volume 3, issue 14 edwardthe other side · page 2 the 2011 gordon setter club of canada officials:...

Judith Brown, owner/handler of

“Edward” (Am/Can GCh Sasse-

nach King of the Castle RN,

RNCL, GGN, TDI) is very proud

of his latest achievement...Award

of Merit at the US Gordon Setter

Club of America National Special-

ty. Here she tells us about the

“real” boy behind the champion:

Most of you know Edward by

name, Am/Can GCh Sassenach

King of the Castle RN, RNCL,

GGN, TDI and from pictures

of him in his show career, but

that’s a side of Edward that

only comes out on occasions.

The other side of Edward has

lots of different characters.

“Big Mouth Billy Bass” per-

forms twice daily, seven days a

week, a morning and evening

show. As you have guessed he

appears at meal times.

Cont’d on page 4.

Edward...The Other Side

President’s Message– June 2012

Now that Spring is finally

here I’m sure that you are

all busy doing the things

you love to do with your

Gordons.

Preparations continue for

the regional Specialty this

summer in Vancouver, BC.

Held in conjunction with the

Sporting Dog Specialties

and an All Setter Specialty,

it should be a wonderful

opportunity to see all the

dogs that make up this

group, meet up with old

friends and have a fun-

filled Gordon get-together!

If you aren’t able to attend,

we’d love to have you in

spirit through the Pre-show

Raffle or by making a tro-

phy donation (get tickets/

forms at the specialty web-

site

http//:specialtywest.gordon

setterclubcanada.com/).

This spring, the Board of

Directors held a meeting via

Skype. You will find a

summary of the conversa-

tion in the newsletter, and

full meeting minutes can be

found on the website in the

Members Only section un-

der documents.

Cont’d on pg 3

Membership, Agility News 3

Edward cont’d 4

Ontario News 5-6

Quebec Stats, Traveling 7

Obedience/Rally Stats, Conformation Stats (1) 8

Rescue News, Conformations Stats (2) 9

Field Report 10

Atlantic Report 11-12

Prairie Report 13-14

Mom’s Brag 14

Board Minutes 16

Treasurer’s Report 17

BC Report 18-19

Lyme Disease 20

Breed Standard 21

BC Specialty Info and Raffle 22-24

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Volume 3, Issue 14

June, 2012

“Edward Monster”

http://specialtywest.gordonsetterclubcanada.com/

http://specialtywest.gordonsetterclubcanada.com/

The 2011 Gordon Setter Club of Canada Officials:

T HE GOR DON R E POR T

The Executive:

President: HANA MASTENA

1517 Nanaimo Street

New Westminster, BC V3M 2G3

604-540-9476

Email: [email protected]

Vice-President: ROBERTA TUCKER

Box 7 Grp 2 RR#2

Dugald, MB R0E 0K0

Ph 204-444-2718


Secretary/Treasurer: JEAN CLARK

1767 East 35th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V5P 1B5

Ph 604-321-8295


Standing Committees:

MEMBERSHIP

ROBYN DAWES

Box 8067 RR6

Kensington, PEI, C0B 1M0

Ph (403) 240-2502


NEWSLETTER

JUDITH C. LARKIN

3232 Whistler Drive

Ferndale, WA 98248

Ph (360) 366-3112

Email:[email protected]

Regional Directors:

BRITISH COLUMBIA

FIONA MCLAUGHLIN

455 Downey Road

North Saanich, BC V8L 5M7

Email:[email protected]

PRAIRIES/NWT

KATHLEEN GAZEY

Box 972

Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1Y7

Ph (306) 236-3282


ONTARIO

KAREN FINLAY

PO Box 459

Port Carling, ON P0B 1J0

Ph (705) 765-6326


QUEBEC

FRANCYNE GAGNE

6 Rue Dagenais

Iberville, QC J2X 4J3

Ph (514) 346-8916


BRIGITTE GRISE

71 Imp Sabliere

Lac Superieur, QC J0T 1J0


ATLANTIC PROV:

SHEILA SMITH

Box 525

Port Williams, NS B0P 1T0

Ph (902) 542-1929


Rescue: LINDA WILLIAMS

160 First Street South

Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1H5

Ph/Fax (705) 687-3229


HANA MASTENA

1517 Nanaimo Street

New Westminster, BC V3M 2G3

604-540-9476


JONNA DELEY

R.R #1

Kaministiquia, ON P0T 1X0

Ph (807) 767-1937


Statistics:

Conformation: ALAN ROSS

1767 East 35th Avenue


Ph 604-321-8295


Obedience and Rally Obedience: BRENDA BROWN

369 Handley Crescent

Newmarket, ON L3Y 4T5

Ph (905) 836-2237


Field: BRIGITTE GRISE

71 Imp Sabliere

Lac Superieur, QC J0T 1J0


Agility: KAREN FINLAY

PO Box 459

Port Carling, ON P0B 1J0

Ph (705) 765-6326


Newsletter Editor: JUDITH LARKIN

3232 Whistler Drive

Ferndale, WA 98248

Ph (360) 366-3112


mailto:[email protected]

V OLU ME 3 , IS SU E 14

John Bakes and Wendy Seale-Bakes

529 Eves Road

Bowen Island, BC

V0W 1G2

Welcome to New

Members Jan Volney,

Sheryl and John Jardine

and Debra and Barry

Davis.

As I write this there are still a number of

Members who have failed to renew their

Memberships for 2012. Hopefully the

balance will come in before the Newslet-

ter “goes to print” as the final Member-

ship Roster for 2012 will be included in

this issue. Anyone who has failed to

renew by then will unfortunately not be

included in that list and will have to reap-

ply should they wish to continue their

Membership.

I have not received any Applications for

Membership during the past quarter.

There is however one amendment to

make to contact details. This is as fol-

lows:

The Board is currently looking at how the

GSCC can participate in or promote

health and Genetics research of the Gor-

don Setter. As a start, we are putting

together a survey, to go out to the mem-

bership by email, to find out what health

issues are of concern to our members.

We really would like to know your

thoughts whether you are a breeder or

just owned by a Gordon, so please do fill

out your survey when you receive it.

Our newsletter has been online long

enough now for everyone to get comfort-

able with the idea. So, the Board would

like to touch base with all of you now and

get any comments, concerns and sugges-

tions that you may have - everything

from delivery to content etc. At any time

you can contact one of the Directors or

Executive on this, but we are putting

together another survey this summer to

cover this topic. Thanks again to our new

Editor, Judith Larkin, who is doing a

wonderful job. Please make sure that you

tell us if there is something else we need

to do.

While many of our members have been

around Gordons for years, the GSCC

functions for all our members and would

especially like to help support those new

to the breed. We have placed a number of

good articles on the website and in the

newsletter that will hopefully be of help.

As Gordons are few and far between in

the country, the website lists our mem-

bership across Canada to try to help peo-

ple get in touch with others in their area.

Many of our member breeders provide

their puppy buyers with a first year mem-

bership in the GSCC. We applaud those

who are currently doing so and encourage

all our breeders to consider doing this.

Those of us already owned by a Gordon

know they aren’t Golden Retrievers in

Black! They are bright, energetic, fun

and have a special sense of humour. The

GSCC and its members can be the help

that new owners need to make that transi-

tion into the world of Gordon Setters.

Have a great spring everyone!

Hana Mastena

President

No Agility Report at this time..

Membership Report…..Second Quarter 2012…..by Robyn Dawes

President’s Message cont’d

Not content with watching and waiting

by your side while meals are being

prepared and served, Big Mouth Billy

does two circuits around the living

room and dining room, out the dog

door into the yard announcing with his

deep bass voice that a meal is being prepared and served within the next

few minutes, the bark is ear piercingly

loud and can feasibly be heard a couple

of blocks away and goes on until the

dish of food is placed in front of him.

