CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE President’s Letter Page 2 Brags, Wins & Puppies Page 3 Babies Can Comprehend Page 4 Canine Language On a Lighter Note Page 5 AKC - In Protest to Michael Page 6 Vick’s Award Unpacking the HSUS Gravy Page 7 Train (cont) Activists or Advocates? Page 8 Rights or Welfare? Do You Know the Difference? Why Dogs Bite People Page 9 Cancer Research Page 10 AKC Rule Changes Page 11 STCM Annual Membership Page 12 Meeting and Awards Dinner January—February. 2010 Susan Cerka, Editor Nancy Schaus, Co-Editor 5877 W. Jagger Rd. Ph. 269-424-3364 Ludington, MI 49431 [email protected]om Ph. 231-843-1811 [email protected](To access any link in this newsletter: ctrl + click on the link FIRST CLASS BE Mine! ―Most of us know that dogs don’t see the same colors we do, but that has not stopped us from buying blaze orange bumpers for working retrievers or bright red chew toys for house dogs. There are the colors that stand out best to us on green grass or beige carpets, but we couldn’t make them more obscure to our dogs if we tried. Dogs, like some humans, are red/green color blind - they most likely see red, orange and green as shades of dull gray. They see yel- low, violet and blue extremely well, so while a blue toy wouldn’t stand out from a grassy background to your eyes, it would to your dog…‖ Patricia McConnell TALE OF TWO SPECIES ( The BULLETIN 2009/2010 No. 6 - STC of California) Up coming Events: STC of Greater Dayton - Specialty Show Saturday, April 3, 2010, Jeff Underwood, Event Sec. 937-879-3429 [email protected]STC of Greater Atlanta - Specialty Show Saturday, April 10, 2010, Bea Vore, Event Sec. 770-983-3863 [email protected]STCA Rotating - National Specialty Show held in conjunction with STC of Houston Specialty Saturday, April 17, 2010 Richard Nance, Event Sec. 817-430-0929 [email protected]STC of Greater Houston - Specialty Show , April 18, 2010, Richard Nance, Event Sec. 847—430-0929 rndfw@airmail. net STC of Greater Baltimore - Friday, April 23, 2010, MB-F Inc., Superintendent, 336-379-9352 [email protected]STC of Michigan - Annual Membership Meeting and Annual Awards Dinner, Saturday, April 24, 2010, Ramada Lansing Hotel & Conference Center, 7501 W. Saginaw Hwy. Lansing. Special Raffle for Attendees. See Flyer in this Tartan for details at www.scottishterrierclubofmichigan.com Annual Scotty Collector Convention– Wed. June 23 - Saturday June 26, 2010, Holiday Inn Eastgate in Cincinnati, Ohio. For Registration Package: forward Names, Email address and US Mailing address to [email protected]or Gary Moore, 6160 Maud Hues Rd., Liberty Twp, OH 45044 (513) 777-8134 “Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.” Dave Barry FROM YOUR EDITOR SUE CERKA
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DanZin Twin H Power (Hudson) - WD, BW, BOB from Bred-By-Exhibitor 11/21/09 Tallmadge , OH - WD, BW 3 pt major 10/19/09
Capital KC - WD from Bred-by-Exhibitor 10/11/09 Mad River Valley KC
DanZin Puttin On The Ritz (Ritzy) - WB, BW, BOB from Bred-by-Exhibitor 11/21/09 Tallmadge, OH - WB for 1 pt from Bred-by-Exhibitor 11/15/09 Columbus, OH - WB. BOS 4 pt major 10/18/09 Springfield Illinois KC
New Puppies - DanZin Twin H Power (Hudson) x CH Charthill Illuminates DanZin (Sparkle) 1/9/10 3 lively healthy Boys! All lovely Brindle!
Larry & Sue Cerka (CerScots Kennel)
CerScots Eye Candy (Snickers) - WB 1/24/09 Oakland County KC for 2 points
Judy & Janet Campbell (Burntland Kennel) CerScots-Burntland Diamond Mind (Diamond) WB, BOB 1/22/10 Oshkosh, WI - RWB 1/23/10
Oshkosh, WI - WB, BOB 1/24/10 Oshkosh, WI, WB,BOS 1/30/10 Grayslake, IL, WB, BOS 1/31/10 Grayslake, IL
Nancy Hurren (Fairways Kennel)
Peabar Cherry On the Top - WB, BOB 11/7/09 Kalamazoo KC - WB, BOB 11/08/09 Grand Rapids KC - WB, BW, BOB over a special 12/19/09
Skokie Valley KC Show Sweepstakes and RWD in regular classes
Jacqlen’s Blackburn Roc at Fairway - At his first show, our new puppy went BOB and Terrier Group I 12/19/09 Skokie Valley KC
Pat & Tracy Wooster (Cumbria Kennel)
Dilligan Urban Legend(Chase) - WD, BW, BOB and Terrier Group 4 11/29/09 Kankakee River Valley KC
Cumbria’s Little Bits’ Will’s Way - WD, AOM Northern Ohio Specialty 4 pt. major
New Puppies - Dilligad Urban Legend x CH Cumbria’s Madcap Escapade 11/5/09 2 girls
New Puppies - CH Cumbria’s Winning Colors x Cumbria’s Strut The Stage At HiJink’s 1/31/10 - 1 boy
Rod Ott (Bravo Kennel)
Bravo Silver Lining (Nickel) - WD from the Bred-by-Exhibitor class at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach,
California
Steve & Debi Russell (Woburn Kennel)
New Champion CH Woburn Royal Lineage (Lindsey) - our red brindle girl w/ black mask finished her championship in style by going BIS (Bred
By Exhibitor) 12/12/09 Starved Rock KC - completing all of her points from the Bred-By-Exhibitor class.
