Talking Terriers

New England Terrier Club

Inside this Issue

President’s Message

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Do Not Forget that “Special Meeting”

Correction to July Issue

Candid Photos @ our Events

Those Candid Photos

Results of Labor Day Match

Meet Judy Hunter’s new dog

Brags

Puppies

President’s Message:

My first order of business is to once again

thank Scott Rutherford for the use of her lovely

home for our Labor Day Match.

It was a great success, perfect weather, a

good attendance, and much fun!

Also, the club held a very successful Earthdog

Seminar on July 17th taught by AKC Field

Rep, Barbara Teigen.

Many thanks to Jan Silva for organizing the

Seminar and to Carleen Farrington to hosting it

@ her home.

The following day we held another Earthdog

training day where all the seminar attendees

had a chance to practice what they had

learned.

The board has been busy making more

progress on our AKC application. We have

one more bylaw revision to vote on and a

second “B” level Match to hold.

Then we can apply for “A” level status.

We’re getting there!

Our upcoming events include another

Earthdog Fun Day on October 23rd and our

Annual Holiday Party on December 11th.

Please look for more details on these events in

this newsletter and I’m looking forward to

seeing many of you then.

I hope those of you that went to Montgomery

had a great time.

We’ll be looking forward to hearing your brags!

Meanwhile, enjoy your Terriers!

Best Wishes to all,

Mary

October 2010 issue

TO CELEBRATE & GIVE BACK TO OUR MEMBERS !

NETC invites you to celebrate our 40th

anniversary with the implementation of a new

recognition program.

In appreciation of our members’ accomplishments with their dogs, awards will now be

issued yearly for titles earned during the periods from November 1st

thru October 31st.

These will be awarded during our annual Christmas Party to any member whose dog(s)

earned a title from a recognized organization, (i.e. AKC, CKC, National Breed Club,

etc).

Please remember that a CGC is not a title.

To participate in this program, club membership will be required at the time the award

was earned and a copy of the certificate must be sent to the awards committee by

November 15th.

**Email a copy of your Title to : mitern.terriers@gmail.com

Or snail mail to:

Carleen Farrington – P. O. Box 550 – Raynham Center, MA 02768

A copy of your title must be received at the above address no later than

NOVEMBER 15th

.

Month Date Event Where

October 23 Earthdog Play Day / Potluck Plainville

November 15 Deadline for Awards Mitern.terriers@gmail.com

December 1 Deadline for Newsletter

December 11 Annual Holiday Dinner/ Potluck T B A

December 31 DUES RENEWAL David Ullman- Treasurer

March 1 Deadline for Newsletter

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE - A LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES

Best in Match

And

Best Puppy in Match

*Correction –

To the Memorial Day

Match Results.

This young dog is:

Galeway Racing the Tide

He attended the Irish Terrier

Specialty in Chicago this

year and won back to back

5 point majors

Best of Our Annual Labor Day Match

Best Adult & Best in Match

Glencoe's Gone to Ground SE

Best Puppy in Match

`

Stirling

Anticipation

Ally Ridz was

our

Best Junior

Scott

Rutherford

Our Hostess

for the Fall

Match

Labor Day Match Report 2010 The New England Terrier Club’s Labor Day Match was held on September 6th at Scott Rutherford’s grounds in Uxbridge, MA. The weather could not have been more perfect and the grounds were immaculate. Even though the club had not hosted this match the previous two years, 36 people (including 18 non-members) were able to attend. Sweepstakes Judge, Judy Hunter, was presented with an entry of 20 puppies, ranging in age from 3 – 15 months. The largest entry was in the 3-6 puppy class where 8 pups were judged. Across all the age groups, several breeds were represented, 6 Airedale, 4 Cairns, 3 each of Australians and Scottys, and one each of Dandy, Kerry, Norfolk and Welsh. There were no veterans entered. Best in Sweeps was awarded to the 9 month old Airedale bitch puppy, Amity, owned by Susan Rodgers and Shirley Good. Juniors were next, also judged by Judy Hunter. There were 3 entries in the PeeWee under 9, each showing Norwichs, and one each in Novice Jr 9-11 as well as Novice Intermediate 12-14. Best Jr was awarded to Ally Ridz, from the Novice Inter 12-14 class. This was followed by a brief break for lunch. The club provided cake, in celebration of both our 40th anniversary, as well as the first steps taken toward AKC recognition. Our Confirmation judge, Kathi Brown had a entry of 26 dogs, with Airedales accounting for 9 entries. The Cairns were next with 5, and we even saw our first Dandie in quite some time. Puppy Group results were 1st place to the Airedale # 210, Amity, the 9 month old bitch puppy that had been awarded Best in Sweeps, owned by Susan Rodgers & Shirley Good. 2nd place awarded to Cairn puppy #217 Hilltop Thunder, owned by Joe & Dora Keating. 3rd to Scotty #204 Stoneleigh Marvelous Maeve, owned by Susan Miley, and 4th to Parson Russell # 224 Jeep, owned by Pat Wilcox Adult Group #1 was awarded to Smooth Fox #221, Mo, a 4 year old male, owned by Mary Smith. 2nd place to Cairn #219, Falcroft On the Run owned by Peter & Lin Falat, 3rd place to Scotty #205, Rococo’s Macalister Grant owned by George & Mary Beth Grant, and 4th place to Welsh #215, Bremadog Like the Sun, owned by Karla Gilman. Best In Match was awarded to #221, the Smooth Fox Terrier, Mo, owned by Mary Smith. We would like to take a moment that thank everyone both on the board and off that worked so tirelessly to make this a successful event. Most of all we would like to extend our most sincere thanks to Scott Rutherford, for hosting this event. Without her hospitality, this event would not be possible. Sincerely, Lin Falat & Maureen Lee