It doesn’t even stop when putting on

his snood, all I have to do is open the

edge of the snood and the head and

bark come blasting through.

“The Wal-Mart Greeter” shows up

when we go to the dog park. I’m not

wild on dog parks but on occasion

needs must when I can’t get out to the

country for a good run. The Greeter

believes it is his duty to say hello to

every single dog and person at the park,

on our walk. It gets stale after a while

yelling to people when they see a big

black and tan bearing down on them

that he’s friendly.

“Captain Squeaky” shows up randomly

- he performs like a drag queen without

the clothes. Here you have a heavy-set

big-boned dog that barks like a girl. I

had no idea that a dog could have such

a high pitch feminine voice. Excite-

ment seems to bring the Captain out.

“Pilate Prince” shows up regularly,

after grooming and sleeping. Edward

has a precise routine set of stretches

that must be gone through each time he

gets off the grooming table, wakes up

from a nap or night’s sleep and if he’s

been crated. They involve forward

bending and yawning, sticking your

bum and tail up as far as possible, fol-

lowed by hind leg standing with a paw

on each of my shoulders. Edward no

longer takes me by surprise with this

routine, but as a young dog when his

crate was on the top of another in the

kennel room it was quite the feat for

him to perform.

“The Invisible Man or Houdini” shows

up on our country runs. Edward has

always had a big run in him. When we

lived on the farm I never had to worry

as I had a five acre secure paddock for

the dogs to run in. However living in

the city took some getting used to for

me and learning to trust was a little

hairy at times. About a twenty minute

drive from home I have access to over

300 acres of rolling hills and river. It’s

a tranquil place that all the dogs have

loved. There are so many different

routes you can take, spectacular views

for the humans and a cornu-

copia of smells for the dogs.

This is the place that I have

really learnt to trust Edward.

There is many a time he has

disappeared for minutes at a

time, at first you don’t realise

he is gone as the other dogs

are checking in regularly and

keeping your attention. Then

it dawns on you Edward has-

n’t checked in for the last 10

minutes. This was panic

station for me the first few

times it happened and I’m

sure it could be heard in the

tone of my whistle blowing. The long-

est he’s been gone is 45 minutes, but

then I believe that worried him as well,

not that he would admit it. It’s part of

the walk now, Edward heads out full

bore, you see him as a black dot on top

of the hills, he checks in more regular-

ly, but never from the direction you

expect, he heads off one way and ap-

pears from a totally unexpected direc-

tion.

These are the main performers in Ed-

ward’s life, he’s quite the character and

I could go on for a long time with all

the different names, but that gets boring

like a mother talking about her brilliant

kid all the time. Edward is a very pri-

vate dog, you will never see him cut

loose and play like a puppy, he reserves

that for home, usually when I am sat

trying to watch television. His rooing

and bow playing are quite a sight, very

high on the goofy scale. Toy tossing is

a sport he loves along with trying to get

across the room on your back without

touching anything.

Edward is my buddy, its hard to put

into words about how I feel about hav-

ing such a wonderful dog. I see the

generations of Sassenach’s that preced-

ed him blend into his wonderful char-

acter. I am very blessed with Edward.

-Judith Brown

Edward...cont’d from Page 1


Edward relaxing after Veteran Sweeps.

Ontario...Reported by Karin Finlay


Finally spring has come to Ontario. The

green that is starting to show on the trees is

the most gorgeous colour! It seems to be

the only time we ever see that exact shade.

Unfortunately, here in Muskoka, at the

same time that gorgeous green shade ap-

pears, so do the blackflies. I’m still looking

for a bug spray / lotion to use for the dogs

that REALLY keeps the bugs from biting.

If anyone knows of something that does

work, please let me know.

Maverick (above and right)

and I have started agility clas-

ses again – it’s amazing how

much Maverick remembers

and how much I have forgot-

ten. Along with weekly clas-

ses, we’ve been to one fun

match and one trial so far, and

both have been shining exam-

ples of my inability to keep his

focus when there are other

people around for him to visit

(like the ring crew and the

judge). He loves the obsta-

cles, but if I’m not quick

enough in between them, he invariably

finds something else to do. His mind (and

body) is way quicker than mine is. I am

discovering that along with motion cues

and arm signals, gratitude is also a learned

skill - and with all the practice I’m getting,

I am getting better at it - it seems like I’m

constantly thanking Maverick for showing

me things that still need to be worked on!

Glad though that I have found something

that is so much fun to play with my dog.

Next up for Maverick to try – dock diving

with Brenda Brown. We’re doing an intro-

ductory seminar in June, so maybe there

will be photos in the next newsletter!?

Lacey and Calvin are enjoying spring as

well. All three dogs spend most of their

days outside and have the most fun chasing

and treeing chipmunks. I’m noticing this

year Calvin is spending more time sitting at

the bottom of the tree watching or even just

watching from the deck. Although he stills

seems quite healthy, he is starting to show

some signs of age. I have never had a 10

year old Gordon before so this next stage

will be new to me. This past year has been

a great experience bringing him into our

home, and I’m thinking that, as time goes

on I would like to be able to re-home more

of the older Gordons that we are continually

seeing on Facebook and rescue sites.

If any of

you aren’t

aware, there

are Gordon

puppies in

Owen

Sound.!!!

And at pre-

sent, there

are still a

few that are

available. I

haven’t

been able to

get there

yet to visit,

but hopeful-

ly we will

get to see

Maverick’s

littermate

Squeak’s

babies. By

the time

this news-

letter comes out, they will most likely be on

their way to new homes, but you can check

out Debbie Boyd and Bill VanWyck’s web-

site at www.duurstedekennels.com and see

the new babes.

I haven’t heard of any other news from

anyone else in Ontario this spring (other

than Linda and Mike – see below), but

hopefully I will get updates from other

members over the summer.

Linda and Mike Williams have some spe-

cial news to report though:

(Lacey building her core strength)

Hello G.S.C.C Members

For those of you not up with the Williams

Family news, we have decided, along with

Brigitte our Breeder, Gordonstar, that we

would breed our Keesha again in her March

heat. So off to Auntie Brigitte's Keesha goes

for a romantic meeting with Gaelwynd

Holmes O' Gordonstar FDJ. We made ar-

rangements to meet Brigitte halfway in King-

ston and have a good lunch and chat.

Now last year when we bred Keesha it was

very lonely without her. This year we could

not think of how we where going to make our

way through it. A home with out any dogs!!!!

We had lost our twelve year old Golden Re-

triever Zoe right after Long Sault Dog Show

in September 2011 after a four year battle of

cancer. With no real time for the good memo-

ries to flow, we got the shock of los-

ing KatieSue our nine year old "A Vets de-

light" Boston Terrier. With just thirteen

days between, she was diagnosed with a

blockage and ruptured bowel. This all hap-

pened only eight hours after the first symptom

of a small need to vomit on my bed. All

seemed fine. No fever cont’d pg 6

http://www.duurstedekennels.com

All looked fine - she was sick a few times

through the night - only to discover she

was not at all well in the morning. An

emergency trip up the street to our vet

showed she was already in shock. In less

than twenty minutes Katie Sue joined our

Zoe to roam the dreams of no pain or pills.

So with all this and the horror of an empty

nest ahead of us with Keesha away to

Brigitte's, Brigitte came to the rescue. She

trusted us with her very handsome Rubis

and Missy to keep him company to fill our

home with two mega G.S. talkers and the

king and queen of bed and couch sleepers.

And as he is Keesha's daddy, I am

ashamed to admit other than a brief

thought of Keesha (how is she doing;

is she being good; how are her days

being a dog?) we were fine.

