sold out in 2005 and 2006, so
please purchase early.
Orders received through the WKC office from Europe or
Asia will not be mailed. These orders will be held @ MSG
Box Office "Will Call Window # 5"-for pick up beginning
on Sunday February 11, 2007.
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is the most
common congenital heart disease found in dogs, usu-
ally leading to heart failure and death unless corrected
through surgery at a young age. A recent litter of 8
standard poodle puppies bred by my parents had 2
affected dogs one which has been operated on and
is expected to lead a normal life. As a graduate sci-
entist with first hand experience of this potentially fa-
tal disease I am keen to investigate the genetics of
hereditary PDA in poodles. In order to research PDA
I will require many DNA samples from affected poodles
(standard, mini and toy) usually acquired in the form
of a small blood sample or cheek swab. If you have a
dog that has been diagnosed with congenital PDA
and would like to help, I would be happy for you to
contact me.
The start date and strength of the research
very much depends on the number of samples that
can be obtained. If there are enough cases and will-
ing participants then I am eager to obtain funding for
this project and hopefully find the causative genes
that will one day lead to the development of a diag-
nostic test to help conquer hereditary PDA.
If you have a poodle with a PDA then please
contact me at:
Laura Clipsham BSc
Graduate Research Assistant
Centre of Preventative Medicine,
Animal Health Trust,
Lanwades Park,
Kentford,
Newmarket,
CB8 7UU
Tel: 08700 50 24 60
laura.clipsham@aht.org.uk
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Meet the Breeds 2006

Thanks to Cindy Jesch, Brandon Melanese and Johnny Shoemaker for all their hard
work in setting up the booth and working tirelessly for both days. Thanks as well to the
following people who
b r o u g h t
dogs,entertained and
informed all the visi-
tors -Chuck Arnold,
Laura Botfeld, Tom
Carneal, Cindy Jesch,
Brandon Melanese,
Madeline Patterson,
Annette Shepherd,
Johnny Shoemaker &
Charlene Smutny. We
passed out loads of in-
formation. The "No
Designer Dogs" but-
tons were a hit with ev-
eryone. We had

snuggly toy poodles, gorgeous

funny miniatures who fetched
and danced and played with
all the kids. Laura Botfeld
brought her handsome apricot
standard, Apollo, who is her
service dog. Apollo graduated
first in his class at the UCLA
service dog program! There
were also two brownie scouts,
Mary Lou and Gloria Jean
from Espree and Blue Skies.

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December 2006

Long Beach , Ca.

December 2 & 3

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Meet the Breeds

2006

Johnny Shoemaker and Brandon Melanese pictured set up this gorgeous

booth

Thank you to Peggy McDill

for sending the photos and
information on this wonderful
event !

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"WESTMINSTER. THERE'S ONLY ONE."

$35.00
(PLUS SHIPPING & HANDLING)
SIZE: 24"x36"
ARTIST:Debra Hurd

PRESS RELEASE

The bright lights of New York City, the Empire State building lit in the Westminster
club colors of purple and gold, and Madison Square Garden provides the spectacular
backdrop for the 2006 Best In Show winner Rufus and other beautiful dogs of
America's Dog Show in this poster taken from an oil painting by artist Debra Hurd for
the 2007 Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show.

Proceeds from the sale of the official poster of the Westminster Kennel Club's Annual
All Breed Dog Show will go to support Angel On A Leash, Westminster's therapy dog
program at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia
University Medical Center.

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