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When it comes to dog show, what is sportsmanship? 

In my opinion, it is a great deal more than saying "Thank you" to the judge or giving the winner of the class a big smile and a "Congratulations. "

Sportsmanship at a dog show isn't any different than "sportsmanship" in life.  Dog shows and life can't be separated for dog shows are simply part of life ... just as life is part of dog shows.

The "Thank you" and the "Congratulations" are outward manifestations of sportsmanship but unless they are sincere these two terms become simply gestures, good manners if you wish, but not true sportsmanship.  And don't get me wrong, good manners are part and parcel to sportsmanship but not the whole picture.

The ability and the desire to be of help to your fellow exhibitor; to encourage newcomers to the sport; to give praise and encouragement to those who need it to see the positive side of the sport all fall into the category of good sportsmanship.

The experienced breeder or handler who jumps in to help some one who has multiple entries; the junior who suddenly appears at ringside to hold dogs between classes for an exhibitor without having been asked; the steward who knows that someone is hard of hearing and so informs the judge without being asked; the judge who readily "spots" the newcomer and takes a few extra seconds to put him/her at ease ..... all are examples of sportsmanship.  And all are steps to be taken, nay, steps that are to be required if one is to partake of this marvelous sport of ours.

The rumor mongers, the naysayers, the constant complainers and whiners soon become known to most of us.  They continue their negative ways even if they continue to win.  The complaints may change as the wins increase but there are some folks whose very nature it is to complain and whine.  You know the type...those who walk away holding the BOB ribbon complaining that the rings weren't big enough or the judge didn't give them sufficient recognition and time to "really move their dog" [I'm not sure what they think the BOB ribbon symbolizes!]

But in my opinion, sportsmanship is our dog world goes well beyond what we encounter in the ring.  It deals with the entire show scene ... and the show scene begins long before one arrives at the show site.

If you know someone inexperienced in whelping a litter is expecting their first or second litter, do you offer help?  Do you explain grooming to the newcomer [or even the inept old timer] and offer to help them prepare their dog for the ring?  Do you mentor less experienced breeder/exhibitors?

There may be judges you think are totally incompetent [and we all have a few on our DNS lists].  Do you just write off these judges with the "I'll never show to them again, they get a whole page in my DNS book" or do you find a way to meet the judge and take the time to explain your breed to him/her, emphasizing what the standard says, what it stresses, and WHY.  Most judges are eager to learn but can become defensive when the conversations begins with "You did a really rotten job today. Probably because you don't know or understand what our breed's all about."  Not the way to influence judges.

But in a relaxing minute an approach of "Mr. Judge, may I ask what you were looking for in coat texture today.  I noticed a number of dogs did not have the harshness of coat called or in the standard ... did you find the same?"  I've had relative "newbies" [a term I personally hate!] come to me after judging and in the questions they have asked, I have learned much about both my judging and my breed.  Remember, judges are human beings with the same feelings and defense mechanisms each of us as exhibitors have.

None of us, judge or exhibitor, like to be criticized in public.  All of us, judge or exhibitor, like to think we are doing a good job and are appreciative when we are told.  If you did not win but think the judge did a good job in the ring, what's to stop you from after judging telling him/her that you liked what they did even though you didn't win .... that's not sucking up to the judge, that's being a good sport if you are sincere.

If you're in the ring and the exhibitor in front of you runs up on the novice in front of him what do you do about it?  Do you assume that the judge will notice and say something?  Do you ignore it and think to yourself, "Well, that person's new, he'll just have to learn and he will in time".  Or do you step forward and quietly say to the person committing the bad play, "Hey, cut it out.  It doesn't do you any great service to act like a jerk."  Perhaps you would want to use slightly less inflammatory language, but you get the idea.