Brigitte works and most of her GS's

are crated. Keesha is crate trained and

has the run of the house. How did she

do? Great!! Got to play with all the

G.S.'s and romp with Holmes. Brigitte

is lucky to be able to let her G.S.'s

romp in the bush and in front of

her property. Keesha was fitted with

an electric hunting collar. Did she

need it ? Nope!! She was glued to her

Momma Becky’s side the whole time. Did

Becky care? Not really. Did Keesha come

when signalled? Nope !! .She would stop

and look around - “Where did that sound

come from?? What was it?? Oh well, fol-

low the others.” (Bleach her blonde. I can

say that as I use to be a blonde long before

the grey. YES.) Good thing she loves Brig-

itte's pack and would not go far from Brig-

itte. We have found in the four years we’ve

had her, if we give her seven acres, other

than checking out a little bit and maybe

someone to romp with, she will be around

you within ten or so feet. She’ll be for sure

in sight. She loves to hunt the field or bush

edges and is an easy recall. She’s not a GS

that would leave you. Unless you keep up

with her on the ATV, that’s the only time

she would run and point her day away.

So with a lot of fun and loving she spent a

great two weeks with Auntie Brigitte. And

Mike and I? We loved every moment we

had with Rubis. He really turned our heads

on the thoughts we had about a male. He

did not pee on every corner of our home or

yard just because he could. And with the

scent of Keesha in our home or yard, both

Mike and I where amazed.

Eager to get our girl back home, we made

arrangements to meet again in Kingston

1/2 way for both of us. “Did she miss us?”

was the big question, for especially Mike.

This year we got the big G.S. greeting and

talk. We said goodbye to Rubis and all the

others Brigitte had in the van and she said

good bye to Keesha . We had our own hu-

man goodbyes and we all returned home

with a seven hour drive each.

Now our challenge is to keep Keesha eat-

ing and exercised till the arrival of healthy

puppies. Her due date May 30th or 31st.

We know she is very pregnant. The waddle

is the first give away. Second is that she

will not eat regularly. We have tried every-

thing-beef broth mixed with the kibble,

sour cream - feta cheese - yogurt; sprinkle

it, mix it, heat it... and all a hit and miss.

Keesha on a normal day eats 1 cup of Kib-

ble in morning and again one cup at night.

Only treat is two treats in morning. One

small dog treat from each of us. Nothing in

the day. No training treats. To a lot

of other dogs she is underfed. Ya right -

just ask Will Alexander and Brigitte.

Keesha is at least five pounds overweight

if not more, is not a couch potato, on the

go. She runs the fields in play, trains in

obedience and nosework throughout the

week at home or when I can meet up with

Karen Finlay and Maverick to train and

play at the Training Centre. That is the

only thing we have slacked off on this win-

ter.

Yesterday I hand fed two of the three

meals. I fill the cookie jar with her dog

food now and that helps get the quantity up

a bit. She is not skinny. But should have

increased her food to at least double you

would think. So the battle goes. I think

when I can put the milk replacer in with

the kibble and if she is feeding the pups

like her last litter, I know she will eat.

For those of you who breed, do or did any

of you have these problems? We fed raw

for many years but without the right an-

swers and the medical risks of imbalanced

calcium levels, we did not want the risks.

Also our supplier was now not selling

us human grade chicken. In the last year

we got two bad boxes of chicken backs

and necks, so we decided to go to kibble.

Tried Orijen Adult... good for two and a

half bags. Now we’re on Hills Healthy

Advantage Large Breed, soon going to

switch to Healthy Advantage Large

Breed Puppy. We had eight healthy

piglets last time. Smallest (my runt)

was a perfect male puppy weight. So I

guess and pray we will have the same

results. It sure surprises me that

Keesha has requests for nine pups this

litter. Some do not care if they are

boys or girls, they just want a Keesha

baby. The pressure is on. Oh the old

days of farm puppies….who was the

Daddy?.. No future homes. Only good

thing was there was no pressure of

having the right amount and a price on

the little bodies. But not at all a good

choice to have made.

Its an honour for us to have Brigitte look

after everything on the choice of Stud, all

the paper work, and that she is there for

backup on every one of the babies for their

whole lives. And she generally will only

breed each female in her line no more than

three times only if all is well. Keesha

could, if all goes well, have one more try at

Motherhood only if the orders are there

and her medical condition is great. And

also if her being a perfect Momma is still

there. This will have to all be perfect with

a trump of do we want to do it again. Time

only tells. We are all hoping for a great

experience for all of us and we will be

wanting to keep a female. Time to get our

canine head count up. Mike says two is

enough. I think Karen Finlay is right.

Three is perfect. We will have yet one

more year after this litter to plan.

I will take lots of pictures and report

next newsletter.

Take care to all and enjoy your Gordon

Setter summer.

Ontario….cont’d from pg 5

GSCC

Quebec results Spring 2012

Club canin Rive-Sud de Montreal—April 27, 28, 29

April 27 : 0-2-0-0

BOB-WB: Relativity Jade at Famiga

April 28: 0-2-0-0

BOB— WB : Famiga Kellie Maila

April 29: 0-2-0-0-

BOB– WB: Relativity Jade at Famiga

Hochelaga Kennel Club— May 19, 20, 21

May 19—0-0-1-0

BOB: Am/Can Ch Sastya’s Twelfth Night by NCM—GROUP FIRST

May 20: 0-2-1-0

BOB: Am/Can Ch Sastya’s Twelfth Night by NCM—GROUP 3

WB—BOS: Famiga Kellie Maila

May 21 : 0-2-1-0

BOB: Am/Can Ch Sastya’s Twelfth Night by NCM—GROUP

FIRST

WB—BOS : Relativity Jade at Famiga

Quebec Statistics….Reported by Francyne Gagne`

Maila asking Enzo to let her have a place

on the chair….PLEASE ?????

Famiga Gordon Setters

Spring Tidbit….Traveling with your Gordon….

Here it comes….that season when we “Northerners” stick our noses out of our houses and take to the open roads. Ah...sunshine!

Warmth! Most of us would NEVER think of leaving our buddies at home. When you travel there are some common sense

things to remember.

1. Take frequent breaks for water and exercise—every 2-3 hours, and never open the car door in a strange place without first

putting a leash on your Gordon.

2. Riding with his head out the window or loose in the back of your truck may be in your dog’s DNA, but here...DNA should

stand for Do Not Allow this behavior. Dogs can get hurt by dirt and bugs flying into their eyes or mouth. Sudden stops,

potholes, or quick stops can throw him off the truck. Thousands of dogs die this way every year! You’d never forgive your-

self if this happened to you.

3. Dogs need car restraints. Gordons aren’t ones who can fit in a car seat, but a well ventilated dog carrier (crate) that is large

enough for a Gordon (400 or 500) that is secured to the vehicle is the safest way to go.

4. Don’t forget the “staples”….bowl, leash, pooper-scooper and plastic bags and your dog’s favorite things (pillow, toys).

5. Travel with bottled water rather than drinking the local water. Just like people, their systems react to the minerals, etc.

found in water in different locales. They can get sick which ruins both your good time as well as theirs.

So get going...there’s beautiful country out there that both you and your Gordon will enjoy. Have fun!

Conformation Statistics…..Reported by Alan Ross

Obedience/Rally Obedience….Reported by Karen Finlay


Gordons Defeated

B

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Gor-

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De-

feated

Rank-

ing

Ch. Sastya's Twelfth Night By NCM

(dog) Lisa Summers 86 1 1 19 19 20 15 85 1

Ch Sunrunners Veni Vidi Vici (dog)

Barbara Young-Tompkinson &

Jessica Clark 20 0 0 2 6 2 3 50 2

Ch. Cascade’s Sunrunner Here Comes

The Son (dog)


James Tiano 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 47 3

Duurstede's Charm of Kukali (dog)

Jade Mcmeekin & Ryan

Wiseman 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 4

CH Sandpiper's Sea Urchin CGN (bitch)

Robyn Dawes & Janice

Beattie 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4

Ch Oakisle Knight Vision (dog)

Roberta & Gary Tucker &

Judith Brown 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6

Famiga Kellie Macela (bitch) Francyne & Michel Gagne 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7

Ch Sassenach Caisteal a Tor (bitch)

Roberta & Gary Tucker &

Judith Brown 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8

Ch Schofield Here Comes de Encore

(dog)

Robert Schmidt & Laura

Moreland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9

Ch. Raggededge Joyride To Kerricreek

(bitch)

Keri Chard-Savage, Joy Hafer &

Susan Sealock 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10

Rubis Sauvagine Gordonstar (dog) Brigitte Grise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10

Finally some obedience and rally stats to report!