Woburn British Legacy (Britney) - WB, BOS 11/21/09 and 11/22/09 Lake Shore KC
Woburn Camelot Unbridled Spirit (Darby) WD, BOS 12/19/09 Skokie Valley KC - this was his first show at 7 months - Puppy Terrier Group
1 1/9/10 Elgin KC Super Match.
Grooming Ranks at Woburn! - CH Charthill Woburn High Spirit (Spenser) and his offspring CH Woburn High Times (Trace) and
Woburn High Tea (Treacle) are being shown in grooming competitions around the USA by Kendra Otto who finished in 4th place in the
2009 Groom Team USA standings. She has moved up in the standings from 8th place in 2007 to 6th place in 2008, 4th place in 2009. In
Addition, Kendra placed in the ribbons (pointed) in more shows (10) than any other groomer in the USA this year, even though it is difficult competing with hand-stripped terriers
If you don't think their spending should come under question, just take a look at
their 2008 return! http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4062-unpacking-the-hsus-gravy-train Unpacking the HSUS Gravy Train December 30, 2009 There are only two things certain in life, as the saying goes, and a byproduct of one of them requires nonprofit organiza-tions to file paperwork with the IRS. So now that the decep-tively named "Humane Society" of the United States (HSUS) has submitted its "Form 990" for 2008, we thought it was time to take a close look. The tax filing itself is a bit more detailed than ones in the past, thanks to some new IRS rules. And more detail equals a clearer picture of ex-actly what HSUS is doing -- and what it's not doing -- with all its money. [Click here to view the full document.] HSUS reported spending almost $20 million on "campaigns, legislation, and litigation"-enough to worry any livestock farmer or hunter looking to keep their chosen lifestyle alive. The group collected over $86 million in contributions, and spent more than $24 million on fundraising, including $4 million on professional fundraisers. Think about it: 28 cents of every dollar contributed to HSUS goes back out the door to raise more money. HSUS even paid a single "lockbox" company more than $4.2 million to count and process its cash hauls. We won't comment on that company's curious "ALF" initials (for Arizona Lockbox & Fulfillment). The bottom line is the same as it ever was: HSUS rakes in millions from unsuspecting Americans who may confuse the animal rights group with an unaffiliated local humane soci-ety. And with all this cash flying around, it's no surprise that 41 HSUS employees made at least $100,000 last year. All told, HSUS paid out over $30.9 million in salaries, wages, and other employee compensation. HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle earned more than $250,000 in salary and benefits in 2008. We wouldn't begrudge him a large salary, of course: He runs an animal-rights business "charity," after all. But the real trouble lies in where most HSUS money doesn't go: to pet shelters. In contrast with the group's extravagant spending on people, HSUS's total grant allocation was less than $4.7 million. And of that, almost half went to a political campaign committee called "Californians for Humane Farms," the main lobbying organization responsible for California's "Proposition 2" ballot initiative. For all the cute pictures of puppies and kitties on HSUS paraphernalia, you'd think it would operate a pet shelter, or at least give a substantial portion of its money to one. But HSUS has lobbying to do, a PETA-inspired agenda to push, meat eaters to stigmatize, and livestock farmers to put out to pasture. Lobbying? Oh, yes. HSUS takes four full pages to detail its lobbying activities on the state and federal lev-els.
With all the politicking going on, the animals-remember them?-seem to get lost in the shuffle. We added up the totals, and HSUS gave only a little more than $450,000-that's just half of one percent of its total budget-in grants to organizations providing hands-on care to dogs and cats. That's less than 11 percent of what it paid "ALF" (see above) just to count its money. We're musing today about HSUS's next big self-marketing blitz, and some new slogans it might want to use. Our favor-ite? "HSUS: Feed the lawyers, save the fundraisers, screw the pets." North Carolina Responsible Animal Owners Alliance It's not an
over-population problem, it's an owner retention problem. Stop the Killing. Train your pet, keep your pet. http://ww.ncraoa.com
Animal Welfare supports humane use and treatment of animals and
believes that humans have a responsibility to care for animals.