Do you share information on the judge with your fellow exhibitors?  No, I don't mean on the list, I mean at the show.  If the judge insists on a loose lead, do you share that information with your fellow exhibitors or do you figure they'll find out in the ring?  Or do you figure that if you tell them, you're giving them an "unfair advantage"?  If the judge obviously dislikes squeaky toys in the ring, do you tell the competitor that you know uses a squeaky toy and may be in a later class?

If a strange face appears in your grooming area and is obviously unsure of themselves do you take a few seconds to introduce yourself and welcome them .... or are you too busy brushing to make sure that you win (or think you will win as the case may be)?

Corney as it may sound, sportsmanship at the dog show (and in life in general) is simply following the Golden Rule ... do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  It's a tried and tested, principle that has been around for centuries.

On the other hand, many of our poorer sports have their own rule .... do unto others before they have a chance to do it to you!

Enjoy the shows, enjoy the people, but by all means do it in a manner that would have made your mother proud of you!

Greg

Sent in to YABTC by,

~ Pat Ray

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Alert!   Alert!   Alert!

OVDO is tracking these bills, proposed regulations, and animal rights campaigns that affect dog owners, breeders, businesses, hunters, rescues, shelters, and others who want to keep dogs in our lives.

Items now under scrutiny in Ohio are:

Ohio House Bill 606 and Senate Bill 342: This pair of bills proposes to license kennels with more than eight dogs to finance an effort to close substandard kennels that may house dozens or hundreds of dogs.

Ohio House Bills 189 and 533: These bills eliminate breed-specific legislation from Ohio law and fix the dangerous dog law by adding due process for the owners of accused dogs.

Ohio House bill 63, a "puppy lemon law" that holds sellers responsible if the puppy develops a hereditary or congenital disease within 15 months of purchase. The bill requires that sellers disclose certain health information about the dog and exempts breeders who screen their breeding stock for inherited abnormalities. The bill also provides recourse for buyers if the seller misrepresents the potential for registration of the puppy as a purebred. HB 63 was introduced early in the 2005-06 legislative session and did not get a committee hearing.

The Ohio Supreme Court acceptance of an appeal in Toledo v Tellings. The appeals court determined that Ohio's pit bull restrictions are unconstitutional, and Toledo appealed. The Supreme Court has not heard the case.

Sent in to YABTC by, ~ Jamie Thompson

 

 

 

YABTC visits Trumbull County

 

Enroll for Agility Classes Contact Nancy Ventresco At (330) 482-1661			October Class Schedule				Enroll for Obedience & Rally Classes Call or E-mail 330 398-9270 Registrar@yabtc.com
	Type	Class		Time	Begins	Ends	Instructors
Mon	A	Adv		10:30	Sept. 08	Oct. 27	Lotta Shaffer
	A	Intro 2		7:00	Sept. 22	Nov. 10	Susan Holub, Lynda Tushar
		Free Ring		7:00	Oct. 06	Oct. 27	Free Ring
Tues	R	Rally Run Thrus		6:00	Oct. 07, Nov. 04		Mary Mignogna
	O	Obed. Run-Thrus		6:00	Oct. 14 & 28		Kim Burrier
	O	Puppy		6:00	Oct. 28	Dec. 02
	O	Beg 1		6:00	Sept. 23	Nov. 11	Barb Wilson
	O	Puppy		6:00	Sept. 16	Oct. 21
	O	Beg. 1		7:05	Sep. 09	Oct. 28	Barb Wilson
	O	Novice		7:05	Oct. 07	Oct. 28	Elaine Malone
	C	Conformation		8:10	Oct. 07	Oct. 28	Various
		Free Ring		8:10	Oct. 06	Oct. 27	Free Ring
Wed	O	Beg 1		6:00	Oct. 15	Dec. 03	Bill Allen
	R	Rally		6:00	Aug. 27	Oct. 15	Mary Mignogna, Dale Burrier
	O	Pre-Novice		6:30	Oct. 08	Oct. 29	Sharon Phillips
	O	Beg2		7:05	Aug 27	Oct. 15	Dale Burrier, Rebecca Onuska
	O	Open		7:05	Oct. 08	Oct. 29	Cindy Rhine
	O	Beg 2		7:35	Oct. 08	Nov. 26	Nikki Puccini
		Beg 2		8:10	Oct. 21	Dec. 09
	O	Utility		8:10	Oct. 08	Oct. 29	Sharon Phillips
		Free Ring		8:10	Oct. 08	Oct. 29	Free Ring
Thurs	A	AG 1		7:30	Sept. 11	Nov. 06	Rae Reinhart (No Class Oct. 23)
Friday	A	AG 2		6:30	Sept. 05	Oct. 31	Cindy Zeisler (No Class Oct. 24)
	A	Adv		7:45	Sept. 05	Oct. 31	Jay Wootten (No Class Oct. 24)
Sat	O	Beg1		10:00	Sept. 20	Nov. 15	(No Class Oct. 25)
		Free Ring		10:00	Oct. 04	Oct. 18	Rings 2 & 3/ Ag Equip in ring.
Sun	A	Fun Runs		10:30			John Monte (No Fun Runs Oct. 26)
	4H	4H		1:00			John Monte, Shari Yuhas