The latest official posting from CKC only brings us to November

26, 2011 so we can't yet confirm these to be the top dogs for

2011.

Results:

Obedience

CH Sureshot Chosen One, CD, CGN

Keith D. O ’Flaherty, Bev Holoboff Nov 12/11 Open B 185.5 1st

Place

Nov. 12/11 Open B 195.5 1st Place

Rally Obedience

CH Gilnockie s Flying Start CD, FDJ, RE, CGN,

William & Brenda Brown, Sarah Armstrong Oct. 09/11 Adv. B

93.0

Oct. 09/11 Ex. B 93.0 (RAE Leg)

Oct. 09/11 Adv. B 93.0

Oct. 09/11 Ex. B 95.0 (RAE leg)


Sorry, no report this month. It’s good to be quiet.

It would be good to have members or friends update a list for foster homes because when we need

them, we need them then, not in a week. It is even good to have foster homes available for a very

short term until we do place our rescues in a forever home. Sometimes may take three days or more.

Take care.

Rescue...Reported by Linda Williams

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feated

Rank-

ing

Ch. Sastya's Twelfth Night By NCM

(dog) Lisa Summers 86 1 1 19 19 20 15 2870 1

Ch Sunrunners Veni Vidi Vici (dog)


Jessica Clark 20 0 0 2 6 2 3 448 2

GCh. Sassenach King of the Castle

CGN RN (dog) Judith Brown 7 0 0 3 3 0 1 384 3

Ch. Cascade’s Sunrunner Here Comes

The Son (dog)


James Tiano 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 185 4

Ch. Raggededge Joyride To Kerricreek

(bitch)

Keri Chard-Savage, Joy Hafer &

Susan Sealock 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 66 5

Claymores Classic Greycoach (bitch) Jonna B. Deley 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 43 6

Duurstede's Charm of Kukali (dog)

Jade Mcmeekin & Ryan

Wiseman 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 7

Ch Sealgair N Sunrunner Second to

None (dog) Mark & Nancy Moen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 8

Gilnockie Grtlnd th 1 Ur Ma Warnd U

Bout dog)

Joy Bryan- Dolsby & Sarah

Armstrong 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 9

CH Sandpiper's Sea Urchin CGN (bitch)

Robyn Dawes & Janice

Beattie 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10

Conformation Statistics...cont’d

Field….by Brigitte Grise`


Spring, Spring, Spring !!!!

Time to start hunt training and meet with

old and new friends outside in the field. In

Québec it’s very hard to start anything out-

side before April. In March we had 2 weeks

of warm weather and then in April the cold

weather came back with freezing

snowflakes and hard wind. In mid-May

we can say that Spring is finally here to

stay !!

On May 6, my hunting club organized a

CKC sanction match. Four Gordon Setters

entered that day…two in FDX, one in FD

and one in FDJ. None of them had time to

practice long before the test and only the

junior made a qualifying score for that day.

I’m sure, at the end of summer, all of them

will put new titles on their pedigree !!

On May 6 to 9, the GSCA National show

was held in Rhode Island and a hunt test

was scheduled on May 10 in Connecticut

to close up the event. I couldn’t make it

for the show but I made a commitment to

myself to attend this special event !!

I had to work on Wednesday morning but I

left at noon to get my dogs and left right

away for Rhode Island where lots of Gor-

don lovers were already staying at the

Crowne Plaza. I made it in a one way trip,

non-stop--an eight hour drive !!! I wanted

to have time to see friends before nightime

since some of them were heading back

home the next morning. I was so exci-

ted !!! What a beautiful outdoor set-up and

the Crowne Plaza Hotel was so beauti-

ful !!!! They gave me an amazing suite to

stay for one night and dogs were allowed in

the room!! First thing I did was to go

knock on Susan and Jean-Marc Dugas’s

room since they made the trip from New-

Brunswick (12 hour drive) to participate at

this big event. On Thursday morning we

got a big breakfast buffet and left for the

Connecticut hunting test starting at 9h30.

Twenty-five Gordon Setters were present

that day and thirteen made a qualifying

score. There were some master hunters,

senior hunters and junior hunters. It was a

very nice location with a beautiful cabin

with a fireplace and real toilets. The

lunch was amazing… lots of food and very

nice, welcoming people. I really enjoyed

my day!!! Gordonstar NXS I’M Gonna Be

(Susan Dugas) made his qualifying score in

the junior hunter and I think, had a great

time in the field !!

I also had the chance to meet with some

facebook GSCC & GSCA friends. I thank

everyone involved in the organization of

this big event and also those who took the

time to come and say hello. It was great

meeting you all !!!! Hope your travel back

home was safe and pleasant !!

Brigitte

Jean-Marc with Gordo at the

GSCA National in Rhode Island,

USA

Susan and Skye at the GSCA

National... “still a puppy” at

19 months old.

Our room at the Crowne

Plaza Hotel.

Susan and Skye with his first

JH leg at the Connecticut

Hunt Test.

Atlantic Report….Reported by Sheila Smith


Other than stalking the pheasants that live

in the surrounding fields, it has been a

very quiet spring here for the Scotian

Gordons. This is not the case for the rest

of the Atlantic contingent. They've been

showing and trialing locally and in the US

with great success. Susan and Jean Marc

have been doing both.

Susan sent this:

The boys and I have been having fun

since field training has resumed this

spring; they like nothing better than to

spend a day searching for and finding

birds! Was really great to meet Keith’s

beautiful Skye at the May show in Monc-

ton; this was an epic event as we had both

Skye boy and Skye girl in the ring togeth-

er! Congratulations to Keith and his Skye

on Group placements in both shows! This

was a busy week-end for us with Skye in

conformation on Saturday, an AFTCA

field trial on Sunday and getting ready to

leave for the GSCA National in Rhode

Island first thing Monday morning!

We really enjoyed attending the GSCA

National specialty; absolutely fantastic to

see so many wonderful Gordons in such a

beautiful setting! It was great to re-

connect with our American friends and to

meet old and new Canadian friends at the

same time. Skye and I had fun in the

show ring and were thrilled to obtain a

qualifying score for the first leg of his

Junior Hunt title (three more legs to go!).

Guess there will be a few more trips to the

US in our future.

Robyn Dawes has also been making a

splash with her dogs (Gordon and Irish)

and putting lots of kilometers on her vehi-

cle. Here's what she's been doing:

Not having had young Iseabail in the

show ring since last August and with the

US Gordon National fast approaching I

decided a little practice in the ring would

not go amiss. This led me to check out the

upcoming shows where I noticed that the

Canine Association of Nova Scotia was

offering 4 All-Breed Championship

shows held under the auspices of the Ca-

nine Federation of Canada. Not having

tried our hand at anything other than CKC

or AKC shows I decided this could be

rather fun and indeed it certainly turned

out to be so. There are 10 Groups with

Setters being in Group 7 along with Point-

ers. CFC Championships can be obtained

for dogs who receive 3 CACS (Certificate

of Aptitude for the Championship of con-

formity to the Standard) and a rating of

EXCELLENT given from 3 different

Judges. All dogs over 15 months are eligi-

ble for a full CFC Championship - breed

to be fully recognised by the CFC or the

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internatio-

nale). One CACS per breed and per sex

(male and female) is given and the fol-

lowing classes compete for the CACS:

Working, Intermediate and Open.