The

New England Terrier Club

Invites you to an exciting day

of Earthdog Training for

ALL TERRIER BREEDS

Sunday, October 23th, 2010

At Glencoe Farm, 122 Hawkins St., Plainville, MA.

Please join us for a fun day of Earthdog training for dogs of any breed that have a propensity

for ratting. The secretary’s table will open at 9AM and Master will be begin at 9:30 (draw),

followed by the start of the Intro to Quarry. Our fabulous potluck luncheon will be at noon,

please bring your favorite dish to share. At 1 PM we will resume with a ‘meet the rats’ session

for your beginner dogs, and Senior, Junior and IQ will continue.

Don’t forget that GBAEC is hosting an AKC sanctioned Earthdog test August 14th & 15th

in Gardner, MA. This is a great opportunity for training.

Pre-Entries and Day Of entries for your convenience.

Pre-Entry $5.00 per dog/run.

Day of entry $10.00 for the 1st dog/run and $5.00 for each additional dog/run.

For more information please contact Mary B. Smith at 508.695.3685 or mary.smith@umb.edu

DIRECTIONS TO THE TRAINING SITE

FROM I495: Take Exit 15, Route 1A South. Take second right after lights for Wrentham Outlets onto Green St. Take first left onto High St. Go to end of High St. (about 3 miles). Take left onto Hawkins St. Go ¾ mi and #122 is on the left.

FROM I295: Take exit 11 for Rte. 114, Diamond Hill Rd. Head North on 114 to lights at intersection with Route 120. Take right onto Route 120. Take a left onto N. Attleboro Rd. Go ¾ mile and #122 is on the right just after the intersection with Fales Rd.

FROM PROVIDENCE AREA: I95 North to I295 South to exit 1B for Route 1 North. Proceed North to lights at the intersection with Route 1A and Route 120, (CVS Pharmacy will be in front of you). Take a left onto Route 120. Take third right onto Ellis Road. Ellis will change its name to High St and then Fales Rd – stay straight about 3 miles until the first 4-way intersection, (e.g. cross st.). Take a right onto Hawkins and #122 is immediately on your right.

PRE-ENTRY INFORMATION

For your convenience email/snail mail entries will be accepted

up until the closing date of 7/12/2010 with the understanding that

if you send an entry you will be responsible for paying for that

entry whether or not you attend on the day of the event.

Please include the following information, Your name and

address and phone number, your dogs’ name, age, sex, and

breed.

The name of the person who will most likely be handling your

dog. Be sure to indicate what levels you are signing up for:

‘Meet the Rats’, (includes intro to tunnels), Intro to Quarry,

Junior, Senior, or Master. You may enter as many times at as

many levels as you like. Please note that the larger terrier

breeds, unless they are young pups, will only be able to enter

‘meet the rats’.

Send or email pre-entries to Mary Smith, 122 Hawkins St.

Plainville, MA 02762 or mary.smith@umb.edu. If sending by

snail mail please include your payment.

Susan Parsons has a Skye litter born 6-24-10. 4-4, mostly creams and silvers.

Dad is Int, Mex, Gr Mex, World '07, Pan Am, of Las Americas, Mex Champ of the World

Show '07 Ralph Mount Barong.

Mom is Australian Ch Wuruf Enchanted Heart. Binnie and the kids are doing fine. All the

kids are creams and possibly drop ears.

Ralph is ripping out coat trying to figure out where to get the college money.