YABTC Christmas Pet Portrait Session On Saturday, October 18, Janet Yosay of Yosay Photography will be taking Christmas pictures at YABTC. If you are interested in having photos taken of your dogs or you with your dogs, contact Lynda Tushar to schedule an appointment. She will be scheduling times starting on September 21 and can be contacted at lyndatushar@aol.com or (330)296-2642. Appointments will be scheduled every 10 or 15 minutes (depending on whether a single dog or multiple dogs are being photographed) starting at 11 A.M. Acceptable methods of payment are cash or check. See the prices listed below. YABTC will receive a percentage of the profits.
Package #1 $15 2—5 X 7’s 8—wallets		ALA Carte—available with the purchase of a package   8--wallets $ 8 2—3 X 5’s $ 6 2—5 X 7’s $ 8 1—5 X 7 $ 6 1—8 X 10 $10 1—11 X 14 $18 1 photo button $ 5 1 key chain $ 6 1 cut out magnet $ 8 1 pet towel (11 X 18) $16 1 8--inch statuette $25 1 computer mouse pad $15 Christmas ornament $ 8
Package #2 $25 1 –8 X 10 2—5 X 7’s 8—wallets
Package #3 $30 25 Christmas Cards with envelopes, Non personalized, choice of design and greeting

 

"Lady” and “Bear” Most “Pup”ular Names for Dogs

NEW YORK – Move over “Fido,” the American Kennel Club ® (AKC) ® today announced that “Lady” and “Bear” top the list of most popular male/female dog names in the U.S.

A survey of 2007 AKC registration statistics showed that, in addition to Lady, Belle/Bell/Bella, Princess, Mae/May, Bear, Blue, Max/Maximus/Maxwell, Rose, Daisy, and Duke round out the top ten dog names.

“Traditionally names based on a puppy’s physical appearance or personality, such as ‘Spot’ or ‘Sassy,’ have been popular with dog owners,’” said AKC Spokesperson Lisa Peterson. “Today we are seeing human names, such as ‘Jack’ and ‘Molly,’ and names that reflect a pet’s stature in the home, such as ‘King’ and ‘Princess,’ gain in popularity as more people consider their dog a valued member of the family.”

The top male/female dog names, according to the AKC are:

The AKC offers the following rules to consider when naming your pooch:

Names often reflect the character of your pet. Observe your dog for a few days and see if his personality suggests a name. Is he regal? Does she always want to be the center of attention? If so, how about “King” or “Star”?

 

 

 

Newsletter & Website

The newsletter deadline is the 25 th. Send all of your news, and brags to Newsletter@yabtc.com, or, leave your information in the mailbox at the Club. Photos must be submited in a digital format.