We entered three of the four shows and to

my delight both girls, Iseabail and her

Irish Setter buddy Genna, received their 3

CACS with Excellent ratings and

achieved their Championships. We also

received written critiques from each of

the Judges.

A CFC Champion can go on to become

an Elite Champion by competing in the

Champion class and receiving 4 CACSC

from 4 different Judges. A CACSC is

given at the Judges discretion to the best

male and female in the Champion class.

The following weekend we headed down

to Rhode Island for the Gordon Setter

National. The venue was the Crowne Pla-

za in Warwick, a hotel that hosts many

National Specialties every year. The ring

set-up was fantastic with a huge grooming

tent set up right next to the ring. The

Committee had very thoughtfully erected

awnings on 3 sides of the ring for the

spectators which turned out to be a real

bonus as it drizzled and showered most of

the final day when the Bitch classes and

Best of Breed were being judged.

The Specialty kicked off with Obedience.

Rally and Veteran Sweeps on the Sunday.

I don't think there were any Canadian

entries in Obedience or Rally, but there

were several entries in Veterans. Congrat-

ulations to Judith Brown and Edward on

winning the Sweeps - great way to start

the National!

Tuesday saw the judging of the dog clas-

ses. Gail Mackenzie of Ontario took 1st

place in the 6-9 month puppy class with

Noel's Black Diamond to Balmoral and

Jonna Deley placed 4th in the Veteran

class with Campbell.

Unfortunately I omitted to mark some of

the Bitch classes in my catalogue but I do

know that Judith Brown's girl Islay placed

4th in the Bred-By-Exhibitor class and

Jonna Deley's girl Rhayna placed 3rd in

the Open class. Lili, owned by Jani Wol-

stenholme, Judith Brown and the Sandi-

fords, placed 4th in Hunting Bitches. Ju-

dith and Edward received an Award of

Merit and Bobbie Tucker made the cut in

the Breed ring with her recently finished

young man Fraser. Apologies if I have

failed to mention any other Canadian

placements.

Judith and I had entries in the All-Breed

St Hubert Shows in North Stonington CT

the following Friday and Saturday. Bob-

bie Tucker, Bobbie Enns and Jani Wol-

stenholme came along to watch and assist

and we all had fun watching the Judging

and indulging in some shopping at the

booths. Judith's Edward won the Breed

both days with her Islay taking WB. My

Irish Setter lass Genna finally got to play

and took points

both days.

Devil for punishment that I am, I had entered

Genna in the Irish Setter Club of Central Con-

necticut's Specialty the next day, so we packed

up after the St Hubert Shows and headed up to

Windsor. The show was held at the Rotary

Pavilion in South Windsor, another spectacular

venue. It's been a while since I've seen Irish

Setters en masse - what a lovely sight! Genna

placed 4th in the Open bitch class and after

watching Breed judging we finally headed for

home.

Our next adventure takes place on the 26th and

27th May. I have Iseabail and Genna partici-

pating in the Atlantic Pointing Breed Club

Field Training Seminar. Will report back in the

next Newsletter!

Of course, Keith O'Flaherty has been showing

that Gordons are not only beautiful, they are

also a force to be reckoned with in the obedi-

ence ring. His girl Mira posted a perfect score.

They have had a great spring. Here's the news

from Vanora:

2012 has turned out to be a busy year for my-

self and dogs here at Vanora Kennels! Training

continues on in Obedience and Rally Obedi-

ence. Trialing results have been both with

reward and set back...all part of the obedience

game :-) I am pleased to say Mira, CKC &

CFC Ch SureShot Chosen One CD, RN, CGN;

completed her Rally Novice Obedience title at

the Pictou Trial with scores of, 100, 99 and 90.

Mira and I continue to train for her elusive

CDX. She has one leg towards this goal. Mira

has decided that heeling in the competitive ring

is a great time to explore.....she keeps me hum-

ble...but we are having lots of fun! On a side

note I have to add a special accomplishment

for one of my other dogs. Mira's buddy, Den-

ny, also completed an obedience title. Denny,

my 12 year old Australian Shepherd earned his

RE title. I am so very proud of this little blue

boy, as this was Denny last title to earn, he is

now retired with a grand total of ten titles. This

dog has taught me so much about showing and

trialing dogs and how much fun training can

be! On the conformation end of training I de-

cided to step back into the conformation ring

with Skye, Ch Vanoras SureShot Highland

Skye CGN. Skye was given a year off from

showing to allow her to be spoiled even more

and to do some growing up.

A day after Skye turned three years old we

stepped into the conformation ring in Moncton,

New Brunswick, under respected breeder/

judge William Gunn. Skye showed like an old

pro and walked away with a well-deserved

Group 4th. The weekend got even better, when

Skye took a Group 3rd under Judge Ray Smith,

the following day. It was a fun weekend and I

was pleased to see Susan and Jean Marc again

and their boy...also named Skye.

Well that’s it for now...I have a few more

shows planned for this year so cross your fin-

gers we will have some fun stories to pass on

in the next report. Have a great summer every-

one and enjoy your black and tans!

Keith says there have been setbacks but I don't

see any in that record.

Donna Matheson and McDuff are continuing

agility training. She plans to bring Max

( Vanora ) back into the show ring this summer

now that he is maturing. At the same time she

has been training a field Springer Spaniel.

That's it from the East Coast. Congratulations

to all the Gordons who put on such a great

show at the US Nationals.

Sheila Smith

Atlantic Report….cont’d.

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Prairie Report…. Reported by Kathleen Gazey

Ok, it’s May already! Time is just flying by

and folks are getting busier with their Gor-

dons!

Bobbie Tucker took time out of a busy

schedule to send me a note before she and

Judith Brown left for the US National. They

won’t be back in time to give us an update

for the newsletter so it was great to her

about how her trip to Disneyland went!

Bobbie says that their trip to the U.S. trip

was a successful adventure - three setters

and two humans on the road with a 27' trail-

er for a month in California and Arizona.

They had a very successful trip and came

home with two new American

champions: Fraser who picked

up two more majors and Flynn,

their Irish, who also finished his

championship. Both she and

Gary are still talking to each

other too! Congratulations to the

Tuckers for those accomplish-

ments!

With this being their first south-

ern winter vacation, Bobbie and

Gary we were in shock at first at

the gorgeous weather. They did-

n’t see a cloud in the sky the

whole time and of course, no

snow. (You’ll see two pictures

from the trip in the newsletter;

one is at the Del Mar, California dog

beach and the other from the Disneyland

Kennel.) Bobbie reports that the dogs had

a good day at the Disneyland Kennel and

would highly recommend it! Like every-

thing Disney does, they do it up right. The

quiet indoor climate controlled kennel facil-

ity was all stainless steel; they would often

go to take the dogs out into the exercise

yard (it’s in the picture). The people work-

ing there were very friendly.

Bobbie was glad that they had booked their

RV parks in advance since not all parks

take three large dogs. They were lucky to

find places that had large fenced in dog

yards or in some cases hiking trails to walk

the dogs.

In spite of the warm weather, the dogs were

excited to get home and roll in the remain-

ing snow drifts before the drifts disappeared

about two days later in our unseasonably

warm spring.

UPDATE:

And then just yesterday, I received another

update from Bobbie from Rhode Island,

where they were winding down after a fun

national. Bobbie was thrilled that

Fraser made the cut down to the last

seven dogs in the BOB competition

(way to go Fraser!). Flora had a blast

in her first hunt test; she got some

good marks but didn't find any birds.

Bobbie was just glad that

she came back at the end of

it, having been cooped up

for a week at the show and

then let loose in a strange

forest. What a fun activity

for dog and handler - much

more relaxed than the show

ring. Bobbie found that it

was such a treat to see so

many beautiful Gordons and

to meet lovers of the breed

from all over the world: UK, Aus-

tralia, Germany, Finland, Canada

and the US.