Animal Welfare includes humane treatment and responsible care of
animals used by humans for service, research, food, education,
kept in zoos or sanctuaries, and especially those animals kept by
pet owners.
Animal Rights (AR) is based on moral and ethical philosophies.
While Animals Rights Advocates and Groups talk about humane
care, the bottom line is to work for humane care and legislation
ONLY until all animals can be removed from human use. The rea-
son for this is the Animal Rights belief that no species on this planet
is better than another; therefore, humans have no right to dominate
over, use, breed, or eat non-human species. www.animal-
rights.com/arpage.htm
"..can the slavery of animals be justified? After all, precisely what
characteristic or "defect" is it that animals have that justifies our
treatment of them as our slaves, as our things, as property that
exists only for the sake of us, the human masters. The reality is that
we progressives like to think that we have eschewed all vestiges of
slavery from our lives, but the reality is that we are all slave owners,
the plantation is the earth, sown with the seeds of greed, and the
slaves are our nonhuman sisters and brothers." Gary Francione,
(Professor-Rutgers School of Law) Animal Rights Commentary,
February 15, 1996: Human Superiority.
Additional Quotes from Voices From The Darkside NAIA website
"Probably everything we do is a publicity stunt ... we are not here to
gather members, to please, to placate, to make friends. We're here
to hold the radical line." Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's president and foun-
der, USA Today, September 3, 1991
"Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are 'acceptable
crimes' when used for the animal cause." Alex Pacheco, Director,
PETA
"In a perfect world, we would not keep animals for our benefit, in-
cluding pets," Tom Regan, emeritus professor of philosophy at
North Carolina State University and author of “Empty Cages” -
speaking at University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, March 3,
2004
"The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted
with unfettered glee at the [Fox Hunting] Ban in England ...We view
this act of parliament as one of the most important actions in the
history of the animal rights movement. This will energize our efforts
to stop hunting with hounds." Wayne Pacelle, CEO, Humane Soci-
ety of the US (HSUS), London Times, December 26, 2004 .
"We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to
stop all hunting in the United States ... We will take it species by
species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it
state by state. Wayne Pacelle, Senior VP Humane Society of the
US (HSUS), formerly of Friends of Animals and Fund for Animals,
Full Cry Magazine, October 1, 1990. (Continued on Page 8)
Why own a dog? There’s a danger you know. You can’t own just one, for the craving will grow. There’s no doubt they’re addictive, wherein lies the danger. While
living with lots, you’ll grow poorer and stranger.
One dog is no trouble, and two are so funny. The third one is easy, the fourth one’s a honey. The fifth one delightful, the sixth one’s a breeze. You find you can
live with a houseful with ease. So how ‘bout another? Would you really dare? They’re really quite easy but oh, Lord the hair! With dogs on the sofa and dogs on
the bed, and crates in the kitchen, it’s no bother you’ve said. They’re really no trouble, their manners are great. What’s just one more dog and just one more crate?
The sofa is hairy, the windows are crusty. The floor is all footprints, the furniture dusty. The housekeeping suffers, but what do you care? Who minds a few nose
prints and a little more hair? So let’s keep a puppy, you can always find room and a little more time for the dust cloth and broom. There’s hardly a limit to the dogs
you can add. The thought of a cutback sure makes you sad. Each one is so special, so useful, so funny. The vet, the food bill grows larger, you owe money. Your
folks never visit, few friends come to stay except other dog folks, who all live the same way. Your lawn has now died, and your shrubs are dead too. But your
weekends are busy, you’re off with your crew.
There’s dog food and vitamins, training and shots. And entries and travel and motels which cost lots. Is it worth it, you wonder? Are you caught in a trap? Then
that favorite dogs comes and climbs in your lap. His look says you’re special and you know that you will keep all of the critters in spite of the bill. Some just for
showing and some just to breed. And some just for loving, they all fill a need.
But winter’s a hassle, the dogs hate it too. But they must have their walks though they’re numb and you’re blue. Late evening is awful, you scream and you shout
at the dogs on the sofa who refuse to go out. The dogs and the dog shows, the travel, the thrills, the work and the worry, the pressure, the bills. The whole thing
seems worth it, the dogs are your life. They’re charming and funny and offset the strife.
Your life-style has changed. Things won’t be the same. Yes, those dogs are addictive and so it’s the dog game!!
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When a dog bays, it is following the basic urge to call the pack together.
Rituals are a basic part of canine behavior. Greetings, feeding, hunting and sleeping all include social performances.
The burying of bones is part of a dog’s instinctive feeding ritual; shaking things viciously is part of the hunting ritual.