Please let us know if you experience any problems with the Web site, or if anything needs to be added. Contact Webmaster@yabtc.com.

 

 

Thanks to the planning and organizational skills of Susan Holub, Youngstown All Breed participated in a Community Service event in nearby Warren. Located on Atlantic Street, Christ Episcopal Church provided the Club with a grassy area, to set up our equipment, and a table and chairs to display our literature. Susan was supported by many of our agility participants, who demonstrated the skills taught at the Club. Members also passed out flyers to those interested in taking obedience & agility classes with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting: Debby McLaughlin, Heather Knable, Michelle Rice, Michelle Forro, Helen (Cookie) Bell
Standing: Gretchen Julian, Randy Simmons, Yvette Shipman, Reni Grohl, Julie Wilcox, Sharon Best, Elmer Forro, William Bell

Linda Kurfis and Lori Wilkoff

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.  ~Douglas Pagels

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.  ~Author Unknown

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.  ~Leo Buscaglia

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.  ~Sicilian Proverb

 

 

 

 

 

 

FYI  

Instructors & Other Volunteers
Please volunteer in some way this fall. We are in desperate need of instructors and trial help. Those same old people who have been volunteering their service for many of our Club activities are starting to get burnt out, and could sure use someone to step in to assist them

We will need:

• Stewards for our fall obedience & agility trials
• Track layers for our tracking test
• Raffle table workers
• Kitchen help for our agility & obedience trials.

October Trial
Becky Onuska will be heading up the food service for our October trial. She will be looking for your donations of money, time, and product. Josie Hale is looking for stewards and Sharon Phillips will be looking for Raffle assistants to help assemble the baskets and sell tickets on the days of the trial

Cookbook update
Our cookbooks are coming soon. They are in the proofing stage right now, and should be printed and ready to go by the October obedience & rally trial.

 

 

Check out page 32 of Clean Run. Jay’s
C-ATCH ad is in this month’s edition .

 

 

 

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In the Vicinity

CABTC Fall Run-Thru Schedule

• Sunday Oct. 19, 2008
• Sunday Dec.  7, 2008

Novice, Open and Utility Rings
Registration 9:00-12:00
Judging       9:15- 3:00  

Need more info?  Contact Libby at motts1@earthlink.net or our website www.cabtc.org  

Akron Run-Thru Schedule
ABTCA's Obedience Run-Throughs are normally held on the second, and fourth Monday of each month, starting at 6:00 pm The cost is $5 for the first run-through, $3 for each additional run-through of the same dog. http://www.abtca.mysaga.net/obedience.html

 

Four Seasons K9 Athlete Center

• October 25th, 2008

Agility Run Thru 12-4 with nested courses. $5 first run and $3 additional run/same dog.

We will change jump heights as dogs are ready to run.

Cindy Noland Photo Shoot Please make appointments with Cindy for your dog's portrait at:ARASTARUDT@EARTHLINK.NET

 

 

Brags

RAE for Faith

My six year old Shetland Sheepdog “Faith” CD RAE ASCA-CD, finished her Rally Advanced Excellent “RAE” on June 6, at the Westmoreland County OTC. We received a very fancy rosette and a rosette neck ribbon for my dog. In the 20 classes, she had 1 first, 5 seconds, and 3 fourths.

~ Janet Moore

 

 

 

PWD is fist on AKC’s VCD title page

Lyd is now Star's Three Cheers for Lydia VCD1 AX OAJ AXP AJP RE AWD She finished her RE at the Canfield Cluster, and her AXP and AJP at the last Cheswick agility trials. (She is the first dog listed on the AKC 2008 VCD title page:

http://www.akc.org/events/vcd_titles/vcd_2008.cfm?page=5)

 

~ Janet Klapac
Northeastern Ohio
Three Cheers Raw! Raw! Raw! LLC
www.threecheersrawrawraw.com

 

  

 

Raiden earns his NAJ

Jo-Kar's Storm Warning RN "Raiden" earned his NAJ at Beaver County Kennel Club's Agility trial on 9/14/08.  His three qualifying legs consisted of one first place run and two second place runs.  We are also only one leg away from getting our Novice Standard title as well.