And Jennifer Evans reports that she’s been

really busy at work, taking her Business

Law course and training with Caylin. She

tells me that the BLAW is done (and

passed) and that she and Caylin are off to

their first trial of the season next weekend.

They have worked really hard at Utility all

winter – She thinks Caylin is getting it!

Then they spent six weeks doing an Open

Corrections/Encouragement session. Jen-

nifer says, “I think that I finally figured out

when we need to correct and when to en-

courage. It was one of the best courses that

we've taken. The instructors had us watch-

ing and critiquing each other -it's amazing

how many things we do uncon-

sciously while we're training. We

will see how it pays off next week-

end when we hit the Open ring! I'll

keep you posted”.

Well Jennifer did send us an update

after her weekend in the Open ring!

UPDATE:

“Caylin earned her first leg of her

CDX this weekend - first place in

Open A at the Medicine Hat trial.

When I was half way home yester-

day, I realized what we accom-

plished on Saturday - there were

13 dogs in Open A & B combined

and 3 of us qualified - Caylin and

me, Pauline, one of my trainers

and her Golden and Maureen and

the High in Trial Golden. I have

to say that it made me appreciate

the results of our hard work all

that much more!!!

Today, we had a run with our

buddies, Caylin had a couple of

swims and this afternoon, we're

off to train!”

Congratulations Jennifer! What a great ac-

complishment! You’ll see two pictures of

Caylin in the newsletter, taken by her

(Jennifer’s) cousin—Caylin at the back door

while Jennifer heads off for an appointment.

There have been big changes at the Gazey

household, although not for the reasons I’d

like them to be. My dear Beau (Moonsetter

SureShot Flying G) had the sutures removed

from his knee after a traditional repair for a

ruptured cruciate ligament. This is the second

time that he developed infection along the

stabilizing sutures and they had to be re-

moved. Good news is that there was no infec-

tion in the joint and that there appears to be

enough scar tissue formed to stabilize his

knee. So he’s on short leash walks for a

month while the scar tissue toughens up.

Beau is in more than fine spirits though, and

can’t figure out why he can’t go run a mara-

thon—he is happy, vibrant and raring to go!

We were dealing with some other health is-

sues too, but they seem to have resolved

themselves.

In the name of helping to keep Beau’s knees

intact and stable for the rest of his life, I

chose to spay Georgia (SureShot Georgia on

My Mind CGN). This was a difficult decision

as Bev Holoboff (Georgia’s breeder) and I

wanted to finish a championship title on her.

But the strain on Beau of having Georgia

come into season twice a year was becoming

too hard to manage along with all the chal-

lenges we’ve had with his knee. Considering

that I had never planned to show dogs, I’m

very proud that both Beau and Georgia did so

well in the show ring collecting points to-

wards their championships as well as Georgia

successfully completing her Canine Good

Neighbour title at a young age. So now they

are retired, happy and healthy. Besides, they

already have their Championships titles as my

best pals.

Beau, the night before his

surgery.

Caylin finally giving up hope

of a walk.

Over the Jump...A Mom’s Brag...by Jennifer Evans

Jennifer Evans would like to share Caylin’s

first Open Obedience leg in May. Ch Sasse-

nach Garnet Star CD, RAE, CGN, TD earned

the first leg of her CDX at the Medicine Hat

& District Kennel Club show. She placed

first in her class with a 186 and broke the

Open A jinx. We hope to have more good

news in July and August. I’ll keep you post-

ed.

In 2007, Caylin was the first Gordon Setter to

earn an RAE Rally Obedience title in Canada

and she was #36 All-Breed, #7 Sporting and

#1 Gordon Setter in Rally O! We hope to

make 2012 Caylin’s Obedience year.

Prairie cont’d...

(Aus/Am CH Brodruggan Black Knight x Can/Am CH Sassenach Caisteal A Tor)

Fraser finished from the BBE class with three majors. Thanks to judges Sandra Goose‐Allen, Sharon R. Lyons & Sam Houston McDonald for wins during our

“snowbird” vacation in California and Arizona.

Co‐owned and co‐bred with Judith M Brown, Sassenach

Bobbie & Gary Tucker ● Dugald, Manitoba, Canada

[email protected] / (204) 444‐2718

is proud to announce a new American Champion

Can/Am Ch Oakisle Knight Vision

“Fraser”“Fraser”“Fraser”

April 22, 2012

Term of July 2011 – December 2013. Meeting conducted online via Skype.

In attendance: Hana Mastena, Roberta Tucker, Jean Clark, Sheila Smith, Karen Finlay, Kathleen Gazey, Brigitte Grise, Francyne

Gagne

Meeting Summary

1. Treasurer’s Report

Jean Clark submitted a financial report for the first quarter of 2012. Profits from entries at a National get returned to the

GSCC general fund (per Constitution) with surplus to be held in a fund for a future National by the local group/ prov-

ince. The GSCC made $369.04 profit in 2011. Membership is down with about 14 members still to renew; a few have

notified Robyn Dawes that they do not intend to renew. It was questioned if the electronic newsletter may be a reason

for some non-renewals. It was decided to survey the membership for their opinion of the electronic newsletter and

whether they would be willing to pay more for a hard copy. Non-renewing members will also be surveyed as to why

they elected to not renew.

2. Gordon Setter Health & Genetics Research

Bobbie Tucker submitted a preliminary report of available options. There are no Canadian opportunities pertaining to Gordons

or setters. Last year the GSCC made $369.04; this is not enough to do something on our own so we might consider participat-

ing in the GSCA Canine Health Initiative. Further investigation is needed, and fundraising opportunities such as donations

with membership renewals or a fundraiser at a National could be considered. The GSCC might also consider offering DNA or

PRA test kits at a National. Members will be asked what their Gordon health concerns are.

3. GSCC Breed Standard

The CKC Standard for Gordons has no mention of teeth. Hana Mastena supplied examples of bite statements in other Gordon

and setter standards. Consensus was quickly reached that a scissors bite was preferred but there was much discussion regarding

a level bite and how to word this in the standard. It was agreed that a level bite was not a disqualification for conformation or

breeding purposes but it was not to be encouraged; the precise phrasing for the Standard was not determined during this meet-

ing. It was agreed that the initial statement would be “Mouth - The teeth meet in a scissors bite in which the upper teeth closely

over-lap the lower teeth. A scissor bite is preferable, but a level bite is …” The standard lists what we should be striving for

rather than listing all the things a dog should not be. To be in keeping with this, the standard should continue to be written in

the positive. It was decided to consult with CKC on wording. Once the board agrees on wording, it should be emailed to entire

membership to get any further thoughts and subsequently put to a membership vote.

4. Pictorial (added to agenda during meeting) Brigitte Grise inquired about doing a pictorial. The Executive has discussed this and due to cost and manpower concerns it was

suggested that an online pictorial might be a better option. This would still be a big project and would require a volunteer to

coordinate and collect information and pictures.

5. New Puppy Owner Membership (added to agenda during meeting) Sheila Smith suggested that we should encourage all breeders to include a 1st year membership in the GSCC for their new pup-

py owners. This would benefit the new owner in accessing information such as in the newsletter and also benefit the club.

Hana will include a message in the newsletter to encourage breeders to do so.


Board of Directors Meeting


Treasurer’s Report...January 1, 2012-March 31, 2012...

