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Editor: Theo KoekemoerBased in South AfricaTheo’s involvement with Bulldogs date back to eary 1970’sHe is a specialist Bulldog judge.

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Rates: Cover: $50Double or Single Page: $10 (Payment by Paypal to the following email address: [email protected] or Western Union.Dog Winner World: May 2016 Page: 2

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2 Administration4 Our Cover Dog - Kendo71 From the Editor108 Motivation for judging?110 Spines & Vertebrae114 Poodles122 Design ads

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Country: South AfricaName: Ch & Int Ch Kimekai Son of Samuri (Kendo) Dam : BIS BJIS RBIS BVIS Ch & Int Ch Tanaka of the Chi na’s Joy (imp NL)Sire: BIS RBISS RBIS BVIS Ch& Int Ch Mingtjou SamuriBreeder Vanessa Nicolau (South Africa)Owner: Vanessa Nicolau (South Africa)Designer: Maja Sucevic (Serbia)

Some of Kendo’s wins over his 10 year show career :Multi all breeds Best in ShowMulti all breeds Reserve Best in ShowMultiple Best in Specialist ShowMultiple Best Puppy in ShowMultiple Reserve Best Puppy in ShowMultiple Best Junior in ShowSA Bred Best in ShowMultiple Best Veteran in Show TKC/Montego Supreme DogNAPC Top DogReserve Goldfields Dog of the YearTwice placed 3rd in Goldfields Dog of the YearOne of South Africa’s Top Ten Show dogs ( Animaltalk ) for 5 consecu-tive yearsOne of South Africa’s Top 100 Show dogs ( Animaltalk ) for 10 con-secutive yearsReserve at Best of the BestReserve NAPC Top DogKUSA National Chow Chow (4 times) And lots more … Added to his show wins Kendo has certified excellent health checks for hips, elbows, patella luxation and hereditary eye disease.

Our Cover Dog


From the editor

This is our third issue and wow! The ads are amazing and from all corners of the world! Our cover dog for this issue is a wonderful Chow, Kendo, owned by Vanessa Nicolai. Based in South Africa, I had the priveledge of seeing him in the ring many times. Christine Millman (Canada) wrote this:

“I love the profile ad with this magnificent Chow. I’ve seen him at home and in the ring - he is MAGNIFICENT *AND* the ad is superb... love the ease the artist has in placing this Chow in as little background as possible for maximum effect... LOVELY!!!! thanks for using this for your banner... and thanks for recognizing Vanessa Nicolau - she’s one of the most influencial chowists South Africa has ever recognized. Her hard work and her strength in staying on course with her dogs, de-spite the jealousy and the petttiness I have seen her experience trying to keep the Chow in the limelight with wonderful accolades on top of her own successful business with the theatre. Congratulations Vanes-sa and Kimekai Chows...and congratulations Dog Winner World - you picked a beautiful ad for your page... LOVE IT!!! (greetings from Can-ada)”” Thank you Christine, we couldn’t agree more with you!

A big thank you to Maja Sucevic (Serbia) for this design of Kendo. To everyone who has contributed to this magazine - thank you for your support in getting this magazine off the ground. I think its unique in that most dog magazines and websites are country specific, this one is international. Why advertise locally if you could advertise interna-tionally? A big thank you to our advertisers!

Theo

Dog Winner World: April 2016 Page: 71

Motivation for judging?

What is your motivation for be-coming a judge is healthy and sound? If you’re embarking on this life- changing new role, are you wanting to “go out there and prove a point”, or do you, per-haps, feel that you can do a far better job than the judges already in the ring? Are you starting to judge because you no longer want to run around the ring as an exhibitor, or do you feel there’s nothing else interesting in dog-dom to keep you occupied?

Are you doing it in order to feed your ego, or do you see it as a ticket to overseas trips? Moving into the role of breed judge with any of these motivations would be a huge mistake – best you aban-don the notion before you spend too much time and money proving to yourself and your exhibitors that this role would not be suit-able for you.


Spines & Vertebrae


This is a basic anatomy lesson of the back, just to describe some basic terms which will be the basis of a series of articles on back problems, over subsequent issues.

VERTEBRAEThe vertebrae are simply and literally the bones of the back :ie: the “back bones”. The first verte-bra connects to the back of the skull and the 2nd vertebra. The 2nd vertebrae connects to the 1st, and 3rd. The 3rd connects to the 2nd and 4th….and so on….much like a series of train carriag-es connected together.

The vertebrae themselves are connected together by muscles and ligaments which hold them stable. There is a thin rubber-like “shock-absorbing” disc that sits between each vertebrae. They prevent the back bones rubbing on each other when we move. They are called InterVertebral Discs (or IV discs).

In dogs, there are 7 vertebrae in the neck (called Cervical Verte-brae). Then there are 13 verte-brae that are connected to the ribs (called Thoracic vertebrae).

The next 7 vertebrae which are in the lower back and are called Lumbar vertebrae. The next ver-tebrae, which interlocks with the pelvis is called the Sacrum. Be-yond the sacrum, the vertebrae are called the Caudal vertebrae (and these make up the tail).

THE SPINAL CORD (or SPINE)The spinal cord extends from our brain and ends at the tip of the tail. It runs through a “tunnel”; or a ‘hole’ in each vertebrae, such that the entire spinal cord is housed or encased in the bony vertebrae, for protection. Between each ver-tebrae, some nerves will pass out from the spinal cord, and these nerves travel to their destination and allow them to function.

For a dog to use its back legs, nerve signals go from the brain, travel down the spinal cord, and nerves come out of the spinal cord in the lumbar region and tell the leg muscles what to do.

There are a multitude of back, vertebral, spinal and nerve prob-lems that can occur. These will be discussed next month.

Glen Kolemc (Australa)

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