Thanks,

~ Jamie Thompson

 

 

RA For Lily

Kim’s Lily of the Valley CD RN finished her Rally Advanced title in Waynesburg on July 21 with a 4th place.

I would like to thank all the people who have coached us while at the shows. We could not have finished without their help. Lilly also has 1 leg towards the Rally Excellent title.

~ Kim Blevins

 

 

 

 

Bailey is a Champion

I am thrille to announce that my baby girl, Bailey became a new Champion on Sunday in Aliquippa, PA.  I owner handled her to all of her points except for her second major. 

I had entered Bailey in Rally Obedience this weekend too, just for fun, not thinking she was really ready yet, and we ended up with 2 Rally Novice Legs and a 1st place on Sat and a 2nd place on Sunday! 

I am so proud of my little girl!!!  She is now CH Linmor's Butterscotch Bomb, 2/3 RN, CGC.

Thanks to Melissa Bausman and Becky Martin for breeding this beautiful, silly girl.  Also, thanks to Jennifer McClintock for handling her to her second major in Lexington, KY.

Thanks for letting me brag, I am sooo sooo proud!!!

~ Lori & Bailey

 

 

 

 

Welfare

If you have any welfare information to report, please contact Kathy Taleos at LabLady1020@aol.com .

We would like to send our condolences to:

• Mary Mignogna, who lost her grandmother the last week of September.
• Sandy Irish, who lost her Sheltie, Vegas.

We received this from Sandy on September 21

Dear friends,

About 2 weeks ago we got bad news that our tri boy, Vegas, had cancer.  It had already spread through the blood stream into the lungs.  There was nothing that could be done.  Today our boy went to the Bridge.  I can honestly say that I have never met a gentler sheltie male.  I only heard him growl once ever and that was this last month. He was my shadow, my puppy sitter, and truly a gentleman.  He was what we call an "easy keeper"..... always.  

He was really never sick until these last weeks.  He must have felt bad for awhile but he never let on.  As the picture below shows, just a month ago, he was running in agility.  I have another where he is "smiling" while running.  I'll treasure those and always wonder what he could have done in another year.  In 2008 he got a leg in Novice Standard and one in Novice Jumpers (AKC) and two legs in CPE - all at the age of 11.  He was finally, due much to Gaelyn, beginning to really enjoy it, barking when it was his turn, and running faster than ever.   

He was such a joy to our family.  I was his breeder then sold him to Joann Avery (he was a son of her Brett).  He came back when her husband, Clark, got so very ill.  

He never went back to Joann's.  He was also awarded a 4 point Specialty Win during his conformation showing days.  Sadly, he went sterile and we had him neutered.  He became a family pet for the rest of his years, loved and spoiled every day.  One of the receptionists at our vet clinic (8 vets) called him "the most beautiful sheltie I have ever seen."  She gave him special treatment every time he was there.  As a breeder, I can think of no higher compliment.   

He will be terribly missed by us all, especially Gaelyn who adored her uncle. They had a special bond.    

Thanks for allowing me to ramble on with this "obituary".  Our hearts are broken, but we know the memories will come back with smiles as time goes on, as it must.   

We give God thanks for the years we had with him. 

Of course this does not begin to compare to two other people deaths in our family this year, but it still hurts nonetheless.  I knew those who love dogs would understand.  

Sandy Irish       

6/1/97 - 9/21/08

Irish Brownlee Las Vegas

"Vegas" 

 

We wish a speedy recovery to:

• Karen Cessna, who is still undergoing treatments for cancer.
• Josie Hale, who has been feeling a little under the weather the last couple of months.

 

 

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