4th

Quarter 2011

Opening Balance January 1, 2012 $6,537.06

Rescue Fund:


Donations $110.00 $110.00

Closing balance March 31, 2012 $2,598.75

National Fund:

Opening Balance January 1, 2012 $250.00

Donations $15.00 $15.00

Closing balance March 31, 2012 $265.00

GSCC General Funds


Income:

Membership fees $350.00

Newsletter ads & kennel card ads $20.00

profit from 2011 National (entry fees) $231.00

Bank interest $0.83

$601.83 $601.83

Expenses:

Bank exchange & charges* -$2.79

Club Insurance -$355.00

-$357.79 -$357.79

Closing Balance (General Funds) March 31, 2012 $4,042.35

Ontario National Fund

Surplus from 2011 National $677.34 $677.34

Closing Balance March 31, 2012: $7,583.44

HSBC Fixed Deposit Account (Alberta National Fund)

Closing balance June 15, 2011** $9,090.00

* Service charge is $2.50 for foreign cheques

** Interest paid annually on June 15. Maturity value June 15, 2012 is $9181.15

Spring has finally arrived and our Gor-

dons are enjoying being outside, both in

and out of the ring.

Denise (Paquette) from California writes

that her Relativity Kennel is very excited

about the puppies from the Gemstone

litter of 2011 as three of them got their

first points in April. Jade (Relativity Jade

at Famiga) who lives in Quebec got her

first Canadian point, Jason (Relativity

Sapphire Waters at Ashlan) who lives in

California got his first two American

points and Jean-Luc (Relativity Jewel of

Thesia) who also lives in California got

his first American points with a four-

point major the day after the Golden Gate

Specialty. In March, Cowboy (Relativity

Out of the Gate) was awarded two 5 point

Grand Championship majors. We are

hoping to see little Voya/Cowboy babies

on an ultrasound on June 4th – fingers

crossed!

Jim (Tiano) of Cascade Setters in Oregon

writes that one of the great benefits of

showing dogs is that you get to

meet owners and breeders of your breed

and others. “I was recently in Chilliwack

at the all-breed and was talking with

Dave Milburn, Mytuk Alaskan Mala-

mutes, about muscle conditioning. As a

breeder and fancier of these beautiful

dogs, Dave shared with me a simple exer-

cise that takes only 6 minutes, twice a

day, to help build and tone muscles.

The exercise is very simple. I purchased

an inexpensive dog harness from a sport-

ing goods supplier on the internet that

would fit my Gordons. Once in place,

you connect a leash and about a 20+ foot

tow rope that is connected to a free

weight. The free weight can be anything

but Dave used a five-pound round weight

from a human weight-lifting set. The

exercise starts with no weight at-

tached. You walk the dog for one mi-

nute and then return for one mi-

nute. Next, connect the weight so that it

follows behind the dog and perform the

exercise again, one minute out, and one

minute back. Next, disconnect the

weight and do the cycle over again the

walk, one minute out and one

back. End the exercise by removing the

harness and lots of praise and rewards

(treats).

Dave said that there have been studies

for working dogs that show this simple

exercise to be effective at toning mus-

cle. I have been doing it for about a

month and can feel some better tone on

the bitch I’m currently campaign-

ing. Bottom line, its good exercise for

the dog and for me as well!”

Barbara (Young-Tompkinson) of Sunrun-

ner Kennel in Washington writes that her

life has been all about puppies and that

they have kept her more than busy (see

photos below).

“Now they are 10 weeks of age and after

an excess of trips to Seattle airport all

but one boy and my new kids

“ALANA, AIDEN AND AUSTIN” are

now settling in with their new families!

(Below-at 4 weeks)

(At 8 weeks old!)

In the conformation ring Connor (Ch

Sunrunners Veni Vidi Vici) was the

Group 1 winner at the Mt. Baker Kennel

Club show in Lynden, WA in May, his

daughter Selena (Sunrunners Yin and

Yang) was WB BW BOS, Jewel

(Schofield Here Comes Treasure Isles) was

WB, BOS and Jack (Schofield Here Comes

Cosmo Jackpot) was WD. Connor also got

several group placements in the May Van-

couver Island Dog Fanciers show. Hana,

Jean and I are getting things together for a

great SPECIALTY coming up in July and

hope to see some of you join us for the

Sporting Dog weekend in Surrey.

I am also working with Judy on the

PNWGSC first Independent Specialty

being held September 2012 with the Gig

Harbor Kennel Club All Breed

shows. For info please go to the website

www.pnwgs.org.

Judy Larkin’s Micah (Snowbound’s Fire

and Ice) went WD at the Vancouver Is-

land Dog Fanciers show in Saanichton

and will be showing on the island in May

British Columbia/Pacific US Report…..Reported by Fiona McLaughlin


BC Report…. cont’d...


Jean (Clark) from Blackthorn Kennel in

Vancouver writes that she and Alan had

forgotten what life with a puppy is like, and

had never experienced life with two puppies.

“Oh my! What Holly doesn’t think of, Ham-

ish does, and both are creative about the

mischief they plan. They are currently

working on caving, with the first order of

business being the digging of said cave.

There is a great crater under the front yard

japonica which we regularly fill in and they

just as regularly re-excavate. They have

pruned the rose bush, rearranged the turf and

chewed up Alan’s bedding pot collection.

Inside the house their focus is on textiles –

de-stuffing toys, dog beds and cushions, and

redecorating the rooms with cloth from the

rag bag or laundry. Chewing anything plas-

tic is apparently obligatory and wood also

comes in for a fair share of carving. It’s

definitely time to find these puppies a job.

Holly and Hamish learn about Field Tri-

als by joining the “chain gang” in

Kamloops.

Their brothers and sisters are by contrast

well-behaved and accomplished – or perhaps

the new owners simply aren’t telling all.

Angus, with new owner Jessica Larson, is

into tracking and obedience, and Jessica

reports that he’s the first of the litter to have

a title – he passed the AKC STAR puppy

test. Congratulations Angus and Jessica.

Angus and Jessica are also starting rally

classes in preparation for future work in

agility. Sister Charli is working with new

owner Sheryl Jardine on conformation and is

doing well at sanction matches, coming

home with a Best puppy in Group and a fan-

cy ribbon, much to new mom Sheryl’s de-

light. As the puppies approach six months, I

expect we’ll see Charli in the Canadian show

ring, while down south, Harley and Linda

Drake are also readying for their debut in an

American show ring. Harley also got to go

to a fun hunt test and pleased Linda with a

find and a point, raised paw and all. Tunie

went to live with Warren Eastlake and is

destined to be a hunting companion. She

started off slowly but is gradually figuring

out what birds are about and is now pointing

grouse.”

At our house (Fiona and Thomas Fleming),

our two Gordons are pleased to have

packed away their rain coats after a

long wet spring. Going out is now

much easier. They both celebrated

birthdays in April which meant the

BBQ was up and running. Gallagher

(Bit O’Gold & Honeycreek Royal

Prerogative) is gathering points in

Canada and the US. In Canada he

was WD two days at the March Vic-

toria City show and WD three days at

the May Vancouver Island Dog Fan-

ciers show. In April we took Gal-

lagher on his first flight to Oakland

for the show in Vallejo and, by the

way, we were really pleased with the

care and service provided by Alaska

Airlines. He won the Golden Gate Spe-

cialty Sweepstakes in the morning and re-

serve winners at the Chief Solano show.

(Below)

As the show ended by 2 pm, we had time to

explore Napa and Sonoma. I think the high-

light of his trip was chilling out enjoying the

Cabernet Franc and the sunshine.

Gallagher also went for a one-day visit to the

Mt. Baker show where he was WD and BW.

This was the last of the indoor shows for a

while and it will be great to see the Gordons,

feathers flying, outside on the grass for the

summer.

Gallagher and his handler Maryke Nau at

Clos Pegeae, Napa.

Coming from an area rife with Lyme disease (New Jersey, USA),

I have felt first-hand the ravages this terribly debilitating disease

can cause in both humans and canines. My sister, a physician,

suffers from it and all my dogs when I lived there tested positive

for it. Swollen, painful joints, lethargy, neurological problems

are the results of that painless tick bite, but not right away. Often

it takes months to years before any of these show up. By then,

irreparable damage can be done.

Deer ticks have been found on all ten provinces of Canada. They

are the carriers of the Borrelia

burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

bacteria transmitted through the

skin by a strong but painless bite.