_______________________________________________

Pat Wilcox of Blackbriar has a litter of Parsons -

Males are available - mudpaws@comcast.net

Carleen Farrington of Mitern has a litter of Parsons

Litter of 6 – There are 3 females and 1 male

available. Mitern.terriers@gmail.com

Remember to come to our Earthdog Play date to VOTE on the By-law change for licensing our club

In memoriam:

Susan Parsons writes about the passing of her 2 boys

Ch Cladich Full of the Devil Woody) 10-8-95 - 4-1-10

Ch Mariquita Blue Sky (Quinn) 7-17-97 - 5-29-10

Both boys are greatly missed.

Debbie Bradshaw's Cairn Terrier,

Maizie

(Honeytree Applejacks Shadowchaser), became a Champion

on Friday

@ The Cape Cod KC Show in September.

Debbie also received the AKC Medallion for finishing her Cairn

in Bred-by class.

** A Championship earned from the Bred-by Class

Do you

recognize

this little

one?

Pat Wilcox Loss of an Old friend

The Son is here

I was surfing the Internet looking for items of interest for this newsletter and

found this tidbit of information that can hurt us breeders even more :

Humane USA-Massachusetts was formed for the singular purpose

of electing individuals to public office in Massachusetts

who care about the humane treatment of animals, and defeating those who

oppose it.

Founded in 1997, after the 1996 ballot question to restrict cruel traps was

passed, they created a reportedly nonpartisan political arm of the animal

protection movement in Massachusetts.

Please Note:

Nonprofit groups are not permitted by law to support or oppose

candidates.

However, it seems that a Political Action Committee (PAC) was formed by

them so they can engage in the important work of striving to elect public

officials who will create a body of law that protects animals and shapes the

way people interact with and treat animals.

Humane USA-Mass does this by seeking out and publicizing the position of

candidates on animal protection issues, making endorsements and donating

to the campaigns of humane candidates, and mobilizing volunteers to give

grassroots support to favorable candidates.

They also take aim to make candidates aware that, with or without large sums

of money to support campaigns, animal protectionists are a large voting block

in Massachusetts whose interest in helping animals must be taken seriously.

To The Show Ring

From Arlene Grant –Ch. CastleRock Night Hawk aka Flyer went 1st Place in the Bred-By

Exhibitor Terrier Group @ So. Windsor KC.

CastleRock Notorious aka Tori went WB/BOS @ York County KC and then

on to WB/BOS @ the Vacationland Dog Club earning 3 points. A 2-point win

with WB/BOS was earned @ Penobscot KC.

Tori then went WB/BOS/BBEB at the Wampanoag Kennel Club show under

judge Elaine Mathis for 1 point. She also placed 3rd in the BBE Terrier

Group. Owners: Arlene & Richard Grant, Sheila & James Fitzgerald.

CastleRock Shajas Marshall Dillion

can now add CH in front of his name.

He finished with a major

@ Longshore-Southport KC.

From Nancy Lunn-Hilltop Jackson went B/BOW @ Ladies KC for 2 points and then

RW @ Framingham KC.

Ch. Hilltop Jackson finished at the Wachusett show in Fitchburg

8-21-10

under judge Mrs. Katelon Bajona-Fox.

He finished with a BOB over the special.

Jackson was also BOW 8-22-10 at the

Wachusett show in Fitchburg.

under judge Ms. Marjorie J. Underwood.

Jackson is proudly owned by Joe & Dora Keating

Handled exclusively by Nancy E. Lunn

Marti Hopkins has retired

from doing our Newsletter.

So we are looking for an

Editor. Please email any

Board Member, if interested.

Thank You Marti

for all your hard

work…..

N E T C needs a Newsletter Editor.

*************** Carleen Farrington is temporarily covering for us, but her work

schedule is very difficult & has extended hours @ this time.

An Editor or even a CO-editor is needed ASAP.

Contact Carleen directly, if able to help.

Judith Hunter’s Search

I had come to the end of my line of wires and wanted a new girl to breed and

have fun with.

After calling around the eastern states and found no one that had anything

they either wanted to sell, co-own or had any pups or would lease a bitch.

This was a dilemma!

I called my handler, Diane Harrison who breeds Kerry Blues and has friends

in Europe. She called a few of her friends and again did not have much luck.

She then surfed the web and found this Hungarian site that advertised wires

for sale.

After many questions from the breeder and videos, he was kind enough to

make and send., Diane suggested and I agreed on a young girl.

We then checked on her parents. Her dam was pretty but we did not know

much about her pedigree. We looked at her sire's side and the were all

Travella champions which seemed to be good movers with good basic

structure.