The tick secretes a kind of cement

to anchor itself to its host where it

is difficult to remove. It begins its

blood meal about 30 minutes after

attaching. Its saliva contains an

anesthetic to numb, antihistamine

to stop itching, anticoagulant to stop Tick mouth

bleeding and immunosuppressant to aid in the transmission

of pathogens. It takes about eight hours for those pathogens to be transmitted to its host, though, which is why it is of greatest im-

portance to check your Gordon for ticks right after a romp outdoors. This can’t be emphasized enough!

Deer ticks are very small. They are slightly larger than a poppy seed. There are two kinds of ticks that “attack” our dogs...the brown

dog tick and the black-legged deer tick. The figure below left is an adult female deer tick (the largest one). The figure below right

shows the difference between dog ticks

in various stages of their life cycle (a-

b) and deer ticks (d-g). Letter A repre-

sents an engorged dog tick—H and

engorged deer tick.

In late spring/early summer deer ticks

are the size of those in figure E. No

wonder we don’t often find them until

they are engorged with blood.

The internet is full of “the best ways” to remove a tick from a dog., but according to veterinarians, there

is only one sure way to detach a tick safely. This way is to grasp the body with tweezers and pull them

slowly straight out. The myth of leaving the head in is well en-

trenched but false. They don’t sink their head into the dog, only

their mouthparts. They (the dog) will get a small reaction at the

attachment site that can take weeks to go away but this is because

of the anticoagulants, etc., that they leave behind, not the head. If

a preventive like Frontline or similar product is used, the tick

should never be able to attach well and will die before it transmits

any of the horrible diseases they are prone to give their victims.

Lyme is a painful disease. Today there is a vaccine against it. It

isn’t considered one of the core vaccines recommended by most

vets. I am never one to recommend many vaccines, but having

seen what Lyme disease can do to a Gordon Setter, I have

researched it and suggest you do the same. —The Editor

Lyme Disease—Not just a US Problem Anymore….



Gordon Setter Breed Standard….. “Proper Bite”

How Are Your Dogs Teeth?How Are Your Dogs Teeth?How Are Your Dogs Teeth?

How happy would your dog be if he couldn’t eat his food

properly, chew his favourite toy, or munch on his beloved

treats? It’s one of those basics in life that affects all our

dogs whether their occupation is hunting in the field, show-

ing in conformation or holding down your lap.

Did you know that the CKC Breed Standard for the Gordon

Setter does not mention anything about bite? As far as we

can tell, this was not done intentionally, and as both the UK

and American versions both have a section on bite, I think

we all just amalgamated them in our minds. The Executive

and the Board of Directors do feel that this is something

important enough that we should make the effort add it to

our Breed Standard. The Board has come to agree on the

following wording which we would like to propose be add-

ed by the CKC to the Gordon Setter Breed Standard.

“Mouth - The teeth meet in a scissors bite in which the

upper teeth closely over-lap the lower teeth. A scissor

bite is preferable; however, a level bite is acceptable but

not desirable.”

Prior to sending this out to our membership for a vote, we

would like to get your comments, questions or concerns.

Please send any that you may have to one of the Directors,

Executive or directly to the President, Hana Mastena (at

[email protected]). If you are unsure of what this word-

ing means please don’t hesitate to ask. While there are

always exceptions, typically a close scissor bite is a good

indicator that the jaw is properly formed, and in the great

majority of cases, the other teeth will then be where they

need to be. As for many of you this is probably the first

time you’ve really studied the details of the standard, I

would just like to say that it is not meant to address every

possible variation and exception, but rather act as a guide

to what we are striving for.

Unless something comes up, we would subsequently like to

send this out to all our members for a vote. After that, it

gets sent to the CKC who publish it for 3 months for com-

ments/ concerns from CKC members. If all goes smoothly,

the CKC then meets and approves the addition to become

part of the Breed Standard on the following January 1st.

***Please note*** The CKC requires a yes vote from

2/3 of the membership. Being such a small club, this

means that every member’s vote counts! Please par-

ticipate and vote in order to make this a reality.

Thank you,

Hana Mastena,

President

Clean, scissor bite...

Scissor bite from the side.


Gordon Setter Club of Canada

2012 Regional Specialty

Trophy Donation Form

While not a National, we would like to make this Specialty “Special” and any support you can offer is al-ways appreciated. Come join us and make the Gordon Setters count at the

2012 Sporting Dog Specialty Weekend!!!

Name: Phone:

Address: Fax:

City: Province: Postal Code:

Email:

Optional: Donors may add one line to the catalogue listing such as: “In memory of…”

Trophy/ Prize Suggested

Donation

1st, 2nd, 3rd

Choice*

Amount Of Dona-

tion

Best Of Breed $50.00

Best Of Opposite Sex $50.00

Best Of Winners $40.00

Winners Dog $40.00

Winners Bitch $40.00

Best Puppy $40.00

Best Veteran $40.00

Best Bred By Exhibitor $20.00

Best Canadian Bred $20.00

Best Canadian Bred Puppy $20.00

Best Brace $20.00

Best Stud Dog $20.00

Best Brood Bitch $20.00

1st In Class- indicate choice: ___________________________ $20.00

2ND – 3rd In Class-indicate choice: _______________________ $10.00

General Trophy Fund donation – specify amount $ *Indicate a 2nd & 3rd choice in the event that your 1st choice already has a sponsor

Signature:

Please send this form with your cheque/ money order to:

Jean Clark 1767 East 35th Ave


Make cheque/ money orders pay‐able to:

Gordon Setter Club of Canada

If you have any questions, please contact Hana at 604-540-9476/ [email protected] or

Jean Clark at 604-321-8295/ [email protected] .

Please note: To be listed in the catalogue, trophy donations must be received no later than June 23, 2012.

Thank you for supporting the 2012 GSCC Regional Specialty!



GSCC Specialty Fundraising Raffle

Grand Prize:

Gorgeous Gordon Table Top!!! Our talented artist is making another one similar to the one pictured

See the GSCC Specialty website for 2nd and 3rd prizes!

1 for $2 or 6 for $10 Please fill out each ticket and mail with the appropriate amount to:

GSCC 2012 Specialty Fundraiser Raffle 1767 East 35th Ave

Vancouver, BC

V5P 1B5

Draw will be held on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Winner will be notified via e‐mail and phoned!

For more information go to: specialtywest.gordonsetterclubcanada.com or contact Hana at [email protected] .

Another year come and almost gone and it’s once again time to remind

Members to ensure their Renewals for the new year are paid within the next

couple of months. The Membership Renewal form for 2012 has been

included in this December Gordon Report so please make a point of com-

pleting it and mailing it to me with your dues before the end of February

2012. As you know, Renewals received after the 1st March require that a

$10 penalty fee be paid on top of the regular fee.

For those of you making use of the Breeder Referral Service, provision has

been made on the Renewal form for the inclusion of the Breeder Referral

Service fee along with your Membership Renewal fee.

No Applications for Membership have been received this past quarter and I

have not been advised of any changes to Member’s contact details.

Here’s wishing one and all a very merry Christmas from us all at Farraway.

Do hope the year ahead is a happy, healthy and fulfilling one all round.

Someone’s

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bed….and it

isn’t

Goldilocks!

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The Purpose of the Gordon

Setter Club of Canada

(excerpt from the Constitu-

tion, Article II)

To encourage and promote the breeding of

purebred black and tan Gordon Setters and to

do all possible to bring their natural qualities to

perfection.

To urge members and breeders to accept the

standard of the breed as approved by the Cana-

dian Kennel Club (CKC) as the only standard

of excellence by which the Gordon Setter shall

be judged.

To do all in its power to advance the interest of

purebred Gordon Setters and to encourage

sportsman-like competition at dog shows, field

trials, obedience trials and sanctioned matches.

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