So -- we decided to take a chance and we sent for our girl.

KLONDIKE IOTA

I cannot say enough good things about Diane and her knowledge of dogs

and her help in allowing me to have a great little girl to continue having fun in

dogs.

Gier Pederson and Raus Kraus were heard to say many wonderful things

about her and she was awarded two 5 point majors and BOB at the

Wrentham shows, this year, where she won the New England Fox Terrier

Specialty over two champions. Her breeder is thrilled and we are happy for

him.

**Hopefully Judy, will forward us a winning photo for

our Website.

VETERANS IN THE SHOW RING

Permission to post this lovely piece was given by Terry Russo.

"I see that the *Smiths* have entered their dog in the Veterans Class. Apparently

there is no one in this Club who knows that it is customary to offer a round of

applause for those that are entered.

Six months ago, at this same show, I entered my Veteran Dog in this same class.

Not one person applauded. Not one person came up and said anything.

Not one person came over to give him a kind word or a pat.

Not one person made him feel he belonged again.

He was no threat to anyone.

He wasn't going to beat anyone, take any points, or win anything.

He was just an old dog who thought he was special again - back in the ring for

the first time in many years.

Maybe he even recalled his "Glory Days". He would have loved to have met

anyone there. He would have welcomed you like an old friend. You didn't have to

say anything nice about him if you didn't want to.

But just in case you can't think of anything to say about a Veteran Dog, here are

some suggestions: "It was nice to see him out there". Or go up to him and tell

him he's a "Good Boy". Or tell his owner that you are glad that they brought him.

Those aren't exactly compliments, but they will please his owner and make him

glad that they brought him. I don't think that's asking too much. One day, all too

soon, all your beautiful young dogs will be old dogs too. Maybe one day you'll

enter them in a Veterans Class. And I hope that you do. Or, like many of us, you

remember that old friend, now gone, and wish you still had the chance.

They deserve it. It may be their final time in the sun - their last time out in front of

people.

Their last time to ever be in the ring. My old dog is a Fool. He thought he was

wonderful that day. He thought he belonged. Instead, he was ignored. I have

thought about this for 6 months now, and wasn't going to say anything.

But on his behalf, and that of any other Veteran, I hope that something like this

never occurs again. As a Club of (Breed) Fanciers, you should feel ashamed.

Even if you dislike the dog or his owner, at least show Good Sportsmanship and

do the Right Thing. Show others that you have respect for your breed. Make that

Veteran Dog feel wanted and special again. Let him know that you are glad to

see him. It will make his day. You may never get the chance again. Thank you."

As Lynda began reading it, the hush that fell over the room was incredible.

Bless her heart, my friend Lynda broke into tears as she struggled through

reading this. EVERYONE in the room lowered their heads, and many of them

began to cry also, including the President (who is a man). I tried my best to hold

my head up and refrain from tears, again.

The President strode over to where I was sitting and in a broken voice said

"Terry...... ..I am SO sorry. He is such a wonderful dog. There is no excuse for

what happened to you. And to him." As I started to say that I "wasn't going to

say anything" again, the room nearly burst with everyone trying to talk at once.

The discussion that followed was both eye-opening and of valuable purpose.

Many came up to me in tears, with hugs and apologies. I am a very private and

shy person, not given to sharing my deepest feelings easily. This had been an

incredibly difficult thing for me to do, but in honor of my Veteran and all the

others out there, I felt it must be done. Was it worth it?

When *Mr. Smith* took his lovely 12 1/2 year old dog (neutered due to testicular

cancer) into the ring, our entire membership remained - and applauded and

"whooped and hollered" him with every move.

The Judge moved to the center of the ring on his final go round and applauded,

as did her ring stewards. Others nearby, watching other breeds, came over and

remarked on how wonderful it was to see a Veteran being treated like that.

Many (including me) asked to take his picture. Everyone complimented him and

his owners. If only my old dog had enjoyed such a day... Was it worth it?

You tell me... Sorry for the length of this, but so many in other breeds who heard

about what happened have already asked me for a copy of my written paper

that I thought perhaps it was something that needed to be shared.

Amazing how quickly word spreads amongst us dog people. It's often said "You

can't teach an old dog new tricks". But I know one old dog who taught

something of great value."

Sadly, this is all so true. Remember those

Veteran Dogs with Respect. (Carleen)

Please save this date:

December 11th

6:30 pm

Unitarian Church

1508 Washington St.,

Canton, MA

OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER

We have located a hall to hold our 1st Potluck

Holiday Dinner which the membership asked &

voted for back in June.

A Flyer will follow shortly -